Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling were both thinking that there was a precedent in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Fu Jian, the ancestor of the pre-Qin Dynasty, was also the best king of the pre-Qin Dynasty. Before Fu Jian ascended the throne as king, there was a position called General Long Xiang. After Fu Jian launched a coup and ascended the throne as emperor, this position became a taboo. No one above the former Qin Dynasty had granted this position, even if it was not a big official position in the first place.
Finally, Fu Jian awarded Yao Chang the title of General Longxiang. At that time, everyone understood that he valued this person very much.
The same goes for the King of Qin. Li Shimin also launched a coup and came to power. For example, his princes, including the position of General Tiance, can no longer be granted. General Tiance was unable to be granted the title because of Li Shimin's great military achievements, so Li Yuan He simply created a general named Tiance for Li Shimin.
Because this is his son, it doesn't matter, and it is impossible for other generals to give him this position.
Everyone agrees that no one will confer the title of King Qin. If Li Shimin does not confer it, no one will confer it in the future generations of Li Tang.
But now that Li Shimin wanted to seal it, it was really hard for them to object to this. The only thing they were worried about was the prince Li Chengqian.
"Then where the prince is..." Fang Xuanling hesitated and said directly.
"What does it have to do with him? As a prince, a country's heir apparent, and a future emperor, you don't even have the capacity to accommodate others?" Li Shimin asked indifferently.
Fang Xuanling shut up immediately.
"Let's hold off. We will use troops against Tuyuhun this year. Li Jing sent back the news some time ago. It is expected that the battle with Tuyuhun will be resolved in this April. When he returns to the court at the end of the year, he will definitely receive a reward. Let's get together at the beginning of the tenth year of Zhenguan." Li Shimin sighed and paused again.
"Yes." The two men bent down.
"Shu...hey, Li Ke hasn't responded yet?" Li Shimin asked.
"No..." Fang Xuanling lowered her head and said.
"This bastard! Isn't he usually very capable? You beat him down for such a trivial matter? He doesn't look like me at all! The situation I encountered back then was not more complicated than him?!" When Li Shimin heard this, he A burst of fire burst out for no reason, and he cursed angrily.
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng both lowered their heads and said nothing. They even forced Li Shimin to use swear words about the soldiers they had not seen for many years. It can be imagined that His Majesty was really anxious.
"Report!" There was a sound of running outside, and the voice of a guard came. "Commander Jinwu Guards, please see me."
"Xuan." Li Shimin frowned.
Soon a general from outside opened the door and walked in. After seeing Li Shimin, he saluted with his hands clasped and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a problem with the sales of Datang Weekly today."
"What's going on?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and asked immediately.
"Since the publication of Datang Weekly, the 50,000 copies per day have been sold out quickly, and there are even some. But today, less than 30,000 copies were sold, and no one has bought it."
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Li Shimin and the three of them were all confused, "Suddenly no one bought it?"
Naturally, they would not think that it was controlled by someone. The main reason is that this thing is nothing else. It is bought and sold freely, and it is sold to millions of people in Chang'an City. Fifty thousand copies are not enough to sell every time. This time, they suddenly can't be sold out. Something must have happened.
"Yes..." Commander Jinwu Guard hesitated for a moment before nodding, "I went to investigate and it seems to be related to His Highness the King of Shu."
"Oh?!" Li Shimin was shocked. He was scolding this bastard just now, but now he came out.
"Talk about it." Li Shimin said.
"I don't know the details, but since yesterday morning, the people in Chang'an City who were scolding His Royal Highness the King of Shu suddenly seemed to disappear, and everyone suddenly started to curse the powerful family. Many people even said that the powerful family controlled " Datang Weekly. Some people said they would never buy Datang Weekly again."
"I didn't take it to heart when I first heard about it. Who would have thought that today happened to be the day when the "Datang Weekly" was released, and then no one bought it." The commander of the Jinwu Guards said.
Li Shimin and the other three were dumbfounded. The rumors all over the city changed in one day? ! How can this be! The so-called rumor-mongering is just a mouthful, and you will lose your legs if you refute the rumor. Once such rumors come out, they can only be ignored, and gradually no one will pay attention to them as time goes by. The rumors in Chang'an City were turned upside down overnight... How was this done? !
"But it has something to do with the comment column?" A bright light flashed in Wei Zheng's mind and he suddenly asked.
"Yes!" Commander Jinwu Guard also said simply. The dignitaries in Chang'an now know about this thing, but most people don't take it to heart and just dismiss it.
And these comment columns are within the jurisdiction of Jinwuwei, how could they not know. It's just that there's no order from above, so they don't care.
"Go and get a copy of all the major small-character newspapers posted in the comment columns yesterday and today." Li Shimin said directly.
"No!" Commander Jinwu Guard quickly turned around and left.
After the other party left, Li Shimin and the three looked at each other in confusion. This... They were extremely curious now. How did Li Ke do it? This kind of thing is really not that easy.
For these small-character posters, Jinwuwei has always had backups. Of course, we only picked the most important ones, such as Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's, and other comments from some people that can be posted in several places. Why do some people It can only be posted in one place, but a few people can post it in all places in Chang'an City. Everyone knows it, but everyone doesn't say it.
But Jin Wuwei will naturally keep a copy of such important things.
Soon, yesterday's and today's small-character newspapers were delivered.
Li Shimin directly asked Chang Lin to take the young eunuch and re-pasted these small-character posters on a wall of the main hall.
Then the three of them started reading, including Lan Ling Xiaoxiaosheng's "Thinking about Li Ke" article from yesterday, and the article signed by Ning Chan.
When Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling finished reading, they took a deep breath, so cruel!
This... I don't mention a wealthy family in every word, but I do mention a sword in every word! This... they thought His Highness the King of Shu had been defeated, but... this was a killing move! The two of them didn't know what His Majesty was thinking, but at this moment they were sweating coldly as they looked at the articles on the wall.
Take Fang Xuanling, for example. He has followed Li Shimin until today, and the Xuanwu Gate incident was his important plan. What conspiracy and conspiracy have you never seen before? But His Highness the King of Shu's move... He currently... didn't think of a good way at all.
No, to put it more accurately, even after reading these articles, Fang Xuanling still couldn't figure out the secret, how His Royal Highness the King of Shu controlled these, how to influence the public opinion of the people, you must know what these small-character posters had written before It's just a small story. What's the use of those things?
The more they thought about it, the more terrifying it became for the two of them. This... was worse than stabbing someone directly with a knife!
At this moment, Li Ke, who was standing in front of a window, quietly looked at the crowded Chang'an City below. He suddenly realized the situation and difficulties when his father launched the Xuanwu Gate Revolution. That is, if you don't move, you can't help but you. When the tide comes, you will either be killed by one, or you can only lead the tide and kill others.
So, do you really think that I, Li Keti, can’t use the knife? How many people can take this knife? Since you, Mrs. Zheng, have accepted my offer, I’ll just do it on you.
