Late Tang

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The capital, Chang'an.

Li Xuan got up early in the morning, rode a horse and fencing for half an hour, and after taking a bath under the service of Wang Meiren, he came to the imperial study early to deal with political affairs.

The actor Shi Yezhu is very clever because he can speak and is very clever, so he doesn't just flatter the emperor blindly, so now Li Xuan values ​​him very much and keeps him by his side every day.As soon as he entered the imperial study, Shi Yezhu had already arranged today's newspapers neatly on the imperial case.In addition to the daily newspapers issued by the capital, there are even newspapers in Luoyang, Dengzhou, Yangzhou, Taiyuan and other places. Old news a few days ago.But even so, the emperor also made a special decree, requesting that newspapers from all towns in the world be collected and delivered.

When the emperor sat down, Shi Yezhu immediately delivered a cup of hot ginseng tea and handed him the royal newsletter placed on top.

Since Li Jing reformed papermaking and printing techniques in Dengzhou a few years ago, and then opened a newspaper, the novelty of newspapers has spread rapidly throughout Datang.At the beginning, it was only opened in a few prefectures. Now, although not all of the more than 300 prefectures in the Tang Dynasty have newspapers, at least more than 50 towns have newspapers in every town.

The scholars and ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty have long been accustomed to ordering newspapers, buying newspapers and listening to newspapers. When they walk in the streets and alleys, they can hear the sound of newspapers being read.

The central government of the imperial court didn't pay attention to this newspaper at first, and after the leak of the Qin newspaper happened later, some people proposed to ban the newspaper.After all, after the emergence of newspapers, the common people became enthusiastic about current affairs in the world. Everyone could discuss state affairs, and many people even said some outrageous things in the newspapers, and often leaked the secrets of the court.However, the ban on reporting only lasted for less than a month, and finally the ban was lifted.

The biggest reason is of course that although the emperor ordered the ban on reporting, not many feudal towns complied.In many feudal towns, the newspapers are run by the chief commander of the feudal town, or the head of the army, or even aristocratic families.Running a newspaper not only makes a lot of profits, but also has a mouthpiece and can control public opinion. Who would give up such an excellent newsletter to expand their influence.In this way, the capital finally banned the newspaper, but the newspapers in other parts of the world remained the same, and the newspaper ban had to die in the end.

However, the imperial court also came up with several remedies. Since it cannot be banned, try to participate and control it.

It was under such circumstances that the Royal News in Chang'an, the Tokyo Daily in Luoyang, the Northern News in Taiyuan, the Shu News in Chengdu, the Beijing Times in Fengxiang, and the five capitals of the Tang Dynasty all launched major newspapers directly created by the imperial court.

Since it is a newspaper run by the imperial court, it is also the most authoritative newspaper, and many new government orders of the imperial court are published on it as soon as possible.It is also because of this that these five newspapers are very prosperous, especially the Royal News, which has come from behind. Now it has become the largest newspaper in the Guanzhong area, with more than [-] copies sold in Chang'an every day. The sales in Shannan, Hedong, Henan, Sanchuan and other places are also extremely high, and the sales of each issue of the Royal News can reach the [-] mark.

The net profit of each newspaper is as high as one penny, one hundred thousand copies is one thousand pennies, and the Royal News also advertises, and the advertising fee is higher. Now the Royal News can almost bring five thousand to the newspaper's owner Li Xuan every issue. consistent income.A year is nearly 200 million guan, which is almost equal to the income of a salt pond in Jie County, Hedong.Although the Royal News can achieve such a high sales volume, in fact, a large part of the reason is that it is a newspaper run by the emperor, with a strong royal background, and all states, counties, schools, and the army subscribe to it. It is semi-mandatory subscription and other reasons, but it is also true that this newspaper has become the most influential newspaper in the western part of Datang.

After taking a sip of warm ginseng tea, Li Xuan spread out the Royal News, and the front page was the news that Li Ke of the Shatuo tribe had arrived in Datong with [-] generations of northern cavalry and had entered Weizhou.There is also an interview in Daibei by an outsider of the royal news, and wrote that he saw the strong lineup and fierce fighting spirit of the Shatuo army in Daibei.Li Keyong was also in the interview, sincerely confessed to the emperor for the mistakes he made when he was young and frivolous, and then thanked the emperor for his pardon and gave the Shatuo people a chance to redeem their sins.He said that this time, the Shatuo tribe will never disappoint the king. The Shatuo warriors will trample the rebels in Hebei into mud one by one with their knives and guns and the iron hooves of their horses!

Seeing the news, Li Yan showed a slight smile on his face, this Li Keyong finally has a good attitude.

Fifty thousand generations of Northern Huqi, this black crow is really tough, almost wiped out by the court at the beginning, and in just a few years, such a force has gathered again.As long as he is really loyal to himself, he doesn't mind forgiving him for the crimes he committed back then.

Thinking of this, Li Yan turned his head and glanced at the big clock next to it. The three-foot-tall golden clock was inlaid with gold and jade. Twelve numbers carved from precious stones.

This clock was sent by Li Keyong just now. It is said that it is a new timekeeping treasure produced in Dengzhou. It rings every quarter of an hour, called half an hour, and one hour is equivalent to two hours.The end is incomparably miraculous, although it makes people unable to adapt for a while, but this kind of self-ringing bell still makes the emperor very happy.

It is said that this clock is extremely valuable, and ten of them were auctioned in Dengzhou, all of which were extremely luxurious, and each of them fetched a high price of one million bells.Li Keyong sent someone to take a picture of one, and then immediately came to Chang'an to pay tribute to himself.

Li Xuan was indeed very happy to receive the tribute from Li Keyong.But I felt a little disappointed, this clock was produced in Dengzhou, obviously it must be Li Jing's property again.In the past, when Li Jing produced glass, perfume, etc., he always paid tribute to himself immediately.But this time, Li Jing didn't send someone to send it at all. Even since the Hebei rebellion, Li Jing has completely stopped contributing to him, even the two taxes plus salt and tea tax agreed last year of 400 million Also stopped offering.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan's face darkened again.

For Li Jing, I really love him so much, and now I hate him more and more.

As Taizong said, the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the toughness meets the loyal ministers.Now when the country needs to use Li Jing, Li Jing behaves like this, which really breaks Li Xuan's heart.But due to the current situation, he can't say a word of reprimand to Li Jing.

"Although Li Keyong betrayed the imperial court before, he is now devoted to the king's affairs. On the contrary, this Li Jing, who was loyal at the beginning, has been favored by Bo Dezhen and has been promoted many times, but now he is in power. But he started to support himself, which really disappointed me. People's hearts are unpredictable, people's hearts are unpredictable!" Li Xuan dropped the newspaper in his hand and let out a long sigh.

It took a long time for Li Zhang to calm down his shortness of breath, and then picked up another newspaper to read.

This one is a famous newspaper.

Seeing this banner, Li Xuan was a little taken aback, and turned his gaze to Shi Yezhu.

Daming Daily is a newspaper run by Wei Bozhen, a rebel army in Hebei, and the name of Daming is the name of Tian Yue, who called himself Queen of Wei and changed Weizhou to Daming Mansion.Among the newspapers that Li Xuan usually reads, there are no famous newspapers for the rebels.However, Shi Yezhu was very smart in his work and never made mistakes. It was impossible for him to bring the rebel newspaper because of negligence. There must be some reason.

Li Xuan looked down, and a string of bold black words on the front page came into his eyes, which immediately made Li Xuan's eyes go dark, and he almost tore up the newspaper in his hand.

The headlines in daimyo newspapers are extremely impactful.

Because the news above is the joint statement of the four rebels Han Jian, Wang Jingchong, Liu Yue, and Li Quanzhong.

In the newspaper, the four anti-kings of Hebei announced that they would honor Li Jing as the founding emperor of Daqi, and the soldiers of the four towns in Hebei swore to be loyal to Li Jing from now on.From now on, the four towns in Hebei are all owned by Daqi.

In a sudden change, the four towns of Hebei in the Tang Dynasty became the four towns of Hebei in Daqi, and the four anti-kings became the four founding kings of Daqi, and they still served as the Jiedushi of the four towns in Hebei.

Li Xuan threw the newspaper to the ground and stood up abruptly, his eyes spitting fire.

In anger, he even threw the beloved jade unicorn paperweight on the courtyard pillar, smashing it to pieces.

A full half an hour later, when the chiming bell on one side rang, it struck seven times in a row, indicating the arrival of seven o'clock in the morning and entering the hour of Chen.

Li Xuan woke up from the sound of the bell, sat back on the throne, turned his head to the pale stone wild boar who was a little scared, and said, "Bring that newspaper!"

After receiving the newspaper, Li Xuan read it again.

On the front page of the daiming newspaper, Han Jian still announced later that they had hired the best embroidery workers to make the six crowns of the emperor, and presented them to His Majesty the founding emperor of Daqi.Moreover, in the text, Han Jian also said that the four towns proposed to the Emperor of Daqi that Liaodong City would be changed to Liaoyang City, and the capital of Daqi would be established.There are a lot of words in the back, all about the 'Da Qi' empire and so on.

Although this newspaper is only one-sided, there is no news that Li Jing really accepted the persuasion of the four anti-kings and rebelled against Tang Liguo.

But this still made Li Xuan extremely angry. After the anger subsided, fear followed.

Hebei's four anti-kings suddenly want to respect Li Jing as the emperor. Although this may be just a divorce, what if Li Jing's heart is moved?

If Li Jing really has the heart of disobedience, with Li Jing's territory and soldiers, plus the soldiers and horses of the Four Anti-kings, it is already half of the Northeast. Half of Tang's country will be lost.

"Immediately announce the affairs of the Prime Ministers in the Zhengshitang, the Privy Council, Xuanhuiyuan, and the left and right Shence lieutenant Yanyingdian!" Li Yan said with a pale face and a trembling voice.

"Invite all the six hall officials into the palace!" Li Xuan added at the end.

He lowered his head and looked at the famous newspaper again. Every word on it was like a knife and arrow, stabbing him with bruises all over his body! (To be continued.)