Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 285: Who will be anxious if the front page of the newspaper is gone one day?

Di Mansion.

Today is not New Year's Eve, but the whole house is gathered together with laughter and joy.

The head of the family, Di Xiaoxu, his sons Di Zhiben, Di Zhixun, grandsons Di Renjie and Di Renquan, were sitting in the main hall talking.

In Chang'an, the Di family is now considered a prominent and powerful family.

Di Xiaoxu was Shangshu Zuocheng, a senior official of the fourth rank.

Di Zhiben was a court councilor, a senior official of the sixth rank.

Di Zhixun was a doctor of the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy, holding the rank of a sixth-rank official.

Di Renjie had no official rank, but he was a disciple of the prince, serving the prince and exercising the power of the prince's household steward.

In terms of official rank, Di Xiaoxu has the highest position and is worthy of being the head of the family.

But in terms of status, the young Di Renjie was the highest.

Regardless of their relationship, Di Xiaoxu was always respectful to Di Renjie.

The two reasons why the Di family could stand firm in Chang'an were Di Xiaoxu himself and Di Renjie.

It can be said that the development of the second generation of the Di family depends on Di Renjie, the core of the third generation.

This time, they gathered together before New Year's Eve, simply because Di Renjie would not be spending the New Year at home this year.

They want to have the New Year’s Eve dinner in advance.

This shows Di Renjie's status in the family.

"Huaiying."

Di Xiaoxu said: "This time, the Holy Emperor and the Crown Prince will tour the people during the New Year and greet the people during the festival."

"You are accompanying me, so please be careful."

Di Renjie said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, Grandfather. I will keep it in mind."

"This year, all the officials in the court will go out to greet people."

"The Holy Emperor is benevolent and has granted a day off to all the ministers to celebrate the New Year at home in advance."

Di Xiaoxu was filled with emotion and felt that the world was changing too fast.

Speaking of this, everyone present couldn't help but sigh, "He is the Holy Son of Heaven."

In the past, the emperor would also set up banquets in the palace and summon princes, princes and princesses to spend New Year's Eve together.

Everyone is busy with family reunions, celebrating New Year's Eve, and welcoming the New Year.

Who will care about how people spend New Year's Eve?

But this time it was different.

The Emperor and the Crown Prince do not spend New Year's Eve in the palace. On such an important and festive day, the officials in the court do not reunite at home, but instead travel among the people to visit the common people who are celebrating the festival.

This is the first time I have seen this in history.

If this isn’t the Holy Emperor, then what is it?
"Huai Ying."

"Where are we going first this time?"

Dickson asked.

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "Aye, this matter cannot be discussed."

Di Xiaoxu said unhappily: "What are you asking?"

"How could you have found out about the Holy Emperor's travels?"

"Let alone Huaiying not knowing, even if he knew, how could he tell it?"

Di Zhixun said awkwardly, "I made a mistake."

"It's okay, don't mind it."

Di Renjie smiled and said that he didn't know what his father was thinking.

Although he was a doctor of the Imperial College, he had always been a special writer invited by the Tang Empire News.

I usually write articles and publish them in newspapers.

I guess he is also thinking of taking this opportunity to write a shocking article.

……

East Palace.

Di Renjie came close to the prince, took a look at him, and then served silently beside him.

"Arrangement at home?"

Li Chengqian asked without even raising his head.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. I am very grateful." Di Renjie said.

"This is human nature. The court should care about the people of the world, but it cannot allow ministers to ignore personal feelings."

Li Chengqian smiled.

"Your Highness is wise."

Di Renjie thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I understand what you said that day. Li Yifu will not be arrogant, but will be jealous and resentful."

"It turns out that it has long been under the control of His Highness."

After Li Chengqian commented on Zhu's writing, he said, "Tell me what you think."

"Yes!"

Di Renjie said: "The General Information Office has been upgraded to a third-rank government office. This is absolutely great news for Li Yifu. If he has not committed any crime, he will most likely rise to prominence."

"But he was reported and punished, and was banned from promotion for three years."

"This means he missed the opportunity for promotion."

"The resentment and dissatisfaction in his heart will not be directed at the prince, but at those people."

Li Chengqian was doing his own thing and didn't say anything. Di Renjie continued, "If it were me, I would definitely not be able to stand it."

"The appointment of Cui Dunli as Silang is a stroke of genius."

Li Chengqian lowered his head and asked casually, "What do you mean?"

"Cui Dunli is a descendant of the Cui family, a Shandong aristocratic family. As the Secretary of the General News Department, he will definitely favor and protect the Five Surnames and Seven Families, and give them convenience within the scope of his power and position."

"It is foreseeable that Shandong family will become a powerful newspaper company in the future."

Di Renjie spoke quickly, becoming more and more fluent as he spoke, "With no one to check and balance him, the Shandong family's voice will be too loud."

"But it's different with Li Yifu."

"He is Si Cheng. Although his official rank is not as high as Cui Dunli's, his power is not small."

"I have been running the News Department for a few years and already have my own team."

"He already harbors resentment and dissatisfaction, so he will definitely keep a close eye on Cui Dunli and try to bring him down at all times. This way, Cui Dunli will not dare to act recklessly."

"So, Li Yifu is fully capable of wrestling with Cui Dunli."

He didn't quite understand what Li Yifu's role was before.

After the grand court meeting, he had a general understanding of the situation.

Li Yifu's report seemed to put the prince in a passive position, but it was just a matter of course.

It was also intended to warn Li Yifu. Perhaps, His Highness had already planned to upgrade the General Information Office, and Cui Dunli would be parachuted in as the General Information Office regardless of whether there was a report or not.

If it wasn’t Cui Dunli, it would be someone else.

Anyway, he must be from a Shandong family.

Li Yifu had no chance at all to take the position of the third rank.

Nothing happened. If Cui Dunli parachuted in, Li Yifu would also be unbalanced.

But the addition of the report made Li Yifu psychologically unbalanced, and he harbored even greater hatred and resentment.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for Cui Dunli to get what he wants.

Li Chengqian picked up another memorial, spread it out and read it, and said calmly, "That's all?"

"Well……!"

Di Renjie pondered for a moment and said, "If Li Yifu wants to compete with Cui Dunli, it should not be enough."

"He might unite the power of the Jiangnan gentry to fight against Cui Dunli."

"After all, when Cui Dunli takes office, he will definitely restrict and make things difficult for the Jiangnan faction's newspapers, and suppress them more, creating an environment where the Shandong faction has no rivals."

"So, the Jiangnan gentry will be allies of Li Yifu."

Seeing the prince nodded, Di Renjie was very happy, but then he heard the prince calmly say: "What else?"

"this……."

what else?
Di Renjie was really surprised. He said, "I am a dull student. This is all I can think of."

Hear the words.

Li Chengqian put down his red brush and said leisurely, "You talked about the surface, but you also saw something deeper."

"But there is another point, which you mentioned just now, but did not think deeply about it."

Di Renjie humbly asked, "Your Highness, please give me some advice."

"Just now, you said that Shandong families will definitely become powerful, and that's true."

Li Chengqian said: "But this is what I want."

"If not, I wouldn't have let Cui Dunli sit on it."

Di Renjie asked in confusion: "Why?"

"If you want fame, I'll give it to them." Li Chengqian said, "And let them do what they want."

"The more newspapers are published, the better. I'm just afraid they won't publish them."

Di Renjie was still a little confused.

Isn't this allowing the Shandong family to gain fame?

This is not in line with the strategy of suppressing the aristocratic families.

"Don't you understand?"

Li Chengqian chuckled, "It's normal not to understand."

"I am borrowing the human, material and financial resources of the Shandong family to enhance the prestige of the imperial court."

"Do you know what the most important condition for publishing a newspaper is?"

Di Renjie subconsciously asked, "Two hundred thousand strings of cash as a deposit?"

"wrong!"

Li Chengqian said: "The front page must be consistent with the Great Tang Empire News."

"This was decided by Li Yifu."

"Your Majesty, I, the activities, speeches, and decrees of the court officials must be on the front page."

"If it doesn't have that, it can't be published and it won't pass the review."

Di Renjie was so astonished that he almost lost his voice and said, "Your Highness, I understand."

He knelt beside Li Chengqian and looked at the prince with a strange look in his eyes.

So this is the root cause.

The court did not have to spend too much money, just let Cui Dunli take the position of Silang.

With the power at their disposal and the relaxation of censorship, they will surely become more radical.

But as long as this front-page rule is there, it doesn’t matter how radical it is.

In particular, this will stimulate the Jiangnan newspapers, which will inevitably want to compete with it.

"but……."

"Your Highness, what if Cui Dunli changes this rule?"

Di Renjie asked.

"Do you think he dares?"

Li Chengqian's tone was calm, but it contained a powerful aura.

"He wouldn't dare."

Di Renjie murmured, "Not to mention that this is absolutely politically correct, and Li Yifu is watching him."

"If he dares to change his mind, he will be impeached before he can even get comfortable in his newly-appointed third-rank position..."

clever!

It’s really brilliant.

Di Renjie was full of admiration for the prince's methods.

He was secretly annoyed with himself, wondering why he hadn't thought of this connection.

The content of the front page, which was almost a fixed perception formed in Chang'an, must be related to the Holy Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the officials of the court.

There is no day without these contents.

There is no need for a Holy Emperor. The Crown Prince will give the order and the officials in the court will take action.

You know, this is not exclusive to the Holy Emperor and the Crown Prince. The benefits of fame on the front page of newspapers are also shared by the central ministers in the court.

Suddenly they said that the front page no longer had this requirement.

Look at whether you gentlemen are anxious or angry.

You are just a student from the Hanlin Academy, and I let you take the position of the third-rank official in the General Information Department, but you ruin my reputation right from the start.

Showing off in front of us?
What gives you the right, Cui Dunli?
Come and die!

"You, you still need to think and watch more in the future."

"Things in the court are far from being as simple as they seem."

Li Chengqian smiled.

"I am grateful for your advice." Di Renjie said respectfully.

He had so much to learn, and he was deeply grateful to the prince for cultivating his heart.

He is favored and valued by the prince, who keeps him by his side and gives him patient guidance.

There are countless people in this world who envy me.

(End of this chapter)