Chapter 219 Good Tradition
When people are really sitting at home, the pot comes from the sky.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Shimin also had half a day of leisure, accompanying the concubines in the palace to enjoy the flowers in the garden, which was just the time to have fun.
"Tengou Food Day!"
Among the eunuchs who were accompanying the palace maids and eunuchs suddenly heard a scream, and a little eunuch looked terrified.
To survive in the palace, he naturally understands some taboos. Knowing what the "Tiangou Food Day" means is the root of his horror.
In addition, it has disturbed the interests of His Majesty and the Empresses, this time it may be really doomed!
Li Shimin had no time to take care of him, looked up, squinted his eyes, looked at the sun that seemed to have been bitten, with a solemn look on his face, and suddenly he lost interest in playing.
"Tiangou Food Day, this day is about to be dark. My beloved concubines will go back to the bedroom first."
After Li Shimin comforted him, the concubines dispersed. He also left here and rushed to Liangyi Hall.
Inside the hall.
The spy chief Li Junxian was ordered to come hurriedly. Seeing Li Shimin coming, he hurriedly prepared to salute.
Li Shiming stopped him, walked in, and went straight to the point, asking: "No need to be polite! What's the situation outside the palace of my dear? Is there any rumors spreading?"
"When you go back to your Majesty, there are no rumors yet, and most people in the world are enjoying the wonders."
"Your dear is always concerned. If anyone spreads rumors, he will catch them as much as he should, and he will never tolerate them!" Li Shiming said resolutely, and he treated them completely as a big event.
Once a family threatens this, it will be another headache, and it will be no more than one or two.
"Here!"
Li Junxian bowed and accepted the order. Then he wanted to say something but stopped, but he didn't know that he should say it, but he didn't dare to say it. Li Shiming saw it and smiled and said, "I'm fine but I'm talking."
"This time, no people sneer at the people who beat the gong and drive away the Tiangou..."
Li Junxian said it at a sudden end. He often accompanied Li Shimin. When the incident in the Lishan Palace happened, he was also present. He knew that Li Er did not want to hear Fang Yiai, so hesitated whether to say it.
"Is it because my dear friend took over the house and came to speak for him?"
Li Er glanced at him and said something lightly, unable to hear the joy and anger.
Li Junxian did not dare to be careless at all. He had sweated coldly on his forehead. He bent down and bowed deeply, "Please give a clear explanation! I have never had any contact with Xinfeng Bo. I just thought this matter was different, so I reported it to Your Majesty."
"Haha, I don't need to be nervous, I trust you."
Li Shimin laughed loudly, even stood up and personally helped Li Junxian up.
Li Junxian's attitude became more and more respectful. He couldn't figure out which sentence His Majesty said was true. When he left, he was one step deep and one step shallow, as if he was stepping on cotton.
When Li Junxian left, Li Er raised his eyebrows and said, "Hmph! This little bastard has finally done something human-related!"
Li Er naturally remembered the "solar eclipse theory" proposed by Fang Yiai. But if a few people believe it, they will not know it. They will never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.
"Don't think that I will let you go now!"
...
A few hours later, the solar eclipse ended.
Some scholars inevitably began to conspire theories, "Why did solar eclipse happen for no reason?"
"This is a warning from God, and there must be unfair things in the world."
Various speculations and interpretations are like demons dancing around, emerging one after another, saying things in a scattered way, but each with ulterior motives...
However, most people are still awake, "Don't talk nonsense when you wait! Xinfeng Bo has long stated that the 'Tiangou Food Day' is just a day-to-day phenomenon. The moon covers the sun, so how can there be a warning from the sky!"
"I'm so arrogant! Fang Yiai is a saint, what he said must be right?"
"Yes! From the perspective below, God is warning today, which means his love, disrespect to heaven and earth, and he is not respectful to the emperor, how ruthless!"
"If you dare to spread rumors and cause trouble, be careful to sue the yamen and arrest you, a person with ulterior motives."
For a moment, the two camps were tense and stalemate...
"What do you mean by saying this? Do you dare to argue with the yamen?" Suddenly someone suggested that the other party became weaker.
...
The next day.
The front page of the Datang Daily published a solar eclipse.
All names are "solar eclipse", not "Tiangou Food Day". Not only does it tell the cause of this phenomenon according to the rules of solar eclipse. It also announced a message: The scientific goalkeeper predicts that the next solar eclipse will be announced in the newspaper soon.
Just one stone stirred up a thousand waves, Fang Yiai's camp suddenly became more and more stable in the morale of the army.
At the same time, there are also many other sounds missing.
This solar eclipse did not cause much storm.
On the other hand, Li Chunfeng, who was busy receiving guests at home, received a task: predicting the next solar eclipse. Fang Yiai threw the matter to Li Tai, and the fat man threw it to Li Chunfeng again.
Science is the subject, and this fine tradition is still maintained!
Fang Yiai's opponents and those families who planned to attack this, saw the newspaper as soon as possible.
Although they are not in dealing with Fang Yiai, it is undeniable that newspapers are a good thing. They have already developed the habit of reading newspapers by hand, otherwise they will only fall behind others.
"How do you think about this? Is this world really as Fang Yiai said?"
In a magnificent warm pavilion, two middle-aged men sat opposite each other, both of whom were holding newspapers in their hands.
"I'm not afraid of my brother making jokes, so I believe it. I've checked the previous 'soon eclipse' records, which is exactly the same as what he said."
"Haha, I'll wait for news."
The older scholar laughed and noticed his hand, "The newspaper is really a good thing. Unfortunately, without Fang Yiai's printing technique, the newspaper could not handle it."
"Yes, I thought he lost money to gain publicity, but never thought that it was such a good business, and its power should not be underestimated. Fang Yiai is worthy of being a genius."
In fact, Chang'an has also opened some tabloids.
Especially after the advertising space was sold, newspapers sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. They hired the best carving masters and carving overnight.
However, the number of carved papers cannot be increased, only one or two pieces can be printed quickly?
It will only be slower and slower. When they print a certain number, the Datang Daily has occupied the market. The sales volume is not ideal, and the advertising space will naturally not be sold. The newspaper has become a bottomless pit and has to pay money in it.
Those who can survive now have the shadow of aristocratic families behind them. The aristocratic families have a deep foundation and are not short of this little money. They are just for the newspaper to control the power of public opinion.
"It's a pity that the craftsmen at home are all wastes. After so long, they can't break the art of printing!"
The Tang Dynasty did not lack craftsmen with good craftsmanship, but what they lacked was the idea of breaking fixed thinking. Woodblock printing appeared for hundreds of years before movable type printing was introduced.
Chapter completed!