Chapter 675: The Founding Emperor of Daqi
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Capital, Chang'an...
Li Yan got up early in the morning, rode a horse and fencing for half an hour, and took a shower under the service of Meiren Wang, and then came to the imperial study room early to handle political affairs.
Because the actor Shi Yezhu was smart and smart, he did not just flatter the emperor. Therefore, Li Yan now attaches great importance to him and lets him be by his side every day. As soon as he entered the imperial study, Shi Yezhu had already placed all the newspapers today neatly on the imperial case. In addition to the various newspapers issued by the capital, there were even newspapers from Luoyang, Dengzhou, Yangzhou, Taiyuan and other places. However, although the emperor sent special personnel from all over the country to collect and deliver them, these newspapers from other places were generally old news from the past few days. But even so, the emperor issued a special order, requiring that a single issue be collected from all towns in the world be delivered.
The emperor sat down, and the stone wild boar immediately gave him a cup of hot ginseng tea and handed the royal news report on the top to his hands.
Since Li Jing reformed papermaking and printing technology in Dengzhou a few years ago and then opened newspapers, novel things like newspapers have quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty. At first, it was only opened in several prefectures. Until now, although more than 300 states in the Tang Dynasty have all run newspapers, at least more than 50 vassal states have run newspapers in towns.
The scholars and people of the Tang Dynasty were already used to ordering newspapers and buying newspapers. When they walked to the streets and alleys, they could hear the sound of reading newspapers.
The central government of the court did not care about the newspaper at first, and after the Qin newspaper leaked the secrets, some people proposed to hold a ban. After all, after the newspaper appeared, the people became enthusiastic about the current affairs of the world, and everyone could discuss the national affairs. Many people even talked about the ruthless things in the newspaper, and often leaked the secrets of the court. However, the ban lasted less than a month, and the ban was finally lifted.
The biggest reason is of course that although the emperor ordered the ban, the various vassal states did not comply with it. In many vassal states, the newspapers were run by the vassal states, the commanders of the vassal states, or the military leaders who commanded the troops, and even the aristocratic families. The newspapers not only made a lot of profits, but also had a mouthpiece and could control public opinion. Who would be willing to give up such an excellent report to expand their influence? In this way, the capital was finally banned, but newspapers in other parts of the world were still the same, and the ban was finally killed.
However, the court also came up with several remedies. Since it cannot be banned, try to participate and control it.
It was in this case that Chang'an's Royal News, Luoyang's Tokyo News, Taiyuan's Northern News, Chengdu's Shu News, Fengxiang's Beijing West Times, and the Wudu of the Tang Dynasty all opened major newspapers directly created by the imperial court.
Because it is a newspaper run by the court, it is also the most authoritative newspaper. Many new government orders of the court were published in it at the first time. Because of this, these five newspapers were very popular, especially the Royal News, which came from behind and has now become the largest newspaper in Guanzhong. Every day, Chang'an alone sells more than 50,000 copies, and sales in Guanzhong, Shannan, Hedong, Henan, Sanchuan and other places are also extremely high. The sales of Royal News can reach the 100,000 mark in each issue.
The net profit of each newspaper is as high as one article, and 100,000 copies is 1,000 coins. The Royal News also advertises, and the advertising fee is higher. Now, the Royal News can bring 5,000 coins to the newspaper owner Li Yan in almost every issue. It is nearly two million coins a year, which is almost equal to the income of a salt pond in Jie County, Hedong. Although the Royal News can have such high sales, a large part of the reason is that this is a newspaper run by the emperor, with a strong royal background, and all the states, counties, schools, military, etc. are subscribed, and businessmen are also half-supervised, but it is also a fact that this newspaper has become the most influential newspaper in the western part of the Tang Dynasty.
After drinking a warm ginseng tea, Li Yan spread out the Royal News. The front page was the news that Li Keyong, the Shatuo clan, had arrived in Datong and entered Weizhou. There was also an interview with the Royal News reporter, who wrote about his personal lineup of Shatuo's army and his fierce fighting spirit in Daibei. During the interview, Li Keyong sincerely apologized to the emperor for the mistakes made by the young and frivolous accusations, and then thanked the emperor for his pardon and gave the Shatuo clan a chance to atone for his sins. He said that this time the Shatuo clan will never let down Jun's favor. The Shatuo warriors will use the swords and guns in their hands and the iron hooves of war horses to trample the rebels in Hebei one by one!
Seeing this news, Li Yan smiled slightly on his face. Li Keyong finally had a good attitude.
For 50,000 generations of Northern Hu cavalry, this black crow was indeed fierce. At that time, he was beaten by the court and almost destroyed the entire clan. In just a few years, he gathered such a force again. As long as he was really loyal to him, he would not mind forgive the guilt he committed.
Thinking of this, Li Yan turned his head and looked at the big clock next to him. The three-foot-high golden clock, inlaid with gold and jade. The jade carving on the top of the clock was worth a lot of money, and the twelve numbers carved from gems.
This clock was just sent by Li Keyong. It is said to be a newly produced time-calling treasure in Dengzhou. It rings every quarter of the hour, called half an hour, and one hour is equivalent to two hours. It is extremely magical. Although it is so hard to adapt to it, this self-ringing bell still makes the emperor happy.
It is said that this bell is extremely expensive. Ten auctions were sold in Dengzhou, all of which were extremely luxurious. Each of them was sold at a high price of one million yuan. Li Keyong sent someone to buy one, and then immediately came to Chang'an to pay tribute to him.
Li Yan was indeed very happy to receive Li Keyong's tribute. However, he felt a little disappointed. This clock was produced in Dengzhou, and it was obvious that it was Li Jing's industry. In the past, Li Jing would always pay tribute to him as soon as possible after making glass, perfume and other items. But this time, Li Jing did not send anyone to him at all. Even since the Hebei rebellion, Li Jing had completely interrupted his contribution to him. Even the two taxes and salt and tea tax that had been agreed to last year were suspended from offering the offer.
Thinking of this, Li Yan's face turned dark again.
I really love Li Jing, and now I hate you more deeply.
As Emperor Taizong said, the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the stern partings see loyal ministers. Now that the country needs to use him, Li Jing, but Li Jing's performance is really hurt by Li Yan. But in the current situation, he can't say a word of reprimand to Li Jing.
"Although Li Keyong had betrayed the court before, he was now loyal to the king's affairs. On the contrary, Li Jing looked loyal and respectful at the time, and was promoted repeatedly. But now he has the power to be in his hands, he has begun to respect his own troops. It really disappoints me. People's hearts are unpredictable, but people's hearts are unpredictable!" Li Yan threw down the newspaper in his hand and sighed.
After a long time, Li Yan calmed down his rapid breathing and picked up another newspaper to watch.
This one is a big news newspaper.
Seeing this header, Li Yan was a little stunned and turned his gaze to the stone wild boar.
The Daming newspaper is a newspaper run by the rebels in Hebei, and the name Daming was the name of Tian Yue, who called himself the Queen of Wei and changed Weizhou to Daming Mansion. Among the newspapers that Li Yan usually read, there was no Daming newspaper of the rebels. However, Shi Yezhu was very clever in his work and never made any mistakes. It was impossible for him to bring the rebels' newspaper because of his negligence. There must be some reason.
Li Yan looked down and saw a string of bold black words on the front page headlines, which immediately made Li Yan's eyes turn black and almost tore the newspaper in his hand.
The headlines on Daming News are extremely impactful.
Because the news above is a joint statement of the four traitors, Han Jian, Wang Jingchong, Liu Yue and Li Quanzhong.
In the newspaper, the four Hebei rebel kings announced that they immediately respected Li Jing as the founding emperor of the Great Qi, and the soldiers of the four towns in Hebei swore allegiance to Li Jing from now on. From now on, all the four towns in Hebei are owned by the Great Qi.
After transformation, the four towns of Hebei in the Tang Dynasty became the four towns of Hebei in the Daqi, and the four anti-kings kings became the four founding kings of the Daqi, and they still served as the governor of the four towns of Hebei.
Li Yan threw the newspaper on the ground, stood up with fire in his eyes.
In anger, he even smashed his beloved Jade Qilin paperweight on the courtyard pillar, smashing it to pieces.
After half an hour, when the bell on one side rang, it beat seven times in a row, indicating the arrival of seven o'clock in the morning and the arrival of Chen hour.
Li Yan woke up from the bell, sat back on the imperial throne, turned to the pale wild boar with a look of fright, and said, "Pick up the newspaper!"
After taking the newspaper, Li Yan started reading it again.
On the front page of the Daming Newspaper, Han Jian also announced later that they had invited the best embroidery worker to make the Six Crowns of the Emperor of the Emperor and presented it to His Majesty the founding emperor of the Great Qi. In addition, Han Jian also said that the four towns advised the Emperor of the Great Qi to change the Liaodong City to Liaoyang City and establish the capital of the Great Qi. There were a lot of words behind them, all of which were words about the "Da Qi" Empire, etc.
Although the newspaper was just a one-sided remark, there was no news that Li Jing had really accepted the persuasion of the Four Anti-Kings and rebelled against Tang and established the country.
But this still made Li Yan very angry. After the anger gradually subsided, fear followed.
The Four Anti-Rebel Kings of Hebei suddenly wanted to respect Li Jing as the emperor. Although this might be just a divisive plan, what if Li Jing was moved?
If Li Jing really had the intention of being unjust, with Li Jing's territory and troops, plus the troops of the Four Anti-Kings, it would be a half of the country in the northeast. If we count the thieves who just entered Henan, half of the country in the Tang Dynasty would be lost.
"Immediately, the prime ministers of Xuanzhengshi Hall, the Privy Council, Xuanhui Court, and the left and right Shence Lieutenant Yanying Hall discuss matters!" Li Yan's face was extremely pale, and his voice was trembling.
"Invite all the officials of the Six Tribes to the palace!" Li Yan added another sentence at the end.
Chapter completed!