Chapter 494: The Uncrowned King
"Bian Gong, fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission! Cao Gong has already said that you will send craftsmen to the state pastoral mansion to learn the two skills of papermaking and printing. Chen Gong came back with a smile on his face and said.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!! When Bian Rang heard this, he clapped his hands excitedly and cheered.
"Bian Gong, you said before that with these two methods, you can raise the prestige of my Yanzhou clan, and you can also change the situation in Yanzhou, I don't know what the best strategy is?" A scholar on the side asked.
Bian Rang smiled and said, "Have you ever heard that there is a thing in Qingzhou, called a newspaper?" β
"Of course I know, I also sent someone to Qingzhou to buy a lot of money, I have read every issue, and I still know the details of the war in Jizhou from that newspaper."
"Not only the war, but also anecdotes from various places, I heard that there are many silver mines in the east of the country, and I don't know if it is true or false."
"This kind of overseas immortal mountain thing, don't take it seriously, don't forget the old things of Xu Fu."
Seeing that everyone knew about it, he continued, "With the two methods of papermaking and printing, we can also print newspapers, and I am going to open a newspaper, which is called Qingliusha, and everyone can write articles and contributions, and I will invite celebrities and celebrities, select the best to publish, and spread it all over the world!"
In this way, the demeanor of my Yanzhou Shi clan will be known to the world! What's more important is that in this way, if Cao Apu dares to bully us again, we can use the pen in our hands and speak in our mouths to scold him to death on paper!
I don't believe it, he dares to ignore the world's criticism! β
Bian Rang's words made everyone excited, and they all applauded.
The Han Dynasty is a system of inspection, how to inspect, all depends on the wind comment, everyone says you are good, you are good, not good, everyone says you are not good, you are not good, good is not good, the wind evaluation determines everything, if you can get the comments of the famous people, then you are also a famous person.
And becoming a celebrity is the first step into officialdom, if Bian Rang can succeed in this Qingliu Society, then in the future, who is a celebrity in Yanzhou and even in the world is Bian Rang and even the people present have the final say.
What Bian Rang is going to do is to use the newspaper to control public opinion, use public opinion to influence the court, and make himself the uncrowned king!
But will Cao Cao let the uncrowned king appear in Yanzhou, which tolerates him?
Chen Gong was very worried that Bian Rang's move would lead to a burn, so he could only pray secretly in his heart and be ready to mediate from it.
In the face of the power that can control the wind and criticism, these scholars no longer care about those fields, or the same sentence, whether the scholars seek wealth in the first place.
ββLangya, Xuzhou
"Old man, I've been preparing for almost half a month, aren't you ready?" Xiahoudun looked at the leisurely Cao Song with a bitter face, he originally asked Han Hao to go to Langya to ask Cao Song to go to Qingzhou to Yanzhou, but he waited for half a month and there was no movement, and in the end he couldn't wait, so he could only go to Langya to see what was going on.
It's okay not to look at it, I almost vomited blood when I saw it, Cao Song was in Langya these days, he was buying land, boiling salt and iron, anyway, what is making money, it is really a big industry, not only has a second spring in his career, but also has a second spring physiologically, Cao Cao has one more brother and a younger sister, Xiahou has to admire Cao Song's old and strong!
But since there are so many industries, it is not easy to leave, Cao Song sold it for half a month, and only sold less than half of the field shops.
"What's the hurry, the price is going to go down if it's urgent! These are all money, don't you need money in Yanzhou? Who am I working so hard for! As soon as Cao Song's beard curled, he began to teach Xiahoudun a lesson, anyway, he was there, and Xiahoudun could only listen with his head down.
"But..."Xiahoudun suddenly saw Han Hao beckoning to him with a serious face, he gave Cao Song a perfunctory look and walked over.
"There are a few more rats outside, Tao Qian is afraid that he has already learned the news."
Don't you know, you've been selling your property here for half a month.
No, if you drag it any longer, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave.
Xiahoudun knew that an important reason why Cao Cao tolerated Tao Qian's entry into Mount Tai was that Cao Song was in Langya, and taking Cao Song away was also to prepare for Cao Cao's next march into Xuzhou.
If Cao Song was taken hostage by Tao Qian, Cao Cao's eastward path would be blocked.
Gotta go! Let's go now!
Xiahoudun immediately turned around and found Cao Song, clasped his fists and said, "Meng De just sent a message, saying that Tao Qian is ready to attack Yanzhou, let the old man, leave Xuzhou quickly, without further ado, we will leave Langya tonight!" β
"Tonight? But there's also..."
"When Meng De comes to Xuzhou, the whole of Xuzhou is ours, why care about these small profits, and if you don't leave, Tao Qian's soldiers and horses will be killed, and we will definitely not be able to resist such a few people."
Cao Song was timid, as soon as he heard that Tao Qian might come to arrest him, he didn't want any fields or shops at the moment, so he loaded the car overnight and followed Xiahoudun all the way north to Qingzhou, but because Cao Song brought too much property, gold and silver, heavy carriages and horses, and a lot of old and weak women and children, he couldn't run fast, only dozens of miles a day.
As soon as Cao Song ran, the people who were watching him immediately rushed to Tao Qian.
Tao Qian saw that Cao Song actually ran away overnight, and couldn't help but say to Lu Zhi in shock, "Duke Lu, the big thing is not good, Cao Mengde is going to kill him!" β
Lu Zhi was stunned when he heard this, what is the situation.
"Tao Gong should not be in a hurry, and speak slowly."
Tao Qian inhaled a cool breath and told Lu Zhi about Cao Song's escape overnight.
"Cao Song was in Langya, and he bought more fields and industries, but now he abandoned it, he must have known that Cao Mengde was going to attack on a large scale, and he was worried that he would be harmed by me, so he fled north overnight."
This analysis... It's really like that.
"Cao Cao is also a loyal minister against Dong, why did he attack Xuzhou?" Lu Zhi asked with some puzzlement.
"It must be because of Mount Tai, he was originally dissatisfied with our troops Mount Tai, but if he didn't go to Mount Tai, how could he go down the river?" Tao Qian sighed and said, "Gong Lu, what should we do?" β
Lu Zhi thought for a while and said, "The national thief is Dong Zhuo, Xu Yan should work together, don't surrender troops in this matter, Tao Gong can send light cavalry north to chase Cao Song, escort all the way, in order to show favor to him."
I wrote another letter to Cao Yanzhou, Cao Yanzhou has loyalty, and I hope to persuade him to change his mind! After that, Lu Zhi couldn't help but think of the scene in Yuan Shao's camp that day, sighed and said, "Even if he doesn't listen to our advice, we can be regarded as salutes before soldiers." β
For the second attack on Dong next year, Tao Qian's elite soldiers and horses have already arrived in Mount Tai, and the cavalry is naturally in Mount Tai, so he asked Zhang Min to lead 500 light horsemen to chase Cao Song with gifts, hoping to show favor to Cao Cao.
Zhang Min got the order, and he was a hundred reluctant in his heart, what kind of person is Cao Song, that is a rich man whose toilets are all gold, and he has to give gifts by himself, it is really a hell of a life.
But a military order is a military order, and the gift has to be given, Zhang Min can only let the sergeant carry the gift on his back and chase Cao Song quickly.