Zhao Gao walked into his study, and Zhao Zhe, who was wearing eunuch clothes, was already waiting inside.

"What's the matter with going back to my house in such a hurry?" Zhao Gao's tone was not very cheerful, and he sat on the chair and asked.

"Dad, just now I heard from the eunuch in the palace that Chen Xu and Prime Minister Li Cheng of Zhongshu Province had a quarrel in Zichen Palace!" Zhao Zhe hurriedly said.

"Got a quarrel?" Zhao Gao was stunned for a moment, his face became a little strange, and he groaned for a while and asked, "What are they arguing about?" ”

Zhao Zhe shook his head and said: "The child was not there at the time, and the eunuch who reported was also a little far away, so I couldn't hear it clearly, but I heard Chen Xu's voice very angry, it seemed that he insulted Li Xiang, and scolded Li Xiang for not being in the position of Zuo Xiang and Shangqing......"

Zhao Zhe carefully recounted the words he heard in the palace, and then said cautiously: "Dad, the child thinks that he can do something about this matter, so he is in a hurry to come back and tell him!" ”

Zhao Gao nodded his head: "Zhe'er, this matter is very good, Chen Xu is the enemy of life and death of my Zhao family, if I don't get rid of it, my Zhao family will not be at peace for a day!" ”

"Dad, what are we going to do then?"

"Don't worry, this matter has to be inquired clearly, Li Si is now in charge of Zhongshu Province, the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, no one can shake it except His Majesty, and Chen Xu has a special identity, everyone is cautious about him, the so-called two tigers must be injured, no matter who wins in the end, one must fall, and the old man also happens to profit from it, you will inquire carefully after returning to the palace, by the way, what I told you last time is eyebrow?"

"Dad, Chen Xu hasn't been to the harem much recently, the fifth princess has gone out of the palace every once in a while to visit the Qinghe Marquis Mansion, and the child has closely told the eunuchs who take care of Huayu Palace to monitor the movements of the five princesses at all times, if there is a chance one day, you can seduce Chen Xu to the fifth princess's bedroom......"

"Stupid!" Before Zhao Zhe finished speaking, Zhao Gao angrily interrupted his words, "You are not harming him, but helping him, the emperor has long wanted to marry the fifth princess to Chen Xu, and the marriage has already been rumored, once Chen Xu is confused and fornicates with the fifth princess, Chen Xu will no longer shirk and agree to marry the fifth princess, and the emperor will also push Zhou Yu into a good thing, once Chen Xu becomes a real royal relative, it will be more and more difficult for me to move him!" ”

"That'...... So what to do? Chen Xu now has less and less time to go to the harem, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to control the opportunity! Zhao Zhe said anxiously.

Zhao Gao's fingers lightly clasped the table, and after a half-minute ring, he said word by word: "No, he will definitely go, the old man is the order of the Ministry of Rites, and he controls the Zongzheng Administration, and the marriage of the royal children must go through my hands, Chen Xu is unwilling to marry the fifth princess, and the old man can give the emperor a book again, and give Chen Xu the daughter of the Marquis of Tongwu, Wang Ben, the current Princess Qingning!" ”

"Huh?!" Zhao Zhe's pale cheeks became a little hideous and distorted.

"Hmph, what's the matter, do you still have a lot of thoughts about that Wang Sanniang?" Zhao Gao snorted coldly, looking at his son's body trembling slightly, knowing that this matter had poked his son's sore spot again, so his face became slightly soft and said: "Zhe'er, your current identity has no chance to marry a wife and have children, but the eldest husband can have no wife, but not without power, my father will slowly give the emperor a word to replace all the eunuchs in the harem with eunuchs, once these eunuchs are all controlled, all the concubines and princesses in the harem are under your surveillance, even including the emperor, now there are so many women in the harem, The emperor can't stand this kind of joy day and night even if he is beaten with iron, once the emperor dies, it will be an opportunity for you and me to control the government and the opposition, and Chen Xu and Li Si fight and insult each other, how can the old man let go of this opportunity, you go back to the palace to continue to monitor, you don't need to worry about the rest of the things for the time being, Dad will naturally arrange it! ”

"Yes, the boy will go back to the palace!" Zhao Zhe had no choice but to agree.

"There is one more thing, carefully inquire about how the Marquis of Qinghe treated Princess Qingning last time, there must be a hidden secret in this!" Zhao Gao stood up and said.

"Dad, the child has secretly inquired, there were only Chen Xu and two maids in the room at that time, but the two maids have been tight-lipped and don't reveal a word...... Zhao Zhe said embarrassedly.

"It's just two little maids, and they were brought in from outside the palace, and they will be said if they are brought to a place to intimidate, not to mention that Wang Qingsleeve is not from His Majesty, and he doesn't care too much about life or death, just a folk palace maid, no one will ask if he dies, do you still want your father to teach you this kind of thing?" Zhao Gao glared at his son fiercely.

"Daddy, the boy knows what to do! Let's go back to the palace to handle it! ”

"Well, go ahead!" Zhao Gao waved his hand, Zhao Zhe left the study and hurried away, while Zhao Gao sat on the couch again and pondered for a moment, took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter, and called the housekeeper to come in.

"Send this letter to Li Xiang's mansion, and say that this order invites Li Xiang to participate in the spring banquet three days later!"

"Yes, sir!" The housekeeper took the letter and left, and Zhao Gao slowly went to the back garden to continue drinking tea and dancing.

……

Early the next morning, Chen Xu got up early, dressed and washed under the service of a group of maids, and hurried to the newspaper after breakfast.

After a night of rush printing, although the new edition of Daqin Metropolis Daily only printed 1,300 copies, it was piled up in several large bundles, which were bundled and neatly placed on seven carriages, while dozens of craftsmen in the printing room were still working overtime to continue printing, and an average of one newspaper was printed every two or three minutes.

More than thirty beggars of about ten years old, both men and women, almost all of them were black, thin and malnourished, but their hair was neatly combed, and after wearing the uniform blue vest printed on the back of the Daqin Metropolis Newspaper, they looked a lot more energetic, not only that, but each of them also carried a satchel made of linen, which was full of folded newspapers, and there was a small wooden sign on his chest, on which the group and name were written!

When Chen Xu came, Chen Ping's group of newspaper secretaries, editors and helpers had already arrived, and all the newspaper boys were ready to stand in line in the courtyard.

"See Master Hou!" Seeing Chen Xu's carriage drive into the courtyard, everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted together.

"Excuse me!" Chen Xu waved his hand and got out of the car, his eyes swept over Chen Ping, the newspaper leaders who stayed up late and became rabbit-eyed, and then his eyes fell on more than 30 newsboys, and he nodded with great satisfaction and said: "Well, yes, set off when you are ready, and try to sell and distribute the newspaper before going to the court!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Chen Ping, Fu An, Qiu Cheng and the others suddenly turned around excitedly and began to arrange.

"One group goes to the east of the city, and the sales location is near Qinghe Park."

"The second group went to the south of the city, and the sales location was near Liuyu Garden."

"The three groups went to the west of the city, and the sales location was near the Zongshan Annex."

……

"Six groups and seven groups go to the city, and the sales location is near Huaxia Qianzhuang!"

"Out~"

The route and location of the sale along the street have already been arranged, at this time Chen Ping still shouted again, with an order, a group of newsboys who already knew their group climbed into the carriage of each group, a group of five, led by the helpers, all of whom were also wearing blue vests printed with the uniform logo of Huaxia Metropolis Daily.

"Driving~driving~"

With the coachman whipping, seven carriages soon drove out of the courtyard of the newspaper office.

"Master Hou, I'm so excited, as soon as the newspaper comes out, Xianyang will inevitably be stormy today!" Chen Ping's face flushed with excitement.

This newspaper not only publishes all kinds of news and anecdotes, farming, stories, and hundreds of opinions, and each article in these sections will indicate the name of the writer, but also publishes the address of the manuscript and the names of the editors, editors-in-charge and editors-in-chief and secretaries of the metropolitan newspaper in the most conspicuous position on the first page, that is to say, Chen Ping, Fu An, Qiu Cheng, Ji Tong, Pang Que and others will soon be famous in Xianyang because of this newspaper, and a few months later, with the newspaper being taken to other places, The names of these people will also resound throughout Daqin.

This is something that Qiu Chengfu, An Jitong and a group of down-and-out scribes who are in Xianyang have never thought of it anyway.

"Don't get excited too early, I'm afraid you will be busy eating and sleeping well these days, hurry up and urge the printing to be intensified, and at the same time organize the manuscript and prepare for the second newspaper, which is also strict and cautious, novel and ......interesting," Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Master Hou, even if I don't eat or sleep for three days and three nights, I will never complain!" A group of editors shouted excitedly.

"Well, running a newspaper is a long-term and cumbersome task, there are many things that can be published in the world, every manuscript must be carefully revised repeatedly, and there must be no half-point difference, this is not only your task, but also an important measure for me Daqin to be able to secure the country and the people, you should not forget, yesterday you were only given an official position by His Majesty, and you are now officials of Daqin, so you must abandon all the dissatisfaction with Daqin and the court in the past, and do not have too subjective emotions in the trial of any manuscript, Since it is a speech that runs all over the world, and strives to be fair, fair, and impartial, we must do not take the joy of things and our own sorrow to correctly save all manuscripts, and the only thing to pay attention to is that everything is for the safety of our Great Qin, and no manuscript is allowed to have remarks that cause chaos to the people and the court......"

After Chen Xu repeated the old tune and told him closely, Chen Ping and the others all endured their excited thumping hearts and turned back to their jobs, and began to work excitedly as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Looking at the lively situation in all the offices, Chen Xu couldn't help but twitch a few times.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

These so-called hundreds of celebrities are all here for fame and fortune, and among them, there is probably no one who is really willing to endure poverty and concentrate on learning and educating the people.

That is to say, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the hundred schools of thought continued to rise, using ideas and remarks to their liking to constantly bewitch the princes to fight, and then also gave birth to the theories of soldiers, legalists, and Confucianism that were more in line with the trend.

Chen Ping is like this, Fu An Jitong and others are like this, and so are the disciples of the hundreds of schools of thought who are literate in the world, they all want to seek greater benefits and power through their own learning, and if they want to stabilize their rights, they must step on other sects.

This is what Li Si, a disciple of the Legalist family, wanted to do yesterday, and he has been doing this all along.

Yesterday's events were marked by a fierce confrontation between the two opposing blocs of freedom of speech and ideological unity, followed by resistance and war between the oppressed and the oppressed.

And these two hostile forces have been constantly fighting each other in the long river of human historical development, but with the gradual exchange and integration of human civilization, the scope of this game has become larger and larger, from the princes to the countries, and then expanded to the entire earth human beings, and finally formed two distinct hostile forces in the East and the West, which have both differences in civilization, as well as philosophical and ideological antagonisms, in fact, more cultural disagreement with each other, and the contest between the hundreds of schools of thought and the dominant Legalist forces in front of them, If two or more parties do not agree with each other's ideas, there will inevitably be violent conflicts and contests.

The winner is king, and the loser is the loser.

Uncle Mao once said: Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

And as a-stirring stick that came from later generations, Chen Xu's heart is contradictory.

If the Legalist forces win, Chinese history will inevitably repeat the same process, and China will have a great collapse of civilization under the rule of Great Qin, and the cultural treasures left by the sages of a hundred schools of thought will be burned, causing thousands or even tens of thousands of years of civilization pain in later generations.

And if the hundred schools of thought win, the opinions of each family attack and suppress each other, which will inevitably cause chaos in the country, and the Great Qin Empire will inevitably not last long, and finally it may fall apart and form a state of division of princes again, and China will once again fall into endless civil wars.

Therefore, in the unprecedented struggle to deal with the Legalists and the Hundred Schools of Thought, Chen Xu was actually confused.

Influenced by the various remarks of later generations, it seems that China should have a hundred schools of thought contending, and that is the prosperity of the world, and the Spring and Autumn Period has also been repeatedly taken out by countless historians and thinkers, profoundly excavating how this prosperous era of a hundred schools of thought appeared, how it would suddenly burst out such a brilliant ideological and philosophical civilization, and how it would suddenly give birth to Lao Tzu Confucius, who is almost respected as a sage.

But from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period to the current Great Qin, after hundreds of years of competition, only Legalism can finally complete the situation of the unification of China, whether it is Confucianism or Mohistism or even the Huang Lao School, these schools of disciples can not complete this task, if there is no Legalism, it can be said that today's China is still a plate of scattered sand, still in the situation of princes fighting.

And if Daqin allows a pure Legalist disciple like Li Si to continue to manipulate, the situation of great unification will not be able to last for a long time, this is like a dish, all kinds of spices such as green onions, ginger, garlic, mustard oil, sauce and vinegar are discarded, only salt is put in, and a jar of salt must be put in, and after a long time, the final outcome is that the person who eats the vegetable will be killed.

Therefore, in order to build a prosperous and powerful country on the basis of not destroying the theory of the hundred schools, and to quell the fierce struggle between the Legalists and the Hundred Schools, we must find another way and find a theoretical method that is compatible with the Hundred Schools of Thought and the Legalists, so that the splendid civilization of China can continue to continue to be brilliant.

But this method Chen Xu is still almost a black eye, although he has had a variety of seemingly simple and direct ideas before, but when he really stepped into Xianyang, stepped into the court, and really had to face the disposal, everything felt difficult to move an inch.

The first thing to face is Li Si, a historical celebrity through the ages, and now Li Si is in power, and the emperor's trust in him in governing the country can be said to be much higher than that of Chen Xu.

Chen Xu's identity is mysterious, and Qin Shi Huang is more respectful, and even a little afraid.

But Li Si is different, since Li Si became a court lieutenant, he has adhered to the concept of legalism, and every piece of music has won the love of Qin Shi Huang, an emperor who also likes law, not to mention that Qin still has a century-old tradition of legalist governance, which has formed a deep-rooted habit of spell thinking.

Among them, Li Si's original proposal to abolish the feudal system and realize the national county system was completely in line with Qin Shi Huang's ideas, so he tried his best to implement the county system despite public opinion.

You must know that when Li Si proposed the county system, almost all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty held opposing opinions, and to this day, this opposition has not been eliminated, from the people to the court are still constantly opposing, and the most powerful opposition is the Confucian disciples who respect the ancient and keep the etiquette.

If Chen Xu wants to achieve his goal and prevent the history of book burning and Confucianism from repeating itself, he must find a new route in the theory of Legalism and the hundred schools of thought, not only to satisfy Qin Shi Huang, but also to satisfy the disciples of the hundred schools of thought, and to reach a general consensus.

And this difficulty is too difficult for a former takeaway brother.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, this sentence can only be said, once the condiment is sprinkled wrong or the heat is not mastered well, the fish will be made into poison.

What Chen Xu can do now is to cross the river by feeling the stones, first use the platform of the newspaper to attract the attention of hundreds of disciples, and then selectively publish some guiding theories, such as Xunzi's theory of etiquette and rule of law, and then also publish some articles of hundreds of celebrities who support these theories, and then attract more celebrities to participate in the controversy, constantly play and compromise in theory, and finally form a new force, and then form a new trend of theory, integrating the theories of mainstream schools and the idea of governing the country by legalists. In the end, it was accepted by the scholars of the whole country, by the civil and military officials, and by Qin Shi Huang.

This is the so-called public opinion guidance.

Chen Xu jumped two thousand years of time and space to look down on this era with the historical accumulation of later generations, with the support of Qin Shi Huang and the newspaper, which can control public opinion, if this situation cannot be changed, then it will ...... Well, go back to Funiu Mountain to retire, marry a gentle water, marry a sister, accompany your mother, plough the fields, fish and play, raise a group of chickens, ducks, geese and dogs, be sure to bring two heads, and then end up happily.