Chapter 19: Rumors Rise; Stop Rumors with Rumors (2-in-1)

Today, Changsun Chong came to report the information to Li Yuanchang, and after the report, he was a little worried: "Once the will is issued, Li Zhen will be equivalent to getting Nanyang, and no one in the whole world except the emperor can restrain him, what should we do now?" ”

After Li Yuanchang became angry, the whole person calmed down a lot, and comforted him when he heard the words: "Don't worry, I'll go and report to the top, don't show my feet after I go back, continue to collect intelligence, always pay attention to the situation in the DPRK and China, and report to me immediately if there is a change." ”

"Yes, I'll go back."

“……”

Not to mention how Changsun Chong dealt with Changsun Wuji after he went back, Li Yuanchang quickly came to the secret room after sending Changsun Chong away.

The chamber was simple, with nothing but a set of tables and chairs and a bronze bowl-shaped decoration.

Li Yuanchang came to the secret room, picked up the copper bowl and buckled it on the wall three times, and quickly put the copper bowl on his ear, only to see a gold wire tied to the bottom of the copper bowl, and he didn't know where it led - this copper bowl turned out to be a dirt phone.

Soon, a voice of unknown men and women soon came from the copper bowl: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Li Yuanchang's face quickly became respectful: "My subordinates have seen the envoy, and my subordinates came today to report something important, and they will ...... at today's court meeting That's the situation, what should we do now? ”

"We already know about this, but it's good that you can report the information you get in a timely manner." The voice of neither man nor woman said: "You don't have to worry about the next thing, you just need to pay attention to the court at all times, we have our own arrangements." ”

"Yes, the subordinates retired." Hanging up the phone, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Li Yuanchang's eyes: "Li Zhen, I see how you died this time?" ”

On the second day, on Chang'an City Street, in the Tang Royal Bookstore.

"Old Liutou, old rules, daily, morning newspaper, science and technology newspaper, business newspaper...... Bring me one of the same, hurry up, the guests are waiting. A man dressed as a guy said to the shopkeeper of the bookstore, looking at his casual tone and casual movements, it can be seen that the two parties are acquaintances.

"Here you go." Lao Liu Tou casually handed over a stack of newspapers that had been prepared a long time ago, and continued to be busy with his own affairs.

"Thank you, the account is owed first, and it will be settled at the end of the month."

"Got it, let's go."

The guy took a stack of newspapers back to his restaurant and handed it to the shopkeeper, who immediately took the newspaper and handed it to a middle-aged scholar dressed as a scholar who was already waiting next to him: "Mr. Zheng, I'm tired." ”

"Hmm." As a result, Mr. Zheng came to the front hall, where many guests were already drinking morning tea and anxiously waiting for today's news.

Since the popularization of newspapers, the people have quickly accepted this novel and effective way of disseminating news, and because this newspaper is officially run and has a high degree of credibility, and many people have received a lot of benefits from the newspaper, it has set off a craze for reading newspapers, so every issue of the newspaper is very popular.

It's just that although newspapers are popular, the literacy rate of Datang is too low, and many people want to read newspapers, but because they can't read, they can only give up.

However, the wisdom of the people is infinite, in a certain restaurant opened an activity of reading newspapers to diners, suddenly the customers gathered, the whole restaurant was almost burst, the method of reading newspapers was instantly imitated by all restaurants, for a time the business increased greatly, and even inadvertently created a breakfast culture - you must know that Datang at this time is a two-meal system, and the three-meal system is not popular. But in order to understand the newspaper for the first time, many customers came to the restaurant early in the morning, and when they arrived at the restaurant, how could they not eat? Over time, breakfast came to ......

While eating breakfast and learning about national events through newspapers, the life of the people of Datang is very comfortable now.

The newspaper reader is generally a storyteller, and this Mr. Zheng is the storyteller of this restaurant.

"Mr. Zheng is here."

"Hello Mr. Zheng."

"Don't make noise, listen to the newspaper."

“……”

With the appearance of Mr. Zheng, the originally chaotic restaurant suddenly returned to order, and there was only the occasional greeting, which was done by regular customers.

"Everyone, be quiet, read Datang Daily today." After pretending to be a sample, Mr. Zheng first took out the "Datang Daily" and began to read.

At first, it was nothing, all the time it was the anecdotes of the court, everyone listened with relish, and Mr. Zheng also read aloud calmly, only occasionally when he read the climax, there would be cheers.

But when Mr. Zheng finished reading the front and saw the back, his complexion suddenly changed, and his forehead was suddenly covered with cold sweat, and he saw that the title read-

"King Yue occupies Nanyang Lingnan, or he will rebel."

"The ambition of the king of Yue is obvious, and Lingnan Nanyang is occupied by him."

"The imperial court's rule over Lingnan exists in name only, and now Lingnan and Nanyang only know that there is Li Zhen but not the Tang Dynasty."

“……”

The back of an entire newspaper was full of reports about Li Zhen's dissenting intentions.

"Huh? Why didn't Mr. Zheng read it? ”

"Your face is so ugly, are you sick?"

"Let's go and call a doctor."

“……”

Mr. Zheng stood up suddenly and was about to go downstairs: "I'm sorry to worry everyone, I'm fine." I don't dare to read this newspaper, but if you want to read it, you can find a way to go to another house. ”

"What's the matter with Mr. Zheng?" Seeing this, the owner of the restaurant hurriedly greeted him; "Why don't you read it?"

"Look for yourself, shopkeeper." Mr. Zheng handed the newspaper to his boss.

The boss's face also turned white: "How is it possible?" Why do newspapers write such content? Isn't this newspaper issued by the imperial court? Why did something appear that was unfavorable to King Yue? Could it be that King Yue is really anti-minded? ”

"Silence!" Mr. Zheng hurriedly covered the boss's mouth: "No matter what King Yue is, that's something that the people above should consider, let's not talk nonsense." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you shouldn't talk nonsense." The boss wiped his sweat and comforted: "Mr. Zheng frightened you, you take a day off today, and I will apologize to everyone." ”

Not to mention how the boss appeased the angry customers, the contents of the newspaper were completely disseminated, as if a scoop of cold water was poured into a pot of boiling oil, and it exploded in an instant.

"What the hell is going on? Why does such news appear in our newspapers? Inside the "Datang Daily" newspaper, Wei Zheng was losing his temper, pointing at the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and scolding: "Xiang Xuansheng, I don't think you want your head, right?" ”

"My lord, wronged, we didn't write such news at all." The editor-in-chief, Xiang Xuansheng, was also very aggrieved, picked up a newspaper and handed it to Wei Zheng: "My lord, this is our newspaper, and that one is fake." ”

"Are you saying that someone publishes a different newspaper than ours in the name of our newspaper in an attempt to mess up the waters and fish in troubled waters?" Wei Zheng is worthy of Wei Zheng, and after the editor-in-chief showed him the real newspaper, he immediately realized the conspiracy of the other party.

It's just that although he saw through the other party's conspiracy, he had nothing to do, because although he could see the other party's conspiracy clearly, he had nothing to do with their actions, unless he could find the other party's printing location and destroy it in one fell swoop. Even so, it can only delay the other party's intentions, it is just a printing agency, and if you find one yourself, the other party will just change the place to continue printing, which is simply a symptom but not a cure.

"Quite possibly." Xiang Xuansheng nodded and said: "The reputation of our Datang Daily is very big, if the enemy is bent on muddying the waters, then we really have no choice." And there are two different editions of a newspaper, and even the content printed is diametrically opposed...... It's also a great damage to our reputation, and it's likely to make us stink. ”

"Damn, these bastards have found our weakness." Wei Zheng hated: "I'm afraid that this is their purpose, even if they can't touch the fish, but mixing the water is enough to achieve their goal." ”

"What now, my lord?" Xiang Xuansheng said anxiously: "Do you want us to make an extra account today and explain today's matter?" ”

"It's useless, even if you want to explain, but if you have a preconceived idea, they may not believe our explanation."

"What then?"

"Don't worry, the number still has to be released, but it's not an explanation, it's a push boat down the river......" Wei Zheng sneered: "Actually, if you think about it carefully, their purpose is very simple, that is, they plan to use public opinion to sow discord, and even force the emperor to recall His Royal Highness King Yue, so as to achieve their ulterior motives." But their methods are too shoddy, aren't you trying to play with public opinion? That's easy to do, in terms of controlling public opinion, we are the ancestors...... In this way, you first explain today's events with an extraordinary. ”

Xiang Xuansheng was puzzled: But didn't you say that it was useless to explain? ”

"Of course, the general explanation is useless, but I don't let you explain it directly. Wait a minute, you're ......," Wei Zheng said his plan.

"Huh?"

Xiang Xuansheng was taken aback: "No, my lord, didn't you push King Yue into the fire pit?" ”

Wei Zheng chuckled: "Hehehe, don't ask, just do what I say, in short, I won't hurt you." ”

"This ...... Well, subordinates try. Thinking about it to Xuansheng, Wei Zheng has no reason to harm himself, anyway, even if he is settled by the Autumn Queen, he can completely push it to Wei Zheng, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he agreed.

"Don't worry, I won't harm you, you go down and make arrangements, I'll go see the emperor." Although he has absolute control over the newspaper, there are some things that need to be informed to the emperor, and this matter does need the emperor's support.

In the palace.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Wei asks to see you."

"Well, I haven't looked for him yet, but he did." Li Shimin is angry, the reason is the content of the fake newspaper, at this time, I heard that Wei asked for it, and he gritted his teeth angrily, my son is about to be slandered as a thief, and the most fundamental reason for all this is caused by the lax inspection of your Wei Zheng's newspaper, and now you still have the face to see me?

"Let him get in."

"Yes."

As soon as Wei Zheng came in, it was a big gift of three kneels and nine kowtows: "Minister Wei Zheng knocks to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live~"

Li Shimin sneered when he heard this: "Long live? Don't say long live, according to your method, I will be angry with you in less than three years and five years. ”

"The minister is guilty."

"Stop talking that nonsense." Li Shimin broke off and said, "What's going on? Why does a fake newspaper appear? ”

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing." Wei Zheng suddenly raised his head and said: "This shows that the people behind the scenes can't sit still, we just need to tease them a little more, maybe we can fish them out." ”

"What do you mean......" Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"The minister's plan is like this......" Wei Zheng said his thoughts.

After listening to this, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, just follow Xuancheng's method." Even if we don't fish out the other party this time, we can ensure the safety of Zhen'er and save the credibility of the society, so that we can be invincible by nature. ”

"Yes......"

With Li Shimin's approval, Wei Zheng's actions were fast.

"Outside the nickname, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is not filial and has rebelled, and the emperor is furious."

"Outside the nickname, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, announced the full text of the edict against the emperor."

"Outside the nickname, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, has begun to attack Jiangnan Province."

"Outside the nickname, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, raised troops, and the people of Lingnan cheered Jingcong."

“……”

For a time, the entire Chang'an City was filled with the immature newspaper selling voices of the newsboys, and the reaction of the people became more intense.

"What? Did King Yue really rebel? I thought what was said in Datang Daily was false. ”

"What are you kidding? That's "Datang Daily", when did you tell a lie? ”

"Wolf ambition, wolf ambition. What am I talking about, the emperor can't give Li Zhen's traitor so much trust at all. ”

"Don't speculate, King Yue is also a generation of virtuous kings, since he rebelled, he naturally has his reasons."

"Are you defending King Yue?"

“……”

In Chang'an City, because of Li Zhen's rebellion, there was a lot of noise, but as the mastermind behind the scenes, he was confused......

(End of chapter)