Among the seven positions, Li You chose to run the newspaper president, which not only made Zuo Langzhong, who presided over the election of officials, think that he had heard it wrong, but even everyone who heard this thought that he had heard it wrong, and then they talked endlessly.

"No matter which choice Master Li makes, it is forgivable, why did he choose the worst one? Under the run on the Ming Li Bao, this official newspaper position is almost worthless and is in danger of being dismissed at any time. ”

"Master Li should know this better than anyone else, but it is incomprehensible that he made this choice. Could it be that he knows that choosing an official will attract redness, so he wants to be obscure? ”

"Can this also be called Taoguang obscure? Isn't it eye-catching enough now? Taoguang's obscure meaning is not to choose the worst, but to be mediocre and modest. ”

In the midst of different opinions, Li You simply took office. It's really simple, he was originally nominally stationed in Guozi to supervise the school, and he was also the president of the Guozi Supervision Office and didn't even need to change the place.

On the first day of taking office, Lord Li lit the first fire and asked the imperial court to dismiss the two vice presidents.

Pravda has done this, and Shi Saijiu has also taken the initiative to resign and let Xian, what kind of face do Xu Shoufu and Yuan Ge Lao have to continue to maintain the two vice presidents? I'm afraid that they themselves will be disgraced. In the end, he had to be dismissed according to Li You's opinion, otherwise Li You would be dissatisfied, and it would really be a joke if he picked it again.

President Li's second fire was to order the publication to be temporarily suspended and to resume publication after the rectification and revision was completed, which was also expected by others. Otherwise, it is difficult to account for the loss of public money and the deficit of the national treasury.

President Li's third fire was to continue to lay off personnel, and he laid off 20 of the 30 prisoners retained by Shixijiu and transferred them to Mingli Bao. In the end, there were only ten left.

This was unexpected. At the beginning, Master Li recruited sixty of them in one go. And the stone sacrificial wine was cut in half, but I didn't expect that Lord Li would continue to lay off employees after he returned to charge the newspaper office. I can't help but secretly speculate that Lord Li's final goal is to completely destroy Pravda. Let his privately run Mingli newspaper dominate the family?

In the face of other people's inquiries, Li You smiled and said nothing, and was asked again. He only reasoned that the future of Pravda would not need so many editors-in-chief.

After the three fires were burned in just two days, President Li seemed to be silent on the third day, and he didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

In the evening of that day, Li You was sitting in the gatehouse of Lu Ge's hometown, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, chatting with Lu Fumenzi whether he had a match or not. He wanted to visit Elder Lu Ge, but the old man had not yet returned to his home, so he waited here.

As the saying goes, Prime Minister Yun's family slave is a seven-grade official, and the doorman who receives red envelopes is especially great, but the doorman of Lufu is very respectful to Li You. Don't dare to be a little slow, knowing that this Li You enjoys special treatment in Lu Mansion. Others also came to visit Lu Ge Lao, and saw Li You waiting here. And they all departed.

Wait until it's dark. Lu Gelao's honor guard just appeared at the mouth of the alley. Li You got up and waited in the gate, and saw Lu Ge get out of the sedan chair. stepped forward and patted the horse and said: "The old man is diligent in the king's affairs and can be a model for the younger generations." ”

Lu Ge was in a good mood, "How long have you been waiting?" Eat together. ”

Li You accompanied the elder to have dinner, and then went to the study to sit down and drink tea. Lu Ge Lao held a teacup in his hand and asked Li You: "Your coming here this time must have something to do with your newspaper, yes or no?" ”

"That's exactly what it is." Li You does not deny it.

Lu Ge Lao speculated: "Outsiders have different opinions on this, according to the old man, do you want to deliberately show your talents for what others can't?" The official report has been smashed in the hands of others, and if you can be reborn in Nirvana in your hands, it will highlight your ability. Others have to think twice before they want to snatch the official newspaper, lest they become half-dead after they get their hands on it, and naturally your position will be stable. ”

"The younger generation does have a little bit of this kind of thinking, there are contrasts and contrasts, and the impression on others will be deep." Li You did not hide his thoughts, "No matter what year or month, as long as you can master public opinion, you can achieve transcendent status, and this is the only thing that the younger generation can ask for at present." Even the official newspaper, which is currently dying, has its value. ”

Elder Lu Ge heard two meanings from Li You's words. One is that at his age in his early twenties, it is already shocking that he will become a fifth-grade Qingliu official by fate, and it is extremely difficult to rise in a short period of time. Who can imagine a prefect, a politician or a temple servant in his twenties?

So if he goes to do things next, no matter how much credit and hard work is mostly wasted, and it is useless to work hard, it is better to do the hope of repaying Shilin.

The second is to hint at the significance of running a newspaper, no matter what era, as long as you can manipulate public opinion, you can obtain a transcendent identity. This kind of thing is not without precedent in history, there are far away from the Han Dynasty Yuedan Commentary, and there are near the Donglin Party, and those are just opposition people.

The higher the position, the wider the vision, the stronger the insight, and the deeper the understanding of Li You's actions, then at the same time, the greater the confidence or vigilance in him. Therefore, Lu Ge Lao was not worried that Li You would not be able to run the official newspaper, but just asked about the specific method, "I don't know how you plan to run the official newspaper?" ”

Li You replied: "Pravda and Enlightenment are naturally different and have their own uses, and I have to implore the old man to help the younger generation..."

Another day later, the six major scholars of the cabinet and the nine secretaries of the foreign dynasty received the documents submitted by the newspaper office of the Guozi Supervision Office, and the content was the same-

Pravda welcomes all public votes, and runs a fixed column for all public articles on the page, and the content of the articles can be no more than 500 words, whether it is government affairs experience, reading experience, life insights, or academic essays.

Moreover, the newspaper office of Pravda has opened a pen fee of one or two silver for the bosses, and this price is really high on the market.

At a glance, the princes knew that this was Li You's handiwork, and its purpose was probably to use the huge influence of these bigwigs to boost the popularity of the newspaper.

Those who have a grudge against Li You, such as Yuan Ge Lao, after seeing the manuscript documents, contemptuously crumpled them into a ball and threw them into the wastepaper basket at their feet, how could they do that kind of thing to Li You? Then he put the matter behind him and ignored it again.

The attitude towards Li You was relatively neutral, and out of prudence, he also put the request for the manuscript on the shelf for the time being, and did not take the liberty of agreeing. Again, there is no precedent for this matter, and the depth is unfathomable.

On the same day, Master Li, in the capacity of inspecting the right history of the school, promoted Wu Sheng, the former governor of Guilin Prefecture, as the right senator of the General Administration. This is very sudden, which makes people who know the news think about it a lot, as a celebrity, Li You's every move is always concerned.

The first thing everyone wondered about was that this Wu Sheng was just a remote and barren prefect, and he was only assessed in Beijing after his term of office, and his reputation in the capital was not good, how could he inexplicably enter Li You's eyes?

Although it is said that the Taoist officials have the right to promote talents, Li Baixian has never officially recommended talents to the imperial court except for Lu Yuanguang, the ambassador of Chongwenmen, who can be ignored. Recently, Lord Li's various actions are really foggy, and few people can understand them.