Zhang Qiangsheng, director of the secret department, was a little honest.

Such a young man doesn't know the cruelty of the court struggle at all, or rather, he knows the cruelty of the court struggle, but he doesn't know his own catties, and he still thinks that he is the one who will always win.

His energy is now focused on building railways and building the emperor's road.

In recent years, the world has been in turmoil, and the railway and the imperial road have been damaged.

Qian Zhaoding began to rebuild the two roads last year, Zhang Qiangsheng is the person in charge, and now he is also in charge, but the process is extremely slow.

The Royal Ministry of Industry only built a short-distance railway between East and West Chang'an, and the rest of the railways had neither the money nor the capacity. Say no money because the rails are too expensive and people always steal. said that he was incapable because the province did not cooperate. Many railways from other provinces are preserved, but they are not connected to the railways of Gyeonggi. For example, Shanxi's railways have always been in good condition, but Shanxi is not allowed to be connected by the imperial court, nor is it allowed to be used by the imperial court. For example, the railways in the southern provinces have always been very good, and they are also not allowed to be used by the imperial court.

For the same reason, the Imperial Road also failed.

The railroad and the imperial road were originally one of the ruling methods in the Book of Rule, and they were originally used to suppress the provinces. The provinces are not stupid, they have already seen it, so they will let you fix it?

At the court meeting, Zhang Qiangsheng said: "The two roads must be established, otherwise, what if the provinces rebel?" ”

Someone said in a weird way: "Hehe! Even gasoline can't be produced, and what is said to suppress rebellions in other provinces. What's the use of asking you? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng stopped talking, his expression was gloomy and terrifying.

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Zhang Qiangsheng's energy was spent elsewhere - he established the Royal Telegraph Office.

The Royal Telegraph Office was founded on July 1, the first year of the Tang Dynasty, and its headquarters was located on the 91st floor of the Royal Palace.

The telegraph is a powerful thing, and the Holy Doctor may be able to figure out how to make gasoline and diesel, but the telegraph is impossible. This thing is like the legendary clairvoyant and wind-friendly ear. Ten years ago, if you had told me this, I wouldn't have believed it! Yes, who would believe that tens of thousands of miles can directly transmit information?

Zhang Qiangsheng believes in the first sentence of the "Book of Rule": information is power, and power is information.

For the sake of power, he is crazy about controlling information.

Now the power of the Royal Press Department is outrageous.

Because the power of its newspapers is outrageous.

Let's put it this way, a fire broke out in the city of Guangzhou in the morning, and the Gyeonggi newspaper was published at noon! The Lingnan delegates in Beijing will definitely refute and scold the court for spreading rumors; And the people of Gyeonggi don't believe it either. However, a few days later, when the news of the fire in Guangzhou came, people were impressed by the newspapers.

The imperial newspapers would also announce solar and lunar eclipses, comets, and meteor showers a few days in advance, with the time accurate to the second. People certainly didn't believe it at first, but as it turned out, the newspapers were right.

This greatly strengthened the authority of the newspaper. Therefore, if the newspaper continues to say that a certain high-ranking official in Lingnan is going to rebel, people will believe it, because it even knows about the fire in Guangzhou, which is thousands of miles away.

Therefore, if the newspaper said that a certain official of the imperial court was going to fall, people would be convinced, because since the newspaper could predict even a solar and lunar eclipse comet, it was easy to predict the fall of an official.

Among the various newspapers in Chang'an, Pravda, Royal Daily, Chang'an Daily, and Confucianism are known as the four official newspapers, which belong to the inner court, the royal family, the outer court, and Confucianism.

"Women's Daily", "The Sun", "Imperial University Daily", and "Civilian Daily" are known as the four major private newspapers, which belong to the Women's League, the Business Church, the Imperial University, and the Divine Religion, and their tendencies are very different, sometimes towards the imperial court, sometimes against the imperial court.

But in reality, they are all controlled by the Royal Press Department.

They may not even know this to their newspaper chiefs and wardens, but they do come under the control of the Royal Press Department.

Look at the news of the four major official newspapers in the past few days:

On the first day, Pravda headlined the news: The criminal department's crime solving rate is as low as 50 percent!

The next day, the headline in the Royal newspaper read: The Emperor Criticizes the Criminal Department's Case Backlog.

On the third day, the headline in the Chang'an Daily read: The Criminal Department admits criticism and vows to make amends.

On the fourth day, the headline of the Confucian newspaper read: The Criminal Department can never be corrected, because they represent the interests of the scholars, not the royal family and the common people!

You look at the news of the four major private newspapers in the past few days:

On the first day, the story of "Women's Daily": love in Chenjiazhuang, Xi'an County. A woman's husband was beaten to death by the Ministry of Punishment, and she risked her life to sue and win the Ministry of Punishment with the support of the emperor. Ah, how great is love! How wise the Emperor is!

The next day, the editorial of the Imperial University Newspaper: Why is it said that the emperor is the hope of the people. Only the emperor can suppress the lawless criminal department, and the emperor and the commoners are heart-to-heart.

On the third day, the grapevine of "The Sun": According to unreliable but also reliable sources, it was revealed that the wife of the head of the criminal department brought him a green hat.

On the fourth day, the headline of the "Civilian Daily": Hundreds of millions of civilians are angry: The people are the greatest, how can the criminal department, as a servant of the people, oppress the people! Damn it!

In addition, the provincial newspapers scolded together, and they were all controlled by the Royal Press Department anyway. For the foreign court, there is finally a chance to scold the Chang'an court and find an opportunity to scold it.

As a result, the criminal department became a street rat without doing anything.

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The outer court was furious. They want to get it in the newspapers, but they can't, not at all, not even if they spend money. They were so angry that they went to the emperor at once.

Zhang Shuiquan, the head of the Criminal Department, said: "Your Majesty, the Secret Department scolds the Criminal Department everywhere, this is completely out of nothing, and blood is spurting people!" ”

The deputy commander of Jinyiwei said: "Your Majesty, if they scold the criminal department, they will scold the imperial court; When they scold the court, they scold the emperor. ”

Zhang Qiangsheng stood up: "Okay, you dare to scold the emperor!" ”

The deputy commander opened his mouth, pointed at Zhang Qiangsheng and said, "It's you scolding!" ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Whoever says I scold, who is provoking the relationship between monarchs and ministers, and who is a traitor." ”

The deputy minister of the Criminal Department also stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there is evidence that the Ministry of Information controls various newspapers and interferes in government affairs. ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "What kind of government is interfering in?" You can find a fake news, and I will immediately kill myself to apologize. ”

Zhang Shuiquan: "There are hundreds of cases in Chang'an a day, and you are guilty of not bringing the report of the Criminal Department?" ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Ha! You still have the face to say! A few hundred pieces a day, 100,000 pieces a year! And that's just Chang'an! How many pieces are there in the world? Millions of pieces! Tens of millions of pieces! You still have the face to say! ”

Zhang Shuiquan: "Isn't this your business......

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Are you from the Criminal Department or am I from the Criminal Department?" What does the Criminal Department do? The Secret Division and the Intelligence Department deal with intelligence, and you don't do it? ”

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Emperor Li Hongsi watched them quarrel from the dragon chair without expression.

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Afterwards, I asked Lu Chengzhi curiously: "Why are you even involved in Jinyiwei?" ”

Lu Chengzhi: "Damn! If the prime minister doesn't force me to impeach Zhang Qiangsheng, can I do it? If you offend the inner court, I won't do it! He forced me to do nothing, so I let the deputy commander go. ”

Me: "Then you don't offend the prime minister?" ”

Lu Chengzhi: "It is better to offend the outer court than the inner court." How do you say that, I'd rather mess with a gentleman than a villain. ”

Me: "Haha, that makes sense! ”