Chapter Seventy-Six: The War of Public Opinion

The plan to capture Songzhou was discussed in the Taiji Hall for a few days without discussion, those sour Confucian officials were in pain and tears, saying that this is not right, so unkind, how can our big country do such a thing, that scene is like they robbed it at home, this can make Li Er angry, if it is not for maintaining his glorious image of an emperor through the ages, and replacing it with other emperors, then it is really possible to cut down those things, Li Yong also heard the news in the court, he said with a smile.

"A group of nerds who only know what to do, such people should not stay in the center to participate in government politics."

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, who were drinking tea on the side, enjoyed the fragrance of Li Yong's tea, after they came to Li Yong a few times, they liked the quietness of his place and his tea, and they came to him to rub tea when they had nothing to do, because this tea only needs Li Yong here, of course, there is Li Er, but they don't dare to go to Li Er, although Li Yong has acquired some tea gardens in Hangzhou and Fujian, because of transportation problems, the output has not been able to go up, so he only satisfies his Xishan and himself. Of course, Li Er's tea was given by him to please his father-in-law, and he didn't send anyone else.

"Old Fang, don't say it, this kid has good tea."

"Yes, he can make these new things in the world, good tea~"

"Both, you like to wait and give you a little bit, don't be weird in front of me, don't you come to me today for me to order tea, right?"

"Look, I'm just going to say this kid is smart, right? You also know about the court, and what you just said is right, but after Dong Zhongshu proposed to depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism, Confucianism is already the main doctrine in the world, and there are countless Confucian officials in the court, including the Fang Xiang outside. ”

"Actually, I don't have any prejudice against Confucianism, it's just that now these Confucian students have distorted Confucianism, and they are already a group of sour Confucians. The capture of Songzhou this time was originally a consensus reached between the saint and a few of you, but how could it be a different thing in their eyes? What an incomprehensible bunch of fools. ”

"We know that you can say it with this mouth, so ah, the meaning of the saint is to let you think of a way, after all, the time to go out can not be delayed any longer."

Li Yong listened and pondered, you are using Lao Tzu as a gunman, but the problem of Songzhou really can't be delayed any longer, if you don't take Songzhou before winter, then when Lu Dongzan comes to his senses, the situation will be very bad.

"I know, you go back and tell the sage, I have a way here, as for what the method is, don't ask, just let the people from Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple not interfere with my people these days, and I will give you the list of personnel."

Li Yong walked back to the study and wrote a list for Du Ruhui and the others, and the two of them took the tea sent by Li Yong and went to find Li Er. After listening to the conversation between the two prime ministers and Li Yong, Li Er of the Ganlu Hall said with a wry smile.

"I don't know what kind of medicine this kid sells in his gourd, maybe he secretly makes a trick to stumble, so you can do what he wants."

After the two prime ministers got Li Er's affirmation, they left the Ganlu Hall and went separately to Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple, and Li Er called Li Junxian in.

"You arrange for a hundred horsemen to secretly protect Li Yong and help him when appropriate."

Li Yong sent Du Ruhui away, so they had no choice but to call the old bachelor.

"The printing press in the intelligence station is still there, right?"

"Yes, for safety, the press was placed in a village outside the city."

"Let your people print this content overnight tonight, I want these leaflets to be distributed in every corner of Chang'an tomorrow, and the personnel list will be done according to the people on this list, although I have arranged that the government will not interfere with these people, as for what to do, you should know very well."

"My subordinates understand."

Li Yong gave the model of the propaganda leaflet and the list of personnel to the old bachelor, and the old bachelor hid the things inside and left the courtyard to rush to a secret stronghold of the intelligence station, in a courtyard of an unknown small mountain village outside Chang'an City, after receiving the flying pigeon from the city stronghold, the courtyard that had been quiet for a long time began to be lively, and the printing press that had been transformed many times was no longer the original one, but a set of large printing presses composed of several large steel cylinders, which Li Yong made out of memory according to the printing press of later generations. Although it is not as electric as the later generations of lasers, but some printing houses in later generations still use this stereotyped cylinder printing, no electricity then manual shaking, now the printing press is not very large, there is no problem with human shaking, it is very troublesome to make these templates, compared to the steel plate production, it is quite difficult to carve, the whole Xishan has two sets, one set in the printing plant in Xishan, one is here, everyone knows the preciousness of this set of templates, usually like a baby care. The content of Li Yong's leaflet is very simple, that is, those officials who oppose the capture of Songzhou are all spies of Tubo, and they are in Datang to do internal response, in order to prevent the development of Datang, so that Tubo can prepare for the counterattack on Datang in the future. Li Yong knows very well what those Confucian officials care about the most, that is, reputation, these people cherish their reputation as they cherish their white feathers, if these contents are scattered in Chang'an, the consequences can be imagined, a piece of inferior paper is printed with words under the rotation of the roller, and then sent to the stronghold of Chang'an by the intelligence officer, those who are responsible for the distribution of the personnel took the leaflet and walked through the streets and alleys under the night, the officials of Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple turned a blind eye to these after receiving the secret order, anyway, this immortal fighting method, They can't control it, how good it is to be a melon-eating crowd quietly. Overnight, propaganda leaflets propagating those who opposed the capture of Songzhou were all over Chang'an City, and the next morning, the entire originally peaceful Chang'an City was fried at once.

"Master, it's not good, there are a lot of people outside, and they are still holding wooden sticks and other things in their hands, and they want to find you to reason."

"What? A bunch of foolish people who don't know how to count, don't they know what this place is? ”

"Master, no, you can take a look at this first."

He took a piece of paper handed to him by the servant, and when he looked at it, he stood up in fright, and his mouth was no longer as domineering and sharp as it had just been.

"This ...... Is this a frame-up? Quickly, close the door tightly, and report to Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple. ”

Like this official master's situation happened in many places at the same time, these people are all officials who cried to the death in the Taiji Hall some time ago to prevent Li Er from sending troops, and they are now surrounded by angry people at home and dare not go out, Li Er, who received the news, looked at the leaflet in his hand and was happy, Li Yong, as the initiator, enjoyed the massage of this beauty in his backyard. The servants who reported to Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple returned to their respective mansions one by one in despair, because Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple took over their cases, but they unanimously said that this matter should be handled carefully, otherwise it will cause a civil uprising. Just kidding, Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple have already received Li Er's secret order, how can they ignore them, but things are not so simple, that day the old bachelor took away the content to be publicized the next day from Li Yong, so the next day, the corruption of these officials, how the people in the family are in the countryside fish and meat township, what forced good people to prostitute, forcibly robbed people's daughters, embezzled land and other crimes were exposed in the propaganda leaflets in the hands of the people of Chang'an City, and then the intelligence officers fanned the flames and said that what they did was instigated by the Tubo people, They just want to deliberately undermine the stability of the Tang Dynasty to do this, this is good, it has completely confirmed their Tubo spies, as for those crimes, it is no longer important, the important thing is that this matter has attracted Li Er's attention, and the hundred horsemen of the Hundred Cavalry Division have monitored their official government, and to put it bluntly, it is house arrest.

"Let you know what it means to be a strong public opinion war."

These officials now know this power, Li Er and other ministers know this power, and they are also afraid that this form will be used on their heads, so Li Er called Li Yong into the palace, Li Yong sat lazily and drank the tea he gave Li Er, Li Er looked at him sitting without a seat, and raised his eyebrows and the corners of his eyes.

"Let's talk about it."

"Say what?"

Li Yong pretended to be stupid and looked at Li Er, in fact, when he did this, he knew that printing technology would definitely not be able to be saved, in any era, public opinion as a weapon will always be terrible, because people don't care what the truth is, often this will be carried away by public opinion, in the Tang Dynasty, printing technology is very backward, not to mention, and these technologies are also in the hands of those family valves, including paper, as long as those family valves control education, it is equivalent to controlling Li Er's court, and every year the scholars are almost out of these family valvesWhy? Because they control the most important thing in education, books. In this public opinion war, Li Er, as the first emperor of the ages, naturally noticed that Li Yong must have something that could print such a large number of propaganda leaflets, because judging from the propaganda leaflets that Baiqi took back, only printing would have such exactly the same handwriting, which was impossible, how could he copy so many overnight, and Li Er was not a fool.

"What do you say?"

"Alas, originally I was waiting to discuss with you after playing Songzhou, who knew that there was such a thing, that's right, I did master a new type of printing technology, I called it movable type printing, which is faster and more convenient than previous printing, what about me, I'm going to open a bookstore, let Lizhi be responsible, because she likes to read, my bookstore is not to make money, just for more people in our Datang to read books, sage, think about it, it doesn't take ten years, our Datang can read books, not controlled by those family valves, How many officials in the imperial court will really study for the world? ”

Li Er pondered, and then his eyes shone brightly.

"Huang Yan, let everyone take a hundred steps away from the hall, dare to approach, kill~"

Huang Yan hurriedly went to the outside of the hall and ordered, Li Junxian also asked the guards to be on guard, and Li Yong saw that Li Er was so careful, so he let it go.

"You also know that this matter can't be started casually, once those vampires know about my printing technology, what countermeasures will be, you should know very well, so we have to take it step by step, I can hand over the printing technology to you, but I hope that the saint you wait for the best time to carry it out, as the saying goes, either don't fight, or directly kill them."

"Okay, I agree with your words, who else knows about this?"

"God knows, you know, I know."

"Then this matter will be discussed after taking Songzhou, I believe those guys should shut up this time."