Empress Yang held a big belly and held a piece of Chang'an Novel Newspaper in her fair and tender palm, flipping through it with great interest. After the development of the past few years, more and more literati have made money by submitting articles to Chang'an Novel Newspaper.
Among them, there are poems and songs, as well as novels and miscellaneous stories. With the popularity of Chang'an Novel Newspaper, Li Zhiyun finally does not need to rebate money to maintain the sale of the newspaper. Basically, Chang'an Novel Newspaper can now be self-sufficient.
And because the Chang'an novels and newspapers were so interesting, the concubines in the harem occasionally asked people to buy some and read them to pass the time.
In fact, the main reason why women in the harem like palace fights is because they are free. The emperor cannot pamper them every day. In order for the emperor to pamper them, they naturally have to start playing tricks and compare with each other, which then turns into palace fights.
Of course, the popularity of novels and newspapers and their ability to manipulate public opinion have begun to show signs. Many people have sold newspapers privately, as well as newspapers with color. These things, without exception, were all seized by Li Zhiyun.
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Things like public opinion must be in his own hands. Now the public opinion of the world's scholars is in the hands of the aristocratic family. Naturally, Li Zhiyun will not give up the opinions of the common people to them. When there is an opportunity in the future, the aristocratic family controls the situation of public opinion.
Li Zhiyun will also find ways to break it.
This time, during the crusade against the Turks, Li Zhiyun asked people to list the major crimes of the Turks in the Chang'an novel newspaper, and elaborate on the disasters that the Turks had brought to the people of the Central Plains.
Among them, Li Zhiyun also asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to provide a large amount of data. In order to let the people feel the harm of the Turks more intuitively, Li Zhiyun replaced all economic units with grain, gold and silver. He calculated a sum for the people of the Tang Dynasty in detail
It is an account of the economic losses caused to the people of Tang Dynasty every time the Turks went south.
"There are more than three million stones?" Queen Yang exclaimed not knowing what news she saw.
Li Zhiyun sat aside and held his wife's thigh.
After becoming pregnant, my wife became more plump.
"What?" he asked.
Queen Yang asked: "Husband, if this Turkic tribe goes south, will it bring more than three million shi of food losses to our court?"
Li Zhiyun said: "Not that much, but it's about the same."
"How do you say it?" she asked.
Li Zhiyun explained: "Some time ago, a Turkic tribe went south to plunder Jiuyuan and other border areas. They robbed very few things, but in fact they lost a lot of value. Let me calculate the account for my wife. If a strong laborer was
If the Turks take it away, the family will collapse. Correspondingly, their fields will also be abandoned. Even if they are not abandoned, the food harvest will be reduced. What will happen then?
The fields were abandoned, and the young and old were starving to death, not just one household, not to mention thousands of households. If the people were in danger, the court would have to find ways to help them.
In this case, the imperial court will need money and food."
After spending about a stick of incense, Li Zhiyun gave Empress Yang a rough explanation.
After hearing this, Queen Yang sighed: "It's really hard on the people."
Li Zhiyun said: "That's why I must destroy the Turks this time."
The Ministry of Civil Affairs' calculations contain some exaggerations, but it doesn't matter, this is what Li Zhiyun wants.
In the past few days, as the data in the newspapers spread, there has been a huge wave of heated discussions in the Chang'an city.
Although the people were not so fanatical that they all asked to join the army, most people felt that the emperor must support the Turks.
Of course, the arrogance of the Tang people themselves was also part of the reason.
Feeling her husband's hand stop, Queen Yang moved her thigh unhappily.
Then, Li Zhiyun massaged her obediently.
"It is my blessing that my wife is knowledgeable and sensible. Not long ago, during the Liangyi Palace meeting, my wife ordered people to give me food. She did it very carefully."
"Give me food?" Queen Yang was stunned and then said, "When did I order someone to give me food?"
Um?
"Then why did Bao Niang..." Li Zhiyun's voice gradually disappeared.
Could it be Bao Niang’s idea?
"Husband, what's wrong?"
"No, it's okay." Li Zhiyun said with a smile: "It seems that our daughter is very sensible."
Then, Li Zhiyun told the queen what happened in Liangyi Palace some time ago.
Empress Yang mused: "Although this child, Bao Niang, is noisy, she is very clever. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse."
"Nature is a blessing," he said firmly.
"Huh." Queen Yang pointedly said: "Smartness is a good thing, but she must be taught well, otherwise she will not be smart if she uses her cleverness in a wrong way."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun pretended not to understand at all and just said: "I believe that the lady will teach her daughter well."
Seeing that he was avoiding the truth, Empress Yang was too lazy to point it out.
She was pregnant and didn't want to be angry. What's more, she also knew that her husband was no longer the former King of Chu or the prince, but the emperor.
Therefore, she can only smooth her hair along the way and cannot confront him.
When she was about to say something, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach, which made her face turn pale.
"Husband, it seems, it seems that our little enemy is coming out."
An hour later.
The queen gave birth to a son, Li Zhiyun's seventh son.
Another one with a handle.
"What name?" After a day's rest, Queen Yang regained her energy and happily touched her son's little face and asked her husband.
"Xuan."
"Chengxuan?" Queen Yang blinked.
Li Zhiyun nodded, "Not bad, Li Chengxuan."
"What does it mean?" she asked.
Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "It's majestic."
Queen Yang nodded with satisfaction.
The queen was weak after giving birth, so Li Zhiyun didn't bother her too much. He chatted for a while and then rested with her.
As soon as I walked outside the hall, my mother Wan was waiting there.
"Mother."
Empress Dowager Wan nodded and said, "Let's go for a walk with the Ai family."
Mother and son walked slowly along the corridor.
"The queen is very good and has given birth to children for you. You must not bully her."
"That's what the mother said." Li Zhiyun said with a smile: "My son has never bullied her. In my heart, she is his wife."
Queen Mother Wan asked calmly: "What are your plans for Princess Qin's matter?"
Li Zhiyun's expression changed and he wanted to continue pretending to be a fool.
"What's wrong with Princess Qin?"
"Okay, don't pretend like this in front of the Ai family." Empress Dowager Wan warned: "You are the emperor now. Logically speaking, the Ai family can't say anything about you, lest the ministers accuse the Ai family of being involved in politics. But Qin
The princess's affairs are your private affairs. Is it okay if Aijia just says a few words?"
Li Zhiyun acquiesced to her words.
Although courtiers were taboo about the harem interfering in politics, especially the Queen Mother's interference in politics, what Empress Dowager Wan was talking about now was Li Zhiyun's private affairs, so this was not considered a transgression.
"Tell me about you. You are already the emperor. What kind of woman do you want? Why would you bother provoking Princess Qin and get yourself into trouble?
If you hide her now, are you going to hide her for the rest of your life?
What should you do if you have an heir?
Let’s not talk about the royal family’s reputation. Just talk about your ministers. Will they agree?
Son, don’t you think about all this?”
After Queen Mother Wan finished speaking, she rambled on a lot. The core meaning was to ask him to end it as soon as possible and not to cause trouble for herself.
It wasn't until the Queen Mother was sent back to Shou'an Palace that Li Zhiyun's ears were considered clean.
The only thing that made Li Zhiyun happy was that the Queen Mother didn't ask him to make any promises this time.
In this way, if he can do it, he can do it. Anyway, he will not change his original intention.