After Ye An came out of Prince Jing's Mansion, the bullock cart waiting at the corner of the street drove over.
"Marquis Ye is coming out now? I thought you were going to have dinner at Prince Jing's Mansion!" Chen Tong poked his head out of the carriage, with a playful expression on his face.
"I'm afraid King Jing won't let me have food for you, not even in this life!"
Ye An smiled when he saw the palace steward disappearing at the corner of the street. What he said just now was either true or false. Some of it was indeed what Zhao Zhen meant, and some of it was because he felt that Zhao Zhen was not decisive enough and added it later.
But after Manager Zhang saw him talking to Chen Tong, all the meanings should have become official meanings.
Ye An didn't care about using Chen Tong. As a minister of the Song Dynasty, he always had to "make up his mind" for the emperor. At this time, he was still wondering whether to make a fatal move. Zhao Zhen was still far from being a real emperor who was decisive.
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If a clan like Zhao Yuanyan were placed in other dynasties, they would have been killed by the emperor many times, but Zhao Zhen still thinks about big things and turns small things into small things. This is not a benevolence, but indecisiveness.
However, Ye An was not disappointed. Perhaps it was because of Zhao Zhen's benevolence and righteousness that he got the name of Renzong, and also made him highly praised in the history books of Song Dynasty and other dynasties.
These comments on Zhao Zhen's kindness have nothing to do with Ye An. As a minister, he naturally wants to plan for Zhao Zhen. For someone like Zhao Yuanyan who attempts to subvert Zhao Zhen's rule, Ye An will not leave any backup.
The threat in Prince Jing's Mansion is not a big deal, but it is precisely this kind of shady threat that is more effective.
After this rumor about the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses", as long as Zhao Yuanyan still has any small thoughts, he will be dealt a devastating blow.
It is very easy to kill people with gossip, not to mention that Ye An, as the largest owner of Puhui Company, controls the biggest talk in Tokyo.
This was the reason why Zhao Yuanyan was really afraid of Ye An's threat. If Ye An didn't have these large and small newspapers and relied solely on word of mouth among the people, no matter how powerful the rumors were, they wouldn't have been a fatal blow to Zhao Yuanyan.
But Ye An, who has mastered the newspaper, is different. He has the ability to manipulate public opinion. The people in Tokyo have long been accustomed to the existence of newspapers. Not to mention the folk gossip, just the occasional publication of news from the court also makes ordinary people shocked.
Very addictive.
As for publishing the latest policies in the court, helping the people "analyze" whether the policies are beneficial to them, interpret the significance of the policies and the changes in people's lives after implementation, these are of the most practical significance and make people flock to them.
Not only the common people, but also Zhao Zhen, an official of the Song Dynasty, would read the Tokyo Morning News every morning to learn from these newspapers what kind of attitude the people had towards his ascension to the throne, an official of the Song Dynasty.
Looking at the praise and admiration for him in the newspaper from beginning to end, Zhao Zhen felt inexplicably more at ease.
This is a sense of social identity. Zhao Zhen cannot get this sense of identity from people close to him, and he is accustomed to the praise and compliments of courtiers.
Only what appears in newspapers feels to him to be true, and over time a kind of trust will develop, a kind of trust in the media.
Fortunately, Ye An never thought of using newspapers as a mouthpiece to interfere with some taboos that should not be touched, and more than once asked the newspapers in his hands to be realistic.
Only in this operation against Zhao Yuanyan, he used newspapers to slightly manipulate public opinion, defining Zhao Yuanyan's image from the beginning as an uncle who coveted his nephew's rights and property.
In this way, the people instantly resonated with each other. After all, ordinary people's families often have relatives who have quarrels with each other due to interests.
Zhao Yuanyan's image instantly became despicable. At this time, several newspapers simultaneously "clarified" the facts about the rumors, and claimed that Zhao Yuanyan was rumored to be the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers" by a few drunkards.
In fact, he is just a clan member with no real power.
But at the end of these clarification articles, without exception, a paragraph of "What the author says" is added.
The contents of what the author said are quite different. They are all discussing the restrictions imposed by the ancestral laws of the Song Dynasty on the clan. It seems that he is sympathizing with the clan, but in fact it is equivalent to inducing the people to "figure it out" unconsciously.
The thing is, the Tian family has too many restrictions on the rights of the clan, causing the talented people in the clan to be suppressed, and the dignified clan is not as good as scholars from poor families!
With this idea in mind, people who read the newspapers will assume that the clan may have been feeling aggrieved for too long, which is why they have dissatisfaction with the Tian family. Otherwise, those rumors will never stop spreading!
At present, Lu Yijian has been dismissed as prime minister. Although he has said that he will judge Chanzhou, he has not yet set off. The early spring season is too cold. Although the officials said that he should dismiss the prime minister, they still gave Lu Yijian some dignity and ordered him to take up his post after the warm spring.
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In the past few days, Lu Yijian rested in his mansion in Tokyo City for a few days, and also enjoyed the rare pleasure of entertaining his grandchildren.
"Father, you have been enjoying yourself at home these past few days. My children look much better when they see you!"
During the morning meal, Lu Gongchuo was standing by and praising him. Lu Yijian put down the porridge bowl in his hand, looked at his eldest son and smiled: "What do you know? When people get older, their complexions are not as good as before. On the contrary, they are most tired when they have nothing to do. Today
Have you got the morning paper?"
Lu Gongchuo immediately offered it with both hands and said: "The child has been brought here a long time ago, but today's Tokyo Morning News is a little strange. It actually discussed the rumors about King Jing."
Lu Yijian was slightly startled, then he opened the newspaper and read it word by word. After reading, he put down the newspaper and drank porridge and cakes without saying a word. Lu Gongchuo saw his father's expression changed and naturally he did not dare to speak.
After a long time, I saw my father finishing his meal and said quietly: "I still underestimated him after all, Ye Changsheng! He has a brilliant method, every step he takes ten times, and every time he makes a killing move!"
Lu Gongchuo was a little dissatisfied. He was a few years older than Ye An, but he thought he was a doctor of the prince and was sentenced to Taichang Temple at the same time. He immediately said: "For a founding lord who was promoted by the Imperial City Secretary and worked as a gatekeeper for the officials, my father praised him too much."
A little more."
Lu Yijian shook his head, threw the newspaper in front of his son and said: "You just saw the weirdness in it, but you didn't see the essence of it! It's so hard to think about it!"
Lu Yijian didn't want to help his son find out, so he called his servant and said: "Take my post and ask the Marquis of Yunzhong County to go to Fanlou and tell the Jiudouzi there to get the best wine I have."
Lu Gongchuo looked at his father in surprise. He didn't understand why his father violated the taboo of meeting Ye An or went to the most secret wine cellar in Fanlou. Is Ye An worthy of being so valued by his father?
Looking over and over at the Tokyo Morning News in his hand, he still didn't see the cleverness of Ye An in it, but the matter of King Jing was proved to be a rumor.
The officials did not go into detail about the benevolence of the officials. They just gave those idiots who were gossiping in the busy city a slap in the face and let them go. Not even a single one was exiled.
What does this have to do with him, Ye An? Why did his father praise him?!