I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Zhang Nuo pouted angrily,

"It's easy to talk about eating, but it's fine to live. My own home is not more comfortable than yours? And this palace is where you and your daughter-in-law live. What's the point of my old man living here?"

"Don't talk about that, let's talk about the manuscripts Mr. Wei showed me. Seeing you like this, are you planning to clean up the Wang family? That's just right, let's give them a hand!"

Chapter 399 Who will write the call to action

Because of the delay when entering the palace gate, Wei Zheng, who was one step behind Zhang Nuo, heard what Zhang Nuo said to Li Shimin as soon as he got off the carriage, and his heart suddenly became cold.

Mother, it was just a guess before, but now it has finally become a fact, no need to guess, this young master is obviously going to use the newspaper to create a storm.

Alas, do you want to resign now? Can you keep your reputation?

Wei Zheng didn't dare to delay at all right now, he quickly trotted up in three steps and two steps, followed Zhang Nuo and the two into the palace.

Zhang Nuo unceremoniously took a chair. Speaking of which, he made and promoted this chair, and now many people have this chair in their homes.

It’s not that he didn’t think about opening a furniture factory. Later, he thought, this kind of thing is not suitable for this age, because rich families always prepare wood and hire people to build it, and some even have their own carpenters. Will come out and pay for it.

And poor families with no money, either can't afford it, or have a little spare money, quickly find a familiar carpenter or simply make a batch by themselves according to the appearance of other people's homes.

And Lao Li's house obviously belongs to the group built by the rich themselves.Of course, there is no way to tell Lao Li about intellectual property these days. It would be a joke to bring up this thing in this era, and no one would care about it at all. A laughing stock.

Gossip aside, Zhang Nuo who sat down looked at Lao Li who sat next to him instead of sitting in his seat and said directly,

"Old Li, how did you arrange the Wang family? I don't think those articles are well written!"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this,

"Not good? Is it too straightforward or something? It's all written by Yushitai's speech officer, isn't it good?"

Zhang Nuo smiled and shook his head,

"You, you always copy what is said in the imperial court directly to the people. Think about it, your articles are oblique and you don't mention your name. Who will know when the time comes? Confused!"

"The most important thing is that you don't have any good stuff in there. You faltered and hawed for a long time, but you didn't get to the point at all. When you talked about the other party's crimes, you were all cover-ups!"

"If you do it this way, on the one hand, it will scare the snake, and on the other hand, it will not be able to mobilize public opinion at all. So what's the point of you making this painless?"

This is the second time for Wei Zheng to see Master Xiao Zhang communicate with His Majesty, but he is still sweating coldly when he hears the straightforward words, Nima, compared with this master, his persuasion and so on are nothing. , this one almost pointed his nose and said that what His Majesty did was a mess.

However, when Li Shimin faced Wei Zheng's persuasion every time, he was furious, but he didn't have the slightest objection to Mr. Zhang's accusation. Instead, he replied with a smile on his face,

"Hey, isn't this the first time I have no experience with this thing? I originally planned to ask you first, but I didn't go because I thought you were quite busy recently, but it would be better if you came. You do it! I will arrange manpower for you!"

Zhang Nuo nodded, and took over the command of this matter without hesitation, then looked at the waiter next to him, and asked directly,

"Anyone here who has read books and can write helps record it, and just follow the plan later!"

As the servants of Li Shimin's daily office, they are basically literati. They may not be good at writing, but if they have a good memory, they can convey to others verbatim what Li Shimin told them. After all, this is called oral instructions.

The other is that he has the shorthand skills of this era, and he can take notes on the sidelines when Li Shimin is discussing things with other ministers.

Now that Zhang Nuo had a request, the servant naturally hurried to the side to pick up the pen and ink he had prepared, and rushed to the side to make preparations for recording.

It has to be said that after Zhang Nuo came to Datang, the first skill he learned was the ability to manipulate people, and he became more and more proficient.Seeing that people were ready, Zhang Nuo looked at Li Shimin and said slowly,

"The first article is written from the point of view of a farmer. The language is vernacular, and it is best to be easy to understand. I have read the materials you prepared, and there is something about the Wang family killing people in Taiyuan for the land."

"I remember that there was a man named Li Daniu in it. His wife, children, and even the old lady were burned to death at home by the Wang family. Then this article can use him as the protagonist!"

"Although Li Daniu is dead, it can be said that he is not dead. He happened to be cutting firewood outside and missed it, and then hid his name and wanted to seek revenge from the Wang family!"

"In this way, it is estimated that many people will have sympathy for him. In addition, such a story can also make the public feel more empathetic!"

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this with a serious expression. Zhang Nuo has always been well-read and memorized. Since Zhang Nuo said that there was such a thing in the materials he asked someone to sort out and send, it definitely happened.

He also felt a little sad when he heard this. As an emperor, all the people in the world are his people, but now that something like this happened, he can only see it when he collects information afterwards, and he can't remember it. live.

If he and Zhang Nuo hadn't planned to use this name to mess with the Wang family this time, the name Li Daniu might have been blown away with his family in the ashes, and no one would ever know it again.

Seeing that Lao Li did not object, Zhang Nuo continued,

"Then in addition to the above story, there must be another one that everyone can empathize with. I remember that it seems that several dudes in their family have made troubles such as robbery of civilian girls. I will put this in an article later. In the article, it is best to write the names of the victim and those bastards!"

"And, not only that, but also the fact that they finally escaped guilt because of the protection of their own officials must also be written. At that time, Lao Li, you can clean up the members of the Wang family in the court!"

Li Shimin still nodded, this was what it should have meant, this time the blow to the Wang family must be all-round, and the people in the court will never let it go.

Zhang Nuo leaned back slightly, smiled suddenly, then looked at Lao Li and said playfully,

"Old Li, the last article, I think it should be an essay, but who should write this thing, the article in it is too big! Do you have any good ideas?"

Wei Zheng suddenly felt panicked when he heard this!

Chapter 400

Whenever there is a major event, such as a war, there must be a call to action!

This proclamation is to announce to the world, the justice of one's actions, and at the same time increase one's communication speed and so on!

This is a must for this era. The role of a high-quality essay written by a famous person is simply unimaginable for ordinary people.

But the call to action is really not something that ordinary people can write. If you just find someone to write it, no matter how good the writing is, I'm afraid it won't be recognized.

After all, the call to action is like the banner at the front when the rebellion was raised. It has to be held high and propped up so that people can see it and guide people forward.

And if the reputation is not enough, it is equivalent to a toy flag being held in the hand of a child and gently raised, I am afraid that no one will notice except the people around you.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhang Nuo discussed with Li Shimin about the author of the essay.

Wei Zheng didn't dare to say a word right now, wishing he could bury his head in his crotch, if it wasn't for the inconvenience of running around here, he might have already run out of the palace by now.

Nima, if he knew that Mr. Zhang was so cruel, he would rather not go out of the city today, and directly publish the article given by His Majesty.

After all, in his opinion, those few articles were not bad, euphemistically revealing the sins of the Wang family without arousing public anger too much.

But the things Mr. Zhang said just now are different, each and every one of them are all serious and real things that happened, and they are all things that the common people can empathize with.

If this is published, will the common people be incited?

A few vernacular stories have already made him, the editor-in-chief, unable to escape the charge of attacking his colleagues afterwards. If he personally grabs the pen and writes an article, I am afraid that he will be considered the main force in attacking the Wang family.

However, in Li Shimin's eyes, Wei Zheng was not the best candidate.

"My dear brother, the Lu family in Fanyang and the Zheng family in Xingyang have talked with me two days ago. They plan to cooperate with you and resolutely not get involved in the affairs of the royal family. This is taboo and wisdom!"

"But, don't you have to hand in a certificate to join the gang in this cottage, how about letting them hand in a certificate? I think this is a very good opportunity to attack the Wang family!"

Zhang Nuo looked at Li Shimin and said with a smile,

"Old Li, you are still ruthless. Once you hand in the petition, the two of them are really separated from other aristocratic families. They can only follow you all the way to the dark. Lao Li, you are driving people to a dead end. !"

Li Shimin picked up his teacup, took a sip casually, and said seriously,

"It's not so easy to take advantage of the cheap. One wants to spread his academic ideas, and the other wants to train more family children to enter the court."

"They have something to ask for, so I will definitely have something to ask for here. Only by eliminating their retreat, can we cooperate with them with confidence, right?"

"Otherwise, if one day they turn their backs and become inhumane, and suddenly make trouble with other aristocratic families, wouldn't we be meat buns beating dogs?"

Zhang Nuo nodded very approvingly. He is not a pedantic person, and he clearly knows that in the world of adults, it is much more realistic to talk about benefits, risks, and rewards. Only these things are real.

Now that Li Shimin has already mentioned the matter of Fanyang Lu's family and Xingyang Zheng's family, Zhang Nuo doesn't need to talk about it, Li Shimin will definitely communicate with them by himself, and then get rid of them.

Zhang Nuo was more confident about this than himself. After all, although he didn't pay much respect to the emperor, his name was actually quite useful outside.

After talking about the call to action, the content of the first issue to be published in the newspaper is almost done. Zhang Nuo asked with great interest,

"How do you plan to cooperate with public opinion? Tell me about your original plan!"

Li Shimin rubbed his hands excitedly, it is a great joy to share his arrangement with others,

"As soon as the article is published, I will immediately arrange for people to sue in the identity of Li Daniu. At the same time, there are things like robbing civilian women, buying and selling by force, and so on. I will arrange a group of bitter people to sue."

"It's best to have a public trial, and cooperate with the publicity in the newspapers. It will definitely make the reputation of the Taiyuan Wang family stink in the street in the shortest possible time!"

"Then I heard such shocking news. As the emperor, I must be angry, and I want to be considerate of public opinion, so I will order a thorough investigation of the Wang family!"

"Then it's time to kill what should be killed, and what should be arrested. After all, the Wang family was wiped out in one battle!"

Zhang Nuo nodded thoughtfully, that's right, as expected of playing court politics, all of them are black and scheming!

After hearing Lao Li's arrangement, Zhang Nuo further strengthened his belief in staying away from court. He should hide in the village outside the city and build the city honestly!

It's better not to come to this court, there are pits everywhere, there are thunders everywhere, with his little emotional intelligence and political literacy, it's better not to come to the court to shame people, otherwise he might disappear one day.

Zhang Nuo turned his head to look at Wei Zheng, thinking that he was in a hurry to find him today, and ended up disturbing his clean affairs. Suddenly, he felt that he couldn't let this guy be too easy. As the editor-in-chief, he had to work hard no matter what. Row.

"Old Li, Lord Wei, Fan Yang's Lu family and Xingyang Zheng's family will be responsible for this call-to-action, and other stories will be written by a special pen. These are all fine!"

"But I think that after everything is settled, Mr. Wei, as the editor-in-chief, should write a summary article on this matter and post it!"

"After all, this will be the first time that a newspaper has played the role of exposing the darkness of the people and guiding the people. Such things will undoubtedly be very beneficial to the development of the newspaper and the establishment of credibility!"

"Then Mr. Wei, as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, should be duty-bound to write this summary article!"

Wei Zheng wanted to die right now. He didn't say a single word from the beginning to the end. He originally wanted to be a little transparent and just muddle through this conversation.

Before, he thought that he would finally not need to write. If he just posted the article, he should not cause too much trouble for himself. You must know that when he said the essay at the beginning, he almost scared him to death.

But now he doesn’t need to write the articles on the charge, and I’m afraid it’s not easy to write this concluding article. This seems to be bragging about the newspaper on the one hand, and on the other hand, it’s like putting everything on his shoulders. Wei Zheng feels that I am so wronged!

Chapter 401 Ma Zhou's Opportunity Comes

No matter how Wei Zheng resisted, quibbled, and resisted to death, since he took over the position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper, he could not escape being the vanguard and taking the blame for Li Shimin.

He wanted to resist, but with Li Shimin in the front and Zhang Nuo in the back, he was so tightly blocked, there was no room for him to object, even Zhang Nuo, a stinky and shameless person, directly said that if Wei Zheng was not happy, He just wrote a nonsense article by himself, put Wei Zheng's name on it and posted it to the newspaper.

Wei Zheng was terrified when he heard the words. He knew that what other people said might be just a threat. This young master is really capable of doing it. After all, no matter what the article is, it will eventually be printed by Zhang Nuo.

Zhang Nuo wanted to replace the middle manuscript with ease.Therefore, since Wei Zheng was cornered, he might as well write a good article, at least he won't be cast aside because of poor writing.

Seeing that there was no room for change in this matter, Wei Zheng sighed deeply, but thought about it, because his mother said, anyway, the title of the royal eagle dog and His Majesty's lackey might not be able to get rid of it.

Then it's better to just smash the pot, since this newspaper can turn black and white and guide public opinion, it's better to occupy this position firmly, as long as you speak sideways for yourself from time to time, maybe you will be famous in history in the future.

For a group of scholars like Wei Zheng, money is nothing more than dung, and high officials and high salaries are nothing more than passing clouds. Only leaving a name in history is the pursuit of life. The end of life is unknown.

But if you have this newspaper in your hand, you only need to secretly write a few words for yourself, and you can slowly establish your reputation. Not to mention anything else, just say that no matter how this newspaper changes in the future, Wei Zheng, the first newspaper in the world, will be the first newspaper in the world. The reputation of an editor-in-chief cannot be changed.

Besides, as long as he becomes famous this time, everyone will see the power of this newspaper. By then, Wei Zheng will no longer be a speaker or an advising doctor who can only talk empty words in the court.

No matter how you say it, he is a great Confucian who speaks out a word and is astonishing. Although his writing style is not as good as that of other great Confucians, as long as His Majesty and Mr. Xiao Zhang do not speak, it is not him who should publish what this newspaper should publish. Say it?

As time goes by, I'm afraid that Wei Zheng will occupy some of the highest positions in the literary world of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng couldn't help feeling hot in his heart. How could he have the time to complain about Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo? He simply went out of the palace with a stern face and went to work. Others also said that Mr. Wei is a strict person, and only those who are most familiar with him can learn from Wei Zheng. From those slightly brisk footsteps, it can be seen that Wei Zheng is actually in a very good mood today.

And just as Wei Zheng was rushing towards the newspaper office, today's newspaper was already sold on the street.

During this period of time, after several newspaper sales, the people of Chang'an have long been used to spending a few coppers to buy a newspaper, to see what government orders are issued by the court, what interesting things are happening in various places, and so on.

As the capital city of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was originally the largest city in the world, where the elites from all over the world gathered. There were far more literate people than other places, so this newspaper was extremely popular.

Not to mention other things, just those who linger in Chang'an, looking forward to earning a fortune, don't know how many people are. These people are the most loyal customers of the newspaper. After all, they only have this channel to learn about the latest decrees of the imperial court!

At this time in Chang'an City, in the side room of Chang He's house, a young man with a pale complexion was reading today's latest newspaper with excitement.

"Building a heart for the world, establishing a life for the living and the people, inheriting the knowledge for the sages, and creating peace for the eternal world, good, good, this is what a scholar does, and this is what you learn!"

"I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and now it's almost [-] years old, now I can't let go of this opportunity, time is not waiting for me, I have to bid farewell to Mr. Chang as soon as possible!"

After talking to himself, the young man held the newspaper tightly in his hand and walked towards the middle hall in three steps at a time.

"My lord, I have been loved by my lord for taking Ma Zhou here. Now that Ma Zhou has found a way to advance, I am about to bid farewell to my lord!"

Ma Zhou bowed respectfully and said goodbye to Chang He, but Chang He, who was sitting on the main seat in the middle hall and drinking tea, was stunned for a while.

"Ma Zhou, have you really found a way to advance? I thought you would write something for His Majesty to read!"

Ma Zhou bowed again and replied earnestly,

"Master Chang, it has been written in today's newspaper that Master Zhang Nuo will use his Zhuangzi as the basis to build a Lantian new city as a pilot for our Tang Dynasty. At that time, Lantian City will implement new policies!"

"It is precisely because of this that Lantian City is now recruiting scholars from all over the world. Anyone who can read and write can sign up for the election. I think I can't let go of this opportunity, so I come to say goodbye!"

Although this young man's face was pale and his clothes were already white with starch, but his waist was straight, even when he was saluting and saying goodbye, he still spoke politely and politely, never weak.

At this time, Chang He, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help sighing that this poor boy who had been kept in the mansion by him, seemed to be finally about to soar into the sky.

Although Chang He is a military general, he is neither a fierce general who is the best in the three armies, nor is he a wise general who strategizes. He can become a Zhonglang general now, purely because he let Li Shimin in as the gatekeeper in the incident of Xuanwu Gate. Afterwards, I got such a position by rewarding my meritorious deeds.