Doomsday: Start with the strongest talent

Chapter 452 Emperor!

In the palace of the gods.

The current Emperor Deccan, Li Fu, is reading Jianghu Monthly in his hand.

Emperor Decgan ascended the throne at the age of 20, and he has been the emperor for five years now. He is an extremely skilled emperor and has completely taken over the real power of Tianning Kingdom.

Emperor Deccan was in his imperial study, with two ministers in front of him and a newspaper in his hand.

The newspaper in his hand is naturally Jianghu Monthly.

The two ministers in front of them are representatives of the two forces in the court today.

One is Wang Shouren, the current head of the cabinet, the leader of the new party, and the leader of the reformists.

The other is Li Dongyang, the current scholar of Wenyuandian University, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the leader of the old party and the representative of the conservative faction.

Emperor Deccan was a very interesting emperor. His father once commented that he was born to be an emperor.

Emperor Deccan naturally knew how to balance the forces of all parties and how to use various forces in the court.

Wang Shouren is a man of great talent and determined to reform, so he naturally wanted to appoint him.

But Li Dongyang, the leader of the old party, must be retained to contain Wang Shouren's new party, supervise Wang Shouren's new party, and let them fight each other.

The Emperor Deccan knew that the country needed reform, but it didn't need a leapfrog reform, otherwise, it would be easy to go too far and get caught.

He deliberately left the old party to restrain Wang Shouren in order to prevent Wang Shouren's reforms from being too radical.

It was also to prevent the new party from monopolizing power and threatening him as the emperor.

At the same time, he seems to be alienated from the notorious Dongchang, Xichang and Jinyiwei on the surface, but in fact he can use it as he pleases.

Moreover, he doesn't trust any of the East Factory, West Factory, or Jinyiwei, and deliberately lets the three restrain each other, supervise each other, and cannot merge.

It is precisely by means of this balance that Emperor Deccan has monopolized power at a young age, and Gan Gang is arbitrary.

But he felt that he was still too aggrieved to be the emperor.

There are too many things that he can't control in this world, and there are too many people that he can't control.

Especially for those martial arts people, they can actually fight against the imperial court. In his heart, this is absolutely intolerable.

But he didn't show it, he knew that now was not the time to turn against the martial arts people.

"What do the two lovers think of Jianghu Monthly? The Jianghu Monthly has been very lively in the government and the public these days." Emperor Decgan said expressionlessly, "I should pay attention to such an important thing. What do you think, dear sir?"

"Your Majesty, I think that Jianghu Monthly should be banned!" Li Dongyang stepped forward and said loudly.

Emperor Deccan said: "Why?"

Li Dongyang said: "How can national public opinion be manipulated by private hands? This Jianghu monthly newspaper, which confuses the public with evil words, talks about state affairs, and incites people's hearts, is just emerging now and can be banned. What should I do if the newspaper incites the people to oppose the imperial court? The minister thinks that the court affairs are not for the common people, and the common people are not allowed to discuss the affairs of the world. The Master said, the people can let them do what they want, but they can’t let them know!”

In his heart, the Deccan Emperor recognized Li Dongyang's words very much.He really disliked people talking about world affairs, especially the affairs of the imperial court. Even if they were praising him, he would naturally feel disgusted.

You have the right to praise me today, but if I don’t do well tomorrow, do you have the right to criticize me?
The best way is to shut up the common people and silence the world.

It's just that this kind of thing can only be thought about, and the current power of the imperial court cannot do it.

Li Dongyang's opinion is very good, but it is useless.

So Emperor Deccan looked at Wang Shouren.

"I think that Dongyang scholar's words are wrong! The so-called blocking is worse than sparse, even with the power of the court, it is impossible to block the mouth of the world! Otherwise, the world's roads will be more resentful in the heart." Wang Shouren said loudly, " Banning the Jianghu Monthly will not have any good effect, it will just let the Jianghu Monthly go from the ground to the underground, and the rest of the newspapers will be published one after another, affecting the public opinion of the world!"

Emperor Decgan said: "Wang Xianggong's words are justified, but what the Dongyang scholars said is not wrong. If the public opinion of the country is in the hands of private individuals, it will indeed be detrimental to the court!"

Wang Shouren talked eloquently: "So I think that to control public opinion, we should make the best use of the situation, follow the trend, and then take the initiative. Instead of banning the Jianghu monthly report, it is better to take the Jianghu monthly report into the imperial court. The imperial court can provide a sum of money to subsidize the Jianghu month." Then send personnel to Jianghu Monthly to make Jianghu Monthly bigger and stronger. Then the imperial court gradually controls Jianghu Monthly, and the direction of public opinion in Jianghu Monthly will be controlled by the imperial court."

"That's fine. After all, Jianghu Monthly is the property of Mrs. Fengsheng's family. Mrs. Fengsheng is kind to the late emperor. If Jianghu Monthly is directly banned, it will make the world think that Zhenhui brought the late emperor's benefactor." Emperor Decan Said, "So we will do as Wang Xianggong said. Not only will Jianghu Monthly not be banned, but Jianghu Monthly will be subsidized."

"This Jianghu monthly report only sells for 100 yuan, so it must be a loss of money. I can't let Mrs. Fengsheng's family lose money. I allocated [-] million taels of silver from this internal treasury and invested it in the Jianghu monthly report! Let’s leave this matter to the West Factory. Tian Zhongxian, who is in charge of the West Factory, has a better relationship with Mrs. Fengsheng, so it would be best for him to handle this matter!”

Of course, the Emperor Deccan knew that it was impossible to suppress public opinion with the power of the court now.
Although Wang Shouren's idea was not in line with his wishes, it was the most useful method.

However, he also had selfish intentions and used money from his own treasury.

The subtext is obvious, that is, the emperor himself wants to control public opinion, not the court.

The two great scholars were both famous ministers, and they understood the emperor's subtext immediately. Although they felt helpless, they didn't want to argue with the emperor because of it.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Seeing the two academicians shouting wise words, Emperor Decgan smiled bitterly in his heart. Now that he can't rely on the people in the lake, and even has to rely on these people in the river and lake, how can he be considered wise.

A real emperor should be the law of the world with one word, he should be arbitrarily determined, and he should be the supreme in the world.

I am still far behind!
……

Soon after, the palace sent 100 million silver to Yiqu Bookstore, and news of the stationing of personnel from the West Factory spread immediately.

There are no real secrets in this world, at least not for the imperial court. Any trouble in the imperial court will be known to the world in an instant.

In an instant, whether it was the Cangshan faction, the beggar gang, or other forces, including Chunfeng Bookstore, their small actions against Yiqu Bookstore disappeared.

After all, the emperor himself intervened.

No matter how weak the emperor is, he is still an emperor, not to mention that the current emperor is not weak.

(End of this chapter)