I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

The easiest way to calm down a piece of news is to create more explosive news to divert the topic.

Li Shen always uses this method, whether it is good news or bad news, as long as it can change the subject.

What Li Shen didn't expect was that there were actually people who could learn their methods and grasp the essence of them.

He was originally the focus of Chang'an City and even the entire Tang Dynasty.

Putting yourself in it and increasing attention is undoubtedly a good idea.

“It seems that the person behind this is not simple. He is very familiar with our operating model and core ideas.

I am a little surprised that you want to use our methods to quell the rumors about us."

Li Shen was very interested in the person behind the scenes. He wanted to know who knew him so well.

“Your Majesty, we still have no clue at the moment, and they spread the news very quickly.

According to my observation, they are the same group of people who spread the rumors the last two times.

The first time was when you, Your Majesty, defrauded His Majesty of money, and the second time was when the East Palace was struck by lightning not long ago.

This should be the third time.

They spread the news very quickly, so there must be a lot of them.

And every time the information is spread quickly, it disappears without a trace.

Every time our people went to check, they found nothing.”

This is also the most headache for Wang Hongfu, he cannot find the person.

I just know that this group of people exists.

“So it was that group of people.

I didn't expect it to be so mysterious. It's becoming more and more interesting.

Lao Wang, you must immediately arrange for our people to continue spreading the message that these dozen families are evildoers, devils, and demons.

This angered God and brought divine punishment.

I want to see who is stronger, them or us.

I'm spreading a message that I've been in a bad mood lately and have killed several servants in the palace who talked about me in private.

Humph, scare them to death."

Li Shen snorted coldly and said unconvincedly.

He spends a lot of money every year to maintain this group of water army, just to use them at the critical moment.

When it comes to professionalism, Li Shen is confident that he is already very professional in this era.

In later generations, various hypes by self-media emerged in an endless stream, establishing personalities, acting out scripts, increasing popularity, and being proficient in all kinds of weapons.

Li Shen only learned the basics.

But in the Tang Dynasty, it was enough.

"Your Majesty, your opinion is brilliant. Your Majesty is indeed resourceful and has easily silenced the people with one move.

Without the title of prince, no rumors can spread for long.

Your Highness, this is a really great move. Even if Zhuge were still alive, he probably wouldn't be even one tenth as good as yours."

As soon as Li Shen finished speaking, Wang Hongfu's horse followed suit, arriving at the perfect time.

After hearing this, Li Shen naturally smiled and puffed out his chest.

"Haha, no, no, thank you for your compliment. I was just saying it casually.

How can he be compared with Zhuge Kongming?"

Li Shen was smiling and waving his hands, which made Wang Xuance admire him very much.

No wonder His Royal Highness Prince Ji asked him to learn from Wang Hongfu. It turns out that the skill of flattery still requires practice.

It seems that I have a long way to go.

After laughing for a long time, Li Shen put away his smile.

"Old Wang, you must handle this matter well, and you must find out who those people are for me."

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I will do my best. With Your Majesty’s clever plan, we will definitely defeat them.

I will also send more people to investigate these people and find out who is behind them and is against the prince."

Wang Hongfu immediately expressed his determination. He was confident that he could complete the task assigned by King Ji.

Li Shen was very satisfied with Wang Hongfu's performance. Which boss doesn't like such a motivated employee?

Li Shen resolutely eliminated those employees who hoped that the palace would go bankrupt as soon as they entered it.

After explaining to Wang Hongfu, Li Shen looked at Wang Xuance again.

"Xuan Ce, today the king will enter the palace..."

Li Shen told Wang Xuance in detail the process of his entry into the palace.

Finally said:

"I feel like your majesty is doing this on purpose. Can you help me analyze this? What should I do?

Do you want to leave Chang'an and find a way to get to your fiefdom?"

Li Shimin gave him a very bad feeling today, but Li Shen couldn't tell exactly what was wrong with him.

That's why he asked Wang Xuance to analyze it for him.

Wang Xuance pondered for a moment and then said:

"My Lord, you have no fiefdom now, where can you go?

Moreover, even if he had a fiefdom, it would be difficult for the prince to leave Chang'an, unless he was willing to donate all the properties of the Prince Ji's Mansion to Your Majesty.

Even so, the hope that the prince can leave Chang'an is very slim."

"What? I don't have any fiefdom anymore? Am I not the governor of Xiangzhou?

I was granted the title in the tenth year of Zhenguan. Although I did not take office, it can still be considered as my fiefdom.

How come it's gone just like that? How come I don't know about it?"

Li Shen seemed a little excited.

After all, I am a prince. Others have fiefs of several states, but I only have Xiangzhou, which is already frustrating enough.

Others are often called Protector-Generals or Governors-General, but I am just a Governor.

But at least he still has hope.

But now Wang Xuance told him that his only hope was gone.

It would be strange if Li Shen wasn't excited.

"Your Majesty, this incident happened last year. Xiangzhou had been without a governor for a long time, so the three provinces proposed to Your Majesty to send a new governor.

They said that His Royal Highness Prince Ji would not be able to take office for a while, and the position of governor could not remain vacant.

so......."

“Bullshit!!”

Before Wang Xuance had finished speaking, Li Shen flew into a rage.

"What the hell, it can't be left vacant forever. That fat guy Li Tai has been in charge of 22 states remotely. He is a governor.

And that kid Li Zhi, his fiefdom is Jinyang, which is where the previous emperor started his army, but he has never been there, right?

Why would your fiefdom be revoked if I don’t go?

These bastards, do they think I am easy to bully? No, I have to go and argue with them.

If you don’t give me an explanation, I will beat them till they are left with their teeth on the ground.”

Li Shen bared his teeth and claws, stood up and was about to rush out, the fiefdom was his hope and his dream.

"My Lord, please calm down, my Lord, please calm down."

"Yes, Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. If you really go, you will be punished by His Majesty again."

Seeing Li Shen being so impulsive, Wang Xuance and the other two hurried forward to stop Li Shen.

If Prince Ji really went to the three provinces and beat up the three officials, then this would be a serious matter.

By then, even if Your Majesty wants to protect him, there will be nothing he can do.

The three dukes are the heads of all officials. Beating the three dukes would have a great impact. As members of the royal family, they represent the royal family.

Doesn’t this mean that the royal family did not take court officials seriously?

(In the early Tang Dynasty, princes did have fiefdoms and great power, but they no longer had territories after the middle period.

This fiefdom did not belong to the prince, but to the imperial court, and the imperial guards served as local officials in charge.)