I run a newspaper in ancient times

Prince Yi is the emperor's only surviving brother. This palace is one of the most magnificent in the capital, and the renovation is even more beautiful.

In early spring, the sun is just right today. Although there is a hint of coldness, the sun shines in obliquely, and it is comfortable to fall on the body.

The sparkling lake surface is sprinkled with a little bit of golden light, facing the edge of the water pavilion, the pink lotus leaves have sprouted, and it will probably not be long before the little lotus will show its sharp corners.

Li Li leaned against the edge of the gazebo, wearing a fox fur cloak, lowering her eyes slightly, holding some fish food in her hand, and throwing it into the lake carelessly, watching the years calm down.

However, when the koi in the water were scrambling to get together, begging for his favor, he couldn't help laughing and asked: "Master, how is the old man?"

With playfulness and cunning in his eyes, he deliberately throws some here and there, making these dumb koi go around.

Sitting at the stone table opposite Li Li, Lan Zhou was secretly looking at Prince Yi who was rumored to be ignorant of the sufferings of the world and only knew of nonsense. Can't help being slightly stunned, got up and replied: "Master Yun is all well, please rest assured, my lord."

"That's good." Li Li dropped all the fish food in his hands, clapped his hands, and dusted off all the debris, then picked up the folding fan on the side, beat it lightly, and walked over.

He walked straight in front of Lan Zhou, and suddenly leaned closer, a face was directly magnified in front of Lan Zhou's eyes, almost touching his cheek.

Lan Zhou's heart skipped a beat, he stepped back subconsciously and stood aside, bowed and saluted: "My lord."

Li Li's head tilted slightly, with a teasing smile in his eyes, he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "After so many years of travelling, Lanzhou, why are you still surprised? You are too restless."

Lan Zhou couldn't help showing a wry smile when he heard the words, and raised his hand to beg for forgiveness: "My lord, forgive me."

However, Li Li rolled his eyes lightly, but he didn't let him go, instead he asked: "Is this king good-looking?"

That's naturally good-looking, Li Li is lucky to be a man, if it is a woman, I'm afraid it will attract the world's elite to compete for her.

Lan Zhou nodded and praised: "Your Highness is elegant and dignified, with graceful demeanor."

Hearing this, Li Li deepened his smile, as if the sun was shining brightly this early summer. He seemed satisfied with the answer, so he asked again: "Then will your young master like it?"

This made Lan Zhou overwhelmed.

Everyone knew that Prince Yi liked General Fan, but no one knew whether Fan Zhiyuan liked Li Li or not.

Li Li had already publicly confessed his heart since three years ago, and told the gossip tabloids about his lovesickness from time to time. Even if General Fan was far away at the border, he should have known about it long ago, but so far he has not responded.

Whether it was acceptance or rejection, not even a single word from the people around him was leaked.

Complete disregard.

Lan Zhou hadn't seen Fan Zhiyuan for many years, so naturally he didn't know how to answer, but based on what he knew about his master back then, Fan Zhiyuan's orientation was normal and he didn't seem to be masculine.

However, Lan Zhou knew that Li Li's meaning to Fan Zhiyuan was different after all, although this was a secret he only discovered after he narrowly escaped death.

Lan Zhou thought for a moment, and finally said: "My lord, the young master is a person who values ​​love and righteousness."

If Fan Zhiyuan wanted to repay him with kindness, he would accept it regardless of whether he liked Li Li or not.

But after hearing the answer, Li Li wrinkled his nose, curled his lips unhappily, and said in a foolish tone: "It's just a joke, how could this king really like him, if it wasn't for temporarily blocking his sight with him , and I don’t bother to put a hot face on a cold butt.”

He muttered a few words, then lazily leaned back on the gazebo armchair covered with thick cushions, held the fan and shook it pretentiously, then revealed the matter, and said with penetrating eyes: "Lan Zhou, I have only one request to call you back this time."

Lan Zhou raised his hand and arched it, with a smile on his face, he understood in his heart: "The villain understands, and will do everything he can to make the prince have nothing to worry about."

Li Li nodded, looked at the dazzling jasper gold ring on Lan Zhou's finger and said: "Those who have achieved great things since ancient times have different capable people and different methods and strategies, but there is one thing in common..."

Lan Zhou said, "It's not short of money."

Li Li's lips curled up: "Exactly."

After all, gossip tabloids are not popular, and if they want to have the appeal and credibility of the later "People's Daily", they must involve current affairs, report things that ordinary people dare not report, and dare to say facts that ordinary people dare not.

Every word is gold.

This requires a lot of hidden piles and hidden lines, and you have to open up various roads. If you don't have money, it will never work.

Lan Zhou took care of Li Li's subordinates' secret channels for incoming money, but after all, there were only gossip tabloids and properties rewarded by the royal family on the surface.

Not many, but it can confuse the public. This advertisement is one of them.

However, if the tabloid involves the affairs of the court, it is afraid that the "nonsense" will be blocked!

Li Li rubbed his chin, looked at Lan Zhou, and suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that Shopkeeper Lan is good at calligraphy with his left hand, but why doesn't he use his right hand?"

Hearing this, Lan Zhou smiled and said, "My lord, I'm afraid that even the villain himself doesn't know what the handwriting on the right hand is like. What it has been written all these years, what it looks like."

"I see."

With a splash of ink, Li Li completed the masterpiece "There are countless vulgar fans in the world, but only a bright moon in my heart - thoughts on Prince Yi's forced marriage", and handed it over to Zhu Run and Lan Zhou.

"Check it out, you're right, this is the headline."

The last issue of the gossip tabloid added a conspicuous line of forecast for the next issue after the headlines, aiming at the gimmick of Prince Yi and General Fan, one can imagine how many people are eagerly waiting for this issue.

This is the first time for Lan Zhou to see this kind of confession that combines entanglement, depression, helplessness, infatuation, deep love, and fearlessness... as soon as he saw the title, he could tell that it was a thousand-character confession, and couldn't help but twitch. Twitch the corners of your mouth.

He really wanted to know what Fan Zhiyuan, who was going into battle to kill the enemy, would think when he saw it.

The sky can be shown, and the mountains and rivers can be used as a lesson. There is a prince in the capital who insists on you. In fact... a bit scary.

Looking at Shi Shiran drinking tea, blinking the cat's round eyes with a touch of innocent Li Li, I felt really powerless for a while.

Xin said that only Prince Yi dared to go all out to play like this.

only……

"My lord, I'm afraid you will offend all the ladies and gentlemen in the capital by publishing it."

In order to highlight the unique true love in his mind, Li Li commented on the girl introduced to him by the empress dowager in this article, picking faults everywhere, like morning glory on the ground, setting off Fan Zhiyuan like the moon in the sky, perfectly unlike people.

By the way, there is actually a sour poem in it.

He could imagine how much these girls wanted to beat him to death when this issue was published, maybe they would secretly buy murder sacks by gnashing their teeth, and throw them into the moat to vent their anger on the sisters.

Of course, on a certain day when the court is clear and the traitor is gone, the emperor really holds great power, and there is no need for Fan Zhiyuan to defend Li Li, if Prince Yi wants to get married, there may be no young lady who is willing to marry him.

The consequences of this are quite serious.

Lan Zhou kindly reminded him, but Li Li didn't take it seriously. Holding the fan of the most rich man in the capital, he smiled and said, "That's what I want."

At this time, the girls kept him at arm's length, and it was better not to see him.

But Zhu Run said cautiously: "My lord, some of our tabloids are reserved secretly by ladies. What if they... hate you and don't buy it?"

Li Li laughed: "What are you afraid of? These girls' anger comes and goes quickly. If you don't buy it in the next issue, can you hold it in the next issue? Didn't you pay the scheduled money?"

There are many people who say no to it, but secretly buy it secretly.

The more fun you scolded on the face, the more eager you are to watch behind the scenes, Li Li is used to it.

"By the way, how about investment promotion, which one wants to try the effect of advertising?" Li Li suddenly asked Lanzhou.

Lan Zhou said: "They are all people in the business field, and they know the business opportunities as soon as they talk about it. The leather goods shop and the rouge shop of the two barbarians have the same meaning. However, the prince's post... Not suitable for that rouge shop."

Sure enough, as everyone expected, when Li Li's article hit the headlines, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest.

The lady who can be favored by the Queen Mother and send a portrait to Li Li, who is not distinguished and has a strong background.

Although Li Li still had a sense of propriety and didn't name her name, the replacement of XX still made these offended ladies furious.

If it wasn't for Prince Yi's noble status and the guards following him in and out, he would have died on the street long ago and would not have seen the sun the next day.

Even so, the shop door of the gossip tabloid still received letters of greeting from all directions, and some of them got a little hot-tempered and even came to raze the place.

And there was another round of impeachment in the court hall. Emperor Yan sat on Majesty Dan, and did not make a second movement except raising his hand to his forehead.

His younger brother... Well, Emperor Yan was too embarrassed to make excuses for him.

But to say what Li Li has committed, it's really out of the question, at most one person can speak rudely, but as a prince, this is not a crime.

Emperor Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, and could only wait for the sounds of all kinds of aggressive attacks to pass.

Prime Minister Zuo, who was the first civil servant, glanced at Wu Ninghou, who was opposite the military officer, and suddenly stood up.

He only took a small step, but the hall, which was as noisy as Caishikou, immediately fell silent. Even Emperor Yan put down the hand on the dragon chair that was resting on his forehead, and sat upright.

Zuo Xiang has reached his sixtieth birthday, but he comes from an aristocratic family. He looks personable, refined and calm, and doesn't look old at all.

In fact, at this age, one can retire and return to one's hometown to take care of one's life.

But he himself never resigned from office, even though he was a royalist party, even if his teeth were itching with hatred in his heart, he prayed for him to step down and return to power as soon as possible every day, but he dared not tell him to go back to retire.

The entire operation of the court is almost under his control, but the power in the army, he is a little worse than Wu Ninghou.

Without him, Fan Zhiyuan.

"General Dingyuan is a rare general in this matter. It is really gratifying to be able to win the five states of Yanjing and return to Dayan. It is the blessing of the emperor and the blessing of Dayan." That's it in one sentence.

It was clearly a compliment, but Wu Ninghou narrowed his eyes with vigilance.

He was very aware of Zuo's fear of Fan Zhiyuan, and he was always looking for the other's fault, so as to take the opportunity to seize the military power.

Sure enough, Prime Minister Zuo went on to say: "However, it has been a year since these five states, and now Dayan and Daxia are in a stalemate, and the army went north but failed to take back a mountain and a city. Instead, the casualties of soldiers increased sharply. The consumption of military resources and armaments is huge...Your Majesty, although the veterans appreciate General Dingyuan's bravery, if the fight continues, the court may not be able to bear it."

As soon as Prime Minister Zuo said this, all the ministers who were still holding onto Li Li's rules just now nodded in unison.

"Although Dayan is rich, fighting a war is like throwing away money. No matter how rich the treasury is, it can't be spent like this!" said a minister.

"Actually, it is enough to recapture the five states. The four states further north are sparsely populated. It doesn't matter much. It doesn't matter if you take it easy."

Wu Ninghou listened, and suddenly sneered in his heart. He also stood up from the queue, raised his hand to Emperor Yan, but stared at Zuoxiang and said: "Zuoxiang is too old to forget things, Fan Before Zhiyuan went to the north of Beijing, he had already discussed a budget with the ministers, why, now that the money has not been exceeded, the left minister is about to cut off his retreat, it will make the hero chill, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals beside him also said: "Our generals are bleeding in front with knives and guns. If the back keeps trying to hold back, no matter how powerful the general is, he will not be able to win the battle?"

"That's right, Daxia's army is not paper. General Fan can't drive straight in like pushing a wall. It's normal to be stalemate."

"By the way, who said that the four prefectures of Yanjing and Jing are not important? Don't you know that the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is a battleground for military strategists. If it can be taken back, it will be a natural fortress to resist other places in the future!"

"If you don't understand military affairs, don't interrupt, it's ridiculous."

Civil officials and military generals have never dealt with it, but civil officials rule the country and control the government. The generals' glances at you and their words immediately make the civil officials feel unhappy.

I saw the Hubu Shangshu came out and said: "Your Majesty, everyone, it's not that I don't support it. After all, it used to be my land of Dayan. No matter whether it matters or not, it should be taken back. It is a shame for the country. It's just that this matter should be taken slowly. Last year Floods in the south and drought in the north were severe, and countless people were affected. A sum of relief money was distributed. The granaries in various places were first used for disaster relief and appease the people. They have not recovered yet... This winter is extremely cold, and the snow is heavy. I only ask for more money, not less, and the minister has ordered the household department to calculate many times, the treasury cannot support General Fan to continue his expedition to the north, please forgive me."

After Hubu Shangshu finished speaking, he submitted an urgent memorial: "If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself."

Hubu Shangshu's action immediately made all the civil servants raise their chests.

There is no need for Prime Minister Zuo to continue, someone said: "Although the ministers are saddened by the loss of land and rivers and mountains, the people of Dayan are more important. Since General Fan can't go any further, it is better to slow down and use food, grass and silver for the more important victims. The treasury is rich, and it is not too late to regroup the army."

"I admire General Fan's ability, and I think I will be able to afford it in a few years."

"The general is wholeheartedly for Dayan Heshan, he will be able to understand the difficulty of the court, and care about the safety of the people."

"Exactly, exactly."

……

Emperor Yan looked at you and said something, although his face didn't show anything, but his hand on the armrest was already tightened.

Leaving aside last year's disaster relief, the court knew about the snow disaster this winter, but no one did a good job of protecting it, which resulted in so many refugees.

Yet he couldn't say anything.

Prime Minister Zuo finally raised his hand and respectfully saluted the silent Emperor Yan: "Please sympathize with the people and recall General Dingyuan to appease the world."

"May the emperor be sympathetic to the people, recall General Dingyuan, and appease the world." The civil servants followed the left prime minister and shouted in unison.

The military officer always suffers from the superior civil servant.

Emperor Yan looked at Wu Ninghou, and the latter's face was particularly reconciled.

Fan Zhiyuan couldn't defeat the last Yanjing four prefectures, and the imperial court was short of money, and disaster relief was urgent, so there was really no reason to continue sending troops.

Otherwise, if it is publicized, Fan Zhiyuan's prestige among the people will be greatly reduced, and he may have to wear the hat of ulterior motives.

In the end Wu Ning Hou was defeated.

Emperor Yan lowered his eyes, and said one word expressionlessly: "Quite."

The author has something to say:

Li Li: What are you afraid of? I have no intention of marrying a girl.

General: I accept this scourge.

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