The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 417: Publishing a newspaper to keep the emperor alive, Xu Yuan is ruthless in the face of old ministers
Luo Yuan was talking about making money by advertising in newspapers, but Liu Xie immediately understood the meaning of newspapers with his own thinking.

"Gongqi, you are really talented!" Liu Xie held Luo Yuan's hand and said, "Don't worry, I will give you half of the gold."

"newspaper?"

After listening to Luo Yuan, Xu Shu was a little surprised, and then he was not very willing. The reason for his opposition was very simple, because Jiangling white paper was sold everywhere, it would be a pity to publish a newspaper.

I guess I'll lose money.

What’s more, Xu Shu was even more worried that newspapers would disturb the people.

"My Lord, the news in the newspaper will cause everyone to talk about it. The people are in turmoil and their minds are changing."

Xu Shu was not stupid. After figuring out what Luo Yuan wanted to do, his attitude was very clear: it would be better to avoid anything that was not conducive to his rule.

Do ordinary people need to know so much information?
There is absolutely no need for that. As long as the people are obedient, they are good citizens.

For rulers, the simpler the people's lives are, the better.

At that time, the information was needed by the nobles, and the common people really didn’t care about it. Most of the common people were illiterate.

"Is the newspaper bad?" Luo Yuan was very surprised why Xu Shu thought so.

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said, "Of course it's not bad, but it's a bit uneconomical. There are many noble families in Jiangling now. Once these people unify their ideas in the newspaper, I'm afraid... we will have to be on guard."

Luo Yuan smiled. Xu Shu was overthinking it. It would be impossible to reach a unified thought in the newspaper even after thousands of years. As long as people are human, they will only be accustomed to looking at things from their own perspective and then come to different conclusions.

The pattern of your understanding determines the height of your life.

"You're overthinking it. The newspaper's idea is to give the emperor something to do. He is very suitable for this job. He has the right identity and status. He has those old ministers under him. He can't just follow them to make connections in Jiangling."

Luo Yuan felt helpless as he spoke. When the emperor arrived in Jiangling, all the old ministers of the Han Dynasty were also sent here by Cao Cao. There were thousands of them, and all of them needed to eat.

But Luo Yuan doesn't care about them and doesn't give them any rewards. The emperor makes money by selling goods himself, so how can these people expect him to support them?

Fortunately, these people were from noble families with some wealth. When they were with Cao Cao, Cao treated them well and they had saved some money. Many of these old ministers were celebrities. After they arrived in Jiangling, many other noble families asked them for advice and gave them gifts.

The life of the old ministers of the Han Dynasty in Jiangling was certainly not as comfortable as in Xuchang, but it was not much worse.

But these people had ulterior motives. After Cao Cao and others left, these old ministers of the Han Dynasty began to travel around and visit the gentry everywhere, ostensibly gathering with friends and visiting relatives.

In fact, all of them wanted Luo Yuan to hand over the military and political power, or in their words, return power to the emperor.

After all, Luo Yuan was nominally the Sima of the Han Dynasty, and the army under his command should belong to the emperor.

The same double-faced tactics they had used against Cao Cao in Xuchang were also used in Jiangling.

Luo Yuan was too lazy to bother with those people, but if he left them alone for a long time, something bad would happen. For Liu Xie's sake, he was polite by not killing them all in one go.

By publishing a newspaper, these people can vent their thoughts and ideas through the newspaper, which is better than Luo Yuan taking direct action.

If you have something against yourself, then say it in the newspaper and let the people see what kind of people these ministers of the Han Dynasty are.

Although we need to publish a newspaper, it must be under the control of the Military Command, and not everything can be published.

Xu Shu was also very dissatisfied when Luo Yuan mentioned these old officials of the Han Dynasty. "We should have taken care of it a long time ago. These people are contacting and stirring up trouble everywhere, which has a very bad influence."

Xu Shu whispered, "Why not find a reason to deal with some people?"

"Not that much."

"Of course it is necessary. Jiangling was built by us, and those people should not have come." Xu Shu said, "Their ideas are completely inconsistent with Jiangling's system, and they are unwilling to accept Jiangling's concepts. My lord doesn't know that recently some old ministers asked me for fiefs, and asked me to distribute land, houses, and servants to them according to their titles. Aren't these old aristocrats? They still want to exploit the people and act tyrannically." Xu Shu was originally a very loyal and patriotic person. After spending a long time with Luo Yuan, he became his most determined follower.

Now he was particularly annoyed with the old aristocracy. After accepting Luo Yuan's new ideas, Xu Shu felt that those people should be eliminated.

There really shouldn't be such a person in Jiangling.

In Xu Shu's opinion, Luo Yuan's publishing of a newspaper was a compromise with the old aristocracy. He could have killed those people, so why let them live and be able to speak?

There is absolutely no need for this.

Only by completely eliminating the old aristocracy can the people live a good life.

The old nobles colluded and demanded land and houses, which made Xu Shu's impression of these Han ministers worse and worse, and naturally he could not tolerate it.

He was the chief envoy in charge of most of the government affairs in Jiangling. His status was just below Luo Yuan and slightly higher than Pang Tong. But even so, those old ministers of the Han Dynasty did not respect him very much and were all arrogant.

Xu Shu was extremely wary of those people, and he planned to kill them all as long as Luo Yuan agreed.

You can kill someone with any excuse, or even without any excuse.

Luo Yuan was also shocked, but he didn't think it was necessary. It turned out that Xu Yuanzhi was a man with such a strong murderous intention.

"Why bother about those old guys? How many years can they live?"

"Those people are recruiting disciples now. If they don't become powerful today, they may not become powerful in the future." Xu Shu: "My lord, please consider my idea. Kill them when they should be killed."

That's true, but it's not that easy.

Luo Yuan shook his head: "We don't need to try to influence them for now. We should focus on dealing with Han Xuan. These people are just fantasies."

Xu Shu got Luo Yuan for nothing, that’s it?
Luo Yuan is the lord and he can't say anything, but it is a dream to expect him to treat those old ministers well.

Xu Shu planned to keep an eye on those old ministers. If he found any unusual movements, those people would be asking for death and he would not be blamed.

In this case, what else can the lord say?
Xu Shu said: "I will ask my subordinates to prepare for the newspaper matter later, but those old officials still need to keep an eye on them."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Luo Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. At least Xu Shu didn't kill people directly, so he compromised a little.

Xu Shu imagined: "My Lord, I plan to recruit some women from noble families to join the propaganda team. These women will mainly be selected from the families of old ministers."

Luo Yuan was stunned. What do you want to do?

"Not hiring men?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly: "We can't just watch those people jumping up and down, we must fight back."

The culture in Jiangling was very open. Women were allowed to be officials, join the military, study, etc. Women could do any job that men could do.

But among the old aristocrats, women were just tools for marriage alliances.

The status of the ladies from the aristocratic families was really average, and it goes without saying that the customs in Jiangling had an impact on these aristocratic women.

Xu Shu was planning to break through from the inside.

Luo Yuan felt that the matter was not a big deal, so he naturally agreed. This was something that Xu Shu could decide.

"Don't be too harsh."

(End of this chapter)