Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 218 Touching Porcelain
This is also the only shortcoming of the newspaper. If someone with a heart takes advantage of it and publishes a rumor to confuse the public, it will not harm the people of the country.

"In this way, the opening of a newspaper by the imperial court is beneficial to the country and the people, and the opening of the newspaper by the Eastern Palace is a disaster for the country and the people?" Li Chengqian said very dissatisfied.

"Wei Chen didn't mean that, I was just afraid that there would be a villain next to His Highness..."

"Bold."

"Shut up." Li Er said in a deep voice, "Wang Ping'an, did you come up with the newspaper?"

Wang Ping'an cupped his hands and said, "It's the minister. Originally, the minister planned to open a newspaper by himself. Later, His Royal Highness said that he would also invest in the shares. The minister directly entrusted the crown prince to do it. However, to open a newspaper, you must obtain a certificate from the imperial court. Otherwise, we would not be able to open a newspaper.”

"Then what do you think about Zheng Aiqing's words? Is the East Palace or the imperial court running the newspaper?" Li Er asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, first of all, I would like to know who will read the newspapers opened by Lord Zheng's court, and what will be the content of the newspapers? And who will read the newspapers opened by the Eastern Palace, and what will be the contents?" Wang Pingan asked.

"Uh, this, that..." Although Zheng Yuanzhi saw the power of the newspaper, he didn't know anything about its implementation and content.

"If you can't answer it, why don't you let me answer it. The imperial court's newspaper can write the policies issued by the imperial court every day, the situation at the border, and the achievements of local officials there. And the East Palace can write an interesting joke. , Beautiful stories, where the customs are good, where you can go for an outing, where there is delicious food, or which family and neighbors are arguing, etc. are all written in the newspaper." Wang Ping'an talked eloquently.

"Your Majesty, in fact, one is devoted to court policies, and the other is dedicated to civil trivial matters. Why should we argue? Another point is, how much is the imperial court's newspaper going to sell? The East Palace tentatively sets a price of [-] copies." Wang Ping'an asked. .

"Sell money?" Zheng Yuanzhi exclaimed.

"Master Zheng is not talking nonsense, don't you think that the East Palace has a lot of spare money, and it is free to run a newspaper for others to read." Wang Pingan looked at Zheng Yuanzhi with contempt.

"This, of course, is up to His Majesty to decide, how could the courtier lead him to make the decision." Why, Zheng Yuanzhi shoved the ball to Li Er again.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji, the head of all the officials, said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court must not earn a penny from the common people. I suggest that it is better for the East Palace to preside over the opening of the newspaper."

"The minister agrees."

"The minister agrees."

………………

In an instant, three quarters of the ministers in the entire court agreed.

Li Er nodded very satisfied and said: "In this case, the prince will preside over it."

Just after Wang Pingan settled the matter in a few words, the early court came to an end.In fact, Wang Ping'an had already expected that the newspaper could not be opened by the imperial court.The imperial court has no way to ask the people for money. If they don’t collect money, the newspaper is a tool for eating money. The treasury can’t afford it, so it can only be handed over to the East Palace.

The newspaper business is settled, and there is papermaking and movable type printing technology.Before that, the matter of the hall was the first thing to be resolved.

On Suzaku Street, there were people coming and going, a couple of teenagers and girls were spending extravagantly on things.Followed by two maids carrying large bags.

The boy and girl are Wang Ping'an and Princess Li Lizhi of Changle.

Wang Pingan took Li Lizhi to stroll around. An old man was walking slowly on the street, and he bumped into Wang Pingan intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hey, hello!" The old man screamed and fell to the ground, unconscious.

The old man screamed loudly, and immediately attracted many people to watch. Li Lizhi was frightened by the sudden accident, and the two maids behind him were the same, but they did not tremble from being frightened.

"Daddy, what's the matter with you, Daddy?"

"You don't want to frighten the child, father?"

Out of the crowd, seven or eight tall and burly people appeared in front of the crowd. Two sons of the old man who claimed to be lying on the ground were crying desperately on the old man, as if they knew that the old man was dead. .

Wang Pingan looked at everything in front of him coldly, admired these people's acting skills, and said in his heart: "It's a waste for them not to be actors. It's good to have the opportunity to invite them to join Wang's class as passers-by."

In fact, all of this was secretly arranged by Wang Pingan. These people were members of the Suzaku Gang, who were in charge of collecting protection fees from Suzaku Street.

I only heard one of the sons ask: "Who, who can tell me how my father died."

"What, dead?"

At this moment, the crowd watching left the center of the incident in an instant, but they didn't go far. They just vacated a certain space for them to solve the matter.

Now there are four Wang Pingan and eight people standing in the middle, and there is still a 'corpse' lying on the ground.

"Did you kill our two fathers?" the taller man asked.

"Brother, it's them. What I saw with my own eyes was that they ran over our father to death." The shorter man said.

"Brothers, surround them." The taller man ordered.

"Yes."

Eight men surrounded Wang Ping'an and the others at once.

Wang Pingan looked at the eight people very calmly, showing a sneer, and although Li Lizhi heard Wang Pingan said that such a situation would happen, and told her not to worry, she still couldn't help trembling, holding Wang Pingan's hand tightly with both hands. right hand.

Wang Pingan patted the back of Li Lizhi's hand with his left hand, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, you'll be fine soon, I'll take care of everything." Then he winked at the two maids behind, who understood, and walked to Li Lizhi and Wang Pingan In front of them, it is to protect them.

These two maids are the eldest grandson's maid guards, and they are very skilled. They can single out these eight people alone, but Wang Pingan just let them protect himself and Li Lizhi, and did not intend to let them join the fight.

Wang Pingan took a step forward and said, "I don't know if my brother is from the Suzaku Gang? This young master is from the Qinghai Gang."

"Haha... I have never heard of the Suzaku Gang or the Qinghai Gang. Since you killed my father, you have to pay for it." The tall man said with a sinister smile.

The other seven people also showed malicious smiles.

The onlookers, who were not far away, were in awe when they heard that it was the Suzaku Gang. They sighed for Wang Ping'an and others. There are countless cases of extortion, and even kidnapping is not uncommon.

(End of this chapter)