Chapter 301 Li Yifu implements the instructions of the Holy Emperor

Every decree issued by the imperial court has far-reaching consequences.

Whether it is the Tang Dynasty or outside the Tang Dynasty, everyone will be affected and affected.

The dust of history is like a mountain when it falls on ordinary people.

The same is true for the aristocratic families, who face more cruel and difficult choices.

If you make the right choice, your family will prosper and your inheritance will continue.

If you make the wrong choice, your family will be doomed and fall into decline.

Interests are important, but positions are more important.

The tax commissioner’s investigation of population and land touched upon the fundamental interests of the aristocratic families and also forced them to choose sides.

Xiao Yu’s position.

Represents the position of the Jiangnan gentry.

Li Chengqian made two preparations for the Jiangnan gentry.

If they stand on his side, they will know who their backers are. Then the Jiangnan area must become a model for the inventory work, playing the role of a pioneer who dares to be the first in the world, waving the flag and shouting slogans, and taking action, and fully cooperate with and support the tax commissioner’s inventory work.

In other words, they have to take the initiative to step forward and go against the Shandong family even if it hurts their own interests.

In this way, you can make your position clear.

If they did not stand on his side, the fate of the Jiangnan gentry would be very miserable.

The Yang family has already given a signal of what situation they will face.

Li Chengqian did not mind. He pretended to be deaf and dumb and turned a blind eye. Together with the Shandong noble families, he completely cleared the Jiangnan gentry from the court and even the local officialdom.

There is no point in keeping a disobedient team that cannot distinguish its position.

The Shandong aristocratic families are indeed too powerful to be eliminated, but the Jiangnan gentry are where they are today because Li Chengqian gave them the opportunity.

If they don’t know how to cherish, this act of betrayal can be regarded as treason.

It’s done with cleaning up.

I believe the Shandong families would be very happy about this. As long as the prince does not show favoritism, the Jiangnan gentry will be no match for the Shandong families.

Why did Li Chengqian let Cui Dunli take the position of chief of the General Information Department?

One thing is that the Jiangnan gentry felt a sense of crisis. Without the protection of the prince, their Jiangnan newspapers would have to close down immediately.

The only channel for expressing opinions is gone.

The prestige of the Jiangnan gentry was almost destroyed.

How can they gain a foothold in Chang’an and fight against the Shandong families?

As for not fighting, he asked the Shandong family for peace and returned to the original starting point.

That can only be said to be too naive, treating the court struggles as a joke.

If peace can be achieved with just a few words, then what is the point of calling it a court struggle?
The situation has developed to the point where we can no longer withdraw if we want to. We are no longer in control of ourselves and our words no longer count.

Not to mention that the Shandong family is not trustworthy, it is very likely that they will agree on the surface, but after they retire, they will get rid of them and kill all the Jiangnan gentry, leaving them no chance to make a comeback.

The prince alone would not let them go.

If you join this fight, you must be prepared to give it your all.

If you quit halfway, you will be attacked from both sides.

Xiao Yu understood this very well and knew that the Shandong family had made a move against them, so he immediately ran to Li Chengqian to state his position.

He had no choice but to come.

If they don’t come, it means their stance is unclear and the prince will not protect them at all. Then, they will be dead.

……

When the newspapers in Chang’an were calling for the killing of Xu Jingzong and Gu Yuan.

Suddenly a different voice appeared.

The Jiangnan newspapers did the opposite, praising Xu Jingzong and Gu Yuan highly and trying their best to improve their reputation.

That’s what they’re going to do first.

The two different arguments immediately caused a huge uproar in Chang’an.

“Who reviewed and approved it?”

Cui Dunli summoned his subordinates and asked in a deep voice.

After he saw it in the newspaper, he keenly realized that something was wrong.

With him advocating for the General Directorate of Information, such newspaper content should not exist.

Seeing that no one spoke, Cui Dunli looked at Li Yifu, and was a little confused to see that he was not as humble as before, but rather calm and composed.

The signatories who had been reviewed and approved were quickly placed in front of Cui Dunli.

“Li Sicheng!”

Cui Dunli suddenly raised his head and said, “Can you explain why you signed it?”

Know people, know faces, but don’t know hearts.

Li Yifu had always behaved so obediently, and also brought him to meet other people, thinking that he had won him over and made him stand with them.

Who knew that once I let my guard down, he would play such a trick on me.

Li Yifu smiled and said, “Si Lang, the Holy Emperor has said that one should not be punished for speaking, nor should one block the way for speech. He allows direct criticism in front of the Emperor.”

“We also instructed the General Administration of Press and Public Information that different voices can exist and that we should not overly restrict newspapers’ opinions, as long as they are not heretical or misleading.”

“Wenxian and other newspapers did not violate censorship regulations.”

“No one under my command would fail to pass it.”

Cui Dunli looked at Li Yifu. His eyes could kill people. Li Yifu was probably going to be chopped into pieces.

Use the instructions of the Holy Emperor to stop him.

The meeting was recorded, so he naturally didn’t dare to say anything against it.

If he goes against the instructions of the Holy Emperor, will he still be able to keep the position he holds?

“Li Sicheng said it well.”

“We must resolutely implement the instructions of the Holy Son of Heaven.”

Cui Dunli had no choice but to go along with it.

“But the content of Wenxian’s report is indeed somewhat contrary to public opinion.”

“How about this, I will review the review of Wenxian’s newspapers first.”

Li Yifu did not argue and just went with the flow.

He really had nothing to worry about.

The newspaper of your Shandong family is capable of sneaking into Chencang and replacing one thing with another.

The Jiangnan gentry are also not incapable of doing this.

We’ll see.

“As expected of Li Sicheng, well done.”

When Cui Dunli left, he said something meaningful to Li Yifu.

Li Yifu sneered. Since he had come forward, he was ready. …

After Cui Dunli finished his shift, he did not return home, but instead took many detours to a courtyard.

There are already people waiting here.

“I’m sorry, I was delayed by official business.”

Cui Dunli said.

There were several people present.

Lu Chengqing, Cui Renshi, Cui Xinggong, Yang Shidao and others.

A few people smiled and didn’t care, and started asking about the newspaper.

“Li Yifu is a sinister villain. He is not on the same page with us.”

Cui Dunli said.

Lu Chengqing frowned and said, “I can’t believe this guy can act like this.”

“Brother Cui, although he is Si Cheng, he is in a lot of trouble.”

Cui Dunli said irritably, “I just understand, that’s why I’m so angry.”

Yang Shidao said: “Can’t we replace him?”

Cui Renshi shook his head and said, “It’s very troublesome. Li Yifu can’t be replaced easily.”

“In fact, it’s better not to change him. Now that we know his character, it will be easier to deal with him. If we change him with another one, it will only cause more trouble.” Cui Xinggong said.

“Cui Ji, have you ever talked to the Duke of Ju?”

Cui Dunli asked.

“Not yet.”

Cui Xinggong said: “My father-in-law is not at home all year round, and he can’t stay at home for a few days.”

He married the daughter of Tang Jian, Duke of Ju, but he never went deep into the court, only doing some work of compiling and editing books.

This is related to Tang Jian’s previous situation.

However, ever since Tang Jian transformed himself and took up a civilian position as an ideological and political officer in the army, Cui Xinggong has become increasingly valued by his family.

Try to find a way to get him into the King of Wei’s compilation of the “Zhenguan Encyclopedia” to assist in compiling the code.

Today I also asked him about the thoughts of Duke of Ju Tang Jian.

Tang Jian’s current position in the military can be said to be unique, and he is definitely in a high position of power.

They wanted to win over Tang Jian.

Originally, Tang Jian came from a prominent family.

It is natural to win him over.

“It seems that Tang Jian wants to avoid talking about it.” Cui Renshi said.

Yang Shidao said with a worried look on his face, “The tax commissioner has already taken action against my Yang family.”

“Everyone in Chang’an knows what was said that day. Is it time to take action?”

Only the Yang family’s branches outside Chang’an were investigated, but they also represented the Hongnong Yang family.

The reason why Yang took such a big risk to plot against Xiao Yu.

Just like Xiao Yu, he had no choice.

Who made Yang the first to have surgery?

If they don’t charge, do they expect other families to step in for them?
how is this possible.

At this moment, the Hongnong Yang family has been forced to the forefront.

If they don’t resist, they will just sit there and wait for death.

If you want to resist, you have to do it yourself, and other families can lend a hand and provide assistance.

If they took a step back, the Yang family of Hongnong would be abandoned by the entire Shandong family, and then be picked out and subjected to a comprehensive investigation by the Tax Commissioner.

That was almost the end for the Hongnong Yang family.

It was investigated and abandoned again.

I’m afraid that the Hongnong Yang family will have no place to stand in the future.

So, the only option is to go in, as there might be a glimmer of hope.

Yang Shidao was very reluctant to see his family take the lead.

But there is no other way, I can only go ahead with it.

“It’s almost the same.”

Cui Dunli said: “What do you think?”

“Then let’s get started.”

As the few people talked, Yang Shidao felt helpless. He didn’t expect that Yang would end up like this and become a pawn.

Think about how prosperous the Hongnong Yang family was in the past.

Just then, someone came quickly.

“Those people were investigated.”

“The Xiao family and the Lu family attacked together.”

“what?”

Everyone was shocked, “How did they get discovered?”

“It was discussed in secret, so no one knows about it.”

Lu Chengqing shouted.

Yang Shidao’s expression also changed suddenly. “Without them, how can we attack the Jiangnan gentry?”

Everyone present had a sullen look on their faces, having discussed this with the people from Jiangnan.

As a result, he was beaten before he could even start.

“Is Xiao Yu so alert?”

Cui Dunli couldn’t believe it.

“You don’t know him. He was able to escape unscathed from the whirlpool of Pei Ji and others. This shows that he is the old fox.”

Cui Renshi said: “Now he is much more sophisticated.”

“It seems that this road is no longer feasible. We need to find another way.”

Lu Chengqing sighed, “It can only be like this.”

“It’s really not easy to make Xiao Yu, this old fox, jump into the trap.”

“He discovered all of this.”

Yang Shidao gave a bitter smile. After planning for a long time, he ended up suffering the loss.

They had to discuss another way, and Gu Yuan had to press it.

If we don’t press it, the situation will only become increasingly unfavorable for everyone.

(End of this chapter)