Chapter 13 Problems
The books have begun to be published, and the quality is naturally incomparable to the books in Ye Zhao's previous life, but with this idea, the remaining problems can be overcome slowly. Ye Zhao suggested that Liu Hong secretly find some merchants to sell them in secret, and it is best not to sell them in Luoyang at the beginning.
Luoyang is too sensitive and has too many capable people. Once it appears, it will be the biggest rebound. It is better to find some remote counties to start layout and expand step by step, waiting for the influence to expand step by step to Luoyang.
The place Ye Zhao and Liu Hong finally chose was Jingzhou. First, the place was remote, and second, the literary style of Jingzhou was prosperous, and it was also a place where talents were produced. If you could open up the situation in Jingzhou, the promotion speed would be much faster. If you choose a place that was too backward, even if you put the book in front of others and give it for free, no one would be willing to take it. Throughout history, the more backward the place is, the weaker the attention to knowledge and education will be.
Just one month later, the merchants sent to sell books were as if they were sinking into the sea. Not to mention promotion, the money for printing these books seemed to be wasted.
"Ye Qing, why is this?" Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao in the spacious and bright palace with a look of anxiety.
"Your Majesty, I am underestimating the harm this thing has to others!" Ye Zhao said in a deep voice. What he sent was not a business trip. Except for the merchants sent by the emperor, Ye Zhao also sent some, and they were broken into pieces. They didn't even know the existence of each other. Even if someone was bribed, it would be impossible for everyone to be bribed together.
In more than a month, all the business news sent were gone, and there was only one explanation. Someone saw the harm of this thing and took action secretly.
Moreover, the person who took action should have a considerable power in Jingzhou, otherwise it would be impossible to make all those people disappear in such a silent way. It is easy to kill people, but the killing is so conscious that it means that the entire Jingzhou official has suppressed these things.
"That's it?" Liu Hong sighed. He knew better than Ye Zhao's strength. As the emperor, he did something that was beneficial to Qianqiu, but he did not dare to make it loudly. Instead, he pretended to be the eunuch to push it. He could not deal with it with others even if he was messed up. This made Liu Hong feel very frustrated.
"Of course not. Your Majesty has invested so much, and even the bookstore has been built. If you give up, not to say all your previous efforts will be a huge loss for Your Majesty." Ye Zhao thought for a while and said, "At this time, what Your Majesty needs is a place that is enough to open up the situation. As long as the situation is opened, even if the person behind him has great powers, it will be difficult to change the general trend."
"What are you going to do?" Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao.
"A clever plan?" Ye Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "It's just a different place to try again, but the intensity this time must be increased. It's best to ensure that the local prefect is absolutely loyal to Your Majesty. This will make things much easier. However, since Jingzhou is not possible, Yingchuan doesn't have to try again. These two places have a strong literary style, but the power of the gentry is too huge. I suggest you give it a try in Hanzhong."
"Hanzhong?" Liu Hong said in surprise.
"Yes, Hanzhong." Ye Zhao nodded affirmatively: "This place is the place where the dragon rises. Emperor Gaozu was here. After the country's destiny for four hundred years, Hanzhong was also quite prosperous. Although his academic style was not as good as Jingxiang and Yingchuan, it was not bad. The people's wisdom was early. The most important thing is that due to the terrain, it was relatively closed. If Your Majesty could send a loyal minister as the prefect, why worry about not being able to open up the situation?"
Liu Hong suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Zhao and smiled, "Ye Qing said this, but is there a suitable candidate?"
"Indeed." Ye Zhao nodded.
"Tell me." Liu Hong sat down and smiled.
"Fufeng Su Gu." Ye Zhao said a name that surprised Liu Hong.
"Su Gu?" Liu Hong thought for a moment, and could not help but nodded. Although Su Gu came from a noble family, his family was in decline and there were many people who were looking forward to Fufeng. However, his loyalty to the court was not doubted. He was just a bit rigid, unpleasant, and capable... but he was not considered high. More than one person had commented on Su Gu's talent and a county prefect are enough.
But Liu Hong didn't actually care about his ability. What he really appreciated was Su Gu's loyalty. This was a person who was willing to implement every order from Liu Hong to the extreme without fail. Therefore, even if he didn't like this person, he promoted Su Gu from a county magistrate to Luoyang as an official.
"I think you will recommend yourself." Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao and said with a smile.
"I can't do this." Ye Zhao shook his head and smiled: "I have specialized in arts and professions, I am good at determining cases and planning people's hearts. However, if I really let me deal with these trivial matters, I may not be as good as the previous prefect. I am self-aware, and I think that in Luoyang, I can play a greater role."
"Not bad!" Liu Hong couldn't help but smile and said with a smile: "But you don't have to underestimate yourself. When you were the prime minister of Liang, Liang was spared from bandits because of you. Your ability and achievements, if you were the prefect of the whole place, you would have been a little embarrassed."
If the prefect of Hanzhong is possible, Ye Zhao wanted what he wanted. The bank of Qinling Mountains and the closed environment was very suitable for rest and rest and watch the changes of the times. However, at least at this time, Ye Zhao could not leave Luoyang. He was setting up a game of chess, and one game was enough to leverage the foundation of the aristocratic family. But he did not want to appear in front of others like Shang Yang, and end up with a bad death.
The best way is to take advantage of the current power of the Han Dynasty and use the power of the Han Dynasty to promote this matter. You don’t have to bear the anger of the scholars in the world, and pass on the backlash to Liu Hong. Liu Hong obviously suffered all the hardships of the aristocratic family and was quite interested in this matter.
Liu Hong was eager to break the situation, and although Ye Zhao had different ideas, he also did not want the situation where the aristocratic family monopolized the world to continue. Therefore, Ye Zhao must know Liu Hong's ideas at any time and discuss how to further expand the impact. Therefore, he cannot leave at this time. As for the place to seek personal gain, as long as the time is ripe in the future, Ye Zhao will naturally choose a place as a way out. If there is no chaos today, the Han Dynasty's banner is still holding on, and establishing a place to seek personal gain is not a good thing.
If these ideas are mentioned, Ye Zhao is undoubtedly a representative of the traitors, but the Han Dynasty is about to perish. Since Ye Zhao already knows the direction of history, he has planned for himself, so it is not wrong.
After discussing some specific details, if you want to promote these things in Hanzhong, the first thing you must stabilize is Su Gu's position as the prefect. At least not long after taking office, you will die of illness inexplicably. Therefore, Su Gu at least has to control the military power of Hanzhong to take the initiative. At this time, Ye Zhao conservatively estimated that even if Su Gu took office immediately, it would not be initially stable until the beginning of next spring, and then the time for laying.
The first time has failed. This time, neither Ye Zhao nor Liu Hong hopes to fail again. Therefore, Liu Hong and Ye Zhao both attached great importance to Su Gu's appointment as the prefect of Hanzhong this time, and planned more detailedly. Liu Hong even divided the few imperial guards at hand that could guarantee loyalty and prepared to give Su Gu as a personal guard to protect Su Gu's safety.
It was not until the sun set westward that Ye Zhao said goodbye to Liu Hong and prepare to leave the palace.
"Bad man!" As soon as he left the palace, he saw Liu Wei walking happily towards him.
"Princess, I have a name." Ye Zhao looked at the innocent and romantic girl in front of him helplessly. The friendship between the girl. Since the night of the seventh day of the lunar month, Ye Zhao has been able to clearly feel it. But this friendship is really hard to bear!
"You have been in the palace many times recently, why don't you come to me?" Liu Wei asked indifferently.
Why come to you?
Ye Zhao rolled his eyes in his heart and bowed, "I have discussed important matters with Your Majesty recently, so I have come a little more. As for visiting the princess, although I have this intention, the foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the land of the North Palace, and I dare not exceed the etiquette."
In layman's terms, the Beigong is the rear palace. The women, children, and even princes who live in the emperor's life have to move out after they become adults. Foreign ministers enter the Beigong without any hesitation, and in the worst case, they may cause death.
Although Liu Hong attaches great importance to Ye Zhao now, if Ye Zhao is fine and runs to Beigong, let alone being unpredictable, he would not be too relieved to be a man. After a long time, it would be strange if he doesn't have any other thoughts in his heart.
"The palace is so boring. I'm tired of the ten thousand-year-old lights. Do you have anything new?" Liu Wei said with a bored look on her face.
No matter how fun things are, they will definitely get tired of them over time. What's more, the ten thousand-year-old lamp is just a paper lamp, and there are also safety hazards. People have never seen anything that can fly by artificially created, so they are interested. After passing this freshness, they naturally don't feel anything.
Ye Zhao's shops in the city have stopped selling Wannian Lanterns. Although other shops are sold, they have accumulated a lot of survival. Not to mention losing money, it does not exist if it is to say how much money you have made with Ye Zhao's east wind.
"I'm afraid the trust of the minister is to be trusted by the princess." Ye Zhao said with a wry smile.
"If you are all middle-aged people, are there any smart people in the world?" Liu Wei was obviously not satisfied with Ye Zhao's explanation and pouted.
"Princess, I still have official duties, so it's not convenient to stay here for a long time. Let's say goodbye first." Ye Zhao didn't want to continue to lingering here, and he didn't want to linger with the princess. At present, he hasn't considered whether to stalk this marriage with the royal family. Even if he wants it, it's not now.
The marriage between him and Liu Wei is not a simple love between men and women. There are many things involved behind this and it is also an important political capital. Ye Zhao does not want to waste this political capital at this time, so he will occasionally come and flirt with him, but he will never get too close to Liu Wei.
"Okay, I am about to leave the palace." Liu Wei said with a smile.
"This... does Your Majesty agree?" Ye Zhao asked.
"My father never knew when I left the palace." Liu Wei said proudly.
"Is that true?" Liu Hong's voice suddenly sounded from behind, scaring Liu Wei.
"Father~" Liu Wei looked at Liu Hong with some guilt.
"Go, remember to bring more guards." Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao with a smile, nodded.
Chapter completed!