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After inspecting the palace five days ago, Xiao Ming put the matter of the newspaper on the agenda.

In addition to having top-down supervision, the most important role of the media is to guide public opinion.

After the establishment of the newspaper, he conveniently used the characteristics of the newspaper to consolidate his power.

However, Qingzhou is becoming more and more prosperous, and there are more things happening every day, and the layout of a newspaper is far from meeting the current needs of Qingzhou.

It was for this reason that he finally decided to increase the number of newspapers.

However, whether the new newspaper is run by the government or privately, the newspaper also needs to be reviewed before publication, rather than allowing these newspapers to report whatever they want.

From later generations, Xiao Ming knows that this media is a double-edged sword, and if this position is not occupied by himself, it will be occupied by the enemy in the future.

Therefore, whether it is run by the government or privately, the newspaper must have the surname "Huang", and it cannot run counter to his will on matters of principle.

"Your Majesty, if there is an additional newspaper, what should be done with the reporters who went down to various states and counties before?"

In the council hall, Fan Zenglang said loudly that he is now wearing a red official robe, and his official residence is of four grades.

After ascending the throne, Xiao Ming naturally promoted his old ministry vigorously, and this Fan Zeng did not pull down, he gave Fan Zeng the position of Zhongxuan Envoy.

As the name suggests, the role of the propaganda envoy was to be responsible for the internal and external propaganda of the imperial court, as well as the future censorship of other newspapers and newspapers.

After a deep groan, Xiao Ming said; "The real duty of a journalist is to record the suffering of the people, not to read the newspaper, after the retirement of the dynasty, you will include these people who read the newspaper into the Central Propaganda Department, their duties remain the same, but they have nothing to do with the newspaper, since then propaganda belongs to propaganda, and reporters only do reporters."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fan Zeng was overjoyed.

The addition of a newspaper was undoubtedly a welcome event for him, as he had previously managed only one newspaper and was now able to manage five.

And his current identity seems to have jumped out of the newspaper office and become a vital institution of the imperial court.

Now Xiao Ming has incorporated newspaper readers into the imperial court, and he has a lot of more people under him.

Pang Yukun and Fiji had no idea about the newspaper at all, and they still couldn't understand what role the Central Propaganda Department would play in the future, so they kept silent about Xiao Ming's idea of adding a newspaper.

Fan Zeng retreated to the train, and at this time Niu Ben came out of the column and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the battle report of the King of Huainan came from Yingzhou City, King Yan and his eldest son Cui Chengju were both killed in battle, and the second son Cui Hao was also killed, and King Yan was cut off. ”

As soon as Niu Ben's words came out, the whispers of officials resounded in the council hall, and an atmosphere of ecstasy enveloped the council hall.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, from now on, there will be no more troubles in the Great Yu Kingdom." Pang Yukun looked excited.

Fiji also said: "The Yan Kingdom has been destroyed, Your Majesty is one step closer to the day of the Great Yu Kingdom, and you only need to go out to the King of Liang and the King of Zhao, and the northern country will be stable." ”

Xiao Ming laughed out loud at this time, in fact, he had already gotten the news in advance, not only was the Yan King's vein cut off, but the four princes also died in prison, and now the Yan Kingdom has no leader, just waiting for him to send officials to jurisdiction.

"King Yan is dead, there will be no Yan Kingdom from now on, Pang Shoufu, Fei Ge Lao, the two of you have drawn up a list of officials to be sent to Yandi, and after I review it, I will let these officials go to the state and county to serve."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two bowed at the same time.

After a pause, Xiao Ming looked at Niu Ben again, and he said; "The Yan Kingdom is destroyed, when will this Liang Kingdom wait?"

Niu Ben heard a trace of dissatisfaction from Xiao Ming's tone, King Huainan successfully took Yingzhou City, and now the army of the feudal state has not taken Qingzhou, which is really a little unreasonable.

However, this time, Lu Fei and others did not destroy the Yan Kingdom for a long time, Niu Ben said: "Your Majesty, Lu Fei and Luo Hong led 50,000 soldiers to arrive at the city of Gyeongju, but on the way to Gyeongju, they killed a barbarian cavalry. ”

"Barbarian cavalry?" Xiao Ming's brows furrowed.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the council hall became solemn, and the barbarians, the northern enemy of the Great Chongqing State officials who had changed their complexions, finally couldn't hold it back.

The expressions of the officials were taken into Xiao Ming's eyes one by one, and the officials from Chang'an all showed fear on their faces, while the officials led by Pang Yukun looked calm.

Niu Ben continued; "The last general also just had to fight Lu Fei to send back the news, this group of barbarian cavalry has 50,000 people, they do not fight Lu Fei head-on, but constantly attack the grain road, which makes Lu Fei have to send a large number of troops to protect the grain and grass, delaying the attack on Gyeongju."

"Fifty thousand?" Xiao Ming frowned, "The cavalry sent by the barbarians to King Zhao is 50,000 people, how could it be such a coincidence. ”

"Back to the emperor, this group of cavalry was sent to the king of Zhao by the barbarians, according to the captives captured by Lu Fei, under the mediation of the barbarians, now the king of Zhao and the king of Liang have abandoned their previous suspicions, and now they want to join forces together to deal with our attack."

Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, he said: "Wang Propaganda came with news, the barbarians have sent troops to help Goryeo resist the Japanese state, and now there is no time to go south, this time the barbarians did not send other cavalry, but with 50,000 cavalry to cut off my grain route is nothing more than to delay time, in fact, he is unable to send a large army to support, General Niu should take this opportunity to destroy Liang and Zhao in one fell swoop, can not delay any longer, once the barbarians withdraw from Goryeo and go south, the country will have no peace!" ”

Niu Ben suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier, and after the defeat of the Three Kings Alliance, Xiao Ming's strategy changed.

Compared with the previous conservative, Xiao Ming's military strategy is now more and more radical, and the strong combat effectiveness of the feudal army makes him very confident, and he believes that unifying the north is no longer a problem.

And after unifying the north, he can keep the barbarians out of the Great Wall and implement the strategy of keeping the enemy out of the country.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will go to Gyeongju on the same day and destroy King Liang." Niu Ben clenched his fists and said.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming glanced at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and when he saw that no one was out of the queue again, he glanced at Qian Dafu.

Qian Dafu suddenly shouted; "If you have something to do, you can play early, and you have nothing to retreat!"

All the courtiers were fine, ready to disperse and leave, when Lin Wentao, who was in the corner of the council hall, suddenly woke up like a dream, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, the ministers have something to do." ”

Lin Wentao's voice immediately attracted everyone's attention, because the officials knew that many of these strange things in Qingzhou were from Lin Wentao.

Xiao Ming also showed an interested look, and he said, "What does Aiqing want to play." ”

"Your Majesty, the lower officials have recently built a steam locomotive according to the emperor's guidance, I wonder if the emperor wants to observe?"