Chapter 249 I Will Definitely Ask the Prince for Advice

After Chu Yuqin left the study, Lu Chen yawned again.

After two days of work, Lu Chen clearly felt that his body was a little tired.

No, I have to sleep for a while.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen walked out of the study and said to the maid at the door of the study: "Tell the Jinyiwei soldiers on duty to ask Dongfang Longyue to come to my study after noon."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After instructing the maid, Lu Chen went directly to Chunshengyuan.

When he arrived at Chunshengyuan, Yelu Nanyan was about to go to the main hall. When he saw Lu Chen enter the room, Yelu Nanyan was stunned for a moment.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Madam, you got up so early?"

Yelu Nanyan glanced at Lu Chen faintly. Lu Chen ran to find her early in the morning, I'm afraid there is nothing good.

As long as this little man comes to Chunshengyuan, he will most likely do something bad to her.

"I have seen the prince."

Lu Chen came to Yelu Nanyan and hugged her body, which was as soft and warm as cotton.

Then he hugged Yelu Nanyan and walked towards the bed and said, "I haven't slept well these two days, so please be my pillow."

Yelu Nanyan said, "It is my blessing to serve the prince."

Lu didn't say anything more. After getting on the bed, Yelu Nanyan began to undress Lu Chen. Although it was just sleeping, Yelu Nanyan knew Lu Chen's habits. Lu Chen liked to be free when sleeping, and without the cover of clothes, their bodies were close to each other, and Lu Chen could feel her warmth more directly.

After both of them lay on the bed, Lu Chen hugged Yelu Nanyan's waist tightly, lying in her soft jade and warm fragrance, and soon fell asleep.

After seeing Lu Chen fall asleep, Yelu Nanyan slightly lowered her head to look at Lu Chen, raised her jade hand and gently stroked Lu Chen's black hair. Seeing Lu Chen's handsome profile, Yelu Nanyan couldn't help but smile.

When she first came to the Northern Prince's Mansion, she was worried about this and that, afraid that the Northern Prince would treat her roughly, but now it seems that her worries in the past were unnecessary.

Lu Chen did treat her roughly, but Lu Chen himself knew immortal arts, and her body never felt uncomfortable.

Although she no longer had the power she had in the Sirius King Tribe, she got more things in the Northern Prince's Mansion, such as the life she wanted and the happiness she hoped for, which she would never get on the grassland in the past.

At this time, the sun turned over the windowsill, shone into the house, and shone on Lu Chen's face. Lu Chen's eyelids moved unconsciously. Seeing this scene, Yelu Nanyan immediately raised her jade hand to block the beam of sunlight that hit Lu Chen's eyes.

Seeing Lu Chen sleeping so sweetly, Yelu Nanyan couldn't help thinking in her heart that it would be great if such days could continue like this.

Yelu Nanyan knew very well that Lu Chen's ambition was definitely not just to be satisfied with being a vassal king, he would definitely become an emperor in the future.

If one day, when Lu Chen becomes the emperor, she will have more wives and concubines. At that time, whether Lu Chen will still love her so much, it may be hard to say.

Moreover, people will change. Since ancient times, the heart of the emperor is ruthless. When Lu Chen becomes the emperor, his character may also change greatly. It is hard to say whether he will still treat his harem beauties like now.

When he thought of this, Yelu Nanyan became more anxious.

Lu Chen slept for a whole morning with Yelu Nanyan as his soft pillow. At this time, Dongfang Longyue had come to Lu Chen's study to wait for Lu Chen's arrival.

Dongfang Longyue was a little curious. What important things did the King of the North look for her at this time?

However, she waited for half an hour, and Lu Chen did not show up.

At the same time.

Chunshengyuan.

Although he had only slept for a few hours, Lu Chen's physical fatigue had basically disappeared. Lu Chen slowly opened his eyes and found that Yelu Nanyan was looking at his face with affection.

Lu Chen asked, "What time is it now?"

Yelü Nanyan replied, "Noon. According to the timekeeping method invented by the prince, it should be one o'clock in the afternoon now."

Hearing Yelü Nanyan's answer, Lu Chen thought that Dongfang Longyue might have been waiting for him in the study, so he got up from Yelü Nanyan's delicate body.

At this time, Lu Chen still looked a little sleepy, and Yelü Nanyan asked gently, "Prince, do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Lu Chen said, "I have an appointment to discuss something in the study, so I won't sleep for now."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen suddenly thought of something, and then smiled and said to Yelü Nanyan, "I will come to Chunshengyuan again tonight."

Hearing this, Yelü Nanyan's face flushed, "I am waiting for the prince."

Lu Chen said nothing more, and got up directly from the bed, and Yelü Nanyan immediately dressed Lu Chen.

After a while, Lu Chen, who was full of energy, appeared in the study.

Seeing Lu Chen coming, Dongfang Longyue immediately saluted and said: The common woman greets the prince! "

Lu Chen said with a smile: "Longyue, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Dongfang Longyue said: "I just arrived not long ago."

Lu Chen came to the desk and sat down, then said: "This time I asked you to come here because I have an important task for you."

Dongfang Longyue said: "Your Majesty, please tell me, I will definitely find a way to complete your task."

Lu Chen said: "I plan to let your Dongfang family set up a newspaper."

Hearing this, Dongfang Longyue was slightly stunned, she murmured: "Newspaper..."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my short-sightedness. Could you please tell me what a newspaper agency is?"

Dongfang Longyue is a native of this world, so naturally she has never heard of a newspaper agency.

Lu Chen immediately explained: "Let me tell you, whatever happens in this world from now on and any interesting news, you can sort it out and then write it down on a whole piece of paper in time and let the printing house of Beiwang Mansion print it. Finally, sell it to those who are literate at a suitable price, so that more people can know the news you compiled. This kind of paper printed with various news is called a newspaper, and the shop where you distribute the newspaper is called a newspaper. "

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Longyue instantly understood what Lu Chen meant by business newspaper.

It's something similar to a royal announcement. Of course, the royal announcement only talks about the affairs of the royal palace or some reforms in the Northern Kingdom, and it's not for sale.

Moreover, this so-called newspaper has actually taken shape in this world. The intelligence collected by some forces specializing in collecting intelligence will be sold to specific people, which is similar to newspapers.

It's just that the newspaper Lu Chen mentioned is for everyone, including ordinary people, which can allow literate people to understand what is happening in the world faster.

When newspapers are launched, those who are literate will be very interested as long as the price is right.

but……

Newspapers also have another problem.

Dongfang Longyue immediately saw a drawback of newspapers, that is, if someone spreads false news in newspapers, it will definitely cause civil unrest.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Longyue immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely necessary. Newspapers should be controlled by the Beiwang Mansion. If it spreads, some people with ulterior motives will definitely publish some false news in the newspapers, causing civil unrest. "

Seeing that Dongfang Longyue could see the shortcomings of the newspaper at a glance, Lu Chen smiled faintly, "Longyue, I'm very happy that you can see the shortcomings of the newspaper at a glance, but don't worry, a newspaper can't be opened by just anyone. ”

"The newspaper I plan to create is divided into two types, one is a civilian newspaper and the other is an official newspaper."

"Official newspapers are naturally created by Beiwang Mansion, but people's newspapers can no longer be created by Beiwang Mansion. People's newspapers must record what is happening in the world from the perspective of ordinary people."

"Whether it is an official newspaper or a civilian newspaper, it will ultimately need to be reviewed by the Northern Palace before a newspaper can be established. And currently, no one in the North has the technology to control large-scale printing except the Northern Palace."

Since Lu Chen acquired papermaking and printing skills, he immediately asked Beiwang Mansion to build several papermaking workshops and printing workshops.

Before papermaking and printing became popular among the people, it was not easy for people to print newspapers on a large scale, unless they cooperated with the Northern Palace.

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Dongfang Longyue thought for a moment. Indeed, at present, the only one that can publish newspapers on a large scale is the Beiwang Mansion, not even the ancient aristocratic families of several major dynasties.

Moreover, if the Beiwang Mansion can control the newspaper office, it will not be so easy to use newspapers to spread false news.

At this time, Dongfang Longyue also realized why Lu Chen wanted to separate the official newspaper and the civilian newspaper, instead of unified the official newspaper.

The core of Lu Chen's so-called civilian newspaper is also official newspaper. After all, the Dongfang family is a vassal family of the North Palace, and the Dongfang family is definitely on Lu Chen's side.

When the people do not trust the official newspaper, the Dongfang family's civilian newspaper can still play a guiding role and let public opinion develop as the Bei Palace hopes.

After thinking clearly about Lu Chen's intention, Dongfang Longyue said: "The civilian girl understands what the prince means. When the civilian girl returns, she will start a newspaper immediately."

"But this is the first time a civilian girl has come into contact with this kind of thing. If there is anything she doesn't understand, I hope she can come to the North Palace to ask the prince at any time. Is that okay?"

Lu Chen said: "It's natural. I will teach you what content to write in the newspaper, what title to write, and how to format it. If you don't understand anything, you can come to Beiwang Mansion directly to see me."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen emphasized: "The newspaper office is very important to me, to Beiwangfu and Beiguo, so if you don't understand anything, you must ask me more, don't be embarrassed."

After he finished speaking, Lu Chen glanced at the beautiful woman in front of him.

Dongfang Longyue said: "Women of the people must ask the prince for advice."

Lu Chen then said: "You should go back and prepare today."

"The daughter of the people resigns."

Then Dongfang Longyue turned and left the study.

Not long after Dongfang Longyue left, Lu Chen also got up from his seat. He was about to leave the study when he suddenly heard the voice of the maid at the door of the study, "Your Majesty, Commander Bai is looking for you."

Lu Chen said: "Come in."

Bai Qingqing immediately entered the study. Lu Chen looked at Bai Qingqing's cold and beautiful face and asked curiously: "Xiao Bai, what's the matter?"

Bai Qingqing rarely takes the initiative to look for him. She usually looks for him when she has some information about the capital. However, recently, the shadow guards in the capital have completely cut off contact with Bai Qingqing. It is obvious that Bai Qingqing has rebelled. His father already knew about it, so he no longer trusted Bai Qingqing, and it was difficult for Bai Qingqing to obtain information about the capital through the shadow guard line.

Bai Qingqing replied expressionlessly: "Most of the shadow guards in the Northern Kingdom have been dealt with. I suspect that Your Majesty has sent people to the Northern Kingdom to eliminate traitors."

The Shadow Guards are the most important force around Emperor Xia. He certainly cannot tolerate a traitor among the Shadow Guards. Although the traitor was Bai Qingqing, and had nothing to do with the Shadow Guards who were responsible for delivering the message, those Shadow Guards were also in the Northern Kingdom, and Emperor Xia could not continue to trust them.

Hearing Bai Qingqing's words, Lu Chen was slightly stunned.

He slowly walked to Bai Qingqing's side, and then hugged Bai Qingqing's delicate body, "Do you mean that someone will attack you soon?"

Bai Qingqing said "hmm" softly, without saying much.

She was actually thinking about whether to tell Lu Chen about this last night. After all, the Shadow Guards would definitely eliminate herself when they eliminated the traitors, and would not attack Lu Chen.

Bai Qingqing thought about it for a night, and finally decided to tell Lu Chen. She had a premonition that the person who came this time was very powerful, and she was probably not an opponent.

If it was before, she would not ask others for help even if she faced a strong enemy, but now it is different. Now she has a man, and her man is so powerful, she doesn't have to face it alone.

Lu Chen was silent for a moment, and then continued to ask, have the Shadow Guards in Yancheng been eliminated? "

Bai Qingqing replied: "No."

Lu Chen thought for a moment. If the shadow guards of Yancheng had not been dealt with, it was most likely that the other party did not want to alert the enemy. This did not mean that the people sent by his father had not yet arrived in Yancheng.

But then again, if Bai Qingqing had been in the Beiwang Mansion, the people sent by his father should not dare to come to the Beiwang Mansion to trouble Bai Qingqing.

Lu Chen then said: "From today on, you will always stay by my side. Wherever I go, you go, even when I sleep, until I find the people sent by my father. "

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Bai Qingqing's cheeks flushed slightly and felt a little hot.

Bai Qingqing then said: "I understand. "

Lu Chen was not sure whether the other party would come to Beiwang Mansion to cause trouble for Bai Qingqing directly, but he, the Grandmaster, was in Beiwang Mansion, and as long as the other party dared to come, they would be trapped.

But this also made Lu Chen feel a little uneasy. If he left Beiwang Mansion, what should he do if someone sent someone to Beiwang Mansion to cause trouble for his wife, concubines and children in the future?

In the past, those who caused trouble for them were at most Grandmasters. Beiwang Mansion now has Grandmasters, and several of them, and can temporarily resist Grandmasters, but as the North Country grows and develops, maybe one day someone will send a Grandmaster Come to trouble them.

Although Chen Wanrong is already a grandmaster, Chen Wanrong is the master of Xuanyue Palace. She may return to Xuanyue Palace one day. As for the promise that Chen Wanrong will return to Xuanyue Palace when her child is fifteen years old, Lu Chen doesn't take it to heart at all.

After listening to Lin Wanyun's words, he felt that it was unlikely that he could keep Chen Wanrong. If Chen Wanrong really wanted to return to Xuanyue Palace, he would definitely let her go back.

Lu Chen thought for a while, and then said to the maid at the door: "Xiaohuan, ask someone to call the university scholar. This prince has something to ask him."

"Yes, Your Majesty. "

Zhuge Chongguang now lives far from the Northern Palace. If something happens in the Northern Palace, it will be difficult for Zhuge Chongguang to rush over in the first place, so Lu Chen plans to let Zhuge Chongguang, the Grandmaster, move directly to the side of the Northern Palace.

With Zhuge Chongguang, the Grandmaster who is about to break through to the Heavenly Man Realm, Lu Chen can feel a little relieved.

Half a month later.

Northern Kingdom, Council Hall.

Lu Chen sat on the throne and said lightly: "If you have something to say, talk about it. If not, we will adjourn. ”

Since some students from Huanyu Academy and the Chu family entered the officialdom, there are not many things in the entire Northern Kingdom that need Lu Chen’s personal attention.

The small court meetings during this period are all about discussing trivial matters. The reform of the Northern Kingdom is in full swing. With Zhuge Chongguang, the university scholar, in control, there are few things about reform that are brought to the court.

Lu Chen also feels that there are too many small court meetings. The current small court meetings are held every three days. Basically, not too many problems will accumulate in three days. He set the time of the small court meetings to every three days, mainly because the Northern Kingdom has just reformed. , officials will encounter various problems in the reform.

It is different now. The North Country has basically stabilized. Even if there are a steady stream of refugees entering the North Country due to the civil strife in Daxia, the grassroots officials of the North Country can easily arrange these refugees. Just when Lu Chen was considering whether to set the time of the small court meeting in seven days or half a month, an official from the Universal System stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I saw someone selling something called a newspaper on the street yesterday. I bought one and found that this so-called newspaper records what happened in Daxia recently."

"I inquired about it later and found that these newspapers were sold by a store called Oriental Newspaper."

"This newspaper can allow people to obtain news about other places in a short time, but I think if it is not controlled, some people with ulterior motives will definitely use this newspaper to spread rumors, which will eventually lead to civil unrest."

"So I suggest abolishing the so-called Oriental Newspaper! "

After hearing what the official said, Li Rui also stood up and said: "Your Highness, I have also bought that kind of newspaper a few days ago. These newspapers record a lot of groundless news, true and false, and ordinary people really can't judge, so I also suggest that the newspaper be banned."

After Li Rui finished speaking, many officials in the hall stood up and proposed to ban the newspaper. They all believed that such things that affect social stability should not be allowed to appear in the North.

Seeing that the officials were so disgusted with the newspaper, Lu Chen basically guessed some of the reasons. Some officials were indeed worried that these newspapers would lead some public opinions that were unfavorable to the North Country, but some officials must have mixed selfish motives.

In order to attract the attention of the people, Lu Chen deliberately asked Dongfang Longyue to record some gossips and interesting stories about officials in the first few issues of the newspaper.

After seeing these contents, the officials must have felt very uncomfortable, and it was not surprising that they wanted to ban the newspaper.