Chapter 501: Estrangement
"Come one by one, don't crowd..."
There were three tables at the entrance of the government office, with two people sitting at each table.
They were holding pens and writing down the names of the students who came to register.
Mi Wen's face was full of smiles at this moment.
After discussing the establishment of the Propaganda Department with the King of Yan, he suddenly felt that the clouds had been cleared.
He took the handwritten order to transfer six students to the Political Affairs School, and then posted notices everywhere to recruit propagandists.
At the same time, according to the order of the King of Yan, he contacted Liu Fu again.
Let the government office find a room for the propaganda booth in the seven counties of Yanzhou and the county government offices below for handling official business.
Although the Propaganda Department is directly under the jurisdiction of the King's Palace, they are not completely unrelated to the government office.
In the future, they will also cooperate with the local government offices to do some propaganda matters.
It's just that the newspaper to be established and the position responsible for external propaganda in the future will be completely under the jurisdiction of the King of Yan.
"Ahem, you guys keep watching here, I... I'm going to Jinling Pond to inspect the newspaper office." Mi Wen wore his official uniform today, and held his head high.
Now as an official of the palace, he also has to pay attention to his image at all times.
While recruiting propagandists, he asked for a shop by the Jinling Pond for the newspaper office.
It is said that this shop used to be the property of the Yan County nobles.
Originally, he didn't care much about the location of the newspaper office and was ready to find a place at random.
But the King of Yan designated this shop for him.
The implication is that in addition to publicity, the newspaper office is also a business.
Naturally, it has to be in a busy place.
When he arrived at the Jinling Pond, he found the newspaper office opposite the hot pot shop.
At this time, the plaque on the newspaper office had been hung up, with four large gold-plated characters on it, Yanzhou Newspaper Office.
Entering the newspaper office, the tables, chairs, calligraphy and paintings were all laid out.
As long as the newspaper staff arrived, the newspaper could be officially published.
He was even satisfied in his heart, and he couldn't help but start planning how to arrange the layout of the first newspaper.
Although he often went in and out of the palace to discuss with the King of Yan in the past few days, he was still a little nervous.
After all, newspapers have never existed in Dasong.
Since the King of Yan asked him to do it, he had to show it and try to make newspapers a must-have in Dasong.
...
The palace.
When Mi Wen was busy with the affairs of the Propaganda Department, a plain carriage stopped in front of the palace.
Then a man in black robe got off the horse and was led into the palace.
"Mazhou Mu, please follow me. His Highness is waiting in the reception hall." Xu Lie said.
The man in black robe took off his hood and it was Ma Han.
After receiving the secret invitation from the King of Yan, he concealed his whereabouts and secretly went to Yancheng.
"Please." Ma Han followed Xu Lie.
Not long after, the two arrived at the reception hall.
At this time, Zhao Xu was already waiting for him.
Seeing Zhao Xu, Ma Han couldn't help but speed up his pace to greet him, "Ma Han greets His Highness."
"No need to be polite." Zhao Xu looked at Ma Han.
Since taking over as governor of Sizhou, Ma Han's immaturity has gradually faded, and he seems more stable.
Of course, this is probably related to the dramatic changes in the Ma family during this period. As the saying goes, experience makes people mature.
Let Ma Han sit down opposite him, and Zhao Xu asked the maid to serve tea.
"Your Highness secretly asked me to come here this time. There must be something very important to discuss, right?" Ma Han asked directly before drinking the tea.
During this period, the Ma family and the King of Yan have cooperated a lot. The two are already familiar with each other, so there is no need to beat around the bush.
Zhao Xu nodded. He always likes to say what he wants to say, so he said: "Did you know about the marriage during the peace talks?"
"I know this matter clearly." Ma Han's eyes suddenly darkened.
It was during this peace talks that the court betrayed their Ma family thoroughly.
Now Qinzhou and Yongzhou have become the racing grounds of Beidi.
"Then you must also know that the candidates for the peace talks were chosen by Dou Wei and Tiemuta to humiliate me." Zhao Xu said again.
"Yes, I was also very angry at the time, but I was in a low position and my words were not taken seriously, really..." At this point, he sighed.
"I don't blame you, even I can hardly stop this peace talk, but Dou Wei and Beidi bullied me so much, how can I let the marriage be done like this." Zhao Xu put the teacup heavily on the table.
After a pause, he said, "So I want your Ma family to cooperate with me and snatch the bride!"
Ma Han's hand holding the teacup trembled, and he almost dropped the teacup on the ground. He was in doubt, "Your Highness, if you do this, if you anger Beidi, and Beidi's army comes again, it will make the emperor furious, and the court will investigate it at that time..."
Zhao Xu laughed when he heard this, "If Mulehong really wants to continue fighting with Dasong, he will not negotiate peace with the court and will focus on dealing with me. I dare to guarantee that even if he robs, Beidi will only be angry and swallow it."
He never believed Beidi's nonsense about turning hostility into friendship.
If the enemy talks to you, it must be forced to do nothing.
If it were a wise emperor, he would definitely not agree to negotiate peace.
Even if he agreed, he would take advantage.
He would never be like Zhao Heng, who only appeased and coveted his own interests.
Of course, there is no way, and there have been many such strange things in contemporary history.
For example, in the Sino-French War at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty clearly won the war, but signed a humiliating clause that required them to pay compensation and cede territory.
Ma Han suddenly remembered that although the Northern Di had negotiated peace with the Dasong court, the peace agreement did not seem to include the King of Yan.
This means that the King of Yan and the Northern Di are still at war, and the Northern Expedition has not actually ended.
It just stopped in the northwest, and the focus shifted to Yanzhou.
In this way, it is reasonable for the King of Yan to rob the bride.
After all, the Northern Di wanted to kill the King of Yan, so what if the King of Yan robbed the bride.
And the words of the King of Yan also woke him up.
What the King of Yan said was right, the Northern Di had always been very arrogant, if they had the confidence to destroy the Great Song, how could they make peace.
However, despite this, he understood the current situation of the Ma family, and they could no longer withstand the tossing.
The Northern Di and the court may not be able to do anything to the King of Yan, but if they vent their anger on his Ma family, his Ma family will be in trouble.
Therefore, he was still a little hesitant.
Zhao Xu looked at Ma Han's expression and roughly guessed what Ma Han was thinking.
Ma Han is now the head of the Ma family, and he must consider the Ma family.
So he said, "There is one more thing. The seven powerful families of Dasong are all aware of it, but they have excluded your Ma family."
"I hope Your Highness will explain it clearly!" Ma Han's expression tightened.
So he told Dou Wei's seven powerful families about their plan to split up.
After hearing this, Ma Han's face changed drastically, "What do they want to do!"
"You actually know what they want to do better than me. After all, your Ma family is also one of the eight powerful families, but they no longer regard your Ma family as the same as them."
Hearing this, Ma Han clenched his fists.