Chapter 40: The Art of Disgust (4)

The next morning, Li Tai's censors advised Emperor Li II that the crown prince was using the art of disgust, disregarding the law, the relationship between father and son, and moral degradation. Such a person should not be the crown prince, and requested Emperor Li II to depose Li Chengqian from the crown prince position. Emperor Li II

naturally would not agree. Not only did he reprimand them, he also demoted them for spreading evil words to confuse the public.

Immediately afterwards, Li Tai's camp launched a new wave of attacks, mobilizing the scholars in Chang'an to jointly submit a petition, requesting Emperor Li II to severely punish the crown prince who used the art of disgust and cursed his father and king.

Many scholars knelt in front of the palace gate of the imperial city and petitioned to depose the immoral prince to protect the Tang Dynasty.

In the Lizheng Hall of the East Palace, Li Chengqian summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures. If they were allowed to continue like this, it would be disastrous.

"You should know the current situation without me telling you. The enemy's attack is fierce. How should we deal with it?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Your Highness! In my opinion! Why not just go all out, kill your majesty in the palace, force your majesty to abdicate, and then of course put the King of Wei in jail and execute him. Wouldn't this solve the problem?" Du He said.

Li Chengqian looked helpless. Du He, Du He, what time is it, and you are still thinking about rebellion? This is courting death!

Li Chengqian would definitely not agree to a rebellion. As the crown prince, as long as he could survive until the day when Emperor Li II died, he could smoothly take over the power of the Tang Dynasty.

But the problem was that he could not survive his father, Emperor Taizong of Tang, smoothly. Otherwise, how could he inherit the throne?

If Li Chengqian was pulled down from the throne by the Li Tai group during this turmoil of the art of victory, he would never have the chance to be the emperor.

Therefore, Du He could not be blamed for being reckless, but the harm brought by the art of witchcraft was too great. Du He could not guarantee that the crown prince could escape from this vortex.

In Du He's view, they had to prepare for the worst! Rebellion was undoubtedly their last chance.

"Du He, don't mention this matter again in the future! What we need to do now is how to fight back!" Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian knew in his heart that if he gathered the troops of the six commanders of the East Palace now, it would just give the other party an excuse. Even Li Er, who was in the palace only twenty steps away from the East Palace, might suspect that it was really him, the prince, who was cursing his father with the art of disgust.

If you have nothing to hide, then why did you gather your own troops? The fact that you gathered troops just proves that you are cursing your father with your art of disgust.

This is to plan to launch a coup in advance after the matter is exposed.

Therefore, what Li Chengqian has to do next cannot be linked to the army in the slightest. This is the safest thing to do.

He not only needs to get more support, but also the trust of his father, so that he can survive in this turmoil.

"Your Highness! We can use newspapers and magazines to create public opinion and guide the people's opinions to fight against them." Di Renjie said.

"Yes! Mr. Di is right!" Li Chengqian slapped his thigh. How could he forget such a powerful weapon as newspapers and magazines? Fortunately, Di Renjie reminded him.

"Have all the newspapers been distributed today?" Li Chengqian asked Zhang Xuansu hurriedly.

This is related to whether he can win this battle for the throne.

"Not yet! It's just that it's a little too late to promote it through newspapers now." Yu Zhining said with some embarrassment.

The layout of the newspaper is completed that evening, printing starts in the morning, and sales start at eight o'clock.

It is indeed not easy to suddenly add new content to the newspaper.

"It doesn't matter! You can ignore the others and add an article about this on the front page. The length doesn't need to be too long. I think it shouldn't be a big problem." Li Chengqian said.

It's a certain time now, why bother with other things? Fortunately, there is no need to re-typeset the whole thing. Just add a part to the front page headline. This is nothing for Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu, and Yu Zhining.

"If that's the case, it's not a big problem! This is how it should be written." Kong Yingda said.

This is indeed a problem. If it is written well, it will naturally arouse the support of countless people. If it is not written well, it will be counterproductive. Li Chengqian thought about it and said to Wang Quan.

"Wang Quan, go get the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the order and went to get the four treasures of the study, placed them in front of Li Chengqian, and personally ground ink for Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian wrote a short article on the paper quickly, put down the brush, picked up the paper and wiped the ink on it.

He handed the paper to Wang Quan and asked him to pass it to Zhang Xuansu and others for reading.

"Everyone, take a look and see if there is anything to add. If not, write it on the front page headline and send it to the printing factory for printing." Li Chengqian said.

After Zhang Xuansu and others read it, they looked at each other and finally reached a consensus through eye contact. Kong Yingda said: "Your Highness's article is short and concise. You can tell what it means at a glance. It has no meaning for us."

"Okay! Since everyone has no meaning, take action immediately. The sooner it is printed in the newspaper, the better it will be for us." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Everyone stood up and bowed and left.

Li Chengqian dismissed his attendants. Now he needed to be quiet and analyze the current situation. He wanted to know where to start to solve the problem the fastest and most effectively.

Soon the newspaper was sold in Chang'an City, and it immediately caused a stir.

The headline on the front page of the newspaper read: Who is the culprit in the case of the art of victory? What secrets are hidden behind this? Is it a dirty deal? Is it the moral degradation or the distortion of human nature? Everything

will eventually come to light under a fair trial... Let us wait and see.

As soon as this 600-word headline appeared, it immediately attracted great attention from people from all walks of life. Therefore, a team composed of children from poor families and people from the lower classes of society stood up to accuse this gang.

The poor children also jointly submitted a petition to support the prince, asking His Majesty to listen to the emperor's judgment and not to listen to slander and create a tragedy.

This made the matter of the censors' advice to abolish the prince develop into a confrontation between the two forces.

Both sides hold their own opinions! Neither side gives in! They will not stop fighting until they reach a conclusion.

More people took the opportunity to join in the fun and show their presence. No matter what time it is, there is no shortage of people who like to watch the fun and make trouble.

Li Er looked at the newspaper in his hand and agreed with Li Chengqian's approach, but he couldn't let the situation develop like this.

Li Er sent people to urge Zhangsun Wuji and others to solve the case as soon as possible, and at the same time, he sent people to disperse these people to avoid riots.

Once these people get angry, they dare to fight.