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Chapter 298 Preparations before the Great War (Chapter 300 Asking for Tickets)
"It's good that you understand! Companion, show Fan Weicheng the newspaper that Liu Awu made." Yang Reform ordered.

"I obey, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.Then, he took out a stack of papers from a box and handed them to Fan Weicheng. This is exactly what the newspapers will look like in the future. It is not much different from the newspapers in the future, except that the handwriting is a little bigger. Today, movable type printing is used. However, the effect of movable type printing is still not as good as that of printing machines in the future, and the handwriting can only be enlarged to avoid blurring.The newspaper that Yang Reform has been looking forward to for many days is finally coming out. After solving the cost problem, movable type printing problem and many other problems, this newspaper is finally going to see people.

Fan Weicheng took the things Wang Chengen handed over, opened it, and saw a large piece of paper, comparable to the paper used for painting, and very different from ordinary mansion newspapers. The contents inside were piece by piece. To look at the other side, you have to turn it over, which is also good. You can fold the mansion newspaper at will, and you can look at it wherever you want.

"Your Majesty, this..." Fan Weicheng asked in confusion.

"Fan Weicheng, this is my new mansion newspaper. You must have seen the previous mansion newspaper. It was copied one by one, just like a book. Now, I plan to make a new mansion newspaper. The mansion newspaper was made into a whole sheet and divided into eight pages, which is what you see now, you can read this mansion newspaper first, and then I will tell you." Yang Reform did not directly tell Fan Weicheng what to do , this matter requires communication, and requires others to understand your intentions.

Fan Weicheng was puzzled, he took the newspaper and read it by himself for a long time.After watching it almost, he said: "Your Majesty, I have finished reading."

"Okay, just finish reading it. This kind of mansion newspaper is printed with movable type. From getting the news to printing it like this, one night is enough." Yang Reform first explained.

"...one night?" Fan Weicheng asked in a low voice, looking at the mansion newspaper in his hand in surprise. When he was the magistrate, if he wanted to know the news in the province and the capital, he had to copy the mansion newspaper Because it is hand-copied, the speed is quite slow, and you can only pick up the important ones. If according to what the emperor said now, you can make a mansion newspaper with so many characters in one night, then those who rely on copying Those who make profits in the mansion may lose their jobs.

"That's right, how much does this mansion newspaper cost for one night, Fan Aiqing, guess again." Yang Reform was quite satisfied with the paper that Liu Awu made for him, as well as the machine that printed the newspaper.The cost of newspapers is low, and the speed of publishing newspapers is quite fast. This is all due to the teaching of Yang Reform, the exhaustive method, and many things are not difficult in the face of the exhaustive method. Take money and throw it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I can't guess it. I'm afraid it will cost you a tael of silver for so many characters." Fan Weicheng guessed a moderate amount. In the provincial capital, it is impossible to copy the residence newspaper once without a few taels of silver, and it takes several days to copy the residence newspaper.Because most of the mansion newspapers are copied by hand, not to mention the slow speed, and the person who copied the mansion newspaper is also a literate person, so it is impossible to drive others to copy the mansion newspaper for free. There is no corvee for scholars. .

"One tael of silver? Hehe, one thousand Wen? It's too much. Guess again..." Yang Reform said with a smile. Regarding the cost of the newspaper, Yang Reform was quite satisfied.

"Return to Your Majesty, five hundred Wen?" Fan Weicheng guessed a limit price.

"No, guess again?" Yang Reform said.

"Return to Your Majesty, two hundred Wen?" Fan Weicheng asked in disbelief.

"Hehe, I told you everything. This is printed by movable type printing, not handwritten. You can guess again." Yang Reform gave a hint and continued.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't it only cost thirty or fifty renminbi?" Fan Weicheng changed his mind. He has seen printed mansion newspapers. Usually, engraving is used only when the circulation is particularly large. Engraving needs time and capital, so , It’s not a big deal, it’s not an important thing, the demand is not big, woodblock printing will not be used, and movable type printing is said to be cheaper than woodblock printing, Fan Weicheng guessed a “limit price”.

"Hehe, in fact, this mansion newspaper is only sold for ten cents a piece." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"...Ten Wen? Your Majesty, I heard you right." Fan Weicheng was so surprised that he got carried away. There are so many words and only ten Wen, which is even cheaper than cabbage!Fan Weicheng couldn't believe it was true. [A newspaper for ten renminbi, the price refers to the "seven copper coins buy two newspapers" in "Song of Selling Newspapers". At that time, the price of a newspaper was 3.5 renminbi. Wen, be regarded as leaving room. 】

"Hehe, that's right, it's Shiwen, Fan Aiqing, what do you think will happen once this kind of residence report is published?" Yang Reform asked heuristically.

Only then did Fan Weicheng wake up from his astonishment, and began to think about the emperor's question. Once such a cheap mansion newspaper comes out, those who rely on copying mansion newspapers for a living will probably starve to death.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I can only say that this mansion report is shocking! Once this thing comes out, those who used to make a living by copying mansion newspapers may not be able to survive." Fan Weicheng can only marvel at the cheapness of this kind of thing.

"Not this, although this is one aspect, but, on the other hand, I ask you, what is the impact of this mansion report, is it just this?" Yang Reform asked heuristically again.

"Other? What does your majesty mean, do you mean... oh! I understand, your majesty's mansion paper is so cheap, there must be a lot of people buying it, and everyone in the world must be rushing to buy this mansion paper?... "Fan Weicheng seemed to have thought of something.

"Hehe, it's good if you can understand! This thing is cheap, and the amount of information in it is not comparable to hand-copied newspapers. It is printed with movable type, and it is far from engraved printing. Therefore, it is cheap, high-quality, and fast. If these conditions are met, many people will definitely see it. Let me ask you again, there is another nickname for the Secretary of General Administration, what is it called?" Yang Reform asked heuristically.In this matter, you have to show your intentions, otherwise, others will not understand your intentions, and when they do things, they will definitely be timid and unable to get things done.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Secretary of General Administration is the place where the uploads are made...the nickname, but 'Yintai'?" Fan Weicheng thought for a while before replying.

"'Yintai'? No, think again." Yang Reform continued to ask.

"Return to Your Majesty, but 'Tongzheng Temple?...'" Fan Weicheng thought for a long time, but he didn't think of any special nickname for Tongzheng Secretary.

"Forget it, it's not this. The Secretary of the General Administration has another nickname, which is 'mouthpiece'. Have you heard of this word?" Yang Reformed enlightened.

"Mouthpiece?" Fan Weicheng became inexplicably nervous. This word really is an image, and it tells the true meaning of the Secretary of the General Administration.

"Yes, it is the mouthpiece. Many of the functions of the General Secretary are reflected in the mansion newspaper. The imperial court uses the mansion newspaper to inform the world of the court's major events, policies, and decrees. This is equivalent to a person's mouthpiece. Now you understand what I mean by this mansion Was it the intention of the newspaper?" Yang Reform enlightened again.

Fan Weicheng suddenly felt his hair stand on end, and the two were unnaturally clamped.

"...Return to Your Majesty, I understand that Your Majesty wants you to go to the General Secretary and be His Majesty's mouthpiece?" Fan Weicheng understood that the emperor wanted to control the public opinion of the world!Since ancient times, public opinion has not been in the hands of the emperor, but has always been in the hands of scholar-bureaucrats. Now, the emperor wants to seize the power of public opinion!The emperor's plan is not small!Fan Weicheng suddenly felt that a big event was coming, and he was full of uneasiness and hope in his panic.No wonder the emperor said he needed a confidant to handle this matter, no wonder so, no wonder so!Fan Weicheng became nervous, and his hands trembled imperceptibly.

"Okay! It's good if you can understand. I just want you to go to the Secretary of the General Administration to be my mouthpiece, to make the newspaper well, stronger, and bigger, and to hold the mouthpiece for me to preach to the people of the world. This matter is a matter of concern. It's important, it's not a confidant, I don't feel at ease, that's why I called you here, I don't know if you have confidence." Yang Reform has been guiding Fan Weicheng to let him understand his intentions, only in this way, in the future work, will he It won't be bad because of misunderstanding.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am willing. Your Majesty has trusted me so much. I can't repay you. I can only repay you with blood." Fan Weicheng quickly figured it out, and immediately agreed.He can be regarded as a person who can make troubles. After several years of being a county magistrate, he jumped from the local government to the central government. Other departments of the central government are not too difficult. If you are an ordinary person, you can't come here, and then a memorial to recover stolen goods makes him an imperial envoy who "issues a ticket", and then becomes the emperor's person. After a few months of studying in the Jinshi class, he became the emperor's confidant and wanted to be the emperor's mouthpiece. This kind of encounter, I have to say, is not something ordinary people can have. The road after that can be said to be a golden road.

"Okay, I'm just afraid that you don't understand my intentions. Now that you understand, that's good. I've already prepared this kind of newspaper, printing machines and workers for you. You only need to be responsible for the published content. What should be sent out, and what should not be sent out, this is your business, you have to learn to guide public opinion for me, without the support of public opinion, it is difficult for me to do things!... So, your responsibility is heavy, you must You have to control public opinion for me, do you understand?" Yang Reform said tirelessly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I understand that I must manage the mouthpiece for Your Majesty and guide public opinion well, so that the scholars and common people in the world can understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts, and will not let irrelevant words affect His Majesty." Fan Weicheng readily agreed.

"Okay! Then I will entrust this task to you. The machines and workers have already been prepared, and there is only one person who is in charge of the content of the report. Alright,...now things are urgent, you organize some reliable and trustworthy people today, form a team dedicated to editing the newspaper, and start producing the newspaper, tomorrow I will see the new newspaper,... the new newspaper is up to you In the end, they are responsible for reviewing the manuscripts. Before midnight every day, the reviewed manuscripts will be handed over to the printing house in the inner court, and they will be responsible for printing them. In the early morning of the next day, they will distribute the mansion newspapers to various neighborhoods and hand them over to the newsboys. Selling newspapers, outside of the capital, I can’t manage that much for the time being, I will think about it when I have time in the future...” Yang Reform has been thinking about running a newspaper for a long time. The paper for the newspaper has already been prepared, and even the issued The routines are all ready, the only thing is that there is a lack of a confidant, someone who can deeply understand his intentions to do this.If it hadn't been for discussing tax collection with the ministers tomorrow and fighting the monarch and ministers; if this matter hadn't had too much impact and would affect the future history, Yang Reform would not have decided so quickly to let Fan Weicheng come Responsible, there are really few "insiders" of my own. In the past, Yang Reform planned to let Liu Jishan be in charge of running the newspaper. I believe that with his mouth, the dead can be said to be alive. Running a newspaper is the best. However, things There are always deviations. Liu Jishan went to work as a liaison envoy outside the customs, and went to do diplomacy. In the case of business, I went straight to the horse. Fortunately, I had already done the preparatory work before, but it stopped because of Liu Jishan's unexpected transfer. Now, it can be regarded as starting again.

"I obey." Fan Weicheng replied seriously.

"Well, it's good if you can understand. I really don't have much time for you. There will be a big debate tomorrow morning. It's about my tax collection. I'm afraid you know how complicated the matter is...you go ahead today. Do a mansion newspaper to familiarize yourself with the situation. Someone will tell you the process and content of the court meeting tomorrow, and I will tell you what I mean, and then you can guide public opinion according to what I mean. At the beginning, it may be a little bit Trouble, but don't worry, I will support you and support you..." Yang Reform also put a lot of thought into dealing with the ministers tomorrow.

As soon as Fan Weicheng heard that the emperor mentioned tax collection, he knew what it was. No wonder the emperor said it was a big debate. This matter is indeed difficult, and it is even more troublesome.But they didn't say anything, and they all put it on their heads that they didn't compete with the people for profit. The emperor wanted to collect taxes, just one word, difficult!As soon as the words "struggling with the people for profit" come out, gods block and kill gods, Buddhas block and destroy Buddhas, and emperors block, draw a OO to curse him, and let him be infamous for thousands of years.

"Your Majesty understands what His Majesty means, and I will definitely guard the barrier of public opinion for His Majesty. Don't worry, Your Majesty." Fan Weicheng replied.

"It's good that you can understand. What grade of official are you now?" After Yang Reform finished his explanation, he began to place positions and rewards for his own people. If you don't give sweets to yourself, who will work hard?
"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister is now studying in the Imperial College. His previous official position was Shanglinyuan Dianbo. He is the seventh-rank [should be a third-in-command, with the left and right supervisors in front, and there will be no more in the front.], and there will be a period of time dedicated to punishment. The matter of silver..." Fan Weicheng replied.

"Okay! Companion, what's the name of the Secretary of General Affairs who manages the residence newspaper?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the Secretary of General Administration is in charge of the residence report. It should be someone under the Secretary of General Administration, or some experience." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Oh? What kind of official is this experience?" There are too many officials in the Ming Dynasty. The older officials, Yang Reform, can still remember. This is the first time that Yang Reform even heard the official name of such a small official. Say.

"About rank five to rank eight." Wang Chengen replied.

"Okay! In this case, Fan Weicheng, you can go to the General Administration Department to get an experience. It is responsible for managing the experience of the mansion newspaper [not sure if the mansion newspaper is managed by a certain experience], the official rank, let's give it a six-rank one. It can be regarded as making up for the previous ones." Yang Reform is not considered stingy, and he directly raised people from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, which is regarded as a two-level promotion.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En..." Fan Weicheng knelt down and kowtowed without saying a word. His position as an official has finally risen, and his future has finally brightened.

"Get up... Companion, do it according to what I want. In addition, I have to explain that Fan Weicheng is in charge of the mansion newspaper. Fan Weicheng has the final say on how to deal with the mansion newspaper. Don't assign him an idle job." Too urgent and too important, Yang Reform had to repeat a few more words.

"Your Majesty, this servant understands that we must act according to His Majesty's wishes, and we will not miss His Majesty's business." Wang Chengen promised that Wang Chengen participated in almost the whole process of this matter, and he was very clear about what the emperor wanted to do and what effect he wanted to achieve. , naturally understand the power of this.

"Fan Weicheng, you need manpower and funds to operate this mansion newspaper. I will allocate [-] silver coins to you from the internal funds first, which is your funds. The printing factory will not be returned to you for the time being, and will be managed by the internal court for the time being. To be on the safe side, when the mansion newspaper has a scale and results, the printing factory will be assigned to you, and there may be a special newspaper office at that time..." Yang Reform said again.It’s not that Yang Reform is worried about Fan Weicheng, but because this kind of movable type printing machine can only be produced by the inner court’s economic factory, which is under the supervision of Li. Therefore, it is safer to put it in the factory, and it is in the same place as the banknote research and development center. The security measures there are very good. It is not easy for ordinary people to get the printing machine from where.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." Fan Weicheng agreed without hesitation.

"Big companion, ask Jin Yiwei to send more people to the economic factory to be responsible for Liu Awu's safety and ensure that the secrets in the economic factory are not leaked, understand?" Yang Reform said again.

"Return to Your Majesty, this servant understands, so I will do it now." Wang Chengen agreed and went to do it immediately.

After arranging many matters, Yang Reform relaxed a little bit. For tomorrow's battle with the ministers, Yang Reform did not lose his mind. Now that he has come to this point, it doesn't matter whether he loses or wins tomorrow; He won the support of the ministers to collect taxes, but he still couldn't do it, and he won.If the ministers support it, that's even better. I can collect various taxes immediately, and my financial pressure will be relieved immediately. If it can't be done, it doesn't matter. In the future, the atomic bomb will explode with a bang, and not one or two fish will be killed. , It’s enough to eat for two years. After the atomic bomb, if you collect taxes yourself, no one should be able to stop it.

Thinking of this, Yang Reform relaxed, with a smile on his lips.

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