Lin Yuan did not stay in Yangzhou, and after a few words with Yang Tai, Ye Tao and Zhang Yao, he got into the carriage and left. Looking at Yangzhou City, which was gradually moving away, Lin Yuan waved his hand at it and lowered the curtain. Wang Ming, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw this scene, this Yasukuni Gong had a few meanings. But then he remembered his current situation, and his sad face hung on his face again.

"What? Still haven't figured it out yet? Looking at Wang Ming with a smile, Lin Yuan said.

Glancing at Lin Yuan with some resentment, looking at that look, Lin Yuan couldn't help but shudder, and frowned: "You're like this, I'll let me find a place in the wilderness and throw you out to feed the wolves." ”

Wang Ming was so frightened that he said with a sad face: "Yasukuni Gong, why do you always hold on to me?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't answer Wang Ming's question, but asked, "You didn't study for scientific research?" ”

Wang Ming shook his head and said: "I'm not interested in being an official, I only like to read, but I read mostly books from the sidelines, and I'm not very interested in poetry and anthologies." ”

"What do you think of miscellaneous books?" Lin Yuan asked.

Wang Ming glanced at Lin Yuan, not knowing what he meant, but he still thought about it and said: "Most of the poems and ancient books are controlled by the family, and they are not well received, but some miscellaneous books are not valued by the family, but they are widely circulated among the people. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and motioned for Wang Ming to continue. Seeing this, Wang Ming could only continue: "Let's take the "Humanities" mentioned by my grandfather as an example, which records the customs and customs of various places in my Great Zhou, and even Nanliang and Beiliang are involved. ”

"As the saying goes, what the sage says and what he writes is the best truth in the world, just praised the miscellaneous books, let the sage's books go where?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

"Grandpa is wrong, Zhili is not wrong, but ancient books of literature and history only guide people to goodness and shape their personalities, and some good miscellaneous books can help people broaden their horizons." Wang Ming said.

"Have you ever thought about writing your own? Tired like that "Humanities Journal". Lin Yuan asked.

Wang Ming was stunned for a moment, thought about it and said with a wry smile: "I don't have the perseverance of Mr. Nanyou, I'm afraid I will give up halfway." ”

"Have you ever thought that there is such a piece of paper on which all kinds of essays and poetry and paintings are recorded, and people can find what they want on this paper?" Lin Yuan looked at Wang Ming and said.

Hearing this, Wang Ming frowned and thought for a while: "Impossible, not to mention the size of the paper, you can't finish this book in more than ten years." ”

Lin Yuan didn't refute, but said with a smile: "If we are only limited to three or two pieces of paper that are so big. Saying that, Lin Yuan roughly compared the size of the paper, and then said: "The content can be updated every once in a while, and sometimes some cultural interesting things can be recorded." ”

Wang Ming thought about Lin Yuan's plan, he was a little puzzled at first, and then his eyes gradually lit up, he looked at Lin Yuan and said: "This is a good way, and as long as the content is outstanding, a large number of people will become old customers." ”

"What more do you think we can add to it?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

Wang Ming thought for a while and said, "You can also add some local news, such as which things are good and cheap." ”

Lin Yuan looked at Wang Ming and nodded with satisfaction, making sure that this was the person he was looking for. Since the investigation of some people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially the Xue family, Lin Yuan now has several bookstores that originally belonged to the Xue family in his hands, as well as a few machines for printing books, although it is not his own, but Lin Yuan is a little unwilling to sell it, so he has some other ideas, and plans to try his mouth after returning to Beijing.

Once this thing is done, it needs to be taken care of by a special person, Lin Yuan really can't trust the bigwigs in the government and the opposition, but ordinary scholars can't understand what they mean, let alone give up the imperial examination in order to help him do things. And the current Wang Ming is a perfect choice.

"Okay, it's good that you know, think about this matter on the road these days, and when I return to the capital, I'll tell you about the future." Lin Yuan stopped Wang Ming's words and commanded.

"Uh, got it." Although he didn't know Lin Yuan's intentions, he still nodded.

"You will go to another carriage later, there are books I brought back from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you can look through them." Lin Yuan's words made Wang Ming finally feel a glimmer of light, nodded and said, "I know, thank you Jingguo Gong." ”

Lin Yuan sat alone in the carriage thinking about the Xue family's printing houses. At the beginning, Shen Lian suggested that he should confiscate all of them, print and distribute books in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and buy books for poor families, and all the losses should be borne by the government office, but Lin Yuan had his own ideas, and under bargaining, Lin Yuan handed over the largest printing workshop to Shen Lian and left all the bookstores himself.

Lin Yuan knows that in the current Great Zhou, people's news interaction only comes from word of mouth, and those who master the knowledge of books have a very high status in this era, which is why there are many century-old families, Lin Yuan himself knows very well how terrible the guidance of public opinion is in the case of closed news. Even if you don't think about the court, it's a guarantee for yourself, but you must grasp this degree well, otherwise it will be a disaster if you don't pay attention to it. Lin Yuan is already very satisfied with being an official to achieve his current position, and all that remains to do is to protect his life and live a free life.

"Young master, there is someone blocking the road ahead." The convoy stopped suddenly, and Lin Yuan was about to ask what was going on when he heard Yu Shi report outside the car.

"Who is it?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Yasukuni Gong, see you under the official Liu Ren." A voice came from outside the car.

Lin Yuan thought about it, and then remembered that it was Liu Ren, the chief of the town government department who went south to take over the 'photo studio'. Getting out of the car, Lin Yuan smiled and arched his hand towards Liu Ren, "Lord Liu, what's the matter?" ”

"Can you go to the gazebo?" Liu Ren smiled and pointed to the gazebo by the river not far away.

Lin Yuan thought about it, nodded and walked towards the pavilion, he didn't know Liu Ren's purpose of stopping him here, he had just arrived in Yangzhou not long ago, and he didn't go out of the city to see him off today, but waited here, obviously it was not a simple matter.

As soon as he sat down, Lin Yuan asked directly, "Why is Lord Liu waiting for me here?" ”

"Naturally, it's for my grandfather to practice." Liu Ren said.

"Don't say this kind of thing again, if it's just to see you off, the two of us met at the city gate just now, why not be in this place." Lin Yuan shook his head and smiled.

"Seeing off is only one thing, and there is one more thing, which the lower officials have never figured out, so I have to ask to feel at ease." Liu Ren expressed his intentions.

"Tell me, I won't hide what I can tell." Lin Yuan took a sip of tea and motioned for Liu Ren to speak bluntly.

"Then the lower official said that after the end of the war in the north, the Duke of Yasukuni had offered a plan in Jinju to separate the inner court of the Golden Horde, and our dynasty is still implementing this plan, and it has reached the end of the year, and the Golden Horde court is still in chaos. I want to know, will my town government secretary yamen also act in this way in the future? Liu Ren asked.

"Lord Liu, what to do is a matter for your town government department, and my grandfather can't give any advice." Lin Yuan shook his head and said.

"But the court set up the town government department is the grandfather's first recital, if there is anyone in this court who is the most qualified, I'm afraid it must be the grandfather." Liu Ren glanced at Lin Yuandao.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan frowned, he really didn't want to have anything to do with the town government department, but Liu Ren's words couldn't be refuted, it seemed to see Lin Yuan's displeasure, Liu Ren didn't know why Lin Yuan was so disgusted with the town government department, he could only explain: "Grandpa misunderstood, the lower officials didn't mean to persecute." It's just an open-minded request for advice, and there is no problem with collecting intelligence when the subordinate is in the military department, but the town government department can't always only do intelligence collection, so the conflict with the military department is too great. ”

Lin Yuan frowned and said: "The town government department mainly cooperates with the military department, intelligence collection is the top priority, this point cannot be given up, without intelligence support, it is futile to do anything." ”

Liu Ren nodded and asked, "The intelligence collection is extensive, does the town government secretary need to do anything else?" ”

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "Intelligence is only the first step, and then through intelligence analysis, you can learn from the practices of the northern border, through bribery and assassination and other operations, break through to the enemy's interior, and at the same time collect intelligence, divide and rebel, so that it will gradually become chaotic internally, and achieve twice the result with half the effort, but being a secret son in the enemy country is a very tiring thing, often undercover for a long time, ten or twenty years, so it is also very important to choose people, and you can't find some crooked melons and cracked dates to do." ”

"There is also a need to prevent foreign infiltration at home, after all, you can do fifteen in the first year of junior high school. Caution is the way to go. ”

Liu Ren listened and nodded all the time, he still felt that it was difficult to carry out the work before, and after listening to the analysis of the Jingguo Gong, he had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Seeing that Liu Ren's face was full of excitement, Lin Yuan frowned and said, "Lord Liu, this kind of practice is only suitable for enemy countries, if it is used in my court, how can you deal with yourself." ”

Liu Ren was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and instantly broke into a cold sweat, Lin Yuan saw this, and said: "So, while you are expanding abroad, it is also a disaster in China, so you have to grasp this degree yourself." ”

"Thank you for the reminder, the lower officials know." Liu Ren said. It's not that he hasn't thought about it, but he has never paid attention to it, and now that he thinks about it carefully, he can't help but break out in a cold sweat, the kind of scene where the whole country is panicking and everyone is in danger is not a joke.

"You'd better know that if I find the slightest sign that something is wrong, I will risk killing my head and lead troops to level your town government department." Lin Yuan warned.

"Grandpa, don't worry, as long as I, Liu Ren, am here for a day, I won't cause trouble in the country." Liu Ren said.

Lin Yuan nodded, and then said: "I have said everything that should be said, the hour is not early, I still have to hurry, you can discuss anything with Shen Lian from Zhenjiang Mansion." Go back. Stopping Liu Ren, who was about to come forward to see him off, Lin Yuan walked out of the pavilion and got into the carriage.

Liu Ren didn't think much about the functions and powers of the town government department and the yamen at first, until the Yasukuni Gong reminded him, and he thought that the town government department had the possibility of becoming uncontrolled by the court, investigating and handling special cases, what kind of special cases, and special cases were cases specially handled by the emperor, and the cabinet was only under nominal control, but when the emperor met him, there was no possibility of controlling it at all.

The Duke of Yasukuni is indeed a loyal heirloom, and he is also loyal to the Great Zhou, and the existence of such an existence as the Duke of Yasukuni is really the luck of my Great Zhou and the luck of the common people. Liu Ren sighed in his heart, and when he saw the convoy disappear out of sight, he turned back to Yangzhou City.