"And wait for them to make trouble, and when he gathers people's hearts for us, I have my own means of thunder!"

Deng Su's voice was not loud, but it was as clear as a certainty. Zhao Qi's eyelids jumped suddenly, he looked at Deng Su, and he was a little scared inside. Wu Zilong instructed the men to kill Cai Li with a stick, Deng Su asked for an order to cut off the life of the minister of Beijiao, and there were still blood stains on Suzaku Street. The so-called ancestral family law of this dynasty has almost been destroyed, and these civil officials have used knives, and the danger and cruelty are no less than those of the martial artists.

The candle flame flickered, and Deng Su's originally sallow face looked cloudy, and in Zhao Qi's eyes, it was even more hideous.

His Majesty was uneasy in his heart, and suddenly remembered Empress Cao's instructions, coughed lightly, and said: "Aiqing, it is important to clean up people's hearts and stabilize the situation, but a large area of the northern country has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and I am here to recover the old frontier, and there must be no delay...... Zhao Qi hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Now that Bianjing has been restored, Liaokou has retreated to Hebei, and the Xia Dynasty has been caught in the war in the river, and it is difficult to take care of things." I think it's a good time to recover Xijing, what does the prime minister think? After he finished speaking, he looked at Deng Su, and saw that his face was expressionless, and his heart was worried, Zhao Qi scolded himself secretly, and asked again: "What does the prime minister think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the alliance between Song and Xia cannot be broken." Deng Su said in a deep voice, "If you want to recover the old frontier, this is the only feasible strategy, otherwise, I will be attacked from both sides by Liaoxia in the Tokyo Garrison Division, and I will definitely be exhausted, not only can I not recover the old frontier, but it will be a problem whether the Central Plains can be retained." He paused, didn't seem to see Zhao Qi's ugly face, and said to himself, "At least before the official army recovers Hebei, it is still necessary to stabilize the Xia State, and it is best to say that when General Yue is on the Northern Expedition, he will send troops to copy the Xijing Road, so that the Liao army will not be able to take care of each other......

"Yue Fei is Chen Shaoyang's person." Zhao Qi interrupted Deng Su's words impatiently, "He hasn't come up to congratulate him so far, has he?" ”

"There are no rules for congratulatory congratulations in the Great Rites Law," Deng Su said leisurely, "The ministers and scholars are in a shy position, how can they expect everyone in the world to congratulate." He arched his hand and said to Zhao Qi, "As the so-called, under the whole world, it is not the king's minister, the world is in the heart, only Your Majesty, Deng is just a courtier, how dare you hope to congratulate the whole world?" General Yue is the dry city of the country, as long as he is loyal to the state affairs, the minister will never abolish the public for personal reasons, for the sake of this district court, easily change the commander, and shake the overall situation of Henan's war and defense. ”

These words seemed respectful, and Zhao Qi had to nod and praise in a deep voice: "If the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are as high and bright as Deng Aiqing, I will not have to worry about it." He was willing to use Cao Di to replace Yue Fei to stay in Tokyo and take full authority to deal with matters such as the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition, but Deng Su had already said it in front, so this proposal could not be spoken. Zhao Qi was originally a suspicious person, and he put all the military power in the north into the hands of the Cao family, he had some doubts, but since it was difficult to export today, this matter was put on hold.

After the monarch and the ministers played right, Deng Su bowed down and retired, and returned to the prime minister's mansion.

In the flower hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the scribe had already summoned the proprietors of the famous Shulin and bookstore in Ezhou, and the boss behind the "tabloid" to wait. There are not many wealthy businessmen in the market who are more powerful than them, and the businessmen themselves may not have a high status. Therefore, during the more than an hour of waiting in the Prime Minister's Mansion, these businessmen were secretly speculating about the reason. The boss of a "tabloid" was even more anxious when he thought that the people who had bought off the criminal department only a few days ago had published the results of a criminal case three days earlier than the "Chao Pao."

"The Prime Minister has arrived-" Tong Bing came from afar. The merchants stood up together and greeted each other respectfully.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Deng Sudao didn't put on a show, and returned the salute with a smile, "Deng Mou told the owners to wait for a long time." ”

His gesture startled several people again. The so-called courtesy is not inferior to the people. Even in front of the magistrate, Shang Jia saluted him and bowed slightly, which was already considered a corporal of Lixian. What's more, it's the prime minister? Seeing Deng Su give up his hand, several businessmen turned around, not daring to accept his salute, and some people muttered: "Don't dare, don't dare, kill me." The others were stunned.

"Everyone, polite," Deng Su sat down with a smile and stretched out his hand, "Please take a seat." ”

The merchants sat down at this point, and some people's heads were still buzzing.

Some people only said in their hearts: "Deng Xiangye gave up his hand just now, didn't I have a dream?" ”

Some people even secretly pinched their arms in their sleeves, not believing that it was true.

At the same time, the civil officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion also sat down, waiting for the Prime Minister to speak respectfully. These civil officials are all talented people drawn by Deng Su from the Ministry of Rites, and they are ready to set up a new yamen under the direct jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office, called the Di Bao Division. After a period of preparation, today Deng Su summoned the civil officials and these businessmen together, which is to make the newly established palace newspaper department of the imperial court public. Although Deng Su is a dignified person, he is not very pretentious when he thinks about it, and he loves it very much, and such an informal and cordial style has long been accustomed to the civil officials of the Ministry of Rites, and they can't help but float a proud and superior mentality when they see the panicked demeanor of these businessmen.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Xiangye to speak.

"Please come over to the house today," Deng Su cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "There are three important things to discuss with you. ”

When the businessmen heard that it was an "important matter", and there were as many as "three", they couldn't help but "chuckle" in their hearts. The affairs of the government are not about money, but about people, which one is negotiable, the more polite the Xiangye speaks, the more suspenseful it is, but Deng Su speaks slowly, without a trace of emotion, whether it is a blessing or a curse, others can't guess any clues, they can only listen to it with their hearts, for fear of missing a word.

"This first thing, my Great Song Dynasty has always been known as the state of etiquette and music, whether it is the imperial court or the state and county, the first priority is to educate the people. If you want to educate, you should start from Tongmeng, so that he can learn and grow his wisdom, and turn his heart into a heart, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, since the founding of this dynasty, in addition to Taixue, state school, and county school, the Mongolian Museum, family school, and private school have been built widely, so that there are one or two primary schools in every mile that can be enlightened for children. So that within the borders of the Great Song Dynasty, the sound of string recitation is often heard. It is ashamed to say that when Deng was in the Ministry of Rites, he learned that many primary schools in various places were not only dilapidated because of their poor simplicity, but also had quite mistakes and omissions in the teaching books. This will not work! ”

Deng Su suddenly aggravated his tone, which made the hearts of all the booksellers suddenly, only to hear Deng Xiangye's voice and expression: "At the beginning of people, nature is good, children are not stained with material desires, like a blank piece of paper, the so-called spring rain moistens things silently, and enlightenment is the most important. Therefore, the sages and teachings mentioned in the Mengxue text should not mistake a word, not a word less, not more than a word, and not a word down. Deng Su slowed down his tone slightly, "Therefore, although the imperial court has a lot of waste to be revived, and it is stretched thin everywhere, it will still pull out a sum of money and issue Mengxue character books for primary schools in the world. After that, he bowed his head slightly, and motioned for King Langzhong to continue with a salute.

These four books of enlightenment from shallow to deep, "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text" are the most popular and simplest in this dynasty, and the content of "Mengqiu" is much broader, almost all-encompassing, including treating people and things, stories of past dynasties, celebrities, aphorisms, couplets, simple poems, as well as astronomy, geography, birds and beasts, plants and trees, physical properties, arithmetic, building French styles, agricultural affairs and other contents. On this basis, "Primary School Science" goes from shallow to deep, summarizing the "Four Books and Five Classics" and the works of science in four simple rhymes. Deng Su wrote this book when he was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and it was successively read by Huang Jian, Lu Yunsun, Chen Dong, Wu Zilong, Zhao Xingde, Zhu Sen, He Fang and others, and it was finally finalized after seven drafts. These four books have all been stereotyped, which is enough for ordinary children in the Song Kingdom to go from seven years old to fourteen years old.

Within the Ministry of Rites, these four books of enlightenment are privately known as the "Little Four Books", and the engraving was meticulously cured by the Guozijian in accordance with the standards of the "Five Classics of Justice", because it was necessary to distribute the national primary schools, the printing volume was huge, and the Ministry of Rites estimated that the Guozijian and the government-run printing workshops in various places were all printed, and they were far from meeting the demand, so they found the folk Shulin Printing Workshop, and allowed them to copy the printed version of the Guozijian and print the small four books on their behalf, and all the prints of the first edition were bought by the imperial court, and then gradually reprinted according to the needs of various places. In return, the booksellers involved in the printing were also allowed to copy other engravings of the Guozijian, such as the King James Pentateuch of Justice.

The king of Langzhong, Duanli, explained the arrangement of the book printing in great detail, and the booksellers' minds were quickly calculated, and in the end, several people showed both surprised and happy expressions. Through this cooperation, they not only got the opportunity to copy the engraving of the Guozijian in the name of justice, but also no longer had the trouble of being questioned by the imperial court for "piracy". Moreover, according to the paper and plate making set by the Ministry of Rites, the official purchase price of each set of "Little Four Books" is 500 yuan, and after deducting wages, Shulin can also make a net profit of about 100 yuan, although it is not as good as some exquisite poetry collections, but it is better than a large amount, if 1,000 copies are printed, it will make a net profit of 100,000 yuan. Where is this errand, it's just giving money. When Wang Duanli finished speaking, all the book merchants were enthusiastic, and some even laughed from ear to ear.

"Deng is deeply relieved," Deng Suhan said with a smile, "I have been educated in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, so there are so many righteous businessmen." ”

"Where, where." "Deng Xianggong has won the award."

"Deng Xianggong is far-sighted and sees thousands of miles, I can't wait to follow Jiwei."

The booksellers, who were also considered to have dealt with pen and ink all day long, had put down most of their original restraints at this time, and some of them were full of words, and they tried their best to flatter them. In the midst of the excitement, there were still one or two clear-minded ones, worried about the "three things" mentioned by Deng Su earlier, and they were still cautious, waiting for his next words. Sure enough, after a few words of humility, Deng Su recovered his joyless and angry face, and said slowly: "This matter of printing books will depend on you in the future." The second thing next is the imperial court's newspaper and the folk tabloids. ”