Chapter 33: Magazines (Ask for Recommendation Votes, Ask for Collections)

In addition to the five editions, the newspaper now has other contents such as agriculture and commerce.

The newspaper office was in full swing, but due to transportation problems, the newspaper could not spread farther and could only spread in Chang'an City and several nearby counties.

After all, in this era, without the Internet, printers, and other equipment, it is impossible to publish the exact same newspaper on the same day.

Therefore, Li Chengqian planned to take advantage of the craze for running newspapers to launch magazines, so that they could cover all parts of the country.

"Lang Jun! They let you go to the temple of manna, and they have important matters to consult with you. "Wang Yuan, the inner chamberlain beside His Majesty Li Er, found Li Chengqiandao.

Li Chengqian was about to go to His Majesty Li Er to talk about launching a magazine while the newspaper was being published.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty Li Er first sent his own inner chamberlain to invite him to the Ganlu Palace, which belonged to the harem.

Generally speaking, except for the emperor, no other man was allowed to enter without permission, and this naturally included the crown prince.

Li Chengqian followed Wang Yuan to the Ganlu Hall and saluted His Majesty Li Er: "Erchen has seen his father!" ”

"Da Lang is here! Don't sit still!" His Majesty Li Er greeted Li Chengqian warmly.

"I'm looking for you this time, if nothing else, but I have a few things to tell you." After Li Er waited for Li Chengqian to sit down, he spoke again.

"Even if the father tells him, the son will do his best!" Li Chengqian didn't say anything at once.

"Judging from the situation of running a newspaper these days, the effect is very good! I hope to be able to cover the territory of Datang, do you think it's okay? Li Er asked.

"This one definitely won't work! It's good to say that the place close to Chang'an can issue a daily newspaper on the same day, and if the far place relies on horses alone, there is no way to synchronize with Chang'an. Li Chengqian rejected Li Er's idea of distributing the newspaper to the whole country.

The main thing of Datang Daily is to promote the policies of the imperial court in order to educate the people, and if it cannot be synchronized, it cannot have the same effect.

Li Er thought about it and felt that what Li Chengqian said was the truth, if there was no way to synchronize, it would be better not to do it, in terms of the fastest flying eagle transmission, the farthest place from Chang'an would take several days, or even longer.

It's not cost-effective to go back and forth.

"You can leave it alone elsewhere, but Luoyang must be the same as Chang'an, and I also found newspapers, so there should be no problem!" Li Erdao.

"This is no problem, not only Luoyang, but other counties with the same distance from Luoyang to Chang'an can also issue newspapers, and they only need to set up branches in these places." Li Chengqian said.

Luoyang and Chang'an are about 770 miles away, and if you expedite 800 miles, you can go back and forth between the two places in one day.

At that time, you only need to arrange the first draft in the long term, and you can send the first draft to Luoyang for printing through the post station, which does not delay the effort at all.

Now Li Er is relieved, although it can't cover the entire territory of Datang, it can be transmitted to Luoyang and other places, which is also good.

"That's right, Father! The son wants to take advantage of the newspaper craze and take the opportunity to launch a magazine, and after having a magazine, there should be no problem covering the entire Datang. Li Chengqian took the opportunity to tell His Majesty Li Er about running a magazine.

"Magazines? Tell me more about it, what is the difference between this magazine and a newspaper? Li Er asked, the shock brought to him by the newspaper has not yet calmed down, and when he heard what magazine Li Chengqian was going to launch, Li Er immediately became interested.

"A magazine is a booklet that is similar to a newspaper that focuses on the timeliness of a newspaper, and is a regularly published book with more detailed reviews."

"In addition to publishing the content of newspapers, it can also be used to publish articles of the nature of travelogues, entertainment, novels, and education...... on them." Li Chengqian carefully explained the role of the magazine to Li Er.

"Good! I'll leave it all to you! How often do you plan to publish a magazine? After Li Er heard it, he knew something about the magazine.

However, what Li Er values is not the value of the magazine itself, but whether it can help him grasp public opinion and use it to deal with the deep-rooted Shandong clan.

and consolidating and strengthening the imperial power is the most important thing in the heart of His Majesty Li Er, as for whether the magazine can be sold at a good price, this is secondary.

Of course, the current Shandong is not the provincial-level administrative region of Shandong in later generations, but as the name of a geographical region, the earliest name is the Warring States Period, when the Qin people called the area east of Kuoshan and Hangu Pass as "Shandong", which is a regional general name.

"I'm going to divide it into four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and name this kind of magazine quarterly, with different colors and patterns on the cover." Li Chengqian said, he had already thought about this.

"The Quarterly! It's a fitting name, and it's decided! The magazine is distributed according to the season. Li Er said with a smile.

"My father is in such a hurry to call me, it shouldn't be just for the newspaper, right?" Li Chengqian asked.

"There are indeed two other things, and the most important thing is to put it at the end, isn't your newspaper still short of people? It just so happens that I have the right person here. Li Er said, and said to Wang Yuan: "Bring him in." ”

"No!" Wang Yuan bowed down and retreated, and it didn't take much effort to bring people to Li Chengqian to meet.

Li Chengqian is also curious! What kind of person is it, he needs Comrade Lao Li to open the back door for him.

Wang Yuan brought back a man his age with Li Chengqian.

"Li Jingye see His Majesty the Emperor! See the Prince! "Someone came to salute Li Er and Li Chengqian and report to their home.

Li Jingye? Li Chengqian was stunned!

Isn't this guy the guy who later opposed Wu Zetian's dynasty system and rebelled, and was finally defeated and killed, which also led to Li Ji and Li Ji's son being posthumously reduced to official positions and knighted, and the end of digging graves and cutting coffins.

Li Jingye rebelled, not as he himself said, in order to support the Tang Dynasty, but because he was frustrated in the officialdom, and Wu Zetian wanted to be the emperor at this time.

This gave Li Jingye an excuse to rebel.

His grandfather is the current secretary of the military department, Li Ji!

Li Ji once commented on Li Jingye: "I don't do this, but whoever breaks my family will be here." ”

It is enough to prove that Li Ji was prescient!

It's just that Li Chengqian doesn't understand, why did Li Er send Li Jingye to the newspaper office, in terms of his family situation, what is the need to worry?

What's more, Li Jingye has been following his grandfather Li Ji, and there is no need to go to any newspaper at all.

In fact, Li Er wanted to choose some suitable candidates among the young people to assist the crown prince, and when Li Chengqian inherited his throne in the future, these people could help him handle national affairs.

It can be described as a piece of good intentions!

"Dalang! You're going to work together from now on, and I want you to be able to work together, you know? Li Er said in an intolerable tone.

"No!" Li Chengqian and Li Jingye answered.