Zhao Zhen was the first to agree with Li Zhang's suggestion to build a professional navy, he was not blindly hateful to the Hu people, but also knew that Hu Shang also brought considerable benefits to the Great Song Dynasty, and if he wanted to replace Hu Shang, or completely eliminate Hu Shang in the Great Song Dynasty, it was necessary to let the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty go out, and the navy could ensure the safety of these merchants at sea.

Lu Yijian and the others were still a little worried, but when Li Zhang showed them the current situation of the sailors he recorded, these ministers also showed silent expressions, in fact, they were not completely unaware of this situation, after all, the lax armament of the Great Song Dynasty was also known to everyone before, and even the forbidden army in the capital could not fight, let alone the remote southern coast.

It's just that Lu Yijian didn't expect the situation of the water division to be so corrupt, especially when Li Zhang mentioned that he only used a few hundred people to pass through the Quanzhou water division camp, and then controlled the command of the Quanzhou water division, although this is a good thing for Li Zhang, but it is enough to show how relaxed the water division is.

So in the end, after thinking about it, Lu Yijian and others finally decided to rectify the sailors and build a professional navy, but this matter is easy to say, but it requires a detailed plan to do, and it also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, Li Zhang also took the opportunity to suggest to Zhao Zhen that a naval major can be set up in martial arts, and some experienced sailors and generals can be mobilized to teach martial arts, specifically for the navy to train talents.

For Li Zhang's suggestion, Zhao Zhen also agreed without thinking, as the influence of martial arts became greater and greater, he also slowly realized the convenience that martial arts brought to him, not to mention anything else, just martial arts greatly enhanced the loyalty of the generals was enough to make him wake up with a smile in his dream.

After the discussion of the affairs in the south, Li Zhang listened to Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian and others discuss some recent government affairs, mainly Fan Zhongyan, the person who rectified the officialdom, reported on the recent rectification of the officialdom, such as the appointment and dismissal of officials, the division of duties in various yamen, etc., these things are cumbersome and important, if they are handed over to Li Zhang, maybe they will drive him crazy, on the other hand, Fan Zhongyan is light and orderly, so this kind of thing should be handed over to professional officials like them to do.

"In order to let more people know the latest decrees issued by the imperial court, the minister has built 371 billboards in the capital in accordance with His Majesty's orders, these billboards do not cost much but have a huge effect, do not worry about the decrees of the imperial court being distorted by people with ulterior motives, and can also issue some official documents of the imperial court, and the minister thinks that this example can also be promoted in other state capitals." Fan Zhongyan finally spoke again.

Li Zhang only understood when he heard this, it turned out that those billboards were actually suggested by Fan Zhongyan, although these billboards are still not as good as newspapers, but Fan Zhongyan is only limited by the limitations of this era, if Li Zhang is also an ancient, maybe he can't think of this kind of good way.

"Your Majesty, the minister also saw those signs on the way to come before, and there are indeed many onlookers, and there are even literate people who take the initiative to help people interpret them, and it seems that the effect is quite good!" Li Zhang suddenly stood up and said at this time.

Fan Zhongyan didn't expect Li Zhang to take the initiative to speak for himself, and he glanced at him with some surprise at the moment, and Zhao Zhen also smiled with satisfaction when he heard Li Zhang's words, after all, he believed Li Zhang's words more than others.

However, Li Zhang's words were not finished, I saw him pause at this time and then said: "But there is also one thing that comes to mind from the notice board, maybe it can play a better role!" ”

"Oh? What is it? Zhao Zhen also asked curiously when he heard this.

"I call it a newspaper, in fact, it is to print the decrees issued by some countries, or major events in the country, including some anecdotes, and even poetry and songs, etc., on a large piece of paper, and issue it every day or every few days, and people who want to read it can spend money to buy it, so that the speed of dissemination can be accelerated, and the imperial court can also use newspapers to control the direction of public opinion!" Li Zhang introduced the general situation of the newspaper at the moment.

"Newspapers?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but repeat the name of the newspaper when he heard this, and a little interest flashed in his eyes, although it was the first time he knew about the newspaper, but he instinctively felt that this thing might be of great use to the imperial court.

"Although Dingbei Hou's idea is good, I am afraid that it will be difficult to really implement this thing in the newspaper!" However, at this time, Fan Zhongyan suddenly stood up and put forward his opinion.

"Why?" Without waiting for Li Zhang to speak, Zhao Zhen frowned first and asked.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, not to mention anything else, just the printing of newspapers is a big problem, if you want to print newspapers, you must first collect the content of the newspaper, which is easy to do, but with the content, you must first manufacture the carved plates for printing, but the manufacture of carved plates is not easy, even the most skilled craftsmen, it takes several days to carve out a carved plate, and the cost of the carved plate is expensive, the cost of a newspaper is certainly not cheap, if it is issued every day, I am afraid that not many people can afford it." Fan Zhongyan immediately talked about the biggest shortcomings of the newspaper, that is, cost and time.

However, Li Zhang had already prepared for this, and saw him smile calmly at this time: "Fan Shilang is indeed in one sentence, and he immediately said the great difficulties faced by the newspaper, but some difficulties can be overcome by technology, such as the Yellow Emperor and Chi You encountered a fog and couldn't distinguish the direction, so he made a guide car to find the direction, thus defeating Chi You in one fell swoop, and the same is true of the newspaper's solution." ”

"Oh? I don't know what to do with Dingbeihou? Fan Zhongyan also showed a curious look when he heard this, he didn't have a bad opinion of Li Zhang, although Li Zhang was a relative, but he also saw the contribution to the Great Song Dynasty over the years, not to mention that even the matter of rectifying the officialdom was also proposed by Li Zhang.

"This method is not what I came up with, but a printing craftsman named Bi Sheng in Qizhou, Hubei Province came up with it, he thought of movable type printing on the basis of engraving printing, but this method has not been promoted for the time being, so not many people know about it!" Li Zhang immediately said with a smile.

Bi Sheng also lives in this era, and just last year, Bi Sheng has invented movable type printing, but he uses clay movable type, and there are some problems in using it, resulting in this printing method not being used by many people, mainly in Hubei.

"Movable type printing?" For this unfamiliar name, the other people present showed puzzled looks.

"The so-called movable type printing, in fact, is like a seal, but each seal is engraved with only one word, and then when it needs to be typeset, these seal-like movable type are arranged together, so that they form an article, the reason is very simple, but no one has thought about it before!" Li Zhang smiled again and explained the general principle of movable type printing.

The people present were all smart people, and they all immediately understood when they heard Li Zhang's explanation, although the truth of movable type printing was very simple, but it was a new way on the basis of what the predecessors had not thought of, which also surprised the officials present, after all, everyone is a reader, and they are naturally very interested in printing books.

"Your Majesty, movable type printing is Bi Sheng's invention, not only makes printing more convenient and fast, but also greatly reduces the cost of printing, if it is promoted, it will definitely make the price of books drop greatly, so that more people can afford to read books, for this kind of merit in the contemporary, benefit in the future, the minister thinks that it should be rewarded!" Li Zhang took the opportunity to speak again and suggested.

"Reward! Bi Sheng's move is beneficial to the country and the people, and I will never be stingy with rewards! Zhao Zhen said very boldly.

"Your Majesty is wise, but in addition to the reward, the minister thinks that if the imperial court wants to run a newspaper, it will definitely need to use movable type printing, and then it will open a government-run printing workshop, so it is better to transfer Bi Sheng and use his experience to open a movable type printing workshop!" Hearing this, Li Zhang also suggested again, he actually wanted to meet that Bi Sheng, after all, this was one of the four great inventors, and he happened to live in the same era as himself.