Wei Renshi built a unique military canteen in the world, and the soldiers were well fed, well-fed, and trained with more and more energy, and became more and more hard.

During this time, he has been busy building the canteen, and it is easy for the canteen to be put into use, and Wei Renshi is idle.

On this day, he was at home choosing clothes to wear to Fan Zhiyi's house tomorrow, but he was approached by the guards of the East Palace and invited to the East Palace.

Li Yu was compressing his arm, and when he saw Wei Renshi arriving, he signaled to the maids who served him in the hot compress, and the maids packed up their things and left.

"I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned to meet the ministers?" Wei Ren bowed and asked.

Li Yu said: "Some time ago, I heard from Your Majesty that you mentioned to Your Majesty a method that can make communication between the court and the people be able to communicate with each other, and call it a daily newspaper - but is that the title? After listening to it, he was very curious about it, so he had leisure today, so he wanted to invite General Wei to come to Haosheng to listen. ”

Wei Renshi nodded, and asked again, "What does His Highness want to know?" ”

General Wei said that most of the newspapers in that newspaper were recent events that had occurred the day before or a few days before, and in the form of summaries or narratives, and relatively concise and concise words, they quickly and promptly reported valuable facts that had recently occurred at home and abroad. Then let the people also see it, then it can not only make the people look at what the court has done, understand the decisions of the court, so as to support and supervise the implementation of the decisions of the court. In turn, the imperial court can also see the reaction of the people to the court's decision-making through the news of the article above, and play a role as the eyes and ears of the imperial court. Li Yu said: "I think this is a good policy, so that the people know what decrees have been issued by the imperial court, and how these decrees are to be done, so they can compare whether the local government is in accordance with the imperial decrees, isn't it equivalent to adding countless imperial histories to the imperial court?" And if something big happens in all parts of the world, then it will be mentioned in the daily newspaper, and when the courtiers see it, they will naturally know it, and they will not be concealed from the lower levels as before. On the other hand, if the people have suggestions to the imperial court, or have opinions on the decrees of the imperial court, or find out which officials do not follow the decrees of the imperial court, they can also reflect on them and be known by the imperial court. This opened the eyes and ears of the court again. ”

Wei Renshi nodded and said, "What Your Highness said is good. Although in the short term, it will bring some troubles to the imperial court, such as the common people discussing the government affairs in vain and people with ill intentions walking around rumors and lies, but in the long run, it will bring about the practical implementation of the policies and the people's confidence in the imperial court, Your Majesty, and the civil and military officials. At the same time, it can also enable the imperial court to understand the thoughts of the people through the reaction in the newspapers, and there will be no more such a situation as 'why not eat minced meat'. Moreover, the troubles it caused can be avoided, for example, in order to prevent the negative impact of people's speech, the imperial court can formulate and promulgate newspapers, periodicals, articles...... and other laws and regulations related to the gathering, dissemination, printing, and exchange of affairs of the imperial court, regulating the dissemination of these news and news, clarifying the nature, tasks, and specific responsibilities of news organizations similar to newspapers, clarifying the relationship between newspapers and the imperial court and the people, and providing legal safeguards for newspapers that adhere to the interests of the imperial court, and at the same time restricting newspapers and news that do not conform to the interests of the imperial court, so as to prevent newspapers from abusing their rights, making nonsense, and inciting the people. In this way, the newspaper will become a mirror in the hands of the imperial court, and its own shortcomings will be reflected through the reaction of the people. ”

Li Yu nodded and said, "Gu also persuaded Your Majesty, saying that if this method is used, it will add countless eyes and ears to the imperial court, so that the imperial court will no longer know about the affairs of the people." However, His Majesty still did not relent, thinking about it, one is that he was worried that someone would talk nonsense in that daily newspaper in order to slander the court and incite the people. Second, I am also worried that there will be many opposition in the court. After all, there has never been such a practice in the past. Moreover, Lone also asked, the daily newspaper has to be a paper a day, even if the current movable type printing speed is fast, as long as there are enough people and enough movable type, but it can only be in Chang'an, and the things it reflects can only be the things around Chang'an. And what about it? ”

"Your Highness is extremely worried, but as long as sufficient manpower and movable type are ensured, and there are not many people who can read many words at present, and there are not too many people who can read newspapers, so if you print at full speed, you can supply the number of newspapers needed by Chang'an and the surrounding areas every day. The contents of these newspapers will be read by literate people, and they will also be passed on by enthusiastic readers, forming a kind of radiation. And if it's far away, we can actually print a daily newspaper in its local bureau, and then collect content from the surrounding areas. For example, if a daily newspaper is set up in Chang'an, the content above is only Chang'an and its surroundings, and then it is set up separately in Luoyang, and the above content is only Luoyang and its surroundings, in Yangzhou, Guangzhou, and Jinyang...... Each of these places has its own set up to produce newspapers with local content. Then, through the post station, the newspapers from these places were gathered in Chang'an for the king's reference. ”

Li Yu pondered, and seeing his appearance, Wei Renshi said again: "Moreover, the daily newspaper not only has the role of communicating the court and the people, but more importantly, it also has the role of guiding public opinion. It can guide the people's thoughts through the above content, so that the people's ideas can be attached to the needs of the court! ”

"Oh? How can it be used to make the ideas of the people conform to the needs of the court? Li Yu asked puzzled.

"Your Royal Highness, the mouth of the people is more important than the mouth of the people, the tongue of the people cannot be blocked, they will speak, they have to speak, it is better to be sparse than blocked, through the newspaper, the court can guide the words of the people, and guide the public opinion of the people." Wei Renshi said: "Take the promotion of rice seeds as an example, if one day, the imperial court wants to let the people plant this kind of rice seeds, what should they do? A clear order to go down and let the people plant? But the people didn't even know what this rice seed was, so naturally they wouldn't want to plant it. Those courts could use newspapers to guide the people's thoughts. The imperial court can publish a large number of articles in newspapers introducing this rice seed, stating the characteristics and benefits of this rice seed, how it is grown, the situation when it is tried to plant, and the yield ...... As this content increases, it is only natural that someone will see it and spread it. When the spread spreads widely, the people know the benefits of this rice seed, and at that time, they are afraid that they will want to plant it. This is a simple use of newspapers to guide the thoughts of the people. ”

"Lone understands!" Li Yu nodded and said, "According to this, this thing is really useful. Lone must try to make this happen! Gu already has an idea now, and he asked General Wei to listen to it and see if it is feasible. ”

Wei Ren smiled heartily, hehe, what the emperor didn't dare to do, the prince was quite violent.