Chapter 304: Li Chen's Method
"Oh?" Wei Renshi was taken aback, and he didn't know what Li Yu would do. So he saluted and said, "Please make it clear to Your Highness!" ”
Li Yu asked: "Wei Xianzi, there are printing workshops in the Chongwen Pavilion, as well as printing craftsmen and movable type, if you are alone in your own name, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to make these two newspapers every day, right?" ”
As soon as Wei Renshi heard this, he immediately thought of Li Yan's idea.
It's just that......
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the most important thing in this newspaper is the content, if it is only Chang'an and its surroundings, the content is not difficult to collect, and it is easy to organize, so it is naturally not difficult for Weichen to make it." Wei Renshi said: "However, the minister makes one or two newspapers every day and only sends them to you for your eyes, if this move reaches His Majesty's ears, will it make His Majesty feel more distracted?" ”
Li Yu nodded and said, "Lonely also has this worry. However, Lone will take the initiative to teach his father to take a look. After listening to what he said, I felt that I could know the world without leaving home, which was very novel, so I specially asked you to give it a try. Naturally, only you and the lone duo know about it. After the newspaper was read by his father, Lone would burn it in front of his father. ”
"This ......" Wei Renshi hesitated.
"My father was actually a little moved about this matter, but he was afraid of attracting opposition from his ministers and being exploited by the feudal town, so he hesitated. If there is only one part, and there is no spread of it, and Lone is not slow to his father, he will not delve into it. Li Yu said: "If this is the case, I will take it to my father every now and then, so that my father can personally experience its benefits, and he will not have to go out, and he will not have to ask the courtiers, and he will learn about the things around Chang'an from there." After his father personally experienced his benefits, he could weigh it, and at that time, Lone asked for a daily report, and his father would agree. ”
"Your Highness has thought about it?" Wei Renshi said: "If this method is used by someone with a heart, His Highness may be criticized by others, saying that His Highness is privately collecting world affairs." Especially at the moment, His Majesty's health is not very good, if someone slanders in front of His Majesty, His Majesty may not think much about it. ”
Li Yu thought for a while and said, "Wei Xianzi is not unreasonable, Gu's father, Gu knows best. However, I thought that my father would not be like this. First, I heard him talk about the newspaper to Gu that day, and he praised it very much, saying frankly that it was a good way to avoid being deceived by the courtiers. In particular, if the decree is published on it so that the whole world can see it, then the people will know that the court's intentions are good, and they will blame only those officials who did not follow the decree of the court, or added other officials in addition to the decree, instead of blaming the court. And the imperial court can also look at which officials did it in accordance with the imperial decrees, and which ones violated the imperial decrees. Second, he also said that if he wanted to do this after Lone ascended the throne, he must first lay a good foundation among the courtiers, while most of the courtiers opposed it, or wait for the restoration of the Sixteen Guards before implementing it. Therefore, Lone felt that his father actually wanted to see the newspaper. ”
Wei Renshi listened to Li Chen's idea very resolutely, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was not impossible to give it a try, so he nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!" The minister will make a newspaper with his heart and present it to His Highness every day! However, if it is only one sheet a day, there is no need to print it, and the minister can ask someone to write it by hand. ”
Li Yu shook his head and said, "If you want to make a newspaper, you have to print it after all, and Wei Xianzi simply printed it from the beginning." ”
"There are more than His Highness and his ministers who have seen it." Wei Renshi said.
Li Yu said with a smile: "If you use the printing workshop in the Chongwen Museum, it will get in the way. It's also good to let them do this sooner. This thing is not allowed by my father, and I will make it later. If Wei Xianzi needs help, it's okay, but it's best to choose those who have a strict mouth, don't leak the rumors and be known by the courtiers first. ”
Wei Ren performed a salute and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers can save it!" ”
It's a pity in my heart.
Li Yu should have been able to become a master of Zhongxing, but unfortunately, with the destiny of life, he only has one year left to live, and even if he comes from the next generation, there is really no way to cure him.
Fortunately, when he was young, Li Chun was originally a person with the ambition of Zhongxing Datang, and with the guidance of Wei Renshi, he now knows a lot of new ideas and affairs.
"Your Highness, the minister will retire and go to prepare." Wei Ren bowed and said.
Li Yu nodded and said, "Okay!" Waiting for Wei Xianzi to deliver the newspaper! ”
Wei Renshi came out of the East Palace, and when he went back directly to his home, he wanted to prepare to start the first trial issue of "Datang Daily Chang'an Edition".
The most important thing in print is content, and even more so now.
At the beginning of the trial work, Wei Renshi can prepare the content alone, but if it really starts to be continuous, once a day, Wei Renshi alone will definitely not be able to do it.
If it can really be done in the future, there must be an editorial department, and there must be a group of editors who can really read through the decrees of the imperial court, know the people well, and are loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
This kind of regional newspaper can be made into a daily newspaper, because its scope is limited, limited to a certain central point and extremely peripheral, the content is relatively easy, and the transmission is relatively fast and convenient, and one newspaper a day can be done.
But like that kind of large-scale, nationwide, with the current speed of transmission, it is estimated that it can only be made into a monthly magazine.
In the future, it seems that it can be combined into a daily, weekly, and monthly magazine according to the scope of its content.
So to take precautions, you have to find some pens to help him write the content together.
There are not many people around him who have a firm mouth and the ability to write articles, Lin Sumian is counted as one, he recommended it before, Gong Tingzhi, who helped in Wei Renshi's industry, can also be counted as one, and Li Shenzhi, who was recommended by Han Yu, can also be counted as one.
But there was no one else.
No, it's okay!
Liu Yuxi, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, they are the most brilliant characters, and they dare to say anything, dare to point out any maladministration, let them use pen names to write some articles, only they know that they wrote it, don't leak them out, isn't this okay!
In this way, the manpower of the editorial department can be tentatively settled.
And in their case, they will definitely agree.
As soon as he thought of this, Wei Renshi immediately sat down and wrote an invitation with his own hands, inviting Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi and others to get together and prepare to talk about the matter.
In addition, since it is necessary to take precautions and see that the preparations are carried out in advance, it is also necessary to decide in advance the organization that will publish the newspaper.
Wei Renshi did not plan to make this organization into a newspaper on its own, but planned to build a bookstore and build a printing workshop by himself.