Everyone took this newly printed Tao Te Ching, and they all exchanged their heads and praised each other, after all, no one can print such a thing out now, although it cannot be regarded as really precious, but if it is rare and expensive, these things are difficult to buy even if they are ten thousand gold before. Therefore, Wu Liren gave them this print, and they were also very satisfied.

Wu Liren saw everyone's happy appearance, and said with a smile: "I wonder if the princes are still satisfied with the gifts given by this king?" ”

Naturally, everyone shouted in unison: "King Zhou's generous gift, I am grateful!" ”

Wu Liren continued: "Do you know where these strange works come from? ”

At this time, Kong Rong knew what Wu Liren meant, he smiled, got up and said: "My subordinates know that King Zhou has been making people study papermaking and printing technology before, presumably this is made by using the newly made Zuobo paper and printing, right?" This kind of technology is truly earth-shattering, and it is breathtaking! ”

After Kong Rong finished speaking, everyone knew that these were made by the printing technology that Wu Liren had always fully supported.

"Haha, Wenju is reasonable, this is indeed the first batch of paper prints created by Bi Shengxin's research on movable type printing, are you still satisfied? Interested in the art of printing? ”

Naturally, everyone praised and admired such technology.

"Hahaha, in that case, then the king will tell the truth, the money that I asked you for funding before is really to expand this kind of movable type printing, and you may need some money later, I wonder if you are willing to continue to invest?"

After Wu Liren said this, many people present were immediately surprised, and the first reaction of short-sighted people was to continue to ask them for money, which undoubtedly gave these people who love money as a headache; Others with a long-term vision are what benefits can be shared; As for the wiser people, they immediately thought about what advantages and disadvantages this technology would bring to the people and the family if it was developed.

There was a lot of discussion for a while, but Wu Liren didn't say anything, and directly asked them to discuss it, after all, whether this matter was known early or late, they would know sooner or later.

Mi Zhu got up directly, and said with a smile: "Originally, this matter was said by King Zhou, and we and the family must fully support it, but there are still many people present, all of them are just businessmen, as the saying goes, businessmen seek profits, if King Zhou wants everyone to support together, it depends on what kind of benefits such things can bring to them." ”

Wu Liren nodded and continued: "Presumably many people have also thought that if printing can really be implemented in the world, then there will be a lot of printed matter in the future, and the preciousness of books at that time, although not as rare as now, can be purchased by all people, and it is also a huge market." At that time, as long as the movable type printing technology is taught to everyone for free, everyone can print their own collections, so how big will the benefits be, you can know in your hearts? ”

Wu Liren naturally wants to promote printing, after all, many books are in major families, even if Wu Liren has the printing technology, he can't print the books in other people's hands. Therefore, it is a mutually beneficial thing to promote, and it can also make these people have a little sweetness, so it is naturally easier to accept.

Many people seemed excited, but a few people didn't say a word, as if they were thinking about what was wrong.

Just when Wu Liren wanted to unify the conclusions, a person suddenly got up and said: "King Zhou knows that if this law is practiced in the world, then all the people in the world can read and write, and King Zhou does not have to be poor. When the time comes, won't I be in danger for the major families? ”

Hearing this, Wu Liren couldn't help but sigh, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that the thing I am most worried about has been brought up." Well, let's see who this person is! ”

Wu Liren looked over, smiled slightly, and asked, "I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

The man replied, "King Zhou forgives his sins, and his subordinate is a small official, who is a sheep from the Taishan goat's family. ”

Sheep's Sheep? Goats? Although Wu Liren didn't know much about this Yang, he knew that there would be a powerful person behind the Yanghu clan - Yanghu, who led the battle to destroy Wu and finally let the Western Jin Dynasty dominate the world. It's just that at this time, Yanghu has not yet been born.

"The system detects the four-dimensional properties of the sheep."

"Drop! The four-dimensional attributes of the sheep were detected as force 43, command 62, intelligence 87, and politics 79."

is a talent, but now he wants to stand on the opposite side of Wu Liren.

"The world is the world of the people; Just like the change of dynasty, it is the last choice of the people. Zi said: There is no class of education, and all the people have the right to be educated. You all have the support of your family, if you can't compare to someone who has no roots in a poor family, then what else can you be dissatisfied with? ”

Yang Wei smiled and said: "King Zhou wants to use our major families to support King Zhou to shake our own position, I wonder if we have any other choice?" ”

Yang Wei's words suddenly made other people who were originally complacent suddenly understand that there is such a far-reaching impact on this.

It's just that as soon as Yang Yan's voice fell, Kong Rong immediately got up, and said with a smile: "It's a big mistake to do this!" If people in the world always take their own interests as the standard, then this world will become a cold-blooded and ruthless world. People's hearts are indifferent, morals are decayed, etiquette and music are broken, is this kind of world and people's hearts what you want to see? King Zhou had the world in mind and wanted the people to be able to read and write, which was the best way to educate the people. When the time comes, everyone will read poetry and books and know etiquette, which is the common wish of all people in the world. If you only think about the interests of your own family, what is the difference between them and those animals that run through the woods to drink blood? ”

Wu Liren didn't expect that Kong Rong, who had always been gentle and elegant, would scold such a thing, but being scolded by Kong Rong like this, Yang Wei was just blushing, he was very ashamed, but it was irrefutable. After all, the person who scolded him was the world-famous Confucian Kong Rong, the Kong Rong who had been famous all over the world since he was a child.

Seeing that Yang Wei didn't speak, but the others were still a little unhappy in their hearts, Wu Liren knew that it was time to show some of his own means.

"This paper-making and printing technique has been completed, and whether you are willing or unwilling today, you must continue to implement it. Therefore, if today's dinner can be negotiated, it will be a great joy for all, and enjoy the benefits of the future with this king; If you can't talk about it, then not only will you not be able to share any benefits in the future, but I am afraid that under the rule of this king, there will be many unexpected unpleasantness. Do you have to think clearly, how do you decide? ”

Wu Liren's set of coercion and temptation add up, although many people are unwilling, but at this time there is no other choice. After all, there are already a lot of people who have expressed their support.

"The subordinates and others are willing to look forward to the king of Zhou!"

Kong Rong, Mi Zhu, Lu Jun, Chen Si and others immediately got up and agreed, and others, including the Tao family, the Zhu family, the Zhou family, etc., also hesitated for a moment, and then followed suit, as for the Yang family, as well as the Cui family, and the Zheng family, they couldn't resist everyone's will, so they had to give up their hands and agree.

Although it was such a combination of soft and hard that everyone was forced to agree, Wu Liren was also quite satisfied. If they dare to make any small moves in the future, then Wu Liren doesn't mind killing chickens and making an example.

"The princes are really long-term talents, since they all agree to this matter, then the king has a good idea, and I want to discuss it with the princes again."

Hearing Wu Liren's words, many people's faces couldn't help but change in unison, just finished this play, Wu Liren wants the whole thing to come out.

"How much more does King Zhou need? Say it directly, I'll discuss it together......" The potter looked at Wu Liren with some humility.

Wu Liren laughed and said, "Tao Gongzi is too worried!" You don't need to do anything about it. Now that the printing press had matured, the king wanted to start the world's first newspaper. ”

Newspaper? When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but put a question mark in their hearts, what the hell is this newspaper? Is there any difference with other papers?

Even Wang Shouren was a little confused at this time, and stepped forward to ask, "I don't know what the newspaper means?" Please also ask King Zhou and you to elaborate. ”

Wu Liren smiled and said: "Newspapers, the paper that reports the world's news!" It can publish the latest world events, as well as other news and political affairs, so that everyone can keep abreast of the information, etc......"

Wu Liren didn't know how to explain it for a while, but Wang Shouren seemed to understand, and continued: "It's like a notice posted by the government?" ”

Wu Liren nodded again and again, this Wang Shouren's comprehension ability is really not ordinarily high.

"Yes, yes, it's just the same as this notice, but the notice is usually only pasted in a few copies, and now with the printing press, it can be done by everyone."

Wu Liren said for a long time, but everyone still seemed to be confused, although Kong Rong admired Wu Liren's whimsy, but he still stepped forward and asked: "I don't know what notices King Zhou wants to get in this newspaper?" ”

"For example, all the merchants, if there is any preferential news about this king, it can be published in the newspaper, so that you can weigh the gains and losses in a more timely manner; For example, on a larger scale, the relationship with other princes or the possible wars can also affect your trade-offs. Sometimes this news is hard to find! ”

Wu Liren's words made some people happy, but some people were still skeptical, especially Yanghu, who stood up again and asked: "The march is an extremely confidential matter, how can the king of Zhou make such a grand announcement to the world?" If it is detected by the spies of the enemy country, will it not put our army in a disadvantageous place? ”

It seems that this thing is still unclear for a while, so it seems that I can only print out a copy by myself.

The next day, Wu Liren specially summoned many literary people, including Li Bai, Kong Rong, Wang Cang, Luo Guanzhong, Shi Shilun of Junxue, Liu Rushi, and Shangguan Wan'er, to discuss the content of this first newspaper.

Wu Liren divided the four major sections of the newspaper in detail, the first of which focused on Wu Liren's new policies, including the implementation of printing and the production of newspapers, and also publicized the upcoming Keju Contest on the front page, which he asked Kong Rong to write; The second edition is military diplomacy, in which he asked Luo Guanzhong, Wang Cang and others to write an essay denouncing Liu Bei; In the third edition, it is the economic and agricultural aspects, and Wu Liren has already thought about the content of this edition, the biggest news is that Wang Anshi and Fan Zhongyan are now changing the law in Wu County, and he asked Shangguan Wan'er and Shi Shilun to be responsible for writing; The fourth book is entertainment content, and after some consultation with Li Bai, Li Bai wrote a few poems and posted them on it, as for the content of the poems, it is to praise the current princess Diao Chan.

And the first of them, Wu Liren is already very familiar.

The clouds want to be compatible with clothes and flowers, and the spring breeze blows Revlon.

If it weren't for the jade mountain, it would meet Yaotai under the moon.

This is exactly the poem that Li Bai wrote to Yang Guifei back then, and now it is used on Diao Chan, who is also one of the four beauties, and there is naturally nothing wrong with it.

This newspaper can be said to have gathered many great talents in history and co-written it, even if it cannot be passed down through the ages, it must not be able to achieve such a gathering of sages in many years.

Everyone followed Wu Liren's instructions and began to go about their own affairs, and when the manuscript was all prepared, it was handed over to Bi Sheng, and let him start printing, and for the first printing, Wu Liren was not ready to print too much, five hundred copies were enough. For those large families, it is enough to share one share from each family; As for ordinary people, most of them must not know any words, and they can only choose to distribute them for free and let them know about it.

And Wu Liren also named the world's first newspaper: Da Zhou Times!

However, the smoothness of things is still much beyond Wu Liren's imagination. The newspaper, which was easy to print in later generations, made dozens of people in Bi Sheng's team rush to work day and night, but it still took three or four days for the newspaper to be printed.

But this time, Wu Liren finally let everyone understand what a newspaper is, and finally let everyone understand that a newspaper is such a meaningful thing, and the word newspaper has begun to become the most talked about word in Picheng at this time. And the Great Zhou Times made the people under Wu Liren's rule have a greater sense of belonging.

It's just that Wu Liren didn't expect that those who were unlucky enough to get the newspaper began to take various means to buy this new thing, and some people even privately paid 100 gold to buy a newspaper like this.

Of course, Wu Liren knows that this craze will not last forever, and Wu Liren does not have his own news agency and press corps, so the newspaper will not be published often, so it will become precious.