"The Holy Lord has already promised me Sinong Temple, what am I going to do in the imperial examination, but Her Royal Highness the Princess, you shouldn't ask me to come alone for this matter, right?"

Tang Zhou said, showing a slight smile, and then also picked up the teacup and took a sip. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Princess Danyang saw that her mind was seen through by Tang Zhou, but she was not surprised, and said: "It's just that there is something I want to ask for your opinion, as for whether it will be successful or not, it is not certain." ”

"I want to hear about it."

Princess Danyang bowed her head and said: "Since you invented movable type printing, Shengshang has intended to open a royal bookstore to regulate the price of books in the market, and it can also promote other stores to increase the use of movable type printing in the case of competition, but the bookstore is almost built, but the person in charge of this matter has not been found, if it continues like this, I am afraid that this matter can only be borne by me." ”

Princess Danyang said this situation, Tang Zhou had already told Duan Qi and them before, although it is a good thing to build a bookstore, whoever is responsible may get the support of the world's readers, but it will also offend the Tang magnates and families, although the prince and the king of Wei have seen the benefits of this matter, they have also seen the disadvantages of this matter, and now they are trying to be stable, I am afraid that they will not take over this matter.

"It's also a good thing that Her Royal Highness the princess took over this errand, you like to read, isn't it wonderful to sit in the bookstore and read all kinds of books on weekdays?"

This is a bit of a joke, but Princess Danyang is serious, and said: "I'm afraid that things are not so simple, the imperial court funded the establishment of a bookstore, which has all kinds of books, and the price is expensive, which is not conducive to the strategy formulated by the saint, and the price is cheap, with the temperament of those powerful and family, they are bound to flock to buy all the books related to the imperial examination, so as to cut off the possibility of studying in a cold place." ”

Hearing Princess Danyang's words, Tang Zhou pondered for a while, and said: "There is such a possibility, but the market is changing rapidly, the magnates and families have bought all the books, and the books in other bookstores in Chang'an City are bound to be unsalable, and in order to make money, they will definitely actively learn movable type printing, and then reduce the price of books, there are many bookstores in Chang'an City, if they all reduce the price of books, does the princess think those powerful people and families can buy all these books?" ”

Speaking of this, Tang Zhou smiled lightly: "Even if they all buy it, won't we print it again, no matter how rich the magnates and families are, how much can they buy, and how many times can they buy it?" And after the price of books is reduced, those powerful people and families can come to buy them, but those children of poor families can't come to buy them? ”

In a few words, Tang Zhou had already dispelled the previous thoughts of Princess Danyang, but just when Princess Danyang felt that there was no problem in opening a bookstore, Tang Zhou's tone suddenly sank, and said: "Although the princess's worries are trivial, there is a situation that is extremely bad, what if the bookstores in Chang'an City don't reduce the price?" ”

Princess Danyang frowned slightly, and said: "How is this possible, under the pressure of competition, those bookstores must follow the price reduction if they want to make money." ”

Tang Zhou smiled and shook his head: "But what if they don't want to make money?" ”

Saying this, Princess Danyang was shocked, yes, if those bookstores want to make money, they must follow the price reduction, but what if they don't want to make money?

The power of the powerful people and families of the Tang Dynasty is very strong, and it is not difficult for them to control the bookstores in Chang'an City and even other places, and after they control these bookstores, they insist on not reducing the price, so how can a single royal bookstore completely change the entire situation of the expensive books of the Tang Dynasty?

At that time, the business of the Royal Bookstore may be very good, but the quality of the business of a bookstore has nothing to do with the overall situation, what Li Shimin and Princess Danyang want is to reduce the price of books in the entire Tang Dynasty, whether it is the capital Chang'an, or the south of the Yangtze River.

"Princess Ben doesn't believe that they can control the entire bookstore in Datang, there will always be a few people who can't help but be confused by interests and lower the price, and even invest in this industry."

Tang Zhou smiled lightly, and did not deny Princess Danyang's words, but said: "There is no shortage of stubborn people in this world, it is normal for a few people to reduce prices or even refuse to be controlled by the powerful, but Her Royal Highness the princess can't deny that there are not many such people, and if the powerful and the family find trouble with these people, does the princess think they can survive safely, when their survival is threatened, there will be fewer such people." ”

Princess Danyang was silent, she knew very well that what Tang Zhou said was not alarmist, the power of the powerful and the family was so great, it was not easy to secretly clean up a few people, and after these tenacious people were cleaned up, who would dare not listen to discipline?

As for the imperial court, if the evidence is conclusive, the imperial court can intervene, but if they do things secretly, the imperial court has nothing to do with them.

"Is there any way to do it?" Princess Danyang frowned, but her thoughts were flying wildly, she was a resourceful person, and she believed that she would definitely find a solution to this situation.

"It's not that there is no way, the price of the book is higher, those powerful people see that the price of the book has not changed much, and they will naturally not be so troublesome to control the bookstores in the entire capital, although there are not many bookstores in Chang'an City, but it is not easy for those powerful people to control them all."

Hearing Tang Zhou's words, Princess Danyang frowned slightly, and snorted coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about, the price is higher, what is the difference between it and what was copied by someone before?" ”

Princess Danyang was a little angry, Tang Zhou smiled: "Her Royal Highness the princess is angry, I haven't finished speaking, my Tang culture is prosperous, there are all kinds of books, like what poems and songs, medicine herbs, novels and legends, etc., these books Danyang Princess can make some of the prices higher, some of the prices are lower, the cold land can't afford the high price, you can buy the low price, these books involve all aspects, as long as the cold land can learn first, even if you just read the book "Qi Min Yaoshu", you will have the opportunity to enter the office, As long as you are in the office, do you have any problems with other books? ”

Tang Zhou's method has a gradual meaning, just like Li Shimin's implementation of the reform of the imperial examination system, Princess Danyang thought about it carefully, and felt that what Tang Zhou said also made some sense, but she still had doubts.

"According to you, what kind of books should be more expensive, and what kind of books should be cheaper?"

"At the beginning, naturally many books are more expensive, only a small part of them are cheaper, the family and the powerful look down on agriculture, so let the books related to agriculture be cheaper, many rich people don't like to read interesting legendary novels, then let the price of this kind of book be higher, so that it will not arouse the disgust of the powerful and the family."