According to the system of the national dynasty, the prisoners can only officially obtain their birth and have the qualifications to elect officials after they have served in the yamen. Historical affairs are naturally the responsibility of the Ministry of Officials.

Although the calendar is in the yamen of the two capitals according to the usual practice, if the officials use the full quota of the yamen as an excuse to distribute a number of prisoners to Li You, a privately run newspaper calendar, it can barely make sense. As long as the officials admit this kind of origin, there is little room for others to intervene.

You Shaoqing pinched the crumpled paper, this was the announcement of the ministry. After a long moment of daze under the gaze of the stone sacrificial wine and Sun Yushi, he said in a trembling voice: "This, this is definitely not my original intention. ”

The face of the head of the six departments, the elders didn't dare to hit it easily. The consequences of a Shaoqing of Honglu Temple who has conclusive evidence of his crime and slapped the officials in the face in official procedures, especially the officials who claim to be Li You's mother's family, can be imagined. Regardless of the intention, the official document of the ministry was indeed crumpled and thrown on the ground.

It was another tragedy of being killed by Li You, Shi Saijiu shook his head secretly.

Originally, he didn't like to see the two vice presidents who were forcibly inserted by the imperial court, but now he has some sympathy for You Shaoqing. Lord You is tantamount to attracting Li You's attack for him, he should be sympathetic, from this point of view, the two vice presidents do have a role...

Therefore, Lord Shi couldn't help but feel sorry and anxious for You Shaoqing. This Li You walked away on his front feet, and he had to add fuel and vinegar to pass the word to the ministry, you Lord You didn't quickly follow the ministries to save the scene, what's the use of just talking nonsense here? With such a bad brain, how does Yuan Ge always pick people?

As everyone knows, it was because of Lord You's brainlessness that he came here. What is Guozijian? It is the first line of Li You who is facing the state of anger, and he has to be a person with a bad brain to come. What's more, people with too bright brains, Yuan Ge Lao is not at ease to send them.

The president's official stone sacrificial wine is four grades, and the vice president must be below four grades, but below four grades. There are only a handful of people who dare to directly confront Li You. Look and see. Yuan Ge Lao also felt that You Shaoqing of Honglu Temple had this brute strength, and he didn't ask him to overpower Li You, but only asked him to hold his position against Li You.

You Shaoqing finally hurried out of the Guozijian. Get on the sedan and head south. Guozijian is too far away from the southern part of the inner city densely populated with official offices, and when he walked on the road, You Shaoqing calculated the time and found that the time to the official headquarters may be around dusk. At that time, the officials should be dispersed, and they may not be able to see anyone.

Thinking of this, You Shaoqing was ruthless, and he didn't care about the officials, so he went to see Yuan Ge Lao first! Today, he contacted Li You in Guozijian and got a lot of new information, and he should report to Yuan Ge Lao as soon as possible, so as to live up to the trust of Ge Lao!

It took nearly an hour to arrive at the Yuan Mansion in Xicheng, after You Shaoqing asked to see him. After waiting in the concierge for a quarter of an hour, he was brought in.

Yuan Ge Lao met You Shaoqing in the study, "The old man is eating. So I told you to wait a little longer. Come tonight. Probably because I met Li Youba. ”

How dare You Shaoqing complain, and hurriedly told today's events as they were and without the slightest concealment. Including the ugly thing that he was cheated by Li You.

Yuan Ge Lao was also surprised by Li You's private newspaper, he sent someone to be the vice president, just to strictly prevent Li You's restoration, but he didn't expect that Li You would not play directly in Guozijian. Then he asked: "Li Youzhen claims to be a newspaper?" ”

You Shaoqing replied: "There is no doubt about what he said. He bought a large number of houses at the intersection of Chaoyangmen Inner Street and Chongwenmen Inner Street, which cannot be hidden, and a little investigation can be known. ”

Yuan Ge Lao bowed slightly, "Li You did business at the end of the year, and it seems that he made a lot of money, so it is not surprising that he still has the financial resources to invest money and run a newspaper." ”

You Shaoqing put forward his own views and said: "Running a newspaper is not just about having money, there must be someone who has craftsmanship, and the lower officials see that he can't do it." ”

"That being said, as long as Li You dares to do something, he will definitely be sure to do it. The idea of waiting for him to fail to produce a newspaper is not advisable, and that would only sit back and watch him succeed. Yuan Ge thought about it carefully, and suddenly found a key detail, Li You went to Guozijian to ask for a word plate?

Engraving printing does not use the word plate, it is directly engraved, and only movable type printing will use the word plate. Li You asked for the word plate, indicating that he must have printed with movable type, and where did his movable type come from?

There are many large and small bookstores in the whole capital, but there are not many sets of movable type, but after all, there are still them. And Li You can't conjure up movable type out of thin air, in order to grab time, he must directly buy movable type!

Thinking of this, Yuan Ge was confident and said to You Shaoqing: "The most important thing in the capital is people, Li You can always find people, and he can't stop him from this aspect." But movable type is crucial, and there are few of them, as long as the movable type is intercepted, Li You will have at least one behind.

That Li You just bought the house yesterday, and all the utensils must not have moved in, including movable type, so it is still too late, and the old man has his own ideas. ”

You Shaoqing talked about offending the officials again, and Yuan Ge nodded and said, "The old man knows." ”

The next day, large and small bookstores in the capital received a notice from the two Beijing county yamens of Wanping and Daxing, that the imperial court might requisition movable type in the near future, so all the surviving characters in the bookstore were not allowed to be sold or moved.

This order baffled the major booksellers to understand what the court wanted, but then they also forgot about it. It's not that they dare to ignore the government decree, but because it has no effect on the vast majority of people.

Most bookstores do not have movable type, so naturally it has nothing to do with this order. A small number of movable type printing is not greatly affected, but it is only forbidden to sell movable type and move it to other places casually, but it is not forbidden to use it for printing.

You Shaoqing was instructed by Yuan Ge Lao to ignore the surprised eyes of others when he sat in the Guozijian, and personally guarded the workshop of the Classics Hall like a soldier to take care of the 200,000 copper movable type. It's all about avoiding being exploited and letting the movable copper type fall into the hands of some people.

The above is Yuan Ge Lao's plan, as long as he makes sure that no movable type falls into Li You's hands, what will he use to print newspapers? Relying on hundreds of craftsmen to carry out high-density and high-strength engraving?

However, Li You didn't seem to be aware of Yuan Ge Lao's arrangement. When he went to the workshop of the Classics Hall to take away the word plate and planned to dig up a few skilled craftsmen, he saw You Shaoqing sitting on the Taishi chair, blocking the door of the font library majestically, and his eagle-like eyes swept back and forth against any suspicious elements, and he was very puzzled.

"What are you doing?" Li You pointed to the door of the font library and asked about the old craftsman beside him.

The old craftsman was also puzzled, "Early this morning, Lord You said that he would personally guard the font library to prevent the night from being small. ”

"If you have a sick brain, how did you do it as a Shaoqing of Honglu Temple?" Li You shook his head and said.

was so angry that Lord You almost stood up to find Li You to theorize, but as soon as he got up, he remembered his responsibilities and sat down again, silently thinking in his heart that he must not lose a big one because of a small one, and fell into the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

Li You glanced at You Shaoqing again, and said to the old craftsman: "Around this evening, a batch of movable type will be transported to my newspaper shop. If the old man is free tonight, please go and have a look, the pay will not be less. ”

Just look at it at night, this is not officially hired, just spare time to make extra money, the old craftsman didn't think much about it, so he happily agreed.

The speaker has "nothing" intentions, and the listener has the intention, and the answer between Li You and the old craftsman was listened to word for word in the ears of Lord You. This is crucial information, if Li You can get movable type, it means that Yuan Gelao's blockade measures have completely failed!

Thinking of this, You Shaoqing called the chief and quietly commanded a few words, and then the chief casually pulled his legs and walked away.

When it was nearly evening, near the intersection of Chaoyangmen Inner Street and Chongwenmen Inner Street, more than a dozen officials appeared, patrolling back and forth in the surrounding area, not knowing what to look for.

It wasn't long before several carriages appeared from the north. The vehicle was not large, but the cargo was very heavy, and the horses were extremely strained.

The leader of the team stopped the first carriage, looked at the carriage a few times, and asked the coachman, "Are you carrying movable type?" ”

The coachman replied worriedly: "Exactly, our cars are all copper type." ”

Seeing that he showed weakness, the team leader shouted: "Don't you know that from today, the major bookstores in the capital are prohibited from selling and moving movable type!" Which bookstore are you from? You should have received a government decree, but you dare to defy the ban! ”

The coachman shouted, "Wronged! The small ones are also employed by people! Please be clear. ”

Put it in the place, and the officials will definitely detain the people and cars before they will try the situation. But this is the capital, and the water is too deep, so the head of the official team did not move, but only asked, "Which bookstore are you employed in?" ”

"Employers are not allowed to talk too little." The coachman replied.

"Don't you want to say? That is an attempt to be sloppy and escape the ban? When the team leader heard this, he concluded that there was no background. If there is a background, then it is time to report the name, this is the practice of the capital, in case of the background in advance, and then "reasonable".

Since you are unwilling to tell the calendar, you can start to deal with it, regardless of whether the other party is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. Even if you really pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, the other party doesn't report to her family, and you can't blame others for the loss.

The leader of the squad gave an order to his subordinates: "Even the people will take the car and escort it to the county office!" ”

"Slow!" Suddenly, someone shouted, and a middle-aged man jumped down from the carriage behind, with a white face and beard, and said to the team leader with an arrogant expression: "These movable words have a origin, you can't touch them." ”

The head of the squad laughed a few times, "I want to listen to it, what is the origin of daring to openly disobey the ban of the government?" ”

"These movable types come from the Great Inner Economic Factory." The middle-aged man who escorted him said lightly.

Hearing this place, the smile of the team leader stopped abruptly. His face froze completely. The Great Inner Economic Factory is subordinate to the celebrant of the 24th Yamen of the Inner Eunuch, and its main responsibility is to print books for the palace...