Chapter 144: Liu Yan begs for officials

The distribution of newspapers had a great impact on the Shu Kingdom, especially the newspaper posters were set up in every city and even some small towns under the rule of Liu Houming, so some scholars often spontaneously read the news in front of these newspaper columns and read the articles published in the newspapers.

This has benefited a considerable number of illiterate people, many of whom even regularly go to the newspaper column to listen to people read the newspaper. As a result, a strange phenomenon soon appeared in Shu, after getting off work every night, the newspaper column was surrounded by all kinds of people on the inside and outside of the three floors.

Since the newspaper was born, "Xiucai can know the world's affairs without going out" is no longer the patent of readers, and many ordinary people dare to claim to know the world's affairs.

With the newspaper artifact, this public opinion war is of course the advantage of Shu, but in fact, the effect is not as good as Liu Hou imagined. The reason is very simple, it is impossible for the newspapers issued by Shu to be sold to Wei openly and honestly, even if they are given away for free.

When the Wei court learned of the existence of Shu newspapers, they immediately banned the circulation of this kind of thing in their country, and the government issued this decree to various places, and all those who sold, read, disseminated, and collected this Great Han newspaper were arrested and exiled to the frontier.

So, soon, this newspaper could only become an underground publication in the Wei state, and was secretly circulated by a small number of people in a small area.

That is to say, under the strict public opinion # control measures of the two countries, both countries are what you say yours, I say mine, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and each smears the other. In Shu, everyone fell to the ground to smear and sing about Sima Yi and Cao Pi; And the literati of Wei also smeared Liu Hou one-sidedly.

Of course, Wei did not have a big killer like newspapers, and their smear effect was much worse than that of Shu. On the other hand, the state of Wu, the news of both countries has been transmitted, and the court of the state of Wu has nothing to do with itself, so it has not taken any coercive measures to interfere with the public opinion orientation of this matter.

As a result, it was most lively in the state of Wu, and there were often fierce debates between people who supported Wei and Shu respectively. It was also unaware of the great power of the newspaper, and Wu did not prohibit the circulation of "Dahan Daily", which also made Wu's public opinion guidance gradually in the hands of Shu.

After Liu Hou arranged the affairs of the newspaper, he didn't care much about it, and the details were naturally operated by his subordinates. However, before he could settle down for a few days, Liu Yan came all the way from Chengdu.

After Liu Yan saw the "Dahan Daily" transmitted back to Chengdu, his eyes immediately lit up, and he immediately set off by boat overnight and came to Jingzhou to ask Liu Hou for officials.

After he saw the novelty of the newspaper, he intuitively felt that this thing was promising, and he didn't know how to do it, but he vaguely felt that engaging in this thing might be much more beautiful than the idle Dahonglu, so he came to Liu Houmao to recommend himself.

"Well, Liu Aiqing, aren't you a good person? This is one of the nine Qings, I'm afraid it's too big for you to take care of such a trivial matter as the newspaper. After Liu Yan explained his intentions, Liu Hou asked.

"Your Majesty, Da Honglu's affairs are not very busy, and the minister still has spare strength, so the minister wants to worry more about His Majesty. The minister has a lot of contacts with the famous scholars and Confucians in Shu, and the minister can help ask them to write more articles and submit them to this "Dahan Daily". Chen believes that with the call of these famous scholars and great Confucians, this newspaper will be even better. ”

Listening to Liu Yan's words, Liu Hou's eyes lit up, yes, although this Liu Yan is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is usually sociable, and he is most familiar with those celebrities, Confucians, and romantic talents.

It would be most appropriate for him to go out to make an appointment or do a special interview. At that time, celebrity effect was all about celebrity, and if more celebrities came to contribute, the influence of this newspaper would definitely be stronger.

Especially in Wei and Wu, he can use the convenience of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encircle and communicate with them, which is really a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

"Okay, it's rare for the Qing family to be sincere, so I'll promise you. The president of the newspaper has already been chosen, so don't go for it, I plan to set up a propaganda department, and all newspapers and other forms of propaganda will be under the control of this department in the future.

You will be the propaganda minister for the time being, and as for Da Honglu, since there are not many things now, you should still serve as a part-time minister. However, you can't do this in the future, so you have to do your best to choose and train a successor. ”

In addition to the issue of public opinion guidance, the newspaper also involves commercial operations, and it is no wonder that Liu Yan, a person who drinks with people all day long and talks about the world and brags, can do it well. Therefore, the position of newspaper president who has to do concrete and practical things cannot be allowed to be a leader, and it is better to let him be a leader and talk about it with rhetoric.

"This, this ......" Liu Yan heard Liu Hou say that he would hand over Da Honglu's official position in the future, and he hesitated a little, after all, this is one of the Jiuqing, although he does not have much power, but his social status is extremely high. Ordinary people are really reluctant.

"Don't be reluctant, I plan to revoke the official position of Da Honglu in the future, and in the future, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be in charge of this work, and the level will no longer be one of the nine secretaries. In the future, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Propaganda, and the Ministry of Industry will be institutions at the same level. Liu Hou saw Liu Yan's hesitation and explained.

"This, this, Your Majesty, this revocation of Da Honglu, isn't there one less Jiuqing? Also, isn't the Ministry of Industry the production base that His Majesty created back then? Isn't this the yamen of the imperial court? Liu Yan was surprised to hear the news revealed by Liu Hou.

"Oh, it's not that one of Jiuqing is missing, but that all of them are gone, and I will change all of the three public and nine secretary systems in the future to make the institutional setup more reasonable. As for the Ministry of Industry that I created back then, I will change its name in the future, and let the name 'Ministry of Industry' be used as the name of the yamen. ”

Liu Hou regretted that he used the "Ministry of Industry" as the name of his base, and now this name has become famous all over the world with the circulation of the products it produces, and if this continues, it will be a bit troublesome to use this name as a yamen to manage industry in the future.

Liu Yan was really shocked at this time, it turned out that the little emperor not only wanted to change Da Honglu, but also changed the system of three princes and nine secretaries? That's a lot of courage. This kind of change in the imperial court infrastructure is not so easy, it involves the redistribution of interests, and there are many things involved.

It is not impossible to accidentally get the court subverted. The more Liu Yan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and cold sweat couldn't help but break out on his forehead.

Liu Hou looked at him with a nervous look and said: "Aiqing doesn't have to worry, such a big thing is not done overnight, and it will not be done in the short term, it needs to be discussed in the long run, and I will definitely discuss it with the prime minister before starting." You just need to do your own work, and these tricky things will naturally be handled by the prime minister and a group of advisers. ”

"Yes, yes, the minister lost his temper." Liu Yan hurriedly said, he also knew that although this little emperor was young, he was not a simple character, since he was confident, then what he wanted to do would definitely be able to be done.

In this way, Liu Hou, who originally planned to concurrently serve as the Minister of Propaganda, was run over by Liu Yan and inexplicably took away the position of Minister of Propaganda.

After Liu Yan left, Liu Hou himself fell into ideological confusion, and he had also thought about the issue of institutional reform casually mentioned to Liu Yan just now. The current system of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries will definitely not be able to keep up with the shape, just like this time, if you want to set up a department in charge of propaganda work, you just don't know which one of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries is appropriate.

Liu Hou's headache now is that it is better to reform the system of three provinces and six ministries used by the imperial dynasty after the Sui Dynasty, or to directly set it up according to the government agencies of later generations, and it is better to do it in one step.

It has to be said that the system of three provinces and six ministries has its advanced nature and superiority. The three provinces refer to: Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province, each of which has a clear division of labor, and Zhongshu Province drafts Zhaoshu and is in charge of the formulation of central decrees and policies; The province of the door to refute the review, mainly responsible for correcting the courtiers, reviewing the edict of the book, if it is considered improper, the division to seal and refute it, called "refutation", but also to correct the emperor's mistakes; The province of Shangshu is responsible for the implementation of various government decrees.

"The Chinese book takes the purpose, the door seals and refutes, and the book is followed" is the principle of the division of labor among the three provinces, so as to restrain each other and take charge of the country's major policies. The six departments refer to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Industry under Shangshu Province. Each ministry has four divisions, making a total of 24 divisions.

These six books can basically include all aspects of feudal society and social life, which are almost enough in the old society. However, due to the arrival of Liu Hou, it will definitely make social life richer and more colorful, and in this case, the six parts may not be enough.

For example, the functions of the Ministry of Industry in later generations were different from those of the Ministry of Industry, and the functions of the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Commerce were not included in the six ministries.

Of course, it is also possible to expand the functions of the six ministries and use the method of induction to assign the functions of some emerging departments to these six ministries, but in this way, the functions of some ministries will be extremely complex, and they will even be like the Taichang Temple, and the things in charge are many and complicated.

However, if the ministries and commissions of later generations were directly used as the new structure of the imperial court, there were too many departments, and in later generations, there were 28 departments of the State Council, 18 agencies directly under the State Council, 4 offices of the State Council, 14 public institutions directly under the State Council, and 11 state bureaus managed by ministries and commissions of the State Council. These various departments and institutions are not even clear to Liu Hou, a later generation.

For example, the Propaganda Department established by Liu Hougang did not belong to a government agency in later generations, but to a dang organization, but Liu Hou confused it and used it as a government agency. In fact, according to Liu Hou's functional vision of the Propaganda Department, it is responsible for guiding public opinion, news censorship, and publication censorship, so it should be similar to the later State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

After thinking about it, Liu Hou still decided not to use that kind of structure, so he had to put aside the dispute for the time being and leave it for later settlement. Anyway, this matter can't be rushed, such a big thing can't be decided by him patting his head, and he always has to discuss it with Zhuge Liang and other ministers.