Although newspapers sell well in the capital, it is because the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and almost all of the people gathered are high-ranking officials, dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, and pay more attention to literary cultivation.

The prime minister sighed heavily and shook his head.

Li Xingchen smiled, "What's so difficult about this?" He thought it was funny to see the dejected looks of the few of them.

He had already thought about this question for a long time.

If you want to improve the culture of the whole people, the difficulty factor is very high.

This can only be done if Li Zhen participates together.

"Huh? Isn't it difficult? Li Zhen suddenly exclaimed in surprise and looked at Li Xingchen with a puzzled expression.

Is there still a way for the rebel to make the people of the world literate? Why didn't you say it earlier? What a work to educate the people!

The prime minister was suddenly interested.

"Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, what is your best plan?"

"The words on the newspaper are not copied by hand, they are printed, and the prime minister must have seen the movable type printing press once."

The prime minister has an ellipsis, since he came back from the newspaper factory last time, he has been busy in the newspaper office in the dark, where has he ever seen a movable type printing press?

He also wondered how many people Li Xingchen had found to do the copying work, and he didn't ask in the end.

Are these words not copied, but printed?

"Movable type printing? What is it? Li Zhen was completely confused.

Li Xingcheng explained.

"To explain it in layman's terms, it is printing, and a printing press can reach 100 hand-copiers."

Li Zhen suddenly became excited, "Does it mean that with a printing press, the imperial court can print all kinds of books and materials at a speed of 100 times faster to educate the people?" ”

The common people of Great Wei were generally illiterate.

There are two main reasons.

Poor, few books, and few teachers.

It's understandable to be poor, paper is too expensive to afford.

And the problem of books and the nature of the teacher has also evolved from poverty.

Rich people try their best to rush to the capital, to other rich cities, leaving those who have no money, self-sufficient, and have never even seen paper, let alone say a word.

Pedagogists generally boast of being high-minded, and it is impossible for them to go to poor and remote places to impart knowledge, and they are also rushing to the rich cities.

Over time, it has caused a situation in which the overall culture of the whole people of Dawei is low.

On the issue of paper, the imperial court gritted its teeth for the future plan, and it could spend a little more.

With a printing press, there was no need to find a large number of copyists, and a lot of money was saved.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, then it is just around the corner for the whole people to improve their culture and no longer be brainwashed by the scholars who are supported by the powerful."

The prime minister was very excited, but he didn't expect that a prince who had been cut off from the relationship between father and son was a smart, skillful, courageous, capable, and powerful man with the world in mind.

It is his blessing that His Majesty can give birth to this son, and it is the blessing of Great Wei.

"Well, rebel, you've finally invented something really useful this time."

Unprecedentedly, Li Zhen regretted it for the first time.

At that time, he should not have severed relations with him in the palace, and he should not have stood on his side to prove that he was wronged.

Maybe it's time to find an auspicious day for the zodiac and take the initiative to admit your mistakes.

Either the prime minister will hurry over and persuade him again, give him a step, and he will immediately come down and apologize to the rebel.

As soon as the thought came to mind, the prime minister said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do. ”

Li Zhen's eyes lit up.

Hurry, hurry, say, as soon as you open your mouth and tell me to admit my mistake, I will do it immediately.

"Tell me, what?" Li Zhen suppressed his excitement and said in a deep voice.

"Weichen wants to resign, and follow His Royal Highness the Third Prince to do a good job of letting the people improve their culture."

"What?" Li Zhen was stunned for a moment.

Resigning again?

When it was time for him to persuade himself to admit his mistake, he didn't react?

I think about resigning all day long, I'm damn it!

The prime minister wiped away the cold sweat.

Today, I committed three crimes, so it is better to bite the bullet and recognize that I want to resign.

Anyway, the emperor is more concerned about the newspaper than anyone else.

The Prime Minister's official seal can continue to be used.

After resigning, he has no relationship with the imperial court, and he is purely a person of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, so he no longer needs to be afraid.

Marquis Dingyuan also said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is also going to resign, Weichen is very interested in the newspaper and wants to follow the three princes." ”

What? The expression on Li Zhen's face changed and changed.

A prime minister, a Dingyuan marquis, all want to resign for the sake of the rebel?

Sure enough, the rebel is too good, right?

You have to find a time to admit your mistake as soon as possible.

Otherwise, sooner or later, the prime minister would leave the capital for Lingzhou.

Li Zhen diverted the topic.

"Rebel, is the promotion method of other cities the same as that of the capital?"

The prime minister and the Marquis of Dingyuan glanced at each other, and it was estimated that it was hopeless to resign temporarily.

"It's basically the same, but there are three things to note." Li Xingchen said lightly.

"First, the official seal on the newspaper is to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of the content.

In this case, when all cities are promoted, it is definitely not enough to have an official seal of the prime minister.

Therefore, it is hoped that the imperial court will give a guarantee to engrave the official seal for the newspaper separately and distribute it to each city, so that the newspaper can ensure the timeliness. ”

"Second, if the newspaper sells well, there will definitely be aristocrats who imitate it, sell fakes, or create a counterfeit brand to compete, just like the royal treasury and the royal money house some time ago."

Li Zhen and Dingyuan Hou immediately blushed.

Li Xingchen is openly and secretly accusing them of fakes.

"In order to ensure the uniqueness, officialness, and authenticity of newspapers, the imperial court should intensify the management of piracy, and no newspapers other than official newspapers should be allowed, otherwise the convincing force will be washed away.

If the people read the fake content in the fake newspaper and mistakenly think that it is an official deception, it will be detrimental to the credibility of the imperial court. ”

Li Zhen nodded, this is indeed a very serious point.

Li Xingchen paused, and then said: "Third, the Zhouxian villages in the rest of the cities are different from the capital, most of them have no culture, but they can also be promoted first.

Take your time, don't be in a hurry, while educating the people and improving the cultural level, you will sell the newspaper in the local yamen.

In return, 20% of the profits will be given to the imperial court! ”

Li Zhen stood up excitedly.

Twenty percent!

That's a lot of money.

But money is not the key, the key is whether he can participate in the decision-making of the content of the newspaper.

If you can, you'd rather have two percent of the benefits.

When the prime minister heard this, his heart was overjoyed.

He has three floors, and the court has only two floors.

A strong sense of pride came to my heart.

But as the prime minister of the dynasty, he still hoped that the imperial court would have some decision-making power over the content of the newspaper.

Profit or anything is really not important because of decision-making power.

Li Xingchen shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, there is only tiered profits." However, before the newspaper is published, it will be reviewed by the department established by the prime minister to investigate the authenticity of the newspaper, and if the content deviates from the investigation, it can be rejected and modified. ”

Li Zhen's face froze, and even the imperial court couldn't have decision-making power?

"Then I don't want 20% of the profits, you give me decision-making power, I can always choose, right?"