Chapter 115: To Each His Own Calculation
Li Ke, who walked out of the hall with his head held high, was refreshed physically and mentally, no wonder Brother Xun likes to be a troll, and sure enough, spraying people is the supreme enjoyment.
But before Li Ke could take a few steps, some guards behind him suddenly chased after him, and seeing the movements of these guards, a bad feeling instantly sounded in Li Ke's mind.
But he couldn't run, those guards ran over and grabbed Li Ke directly, and the commander who took the lead smiled bitterly and whispered: "Your Highness can't stop it, Your Majesty's order." ”
"Ah...... Dad, you can't do this, why are you beating me! Li Ke instantly understood something, and he screamed directly at the top of his throat.
Just kidding, who wouldn't sell badly? Can't let Daddy fight like this!
Li Ke hadn't gone far yet, and at this moment he shouted at the top of his voice, and naturally the entire Taiji Hall heard it.
How arrogant His Royal Highness the King of Shu was just now, how miserable this would be, for a while, many ministers couldn't help but snicker a few times, and people like Changsun Wuji and others sneered a few times in their hearts, hum, Your Majesty scolded right, what kind of system! What a hell of a thing.
After scolding, they seemed to feel better, but they knew it...... Things are not so simple, today's news will inevitably be spread, and after it gets out, it is estimated that it will be scolded by the people.
No, we have to find a way to get this thing back! As long as Li Ke is smeared, then the content they were scolded by Li Ke before will naturally disappear, and the eldest grandson Wuji and others have already wandered around in their minds, they have already figured out a way, the Datang Weekly will be nationalized, and it will inevitably be handed over to Hongwenguan and other operations, and they will be all their people at that time.
What article to write, isn't it still up to them?
"Okay, let him be beaten, and now let's discuss the matter of this Datang Weekly." Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the current format of the Datang Weekly is very good, and it has about the daily prices of food, salt and other prices that the people are concerned about, which can give the people a reference. Secondly, there is also a time printed in each weekly newspaper, so that everyone can know which issue of the newspaper it is. ”
"The other thing is the content of the newspaper, Wei Chen thinks that it should be left to the bachelor of Hongwen Hall to consider, but at the same time, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Shu has done a good job." Xiao Yu took the initiative to stand up and speak.
"Oh? You said? Li Shimin looked at Xiao Yu, but he rarely expressed his opinions.
"It is the vernacular used in the articles, such as the recitals or articles of the ministers, which can be understood by us and His Majesty, but ordinary people can't understand it, and if they are still written in the style of these articles, they will inevitably lose the original role of the Tang Weekly." Xiao Yu said.
"The minister thinks that Song Guogong's words are reasonable." Fang Xuanling also followed.
The eldest grandson Wuji doesn't care about this, they don't know how to write vernacular words, the main thing is that the entire newspaper is in their hands, besides, they also have a need to write vernacular, after all, they also want to exert influence on the people of Chang'an.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a request." The eldest grandson Wuji stood up again and said, he is almost the main attack today, although he has successfully obtained the Datang Weekly from Li Ke, but he has also paid a lot of things, mainly because his personal reputation is almost scolded by Li Ke.
Today, when the situation in the court spreads, his face will be lost, so he has to redeem some.
"Oh? Aiqing, please speak. Li Shimin was noncommittal.
"Since the Tang Weekly is owned by the imperial court, the required expenditure naturally cannot be spent by His Royal Highness the King of Shu, which is unreasonable." The eldest grandson Wuji made a start first.
Cheng Yanjin and the generals all rolled their eyes, are you saying this now? It is as if you are standing on the side of His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you are a yin and yang person, one side in front of people, one side behind people.
"When I was arguing with His Royal Highness the King of Shu just now, Wechen did make a mistake, so Wechen asked that the eldest grandson's family should bear the expenses of the Tang Weekly to avoid consuming treasury funds." The eldest grandson Wuji took the initiative to speak, and the consumption of seven or eight thousand yuan a year is only seven or eight thousand, and the eldest grandson Wuji still doesn't care about it.
"This matter is not appropriate, since it is handed over to the imperial court to operate, it will naturally be paid by the imperial court, otherwise, it will be criticized by the people." Li Shimin waved his hand, the eldest grandson Wuji's idea Li Shimin probably knew something, it was nothing more than wanting to use this matter to save some reputation, but Li Shimin was not short of this money, and now the Datang Treasury didn't care about this money.
"There's actually one more thing about that minister." The eldest grandson Wuji spoke again.
"You say." Li Shimin looked at him and said.
"At present, the printing and papermaking of the Tang Weekly are purchased by His Royal Highness the King of Shu, perhaps His Royal Highness the King of Shu craftsmen have an advantage in this regard, but the court can continue to purchase paper, but in terms of printing, the minister knows that there is a firm that has also developed printing technology, and their cost may be lower than His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and the minister sincerely asks to talk about this matter in person." The eldest grandson Wuji said very sincerely.
"Oh? In that case, then you can talk about it. Li Shimin waved his hand and agreed, he could probably understand the thoughts of the eldest grandson Wuji, to put it bluntly, he gave the money away.
Since it can't be delivered on the surface, let's come secretly and find a firm that says that the cost is lower than Li Ke's, who knows the real cost? People have to set the cost lower than Li Ke, and no one has the right to say anything.
To put it bluntly, even if the cost is higher than Li Ke, the other party will say that it is lower than Li Ke.
In this way, it is also said to the outside world that in the past, there are lower costs, and it is natural for the imperial court to save money, and opening up sources and reducing expenditure is the foundation of a country's finances.
"Yes!" The eldest grandson, Wuji, immediately bent down and saluted.
"Since everyone has no opinions, then the Datang Weekly will be handed over to the Hongwen Pavilion to review the content, and then it will be issued, still according to the price of once every seven days, 5 yuan, after the issuance, send someone to the palace, and the content will be reviewed by the person in charge of the Hongwen Pavilion." Li Shimin said lightly.
"Yes!" There was no opinion.
The eldest grandson Wuji felt a slight abrupt in his heart, but he couldn't say anything more about this matter, so he could only acquiesce that this was the case.
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng glanced at each other, and both of them saw the doubts in each other's eyes, Your Majesty actually didn't want the right to deliberate on the Tang Weekly? It stands to reason that if something like this happens, before the Datang Weekly is issued, submit a copy to Li Shimin for him to review, and then issue it, which is completely in the past.
But Li Shimin handed over this right to Hongwenguan, which is a bit strange.
But Li Shimin doesn't want it, so naturally they can't say anything, maybe His Majesty just doesn't want it, or he deliberately doesn't want it.
"Proceed to the next topic." Li Shimin waved his hand, and this matter was revealed like this for the time being.