Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Queen Changsun and Concubine Yang were speechless. Why are you acting like a child? Li Ke naturally didn't know that Lao Li was planning to take advantage of him here. At this time, Li Ke had already arrived at the Datang Welfare Industrial Zone.
Most of the industrial zone is still empty. The several factories currently established are related to the printing industry and papermaking industry, and the place where Li Ke went is naturally the printing factory.
The printing plant of Datang Weekly is here. In addition, the editorial department of Datang Weekly is actually also here, in a newly built courtyard near the printing plant.
When Li Ke came to the door, the people inside the house were discussing the contents of the next issue of Datang Weekly.
The current content published by Datang Weekly, in addition to court policies, is related to people's livelihood, such as the recent prices in Chang'an City, labor salary information in Chang'an City, and the latest policies in Chang'an and Chang'an counties surrounding Chang'an City. Wait, it’s all shown in newspapers in this regard.
When Li Ke came to the door, he listened quietly for a while, then raised his legs and walked in.
The movement of Li Ke coming in attracted everyone's attention. When they saw Li Ke, the literati immediately stood up excitedly. Including the five guilty Hongwenguan bachelors, they all came over and saluted Li Ke: " I’ve met His Highness.”
"Well, you did a good job. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. This year's Datang Weekly is running smoothly. I would like to send you New Year greetings first! I wish you all a happy New Year!" Li Ke said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Highness. We also wish Your Highness a Happy New Year!" Li Ke's words made the atmosphere relax for a moment. Everyone was used to Li Ke's tone. Although they actually didn't see Li Ke that many times, His Highness's In fact, most of them know everything they say and do.
"Next year, our Datang Weekly may be more involved in the operation of court policies, and your tasks will be even heavier next year." Li Ke said with a smile, "I will select some of you at that time. Heading to the major cities in each Daozhou of the Tang Dynasty, Datang Weekly's plan for next year is that among the ten Dao in the world next year, at least one city in each Dao will publish Datang Weekly. In some Dao, there may even be two or Three cities.”
"When the time comes, all of you will be the editor-in-chief of one side. In addition to maintaining consistency in the content of imperial decrees and other content, the Tang Weekly newspapers in various places need to report local content in each state. This requires you, the editor-in-chief, to make a decision ." Li Ke said with a smile.
When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited. They had all thought about the imperial examination, being an official, etc., but as they followed Li Ke, they found more and more that this Datang Weekly could often What he does is much better than being a minor official in the court.
"Everyone, you have been running Datang Weekly for a year this year. If you have any ideas, think about it carefully this New Year, and then each of you will write me a summary of your experience after the new year. It will be a summary of your work for the year. "Li Ke explained again.
"It's Your Highness!" Everyone hurriedly saluted with serious faces.
"Okay, make us all a cup of tea, and then you all go out for a while. I have something to say to these bachelors." Li Ke pointed at the five oldest bachelors among these people and said.
The other literati immediately bowed slightly, turned and left, and soon Li Ke and the six of them were left quietly here.
These five bachelors are headed by Xiao Qian. Xiao Qian is the oldest. He is over forty years old this year. The rest are also close to forty years old. Among the officials of the Tang Dynasty, he is not the oldest, but he is already It's considered average.
"Sit down." Li Ke pointed to the chairs next to them and said with a smile. As he said this, Li Ke also sat down.
Xiao Qian and the five others looked at each other and sat down.
"You have been with me for more than half a year, how do you feel?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
These five people all came from the Hongwen Hall and were bachelors of the Hongwen Hall of the Tang Dynasty. Where was the Hongwen Hall? In the second year of Zhenguan, the Hongwen Hall collected a total of more than 200,000 volumes of books. In the following years, the Hongwen Hall's collection continued to accumulate.
In other words, Hongwen Hall is the National Library of the Tang Dynasty. It stores almost all important books handed down since ancient times, including books in all aspects.
Those who can serve as bachelors in the Hongwen Hall must be people who have read poetry and books. One of the most important tasks of these people in the Hongwen Hall is to revise and correct some errors, proofread books, etc.
It can be said that this group of people is the most well-educated group of people in the Tang Dynasty.
Scholars in the Tang Dynasty were different from Confucianism, which had degenerated after the Song and Ming dynasties. Although scholars in the Tang Dynasty were mainly Confucianists, they really wanted to get in touch with other academic factions, and they also needed to study seriously.
It is a completely different concept from those Confucian disciples in the late Song Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasties who studied to death and studied to death.
"I am ashamed of His Highness's talent." Xiao Qian paused for a moment, then raised his hands and said.
"Haha, if you have understood this after coming to my place for more than half a year, you will be like this in your life. You know, it doesn't matter if you take the wrong path in your life, but you can go back and have choices again if you take the wrong path. There are not many opportunities. After all, you have two colleagues who are probably just bones by now." Li Ke said calmly.
Several people immediately fell silent. Their fate was either to go to jail or go home. Li Ke asked them to come over. They thought that Li Ke was interested in their knowledge and wanted to use them, so in the first few days, I am somewhat proud of myself personally.
After all, His Highness King Qin, who had dealt with all of them, still brought them over in the end.
But who would have known that he would come and end up staying in this small place called the editing room for more than half a year. If they are willing to work, they will be assigned work, which seems to be no different from other people. If they are not willing to do it, they can just stay here and read without being disturbed.
For more than half a year, several of them were at a loss. Your Highness, King Qin, what does this mean? Should we use them or not?
Until today, Li Ke came over and said he wanted to have a chat with them.
And Li Ke's words can be said to have hit their weakness instantly. Are they willing? That must be unwilling to do so. To a certain extent, the Hongwen Hall was the reserve force of the Tang Dynasty. Many people may be able to ascend to important positions such as prime minister and minister in the future.
As a result, they died halfway through their lives, their future seemed to be gone, and His Highness the King of Qin wanted them. The only way they could take was Li Ke's path, and they didn't even have a choice.
Oh, it’s not that there is no choice. As long as they are willing to be ordinary people, then it will be no problem. These people all come from wealthy families, so it is no problem to live the life of a rich man. The question is here, are they willing?
