Chapter 49 Newspaper
Ding Xian's face changed slightly.
Ding Xian is young and talented, restless and eager for quick success. I have always looked down on Ge Tiangong. Now if he is asked to follow Ge Tiangong, how can he agree? But no matter how unwilling he is, he also knows that form is stronger than people. He made a wrong bet last time, and now is his only chance. I have to agree.
To this day, he doesn't feel like he did anything wrong last time.
Ding Xian tried his best to suppress the expression on his face and said, "Yes, students obey."
He Xi said: "Think twice before you act. There will be no next time."
Ding Xian heard the sound of the string and knew its elegant meaning, and said, "Yes, my disciple, please retire."
When Liu Song saw Ding Xian leaving, he said, "Originally I shouldn't have said anything. But some people are easy to change and their nature is hard to change. If Ding Xian's temperament is not tempered, it may cause trouble in the future."
He Xi said: "It doesn't matter. He is just young and doesn't understand many things. It will be fine in the future. Moreover, even if he is like this, he may not be able to make any waves in the future."
He Xi didn't like Ding Xian too much either. Just treat it as waste, after all, He Xi has too few manpower to use.
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East Palace
"Your Highness," He Xi saluted the prince and said, "Your Highness has summoned me, what important matters do you have?"
The prince smiled slightly and said: "I know you are very busy. But now, I am afraid that you must help me with this matter. No, it is very likely that you told my father about this matter. It's just that the errand fell on It's on me. You can't even help me."
He Xi was a little strange and said, "I don't know what it is?"
He Xi has been very busy during this period of time.
The first is the expansion of Mingjiantang. The imperial court appropriated funds to build a complex of buildings no less than the Imperial Academy next to the Imperial Academy. It was none other than the Mingjiantang. Although the number of students in Mingjiantang has now been expanded to more than 200, it is much less than the more than 2,000 students in the Imperial College.
But Zhu Yuanzhang obviously had high hopes for Mingjiantang. So expand in advance.
As a result, He Xi will temporarily move to another place, both inside and outside this place. He also had to compile the previous discussions about Northern Xinjiang into a volume and recruit new students. He Xi himself also had to sort out the manuscripts of previous lectures, check for omissions and fill in the gaps to form a teaching material.
Wait, there are so many things to do, I am almost overwhelmed.
He really couldn't remember what happened, but the hole he dug fell into the hands of the prince.
The prince took out a piece of paper from the table, handed it to He Xi, and said, "Take a look."
He Xi took it and took a look, only to see that there were two words written on it, "official report", and below it was written one by one about the major events that happened now. It was a large piece of paper, with both sides written on it.
He Xi couldn't help but frown and said, "Your Highness, isn't this still the Di Bao?"
Yes, from He Xi's point of view, this is almost no different from Di Bao.
The prince said, "The official newspaper and the residence newspaper are the same. What's the difference? Let me just say, this matter must be your idea. I have already read it to my father. He is noncommittal and asks you to have a look."
"Tell me what you think."
He Xi was silent for a while and said, "Your Highness, the biggest difference between newspapers and Di Bao is that the former is the mouthpiece of the imperial court, while the latter is just a summary of news."
The prince was very smart, and he could tell everything at once. He murmured in his mouth: "The mouthpiece of the imperial court, the summary of information." He waved his hand and said: "Wait a minute. Let me think about it. What the father means is that all the yamen in the Ming Dynasty should have a share. To install prefects, magistrates, commanders, and other ministries, at least 10,000 copies must be printed to spread throughout the country. The reason for so much effort is not to tell the following what news is coming. No, it is to tell the following what news the court has. Or the direction of the wind.”
The prince had a very keen sense of politics and said: "I understand. What the court wants to tell you can be written in this way. If this newspaper is here, the news that is not published in the newspaper may not be noticed by anyone. What a man who calls a deer a horse. nice one."
He Xi coughed twice and said, "Your Highness, this doesn't sound good."
The prince felt more and more the political wisdom of He Xi. In his opinion, He Xi today was like Li Kui of the Warring States Period and Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty. They are all geniuses in the political field. After Li Kui, Legalists became the protagonists of the reform stage. A series of articles written by Jia Yi described all the problems faced by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and even all the subsequent developments of the Han Dynasty were all based on Jia Yi's strategies. It can be said that one policy can determine the world.
The prince said: "What do you call your highness? From now on, you will be called eldest brother in private. Don't let me remind you again and again. Now it's just the two of us. What's good or bad? Just tell the truth. In this way, newspapers must not be faked by others." "
"However, I just figured it out. Please give me some advice. What should I say in this edition?"
He Xi said: "In my opinion, what you write depends on what the court wants to do? I think this kind of news still needs to be there, and it is very important. It should be placed on the first page, but it should be focused. For example, the first page The most eye-catching place on the first page should be written about the Great Victory in Northern Xinjiang. On the second page, it should be written about Guo Huan and the empty seal case. These two people are involved in a lot. There is actually criticism inside and outside the court. The people below do not know what is going on. He said that the court killed too many people. He even slandered Your Majesty. You should write clearly in it why the court wanted to punish these people. Compare the examples of the previous dynasty with this dynasty, and let the world know that the reason for the harsh punishments is to go too far. Yes. For the sake of long-term peace and order for the people of the world."
The prince nodded and said thoughtfully: "I understand. The first is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses, and the second is to explain the court's policies."
No matter what He Xi heard, how did he feel that this way of exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses could be used to whitewash peace through writing. He lowered his eyes and did not think too much, and continued: "I also want to set up another section, called letters from all parties. After officials of the imperial court take office, or in other words, students from all over the country, they can write letters and contribute. You can even submit letters to redress grievances."
"Brother, the prince, to govern the country is to govern the officials. The eldest brother also knows how hard my father has worked and how sincere he is to the people. But people like Guo Huan appear in endlessly, and whatever they do will be blamed on your majesty in the end. Anyone who hurts your majesty will be blamed. Clear reputation. If such corrupt officials are not eliminated, the world will never be at peace. This is also what Your Majesty meant. Your Majesty previously allowed the people to send corrupt officials to Beijing, but in fact, this is not realistic. In the world, only officials who bully the people will To some extent, the people can kidnap officials. But with this channel, all parts of the world can send local situations to the newspaper editorial department, and it will be published in the newspaper, and the world will know it. The court will definitely deal with it seriously. "
"In this way, without spending any money, we can arrange countless censors in white clothes for the imperial court. It also prevents the officials below from doing anything wrong."
The prince praised it: "Good. Great."
The prince was most happy about this, not that it was bad in other aspects. But in the prince's opinion, this is what Zhu Yuanzhang likes best. The relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son is deep, but at the same time, Zhu Biao is also a person who is very good at being a prince. Whatever happens, the first thing he thinks of is, what will his father do here? Then you decide what you think is right or wrong.
Express your thoughts on small matters. Let my father know that I am not without any opinions or a yes man. He is the crown prince of the country who can take on great responsibilities. In most matters, he follows Zhu Yuanzhang or even goes before Zhu Yuanzhang.
That's it today.
Newspapers are good in other ways, but not as good as this. Because letting the subordinates supervise officials is in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's mentality of never trusting officials. The prince was also willing to do more to make Zhu Yuanzhang trust the officials and officials more.
The prince always believed that the separation between the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats was not the normal state of the court. If more supervision work could be added, Zhu Yuanzhang would be able to trust the scholar-bureaucrats, and he would never hesitate to do so.
He Xi said: "Brother, in fact, the specific content in the newspaper is just a piece of window paper, which can be broken with a poke. Even without me, eldest brother can figure it out. There is just one thing, eldest brother doesn't know if he has thought about it, and that is that eldest brother How to print?”
The prince was stunned and said, "Printing, whether it is done by the Ministry of Industry or Ouchi, is fine. Is there any problem here?"
He Xi was stunned and a little speechless. Although the prince was shrewd, he was also confused about areas that did not belong to him. He said such nonsense.
