Chapter 803: The Legendary Hongmen Banquet
Liu Chun's oath was loud.
For the rectification of the newspaper, it is imperative, no force can stop it, let alone a mere royal pen, even if you go to Xiaoling and ask Lao Zhu to come out, it is useless!
For example, to accept shares, personnel must be arranged, the content must be supervised, and the number of media must be limited.
In addition to this, Yoo Chun also formulated a rule.
Newspapers can be dispersed, but printing factories are limited to three!
The continuation of this order will have a very huge impact on the entire Yingtian newspaper circles, even more violently than the previous closure of those newspapers.
It is known that movable type printing appeared in the Song Dynasty.
But for a long time, engraving printing still occupies the mainstream.
The biggest problem restricting movable type printing is the selection of movable type materials...... With wooden movable type, it is easy to deform, with clay movable type, the strength is not enough, it is often damaged, and with metal movable type, the cost is too high...... Therefore, until the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty still mainly used engraving printing, even if there was occasional movable type printing, the number was very rare.
In recent years, the situation has changed greatly, the Ming Dynasty has become rich, and the lead movable type launched by the Royal Scientific Research Society has been respected, and in the field of printing, it has basically formed a mature pattern of lead for large characters and copper for small characters.
Behind the popularity of newspapers is the advancement of technology.
This is also what Liu Chun is most happy to see.
Promoting the progress of an era is definitely not something that can be done by one person, and a large group of people must work together to promote it.
However, any technological progress is a two-sided edge, bringing benefits but also many problems.
What Liu Chun has to do now is to deal with these problems.
Before the advent of electronic typesetting, printing was an absolutely labor-intensive industry, requiring hundreds of thousands of typesetting workers.
In addition to the messy content, the printing quality of the newspaper is also very poor, the paper is not good, the printing is also poor, especially the typos, which makes people unbearable to read.
Therefore, it is also very necessary to establish the authority of the new newspaper and improve the quality of printing.
Liu Chun identified three large printing houses, and no newspaper office was allowed to print newspapers privately, but had to send the contents of the daily newspaper to the printing house in advance, and the three printing houses were responsible for it.
Without the logos of these three companies, it is a substandard newspaper, and if it is printed without permission, it will have to bear terrible consequences.
The benefits of this are clear...... First of all, the small printing workshops everywhere were swept away, and all the workers, printing equipment, and factories were concentrated in the three major houses, which was very convenient to manage.
Moreover, after concentration, the financial resources are abundant, the technology is more advanced, and the printing quality can also be guaranteed.
The most important thing is that it is equivalent to putting another lock on the newspaper.
Even if the newspaper can pass it internally, the printing house will refuse to print if it feels that there is a problem.
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"It is worthy of Mrs. Liu, as soon as he made a move, he pinched the door of his life, if he was allowed to do it, the public opinion of the entire Jiangnan would be pinched by him. All these years of preparation and hard work have been of little use. ”
The gray-robed old man, bowing his body, sat opposite the county lord of Qingcheng, the old lady was full of frost, "How capable Liu Chun is, I have long known that when Emperor Hongwu was alive, he was not led by his nose, you people ask yourself how much ability you dare to compete with him?" I'm not welcome, a few days ago, I recklessly lost to see him, with Liu Chun's shrewdness, most of them have begun to thoroughly investigate the details of the old body, I am so old, and I am being led by a group of children, when to throw an old life into it, they will be satisfied. ”
The county lord of Qingcheng babbled and complained.
The gray-robed old man could only bow down and listen, with a flattering smile on his face.
"The county lord is too worried, you are always the niece of the first emperor, and you took care of Your Majesty a lot in the early years, if you can't even tolerate the county lord, what will the people of the world think of Your Majesty? Do you say? ”
The county lord of Qingcheng sneered, "Don't pour ecstasy soup into the old body, my family is confused for a while, in Huai'anwei, he was pulled into the water by you, for decades, he is dead, and the descendants will be controlled by you, the old body really doesn't know what our family owes you!" ”
The gray-robed old man bowed again and again, and said with a smile: "
Wherever the county lord says, we are all willing to obey the county lord's orders and obey his orders, and our hearts are loyal to the county lord. ”
"Phew!"
Lord Qingcheng took a sip, "All you think about in your hearts is how to make money, and you don't know what is good about those yellow ones, white ones, and the piled up treasury at home is not enough...... You have enough money for your children and grandchildren to spend 10,000 generations, why are you not satisfied? Even if the old body begs you, it's time to stop! If you have to fight with Liu Chun, what will happen to you, haven't you thought about it? ”
The gray-robed old man groaned slightly, sneering secretly in his heart.
Is it a woman's opinion...... At this point, it is no longer a question of whether they want to fight or not, the imperial court has more and more things in their hands, but they are unwilling to release their benefits and share them with businessmen...... If they don't take advantage of the present to stop the construction of the railway, and wait for the two capitals to be connected together, the carriages and horses, warehouses, line numbers, and even the pawnshops in their hands over the years will all become worthless.
Not to mention, with Liu Chun here, businessmen will never be able to turn the wealth in their hands into power, after all, Liu Chun knows too well how to deal with them.
"County Lord, don't you see that we have to go against Liu Chun, we have to kill ourselves. But in his case, he doesn't give us a way to live at all. County Lord, do you think this is okay, please come over to Mrs. Liu, the big guy talk openly and honestly, we are willing to obey the orders of the imperial court, but the imperial court also wants to give us something, after all, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. ”
"At present, the county lord is highly respected, and he looks all over the south of the Yangtze River, and only your old man comes forward, Mrs. Liu can give this face, and we are all willing to obey your arrangement."
Lord Qingcheng rolled his eyelids and sneered slightly.
"Nicely said, what do you want? Can Mrs. Liu agree? ”
"Say yes or no, you can talk slowly...... We really don't have much to do, the first of these is the issue of the shares of the railway, the imperial court has to force the newspaper to give up the shares, so can we take a stake in the railway? Secondly, businessmen are not allowed to set up banks at present, and the traditional money banks are in danger. Now the imperial court only needs to pay a premium of 30% to take the land. Isn't that too harsh? ”
The gray-robed old man sighed: "I think so, if you want to expropriate land, as the owner of the land, can you participate in planning, invest in development, and share benefits...... All in all, it's not that we don't want to cooperate with the court, it's just that the court takes too much, and we don't even give soup! ”
The county lord of Qingcheng sneered slightly, and his heart was extremely transparent, where is this to drink soup, he simply wants to eat meat, and he also wants to eat a few more bites, so that the court can make wedding clothes for them.
Don't say it's Liu Chun, even if he sits in that position, he may not agree.
It's a pity that in the past few decades, his family has been tied to Shangjia, and he can't be separated if he wants to, so he can only take risks for them.
He also said that he listened to himself, and it was all a lie.
"Let me tell you, with Liu Chun's temper, he will never let it, in order to make you die, I can go and ask Mrs. Liu, as for the rest, you can do it yourself!"
The county lord of Qingcheng said helplessly, and the gray-robed old man nodded and withdrew from the room.
There was a slight smile on his face, and in his hand, he was holding a "Three Righteous Order", his thumb kept groping, the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a cruel smile.
They are reluctant to take this path unless absolutely necessary.
It's just that Liu Chun is too dangerous for them.
The matter of the Qiao family is a temptation for them.
If a businessman wants to enter the court, if the court can acquiesce, everyone will be happy...... But as a result, Zhu Di was furious, and Liu Chun also made a decisive move.
Zhao Mian was so qualified that he was directly dismissed.
Subsequently, the imperial court began to build houses and improve the salaries of officials, making it more difficult to buy officials.
Railway land acquisition, shareholding in newspaper...... This series of events shows that the imperial court does not intend to favor businessmen in its governance, and it can even be said that businessmen will become the target of the court's crackdown next.
Zhu Di!
You are more ruthless than your father Zhu Yuanzhang!
But it doesn't matter, as long as you abolish Liu Chun, it will be equivalent to breaking your hands and feet.
Without him assisting you, you wouldn't be able to deal with so many people alone...... So this time, you must kill Liu Chun, even if the sky is falling apart, you must get rid of him.
The gray-robed old man came out of the county lord's mansion and decisively ordered the arrangement.
At the same time, Liu Chun's hand had one more Sanyi Order.
"Master, this is the Chen family's Three Righteous Orders." Zhu Gaosui said in a low voice.
Liu Chun sneered slightly, "Chen family! It seems that the threshold of the Sanyi Society is quite high, no wonder the three sons-in-law of the Qiao family broke their heads! ”
Zhu Gaosui leaned over and said, "Master, there are so many drawbacks in Huai'an's land acquisition, followed by the turmoil in Yingtian, and the newspapers frantically attack the second brother...... Things shouldn't be simple, I think it's mostly the Sanyi Society behind the scenes! ”
Liu Chun smiled slightly, "It's not strange, I'm just curious, what else they can do next." ”
While he was talking, someone suddenly came to report, and the lord of Qingcheng asked to see him.
Liu Chun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but shake his head, this old lady couldn't wash it even if she wanted to.
"County Lord, you are so idle, have you come to see me again?" Liu Chun chuckled.
The county lord of Qingcheng smiled slightly, "Taifu, people are old, and their brains are not good, I came in a hurry last time, and I forgot to say something, five days later, it is the day when the old lady's granddaughter is engaged to others, and the old lady didn't plan to do a big deal, but the children didn't agree." Since it is going to be a big deal, the Taifu is still in Yingtian, and I don't know if the Taifu is coming, it is really gloomy! ”
The county lord of Qingcheng trembled and sent a delicate gilded invitation to Liu Chun.
"Taifu, I don't know if I can appreciate the old body with a little face?"
Liu Chun didn't hesitate, took the invitation, put it away with a smile, and suddenly said meaningfully: "County Lord, there are not a few people who are going this time, right?" I guess I'll be able to meet a lot of friends! ”