"Brother Sheng, you said you want to open a bookstore?" Li Ke took a sip of grape wine and asked in surprise: "That's not much money." Not to mention where you can find so many books, just selling books on a large scale will definitely attract a lot of criticism. Your current status and reputation are very different from those booksellers, and you can't do what they do to sell books. ”

After listening to Li Ke's words, everyone nodded in agreement, and looked at Xia Hongsheng together.

Xia Hongsheng smiled, shook his head and said: "Of course I know these things, when the bookstore first opens, it will definitely cause criticism, and I have been prepared for this." In the long run, however, this is a good thing. I don't want to be just a bookstore, but to be a bookstore, from collecting manuscripts, to printing and publishing, to putting on the shelves, integrating all links, and when the time comes, I will launch a daily, monthly and other article platforms, so that as long as the world is literate, they can discuss with each other, argue with each other, and exchange their gains with each other through this platform. Let the world know. In this way, the wisdom of the people can be opened, and at that time, the decrees of the imperial court will be quickly known to the people through the daily newspaper, and the people's reactions will also be quickly transmitted to the heavens through the daily newspaper. In this way, the platform of the bookstore has made it a platform to connect the court and the people, and become eyes and ears to each other, and the court decrees are no longer obscure and unknown to the people, so they are blinded by corrupt officials and corrupt officials. and so that the king will no longer hide in the palace, and will not know what the will of the people is. This. That's what I'm doing here. ”

"Oh?" Everyone listened to Xia Hongsheng's words. They were all very curious: "What is that newspaper?" And what is a monthly magazine?! ”

"Daily newspaper. One newspaper a day. Xia Hongsheng explained to everyone with a smile: "Most of the things contained are the important news of the previous day, or other things in the previous few days, and these important news and events will be edited, and the things that happened will be recorded objectively and truthfully, and commented on." Or publish other people's contributions, collect them into a page, and print them overnight. It is sold in the morning, and it is a daily newspaper. By reading the daily newspapers, people can learn about the situation in the country in recent days, what major events have happened, and they can also know the interesting stories in recent days, and they can get some information they need from them. The monthly magazine is a monthly issue, and the content is different from the daily newspaper. The monthly journal is mainly a collection of articles, and the content is mostly academic or professional. It is intended for a specific group of people. ”

"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized, only to hear the eldest grandson Chong ask: "In this way, if these two things really come out in the future, if I want to know what happened to the new people in the DPRK, I can buy a daily newspaper and read it." If I want to read the high opinions of Zhuzi, can I buy a monthly magazine and read it for fun? ”

"Yes, exactly!" Xia Hongsheng nodded, and then asked, "How?" Would you like to do it together? I don't force this, if you want to do it together, then everyone will come together, if you don't want to, I will eat alone. Moreover, whether you do it or not, please also ask your brothers to help find a group of good writers, preferably from a poor family, if it is a scholar, I am afraid that they will feel that this is an insult to them. ”

Everyone was thoughtful, Xia Hongsheng knew that they couldn't make up their minds about this matter, so they still had to go back and ask their family. So he didn't say any more, but just beckoned his subordinates to come over and set up a banquet for a group of friends.

After the banquet, everyone said goodbye together, saying that they would go back to discuss with their families, and then make a decision, as for Xia Hongsheng's writer, they would also go back to find it.

Everyone left, but Xia Hongsheng stopped the three brothers of the Li family, and only after sending the others away did he ask: "Cheng Qian, did you say that you talked about the civil and military conference that the king shopkeeper said last time?" ”

"I haven't found a chance to speak like my father." Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Some time ago, my father was overwhelmed by the matter of the heavenly thunder, so he didn't say anything. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "It's okay, then it's better for you and me to go to see Your Majesty together today, and inform Your Majesty about this civil and military conference and the bookstore together." ”

Li Chengqian immediately showed joy and said: "I was afraid that I would be speechless when I went to talk to my father, if you can go with you, then it will be safe!" ”

The two hit it off, and immediately went to the palace together to meet Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was reviewing the recital as usual, and Xia Hongsheng couldn't help but sympathize with this king of a country who had no life of his own in his heart, and greeted him at the same time.

"Huh? Why are you two here today? Li Shimin saw Xia Hongsheng and Li Chengqian coming in, so he asked.

Xia Hongsheng and Li Chengqian glanced at each other, and then Li Chengqian stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Father, a few days ago, the shopkeeper of the wine shop asked the child to discuss the sale of the wine shop, and there was a proposal, the child thought it was very good, and added some of his own ideas, so I came to explain to my father today. ”

Li Shimin heard Li Chengqian say this, so he put down the music in his hand with great interest, and asked with a smile: "Oh? Cheng Qian's thoughts, tell me what you think. ”

Li Chengqian gave Li Shimin a detailed explanation of his thoughts about the civil and military conference, and wanted to spread the reputation of these things through the cultural and military conferences jointly organized by the wine workshop, the glass workshop, and the Mingxiangju, especially when summer has arrived, which is the most active period of time for Hu merchants in Chang'an City, so as to take this opportunity to let Hu merchants see these things, and then export these things in large quantities.

After Li Shimin heard this, he nodded with a smile and said, "This idea is very good, if Cheng Qian wants to do it, just do it." There are many places that need to be coordinated in a civil and military conference, and I also want to see if Cheng Qian can run it well. By the way, Xia Qing, why don't I see you talking, what do you think of Cheng Qian's idea? ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince's idea is naturally very good, and Weichen agrees very much. A large-scale civil and military conference can not only make the names of liquor, glass and new tea broadcast all over the world and spread outside the territory, but also attract countless civil and military talents to gather in Chang'an City. Isn't it beautiful that His Majesty can unearth a lot of manufacturable materials from them through the civil and military conferences, cultivate them, and let them serve the imperial court! ”

Li Shimin stared at Xia Hongsheng for a while, and Xia Hongsheng, who was looking directly, panicked in his heart, and then suddenly smiled: "Well, since there are such benefits, then you can do this matter according to it." ”

The two bowed down to receive the order, but heard Xia Hongsheng say again: "Your Majesty, Weichen still has one more matter, and I want to ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Li Shimin looked at Xia Hongsheng and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, now that the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been printed, Weichen has told His Majesty that the minister wants to build a printing workshop by himself, and he will print these books in the future." Xia Hongsheng bowed and bowed, and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Weichen's idea is like this, Weichen himself recruits craftsmen, carves movable type by himself, and runs a workshop specially used to print books, and then widely publicizes that the scholars can submit their manuscripts to the workshop, and if they are selected, the workshop needs to pay the author money to buy the work for printing." After the books are printed, these books will be sold, and the dividends from the sale will be distributed by the bookstore and the author in a certain proportion. The printing office of the imperial court is responsible for all matters related to the printing of the imperial court, and its own affairs are already very busy. And when the bookstore develops to a certain scale, Wechen can publish daily newspapers. ”

"Daily? What is a daily newspaper? Li Shimin asked very curiously.

"Back to my father, the so-called daily newspaper is one newspaper a day......," Li Chengqian explained again the daily newspaper that Xia Hongsheng had explained earlier.

After Li Shimin listened, he thought for a while and said: "Listening to the explanations of Er and others, it seems that the resolution of the imperial court is copied to everyone in various places. But this thing is already there, don't you know that there is a palace gate to copy? ”

"Your Majesty, the palace gate copy is a copy of the imperial court to send the decree and the affairs of the court to the state and county governments in various prefectures and counties, and it is more inclined to convey the decrees between the imperial court and the state and county yamen." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "The newspaper that the minister said is facing the people and the common people, and these unofficial people are the mainstay. It not only has content similar to the palace gate copy, but also many other things, and its reading group is more inclined to the people, which is a way for the people to know what the court has done, what orders have been issued, or what has happened in various places. It is also a tool for the imperial court to guide public opinion among the people. To use the simplest analogy, if there is a newspaper, His Majesty can deliberately arrange for some content about the Turks to be published in the newspaper, and after the people read it, their emotions will be guided, and they will unite against the Turks. The decrees of the imperial court can be known to more people through daily newspapers, and the people can supervise whether the officials in various places have implemented the orders of the imperial court well. The people's comments, reactions, and opinions on a certain matter can also be seen by His Majesty through daily newspapers, so that His Majesty can better understand public opinion and brainstorm ideas, instead of being deceived by the courtiers. Newspapers can become the eyes and ears of the people, understand the policies of the imperial court, and understand the painstaking efforts and arrangements of His Majesty. Newspapers can also be the eyes and ears of His Majesty, collecting opinions, suggestions, and opinions from the people. Newspapers can also become a tool in the hands of His Majesty to guide public opinion, and play a guiding role in the thoughts of the people. ”

"Public opinion......" Li Shimin muttered in a low voice, gently knocking on the table with his knuckles. As soon as he saw Li Shimin's appearance, Xia Hongsheng knew that Li Shimin had already taken it to heart and was thinking carefully about weighing this matter. (To be continued.) )