Chapter 283: The sky is high and the emperor is far away
Lin Xuan came to the furniture shop, asked someone to bring the set of finished calligraphy molds, and came to the palace again.
"I see your Majesty!" Lin Xuan bowed.
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked strangely: "Why are you here again? Did something happen?"
Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I thought of something good and came here to report it to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin asked curiously: "What?"
"Newspaper!" Lin Xuan said word by word.
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and looked confused: "Newspaper?"
Lin Xuan explained: "Your Majesty, do you know that there is a saying among the people that the sky is high and the emperor is far away?"
Li Shimin was stunned and said with a gloomy face: "Is this really true among the people?"
No emperor would be happy hearing such words.
"Well, yes. In some remote places, some corrupt officials will not pass down the decrees of the imperial court at all. On the contrary, they will prey on the common people in the name of the imperial court. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that the sky is high and the emperor is far away." Lin Xuan
explained.
Judging from Li Shimin's appearance, it seems that he hasn't said this yet.
Fortunately, what he said was folklore, and it was difficult to investigate.
Li Shimin was silent. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Of course he knows what Lin Xuan said.
"The newspaper you said can solve this problem?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Of course, officials fool the people because the imperial court's decrees are conveyed to local governments. Whether the people know it or not depends entirely on whether the officials pass it on. And newspapers are to tell the imperial decrees and what happened.
Some major events should be printed and distributed so that local officials would not dare to be so unscrupulous."
The reason why people in ancient times were so easily fooled was because they had little information.
Although newspapers cannot completely solve this problem, they can make many people restrain themselves.
Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay, you must handle this well."
Without movable type printing, what Lin Xuan said would definitely be unrealistic.
After all, the limitations of woodblock printing are too great.
Lin Xuan shook his head and refused: "Your Majesty, this matter is not suitable for me."
joke.
This is public opinion.
Even if there is private control in later generations, it will still be subject to official supervision.
Li Shimin may not be aware of the importance of public opinion now. When he realizes it, can he rest assured that Lin Xuan can master such an important thing?
"You proposed this matter. Who else can do it well besides you?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if the government decree is to be printed and distributed, it is best to have it done by someone who has a thorough understanding of the government decree. And public opinion must be in the hands of the imperial court."
Li Shimin pondered for a while, nodded, and said: "What you said makes sense, I understand. I will choose a good candidate and ask him to come to you for advice."
"Yes! I have brought over the set of fonts. It should be enough for the early stage." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin asked: "You don't print books anymore?"
Lin Xuan shook his head and said: "The book matter is not urgent. We still need to wait for Dr. Kong to complete the punctuation marks."
Now we only have one set of fonts, and we can't print many books. We have to wait for Kong Yingda to get the punctuation marks right.
Now he has no intention of printing books at all.
…
"Bang!"
"The Cui family goes too far!" Wang Ze threw the teacup out of his hand angrily.
The signing of the contract between Lin Xuan and the Cui family was witnessed by so many people, so it was impossible to hide it from him.
Of course, this has a lot to do with Li Shimin not hiding anything at all.
Wang Qingyun advised: "Dad, calm down, is this true?"
Wang Ze said angrily: "Is this true? I'm still wondering why Cui Lingyun came to Chang'an suddenly."
Cui Lingyun came to Chang'an without concealing his whereabouts, so of course Wang Ze knew about it.
He was planning to visit Cui Lingdao before.
"Dad, our families are all in the same boat, why would the Cui family do this?" Wang Qingyun asked doubtfully.
Wang Ze sneered and said: "Lian Zhi? That's just to resist the suppression of the royal family."
The Wang family was the first aristocratic family before, and then the Cui family became the first aristocratic family. You can imagine the mess in this.
"Dad, what should we do now?" Wang Qingyun asked.
Wang Ze sneered and said: "If the Cui family is unkind, don't blame our Wang family for being unjust. And Lin Xuan, just wait for our Wang family's revenge."
Lin Xuan had only bought paper in Chang'an before, and he thought Lin Xuan was afraid of the Wang family.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xuan actually cooperated with the Cui family.
The Cui family knew that paper was an important industry of the Wang family, but they still chose to cooperate with Lin Xuan, completely ignoring the Wang family.
"Qingyun, you should rush to the clan immediately and explain this matter completely to the clan leader," Wang Ze said.
"Dad, prepare your child and go back immediately." Wang Qingyun said.
…
Since the Tang Dynasty withdrew its troops, although the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo have not fought, the situation has become increasingly tense.
The Western Turks did not want to fight, so Nishe used this time to recruit other small tribes.
Xue Yantuo was not stupid. Of course he knew what the Western Turks were planning, so he prepared his troops to attack the Western Turks.
Western Turks, the big tent of Nishu.
Ni She looked at the leaders of the various ministries sitting in the tent and said, "There is news from behind the scenes that Xue Yantuo will launch an attack on us in the near future."
"The reason is that they sneak attacked us and caused us a lot of losses. We haven't caused any trouble to them yet."
"That's right, Khan, why don't we strike first?"
"Yes, our strength has greatly increased now, so we should take action first."
…
For a moment, there was a cry for war.
Ni She was very satisfied when he saw that everyone was in high fighting mood. He smiled and said: "Yes, I have this intention. Everyone, go back and prepare for war."
"yes!"
The leaders of each department bowed to Nishu and left the tent.
Qilaobaat'er said: "Great Khan, the Tang people are cunning. Will they attack us while we are fighting with Xue Yantuo?"
He has lived in the Tang Dynasty for a long time and knows that the people of the Tang Dynasty like to play intrigues.
Ni Shu shook his head and said: "There is a saying in the Central Plains. When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman will benefit. The Tang Dynasty gave Xue Yantuo grain and us in exchange for war horses, just to make us feel at ease to fight."
Datang's intention is very obvious, anyone who is not a fool can understand it.
Qilaobaat'er asked with some confusion: "Since the Great Khan knew it, why did he agree?"
Ni Shu sneered: "The Tang Dynasty has no food now, so there is no way to send troops. They just want us to attack first, and then they will send troops to attack us when there is food next year. As long as we take care of Xue Yantuo before then, it will be fine
Already."
Although he said this, in fact, he was not very sure that he could destroy Xue Yantuo before next year's autumn harvest.
He wanted not to fight, but Xue Yantuo agreed.
Xue Yantuo is not a fool, so how could he give them time to develop.
But he definitely couldn't tell these things, lest he lose his morale.
Qilaobaat'er smiled and said: "The Great Khan is wise."
Qi Laobaat'er has been in Datang for so long, and he is still good at flattering.
"Haha...cough cough..." Ni Shu suddenly coughed.
Qilaobaat'er asked with concern: "Khan, are you okay?"
"Ahem... I... I'm not... okay." Ni She waved his hand and said.
Ni She slowed down and finally calmed down, saying, "Okay, you can go down first."
"Yes!" Qilaobaat'er saluted and withdrew.
Ni She looked at the blood in his hand, his face darkened, and he murmured: "I hope it's not too late."