Li You returned home and worked overnight to write a memorial, emphatically expounding the idea of running a newspaper and emphasizing the significance of the newspaper. Of course, the focus was to request the imperial court to separate the newspaper office of the Imperial College and open a yamen. The name of the yamen could be
"Wen Xuan Yuan".
After the dynasty the next day, he sent the memorial directly to the eunuch in the clerk's room of Huiji Gate, and sent it to the cabinet along with all the chapters on that day.
Soon, Mr. Li's memorial was circulated to the elders. There were no major or urgent matters in government affairs today, but Li You's rebellion was the biggest one. Opening a new Yamen in the imperial court was not a trivial matter anyway, and everyone couldn't help but wonder.
focus on.
Over the past two to three hundred years, although there were occasional small changes in the settings of the various ministries, courtyards, temples, and prisons of the imperial court, they generally remained stable. The most famous change was probably that Emperor Gaozong built a large, costly
The ordnance supervisor who was burned to the point of gnashing his teeth.
In fact, Li You's desire to open a government office was, if not to the extent that Sima Zhaozhi's intention was known to everyone, at least. As early as when he returned to the office of the Imperial College, some people speculated that Li You was neglecting other good positions in favor of
He probably went to the half-dead newspaper office with the intention of opening a government office.
There is also a more sinister speculation that Li You deliberately spent money to run a private newspaper in order to squeeze out the official newspaper so that he could take advantage of it and seize the political benefits of opening the official newspaper. Looking at the court, big and small
There are thousands of officials, but there are only about twenty real Zhengyintang officials.
Mr. Li found this rumor extremely ridiculous. The former CEO of Pravda, Shi Jijiu, resigned due to his own incompetence, and then he, Li You, took over the mess. Is this something he, Li You, can control?
In any case, running an official newspaper under the Imperial College can only be a nondescript and expedient measure. Separating it is the right way, if it can be done.
However, although this is the truth, everyone knows clearly that the ability is to really get things done, and this is the case for everything in the world. One of the reasons why Li You is famous in the court is that he is a person who is good at getting things done, and he is also good at making things happen.
A person who cannot get things done by others.
Without further ado, I said that the cabinet bosses had read Li You's memorial and knew very well that this was Li You's price tag. The price of opening a government office alone was not that big of a deal, but this memorial was very eye-catching!
In fact, as far as the elders are concerned, Li You Dingtian is a genuine fifth-rank official. No matter how he changes his name, he is still a genuine fifth-rank official. Whether he runs the newspaper in the Imperial College or opens a different yamen, there is really not much difference.
From the perspective of the ministers, the elders do not care about this small difference. Does an elephant care about the position of an ant on the ground?
But the dazzling thing about this memorial is that Li You asked for the establishment of a "Chinese Propaganda Institute" instead of a "Chinese Propaganda Supervisor". The difference is huge!
Generally speaking, the imperial yamen refers to the main civil servant yamen of the outer dynasty except for the forbidden institutions of the inner court such as Zhanshifu, Shangbaosi and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. They are named after four titles: department, courtyard, temple and prison.
In the past, there were six ministries, five temples, three supervisors, and three courtyards. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the weapons supervisor was added, and people in the world called them the Eighteen Arhats. In short, the ministry was in charge of affairs, and the courtyard was for watching the fun. The temple was for handling affairs, and the supervisor was for doing miscellaneous things.
In these yamen, the core six departments are solidified. The division of labor among officials, households, rituals, soldiers, and punishments can be traced back to Zhou Li. Therefore, it remains unchanged for thousands of years and cannot be increased to seven or eight departments.
The names of Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple and other five temples also have their origins. There is evidence to rely on and history to test, and they can be deleted, but it is not easy to add names that are not in the history books at will.
Therefore, those who want to build a new yamen can only make decisions on the two relatively flexible categories of Yuan and Jian. However, Yuan and Jian are different. The status of the Yuan is relatively high, while the status of the Jian is relatively humble.
At a glance, you can tell that there are the Imperial Palace, the headquarters of the officials, the Hanlin Academy, where the future prime ministers and assistants will be raised, what kind of yamen it is, the Imperial Academy where poor scholars gather, the Qintian Prison whose role is only to tell fortunes, and the Shanglin Yuanjian where animals are raised and vegetables are grown.
What yamen is it?
That's why Mr. Li's memorial requesting the construction of a "Wen Xuan Yuan" instead of a "Wen Xuan Jian" made the cabinet ministers feel irritated. Is it so easy to open a yamen with the word "Yuan"? Moreover, there is a difference between a "Yuan" and a "Jian".
Governed by one of the six departments, Li You wanted to build a yamen named after the courtyard. Did he intend to live in disobedience to the world?
When the vote was being drafted, the cabinet did not agree with Li You's memorial and directly drafted it as a "chao deliberation". This meant that Li You's offer would not be vetoed or passed, but would be bargained for at the court deliberation.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the next court meeting. After the end of the court, government affairs were discussed in the Wenhua Hall. Li You was ordered to go to the hall to participate. Emperor Jinghe settled on the throne, and after all the officials paid their respects, the discussion began.
The eunuch next to him read Li You's memorial first. The main contents were: First, the Imperial College newspaper office was separated from the Imperial College and renamed Wenxuanyuan, which became the fifth-rank yamen. It included officials such as envoys and judges.
, and established several government offices such as the newspaper office, review office, and administrative office.
Secondly, the main responsibilities of the Publicity and Propaganda Institute are twofold, one is to prepare official reports for the imperial court, and the other is to supervise the reports and beware of misleading rumors.
Third, continue to use Pravda as the official newspaper of the imperial court. Each of the bachelors and the nine ministers has a column, and the submissions must be published; the submissions of the third rank and above and those of the Hanlin and the Academy of Sciences will be published after selection and editing; those below the third rank will be published unless there are special exceptions and are not specially approved by the scholastic envoys.
Generally not issued.
The ministers in the palace secretly sighed in their hearts, Li You really can and dares to toss. As for whether he can succeed, I can't say for sure. After that, the ministers fell into deep thought. The lines in this memorial are worth pondering.
The first person to speak was Bai Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, "The matter of newspapers has nothing to do with the governance of the country. It doesn't matter if we don't do it. Why bother opening a new office? In the hundreds of years of this dynasty, we have never seen any truth newspaper before.
"This memorial is purely Mr. Li's whim, so there is no need to discuss it."
However, after Mr. Bai finished speaking, no one agreed with him. The palace was so quiet that he felt a bit disappointed.
Although Emperor Jinghe did not have the same trust in Shilang Bai as before, he was an old member of the East Palace after all. He did not want to see him too embarrassed, so he opened his mouth and said: "There are many people who don't understand this kind of thing. Li You stepped forward and talked with all the ministers."
illustrate."
As soon as the emperor's golden words came out, smart people caught on to them. The emperor's tone seemed neutral, but in fact he was leaning towards Li You.
As someone who benefited from the Mingli newspaper and gained an additional channel to control the government, Emperor Jinghe was naturally partial to Li You. However, the emperor did not care how the official newspaper of the imperial court was run, because whether the Pravda newspaper was run or not was of great importance to him.
The emperor had little influence.
If the Pravda is published, the ministers will make noises in the newspaper, but if the Pravda is not published, the ministers will write memorials and make noises. Anyway, it will be a noise, and the emperor said that he must be habitually calm.
Hearing the emperor's call, Li You, who was at the outermost position, lowered his head and stepped forward. When passing by Bai Shilang, he snorted coldly from the corner of his mouth and uttered a few words: "A rat's eyes are short-sighted." The voice was not loud, but it was heard by those around him.
There are quite a few people.
Li You walked under the throne and said: "Although there were no newspapers in the past, there was the Donglin Party, the restoration of society, and matters of public opinion. If the court did not take the initiative, others would want to take the initiative. If the court did not take the initiative, it would have to be passive.
Such a simple truth, I think that there should not be anyone who doesn't understand it in the kilometers that can be established in the palace, and I don't know whether it is true or false."
The expression on Bai Shilang's face was not very good. Did he really not understand? He was just pretending to be confused and didn't want Li You to get ahead. Who knew that after he spoke, no one responded.
Originally, he thought that if Li You had enemies all over the court, it would be enough to raise his voice and have some people agree with him and create a momentum. However, he did not expect that he would become a loner and be scolded for being short-sighted.
In fact, Bai Shilang didn't even think about it, why were the big guys like Xu Chief Fu so vague and ambiguous towards Li You this time and not as tense as before? Is it really the reason for caution?
Li You openly stated in his memorial that a column in the Pravda newspaper was given to the cabinet bachelor and the nine ministers, and that all messages from the fifteen big bosses must be published, and that other officials were restricted from publishing.
This is tantamount to giving the big bosses a powerful and exclusive voice, strengthening the personal centralization of the cabinet and the nine ministers. The bachelors and the nine ministers do not say it with their mouths, but they are clear in their hearts. How could they not like this?
Point? It should be noted that in the Ming Dynasty, words and tongues have always been extremely chaotic. Even if you are the prime minister and assistant, you will be disturbed. It is rare to be quiet.
This is the biggest advantage Li You wants to take advantage of, and it is also the exchange condition he proposes. Otherwise, would he dare to hit the wall deliberately and whimsically?
When Li You finished speaking, it was still quiet. No one wanted to tangle with Li You on this issue. The boss's mind was here, how could others easily take the lead? The emperor asked again: "What does the chief minister think?"
Xu Shoufu came out and criticized: "I think the name of Wenxuanyuan is inappropriate. It is a place where newspapers and miscellaneous affairs are handled. How can it be named after the same name as the Metropolitan Inspectorate and Hanlin Academy? So it is inappropriate. If it is Wenxuanyuan, it is okay.
Enter the eyes."
The chief minister's speech made the ministers feel something in their hearts. Is even Li You's mortal enemy just a nitpick? Well, what he said makes sense. Everyone subconsciously uses the word "yuan" in Qingliu's words, and it is used in propaganda.
The name "Yuan" seems to be too high for a newspaper. It can be seen from this that Li You thinks too highly of himself.
The ministers went to see Li You again, wondering how he could explain it. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li You sighed and said to Xu Shoufu: "The Shoufu's words are misleading, so Tai Hospital is also named after the word "hospital". Since doctors can use it
, shouldn’t it be useless for literati to run newspapers? Doctors and scribes all serve the imperial court and His Majesty, so please don’t favor one over the other.”
Imperial Hospital... All the ministers were speechless. Li You didn't think too highly of himself, it turned out that he had a very low attitude.
Imperial Hospital is indeed one of the Eighteen Arhats. The three yamen with the word "yuan" are Ducha Yuan, Hanlin Academy, and Imperial Hospital. However, when talking about imperial yamen, we usually forget about Imperial Hospital, Sengdaosi, and Senglusi.
With a haha, someone laughed, and the sound came from the throne. When he looked up, he saw the young emperor desperately pursed his lips to hold back his laughter. Xu Shoufang shook his head in embarrassment and returned to his class.
The first assistant left the stage, and the second assistant came out again. Mr. Peng Ge said to the emperor: "Public opinion is a public instrument, as Li You said, it is not a trivial matter, it is also related to educating the people, and it is even more important. Your Majesty must not ignore it."
"
Everyone in the hall was a little surprised. Is Mr. Peng Ge openly supporting Li You? Isn’t it too embarrassing?
I also heard Mr. Peng Ge say: "The yamen of Wenxuan Yuan should be designated as the third rank, and the envoys of the academy should be ranked in the same rank as the ministers of the temple."
Damn it, Li You cursed in his heart, this is naked flattery!
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