Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

After Zhu Cihong walked around the factory, he came to the study and sat down, looking at Sun Xian who was standing below, and at this moment five or six charcoal braziers had been placed in the room, making the whole room warm.

"This palace is not here to print scriptures, but to have something for you to do. As he

spoke, he glanced at the hot tea that had just been served, and he didn't intend to drink it, but moved it aside with his hand.

"Although His Royal Highness has ordered, Wei Chen will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up!" Sun

Xuan heard that His Highness was actually here to do something for himself, and the smile on his face became even more intense, and he immediately knelt down and roared excitedly.

Doing things for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the current prison country, isn't that equivalent to doing things for His Majesty in the future, that is an incomparable glory, an incomparable grace, how many officials in the capital can't get this favor, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can personally command things, but his little six books have this grace!

Zhu Cihong looked at the other party, this newspaper is similar to Di Bao, except that Di Bao is only for court officials, as long as the other party understands what Di Bao is, it is much easier to understand the newspaper.

A small marginal six-pin dictionary of the Han Jing Factory, although it is also a court official, is probably not eligible to get the Di Bao to see, and the Di Bao is not very out at the end of the Ming Dynasty, one is that there is no spare money, and the other is that the officialdom has no such vitality.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, Di Bao Weichen naturally knows.

Sun Xuan was slightly stunned, it was difficult for His Royal Highness to open the Di Bao, so he said: "Di Bao first appeared in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Di Bao is also called the court newspaper, article newspaper, miscellaneous newspaper and other common names, specially used for the court to spread the court documents, large and small affairs news and military information copy.

"Since the Western Han Dynasty, all dynasties have continued to issue this Di Bao for the circulation of court officials, but now the court seems to have not issued Di Bao for more than ten years, and the Di Bao is hand-copied, and it is also run by officials of the Sixth Ministry and the Hanlin Academy, so the minister is not qualified. Saying

that, he said with a little disappointment: "If His Royal Highness wants to publish the Di Bao, the Hanjing Factory is not qualified to issue it." "

Although I was a little disappointed, I finally showed my face here again and left my name, maybe there will be a chance in the future, and Sun Xuan is not discouraged.

"You know what a newspaper is.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "What this palace wants to run is not a Di newspaper, but a newspaper, which is not specially issued to court officials, but to the people of the whole country, but it is similar to Di Bao." "

Newspaper, for the people of the whole country?" Sun

Xuan heard the words thoughtfully, and after pondering for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Your Highness wants the people of the whole world to know what is a major event in the world and a major national event?"

"Yes.

Zhu Cihong looked at Sun Xuan with a smile, this person is not too stupid, he can understand a little, as long as he understands what the newspaper means, it will be much easier to print, at least the newspaper manuscript he writes, he must know how to arrange and print.

In that case, it seems that it is better to print with movable type, which can be published in large quantities and can also save costs.

Sun Xuan immediately reacted to this, and then said in a sycophant: "Your Highness is really clever, you know early on that movable type printing is suitable for newspapers, so as soon as you come in, you will ask the minister if he understands movable type."

"What is your background?"

Zhu Cihong originally wanted to hand over the affairs of the newspaper to the people of the Ministry of Rites, but he also thought that the Ministry of Rites was helping him with diplomacy, engaging in patriotic propaganda, and managing school education, so he simply handed it over to the Hanjing Factory to take charge of all the writings and printing.

But the premise is that there must be a culture in this kind of thing to engage in newspapers, and at the very least, it must be a person with academic qualifications, don't be a half-person who comes in by a relationship and just talk nonsense, so much is in vain.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the ministers are from a person's background.

Sun Xuan was a little embarrassed and said, this academic degree is very useless in the Ming officialdom, if there is no great merit and opportunity, I am afraid that I can only stand still for the rest of my life.

"Fortunately, at least it's the passing grade for being an official.

Zhu Cihong didn't mean to despise the other party, so he said: "Do you understand the word public opinion?"

Sun Xuan said, proud in his heart, although he was only a person, but it was still difficult for him to take the academic examination, so he said: "The public opinion is the car, that is, the car is made, and the lowly officials are collectively called the public opinion, that is, a large number of people, and their remarks can represent the voice of the people and the toiling public, so the word public opinion is the public speech."

"Well, if you know, that's easy.

Zhu Cihong finally felt a lot more relieved, otherwise he would have to spend time teaching, and if the other party understands the most important points such as newspapers and public opinion, the things explained will be much simpler, so he said: "You go and get a large piece of paper and a pen."

"Yes.

Sun Xuan bent down and withdrew.

After a while, he held a large piece of paper, which was as long and wide as others, and he couldn't fit the whole piece even when he spread it out on the table.

Zhu Cihong took the brush, and then drew the basic layout of the newspaper and the size of a newspaper on paper, explaining to Sun Xian while drawing.

Then it is to explain which topics the newspaper will mainly issue in the future.

"Patriotic ideological propaganda, the imperial court's policy on the voice of the people, military intelligence and war reports, the fall of corrupt officials and the announcement of crimes, and the announcement of profiteers' violations and crimes...... There is criticism, there is praise, there is sin, there is hope, and everything can be written. "

Let the people of the Ming Dynasty know, know about family affairs, know state affairs, and know world affairs!"

"Now I, the common people of the Ming Dynasty, are at a loss for everything in the court and everything in the country, and they are all unclear and unintelligible, which is very bad, and it will also be used by some sinister people to do bad things with their ignorance, do you understand?"

Zhu Cihong painstakingly explained the role and importance of the newspaper.

"Your Royal Highness's holy name, people who are worried about the world are not worried, and people in the world are not worried!" Sun

Xuan first slapped a sycophant, and at the same time was extremely excited in his heart, His Royal Highness wanted him to do something important about the country and the people, so he said excitedly: "After His Highness's suggestion, Weichen knows the importance of this newspaper, so we need some people to collect this information, and then compile the draft, and there must be a group of copper molds, including the writing manpower!"

Zhu Cihong looked at Sun Xian and felt that this person's understanding was indeed okay, and he would soon understand the importance of this newspaper and the manpower structure required.

Thinking about it, he picked up the brush, then instructed the other party to go and get a piece of paper, and then began to write four large characters.

Later, the Hanjing Factory was renamed to the Ming Times.

Zhu Cihong put down his pen, and then said: "You are the person in charge of the Daming Times, add a position, called a reporter, from the eighth grade, to collect and record all kinds of information, and then compile a draft, and give you the privilege of interviewing all the officials of the six ministries." "

You go and choose people, and use those who are idle at home. "

This kind of person generally has no background, but anyone who has a little relationship can get an official and a half-job, and those who are idle at home are either lonely or unsociable, and are incompatible with the dirty officialdom, so it is better to use this kind of person.

"Thank

Your Highness for the word!" Sun Xuan knelt on the ground excitedly, and then thanked him, and said: "Your Highness's meaning is understood by the ministers, the Daming Times will definitely be done well, and it will definitely live up to His Highness's value and trust!"

What does His Highness mean by reporters, he thinks about it for a while, plus His Highness's explanation of the newspaper before, he can understand what this means, interview court officials, collect information on national events, and then publish it in the newspaper for the people of the world to see, so that the court can control public opinion and prevent those ignorant people from being used.

"As for the printing template, forget about the copper mold, you go to a Western merchant to buy a lead movable type printing press. Zhu

Cihong did not plan to use copper molds, he remembered that in the later Kangxi years, in order to print the "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books", the Manchu Qing Dynasty also spent a huge amount of money to build more than 200,000 copper movable type, and then the book was printed, all of them were greedy, according to the late Ming Dynasty These officials were like hungry wolves, of course, they could not use copper molds.

Of course, these people in the Daming Times dare not be greedy, but anyway, the copper mold is not going to be used, it is too costly, it is better to buy a ready-made machine.

"Your Highness, there is lead, but there will be droplets.

Sun Xuan reminded again.

"The ink you use is smoke ink, of course, there will be water droplets.

Zhu Cihong stood up, walked to the door of the room, stood by the brazier, and said: "In 1440, the Westerners invented a kind of lead-touch movable type printing machine, using ink. With

that, the group walked out of the Hanjing factory.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince!" Sun Xuan looked at the back of His Royal Highness the Prince, and sighed in his heart, it is better to be famous than to see it, His Royal Highness is really smart!