Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 257
It is not without reason that Wang Anshi was jokingly called Mr. Unruly, because his character is very obstinate.

Once he has determined something, it is difficult for others to change it.

If he didn't have this personality, there might not be Wang Anshi's reform in history, and he did it with this obsession.

It can be seen that everything has two sides.

In addition, unlike others, Wang Anshi's stubbornness and persistence often have good reasons for him to persist in doing so.

He is not the kind of person who has a bad temper and is unreasonable.

In the lawsuit, he had cooperated closely with Zhang Fei, but in this matter, he chose not to cooperate with Zhang Fei.

Although there are also reasons for grudges, it is mainly because his ruling philosophy is advocating nationalism.

The state controls everything.

In the end, the lawsuit was decided by the government, not Erbi.

But Di Bao lost to the tabloid, regardless of public or private, this is something he cannot tolerate.

His first thought was not to say that we should also go to Zhang Fei for help, but to go to Jinzouyuan again.

Grabbing the principal, Xing Zhi, he just spouted wildly.

The palace newspaper of the imperial court was crushed by the tabloid newspapers of the people. You have been playing it for nearly 100 years, but Zhang Fei has only been running it for half a year, and you are defeated.

"In the future, all newspapers will be printed instead of transcribed." Wang Anshi said decisively.

Xing Zhi was so trained that he couldn't hold his head up anymore, he stammered, "Scholar Wang, I'm going down."

Wang Anshi said: "What's the matter? Pen and ink are not as good as others, are you unable to speak now?"

Xing Zhi was sweating profusely: "If you go back to the Grand Master Wang, even if we switch to printing, we won't be the opponent of that tabloid."

Wang Anshi was surprised: "Why?"

Xing Zhidao: "I'm dissatisfied with Grand Master Wang. We also studied the tabloid. Judging from their line spacing, ink color, and fonts, they didn't use traditional printing, but movable type printing."

"Movable type?"

Wang Anshi frowned, "I remembered this movable type printing, yes, it is indeed very suitable to use this type of movable type printing for tabloids, so you guys can use it too!"

Xing Zhidao: "I don't know if Master Wang knows about it. During the Qingli period, we also tried this movable type printing technique, but the printing effect is far inferior to woodblock printing."

As he spoke, he took out an engraved almanac and a tabloid from a genuine bookstore, and put the two together, "Scholar Wang, please take a look."

Wang Anshi looked at it, and nodded slightly: "Compared with the two, there is a huge difference in both the uniform ink color and the word spacing!"

Xing Zhidao: "Although the movable type printing in genuine bookstores has improved a lot compared to the Qingli period, it is still not as good as woodblock printing in terms of aesthetics. If the palace newspaper of the imperial court is printed like this, people will think it is a tabloid.

Not only that, movable type printing must be combined with large-scale printing to be cost-effective, otherwise, it will be more time-consuming and labor-intensive than engraving printing, and the palace newspapers of the imperial court are not published every day. There are engravings, and the lower officials have asked, and the engravings of the imperial court have reached [-] editions. "

After hearing this, Wang Anshi showed hesitation again.

Speaking of it this way, it can't be blamed for entering Zouyuan for not wanting to make progress. They have also tried movable type printing, but there is no need for it.

For written books and articles, engraving should be more beautiful and cost-effective.Temporary ones such as the mansion newspaper were issued occasionally by the imperial court, and they were only distributed to officials. Movable type printing could not reduce costs.

If it can reach thousands of copies, it will be very cost-effective, but why does the imperial court print so many copies of the mansion newspaper.

Xing Zhi said again: "Even if we use movable type printing, we can't compare to those tabloids."

Wang Anshi asked, "How do you say that?"

Xing Zhidao: "We are entering the theater, and every word has to be carefully considered, unlike the tabloids, which can write some sentences to attract people's attention, and our mansion newspapers have to be handed over to them. You can decide whether to send it or not.”

Wang Anshi nodded thoughtfully, and said to Xing Zhi: "It seems that you have worked hard to study, but no matter what, the imperial court should not lose to the people. Maybe in the future, the residence report will be distributed to the people, so you have to work hard too. Study this movable type."

The corners of Xing Zhi's brows twitched, his eyes sparkled with joy, but he said: "Then the imperial court must allocate money to us first."

Wang Anshi said: "I will play the official game."

Xing Zhi hurriedly said: "Scholar Wang, don't worry, it won't take long for us to surpass the genuine bookstore when we enter the Zouyuan."

He said this with confidence, because the Song Dynasty itself paid great attention to this scientific research, and the four major inventions were basically carried forward in the Song Dynasty.

The imperial court also has abundant talent reserves, whether it is theory or hands-on.

Because all the ministers in this period are all-round players. After all, in this business environment, technology is highly respected.

Movable type printing has not replaced engraving, and it is not because the Song court was unwilling to do it. It has been tried before, but the technology has not been broken through, and the demand is limited.

Then there is the cost.

As long as the funds are in place, everything is easy to talk about.

Wang Anshi was frowning, thinking, I can go to Zhang San for help, but even if I win the article, so what, after my new law is promulgated, if they use tabloids to attack my new law, then It's very bad for my new law.I have to find a way to ban this tabloid, then control the Dibao, and then ask Zhang San for help, and use the Dibao to promote my new law, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort.

Bianjing Law Firm.

"Is selling newspapers so profitable?"

Chen Maoqian looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

It's only been a few days, and this guy is going to buy a house, and he wants to buy two houses at once, which is a fortune.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It's average, but this is a stable income, and I can also take out a loan to buy a house. How about it, now I live in the same house as my father-in-law, can the staff get it for me?"

Chen Maoqian pondered a little, "Currently, the owner has no idea of ​​buying a house. If you want to buy it, you may have to spend more money."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Go and talk to me first, and at the same time, help me to pay attention to the nearby houses for sale. I don't have to buy those two houses."

Chen Maoqian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you to ask."

After a pause, he said again: "By the way, I am somewhat interested in the movable type workshop you mentioned last time."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Don't the members know? Ma Xiaoyi and Cao Yanei have already donated a lot of land to set up a charity organization. At that time, I will use the money and food left over from the charity organization to invest in movable type workshops, so there is no shortage for the time being." money."

Chen Maoqian asked in surprise, "Xiaoyi? Yamen?"

Zhang Fei asked: "Don't the members know?"

Chen Maoqian shook his head, feeling extremely angry in his heart. How dare you, the fourth child, do it secretly without telling me. If you want to monopolize this benefit, I also have sons, and I have more sons than you.He asked again, "How much land did they donate?"

Zhang Fei said, "Twenty hectares."

Chen Maoqian couldn't help but sucked in a breath of air, and he looked hesitant again. This donation is too much, if it is paid for.

At this moment, Li Si came into the house, "Third Brother, Mr. Su is here."

Zhang Fei was taken aback for a moment, thinking, can he not hold back anymore?Hastily said: "Please hurry up."

After hearing this, Chen Maoqian just happened to have to think carefully about the charity, so he left.

"Mr. Su, please stay safe."

Zhang Fei bowed his hands.

Su Shi cupped his hands slightly, and said, "I'm here today to ask you, when will my collection of poems be published?"

It really is for this matter.Zhang Fei said: "It should be soon."

In fact, they are not ready yet.

Su Shi was a little dissatisfied and said: "I remember that I was the first to come to you, but your tabloid has published many issues, why hasn't my poetry collection been published for so long?"

Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "The tabloid happened suddenly. Mr. Su should know the reason. Mr. Su's poetry collections are all made of engraving, which should be more beautiful and well-made. It will take some time."

Su Shi nodded, and asked again: "Your Celebrity News, can only celebrities publish articles on it?"

Zhang Fei nodded: "Yes."

As I said, I was also a little worried, yes!Su Shi is still a celebrity, what should we do?
Su Shi blinked, and said: "I think your idea of ​​this celebrity newspaper is not very good."

Zhang Fei asked: "How do you say that?"

Su Shi said: "You are a businessman, and you sell newspapers to make money. I'm not wrong."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Of course it is."

Su Shi said again: "I have observed carefully, and it was actually the first day that attracted the most attention. Among them, Miss Xu's article is indispensable."

He really deserves to be Su Dongpo, compared to me, Zhang Dongpo, he is not much better.Zhang Fei pretended to be curious: "Really?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go and ask."

"Why is that?" Zhang Fei was puzzled.

Su Shi said: "It's very simple. To attract attention, there must be comparisons and controversies. Putting Mrs. Xu's article and Bachelor Sima's article together will naturally cause controversy.

And you, Celebrity News, made this mistake, publishing Han Xianggong's article, which is too authoritative and lacks controversy, so it is difficult to sell well. "

"Mr. Su is right." Zhang Fei nodded thoughtfully, then cupped his hands to Su Shi and said, "I hope Mr. Su can give you some pointers."

Su Shi said: "You can run another newspaper to publish articles by young scholars. When the two views conflict, it will inevitably cause controversy, so that your tabloid can sell well."

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "That's right, but young scholars, who dares to question Han Xianggong's article, who dares to question Sima's article?"

Su Shi glanced at Zhang Fei depressedly, and said: "When Xianggong Han was young, in the court of remonstrance, the four prime ministers fell to the same paper. If Xianggong Han dared to do it, if we dare not do it, wouldn't it mean that one generation is not as good as the next? I, Su Shi, dare to do it." .”

Zhang Fei looked at Su Shi and said with a smile: "Mr. Su wants to publish his article on the tabloid."

Su Shi chuckled: "It kills two birds with one stone."

Han Qi, Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi fought so hard, Su Shi was such a master, his hands were itchy to watch, but Zhang Fei got another famous person to report it.

Su Shi is still the younger brother of the company, but the place of fireworks is a bit famous, so this celebrity is really not a celebrity, but who is Su Shi, this difficulty, how can it be hard to stop him.

I have to say that Su Shi's idea is really great, and his analysis is very thorough, authority is meaningless, if you can make a youth newspaper, this is really a gimmick.

Too fierce.

In fact, Zhang Fei also planned this way before. He originally wanted to create a battle between the twin stars, but Wang Anshi was not fooled, which made him very depressed.

It is true that singing alone is not popular.

Zhang Fei asked: "Does Mr. Su have any articles?"

"Have!"

Su Shi took out an article from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei took it over and looked at it, and sighed in his heart, born in this era, I can only be an article porter!
Su Shi's article also discusses the labor law, but he puts the main argument on the three redundancies. He blames the heavy taxes on the people on the three redundancies.

This ruthless criticism of Han Qi's article, overtly and covertly, is rooted in the three redundancies, but you put aside the three redundancies and talk about reducing taxes and labors. Isn't this a hooligan?

How do you get relief.

Pure talk.

To reduce the burden on the people, the court must first save money and solve the disaster of redundancy. This is the fundamental solution.

I have to admit that Su Shi's article hits the nail on the head, directly to the root, but he has a different idea from Wang Anshi's.

He still takes the throttling route.

But how to solve the disaster of three redundancy, he did not put forward any constructive suggestions.

It can be seen that he just wanted to sway Han Qi, and he had no other intentions.

This is also the biggest difference between them and Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi really came up with a solution, and it was systematic, while they just discussed the matter and made small troubles.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Okay, I will help Mr. Su arrange it as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)