Iron Dynasty

Paper? That's right, with this printing technique, you still need paper. Your Highness believes that His Highness already has an idea.

Compared with lathes and hydraulic forging hammers, printing and papermaking are relatively simple. Xiao Ming said: What you see is exactly for paper and printing workshops.

While talking, Xiao Ming took Pang Yukun to see the refiner and the pressure screen for papermaking. With these equipment, the work efficiency of the papermaking workshop will be greatly improved.

Then, Xiao Ming took Pang Yukun to a page that had already been typeset.

Pang Yukun stood in front of the page and looked at it, and said in surprise: Your Highness, this is the order for the field, the order for conscription, as for the other things that happened recently in Qingzhou, is this Your Highness going to print it in a book?

No, this is a newspaper. Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Next, he will carry out a very important job, public opinion propaganda. This public opinion propaganda is naturally to spread his great image and convey various decrees to the people.

At the same time, it can also let the people know about some current affairs, so that the people can feel what he, the vassal king, is doing for them, thereby strengthening the people's support for him.

In Xiao Ming's view, public opinion in any era is a position to be seized, otherwise, public opinion will be controlled by others if he does not grasp it.

It is precisely because of this that the enemy will have the opportunity to take advantage of the rhetoric that cholera was originally peaceful and prosperous.

Once the newspapers are popularized in his fief, he can refute the rumors of the people in time, and he can also dominate the public opinion.

Please also express your highness. Now Pang Yukun, like everyone else in Qingzhou, is very humble in front of Xiao Ming.

Because he found that this King Qi knew nothing.

Xiao Ming then explained the role of the newspaper to Pang Yukun.

Pang Yukun was more shocked when he saw the printing technique at this time. He said: With the important weapon of this country, why is it that people in the world don't know His Highness.

Xiao Ming said with a smile: This newspaper is not used to brag about the achievements of this king at that time. Look at the bottom of this page, the smuggling case in Cangzhou and the massacre of 72 people in Dengzhou.

If this matter spreads among the common people, the common people will definitely hate the local nobles, and it is really wonderful to praise His Highness's achievements. In the past, as long as His Highness works hard, there will be no worries that the people will not support His Highness. Pang Yukun said more and more excited.

He didn't understand Xiao Ming's mechanical stuff in the past, but when it came to government affairs, Pang Yukun immediately understood.

Xiao Ming nodded, this was exactly his purpose, but he said: It's just a pity that too few people in the fiefs can read and write, this newspaper can only be circulated in the government.

What's the harm, Your Highness, there are some hard-working scholars in these six states. They often make a living by selling calligraphy and painting and copying books for others. Why can't Your Highness give them newspapers and let them go down to the prefectures and counties to read to the common people. Listen, just give them some money when the time comes.

Well, that's a good idea. Xiao Ming said happily. It was Pang Yukun who knew the people's sentiments of this fief the most. He ignored that there were many scholars in his fief.

Both of them were excited about the idea of ​​the newspaper. Taking advantage of this incident, Xiao Ming said, By the way, Pang Changshi, there is something I want to tell you all the time. It's about the army.

Speaking of the army, Pang Yukun's expression became serious, because the army is always a sensitive topic.

Your Highness, this army is under the jurisdiction of Colonel Lu, is there any concern for Your Highness? Pang Yukun said cautiously.

Xiao Ming said: Now that there are 30,000 people in the iron and steel workshop, the next time is to provide equipment for the army. Once the army is equipped, the Qingzhou army will be a tiger with sharp teeth. It is only in the hands of the king, so this king wants to strengthen the power of Chang Shi in the army.

The long history is originally a civilian in the Dudufu, but only the Dudu is equipped with a long history.

But for Xiao Ming, this is far from enough. Because of the lack of information, the probability of military mutiny in this era is very high.

Therefore, it is very dangerous to simply hand over an army to a warrior who is simple-minded and prone to conflict. He will now copy the political commissar system in the modern army, and his political commissar is Changshi.

He wants to let Chang Shi go down to the grassroots level of the army, and each level is equipped with a Chang Shi to be responsible for ideological propaganda work.

In this way, the army can be turned into a body and a head, the general is responsible for leading military operations, and the long history must obey orders and not interfere.

Chang Shi is responsible for the ideological discipline of the army, ensuring Xiao Ming's absolute leadership of the army, and can depose the general's position at a critical moment when the general has the intention of mutiny.

In the equipment department, Xiao Ming explained to Pang Yukun, Pang Yukun nodded frequently, whether it was a newspaper or a long history, it now shows that Xiao Ming wants to exercise absolute control over the fief.

From Pang Yukun's point of view, Xiao Ming is also taking precautions to take precautions.

His Royal Highness, just like this, we need a lot of scholars. Pang Yukun said.

Isn't the study for the sake of Jiangshan and Jiji? Now this king has given them the opportunity, no need for imperial examinations, just training and competition for jobs, isn't that bad?

Although he did not understand the meaning of training and competition, Pang Yukun knew that Xiao Ming was recruiting talents.

He said: Since this is the case, the people of the Governor's Mansion will issue a notice to summon scholars in the fief, whether they have a reputation or not, they can come here, how about it?

Well, that's it. Xiao Ming said.

The two negotiated that Pang Yukun left in a hurry, and Chang Shi went into the army, which was equivalent to improving Chang Shi's status, which was why Pang Yukun did not object.

After all, this matter is also beneficial to him, and he agrees with this approach very much. The army is a sharp sword, and it can hurt others as well as itself, and must be strictly controlled.

Pang Yukun was in charge of recruiting Chang Shi and newsboys, while Xiao Ming was responsible for the production of printing workshops and paper mills.

He is looking forward to the effect of the birth of the first newspaper of the Great Yu Kingdom in his fief.

The next day, a notice was posted in the east and west cities of Qingzhou City, which immediately caused an uproar among Qingzhou scholars.

We know this long history, but what is this newsboy, my dear friends, who knows. A group of scholars gathered around the notice.

A scholar in front shook his head and read out all the contents of the notice. The people onlookers shook their heads and left. This matter has nothing to do with them.

Newsboy, newsboy, could it be a scout reporting the military situation? A scholar straightened his back, quite contented.

Scholars with fame and fortune were respected, and scholars without fame and fortune were regarded by the common people as useless scholars at that time.

Among the onlookers, many of them were still wearing patched clothes. They were people from poor families who had failed the rankings several times.

And this kind of scholar lived a very hard life and was ridiculed by a hundred people.

Now that the notice was posted, they immediately regained the glory of being a scholar.