Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Sometimes it is forced to write.

Sometimes it is because of natural disasters that cannot be explained, but in Confucianism 'interaction between heaven and man' can be explained.

And the emperor is the son of heaven, so naturally he did something wrong and caused the punishment of heaven to cause natural disasters. If he wants to be forgiven, he needs to state his sins in an imperial edict.

Li Shimin wrote an edict of guilt because of the raging locusts.

This kind of "response between heaven and man" is what Confucianism uses to control public opinion and thought.

The emergence of newspapers can also control public opinion, and can also guide thinking over time.

Although it cannot completely replace Confucianism, it can affect the speaking power and influence of Confucianism.

After seeing the appearance of this thing, Kong Yingda completely panicked.

He rushed to the Wu family bookstore in a hurry, panting and said to the newspaper seller Xiaoer.

"You... your newspaper, we want it all!"

"Eh~ my lord, you have to think about it clearly, the contents of this newspaper are all exactly the same.

Sir, are you sure you want to buy them all?There are more than 200 copies in my small hand. "

"More than 200 copies?" Kong Yingda was surprised and asked hastily.

"How long have you been selling here, do you remember how many newspapers there are in total?"

"How many copies?" Xiao Er asked after thinking for a while.

"About a thousand copies have been sold for more than two hours."

"A thousand copies?!" The surprise on Kong Yingda's face gradually disappeared and turned dark.

The newspaper seller only has more than 200 copies left, which means he sold more than 700 copies!

It's too late!I am afraid that news from the newspapers will soon spread throughout Chang'an.

Wait until all readers know about the newspaper and know that it was published by Li Shimin.

The cohesion of Confucianism will not be what it used to be.

Kong Yingda instinctively sensed the impact of newspapers on the status and influence of Confucianism.

Stop it now, it's too late!

Even if he wants to play and ban this thing, I am afraid that these students will be the first to oppose it.

How to do this?

Thinking of this, Kong Yingda was a little discouraged.

"My lord, do you still want to?" Seeing Kong Yingda's dejected expression, Xiaoer quickly asked.

"Yes, five servings!"

"Five copies?"

"Well, five copies."

"Here's your paper, take it away."

Kong Yingda asked again after taking the newspaper from the small second-hand.

"Is your shopkeeper here? I want to ask your shopkeeper about something."

"The shopkeeper is inside!"

"Thank you!" Kong Yingda hurried into the bookstore with the newspaper in hand.

But soon he could only walk out disappointed, Wei Zheng and Li Tai were not there.

Even if they were there, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to convince them.

We must not let it go like this, otherwise the influence of Confucianism may drop sharply.

Thinking of this, Kong Yingda hurriedly walked towards Zhufuzhong.

I don't know if it will work to unite with Zhu Suiliang to make up for it.

On the other hand, Li Tai and his party upstairs laughed heartily as they watched Kong Yingda leave in a hurry.

"Then Kong Yingda is in a hurry." Li Tai shook his head and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wei Zheng slowly explained: "With dictionaries, more people can read and write.

Rare things are more expensive, and if there are more scholars, it is naturally worthless.

Coupled with the small printing, Confucian scholars who used to make a living by writing, writing letters, and copying books have become more difficult now.

Now that I am doing this, the Confucian voice in the court hall is much lower. "

"It's getting dark, go down and see if the newspapers are sold out, so I can report back to my father."

Li Tai didn't answer but turned to Wei Zheng and said.

"Okay." The two replied in unison.

The three of them went downstairs and came straight to Xiao Er.

Li Tai asked, "How much did you sell? Where's your shopkeeper?"

"The little one has seen distinguished customers, and has sold more than [-] copies, and the shopkeeper is in the back hall.

Do you want to take the distinguished guest to meet the shopkeeper? "

Li Tai said casually. "No need, you are busy with your work. If the weather is cold and you can't sell it all, it will be sold tomorrow."

After speaking, Li Tai led the two of them towards the back hall.

The shopkeeper had been waiting for a long time, and was a little uneasy seeing Li Tai and the others, because the newspapers were not sold out.

"My little one pays homage to His Highness, and asks His Highness to forgive me. There are a little too many newspapers..."

Li Tai waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, let's continue selling tomorrow, if it can't be sold out, forget it."

"Yes." The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly reported something when he thought of something.

"Your Highness, many people who sold newspapers came to look for His Highness, and left when they saw His Highness was not here."

Li Tai asked casually: "Well, who are they, did they leave their names?"

"Returning to Your Highness, there are Confucian scholars in brocade clothes, and poor scholars in sackcloth.

There are also a few officials with noble faces, and even a few barbarians.

But none of them left a name. "

"Since there is nothing left, forget it over there."

Li Tai didn't care about poor scholars who wanted to meet him.

"Your highness is respectfully sent off." The shopkeeper said, leading Li Tai and his party to the door.

"It's done~" Wei Zheng and Duan Lun were very happy.

But Li Tai was a little preoccupied.

It's just that with the appearance of Hu merchants, Li Tai is a little vigilant. After the public opinion is controlled, knowledge will be monopolized.

Books such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "36 Strategies", and "Qi Min Yao Shu" must be strictly controlled.

Today's samurai should have monopolized the distribution rights of books and can control the distribution of these books from the source.

Giving away knowledge at will, knowledge being stolen, not kept secret, not taken seriously, has caused very serious consequences.

For example, in the Yuan Dynasty, a man named Wen Yijian hid cotton seeds in a pen holder and stole them back, and then they had cotton.

And Ryukyu visited the Tang Dynasty nineteen times in the name of a monk, which is a total of nineteen times.

This led to the rapid growth of Ryukyu directly from fishing and slash-and-burn farming.

In a short period of time, he has crossed slash-and-burn farming, from the bronze age to the iron age, and has stolen a lot.

Thinking of this, Li Tai decided to monopolize knowledge, and only students who have reached a certain stage can read it.

As for sending books and the like, we will give away all "Mahayana Buddhism" so that you can read as much as you want when you go home.

Chapter 79 The emperor guards the gate of the country, the king dies

In the imperial study room, Li Tai, Wei Zheng and Duan Lun are reporting to Li Shimin about today's newspaper release.

After saluting, Wei Zheng stood up and reported to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, the newspaper business is done."

"The newspapers are all sold out?" Li Shimin asked with surprise.

Wei Zheng explained: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it has not been sold out, but seven or eight out of ten have been sold.

Presumably tomorrow, all newspapers will be sold out. "

Li Shimin nodded, although not sold out, but there is not much left.

"It's not bad to be able to sell seventy-eight out of ten of them in one day.

Just wait a few days, and the whole Chang'an will know about the newspaper.

When the time is right, I will set up one for all Daos to promote the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. "

As he spoke, a smug smile appeared on Li Shimin's face.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

"Okay, reward~" Li Shimin was very happy and rewarded directly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

Everyone gets a reward, and there are not many things. After all, Li Shimin uses a private treasury to run a newspaper.

"Is there still something important to report? If there is no important matter to stay with the emperor, you can go and receive the reward."

"I have nothing important to do, I will leave." Wei Zheng and Duan Lun looked at each other and left contentedly.

But Li Tai stayed behind.

Li Shimin said: "Earlier, Kong Yingda came to me with a newspaper and criticized the emperor and Wei Zheng.

It is said that your newspaper is not in compliance with the regulations, and you are suspected of winning the hearts of the people all over the world. "

Unexpectedly, this Kong Yingda actually went to Li Shimin to complain.

Li Tai was very speechless and said: "How did the father answer him?"

"I told Kong Yingda that I sent you there.

Kong Yingda's complexion turned black like half of the summer rain.

Haha~"

Li Shimin laughed while talking, feeling very happy.

"In the end, Kong Yingda could only say something helplessly.

Said that I do not discuss things with the court officials, and also said that I want to take over the newspaper office. "

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Tai's mouth.

"It's really whimsical, father can't hand over the newspaper to him."

"Don't worry, the emperor, I'm not stupid, how could I hand over this newspaper to Confucianism."

"There, the minister can rest assured."

Regarding this matter, Li Tai is quite relieved, this is one of the few ways to control public opinion.

Even under the pressure of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Li Shimin will be in his own hands.

Don't worry at all.

It's time to raise the knowledge monopoly.

Thinking of this, Li Tai said to Li Shimin.

"Father, today my son saw a Hu businessman who bought newspapers."

"Oh? Merchant Hu also bought it?