Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 499 It’s the wind, it’s the waves, it’s Qingping, it’s the waves! (Please subscribe)

Xianyang Palace.

Fusu sat high on it.

Fusu frowned when he heard that Ji Heng was going to open a school called "Chuifengbao", and when he heard that Fusu wanted Gongzi Gao, Jianglu, Hu Hai and others to become officials, his face instantly darkened.

He tapped his fingers on the table and said calmly: "I just want to know now, what is the newspaper you are talking about? How does it have anything to do with paper."

Ji Heng smiled.

He reached out, took it out from his sleeve, and took out a 'newspaper' again.

When Wei Sheng saw this, he quickly ran a few steps to Ji Heng, took the newspaper in his hand, and then respectfully sent it to Fusu's case.

Fusu lowered his eyebrows and glanced for a few times.

Then he reached out and took the newspaper in his hand. After looking at it carefully for a few times, a look of doubt appeared in his eyes. It was not much different from the paper he had written on before.

"To a certain extent."

The only difference is probably that the paper is larger and can write more content.

Listening to Ji Heng's description, Fusu had a thought in his mind and understood the wonderful use of newspapers, which was to break local officials' obedience to government orders and allow policies to be conveyed to the bottom in full.

"Since ancient times, books have been hidden in the hands of nobles and scholars. People in the private sector know very little about them. Their understanding of government orders often comes from officials and scholars."

Fusu's face changed slightly.

The local area will also be subject to a lot of restrictions.

It is bound to affect public opinion in the world, and when public opinion is fierce, it can even trigger the general trend of the world.

Ji Heng nodded and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the newspaper in your Majesty's hand is like wind and waves, but it guides the world's public opinion!"

It comes out smoothly.

"The wind is born in the earth, rises at the end of the green apple, invades the valley, rages in the mouth of the earth bag, comes from the Taishan Mountain, dances under the pines and cypresses, drifts in waves, and stirs up the anger of the hurricane."

"What are you talking about?" Fusu became interested.

The role of newspapers is to refine information and spread it quickly in a more sinking way. In this way, a lot of news cannot be suppressed and will be known to more people in the world.

He nodded and said: "If this newspaper can really play such a role, it will indeed be of great benefit to the Qin Dynasty, and the court's policies can be better conveyed."

He is still very familiar with these sentences.

He looked at Ji Heng and asked curiously: "Is this the newspaper you are talking about?"

He's got it all.

Fusu nodded, with a smile on his face, and said: "I have heard of it, this sentence must be from "Feng Fu" written by Song Yu of Chu State."

"It's just the potential you mentioned, what is it?"

"With the advent of newspapers, the channels for the court to receive information will gradually be enriched by releasing information that was monopolized by the official system in the past."

Ji Heng straightened his back and said: "At first glance, the newspaper is ordinary and has nothing outstanding. But what if the newspaper is no longer limited to one copy, but transforms into thousands or ten thousand copies?"

He looked at the newspaper in his hand again, with a dignified and cautious look in his eyes, and asked, "I want to know more."

Ji Heng said calmly: "If there are thousands or ten thousand copies of such a newspaper and are published in Xianyang, how many people in the city will know the contents of the newspaper?"

Fusu's expression softened slightly.

Hear the words.

“It can also reduce officials’ deception.”

"Break the information control of the court by officials and prevent the court from being influenced by too many officials. Although there are not many literate people in the world at present, as the Great Qin government orders were transmitted from top to bottom in the past, they changed from top to bottom. From the bottom up, it only passes through the newspaper layer, which can better ensure that the policy is not distorted."

This has an obvious effect on the court breaking the local government's closed control over the local area.

"You can say that."

There are many people who know.

"What if one of the newspapers is published throughout the world?" Ji Heng asked again.

"Newspapers break this limitation."

"It will only be transmitted to the level of the officials. How it will be transmitted further down is basically not controlled by the court, and the officials' reports to the top will also be deceived to a certain extent."

"It's the time!"

"The decrees issued by the court do not go down to the local level."

"The control over the world will also be stronger."

Think of this.

Fusu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "With the speed of news transmission in the market, I am afraid that within a few days, the contents of the newspaper will be spread to everyone."

"Let the government decrees from the court be transmitted directly to the local bottom and fall into the eyes of those who are literate, so that the decrees can be better publicized."

"The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and the waves form between gentle waves." Ji Heng said.

Ji Heng nodded, knowing that Fusu did not see the magical effect, and said calmly: "Has your Majesty ever heard of this sentence?"

Fusu's face changed slightly.

This is gathering momentum.

That is the wind in Ji Heng's mouth.

Both are similar.

Ji Heng raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said calmly: "If such a sharp weapon of the country really comes out, how can it not be in the hands of the court?"

"There are many people who influence the restructuring. If the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government are directly allowed to take over, it is inevitable that the interference will affect public opinion and hinder the restructuring. However, as Gongzi Gao, Jiang Lu and others are from the royal family, the restructuring will not have much impact on them. .”

"And since they are quite talented themselves, it is most appropriate for them to be responsible for the corresponding proofreading. As for Hu Hai, because these papers are all from his hands, he should naturally be given an official position."

Hear the words.

Fusu pondered for a moment and nodded.

Nowadays, the role of newspapers has not been truly realized. If it is so magical, even he would not dare to hand it over to the hands of courtiers easily.

Think so.

It is indeed most suitable to be in the hands of the clan.

Moreover, Ji Heng had actually said it long ago to let the clan become a scholar, but he had never made up his mind and was worried that he would be opposed.

Now Ji Heng took the initiative to speak, and Gao, Jianglu and others had already obtained titles in the past, so it was natural for them to become officials, but the official position could not be too high.

At the same time, this was also used to promote the "reduction" of the clan's descendants, allowing clan descendants beyond the third generation to be removed from the clan's register to reduce the burden on the clan.

Think about it.

Fusu nodded and said: "Yes, but every newspaper you compile needs to be reviewed by me in advance. I don't want some content that I don't want to see appear in the newspaper."

Ji Heng said: "It should be like this."

Fusu pushed the newspaper on the case aside again and asked Wei Sheng to return it to Ji Heng's hands. He said with a deep expression, "I'm just waiting now to see how much more surprises you can bring me."

"It will also have a huge impact on the world."

"Your Majesty will see it." Ji Heng responded with a smile, folded the newspaper again, put it in his sleeve, cupped his hands slightly, and exited the hall.

Fusu watched Ji Heng leave, and then said: "Wei Sheng, send someone to Ji Heng's residence to learn the papermaking technology mastered by Hu Hai. Such an important weapon must be mastered by the imperial court."

Wei Sheng's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "Nuo, I will go down and make arrangements right now."

Fusu nodded.

He waved his hand and asked Wei Sheng to retreat.

Fusu stood up slowly, relaxed for a while, looked outside the palace, and said indifferently: "Ji Heng, Ji Heng, I trust you so much. When the world is settled, I will start the reform of the world. You are a millionaire." Don't let me down, let alone make too many mistakes." "I don't want the originally stable Great Qin to fall into chaos because of your restructuring."

The next day, Xicheng.

Young Master Gao, Young Master Jianglu and others all arrived at Ji Heng's residence today, with excitement and excitement in their eyes. They had received the order from Fusu yesterday. Starting tomorrow, they will enter the Propaganda Department under the restructured government. , specifically responsible for publicity matters.

This is already a career.

The children of the Great Qin clan have basically stopped pursuing official careers since the First Emperor's younger brother became a monk.

With Fusu's decree, they had the possibility of becoming officials.

I can't help but feel excited.

in the courtyard.

Hu Hai was also quite excited.

His official position is several people higher than the young master.

Hu Hai said with a smile: "I knew that if I followed Ji Heng, I would be able to make it sooner or later. I have been making paper here for several years, and now I finally have a place to use it. Just looking at Ji Heng's appearance, I made paper I’m afraid he’ll run out of paper soon.”

Speaking of which.

Hu Hai was also quite depressed.

It took him six or seven years to create tens of thousands of pieces of paper. Although it was not a lot of effort, it did take a lot of effort.

Now it will all fall into Ji Heng's hands.

The young master smiled and said: "If the paper is gone, it can be remade, but this is the only chance I have for an official career."

"Although the official position is not high, I have finally taken the first step."

"The clan registration seems to be beautiful, but in fact it has too many restrictions. We have studied hard for decades, and there is no use for it. For example, if you are a person of honor and wealth, you like military affairs, but you can only wield swords and guns in the palace. You cannot be like my uncle in the past. Normally, going into battle to kill the enemy is just a waste of time."

"At present, His Majesty is thinking of brotherhood and reopening the road to officialdom for us. If we can seize the opportunity, we may not be able to become marquises like the descendants of the clan in the past."

"Although I lost my clan body, I gained freedom in exchange."

Young Master Jiang Lu also agreed: "A thousand birds in the forest is not as good as one in the hand."

"This is what Mr. Ji told me."

"Paper, this thing is good, but it is useless if it is only known to a few people."

"How about changing to an official position."

"What's more, my younger brother, I was deprived of my clan status, and now I can only live on Mr. Ji. Now that I have an official position, I also have a salary. I will be more comfortable in the future than I am now. But I go to the official office all day, I’m afraid you really won’t get used to it.”

"Haha."

Jiang Lu's words caused a burst of laughter.

Most of them are making fun of Hu Hai.

Hu Hai also smiled and didn't really care.

Ever since he was deprived of his clan membership, and when he first saw his brothers interceding for him, Hu Hai only felt grateful towards these brothers and would not be angry at all.

Hu Hai is now nearly thirty years old.

He has grown up a long time ago.

Seeing the happy faces of the young master and others, Ji Heng said with a smile: "Don't be happy too early. The restructuring government is facing a lot of pressure, and many of the officials can't bear it. If I hadn't deliberately requested it at the beginning, I'm afraid many People have already asked to withdraw.”

"As for the newspaper, my request is very simple."

"It just wants to be a blockbuster."

"Nowadays, the storm of restructuring only spreads in the court, and has not reached the local area, let alone the ears of the local people. The advent of newspapers is to break through the barriers with the people, so that some of the court's ideas can directly fall into the public The ears of the people at the bottom then forced some complacent officials to make concessions."

"The people advance and the officials retreat!"

"And printing newspapers is not easy."

"Although I asked you to go to the Type Collection Office and have them engrave a lot of copper seals, printing is done upside down after all. It will take a lot of time to print the above content without any typos. Yes, there are only a few of you in the Propaganda Department at the moment, so you may have to spend a lot of energy on this."

The young master and several others were shocked.

They had also wondered before why Ji Heng asked them to go to the calligraphy survey office and ask for some "inverted and wrong" copper calligraphy.

Now I understand.

Not an error.

But for 'imprinting'!
Paper alone is of little use.

If there were such living copper characters, the effect would be too strong.

As long as the arrangement is completed and there is enough paper, you can print almost unlimitedly.

This is of great benefit to the dissemination of books.

Only a few of them knew about the existence of the paper and the existence of the engraved copper characters. Even the officials of Kanzi Mansion had no idea.

Therefore, they are very confident about a blockbuster success.

after all
This is something completely new.

No one in the world has seen this piece of paper, let alone a 'newspaper' with exactly the same content. Now they are beginning to become curious about how shocked the world will be when they see this newspaper. The ministers in the court and the local scholars will see it. How would you feel when you see such a 'wonderful thing'?

It feels wonderful just thinking about it.

Ji Heng smiled.

He just wanted to say that Mr. Gao and others had such wonderful thoughts.

Movable type printing is indeed amazing, but there is a lot of content in the newspaper, so the copper seal required is very small. It is very time-consuming and laborious to actually use it. Basically, several days will be spent on typesetting. With such intensity, it is almost impossible to When the world comes to an end, it is easy to become cross-eyed.

Because the copper characters are really small, less than a quarter of an inch in diameter.

He didn't give much reminder.

Once they actually get started, they will understand why movable type printing was so inefficient in ancient times.

Ji Heng did not stay in the house for long.

But before leaving, I still reminded the young master and others to screen the copper seals early to avoid having to spend a lot of time looking for them.

Young Master Gao and others responded with their mouths full.

Return to the Restructured Mansion.

Chen Ping and others had already written down all their thoughts on the abolition of secular bureaucracy. But after seeing the nearly a thousand words, Ji Heng typed it back without any hesitation, asking Chen Ping and others to refine it again. too much.

After several revisions by Chen Ping and others, the final document was handed over to Ji Heng.

Ji Heng took a brief look at it, and the content was now much more refined. He only emphasized the need for restructuring, the disadvantages of the secular official system, and the benefits of abolishing the secular official system. At the same time, several other officials stated their views on the future after retirement. The placement of officials.

The content is concise and concise.

Ji Heng nodded and handed it over to Young Master Gao and others.

Let it be planned for printing.

It's just that after the originally confident Young Master Gao Jiren took over, it took him three or four days to print the first edition, which made him feel haggard. However, as the first edition was completed, , subsequent printing is obviously much easier.

Thousands of copies were printed in two days.

Day three.

The newspaper was officially launched in Xianyang.

(End of this chapter)