Chapter 26 This trick is amazing. Scholars all over the world will have a good life now!
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"The latest newspaper actually wrote about Prime Minister Lin's romantic affair. What does your Majesty mean by this?"

Starting today, Wenyuan Pavilion will officially participate in aircraft maintenance.

But before the two princes arrived, these ministers without rank passed the time by reading newspapers and drinking tea.

As a product that was exclusively controlled by the imperial palace and could only be printed with the personal approval of His Majesty the Emperor, newspapers often printed gossip and interesting questions.

From the super-rank officials to the seventh-rank officials, no one has not been covered by the newspapers.

But unfortunately, the emperor was behind it, so no one dared to cause trouble for the newspaper.

Under normal circumstances, the romantic stories about Lin Ruofu would not be surprising at all.

Everyone will just think that it is the Emperor's bad taste.

But the recent situation is a bit special. Lin Ruofu had just stepped down as prime minister and left Kyoto, but Lin Ruofu's story appeared in the newspapers. There must be some deeper meaning behind this.

However, these cabinet ministers frowned and thought for a long time, but still could not come up with any results.

But they waited for someone.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Wei!"

When Li Chengde appeared at the door of Wenyuan Pavilion, several cabinet ministers immediately stood up and saluted.

"Everyone continue, don't worry about me." Li Chengde said with a smile.

The ministers quickly admitted their mistakes, "We shouldn't be chatting and reading newspapers in Wenyuan Pavilion. Please punish us!"

Li Chengde smiled softly, "Don't be nervous, I just came here to report. I don't understand the affairs of the six ministries, so I won't get involved."

After saying this, Li Chengde turned around and left, heading for the imperial study.

Before I even walked in, I heard Emperor Qing's voice.

"Chen Pingping, I asked you to arrest someone, but you dare to shirk your responsibility here?"

Chen Pingping forced a smile on his face and advised, "Your Majesty, the Imperial College doctors cannot be arrested. If they are arrested, the students of the Imperial College will make trouble again."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, "Do you want me to keep watching these corrupt scholars do whatever they want?"

At this time, Li Chengde walked in and said, "Your Majesty, what Dean Chen said makes sense. Killing a chicken to scare the monkey can only temporarily shut them up."

"Once instigated by someone with ulterior motives, the students of the Imperial College will explode like a powder keg in an instant."

"Your Majesty, you can't arrest all the students of the Imperial College, right? That's unrealistic."

Emperor Qing flicked his sleeves and looked at him, "Li Chengde, what new ideas do you have?"

Li Chengde smiled calmly, "I don't have any tricks, but I do have an open plot."

Emperor Qing was not surprised by this.

What Li Chengde is best at is open conspiracy!
He openly sets traps for people to fall into, but people have to follow his pace!

In fact, Emperor Qing did not think that killing a chicken to scare the monkeys could always intimidate the group of people in the Imperial Academy.

The newspaper published information related to Lin Ruofu, which was obviously intended to remind them of Lin Ruofu's fate.

But even so, the doctors of the Imperial College still expressed their dissatisfaction with the new policy in private.

Under their leadership, students of the Imperial College had complaints about the cabinet system.

Especially when the prince replaced the former prime minister and became the head of all officials, it was even more difficult for this group of people to accept.

Faced with this situation, Emperor Qing plans to adopt the method used by Li Chengde and directly frame him!
After all, if there is no explicit rule prohibiting discussion of related topics, then we can only find a reason to arrest them.

But there are thousands of students in the Imperial College. We can’t throw them all into jail, right?
Even if all the prisons of Kyoto Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, the Censorate and the East Factory were used, there would still not be enough space to accommodate so many people!
So we can only kill the chicken to scare the monkey and serve as a warning to others.

However, this method can only suppress it temporarily, and it will be forgotten after a while.

Therefore, Emperor Qing urgently needs a solution that will solve the problem once and for all.

"Your Majesty, since those students from the Imperial College like to criticize current affairs, let them speak freely!"

Li Chengde proposed an opposite idea.

This moment made Emperor Qing stunned.

He is now being troubled by these students from the Imperial College. Instead of helping him suppress the related remarks, Li Chengde encourages those people from the Imperial College to step up their efforts?
This is because they are worried that his throne is too secure, so they are trying to find something for him to do, right? !
Before Emperor Qing could get angry, Li Chengde began to explain, "Your Majesty, you should know the role of newspapers, right?"

Emperor Qing is very clear about this!

When Ye Qingmei proposed to create gossip news, he immediately saw the possible negative effects that newspapers might bring.

Therefore, since the newspaper was founded in the first year of the Qingli period, he had to read all the content personally before approving it for publication, and it was still under exclusive control of the royal family.

With the double insurance, the newspapers founded by the royal family have not encountered any problems so far. "Newspapers are very easy to spread. If the students have the opportunity to let more people see their ideas through newspapers, what will they do?"

Li Chengde raised a question.

But it goes without saying that the students will actively contribute to this newspaper!

But this will give rise to a new problem. If we really allow them to submit articles to newspapers, won't more people be led astray?
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much." Li Chengde shook his head.

“People will never understand each other. As long as someone puts forward a point of view, there will definitely be new points of view that correspond to it.”

"The end result is that both sides blasted each other in the newspapers, and neither could convince the other."

"At times like this, with a little guidance, we can completely control the direction of public opinion!"

"We can even expand it a little bit. Whenever the imperial court releases a new policy, we can directly find someone to mindlessly belittle it in the newspaper, thereby stimulating people's rebellious psychology."

“Then find someone with the opposite view to publish an article, comprehensively refute the other party’s view, and then analyze the new policy so that people can gradually understand it.”

"And this kind of posting and scolding each other is a form of entertainment that people love to watch. No one doesn't like to watch the fun!"

After hearing these words, Emperor Qing suddenly became enlightened!

It is better to guide than to block. Since there is no way to make the students of the Imperial College shut up completely, then we should find a way to guide the speech and make it develop in a direction that is beneficial to the court!
From now on, this newspaper will replace the status of celebrities and become a holy place yearned for by scholars all over the world!
Moreover, this will also create an image of a wise monarch who is open to all scholars in the world!

This is simply a feat!

"Your Majesty, there is one thing you need to pay attention to. You cannot use the existing royal newspaper to do this directly. Instead, you need to authorize another bookstore to print a brand new newspaper!"

As soon as Li Chengde said this, Emperor Qing laughed, "After all this talk, you were waiting for me here?"

Li Chengde was not surprised and said calmly: "I, your son's No. 1 Bookstore in the World, is willing to help your Majesty solve your worries."

Emperor Qing hesitated for a moment, "Alright! But you know the rules, don't let me down."

Li Chengde immediately accepted the order, "Before each issue is published, I will let Your Majesty review it first."

Emperor Qing nodded slightly. If that was the case, then he had no objection.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I think your royal newspaper should also be revised." Li Chengde spoke again.

"Oh?" Emperor Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, "Tell me in detail, how do I want to change it?"

Li Chengde said slowly, "Your Majesty, since you want to make gossip, why not make it completely entertaining."

"The royal newspaper only publishes amusing content, and even serializes some absurd stories."

"As for the major events that occurred in Kyoto, Your Majesty can have someone create a new journal to publish relevant information."

"For example, Lin Ruofu formed a clique for personal gain, resigned as prime minister and returned home, the six ministries made new adjustments, and Wenyuan Pavilion changed..."

"In addition, we will establish a journal to allow celebrities from all over the world to publish their new works on it, whether it is articles or poems, with no restrictions on the subject matter."

"But one thing is that the space in each issue is limited, so only the best articles are eligible for publication."

When Emperor Qing heard the suggestions made by Li Chengde, his eyes sparkled.

He has always been afraid of the influence of newspapers on public opinion, but he was trapped in a dead end.

Although this thing is a double-edged sword, wouldn't it be fine as long as he keeps holding the hilt?

This set of operations not only released the emotions of scholars all over the world, but also enabled the authority to annotate and interpret scriptures to be taken away from the famous scholars of the Northern Qi Dynasty!

From now on, as long as you fail to appear in the newspaper, your title of celebrity will be greatly discounted!

Just like this, without bloodshed, the world's literary world will regard Qing Dynasty as the orthodox!

This move is simply amazing!
Emperor Qing was full of praise.

At the same time, he was also glad that Tianmai was his son. What would happen if Northern Qi got him?

However, he also realized a new problem.

The number of newspapers printed cannot be too small, otherwise it will be difficult for scholars all over the world to access these journals.

At the same time, the price cannot be set too high, otherwise those poor scholars will have no money to buy newspapers.

In this way, profits will be squeezed to the extreme!

It is even possible to lose money.

Thinking of this, Emperor Qing looked puzzled, "Li Chengde, how do you make money from this?"

(End of this chapter)