Jingzhao, Chang'an.
The Son of Heaven has been closed to the door, ignoring the government for two months, the Chang'an City gathered not only did not reduce, but there are more and more, these days, the most lively in the whole Chang'an City is a few streets outside the palace, according to the recent collection of commercial taxes, just these two months, Chang'an City's commercial tax revenue has risen by as much as two percent.
In the mansion, Man Zhong frowned and looked at the information handed to him by Liu Ye, and his restless mood calmed down a little.
"Let them make trouble, under the rule of His Majesty, these families can't afford to make waves, what they really have to worry about is the Kanto Gate Valve" Liu Ye shook his head and sighed.
The military power is in the hands of Liu Xie, and economically Liu Xie controls the royal trading house, and the income brought by the family every year is not as good as the tip of the iceberg Chang'an Bookstore is still open, that is, those families, although they resent that the peddlers and pawns can go with them to buy books, but the rules are there, and they can only call more domestic servants to occupy the field, and no one dares to openly break the rules, so although Chang'an is making trouble now, as the uncle of the Han Emperor, he is not in a hurry at all.
"But in the long run, where is the prestige of the king" full of favor on a coffin face, rare with a little anger, although in recent times, there are flying pigeons in the distance, and there are also Wei Zhong leading the eunuchs in the palace to run to pass the news, although the counties frequently resigned, but under the normal operation of the tiger Benwei and Tingwei, there was no chaos, but for two months, the palace gate was blocked by these scholars, where is the royal majesty Although the Tingwei Mansion is a law enforcement department, it is actually a department that maintains the majesty of the imperial court, and seeing a large number of so-called celebrities taking the lead in gathering people to besiege the palace, but they can't do anything, this heart is really uncomfortable.
"This is also something that can't be helped, if it weren't for that, how could His Majesty's plan go smoothly" Liu Ye shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Eh, Your Majesty still has a plan" Man Zhong heard this, and his first reaction was that his head was big, just now, the Chang'an Tingwei Mansion was too busy, if His Majesty made any more trouble, I am afraid he would not even have time to rest like now.
"Don't worry, the next competition is not in Chang'an, but in the world."
Liu Ye said with a smile.
"The world" looked at Liu Ye with bewilderment.
"Well, but then, some of the court captains and tiger guards in the counties under the rule of the imperial court are busy, so you'd better go and discuss with Na Shi'a first."
Liu Ye nodded: "The layout of the bookstore in the world is just a trick. ” "What does it mean" is even more confusing.
"The role of the bookstore is to let the world know the existence and efficacy of engraving printing, and then it is His Majesty's real killer move, when the time comes, even if they burn down the bookstore and even the Ministry of Industry, they will be powerless."
Liu Ye sneered and looked out the door.
"Can Ziyang finish it all at once" Man Chong frowned and looked at Liu Ye dissatisfied.
"The establishment of bookstores in the state capitals is just a disguise, Your Majesty's real intention is to flow the process of printing to the people through the channels of the royal trading house, this thing, the imperial court is not ready to keep it privately, as long as some craftsmen have a template, they can do it, and the caravans sent to various places at the beginning have brought a lot of templates to leave."
Liu Ye looked at the expression of surprise on Manzhong's face with satisfaction.
"The value of this book, I don't need to say it, I believe that these days, the grand occasion of the Chang'an Bookstore, when Berning can see it, when these things can be done in a small workshop, Berning thinks that these scholars surround the palace all day long, forcing His Majesty to close the Chang'an Bookstore, what is the point" Liu Ye said with a smile.
"This" Manzhong felt that something was wrong, in this way, everyone in the world could make books, and the advantages that Liu Xie had painstakingly created were not gone, after all, he could read at home, who would come all the way to Chang'an "During this period, in addition to protecting the new bookstores in various places, the Tingwei Mansion and the Tiger Benwei also had to monitor the price of books, and the price of books in any bookstore should not exceed 10% of the price of books in Chang'an and Luoyang."
Liu Ye handed an edict to Man Chong and said with a smile.
"It's just like this" Man Chong took the edict and read it, and said suspiciously: "Under the rule of the imperial court, the Tingwei Mansion can naturally manage it, but if you are in other states and counties, I am afraid that it will not be able to catch it."
"Other states and counties, they are willing to open as many as they want, Your Majesty wishes they would raise the price of books even higher."
Liu Ye sneered.
Full of favors, indeed, the value of this book must be more than that, especially in the hearts of people who are interested in reading, it is a priceless treasure, but even so, after all, the financial resources of ordinary people are limited, and the children of the family can buy a book with their daughters, but ordinary poor disciples do not have this financial resources, and the bookstores under the rule of other princes do not have the supervision of the imperial court, and it is the instinct of businessmen to pursue profits.
The private bookstores opened under the rule of the princes only raised the price of books even higher.
And after the contrast and gap, it will only make more poor scholars or poor children who have the heart to learn rush to Guanzhong, this is another trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and calculate human nature, full of favors at this time have to sigh, Your Majesty is playing with this bottom of the kettle is getting more and more slippery.
"Please tell Your Majesty that the Tingwei Mansion will live up to Your Majesty's trust."
Man Pet nodded vigorously and bowed.
"Just pay attention to this matter, Berning doesn't have to be so solemn, there are restrictions from the royal trading houses, at least in this pass, there are few traders who dare to oppose the royal trading houses."
Liu Ye waved his hand and said with a smile.
The business community has its own rules in the business world, as the leader of the business community in Guanzhong, in fact, in Liu Xie's view, the existence of the royal business house is a little deformed, after all, the political color behind it is too strong, in short, it has become a privileged class in the business world, and the imperial court has become a role in creating wealth from the original role of distributing wealth, which is unreasonable, but there is no way, such as today's chaos, the country is divided, the economic lifeline must be held in their own hands, and today's business circle has not yet reached the point of market economy, as for the transformation of business, Liu Association left a seed, and as for when it will sprout and bear fruit, it will be left to future generations.
At present, at least in Guanzhong, Luoyang and even Nanyang, the Royal Commercial House is definitely the leader of the business world, with the absolute right to speak, books, if let go, in a short period of time, it is indeed a huge profit, but after a long time, when there are many books to the flood, this huge profit will naturally be gone, after all, things are scarce and expensive, what is more, then it is not worth it.
Although the Ministry of Industry has the most advanced equipment and skilled workers in printing, the technical content of engraving printing itself is not high, rather than wasting great efforts to invest in this area, it is better to spread the technology and let more people join in, at that time, it is not their own or a few princes in the confrontation with the family class, but in addition to the family class in the other classes in the confrontation with the family class.
During this time, Liu Xie has been allowing scholars to protest around the palace, for these layouts, and now, according to the information from the secret guards, there have been several counties near Chang'an that have seen vendors selling books, and several private bookstores have also appeared in Xiliang, and further information has not yet been transmitted, but according to Liu Xie's judgment, other states and counties should also begin to appear, this is the turning point, at this time, the scholars are consumed here, there is no need, even if Liu Xie closes the two major bookstores in Chang'an and Luoyang, it will not change any problems.
The confrontation with the family, this is just the beginning, only Liu Xie himself, he will definitely not be able to fight a class, but in this world, it is not only the royal family and scholars, the power of the masses is infinite, they may be small, but once gathered, they have the power to subvert a dynasty, how to mobilize these forces to help themselves fight against the scholar class, is what Liu Xie has to consider.
Just as a great man in later generations said, unite all the forces that can be united, workers, farmers, merchants, in this world except for scholars, there are too many forces that can be united around the imperial power, it depends on how to mobilize, but tax cuts, public opinion is not enough, we have to give them hope, to create more conflicts between them and the scholar class, today is only a part of it, but as long as the time is ripe, he can mobilize another part.
Not only is it full of favor here, but the tiger guards also got the news, Shi A began to send people to the counties, responsible for supervising the law enforcement of the tiger guards in the counties, and the Tingwei Mansion was also under the transfer of the full favor, and the Tingwei Guards were more closely connected with the Tingwei in various places, and when these scholars in Guanzhong were still surrounding the palace and refused to leave, another big net compiled by Liu Xie had been covered again at the speed that the scholars had not yet reacted.
Standing on the highest attic of the Chengming Palace, looking down at the bustling crowd outside the palace gate, the corners of Liu Xie's mouth flashed with coldness, this farce that lasted for more than two months should also be stopped.
"Wei Zhong."
After a while, Liu Xie turned around and walked straight to a table, and Qiao Ying on the side obediently began to help Liu Xie grind.
"The slave is here."
Wei Zhong trotted over to Liu Xie and bowed.
A brush on the paper to write, in an instant has been written an edict, Liu Xie covered the jade seal, followed by the next one, wrote five edicts in a row, Liu Xie stopped waving the pen, dried the ink on the edict, handed it to Wei Zhong and said: "Seal these three letters and send them to the Royal Commercial Bank, Zhen Yao, Su Idiot, Zhang Shiping, one each, and the other two are handed over to Man Pet and Shi Ah respectively, so that they can act as soon as possible." ” Wei Zhong took the letter, and after receiving it separately, he saw that Liu Xie had no other instructions, so he took his leave and left.
"Since you dare to sweep my face, don't blame me for not being emotional" Sitting on a comfortable rattan chair, his eyes swept out of the window, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Liu Xie's mouth. t1706231537: