Just do it.Since you want to publish a newspaper, you must first solve the problem of paper, which is easy to solve.Paper is actually made of plant fibers, cotton, linen, silk, bamboo, wood, and unwanted cloth can make it.Even used paper can be recycled again, but the quality will be poor.Anyway, the paper used to print newspapers does not require to be delicate and snow-white, or to carry out 108 processes like rice paper, and then it will be passed down for thousands of years.Just make do with it.There is not much else outside Shenjing City, that is, there is a lot of wood, and it is best to cut down trees to make paper, and it is better for workers to do it, such as today's disasters and man-made disasters, and people are looking for jobs everywhere.Chongzhen planned to build several large paper mills, and he provided the technology, and then hired a group of displaced people to produce, and the paper produced could be sold for money and printed newspapers, and by the way, the employment problem of a large number of displaced people was solved.It's a triple win.Paper is easy to solve, but ink is difficult to do, the ancient method of making ink is very cumbersome, extremely labor-intensive, and the output is small, or how to say that reading is a rich man's play?
Brush, ink, paper, and inkstone are not something that the poor can consume.What smelting, hammering ink, gold painting, carving, etc., almost 20 processes, of course, carving and gold painting are the rich and noble people play elegantly, want to large-scale ink production these two procedures can be saved.However, it is also very troublesome to refine smoke and hammer ink, if only there were machines.The main thing is a simplified version of the ink, which is not very colored when writing and is easy to fade.It doesn't matter, anyway, the newspaper is not going to be stored for a long time, and if you read it, you will lose it.As for printing, Chongzhen only knows that there is movable type printing now, and he doesn't know anything else, but this kind of thing can be handed over to the Ministry of Industry to do Now the Ministry of Industry is Xu Guangqi, this person can be said to be a clear stream of the Ming Dynasty official system, and he is the first person in the world to open his eyes, and Chongzhen has a very good impression of him.The matter of publishing the newspaper is still left to Xu Guangqi to rest assured.Of course, Xu Guangqi alone will definitely not work, and Wen Tiren must also be counted.After thinking about it, Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to announce Xu Guangqi and Wen Tiren to meet him.When they came, Chongzhen was eating ice cheese, now the heat is unbearable, ice cream is the best way to cool off, the ice cream in the palace is also added with honey, raisins, diced fruits and other ingredients, it tastes fresh and sweet, very cool.In order to make Chongzhen even cooler, the hall was also full of big ice cubes, and bursts of cool air hit, not to mention how cool it was.Xu Guangqi has been busy promoting sweet potatoes and corn recently, and he has been very busy, but when he heard about the newspaper, he immediately became interested."
Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this newspaper is very good and can open up the wisdom of the people, but the paper and ink are too expensive, and if it is produced on a large scale, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to afford it."
Chongzhen waved his hand."
Aiqing don't worry about the money, I will immediately allocate a million taels of silver from the inner treasury and hand it over to you to take care of, and you can take a look at this."
Chongzhen handed over the modern improved papermaking method to Xu Guangqi, and Xu Guangqi took it over in a proper manner.As a result, the more I looked at it, the more frightened I became.Xu Guangqi's scientific literacy is very high, and some things can be understood at a glance, and he can immediately feel that the paper made according to Chongzhen's method is not as good as the quality of rice paper.But the advantage is that it can be mass-produced, and the quality of the paper is still acceptable, which is enough."
Xu Qing."
Chongzhen's voice came majestically, "I have ordered you to be in charge of distributing newspapers, building paper mills, recruiting workers, and printing. ”Xu Guangqi thought for a while, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, although newspapers can open up the wisdom of the people, but not many of my people are literate, even if they come out, who will read it?"
”Chongzhen smiled faintly."
Aiqing doesn't have to worry, I have an idea, the imperial court will pay for recruiting a group of literate Xiucai to be responsible for reading newspapers, and then build a newspaper reading hall, so that everyone can come and listen.""
In the newspaper reading hall, you can not only listen to the newspaper, but also prepare some equipment for exercising, so that the people can not only listen to the newspaper, but also exercise, which not only enhances the wisdom of the people, but also enhances the physical fitness of the people.Xu Guangqi was overjoyed, and he had to kneel down the mountain and shout long live."
Your Majesty."
Wen Tiren said cautiously, "Since ancient times, the common people have been the most difficult to teach, if their wisdom is opened, won't it add many unstable factors?
What if these Shengdou people have a different mind?
”Chongzhen understood that the rulers of ancient times liked to engage in policies of fooling the people, and the less the people understood, the more conducive to the stability of the political situation.But Chongzhen came from modern society, and his horizons are much broader than Xu Guangqi and others, and he deeply knows that the policy of fooling the people will only cause the people to lose their judgment, and it will be easier to be used by people with intentions.For example, the Donglin Party, which is the best at controlling public opinion.Chongzhen asked rhetorically, "Wen Aiqing has the most dealings with the Donglin Party, and he knows that it is not a good thing for them to mislead the country and the people, but why do the people give a thumbs up when they mention the Donglin Party?"
”The more Chongzhen spoke, the more angry he became, he slammed the table, and the frightened Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi hurriedly knelt down again."
The sour Confucianism who talks about misleading the country is admired, and the capable ministers who really work hard to prosper the country are slandered, all because the people's wisdom has not been opened, it is the easiest to be used!"
A sentence that wakes up the dreamer.Wen Tiren has dealt with the Donglin Party for so many years, and no one knows better than him the shamelessness and sanctimony of these guys.Didn't he squeeze Qian Qianyi's garbage out of the cabinet some time ago?
As a result, all the scholars in the world were about to scold him to death.Even the subordinates in the family secretly talked about him, and they were angry when they looked at him as if they were a big traitor.Thinking of this, Wen Tiren bowed sincerely, "Your Majesty Shengming, long live!"
Banzai!
Hooray!
”"Hahaha."
Chongzhen smiled heartily and made a joke, "You always say that I am long live, then I am not the thousand-year-old turtle and the eight-year-old king?"
”Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi were stunned, he looked at Chongzhen in astonishment, Wang Chengen almost fell to the ground, only to feel that the whole person was not good.Chongzhen also felt that this joke was too big, he was the emperor, the most noble person in the world, and suddenly said such a thing, it was strange that the courtiers could accept it?
Chongzhen smiled awkwardly.He then took out a piece of paper, densely covered with small print, which he had written as a newspaper template, exactly in the format of a modern newspaper.It is divided into different contents such as national events, happy laughter, advertisements, short stories, and intellectual games.Xu Aiqing, this is a template for our upcoming newspaper, you can take it and read it carefully. ”