Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 795

Chapter 795

"Good, very good."

Liu Chang looked at the newspaper in his hand approvingly, and happily patted Master Yan on the shoulder.

"You young man, you are so experienced in doing things!"

The master father Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "It's all because of your majesty's knowledge, and it is definitely not the merit of the ministers!"

Mei Cheng on the side looked helplessly at the two of them flattering each other. As a literati, he really couldn't bear that face to join forces with the father Yan. Although the two of them did this together, his face was full of resistance. .

As a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, Mei Cheng has always had lofty aspirations, and does not go with the world. He writes poems and articles with a few like-minded people to praise each other, you praise me, I praise you, everyone scolds the powerful Yes, of course, if the rich man is willing to win him over and support him, then that's a different matter. You can also write articles to praise the rich man. After all, the rich and powerful who are willing to support literati are considered romantic and worthy of praise.

Literati like Zhu Fuyan and those who study knowledge like Shen Pei look down on these literati who can only write and write, and this kind of literati also look down on literati who do business. They think that this type of literati is selling themselves for glory , full of stench, on the contrary, he praised people like Shen Pei, and dared not speak their right and wrong at all.

There are all kinds of literati gathered around Liu Chang, and Mei Cheng is one of the best.

At this moment, what Liu Chang held in his hand was the latest newspaper from the temple.

It's called "Open Poster".

A simple and easy-to-understand name is of course Liu Chang's own masterpiece. After Tian Lubo brought back the good news, Liu Chang began to think about it. How to increase Kaihai's influence?After much deliberation, Liu Chang finally settled on the newspaper. With the development of Dahan, the role of newspaper is getting stronger and stronger. It has become the most important tool of public opinion in the world. The county school system has been implemented for many years. Dahan's literacy Rates are skyrocketing.

A large number of enlightenment teaching materials have appeared. With the birth of papermaking and printing, books have swept the country. After two or three years of study, children can master thousands of characters, simple mathematical applications, etc., not only the emergence of high-level talents, The literacy rate at the bottom is also increasing crazily. According to Zhang Xiang's calculations, he estimates that the literacy rate of the Han people today has exceeded 15.00%.

Many people also talked about the things recorded in the newspapers, and even reading newspapers became a common hobby of Han people.

This can actually be seen from the contents of the newspaper.

The original newspapers were purely noble reading materials. Apart from recording many important events in the temple, they were just some academic controversies. Even if ordinary people got them, they would not be able to understand them. Novelists began to publish their own stories in newspapers, and some newspapers also began to publish local anecdotes, as well as merchants and trades. There were a lot of popular content, which the aristocrats didn't like, but the lower class people read it very enthusiastically.

Because of this incident, the Department of Tongwen was impeached by the dignitaries earlier.

Several ministers wrote a letter, thinking that the content of the newspaper should be strictly censored. They feel that today's newspapers are becoming more and more vulgar and have lost their original elegance.

And what they call vulgar is actually some commercial information, novels, anecdotes, strange anecdotes and so on.

Liu Chang happily called them into the Hall of Houde and asked them to read the so-called "vulgar" newspaper for him for three days. The discussions here never end.

Liu Chang has also strengthened his control over newspapers. Dahan does not allow private newspapers to be opened. They must be posted under Dahan's Communication Department and reviewed by a special person. It is because at this moment, this thing is too lethal. If it is handed over to If it is controlled by private individuals, the harm it will cause is simply too great, and the local government has been doing its best to crack down on privately engaged in the newspaper industry.

No matter how you say it, the influence of the newspapers is reflected. If the rest of the war was in the past, the people would not know about it, but under the influence of the newspapers, people from all over the Han Dynasty are talking about it passionately. This event made Zhou Yafu completely famous throughout the world, after all, it occupied the front page of the newspaper three times in a row.

This time, Zhu Fuyan and Mei Cheng are in charge of jointly making a poster for Liu Chang.

Liu Chang carefully looked at the newspaper in his hand, and was very satisfied with it.

The master father said in a low voice: "According to His Majesty's order, we have written down the achievements of the voyages in these years, and the deeds of merchants who have made fortunes in various places."

Liu Chang blinked, "Is it true?"

The master father Yan nodded, "It is true that there are real people and real things. They were done by Mei Cheng, and they are absolutely true."

Liu Chang looked at Mei Cheng. Mei Cheng seemed a little displeased. Although there were real people and real stories, there were still a lot of exaggerated content. He said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I have properly retouched the pen."

Liu Chang saw his displeasure, and immediately burst out laughing.

"You don't want to be like this, it's still very necessary to properly embellish the pen, if you don't write out the benefits of opening the sea, how can you start the wave of the great voyage?"

Master Yan asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, is this really useful?"

"It's useful, but it's so useful. You don't know. Although my fourth brother has a lot of prejudice against merchants, there is a saying that is true. Merchants are more interested in profit. Where there is interest, there will be merchants. I will give you Let’s just say, once this newspaper is published, when merchants learn about the huge benefits overseas, and know that there are unmanned gold mines everywhere, and they can get ten times or twenty times the benefits in one trip to the sea, you can’t stop it even if you want to Stop them, they will go to sea with all their might!!!”

"By that time, even the Forbidden Sea will be useless."

Zhu Fuyan hurriedly nodded, "Your Majesty is wise!!"

"It's just that I still don't understand why His Majesty is so obsessed with overseas?"

"Overseas are full of treasures. When you look at them, you think they are deserted islands. To me, they look like treasure houses that no one has mined. Even if we can't mine them now, we have to occupy them and leave them to future generations. When the time comes, you will definitely be the treasure house because of this." It’s a matter of fame and history, don’t worry!”

Lord Father Yan nodded thoughtfully, "Don't worry, Your Majesty! This matter will definitely be handled!!"

Mei Cheng sighed and remained silent.

Liu Chang waved his hand and let the master father Yan leave first, leaving only Mei Cheng. Liu Chang squinted his eyes and asked, "Mr. Mei, looking at you is not happy?"

"I'm just not good at deceiving people."

"Liar? I think these few articles you have published in the newspaper surpass all the articles you have written in the past!"

Liu Chang stood up and said very seriously: "As a citizen of a big man, you have to contribute to the big man. I am like this, and so are you. You can live in Chang'an comfortably and write articles and poems with peace of mind. Fu, not to suffer from the war, not to be bullied by others, it is all because of the strength of the great man, if the great man declines, can you still be like this now?! Not to mention, if I hadn't defeated Maodun at the beginning, now You can't tell where the sheep are herded!"

"I don't mean to say that your daily articles don't have the slightest contribution, but the contribution is far less than it is now. Opening the sea involves a hundred years of Han Dynasty. No, it is the interests of the entire China for thousands of years. If you don't pay attention to overseas, you will suffer sooner or later. If you don’t know this, I won’t blame you, but I still want you to help me with all my strength, don’t moan for nothing. I don’t like the articles written by these literati now. The Book of Songs in the past will tell the situation of the people and the lives of the people. , but today's literati are ashamed of the lower class, ashamed of doing things, talking loudly all day long, with an appearance of being superior, if this continues, you will be infamous for thousands of years!!"

Mei Cheng turned pale with shock, widened his eyes, and looked at the emperor in front of him.

"This time, it's a good opportunity for you to follow the master and father to do more things, learn about temple affairs, and see things at the bottom. Among many literati, I appreciate you very much, because your articles are not pure complaints, you can see the situation of the people."

"Go for it, one day, you'll understand what I mean."

Mei Cheng saluted, and then left Houde Hall.

As soon as the two left, Lu Lu couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Majesty, what mistake did I make?"

"Ah? Why did you say that?"

"Why aren't I allowed to participate in this opening of the sea? I have a lot of merchant ships under my command, and there are all over the place."

Liu Chang curled his lips, "I can't let you participate. You are very skilled in these things, but I am still very worried. If you are allowed to participate in the formulation, you will give priority to how to make money. I am not opening the sea to make you better. The earning money is for the temple, the starting point is different, you should wait here with peace of mind."

Lu Lu said with some grief and indignation: "I am the Marquis of Jiancheng, not a merchant. Why does Your Majesty despise me so much?"

"I despise you so much, what can you do?"

Lu Lu was immediately discouraged. What else could he do when he encountered a rogue emperor?

Liu Chang ignored him, but just flipped through the memorial. After reading it for a while, Liu Chang was furious, "You bastard!! I'm busy with state affairs here, and this fellow dares to cause trouble in Chang'an!"

Lu Lu was taken aback, and was about to ask, when Liu Chang roared angrily: "Send someone to capture King Xia back for me!!"

When Liu An led the Northwest Three Kings happily into the Hall of Houde, they heard bursts of miserable cries.

When the four of them walked in, they saw Liu Ci hanging on the wall, Liu Chang was holding shoes, and Liu Ci screamed after beating him.

Seeing his eldest brother coming, Liu Ci hurriedly called for help.

Liu An was also hard to watch, and quickly stood in front of the two of them, "Father! What are you doing? Don't get angry, don't get angry!"

Liu Chang said angrily: "This Shuzi is not a man, he doesn't give me peace of mind at all. I just received the report from Chang'an Order, saying that he led the dignitaries in the city, and the soldiers dared not approach him, and he was still fighting with people outside the city." How can I spare him a fight!!"

Liu Ci shouted: "Father, please forgive me. Huh?? Carriage? Fight??"

Liu Ci suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "You're wronged!! My car was damaged by Xia Houci, how can I get rid of it? I've been studying military science for the past few days, where can I fight with people?! Chang'an ordered me to be framed! !"

The faces of Liu An and the Northwest Three Kings changed drastically, and Liu An even frowned hastily, and reprimanded loudly: "Thank you! A man must be brave! If you make a mistake, you are doing it wrong! Why lie?!"

Liu Ci screamed: "I really don't have it! This dog-infested Chang'an order! I must not spare him!!"

Liu An said solemnly: "Father, you still don't want to get angry because of this Shuzi. I will discipline him instead of you. Please rest assured."

Liu Xiang also said hastily: "Yes, yes, this Li Zi has not pleaded guilty yet, Father Zhong must not be so angry because of him."

At this moment, Liu Chang slowly narrowed his eyes, "There is a nobleman from the clan who is riding a car in the city, fighting outside the city, the soldiers dare not approach, the ministers are afraid, and dare not restrain, so that His Majesty will know that the nobleman from the clan is you! These sticks!"

"Father Zhong, listen to our explanation"

Soon, all five of them knelt down in front of Liu Chang, and Liu Chang sat on top, putting away his shoes.

All five of them looked in distress, but Liu Ci was the most aggrieved. He was looking angrily at the brothers around him, and scolded: "You committed crimes, but I was beaten for no reason. I am not strong. If you are strong, you must fight back!"

Liu Chang glared at him, "You're not a good person either. Since you didn't make a mistake, why didn't you justify yourself when I hit you? It's clear that you have a ghost in your heart!"

"Father Zhong, it's our fault."

Liu Chang looked at the three idiots in the Northwest with blue noses and swollen faces in front of him, and he became even more angry, "And the three of you, who just made meritorious service in the body, are arrogant and gone? A crown prince, three princes and kings, are you too angry?" No wonder the soldiers dare not get close, it seems that you are all old and unwilling to do anything, but what you did!!"

Liu Ang said unconvinced: "Father Zhong! We are right!"

"You don't know, that thief is too much of a bully. We were playing in Chang'an City, and we didn't cause trouble at all. We saw a person playing in the street with a person who couldn't see him. He deliberately threw objects in front of that person, wanting to see him stumble. I didn't hold back at that time, and I went up to beat him, but he had quite a lot of followers, pestering us, but he ran away by himself, and we chased them in the car, and caught up with them outside the city. It’s just beating Father Zhong, don’t you think we’re doing something wrong?”

Liu Chang frowned suddenly, "Where did such a bad person come from?"

"When we beat him, he had a big background and said that he was a close relative of the Lu family, heh, it was his close relative of the Lu family who beat him."

Liu Chang said calmly, "You can't say that."

Then he lowered his voice and asked, "Is the beating hard enough? Did you remember the name?"

"The beating is so ruthless. I guess I will never dare to bully others again in this life. I almost knocked his eyes off and remembered the name."

Liu Ang said happily.

Liu Chang nodded, "Well, as a vassal king, it's best not to fight in private. In such a situation, you can report it to the officials and let the officials handle it."

"Well, we will report to the official after we finish the fight."

Liu Chang sat in the upper position, looked at the few people in front of him, told Liu Ci to leave first, and then looked at the three Youzi.

"I have completely entrusted the matter to the three of you in the Northwest. Qi, you are the most strategic among them. I know your thoughts and your actions over the years, but I don't care. You are no different from my children, you all take me as your father. If you want to expand your territory and become a generation of virtuous kings, I don’t care about you, but come on, you have to love your brothers. Don't forget about them, especially An, and cooperate with him more and help him more!"

Liu Qi hurriedly bowed his head and said yes.

"卬, you have a brave personality, quite like me, but governing the country is not your strong point, you should listen to your two brothers more, don't do things recklessly, don't get too involved in governing the country, listen to your subordinates' advice more Remonstrance, and your brother's opinion."

"only!"

"Xiang, you are the oldest, and you have done a good job in these years. It's a pity that you don't have the determination to open up like Qi. It's not a bad thing to be content with the status quo. But as an elder brother, don't always stare at your own one-acre three-pointer Land, if Qi is in a hurry to deal with some important matter, no matter the consequences, you can drag him. If you are stupid and refuse to listen to advice, you can drag him. The three of you should work together and work together. Only in this way can the Northwest be peaceful."

"Next, I'm probably going to be busy with overseas affairs. I'll leave all the affairs in the northwest to you three. I hope you three don't let me down!"

The three kings hurriedly saluted, and they all said yes.

Only then did Liu Chang look at Liu An, and ordered: "Take them to do something serious, don't do such childish behavior again!"

"only!!"

Sending off these scorpions, Liu Chang couldn't help but put a smile on the corner of his mouth. Liu Chang was quite relieved when Dahan Northwest handed over these three scorpions. Well, the three of them also played together to grow up, and their relationship is not bad, at least in this generation, nothing will happen.You can also handle overseas affairs with peace of mind, without being too distracted and frontier.

In a few years, when Lianghe Ci is in power, the northern frontier will be a trio of kings. They are all brothers and will support each other. With the second child in charge, the pressure on the temple will be less.

Wait for them to have more children and see if there is a particularly wise second son among them, who can be sealed to the south.

Although the enfeoffment system has many disadvantages, it is really practical at the moment.

As soon as the three kings walked out of the palace, they were stopped by Liu Ci.

"Several brothers, because of you, I was beaten up. If you don't give me some compensation, can't you justify it?"

Looking at the miserable Liu Ci in front of them, several people couldn't help laughing.

"It should be given, it should be given."

Only then did Liu Ci feel less resentful, and he said solemnly: "Brothers, when I am in the country, if you have anything to do, just give orders, and my more than 200 million cavalry will rush to you at any time to protect you." !"

"Two million cavalry? Well, what compensation do we need for this? I only have 200 cavalry in the whole country, so you should help us!"

"Don't, don't, there are only a few hundred knights in our country"

(End of this chapter)