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"Administration?"

Sun Lei stroked his chin and thought. He had never really given this matter much thought. Now that he thought about it, this telegraph office would soon become a domestic information center.

"Mr. Wen, do you have any good candidates?"

Sun Lei looked at Wen Huanzhang and asked.

"This... I... don't have any good candidates at the moment!"

Wen Huanzhang shook his head and said that the telegraph was a new thing, he didn't understand it, and he had no idea how to choose the candidate.

"Then go ask the cabinet!"

Sun Lei stood up and went to the cabinet, and Wen Huanzhang hurriedly followed.

Xiao Jiasui and others who were handling government affairs heard the greetings from the guards at the door. They knew that the emperor had arrived, so they quickly got up and went to the door to greet him.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

Xiao Jiasui and a group of cabinet members lined up at the door to greet them.

"No need to be so polite! Sit down!"

As Sun Lei spoke, he walked to the main seat and sat down.

Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang took the cabinet members and sat down on both sides.

"Mr. Wen just told me about the management issues at the telegraph office. Mr. Wen currently doesn't have a good candidate. Do you have anyone to recommend?"

Sun Lei looked at everyone and asked.

"This……"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had just been discussing the candidate issue, but they didn't expect the emperor to come and ask directly.

After a brief silence, someone recommended a candidate, but after discussion, everyone felt that it was not suitable because the telegraph office involved too many confidential information.

"Your Majesty, I think we can choose from the graduates of the school!"

Xiao Jiasui spoke up when she saw that none of the people recommended were suitable.

"Graduates from the school? Elder Xiao, those are young people around 20 years old. Aren't they too young?"

Some people raised objections. Although the telegraph office was only responsible for telegram transmission, it was now spread throughout the State of Qi. Not to mention its importance, its management alone required extremely strong capabilities.

"I've thought about this. In fact, the telegraph office is not that complicated. The key lies in the telegraph technology. As for management, it is even simpler than an ordinary store. Experience is not the most important thing!"

Xiao Jiasui said that other industries might require sufficient experience, but the entire telegraph office was newly established and everything was new. The previous experience was not applicable at all, so it would be better to find someone who was familiar with technology.

"That's settled then. We'll select a group of people from the school to take up the positions! This will be considered a match between the majors, and employment will also be solved!"

Sun Lei nodded.

"Also, Mr. Wen just gave me some inspiration. I want to start a newspaper that will be distributed all over the country!"

Sun Lei looked at everyone again and said that this was what he suddenly thought of just now. He almost forgot about newspapers. In the era when he lived in, newspapers were already a sunset industry. The Internet age, the information age, and the short video age directly replaced traditional newspapers, radio stations, and television stations.

"newspaper?"

Everyone was somewhat confused when they heard this word.

"It is a medium for publishing news! Some national decrees and important domestic events can be published on it for the people to read and understand."

“For example, if we set up a telegraph office, we can publish it in newspapers and sell it nationwide, so that people will know about the existence of the telegraph office and understand it.”

"For example, news of the army's victory, news of conscription, news of tax cuts, new science and technology..."

Sun Lei looked at everyone and talked about the newspaper. He was not planning to print advertisements yet. After all, the newspaper was just starting out, so it was better to keep it clean.

Everyone immediately understood the benefits of newspapers. This was to allow complete information exchange throughout the country. The decrees of the morning court could spread throughout the country the next day, which was countless times faster than previous notices.

Of course, everyone knows that everything originated from the development of the telegraph, which greatly shortened the time it takes to transmit information. Otherwise, it would take a long time for information to be transmitted from all over the world. "You don't have to sell the newspaper too expensively. Printing and papermaking are cheap now. Just sell a newspaper for ten cents."

Sun Lei said that the price cannot be set too high. After all, what he wanted most was for ordinary people to read newspapers, learn about national affairs, and keep up with the pace of the country.

As for the rich, Sun Lei would sell a newspaper for one gold coin and those people would buy it without blinking an eye.

Of course, newspapers cannot be too cheap. There are costs for writing, telegraph, paper, printing, and sales. Newspapers cannot survive on subsidies. They need to rely on the market to survive in the long run.

"Your Majesty, this newspaper is beneficial to the country. Your Majesty is wise!"

Everyone bowed to Sun Lei.

"Don't be so wise. It's still a question of who to choose. This newspaper needs someone to manage it, at least an editor-in-chief. After it's finished, it will be sent to the national telegraph office, and then printed and sold."

Sun Lei looked at everyone and said.

"This... Your Majesty, I do have a candidate, but..."

A cabinet member spoke up.

"Just what, just say it if you have something to say!"

Sun Lei simply waved his hand.

"It's just that this person is an official from the previous dynasty...his identity is a bit sensitive!"

The cabinet member said that although Qi State did not have the habit of discriminating against officials of the previous dynasty, there would be some subconscious rejection.

"Tell me who it is first!"

Sun Lei looked at the cabinet member and asked.

"Zhao Ding, a native of Wenxi, Jiezhou, once served in the previous dynasty and has now returned to his hometown. He is well-known for his virtue, his sense of responsibility, his knowledge of classics and poetry, and his ability to paint..."

The cabinet member spoke.

"Do you know Zhao Ding?"

Sun Lei looked at the cabinet member and asked.

"Your Majesty, I was born in Shanxi and I know a little about Zhao Ding. I also met him when I was studying abroad in my early years."

The cabinet member said without hiding anything.

"Well, this guy is great. In addition to understanding literature and writing good articles, newspapers also need to know how to write, especially the art of painting. Newspapers can't just be black and white words, that would be too boring!"

Sun Lei nodded and said, since the newspaper will be circulated all over the country, it must look good, and the editor-in-chief must have some artistic skills and understand aesthetics.

"Then you should send someone to summon him!"

Sun Lei nodded in agreement. The position of a newspaper editor was not considered an official position, so it did not need to be so formal.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Liu Qi and Wu Jie will be returning to Liangshan City in a few days. They will be accompanied by a Tibetan monk. I heard that he is a senior monk from the Dalun Temple in the Daxue Mountain of Tibet. His name is Jiumozhi, nicknamed Dalun Mingwang."

Xiao Jiasui replied.

"Jiu Mozhi? Mahalakshatra? What is he doing here?"

When Sun Lei heard the name Jiumozhi, he instantly became interested. The image of Jiumozhi pretending to be cool appeared in his mind. That Great Wheel King was a master at pretending to be cool.

"I heard that he wanted to meet His Majesty, but Liu Qi said that Jiumozhi seemed to come for Tibetan Buddhism. The serfs there had just been liberated, and the people were all devoted to our Qi State. Those Tibetan monks could not sit still."

Xiao Jiasui said.

"I have defeated the Tang Dynasty and these Tibetans are still trying to resist. They really don't know how to live or die."

Sun Lei sneered and said, "Don't think that the plateau is a lawless place." (End of this chapter)