This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 837 Volume Li Er's Strength

In recent years, under the deliberate guidance of Li Chengqian, the layout of the Ming Dynasty's business empire is indeed shocking.

At the beginning, every official in the Ming Dynasty could not understand it.

But as time went on, they discovered how far-sighted the Ming Dynasty's business layout was.

Let’s just say that they now have absolute confidence that they can assist their king and ascend the throne of the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why they are so confident is not just because the army gives them confidence...

In the words of Li Chengqian, the current Ming Dynasty is terribly powerful!
As for this point, it is actually not difficult to understand if you think about it.

Given Ming's current control over the business sector, if a full-scale conflict breaks out with Tang, or if something unexpected happens to the Tang emperor.

Putting aside the military aspect, the Ming Dynasty still has the ability to pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty from many aspects such as economy and public opinion.

This is their confidence.

What a joke, the employment base is millions of people, even Li Er would frown when hearing this number.

Compared with the rapid progress of Ming Daily.

Fang Xuanling has been in a dilemma recently.

Ever since he was busy with the referendum in Siam, he has shifted his work focus to the Tang Daily.

As a well-known old fox in the Tang Dynasty, how could he not see the role that the Tang Daily would play in the future?

Moreover, this will provide unprecedented help to the revitalization of culture and education.

Therefore, he really didn't want to miss such an opportunity. Even though he knew that Changsun Wuji had deliberately sent him away, he still rushed back as quickly as possible just for this.

But at this moment Fang Xuanling was in a dilemma. He felt helpless holding the newly printed newspaper.

"I was wondering why that old guy Changsun Wuji suddenly let go. It seems he also knows that this is not going to be a good job!" Wen Yanbo, who was standing aside, was looking at the newspaper on the table, and angrily threw it on the table.

"This is also due to our lack of consideration." Fang Xuanling didn't care what Changsun Wuji did, or what he wanted to do.

How fresh! Among those in the officialdom, how many people don’t want to contribute something?
Are Fang Xuanling and Wen Yanbo any better than Changsun Wuji?

It's normal to be selfish or ambitious.

If the whole court was filled with saint-like moral men, Li Er's sword would probably be useless.

Saints should be worshipped, but they should not get involved in officialdom.

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment before continuing, "We may really be old, and sometimes we can't keep up with the changes and progress of the world.

There were so many government-run businesses in the Ming Dynasty. Didn't we all laugh at them for not doing their jobs properly?
It was a laughing stock for the imperial court to engage in merchant activities. Later, they even set up a Ministry of Commerce specifically for merchants. How many people were waiting to see them make a fool of themselves?

But now looking back, I realize that he is the one who truly understands.

Judging from their current business scale, the Ming Dynasty court would not have to make any effort to publish a newspaper, just by having branches all over the world and the assistance of Changming Logistics, which can cover the entire world.

They can deliver their Da Ming Daily to anywhere they want.

In this regard, even the Tang Dynasty cannot reach it...

Just as the Ming Dynasty officials said before, they have an industrial and commercial system that is at least more complete than that of our Tang Dynasty.

Just on this point, we can’t compare.”

In the past, even Fang Xuanling did not think that the so-called industrial and commercial system of the Ming Dynasty could play a big role.

After all, the role of the imperial court is to govern a country, not to haggle over every penny in the business world like the Ming Dynasty did.

This is also the reason why they looked down on the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

But now, when they started to publish newspapers, they finally discovered the shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty.

They found that the Ming Dynasty was able to publish newspapers simultaneously in various places.

But in contrast, it was extremely difficult for the Tang Dynasty to achieve this.

All Fang Xuanling and his colleagues could think of was to deliver newspapers to all parts of the country through post stations spread across the country.

But even though the Tang Dynasty had more than a thousand post stations, there were nearly 20,000 post soldiers alone.

But Fang Xuanling was still not satisfied.

The Tang Daily must have been set up in Chang'an, and the newspaper could be sent to various places through post stations from Chang'an. In order to achieve simultaneous distribution in various places, one issue would have to be published at least every ten days.

But the Ming Dynasty could do it once every five days. If they in the Tang Dynasty could only do it once every ten days, who would they be slapping in the face?
Just based on this point, not to mention others, even Li Er cannot accept it.

"It's actually impossible." Wen Yanbo heard this and walked to the table beside him, staring at the distribution map of the post stations on the geomancy map, and said, "Even my Tang Dynasty can't do it, and his Ming Dynasty can't deliver newspapers to all places within five days, unless they publish earlier news every time."

At this point, Wen Yanbo sighed again and said, "But no earlier than ten days.

After all, information from all sides needs to be collected and screened...

If it is news too early, unless it is some unknown secret, it would have spread long ago and there would be little point in writing it in the newspaper.

Moreover, I have read every issue of their newspaper. Although I don’t want to admit it, I have to say that the news is definitely within the month.

Damn it, how could the Ming Dynasty do that?"

As Wen Yanbo was talking, he became confused himself.

It was obviously an impossible thing, but the Ming Dynasty did it.

The key is that he still can't figure out how they did it...

At this moment, Wen Yanbo really felt that he was old.

"Why can't they do it?" Fang Xuanling heard this and shook his head helplessly, saying, "Why do they have to transport newspapers from Sun Moon Mountain?
The Ming Dynasty has branches all over the world, more than the post stations of the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, Changming Logistics alone has thousands of branches in various places.

Moreover, they don't need to print newspapers and ship them to various places like we do.

They just need to have a few samples and send them to various places.

I bet that the newspapers they sell in different places are printed in different places!"

"Impossible?" Wen Yanbo said, "This is equivalent to them building a printing workshop in every place. In such a short time, a lot of manpower and material resources will be invested. It is not an easy task."

"Who said we need to build another printing workshop?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile, "Their branches in various places are just for free, and if they only supply one place, with such a small amount of printing, I guess their buddies in various places will do it as a side job.

Moreover, people must do it happily.

After all, their guys are the only ones in the world who get a fixed salary.”

"If that's all, then we can do this." Wen Yanbo said immediately after listening to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling shook his head and sighed: "If we do this, it would be like the imperial court promoting the movable type printing technology of the Ming Dynasty.

Do you think Cui Lu and King Zheng and others will agree?
They had no power to stop the Ming Dynasty, and they could not get involved in the entire Ming Dynasty court.

But in the Tang Dynasty, I don't know if they can do good things, but when it comes to doing bad things, hehe... they are better than anyone else. Moreover, even if they don't cause damage, how can we sell it?
The Ming Dynasty can use their shops all over the country to sell products, so do we have to sell them at the post stations?
Even if it is possible, where is the post station?
Selling it at the post station, isn’t that just a joke…”

Fang Xuanling was extremely upset at the moment. It was like they were copying someone else's homework, but they couldn't even copy it well.

How is it possible to not have a temper?

"Are we getting old, or were we wrong before?" Fang Xuanling lamented helplessly, "In recent years, the Tang Dynasty seems to be developing very well. No matter how you look at it, we have reason to be proud!
But when compared with the Ming Dynasty, I feel like I have been living like a dog all these years."

"If there were no Ming Dynasty, the development of the Tang Dynasty over the years would be enough for me to speak with my head held high, but..." Wen Yanbo couldn't go on.

Indeed, if there were no Ming Dynasty for comparison, the development of the Tang Dynasty in recent years would be enough to go down in history.

But with the Ming Dynasty around, it seems a little pale.

The saying "there is no harm without comparison" is absolutely appropriate here.

"Don't meddle in other people's affairs if you are not in their position." Fang Xuanling heard this and smiled bitterly, "Forget it, let's not talk about this."

The current Prime Minister is Zhangsun Wuji. Since he is unwilling to become powerful, nothing others say will work.

……

In the palace, Li Er was also listening to the old eunuch's report.

Although Fang Xuanling submitted a memorial, how could Li Er be at ease since it concerned the stability of Siam?

"So, the people of Siam support the referendum initiated by Fang Xuanling?" After hearing what the old eunuch said, Li Er laughed and said, "This guy is really brave.

Referendum, how brave he is!

If this news were to spread back to the Tang Dynasty, it would probably be criticized by countless people.

No wonder he doesn’t even dare to show off even if he has a newspaper.”

Li Er was actually the one who understood Fang Xuanling the best.

A national referendum. Once this news gets back to the Tang Dynasty, it will inevitably cause an uproar.

Even he couldn't stop it.

In fact, if it were him, any other emperor would probably be the first to attack Fang Xuanling.

"Duke Liang's behavior this time is indeed somewhat unexpected. However, it should be said that Duke Liang's incident in Siam has made the people of Siam feel more favorable towards our Tang Dynasty." The old eunuch said no more after hearing this.

There are some things that he really finds hard to say.

But he strongly supported Fang Xuanling's approach this time.

As a eunuch, he also longed for equality, didn't he?
As a human being, who wants to be inferior to others?
"Maybe this is the reason why Gao Ming can succeed." Li Er smiled when he heard this.

The reason why he could accept Fang Xuanling's actions was actually because of the previous experience of Li Chengqian.

As far as governing other ethnic groups is concerned, Li Chengqian is the most successful.

Since someone has already walked this path, why doesn't he give it a try?
What's more, even if something really went wrong later, wouldn't Fang Xuanling have to take the blame?

There is no loss, and he can verify which way to go on this road, so why not do it?

Some people may say that this is unfair to Fang Xuanling.

Haha, no matter what era, when you embark on the path of official career, there can be no so-called fairness.

There is only one fair thing in life, that is, everyone will die, without exception.

God is especially fair in this regard!
"Let's wait and see how the Tang Dynasty will react when the news gets back to them." Li Er suddenly said, "I also want to see how many people only care about their own interests and not the interests of the Tang Dynasty."

The number of people he mentioned naturally did not just refer to Cui, Lu, and King Zheng.

In fact, the so-called referendum had little impact on aristocratic families such as Cui, Lu, and Zheng.

Over the years, they have built a popular base that is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

If there really is a referendum, they might become the big winners.

Thinking of this, Li Er suddenly asked, "What's going on with the Duke of Qi?
I saw him paying close attention to the affairs of the Tang Daily before, why did he suddenly stop? "

Li Er was indeed somewhat dissatisfied with Changsun Wuji's performance this time.

You went out of your way to get the job, but when you found it difficult, you just turned around and gave up. How can you accept this?
"I don't know about this." The old eunuch shook his head when he heard this.

He never got involved in these things.

After all, Your Majesty's trust in Duke Qi may not be less than his.

Moreover, Changsun Wuji is not someone who gets along well with others. If possible, he would not want to offend the powerful Prime Minister of the current dynasty.

Upon hearing this, Li Er immediately waved his hand and said, "You can leave now, and I will have someone summon Duke Qi to the throne."

He also knew that this was also a cunning old man, but he didn't care.

Anyone who can do things for him can't be a fool.

Since he doesn't want to get involved in these things, let him be.

Upon hearing this, the old eunuch bowed respectfully and took his leave.

Having served Li Er for so many years, he naturally knew Li Er's character.

Soon, a eunuch came to announce that the Duke of Qi was coming to see the emperor.

Ever since Changsun Wuji threw away his job at the Tang Daily, he has been ready to meet Li Er.

With his wisdom, it is not difficult to guess that Li Er will definitely ask about this matter.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." After paying homage vigorously, Changsun Wuji said, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. The Ming Daily..."

"I don't want to hear this." Li Er looked at Zhangsun Wuji and said coldly, "No matter what you think, I want to tell you that no matter what you think about this matter, you have to make it clear to me.

The Tang Dynasty is still my Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty of the court.

Do we need to consider other people's opinions when doing something in the imperial court?"

He knew very well what Changsun Wuji was afraid of.

If it were in the past, this would be fine.

But at this critical juncture, he can't possibly calculate!

After hearing what he said, Changsun Wuji was a little stunned.

Only then did he realize that His Majesty seemed extremely powerful today.

This made him forget the words he had prepared at the beginning and he was unable to say them out loud.

"Your Majesty, if we do this, I'm afraid it will cause domestic unrest..." Changsun Wuji asked tentatively.

"Turbulence?" Li Er sneered when he heard this, "You may not have seen anything more turbulent..."