Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 774 Newspapers and Debates
Ye Chen was thinking to himself while walking forward, but he had just walked forward about ten steps, when he heard a noise from the classroom teaching geography behind him, and then there was a quarrel, which sounded hotter than the quarrel , Then came the sound of fighting.

With such a big movement, Ye Chen would naturally stop, turn around and look at it, while pricking up his ears to listen to the movement inside.It sounds like a few students disagreed with the geography lecturer's point of view, argued, and quarreled without a few words, and the war gradually expanded, and the students who believed the geography course argued with the students who disagreed or were skeptical stand up.

Ye Chen listened for a while, then smiled slightly. With his current status and the way he looked at the problem, he would not take these things to heart at all.Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a loud roar came from the classroom, saying, "How dare you insult Dong Jiaoxi."

"He's talking nonsense, so it's just an insult."

"Hit him!"

"Ah...you dare to slap me in the face!"

What followed was a roar, tables and chairs falling to the ground, and the sound of throwing things, mixed with screams and curses.

At this time, there was already a big fight in the classroom, and groups of students from the two factions rushed out, chasing and chasing Ye Chen and Lian Jicheng, and ran into the nearby woods.

Ye Chen was stunned for a while, he really didn't expect these students to change their polite appearance and start fighting with each other.Among the newly opened disciplines of Xiangfu College, geography is the most controversial, and the college is divided into two factions. It is not unheard of for him to do this, but he did not expect it to have developed to this level. When the fight started, students continued to help their close classmates fight, making the battle group bigger and bigger.

A few of them chased after Ye Chen and Lian Jicheng, rolling and wrestling on the ground.Ye Chen recognized one of them, Han Zixiu, the grandson of Han Xizai, the handsome young man who was under the pressure of others and was at a disadvantage.When he first arrived in Xiajing in the northwest, Ye Chen visited Han Xizai's house as a guest, and Han Xizai pulled all the children of the family out to meet Ye Chen.

Han Zixiu is a typical Jiangnan literati. He used to read the books of sages and play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Ye Chen remembered that he was a very gentle, even a little shy young man. Now he seems to be no different from a street gangster when he fights.

"Ah... Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty!" Han Zixiu was always under the opponent's body, twisting and turning, and finally saw Ye Chen who was standing aside with a slight frown. After a moment, he hurriedly shouted.

"Han Zixiu, you're doing this trick again. You couldn't beat me last time, so you called Principal Xu to come, let you succeed, and took the opportunity to pin me down. This time, you dare to scare me with your majesty. You are so brave. "The student riding on Han Zixiu said with a sneer while pressing Han Zixiu's arm firmly with both hands.This person is none other than the grandson of Ma Wentao, the left minister of Xiangfu Kingdom.In Xiangfu Academy, he was the only one who dared to fight Han Zixiu.

"Ma Mengru! Hurry up and let me stand up and bow down to Your Majesty, you bastard, you really are Your Majesty." Han Zixiu saw that the student who was pressing him didn't believe him, and his face turned pale with anxiety.

The student named Ma Mengru realized that Han Zixiu's complexion was not right. He turned his head and saw that his face changed drastically. He jumped up, knelt down, and said loudly, "Student Ma Mengru pays homage to His Majesty." Ma Mengru, like Han Zixiu, also met Ye Chen. Not long after he came to the Northwest, he was led by his grandfather Ma Wentao to pay a visit to Ye Chen.

"Student Han Zixiu pays homage to His Majesty." Han Zixiu didn't have time to tidy up his messy clothes, got up quickly, and knelt down towards Ye Chen.

The voices of the two were not low, not to mention the harsh and sensitive words of "meeting your majesty". Although the crowd was busy fighting and chaotic, they could still hear it, not to mention that there were many students watching the excitement nearby.

Therefore, at this moment, the corridor outside the classroom and the nearby woods suddenly became silent as if cast by a spell. They stopped almost at the same time and looked at Ye Chen.Then there was a flutter, everyone knelt down, many students, even teachers, met Ye Chen for the first time, and they couldn't be more excited.

Amidst the chaotic kneeling sound, Ye Chen's face sank like water.

Ye Chen is the emperor of Xiangfu country, and he is not an ordinary emperor. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is like a god in the hearts of ordinary people in Xiangfu country.He had a sullen face and frowned, but it made everyone's heart tense, especially those students who participated in the fight just now felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts, as if God's power descended, suffocating everyone.

At this time, the thousand hidden guards who were outside in the distance heard the movement of fighting here, and each of them shot over like arrows flying from the string, followed by Battalion Commander Tang who was in charge of defending the Xiangfu Academy. He also brought a group of soldiers to come. Seeing the scene in front of him, he thought someone had bumped into His Majesty. He gasped, knelt down and called it a capital crime.

Immediately after, Xu Xuan came along with a group of college professors and deans of various branches, and naturally also joined the ranks of kneeling.

At this time, Ye Chen was thinking about some things again, and he was a little absorbed in his thoughts. Only then did he come back to his senses. First, he saw a thousand hidden guards scattered around and looked dissatisfied. The reporter secretly cursed himself for being confused, and with a wave of his hand, the thousand hidden guards disappeared again with a swishing sound.

All of these hidden guards carried an inexplicable evil spirit, and as soon as they left, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Immediately afterwards, Ye Chen glanced at everyone, smiled, and said: "Get up! Let's go!"

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"It's obviously not the first time I saw these boys arguing, arguing, and fighting because of different ideas." Ye Chen said with a smile.

Xu Xuan and the deans of each branch stood in front of Ye Chen with a look of fear on his face. Seeing that Ye Chen didn't intend to blame him, they all secretly heaved a sigh of relief.Xu Xuan said: "Your Majesty, it is not once that students have fought because of different ideas. It has been four or five times. It's just that the schools of thought derived from various disciplines are really difficult to reconcile. I also tried to mediate. But as long as the minister and the presidents of the various branches are not present, they will fight and fight again."

Ye Chen said: "I just thought of two solutions."

Xu Xuan hurriedly said, "Please show me, Your Majesty."

Ye Chen said: "Actually, the crux of this matter does not lie in the content of a certain theory, but in the inclusive thinking. At the beginning of the establishment of Xiangfu College, I told you that it is necessary to study all the avenues of heaven and earth, especially the science of gewu. Progress is inseparable from the way of free thinking. At least from the fights of these students just now, it can be seen that the ideological cage of the students of Xiangfu College influenced by the times is being opened. The spiritual roots of Fu Academy. Therefore, there can be debates and debates. However, debates must have the appearance of debates."

Having said that, Ye Chen paused, and continued: "My two methods are to regulate the debate. First, the college can organize regular debates and formulate detailed regulations for the debates. Both parties, or even three parties, can choose three When there are five people, it is stipulated that the main debater, the first debater, the second debater or even five debaters, the professors of the college and the deans of each branch can decide the winners and losers for the host and referee."

After hearing this, Xu Xuan and the deans of the branches thought for a while, their eyes lit up immediately, and Xu Xuan admired: "Your Majesty is wise."

Ye Chen said again: "Besides this method, there is another method."

"Xiangfu Academy should start a newspaper!"

Xu Xuan and the others looked puzzled. After Ye Chen briefly explained what a newspaper is, everyone suddenly realized.

Xu Xuan said: "In this way, whether they debate or quarrel, they can quarrel in the newspaper."

Xu Xuan hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, then... so what about those who have some radical arguments, or those who insult important ministers?"

"This requires you to set up an editorial review team. At the beginning, it is best for you to be the team leader yourself. Of course, you can't publish too radical arguments and insults to important officials in the court. The newspaper run by your college can only be academic. It can be sold. It is also a benefit to the people outside the college. By the way, you can also publicize the research of the college, and let the people outside see it. The people are not fools, so it should inspire the people, let them have something to think about, and increase the influence of the college. .”

"Well... If the newspaper has few submissions, it can be published once a month. Later, if there are many submissions, it can be published once every half a month, or even once every seven days. The content in it can be various, not limited to theoretical disputes. Outside of the academy, anyone from our Xiangfu country, Song Dynasty, Liao Dynasty and other countries is soliciting papers. After the newspapers become popular, you can also recruit some talents in the field of investigation from the people through the newspapers."

Ye Chen spoke very seriously, but he didn't go into details. As he has seen the highly developed media in the later generations, he is well aware of the powerful functions of the media to monitor the social and cultural environment, coordinate social class relations, inherit various spiritual cultures, and provide some spiritual entertainment. Educate the masses, pass on effective information, guide the values ​​of the masses, and more!
Although Xiangfu College's newspapers can't achieve the functions mentioned here in a short time, Ye Chen knows that with the maturity and promotion of the newspapers, especially after people become familiar with the habits, the newspapers will have the above functions sooner or later.

Of course, newspapers, like all media in later generations, are a double-edged sword.However, compared to later generations advocating freedom of speech, the explosion of the media, and the chaos in the age of Internet information where everyone has the right to speak, it is easy for the imperial court and the emperor to firmly control newspapers as long as they recognize the nature of newspapers.

About how to start a debate meeting and start a newspaper, Ye Chen explained to Xu Xuan in detail for more than half an hour, until he received the news from Shangguan Bingyun that Yu Daoxiang had returned to Xia Jing through the technique of mind transmission.

(End of this chapter)