I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 310 Newspaper, Daming Daily

Hearing this explanation, knowing that they didn't deliberately obstruct it, Li Tian's anger was cut by half.

But he also heard a lot of problems from Yang Rong's explanation.

Although the craftsman's registration has been abolished in name, the work in the hands of the craftsman does not mean that it can be done immediately.

In addition, they also have to support their families, so even if they get the news, it is impossible to act immediately.

In addition, the craftsmanship of craftsmen in this era has been accumulated from generation to generation, and the proportion of literacy and literacy is actually not high. The work examination will more or less involve some questions such as answering questions.

Those who are illiterate, even if they have real talents, do not have the courage to participate.

Another point is that the intensity of publicity is not enough, and the focus of publicity is not very clear.

Li Tian's original intention of taking the labor examination was indeed to give capable craftsmen in the world a way out, but the people who participated in the labor examination did not say that they were limited to craftsmen.

Scholars, Juren, or even a student or a commoner, if they also have talents in all kinds of crafts, Li Tian would also wish for such people.

But during the publicity, Wu Zhong and the others got the wrong point, thinking that Li Tian's move was only to benefit the craftsmen all over the world, so that people other than craftsmen misunderstood the meaning of the work.

In addition, the publicity of Huangbang is really limited, and it is reasonable to miss a lot of talents.

Li Tian has nothing to do with the fact that craftsmen are skilled but illiterate. Even if he starts advocating or even forcing them to read now, it is impossible to see any results in a short period of time.

The only thing he can do is to promote it.

So he said to the people,

"This job report has ended, forget it."

Hearing Li Tian's words, both Wu Zhong and Yang Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

But Li Tian's next words raised their hearts again.

"Perhaps in your opinion, the imperial examination is the most important thing for the imperial court, but in my opinion the importance of the industrial examination is very important.

It is not worse than the imperial examination at all, so I plan to conduct an industrial examination in the spring and autumn of each year. "

"Aren't those craftsmen all on duty? Well, I'll give them plenty of opportunities. In this way, I don't believe there are people who can't leave because they have work to do."

For Li Tian's decision, Yang Rong, who is in charge of the Tiangong Institute and knows that Li Tian never does useless things, agrees with both hands.

Only Wu Zhong had some objections.

He said to Li Tian with some apprehension,
"Your Majesty, isn't the twice-a-year job promotion too frequent? Now the craftsmen's records are gradually being removed, and there won't be any craftsmen's records in the spring of next year.

They can all choose to take the exam freely like ordinary people, isn't this..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Li Tian already knew what he was going to say, so he interrupted him directly and said,

"Wu Shangshu doesn't need to say too much. There are other reasons why I did this. In the next few years or even more than ten years, craftsmen will definitely become the most shining group of people in Ming Dynasty, and the required number is extremely huge. .

The twice-a-year labor event is not only to allow more people to participate in it, but also to let more people understand the significance of the existence of craftsmen to the court and to the entire Ming Dynasty. "

Li Tian's explanation was somewhat general, but no matter Yang Shiqi and others or Wu Zhong, they were all members of the Siwei Bureau.

Hearing Li Tian mention the development in the next few years, they immediately understood the meaning of Li Tian's words.

There is no more to say.

Yang Rong was even more excited,
"Your Majesty, do you have any new plans? I will fully cooperate with Your Majesty's decision."

Li Tian's expression was still somewhat dignified. At this moment, he could see what Da Ming, who was about to step onto the fast lane, lacked.

So he said softly,

"I do have a lot of big plans, but these are not the urgent things to do right now.

Once the change starts, it will not stop. Mastering the world's tongue is the most important thing at present. "

He paused for a moment, and then said to everyone with bright eyes,
"That's why I plan to start a Da Ming Daily on the basis of the Di Bao!"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the word "daily", but they quickly understood what Li Tian was talking about from the literal meaning of these two words.

But they also only understood the meaning of these two words literally, but they did not know the true power and meaning of the newspaper.

Yang Shiqi thought over and over again and finally, he still couldn't help but advise,

"Your Majesty, the posthouses, posthorses, and postmen who deliver the palace newspaper consume a lot of tax burden from the court every year. If it is changed to a daily newspaper and delivered every day, the burden on the court will increase a lot. Please think twice, Your Majesty! "

After listening to Yang Shiqi's words, Li Tian knew that they had misunderstood the meaning of the daily newspaper.

Smiling lightly, he explained to them,

"The daily newspaper I'm talking about is not what Shi Qi and you guys think."

"This daily newspaper is different from the Dibao, which is responsible for delivering various documents of the imperial court. It is not for officials from all over the country, but for all the people."

"Of course, I didn't intend to. The first step is to spread this kind of thing all over the world. You can set up a pilot in the capital now to test the water first."

Hearing what Li Tian said, Yang Shiqi and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that the imperial court spends more than 100 or even 200 million taels of silver every year in order to support these post stations that deliver documents.

If this so-called daily newspaper is sent to all parts of the world every day, even if there are three or five times more stage horses and postmen at the post station, it may not be enough.

In this way, the cost will rise in a straight line, and it will cost tens of millions of taels of silver every year, which is not something Daming can afford at this time.

It was strange to see everyone's faces.

Li Tian also knew why they were worried, so he went on to say,

"I know that you are worried that this move may consume a lot of tax burden, but if I tell you that I will not only not lose money, but also make money by running this daily newspaper, you should not have such worries!"

Yang Shiqi said strangely,
"Your Majesty, don't make jokes about the old officials, the old officials know exactly how much money the imperial court spends in a year to deliver the mansion report to all the state capitals in the world.

The quantity of these things for the common people is probably far greater than the quantity of the Dibao, so how could they not lose money? "

Li Tian shook his head and smiled wryly,
"Shiqi, you have been the chief assistant for so long in vain, tell me when I said such a big word!"

Yang Shiqi blushed and said in embarrassment,

"Most of what your majesty said can come true. The old minister is confused. The old minister just couldn't figure out the way for a while, so please explain it to your majesty!"

"Before I explain it to you, I want to ask you what you think is the most important thing for business people."

(End of this chapter)