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Episode 1: New arrival, Chapter 601: Job and dignity

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.    But when he heard that there was copper movable type, Mr. Li went to the font bank to check it out in person.  Sure enough, there were rows of wooden shelves, storing movable type of several sizes in categories.

    After reading it, he asked Zou Dianji: "If I have 16,000 words, divided into eight pages, using the smallest font size, can I arrange the characters on the tray in one day?"

    Zou Dianji was surprised when he heard that there were so many words on one page. He thought about it and replied: "There are two thousand words per page. Even at the smallest font size, the size is equivalent to half a small case. There are no such big words nowadays."  It will take several days of work to make the plate. If there is a calligraphy plate, using ten or twenty craftsmen, there should be no problem in arranging the calligraphy plate in one day."

    In Li You¡¯s view, this is enough to meet current needs.  As for manpower, it is not a problem. The court allocates only 800 to 800 servants to the Imperial College. It is not a big problem to draw dozens of them to type plates.

    After leaving the classics hall, Sun Siye pointed ahead and said: "There are the dining hall and the dining hall"

    "There's no need to read it." Li You ordered.  He had some concerns in his mind and had no intention of continuing his patrol. He planned to talk to Shijiujiu again.  For things like running a newspaper in the Imperial College, start-up funds were not a problem. He could borrow money from banks, but in terms of manpower, he couldn't get around the stone sacrificial wine.

    The reason why Li You made up his mind to run a newspaper was that he judged that it was a win-win situation. If there was a good time, it would be worth doing.

    For him, as long as he runs a newspaper, the benefits are self-evident.  Public opinion is also power, and controlling public opinion to influence politics is nothing new.  What's more, just the title of "Founder of the Ming Dynasty's modern newspaper industry" is enough vanity, and it will be included in history textbooks hundreds of years later.

    At the same time, it can relieve the pressure and emotions of the Imperial College students to a certain extent.  It can be regarded as Li You's political achievements. Who said he was sent by the imperial court to rectify the prison students and calm people's hearts.  Although the court's original intention was to find a place to send him, and did not expect him to do any earth-shattering deeds, he would be outstanding if he could.  Don't be vague.

    Li You estimates that he will need at least a hundred or so supervisors to run this newspaper, but once the model is formed,  Other supervisory students who are not elected as officials can return to their hometowns and learn from others, which can solve their employment problems.

    ¡°In fact, among all classes in the world, scholars are the most difficult to serve. They need both spiritual pursuits and material needs. To put it simply, they are two things-a job and dignity.  Being an official, especially a job in the United States, can easily satisfy this need, and Li You sees this very clearly.

    But the current crux is that after the rise of the imperial examination, the supervision of students has become less popular.  Selection of officials is becoming increasingly difficult.  Li You couldn't change this system, he could only find another way, and running a newspaper might be a good way out.

    If the newspaper can make money, it will solve the job problem of the participants, and at the same time, it will also solve the problem of the readers who eat newspapers.  Also possesses a certain level of decency.

    First, there is no need to do business and work, and there is no need to engage in low-level jobs; second, if what is written can be circulated by tens of millions of people, it will be a great incentive for scholars, enough to make people feel bright in their faces; third, it can inspire people to point out the words.  , which can satisfy the political discussions of this group of people who cannot be officials and scholars, and create the illusory "uncrowned king" mentality for spiritual masturbation.

    ¡°And Li You also understands that if newspapers are used well, they can also give prison students a channel to vent their emotions and relieve the pressure of reality.  Reduce the trouble caused by various unstable factors.

    From the perspective of the general environment, the country has some advantages. Although Lao Dongheng often laments that people's hearts are not in ancient times, it is undeniable that folk thoughts are very active.

    The court¡¯s control over this was not strict, and it even theoretically supported the people¡¯s voice (although it was only an idealistic ancestral law that was enshrined). It was considered a mistake (not a crime) to block the way of speech for anyone.  Of course, the premise is that you don't promote killing officials, rebellion, disobedience and unfilial piety.

    And the commercial prosperity during the Taiping years was also the soil for new things like newspapers to survive.  Although the political status of the Imperial College is declining day by day, it has a huge amount of manpower and seemingly reliable technical accumulation.

    On the way back to Yilun Hall from the Classics Hall, Li You lowered his head and pondered as he walked. He increasingly felt that it was very feasible and worth a try, even if it might require some initial investment.

    He didn¡¯t speak, and the people accompanying him naturally didn¡¯t dare to say anything casually. They stayed in silence until they arrived outside the east room of Yilun Hall, where Sun Siye bowed and said goodbye to Mr. Li.

    "Newspaper? You mean copying the newspaper?" Shi Jijiu asked.

    These days, in addition to the official newspapers, there is also a business of copying newspapers among the people, which can be regarded as the embryonic form of newspapers.  Especially when encountering hot events, there are always various newspaper copies circulating crazily, but in Mr. Li's eyes, this is a bit similar to the situation where popular posts are reprinted everywhere in the 21st century, which is neither professional nor formal.

    He briefly talked about his idea with Stone Sacrifice Wine.  Mr. Shi heard that dozens of craftsmen and hundreds of supervisors would be used, andSuddenly, an old supervisor with half-grey hair stumbled forward and knelt down at the stage. With tears streaming down his face, he shouted: "I have been in prison for more than ten years and have nowhere to go! The court has eyes, but today I see that there is a solid heart."  The academic officer who serves! How can we not shed tears of gratitude!"

    Shi Jijiu immediately lost his composure, snorted coldly, and walked away. Being with Li You must be bad.  How much work he had done conscientiously could not compare to Li You's few empty words.

    Li You chuckled a few times and greeted in a low voice: "Master Shi, don't be upset with the ignorant words of the old supervisor, until I teach him a lesson!" (You are welcome to come. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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