0p0 Chapter 407: Wearing the "Emperor's Skin"
Chapter 407: Wearing the "Emperor's Skin"
In addition, the various decrees issued by the court or the news of the allocation of funds for disaster relief can also be made public to the people through weekly reports. This can prevent the people below from deceiving their superiors and colluding with their subordinates, taking advantage of the unequal information gap to enrich themselves and seek huge profits, causing the court to suffer unjust accusations and making the people suffer.
The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that his aunt the Goddess of Wealth's approach was brilliant. He felt that he had understood the other party's true intention in writing this memorial. He immediately ordered the person in charge of Wanjuanshu to bring the new papermaking and printing technologies to Beijing to meet him and accept the reward.
In addition, the emperor also wrote a secret letter and asked the Golden Dragon Guard to send it to Lanzhou at an emergency speed of 800 miles and hand it to the eldest princess personally.
The eldest princess who appeared in front of people at that time was pretended to be Xiaojiu twins. After receiving the emperor's handwritten letter, the twins transmitted the letter to Lin Chuyi through the communication watch when there was no one around.
Lin Chuyi received the message from the twins and immediately received the letter to check the specific content of the letter.
In the letter, the emperor clearly stated his guess and specific arrangements for the Ten Thousand Volumes of Books, and asked Lin Chuyi whether his guess was correct and whether the Ten Thousand Volumes of Books would be under the name of the court. He wondered whether such an arrangement was to her liking.
Lin Chuyi didn't expect that the emperor would be so imaginative and associate those professional books with her. She guessed the truth by accident. On the contrary, the emperor's decision to bring thousands of books under the name of the court did not surprise Lin Chuyi at all, because she had anticipated this result when she sent out the memorial.
She had watched the collection of thousands of books grow little by little, and now Lin Chuyi was reluctant to give it away for free, but she knew that it was only a matter of time before this happened.
The first is the issue of the fifteen-year deadline. Regardless of whether the mission is completed or not, once the deadline is up, she and the nine clones headed by Qian Laiye will disappear from this world. By then, they will not be able to take away the various industries they have established here. This is an indisputable fact.
Secondly, even if there were no time limit restrictions, it was only a matter of time before Wanjuanshu became the target of the imperial court as it expanded overseas. This was because Wanjuanshu was different from other industries. The weekly newspaper it founded contained too much information and was the largest channel for ordinary people to learn about external events.
If used well, it will unite the ruler and the people and make officials from all over the country fearful and dare not do evil blatantly. However, if this channel is mastered by someone with ulterior motives and news that is unfavorable to the ruler is spread, it can cause huge negative impact in a short period of time, threaten the rule of the dynasty, and even directly become the fuse for the dynasty's collapse.
Therefore, those in power will never allow this power to fall into the hands of those outside of power.
Rather than waiting for them to leave and letting the thousands of books end up like the birds flying away and the good bows being hidden, it is better to pave a way for them from now on, let them wear a layer of imperial skin, become the emperor's mouthpiece, and become the most trusted sharp knife in his hand.
Lin Chuyi contacted Shuangsheng and asked her to ask Yuan Qizi to bring the two technologies to Beijing in person to meet the emperor and accept the reward after the imperial edict was issued.
After ending the call, Lin Chuyi used a locator to remotely locate the emperor's position and sent him a small text firework that only he could see.
The fireworks exploded, showing only the word "yes". The emperor immediately understood that this was the reply from the Goddess of Fortune. He felt relieved and summoned the princes and ministers to the imperial study to discuss the establishment of a new position for the ten thousand books.
Yuan Qizi had never dreamed that the girl would actually be the eldest princess's person. After Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess publicly acknowledged in the Chamber of Commerce that Wan Juan Shu was her property, the development of Wan Juan Shu began to follow the pace of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess.
After he had finally digested this fact and adapted to the current pace of development, he was then told that the emperor summoned him to the palace to meet him and confer an official position on him.
When Yuan Qizhi first heard the news, he suspected that he was dreaming. How could this be possible? He was a beggar whose life was worthless, but he actually had the opportunity to rise to prominence and change his family!
After the dizziness comes ecstasy, and after the ecstasy subsides, all that is left is confusion and helplessness.
Yuan Qizi went to find his teacher Lin Wen. He wanted the teacher to be the person in charge of the ten thousand volumes of books and lead the team to Kyoto to meet the emperor.
Although Yuan Qizi was the person in charge of Wanjuan Books on paper, he never forgot his roots. He always remembered that it was the teacher who taught him to read and write, and assisted him in managing Lulutong.
The papermaking and printing technologies that are about to be submitted to the court also originated from the Master. If the Emperor wants to reward people based on their merits, it should be the Master who should be given the reward.
Although Yuan Qizi was not a good person, he would not do anything to claim credit for his master's achievements.
Lin Wen is Lin Chuyi's man, and will leave with Lin Chuyi in the future. Naturally, he will not become an official at this time. So he politely rejected Yuan Qizi's request, saying that he is old and has no interest in officialdom and is unwilling to travel a long distance to Kyoto.
Lin Wen also comforted Yuan Qizi, asking him to relax and not have to bear too much psychological burden. The master and disciple talked a lot together that day.
When Yuan Qizhi left Lin Wen's residence, Lin Wen gave Yuan Qizhi a piece of advice: "Whether it is an official title or a noble title, no matter what reward you get this time, don't be complacent or proud. Remember your original intention and do what you should do. Only in this cannibalistic world can you have a good end."
Lin Wen's words slammed Yuan Qizi's heart, which was floating in the air, to the ground. He woke up as if from a dream and broke out in a cold sweat. He kowtowed three times to Lin Wen solemnly, then got up and left.
The team heading to Beijing quickly got ready and set off in formation. After a long journey, they finally arrived in Kyoto successfully.
On the day of the audience, Yuan Qizhi presented to the emperor in the Golden Palace, in front of all the civil and military officials, the specific operating methods of papermaking and printing technology compiled by Lin Wen himself, as well as various tool samples brought from thousands of miles away.
The emperor was very pleased and immediately arranged for officials to conduct a docking inspection with Yuan Qizi.
After verification by officials, it was found that by following the production process and operating tools presented by Yuan Qizi, the finished product quality and production efficiency described in the princess' memorial could indeed be achieved.
When the emperor heard the report from the relevant officials, he was overjoyed and immediately rewarded Lin Wen, the inventor of the new papermaking and printing technologies, with an imperial plaque that would be remembered forever, and also gave him ten thousand taels of gold, a thousand acres of fertile land, and a number of jewels and jades.
Yuan Qizi, the chief person in charge of Wanjuanshu, was appointed as the first director of the newly established Information Department of the court.