Although Wang Jinghui was not invited to the banquet, his reason was indeed irrefutable. No one could give up his wife who was about to give birth and run around. What's more, Wang Jinghui's wife is the most beloved princess of Shu Kingdom in the royal family today? If there are any mistakes, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will definitely not be able to spare the relevant people.

Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang did not feel any resentment in their hearts after receiving Wang Jinghui's apology. Han Qi was Wang Jinghui's adoptive father. Although he knew that Wang Jinghui was rich in the world and had countless rare rewards from the Great Inner Palace, he still prepared a very heavy gift to send to the prince-consort's mansion as his adoptive father's concern for his daughter-in-law.

This is the life that Wang Jinghui had just ended the local officials' life after returning to Biandu, which made him feel a little overwhelmed. He was a little tired and tired from the beginning, but he knew that all this was a process that must be experienced. Now he can hide and face it himself in the future.

Anyway, the Prince Consort's Mansion was big enough, so Wang Jinghui arranged several students to live in the Prince Consort's Mansion and became his secretary. He used brush writing too slowly. He wanted to write "The Romance of the Gods" to be written, and he would probably have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. So he or she wrote orally, and several students took turns to write the whole book before the newspaper was published. In his eyes, serializing decimals will not only help the newspaper promote the people, but more importantly, it will not only make the vernacular Chinese popular without singularity, and can compete with the classical Chinese that has been popular for thousands of years. For this reason, he made sufficient preparations and a lot of reasons, which is also the preparation for the reform of the Song Dynasty's education system in the future. When vernacular Chinese and simplified characters can be used openly and openly, a large number of talents will be cultivated at a faster speed to meet the needs of all aspects of the empire.

Wang Jinghui also sent someone to send a large amount of precious medicinal materials to Ouyang Xiu, who was in the recovery period, and also attached a complete set of dietary therapy and medicinal therapy formulas during the recovery period. He also wrote a letter to Ouyang Fa, hoping that he could come to the Prince Consort's Mansion to be a guest. Faced with Wang Jinghui's generous gifts and concerns, Ouyang Xiu's family was very grateful for this, and Ouyang Xiu also wrote a reply letter to him personally. He sent Ouyang Fa to deliver it by the way.

After reading the letter, Wang Jinghui smiled and said to Ouyang Fa: "Brother Bohe (the previous text is wrong, thank you for the corrections from the book friend). Mr. Ouyang was too impressed. He thought that Mr. Ouyang promoted countless behind-the-scenes advancements for decades, and he also benefited a lot from Mr. Ouyang. He taught me in his daily letters and exchanges. Jinghui really dared not forget him. This time he was able to help him treat Mr. Ouyang's illness. This time, he was really honored by Jinghui! However, Mr. Ouyang is really a little old and is not very suitable to continue to serve in the court and continue to share his worries for the Song Dynasty. Jinghui is afraid that Mr. Ouyang's health will not be able to bear it. Therefore, he asked Mr. Bohe to convey his advice to Mr. Ouyang on his behalf, please consider it carefully!"

Ouyang Xiu was famous and was the number one person in the Song Dynasty. However, his final outcome in history was very bleak for a literati leader - he was impeached and resigned, although it was slander. Although the addition of Wang Jinghui allowed Ouyang Xiu to escape, he knew that a great storm was coming soon, and it was difficult to guarantee that Ouyang Xiu would not face similar problems again. Among the ministers in the Song Dynasty, the only one who could be named "Wen" after his death was the posthumous title. Ouyang Xiu was criticized by Chang Yi from Taichang Temple and made Ouyang Xiuming the posthumous title of "Wen Zhong". Wang Jinghui was very angry about this. He hoped that Ouyang Xiu could have a good destination and make this literary master deserved the reputation.

After hearing this, Ouyang Fa said, "Thank you, the son-in-law, for thinking about it. My father also developed a desire to retire after this disease. He is writing a decree to the emperor. I hope he can go back to his hometown to enjoy his old age."

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "Mr. Ouyang should wait until he has fully recovered before considering returning to his hometown. His physical condition is really not suitable for long-distance travel. He opened Huaying Academy in Biandu. Mr. Ouyang is famous as a student in the world, and if he can speak locally, he can also give lectures in the academy."

Ouyang Fa laughed and said, "My father had the idea of ​​going to the academy to teach, but he was always plagued by mundane affairs and had no time to take care of it. My father often said that the Huaying Academy of the son-in-law was a good deed, and there were many famous scholars who often came there to teach. It was a pity that he had no time to go there. I thought he could go and see it often in the future."

"That's great. I'm just trying to increase the scale of Huaying Academy. In addition to providing poor students with opportunities to study, I also need to recruit students from all over the world to study there. If Mr. Ouyang often goes to the academy, he will definitely improve his academic level. I'll thank you here first!"

Wang Jinghui continued to say: "Next a few years ago, I founded the monthly magazine "Mei Xue" in order to give scholars from all over the world the opportunity to show their talents. It has been operating well for several years, and the people in the Shilinzhong also agree very much. Now I want to invest in the establishment of a newspaper. This is some framework for newspaper distribution. My brother and I will see what I think?"

Ouyang Fa took the booklet and slowly looked through it. Ouyang Xiu was an important member of the editorial department of "Mei Xue" and was also one of the founders. Of course, Ouyang Fa is not unfamiliar with it. He also published his own articles on it, so he naturally had a good impression of it, so he was able to understand the operating model and significance of the newspaper. Although it was difficult for him to accept it to try to use vernacular Chinese in the newspaper, such as vernacular Chinese, which was difficult for him to accept, the proposition of "making words for the people" advocated by Wang Jinghui in this booklet was enough to impress him. On the other hand, isn't using vernacular Chinese that can better understand the content of the newspaper? Ouyang Fa has to admire Wang Jinghui's wonderful ideas.

"The prince-consort is indeed a good idea. If the newspaper can be successfully published, the prince-consort will have made great merits!" Ouyang Fa said, and at the same time, he thought that only a super rich man like Wang Jinghui could use his own financial resources to operate the newspaper. Even if others have the financial resources, it would be another question whether they can do it.

"Brother Bo He doesn't need the title of "Chancellor Prince Consort" to go to "Chancellor Prince Consort". My friends call me "Change it". Brother Bo He also calls me like this, so as not to get rid of it!" Wang Jinghui said with a smile: "The emperor and all the ministers in the court agree with this matter very much. This matter will be handed over to the Commercial Press below. I originally wanted to hear what Mr. Ouyang thought, but Mr. Ouyang just passed the serious illness and needed a rest, so I gave up. However, at that time, I was in Funing Hall, with the promise of the emperor and the ministers to start publication within a month. I have no problem with financial resources, but the newspaper needs editors and reporters, so I have a reluctant request, and Wan Wang Bo and Brother can agree!"

"Revised. You're welcome. I know you hope I can come to you to be the editor of the Ming Mirror Newspaper of the Song Dynasty, right? This is no problem. I think my father is still a judge in "Mei Xue". I am very optimistic about this newspaper!" Ouyang Fa said to Wang Jinghui with a smile.

Seeing Ouyang Fa agreeing so happily, Wang Jinghui was also very happy: "It would be great to have Bo and Brother help him! I have already obtained the opinions of the three fathers and sons of the Su family. Mr. Su Mingyun has agreed to serve as the editor-in-chief of the editorial department. Unfortunately, Su Zizhan's brothers are officials and may not have time to take care of them, so I recommend friends to help. I want Bo and Brother to be the deputy editor-in-chief of the editorial department to join forces with Mr. Mingyun. And I also recommend several promising talents to come to the editorial department as editor. I believe that the newspaper will be published soon!"

The three fathers and sons of the Su family have close relationships with Ouyang Xiu. To be precise, Su Xun and his sons should call Ouyang Xiu "teacher". It was because they were highly recommended by Ouyang Xiu that the Su family could quickly become famous all over the world. Therefore, the eldest son of Ouyang family, Ouyang Fa, came to the editorial department, which was decided by Wang Jinghui who fully considered the deep relationship between the Su family and the Ouyang family.

"In this way, Su Xun represents the conservatives. The people introduced by the Su Shi brothers were reformists, while Ouyang Fa was moderate. This small newspaper editorial department became a small court. Let them argue, 'Doesn't the truth become clearer the more they argue?' He was guiding it from it. In this way, the newspaper was both red and black. It would not be easy for the court to intervene to make it unified the voice. Hehe..." Wang Jinghui was thinking about his own little abacus in his heart.

Under the instruction of Wang Jinghui, the shopkeeper Zeng and Manager Li of Commercial Press began to make every effort to adjust the investment and preparations for the Commercial Press to prepare for the printing of newspapers, and made three close-to-side yards in Huaying Academy. As the office locations of the editorial department members. A few days later, Su Xun and Ouyang Fa entered the cleaned editorial department, and accompanied them twenty young scholars from Su Shi and Ouyang Fa came.

Wang Jinghui also took time to meet these young editors. The most interesting thing was that he saw Huang Tingjian and Qin Guan, two people who had close ties with Su Shi. At this time, Huang Tingjian was already twenty-three years old. He was supposed to be admitted to the Jinshi because Wang Jinghui was involved in history. This year's competition was postponed. Qin Guan was twenty years old this year and wanted to prepare for the exam like Huang Tingjian. After the exam was over, he heard that Su Shi was recruiting people to the editorial department of the newspaper, and he, who was by nature, came to join in with him.

Wang Jinghui knew the name of the four scholars of Su family, but birds of feathers flocked together. Most of the scholars who are good at Su Shi are wild-hearted. For example, Huang Tingjian and Qin Guan were both famous and wealthy people. Sooner or later they would pass the imperial examination and enter the official career. As for coming to the editorial department of the newspaper, they just wanted to adjust the nature of life as a playful one.

On the other hand, the few people brought by Ouyang Fa are more in terms of appearance than those recommended by Su Shi, especially since he discussed with Ouyang Fa that the person who recommended him to the newspaper was best scholars who had no intention of developing his career. Ouyang Fa was indeed very awesome. He was able to attract seven or eight such idle and wild crane characters. Wang Jinghui also talked to these people alone, and he had real talents and knowledge. He felt that these people were the backbone of the newspaper's future editors, and what was more valuable was that their political stance was relatively tolerant, which was simply tailor-made for Wang Jinghui's newspaper plan.

With the strong strength and financial resources of the Commercial Press under Wang Jinghui, the hardware preparations for newspaper printing and distribution have been fully prepared, and 70% of the paper sources used to print newspapers will come from paper workshops that have begun to be put into production. With the continuous expansion of paper workshops, the share of paper used in commercial presses can be completely met except for newspapers, which will greatly dampen the rising paper prices in Kaifeng, Biandu, which have been ongoing for three years.

In addition to hardware preparations such as the editorial department and the Commercial Press, Wang Jinghui also asked Su Shi and others to promote newspapers in the circle of literati gatherings among them, and also advertised in the new issue of "Plum Xue". Due to insufficient preparation, the cost of the newspaper may be estimated to reach twenty cents per copy. In order to reduce the price of the newspaper, Wang Jinghui had to find a way to sponsor it.

Wang Jinghui and Manager Li discussed in detail, and then sent messages to merchants who had close business dealings with them. If they could sponsor, they could advertise the corresponding merchants in newspapers to promote the merchants. After the news was released, they were equated with the signs of the prince-consort and the God of Wealth. All merchants with the most valuable value visited Manager Li, almost breaking the threshold of Xu. Before the Ming Mirror News of the Song Dynasty was released, the advertising fee for more than 20,000 yuan was raised within half a year. The seven shareholders of the Song Dynasty Royal Shipping, the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the Royal Shipping all generously donated money.

Wang Jinghui only agreed to make ten advertisements in each issue of newspapers, so he would have raised more money. The 10,000 yuan advertising fee made him and Manager Li look at each other, and Liu Chanfang, who was in charge of finance, smiled. In the early days of the newspaper, he only planned to issue 10,000 newspapers per issue, and it was suspended for one day every five days, and only twenty issues were issued in a month. At the price of each, he still had a surplus?! The bumper land of advertising fees made the Song Ming Mirror Newspaper, which was originally planning to bleed heavily and lost money, actually made a profit, which surprised Wang Jinghui. It was also the result of his influence in the business world.

"Fortunately, I have a great face and have also controlled the number of advertisements. If I am as the practices of some newspapers in later generations and I will be desperate to publish advertisements, then the newspaper will be a good tool for making money!" Wang Jinghui thought with a wry smile in his heart.

However, Wang Jinghui's next move almost caused Liu Chanfang to suffer from a heart attack: he built three large private schools in the suburbs of Biandu to accommodate 1,500 students in total, two of these three schools belong to primary school education. The other is actually the second phase of Huaying Academy, which is also a college dedicated to funding poor scholars' learning. After the news was released, the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce responded immediately - the members of the Chamber of Commerce also established the Yucai Academy in Chuzhou, which will provide 500 children with primary school education free of charge. Both measures were very big, which received support from the Shilin power, and Emperor Zhao Xu also gave benefits - the land of the schools they built was rewarded by the emperor. He also established a archway and awarded the "rich and righteous" medal to the 23 members of the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce with the "rich and righteous" medal. When officials below the state were not allowed to kneel, their descendants could take the imperial examination.

The emperor's practical actions greatly stimulated the merchants and Shilin. Sima Guang, the then censor, wrote to Emperor Zhao Xu: The "rich and righteous" medal system in Chuzhou can be implemented nationwide to reward merchants and wealthy families to invest in the establishment of schools... The emperor said: Great charity, please. Three days later, the direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion, and the son-in-law Wang Jinghui wrote to him "Notes on Standardizing and Encouraging Schools":... Anyone who establishes a college for more than 100 students to study, or who provides three years of study fees can obtain the "rich and righteous" medal and enjoy their treatment... Local officials of the court will review the local charity school established by the local government or the funds for students to study every quarter. If anyone fakes it, he will recover the medal and fine it 300 coins... All the ministers in the court all agreed, and the emperor also approved it, praising the son-in-law to plan the country and immediately promulgate the world to implement it!

"Dad, Wang Gaizhi did not turn off your banquet because his wife was about to give birth. She was clearly hiding!" Wang Yun put away his fan and said.

After dinner, Wang Anshi discussed the classics with Wang Yun in his study at home for a while, and mentioned the recent news in the court. Wang Yun talked about Wang Jinghui's "jumping up and down" behavior over the past few days. Wang Anshi nodded but said nothing.

Wang Yun continued: "Wang Gaizhi also received invitations from Han Qi, Fu Bi and Sima Guang that day, but he also refused to attend the banquet for this reason. His position was a bit ambiguous, and he was clearly waiting and watching!"

Wang Anshi said: "Before his Song Dynasty Mirror Newspaper was released, he had already made a big fuss in the Qilin. If he could let the newspaper speak for the new law, it would naturally be of many benefits to us and save a lot of trouble. I believe Han Qi and Fu Bi also saw it, and Sima Jun must have known it, but he invited Wang Gaizhi to the banquet because he felt a little guilty in Funing Palace!"
Chapter completed!