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“Your Majesty, this is the printing press that Master Lu made according to your request.

This is a precision casting printing press that can print on both sides and has a fast printing speed. As long as the ink can keep up, it can print tens of thousands of copies in one night.

According to the prince's request, a total of ten precision casting mold printing presses were produced!

Three of them were sent to the palace, and seven were left in the three major quarters for use."

Li Shouxi looked at the steel monster in front of him. Although it was not as complex in structure as the printing presses of later generations, it was definitely a high-tech product for that era.

Even the Mohist mechanical techniques are no more than this.

Because this is a semi-automatic precision casting mold printing machine, employees only need to keep feeding paper into it.

The most important thing is the printing speed of this printing press. One printing press can print tens of thousands of official reports in one night, which can definitely meet the official report needs of the Fengtian area.

"Mr. Li, now that the printing press has been delivered, let's start printing the first batch of court bulletins!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Bi looked at such an exquisite printing machine and couldn't help but be curious about which Master Lu was.

Less than half a month after Li Shouxi issued the task, Master Lu produced such exquisite printing equipment. He was definitely a master of mechanical engineering.

The most important thing is that with these three printing presses, 30,000 copies of the official bulletin can be printed every night.

When the official newspaper began to be printed in full swing, Li Shouxi asked Li Bi to start a new editing task:

Liaodong primary school teaching materials!

Li Shouxi is planning to unify the teaching materials in Liaodong, including the Thousand Character Classic, Three Character Classic, and Hundred Family Surnames.

And it is annotated in the form of children's colored drawings.

Even after hearing Li Shouxi's request, Li Bei couldn't help but sigh at Li Shouxi's wild and imaginative thinking.

But I know that this is something that will benefit future generations.

Li Shouxi wanted to unify thoughts and liberate knowledge in Liaodong.

Chapter 89: The Strategy of the Aristocratic Family's Foundation to Foolish the People

One month later, the official gazette began to be published. There were three types of Fengtian gazette:

Fengtian Gazette, Fengtian Times, Fengtian Daily!

Among them, Fengtian Dibao is a form of official document presentation, with the purpose of promoting policies. The first issue was a propaganda and explanation of land tax; Fengtian Times mainly reported major events in Kyushu, and also included some comments from scholars, so that people could know major events in the world at home; Fengtian Tianbao was for article submissions and novel publications...

Therefore, as soon as the three court reports were released, all the major restaurants and gentry began to order them from the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

After all, the most important thing for their restaurant business is news and public opinion, and the three newspapers are the best topics.

As long as there is a topic, guests will naturally be attracted.

Coupled with the effect of Prince Yan's Mansion, most of the first 100,000 copies of the official bulletin were given away for free.

Yes, it was given away for free.

How much is the restaurant order?

Li Shouxi's main purpose was to publicize policies and liberate people's minds. Therefore, for the court agencies in Liaodong, even if they were small, there was a free copy of Fengtian Dibao.

The restaurants also received free publicity in the first three phases.

Therefore, Li Shouxi distributed and promoted them free of charge to the villages, townships, towns and other court agencies.

And if someone violates the policy of Prince Yan's Mansion, then I'm sorry -

Confiscation of property and exile.

Therefore, after receiving the court reports and imperial edicts, officials at all levels of the court did not dare to be careless. Moreover, this was a public and transparent land tax, which just appeared in the court reports.

The publicity in the official newspaper also made the people of Liaodong completely reassured.

As long as Li Shouxi remains in power, there is no need to worry about being fattened up and then killed.

Moreover, compared with the heavy taxes and levies of the imperial court, which could not be avoided even in prosperous times, Li Shouxi's land tax completely avoided these.

If you own land, you pay taxes; if you don't own land, you don't pay taxes.

It's that simple!

Other taxes are illegal and can be reported to the Prince of Yan's Palace.

Once it is verified that taxes are involved, the crime will at least result in the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire family!

After all, this involves the issue of imperial taxation, and it is not a minor crime.

For a time, the fortune of the entire Liaodong was unprecedentedly concentrated, and even many minority tribes could not help but feel ecstatic after seeing the official reports.

Li Shouxi had previously invited them to come down the mountain and transform from fishing and hunting to agricultural civilization.

But the effect was not good, and only the four major tribes gave Li Shouxi some face.

Because they have the confidence.

The small tribes were afraid of being cheated by Li Shouxi, so they did not dare to gamble.

But now the explanation in the court newspaper has completely put their worries to rest.

After all, as explained above in such detail, as long as you pay taxes when farming and when doing business, you don't have to worry about all other freedoms.

The second issue of the official bulletin is about private schools!

That is, scholars who opened private schools could receive subsidies from the Prince of Yan's Mansion, ranging from three to five taels of silver.

Three taels of silver were the minimum monthly allowance, not the annual salary, so at least thirty-six taels were available in a year, enough to support a family of four and live in wealth for a year.

You can also apply for teaching materials based on the number of students.

However, each village has one quota, and after receiving the subsidy, no tuition fees may be charged, and students may not be refused admission. Once reported, the student will be disqualified.

As for how much the subsidy is?

It depends on the number of students recommended to township secondary colleges every year. The more outstanding students there are, the more subsidies they will get.

If you show a perfunctory attitude, your subsidy will be cancelled for a minimum of three years!

When this policy was announced, the people of Liaodong were in disbelief and even set up a longevity tablet for Li Shouxi.

You must know that this is a private account of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Because the court would not agree.

How could the nobles agree to allow ordinary people to learn the knowledge that they controlled? Therefore, they could only go through the private account of the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

But fortunately, the Prince of Yan's Mansion controls a large economic scale, so there is no need to worry about these things.

At most, one million taels of silver a year. Even the profits of the three major workshops are far more than that. What's more, there is the gold mine on the Zanglong Mountain, which is completely the private property of the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

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"What a great King Yan!"

Li Shouxi's report was so grand, how could Chang'an not know about it?

Even the noble families were so angry about this that they wished they could eat his flesh and drink his blood to ease their hatred.

The land tax shook their foundation, the private school policy broke their monopoly on knowledge, and even the Fengtian Gazette opened people's eyes.

Therefore, they all had murderous intentions towards Li Shouxi.

If it is an ordinary provincial governor, he can be recalled with twelve golden medals and killed on trumped-up charges. Then find an official to take the blame and kill his entire family, pretending to be a good guy.

But Li Shouxi was the eldest prince, and his control over Liaodong was beyond their expectations.

Even the Tang Emperor had mixed feelings about Li Shouxi's policies.

Land tax is indeed the fundamental way to solve the problem of aristocratic family annexation. You can hide the (population) yellow book, but you cannot hide land. As long as you have land, you have to pay taxes.

What he disliked was the policy of subsidizing private schools, which would help enlighten the people and be detrimental to the court's rule.

Since ancient times, the imperial court has mostly adopted a policy of keeping the people ignorant. This is also the reason why the aristocratic families can control knowledge, partly because of the support of the imperial court.

At this time, Li Shouxi was enlightening the people in Liaodong, which naturally touched the foundation of the court's rule.

However, at this time, Liaodong was under the control of Li Shouxi, and everyone was united. Even if he was the Emperor of Tang, he could not stop Li Shouxi without sufficient reasons.

This is Li Shouxi’s status at this time!

"General, do you think I need to stop Xi'er from doing this?"

"Your Majesty, this move by His Royal Highness Prince Yan may be the key to breaking the impasse!

According to my divination, the eternal night is approaching and the fortune of the Tang Dynasty is uncertain. Based on past experience, this is a sign of the dynasty's decline.

Even I cannot grasp the glimmer of hope to break this situation, but perhaps His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan can."

"Xi'er? Do you think Xi'er can escape the schemes of the noble families?"

It would have been fine if Li Shouxi had offended the Lu family of Fanyang before, but that was because he was not as skilled as others.

Moreover, the Lu family of Fanyang was near Jicheng (Yanjing), and was the closest of the Five Surnames and Seven Families to Liaodong. It could be said that Liaodong was right under the nose of the Lu family of Fanyang. Therefore, it could be said that it was a personal grudge between Li Shouxi and the Lu family of Fanyang.

However, the announcement of the land tax directly shook the foundation of the thousand-year-old family. Even the Emperor of Tang was not optimistic about Li Shouxi.

“Your Highness is one of the ten great masters of Jiuzhou, and he is guarded by two great celestial realm masters and nearly ten ninth-grade masters. Even the noble families cannot attack and kill Your Highness so blatantly.

On the other hand, considering His Highness's good fortune, I believe he will soon be able to break through to the level of a double-level grandmaster, or even break through to the level of a triple-level grandmaster with the help of Liaodong's good fortune.

At least with the wisdom of His Royal Highness Prince Yan, he won't be easily tricked by the noble families!"

Chapter 90: The Delegation Arrives and the Destitute Imperial Daughter

"Your Highness, the envoys from Northern Liang and Northern Qi have arrived!"

The southern barbarian cavalry marched south, and after several months, the marriage delegation between the two countries finally arrived.

Li Shouxi was not at all surprised by this.

This is a marriage of convenience, not a true love conversation, so there is no loyalty at all.

Therefore, when the grassland cavalry marched south, Northern Liang and Northern Qi naturally had to consider whether they still needed to continue the marriage alliance.

It was impossible to send a princess to marry Liaodong knowing that it was about to be "lost", so the only option was to wait until the war was over before continuing the marriage.

However, after the complete destruction of the Prairie Iron Cavalry, the necessity of the alliance was reduced!

The original purpose of the alliance was to watch over each other.

The grassland will not be able to recover for at least decades at this point. Is there any value in the Northern Frontier Alliance continuing?

there is none left!

Although the delegation had seen the value of Li Shouxi, the Prince of Qi Fu, in the eyes of the King of Beiliang and the Emperor of Northern Qi, Li Shouxi's position was the most embarrassing. What's more, Li Shouxi successively launched the Fengtian Dibao and private school subsidies, which completely put Liaodong in opposition to the aristocratic families.

Therefore, the value of marriage alliance decreased again and again, so both parties used adopted daughters in the marriage.

This is their response to Li Shouxi!

Li Shouxi didn't care about this and didn't refuse it.

For a marriage that had no value, why did he emphasize that the other party must be the Princess of Beiliang or the Princess of Beiqi?

"Jiang Ni, the legitimate daughter of Western Chu, the most beautiful queen!"

"Li Sili, descendant of the deposed crown prince of Nanqing!"

Li Shouxi looked at the woman who was to be married off and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Jiang Ni seemed to be the childhood sweetheart of some prince of Beiliang. Unexpectedly, she appeared on the list of marriages. This surprised Li Shouxi a little, but he also understood.

Even if she is an adopted daughter, she must be of noble blood, that is, the so-called descendant of the nobility.

Jiang Ni is one of them, the daughter of the emperor of Western Chu!

The adopted daughter of the Queen Mother of Northern Qi was no exception. Li Sili, a member of the royal family of Nanqing, was a descendant of the deposed crown prince of Nanqing.

It is rumored that the deposed crown prince of Nanqing was killed by the current emperor of Nanqing, and his bloodline fled to Northern Qi. In terms of bloodline, they are also royal family, but only of Nanqing.

In this way, the principle of marriage alliance was followed without making Li Shouxi lose face.

Both of them are princesses of the emperor, but they are just impoverished princesses.

As for the reluctance of some people, it is nothing in the face of a political marriage, especially when the prince starts to travel around the world.