Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Later generations have strict publication review related laws, and there are also agencies in charge of this area of ​​affairs. Therefore, publishing books is a very serious matter. However, in the current Datang, there is obviously no such institution or regulation.

Even if Li Xin wants to build this system from scratch, it is almost impossible.

After all, this is an era when handwritten books can also be published, and the transmission of information is also very slow. To give the simplest example, even in Huaxia more than a thousand years later, before the public security system was connected to the Internet, there were still many cases of bigamy involving marriages in different places. That is to say, if someone marries a wife in place A, when he registers his marriage with another person in place B, the local civil affairs and public security departments will not know that this is the second marriage during his marriage. .

You know, this is already a future generation with telephones and various advanced transportation methods! The information at that time was still so lagging, if it was put in Datang, the same situation would only be worse.

In other words, it is impossible to know how many kinds of books are circulated in the Tang Dynasty, and how many people are trying to do similar things. It is simply impossible to establish a complete set of review agencies and a suitable review and certification system. It is impossible for various regions to verify whether the publications on the market meet the regulations in a timely manner, so the final result must be nothing.

However, looking at it from another angle, isn't Chang'an the place that needs to be guarded most? This is not only a cultural capital where Confucianists gather, but also a city where many foreigners haunt. If there are any secrets that will be leaked, this should be the first place to consider.

However, even in Chang'an, it is impossible to establish a censorship agency just because it is established. Because, once anything involves the official level, the complexity will increase exponentially. Li Shimin, Wu Xing Qiwang, and the courtiers have ghosts, who knows where these things will take this matter. ?

Therefore, Li Xin could only figure out a way by himself.

So, he thought of it.

If we can make Xinhua Shusi the uncrowned king, an unofficially authorized institution that can exercise censorship power, then the matter will be solved—in other words, let everyone who wants to publish a book send their manuscripts to Xinhua Shu Come on, wouldn't it be good to let Xinhua Bookstore decide what books can be published?

First of all, reduce the publishing cost of Xinhua Bookstore to attract more people to choose Xinhua Bookstore to publish. Although it is said that some Confucian scholars are not short of money, there are still a majority of people without money in the world. With cash-strapped funds, they would naturally prefer Xinhua Bookstore, especially since Xinhua Bookstore's strength was significantly higher than other bookstores, so of course they didn't need to spend more money to buy worse services.

Second, not only lower fees, but rewards in turn. This step is a critical step. The inherent weakness of human nature is that no matter how much the reward is, once someone gets it, others will have the same idea of ​​wanting to get the reward. In other words, people will gradually develop a feeling that publishing needs to be approved by Xinhua Bookstore.

People will gradually accept an important point: it is good and important to be recognized by Xinhua Bookstore. Just like Oscars and other awards, bonuses and statuettes are actually not worth much. What really deserves the competition of so many outstanding actors is this kind of recognized glory.

Everyone who wants to publish a book, of course, thinks that his book is the best. In this way, of course, everyone of them will send the manuscript to Xinhua Bookstore first.