Chapter 1252 The oldest and most innovative art
The "Datang Daily" is the largest newspaper in the entire Tang Dynasty.
It is also the most authoritative newspaper in the entire Tang Dynasty.
Officials, nobles and merchants in Chang'an City must read the "Da Tang Daily".
However, today, everyone discovered that the front page headlines of the "Datang Daily" are very different.
"Censor Yang, look! His Highness the King of Chu published a signed article in the "Da Tang Daily". This is the first time that His Highness the King of Chu published an article in the "Da Tang Daily" in the entire 19th year of Zhenguan.
The most important thing is that this time he did not tell you any novel theories, but instead recommended a book to you."
At the Censorate, Yang Benman had just arrived at his office, and Linghu Wujiang couldn't wait to walk over.
Today, after wiping the table, making tea for Yang Benman, he opened the "Da Tang Daily" as usual.
Originally, this was just a very ordinary scene.
But when I saw the first article that day, I immediately arrived differently.
Li Kuan and others will not publish articles in newspapers.
Now, an article suddenly appeared silently or a piece of recommendation books, so everyone was surprised.
You should know that even classic books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Dream of the Red Chamber", Li Kuan has never recommended them to everyone in the newspaper.
But now a book that no one has seen before has received such high praise from His Highness the King of Chu.
Everyone can't help but feel surprised.
"His Royal Highness of Chu recommended a book to everyone? What book is it recommended?"
Sure enough, Yang Benman was also surprised.
If something goes wrong, there will be a demon.
"The Wealth of Nations, a book that I have never heard of before, said it was a masterpiece written by Wang Youcai from Guanshishan Academy Business School, and will be on sale in Xinhua Bookstore tomorrow."
Linghu Wujiang naturally remembered such a catchy title at once.
"The Wealth of Nations? Not a novel? Listen to the name, it seems to be a professional book. His Royal Highness of Chu recommended such a professional book to everyone in the "Da Tang Daily". Did you find the wrong place?
If he wants to promote a book, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to go to the Journal of Science?
Who is ordinary people interested in those professional books? If I remember correctly, Chen Wumei from Guanshishan Academy had published a book called "Principles of Mathematics". At that time, Xinhua Bookstore was trying hard to promote it, but in the end it only sold less than a thousand copies, right?"
Yang Benman was not shocked by the three words "The Wealth of Nations".
On the contrary, when he looked at the name, he knew that this book was not a popular novel and that many people would not have bought it.
"I also find it strange, but in the article, His Highness the King of Chu has a very high evaluation of "The Wealth of Nations". It is said that this book brings together excellent achievements in our economic thoughts over the past thousand years, especially the research results of rapid economic development during the Zhenguan period.
His Highness the King of Chu believes that this book provides a completely new and creative explanation of the research objects, methods, scope and content of political economy.
It is said that Guanshishan Academy is preparing to offer a separate course called political economy. He also said that political economy is the 'oldest and most novel art'."
Linghu Wujiang saw that Yang Benman had no particularly big reaction and quickly explained some of the content he saw.
"The oldest and most novel art? The King of Chu actually used such a high evaluation to describe a book? This Wang Youcai has only become famous in recent years, right?"
Yang Benman felt it tasted a bit tasty.
Before this, in addition to Li Kuan, he was an authoritative figure in the business district of the Tang Dynasty.
However, judging from the current rhythm, it seems that Wang Youcai, the rising star, is going to ascend directly in the daytime.
"Yes! That Wang Youcai is only in his twenties this year. His uncle is Wang Fugui, the royal merchant of the Chu Palace. Wang Youcai's most famous achievement was that he brought back a huge amount of gold and silver from Tianzhu, which overturned everyone's understanding of Tianzhu in one fell swoop.
Moreover, last year, there was a considerable economic turmoil in Silla, which was said to be the work of Wang Youcai. During that time, Silla items were piled up everywhere on the docks in Dengzhou and sold to merchants at extremely low prices, which caused a lot of sensation at that time."
The business district in Chang'an City is small or small.
Linghu Wujiang naturally heard of a person like Wang Youcai.
"Didn't Guanshishan Academy Business School launch Chen Bin to create an Economic Daily? Does it seem that it is intended to support him ascend to power? Why is it now that Wang Youcai is strongly supporting Wang Youcai?"
"Censor Yang, I actually think that His Highness of the King of Chu has always supported Wang Youcai, but Chen Bin has only risen in the past year.
The Economic Daily often contains articles written by him personally. Because he was born in a business family, he has been doing business with his father since he was a child. Although he is like Wang Youcai, he is only in his twenties, but his experience is very rich. The articles he wrote are very popular with various businesses."
Linghu Wujiang is now a figure in the investment circle of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to comprehensive newspapers such as the Datang Daily, he will never miss professional newspapers such as the Economic Daily.
"I'll take a look at the articles of His Highness King Chu. If "The Wealth of Nations" is really as good as he said, Wang Youcai will be completely famous. Over the years, no decent economics-related books have appeared in the Tang Dynasty."
Yang Benman picked up the newspaper on the table, took a sip of fragrant tea, and then read the article written by Li Kuan word by word.
"Businessmen don't have to complain about the decrease in profits, believing that this is the decline of business, and the decrease in profits is the natural result of business prosperity."
Yang Benman just looked at it for a while and then was shocked.
This sentence touched him very much.
During this period, the decline in the prices of commodities represented by permanent bicycles has caused a lot of trouble to Yang Benman.
He was a little confused about why the people in the Chu Palace did not make a profit and wanted to do the thankless thing?
But now after seeing this sentence, he felt that everything seemed to be smooth.
The prosperity of commerce has led to a decline in commodity prices. It seems that there is no problem to say that this is a natural result.
Just like when bicycles first appeared, even if they were sold for a hundred cents per vehicle, they were bought by someone.
The profit margin was definitely very high at that time.
However, with the increase in bicycle production, the price of bicycles continues to decline, and the overall profit also shows a downward trend.
This is indeed a sign of a business prosperity.
Selling dozens of bicycles a year is completely different from selling hundreds of thousands of bicycles a year.
Chapter completed!