I had just submitted my resignation, and the emperor had agreed to it. I thought I could be lazy for a few months.
But unexpectedly, the emperor immediately arranged a new errand for him.
Moreover, I just said it myself, if you encounter any difficulties, just come to him.
Now it's too late even if you want to change your mind.
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "Brother Emperor, I wonder what kind of things should be entrusted to my younger brother?"
Li Ke laughed and said: "This matter really belongs to you. If it were anyone else, there really would be no way to complete this task!"
"It's like this. The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Research Institute have improved the original signal transmission tower, and now it can be extended to cover an area."
"At present, the signal transmission towers on Guannai Road and Jiannan Road have been completed. Other roads are also under construction."
"Now that they have produced a batch of TVs, they can set up a TV station to broadcast TV programs."
"But no one has ever done this before, and I don't know how to do it. I can only leave this matter to you."
Li Ke attaches great importance to TV stations.
As an emperor, how could he not understand the benefits brought by television?
This is the best platform to promote the positive energy of the royal family to the people of the entire Tang Dynasty face to face!
No previous dynasty had such convenience.
Their control over the entire country has never been as strong as that of the Tang Dynasty now.
In the past, no matter how good the national policies were, they could be misinterpreted by local governments at will.
So much so that the common people mistakenly believed that this was all the fault of the imperial court.
But what now?
All policies can be disseminated directly on TV stations.
In this way, the common people will not resent the imperial court.
When he heard that it was actually this mission, Li Min felt relieved.
What about setting up a TV station?
Although he has no experience at all, he is knowledgeable.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, he was really the only person who was most qualified for this job.
Moreover, setting up a TV station can be said to be a relaxing and entertaining job, not annoying.
At that moment, Li Min agreed wholeheartedly.
For the next time, Li Min stayed in the palace and had a meal with Li Ke.
This year, Li Ke is ready to name Concubine Yang the Queen Mother.
And he has already checked the opinions of the ministers, so there shouldn't be much resistance.
At this time, although Concubine Yang is not the queen yet, she is already an invisible queen.
Now that the eldest son has become the emperor, the second son is by her side, and the house is full of children and grandchildren, Concubine Yang is very happy.
When nothing happens, not only Li Min's children will often come to the palace to visit her.
Concubine Yang herself would often go to the Prince of Shu's Mansion to see her grandchildren.
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Next, Li Min began to establish the film and television department.
This department is temporarily independent from the six departments. The director is Li Min and is directly responsible to the emperor.
Of course, Li Min has no idea how it will develop in the future.
This kind of thing can only wait until later, depending on the situation.
After establishing the film and television department, the next step is to establish a headquarters and recruit staff.
At the same time, a TV station must be established, staff recruited, hosts etc.
Li Min does not need to do these tasks himself, he can just delegate them to his subordinates.
What Li Min has to do now is actually to decide the program.
When setting up a TV station, what programs do you need to broadcast? Do you have to decide in advance?
First of all, news broadcast is essential.
In fact, for the emperor, the most important purpose of establishing a TV station was to broadcast news.
This is a platform to disseminate the court's policies to the people and has the function of educating.
Of course, if you have a news network, you need reporters.
Secondly, Li Min is also planning to set up a weather forecast column.
As for predicting the weather, Li Chunfeng needs to come forward.
Now Li Chunfeng has written a book after ten years.
He combined the knowledge of astrology, astronomy and geography.
After writing the book, he also established a special subject of astronomy.
Here, there is not only the study of astrology, but also the study of weather.
However, this subject is too niche.
And after graduation, it is difficult to find a job.
The knowledge in this course is quite profound, and can even be described as incomprehensible.
But what about practical uses?
It seems like there is really no use for it.
Therefore, Li Chunfeng did not have many apprentices, only a few dozen.
But now, it comes in handy.
For this matter, Li Min went directly to Li Chunfeng.
"Disciple Li Chunfeng, please pay my respects to Master."
Li Chunfeng was also very happy to see his master.
"Master, sit down quickly. The disciple is preparing to go find the master."
Li Min couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Chunfeng, why do you want to be your teacher?"
Li Chunfeng said helplessly: "Master, there is something I want to ask the master for help!"
Li Min laughed and said: "If you encounter any difficulties, just say it. As long as I can do it as a teacher, I will try my best to help you."
Hearing what the master said, Li Chunfeng said sheepishly: "Master, I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to solve. In this world, I'm afraid only the master can do it."
oh?
What exactly is the problem?
How could Li Chunfeng be so embarrassed?
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "Chunfeng, don't be too obtrusive. Just tell me, what do you want the master to help you with?"
Li Chunfeng quickly said: "Master, it's like this. Didn't the disciples have a course on astronomy and geography?"
"The disciple also recruited a group of students. The earliest students who followed the disciple have graduated."
"But after graduation, they have no use for the knowledge they have learned, and they cannot find jobs."
"In desperation, the disciple had no choice but to hire them back and ask them to be teaching assistants!"
"But there are few students signing up now, so there is simply no need for so many people. The disciples really don't know how to arrange them."
"After they learn knowledge, do they go home and continue farming? There is absolutely no use for them to learn this knowledge!"
"Also, the latest batch of students are about to graduate, and they are also facing employment problems."
"Master, because of this problem, fewer and fewer new students are signing up. In a few years, I'm afraid this course will have to be canceled."
Li Chunfeng has been studying these things all his life, and it can be said that he devoted all his efforts.
He could spend his whole life for this knowledge.
But he couldn't ask his disciples to do the same, he also wanted to pass on this knowledge.
Hearing Li Chunfeng's question, Li Min couldn't help laughing.
Li Min came to Li Chunfeng this time just to ask for someone from him.
What a coincidence, before I even opened my mouth, he begged me first.
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "Chunfeng, you don't have to worry about this matter, everything is taken care of by the master."
Hearing what the master said, Li Chunfeng asked with surprise and joy: "Master, is this true?"
Li Min laughed and said, "Of course it's true. When did master lie to you?"
"Recently, the emperor asked me to form a film and television department and establish a TV station."
"If you have a TV station, you need to have programs. Originally, the masters of these programs have already prepared them and are ready to report them to the emperor."
"Fortunately, I haven't reported it yet. I came here just to see you. I didn't expect you to encounter difficulties. If this is the case, I would just put on another program and set up a special weather forecast."
"This weather forecast needs to predict the weather for the next few days every day, so that people can prepare in advance."
"This weather forecast requires a lot of manpower. At the same time, as a teacher, you can also ask all the TV stations in the entire Datang to open this column. By then, your students will have a place to go!"
After hearing what the master said, Li Chunfeng was surprised and happy.
The emotion in my heart was beyond words, and even my voice was choked with sobs.
"For the sake of his disciple, the master actually went to this point, disciple, disciple——"
Li Min stood up and patted Li Chunfeng on the shoulder, and said sincerely: "Chunfeng, there is no need for this. You are my most promising disciple. If I don't help you, who will I help?"
Li Chunfeng was deeply moved again.
After a long while, Li Chunfeng said: "Master, there are only ten channels in the country, that is, there are only ten TV stations. Even if each TV station recruits two people, it can only solve the employment problem of twenty people. This is still not enough!
"
Li Min laughed loudly and said: "Chunfeng, even you, can you accurately predict the weather conditions in every county in the entire Jiannan Road or Guannai Road?"
Li Chunfeng shook his head and said: "No, the disciple can only predict the weather of one city and one place."
Previously, Li Chunfeng had indeed predicted where there would be a flood.
But this kind of prediction is because the weather is already obvious and something will definitely happen.
It is not too difficult for them to predict such a catastrophic change.
But they can't predict ordinary weather out of thin air.
Li Min couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's it. By then, every county will have a weather forecast department."
"Think about it, how many counties are there in the entire Tang Dynasty? How many manpower are needed? Your current number of disciples is far from enough!"
"But at present, we can't open it in the county for the time being. We need to proceed slowly, but there is no rush."
"Let's do this. After a few days, the division will set up a meteorological bureau in Chang'an City."
"When the time comes, you can ask all your disciples to come over. Let them familiarize themselves with the process first, and then when other TV stations are opened, you can let them go and take up the post directly."
"Before that, I'm going to teach them some knowledge."
Hearing the master's words, Li Chunfeng nodded repeatedly.
At the same time, he said with a smile: "Master, since you will impart some new knowledge when the time comes, the disciples will also come with you, and the disciples will also learn from it."
Li Min nodded slightly and agreed to Li Chunfeng's request.
Li Chunfeng felt grateful again.
This trip was not in vain.
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Next, Li Min also fell into busyness.
Although many things can be delegated to subordinates.
But all processes need to be checked by Li Min personally.
After all, he was the only one in the entire Tang Dynasty who understood the operation process of the TV station.
As for reporters and staff, Li Min mobilized a lot of people from Yizhou Monthly.
After all, Yizhou Monthly has been established for more than ten years, and they are professionals in doing these things.
The TV station also needs to play some movies.
It would be best to have a TV series, but it's a pity.
Before the advent of television, it was obvious that there would be no TV series.
So for now, you can only choose a time period to play some movies.
In the later stage, some TV programs will need to be added.
But as for what TV programs to broadcast, Li Min is still thinking about it.
Some entertainment programs for later generations?
It will definitely not work if you copy it mechanically. At most, it can serve as a reference.
It must be suitable for the current environment and atmosphere of Datang.
There is no need to rush this, you can think about it slowly.
Chang'an City's Meteorological Department was also formally established.
Li Chunfeng came with his fifty-six disciples to report.
Next, Li Min began to teach them advanced weather forecasting knowledge.
For later generations of meteorological bureaus, they basically relied on data transmitted from satellites to predict weather, and they made judgments after analysis.
Of course, in this era, satellite data is definitely not possible.
To predict the weather, they can only rely on some meteorological experience.
There is also a way to determine the weather through changes in the stars.
However, the accuracy of this measurement is really worrying.
Not to mention this era, even in later generations, there are many times when weather forecasts are not accurate enough.
In this era, it is impossible to have high accuracy.
But if we want to establish a meteorological department, we can't go too far wrong.
If the weather reports they broadcast were wrong every day, it would be a joke and there would be no need to exist.
It was precisely because of this situation that Li Chunfeng was so moved when he heard that his master would actually set up a weather forecast column specifically for them.
What Li Min taught them on the spot was some experience of later generations testing the weather.
At the same time, Li Min also gave two hot air balloons to the meteorological department.
This hot air balloon was produced in a military factory and has passed strict testing. There is no quality problem at all.
On the first day, Li Min personally boarded the gondola of the hot air balloon, and then took four people up to the sky.
Of course, among this group of people, Li Chunfeng is indispensable, and the other two are Li Chunfeng's proud disciples.
After rising to the altitude, they can better observe a series of changes in clouds, humidity, air pressure, etc.
The data observed at this height is much more accurate than their observations on the ground.
The knowledge imparted by Li Min felt like a treasure to them. They quickly took out their pen and paper and recorded it verbatim, lest they forget anything.
After two hours of testing in mid-air and recording a series of records, they returned from the air.
After that, start making inferences based on these data.
According to their inference, there should be light rain the next day.
Then the next day, it rained lightly.
This made them very excited.
In fact, in their daily study process, they often apply what they have learned and predict the weather for the next day.
But the accuracy is very poor.
I always thought that they all thought it was because they hadn't learned enough yet.
Only now did they discover that this was not the case.
But the data they sampled were all done on the ground.
The data on the ground and high in the air will be very different.
The King of Shu also told them that even the height obtained by sampling the height of the hot air balloon was not accurate.
What's more, it's on the ground.
Originally they were still worried.
In order to help them, the King of Shu did not hesitate to set up a meteorological bureau.
If the accuracy of their predictions is very low, they will inevitably fail to live up to the high hopes of the prince.
But now, with the hot air balloon, their confidence has greatly increased.
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Under Li Min's command, Chang'an Royal Television Station was officially established one month later.
Of course, the TV station was established and the staff were in place.
The programs are also arranged.
As for the host, Li Min also used this time to train a few people.
And when the TV station was about to launch, Li Min gathered the heads of all the TV stations from the ten regions of the Tang Dynasty to Chang'an.
They will all learn from it when Royal TV comes on the air.
After returning home, they had a plan in mind on how to host a TV station.
During this period, Li Min did not sell TVs to anyone else.
This couldn't help but make everyone confused.
Isn't this a TV station?
Aren't your TV programs meant to be watched on a TV set?
You don’t even sell TV sets now. After your TV program is broadcast, who will you show it to?
Who can see it?
Hearing these questions, Li Min couldn't help but smile and didn't bother to explain to them.
It’s not that Li Min doesn’t want to sell!
The key is that this TV was before TV signals were broadcast.
They couldn't receive the signal at all, and the TV couldn't play anything.
This is a broken machine, who would buy it?
Even if it is sold, it will definitely not sell a few units.
If you want to promote TV, naturally you cannot use this method.
Before the TV station was ready to start broadcasting, Li Min placed more than a hundred TV sets in the streets, alleys, and major intersections of Chang'an City.
Next to the TV, there is an antenna erected.
Signals are transmitted using signal towers. Without an antenna, the signal cannot be received.
And when doing this, Li Min did not deliberately promote it.
Most people are infinitely curious about new things.
No need to spread it, someone will definitely ask what these things are.
What does it do, what does it do, and what does it mean to put it here?
As long as they become curious, are they afraid that no one will look at it?
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We chose an auspicious day and the TV station was officially launched.
On this day, more than a hundred TV sets were turned on at the same time throughout Chang'an City.
Of course, since the program had not officially started yet, only a Weihe River pattern was displayed on the TV.
There is a line of font on it indicating that Datang Royal Television will officially start broadcasting at eight o'clock.
In the past few days, the people of Chang'an City have been asking around, but they have never found out what these things are.
And today, the answer to this mystery is finally revealed.
Eight o'clock, Datang Royal TV, what the hell is this?
In large and small squares, more and more people are crowding in.
They all wanted to see what would happen at eight o'clock.
It was already past seven o'clock when the TV was turned on.
But during this hour, the people around me felt that it was so slow.
It seems like a year has passed so long.
Finally, at eight o'clock, all the viewers craned their necks to see what the Tang Dynasty Royal Television was about!
However, at this time, a small situation occurred in the TV station.
It turns out that the four host apprentices trained by Li Min did not have strong psychological qualities.
When they thought that the people in Chang'an City would be able to see them, they felt extremely nervous.
I was shaking so nervously that I couldn't even stand up.
The other three were also sweating and looked very nervous.
Well, in this situation, if they were to preside over it, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.
This is the Tang Dynasty Royal Television, the first time it has been broadcast. How could this situation happen?
I have no choice but to do it myself.
Li Min directly picked up the phone and turned on the signal.
In Chang'an City, countless people in front of the TV suddenly discovered.
After the time reached eight o'clock, the picture on the TV suddenly changed.
Scenes of the Tang Dynasty's mountains and rivers flashed by quickly.
Then the screen freezes in Chang'an, and a line of large characters appears.
Datang Royal Television, this line of characters gradually faded and disappeared, and then the four characters "Xinwen Lianbo" appeared again.
Immediately afterwards, the screen jumped, and the scene inside the broadcast room of the TV station appeared.
A handsome young man appeared in their sight.
"Hello, viewers, this is Datang Royal Television. What I will be broadcasting next is the Xinwen Lianbo program. I am the host Li Min."
Seeing this scene, the people watching suddenly burst into cheers.
"King of Shu! King of Shu!"
"It's actually the King of Shu!"
"This isn't a movie either? What is this?"
"This, isn't this what King Shu just said?"
"I feel like the King of Shu is talking to us face to face?"
"What exactly is this news network?"
The people below were talking a lot, and on the TV, the pictures were switching.
"Yesterday was the day of the early court meeting of the Tang Dynasty. In the court hall, the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty had a heated discussion on education issues."
Then the screen changed, and the scene of yesterday's morning court inside the palace appeared directly.
In the early dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, ministers did not need to kneel and sit, and there were no fixed positions.
After a long morning session, the ministers could still kneel on the ground.
After Li Ke became the emperor, he felt that if the morning court was very long, the ministers might be exhausted.
Therefore, there are rows of sofas in the palace.
The shot at this time is exactly the shot from the early morning.
Emperor Li Ke, wearing a yellow robe and a crown.
Below, the ministers, each wearing court clothes, were sitting on the sofa.
Emperor Li Ke, sitting on the dragon throne, said with great emotion: "It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people! Education is a top priority!"
"No matter how hard it is, we can't help our children, no matter how poor we are, we can't afford education! Therefore, I have decided to increase investment in education. In the next three years of primary school, three years of middle school, and these six years of education, all fees will be waived!"
"My dear friends, what do you think? Let's discuss this!"