Chapter 165: The Imperial Daily
"Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper! Emperor Zhengdan made astonishing adjustments to the cabinet. β
A little boy braved the cold wind and shouted in the street, holding a scroll-like object in his hand and waving it.
"Hey, kid, what's in your hand, bring me one." A gentleman in a dark and green shirt who was sitting in a small shop eating breakfast was curious, and beckoned the newsboy to come over.
"This minister, this is the newspaper. Would you like one? It's not expensive, it's only two pennies. The child came over and asked politely.
"If you answer me a few questions, I'll ask for a copy." The swarthy man took out two pennies and handed them over.
"Okay, Xianggong." The newsboy's eyes lit up, and he handed over a newspaper with his hands and feet, and then stood quietly, waiting for the other party's reader to ask questions.
The swarthy man did not ask a question, but looked at the newspaper in his hand. He had just vaguely seen a few words on the scroll of paper that the newsboy would wield, in this era, everything with words was precious, and they all recorded a certain amount of knowledge, and he was very curious, how could this thing called a newspaper let a child come out to sell.
And listening to the children's slogan, it seems to be written about the big pilgrimage meeting a few days ago. At this time, it was only the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the Great Dynasty Meeting had just passed two days, although what happened was really terrifying, but with the speed of news spread in this world, it was only spread all over the officialdom, and the people had to let the news fly for a while before they heard it.
Although the swarthy scholar was a scholar, he didn't know what would happen in the Great Dynasty that day, but he could vaguely see from the officials who came and went in a hurry that something terrible seemed to have happened.
It just so happened that there seemed to be something involved in this part of the newspaper name, so he bought it and read it. But this look made him feel shocked, his hands trembled, and he almost couldn't hold the fluttering few pieces of paper.
The newspaper was stacked on top of each other, sewn together with thread in the middle, which was equivalent to a six-page booklet, and at this time the swarthy scholar opened the newspaper, and on the first page, there were several shocking bold characters written.
The cabinet scholar was promoted to a rank, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse was re-established as prime minister.
The font was clumsy and rigid, and it was ingenious, but the information contained on it made his head dizzy and his mind blank.
"What's wrong with the emperor, if you want to die, you don't want to die like this!" If the swarthy man is a descendant, he will definitely complain like this in his heart at this moment.
As long as those who have studied history a little bit will find that from the arrival of the prime minister to the Ming Dynasty, the power of the prime minister is constantly weakening, while the power of the monarch is constantly strengthening, which can be seen from the rules and titles of the courtiers in the early dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, the prime minister was directly abolished, although the cabinet rose later, the power increased, but it was only a five-grade official, there was no name, the outside had to compete with the six ministries, and the inner court had to deal with the inner court, and its power was far less than the previous dynasty.
However, now this change is a small matter, the official rank has risen, and the emperor has determined his name, which is a veritable prime minister. What's wrong with the emperor, is his brain confused?
The swarthy scholar looked at the information on it in a daze, and couldn't understand why the emperor would make such a change, and he also knew the news of the great change released by the apocalypse before, but he didn't expect this change to be like this.
Aren't the changes of all dynasties weakening the power of the prime minister and strengthening the power of the monarch? Aren't the emperors how convenient and how to come? Hongwu's abolition of the prime minister, and the military aircraft department set up by Kangxi are all like this, how can anyone delegate power?
"Xianggong, are you still asking? I'm going to sell newspapers! The swarthy man was stunned, but the newsboy was impatient, and he had to sell newspapers to make money.
"Oh, ask, just ask." The swarthy scholar came back to his senses, sorted out his thoughts, and asked the question in his heart just now, "Where did you get this newspaper from, and the information on it is accurate?" β
Hearing this question, a flash of brilliance flashed on the newsboy's face, and the person became proud, "My newspaper was taken from the Tiangong Firm, you can see that I am on my back." As he spoke, the newsboy turned around and had a few big characters printed on the back of his clothes, the name of the Heavenly Palace.
"This business name belongs to the emperor, and we are helping the emperor sell things." The newsboy turned around, listened to his chest, and seemed to be a hero, we are also the emperor's people.
"That's right, okay, I'm fine, you can go." Hearing the word emperor, everything was understood by the swarthy scholar. He also knew that this business that was established on Chinese New Year's Eve to sell goods did not have a trace of concealment, and directly flaunted the banner of the imperial store, which was very arrogant.
Well, it's arrogant, this is what the dark man made in the capital said, remembering the hateful and helpless expression of the other party when he said this, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and smiled.
"Goodbye." The little newsboy nodded, and turned to leave.
"Wait." The swarthy man seemed to remember something, and stopped the newsboy, "If there is a new newspaper these days, you can send me a copy, and it will be delivered here." He pointed to a guild hall and said.
"Okay, Xianggong." The newsboy answered and left, and then the shouts of the newspaper seller were heard in the distance.
"It's really polite, this Tiangong business is a good means!" The swarthy scholar shook his head, and then read the newspaper with the tofu brains and sesame baked cakes on the stall.
After reading the report on the cabinet, he flipped back, and one after another shocking news appeared in front of him, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will set up a branch in the local area, the Dali Temple will be upgraded in grade, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also set up a branch in the local area.
This first edition of the newspaper contains a lot of information, in addition to the affairs of the Imperial Court, there is also a detailed story about the coup d'Γ©tat of Red Pill, and the plan for dealing with those involved. In addition, there are also news about the royal family such as the recruitment of people in the Tiangong workshop, the sale of goods by the Tiangong firm, the rent-free farming of the imperial village, and the recruitment of material suppliers by the imperial palace.
By the time everything in the newspaper was finished, half an hour had passed. The swarthy man looked up and let out a long breath.
"This newspaper...... The Reichsdin ...... "He clutched the scroll of paper in his hand tightly, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart, and he felt that the light piece of paper in his hand seemed to be extremely heavy, and there seemed to be a power on it that could change the world.
He raised his eyes and saw that there were other people in the small shop who had bought newspapers, and they were talking loudly at the moment, some talking about the cabinet, some talking about the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and more talking about the Red Pill coup, and vaguely, he heard the words Li Sancai, will, and secret letter.
Looking at it, suddenly a word popped out of his heart, public opinion.
I'm afraid this newspaper will take away Shilin's right to speak! He sighed faintly in his heart.
[Author's digression]: I'm sorry, there was a mistake in the previous chapter, the cabinet of scholars should be five, seven, nine people, the result is written incorrectly, the last two numbers are missing, here to correct.