In fact, there has been such a thing as a newspaper for a long time.

The first "newspaper" came out, and it was recorded in the Kaiyuan period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, there was only one kind of official newspaper, and the marching institutes and marching officials stationed in Chang'an from all over the country were responsible for presenting the marching chapter and reporting the news, which was copied and distributed to various places, called "Kaiyuan Miscellaneous Newspaper".

In addition, it also has names that are commonly used in ministers' songs, such as the Shogain Notice, the Shogain Notice, the Residence Official, or the Newspaper.

As for the word Di Bao, it originated in the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, all kinds of non-governmental newspapers were proliferated, and the government gradually paid attention to it, and as a means of controlling public opinion, the system also tended to be perfect.

Song Huizong and Song Xiaozong respectively stipulated:

"The ministers of the Yellow Gate are sparse, and they are self-propagating: they are not related to the ministers of the Yellow Gate, and those who report are in violation of the system."

"Texts related to military aircraft and border aircraft will not be recorded and sent to the Ministry of Justice, so as not to leak them in the newspaper."

In general, the newspapers of the Song Dynasty were very strict compared to those of the Tang Dynasty, and the Privy Council had to review the sample newspapers in advance, pass the "definitive version", and then allow them to be distributed.

To put it bluntly, the newspaper offices at that time were simply conveying government decrees to ordinary people.

Before the Ming Dynasty, non-governmental and official newspapers were already very developed.

Local tabloids that spread folklore and stories began in the Tang Dynasty, but flourished in the Song Dynasty due to the harsh censorship of official newspapers in the Song Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao once made a special reference to the newspaper system of the Ming generation, and in general:

The local Department of General Administration has a special Titang official, who is responsible for the receipt and delivery of official documents and newspapers, and all documents and court news that the emperor and the cabinet agree to issue are reported to the local government.

As for the burden of the "courier brother", it is the post station postmen all over the town, Li Zicheng is afraid that he is still doing his duty conscientiously at this time.

In addition to the commonly known as Tang Bao, there are also other names such as Di Bao, Ge Bao, Chao Bao, etc., as for the newspapers and periodicals on the bright side of the imperial court, they are called "Beijing Bao".

Compared with the Song Dynasty, the policy of the imperial court at this time was relatively relaxed.

The imperial court acquiesced in the establishment of local newspapers on their own and encouraged the people to make newspapers, and now the newspaper also has an easy-to-understand name - "newspaper room".

Private newspaper offices in various localities can purchase certain edicts of the emperor, the cabinet, and the decrees of the six ministries and courts from the Yamen of the General Administration Department for a large amount of money.

After obtaining the right to publish, the newspaper offices in various places can choose to print, and when it comes to this, it is necessary to mention the "masthead".

Because the "Beijing Daily" is often confused with the Di Bao or the Tang Bao, during the Zhengde period, Emperor Wuzong stipulated that the front page of the "Beijing Daily" of the imperial court was printed with a masthead for identification.

I have to say, this is a pioneering feat.

From then on, after purchasing the right to publish from the Yamen of the Department of General Affairs, newspaper offices in various localities had to print the masthead of the Beijing Daily News on the front of the issue of the newspaper to identify the source.

Otherwise, the court has the right to reclaim it and let them repay the money.

If there is a false printed masthead, the newspaper house will be raided, and the family property will be confiscated and the whole family will be exiled.

But then again, although the imperial court relaxed restrictions on private newspapers, it still strictly regulated the content of the distribution of the "Beijing Daily".

Zhu Youxiao learned that at present, the "Beijing Daily" is published twice a month, and the content of the publication is actually not much different from the rest of the Di Bao and Tang Bao, and only occasionally selects some non-governmental news.

Although such a Beijing newspaper is authoritative, it is far less effective than the Donglin Party members gathering together to form associations and spread word of mouth.

The first step in Zhu Youxiao's restructuring of the Beijing Newspaper was to remove the right to publish the Beijing Newspaper from the local communications and administrative departments and hand it over to a new government office directly under him, the Metropolitan Prison Office.

Compared with the civilian-official group that protects the officials and officials, the Metropolitan Prison Office established last year is completely Zhu Youxiao's own henchmen.

What to issue and which newspaper to give the right to publish is all up to you, the emperor!

Of course, after the removal of this right of the General Administration, there will be a large-scale layoff nationwide, and all the Titang officials will be abolished, which is a major personnel change.

It is conservatively estimated that at least 100,000 small officials will be laid off this time.

Whether there will be another Li Zicheng among these people, Zhu Youxiao has no time to take care of it, and there is no way to arrange a way back for each of them.

At this time, all localities were still smashing Donglin Academy, and they were going to lay off employees across the country, and it was important to maintain stability.

In the world, there are too many unknown juniors, even if it is an emperor, it is impossible to cover everything, Zhu Youxiao can only think about the overall situation and do what he thinks is right.

......

Wang Tiqian let out a loud shout, looked at the deer corpse that was carried by Huang Degong, and said:

"Master, I shot a deer today, and the slave took it back to roast it for you and the queen, but it can be nourished!"

"You know how to eat."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Tiqian, put down the bow, and was also satisfied with his archery skills, he always ran to Nanhaizi when he had nothing to do, and it was not in vain.

"Ouch-"

Suddenly hearing a cry of pain, Zhu Youxiao immediately tightened the reins of the horse, sat down on the war horse and stopped its hooves, stopped in a well-trained manner, and snorted.

However, Wang Tiqian's equestrian skills were not perfect, and he rode a horse behind Zhu Youxiao, and saw an old locust tree with crooked branches, and he couldn't avoid it.

Finally, a big bag came out of his head and fell off the horse.

This time, it was not a light fall...

Zhu Youxiao's demeanor did not change, he just looked at it coldly, and said, "No matter how you go, you can't ride a horse?" ”

Wang Tiqian didn't care about the pain in his head, and just got up, but he fell to the ground again, trembling and said:

"The slave and maid only cared about looking at His Majesty's back, but did not pay attention to his head, and shocked His Majesty, the slave and maid deserve to die for their crimes, and they deserve to die for their crimes!"

Huang Degong and the other guards' eyes moved slightly, and they all just watched this scene quietly.

But he saw that Zhu Youxiao got off the imperial horse, picked up the small hat that Wang Tiqian had fallen on the ground and handed it back to him, wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and asked softly:

"How's it going, does it hurt?"

Wang Tiqian looked at the emperor in a daze for a long time, and suddenly reacted, but he stammered:

"Slave no, no, no, it doesn't hurt—"

Zhu Youxiao snorted, raised his head, circled around the old locust tree, suddenly sneered, and said:

"Spread the word, the old locust tree in Nanhaizi is not growing well, crooked branches, show the public for three days, and then cut it down!"

This oracle is quite strange, but no one dares to laugh.

Wang Tiqian was prostrate on the ground, and his voice revealed a cry: "Master, it's not like this, it's not like this..."

"Not really?"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, stepped on the war horse, looked around solemnly and majestically, and then fell on the old locust tree, and said majestically:

"I am the Son of Heaven, in this world, whether it is a human or an animal, even if it is this old locust, if it hurts me, it will die!"

"Listen to me, carefully watch your own errands, and if you don't do things well, I will cut you down like a tree!"

Wang Tiqian naturally understood the deep intention of the emperor's words, and was so moved that he wept bitterly, leaned over, sobbed, and decided to publish the matter in the next issue of the Beijing Daily.

Emperor, it's still good to your own people!

Less leaning, Zhu Youxiao and Wang Tiqian came to the hillside, accompanied by dusk, pointed to a herd of deer in the distance, and asked:

"How many bows can you pull?"

"Slave... Won't draw the bow. Wang Tiqian was a little embarrassed.

Zhu Youxiao laughed, didn't care too much, suddenly got up, waved his hand, and said, "Give me two stone strong bows!" ”

Huang Degong led a cavalryman and presented the bow to the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao took the bow into his hand, and his whole body really sank, this strong bow was at least several times heavier than the curved bow at his waist.

Huang Degong presented the arrows with both hands, and then took a few steps back in a witty manner, looking at the emperor from a distance to shoot with a bow.

When Zhu Youxiao was fighting in the southwest, he once asked Zhang Ling for advice in the battalion.

At this moment he exhaled deeply, wound his arrow, pressed his thumb to the middle finger, charged his strength to the tiger's mouth, pursed his lips, tightened his right arm, pulled the string to his right cheek, and opened the bow.