The first issue of the "Huangming Times" was officially released on August 4, and because of the Jin Shang incident, some new content was added, so the release date was a few days later than originally scheduled.

The first issue was 5,000 copies, and the price was 1 penny a copy, compared with the 10 yuan a copy of Shanghai's "Shi Ji Bao" written by Liang Qichao in the late Qing Dynasty, "Huangming Times" not only did not make money, but even lost money.

Zhu Cihong did not plan to use the "Huangming Times" to make money, he wanted to spread knowledge through the newspaper, open up the wisdom of the people, understand the world, publicize patriotic thoughts, introduce scientific and technological knowledge, etc., and subtly change the thinking of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Political, economic, military, cultural, scientific, technological, historical, and so on, we have expanded in all aspects, with special emphasis on political propaganda against the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north and the Liukou in the Central Plains.

Of course, Zhu Cihong also took into account the fact that the current illiteracy rate of the people in the Ming Dynasty is too high and most of them are illiterate, so he set up hundreds of newspaper kiosks in various parts of Beijing, which are not only responsible for selling newspapers, but also reading newspapers every day.

It is a routine with the announcement issued in Liangxiang City, as long as the literate people open their mouths to read, they will make money, and knowledge will change their fate.

On the day of the issuance of the Huangming Times, the newsstands on the major streets were full of people, reading and listening to the newspapers, and for a time all parts of the capital were lively.

Although there are also slightly popular books, novels, naturalists, etc., some of the contents are absurd and nonsensical, and can only be used as a material for literati to talk about, and cannot be shared with the elegant and vulgar, and the ordinary people can't understand it at all!

The articles in the "Huangming Times" are simple and auspicious, and the words are popular and down-to-earth, which can be appreciated not only by scholars and doctors, but also by workers, farmers, and businessmen who are slightly literate.

"Huangming Times" started with a clear meaning and took ordinary people as the readers, so that some ordinary people began to know how to read the newspaper and became loyal readers of "Huangming Times".

Within a few days of its publication, the Huangming Times immediately aroused discussion among people from all walks of life in the capital, and some literati praised it one after another:

"The content of the Huangming Times includes the politics of the country, the changes in customs, the important affairs of national affairs, the pros and cons of business and trade, and all the amazing and gratifying things."

"With this newsprint, we can broadcast the things that can be passed on in the world to the world, so that people can know the things in the world without leaving their homes."

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After Zhu Cihong left the Hanjing Factory last time, Shi Zhidong found more than a dozen literati in just two days, all of whom were relatively down-and-out people, most of whom were Shi Zhidong's contemporaries or fellow villagers, and belonged to a circle of literati.

According to the request of the crown prince, Shi Zhidong formed the editorial department of the Huangming Times, and the content of the first issue was written by them.

After the first issue was issued, the second and third issues were also written, during which Zhu Cihong inspected the editorial office of the Huangming Times, flattering the editors.

Zhu Cihong told them that the content of the manuscript should be written boldly, as long as it is not against the imperial court and against humanity, it can be written, and it can also be solicited from readers, and as long as it is written well, the manuscript fee will be paid.

Zhu Cihong finally told them that as long as they did a good job, they would all be sealed officials in the system in the future.

said that other treatment was, and the last sentence was the most powerful, which suddenly made the editors of the Huangming Times as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they worked harder to dedicate their youth to the newspaper's journalism.

Shi Zhidong was very interested in this errand, and gave himself a pen name: Shi Hanlin, although there are only three words, it represents the Hanlin dream in his heart.

Other editors borrowed from him and gave themselves pen names, and all kinds of bells and whistles gradually appeared.

Zhu Cihong's continuous increase in capital has expanded the Hanjing Factory several times, and various printing equipment and craftsmen have also been added a lot.

At the same time, he changed the mansion of the eight traitors in the new Taicang Hutong into the editorial headquarters of the Huangming Times, and invested 10,000 taels of silver to increase printing equipment and recruit craftsmen, which was the establishment of the Huangming Times.

Starting from the second issue, the Huangming Times officially confirmed that it will be issued in three days, with 10,000 copies per issue, and the audience will expand from Beijing to Tongzhou, Daxing, Shunyi and other places near Beijing.

In the second issue, the person with the pen name "The First Marshal of the Ming Dynasty" published an article in the newspaper, titled "Revealing the Secret of How the Wailang, a member of the household surnamed Chen, walked towards the abyss step by step", Zhu Cihong wanted to use this article to beat these officials, and the officials should be restrained and not mistaken.

This article involves court officials, which makes many people feel very surprised, this newspaper dares to write such a forbidden thing, is it not afraid of being invited to tea by Jinyiwei and seized by the imperial court?

When the third issue of the Huangming Times was issued, people were convinced that there must be a big guy behind the Huangming Times, otherwise they would not play like this.

Soon someone came out that the crown prince's guard of honor had been in and out of the editorial office of the Huangming Times, and this news made many people relieved, no wonder the Huangming Times was so good, he dared to say anything, it turned out that there was a prince standing in the back.

Slowly, people began to submit articles, publish some novel articles, and even have the audacity to start commenting on some policies of the imperial court.

The literati saw that these articles were not subject to the rectification of the imperial court, so some bold people began to express their views on rectification in the Huangming Times.

And what these people didn't expect, not only did they not pursue it, but they could also get the manuscript fee, and some literati published articles in the Huangming Times one after another.

The daily publication of the Huangming Times is more and more diverse, including literature, astronomy, geography, literature, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and so on.

Zhu Cihong was worried that the people in the editorial department would not understand this, so he directly copied some excerpts from Tang Ruowang's "Chongzhen Almanac", Xu Guangqi's "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", "Geometric Originals", "Taixi Water Law" and other books every day and posted them in the science section of the Huangming Times.

Zhu Cihong just wanted to use the newspaper to imperceptibly make the people of the Ming Dynasty have a clear understanding of the world, not to rest on their laurels, to slowly change their thinking, and to arouse some people's interest in science.

Historically, the rapid development of science and technology in the late Ming Dynasty and the emergence of many scientists, at this time, the "Huangming Times" as a carrier, so that they scattered all over the country have the opportunity to communicate, confirm and inspire each other, and promote the development of science.

The success of the "Huangming Times" in the Beizhili area made Zhu Cihong very relieved, and he began to set up Huangming Times branches throughout the country, and at the same time served as the intelligence points of Li Tingbiao and other Jinyi guards throughout the country, using the newspaper position to cover the dissemination of information.

Zhu Cihong also asked Emperor Chongzhen to merge the Huangming Times into the Ministry of Rites, and set up the Ministry of Rites to publicize the Qing Officials Division, Shi Zhidong served as the Langzhong of Zhengwupin, responsible for the management of the Huangming Times, and Chongzhen immediately approved.

The role of the newspaper may not be thought of at first, but slowly, the court will realize its strength, and Zhu Cihong cannot always hold him in his hands, which can only cause criticism from others.