"Newspapers? Are you talking about Di Bao? Bright Light scratched his head a little confused and asked.

"Yes, but not exactly ......" Guo Zhiyuan nodded, and began to tell Hui Shengguang in detail about his ideas for the newspaper, and then simply found a large piece of paper to sketch it with a pen, and sketched out the simple layout before remembering that he had not named himself, this name must be loud and easy to remember, and he must not be taboo, otherwise it would be miserable to be attacked by others for his rebellion, Guo Zhiyuan originally wanted to name it "Gutian Daily" directly, but after thinking about it, he felt that the pattern was too small, and finally groaned slightly, In the position of the masthead is written "Xingming Bao" three big words! In this way, the "Xingming Daily", which was popular in the land of China, was born!

The more he listened, the brighter his eyes became, he was originally extremely smart, otherwise how could he deceive others into willingly paying him money? Therefore, he immediately realized the broad prospects and huge influence of "Xingming Daily", and said excitedly: "Adults can rest assured, villains will live up to the trust of adults!" However, the villain still has some questions, first, how much of this newspaper is going to be printed in one issue? If you print less, the influence is not enough, and if you print more, you will spend a lot of money; Second, how to quickly deliver this newspaper after it is printed? Third, there is a lot of content in each issue of this newspaper, and the adults also say that major events that happen all over the country must be printed in a timely manner, how can this be done? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan knew that Hui Shengguang was really attentive when he heard it, and asked a few questions to the point, but he had already thought of these three questions, the newspaper delivery can make use of the ready-made sales network of "Miaoyifang", and Sun Chuan's carriage and horse shop can also help to pass it, and it can be delivered for free in the early stage, and it can be sold for money when it becomes famous, and it can also make money through advertising. As for information collection, it is easier, the intelligence stations established by Zhang Cheng in various places will regularly pass on information back, Guo Zhiyuan will personally screen it first, important information will naturally be kept secret, and irrelevant information can be thrown to Xuan Shengguang to screen.

However, after all, Xuan Shengguang had just been put into effect, and the affairs of the intelligence system naturally did not let him know, so Guo Zhiyuan only answered his first question, and gave a thumbs up: "I am going to print 10,000 copies in the first three issues, all of which will be given away for free, and after becoming famous, it will gradually increase to about 100,000 copies, and each copy will be sold for three copper coins, and we can also make money by selling advertisements, which should be enough to maintain the cost of printing......"

"Advertising?" Bright Light asked puzzled.

Guo Zhiyuan briefly explained what the advertisement was all about, and his eyes brightened when he heard it, and he admired Guo Zhiyuan so much, and at the same time was impressed by Guo Zhiyuan's boldness, what kind of concept is 100,000 copies, it is going to sweep the whole country! If at the beginning, he only took refuge in Guo Zhiyuan to save his life, but now he is convinced to hug Guo Zhiyuan's thighs.

Of course, the first issue of the newspaper was an instant hit, so Guo Zhiyuan personally wrote an article, the content of which was the views he mentioned at the Xichan Temple Poetry Conference, he was ready to set off a vernacular poetry movement in the country, because he wanted to make a name for himself mainly for Shilin, his advocacy of vernacular poetry will inevitably cause controversy in Shilin, no matter what the result is, people will remember him as the first person to advocate vernacular poetry, and his goal of making a name for himself was achieved, and at the same time this topic does not involve politics. Zhizhi, so although it will cause controversy, there is no need to worry about too much resistance, resulting in his newspaper being blocked as soon as it came out.

At the same time, in order to attract the interest of ordinary people, Guo Zhiyuan also engaged in a column of novel serialization, and he couldn't plagiarize the four famous novels, so Guo Zhiyuan chose to plagiarize foreign masterpieces --- "Robinson Crusoe", "Robinson Crusoe" is based on the Age of Discovery, and the story takes place in 1651, which is not far from Guo Zhiyuan's era, so there will not be too many things that do not belong to this era. At the same time, Guo Zhiyuan can also subtly spread the new ideas of the Age of Discovery to the people of this era in this way, laying the foundation for his future plans.

He handed over the rest of the things to Hui Shengguang, and then brought Zhang Cheng again and told him to go to the capital to do the affairs of the intelligence station, and by the way, he also brought Shen Yuniang, Miaoyifang's branch in the capital has been opened, and I heard that it has also taken the line in the palace, and Guo Zhiyuan naturally has to firmly grasp this line, so he will not hesitate to send the capable Shen Yuniang out.

The first issue of the sample newspaper of "Xingming Daily" was printed half a month later, and Hui Shengguang was really talented in printing and publishing, and Guo Zhiyuan was very satisfied with the sample newspaper printed, with pictures and texts, even the illiterate people felt very interesting when they saw it, and Xu Guangqi They also felt very novel when they saw the printed sample newspaper, and they were amazed again and again.

Sure enough, as Guo Zhiyuan expected, the first issue of "Xingming Daily" caused a sensation as soon as it was launched, especially in Shilin, and of course most of it was a voice of criticism, thinking that Guo Zhiyuan was deviant and spreading false reasoning and heresy, and even some well-known "talents" wrote articles to criticize Guo Zhiyuan, but in this way, Guo Zhiyuan's goal was also achieved, and he became a hot person from an unknown person.

At this time, Liu Guangxian's twists and turns also arrived in the capital, in which Liu Guangxian truthfully reported the situation he saw in Gutian County, and also gave a high evaluation to Guo Zhiyuan, saying that Guo Zhiyuan is "the country's talent, the pillar of the future", Wanli saw Liu Guangxian's twists and turns and was also surprised, Guo Zhiyuan took office less than half a year to clear the bandits that have been a disaster for Gutian for a long time, and won the support of the local people, the population of Gutian has more than doubled compared to when he first took office, such a political achievement is also incredible!

Shen Cheng was immediately anxious, and immediately impeached Liu Guangxian, saying that he must have been bribed by Guo Zhiyuan and colluded with Guo Zhiyuan to deceive the court, and Shen Li naturally spoke up, saying that who didn't know that Liu Guangxian was the most upright and never favoritism, and Liu Guangxian went to investigate Guo Zhiyuan by holy order, how could he risk the crime of bullying the monarch to help Guo Zhiyuan speak.

The two of them each held a word, and they argued in the court again, and Wanli was also a little hesitant, not knowing whose words to believe, he didn't really believe that Liu Guangxian, who had always been known as a straight name, would deceive him, but what Liu Guangxian said in the fold was really incredible, especially in the fold Liu Guangxian also mentioned that Fujian suffered from the plague, saying that more than 20,000 people died in Fujian because of the plague, and only Gutian County died under Guo Zhiyuan's strong prevention and control, and six of them were refugees who fled to Gutian from other places!

And Shen has always grasped one point, and completely denied Liu Xianguang's investigation report on Gutian in the compromise, thinking that he was lying, even Shen Li felt that he was not confident at this point, because the situation that Liu Xianguang said completely subverted people's perception of the plague, how could it be possible to encounter the plague but only ten people died?

At this time, the Fujian governor Xu Xueju's twists and turns also arrived, in which Xu Xueju made a detailed report on the situation of the plague in Fujian, and also mentioned Guo Zhiyuan, saying that he was the biggest contributor to the rapid quelling of the plague in Fujian, and at the same time, Xu Xueju also impeached Huang Yihua, the prefect of Fuzhou, saying that he was jealous of the virtuous and jealous, deliberately framed the lower officials, and did nothing in the office of the prefect of Fuzhou, and was not qualified for the position of the prefect of Fuzhou at all.

Xu Xueju's twists and turns became the key to turning the tide of victory, Xu Xueju, as the governor of Fujian, could no longer lie in such a major event, and Guo Zhiyuan could not have so much energy to bribe two court officials to speak for him, and at the same time Xu Xueju also contacted other ministers of the Donglin Party to impeach the Zhejiang party forces in Fujian.

As soon as Shen Yi saw Xu Xueju's performance, he knew that the general trend had gone, and now it was not a question of whether he could bring down Guo Zhiyuan, but whether he could keep the power of the Zhejiang Party in Fujian from being affected, so he could only retreat to the second best thing and began to help Huang Yihua and others speak to keep their official positions.

Wanli also finally believed that Liu Guangxian's report in the compromises was true, his impression of Guo Zhiyuan was good, and now Guo Zhiyuan has done such a good job in Gutian, which also shows that he has the wisdom to know people, and he is very happy, and immediately issued an order to promote Guo Zhiyuan and promote him to Qipinzhi County, considering that Guo Zhiyuan has not been in Gutian for a long time, he has not been transferred to the place, and he is still in charge of Gutian.

For the sake of balance, coupled with Shen's consistent efforts to protect him, Wanli did not approve Xu Xueju's impeachment of Huang Yihua, but only issued an order to reprimand Huang Yihua, but the magistrates of the neighboring counties of Gutian who were jointly impeached were not so lucky, and all of them were removed from their posts and investigated.

Fujian's political situation has also changed a lot because of this matter, the Donglin Party has risen up, from the past Zhejiang Party dominance to the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party, and even the Donglin Party has a faint advantage, after all, Fujian Governor Xu Xueju is a member of the Donglin Party, this is the advantage, which is why Xu Xueju did not hesitate to give the first credit to Guo Zhiyuan to quell the plague.

Guo Zhiyuan naturally didn't know at this time that the political situation in Fujian had changed so much, but he had one thing that made him happier than his promotion, a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes! The first season of Gutian sweet potatoes reached 300,000 stones, 300,000 stones! This is an unprecedented high yield in Furuta, and the entire Gutian is boiling! The people are excited and annoyed, originally the people were still a little hesitant to plant sweet potatoes, so the first time they received the sweet potato seedlings were not much, but now they all regret that they received less.

But a new problem is also coming, there are too many sweet potatoes, and the people are worried about the harvest for the first time when they look at the mountains of sweet potatoes, how can they eat so many sweet potatoes? What a pity if it rots!