Concubine Zheng still knows about Emperor Wanli, and knows that he is a little unhappy, so she put away her smile and said: "Shengshang, if the concubines don't know the importance and violate the ancestral precept that the harem can't interfere in politics, this Guo Zhiyuan is really a rare pillar of talent, the concubine has the newspaper he runs, and the saint will know ......it at a glance."

"Newspapers?" Wanli's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, and he said unhappily: "But Di Bao? This Guo Zhiyuan is really nonsense! The Di newspaper is dedicated to the government to deliver news, and he dares to run a Di newspaper even if he is a small county? It seems that I removed him lightly! ……”

Zheng Guifei panicked when she saw that she helped Guo Zhiyuan speak and had the opposite effect, now it is not only Guo Zhiyuan's business, if she can't convince Emperor Wanli, even her status in Emperor Wanli's heart will be greatly affected, so she gritted her teeth, knelt in front of Wanli, and cried sadly: "The concubine saw that the saint was often worried about the government, so she dared to speak for this Guo Zhiyuan, and there was no selfishness, if the saint felt that the concubine had done something wrong, please ask the saint to punish the concubine!" ……”

When Emperor Wanli saw that Concubine Zheng was crying, his heart suddenly softened, and he hurriedly helped Concubine Zheng up, and said softly: "Concubine Ai's words are serious, of course I know that Concubine Ai is worried about me, and she is not selfish, just take the newspaper run by Guo Zhiyuan, I want to see what Guo Zhiyuan has to make Concubine Ai so important?" If it is really as Concubine Ai said, there is a pillar of talent, I should reuse it, and I will reward Concubine Ai for this Bole! Ha ha! ……”

Zheng Guifei hurriedly took several issues of "Xingming Daily" run by Guo Zhiyuan, and Emperor Wanli laughed as soon as he saw the masthead of "Xingming Daily": "Xingming Daily? This Guo Zhiyuan's tone is really not small, is this a minister who wants to be my Zhongxing? But this loyalty and patriotism are commendable......"

Emperor Wanli said it well, but in fact, it was with some joking tone, because he didn't believe that Guo Zhiyuan could see that Guo Zhiyuan had a pillar of talent through a few newspapers, and he casually unfolded the newspaper, "Xingming Bao" was illustrated and textual, and it looked really attractive than the government-run Di Bao, but in Wanli's opinion, it was like the kind of illustrated version of the idle book on the market, that is, it was just a pastime to pass the time, and he shook his head and said: "This Guo Zhiyuan is a little crooked, and this newspaper is not bad to look at the pastime when he is free, but it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance after all... …”

The issue he watched happened to be the issue of Guo Zhiyuan's sweet potato poetry meeting in order to promote sweet potato planting, and Liu Guangxian also mentioned sweet potatoes when he reported to Gutian to investigate and understand the situation, but Wanli didn't take it to heart, because he didn't believe that there would be such a good thing in the world, which could be used as staple food, yielding dozens of stones per mu, and he was not afraid of drought, and it could grow in the barren mountains.

However, he is a little convinced now, because if Guo Zhiyuan fakes, it is impossible to invite so many Fujian celebrities to accompany him to falsify, and in this issue of the newspaper, Guo Zhiyuan also wrote a special article, discussing the strategic role of sweet potatoes, the difficulties encountered in promoting sweet potato planting, and the measures and experience taken by Gutian to promote sweet potato planting, it can be seen that Guo Zhiyuan has really worked hard, Wanli also put away the heart of jokes, nodded and said: "If this sweet potato is really so magical, it can solve my Ming Ming food shortage worries, I'll let people try to plant it and see ......."

Turning over another page, this page was published with news from all over the world, Wanli looked at it and his face became solemn, and he said to himself: "There was an earthquake in Gongchang Mansion, Shaanxi? Thousands of dead and wounded? Why didn't the governor of Shaanxi report it? Well, go back and let people check, these local officials are really getting more and more disagreeable, and such a big thing is actually concealed and not reported?! Guo Zhiyuan's method is not bad, collect the major events that happen in various places through the commercial houses in various places, so that I can know the major events in the world in the palace, otherwise it is really easy to be deceived by the corrupt officials below...... Aifei, in the future, you will ask Guo Zhiyuan to send me a copy of every copy of "Xingming Daily" for reading......"

Concubine Zheng Guifei was also overjoyed to see that Wanli finally paid attention to Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper, and deliberately said coquettishly: "The saint still said that Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper is nonsense, why do you want to read every issue now?!" If he is impeached by those civil officials again, what will he do with this newspaper? Besides, this newspaper costs silver, and you Ninety-Five Supreme can't let people do errands for you in vain......"

Wanli was a little embarrassed and pointed at Zheng Guifei with his finger, but it was impossible for him to give Guo Zhiyuan a newspaper with silver, and now that the treasury was empty, he was also worried about the silver every day, so he smiled dryly: "Go back and write this masthead for Guo Zhiyuan, so he is running a newspaper for me, isn't it justified?" As for the money for this newspaper...... I don't have a word of gold, and he doesn't work for me in vain! ……”

Zheng Guifei did not embarrass Wanli again, she knows when to stop, and the appropriate lifting of the bar can enhance the relationship with Wanli, if it is not indomitable, it is stupid, and hurriedly brought a pen and paper to let the Wanli Emperor inscribe, saying that he was afraid that Wanli would repay the account, Wanli shook his head, and the dragon flew and danced on the paper with the three big characters of "Xingming Daily", and then stamped his own private seal, with the inscription of the Wanli Emperor, Guo Zhiyuan no longer had to worry about being attacked by others to run a newspaper privately and spread "crooked reasoning and heresy".

After the inscription, Wanli continued to read several other issues of "Xingming Daily", in each issue of "Xingming Daily", Guo Zhiyuan would personally choose a theme to write an article, analyze some social problems existing in the Ming Dynasty from the perspective of the new era, and put forward his own solutions, Guo Zhiyuan wants to use this method to imperceptibly bring some advanced ideas and concepts into this era, of course, when it comes to sensitive issues related to the country, Guo Zhiyuan will definitely not talk about it, that is, looking for death.

Although the evaluation of Wanli in later generations is that he is very mediocre, the author has analyzed in the previous article that Wanli is actually faint and not mediocre, and his ability to control the overall situation of the imperial court is actually beyond the reach of many emperors of the Ming Dynasty, so he can not go to the dynasty for more than 20 years and still maintain the government of the dynasty without completely collapsing, and his faintness is actually largely because of the confrontation between the Chinese official group of the DPRK and him on the issue of national capital. This is also because he has been suppressed by his mother Empress Dowager Cisheng and Zhang Juzheng since he was a child, and he has developed a rebellious personality, usually people with this kind of personality are more receptive to new ideas and new concepts, so after reading Guo Zhiyuan's articles that many people will find absurd in this era, he was not angry, but nodded again and again: "It seems that this Guo Zhiyuan still has some knowledge, although some views are slightly biased, but at his age, it is rare to have such knowledge, if you have more experience, Maybe you can really become a pillar......"

Concubine Zheng was even happier when she heard it, didn't Emperor Wanli's appreciation of Guo Zhiyuan mean that she had the wisdom to know people? Daxi said: "Since you are a pillar of talent, you should reuse it!" ……”

Emperor Wanli shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Ai Concubine, this court matter is not a child's play, I have just issued an order to remove him, if the court order is changed, the ministers of the court will definitely make noise......"

Concubine Zheng pursed her lips when she heard this, and said with some dissatisfaction: "In the end, the saint is still afraid of those ministers of the court, the saint is the son of heaven, if everything is controlled by those ministers of the court, what majesty do you have as the son of heaven?" The more you are like this, the more they don't take you as the son of heaven in their eyes, just like this matter of making a prince......"

At the mention of this issue, Wanli patted his forehead with a little headache, he was indeed ashamed of Zheng Guifei on this issue, because he did promise Zheng Guifei in private that he would make King Fu the crown prince, but because of the collective opposition of the Chinese official group of the dynasty, it was not done, and finally made Zhu Changluo the crown prince, and quickly reassured: "Love concubine don't worry, this Guo Zhiyuan is definitely going to be used, but this Guo Zhiyuan is too young after all, Shu can't reuse him with just a few articles, if he only knows how to talk on paper, wouldn't he be wrong?" You have to let him experience it first, to see if he really has real talent and hard work, but he can be reused, you let me think again, think again......"

Zheng Guifei saw that Wanli had expressed her position like this, and it was not good to say anything, but because this incident aroused her sadness about not being able to set up her son King Fu as the crown prince, she turned around a little angrily and secretly wiped her tears. With a sigh, his eyes stayed on the theme article written by Guo Zhiyuan in this issue of the newspaper!

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, Western powers such as Britain, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands have begun their maritime expansion, Spain has become its colony in the Philippines (called Luzon in the Ming Dynasty), and the Dutch covet Taiwan (called Dongbo in the Ming Dynasty), but the vast majority of Chinese still think that China is the most powerful country in the world, and regard all foreigners as barbarians. I didn't realize the threat of these foreign colonists at all, so there were later crows. The shame of war. Of course, Guo Zhiyuan does not want such a shameful history to repeat itself, so he will use this way to try to awaken the vigilance of people of insight in this era against these Western colonizers.

It is necessary to explain here that many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were closed to the same country, because the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty both implemented the sea ban policy, but in fact, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were different from the sea ban, the Ming Dynasty's sea ban was not rigid, and the exchanges with the West were still maintained, especially the Ming Dynasty did not exclude Western science and technology and advanced culture, for example, the Ming Dynasty saw that the Portuguese Franc cannon was very powerful, so they learned its advanced firearms manufacturing technology, At the same time, a large number of Franc cannons were also purchased to be equipped in the army, so Guo Zhiyuan's view of "mastering the long to control the razor" at this time was not too shocking.