In this world, it is so difficult to send money, I am afraid that it is Grandpa Wei.

Since the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, there has been a mine supervisor and tax envoy, and the grievance is no more than the father-in-law.

"Your Majesty, the slave really figured it out this time!" This sentence is full of the bitterness and unspeakable pain of Father-in-law Wei.

"Finally figured it out? Say, how much? Wanli's face finally showed a little relief, and the rare eyebrows soothed, and then the anticipation was even greater.

"Fifty thousand taels."

Father-in-law Wei endured the pain, this was the largest amount of available funds he had in hand, and he really didn't hide it at all.

There is really a lot of money, and the dignified horse master can be settled, but the second uncle is such a powerless and powerless old man in the East Palace.

Emperor, you are content!

Gonggong Wei hoped that Wanli would accept it when he saw it, and put this matter over quickly. However, the father-in-law still overestimated Wanli's moral bottom line.

After hearing that it was 50,000 taels, Wanli's mood did not become happy, but felt humiliated.

"The problem of this matter is very serious, and the nature is very bad, do you know it!" Wanli slapped the table three times in a row, and the ink on the imperial case was spilled.

His old man is really angry!

"Slave... The slave knows..."

Father-in-law Wei was frightened, and his father-in-law was angry, and his son-in-law was really scared to death.

"You know a!"

Wan Li was so angry that he even said foul language, his old man had already given Wei Liangchen a chance, but this kid pretended to be confused with him!

"Get out, get out, get out of here!"

Wanli's angry roar floated around in the hall, and the calves and stomachs of Gonggong Wei were shaking. Fortunately, this is when the savior arrived.

"The emperor is angry!"

The person looked at Jin Zhong, the eunuch who was obviously much older than before, and glared at Wei Liangchen, who was under his name, but did everything he could to cause him trouble.

Father-in-law Wei sneered and gave Gonggong Jin a "Ancestor save me" look.

Father-in-law Jin snorted secretly.

"Something?"

Wanli sat there and was still angry: What are you Wei Liangchen when I am here? Your bastard second uncle caused me so much trouble, and he sent me away for only 50,000 taels?

"Emperor, this is the new "Huangming Daily" on the market, it is said that it will be published every day, the content of the newspaper is very novel, and it is more detailed than the Di Daily. As he spoke, Jin Zhong stepped forward and handed the eight-page and four-page (front and back) "Huangming Daily" in his hand to the imperial front.

"Huangming Daily?"

Wanli was a little curious, and he didn't know what was special about this "Huangming Daily" that was worth showing to Jin Zhong.

This dynasty does not prohibit tabloids, nor does it prohibit non-governmental newspapers. However, the contents of the newspaper room are all similar, and they are basically copied from the news copied from the court and the local newspaper room. Some well-informed owners have news from other sources such as six branches.

The main source of income for the newspaper is that each issue of the tabloid will be pasted with the report, the gentleman's record, and the Dingjia list. If you want to be included in these lists, the parties have to pay money, and they will be placed in the afterlife like the yellow pages of the telephone.

Newspapers in various places mostly publish on a seven-day period, so there is also a weekly newspaper. Jin Zhong brought a daily newspaper and said that it would be published every day, which was really strange to Wanli.

Wanli is a person who likes to read books and newspapers.

When he became an adult, Wanli asked the scholars to copy out copies of the "actual records" of the ancestors of this dynasty for him to read, and often ordered the palace attendants to buy all kinds of books and tabloids all over the capital, and the reading range was very wide, including poetry, discussions, medicine, scripts, etc.

Therefore, after Concubine Zheng Guifei, who likes to read, entered the palace, she immediately won the favor of Wanli. The reason is that the emperor was able to happily exchange information from the outside world with the concubine, discuss drama together, and sing with the husband. At this point, the dull queen Wang obviously cannot be compared with the concubine.

Taking the "Huangming Daily" handed by Jin Zhong, Wanli saw a huge line of words at the top of the front of the newspaper: "The Ming Dynasty has always been under the leadership of His Majesty, moving forward steadily!" ”

This big title hooked Wanli's interest at once, and he actually read it word by word.

This manuscript of about 800 words highly eulogizes the great achievements brought by His Majesty the Emperor to the Ming Dynasty since his accession to the throne, and calls on the subjects of the whole country to closely unite around His Majesty the Emperor and work hard for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

The whole text is in the vernacular, most of the paragraphs in the text have symbols, and the way of arranging is no longer up and down vertically, but left and right horizontally, and the pauses between paragraphs are orderly, so that readers no longer have a headache for paragraphs, nor guess for the words, and read the whole text without brains.

Wanli read it word for word, and his face tense from anger was obviously loose.

In addition to the front page, there are some news about the latest political affairs, including two articles on the establishment of the Jiangnan Maritime Special Zone and the maritime trade on the economy and people's livelihood of the Ming Dynasty, which looks extremely objective, and makes people know the importance of maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty after reading.

After reading this front page, Wanli went to look at the rest of the pages, and the more he looked at it, the more novel it became.

What overseas countries have seen and heard, what emperors and generals, talented and beautiful stories, what strange cases are analyzed, what strange people and strange things, what strange things are said, there should be, people really can't stop watching.

Seeing that the emperor was reading the newspaper with relish, Jin Zhong gave Wei Liangchen a meaningful look, and Wei Liangchen realized: The benefits of your old age are indispensable!

"Emperor, is this newspaper worth ordering?" Jin Zhong's timing was very good.

Wanli nodded and said casually: "It's not bad, I'll take a look at it for a while." After that, he looked at Wei Liangchen, "What does this daily report have to do with you?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, although the "Huangming Daily" was founded in the Special Maritime Zone, it was the people who ran the newspaper, and the slaves and maids also felt that the content of their newspaper was objective and fair, and sought truth from facts, so they were allowed to do it." Wei Gonggong flatly denied that the newspaper was sponsored by his old man's propaganda group.

"I have a heart."

Wanli looked at Wei Liangchen playfully.

Wei Liangchen's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, without your correct leadership, there would be no Ming Dynasty today; Without you, there is no slave today. Therefore, the slave maid believes that only by always adhering to His Majesty's will can our Ming Dynasty prosper, and the country will be rich and the people strong! ... This newspaper is also the only way that the slave can think of to fight for the emperor. ”

"Fight for me?" Wanli was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the pen can't be in the hands of others..."Wei Liangchen vividly explained the importance of public opinion to His Majesty the Emperor.

Wanli listened to it deeply, and Jin Zhong also benefited a lot.

"The field of public opinion propaganda is indeed to be strengthened, well, but well, don't pat me on the back in the newspaper, I'm not old and confused... As far as this is concerned, the Ming Dynasty is moving forward steadily under the leadership of me, and what it is written is inevitably a little untrue and exaggerated, how can my merits be compared with my ancestors..."

Wanli said so, but his voice was relatively happy.

"How dare the slave slap His Majesty's ass, what the slave said is true, Your Majesty!"

Gonggong Wei also seized the opportunity very well, and said boldly: "The slave begs Your Majesty to inscribe a few words for the "Huangming Daily", so that this newspaper can be well distributed in various places and will not be troubled by others. The implication is to ask His Majesty the Emperor to be the mastermind behind the scenes for the "Huangming Daily".

"Inscription?"

Wanli was very interested in this, and the words inscribed by his old man were clearly priced.

However, considering that the "Huangming Daily" had a good propaganda benefit to the emperor himself and the policies instructed by the emperor, he did not mention the money, but directly picked up the imperial pen, thought about it and wrote this sentence: "Work hard to run the newspaper well, let me rest assured!" ”