Half a month later, the first edition of the newspaper printed by copper movable type finally began to be issued, for the sake of prudence, the number of the first edition of the newspaper was not much, only 10,000 copies were printed, and then sold by the various districts of the capital.

It's just that what Li Zhang didn't expect was that the 10,000 newspapers were snapped up in less than half an hour, so they had to be reprinted twice, and finally 30,000 copies were printed to meet the needs of the city.

In addition, the most important thing is that the newspaper has done enough publicity before it is published, which is also Li Zhang's forte, after all, although the routine of building momentum is very old, it is very effective, and the newspaper is indeed very useful, especially for readers and businessmen, they can learn a lot of information from the newspaper, and before the newspaper, they can only learn information through word of mouth, which is not only inaccurate, but also may have false news.

In contrast, this issue of the Da Song Daily is an official newspaper, and the accuracy of the information on it can be guaranteed, and there are even many outside news that cannot be found, which is very important to anyone, so it is normal for people to be robbed after the newspaper is issued.

In the pavilion in the back garden, Li Zhang was also holding a newspaper at this time, with a fragrant tea next to him, he looked at the newspaper while drinking tea, although he had read the content of the newspaper a long time ago, but it was all handwritten manuscripts before, and now it was printed on paper in lead letters, which looked very different.

"Zhang Fangping has finally opened his mind, this article on the exemption of accumulated taxes is quite well written!" Li Zhang looked at the article written by Zhang Fangping in the newspaper and nodded again and again.

The so-called accumulated tax, in fact, is that all parts of the country can not collect taxes, this situation is very common, after all, some places encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, taxes may not be collected for several years, and it is unlikely to be collected in the future, in this way, perennial accumulation, there are a lot of such taxes in various places, since they can not be collected, so Zhao Zhen simply exempted these taxes, so that it can reduce the burden of the people, but also get a good reputation of benevolence.

This kind of tax exemption is not the first to be created by Zhao Zhen, in fact, he learned from his father Zhao Heng, although Zhao Heng has a bad reputation in history, and can even be called a faint king, but in fact, when Zhao Heng first ascended the throne, he also made a lot of reforms in the country, but unfortunately Zhao Heng failed to stick to it, and the accumulation of the first half of his life was all lost.

In addition to Zhang Fangping's article, there were also articles written by other newspaper people, most of which were about the interpretation of some newly promulgated laws of the imperial court reform, and some anecdotes about the capital were added to the corners of the newspapers.

Speaking of which, although the Great Song Daily is an official organization, there are not many real officials, in addition to Zhang Fangping, the editor-in-chief, there are three other sub-editors who belong to the official body, and most of the remaining personnel are hired young people, Li Zhang originally wanted to call them reporters according to the habits of later generations, but these young people felt that "Ji" and "prostitutes" had the same sound, and they were unwilling to do so anyway, so they decided to call themselves "newspapers" after discussion, and they were originally people who worked in the newspaper.

"There is even an article by Ouyang Xiu, it seems that even the high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty are attracted by the newspaper!" Li Zhang flipped to the back, and saw an article written by Ouyang Xiu at a glance, this article is no longer straightforward and easy to understand, but an article for real readers, although the writing is brilliant, but Li Zhang is not interested.

However, although Li Zhang is not interested, many readers must be very interested, after all, the biggest wish of these readers in their lives is not only to govern the country and level the world, but also to spread their fame to the world, so there are often readers who take out their articles to share with others, and now with the channel of newspapers, there will definitely be opportunities for readers to see it, not to mention that Ouyang Xiu has already set an example for them.

After reading the first issue of the Da Song Daily, Li Zhang also asked people to keep the newspaper carefully, as the first newspaper in the world, its first issue of the newspaper is also very collectible, and Li Zhang has ordered a year's newspaper, and someone will deliver the newspaper to his concierge every day in the future.

Thinking that there will be newspapers to read every day in the future, Li Zhang also feels that he has more expectations for his future life, of course, the newspaper has just been issued, and he will definitely encounter a lot of problems, and he still needs to help Zhang Fangping check it, but with Zhang Fangping's talent, it is estimated that it will not be long before he does not need to worry about it anymore.

"Master, it was just sent from the palace here!" At this moment, I suddenly saw a maid walking quickly in front of Li Zhang, and then put a document in front of him.

Li Zhang took the document, and the maid also retreated very knowingly, and when Li Zhang opened the document and saw the content on it, he couldn't help but be happy, because this turned out to be a piece of information about the Liao State, to be precise, it was the information of Yeluren's westward expedition to Li Yuanhao.

As early as a few months ago, Yelu Zongzhen went crazy and generally had to go west to conquer the party, and finally Yelu Ren personally led the troops to the expedition, and also recruited many Jurchens to accompany him, but Li Zhang was not very optimistic about this westward expedition, because Li Yuanhao could completely drag the Liao army, and the situation of the Liao State would not last long at all, and it would be time for Li Yuanhao to counterattack.

In fact, Li Yuanhao's strategy was almost exactly the same as Li Zhang's guess, and it is estimated that Li Yuanhao also knew that Yelu Renxian was not easy to deal with, so when facing Yelu Renxian's army, he did not confront him head-to-head at all, but sent a small group of troops to harass, and at the same time, the strong wall Qingye did not give the Liao army a chance to supply.

If he were an ordinary general, he might not be able to hold on to Li Yuanhao's style of play for even a month, after all, the supply line of Liao was too far away, and even if he collected grain nearby, he still couldn't keep up.

However, Yeluren was prepared for a long time, most of the cavalry he led this time were mares, and when the food could not keep up, he let people milk the horses to satisfy their hunger, and Yeluren first found Li Yuanhao's salvation place many times, forcing Li Yuanhao to show up and fight him.

However, Li Yuanhao was also very cunning, even if he tried to lose some of his manpower, he tried his best to avoid a head-on battle with the Liao army, which made Yelu Renxian's previous calculations fail many times, and as time went by, the situation of the Liao army became worse and worse, even if the food was barely supported, but other materials had been exhausted, and the army was even more sleepy and demoralized.

In the face of this situation, Yelu Renxian also wrote many times to ask for the withdrawal of the army, but Yelu Zongzhen made the old mistake again, and refused to withdraw the army no matter what, it is estimated that in Yelu Zongzhen's view, the last defeat to the Song army is understandable, but if he loses to the small party again this time, then his face will be lost.

Yelu Zong really didn't want to withdraw the army, although Yelu Renxian was the commander, but if he forcibly withdrew the army, it would be a capital crime, so Yelu Renxian had no choice but to deal with Li Yuanhao, but at this time, the Liao army had already had no fighting spirit, and the Jurchens made trouble several times.

Li Yuanhao was shrewd and quickly noticed the situation of the Liao army, which also allowed him to quickly seize the opportunity, and finally launched a decisive battle against the Liao army on the bank of the Wugulu River, as a result, Yeluren was defeated first, and finally the Liao army suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and retreated to Zhenzhou in the east to stabilize his foothold.

"Yelu Renxian was finally defeated, and now Li Yuanhao's prestige has been greatly boosted, and his strength will expand faster in the future!" After reading the information in his hand, Li Zhang also frowned and said to himself.

Li Yuanhao had already become a lost dog, but he didn't expect him to take advantage of the opportunity of the Song-Liao war to rise again, this time he was able to defeat the Liao army, which was considered to have completely gained a firm foothold in the western part of the Liao State, and even ruled by crossing the Wugulu River with the Liao State, although this weakened the strength of the Liao State, but made the Great Song Dynasty once again have a strong enemy.

"Li Yuanhao rises, which one should Da Song fight first?" Li Zhang whispered again at this time, it is said that the Liao State is the biggest enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, after recovering Yanyun and defeating the Liao army, they should take advantage of the strength of the Liao State to attack the Liao State next, but now Li Yuanhao's rise is too strong, which also makes Li Zhang have to face Li Yuanhao's threat again.