Volume 5 Chapter 14 The Beginning of the Newspaper
Gaizhou was a big victory, Zhu Cijiong felt that the whole person was fluttering in the past few days, and he was in a very good mood and in good spirits. The so-called people are in good spirits at happy events, defeat foreign enemies, regain lost territory, this is a great joy, starting from the Wanli Emperor of Mingshenzong, to the Taichang Emperor of Mingguangzong, and then to the Emperor of Tianqi of Mingxizong, the Ming Dynasty was defeated again and again in Liaodong, from the Kaiyuan in the northeast corner all the way to Ningyuan in the southwest corner, and the entire Liaodong was almost all lost.
This time, he Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong finally defeated the Jin army in Gaizhou, choked the throat of the north and south of Liaodong, and blocked Huang Taiji's control of the south of Liaodong, it can be said that the entire southeast of Liaodong is already in sight, and the Ming Dynasty is about to recover most of the lost territory in Liaodong!
Such a happy event, how can Zhu Cijiong not be excited, this person is easy to fall asleep when he is excited, what should he do if he can't sleep? Do that kind of thing you love to do? It seems that he is not fully functional now, there is no TV and no Internet in this ancient time, Zhu Cijiong found that he really has nothing to do at night, and he is still excited, what should I do? Then read the book.
In fact, when he was in Beijing, Zhu Cijiong had to take some time to study every day, although Xu Guangqi had nothing to teach him, but he still asked him to read more books and increase his experience. Zhu Cijiong still attaches great importance to the traditional virtue of respecting teachers, and the teacher wants him to read more books, so read it. But he didn't read the book by himself holding the book slowly, but someone else reading the book to him!
Flipping through the books will be tiring, isn't it, plus Zhu Cijiong was dizzy when he saw those classical Chinese, so he simply let someone else read it for him, and others read him and listened, and if he didn't understand, he could explain it, so that reading books would be much easier.
As an emperor, there are still a lot of people who serve and read, and they are generally champions, lists, and tanhuas, and the Jinshi on Shi Kefa's list have been arranged by him to be officials, and now he is the new champion Wu Jianye. If you want to say that the champion Wu Jianye must not know who this thing is, but if it is changed to another name from him, it is estimated that more people will know, because his alias is Meicun!
Wu Meicun, a great poet and great writer, is more famous, although his "Round Song" is a bit of a praise for the great traitor Wu Sangui, but I have to say that his literary style is the best in the world. "Weeping for the six armies, rushing to the crown and being angry." What a vivid image, how majestic!
This Wu Jianye was originally Chongzhen's four-year tanhua in history, but he was too famous in later generations, so Zhu Cijiong did not hesitate to point him to the champion. There's no way, we haven't heard of Emperor Chongzheng anymore, don't order him!
Although the royal driver said that he was here to fight, this study could not be left behind at any time, and the attendants in the entourage naturally had to study for bachelors, including Wu Meicun, the champion of the new department.
In ancient times, there were no entertainment activities, and the emperor had to go to court early every day, Zhu Cijiong usually slept very early, and basically he had to go to bed to rest as soon as he arrived. But today he was very excited, and he didn't feel sleepy at all when he arrived, so he decided to go to read, he first coaxed Qin Mingyue, who had been yawning, to the bed outside and slept first, and then took Cao Huachun to the study.
He has now lived in Gaizhou City, which is located on the nine sides, and it was a remote place in the Ming Dynasty, and there is naturally no luxury residence in Gaizhou City, and the only one with a little scale is the mansion of the former Gaizhou Wei Commander.
Commander Wei is a three-rank military general, no matter how shabby the mansion is, it is not small, it is enough to live in the accompanying palace maids, eunuchs and other service personnel, this Wu Meicun can also be regarded as serving the emperor's entourage, and naturally lives in the commander's mansion.
The emperor slept whenever he wanted, but the officials below didn't rest so early, so when Zhu Cijiong came to the study, Wu Meicun was already there sorting out the books brought over this time.
Zhu Cijiong sat down on the seat behind the desk, and Wu Meicun walked to the desk and saluted respectfully: "What book does the emperor want to read today?" ”
What books to read? This is a problem, because he just wants to kill the time, and he really hasn't thought about what books to read. He thought about it for a while, but he really couldn't think of any books to read, so he simply threw the question to Wu Meicun, and said very irresponsibly: "I can't think of it for a while, there are no new books, it's a subset of scriptures and history all day long, it's too boring." ”
This time Wu Meicun is stumped, reading, what to read if you don't read the subset of scriptures and history? There is no book for the emperor except for the subset of scriptures and histories! He stood there stiffly and thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a fresh thing, absolutely freshly baked, but not a book, I don't know if the emperor is interested, he held the idea of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, took out a piece of letter paper from his arms, and said tentatively: "Weichen has a newspaper here, it is about the battle of Gaizhou, I don't know if the emperor wants to see it?" ”
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he asked curiously, "What is Di Bao?" ”
It's no wonder that he doesn't know, because this newspaper is for the officials below, mainly transcribing some important information such as the emperor's edicts, ministers' deliberations, the appointment and removal of officials, and military affairs, to put it bluntly, it is to tell the officials below what the emperor wants to do, what the emperor is doing, who the emperor has promoted, who the emperor has belittled, what major ......events have happened in the imperial court, these naturally don't need to be shown to him, because basically he did it, can he not know!
Wu Meicun patiently explained: "Di Bao is also known as Di Bao, and has other names such as Chaobao, Beijing Daily, Article Newspaper, etc., originated in the Han Dynasty, when each county in the capital Chang'an has a 'Di', regularly write the emperor's edicts, edicts, ministers' recitals, etc. on bamboo slips or silk silk to inform the county officials, so it is called Di Bao. ”
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he became interested, isn't this equivalent to the official newspaper of later generations, he couldn't wait to urge: "Quick, read it to me." ”
When Wu Meicun heard this, he cleared his throat and read aloud: "On the sixth day of the ninth month of the fourth year of Chongzheng, my Emperor Ming drove his own expedition and led an army of 150,000 to Gaizhouwei in person......
The back is nothing more than touting how wise and martial he is the Emperor Chongzheng, how wise and loyal Sun Chengzong, the prince of Zhenguo, how loyal and witty Sun Yuanhua, the right attendant of the military department, is loyal, brave and witty, and the Ming soldiers are loyal to the country, etc., Zhu Cijiong listened to it as if he was drunk, and he couldn't help but applaud and praise: "It's well written!" ”
Well written? Wu Meicun couldn't help but pout, what a fart, flattering, deliberately touting, vulgar, and unliterate, is this written by people!
Zhu Cijiong naturally did not praise the good writing of this Di Bao, he praised the content of Di Bao, although the touting is a bit disgusting, but there is nothing wrong with publicizing the victory of Gaizhou, if you can tout less and motivate and inspire, it is a standard official propaganda article.
Zhu Cijiong saw that Wu Meicunleng was not moving there, and couldn't help asking: "Who wrote this Di newspaper, and who did it send to?" ”
When Wu Meicun heard this, he replied embarrassedly: "Uh, this is written by a small official under the General Political Envoy Department, who is it, Weichen is not clear, as for this distribution, this distribution ......." ”
Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but be more curious when he saw his spitting appearance, and continued to ask: "Are there a lot of people?" You've sent it all. ”
Wu Meicun's face suddenly flushed with shame, and Nuo Nuo said: "They only give them to officials in the DPRK who are above the third grade, and Weichen is bought." ”
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his eyes glowed green, and he praised: "Okay, it will be published and distributed, and a copy will be issued in a few days?" Why should you buy it, and how much does it cost? ”
How does this sound like it means to clean up the political envoys, and it won't kill again! Wu Meicun secretly glanced at Zhu Cijiong, the emperor doesn't look like he wants to cut people, what does it mean? He replied cautiously: "This, the General Administration Department seems to be a little slack, and there is no fixed number for a few days, I heard that the Wanli Dynasty has it every day; This usually remembers some important things in the court, so Weichen often buys it to see, a copy is generally two hundred Wen, and it can also be ordered monthly, three times a month. ”
Dizzy, it's so expensive, just kidding, it costs more than 20 yuan to print something on this broken letter paper, and it costs four or five hundred a month! Of course, he also knows why this thing is so expensive: because of the information on it! Officials with more than three grades in the DPRK can go to the court to discuss politics, so they are distributed for free, and other officials do not have this treatment, do you want to know the movements of the imperial court? Come, come and buy a copy of the latest Di newspaper, which has a detailed record!
Zhu Cijiong has no opinion on the general political envoy changing his way to make money, but they are too bad at making money, and this is unbearable. So, he looked at Wu Meicun with this light, this kid is good, the article is good, the poetry is well written, and there is literary brilliance; I heard that painting is also good, and there are artistic cells, so it's a pity not to be the editor-in-chief.
Wu Meicun's heart was hairy when he was stared at by the little emperor, and cold sweat flowed out, this won't be dragged out and cut! If that's the case, then he is the most wronged new champion who has ever died: just because he bought a copy of the newspaper and lost his head, do you say wronged!
The more Zhu Cijiong looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't help but learn the tone of the big bad wolf and lure: "How about the general political envoy, why don't you go and check for me?" ”
What how? What is the gatekeeping? Wu Meicun was inexplicable, and he replied tremblingly: "The General Political Envoy, this General Political Envoy, this, it's okay." ”
Zhu Cijiong thought about it for a while, and said: "Well, the general political envoy is a positive third grade, and there will definitely be people who will not accept you if you are rashly promoted, you should first go to be a leftist general politician, and then be promoted to a general political envoy after a year or two." ”
Wow! Wu Meicun couldn't believe his ears, not only did the emperor not scold him for deliberately drilling the camp, but also promoted him to be a leftist general official, which was a big official of the fourth grade! The ups and downs of this life are too drastic, one second I was worried that I was being clicked, and the next second I was promoted to four levels in a row, Wu Meicun felt happy and was about to faint.
Zhu Cijiong saw him standing there stupidly, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Come here, I will teach you how to write the newspaper." ”
Wu Meicun walked up to Zhu Cijiong stupidly, holding a copy of the newspaper and didn't know what to do.
Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, snatched the newspaper in his hand, put it on the desk and pointed:
First of all, to come up with a good name, this newspaper is too vulgar, the Beijing newspaper is good, just call it "The Beijing News";
Also, this paper is too small, a large piece of paper, can write a few reports, and it needs to be replaced with such a large one;
Also, this is too boring to just dry articles, and if you want to add some poetry or something, it is best to accompany simple illustrations;
Also, two hundred wen a copy is too outrageous, who is so rich to buy it every day, ten wen a copy, the newspaper depends on the quantity, to rely on the accumulation of customers, our goal is that every official can buy it, Tong Sheng, Xiucai also want to buy it, everyone is used to it, the circulation is up, then the money is not more;
Also, the content is too small, each must have at least ten articles, and all aspects are introduced, don't just stare at me;
And also......
Under the pure teaching of Zhu Cijiong, the most influential newspaper of the Ming Dynasty "The Beijing News" was born, it is the mouthpiece of the Ming court, it is a must-read publication for all officials and aspiring to be officials, and it is a window for countries around the world to understand the dynamics of the Ming Dynasty, and it is .......