With the spread of newspapers and periodicals in Daming, the profession of newsboy also came into being. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the late Ming Dynasty, a large number of self-cultivated farmers have gone bankrupt, and it is more common in rich places such as Jiangnan, a large number of landless people poured into Nan0 Beijing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, accompanied by many wandering orphans, before that, many orphans can only rely on begging to survive, and now there is a profession of newspaper boys, but also solve the survival problems of many newspaper boys.

Zhu Youxiao saw a boy in a short coat carrying a cloth bag shouting and shouting, so he was also a little interested and said to Wang Chengen: "Go buy one." ”

As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he asked Wei Zhongxian on the side: "How old are these children who sell newspapers, how much income do they have from selling newspapers, and can they survive?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, they are only twelve or thirteen years old, most of them are the children of some poor people, rather than let them go to the big families in the city to work long hours without staying up day and night, it is better for the ministers to gather them to sell newspapers, they have no money to do for the big families can only manage one meal, and our "Daming Daily" is to give money according to the number of copies of the newspaper, a newsboy can get five or six taels of silver a month, enough for them to supplement their families or live on their own."

Wei Zhongxian replied.

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "In the end, they are still children, or they have to focus on their studies, since you Wei Zhongxian can think of using them to sell newspapers to make a living, you also have to fund them more in your studies, whether my Ming Dynasty's Qianqiu foundation can be passed on is not because of you, the guy who didn't do it, but on them, understand?" ”

"Wechen understands that Wechen has funded the construction of several private schools in Nan0 Beijing, which are provided free of charge to the children of these poor people, and the newspaper boys are also selected from these children, and they just sell newspapers after school every day", Wei Zhongxian said this, and Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything more.

At this time, Wang Chengen had already thrown a silver ingot to the newsboy, and then took a newspaper and walked to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao saw that this "Daming Daily" had also improved a lot from the previous "Daming Daily", the font was obviously much thinner, the content capacity had increased a lot, and even with illustrations, he couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, Wei Zhongxian, this font is as thin as a mosquito and a fly, it seems that the Royal Academy of Engineering's improvement of printing technology has also helped you Daming Daily a lot." ”

Zhu Youxiao said that he ordered to go to the location of "Daming Daily", for "Daming Daily", it can be said that Zhu Youxiao is the biggest hero in Jiangnan, and he has made a lot of meritorious contributions to his political propaganda over the years, and Zhu Youxiao can't help but see this great hero when he comes to Jiangnan.

Wei Zhongxian was naturally very happy, and the most successful thing he did after coming to Jiangnan was to establish the "Daming Daily", and although he left the capital, he never reduced his influence in the political and literary circles, and even now he has become the main controller of the Daming ideological circle.

Because of the growing "Daming Daily", Wei Zhongxian also has a large group of literati of his own, and even some literati now not only no longer scold him as a eunuch, but regard him as a leader in the literary world, and Wei Zhongxian is now also vassally elegant, desperately brushing up his prestige, and also began to do some good deeds within his ability.

When he arrived at a three-entry courtyard, Wei Zhongxian came to Zhu Youxiao first: "Your Majesty, this is Daming Daily, because there are too many editors now, Weichen's town guard eunuch's mansion can no longer live, so he took the initiative to buy a mansion specifically for Daming Daily." ”

Zhu Youxiao ignored this problem, he only proposed to Wei Zhongxian to set up a newspaper at the beginning, and did not tell Wei Zhongxian what to do specifically, or what kind of status he should give to Daming Daily after doing a good job, which is also related to his many affairs as an emperor.

Now that I think about it, Wei Zhongxian can now turn one of his ideas into reality, and he has also made "Daming Daily" play an important role in many major events, I have to admit that Wei Zhongxian still has a strong comprehension and execution.

However, there are indeed many problems with the current "Daming Daily", such as the current "Daming Daily", although it has become an important tongue of the imperial court, but it does not have a clear administrative and functional positioning, and it is only an unclear subsidiary of the eunuch's mansion, and many times it is more like a private workshop of Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youxiao looked up, and saw that this mansion could be regarded as magnificent and solemn, with a plaque of "Daming Daily" hanging on a black lacquered door, and under the plaque was Wei Zhongxian's own inscription, so he smiled and said: "It is a good thing to specially allocate a mansion to Daming Daily, but the words on this plaque are not weighty enough, however, I said Wei Zhongxian, you don't know how to find a great Confucian to inscribe a word, and it will be cheaper to use your own inscription." ”

Hearing Zhu Youxiao say this, Wei Zhongxian smiled a little embarrassedly: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the minister originally wanted to ask for a piece of His Majesty's imperial treasure, but he was afraid of being offended. ”

Zhu Youxiao glared at Wei Zhongxian speechlessly when he heard this, he didn't have any good calligraphy attainments, and turned to Li Mingrui and said, "Li Mingrui, you can ask these four words." ”

Li Mingrui is a cabinet scholar and a well-known figure in the literary world, and he has been a popular figure in recent times, so it is also appropriate for him to inscribe a plaque for the "Daming Daily".

So, everyone walked into the house where the "Daming Daily" was located, and just came to the front yard in front of the big shadow wall, Zhu Youxiao smelled a trace of ink, and waited until Wei Zhongxian took him into a study, and waited for Li Mingrui to inscribe the words "Daming Daily", Zhu Youxiao also asked Wei Zhongxian to report the current basic situation of Daming Daily.

"Back to Your Majesty, now Daming Daily is mainly divided into four groups, one is the editorial group, which is mainly to collect useful information from all over the place; One is the document group, which is mainly responsible for collecting all kinds of submitted manuscripts and suggesting review and revision; One is the typesetting group, which is responsible for the typesetting and illustration of all kinds of articles and messages to be reported; Then there is the correction, the correction of errors, and then there is the printing service, which is handed to the newsboy or delivered by the delivery team to the subscribers, mainly the yamen and academies of all levels and the squire's homes. ”

Wei Zhongxian said and said: "The compilation of all these groups adds up to hundreds of people in Nan0 Beijing alone, but they are still too busy every day, and now there are more and more people subscribing to newspapers, and there are also branches in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Songyang and other places, and the scale is even larger." ”

"Who is the chief writer of Daming Daily now?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Zhang Dai, this person has a long reputation in the literary world, his writing and talent are naturally outstanding, and he is omniscient, Weichen spent a lot of money to invite him to be the chief writer of this Daming Daily, but this person is also arrogant, unwilling to be flexible, a few days ago because the minister wanted him to write an advertisement for Luo Ji Liang in the Daming Daily, but he sternly refused, and left angrily, scolding me for falling into the eyes of money, and turning the newspaper and periodical, which was a glimpse of the dynasty's political affairs for the common people, into a money-making tool. ”