In just a few days, Dazhao Times has already created a great reputation in Youzhou City. Scholars, officials, and businessmen each have one copy. And this Dazhao Times is also customized to come out every three days.

wrote his own opinion articles on the Times, and was also cited by readers in Youzhou City for his own use. Ignoring the reader, who supported their own views, extended it. But fortunately, the theme of these articles is the same, otherwise, I am afraid that I don't know where it will be extended by these readers.

And the ordinary officials in Youzhou City are also one per person, and now, if they don't customize this time, it means that they can't keep up with others. The officials discussed at their leisure, and the meaning of these central officials' articles was also the point of contention among the officials.

Between the tea shops and gatherings, almost all the places where the scholars gathered were now beginning to boil, and the views of the central officials were naturally a reaction to the current dissatisfaction of the southern scholars with the Zhao system, and also to explain the significance of the benefits of the Zhao system.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and there were opinions on the system of the imperial court, some in favor and some against. As soon as the central official's article came out, many people who opposed it at the beginning began to agree. Of course, there are also opponents. Although the king of Zhao did not allow these scholars to form a party to refute the court in public, they were not allowed to use this as a reason for their opposition to the Zhao state. However, they are indeed allowed to judge the merits of the Times. After all, although the articles in the Times talk about the problem from different angles, they do fundamentally support various professions as officials and insiders to do internal actions.

Therefore, no matter how these scholars and people with lofty ideals comment, their basic tone is the same, at least, they will not lash out at the Zhao State government.

Even some businessmen are also a must-have, although most businessmen do not use too esoteric truths, but most of them are still literate. When they see that the above article is improving their status as a businessman and other professions, how can they not be careful? In addition, each issue has some administrative measures of the imperial court, the current situation in some places, and even the current situation in some places are described, and they also hope to see the business opportunities they need on it.

In short, the political newspaper has become a hot topic of discussion for a while, for this, tea shops, restaurants and other places in Youzhou City are constantly controversial, some people are friendly, agree, some people oppose, scold, all kinds of quarrels one after another, the object of argument is not only scholars, but also some merchants, craftsmen and ordinary people are also involved. At the same time of controversy, it also made Luoyang paper expensive, so that the current political newspaper was in short supply.

Although the officials did not argue with the scholars below, they always used the articles of the adults above the Times as the starting point or the core of their discussions, as the beginning of their comments.

Think about it, if several officials are talking together, and people are talking about the articles of the adults in the current newspaper, you will naturally be able to pick up the last sentence or two, at the very least, you will not be ignorant. If someone says a word, but you are in a fog, you don't know what the other person is saying, and you can't open your mouth, then you will probably be laughed at. As an official, there are many things that need to be paid attention to, and if he loses face and even spreads, the official is afraid that he will not be able to do anything.

In addition, for many officials, this Times is also a place where they are famous. This was written in the Times to explain the current affairs of the government, and it was widely circulated everywhere. Not to mention between officials and scholars, it is they who comment on various industries and are also supported by all walks of life. All of a sudden, the prestige of this central official also increased greatly.

In addition to the articles written by central officials and some measures of the imperial court, there are also some major events in the local area, the progress of projects in various places, etc., and the current political newspapers contain various government affairs of the central and local governments in the Zhao State. In this way, people from all walks of life have some understanding of the imperial court policies and some understanding of various places.

With the newspaper, Zhao Xun can command the world from one aspect. Newspapers are now the way public opinion is transmitted. If he controls him, Zhao Xun will be able to make the public opinion of the world follow his will. If you want to change the world's perception and change their habits, you can do it slowly through him.

Of course, today's newspapers cannot be compared with later generations, and they cannot be used all over the world. However, it is not a problem to travel through a city in a day. If you want to get through the world, you only need to handle sub-offices in various places and delay printing. And now, except for King Zhao, except for the government, no one dares to print this thing privately. Besides, without a strong backstage, this newspaper is not something that can be played around casually. After all, there's so much at stake.

The current political newspaper is to report on the current affairs of Dazhao, except for officials and readers, it is not suitable for others to circulate. With this successful example, some of Zhao Xun's ideas have also been developed. Subsequently, the Industrial and Commercial Newspaper and the Academic Times appeared one after another, but these newspapers were not as strict as the Times, and in addition to various articles of the grade, there were also some serialized short stories, merchant advertisements, recruitment advertisements, etc. In the academic newspaper, most of them are academic articles published by readers. There are also some official articles. On top of these newspapers, there is no limit to who can write the article, and there is a theory of remuneration.

In any case, through the newspaper, Zhao Xun slowly began to reverse people's prejudice against other industries, and also saw the influence of other industries on Zhao Guoqiang, and understood their importance. Although I don't dare to say that they have let go of all their prejudices now, after all, they are changing their previous opinions, aren't they?

Zhao Xun is still like teaching students at the Royal Academy every once in a while, of course, the actual gentlemen of various departments and subjects are naturally not Zhao Xun, and the actual content taught is naturally not Zhao Xun. But what Zhao Xun taught was not something that ordinary gentlemen could teach.

Several princes and princesses, at the request of Zhao Xun, began to enter the academy in Youzhou City to learn knowledge. Zhao Xun does not want them to be trapped in a certain confinement to receive education, but allows his children to attend classes with others, communicate with others, and learn more about the outside world. In addition, several princes also began to officially join the Young Guard, participate in the training of the army, let them know about the army, know the difficulties of the soldiers, understand the \/military affairs.

In addition to handling government affairs, Zhao Xun taught his children some unusual knowledge while teaching. Speaking of which, Zhao Xun's talent may not be as good as many gentlemen, and as a teacher, he is not as good as many gentlemen in the academy. However, when it comes to the perception of the country, the world, and all walks of life, Zhao Xun stands above others. Therefore, some of his views also have a deep impact on his children.

With the passage of time, with the implementation of newspapers, and as the government policies became more and more obvious, there were fewer and fewer readers in Youzhou City who were dissatisfied with the policies and systems of the Zhao State. In the words of ordinary people and businessmen, these people are just full of food and have nothing to do. Whether Zhao Guo's policy is good or not, whether the system is good or not, you can know by looking at the days of the big guys. These people don't do good things......

But no matter what, things are gradually changing for the better. This is a good thing for both Zhao Xun and the people in Zhao State.

The Zhao army is now under the jurisdiction of Zhao, and there is no major war except for the land of Xuzhou, which is still fighting. As for the north, it is just under the manipulation of Zhao Xun, and there are some changes in the battle. Internally, we will continue to rectify the local area, restore people's livelihood, and encourage commercial development.

In addition to Xuzhou, there were still wars in Linyi and other countries, that is, Vietnam and other Nanyang countries in later generations. With the concerted efforts of the Zhao army, the sea and land armies, they gradually advanced southward.

Zhao Guoguo has been in the past two years, and in the past two years, the yamen of the nine departments of the three provinces and two courts of the central center have been officially formalized after running-in. At the local level, the yamen of various prefectures and counties have also begun to be rectified and become regular. Even the lowest township, at the request of Zhao Xun, was included in the jurisdiction of the government, and all local affairs were taken back from the hands of the local township elders and included in the imperial court system.

Although Zhao implemented the policy of reducing and reducing taxes in various places, Zhao did not let the government make ends meet after reducing taxes in various places under his rule, unifying commercial taxes and encouraging business. In addition, the timing of tax reduction and exemption in various places is not at the same time. Coupled with the huge income brought back by the maritime merchants, it did not make Zhao Guohu's department lack food and money. In particular, the growing strength of Zhao made the Zhao navy able to control the sea lanes near Yizhou, allowing Great Zhao to collect large taxes from Yizhou maritime merchants, and in addition, bring back a large amount of silver from Yizhou.

Because of the stability of Youzhou City, Zhao Xun also allowed the people from all over the country to advise King Zhao, and Zhao Xun had established advice divisions in the Yamen of the Eagle Eye Division in various prefectures and counties, allowing them to invest their suggestions to the Zhao State Government in an anonymous way. In addition, Zhao Xun also allowed them to submit advice to the local branches of the current political newspaper for publication in the political discussion section of the current political newspaper.

It is also a suggestion put forward by the Metropolitan Procuratorate that the current political newspaper can publish the situation of the local government as well as the situation of local officials, and also allow them to accept the advice of the local government and report it to the central government.

Zhao Xun agreed with this opinion, and this situation was exposed by later newspapers. In order to make these newspapers effective, Zhao Xun set up a separate newspaper department in the center, which was placed alongside the Eagle Eye Division and the Shadow Division, both under the direct jurisdiction of King Zhao, and the local government had no right to govern it. Coupled with the covert assistance of the local Eagle Eye Division and the Shadow Division, the local government did not dare to attack the local branch of the newspaper office lightly.

For this reason, many young and enthusiastic scholars did not continue to pursue the pursuit of becoming officials, but instead entered the newspaper work, to be a small person who supervised local officials, and to seek welfare for the people.

In short, no matter what, there is another sharp sword hanging above the head of the local government. If it weren't for the fact that the officials of Zhao State were high enough and there were rewards at the end of the year, I am afraid that these officials would not be willing to do it so cautiously now. Now the officials of Zhao State should be careful in doing things, and there will be accidents on one side. If you don't do something, let alone do it, something will definitely happen. In short, the officials of Zhao were very careful and tired, but the people also had a good sense of them. Besides, there are more people in the world who are willing to be officials.

The Ming Zheng Palace, the former government hall of the Zhao Palace, is also the place where Zhao Xun summoned the central officials to discuss politics.

"Your Majesty, the war in Xuzhou has subsided, and the rest is for the local government to cooperate with the army to arrest the wandering mountain bandits and the like, but my Dazhao policies and the king's edict to exempt taxes for three years arrived in Xuzhou, and after it began to be implemented, these mountain bandits and rogues have been unable to harm the place." Zuo Shangshu ordered Pei Yi to report in a deep voice.

Zhao Xun nodded, he knew that if there was no support from the people, they would not be able to win the support of the people, and they would not be able to succeed in the local area at all. Even if they occupy some geographical advantages and can harm for a while, they will not harm for a lifetime, and under the joint suppression of the government and the people, the thieves and others in these scourge places will be wiped out sooner or later. Not to mention that the Zhao army was still stationed in Xuzhou to rectify and surrender, and did not evacuate the Xuzhou boundary.

Pei Yi continued: "The local government has been restructured, the new policy has been implemented, and the low-level yamen of the township has been established, except for Xuzhou and Dongyongzhou, the rest of the places, including the two states in the Western Regions, have been perfected. I, Da Zhao, have also completed my absolute domination over all places. ”

"Taiwan Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Qiongzhou Island, Jiaozhou and South Vietnam, and other areas occupied by our army, have now also sent officials and officially included in the jurisdiction of our Great Zhao."

"However, because many areas of my Dazhao have successively exempted soldiers and relieved the people, food has always been a factor restricting the development of our Zhao army. Especially after the establishment of the two states in the Western Regions, we Da Zhao was under more pressure. Therefore, after the deliberations of the various ministries, it was suggested that the Pingjichang of the old dynasty should be restored in various places, whether it was to have enough food to pacify the place in the future, to guard against the arrival of a catastrophe, and to reserve enough food to supply the needs of the army. ”

Zhao Xun also understood what Pei Yi said, although Zhao Guo was originally exempted from taxes, he would not be short of food. However, in recent years, a lot of food has been consumed by successive wars, especially the labor expeditions to the countries of the Western Regions, and the consumption of money and grain is extremely huge. In addition, the two states of the Western Regions were newly established, and the Han people who moved in were also tax-exempt, not only could not collect money and grain from them immediately, but even had to spend money and money outside. At the very least, a lot of grain has to be transported for the army of the Western Regions system every year.

Secondly, after Dongyongzhou and Xuzhou were taken, taxes were reduced or exempted, especially in Xuzhou, in order to eliminate the influence of the Chu army in Xuzhou, taxes were directly reduced for three years. Of course, commercial tax is no longer on the list.

The lack of food is also a great hidden danger to Zhao State. On weekdays, it's okay, even if the Zhao army fights, the food purchased through money and grain can supply the needs of the army. However, if there is a large-scale natural disaster, it will be a trouble.

Pingjicang is from Dachu, mainly the state reserves grain, to prevent natural disasters, soldiers to calm the price of construction. Basically, in a bumper year, the surplus grain in the hands of the people will be purchased at a stable price, so that the price of grain will not fall too sharply and the people will lose too much money. When natural disasters come, grain is sold at a stable price, so that profiteers will not be able to raise the price of grain in order to make a profit, so that the people will not be able to survive.

However, after the general troubled times, it is difficult to maintain this closing position. And in the Great Yan Empire, the same is true. Since the middle and late stages of Dayan, this level has been difficult to maintain, and the imperial court has no scruples. As for the grain in Dayan's four major balancing warehouses, it has already been consumed.

After Zhao Xun allowed ordinary people to advise the imperial court, some people also put forward a series of suggestions that would benefit the people and the country, such as establishing a flat economy and stabilizing prices. After Zhao Xun read it, he was also extremely satisfied. Now that the Zhao army occupies more than half of the world, and now the Zhao army has no major wars, it is indeed the time to carry out these things that benefit the country and the people.

After consulting with the officials of the central ministries, Zhao Xun decided to reply to two Pingji warehouses in Youzhou in the north and Luoyang in the south. Immediately, King Zhao issued an order to approve the price of living materials in the world. Subsequently, the Ministry of Household officially stipulated the approved pricing of basic daily necessities related to the livelihood of the people in the world, such as salt, iron, grain, rice, and cloth. Salt is 20 copper coins per catty, rice and other grains are divided according to the type, and most of them are between 50 and 150 pieces per stone. The types of cloth range from 400 pieces of raw silk to more than 3,000 pieces of brocade silk, and various items have their own prices.

Of course, it does not mean that you have to trade at this price, but you can't go too far, and there will be a range that allows you to go up and down. However, unrestrained price hikes and price gouging are absolutely not permitted. If someone exceeds this number, the household department will send personnel to conduct a thorough investigation, and once the guilt is confirmed, then the family property will be confiscated and convicted and sentenced.

As for the prices of various grains, the household department has also set a basic purchase price. That is, if the people have surplus grain, they can sell it to the government or shops, and the price is between 80 and 100 pieces. The grain of income will be hoarded in the two major granaries of Youzhou and Luoyang. In order to do so, Zhao Xun ordered to build a huge granary group with cement in the two places to store grain.

Of course, Zhao Xun also understands that the state cannot casually interfere with everyone's goods in the market. There are always rules of their own, and too much human interference will only have a bad effect. Therefore, the household department only approved some subsistence materials necessary for the people's livelihood. Others, such as wine, precious furs, treasures, and other luxuries, are not the business of the household. After all, for ordinary people, these materials are not necessary to maintain their survival.

Of course, the detailed rules will also deviate due to different regions. After all, different regions have different resources. The amount of materials will also have a certain impact on the price of materials. Therefore, the prices of the household system are all summarized by the local government, the commercial organizations under the Ministry of Commerce, the Eagle Eye Division, the Shadow Division, etc.