Chapter 597: Potential Threat
Emperor Chongzhen was in April, obsessed with the Xuanfu Town Times, said to be ashamed, he felt that now his ears and eyes are becoming more and more closed, and he is more and more ignorant of the outside news, whether it is the governor of the generals, the eunuchs, they are all reporting what they want to hear, often different from the facts. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Xuanzhen Times, the content is novel, which makes him refreshing, and at the same time, it also makes Emperor Chongzhen suddenly discover that he can learn more and enrich the facts of the outside world from this newspaper.
Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen also likes the miscellaneous comments of the Times, although they are controversial, they are often benign and beneficial to the country, and he is always quite inspired, and he especially likes to read the review articles of "Favorite Golden Plum", and likes to see his quarrel with the 'Sunrise East'.
Of course, on the surface, he was embarrassed to talk to outsiders, saying that he liked to read the "Favorite Golden Plum" review article, after all, this pen name was too ......
I just thought in my heart, this person has deep insights and is quite talented, and he should be reused by the imperial court, how can he lose his countryside and write in the newspaper?
He privately asked the factory guard to find out who the "favorite golden bottle plum" was in Xuanfu Town, and the 'sunrise in the east', this person's remarks, although closely united around Wang Dou, may not be impossible to fight.
It's just that the pen name of the Times is protected, and unless it is revealed by itself, it is difficult for outsiders to know the real person's name, and the Xuanfu Town Intelligence Department is really powerful, even if they intend to release water, the factory guards will not dare to go overboard in Xuanfu Town.
Can't wait to take over the newspaper from Wang Dehua's hands, Emperor Chongzhen always has a novel feeling, the newspaper in his hand, using copper movable type printing, uniform ink color, neat and clear font, quite exquisite atmosphere, every time you look at it, there is always a pleasing feeling, the imperial court's newspaper. Completely incomparable.
This makes Emperor Chongzhen feel uncomfortable, who is the imperial court?
And, the font. When encountering sentences and paragraphs, a kind of symbol is also used to open, I heard that this is Wang Dou's naming of punctuation marks. It has been implemented in the Tunpu School in the town, which is convenient.
As in previous dynasties, the fields of the Ming Dynasty rarely opened their symbols. At most, just a little bit on the side.
Although he feeds a lot of fanaticism, does the sage say that "the people can be from it, but they can't know it", or "the people can do it, from it, and can't know it"? It can be argued for thousands of years. In fact, the inconvenience is still obvious.
This Wang Dou is always whimsical.
Forcing himself to press down complex emotions, Emperor Chongzhen put on a pair of glasses in the style of Xuanfu Town Glasses Factory and let the silver bureau create. Take a closer look.
The headline on the front page is the article signed by Wang Dou: "Erhuer, steal my land, lead beasts to eat people, and wreak havoc as evil...... Today, there are Jingbian soldiers who crusade against the heavens, punish their captives, chase them out of their blood, return to China for me, and bring about their own destruction for those who betray me. The text is the same, he needs to open the city and surrender, and serve 10,000 good horses to apologize, 100,000 cattle and sheep, if there is no disobedience, the heavenly soldiers are unanimous, and the jade is burned. The slave population, the wealth, the cattle and the horses, I take it myself! ā
āā¦ā¦ The text is the same, he needs to open the city and surrender, and give ten thousand good horses to apologize, and one hundred thousand cattle and sheep......"
āā¦ā¦ The slave population, the wealth, the cattle and the horses, I take it myself! ā
Emperor Chongzhen stopped, looked at these two sentences, and suddenly, a sadness welled up in his heart.
Holding the newspaper in his hand, he walked to the front of the pavilion, the weather today is quite good, not cold, not hot, refreshing and pleasant, green willows reflecting the water, but in his heart, but more and more gloomy, enthroned, either Tartar or rogue, always let himself breathless.
And, when did you declare it to them so arrogantly?
I didn't do it myself, but a local warlord did.
"When, can I do this?"
Looking at the rockery pond in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen muttered: "I want to join the unification of my ancestors, I am afraid all night, and I want to govern, but the country is getting worse and worse......"
He slowly closed his eyes and shed tears: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the children and grandchildren are not filial." ā
"Ah......h
Wang Dehua looked at it, quickly knelt down, and cried: "The slave is incompetent, and she can't share the emperor's worries, please punish the emperor." ā
All the eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside the cabinet knelt down, crying loudly, and they all said: "Please take care of the dragon's body." ā
Wang Chengen was also there at this time, he knelt down slowly, knocked his head and kowtowed, his head was bleeding, blood was dripping, when he raised his head, he was already in tears, he choked and said: "The emperor is the king of the Holy Ming, and he will be able to prosper the Ming Dynasty." ā
The cry in the pavilion spread far away, and the guards and palace maids nearby all looked at each other, frightened and uneasy, not knowing what was happening.
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Like Xuanfu Town, the major teahouses and restaurants in Beijing have added a new entertainment activity, which is to sing newspapers.
At this time, the storytellers were not simple, they could sing an article like an opera in a way that the masses liked, because now Xuanfu Town is the focus of attention in the Ming Dynasty, so after the newspaper was issued, it quickly flowed into Beijing.
Quickly, it has become one of the important sources of money for each teahouse to attract customers, because every time I read the newspaper, the tea customers in my own teahouse always increase a lot, so they have also become one of the customers of Xuanzhen Times, and they actively subscribe to buy.
Of course, at the moment, the Xuanzhen Times is not distributed outside the town, so they all use a roundabout way.
It is the newspaper dealers with financial resources and power in Beijing, after each issue of Xuanzhen Times comes out, they try to get the amount of newspapers, send them to Beijing as soon as possible, and then wholesale them to various teahouses and restaurants in Beijing.
However, the owners of the teahouse think it is worth it, in fact, every time you copy the newspaper to the General Administration, the price is not cheap, especially in other states and counties, you need to copy hundreds of taels of silver every year, and the Daming Di Newspaper, the number of words in each issue is only 5,000 to 10,000 words, how can there be many words in the Xuanzhen Times, rich in content?
The content of the newspaper is still strictly controlled, not to mention that it does not have the right to write news on its own, and it has no right to comment, how can it be seen openly like Xuanzhen Times, some prohibited things?
Ordinary people, it is even more difficult to see the Di newspaper, and they are not qualified to listen to it, and the shoddy folk tabloids have nothing to do with them, so it is understandable that the fresh, regularized Xuanzhen Times is widely popular.
Of course, there are also those who are unhappy, that is, the officials of the General Administration Department, who feel that their power has been compromised.
It's just that what if you're not happy, will Wang Dou pay attention to them? I've done all the more excessive things, run a newspaper, and apply to the Department of General Affairs?
On the contrary, these officials of the General Administration had to be taken from the hands of newspaper sellers. The amount of work to copy a newspaper is too much, so it is better to buy it.
Inside a teahouse on Qipan Street. At this time, it was already full, and in the corner, there were still a few red-skinned and yellow-skinned foreigners, because this issue of Xuanzhen was reported.
The ruler snapped. The storyteller recites in a subdued tone on stage, and they usually read the newspaper first, and then sing the newspaper. For several days in a row, a newspaper will be used for maximum value.
After reading the article signed by Wang Dou, the audience burst into applause, and many people shouted: "Refreshing!" ā
"It's so arrogant!"
"Yongning Hou is good."
"That's what the Tartars are to be without."
Of course, there are also some people who dress up as scholars. Pouted: "Rampant." ā
"It's a loss of my Celestial Grace."
"No mercy."
"If you are defeated, see what Wang Dou looks like and then look at this article."
Mr. Storyteller has the ability to control the scene, and when the public sentiment slowly settles down, he reads the articles of Governor Zhu and others, and he is full of chapters. I can hear a lot of illiterate people below, semi-literate and dizzy, who seem to understand whether they understand or not, but because they have spent money, they have to listen carefully.
Only those students, scholars, officials and other people dressed up shook their heads, praised it, and drank tea from time to time to express their feelings.
When they read the inscription of the eunuch Du Xun, they scolded loudly: "Vulgar and unliterate, what is this written?" ā
"Indeed, it's really insulting."
"Echins are all unlearned."
"Hmph, Di Bao...... Newspapers are supposed to be places for propaganda and education, how can such filthy things be tolerated? I, full of wealth, why did I send a manuscript but not get it in the newspaper? Heaven is unfair! ā
"Hateful dead eunuch!"
"Slang is always used for the shop, how can it be used in the hall of elegance?"
When the crowd is in full swing.
"Bacon, bacon, cured meat is good, but it is a pity that the storage time is not long, the meat quality has deteriorated, Xuanfu Town Shunxiang Bao brand meat porcelain jar, stored for a long time, mosquitoes and flies do not climb in summer, and do not deteriorate after three dogs......"
"Xuanfu Town Xiaobaiyangbao Honeycomb Coal Plant, long-term production of honeycomb coal, easy ignition, no toxic gas, no smoke, easy to use, more than ordinary coal to burn 16 pounds of water......"
"No master Lu Ban's skills? It doesn't matter. There are no skills such as riveting and dovetail grooves by great craftsmen? Don't panic. Xuanfu Town Shenjingbao brand iron nails, beams and wooden frames, ordinary people looking for women, a nail will be nailed......"
It turned out that the storyteller read out the advertisement in the newspaper, and everyone quieted down, for them, they saw a lot of signs in front of each shop, but this advertising method is still novel.
It is not as good as reading newspapers and watching TV in later generations, and changing the channel when they see an advertisement, and everyone in the museum listens with great interest, and they also talk to each other, listen to each other, and are quite interested in the goods preached above, and they all pay attention to it.
Reading all kinds of news one by one, I could hear the eyebrows of everyone below, and then read the miscellaneous version of the article, and the hall became noisy when it was neutral.
Everyone in the field, some like the "Sunrise East" comment, some like the "favorite Golden Plum" comment, or like other people, competing with each other.
There are also people secretly communicating, how many editions have you collected? I have the earliest engravings, from the Wanli period.
The sound of footsteps sounded, and a middle-aged man walked downstairs, with a proud face on his face, his hands behind his back, followed by some helpers, and the people he saw next to him flattered and greeted.
"Dong Ye ......"
"Yo, it's still early, Dong Ye is going home?"
"Master Dong, you go slowly......"
It was the scholars who were disdainful of Wang Dou and Du Xun that saw this arrogant middle-aged man, and they also put on respectful smiles one after another, and hurriedly gave up their hands.
This person is a confidant of Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and a guest of Dong Tingxian.
Zhou Yanru is also a person of good fortune, because of the clear name, it is inconvenient for him to make a move, so even if Dong Tingxian recruits power and accepts bribes, anyone who asks for the post of governor of the general army must first bribe Dong Tingxian, and then get it, and he is very famous in Beijing.
In the face of everyone's affectionate greetings, Dong Tingxian just nodded lightly, ignoring it, but as soon as he returned to the palace of the first assistant of the imperial gift, he immediately changed his face, just like the expressions of the previous people who scolded him.
In the backyard, Zhou Yanru put down the issue of Xuanzhen Times in his hand, saw him come in, and sighed: "The old man feels more and more that it is not easy for Wang Dou to run this newspaper." ā
He said: "This is still a militaristic weapon. ā
There is a faint worry in his heart that with the expansion of the influence of the Xuanzhen Times, it seems that it will challenge the deep-rooted discourse power of the literati for thousands of years.
Even, it will be easy for Wang Dou to blacken a person in the future. (To be continued.) )