Great Ming calendar, the forty-eighth year of Wanli, September 12! This day is a turning point for the entire Ming Empire, and this day means that they will go to a different historical turning point for the whole world.

The horn of this turning point was originally shouted by a group of teenage newsboys at 7~9 o'clock in the morning.

Li Jiancheng's newspaper office and newspaper hall had already instructed Wang An to do it before he started to make machines, and he bought nearly 30 teahouses and restaurants in various parts of the entire Beijing city. All of them were changed into newspapers according to Li Jiancheng's instructions. There is a large wall in the inner hall of the newspaper hall covered with the news of various newspapers, that is, selling tea and newspapers, and each newspaper office has invited one or two special gentlemen to explain and read aloud.

Early this morning, 30 newspapers opened together, early in the morning the whole city of Beijing firecrackers rang out and was very lively, looking at these newly opened shops, some people thought they were restaurants and teahouses, but when they saw the plaque, they saw the word newspaper! This made many people curious, they have seen many shops, restaurants, teahouses, and bookstores, but this newspaper is the first time to see it! Some people know what this newspaper is for!

So someone asked curiously at the door: "Shopkeeper, what kind of shop are you, what kind of business are you doing, and what is the newspaper hall for!" ”

The shopkeeper walked out happily and said, "We are called a newspaper here, and of course we sell newspapers!" ”

The questioner scratched his head strangely and said, "Leopard? What leopard? Why didn't you see a leopard skin? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "It's not a leopard skin, we are the Son of Heaven's shop, and the business we do is to help the Son of Heaven speak!" This newspaper is something invented by my new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, specifically for the purpose of talking to our people? ”

As soon as the shopkeeper said that everyone was surprised, the Son of Heaven still had to talk to their people, and some people couldn't help but ask: "Are you really the Son of Heaven doing business here?" Can the Son of Heaven really come and talk to us? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled: "Of course the Son of Heaven can't come to talk to everyone in person!" ”

The man was a little annoyed, and he said, "Aren't you deceitful then?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "This guest officer is not in a hurry, although the Son of Heaven cannot come to talk to us in person, but the words of the Son of Heaven are written in this newspaper, everyone will know the Tao if you look at it!" ”

The shopkeeper took out a standard 2-carat newspaper and said: "Everyone see that this is a newspaper, the full name is 'Daming Newspaper' (the reason why it is called this name is because the newspaper is published every 3 days, not a newspaper a day) There is a special Banmu column on which the emperor's words are written!! Look at the slogan here, 'Everything is about the people, and the people are the most innocent people' This sentence is what His Majesty said in the court! It's written here now! ”

When everyone heard this, they were amazed, and they all began to say:

"Is this true?"

"Is Your Majesty really saying that?"

"There are a lot of words on this newspaper, are they all the words of His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty, why do you say that?"

The common people shouted one after another, and the momentum became louder and louder, and gradually it attracted readers.

A scholar stepped forward and said: "Ridiculous, if Your Majesty is in the court, how can it be written here?" How can the words of Chaojing end up in the street room, I think it must be you, a little old man, who is bewitching the public, see if I don't pull you to see the official! ”

When this person said this, the people next to him were startled and began to disbelieve the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper was not panicked, he said with a smile: "I see that this son is a person who is reading at home, and he must not know the news from the court yesterday!" ”

The scholar frowned and didn't speak, and the old shopkeeper said with a smile: "Yesterday, Your Majesty went to the morning court, and the first thing I ordered was to write down all the contents of the court discussion!" Do you know what this is because of this? ”

The scholar frowned when he heard this and said: "What's so strange about this, there have always been written official records in court deliberations, what does this have to do with you!" ”

The old shopkeeper shook his head with a smile and said, "Then do you know that this record is written in the vernacular?" This is a special order from His Majesty, do you know what the Tao means? ”

The reader was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still didn't understand what it meant, and he asked, "What do you mean?" ”

The old shopkeeper said: "I don't dare to take this seriously, this is not what I mean by Your Majesty!" The reason why His Majesty ordered this is to publicize the content of the court meeting, and to let everyone in the world know the Tao, otherwise you think that Xiao Lao'er and I dare to open a shop here to publicize important things in the court, isn't this looking for death? And if it's really me who is lying to confuse the public, maybe the second child, my store hasn't opened yet, and it will be seized by the official uniform, if you don't believe it, you can go to the government to ask! It's not just us who opened a newspaper office, but you also see that the little newsboy outside is selling newspapers, isn't this possible with the permission of the emperor? ”

As soon as the old shopkeeper said this, everyone turned around and saw a little newsboy shouting loudly: "Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, all kinds of government and political affairs are in the newspaper!" If you want to know the Tao, you only need five texts! ”

The little boy shouted extremely concisely, not afraid of being caught, so that everyone believed it at a glance!

The people who came alive began to ask again: "Is this newspaper really sold by His Majesty?" ”

"Is what Your Majesty said just now?"

"Shopkeeper, does this newspaper really only sell for five cents? That's a big piece of paper! ”

"Hey, it's a pity, I can't read what His Majesty says even if I sell it like this, I can't read!"

With the last sentence, many people also sighed, but the old shopkeeper smiled at this time: "Don't worry, everyone, it's no problem if you can't read, our newspaper is dedicated to newspapers, and we have gentlemen who can read the newspaper to everyone." It's okay to drink tea without buying newspapers, it's also Wuwen! ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard it, and they could hear the words of the Son of Heaven by drinking tea for five cents, which was really unusual, although most of them lived in the capital, they didn't want to listen to the Son of Heaven, and even the imperial city had never been close.

"Really? Those words are really said by the Son of Heaven, if it is true, the old man can still afford to spend five pennies, we want to know what the Son of Heaven said to our people! ”

"Yes, yes! Isn't it really a lie? How can the Son of Heaven speak to us? ”

Someone in the crowd asked a question, and the old shopkeeper immediately stood up and said loudly: "Please believe that this is absolutely true!" Our new Son of Heaven has just ascended the throne, and the Son of Heaven is only 16 years old! But the first thing the Son of Heaven did when he ascended the throne was to emphasize in front of the Manchu civil and military forces in the court: 'All policies are based on the people!' The Son of Heaven not only said that, but did so. This newspaper is a proof that everyone knows that the court has always been a place to discuss major events in the world, but we don't know anything about what it is.

But what does the Son of Heaven say is a major event in the world? There is only one major event in the world, and that is the business of the common people! Only the affairs of the common people can be regarded as a major event in the world, so since it is the affairs of the people, why can't the people in the world know the way?

The Son of Heaven said that we ordinary people are the most innocent people. Who is working in our entire Ming Dynasty? Who is tirelessly engaged in construction, so that our Ming Dynasty is so prosperous! It's all our people! ”

"Good!" When the old shopkeeper said this, the audience applauded. Some of them danced excitedly, and some wept. At this time, they don't want to applaud, and they don't know how to vent this excitement and excitement, what is the greatest desire of human nature, that is, to be recognized, who is the most exciting in the entire old society, of course, it is the emperor!

These words naturally did not come up with the old shopkeeper himself, of course, it was the result of systematic training, after getting the machinery, Li Jiancheng specially explained this matter to Wang An, he wrote some drafts himself, and said some key points of the manifesto speech. and some slogans that must be loudly promoted, etc., as a result, they were made to let those hired old businessmen change it slightly after seeing it, but they didn't expect the effect to be so amazing, Li Jiancheng was stunned at the time, he was surprised, and thought that these people were also traversers! Later, I realized that Lu Daodao was really no treacherous business. In this era, businessmen can't do business at all if they don't have a little bit of treachery and no talent, especially in this era when the media is extremely rare and the social order is very complicated, eloquence performance is the king!

As soon as the old shopkeeper raised his hand, everyone stopped, and he continued: "So Your Majesty has ordered, in order to better understand our wishes, in order to better understand our needs, so Your Majesty invented this newspaper in order to tell us the policies of the court, let us understand the meaning of Your Majesty, let us supervise those officials, and let us put forward more accurate and practical opinions to Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as the old shopkeeper said this, everyone was shocked again, and someone exclaimed: "Did Your Majesty really say that?" Your Majesty asked us ordinary people to supervise the officials? ”

As soon as these words were asked, everyone felt incredible, you have to know what amazing people are those who are officials, and now the emperor actually asks the common people to supervise those amazing people, is there anything more crazy than this?

The old shopkeeper said: "Of course it is true, there are quotations from His Majesty on this page of the newspaper 'Publication Instructions', and His Majesty said: There are many officials in the court, and they are in the local area to eat the common people, and they are rampant in the township, and His Majesty hates such people, and this kind of person must be severely punished." But His Majesty only has a pair of eyes, and His Majesty can't see it, so he handed over this task to our people, let us be His Majesty's eyes, His Majesty has set up a 'complaint mailbox' in every newspaper If the people find that there are officials who are corrupt and bend the law, they can directly write a letter to complain, this letter does not need to write a name, just put it in, and Your Majesty will naturally investigate them! ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in disbelief, and the old shopkeeper turned around and opened a door, and there was a large mailbox with complaints written on it. The mailbox was made of an iron box with a lock on it, and the old shopkeeper said: "Only the people under His Majesty have the key to open this mailbox, and no one else can move it." You don't need to write your name to vote at any time, you don't have to worry about being found by those black-hearted people, this is all for the sake of our people, Your Majesty also said, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes if you are not an official for the people, and Your Majesty will let those officials who are not for the people go home to sell sweet potatoes! It is just the right time to publicize the policy of promoting new crops under His Majesty! ”

Everyone laughed for a while, although the sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty were actually controlled crops, but the people in Beijing naturally knew that this kind of thing had already existed in the Wanli years.

Someone asked: "What is the matter with the promotion of new crops?" ”

The old shopkeeper looked at the person and smiled: "You want to know the way, you want to know the way to come in and sit, Mr. Tell the newspaper will come to the newspaper in a while, everyone come in and sit and wait for Mr. Newspaper to give everyone a good talk, the old man I also said a lot, it's time to drink saliva!" ”

Everyone laughed again, and a group of people entered the newspaper hall, and as soon as they entered the newspaper hall, they all sold a newspaper regardless of whether they knew how to read or not, and it was only five cents anyway, which was really not a lot.