took a carriage back and forth, and Sun Yuanhua went back to the inn to sleep depressed. Waiting for six o'clock the next morning, while still lying in bed, he heard a loud bell outside the window - there is an idiom called 'morning bell and dusk drum', and in ancient times it was not sloppy about telling the time. But today's bell is exceptionally loud, which is really incomprehensible.

Sun Yuanhua got up from the bed sleepily and pushed the window outward, the bell was even more noisy. It sounds like it's coming from the direction of the Drum Tower. The drum tower was originally a place to tell the time, but what is the matter with this bell that disturbs people's dreams?

Looks like I can't sleep.

Sun Yuanhua could only get up, wash up and take the morning newspaper. After only two or three days in Tianjin, he knew that he should read more newspapers published by the 'revolutionary army' every day, and the information on them was very valuable. Today's front page is the reform of the daily hour, and the interval between twelve hours is too large, so it was changed to a twenty-four hour system by Zhou Qingfeng. Bell towers will also be set up in the surrounding towns of Tianjin to tell the time throughout the day.

Accurate time is very important for production and life. The ancients had a poor concept of time, and it was also a problem that timing was difficult. Zhou Qingfeng couldn't take out a large number of watches with accurate timing in one go, he still pressed the hourglass timing and arranged for someone to ring the clock regularly. At most, the person who rings the bell has eaten more strength and struck it louder.

In addition to the moment of reform, other news involves all aspects. It even reported a lot of information about the capital, such as the newly enthroned Emperor Taichang issued a series of reform measures to eliminate maladministration, put things in order, and reorganize discipline. For this matter, Sun Yuanhua was inexplicably excited early in the morning, and immediately had a kind of joy and expectation that the Ming Dynasty would prosper from now on.

The 'revolutionary army' did not forcibly block the news of these enemies, but the newspapers immediately carried a 'special commentator's article' written by Mu Sinian, the head of the propaganda section. The article directly pointed out that the newly appointed ruler of the Ming court, Zhu Changluo, was addicted to alcohol, indulged in lustful pleasures, and was weak enough to be the emperor for long. The Ming court can't afford it, and it can't be changed by just one emperor.

Chief Mu Ke recounted several recent absurd things in the Ming court in a playful tone, and also interviewed many Ming court officials who took refuge in him, shaking out all the ugly things in the Ming court in the past. These things make people feel that the excitement of the Ming Dynasty is just lip service.

In order to strengthen publicity, the police chief Ma Keshi also set up a column as a witness to the secret news of the Ming court, and wrote articles one by one about all the secrets he knew - the story that I and the Ming court must tell.

The emperors, empresses, concubines, princes, eunuchs, palace maids, ministers, and officials of the Ming court, there are too many messy things here. Ma Gonggong has done it in the East Factory, and he doesn't know what the hell is going on in the palace? He knows all the selfish deeds over the years, the intrigue between the DPRK and China, and the parties outside the palace are the same. These things are enough for Ma Gonggong to write for a lifetime.

The first article written by Ma Gonggong is an allusion to the birth of Emperor Zhu Changluo of Taichang, who was accidentally conceived by his father, Emperor Wanli, who accidentally became pregnant. But Emperor Wanli didn't admit it at first, and even lied. was forced by the Empress Dowager Li at that time to let this unlucky guy be born.

Such court secrets have never been known to outsiders. As soon as Ma Gonggong's column opened, it was simply an opening of a skylight, and paper was expensive in Tianjin for a while. The people of the whole city were all sensational and rushed to circulate it. The newspaper could not meet the demand for printing at full capacity, and there was a lot of discussion in the society. The teahouse was crowded with people, and the emperor who was high in the past was now also talked about by the low-level fools.

The first article of this column is full of curiosity, especially when I see the words 'next breakdown', which makes people itch. There was nothing to do in the past, who would go to talk to the people in Dongchang? But now is different from the past, Ma Gonggong is also a person who has come out of the study in the master of ceremonies to read books, and his subordinates have written good stories, and the result is ......

"Grandpa Ma, come out and update!"

"Father-in-law Ma, three chapters a day must be guaranteed!"

"Father-in-law Ma, write quickly, we'll all wait and see!"

"Grandpa Ma, we're going to reward you!"

Marcos stood at the second-floor window of the police station and looked out, stunned and stunned. He thought to himself: "When our family joined the 'revolutionary army', we never thought that we would encounter such a situation? It's a miracle that someone sent a pennant to our family, and now there are still a lot of people who want to read the articles written by our family. It seems that after retirement, our family will have to earn money by writing memoirs. ”

The impact of this column could not have been imagined.

But not everyone likes Ma Gonggong's secret article, Sun Yuanhua was furious after watching Mu Kechang's comments, and when he saw Ma Gonggong's article, he jumped to his feet and scolded 'traitor, traitor, dare to arrange my Ming Emperor like this, I am inseparable from you'. It's just that after scolding, he read the article written by Ma Gonggong word by word, but he has a new understanding of the affairs of the DPRK and China.

After reading the newspaper that day, Sun Yuanhua was so angry that he lost his temper, feeling empty in his heart and lacking his spirit, and he didn't want to do anything. He sat in the lobby of the inn, listening to the travelers from the north and south talking about the family affairs of the Son of Heaven, and felt that the emperor's image had fallen to this point, which was really frustrating. He was in a daze when he suddenly heard the sound of selling newspapers outside the inn.

"In order to meet the needs of the majority of readers, the newspaper has a special issue, and Ma Gonggong has added a new issue."

"Come and buy it, everyone has been favored by Wanli for 30 years, what kind of enchanting power does Zheng Guifei have? The secret history of the harem of the Ming Emperor. ”

"The Son of Heaven is also a mortal, Zhu Yijun's love and hatred. There has been a great revelation of the emperor for thousands of years. ”

"Concubine Zheng Guifei's stepmother career, she and her son Emperor Taichang are unspeakable. The famous writer Marco is here for you one by one. ”

Damn......!

Anyone else writes about it?

The people in the inn were from Tiannan and Haibei, and they were already attracted by Ma Gonggong's article, and when they heard these words, they all jumped up and squeezed out of the store. More than a dozen people shouted in unison, "Newspaper seller, bring me a copy." "Ma Gonggong is auspicious, and a good man has a safe life." "Ma Gonggong writes more, we have to watch **."

Seeing people running out in unison, Sun Yuanhua was dumbfounded as he sat in the inn. The strong servants around him all stretched their necks to look out, and said to Sun Yuanhua for a long time: "Master, should we go and buy one?" This is a special issue, Ma Gonggong's eunuch is out of the palace! ”

Sun Yuanhua was immediately furious and scolded the servant: "What to buy? You can't read! ”

Just after seeing that the newspaper of the 'revolutionary army' actually reported the news of the capital and the information of the Ming Emperor's self-improvement, Sun Yuanhua still felt that there was something wrong with the brains of this gang of thieves. Now it seems that this gang of thieves does have a problem with their brains, and there is a big problem - something that no one else can think of, how did this gang of thieves come up with it? Instead, he now hopes that there is no news of the capital in the newspapers.

"Reversing black and white, slandering out of thin air, how poisonous is the mind of this gang of thieves!" Sun Yuanhua felt that his brain was so angry that he couldn't think. His servant saw that he was dejected, but he paid four cents for a special issue himself.

When I opened this special issue, it turned out to be a portrait of a woman in palace clothes. It wears a dragon and phoenix pearl crown on his head, wears a large-sleeved shirt and a xia shawl, and has dragon and phoenix patterns on his clothes. This is the appearance of Zheng Guifei, confirmed by Gonggong Ma - for what the imperial concubine looks like, ordinary people are really the first time to see it. This portrait alone is worth the price of today's special issue.

The people who read the newspaper were amazed one by one, commenting on the portraits, full of interest, and having enough gossip addiction to the royal family. The strong servant bought a special issue and couldn't take his eyes off this portrait, and then looked at his master's gloomy face. He hurriedly retracted again, presented the special issue, and asked, "Master, does Concubine Zheng really look like this?" ”

"The harem of the Son of Heaven, how can our courtiers peep into it?" Sun Yuanhua scolded him righteously, but he still couldn't help but glance at the newspaper, and sighed in his heart: "Ah......, it turns out that Concubine Zheng Guifei, who favored the harem alone, overshadowed the queen, and stirred up a mess in the Ming court, looks like this?" ”

Because of the seizure of the power to establish an heir, Zheng Guifei's sense of existence in the Wanli Dynasty has always been extremely strong, and it is difficult for Sun Yuanhua to think about it. But he just knew, but he never knew what the other party looked like.

The strong servant whispered: "Ma Keshi is a person who was born as a celebrant and eunuch, and it is written on this that this portrait is confirmed by Ma Gonggong, which must be true." After the strong servant finished speaking, he sighed happily: "I didn't expect that I, a nameless servant, would be able to see the appearance of the imperial concubine one day, this 'revolutionary army' really dares to do anything." ”

Sun Yuanhua rolled his eyes, sighed, and then took the special issue over and read it carefully. He thought to himself: "This 'revolutionary army' even dares to rebel, what else is there that does not dare?" It's really a shame that they can come up with such a thing, and they actually wrote the emperor's family affairs into a book and published it. ”

Although Marcos was a eunuch, he was still full of discipline. There is no need for him to make things up, after all, there are many strange things in the palace, and he just needs to write them truthfully to be amazing. Sun Yuanhua read his special issue, and his heart couldn't help but be really heavy - according to Ma Gonggong's description, Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo's health is really bad, and he is blessed.

Sun Yuanhua sighed, and the idea of going outside the city to see new farm tools could only be pushed again. Anyway, he didn't have the strength to go out today. He put away the newspaper and special issue, went back to his room, spread out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and wrote a letter to his teacher Xu Guangqi. After greetings, he wrote down what he had seen and felt in the past two days, and also asked the teacher's opinion.

At present, although Tianjin and Tongzhou are divided into two worlds, the two sides have very close exchanges of commercial and trade personnel. Sun Yuanhua didn't run around anymore after sending the letter and newspaper, he read the newspaper every day, waiting for Ma Gonggong's update, and felt that his life in Tianjin was also easy.

The inshore catch of the 'Revolutionary Army' is getting bigger and bigger, and the supply of fish and shrimp here in Tianjin is very sufficient. There is a fleet of boats outside the mouth of Dagu for fishing, and a large number of fish are delivered every day, and the price is cheap. Sun Yuanhua just ate and drank, dashing, waiting for the teacher's reply.

After waiting for four days, the reply came from Tongzhou.

Xu Guangqi began to reproach himself for being a proud disciple who had a confused mind when he arrived at the thief camp, and was not diligent in the king's affairs, but focused on the confusion of the thieves, so that he was in chaos and had no benefit. Sun Yuanhua was sweating profusely when he was scolded by the teacher, and he felt deeply ashamed in his heart, and he felt that he had failed the teacher's teachings and was deeply guilty.

It's just that at the end of the letter, Xu Guangqi added another sentence - it is said that the anti-thief is diligent in education and has written a lot, so he can collect a lot and send it to the teacher. Marcos was a eunuch with a corrupt character and a despicable mood, but the stories he wrote were quite interesting, and he knew a lot about the secrets of the court. If he updates, don't forget to send a copy to the master. The master loves to watch.