Outside the hospital, the spring breeze is sultry, you can hear the chirping birds everywhere, a new atmosphere in the world, the courtyard is full of people, people come and go, and in the rooms, are young people who are busy working for the people.

In the corner of the front yard, a peach tree that is not too old has drawn new shoots, a ball of pink flower bones, like a shy little lady, full of spring vitality.

The match made in heaven that has been spread all over the capital for a long time, until today, it is the first time to meet, but I never thought that the rumored prince who is like a perfect person is actually such a shy young man, seeing this scene, as the youngest daughter of the Shangshuling family, Zhang Zhi'e, who has won the favor of the family since she was a child, has become more bold at this moment.

Anyway, this is also in a private courtyard, and the people around her, except for her own brother, are just two lowly maids, as for the other people who are still busy working, even if they hear something, they will definitely not dare to spread it, after all, it is a felony to criticize the immediate family members of the royal family and the ministers of the court, and ordinary people, where dare to offend.

The girl, who was spoiled by her family and was not afraid of the heavens and the earth, did not shy away from looking directly at the prince opposite, and even asked very directly: "When my father was at home, he often mentioned the prince, and every time he always praised and praised Youhao, but he always looked at my brother unpleasantly, but I don't know why the prince never came to the house as a guest?"

Facing this girl who talks and does things, she can be called an aggressive girl, Gu Cang is not angry, but she subconsciously glances to the side with a little weak heart, and is about to open her mouth to think of a reason to explain to her, but she can't imagine that Zhang Yunguo on the other side can't help but scold: "Presumptuous! What do you know about a girl's family? If you talk nonsense again, I won't take you out next time." ”

This kind of thing, you have to know how to avoid suspicion, their father is the head of the local officials of the dynasty, with six departments in his hands, and great authority, if he has too close contact with the prince in private, it is always bad, this is a tacit understanding between both sides, where can she ask a daughter's family?

Zhang Yunguo likes to travel around the mountains and rivers on weekdays, but he is not a person who does not learn and has no skills, on the contrary, as the eldest son of Shang Shuling, he has been exposed to the house since he was a child, and he is more transparent than anyone else about these officialdom rules.

If you connive at your sister to talk nonsense because of a momentary favor, which brings disaster to the Zhang family, it will be too late to regret it.

Unexpectedly, when Zhang Zhi'e heard this, she suddenly looked up at her brother next to her, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she argued fearlessly: "The prince says that men and women are equal, and the little girl has some incomprehension, so she naturally asked, what's wrong with this?"

Seeing that the two brothers and sisters on the other side didn't say a few words, they were about to quarrel, Gu Cang hurriedly went up to play the round and said: "Two, I'm really sorry, the two of you also know that I haven't been in good health since I was a child, if I don't go to the court on weekdays, otherwise it will be difficult to go out, especially now that the spring is cold, I don't dare to leave the house easily, and wait for the summer to be warm, and then pay a visit, how about it?"

When Zhang Yunguo on the other side heard this, he was secretly ashamed in his heart, and said apologetically to Gu Cang: "Prince, you are serious, you are working for state affairs, if you have official affairs, you can discuss with your father at the court meeting, if you have private matters, we should take the initiative to visit you, how can you let you run around." ”

Just when the two sides were humble to each other, a subordinate suddenly came outside, seeing that the people inside were chatting, they didn't dare to come in, and waited at the door for a while, before they were finally seen by the sharp-eyed frost, and then brought in.

After the man bowed respectfully to everyone, he said cautiously: "Prince, everything has been prepared, please take a look." ”

Seeing that someone finally came out to relieve the siege, Gu Cang was also relieved, where could he tell the other party that he didn't actually want to marry your sister, so he didn't go to visit for a long time, and immediately followed this invitation and said: "Coincidentally, today is the first issue of my people's newspaper, why don't you follow me over and take a look?"

Zhang Yunguo was about to say yes, but he didn't want the sister next to him to hurry up and say: "The prince invited, how dare you not obey?"

Gu Cang smiled, didn't say much, and the five of them then crossed the corridor together and came to the courtyard inside.

The courtyard in the back does not occupy a large area, and it is extremely simple, just put a large water tank surrounded by several people in the middle of the patio, which is filled with water, and places stones and lotus leaves and other things, and at the lotus leaf stalks, you can see a few red koi fish swimming, which is thought to be used to suppress feng shui and decoration.

The wings in the courtyard were not closed, and the five of them had just followed their subordinates to the door of the house, and they immediately smelled a strong ink fragrance.

Zhang Yunguo took a deep breath, his face suddenly showed a look of intoxication, and he couldn't help but praise: "Sure enough, the most beautiful book is ink, this ink fragrance is really not tired of smelling it for a lifetime." ”

He was born in a scholarly family, and his father was a scholar in the court, from the Guozi Supervision Palace, to the family library, I don't know how many books I have read since I was a child, so I naturally like to dance and ink.

In the room of the wing, it can be seen that someone is constantly busy at this time.

On the table inside, there are stone slabs placed, which are clearly carved with small characters that protrude out one by one, but the glyphs are a little strange, they are all so-called simplified, and there are many fewer strokes than the regular style, but it does not affect people's reading, after all, the simplified style is born in the traditional style, but some of the bits and pieces have been removed, but the overall frame can still be seen, and I know what the word is, even if there are occasionally one or two words that I don't know, but in the text, I can guess the meaning.

The people in the room were now painting the slate with ink in turn, and then covering the thick yellow paper with the whole sheet, pressing it gently, and then carefully removing it, and then laying it out on a wooden shelf beside it to dry, waiting for it to dry, and then it was a complete newspaper.

Seeing Gu Cang walk in, the subordinate who led the way hurriedly picked up a copy of the first edition that had been completely rubbed and dried from the side, and bent down to present it.

The frost girl next to her carefully took it, and then stretched out her hand to unfold it for everyone.

Zhang Yunguo's eyes showed a strange light, looking up and down, and after looking left, he suddenly shouted in amazement: "Hey, this is actually a horizontal book, it's unheard of!"

Gu Cang explained with a smile: "Although the vertical printing is beautiful, it affects reading very much, if it is an official newspaper that is polite, it should follow the ancient system, but this people's newspaper, according to my original intention, is printed for the people to see, naturally in all aspects to be conducive to reading, the style is simplified, it is also because of this reason." ”

Zhang Zhi'e also reached out and took a newspaper, looked at the thick stack of paper in her hand, her face was full of curiosity, she flipped through it casually, looked at the words on it, and couldn't help but read: "News, entertainment, military, finance。。。。。。 ”

After reciting about seven or eight kinds, she raised her head and asked curiously: "Although I can guess the general meaning, I still ask the prince to solve the little girl's doubts." ”

This kind of thing is not unavoidable, and newspapers are meant to be read by people.

Gu Cang nodded and began to speak: "These are all different columns, just understand them according to the split words, the so-called 'news', that is, the fresh news, in the future, the major events that have happened in the capital, and even the entire Liangguo in the future, will be recorded on it, and belong to the list of news, and the word 'entertainment' has existed since ancient times, entertainment is feeling, happiness is happiness, feeling happy things, that is, entertainment, this column, I will pick some food and color also, customs and customs to put on it, entertain the public, please the people, as for ' Military', the army is the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and the things related to the soldiers and horses are naturally wars。。。。。。 ”

Gu Cang used the word splitting method to explain in detail for others, it can be said that he explained it clearly and clearly, and he said it for a long time before he explained all the layouts clearly, and the two brothers and sisters on the opposite side were fascinated and amazed.

"There is such a learned man as the prince in the world. Zhang Yunguo was completely from the heart, and praised sincerely, "The prince is in a high position, and he can still think about the people everywhere, which is really a blessing for the country." ”

Such a naked compliment, but no one objected, only Zhang Zhi'e next to her couldn't help frowning and said: "Prince, even if it is accompanied by simplified Chinese, there are still many illiterate people, how can this be good, besides, many layouts, it seems that they should not be all told to the people." ”

The prince just said that this 'entertainment' is something that eats and tastes, and it will inevitably violate the etiquette system and be immoral, and it will inevitably be impeached and criticized by the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette at that time, although she doesn't care much about the affairs of the court, but she was born in the Zhang family, even if she just heard a few words from her father, she can also have a general understanding of the court situation.

She knew that there were many people in the Ministry of Rites who were born in Jiangzhou, and they were all factions that supported the Four Princes, and now that they were given a reason, they could use this reason, which can be said to be without any bias, to oppose Gu Cang, and it was originally the responsibility of their Ministry of Rites to revitalize the Rites and Religion and maintain order, which was understandable.

There is also this 'military' layout, these things should be the secrets of the imperial court, how can they all be told to the people? Won't this lead to great chaos among the people?

Although she thought a lot, she couldn't grasp the key points, but Gu Cang understood the concerns in the hearts of these people at a glance, in the final analysis, it was still a sentence, if the people were wise, it would not be conducive to management.

The more a person knows, the more he can naturally look at problems from different angles, and the more he thinks, the less likely he is to be moved by outsiders with a single reason, so in the history of all the races in the Canghai realm, the same means are used, that is, the rulers will do everything possible to control the source of public opinion, and do not focus on popularizing education, so as to try to make the people more stupid, because only then will they not be smart enough to think of resisting, and it is not conducive to control.

This is also why in the human race, Confucianism and Taoism have always been loved and respected by kings, that is because Confucianism and Taoism represent order and etiquette, and use rules and regulations to restrain the words and deeds of the world.

The sage cloud, the people can make it, but they can't make it known, in fact, this is also the truth.

But Gu Cang doesn't think so, he thinks that the more oppressive the place, the more there is resistance, even if someone can block the people's mouth, they can't stop everyone's yearning for freedom and the truth.

All beings are united, and there is no disadvantage.

Just as he said to Gu Xuan at the beginning, what he wanted to do was to establish a new order, where there would be no class, no exploitation, no oppression, and everyone would be emancipated from the heart.

And being informed is the most basic right of everyone, and the creation of a people's newspaper is only the first step.