Chapter 225: Gatekeeping

The next day, Lan Bin counted the time, took the first trial edition of Daming Daily, came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, found a eunuch, and saluted: "Father-in-law, I have something to ask to see the emperor, and I am tired of my father-in-law to report it!"

"Lan Baihu, wait a minute!"

The eunuch nodded, turned around and entered the Qianqing Palace, went and returned, came to Lan Bin and said, "Lan Baihu, the emperor is discussing the affairs of the court with His Royal Highness the Prince, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Households. Let you go to the side hall and wait!"

"Alright! That tired father-in-law will lead the way!" Lan Bin was not surprised, and saluted.

"Lan Baihu, please follow me!"

The eunuch took Lan Bin to the chair in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace and sat down, and after serving tea and pouring water for Lan Bin, he retreated.

Lan Bin sat on the chair and waited quietly.

After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, Lan Bin had just taken a sip of water with the teacup when he saw the eunuch who had brought him to the side hall coming in a hurry, and hurriedly put the teacup on the table next to him.

got up and said, "Father-in-law, but the emperor wants to summon me?"

"Well, the emperor and His Royal Highness the crown prince have finished talking, you can come with me!" The eunuch nodded.

"There's Father-in-law!"

Lan Bin took two steps forward and went to the main hall of the Qianqing Palace with the eunuch.

Outside the main hall, the eunuch suddenly stopped, turned sideways slightly and said, "Lan Baihu, the emperor has ordered, let you go in directly, you don't have to pass it on!"

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Lan Bin casually looked around, and when he was sure that no one was paying attention, he quietly took out a tael of silver from his long sleeves, and took the opportunity to salute and stuffed them into the eunuch's long sleeves.

The eunuch's expression tightened, and he almost subconsciously looked around to see that no one was paying attention, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Lan Bin's eyes change slightly, he said in a low voice: "Lan Baihu, the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Household Shangshu are not in a good mood. Be careful when you meet the saint later."

"I see, thank you father-in-law!"

Lan Bin originally stuffed the eunuch in front of him with money just out of the thoughts of multiple friends and multiple paths, but he didn't expect to be rewarded so soon, and thanked him.

The eunuch smiled and returned to his official appearance: "Lan Baihu, come in!" Don't make the emperor wait for a long time!"

Lan Bin nodded, didn't say much, turned around and entered the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao in the hall, and sure enough, they all had a calm face, full of unhappiness.

I was curious about what made Zhu Yuanzhang and the others unhappy, and regretted that it was not the right time.

But when he came, there was no possibility of retreating, so he stepped forward and saluted: "Chen Lanbin, see the emperor, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Lan Bin boy, hurry up and say something, we still have something to do!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Lan Bin listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, full of anger, and subconsciously glanced at Zhu Biao, who seemed to understand Lan Bin's mind and gave him a reassuring look.

Only then did he say: "Your Majesty, Daming Daily is ready, the first issue of the newspaper has been printed on a trial basis, please take a look at it!"

As he spoke, he took it out of his long sleeves and brought the Daming Daily, spread it out, and held it high above his head.

"It's a little thing, you can do it. You don't have to show us that!" Zhu Yuanzhang said impatiently.

He had just discussed with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households again, and last time Lan Bin suggested that people be selected from among the officials to form a special yamen for collecting commercial taxes.

As a result, he was once again brought back by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, as not conforming to the laws of the imperial court.

The new yamen, which collects commercial taxes, is inseparable from the support of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households.

And he is not good at coercive pushing, his heart is on fire, how can he have the heart to read any Daming Daily newspaper.

"This..."

Lan Bin hesitated for a moment and looked at Zhu Biao.

It just so happened that Zhu Biao was also looking at Lan Bin, hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "Father, Daming Daily is a new thing in Daming, and my cousin has already brought the first issue of Daming Daily, you might as well take a look and check for my cousin!"

"Bring it!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao, then at Lan Bin, and said in a deep voice.

As soon as his voice fell, a eunuch walked up to Lan Bin, took the Daming Daily held by Lan Bin, and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the Daming Daily, and at a glance saw the top and middle position of the newspaper, the four big characters of the Daming Daily, he was slightly stunned, his eyes moved down, and he looked at the content of the text of the Daming Daily.

The first thing to bear the brunt of is the headline on the front page of Daming Daily, the article written by Lan Bin in support of the imperial court's collection of commercial taxes.

At first glance, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little uncomfortable with the format of vertical printing on books, but as he read deeply, he immediately realized the benefits of horizontal printing.

And that's not all, the punctuation marks added to the article made it easy for him to break the sentence and understand the intention of the article.

After reading the article written by Lan Bin, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Okay, well written!"

"Father, what is good to write?" Zhu Biaoben was interested in the Daming Daily founded by Lan Bin, and now listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's loud applause, he was even more itchy and couldn't help but say.