"Your Majesty, this newspaper has a lot to offer, and it's quite important.

For example, this time, if the apportionment is to be implemented, I will write this in the newspaper and tell the people how this law has changed, why it has changed, and what benefits will it have after the change. Let them know that this spread is for their people. ”

"Although there is a Di Bao, but the Di Bao is for the officials of the world to read, and the words on it are condescending and quoting scriptures, even if they are shown to the people, they can't understand them at all.

And this newspaper is written in the vernacular, how to come to it directly, not to pay attention to neat battles, just to let the people understand the above meaning. ”

In this way, the people knew what this change was about, and they could prevent the landlords from inciting the people to fight against the new policy; It can also prevent those local officials from talking nonsense when the land is apportioned into the acre, turning the benevolent coup d'état that was supposed to benefit the people into evil government, and pouring dirty water on the court and His Majesty. ”

Emperor Hongji's frowning brows gradually relaxed, he now understood the meaning of this newspaper, and this newspaper was indeed very useful.

He even thought about it a lot at once, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt emotional, he had to be his own family, and he had to be a son-in-law, and everything was to help me consider my father-in-law.

After talking about it, Xia Yuan concluded at the end: "If you want to sell newspapers in the post office, this post office has to be covered with silver by Your Majesty, and it is not suitable for anyone to pay this silver except Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at him deeply, as if he saw the word cautious on his face, and said after a long time: "Since I have made money, this post office must be built better, and what is the earthen embryo house, at least it needs a brick house." I'm out."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhu paused, and after thinking in his heart for a while, he said with a resolute face: "I will give out 100,000 taels, and these silver taels will be sent to your house tomorrow. ”

Coming out of the Qianqing Palace, the sky outside was completely dark, and there were lights everywhere.

The snow gradually decreased, and the snow on the ground fell into a thick layer, and at this time, many eunuchs of the Divine Palace were sweeping the snow and swept out the Danbi Bridge first.

The middle of the Danbi Bridge was the cleanest, it was the imperial road that the emperor walked, and the sides were a little bit more meaningful, walking on it with boots, creaking and creaking.

Xiao Jing carried the lantern and walked silently in front of the road, and Zhu Houzhao chattered beside him, "Then the commemorative stamp has to be Mobao, and the palace doesn't know what to write, so it can't be a picture?" How about a picture of a prince with a horizontal knife printed on the stamp? ”

Xia Yuan squinted at him, "Okay, as long as you're not worried that your stamps won't sell, then I'll draw and print them for you." ”

This era can print pictures, and the technology has been quite developed, like the printed Ming treasure banknotes have a lot of ornamentation, what landscapes, clouds and dragons, it is definitely not difficult to print a portrait.

But why didn't the emperor's head be printed on the treasure banknotes as in later generations?

Because of the taboo of stepping on a horse, who dares to hold the treasure money printed with the emperor's head, and is not afraid of being cut by a thousand knives?

Even if the emperor didn't care, no one dared to touch this, after all, this was an era of strict hierarchy and imperial power greater than heaven.

In the same way, according to Zhu Houzhao's printing method, he printed a commemorative stamp with a horizontal knife, and absolutely no one dared to buy it.

Even if you buy it back, you will keep it at home.

However, when these commemorative stamps are released, the Emperor's Mobao may actually be framed and hung on the wall.

"We are launching an exclusive commemorative edition for the New Year this time, you can just write a few words to wish the New Year."

"Write casually? Can this be sold? ”

Xia Yuan was embarrassed to say that he didn't expect your stamps to sell for silver, and said, "Then why don't you write a poem to wish the New Year?" ”

"Writing poetry?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned at first, and then nodded, "Okay, this palace will write poems." ”

Xia Yuan was almost shocked, "You can still write poetry?" ”

"No, this palace will go back and ponder, the New Year's poem. You let Bengong think about it, and Bengong has written it for you. ”

As he spoke, seeing that he had arrived at Zuoshun Gate, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and turned to the direction of the East Palace.

Xiao Jing was still shining a lantern in front of him, and Xia Yuan said: "Father-in-law Xiao go back, I can go by myself." ”

"It's dark, it's inconvenient to walk, let's help you follow the road, it's better to walk."

After saying this, Xiao Jing stopped talking, but silently followed the road in front of him, until he got out of the Qianqing Gate and walked forward for a while, Xiao Jing said again:

"Master Xia, I'll tell you the truth, we have also read books, and we have read a lot of books. When we entered the palace when we were six or seven years old, less than two years later, a young eunuch saw that we were clever, so he asked us to go to the inner study to read, where we had been reading books for many years, and we had also read some history books. ”

Xia Yuan was silent for a moment, and asked, "Should I ask Gonggong Xiao what he read in history?" ”

Xiao Jing suddenly smiled, "Even if Master Xia doesn't ask, we still have to say it." After reading these books, we feel that this history book is the most useful, telling us what to do, what not to do, what to do, and what not to do. ”

"Master Xia must have read more history books than us, and he knows these better than us, so we admire you."

Xia Yuan's footsteps stopped slightly, and then followed forward again.

What do you admire?

Do you admire how much you have read, or do you admire your noble ethics for the country and the people, or do you have the courage to change the law?

A history of twenty-four years, regardless of whether the law change is successful or not, it seems that those who change the law will not end well.

Whether it is Li Kui, or Wu Qi, or Shang Ying, or Wang Anshi, or that Zhang Juzheng.

Xia Yuan didn't know what would happen to him in the future, but his purpose was not to change the law, the purpose was to change this era, this was Huaxia's last chance to surpass the top of the world.

Xia Yuan silently praised his noble sentiments, and remembered his ancestor again.

The ancestor is Zhang Tang.

At the university where he was located, worshipping his ancestors was an important traditional and indispensable school rule.

When you enter the school, you have to go to worship your ancestors; When you leave school, you have to go to worship your ancestors; Before the exam, you have to go to worship the ancestors; After the exam, I have to go to worship my grandfather.

Master Zu is with us.

Zhang Tang's tomb is in the university he attended, and the university he attended was of course the University of Political Science and Law, and the major was very compatible.

Therefore, Xia Yuan feels that he is a Legalist, and Legalist people have a dream of changing the times.

As a Legalist from later generations, he has far more insight than this era, and at the same time, he is not politically retarded, but also has the necessary professionalism, and his heart is relatively dirty.

With these three advantages, if you want to change the law, it will become a big one, and liberate the productive forces of the entire Ming Dynasty.

This is a reform that is so large that he feels that he cannot start.

The ones that are proposed now, what is divided into acres, what the officials and gentry pay for the grain, and what reduces the use of the vassal king's clan can only be regarded as patching at most, so that most people in this era can get a respite, but since it is a patch, there is a risk of being overthrown in the future.

So what we need to do is to create a general trend, create a general trend that no one can stop, from top to bottom, so that everyone can enjoy the dividends of the general trend.

But he didn't know where to start.

You can only take one step at a time.

Exhaled slowly, watching the white mist gushing out of his mouth drift in the air, Xia Yuan wrapped the fox fur cloak on his body tightly.

(End of chapter)