Leaving from the British Mansion, Zhu Biao's face suddenly became cold.

"Li Heng, has the assassin captured on the battleship been sent to Ying Tianfu?"

Zhu Biao asked lightly to Li Heng, the prince's internal official behind him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I have already been sent back in advance by Commander Tong at your request."

"Well, the leaders of those who instigated the rebellion have caught three, don't you wait for them to be sent over for interrogation?"

Li Heng paused and asked with some hesitation.

"No need, it's just a peasant uprising instigated by the powerful family, it should be exterminated, it should be raided, now, I just want to interrogate that assassin in person."

Zhu Biao opened his mouth coldly, turned over into the prince's exclusive chariot, and headed towards the Jinyiwei Prison.

Squeak!

Pushing open the door of the Jinyiwei Prison, Zhu Biao looked at the bloodied killer who had been tortured.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

When the Jinyi guard in charge of the prison saw that it was Zhu Biao, his expression immediately changed and he saluted respectfully to Zhu Biao.

"Hmm."

"Go down, this thief, and interrogate it yourself."

Zhu Biao waved his hand.

"No!"

A group of brocade guards responded and retreated one after another.

"Come on."

"Tell me who sent you to assassinate the British duke."

Zhu Biao looked at the assassin, sat on a chair, and asked coldly.

"Huh."

"Zhu Biao, the prince of the Zhu family."

"Do you think I'm going to betray my employer?"

"Don't even think about it!"

"Your Zhu family's royal family, oppressing the good, tyrannical, and squeezing the wealth of the people, will be overturned by the villagers sooner or later."

The assassin sneered, smiling disdainfully.

"My Zhu family oppresses goodness?"

"My Zhu family is rampant and domineering?"

"My Zhu family oppresses the people?"

"It seems that you are not only an assassin hired by those people, but also a devout defender."

Zhu Biao sneered.

"With pliers, crush one of his fingers first, and then put him in salt water."

"Oh, by the way, Lone remembers, this way, it's called disinfection with salt water."

Zhu Biao waved his big hand, and the two attendants behind him immediately stepped forward, ready to start the execution.

When the other person is slandering you by putting aside the facts, don't try to explain anything, just let the other person scream in his throat until he can no longer say any slanderous words, and then ask him to reframe the words.

"Zhu Biao, you... Yes! ”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One of the Assassin's index fingers had been crushed by the chamberlain's pliers, and the screams of killing pigs continued to sound.

In the constant torment, the Assassin's face turned red, then pale, and his whole body twitched.

"You still have nine fingers and ten toes, I advise you to organize your language well, in the end, do you want to cooperate with Gu well, and tell the truth to Gu."

Zhu Biao said coldly, he has always advocated avoiding the use of capital punishment as much as possible, and the torture is too late, but for the people who really annoy him, Zhu Biao also doesn't mind letting the other party experience all the torture.

British Mansion.

Xiao Hanmeimei slept and took the medicine brought from Liu Xiang, and her whole state suddenly improved a lot.

Sitting in his yard, Xiao Han frowned slightly.

Daming's current state seems to be very good, but in fact it is a big problem.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had only come out of the war to dominate the world for a short time, and then launched a war against the Xia Kingdom, the Duan clan and the Liang King.

Although because the war ended quickly and the Ming Dynasty was promoting treasure money, it did not cause too much damage to the economy.

However, Zhu Biao implemented the imperial examination reform, which led to the tension between the Ming court and the powerful family at this time, which made the Ming court, which was originally stable, look a little stormy.

A peasant uprising would break out in a certain place in three days, these people had no fixed place to live in the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and then barely stabilized, but for some unknown reason, the relief food that should have been distributed was delayed, and half of the family starved to death.

At this time, the scholars ran out and told them that it was the corruption of the Ming court, so that corrupt officials and corrupt officials were rampant, depriving them of life-saving food, and it was coincidental that it was at this time that someone ascended and shouted and announced that they would create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, so they chose to join directly without any hesitation.

After all, if you sit still, you can't wait for land, you can't wait for food, but if you join the rebellion, you can still eat a mouthful of food every day.

They followed those leaders and shouted that the Ming Dynasty was brutal and corrupt, oppressed the people, looted the people's fat and ointment, and set up the ambition of overthrowing the corrupt Ming Dynasty, but they never thought about who caused such a situation, whether overthrowing the Ming Dynasty could change everything.

This is also the most helpless place in the past dynasties since ancient times, the culture of the people is too low, they can't understand all kinds of text notices, they can only rely on the readers around them to read out, and master most of the scholars are strong and strong, and they have successfully mastered public opinion, as long as the family is willing, they can completely direct and act by themselves, and arrange peasant uprisings again and again.

Now Da Ming is also facing this situation, Xiao Han went out with the army, and successively destroyed the Xia Kingdom, Duan and Liang Wang, the soldiers are in full swing, and those powerful families who are pressed do not dare to compete with the Ming soldiers head-on, but they can make small moves behind the back again and again, so that Da Ming is tired.

In any case, directing and staging a peasant uprising only requires some investment in the initial stage, but later it can use various means to collect a large number of land that has been abandoned for various reasons, and increase its own tenants.

It can be said that the family earns and dies, and the family earns blood.

"Perhaps, it's time to get the newspaper out."

Xiao Han pinched his chin and muttered to himself.

If it was before, there was no point in running a newspaper, the common people didn't know how to read at all, and running a newspaper was just a simple line with the literati.

Therefore, since ancient times, on the one hand, because it is not easy to make paper, and on the other hand, because it cannot be directly conveyed, the successive dynasties are more inclined to send special people to interpret the news conveyed by the imperial court, and give up directly letting the people see it themselves.

But now it is different, the Ming alphabet has a certain scale of popularity, as long as the newspaper is equipped with the pinyin of the Ming alphabet, although it is still not easy for ordinary people to read it completely, but it can still barely be understood.

This allows Daming to have the ability to directly transmit information to the people everywhere without going through the mouths of literati in various places, which will be a powerful blow to the monopoly of public opinion by the powerful in various places.

"Well, in order to use paper conveniently, you have to get a special papermaking production line to reduce costs and increase efficiency."

Xiao Han narrowed his eyes and said.

In the era of the Ming and Qing dynasties, in fact, the cost of papermaking is not as high as before, the so-called Tang and Song poems and Yuan Qu Ming, is because the paper of the Ming Dynasty has been relatively cheap, otherwise if the paper is still worth a lot, like this extremely paper-consuming literary form, even if the rich can write, people outside look down on it, and it is impossible to spread at all.

The reason why Xiao Han still wants to build a production line by himself is mainly to save money, he does not run a newspaper to make public opinion and lose money, since he wants to make money, of course, it is more cost-effective to make paper directly, and it can also successfully avoid the problem of those powerful and wealthy businessmen in order to make their own paper too high prices.

However, this kind of thing of papermaking can't be done in your own house, this business is not a small pollution, this British government can still live in it, although the place is big enough, but there is no need to pay for your living conditions.

"Ruoyi."

Xiao Han called to Ruoyi, who was busy not far away.

"Your Highness."

Ruo responded to the call, hurriedly rushed over with a plate of fruit and put it in front of Xiao Han.

"Go to the house to get some treasure money, I plan to go to the outskirts of Jinling City to land a piece of land."

Xiao Han grabbed a peeled orange and said while eating.

"Well, how much land does Your Highness plan to have?"

Ruoyi asked while taking an orange to help Xiao Han peel it.

"Probably... Why don't you get a hundred acres, remember to take some more treasure money. ”

Xiao Han said while eating oranges.

"Oh?"

"Fengxue, you want to sell the land outside the city?"

"Why don't you just come to me?"

"Is this an attempt to build a manor for yourself outside?"

But at this time, Zhu Biao pushed the door and walked in, smiling at Xiao Han.

"No, I plan to develop a Ming newspaper, but in order to prevent those rich businessmen and families who run a paper business from making trouble, I plan to build a paper-making production line piece by piece."

Xiao Han shook his head and said.

"Newspapers?"

"What's that?"

Zhu Biao sat next to Xiao Han and grabbed an apple.

"It's a uniformly printed notice, which publishes some deeds from all over my Ming Dynasty, in order to break the control of public opinion by those powerful families."

Xiao Han said.

"This is okay, but the people are afraid that they can't understand it."

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up.

"It's not simple, don't we have Ming Pinyin? Put it directly on it, and the people will naturally understand it directly. ”

"Otherwise, what do you think I worked so hard to do this thing for?"

"As long as the people have a certain ability to distinguish right from wrong, they will naturally not be led by the nose by those big families as before, and completely reduced to a rabble controlled by them at will."

Xiao Han smiled.

"Hahaha!"

"Yes, this trick is good, and it can greatly alleviate the situation of those powerful families who spread rumors and seditions against me behind their backs."

"You don't have to buy this land, I'll go back and take a look, and I'll give you a piece directly, now the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, and there is nothing else to do."

"By the way, what kind of land are you going to want?"

Zhu Biao laughed and nodded in agreement.

"It's best to be close to the river, you know, there is a lot of waste water generated by papermaking, especially when I produce directly on the production line, and the wastewater generated is not a small amount, and it must be discharged into the sea through the big rivers."

Xiao Han opened his mouth and said that he was not polite to Zhu Biao.

The reason why he didn't go directly to Zhu Biao before was because he didn't think it was necessary, after all, Zhu Biao had a lot of things every day, and he could solve it by himself if he could solve it directly, but now that Zhu Biao took the initiative to speak, Xiao Han naturally wouldn't be polite.

"That's... Our first newspapers, what did they write? ”

Zhu Biao rubbed his hands slightly, he felt that this matter was promising.

"The first batch is naturally to the point, directly recording what I have done recently, as well as the benefits of some policies for the people."

"Let the people understand that I, the Ming Dynasty, share the world with the people, and the Ming court is the real existence of the people, not the homes of those scholars."

Xiao Han said with a smile.

"Then how do you plan to price this newspaper, and at what frequency will it be published, and if it is set high, those people are afraid that they will not be able to afford it, after all, although paper is not expensive to us, especially if it is sent too often, people are afraid that they will not be willing to buy it."

Zhu Biao looked at Xiao Han and asked.

"It can't be too expensive, my idea is that it is more than 50% more expensive than the paper consumed and the ink spent on printing, and the trial release will be carried out from Jinling first, about once a month."

"Paper is not cheap, but the production line production cost can be lower than the normal production cost, so that people will be willing to buy."

"As long as my Daming Daily's fame opens, those chattering people in the restaurant and teahouse will most likely not want to miss it, after all, this is a high-quality talking point they take out to brag."

"By spreading the news through them, I can also print less."

"In addition, I also plan to make a special section for some local advertisements, such as the story of the Oiran of the Qinglou, I believe that as long as the price is right, those Qinglou are willing to spend money on the newspaper."

"This kind of lace news can also increase the interest of the newspaper, so that some people who are not very interested in my Ming policy will also be willing to buy it."

Xiao Han pondered for a moment and said.

"Shhh

"If you don't say that you kid has to make money, it's really a goblin."

"Oh, I heard you say that, I suddenly don't want to run this newspaper for you, brother, discuss something, you will be responsible for making paper, how about I run this newspaper?"

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up slightly.

Hearing Xiao Han mention this stubble, Zhu Biao, who is not very sensitive to the economy, immediately became active, this is extortion from those wealthy and wealthy businessmen... Ah no, it's a money-making weapon.

What?

You say that if the wealthy and wealthy businessmen also learn from the Ming Dynasty and pay to print newspapers?

Jokes, this kind of business, how can Zhu Biao do it casually?

Directly from the imperial court, the newspaper was printed without permission, like salt and iron, and the head was cut off, and there was no reason to cut them.

Xiao Han: ...

"Can I refuse?"

The corners of Xiao Han's mouth twitched slightly, before this business started, he was booked in advance by this eldest brother, and he knew that he would do it first and then tell him.

"What do you say?"

The corners of Zhu Biao's mouth grinned, revealing a harmless smile.

"Fengxue, what is the situation of our old Zhu family, you also know, they are all brothers, mine, isn't it yours?"

Zhu Biao looked at Xiao Han sincerely, moving with affection and knowing with reason.

"Okay, okay!"

"Don't look at me like that, just give it to you."

"What are you looking for me this time?"

Xiao Han rolled his eyes, he would really thank him for touching such a living father.

"Two things."

"First, before you asked Tong Zhangshun to send someone to collect evidence of Hu Weiyong's crimes, because you went on the expedition, so it was all sent to me, I was very angry and wanted to kill him, but the time is not yet ripe, I want to discuss with you, when is it more appropriate for us to kill him."

Zhu Biao asked Xiao Han, for Hu Weiyong's, Zhu Biao can be said to be very angry, just like when Lao Zhu looked at Yang Xian, he had a feeling that he had paid wrong.

"Hu Weiyong, he is indeed a talent, he is still useful for the time being, there is no need to kill him in a hurry."

"In particular, we are currently in the process of reforming the imperial examination, and we have a fierce conflict with the powerful family, I think we still have to maintain the unity within the Huaixi Group first, and for the time being, I think we can still let him run rampant for a few more days."

Xiao Han said with a gleam in his eyes.

"Reasonable, then let this guy live for a few days, anyway, his life has already fallen into his lonely hands, and when that head is cut off is a matter of one sentence."

Zhu Biao nodded, he came to Xiao Han to ask about it, that is to say, he really didn't plan to deal with Hu Weiyong for the time being.

"What about the other thing?"

Xiao Han continued to ask Zhu Biao.

"The other thing is that you came back from the front line in a hurry, and my father is now back from Fengyang's hometown, and he wants to see you, so he asked his mother to make a table of dishes, and plans to call Uncle Xu and Uncle Chang to have a good drink."

Zhu Biao smiled.

"Uh..."

"Call them both... You can't just meet me, right? ”

Xiao Han froze slightly.

Coming back from the front line, even if Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't say it, Xiao Han plans to visit Zhu Yuanzhang today or tomorrow, but since he called Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, the two quasi-fathers-in-law, the matter is not so simple.

"If I'm not mistaken, there's a shadow of a mother in this."

Xiao Han looked at Zhu Biao and asked.

"Haha!"

"I'll just say I can't hide it from you."

"Yes, my mother wants to put our marriage on the agenda."

"Since you came back from Fengyang, you've been looking for me several times during this time, and now that you're back, someone finally has someone to share the pressure on me."

Zhu Biao laughed, reached out and patted Xiao Han's shoulder.

"Whew!"

"Let's go, since my father and mother have said it, then let's go quickly and help my mother."

Xiao Han got up and spoke.

It's also time for Queen Ma to let these things fall to the ground in Queen Ma's heart, and she can't let this woman who has taken care of herself since she was a child keep thinking about this.

"Yes."

"Let's go, it just so happens that the specific situation of the imperial examination reform, I have to talk to my father."

"By the way, tomorrow you remember to send me the palace exam questions, and then come with me during the palace exam, if I memorize the wrong answer, you will give me a round."

Zhu Biao got up and said to Xiao Han.

Xiao Han: ...

"No, brother, since you plan to let me go with you, why do you still ask me to write exam questions? Can't you just let me take the test with you? ”

Xiao Han turned around and rolled his eyes.

"How's that going to work?"

"You have been tested, doesn't it seem that I, the prince, am very unskilled? So how can I make them both awe and adore me? ”

Zhu Biao said with a hint of a smile.

(End of chapter)