Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 197 King Ning's Rituals

"You mean the tabloids of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhu Zhishan asked in surprise.

Ordinary people who don't read may not know it, but for those who are scholars and familiar with history, they are very clear about the tabloids of the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, the development of tabloids had begun to prosper.

Tabloids also existed in the form of public opinion at the beginning.

Later, as his influence grew, he even directly participated in court politics, which created a great influence among the people.

After Wei Zhongxian fell from power, his followers still existed.

In order to eliminate his party members, Zhang Dai used tabloid newspapers to compile the script "The Bingshan Tale" to crusade against his party members. Tens of thousands of people watched it, causing a strong impact.

Let the imperial court have to deal with those party members.

Mastering public opinion and having the right to speak, this kind of power cannot be ignored!

"Xizhe, my dream is not only to become an official and make a fortune in the middle school. A man only has one life. A man must not spend his life in a fool's way! Naturally, he wants to become famous and make a career."

"Now the imperial court is controlled by Yang Ting and them, the clan's meritorious deeds have seized good land, the land has been annexed seriously, and the people have been displaced!"

"You are a son of an aristocratic family and have been living in the city, unlike us at the bottom. You don't understand the hardships of people's lives! My parents didn't live in this difficult life. At that time, I swore to study hard when I grew up. It can help the poor and let the common people live and work in peace and contentment.”

"When I was young, I didn't understand. I thought it was the decision made by the superiors that caused the people to suffer. Only after getting in touch with this court did I realize that the emperor actually wanted the people to live a good life, but the meritorious service of the powerful and powerful teamed up to damage the court and harm the people! Now the treasury The emptiness, the delay in paying taxes in the south, and the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is not as rich as the landlords in the south, what a joke in the world!"

"Now that you are in the Ministry of Rites, you should have heard that the emperor wants to change the system and wants the clan to participate in the scientific examination, so that the court will not have to spend so much money every year to support those people, and the local people will not have to work hard to support the clan."

"However, I heard that the emperor just raised it in the court, and those ministers, especially the one surnamed Yang, led a group of people to oppose it, saying that there is no precedent for the ancestors! There is no precedent for the ancestors to allow the clan to conduct scientific research, but the Taizu did not say no. Let the clan do the work! They are selfish and afraid of their own interests! A bunch of moths of the country! Moths of the country!"

"If I can enter the court one day, I will help the emperor wipe out those henchmen and wipe out those moths!"

Zhang Cong was filled with righteous indignation.

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After everything settled down, Qin Shao began to busy himself with his own affairs.

At the beginning, Wang Yin and Xiaosanzi would inquire about the anecdotes and strange things in Beijing, so that it would be convenient for the "Jinghua Tabloid" to publish articles.

But personal power is too limited, and this "Jinghua Tabloid" needs two issues a week.

Although Zhang Cong's writing skills are sophisticated and he can write a lot of things, he has limited brains and emotions.

One style isn't interesting enough either.

An Yongzhen will occasionally help to write some, but he is responsible for the creation and rehearsal of the script and has already taken up a lot of time.

In order to solve the shortage of materials, Qin Shao asked to publish information in newspapers and periodicals, soliciting anecdotes about Beijing.

Those who can write, once adopted, the manuscript fee is 5 yuan per article.

Those who can provide information, if they can help to collect detailed information in the first time, will be accepted for 2 coins per article.

But don't look at the few pennies that seem to be small, this is in Daming, and the price ratio is still very affordable.

High-quality grain rice is more expensive, but if it is relatively poor grain rice, such as some old and broken rice, you can buy a liter for three or four pennies.

One penny can buy 3 catties of green vegetables or a large wax gourd.

One penny can buy more than 50 heads of garlic.

And when the fruits come out in summer, you can sometimes buy two or three large pears for a penny.

For ordinary people at the bottom, it can be said to be very good.

For some people, if a manuscript can be adopted, food and clothing for a day are basically solved.

As soon as the news was announced, the gate of Jinghua Bookstore was full of people.

An Yongzhen is responsible for collecting information, he likes collecting folk songs the most.

This creative material can be described as a steady stream.

But he is too ink-stained, sometimes Zhang Cong really can't wait to come directly to screen the information.

Qin Shao discussed with him how to select news materials, and the two basically reached the same point of view.

You can know whether the information is valuable by asking in three or two sentences.

Most of the people who come to provide information are low-level small businessmen and peddlers. Information fees are more attractive to these people, and it doesn’t take long to just say a few words and talk about the information they provide.

Most of the people who can write are scholars, but this kind of people like face-saving, and they don't want to show their faces and talk about gossip information.

Although these are the tabloid audience, they were initially on the sidelines.

Poor scholar, poor scholar!
Before passing the exam, even if they passed the exam, the economic situation of many scholars is not very good.

Even though there are some benefits for being a scholar in the exam, studying is a big expense, and the cost of living in Beijing is higher.

The children of officials who are not short of money are actually very few.

It is the sons and daughters of officials, such as the old man Zhu, even if the family has rich accumulation.

But because of poor management, he spends more and earns less, and his life is not plentiful.

In fact, there are not many scholars who are greedy for this manuscript fee.

I don't know which day it was, but I actually received two submissions.

After the two received the manuscript fee, gradually more and more people contributed,

It takes a lot of time to extract what needs to be used from dozens or even hundreds of manuscripts every day.

For this reason, Zhang Cong also suggested to Qin Shao to hire another assistant to help read the manuscript.

Zhang Cong knew many candidates, and many of them stayed in Shangjing to wait for the next scientific examination. It was not difficult to find someone.

Most of the people Zhang Cong was looking for were from poor backgrounds, and boarding and lodging in Shangjing was a problem.

Ask to come to the newspaper office to work, and come directly.

He even said that there is no labor fee, and the management department can control it.

Qin Shao still asked to pay according to the agreed salary, but there was a one-month trial period.

The incident of Wang Xiaolang reported earlier also had a certain impact in Beijing.

I heard that Yin Zhoushao of Shuntian Prefecture learned about Wang Xiaolang and his wife, and praised Wang Xiaolang and his wife for their benevolence and righteousness. Wang Xiaolang values ​​love and righteousness.

Give marriages directly to the three of them.

Miss Xu felt that Wang Xiaolang's wife was benevolent, so she voluntarily became a concubine and respected Wang Xiaolang's wife.

Wang Xiaolang's wife felt wronged that Mrs. Xu was downgraded to a concubine after she was her original wife.

Zhou Shao simply asked the two of them to be equal wives to serve Wang Xiaolang together, and Miss Xu would just call Wang's wife respectful and elder sister.

Since then, the great reunion has become a good story.

Zhou Shao was praised by many people because of his righteousness and concern for the suffering of the people, and this is also a merit.

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"Hahaha! The power of this tabloid is really getting more and more..."

In Baofang, Zhu Hou looked at the "Jinghua Tabloid" and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Qin has sent a gift for the Dragon Boat Festival."

Nei Guan Yu Jing brought some cooked rice dumplings over for Zhu Houzhao to taste.

"Well, sweet rice dumpling or salty rice dumpling?"

In a few days it will be the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival in Daming is actually the same as in the previous life, and the south is more lively.

Eating zongzi and racing dragon boats are booming.

Noodles are more eaten in the north, and rice dumplings are not so common, and sweet rice dumplings are the most eaten.

And there are not so many activities during the Dragon Boat Festival in the north.

Ordinary people usually cut some wormwood and hang it on the door frame, saying that it is used to ward off evil spirits.

Pay attention to people will use wormwood to make some sachets, which can repel mosquitoes in summer.

The wormwood is hung on the door, and it is usually taken off and replaced with a new one at the Dragon Boat Festival next year.

The old dried wormwood can be boiled and soaked in water to prevent heat rash in summer.

Although Zhu Houzhao grew up in the north, after eating meat dumplings at Qin Shao's house, he has always liked meat dumplings, which has a southern taste.

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of meat dumplings, and there are some sweet ones. I heard from the person who sent them that this year's dumplings use candied dates, peanut kernels, etc., which taste better. I also put a few for you to taste. Mr. Qin is really considerate. "

Yu Jing laughed.

"Hmph! Even though that kid is smart, he can't think of these things. It's all done by their little lady. How could he be so thoughtful as a grown man."

"Your Majesty, Dudu Jiang is back."

Yu Jing heard horses barking outside.

Accompanied by his voice, Jiang Bin walked in hurriedly.

"Wenxuan, are you back? There are zongzi here, Ziming brought them over, you should try them too, their zongzi are delicious."

Zhu Houzhao warmly greeted Jiang Bin to eat zongzi.

I also ate my mouth full of oil.

"Your Majesty, King Ning is also here to send gifts."

"Uh? Isn't he giving it every year? What's so strange?"

The vassal kings from all over the country, especially the southern vassal kings, will send gifts on the Dragon Boat Festival.

King Xing sent it over a few days ago, earlier than in previous years.

Uncle Xing found the Eldest Young Master, and he is now in a happy mood, this year's boxing gift was given earlier.

The imperial family of the Ming Dynasty has a large number of people, but the number of close relatives in these generations is thin.

Even though Zhu Houzhao hadn't met King Xing very much, he had a good impression of the emperor's uncle.

Previously, there were chaos in the frontier, including Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and the country was in crisis. Many Yuanzhi feudal kings had nothing to do with themselves and just watched the fun.

It was Uncle Xing who donated money in advance and called on the vassals to resist those thieves together.

When Zhu Houzhao mentioned this uncle, he always felt a sense of closeness.

As for King Ning, he seems to love to show off these years, and his father Zhu Youtang treats them very kindly.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know why, but he always felt that King Ning's family was a little restless, and he didn't like them too much.

"Your Majesty, the spies came back to report that King Ning sent gifts to many adults in the court, and the gift givers stayed in Yang Shoufu's mansion for a long time."

"They all took it?"

"I brought something with me when I went, but I came out empty-handed, so I should have accepted it."

"By the way, but they went to Wang Qiong and Wang Shangshu's house. I don't know if Wang Shangshu was not at home or something. Those people came out not long after they went in. The spies said they were still carrying the original things in their hands. It should be The gift-giving was unsuccessful."

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Han Jinrong and Su Jin went to Master Han Er's residence on Caishi Street again with the Dragon Boat Festival ceremony.

"Miss, are we really going to give a gift?"

Su Jin asked in a panic.

"We've already arrived at the door, why are you still so hesitant? After waiting for so long, my sister-in-law should have told my mother about my situation. No matter what, I have to see my mother."

Han Jinrong insisted.

"By the way, didn't you say that my father is not at home today, and my brother just took a rest. Last time, didn't you say that my brother's attitude is okay and you sympathize with us?"

Han Jinrong looked at Su Jin and asked.

"Young master...Young master's attitude is okay, but he is not in charge of the family, I...I am worried about the master..."

Su Jin said hesitantly.

My wife is smart, but she is easily flustered when encountering her family's affairs.

"Don't worry, he is my brother after all, we grew up together when we were young."

Han Jinrong said firmly.

Go to the door, reach out and knock on the door.

(End of this chapter)