My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 511 Confucian Journal

In the Confucian newspaper office, Xia Yuanji and Lu Xiu sat opposite each other. The table in front of them was filled with articles for them to choose from.

"Xia Shangshu, this article is really well written. It is not only brilliant in literary style, but also meaningful. If it were placed in the palace examination, it would probably win the first prize in one fell swoop!"

Lu Xiu then held up an article and praised it.

After hearing this, Xia Yuanji also curiously took the article and read it, and found that it was a policy question, which was aimed at the most popular sea opening. The article did not agree with the sea opening, believing that after the sea opening, the people would only pursue profits. , which led to a bad situation among the people, and the imperial court sent troops everywhere, not to mention that it could not last long.

After reading the content of the article, Xia Yuanji couldn't help but nod secretly. Although some of the opinions in the article were a bit immature, many of them still touched his heart. For example, Zhu Di used troops everywhere, which was what Xia Yuanji objected to the most.

"It's really well written and could be placed in the first column on the front of the newspaper!"

Xia Yuanji nodded, and then he and Lu Xiu selected some articles and discussed the layout of the first edition of Confucian Journal.

These articles are all recent submissions received by Ru Bao. Although Confucian Bao has not yet been published, due to the reputation of Xia Yuanji, Lu Xiu and others, Confucian Bao has already spread among scholars, so many people have also When it comes to writing manuscripts, the submitted manuscripts alone fill several large boxes.

Therefore, Xia Yuanji and others are now very confident in the publication of Confucian Press. First, there are enough articles for them to publish. Second, the reputation of Confucian Press has spread, and there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it.

Soon the first edition of the Confucian Journal was decided, and Xia Yuanji sent someone to the printing workshop, which was the printing workshop under Zhu Zhanhe's name. Although copper movable type printing is no longer a secret now, those with newspaper printing experience, But this is the only one.

Because of the booming business of newspapers, the printing workshop has long been divided into a special printing line for printing newspapers. Therefore, the production capacity is now sufficient, and the printing of Xinwen and Confucian newspapers will not affect the output at all.

So that night, the first edition of the Confucian Journal was printed, and then according to Xia Yuanji and Lu Xiu's previous plan, these newspapers were sent to the Imperial College, Gongyuan and other places where scholars were concentrated for sale.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The long-awaited Confucian Journal has finally come out. All you talented people, come and take a look!"

At the entrance of the Imperial College, a stall was shouting vigorously, and a group of Imperial College students gathered around it. From time to time, someone generously donated money to buy a newspaper and brought it into the Imperial College.

Xia Yuanji and Lu Xiu stood in the distance looking at the busy newsstand, both of them smiled and nodded.

After the morning session, the two of them made a special trip around and came to the entrance of the Imperial College to check out the sales of newspapers. Although it was only a small stall and could not explain the situation, it was enough to cheer them up.

"Xia Shangshu, seeing how active these Imperial College students are, I feel that our hard work during this period has finally been paid off!"

Lu Xiu said with emotion at this time.

"Hey, look at this, our Confucian Journal has finally become a hit. Next, you have to work harder and strive to carry forward the Confucian Journal. Then I will let the prince see what a truly good newspaper looks like!"

When Xia Yuanji said it to the end, he also showed an excited expression. If he could force Zhu Zhanhe to admit defeat, he would have a greater sense of accomplishment.

At the same time, Ma An went to Zhu Zhanhe in a panic and shouted: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The Confucian Journal has really been sold, and looking at the situation, the sales volume is probably not much lower than ours!"

"Just sell it. The Confucian Daily News was so popular before, and with the support of people like Xia Shangshu and Lu Xiu behind it, it would be strange if it couldn't be sold!"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled very calmly and said that he had expected this situation for a long time.

"Your Majesty, why aren't you in a hurry? The Confucian Journal sold so much on the first day, maybe it will surpass us in a few days!" Ma An couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw Zhu Zhanhe's reaction was so cold. asked.

"Let me ask you, have the sales of our newspaper been affected today?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked calmly.

"This one……"

Ma An was stunned for a moment, then thought about it for a moment before answering.

"Although today's sales volume has not yet been released, according to my observation, people who like reading newspapers will also buy a copy of our news paper after buying Confucian Daily News. If this is the case, then our sales volume will not seem to be the same. Very affected."

"That's right, the audience of Confucian newspapers is too small. From the beginning, they have only targeted those scholars, at least those who are above the age of [-]. In contrast, the requirements for our newspapers are very low. As long as you can read, you can They can understand our news, so their sales volume is destined to be impossible to exceed ours!"

Zhu Zhanhe patted Ma An on the shoulder and said.

From the beginning, he had not paid much attention to Confucian Press, especially after seeing the people recruited by Xia Yuanji and Lu Xiu, his opinion was strengthened.

What these people are doing is not newspapers at all, but is similar to literary newspapers. When education has been popularized in later generations, literary newspapers and periodicals are half dead, not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty, there were only a very small number of scholars, so even Confucian newspapers can survive. , will only become a niche newspaper.

"It makes sense. Your Majesty, you have a long-term view. I admire you!"

Ma An finally came to his senses at this time. During this period, he had been worried that the Confucian Journal would surpass the News Journal, and he had complained to Zhu Zhanhe many times. Now he finally understood it.

"Just understand. Remember, our newspaper is called the News. The most important thing is all kinds of news. As for the articles in the newspaper, they are just the carrier of the news, and they are not important in themselves."

Zhu Zhanhe exhorted again.

Journalists who write news in later generations generally only want speed, especially current affairs news. Speed ​​is everything, so they don't care at all about the literary style of the article, as long as there are no typos.

In contrast, Confucian Daily focuses on the articles themselves. In Zhu Zhanhe's view, this is already a matter of neglecting the basics and chasing the last. Maybe at the beginning, relying on the reputation of Xia Yuanji and others can open up a certain situation, but the prospects for development are not Not big.

In addition, even if the Confucian Journal can really open up the situation and even exceed the sales volume of the News Journal, Zhu Zhanhe will be equally happy to see the result.

Newspaper is a new thing, representing the rise of the media industry. Its emergence will speed up the circulation of information and play a very good role in promoting all aspects of society.

It can even play a certain supervisory role within a certain range against powerful groups represented by dignitaries and officials.

In addition, newspapers are a new thing and are easily rejected by traditional society. Why is Zhu Zhanhe unwilling to publish political articles in newspapers? It is because he is afraid of arousing Zhu Di's resentment.

Now that there are more Confucian newspapers, more newspapers may appear in the future, which can help Xinwen News share more firepower.

(End of this chapter)