A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

662 Potential Threat
Emperor Chongzhen fell in love with the Xuanfu Town Times in April. He was ashamed and angry. He felt that his eyes and ears were getting more and more closed now, and he didn't understand the news from the outside world. No matter the governors, generals or eunuchs, they all reported what they wanted to hear. , which is often different from the reality.

The Xuanzhen Times had novel content, which refreshed his eyes and ears, and at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly discovered that he could learn more and rich outside facts from this newspaper.

Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen also liked the miscellaneous reviews of the Times. Although they were controversial, they were often benign and beneficial to the country. His bickering with 'Sunrise East'.

Of course, on the bright side, he is embarrassed to tell outsiders that he likes to read "Favorite Jin Ping Mei" review articles, after all, this pseudonym is too...

I just thought in my heart, this person has profound insights, is quite talented, and should be reused by the court, how can he lose his country and write for a newspaper?
He privately asked the factory guard to find out who the "Favorite Jin Ping Mei" is in Xuanfu Town, as well as the "Sunrise East". Although this person's words are closely united around Wang Dou, it may not be impossible to win over.

However, the pseudonym of the Times is protected. Unless you reveal it yourself, it is difficult for outsiders to know the real person's name. In addition, the intelligence department of Xuanfu Town is really powerful. Even if they intend to release water, the factory guards dare not go too far in Xuanfu Town.

I can't wait to take the newspaper from Wang Dehua. Emperor Chongzhen always has a novel feeling. The newspaper in his hand is printed with copper movable type. The ink color is uniform and the font is neat and clear. , which cannot be compared at all.

This made Emperor Chongzhen feel bad. Who is the court?

What's more, that font, when it comes to sentences and paragraphs, also uses a kind of symbol to break through. I heard that this is what Wang Dou named punctuation marks, and it has been implemented in the Tunpu School in the town, which is convenient.

Same as in previous dynasties, there are few symbols in Daming's fields, at most, just click on the side.

Although he often feeds a lot of fastidious fanatics, does the sage say "the people can learn from it, but they can't know it" or "the people can learn from it, but they can't know it"?It can be debated for thousands of years, but the inconvenience is still obvious.

This Wang Dou is always full of whimsical thoughts.

Forcing himself to suppress complicated emotions, Emperor Chongzhen put on the style of the glasses factory in Yixuanfu Town, and asked the Banking Bureau to make a pair of glasses to look carefully.

The headline on the front page is the article signed by Wang Dou: "Minerhuer, steal my land, lead beasts to eat people, and wreak havoc... Today, there are soldiers from Jingbian fighting against the sky, punishing their barbarians, and expelling their mutton , Those who return to me will live in peace in China, and those who betray me will perish themselves. The texts are the same, he needs to open the city and surrender, and offer ten thousand good horses to apologize, and one hundred thousand cattle and sheep. Wealth, silk, cattle and horses, I take them myself!"

"...The call to action is consistent, he needs to open the city and surrender immediately, and offer ten thousand good horses to apologize, and one hundred thousand cattle and sheep..."

"...slave population, wealth, cattle and horses, I take it myself!"

Emperor Chongzhen stopped, staring at these two sentences, suddenly, a sense of sadness welled up in his heart.

Clutching the newspaper in his hand, he walked to the pavilion. The weather today is quite good, neither cold nor hot, refreshing and pleasant, with the green willows reflecting the water, but in his heart, he felt more and more dejected. I can't breathe.

And, when did I declare it to them so proudly?

I didn't do it myself, but a local warlord did it.

"When will I be able to do this?"

Looking at the water in the rockery in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen murmured: "If I want to succeed my ancestors, I will be afraid all the time, and I will only rule, but the country will go from bad to worse..."

He slowly closed his eyes, and shed tears: "The ancestors are the ancestors, the children and grandchildren are not filial."

"what……"

Wang Dehua watched from the side, knelt down quickly, and cried loudly: "The servant is incompetent, unable to share the emperor's worries, please punish the emperor."

All the eunuchs and court ladies inside and outside the pavilion knelt down, crying loudly, and said: "Please take care of the dragon's body, Your Majesty."

Wang Chengen was also there at this time, he knelt down slowly, kowtowed, his head was bleeding, and when he raised his head, tears were streaming down his face, he choked up and said: "The emperor is the king of sages, and he will surely rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty." .”

The cries in the pavilion spread far away, and the nearby guards and maids all looked at each other, terrified and uneasy, not knowing what happened.

……

Like Xuanfu Town, there is a new entertainment activity in the major teahouses and restaurants in the capital, which is singing newspapers.

Storytellers at this time are not simple, they can sing an article like an opera in a way that the masses like to hear and see, because now Xuanfu Town is the focus of attention from all over the Ming Dynasty, so after the newspaper is published, it will soon flow into the capital.

And quickly, it became one of the important sources of income for teahouses to attract customers, because every time the newspapers were read, the number of tea customers in their teahouses always increased by a large amount, so they also became one of the customers of Xuanzhen Times , an active subscription purchase.

Of course, the Xuanzhen Times is not distributed outside the town at the moment, so they all use a roundabout way.

It is the financial and powerful newspaper dealers in Beijing who, after each issue of the Xuanzhen Times, get as many newspapers as possible, send them to the capital as soon as possible, and then wholesale them to teahouses and restaurants in Beijing. Of course, at this price It is not a copper coin, but several times.

However, the owners of the teahouse think it is worth it. In fact, the price is not cheap every time they go to the Secretary of General Administration to copy the mansion newspaper. Especially in other prefectures and counties, they need to copy the newspaper for hundreds of taels of silver every year, and the number of words in each issue of the Daming mansion newspaper is only [-] to [-]. Words, how can there be more words and rich content in Xuanzhen Times?

The content of the Mansion newspaper is still strictly controlled, let alone collecting and writing news on its own, and there is no right to comment. How can it be like the Xuanzhen Times, where certain prohibited things can be seen openly?

It is even more difficult for ordinary people to see the mansion newspaper, and they are not qualified to listen to it. The cheap folk tabloids have nothing to do with them, so it is understandable that the fresh and standardized Xuanzhen Times is very popular.

Of course, there are also unhappy people, that is, the officials of the General Administration Department, who feel that their power has been compromised.

So what if they are just unhappy, will Wang Dou pay attention to them?Even more extreme things have been done, to run a newspaper, and to apply to the Secretary of General Administration?
On the contrary, these officials of the General Administration Department had to buy a newspaper from a newspaper dealer. The workload of copying was too much, so they might as well buy it.

A teahouse on Qipan Street was already full at the moment, and there were still a few red and yellow-skinned foreigners sitting in the corner, because this issue of the Xuanzhen Times had arrived.

The sound of the startling ruler was crackling, and the storyteller was reciting up and down on the stage. They usually read the newspaper first, and then sang the newspaper. They would use a newspaper to maximize its value for several days in a row.

After reading the article signed by Wang Dou, the audience burst into applause, and many people shouted: "Refreshing!"

"It's really arrogance!"

"The Marquis of Yongning is doing well."

"For the Tartars beyond the Great Wall, that's what we want."

Of course, there are also some people dressed as scholars who curled their lips: "Rampant."

"I lost my heavenly demeanor."

"No mercy."

"If you lose the battle, let's see what Wang Dou looks like before reading this article."

Mr. Storyteller possesses sufficient ability to control the scene, and when the sentiments of the people slowly calm down, he reads the article by Governor Zhu and others. It is full of chapters, and many illiterate and semi-literate people are dizzy and seem to understand, but because of spending money Yes, I had to listen carefully again.

Only those students, scholars, officials and other well-dressed people shook their heads, praised them greatly, and drank tea from time to time to express their feelings.

When they read the eunuch Du Xun's proclamation, they yelled: "Vulgar and ignorant, what is this writing?"

"Indeed, it's really degrading."

"Eunuchs are ignorant."

"Huh, Mansion Newspaper... Newspapers are supposed to be a place to spread enlightenment, how can such a dirty thing be tolerated? I am full of knowledge, why can't the newspapers publish the manuscript? It's not fair!"

"Hateful dead eunuch!"

"Slang, which has always been used in places and places, how can it be used in elegant halls?"

When there is a lot of emotion.

"Although bacon, bacon, and cured meat are good, it is a pity that the storage time is not long, and the meat quality has deteriorated. Xuanfu Town Shunxiangbao brand meat porcelain jars have been stored for a long time. Mosquitoes and flies do not crawl in summer. No spoilage..."

"Xiaobaiyangbao Honeycomb Coal Factory in Xuanfu Town has produced honeycomb coal for many years. It is easy to ignite, has no poisonous gas, no dense smoke, and is easy to use. It can also boil [-] catties more water than ordinary coal..."

"Don't have the skills of Master Lu Ban? It doesn't matter. Don't have the skills of riveting tenons and dovetail grooves by master craftsmen in the workshop? Don't panic. Shenjingbao brand iron nails, house beams and wooden frames in Xuanfu Town.

It turned out that Mr. Storyteller had read out the advertisement in the newspaper, and everyone fell silent. To them, there were too many signs in front of the shops, but this advertising method was still novel.

It's not like the later generations who read newspapers or watch TV, and switch channels whenever they see an advertisement. Everyone in the museum listens with great interest, discusses with each other, inquires about each other, and is quite interested in the products promoted above. Everyone pays attention to it. .

After reading all kinds of news one by one, everyone below was delighted to hear it, and then read the articles in the miscellaneous review version, and the library immediately became noisy.

Everyone in the venue, some people like the comment of "Sunrise East", some people like the comment of "Favorite Jin Ping Mei", or others, and they compete with each other.

There are also people secretly communicating, how many editions of Jin Ping Mei have you collected?I have the earliest block copy from the Wanli period.

There was a sound of footsteps, and a middle-aged man walked up the stairs, with an arrogant face, hands behind his back, followed by some helpers, and everyone who saw him greeted him one after another.

"Master Dong..."

"Hey, it's still early, Mr. Dong is going back to the house soon?"

"Master Dong, go slowly..."

Even the scholars who had just dismissed Wang Dou and Du Xun, when they saw this arrogant middle-aged man, they all put on respectful smiles and hurriedly bowed their hands.

This person is the confidant of Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Dong Tingxian, a guest of his family.

Zhou Yanru is also a man who loves money. Due to his reputation, it is inconvenient for him to make a move, so even if Dong Ting offered to recruit power and accept bribes, anyone who seeks the post of commander-in-chief must bribe Dong Tingxian first, and then get it. He is very famous in the capital big.

Facing everyone's warm greetings, Dong Tingxian just nodded his head lightly, indifferently, but when he returned to Yuci's first assistant mansion, his expression immediately changed, just like the expression of people fawning on him before.

In the backyard, Zhou Yanru put down the Xuanzhen Times in his hand, watched him come in, and sighed: "The old man feels more and more that it is not easy for Wang Dou to run this newspaper."

He said: "This is still a military weapon."

He had a faint worry in his heart. With the expansion of the influence of the Xuanzhen Times, it seemed that it would challenge the deep-rooted discourse power of literati for thousands of years.

Even, it would be easy for Wang Dou to blackmail someone in the future.

(End of this chapter)