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Chapter 384 Behind the scenes of the newspaper

The atmosphere in the imperial study room was neither thick nor light.

Du Ziming took the file and walked in quickly.

He took a peek at the expressions of the officials from the six departments in Guan Yi, and he was slightly relieved.

"Chen Du Ziming has seen His Majesty."

Emperor Changxing nodded lightly.

As he got older, his eyes were not so good, and he couldn't see the sweat that was sweating hard on Du Ziming's forehead.

"How did Du Aiqing find out about the newspaper?"

Guanyi Luoken and the others couldn't help pricking up their ears.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I mobilized all the people to thoroughly investigate Xingji City, Sulan City and the major county government offices, and finally discovered some ins and outs of the people who ran the newspaper behind the scenes."

Humph.

Emperor Changxing was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface he gave a cold snort.

"Du Aiqing has worked hard! Tell me, who else in the world is better informed than me?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Du Ziming sent the file first.

However, he also knew that Emperor Changxing couldn't read too thick and too many characters in the notebooks or files, so he continued directly.

"After a hard investigation by the minister, it was found that the first person who ran the newspaper was named Hu Mingyanfei, who is in his thirties this year, and is from Xingrong County in the central part of the country."

"This person used to be a famous student, but his knowledge was limited and he failed many trials. Later, he became a clerk for a small and medium-sized caravan. He often followed the caravan to enter Baekje from the east and leave Xiliang from the west, from south to south, and from north to north. Xiong, so I am relatively familiar with the customs and customs of neighboring countries..."

cough!
Qian Liang, Minister of the Household Department, coughed lightly and interrupted Du Ziming.

"Your Majesty, the veteran is in charge of the household department. Although he is not proficient, he has a certain understanding of the operation of various caravans."

"Generally speaking, if a caravan wants to gain a foothold, it can only take a familiar route. Either the east-west route or the north-south route, or even a few fixed cities. It is unlikely to take the east-west route this year and change to the north-south route next year .”

Emperor Changxing nodded, looked up at Du Ziming, "Qian Shangshu is right. Du Qing?"

Du Ziming was not in a hurry either.

He took a step forward, "Your Majesty, just because this small and medium-sized caravan has not been able to find a suitable route, it has been disbanded a while ago."

shut down?
The faces of everyone in the imperial study were strange.

It is also a bit too coincidental.

Du Ziming had no choice but to continue to explain.

"Your Majesty, this caravan doesn't have much capital and is not familiar with the route, so it is difficult to continue."

"Also, good fortune and misfortune never come singly. Three years ago, they were traveling along the east-west route, and when they passed through Laigu County, civil unrest broke out in the four western counties."

"All the goods in the caravan were robbed on the spot, and even the members of the caravan were killed. Later, they finally escaped, and the owner moved around to collect all the money to make up for the goods, so the caravan had to be disbanded and returned home. retirement in the countryside."

Guanyi Qianliang and the others were stunned.

"As for this nonsense. After the caravan disbanded, he was unaccompanied and had nowhere to go, so he had to make a living as a storyteller. Because he has traveled far and wide and learned a lot and his stories are interesting, so he has a lot of listeners, so he can make a living."

"Unknowingly, Hu Yanfei felt that storytelling is also a good job, so he came up with the idea of ​​running a newspaper so that everyone can listen to his stories."

The entire imperial study room was silent.

Everyone is a little unbelievable.

They turned their heads to look at Du Ziming, "Do you think I'm a fool?" in their eyes.

cough.

Du Ziming had no choice but to cough again.

"Of course things didn't go so straight. Until the year before last, a wealthy businessman passed by and heard that Hu Yanfei's story was interesting, so he paid a large sum of money to let him continue talking."

"It's just that the caravan travels north and south, and most of the time they are on the road to do business. In fact, there are not many interesting things to brag about. After a long time, Hu Yanfei's stomach will be empty."

"Fortunately he brought back a hawk."

"Eagle?" Guan Yi next to him was taken aback, "The Xiliang tribe keeps eagles for herding or scouting?"

"Yes," Du Ziming quickly complimented, "As expected of the Minister of the Ministry of War, even Xiliang Yinghu knows it."

Qian Liang saw the doubts of Emperor Changxing above, and quickly asked for him, "Isn't it just a bird? Is it so capable?"

"Qian Shangshu doesn't know anything now." Du Ziming chuckled.

"The eagle is a giant grassland bird. It is very loyal and only recognizes one master in its life. It has good patience and can fly for a long time as long as it eats a meal. When it flies high and fast, it can fly thousands of miles in a day. question."

Everyone suddenly realized.

The fastest delivery method for Yunchui is eight hundred li express delivery, but it is delivered along a winding post road.In case there is a landslide in the middle and the road is broken, I will not get up quickly.

In contrast, it is much faster to travel thousands of miles in the sky.

No wonder news from newspapers travels so quickly.

"This Hu Yanfei is a shrewd person. When he was traveling with the caravan, he knew many people in various regions. As soon as the news from all parties was collected, he made a newspaper. I didn't expect it to be very popular among the people. Now I have made a lot of money. A pot full of gold."

"Lord Du," Fan Wen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stood up staggeringly, "As we all know, Master Hongguang is a famous eminent monk who treats money like dung. But he is the writer of that newspaper, and even wrote a There is a dedicated section."

"I don't know what their relationship is?"

Du Ziming smiled: "Nu Yanfei also said this. The caravan was trapped in Laigu County at the beginning, and it was only because of Master Hongguang's help that it survived the disaster."

Everyone nodded suddenly.

With the habit of the old monk, it is entirely possible to help him when he meets him.

"Where is Hu Yanfei now?" Emperor Changxing asked.

He is not easy to mess with, and he does not believe that such a large newspaper can be produced with just a few people and a hawk.

Sweat dripped down Du Ziming's back.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Weichen's subordinates caught Hu Yanfei in Xingrong County. After some interrogation, he learned that His Majesty personally intervened. He felt that he had caused a catastrophe, so he committed suicide."

snort!
Emperor Changxing stared, "I'll ask you again, did this person really commit suicide?"

"Back... back to Your Majesty, I deserve death for my crimes. The subordinates were too eager to ask questions, and Hu Yanfei couldn't stand the punishment and died."

Emperor Changxing was speechless.

He thought that Hu Yanfei was killed by someone behind the scenes.

But Emperor Changxing didn't care about nonsense, "Then who is in charge of the newspaper now?"

Du Ziming's scalp was numb, "Return to Your Majesty, I'm investigating Hu Yanfei's relationship network, I believe we will find it soon."

The implication is that it was not found.

"Bastard!" Emperor Changxing's face darkened, and he was about to get angry.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Luo Ken quickly stood up, "The empire has a vast territory and a large number of people. It is very rare for Mr. Du to be able to find out the ins and outs of the newspaper and the delivery method in such a short period of time. Presumably the Jinlin Guards have made great efforts."

"As for the current owner of the newspaper, although his identity is temporarily unknown, Lord Du has already found the rope of Hu Yanfei. The veteran believes that as long as Jin Linwei is given time, Lord Du will definitely be able to bring him to justice."

Du Ziming didn't dare to say anything, but just glanced at Luo Ken gratefully.

Emperor Changxing pondered for a while, then nodded slightly, "What about the eagle and the owl? Have you caught it?"

He sits on the entire Yunchui and has seen countless rare birds and beasts, but he has never seen a Xiliang eagle or swan.

"Your Majesty," Du Ziming wanted to cry, "the hawk is very vigilant and loyal, and basically no one can touch it except the master. After Hu Yanfei's death, the hawk is gone forever."

"Weichen... don't know where it is now."

Emperor Changxing was very sorry.

It was just a bird, and he dismissed it immediately.

"Then quickly find out the mastermind behind the newspaper."

(End of this chapter)