Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 The Explosion of the Seeking Talent Order

Time began to enter April of the second year of Guangxi.

In mid-April, Luoyang City is still full of spring, but it is obvious that the weather is getting hotter and hotter. At this time, there are already signs of entering the hot summer season.

At this time, the dispute between the mansion and newspapers has also entered a heated stage.

In the beginning, it was actually just a battle between Hongdu Journal and Confucianism Daily.

Each of the two residence newspapers has its own market.

Confucianism Daily focuses on the scholar market, with Confucianism as the main theory, and great Confucian articles as the foundation, which has attracted countless scholars to compete for it, and soon established a high-ranking brand in the hearts of scholars.

The Hongdu Journal, the articles and sections in the newspaper are basically easy to learn and understand.

To put it bluntly, this is a popular newspaper, and even ordinary people who have never read a book can understand a thing or two after listening to others read it aloud, and the most important thing is the promulgation of imperial policy news and serial anecdotes. The foundation has attracted many readers, ranging from scholars to ordinary people.

In terms of the influence of public opinion, Confucianism Daily is better. After all, the status of scholars in this era is paramount.

But if you want to talk about coverage and distribution, Hongdu Journal is still more marketable.

However, with the rivalry between the two residence newspapers, a storm of residence newspapers began to emerge.

No matter what era, the descendants of Yan and Huang have the best ability to imitate. As long as there is a new thing, there will always be people who learn to imitate it.

With the emergence of the mansion newspaper model, this kind of after-dinner entertainment has supplemented a lot of energy, and it has also allowed many smart scholars to see different encounters.

When the daily newspapers were flowing out of Luoyang and wanted to grab the market share of the surrounding cities, the scholars in the surrounding areas naturally imitated them one after another.

Of course, the first to follow suit was not someone other than Luo Yang.

It is Luoyang City, known as the first school, Taixue.

Dozens of Ph.D. students in Taixue mainly gathered the elite students of Taixue. On April [-]th, Taixue Zaobao appeared. Although this newspaper was published later, it was backed by Cai Yong, who offered sacrifices to Taixue. During this period, it has quickly snatched up a lot of markets.

In addition to the Taixue Zaobao, there are also many follow-up newspapers in Luoyang City, but they are not successful. One is that they have not yet obtained the technical spirit of the printing supervisor. If they want to publish the newspapers, they must at least Get movable type and reformed paper, or it's all talk.

The other one is that you don't have a strong air of influence. If you want to publish the Mansion Newspaper and form an influence, you must have at least one minister at the Sangong level behind you, or a minister at the Confucian level to support it.

None of this is easy to do.

Therefore, in Luoyang City, Hongdu Journal and Confucianism Daily have always occupied the market, and there is also Taixue Zaobao who is trying hard to compete with the two major newspapers. Of course, after leaving Luoyang City, Taixue Zaobao will Having lost its influence, only Hongdu Journal and Confucianism Zaobao are left to compete.

With the outbreak of Luo Yang, Di Bao's influence naturally penetrated.

Whether it is Xi Zhicai, the host of the Hongdu Journal, or the head of the Confucianism Daily, the younger brother of the head of the Yuan family, Yuan Kai, who let Mu Jing burn out of the officialdom and became an official, they all understand in their hearts that The influence of Di Bao is very important, and there will be a market if there is influence, so they all began to expand their influence, not only to gain market share in Luoyang, but also to develop outward.

The situation in the mansion newspaper began to spread across the land of Guanzhong.

The first to react was Hanoi County.

On April [-]th, it was dominated by more than a dozen noble families in Hanoi, supported by the Sima family, the first family in Hanoi.

At the beginning of Luoyang's power struggle, He Jin defeated Emperor Ling, and Mu Jing was forced to remove all his official positions and give up his position as the supervisor of the Yinjian. All the technology of the Yinjian was stolen by the wealthy family, and the Sima family also got the seal. One of the families of supervisory technology, with movable type printing and reformed papermaking, it is not difficult to publish newspapers.

In this era, there was a strong consciousness of the township party, and there was also a strong geographical distribution.

The purpose of publishing the Hanoi Weekly is actually to resist the influence of Confucianism Daily and Hongdu Journal.

However, Hanoi Weekly is still not as important as the two newspapers. The teams behind the two newspapers are top-notch, and the articles published, whether elegant or vulgar, can stand the test of the market.

Therefore, Hanoi Weekly could only make a slight obstacle, which did not affect the expansion of the two Di Bao.

The wolf-like aggression of the two mansion newspapers facing him, the waves of the cultural world began to appear, completely breaking the silence in Guanzhong.

Later, Chang'an Journal, Hongnong Daily, Hedong Newspaper... etc., the reaction of the gentry was too fast, and the thinking of scholars was too fast, so more than ten newspapers appeared quickly in Guanzhong.

This era is simply a boring era. Farmers work from sunrise to rest. Even if they are officials or ministers, the only way to entertain them more easily is to entertain friends and watch songs and dances. There are too few entertainment methods.

Everyone's thinking is different, what they want to read will be different, and the articles they like to read will naturally be different. Therefore, each Dibao has a certain market, and it's just a matter of the size of the market.

When these mansion newspapers popped up one after another, appearing in people's lives, they began to satisfy some people's time that they couldn't pass, and began to give many people something to talk about after dinner, and the topic of cooking wine with green plums.

Therefore, this market is huge, even if it is the Di Bao that keeps appearing, it cannot be completely filled in, and it will only make the outbreak of the Di Bao more and more frenzied.

But even if there are many residence newspapers in the whole Guanzhong.

Still unable to stop the outbreak of Hongdu Journal and Confucianism Daily, the influence of the two newspapers is like a dry mountain forest on fire, which cannot be extinguished, and it is burning violently.

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In May, Guanzhong became hotter and hotter, and the weather in Luoyang also became hotter. Many people with cellars began to store ice to cool off.

Half a year has passed since the second year of Guangxi. During this time, the imperial court was very peaceful, and the shepherd party was still respected. In addition, the gentry and the great Sima Dong Zhuo formed a power triangle.

Although the three parties have formed horns, they have been unanimously dealing with the outside world recently, and they are dealing with princes who have separate forces from each side.

The pastoral party is headed by Taifu Mushan, assisted by Shangshu Cai Yong, constantly eroding official positions. Mushan has a strong military influence, and Cai Yong has the absolute influence of scholars. The two are the cooperation of civil and military, which naturally causes great lethality.

The gentry and one party, although few soldiers have the power to deter them, but they have great influence in the whole world. The Yuan family of four generations and three princes, Sikong Yuanfeng is a representative mission, Situ Wangyun, Taiwei Lu Zhi, Jinwuqing Yang Biao, Luo Sima Fang, the Yang Commander... is a great scholar of scholars who can influence the existence of scholars all over the world.

The other is the third-party force, which was very low-key before and could hardly be seen, but gradually, it became known to everyone, and the Da Sima Mansion gradually gained a foothold in Luoyang City.

Da Sima Dong Zhuo, sandwiched between Mushan and Yuan Feng, had a hard time for him, but with Li Ru working for him, he was like a fish in water. Instead, he attracted many officials from the neutral faction, and gradually expanded their influence in the court .

It was supposed to be a balance.

For the time being, this balance can be maintained.

But following an order in the Hongdu Journal, the trend of this balance gradually began to tilt, and a storm in Luoyang was brewing...

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May [-]th.

noon.

Taifu's mansion, Jingping Courtyard.

In the courtyard, under the big tree, and among the stone pavilions, Mu Jing, Hu Zhao, and Xi Zhicai sat on a stone bench facing the triangle. Both Xi Zhicai and Hu Zhao had serious expressions on their faces. .

"My lord, you should think about it clearly. Once this thing explodes, no one can predict what will happen afterwards!"

Hu Zhao said in a deep voice.

In today's world, there are many people who challenge the majesty of noble families.

He is also one of them.

Back then he challenged some gentry in Yingchuan with arrogance, but he also ended up with the fate of not being able to return to his hometown. Even if he created a sage in Luoyang and jumped into the ranks of the world's great scholars, he could not return to Yingchuan after all.

It is conceivable how huge the influence of the gentry family is.

But he is not as bold as Mu Jing.

Seeking merit orders.

This is just an order from Qiuxian, but if this order breaks out, it will dig up the graves of the nobles. Whether it is those who hate Mushan or those who have a good impression of Mushan, the aristocratic families all over the world will attack them together.

What is the biggest reliance of a noble family.

It is the qualification of recommending talents under their control.

Ordinary scholars who want to become official careers and become officials in the court need someone to honor them with filial piety, but those who are qualified to honor filial piety are basically members of the noble family, either serving as officials in the court or from a noble family wealthy.

They have already monopolized this road and formed a cycle of power. Being filial and honest is equivalent to recruiting disciples. , into the hands of the gentry.

And what is this merit-seeking decree concocted by Mujing? It is a sign that the filial piety and honesty system has fallen into chaos, and it is also the beginning of breaking the gentry's monopoly on talents.

"Nine out of ten talents in the world are owned by noble families!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice, "This kind of deformed system should not have existed long ago. The past era will be broken, and a new era will come. Order must explode!"

Recently, the merit-seeking order is for his father, Mushan, to recruit talents. Ten merit-seeking pavilions have been established in Luoyang City. Just waiting for the eruption of the seeking merit order, there will be an endless stream of talents to vote. After all, in this world You can't get in through the door, and down-and-out talents abound.

From a long-term point of view, it is also to prepare for the reform of this kind of official selection system that promotes filial piety and integrity.

So when the influence of the Hongdu Journal had reached the level that Mu Jing expected, Mu Jing couldn't wait to start preparing for the outbreak of the Order of Seeking Talents.

"I also agree with the attempt to seek talents. After all, we are too short of usable talents nowadays. Whether it is the Taifu or the Shangshu, in fact, there are very few people who can be used under his command. It is not as good as Sikong Yuanfeng. Some official positions can be filled with the fingertips!"

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while, and said, "But I still think it's too urgent!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Mu Jing nodded, he knew that Xi Zhicai was telling the truth, but he had his own considerations: "But if you want to catch them off guard, you can't let them have time to react. If you want to make a move, you have to make a move, and you have to make a move now. The timing is just right!"

He is anxious, one is anxious for talents.

Another reason.

He needs to pull the influence of the aristocratic family to the top.

The battle for the grain market in Guanzhong has already begun. If some of the Guanzhong aristocratic families are disturbed by the battle for grain in Chang'an, and the Guanzhong aristocratic families make a secret effort, the plan may be cut in half. Therefore, Mujing must use himself as a target to cover this time. action.

Xi Zhicai and Hu Zhao looked at each other, both of them fell silent, they didn't speak, not because they didn't want to refute, but because they had been with Mujing for a while, they knew Mujing's character, they had discussions on weekdays, and they could listen to it Persuasion seems to be easy to talk about, but once he has made his own decision in his heart, he is more arbitrary than Mu Shan, and no one can persuade him at all.

"Zhicai!"

Mu Jing handed out a job-seeking order written in his own hand: "It will be published tomorrow. The next three issues of Hongdu Journal will be printed with at least 50 copies each. What I want is not only to cover Guanzhong, but also to distribute The farther the better, the best big man, everyone knows!"

"Since you have already decided, I respect your decision!"

Xi Zhicai took this simple and easy-to-understand order for seeking talents, turned around and left, and with a strong executive force, he headed for the official residence of Hongdu Xuebao, which was built next to Hongdumen School.

"Be careful to counterattack!" Hu Zhao said in a low voice, taking a sip of tea to warm his mood.

"It's time to have Mr. Law!"

Mu Jing cupped his hands: "I will let Jing Wusi all follow the orders of the master, and ask the master to keep an eye on them!"

"I'll try my best!" Hu Zhao's eyes were bright, this was a tough battle, even he felt a pressure in his heart, because no one knew how far the gentry's counterattack would go. If not, the powerful pastoral party would disappear in smoke.

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May [-]th.

morning.

In Luoyang City, the latest issue of the Hongdu Journal has gone on sale.

"Shopkeeper, here is the latest Hongdu Journal!"

"okay!"

"..."

"Shopkeeper, is this issue of Hongdu Journal here? Give me the five copies quickly!"

"It's already here, guest officer, wait a moment!"

"..."

The point of sale is basically the Jingping Study in the city. The Jingping Study has a great influence. It recently joined the publication of the Hongdu Journal, and the business has become even better. There are countless customers coming in and out every day.

"Today's Hongdu Journal said that I don't know what major news it has published?"

"I read the official document of Tao Qianjin, the governor of Xuzhou, as Xuzhou Mu. I heard that the imperial court recently discussed to wipe out the rebels in Liangzhou. Today, it may be about the rebellion in Liangzhou!"

"I really miss the serialization of that anecdote. It has been serialized three times, and today is the last one!"

"..."

Hongdu Journal has already formed an influence, and there are not many people who follow it.

(End of this chapter)