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

Chapter 210 Writer Mr. Jiexi
The atmosphere in Beijing these days is very lively and tense.

The emperor insisted on the annual Beijing inspection, and many officials below wrote a letter stating the shortcomings of the Beijing inspection.

It is believed that the Jingcha is a waste of manpower and financial resources, and will also discourage officials from working.

In addition, what is the standard of Jingcha?Who will be sent to investigate?Will someone take the opportunity to retaliate?

I heard that Yang Shoufu clearly expressed his opposition in the court, and he also listed all kinds of crimes committed by Liu Jin and Zhang Cai's assessment officials back then. I hope His Majesty will not learn from the past.

I heard that after the emperor listened, his face turned dark on the spot, and he just flung his sleeves and left.

This matter is constantly discussed in bookstores, teahouses, and restaurants in the capital. As long as scholars gather together, there should be no accidents to talk about this news.

In addition, there is another incident that has caused a sensation in Beijing these two days.

That is an unsolved case recently published by Jinghua tabloids.

A few days ago, when a few woodcutters who were going to the city to sell firewood passed by the mass graves outside the city, they heard noises inside.

A bold person went to check and saw an old coffin making noise in the mass grave, so he hurriedly called his companions.

Everyone mustered up their courage to open the coffin, and found a beautiful woman inside, with a big stone on her abdomen, a towel stuffed in her mouth, and a crack on her neck.

The woman was dying, but she still tried her best to cry out for help.

Although everyone was terrified, they still rushed to rescue the woman.

After the woman woke up, everyone asked her identity, but the woman cried and kept silent.

Everyone had no choice but to bring the woman into the city first. Seeing that she was dressed gorgeously, she did not look like an ordinary woman. They thought that going to the city might help them find their family members, and they might also get rewards.

After the woodcutters had finished selling the firewood, they saw the woman sitting not far away and not saying her home address, their eyes were blank.

Everyone didn't know how to deal with this matter.

There was a lot of chatter, and some people said that there are people in Jinghua Bookshop who collect such rare information, and they can also post information about people and things for free, so that they may as well not ask.

These woodcutters were all from outside the city, illiterate, and had never greeted the book shop, so they were a little at a loss.

At this time, a man who looked like a scholar came over and asked about the situation.

He also took a pen to record some content, gave several people a few copper coins, and then said that taking this woman to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion would help to find her family.

The crowd dispersed.

After the scholar sent the woman to the Shuntian government office, he edited the matter into a manuscript and submitted it to the Jinghua tabloid.

Next, he went to the yamen to learn about the progress of the case, saying that the woman said she was a concubine of a certain official's family, but as to which family she belonged to, he had no information.

However, this scholar deeply understands the essence of "paparazzi", and edited the details and conjectures of his understanding into a manuscript and submitted it.

The news about this case that he disclosed earlier has aroused the interest of many people.

Unexpectedly, there will be follow-up news, and it seems to be an official matter, which has aroused many people's hearts of gossip.

Some people suspected that this little concubine had secretly identified her, and some said that she was probably persecuted by the jealous head of the family. There were different opinions.

Many people wrote to Jinghua Tabloid asking it to continue the investigation.

"Xiao Gu, have you contacted Mr. Jiexi who contributed the article? Tell him to write the article quickly in the past two days. If he can detect the news quickly, put it on the front page, and add 3 cents for each article."

Zhang Cong directly helped Xiao Gu and said.

"Sir, I got in touch. Mr. Jiexi lives far away, and he said that the matter has been investigated clearly, and the manuscripts for three consecutive days can be finished today, and he also wrote a comment, saying that he gave it to us. Yes, I hope we will adopt more of his manuscripts in the future and give him some care."

Xiao Gu said.

"Well, yes."

Zhang Cong directly promised.

"Mr. Jiexi's writing skills are more sophisticated than mine, and he is good at writing this kind of news with suspense, forming a serialized mode, which many people like to read. My lord, the sales of our tabloids have increased again this month, Nan A businessman from Beijing has already contacted us to imprint our tabloid at the same time. I heard that there are already many pirated editions there, but they are all old news. Several provincial governments are also approaching."

Zhang Cong said excitedly.

Qin Shao also heard from Wang Yin two days ago.

The synchronization in this era is no more than the Internet in the previous life, and that is called a synchronization.

The synchronization here is that the merchant ships, horse teams, and post station messengers who go to and from Beijing and Nanjing every day help to bring the latest edition of the tabloids to Nanjing, so that they can be printed and published immediately.

No matter what, this Beijing tabloid has now gone out of Shanghai, and its influence is getting bigger and bigger.

In today's Beijing, reading Jinghua tabloids has almost become a weekly routine for the intellectuals.

Many of the topics after the meal revolved around the news from the Jinghua tabloids.

As an intellectual, if you don't know the news, you will probably fall behind and fail to integrate into the circle.

Because you can make money by submitting articles and providing news, which is much more profitable than hard physical work.

Many ordinary families who rely on physical strength to survive have also begun to focus on their children's schooling.

Although the scientific examination is difficult, if the child can read and write, he may be able to write manuscripts, and maybe even get a job in a book shop or newspaper office.

At worst, you can be a newspaper boy. You have to know that when you buy newspapers every day, you have to shout out the most attractive news. Illiteracy is also a disadvantage!
For a while, the private schools in Beijing had a strong student population, and many old children who were only literate but not well-known also opened classes to accept some children.

Jinghua tabloids have even become textbooks for some classroom study and understanding.

"Well, not bad! If the printing volume is large, we can also give them a discount. Only when we become bigger and stronger can we receive more. By the way! In the future, people can be found for free, especially if the economic conditions are difficult! As for finding objects , especially for some big families, they charge proportionally based on the value of things.”

Today's Jinghua tabloid has a section dedicated to people and objects, and there are so many people who come to register information, and the quota is full a week in advance.

Some rich and big households still have to fight if they can manage the autumn wind.

"Young Master, I think the same! I discussed with them before whether to try it, and I will report it to you for a decision after seeing the feedback."

Zhang Cong was very happy.

Tabloids are gaining more and more income, not only because of the higher salaries they get, but also because of the sense of accomplishment.

Their current salary is base salary plus commission.

Zhang Cong now eats and lives in the book shop, and he feels that he has taken advantage of it. At the beginning, he only wanted a basic salary, and he didn't even plan to ask for a salary, but Qin Shao insisted.

With his current salary plus commission, as well as his own manuscript fee, his monthly salary is more than that of the seventh-rank officials of the imperial court.

Zhang Cong was very satisfied. He couldn't spend it all by himself, and even sent a lot to his uncle in his hometown.

He has been nervous all the time, dreaming that after being admitted to Jinshi, the conditions will be improved, and then he can be filial to his uncle.

It's just that he landed every year, and he actually felt discouraged a lot of times, worrying that his uncle would not wait for him to become famous, and worried that his son would not wait for him if he wanted to support him!

Now that he has a lot of money, his original stubborn and serious personality has changed a lot.

Studying and studying while working, without the previous ideological pressure, I am much more confident.

When Xia Yan came to the tea house earlier, although the two of them were blowing their beards and staring at each other, they didn't like the conflict that they wanted to fight when they met before.

Zhang Cong also asked Xia Yan to send a pot of good tea, saying that it was for Xia Yan.

But Xia Yan was annoyed and refused to accept his kindness, and continued to pay the money when he left.

Seeing Xia Yan's angry and deflated expression, Zhang Cong laughed happily.

"Sir, Lord Qin, Mr. Jiexi, who contributed the manuscript, is here!"

Qin Shao and Zhang Cong were discussing the specific details and issues that should be paid attention to in future tabloids.

Xiao Gu shouted from outside.

(End of this chapter)