Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 259 Concern and Reaction

Li Xun was aware of the power of "Wuzhaibao News" and its challenge to the voice of civil officials, but Li Xun suddenly felt that he had no means to deal with this kind of newspaper.

The newspapers of Ming Dynasty were divided into Dibao (official newspaper) and Minbao. Dibao was managed and published by the Secretary of General Administration, and was directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor.Minbao, on the other hand, under the supervision of government officials, set up their own newspaper offices by the people, and edited some manuscripts copied from the cabinet and other places for public sale. Most of the newspaper offices were located in Beijing.In contrast, out of the need for governance, both Dibao and Minbao are relatively rigid. Except for political things, there are few other things, and they are rarely editor-in-chief to select news.

However, although "Wuzhaibao News" has many unreasonable and illegal aspects, Huang Laifu is the commander-in-chief of a town and is deeply favored by Emperor Wanli. Even if Huang Laifu is impeached by this, in the eyes of the cabinet and Emperor Wanli, it is still a trivial matter .However, Li Xun believes that he is in charge of the people, and he will impeach Huang Laifu no matter what.

He stroked his beard and pondered, one by one, one thing after another came to his mind, and finally wrote "Ask for a Strict Investigation of Huang Laifu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town".

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Now Huang Laifu, at some point, his every move has attracted the attention of many people.Some time ago, some disobedient literati in Wuzhai Academy were driven away, and merchants were cleared up, which caused a lot of trouble in Shanxi Town.

For some time, many deported literati went to Li Xun's place to cry and complain, which became a local scene in Ningwuguan.Regarding this matter, except for some scholars, most people hold the attitude of having nothing to do with themselves, and let it go after chatting.For them, the most important thing is to follow Huang Junmen to work and make money.

Of course, after these things happened, Huang Laifu also became the focus of everyone's attention. Not long after, he published "Wuzhaibao News", which attracted even more attention.This form of newspaper makes everyone feel refreshed, and it is reasonable that it is welcomed by all walks of life.

Dibao started from the Tang Dynasty and developed to the Ming Dynasty, and the system has been very perfect.Every day, after Zhu approved the chapters, the Six Divisions or the Department of General Administration screened and edited these chapters to form a unified manuscript, and then released the news.Copy and circulate every day, at least one piece of news is published in each issue of the residence newspaper, and the number of words in each issue is at least 1. Finally, the post station sends the newspaper once every five days.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the Dibao was transcribed by Titang officials stationed in the capital of each province, and then sent back to the provinces.Almost every prefecture needs nearly a hundred taels of silver for copying newspapers every year, which is used for the expenses of hiring copywriters in Beijing, as well as the expenses of delivering newspapers for postmen.

It is also true that the transmission speed of the copy of the Dibao is always faster than the official document operation.For example, Hai Rui has not yet received the transfer order, but he first learned about the news that he will change positions from the residence newspaper.Of course, because the officials of the Secretary of General Administration who are responsible for copying the contents of the Dibao are under strict control, they do not have the right to collect and write news and comments on their own, and because the imperial court strictly controls the Dibao, copying newspapers is prohibited. In Daming, the readers of the Dibao were not Not widely, most of them are some local officials, some Beijing officials and nobles, as well as some literati and local officials’ staff, guests, relatives and friends, etc. It is difficult for ordinary people to see the residence newspaper.

Of course, common people and merchants have a strong desire to know the news of the government, but everyone suffers from the lack of relevant channels. Many common people and wealthy households who are not short of money make friends with officials, hoping to get the residence newspaper. The mansion newspaper was obtained from the patrol yamen, although after getting it, the price of this kind of handwritten and transcribed mansion newspaper is very high.

Moreover, this is also illegal, and I don't know how many times, the content of the reprinted newspapers passed down by the Dibao has also been abridged and screened to a certain extent.Because officials at all levels often only copy news reports that are related to them and that they are interested in, and they will not copy those that are irrelevant and uninteresting.

By the time of Wanli, many minbao merchants appeared in the folk, specializing in selling mansion newspapers, forming a large sales network, and there were also many printing bureaus and newspaper offices. These merchants competed with each other, and even directly bought some officials' servants or secretary The eunuch of the ritual supervisor disclosed the content of the memorial in advance for sale.As a result, the ease of obtaining and the scope of circulation of Dibao have increased a lot.

However, there are still great restrictions. For example, the Min Pao Office can only reprint and sell official newspapers, and it is forbidden to write news and comments by itself. Most of the readers are scholars, and the price is not cheap.How can it be like "Wuzhaibao News"?So unscrupulous, treating the law as nothing, not only collecting and writing news and comments, but also publishing businessman's advertisements, serializing legendary novels, and various commercial and agricultural information?
How refreshing is that?Therefore, after the publication of "Wuzhaibao News", not to mention everyone in Wuzhaibao scrambling to buy it first, even scholars, businessmen, and some literate people from all states and counties outside the fort rushed to buy it first.

Especially those literati, while cursing the contents of the newspaper as disgusting, because most of them are flattering of Huang Laifu and Emperor Wanli.While scolding Huang Laifu as the chief soldier, he knew the law and broke the law.While scolding the newspaper for being vulgar, although this newspaper also uses the "Song typeface" used by the mansion newspaper, because the official mansion newspaper is all in classical Chinese, only "Wuzhaibao News" uses vernacular. Although it is easy to understand, it still makes readers People despise.

But even so, the literati are still scrambling to buy, scolding disgusting, but at the same time they are proud of reading "Wuzhaibao News".
The most important thing is that the "Wuzhaibao News" is not only fresh, but also cheap. A thick stack of newspapers costs only a penny.Even ordinary people in Shengdou can afford it.This is why Huang Laifu is only used for publicity purposes and is not short of money.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, although wooden movable type printing had already started, the mainstream of newspapers at this time was still hand-copied, and sometimes woodblock printing was also used. Huang Laifu used metal movable type to print at an extremely fast speed.

The content of "Wuzhaibao News" is fresh, and it satisfies the thirst for knowledge and knowledge of all walks of life. It is understandable that the speed of its spread is so fast. People's newspaper merchants are scrambling to sell the newspaper. After more than a month, "Wuzhaibao News" Wuzhaibao News has spread from Shanxi to other provinces.

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For Huang Laifu's various strange actions, all the civil and military officials in Shanxi Town are no strangers to them, especially Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei, they are deeply aware of them.It's just that Huang Laifu seems to be able to foresee the future when he makes troubles, and he often turns danger into safety, which makes Governor Yang and the two have to obey.Although Li Xun has been busy these days, Governor Yang knows that he will definitely be doing useless work in the future.

Huang Laifu sorted out the newspapers, Governor Yang naturally knew some of Huang Laifu's intentions, which involved civil and military disputes, but now he is on the same boat as Huang Laifu, what should he do?Looking at the newspaper in his hand, he felt very complicated. At the same time, he had to admire Huang Laifu's ability to make such a thing.
Only Liu Bingbei was holding the newspaper of the day—now he has developed the habit of watching "Wuzhaibao News" every day, and after carefully reading the contents above, he said sourly to Governor Yang: " Huang Laifu, a warrior, also knows how to invite people to buy people's hearts and control speech. But does Huang Laifu ignore the court's legal system?"

Governor Yang said: "Forget it, this matter depends on the opinions of the cabinet and the emperor's intentions. It is better to wait for one more thing than one less thing!"

"Wuzhaibao News" quickly spread from Shanxi to the capital, and immediately became the new favorite of Beijing officials and literati. Everyone felt refreshed. After reading too many rigid official newspapers, it turned out that newspapers could do this, and The above content is too nasty, how can there be such a bragging about Huang Laifu and the emperor, you know, in the Ming Dynasty, everyone was proud of scolding the emperor, this is the first one to praise the Wanli Emperor so fanatically.

Immediately, Huang Laifu was collectively despised by the literati in the capital, and he was such a flattering villain.However, it doesn't affect the popularity of "Wuzhaibao Newspaper" in the slightest. Because of its cheap price and wide sales channels, even many merchants and ordinary people buy it one after another. In many teahouses and restaurants, newspaper singers have appeared one after another. .

At the same time, the officials and literati in the capital also admired Huang Laifu's boldness. As the commander-in-chief of a town, it was nothing to run a newspaper without permission.However, it is a big crime to use news and comments without permission. I don't know what the emperor and cabinet ministers think about it.Everyone is watching.

On the first day of July in the 23rd year of Wanli, in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Under the statue of Confucius, several cabinet ministers were holding a copy of "Wuzhaibao News" in their hands, and read it intently. After this newspaper entered Beijing, all the cabinet elders have become fans of the newspaper, and they follow it every day. .

Not to mention the content of some official residence newspapers reprinted above, everyone has read it.But the rest of the content is very interesting. In the newspaper, all the news are presented one by one. It seems that the hard work of the government officials in the entire Shanxi town is all in front of everyone. In the newspaper, Emperor Wanli became the first in history. A great sage, Huang Laifu, Governor Yang and others, have become a model of dedication, and the entire Shanxi Town, especially Wuzhai Fort, has become a beautiful place where you don’t pick up things on the road and don’t close your door at night.

In addition to these, the east and the west are short, the life of the people in Ningwuguan and Wuzhaibao is vivid, what about the workshops, how about the business, and many commercial and civilian resources are also vivid. Presumably after the report, it will attract attention. A large group of people went to Wuzhai Fort to invest and manage and everyone's yearning for Wuzhai Fort.It also dissipated the shadow of Huang Laifu's wanton expulsion of literati and merchants from some time ago. There are also many anecdotes and serialized novels, which also attract readers to follow up every day.

What a sharp weapon, this is what everyone in the cabinet thinks.With such a propaganda weapon, anyone can be promoted as a model of honesty and loyalty to state affairs, and any unfavorable comments will be dissipated invisible under the bombardment of these newspapers.The right to speak and the power of public opinion that the literati are proud of will not be worth mentioning.

"What a Huang Laifu!"

After Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, put down the newspaper, he stroked his beard slowly.

(End of this chapter)