Chapter 28                                                             �

Wu and Bi and his disciple Chen Xianzhang walked slowly on the streets of the capital.

In fact, in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there are already carriages similar to renting, and most of them are four-wheeled carriages. This is the impact of the road.

But Wu and Bi are not a rich person either.

Wu Yubi was studying and giving lectures at home. Even if someone donated money to him, he actually donated money to the academy. Wu Yubi also focused on the academy and the students.

Even if I wear cloth straw sandals, I don’t think there is anything wrong.

Compared with the court's expenses of tens of millions of taels of silver, one thousand taels of silver, it is not a large amount, but for ordinary people, it is not a small amount.

Of course, it is not that Wu and Bi couldn't get so much before, just like Xue Xuan, he had no money, so some people were willing to offer this thousand taels of silver. This era is not the era of merchants, and those with rich cannot get the power. The great scholars seem to be not officials, but their influence is even greater than that of some high-ranking officials.

But Wu Yubi loved to cherish his feathers and naturally did not want to fight Qiufeng. He taught Chen Xianzhang a lesson and said, "Your husband is so lazy today. How can you get so much money for a while?"

Chen Xianzhang said: "Master, don't worry, I have my own way. I just need to go to the Guangdong club. Not to mention a thousand taels of silver, even three thousand taels of silver can be made."

"And father and son, Ming Pao's threshold is too high. We also need this newspaper, and we cannot lose to the people in Hedong. If we don't pay the money, their newspaper will do the same as Ming Pao, what should we do?"

"Actually, I have already had the idea of ​​running a newspaper, but I just don't know where to open the door."

The articles published by Ming Pao actually have obvious tendencies. These great scholars are not fools either.

It can't be seen once or twice, but how can it not be seen after a long time?

But even if you see it, what can I do? Should I argue with the court?

This is why two paupers have to find a way to build newspapers.

You should know that almost the newspapers lose money.

Even Ming Pao is the same. Not to mention anything else, the cost of the copper movable type created by Shaofu is that Ming Pao cannot make it back for many years.

In other words, this set of copper movable type is not counted in Ming Pao at all, but is hanged in Shaofu. However, Ming Pao is used the most, and most of the time it is just a bill.

That is, there is no need to pay directly. When the Shaofu reconciles with the cabinet, it will be fine.

After all, Shaofu has a lot of financial transactions with the Six Ministry, and Mingpao’s small expenses are not worth mentioning at all. In addition, Mingpao’s almost free transfers are available at the stations in various places.

Only then can Ming Pao have the circulation volume now, but only then can Ming Pao have the fact that Ming Pao seems to be not losing money.

If there is no such large system support behind it, it would be strange if Ming Pao doesn't lose his life.

However, Chen Xianzhang didn't care. It was nothing more than that. Chen Xianzhang's family was not rich, but it was not much worse. Chen Xianzhang's father was once the Imperial College in Nanjing and had been in the officialdom.

Although he is not a high-ranking official, he is also noble.

Of course, this does not make the Chen family rich.

What really made the Chen family rich was the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty. Baisha, Guangdong was in the Pearl River Delta, and the Chen family was a family of officials and one of the best in Baisha.

After the sea was opened, Xin'an Hong Kong spent millions of taels or even tens of millions of taels of goods each year, driving the entire Pearl River Delta.

The Chen family also had a good opportunity, so they got up. The property was 10,000 or 20,000 taels.

And it is not just the Chen family who became rich in Guangdong.

So I don’t know how many rich people are in the Guangdong Guild Hall.

However, Guangdong people also have their own difficulties, which is that they do not have enough political influence in the upper class of the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of the ministers around Zhu Qizhen, there is only Qiu Jun in Guangdong, and Qiu Jun is from Qiongzhou, which is a little far from the Pearl River Delta.

Where can I compare with Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangnan, and Hebei?

This is a matter of Tianli. Even if it is a loss, some people in Guangdong are willing to spend money on this matter.

However, this incident alarmed many people and reported directly to Zhu Qizhen.

The reason is very simple, there is no precedent.

Moreover, after so many years of Ming Pao’s handling, everyone has seen the benefits of Ming Pao. Not to mention anything else, the previous imperial decrees were sent to various counties. After copying them, they were posted on the notice board, which would be announced to the world.

But now it is published on the newspaper, and the place only needs to paste a chapter of newspaper on the notice board.

Previously, the imperial court's decrees were conveyed layer by layer, and local officials were prone to deceive superiors and subordinates. For example, if the imperial court said that tax exemption was made, the local government would collect taxes, and then the tax was divided into two or one more.

But now it is different. The imperial decrees were published directly in newspapers. These newspapers were sold casually in Beijing, and some of them were also distributed to all parts of the country through post stations.

Of course, there is no special newspaper subscription here through the post station system, but generally postmen are accustomed to selling some newspapers in Beijing and then selling them in their hometowns. They can't make a profit, and some merchants even do this specifically.

A symbol of identity with a strong reputation on the ground is the ability to read newspapers.

And the closer the newspaper date, the more powerful it is.

If the newspaper was sent by a fast horse on the post station, it goes without saying that it was a court minister who retired in his hometown. Just like Li Xian, he received this treatment.

There is even a battlefield of political struggle in newspapers, and there are so many benefits.

That's why newspapers have so many benefits, and some people want to intervene at this moment. Many people don't have the reason, and the one they are most unwilling to be the Shang Lu. When Zhu Qizhen set up a residence in Tongzhengsi, he left a gap, and did not say that the public is not allowed to publish newspapers, but this gap is really something that ordinary people can touch.

In other words, only the civilians like Xue Xuan who have been at the level of a six-department minister in the center and have retired can seize this gap.

Zhu Qizhen summoned Yu Qian and asked, "What do you think about this matter, sir?"

Yu Qian coughed twice. He originally didn't want to open this hole. It was not that Yu Qian was not open-minded or something, but that Yu Qian felt that he could not control the situation.

In his feeling, Beijing was almost like boiling water in a pot, and countless people were making their own sounds. There were all kinds of situations.

It seems that the world is peaceful, but Yu Qian's opinion is that this is even more dangerous than a war.

Is there any problem with science?

Of course there is, Yu Qian was not a devout believer in Neo-Confucianism, but from the Song and Yuan dynasties to the present, Neo-Confucianism has consolidated its status as an official school and unified the values ​​of scholars and officials.

This is the credit of Neo-Confucianism.

You should know that in the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu and Taizong both implemented Neo-Confucianism. They successively determined the official status of Neo-Confucianism. Are Taizu and Taizong believers of Neo-Confucianism?

If so, Taizu would not have deleted some of Mencius's words, and Taizong would not have done anything to Jingnan, nor would he kill Fang Xiaoru.

It's nothing more than helping rule.

The most important thing about the Ming Dynasty was stability. As a big country, China, nothing is more important than stability. What kind of bad order is better than no order.

But Yu Qian understood the emperor's thoughts better. Although the emperor asked this, he actually had an answer based on his expression.

Yu Qian said: "I have been in the local area for a long time and have not had a deep understanding of all things in Ming Pao. Please ask Your Majesty to judge this matter."

Zhu Qizhen said: "It is better to let go of the people than to let the Sichuan River. Since someone wants to run a newspaper, I will not stop him. The Tongzheng Department will do it. However, this is not easy to put the Ming Dynasty Department in the Tongzheng Department, and put it in the Hanlin Academy."

"Add a bachelor's degree in Hanlin Academy to host Ming Pao."

The Tongzheng Department is the agency designed by Zhu Qizhen to be responsible for managing newspaper affairs, so it would not be appropriate to let them run a newspaper. Moreover, even if it was an official newspaper in Zhu Qizhen's mind, it might not be only one in the future, and it just happened to convert Mingbao into Hanlin Academy.

It is actually more appropriate to let the Hanlin Academy's pens do this than Tongzhengsi.

He also promoted Shang Lu.

If you count the qualifications of business, it’s almost done, and it’s time to make a lot of use.
Chapter completed!