Outside Nanjing, the Beijing Newspaper is located.

Because of work needs, this place is also a large courtyard, even larger than the one in the Daming Pao newspaper, but it is rough in all aspects from construction to decoration.

Tomorrow is June 15th, and it is the day to release the Ming Pao again, so the people from the Beijing News got busy in advance.

In the main hall, at what time candlelight is, senior officials of the Beijing News are discussing matters.

"Boss, this is the addition of the next newspaper, please take a look." Editor-in-chief Chu Liang said as he handed over a stack of written manuscripts to Zhang Yuansheng.

Speaking of which, Chu Liangcai did not originally have the position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Although he was a scholar, he was only a manager after being hired by Zhang Yuansheng a few years ago - he was responsible for those who wrote new content based on the newspaper.

Poor scholar.

As for Zhang Yuansheng, he was originally just a middle-class bookmaker who took a wrong path.

What is a wrong way? He does not sell the Four Books and Five Classics, imperial examination materials, poetry collections, etc. like other booksellers, but sells them like "Jin Moumei" and is despised by mainstream scholars, but is the one who is young and literate.

Favorite even picture books.

When this business was doing its best, he even sold picture books like "Kim Moumei" to overseas vassal countries such as North Korea and Japan.

Unfortunately, there was a limit on the wrong path, so he was just a medium-sized businessman after working. Later, in order to go further, he learned to recruit people from the official newspaper and went further, and developed his own Beijing News.

He did indeed make the wrong move. As the influence of the Beijing News expanded, he was valued by many gentry, landlords, and merchants. He eventually entered the upper-class circle and became a merchant.

Now Zhang Yuansheng is over 60 years old, but he is still in good spirits. The book-selling business has been handed over to his son, but he personally takes care of the matter in Jing.

After the emergence of the Ming Pao, Zhang Yuansheng was shocked and soon showed his courage to make major changes to the Beijing News, almost imitating the Ming Pao News Agency.

For example, there are now editorial rooms, distribution managers, printing workshops, financial rooms and other institutions under the Beijing News, most of which are only one or two words different from those under the Ming News.

As for the newspaper layout design, it is almost completely aligned with the Ming Pao.

Among them, Zhang Yuansheng was most praised by vernacular Chinese, publishing "advertising" for merchants in newspapers to attract business; and making an appointment with other people in the public.

Of course, the Beijing News did not simply copy the contents of the Ming Dynasty from the beginning, but would add materials, that is, add some of its own content.

As for the articles changing the Ming Dynasty, someone paid Zhang Yuansheng to do this, but after thinking about it, he still bit the bullet and refused, and offended several people with great energy for this.

Because he had a feeling that if he really tampered with the articles of the "Ming Pao" and published, he would probably be punished. After all, there were not only many explanations of the imperial decrees, but also the original words of the emperor.

Is it considered a distortion of the articles of the Ming Dynasty a misinterpretation of the sage? Or even falsely spreading the imperial edict?

That's the crime of beheading the head and scouting the house...

Zhang Yuansheng held up reading glasses worth hundreds of taels on his nose, and his eyes stayed on one of the manuscripts for a long time, then handed them to Chu Liangcai and asked, "For the purpose of using (Chu Liangcai), look at this manuscript.

What exactly does it mean? Are you singing a counter-tune with the imperial court's "Great Steel Making Order?"...

【To be honest, I have been using @

The source of chaos.

In the last ten years of the reign of the late emperor, he always wanted to open mines to increase annual income and solve the problem of military salaries, but he was repeatedly blocked by court officials. It was not until the 14th year of Chongzhen that the order was implemented...

Speaking of this, Chu Liang suddenly stopped because he noticed that Zhang Yuansheng showed impatience, and then realized that Zhang Yuansheng made these affairs useless.

After thinking about it, he said, "There are many profits from mining in the family or clan of my Jiangnan gentry, and many of them have not been reported by the officials.

If local governments implement large-scale steelmaking orders, they will inevitably be stricter on mining affairs. Black mines are likely to be found to be severely punished by the government, and mines on the surface must also increase the treatment of miners.

In addition, although some minerals have not been mined, they are regarded as things in their pockets by various companies. Under the order of the Great Steel Making, they must be mined by the court or others. Isn’t it like digging the flesh on these people?

This Jinling Cassia is the ghostwriter of these people. There are several people behind you, so this article must be arranged."

Zhang Yuansheng frowned when he heard this.

After a while of silence, he suddenly said, "I have news that the court established the News Department under the Propaganda Department, which was originally an empty shell."

"News Department?" Chu Liang's expression changed as soon as he heard it. He remembered that the Ming Pao often called current affairs news, and he couldn't help but ask: "Is this department related to our newspaper industry?"

"I heard that those who care about our newspapers and magazines are all under the "Da Ming Pao" newspaper."

Hiss ~

Chu Liang couldn't help but take a breath and then said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid the court will really attack our private newspapers and other publications, but I just don't know what to do? All of them will be forbidden?"

Zhang Yuansheng shook his head, "If it is prohibited, just give a licence directly. How can we set up a special department? It is mostly to take control of us."

"Then the boss can find out who the head of the News Department is? It is very important to have a good relationship with this person."

"Not yet." Zhang Yuansheng shook his head, "But since we know this, we have to be more at ease when we publish the publication later.

Now the court is committed to the "Great Steel Making Order," "Great Railway Order, and to create momentum. Obviously, it is very determined to implement these two policies. If we jump out at this time, we may not have a good result."

"Then will not be arranged in the next issue of Cassia?"...

Zhang Yuansheng showed hesitation when he heard this - the people behind Cassia were too energetic and were not something he could resist now.

Gripping his teeth, he said, "It's better to arrange it, but you can polish it so that the meaning of the text will be hidden deeper."

Revising the manuscript overnight?

Chu Liang didn't want to do this job as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help but say, "Boss, Cassia is the most taboo thing for others to touch his manuscripts. We may not be able to explain to him if we do this."

"I'll explain to him when I look back."

After deciding on this matter, Zhang Yuansheng continued to read the manuscripts, but found that several copies of those who sang opposite the court, including those who targeted the "Great Steel Making Order" and other policies. The meaning of the text was even more obvious than that of Cassia.

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"Isn't it okay for these people not to sing opposites to the court?"

Zhang Yuansheng felt a headache and even regretted that he had a deep connection with those people.

'If this continues, my Beijing News is afraid that it will become the largest position to oppose the court's policies? How can this end well?

Thinking of the extremely elite new troops in the military parade held when the Emperor ascended the throne last year, and thinking about the grain merchants who opposed the Zhaowu court and the fate of the landlords, Zhang Yuansheng felt that the hot weather was chilling.

Chu Liang could understand Zhang Yuansheng's difficulties, but he could not solve them - after all, the Beijing News was able to grow to this scale today because of those people.

Just as Zhang Yuansheng was upset when he looked at the remaining manuscripts in his hand, a sudden scream came from outside.

Then there were the sound of soldiers and armor colliding and stern shouts.

"The Imperial Guard assists the News Department and the Jinyiwei. It is surrounded here. You and others are honestly working, don't move!"

"Mr. Jun, please spare us

Not a thief.”

"I was just hired to work and didn't know anything."

"June, our boss and a few shopkeepers are inside..."

Zhang Yuansheng and Chu Liang were panicking just after the senior executives of the Beijing News, when they heard someone selling them.

When he thought of the imperial guards surrounding him, he completely lost his mind to escape, looked at each other, and walked out obediently...
Chapter completed!