In the blink of an eye, the first month came again, and the Lin'an court officially changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhengtai, which means Zhengshuo Taixing. Zhao Gou used the change of Yuan to show that he was the Zhengshuo of the Song Dynasty, and then he granted amnesty to the world.
At present, there are more than a dozen newspapers, large and small, in Lin'an. Various factions in Lin'an have seen the huge power of public opinion brought by the "Beijing News", and they have applied to the imperial court to run the newspaper.
Perhaps out of consideration for diluting the influence of the Beijing News, the imperial court quickly approved all applications for the newspaper.
Soon, more than a dozen newspapers appeared on the streets of Lin'an. In addition to the "Beijing News" and the "Express News", "Tabloid", "An Bao", "Xin Bao", "Xun Bao", and "Yue Bao" were added.
”, “Food News”, “Su Bao” and other thirteen newspapers, the grand competition among the 100 newspapers in Tokyo and Bianliang has appeared again.
These newspapers basically imitate the "Beijing News", or only have one of its columns, such as health, parenting, food, cosmetics, etc. However, the sales volume of all newspapers combined is less than half of the "Beijing News".
"Beijing News" has an unstoppable secret skill, which is the serialization of the novel "Journey to the West". Almost all newspaper subscribers are its loyal readers, including the emperor Zhao Gou. On the one hand, he cursed in front of hundreds of officials.
"Journey to the West" is absurd, but he secretly read it in private and was so obsessed with it that Zhao Gou even asked his confidant eunuch to collect two previously printed books, "The Monkey King in the Heavenly Palace" and "Nezha in the Sea".
In order to compete with the "Beijing News", the biggest competitor "Express News" also launched a series of novels, mainly "Yang Family General", "Hu Family General" and so on. As early as the Renzong period, the story of the Yang Family General was popular among the people.
It was so widely circulated that storytellers compiled it into a series of stories and told one episode every day in teahouses, attracting a large number of listeners.
This is a ready-made serial novel. "Express News" began to serialize the storytelling "Yang Family General". Although it attracted some readers, it was still far behind "Journey to the West" by "Beijing News". The reason is very simple. "Yang Family General"
In the early years, millions of copies were printed, and many families had collections of books.
A bookstore got an engraving of "The Generals of the Yang Family" from somewhere, printed tens of thousands of copies at once, and put them into the Lin'an Book Market, which seriously affected the sales of "Express".
The more than a dozen newspapers in Lin'an basically deal with current affairs and report on various major world events, but they are mixed in quality, with many true and false. However, the people of Lin'an prefer the current affairs of "Beijing News", which will give people many surprises, such as "Beijing News"
After the news of the Western Army's recapture of Datong Mansion and Hebei Road was published on the front page of the newspaper, the entire Lin'an City was in a state of excitement, which really made Emperor Zhao Gou angry for several days.
At noon on the second day of the first lunar month, it is time for newspapers to be distributed again. This is mainly to cater to the Lin'an people's habit of drinking afternoon tea. This was also the habit of people in the Song Dynasty. Many people drank tea and read newspapers at the same time.
Although it is the New Year period, there are still many teahouses open. The Tianqin Teahouse located near Dawazi is as full of guests as usual.
Most of the guests were drinking tea and reading newspapers, which was relatively quiet. At this time, a tea guest suddenly stood up and said: "Everyone, come and read this report!"
The tea guests stood up and gathered around. Someone read loudly: "The Seven Deadly Sins of King Yong, risk your life to report with your real name, haha! This title is quite scary."
Another person took a look and sneered: "No wonder, the "Express" article is not strange, it is normal!"
"Express" often publishes articles criticizing Chen Qing, so everyone is used to it, but this seems to be the first time that he risked his life to report it under his real name.
A tall and thin man read aloud: "I live in the emperor's palace, and the lavish ostentation is beyond the reach of the imperial palace. The walls of the palace are built like a city wall, three feet high and one foot wide. Soldiers patrol and guard day and night. It is not an imperial palace, but it is better than an imperial palace. This is a crime."
Also, the crime of transgression"
After reading to the end, the tall and lanky man frowned, "The person who risked his life to report this is called Huang Yougong. Everyone, who is this Huang Yougong?"
"It seems there is an introduction below, here!"
A tea guest pointed downward and said: "The whistleblower Huang Yougong was formerly the county magistrate of Qianjiang County and is now Dr. Taichang. He once traveled to Beijing and saw many injustices. He was not afraid of power and wrote in anger with his real name."
Everyone shook their heads, "I have never heard of this person. He is probably Qin Hui's minion, and he is trying to criticize King Yong in various ways."
"That is, look at the fifth crime he wrote. He dumped salt from Sichuan and Shaanxi on the Jinghu Road and grabbed the court's salt tax, which made the court financially difficult and unable to conquer the Jin soldiers. Didn't the court sign a five-year armistice agreement with the Jin Dynasty?
?What kind of golden soldiers do you need to fight against? You are obviously surrendering and compromising, but you are still putting gold on your face and passing the responsibility to others."
At this time, a middle-aged man sitting by the window said calmly: "Speaking of the salt tax, I know better. The salt tax has dropped sharply in the past two years. The responsibility really does not lie with Sichuan and Shaanxi. The main reason is that the salt tax has dropped sharply in the past two years.
It is the proliferation of private salt. As early as before and after Yang Yao's rebellion, the imperial court received almost no salt tax from Jinghu South Road, and all the salt there was private salt.
Now Jinghu North Road and Jiangnan West Road are also flooded with illicit salt. They say they will crack down on illicit salt. They have been shouting slogans for several years. Local officials collude with salt lords. How can we crack down on it? If Sichuan and Shaanxi really sell it on Jinghu Road
Salt, that is actually competing for territory with private salt, and has nothing to do with the court."
Everyone said: "Sir, since he understands the situation so well, he should write a letter to the Beijing News to expose Huang Yougong's confusion of right and wrong."
The middle-aged man stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Beijing News will fight back soon. They will not tolerate others' wanton slander and slander of King Yong."
The middle-aged man is called Wang Mu. He was originally Zhang Jun’s confidant and his think tank. After Zhang Jun was demoted to Yongzhou, all his staff were disbanded, including Wang Mu. Zhang Jun even wrote a letter to him.
, recommended him to Chen Qing, but Wang Mu's father had just passed away, so he had been keeping filial piety to his father in Lin'an and did not go to Sichuan and Shaanxi to find a job.
Wang Mu bought a copy of "Express" on the street and came to Lu Yihao's house in a hurry. Although he was Zhang Jun's staff, he also had a good relationship with Lu Yihao. Lu Yihao admired him very much. He is now at Lin'an Dacha
Being a teacher in Shang Zhuyou's house and teaching Zhu You's grandson to read was a job that Lu Jin found for him to make a living.
Wang Mu arrived at the Lu Mansion. Not long after, he was led to the outer study by the housekeeper, where he saw Lu Yihao chatting with a guest. The guest had his back to him and looked familiar. Wang Mu hesitated for a moment.
Lu Yihao smiled and waved to him, "Young Master, come here!"
Wang Mu walked forward and recognized the guest next to him at a glance. It turned out to be Uncle Zheng Guo. He quickly saluted and said, "I wish you a happy new year and a happy new year to Uncle Zheng!"
Zheng Tongquan said with a smile: "Happy New Year, Mr. Wang!"
Lu Yihao asked the two of them to sit down and asked the maid to serve tea. Wang Mu saw that the newspaper on the table in front of them was exactly the same as in his own hand. He put the newspaper on the table and said with a smile: "It seems that I don't need to buy this newspaper!"
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Lu Yihao smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Zheng Guo also made a special trip to discuss with me the Seven Deadly Sins of King Yong in the "Express" today. What does the Young Master think?"
Wang Mu shook his head and said: "I don't know this Huang Yougong, but this is definitely a long-planned attack. It should be to hedge the influence of King Yong after regaining Datong Mansion. If I am not wrong, this is most likely to be led by Qin Hui.
Planning, careful preparation for a long time, and collecting a lot of intelligence, and then the unknown Huang Yougong came forward, as if it was a personal act, and reported using his real name. This trick is more vicious. Since the real name is used, most people will believe that the content is
real."
Zheng Tongquan pondered for a moment and said: "Then why didn't you publish it when Datong Mansion was recovered? Instead, it took almost two months."
Wang Mu said calmly: "If it were published at that time, it would obviously be a deliberate attack on His Highness King Yong. The traces would be too obvious and the effect would be counterproductive. Therefore, I tolerated it for two months and waited for the impact of regaining Datong Mansion to pass, and then chose to attack during the New Year.
It just so happens that everyone is visiting relatives and friends, talking about this matter with each other, the effect will be better, the other party is very strategic, and it will lead to blood!"