The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 504 The beginning of everything is difficult
Jiang Chuan was splashing ink while standing in front of a huge desk.

He is practicing calligraphy.

Both Liu Ji and Su Qin have taught him, and Jiang Chuan seems to be quite talented, and he also practiced hard when he had time, so his handwriting looks pretty good now.

The four words "everything begins" have been written on the white rice paper at this time, and the last word "difficulty" has left the last horizontal line.

Jiang Chuan finished the horizontal stroke vigorously, looked at it, nodded, shook his head again, rinsed the brush in the water dish next to it, dried it, and hung it on the pen stand.

"Okay, tell me how it goes."

As the secretary, Qi Xuan held a stack of documents and reported: "According to the prior arrangement, notices were posted in conspicuous positions throughout the entire capital, including all surrounding counties. Among them, there are 45 announcement points in the capital, and in other counties. There are also [-] announcement points. And each point has a corresponding reading and explaining personnel, and soldiers are arranged to maintain order, so as to ensure that the people in the capital and surrounding areas can know it.”

"Okay, let's post the notice for a few more days, let's say it lasts for a month. What about the exchange of legal currency at the bank in these two days?" Jiang Chuan nodded and asked again.

Qi Xuan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's not ideal. The official exchange business started yesterday, and the statistics for yesterday's day have come out. Among them, no more than 300 people went to the headquarters of Zhongzhou Bank to exchange legal currency. The other four branches The total number of people is more than 200.

Moreover, the amount of these people who came to exchange was very small, most of which were only a dozen taels of silver. "

Although Jiang Chuan was mentally prepared for this result, he still felt a little uncomfortable after hearing it.

"How many taels are the most exchanged in these two days?" Jiang Chuan asked after thinking about it.

"It was just after the opening of the Zhongzhou Bank's headquarters, and a few people came to exchange with 1 taels of silver. They exchanged 1 yuan in French currency." Qi Xuan said.

"Oh? There are so many more? Do you know who this family is?" Jiang Chuan asked in surprise.

"It is said that they are the family members of Chief Assistant Xia Junze."

Xia Junze?Sure enough, it is using practical actions to express support for the New Deal!

Of course, he also knew that Tangtang Chief Assistant's family could not only have this 1 taels of silver, and this was at best an attitude.

Presumably Xia Junze had also prepared for the worst, planning to let the 1 taels of silver go to waste.

"Pass down the king's order to let the Secretary of General Administration issue the king's commendation order in the Zhongzhou Newspaper, to reward Mr. Xia Ge, and give Mr. Xia Ge's nephew a chance to directly recommend him to serve as an official in the court, without taking the scientific examination." Jiang Chuan ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will notify the Secretary of General Administration in a while." Qi Xuan wrote it down casually and nodded.

The Tongzhengsi was originally a yamen set up by the imperial court to communicate with the government and the public. It was mainly responsible for receiving and forwarding official documents for the management of court officials. This is called the title book.The title book refers to general official documents, which are not urgent or routine documents that need to be kept secret.

There is also a kind of official document called the playbook, which officials can directly submit to the emperor.This kind of official document is generally urgent or very confidential, which can be directly presented.

After the officials send the title book to the Secretary of General Administration, the Secretary of General Administration will make a record, and then submit it to the cabinet or various relevant yamen according to the situation.

After the cabinet votes are drafted and the supervisor of ceremonies approves the redemption, it will be returned to the Secretary of General Administration. After being registered and archived by the Secretary of General Administration, it will be returned to the official or yamen who submitted the letter.

In addition to this responsibility, the Secretary of General Administration has another responsibility to manage the residence newspaper.

Simply put, the Mansion Newspaper of the Ming Dynasty was to publish the memorials of some court officials, or the emperor’s and the cabinet’s instructions on certain matters, or the emperor’s imperial edicts and other official documents.

After the Di Bao is printed and distributed, it will be transported to the government offices of various state capitals across the country through the post station, and will be read by officials from all over the country.

This kind of mansion newspaper can be regarded as a kind of official document for the imperial court to convey government orders to the local government. Whether it is timeliness, extensive content, or flexibility of form, it is very rigid, conservative, and belongs to official articles.

After Jiang Chuan took office as regency, the role of the Secretary of General Affairs basically disappeared, and the publication of the residence newspaper also ceased.

After planning to establish a banking system and promote legal currency, Jiang Chuan thought of the Secretary of the General Administration, to be more precise, he thought of the Di Bao.

Benefiting from the experience of later generations, as well as the development of the printing and paper industries in this era, Jiang Chuan intends to republish the newspaper.

At this time, there was no Internet, no radio stations, no TV stations, and the biggest platform for dissemination of public opinion was naturally newspapers.

Therefore, Jiang Chuan handed over the Secretary of General Administration to Liu Ji for temporary supervision, and asked Liu Ji to quickly reissue a new newspaper called "Zhongzhou Daily".

Regarding the positioning of Zhongzhou Daily, Jiang Chuan is very clear, it is the official media, the biggest mouthpiece of the imperial court, just like the People's Daily in later generations.

In addition, Jiang Chuan also plans to publish another newspaper called "Jingcheng Daily". Commercial operation.

It's just that the "Jingcheng Daily" has not yet started publishing due to reasons such as personnel and experience, and it is only a plan and concept.

We will not start to do this until the "Zhongzhou Daily" has a stable distribution.

After Jiang Chuan shared his previous life experience with Liu Ji, Liu Ji had a clear idea of ​​how to run "Zhongzhou Daily".

The personnel are all ready-made, and the printing equipment is also all ready-made, just need to integrate and start.

So far, "Zhongzhou Daily" has only issued the first issue. Although it is scheduled to be a daily magazine, it is still published as a weekly magazine for various reasons.

Even so, the ten thousand copies of the first issue of "Zhongzhou Daily" were quickly sold out.

The reason for this is not only that people read it fresh, but also that the layout, form or content are quite different from those of the previous Di Bao. Some general directions and ideas for innovation.

For officials, in addition to their own abilities and connections, political sensitivity must be high.

Jiang Chuan is now very strong, and there is no sign of his downfall at all.

After killing so many people these few times, if you don't want to lose your head, or want to continue to be an official, you naturally want to understand the ruling thinking and style of His Royal Highness the Regent, so that you can keep your official position and head in the future.

Therefore, although the "Zhongzhou Daily" had only four pages, and the price was one yuan in French currency, which was equivalent to one tael of silver, it was still sold out in a short period of time.

　Two chapters in a row.Thank you "Grandmaster" for the reward of "I know the name is good".

　　
　
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