Your Majesty, Be at Ease

Chapter 45 Newspapers

Jian Jin believes that ordinary people will like to read the newspaper he writes.

These days, officials are regarded as aloof by everyone, and now there is such a newspaper that writes gossip about officials... Who wouldn't want to buy it?

Jian Jin's portrait is right, the common people really like to see it.

Daqi's first newspaper appeared in the capital on an ordinary morning.

Because the spread of things is relatively slow these days, everyone gathers to discuss and consider issues such as traffic, it is even slower, and there are few new things...

At this time, the scholars in the capital were still talking about He Mingzhao's wrongdoing, arrest and imprisonment.

But not many people dared to make a fuss, after all, the black guards arrested many people and sent them to the prison.

Power comes out of the barrel of a gun. It really makes sense. He Mingzhao has reduced a lot of taxes in the past few years when he was emperor. He is not as fond of spending money as the first emperor. The meeting discussed that He Mingzhao was a tyrant, but he would never do anything like rebellion.

They still have to farm!No time to play this!

But He Mingzhao is notorious, which still makes Jian Jin uncomfortable, especially... there are some unpleasant poems insulting He Mingzhao that have been circulated...

He must help He Mingzhao clean up as soon as possible!

A certain bookstore on the South Street of Beijing.

Early in the morning, after the shopkeeper of the bookstore opened the door, he asked the clerk to bring a stool and put it at the door, and put a door panel on the stool.

"Boss, are you going to sell the books outside today?" Someone passing by asked in puzzlement.

In the past, the shopkeeper of the bookstore, who was smiling all day long and paid attention to harmony and wealth, was expressionless and silent. He took out a few thick stacks of paper full of words and placed them on the door panel. Then, he prepared A sign with the words "Why did Qin Zhonghai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, kill his ex-wife? Everything is in the "Jingcheng Daily", five copper coins each! First come, first served", and it was treed at the door of the bookstore.

The person who curiously asked the shopkeeper of the bookstore just now was stunned when he saw this brand: "Shopkeeper, are you dying?"

He actually named and said that Qin Zhonghai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, forced his ex-wife to death, and the shopkeeper thought his neck was too stiff?

"Do you want to buy it?" The shopkeeper stepped over.

Who dares to buy this newspaper!The man didn't buy it, so he leaned over to see it.

But the shopkeeper of the bookstore directly covered the newspapers with oilcloth: "If you don't buy it, you can't read it!"

That person: "...I'll buy it!" He's going to burn it right away after seeing it... The Minister of the Ministry of Industry has no real power, and his family... Although his family has fallen, his grandfather was the son of a princess, and his grandfather was also a princess when he was alive. He has been a high-ranking official, his father is also a fifth-rank official anyway, and a minister of the Ministry of Industry can't do anything to him, right?

The man asked the boy beside him to take out five copper coins, bought a newspaper, and read it excitedly.

The shopkeeper tried his best to control his fear and waited for the next customer.

It has been a long time since the examination, and many scholars have returned to their hometowns, but there are still many scholars who stayed in the capital and never returned to their hometowns.

Not only that, but the capital itself also has many scholars.

These days, people don't have a rich nightlife to play, and people are very interested in reading. Early in the morning, many people come to bookstores to buy books and read books.

When they first came to the bookstore, they saw the huge sign outside, and some of them who were familiar with the bookstore shopkeeper were dumbfounded: "Shopkeeper, do you dare to release these?"

The shopkeeper of the bookstore said: "It's all true, I'm not afraid of anything!"

In fact, he has always been afraid, lest he cause trouble.

But he is just a shopkeeper, this bookstore does not actually belong to him, and he can only listen to the people above.

Fortunately, the people above told him that there were people behind them.

His master is not an idiot either, he must have been ordered to do this, since someone ordered him, he needn't worry too much...

He needn't worry too much, needn't worry too much...

The shopkeeper of the bookstore clenched his trembling hands, biting the bullet and selling newspapers.

"Shopkeeper, you are amazing... I want this newspaper, give me a copy!" Someone said immediately.

Daqi’s current copper coins are actually quite valuable. One copper coin can usually buy half a catty of grain, or an egg, while shop assistants, servants of rich families and the like usually earn between a few hundred to one thousand copper coins per month. between.

If the work is heavy without food and lodging, the wages will be higher, and there are quite a few people who get three to four thousand copper coins every month.

Five copper coins is not too little.

But the real bottom is illiterate!The readers of this newspaper are not them at all, but those wealthy people who can read!

And to the rich, what is five copper coins?

Anyone can get this money!

Almost everyone who came to the bookstore bought a newspaper to read.

After they got the newspaper, the first thing they read was of course Qin Shangshu's gossip.

I didn't expect Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry to be such a person!

These people looked down on Qin Shangshu for a while, and then found that there was something else in the newspaper besides Qin Shangshu forcing his wife to death—following that, there was a pretty little story.

This short story was carefully selected by Jian Jin. It is very interesting. These people read it with great interest. After reading it, they saw another joke...

On such a piece of paper, the words are densely packed, and there are many things to talk about... After reading it once, many people immediately read it a second time without getting enough.

After some men read it, they found their wives and children and told them about the contents of the newspaper.

Some people who have read the book, but didn’t learn anything famous, can only be a shopkeeper in the capital, or a storyteller. After reading it, they really want to share the above content with others, and they directly use it to tell the people around them. .

After some people heard what they said, they found places that sold newspapers and bought newspapers.

Jian Jin asked people to print [-] copies of the newspaper. At first, he was worried that they would not be able to sell them. As a result, some people bought several copies at once and sold them all.

Those who read the newspaper are most concerned about the content related to Qin Shangshu.

The other stories are just stories, or they talk about the customs of a certain place. It looks good, and after reading it, it means that you have learned something, but those related to Qin Shangshu are different!

This newspaper majesticly arranges a court official, this...

"Is it true what it says?"

"Is this Qin Shangshu real, or fabricated?"

"He is too ruthless, even his wife is so unfeeling to his children!"

"This man is not worthy of being an official!"

……

Qin Shangshu's article was written by Jian Jin. Before he came here, he read a lot of soft advertisements and so on. Although his literary talent is not as good as people in this era, but let him write something that can mobilize other people's emotions article, it really couldn't be simpler.

Why Qin Shangshu's original spouse was seriously ill and did not invite a doctor, why Qin Shangshu married his stepwife not long after his original spouse passed away, and why Qin Shangshu lived in the capital, but his two young children were sent to his hometown...

After Qin Shangshu's children passed away one after another, the servant who took care of the two was not only not punished, but was even taken to the capital and lived a good life...

Anyone who reads the newspaper wants to scold Qin Shangshu!

A very small number of people who think that Qin Shangshu's actions are okay see everyone scolding Qin Shangshu, so they can only scold him.

However, some people just scolded, but others thought more.

"Did Qin Shangshu offend someone? Is that person so cruel?"

"Is someone targeting His Majesty? First, the family members of those officials cried out in public, followed by Qin Shangshu's accident..."

"Qin Zhonghai, you must stay away!"

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