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Chapter 330 Worry
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! The freshly released "Zhenguan Monthly Newsletter" costs five cents a piece, and the quantity is limited. If you want to buy it, hurry up!"

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! The freshly released "Zhenguan Monthly Report", the road to officialdom for ordinary people, only costs five cents a copy."

In Chang'an City, in the streets and alleys, there are many teenagers in their twelfth and thirteen years old, holding a stack of newspapers and selling them along the street.

The slogan they shouted was told by Lin Xuan to Xu Jingzong. As for the name, Lin Xuan originally named it "Da Tang Monthly News", but Li Shimin was dissatisfied after reading it, so he changed it to "Zhenguan Monthly News".

As for why not a daily newspaper?

Don't be ridiculous, with the efficiency of this era, it is impossible to issue a newspaper every day.

Collecting news, writing it, and printing it out cannot be done in one day.

Lin Xuan thought about it carefully and chose once a month.

After you are proficient, you can change it to once a half month, or once a week.

Chang'an is an international city, and the people are very capable of accepting new things.

A man about 30 years old looked at the newspaper in the hands of the newspaper seller and asked aloud: "Little baby, what is the use of your newspaper?"

"Uncle, this newspaper has published articles by Confucian scholars and some imperial decrees. It only costs five cents a piece. Do you want a copy, uncle?"

"I'm not interested in articles, but I want to know more about government decrees. Can I just buy the part about government decrees?"

"No, the newspaper is a whole sheet and cannot be sold separately."

"Okay then, give me one!" The man hesitated for a moment, took out five Wen and handed it over.

The newsboy took the money and handed a newspaper to the man.

For the sake of many spectators around, seeing that someone actually bought it, they all looked at it curiously.

The newsboy turned his eyes and said loudly: "Uncles and uncles, there are detailed introductions about the imperial examination in the newspaper. As long as you pass the exam, you can become an official. Don't you want to know more about it?"

Many people were tempted, and five cents was not much, so a few people immediately chose to buy it.

"Hiss, such a big piece of paper, the words on it are still printed, and it only sells for five cents, you can't make a mistake, right?"

The first one to buy the newspaper, after unfolding the newspaper, kindly reminded him.

The ancients still respected writing very much. From their point of view, a newspaper with so many characters and such a large sheet of paper only sold for five cents, which seemed too cheap to them.

"That's right, such a big piece of paper is worth about five cents." Another person who got the newspaper said.

Newspaper paper is very large and uncut.

After all, with the current technology, the printed characters are still a bit large.

The newsboy bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern. This newspaper is run by the imperial court and has no intention of making money at all. You can just buy it with confidence."

Newspapers were originally used to publicize court policies so that officials could not fool the people.

If you want to make money, the price must be much higher, and ordinary people will not buy it at all.

"Give me a copy, my son is studying, and you can read articles by great Confucians for five cents, which is really a bargain."

"Give me one too."

The newsboy said happily: "Everyone, don't worry, come one by one."

The more they sold, the more money they got. Of course he was happy when so many people bought it.

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A carriage passed by slowly, and a woman's voice rang out from the carriage, "Stop!"

"Stop!" The maid who was following the carriage shouted hastily.

After the carriage stopped, the maid asked by the window, "What's your order, Miss?"

"Go and buy a newspaper," Cui Yuxiu said.

"Yes!" The maid hurriedly went to buy a newspaper.

Not long after, the maid came back with a newspaper and delivered it to the carriage.

Cui Yuxiu took the newspaper and read it with great interest.

She didn't care about other things, and directly found articles about the imperial examination.

The imperial examination system was invented in the Sui Dynasty in order to break the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and the monopoly of official positions by aristocratic families.

However, due to the pressure of the family, the imperial examination was not the only way to select officials at that time.

In addition, most of the scholars were from aristocratic families, and the imperial examination had little influence on the aristocratic families.

Since Li Shimin issued a decree, the selection of officials must pass the imperial examination, which is different.

Cui Yuxiu heard what the newsboy shouted, and out of curiosity, she asked someone to buy a copy.

"Hehe, it turned out to be to flatter Li Shimin." Cui Yuxiu curled her lips.

The cost of woodblock printing is very high, and newspapers are not books and can be reused.

It's not worth spending so much to flatter Li Shimin.

wrong!

When Cui Yuxiu saw the September edition of the sixth year of Zhenguan written on it, she frowned.

September edition, is there an October edition?

Does that mean there will be new content every month?

Even if Li Shimin likes to listen to flattery, how can the court minister not stop him from such a waste of time and money?

unless…

Cui Yuxiu suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Go back!" Cui Yuxiu ordered.

The maid was taken aback, didn't she say she was going to visit Cheng's house?

But she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurriedly told the coachman to turn around.

When she got home, she asked Cui Hao's location, but Cui Yuxiu didn't let anyone inform her, and directly broke into Cui Hao's study.

Seeing that Cui Yuxiu didn't say hello, Cui Hao rushed in directly. Although he was a little displeased, he didn't show it.

"Yuxiu, didn't you go to visit your aunt, why did you come back so soon?" Cui Hao asked with a smile.

Cui Yuxiu handed over the newspaper and said, "Uncle Clan, please read this."

Seeing Cui Yuxiu's solemn expression, Cui Hao didn't say much, took the newspaper and read it.

"Li Shimin's overjoyed personality still can't be changed. But regarding the imperial examination, the family already has a way to deal with it, so don't worry." Cui Hao said indifferently after reading it.

Cui Yuxiu shook her head and said, "Uncle Clan, look here."

Cui Hao looked at where Cui Yuxiu was pointing, but didn't see any problem, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"This is the September edition, does that mean there will be an October edition?" Cui Yuxiu said.

Cui Hao was taken aback for a moment, then he laughed and said, "Li Shimin really spent a lot of money. If he buys this newspaper every month, it will cost a lot."

Cui Yuxiu didn't smile at all, and said, "What if they didn't use engraving and printing?"

"Isn't it woodblock printing? Impossible, the word looks like it was printed." Cui Hao shook his head and said.

Cui Yuxiu said: "I didn't say it wasn't printed. What I meant was, did they have a new printing method? Or improved woodblock printing. Otherwise, if Li Shimin wastes people's money and wastes money like this, if others don't say it, can Wei Zheng not object?"

Cui Hao shook his head and said, "Impossible. How long has it been since woodblock printing was invented? Even if there is some improvement, the difference is not big. Wei Zheng has no objection. The money should come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he can't control it."

To put it bluntly, the money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs belongs to the emperor himself, and his courtiers have no control over how he wants to control it.

"Then why did Lin Xuan sign that agreement with us?" Cui Yuxiu expressed the biggest worry in her heart.

Lin Xuan insisted on signing an agreement before, asking the Cui family to help sell books.

No matter how you look at this agreement, the Cui family took advantage of it. She didn't believe that Lin Xuan would be so kind.

I couldn't think of any problems before.

When she saw the newspaper, she had a bad feeling in her heart.

On the way back, she had a flash of inspiration. What if Lin Xuan had a way to print books faster and cheaper?

　Thanks to Xiaoyi 002 for the monthly ticket support.

　　
　
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