I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Not only will he be persecuted to death by the eunuchs, but his reputation after death will be rotten!

The more he talked, the more silent the room became.

In the past, the reason why they dared to speak out was because they were not afraid of death in this matter, even if the emperor cut you off and ransacked your house and killed the whole family.

But the purpose of gaining fame has already been achieved.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youxiao had been reluctant to kill them before. Even if you cut them down, they would still be unscrupulous officials.

It is equivalent to Zhu Youxiao personally setting them up as Qingliu Zhongzheng in the Tianqi era!How could such a good thing be cheap for them?

For a long time, Zhu Youxiao has pursued a policy, if you remonstrate with you, I will lose it once you hear it!

So why is the Donglin Party afraid now?

If Zhu Youxiao's reform of the Beijing News is successful, the whole country will know how a person died in a few days after publishing a newspaper.

At that time, his reputation would be ruined and he would get nothing.

Compared with death and the killing of the whole clan, what the Donglin Party fears most is that Qingliu's reputation will be discredited, just like the eunuchs now.

1 Sixty Chapters Beijing News First Issue

In the last month of the first year, apart from Zhang Gongchen's incident, there were no major events.

Zhu Youxiao lives a relaxed life. Apart from hunting deer in Nanhaizi, he always runs to Kunning Palace when he has nothing to do. He takes good care of the mother and "son".

For him, it is a joy to have fewer annoying chapters every day.

The courtiers in the various prisons and bureaus of the inner court spread word of mouth that the Tianqi Dynasty will have its first prince!

After some politics, the Donglin party members have disappeared from the court at least on the surface.

It's strange to say that after these self-proclaimed sages were honest, the chaos in the court seemed to disappear, and there was no major movement for more than a month.

This is the case for the court, but it is another scene for the people.

The first day of the second year of the apocalypse was a good day. Many farmers who went out to farm did not go out at all and waited for the news at home.

Not long after, an official started shouting along the street:

"The Beijing News is now published!"

Hearing the news, the people in several streets and alleys all started to move at once, and started to rush to the nearest newsroom.

Along the way, there are occasional narrow streets and alleys, which are crowded with people, and everyone is afraid that they will not be able to get them if they arrive late.

In fact, the nature of ordinary people to watch the excitement has not changed since ancient times!

As soon as I heard it for free, I was in a hurry...

Regardless of whether you read it or not, if you take it, you can use it to pad something, so you don't need to spend your own money!

Regarding the matter of the Beijing News, Zhu Youxiao had mentioned it to Wang Tiqian as early as that time when he was hunting the deer, and he also decided on the content of the restructuring, but why did it still delay until the second year of Tianqi?

First of all, Zhu Youxiao continued the style of the national newspaper since the Tang Dynasty.

But what is different and progressive is that the imperial court now separates the printing right from the publishing right, and adds supervision.

Separation of printing rights and publishing rights can greatly promote the rapid development of a series of industries such as newspapers, and drive the industrial and commercial economy.

As for the power of supervision, it is to ensure that newspaper offices in various places can print newspapers according to their own wishes, and hold public opinion in their hands.

In this day and age, with public opinion, you have everything!

The imperial court will stipulate the content of each newspaper, and the right to print it will be handed over to newspaper offices in various places, and the Yamen of the Metropolitan Government will be responsible for publishing it.

The whole process of printing and publishing is supervised by the local supervisory office, and once it is found that the printing of newspapers does not conform to the regulations of the imperial court.

In the worst case, the printing rights will be cancelled, and in the worst case, the national branch of the newspaper office will be directly sealed up, and those involved in the newspaper office will be arrested and imprisoned, and their homes will be ransacked.

In the 48th year of Wanli, the imperial court went bankrupt and owed millions of taels of payment. After discussing with the cabinet, Zhu Youxiao decided to increase the tariff by [-]% on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

Here, a supervisory office was added to deal with this matter.

The tariffs on the canal increased, maritime merchants resold silk, and the cost of tea increased, causing quite a commotion. Even Wei Liangqing, the nephew of the factory minister, and more than a dozen fans died in Suzhou.

Later, it was found out that it was said that Li Dan, the leader of the island country's maritime merchants, was behind the scenes.

Wei Zhongxian naturally wanted to avenge his nephew, so he sent his followers to Suzhou to arrest Li Dan and his family and send them to the capital for prison.

But Li Dan lived in the island country for a long time, and even his family members asked him to take them away. The fans waited in Suzhou for more than three months, staring at the river and sighing.

No way, no matter how good your Dongchang is, you can't cross the border and cross the sea, go to Japan to arrest Li Dan's whole family, right?

This matter will be over...

After Wei Liangqing's death, all the new supervisory yamen in various places were handed over to the Fusi yamen in the southern town of Jingshi, and Jin Yiwei was in charge.

When Liu Qiao was in office, there were no means of expropriation, but since Xu Xianchun became the commander, he quickly replaced a group of ruthless people.

As soon as this group of people took office, the supervision and collection efforts of the supervisory departments in various places have been greatly enhanced.

Anyway, no matter what, the printing rights of the "Beijing News" in the Suzhou government in the second year of the apocalypse was snatched by "Juxingfang".

Juxingfang was originally small in scale, but it was also a few well-known local newspapers in Suzhou. This time, the imperial court restructured it, so they had to wait.

Astute businessmen know that His Majesty the Emperor wants to use this to catch public opinion, so the court will inevitably add a number of related policies.

The separation of the printing right and the publishing right is a very obvious signal in the eyes of businessmen, just like the blatant solicitation of "imperial merchants".

Cooperating with the imperial court, as long as you are obedient, is there any benefit?

If you set foot on this boat early, you will have the possibility to make a fortune!

The newsroom that didn't get the right to cooperate saw that their own family was empty, but the other party's door was so grand, and their intestines almost regretted it.

"It was a big difference at the beginning, but now there is a world of difference." The owner of another newspaper said bitterly:

"I'm afraid Juxingfang will overwhelm us!"

Someone had dissatisfaction written all over his face, and said with a sneer:

"In Suzhou, who doesn't know that we are number one in Julong, and he can only rank in the back in Juxing, so what if we cooperate with the imperial court?"

"We can also publish pond newspapers, mansion newspapers and official documents!"

"Stupid!" The owner glanced at him and said, "You can publish these things, and other newspapers can do it too!"

"But as for the Beijing News, there is only one family in every place. Since the imperial court publishes it for free, it must have given them other benefits!"

"Do you think those who run business are fools?"

Hearing this, the man had nothing to say, and he understood the truth in an instant. Seeing that the people across the street were still far away, he also sighed.

It was deserted here, but the Juxing House on the other side of the street was very busy.

Huang Huatang rubbed his hands, thinking that the deal was worth it, he had never seen a newspaper that could attract so many people to grab it!

This Huang Huatang, like the other selected businessmen, must have two brushes.

He is good at doing business and has some influence in the local chamber of commerce, which is just one of them.

In the 48th year of Wanli, Yang Sichang, the payment secretary, once said that all the prefectures in Huaibei were starved. Huang Huatang took people to help refugees and set up porridge sheds to serve porridge.

Even Yang Sichang mentioned his name once in his memorabilia, saying that he was of great help to the government in disaster relief.

During the southwest rebellion, when Zhu Youxiao personally conquered it, this Huang Huatang went to Sichuan in person and paid for the military rations for the officers and soldiers.

It didn't take long before the news came out that the imperial court had reorganized the Beijing News, and it happened that the Juxing House of the Huang family was one of the famous newspaper houses in Suzhou.

Without saying anything, Huang Huatang went to the capital to discuss with Wang Tigan again and again, expressing his willingness to serve the court.

Of course, Wang Tigan is not a vegetarian either.

The two talked back and forth several times. One was an old eunuch in the inner court, and the other was an old fritter in the business world. They both had real goals, and no one knew who the other was!

"Boss, at this speed, the three thousand copies will be distributed today..." At this moment, a young servant rushed over, and wiped his sweat while talking.

"Let the newspaper office speed up. Three hundred copies will be printed tonight."

Hearing this, the boy opened his mouth wide, with an expression of disbelief: "Three hundred copies? No matter how fast you copy it, you can't finish it!"

It turned out that because the Beijing News was not taken seriously before, until now, most of the newspaper rooms still focus on copying.

Huang Huatang heard the words, thought carefully for a moment, and said: "Go to Zhao Dong's family in Julongfang, and tell me that I want to buy printing and engraving blocks!"

Watching the servant leave, Huang Huatang's face became slightly ugly.

According to this speed, it is no longer possible to copy the Beijing News by hand, or to use block printing, but there is no block in Suzhou, and it will take several months at the fastest to make a new block, which is too late!

Julongfang is a time-honored brand, but it has an old printing block.

It seems that this man surnamed Zhao has to kill him!

Chapter 161 Li Hongji, a Yinchuan station soldier

The flow of people is coaxing, in the private room of a restaurant in Suzhou.

A middle-aged businessman in a gray silk robe stood by the railing on the second floor with his hands behind his back, overlooking the hustle and bustle of Suzhou City.

"Dong Huang's family came early!"

A thick voice came in, upon hearing the words, Huang Huatang trembled slightly, and immediately said with a light smile:

"Who doesn't know that the first newspaper office in Suzhou Mansion is your Julonghao. Mr. Zhao's family is a distinguished guest. It is difficult for others to see each other. Can you not care?"

Zhao Rang listened to him silently, found a seat and sat down, waiting for the next article.

Sensing the scrutinizing eyes of the people behind him, Huang Huatang turned around, stood still, and said:

"You Julong is a time-honored brand with ready-made old engravings. Let's cut to the chase this time. How much money do you want?"

"How much money?" Zhao Rang seemed to have heard something very funny, cast his eyes away, and said playfully:

"Huang Huatang, Huang Huatang, you underestimate me too."

"Then what do you want?"

While speaking, Huang Huatang felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

Zhao Rang thought for a moment and replied:

"Today is a big day. Not only the prefecture of Suzhou, but all over the country are undergoing restructuring of the Beijing newspaper. It is not like your style to buy such a hard porcelain without preparing the engraving first."

"Huang Huatang, I'm not talking about you, you are also a famous businessman, how can you let me catch this opportunity?"

As he spoke, he sneered, and asked in a rhetorical tone:

"Do you think that I am someone who can spend a few thousand taels of silver casually?"

Huang Huatang remained silent, looking at his smug face, thinking carefully about the minimum conditions he could accept, chuckled lightly, and said:

"It seems that I still think of your Zhao family simply..."

"Tell me, what are the conditions?"

"Smart people speak quickly, and that's the way—"

Zhao Rang put one foot on the other chair, refilled himself a full glass of Biluochun, opened three fingers, and said:

"I want your profit of this amount."

Huang Huatang frowned slightly: "Thirty percent, that's too much."

Zhao Rang raised his lips slightly.

"How much is this?"

"The Beijing News is published all over the world, and Suzhou is just one of them!"

"There are businessmen all over the place that cooperate with the Metropolitan Government. If my prediction is correct, the Dibao and Tangbao will have to be restructured, and the future development will be limitless."

"You don't care about the profit, do you?"

The breeze blows in, and the fragrance of flowers and plants surrounds the elegant room.

Huang Huatang naturally knew the benefits of being on the big ship of the imperial court, otherwise he would not have donated food to the various prefectures in Huaibei and the southwestern provinces.

He turned around again and said quietly:

"Thirty percent profit is fine, but only for one year. I only use your old engraving for one year."

Now, it was Zhao Rang's turn to be in trouble.