Before being demoted by Wanli to become a civilian, Gu Xiancheng worked in the civil service department for a long time. He also served as a doctor in the literary selection department for more than a year. What does this department handle? The specific procedures for the promotion and transfer of civil officials. This

It is the Organization Department within the Organization Department.

Relying on this experience, Gu Xiancheng accumulated a large number of contacts in the officialdom. Therefore, after he was demoted to the public, he still maintained considerable influence in the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

In addition, almost all the prefectures in southern Zhili were strong in imperial examinations. Needless to say, there were many scholars, and there were not too many people who won Jinshi every three years. Therefore, once Donglin Academy was rebuilt and opened, it had extremely strong influence.

The students who really want to improve their studies, the humble gentlemen who want to make their voices heard through the academy so that they can be kings, Yao and Shun, the villains who have ulterior motives and want to improve their official status by forming a party, or the losers in political battles... they are all the same.

Many people gathered towards Donglin Academy. By the time Zhu Youdong went south, Donglin Academy had become a popular place and became the main position for the Ming Dynasty's political circles to express various criticisms of the imperial court.

The prince's departure from Nanjing was based on the ancestral system. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty used the ancestral system to suppress the emperor all day long. When the emperor used the ancestral system to bully them, they could not stop them. In addition, a considerable number of gentry in the north were hostile to the emperor's wife.

Sun Nanxia was happy to see the success. Therefore, the Jiangnan gentry had no choice but to hold their noses and recognize Zhu Youdong's arrival.

However, we really can't stop you from coming. But we will never welcome you, let alone cooperate with you.

In fact, since the news that Zhu Youdong is about to go south spread, rumors have been spread in the Jiangnan provinces one after another: His Royal Highness Taisun is going south to knock the bones out of us Jiangnan people. Just look at it, taxes will definitely be paid by then.

aggravate.

When Zhu Youdong went to the Huangce Library as soon as he arrived in Nanjing, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River said that his grandson was concerned about the country and the people, but they were secretly happy in their hearts: Come on! Clean up the Huangce Library! As long as you dare to clean up the Huangce Library

, we can cause civil commotions to occur in the entire four provinces of Jiangnan. By then, it will be easy for you, the grandson, to go back to Beijing in despair, and even if you don't do it well, you won't be able to keep your reserve position.

However, His Highness Taisun went to Huangceku and came back quietly. This made everyone unable to punch out the fists that they had exerted all their strength, and they all suffered internal injuries.

It’s okay if Taisun doesn’t engage in the pornographic book. He doesn’t even have a bonus, which makes it impossible for everyone to use the power of local snakes. Not only that, Taisun also set up Fangshan Industrial Base, glass, mirrors, glasses, clocks, bones, etc.

Porcelain, green jade... all kinds of products are emerging in endlessly. Although the gentlemen say that His Highness's old problem has relapsed and that he is interested in money, their bodies are constantly saying: Well, it smells so good!

And you can't impeach Taisun and his subordinates for this matter: the promotion of cowpox has seen results across the country, and the promotion of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes has also fed many poor people. In short, Taisun has a moral halo. Moreover, Taisun makes a lot of money.

What are you doing with the money? Thousands of orphans are adopted every year! Do you dare to impeach your grandson? Then you will also adopt thousands of orphans?

Therefore, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River found to their dismay that after many years of demanding the emperor with extremely high moral standards, the Emperor's Highness also blocked their mouths with moral standards!

Well, you're just making money. You don't touch our vital interests, so we tolerate it.

But now that Jinling Daily is showing signs of it, I really can’t bear it anymore!

"Ever since I saw the Jinling Daily, I have been thinking, can our Donglin Academy also run a newspaper?"

There is no doubt that it is not that Taisun does not want to rectify Huangceku. Instead, he clearly sees that if he directly affects Huangceku without controlling the power of public opinion, it will definitely lead to civil unrest everywhere. Therefore, what does "Jinling Daily" mean?

Gu Xiancheng knew very well.

Not only he knows it, but his colleagues at Donglin Academy also know it very well. The Jiangnan gentry standing behind them, as long as their IQs are normal, they all know it very well.

Therefore, as the mouthpiece of the Jiangnan gentry, it was only a matter of time before Donglin entered the newspaper industry.

"Uncle Shi, this is a very good idea! Our purpose of giving lectures in this academy is to spread our righteousness to the world. But in the three years since the academy reopened, how many students have we taught? Counting those who have attended the academy once or twice

The number of people participating in the event is only two or three thousand. But this newspaper is different. The circulation of one issue can easily reach tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Coupled with word-of-mouth communication, it can influence no less than a million people!

I said, we in Donglin should have filed a newspaper a long time ago!"

"Brother Guoduan is right. Uncle Shi, everyone, we are gathered here in Donglin to teach students and criticize the current ills. This is for the sake of the common people! And to save the common people, the results of reporting will be the fastest!"

"That's right, run a newspaper! We in Donglin also want to run a newspaper! Who are the so-called editors under Zhang Yicheng? They are all incompetent people who have been unable to win the election for decades! Some of them can't even pass the government examination.

Baishou Lao Tongsheng, I heard that even the sons of subordinate officials have recently joined the newspaper as editors. And what about me, Donglin? The three to five hundred students who have been studying here for a long time will produce at least fifty Jinshi in the next ten years! I don't believe it.

, we can’t handle those Queen Sun Shan!”

"In my humble opinion, if we run a newspaper, we will definitely do it better than Jinling Daily!"

After a few old angry youths shouted loudly for a while, they quickly decided on the matter of filing a report. Then everyone began to enthusiastically enter the detailed negotiation stage.

The registration was decided quickly: Donglin Daily. Next, the venue, workers, paper, layout design, editor-in-chief, ordinary editors, etc. were all easy to discuss.

But the most important question is: running a newspaper costs money! Where does the money come from?

Zhu Youdong's Jinling Daily invested more than 10,000 taels of silver before it was founded. After it was founded, it lost a net loss of 200 taels of silver every day for quite a while. It was not until the sales stabilized that it was gradually handed over through Qinlou Chuguan, ordinary hotel merchants, etc.

The advertising fee has begun to make a profit. And this profit is still very thin after deducting the cost. After the expansion to sixteen pages in the future, there may still be a slight loss.

Of course, what His Highness Taisun wants to run a newspaper is to gain control of public opinion, and he doesn't care about some losses. But you want these guys in Donglin to not care about money?

If you don't care about money, you won't criticize the government so vigorously. If you don't care about money, you won't be so nervous. Zhu Youdong went to Huangceku.

It stands to reason that each of these guys is a Jinshi, and many of them have been officials for many years. Some of their families even do maritime smuggling part-time. If each family can get 10,000 to 20,000 silver, it will definitely not be a problem.

But, we are all moral role models, how can we spend so much money at once? A gentleman never talks about profit. Teacher, you teach us all day long not to talk about money. Why do you have so much money at home?

Not to mention running a newspaper, let’s just talk about the restoration of Donglin Academy. It only cost a total of 1,200 taels of silver. But even for such a small amount of money, dozens of gentry must jointly raise funds: it’s not that no one can afford it.

This is more than a thousand taels, but for the sake of moral reputation, I cannot take so much.

However, the funds required to run a newspaper and repair the academy are not of the same order of magnitude. If you don't have a base of 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, don't even think about it. What's more, with the noble integrity of Donglin gentlemen, the sales of Donglin Daily will exceed 100 million in the future.

, and it is absolutely not allowed to advertise, let alone publish anything about Qinhuai Fengyue - a gentleman does not talk about profit.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that once the application is filed, the loss of money is certain, and it will be a continuous loss.

"Hey! Damn that grandson, he actually lowered the price of a newspaper to one copper plate. This is really a waste of money. Doesn't he know that every penny is a tribute to the people?"

"Hmph, that's why my great-grandson likes to stay in Fangshan so much that he doesn't even attend the Xunhui Festival in Nanjing."

"Okay, everyone, let's not talk about this for now." After all, Gu Xiancheng is still a leader, and he still has a certain mind: "The matter of running the newspaper must be done once it is decided. The money is indeed low, but we can ask everyone

Friends, the gentry is asking for help. Before that, I will go back and sell some land at home... Well, I will personally donate two hundred taels."

"Uncle Shi is very righteous! In this way, I will donate one hundred and fifty taels."

"You are so righteous, I should follow you, and I will donate seventy taels..."

"Okay, everyone, look, don't we have almost five hundred taels now? Let me write to Li Sancai and the Xu family in Huating, asking them to fund some."

"Haha..." When everyone heard what Gu Xiancheng said, they felt a lot relieved.

Li Sancai is the governor of water transportation at the moment. He is holding the Grand Canal, the economic artery of the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, in his hand. Standing behind him is the Huaiyang salt merchant. As an ally of Donglin, it is not a big deal if anything leaks out of his fingers.

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As for the Xu family in Huating, the Xu Jie family of Licorice Country owns nearly 200,000 acres of land. They are one of the largest super landowners in the Ming Empire in this era. Will the money they send be less?

In addition to the two big benefactors as the main sponsors, Donglin Academy is also very influential among the gentry in the entire Jiangnan. And everyone does not say it, but what is clear in their hearts is: His Highness Taisun has begun to release "Five Worms"

Such an article is a test (in fact, Zhu Youdong deliberately provoked Donglin because he saw that they were not involved yet). The smart gentry should know what to do. As long as the academy is willing to take the lead in running the newspaper, everyone is still willing to take the money. So it's like this.

After all calculations, the first installment will not be less than 200,000 taels. It is enough to give Jinling Daily a try.

"In this way, the matter of running our newspaper has been settled. Cunzhi (Gao Panlong), among us, you are in your prime, so I will trouble you to take care of you more. I entrust you with the responsibility of editor.

Already."

It is said that literature is not the first, and military is not the second. How good is the position of editor-in-chief of this newspaper? Gu Xiancheng said that he would give it to Gao Panlong. Several other gentlemen who had just repaid Bo Yuntian were a little uncomfortable now.

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Fortunately, Qian Yiben stood up at this time and said: "Yes, Cunzhi. Uncle Shi (Gu Xiancheng) is fifty-seven this year, and I am sixty-one. Among us, you are in your early forties, what hope do you have?"

Do it well. We will do our best to support you!”

"Brothers, don't worry, I will do my best. I will not let Jinling Daily be more beautiful than before."

"Hmm~~~ Talking about Jinling Daily." Gu Xiancheng tugged on his long, stiff, but extremely sparse and irregular beard: "Then Zhang Yicheng, the editor-in-chief of Jinling Daily, was actually in his

Advertisements are allowed in newspapers, that's all. They actually allow the ladies from Qinlou and Chuguan to make fun of themselves in it. What a scumbag! I plan to go to Nanjing in person to meet with the adults of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. This kind of
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