"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers! Emperor Zhengdan held a grand meeting and made surprising adjustments to the cabinet."

A little child braved the cold wind and kept shouting on the street. He held something like a paper roll in his hand and kept waving it.

"Hey, kid, what are you holding in your hand? Give me one." A swarthy man in a green shirt who was sitting in a small shop eating breakfast was curious and waved to the newsboy to come over.

"Mr. Sir, this is a newspaper. Do you want a copy? It's not expensive, only two cents." The child came over and asked politely.

"You answer a few questions and I'll take one." The dark-skinned scholar took out two pennies and handed them over.

"Okay, sir." The newsboy's eyes lit up, and he handed over a newspaper with quick hands and feet, and then stood quietly, waiting for the other scholar to ask questions.

The swarthy scholar did not ask questions, but looked at the newspaper in his hand. He just vaguely saw a few words in thick ink on the roll of paper that the newsboy would wave. In this era, things with words are precious and are recorded.

Having acquired a certain amount of knowledge, he was curious as to how a child could sell something called a newspaper.

And listening to the children's slogans, it seems that what is written on it is what happened at the Great Court Meeting a few days ago. It is only the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the Great Court Meeting has just passed two days. Although what happened is really shocking, but based on this

The speed of news spreading in the world is that it only spreads through the official circles, and it takes a while for the people to hear the news.

Although the swarthy scholar was a scholar, he had no idea what was going to happen in the court that day. He could only vaguely tell from the officials and people hurriedly coming and going that something terrible had happened.

It just so happened that there seemed to be something involved in this newspaper, so he bought it and took a look. But when he saw it, he was shocked, his hands shook, and he almost couldn't hold the light pieces of paper.

There were three newspapers stacked on top of each other, sewn in the middle, which was equivalent to a large booklet with six pages. At this time, the swarthy scholar just opened the newspaper, and on the first page, there were several shocking bold characters written on it.

The cabinet bachelor was promoted to the first rank, and Emperor Tianqi appointed him as prime minister again.

The font was clumsy and rigid, exuding craftsmanship, but the information contained in it made him dizzy and his mind went blank.

"What's wrong with the emperor? You don't want to seek death like this!" If the swarthy scholar were a later generation, he would definitely be complaining like this in his heart at this moment.

Anyone who has studied history a little will find that from the time of the prime minister to the Ming Dynasty, the power of the prime minister was continuously weakened, while the power of the monarch was constantly strengthened. This can be seen from the rules and titles of the ministers in the early dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the prime minister was directly abolished. Although the cabinet later rose and its power increased, it was only a fifth-rank official with no real name. Externally, it had to compete with the six ministries, and internally, it had to deal with the inner court. Its power was far less than that of the previous dynasty.

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However, this change is now a minor matter. The official rank has been raised, and the emperor has confirmed his title. He is a veritable prime minister. What is wrong with the emperor? Is he confused?

The swarthy scholar stared blankly at the message above, unable to understand why the emperor would make such a change. He also knew about the big changes that Tianqi had released before, but he never expected that this change would be like this.

Aren't all the changes in the past dynasties weakening the power of the prime minister and strengthening the power of the monarch? Aren't the emperors just doing it for convenience? Hongwu abolished the prime minister, and the military department established by Kangxi were all like this. How could anyone decentralize power?

"Ms. sir, are you still asking questions? I'm going to sell newspapers!" The swarthy scholar was stunned, but the newsboy was impatient to wait. He also wanted to sell newspapers to make money.

"Oh, ask, let's ask." The dark scholar came back to his senses, straightened his thoughts, and asked the question that was deep in his heart, "Where did your newspaper come from, and is the news in it accurate?"

Hearing this question, a flash of light suddenly flashed on the newsboy's face, and he became proud. "I got my newspaper from Tiangong Trading Company. Look at my back." As he said this, the newsboy turned around and placed a hand on the back of his clothes.

There are a few big characters printed on it, Tiangong Trading Name.

"This store belongs to the Emperor, and we are selling things for the Emperor." The newsboy turned around, looked at his chest, and looked very proud. We are also the Emperor's people.

"That's it, okay, I have no problem, you can go." Hearing the word emperor, the dark scholar understood everything. He also knew about Tiangong Trading Company, which was established on New Year's Eve to sell goods.

The cover-up, directly under the banner of the imperial shop, is very arrogant.

Well, it's just arrogance. This is what the friend the swarthy scholar made in the capital said. Thinking of the hateful and helpless expression on his face when he said this, he couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth and smile knowingly.

"Goodbye, sir." The little newsboy nodded and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." The swarthy scholar seemed to have remembered something and stopped the newsboy. "Whenever there is a new newspaper these days, you can send me a copy. Just send it here." He pointed at a newspaper.

Dong Hui Guan said.

"Okay, sir." The newsboy agreed and left, and then the shouts of people selling newspapers came from a distance.

"It's so polite. This Tiangong store has such good tricks!" The dark-skinned scholar shook his head, and then read the newspaper with the tofu curd and sesame sesame cakes on the stall.

After reading the report about the cabinet, he flipped through the pages, and shocking news appeared in front of him one after another. The Metropolitan Procuratorate will set up a local branch, and the Dali Temple will be upgraded to the same level as the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Establish branches in local areas.

This first page of the newspaper contains a lot of information. In addition to the affairs of the Dachaohui, it also contains the detailed process of the Hongwan coup and the treatment plan for those involved. In addition, there are recruitments for Tiangong Workshop and Tiangong.

Businesses are selling goods, the imperial village is rent-free for farming, the palace is recruiting material suppliers and other news related to the royal family.

After reading everything in the newspaper, half an hour had passed. The swarthy scholar raised his head and let out a long sigh.

"This newspaper... Empire Daily News..." He clenched the scroll of paper in his hand tightly, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart. He felt that the light piece of paper in his hand seemed extremely heavy.

It seems to have the power to change the world.

He looked up and saw that there were other people buying newspapers in the small shop. They were talking loudly at the moment. Some were talking about the cabinet, some were talking about the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and most of them were talking about the Hongwan coup.

, he heard a few words from Li Sancai, his last edict, and his secret letter.

As he watched, a word suddenly popped out of his heart: public opinion.

This newspaper is probably going to take away Shilin's right to speak! He sighed quietly in his heart.
Chapter completed!