After explaining everything, Qin Huaidao personally told Xue Yuanchao that the contents of his answer sheet must be placed on the front page of Chang'an Daily, and Xue Yuanchao wholeheartedly agreed.
Chang'an Daily was arranged by Qin Huaidao in a house on Zhuque Street. After receiving the order, Construction Department Liu Renshi worked overnight to deliver multiple pages of movable type printing to Chang'an Daily. Industry Department Liu Rengui also assigned several experienced people to Xue Yuanchao to handle printing matters.
As for the manpower of newspaper reporters, Qin Huaidao handed Xue Yuanchao the question and answer sheet for the imperial examination candidates and asked him to select his right-hand man. Except for the second-place finisher, Qin Huaidao, who rejected him, the rest of the candidates basically agreed.
Linghu Defen, Chen Yuanqing, He Jinfang, He Zhi and others were acquired by Xue Yuanchao. In this way, Chang'an Daily was initially established.
Soon, the first edition of Chang'an Daily was printed and distributed in Chang'an.
Thanks to these skilled hands, the daily printing volume of the newspaper can reach 5,000 copies. Half of these 5,000 copies are taken away by Beijing officials and various offices, and the other half flow to ordinary people.
After Fang Xuanling, the founding father of the Han Dynasty, received the Chang'an Daily, he laughed while reading it.
"What new trick is your Majesty playing? Chang'an Daily? Interesting, interesting."
Several military heroes such as Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing had different reactions when they saw the daily newspaper. Cheng Yaojin just glanced at it casually and threw the daily newspaper aside. The content in it was very boring to him, no matter Qin Huaidao
Whatever you want to do, he will support it.
As for what to support, it depends on what Qin Huaidao asks of him.
Li Jing slapped his thigh repeatedly: "What a Chang'an Daily, what a front page headline. The article "On All Men Are Created Equal" was written by Xue Yuanchao? The current number one scholar? Your Majesty, it seems that this era will soon be over.
It’s going to change.”
Chang'an Daily fell into the hands of those unstable powerful people, but they were extremely angry.
"Everyone is equal? What does your majesty mean?" The angry person was Chen Huanzhi, the former Marquis of Xuanwu of the Tang Dynasty. After surrendering to the Han Dynasty with the Tang army, he transformed into Chen Huanzhi, the Marquis of Wu of the Han Dynasty. He believed that no matter who the emperor was, his good life would be ruined.
We can live on until Chang'an Daily appears.
While angry, he pondered about His Majesty's intentions.
If everyone is truly equal, doesn't it mean that Your Majesty is also equal to the common people? Chang'an Daily is simply rebellious and contrary to the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers. However, I heard that this daily was produced and distributed by His Majesty. Without His Majesty's will, he
How dare?
His Majesty's previous decree on equality among scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, both he and other dignitaries believed that Your Majesty was just doing it to stabilize the people's hearts. Now it seems that this is not just an impulsive statement by His Majesty.
He really wanted to do this.
Thinking of this aspect, Chen Huanzhi became more and more angry and tore the Chang'an Daily to pieces.
"Your Majesty, if you insist on establishing an ideal country despite being a good emperor, your final outcome will be destruction." He didn't believe that the local dignitaries could endure this. As long as he had enough patience, he could always wait for the opportunity.
Ordinary people were all delighted when they saw Chang'an Daily.
"Have you seen it? This is an article "On All Men Are Created Equal" written by the number one scholar of the dynasty. The article specifically mentioned that the idea for his article came from His Majesty. If His Majesty had not issued the decree that scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants are equal, the number one scholar would have been
I haven't thought of this level yet." Liu Tiejiang from Dongshi happily discussed the daily newspaper in his hand.
"Indeed, since ancient times, it has been thought that the king is noble and the common people are despised. When have we commoners been in the eyes of emperors? Now it seems that His Majesty the Emperor of Han is willing to treat us commoners with equality, which is a blessing to our generation."
This daily newspaper instantly aroused widespread recognition among the people, and these recognitions were the popular sentiments of the Han people.
All Chang'an Daily newspapers were sold out on the first day.
In the following days, Xue Yuanchao continued to apply for manpower from Qin Huaidao. The entire Chang'an Daily was distributed free of charge for five consecutive days, and the daily printing volume was also expanding. The Manufacturing Department was a great help in this area. Without the movable type printing of the Manufacturing Department, Chang'an Daily would have been
There is simply no way to print in such large quantities.
"Hey, there is something written by His Majesty today. Let's all come and take a look." Some good people in the East City shouted for some reason, and a large group of people gathered in an instant. It was not because of anything else, but because they were too curious about this Majesty.
"Huh? This seems to be His Majesty's column in Chang'an Daily, called "New Thoughts"?" the common people asked.
After the founding of the Han Dynasty, although Qin Huaidao appeared at the state banquet, many people could only watch from a distance, let alone interact with Qin Huaidao. Now it is a great honor to see the autograph of His Majesty the Emperor.
"There is no distinction between high and low in life. Life is more valuable than any wealth." This was Qin Huaidao's first sentence, and it was also something he often mentioned in the army. He did not want people to die, at least not in a hasty way.
He didn't want it to happen again, where a powerful man easily beat his slave to death just because he made him angry.
After seeing these words, the people's admiration for His Majesty became even stronger in their hearts.
This was the first time anyone valued their lives.
Putting aside the exemption from taxes and corvee, this statement that life is more valuable than any wealth made them feel that His Majesty cared about them and that His Majesty valued their lives as much as his own.
What more could I ask for from such a majesty?
For a time, the spread of new ideas was like throwing a spark of fire into the withered grass in autumn, setting the entire grassland on fire in Chang'an.
The first floor of Chang'an is a famous brothel.
Pei Xianzhu came out of this building and made a big splash at the state banquet. Finally, he was favored by Qin Huaidao and became the head of the Guo Yue Mansion. For this reason, the first floor of Chang'an gained a lot of benefits.
Nowadays, the trend of new ideas has spread to the first floor of Chang'an.
"Xiaoqing, have you heard? His Majesty said that scholars, farmers, workers, and businessmen are all equal. Although we are prostitutes, our lives are not inferior to those of high-ranking officials, and we should not abuse ourselves because of this." There was a prostitute named Hong.
Shang, there are no guests today, she is whispering with her maid.
The maid named Xiaoqing didn't understand why: "But isn't the greatest official in the world your Majesty? He is respected by thousands of people, and everyone pays homage to him. Isn't it that he doesn't want these?"
Hongshang shook her head and handed her a copy of Chang'an Daily: "You will understand after reading what His Majesty wrote. Your Majesty wants to create an ideal world where everyone is equal and there is no oppression and killing."
"But how can this be achieved?" Xiaoqing asked Xiang Hongshang.
Hongshang has no way to answer this question, and no one can answer it.
Until the column of "New Thought" published an article written by His Majesty himself, with a few conspicuous characters in the title: "Where there is oppression, there is resistance."
As soon as this article was published, it shocked everyone.
Both civil and military officials were shocked, and memorials poured into the Ganlu Hall like a tide.