Because the Ming Dynasty Morning Post is about to be published, Liu Jin has been going to the Hanlin Academy every day for a while and then directly went to the Ming Dynasty Morning Post.
"Sir, this is the first issue of the Tomorrow Morning News we have decided on. Please take a look."
Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang were the editors-in-chief. When Liu Jin came, they also showed Liu Jin the manuscripts that had already been typeset and finalized, and asked Liu Jin to review and check them.
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
Liu Jin smiled and nodded, looking carefully.
"The Tatars seized the pass and invaded Gansu and Shaanxi."
The most conspicuous ones at the top are of course national affairs. This is where someone from the Ming Morning Post specially handles the affairs of the imperial court, so they are all written in classical Chinese, very concisely.
"In the future, all manuscripts on national events can be published in a formal official format at the top, but they must be explained in detail in vernacular at the bottom, so that more people can understand them."
Liu Jin felt a headache as he looked at the classical Chinese essays. He himself had studied classical Chinese essays after all. Although he relied on the system to cheat in the exam, he still understood a little bit, but he still seemed to have a headache.
So after thinking about it, I told Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Yang that things related to national affairs should naturally not be easily changed or commented on randomly. All that was needed was to report the matter in detail.
"Yes~ I'll let someone change it right now."
Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Yang looked at each other, nodded quickly and said.
"Milu, the chieftain of the southwest, rebelled and made great achievements in the mountain camp~"
"The same goes for this. From now on, as long as it is published in classical Chinese, the following explanations must be in vernacular. In addition, except for important court events, all other news will be published in vernacular."
Seeing the second press release, Liu Jin also nodded. There was no problem with the arrangement and layout. National affairs were put first.
"Yes~"
Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang nodded quickly, although they didn't quite understand why Liu Jin, a scholar, admired vernacular Chinese so much. Isn't it good to use classical Chinese for this?
Classical Chinese has refined language and beautiful writing. A beautiful article written in it will definitely be passed down through the ages. Can this vernacular Chinese article be passed down through the ages?
But who calls Liu Jin the boss? They will do whatever Liu Jin says. For 10 silver dollars a month, plus other benefits, etc., this is much better than teaching and selling calligraphy.
"A poor student works as a farmer in the morning and ascends to the Emperor's Hall in the evening~"
"What the hell is this?"
When he turned to the third article, Liu Jin suddenly frowned and looked at the manuscript carefully. It was about a scholar who came from a poor family and was raised by his mother. He studied hard and became the number one scholar.
, the matter of honoring the ancestors.
"Such things are rotten on the street. Is there anything worthy of being reported in the morning newspaper? Our Ming Dynasty Morning Post is a place for reporting news, not a place for reporting such rotten stories on the street."
"That's nonsense~ This type of content will not be allowed to be published in the future."
Liu Jin simply put this manuscript aside. Are there still few stories about scholars in this era?
Why did the rich lady fall in love with the poor scholar? With the support of the rich lady, the poor scholar became the top scholar and came back to welcome the rich lady.
There are other poor scholars who have been looked down upon by their relatives since childhood, made things difficult for them, and targeted them in various ways. In the end, the poor scholar became the top scholar and slapped those relatives severely in the face.
In short, there are many, many kinds of stories. The most indispensable stories in this era are stories about scholars. This is enough to illustrate the status of scholars in this era, especially those who can be admitted to the Giants and Jinshi. They are definitely
The carp jumped over the dragon gate and soared into the sky.
But Liu Jin’s Ming Morning News is not for publicity for these scholars, scholars and the like. The Ming Morning News is to serve itself and the emerging capital of Ming Dynasty. Everything to be promoted and reported should be centered around this point.
Turned.
"Yes~yes~"
Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Yang slightly wiped the sweat from their foreheads. They thought that this manuscript based on Liu Jin would definitely be appreciated and liked by Liu Jin. Who knew that Liu Jin actually described it as a story about a bad street?
, and will not be allowed to be published in the future.
"What the hell is this?"
"How can the oiran contest held in the brothel be published in our Tomorrow Morning News?"
"Remove it. In the future, the affairs of the brothel and Chu Guan will not be allowed to be published."
Liu Jin continued to read. Except for the first two manuscripts about national affairs that Liu Jin thought were acceptable, none of the following manuscripts seemed acceptable to Liu Jin.
Basically, the manuscripts were written around scholars, intellectuals, brothels and other things, but Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang both published these manuscripts.
Liu Jin couldn't help but shake his head. Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang are still traditional scholars. Things about scholars are important events and are worthy of reporting. Apart from poetry and songs, these scholars are also brothels and Chu Guan.
Since ancient times, these scholars have been proud of visiting brothels and Chu palaces, and they all hope to pass down some good stories through the ages.
In this era, it is still they, the scholars, who have the final say. Because they have status, power, and money, they feel that the Ming Dynasty Morning Post should report these things.
So much so that the selected manuscripts basically revolve around these things, but this is definitely not what Liu Jin wants.
"Withdraw~"
"No~"
Liu Jin's face turned livid as he read each article. What kind of articles were they? Liu Jin felt better and happier even if he saw articles about sows climbing trees.
Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Wen were sweating constantly on their foreheads. The manuscripts selected by several of them did not satisfy Liu Jin. Their absolutely good manuscripts did not work when it came to Liu Jin.
“A giant whale was caught in Tianjin port~”
"This manuscript is well written and can be passed."
At the end, Liu Jin saw a manuscript reporting that a whaler in Tianjin Port had caught a giant whale, and Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction.
The manuscript is written in vernacular, and the writing style is very ordinary, but it is a detailed report of what happened at the Tianjin Port a few days ago.
Reporting on whaling is also very helpful to the development of the whaling industry. It can also be regarded as publicizing the whaling industry, which meets Liu Jin's requirements.
"If you have any spare manuscripts, bring them over and let me take a look~"
After looking at the manuscripts on the table, he saw that he had read all the manuscripts that were to be published, but Liu Jin was only satisfied with the three articles on chatting, and Liu Jin replaced all the others.
"Yes~Yes~"
Bao Jiwen said quickly, and then hurriedly asked people to bring out more press releases, and also deleted the ones Liu Jin had told him in advance.
"The prodigal son returns with gold, what is Wang Enyi's great change in his life?"
Liu Jin picked up the new manuscript and looked at it carefully, and soon saw the manuscript submitted by Luo Dong.
"Well, this article is very well written. It should be published in a conspicuous position and the length should be arranged to persuade people not to gamble. It is very educational."
After reading it carefully, Liu Jin smiled happily. This article definitely met his requirements. It reported an incident, and through this incident, it publicized the deposit business of Daming First Bank.
"Yes~yes~"
Upon hearing this, Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang nodded quickly and replied.
Liu Jin read the articles one by one very quickly, and personally ordered all the articles for the first issue of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post. Except for the first two articles, which were to promote national events, all other articles were also
It is related to some industries under Liu Jin's command.
"These are the manuscripts, hurry up and get them done, don't delay the release on July 21st."
After selecting the manuscript, Liu Jin gave instructions to Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Yang.
"Yes~"
Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Yangguang quickly went to get busy.
Liu Jin looked at the two figures and thought about the manuscripts they had selected. He couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking in his heart that he would have to replace them in the future.
These people's ideas have been deeply ingrained, and it is difficult for them to make breakthroughs. They are very busy, and it is impossible for them to personally check and read every issue of the Tomorrow Morning Post. In the end, they have to choose someone who can meet their requirements to take care of this.
Tomorrow Morning Post.
"Go and call Zhang Xian over."
After thinking for a while, Liu Jin ordered again, Zhang Xian is the day-to-day manager of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post. Of course, he is not in charge of the press release. He is mainly responsible for the printing and distribution of the newspaper.
Liu Jin knew very well that with the abilities of Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang, he was so dissatisfied with having them serve as editors-in-chief. If he really wanted them to manage everything in the Tomorrow Morning News, he would probably have to sleep here every day from now on.
Therefore, in terms of printing and distribution of newspapers, we still arranged for people to be trained by ourselves. This Zhang Xian used to be a senior manager at the Tianjin Cement Factory.
"Son~"
Soon, Zhang Xian came to Liu Jin.
"How do you plan to promote this Tomorrow Morning Post?"
Liu Jin nodded, thought for a while and said to Zhang Xian.
"Sir, this is my plan. I plan to distribute the first few issues for free in restaurants and teahouses in Beijing and Tianjin to cultivate the habit of reading newspapers. Later, I will sell them again. I am going to
Build several special sales points in Beijing and Tianjin to sell newspapers."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xian thought for a while and expressed his plan.
"It's free in the early stage, and we will build a sales point to sell it in the later stage~"
Liu Jin nodded after hearing this. After all, he was the one who brought it out. This idea and thinking are still very good.
"There is no need to build this sales point. We will recruit some children in each city. These children are called newspaper boys and let them help us sell newspapers."
After thinking about it, Liu Jin also expressed his thoughts about future generations of newsboys. At the same time, he couldn't help but think about it. In the future, a city in the Ming Dynasty would hear the shouts of newsboys selling newspapers.