Li Yan rubbed his eyebrows vigorously and cursed heavily in his heart. As the head of Jinyiwei in Fujian, in the past few years, he had a lot of leisure every day.
It's twilight.
In the past few years, since I followed Wang Xuan, I have been busy. In fact, the past few years have been good. The direction of collecting intelligence is some key figures. There are not many worthy of recording, but now it is better...
A few days ago, Wang Xuan ordered a newspaper to be published in Guangdong... Originally, this matter required a printing house and some people to write articles. Anyway, it had nothing to do with Jin Yiwei.
But what the hell, in order to build a big enough reputation in one shot, and the task of collecting intelligence from various prefectures and counties has always been the responsibility of Jin Yiwei, so there were no professional reporters for the time being, so Wang Xuan threw the task to Jin Yiwei...
The mysterious Jin Yiwei, the Jin Yiwei who is talked about all over the world, the dark and violent Jin Yiwei, the Jin Yiwei who persecutes loyal people and harms the people, suddenly degenerates into a reporter!
Reason here and there!
In fact, if you fall, you will fall. Anyway, you will be given an extra point of salary. However, he, Li Yan, also has a new job. He has to select some of the top secret information from previous years that are suitable for declassification and use it to expose it in newspapers.
People like to explore secrets, and everyone has the desire to gossip. Especially the many secret incidents about once important people can arouse people's interest. Otherwise, there won't be many people writing memoirs.
Made a fortune.
Wang Xuan understands this mentality very well. After all, he was also a big boss in the newspaper industry in Heri Island back then.
There are many things that people of this era are unclear about, but he has operational experience. In order to promote the newspaper better, Wang Xuan will definitely start it now in Fujian. By the way, let’s take a look at where newspapers in modern society have been cloned into ancient times.
It needs improvement.
Of course, the more reason is that Fujian has a good mass base and its literacy rate is much higher than other provinces in the Ming Dynasty. This is thanks to Wang Xuan's investment in elementary education over the years.
When everything was ready, on a day worth remembering for future generations, Ming Dynasty's first newspaper, "News Weekly" published its first issue.
Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xinghua, and the entire nine prefectures of Fujian have printing plants operating at full capacity. Relying on the convenient transportation of cement roads, newspapers can be delivered to every county in Fujian within one day, and can be delivered to every county within two days.
a village.
In the morning, not long after the work rush hour, all the shops on the street started to open for business. Thanks to the development of the economy, pubs, teahouses, brothels and other places are everywhere in Fuzhou Prefecture and Xincheng.
It's so nice to sit here with a few friends when you have nothing to do, with a pot of wine or a pot of tea, two plates of fruits or side dishes, and chatting about everything.
Storytellers and singers are also very popular. Whenever they come out, they always cause a burst of cheers. After all, these things are still an indispensable part of the entertainment industry hundreds of years later.
Mr. Shan is a very famous storyteller. Today is different from the past. In the early years, although his books were good, his income was really average, which was just more than food and clothing. But in recent years, the economy has improved, and there are
There are more people with money, and the business of taverns and teahouses is booming. Due to competition with each other, his wages for storytellers have been rising again and again. With the money given by customers, he is now a wealthy man with three wives and a concubine.
Yesterday, he received a notice from someone in the government, telling him that starting tomorrow, before storytelling, he would first read the newspaper and select some content to read to the guests, and then he could start storytelling.
The government rarely interferes in the lives of ordinary people like them, but once an order is given, it is irreversible. But what on earth is this newspaper? This worried him all night.
Early the next morning, someone delivered the newspaper. When he received it, he became very curious. The newspaper was very large, four times the size of an ordinary book, but the handwriting was relatively small, densely packed, and separated into pieces.
, obviously I wrote a lot of things.
Since the government requires that newspapers must be read before storytelling, and it can be screened, then he must take a good look at it and choose something attractive to read to everyone, without ruining his brand name.
While eating breakfast, he picked up the newspaper and started reading. The first news on the front page made him put down his chopsticks involuntarily, and he read carefully under the surprised eyes of his wife and his third concubine.
The headline of the news is "Ping'an Nan - A record of Wuzhou Mr. Wang Xuan's sweep of Annan and Weijia overseas"
The chapter begins by talking about the history of Annan, from the time when the Han Dynasty opened up here, to the failure of the Yuan Dynasty’s conquest, to the Ming Dynasty’s unconquered country, to the twenty-year occupation during the Zhu Di period, when rebellions continued, the Ming Dynasty was mired in quagmire, to Xuande’s “abandonment of Jiaozhi”
", Li Li accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and Annan has continued to disturb the border since then, until now.
"Bang!" Mr. Shan looked at it and suddenly slammed the table so hard that the dishes jumped up. He cursed: "The small country of Zuer dares to offend China! You should be killed, you should be killed.
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It turns out that the paragraph just now fully explained the dangers of Annan, how many villages were massacred in Guangxi and Guangdong, how many people were killed and injured, and how much money was lost every year. The detailed data were shocking, and it immediately aroused Mr. Shan's anger.
Talking about the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin every day made Mr. Shan very murderous. He couldn't bear to hear such things. At this moment, he couldn't help but become furious. Several women and children sitting on the table were so frightened that they didn't dare to say a word and looked at him in horror.
"Master." The wife of the wife followed him from poverty and had the highest status in the family. At this moment, she asked aloud: "What's wrong with the master? Why are you so angry?"
"Hmph." Mr. Shan shook the newspaper in his hand, pointed to the front page and said, "Only after reading this news did I realize that a small country like Annan actually despises our country. However, Mr. Wuzhou has already commanded troops.
Once we set out, we will definitely be able to pacify Annan in one fell swoop."
"The master is holding Di Bao? Annan? Is it a small country in Guangxi?" The doctor put down her chopsticks and turned around and asked.
"No, this is called a newspaper. I'll tell my servants to buy another copy and have them read it to you. Okay, I won't eat it. I'm going to take a good look at it. I'm going to talk about this thing today."
After saying that, Mr. Shan stood up and left. In fact, he was already attracted by this newspaper. It was such a big newspaper, with five pages in total, and he wanted to take a good look at it.
It wasn't until the servant came over to tell him that he was going to the teahouse instead that he finally woke up and looked at the wall clock. He had been looking at it for a full hour.
The teahouse is full of people. At this time every day, it is the time for Mr. Shan to lecture on storytelling. These people come here on time almost every day to listen to the book. If they don't listen for a day, they feel like they are missing something.
Master Shan walked up to the stage and cupped his fists at everyone, but he did not start speaking immediately as usual. Instead, he said after cupping his hands: "Before I start talking about storytelling today, let's talk about something else first."
The unexpected words immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone looked at him curiously and heard Mr. Shan say: "The government has published a newspaper called "News Weekly". To put it bluntly, it is similar in nature to the Di News. However,
It is posted once a week and is sold to the public. The price is cheap. It records all kinds of information. If you are interested, you can buy it and take a look."
"Today, I will tell you the latest and first news."
"By the way, Annan..."
In the first issue of the newspaper, there was not much news about Annan. It basically stated that the troops would be dispatched to the mouth of the Red River and that would be the end of it.
The answer to the mystery will be revealed in the second issue, in order to maintain sufficient attraction, stimulate readers' desire to explore, and stimulate a sense of anticipation. Wang Xuan affectionately calls this technique 'fragmentation'.
This newspaper became popular throughout the province as soon as it was published. Thanks to the literacy rate, it was easy for everyone to find someone to understand the news. What's more, there were taverns, teahouses and other places dedicated to reading the newspaper. Even in rural areas, there were elementary school students.
Teacher, so reading the newspaper itself is not a problem.
What's more important is that it contains all kinds of news, including the expedition to Annan, people's livelihood, and declassification of previous major events. It has everything you need and can basically meet the needs of all classes of people.
What is particularly important is that all articles are written in vernacular, completely abandoning the ambiguous and wordy writing style so that the news will never be misinterpreted, ensuring accuracy and authority, and completely breaking the monopoly of information by big families.
At the same time, Wang Xuan also accelerated the deployment of slaves from Annan to mine in Guangdong, open cement plants and steel plants, rebuild roads, and popularize elementary education. With Fujian as the foundation, it can provide a large number of basic talents. The entire Guangdong
The construction speed far exceeds that of Fujian back then.
After everything was on track, Wang Xuan set his sights on Guangxi. During this period, news came one after another. Big households from all over Guangxi paid to work for the army. The food and wages were sufficient, and the army gradually joined forces and began to move towards
The front lines are gathering little by little, and in the process, troops are still being trained.
Under the auspices of Li Liangbi, the soldiers of each guard station began to be reclassified. The old, weak, sick, and disabled were separated from the green, and they were gathered little by little. But when they arrived at Siming Mansion on the front line, the 30,000-strong army was divided into two parts. Although the main
There are only more than 14,000 soldiers left on the station, but everyone can see that the combat effectiveness has increased unabated.
On the other hand, Li Liangbi also persuaded representatives of the four major parties to contact various chieftains in Guangxi, hoping to mobilize some troops to join the army.
The local chieftains in Guangxi are still very powerful. If they can gather together, it will not be a problem to gather more than 10,000 soldiers. What's more, he knows that there is another force in Guangxi that can play a big role in the war, and that is'
Five Poison Sect'.
The Five Poison Sect's ability to use poison will definitely play a decisive role at critical moments in the war.
Nowadays, things in Guangxi have reversed. After Li Liangbi integrated his forces with the help of the four parties, he has become more and more anti-customer, and the people of the four parties have to rely on Li Liangbi's behavior in many matters.