Zhu Youzhen carefully looked at this sample newspaper, which was nearly one-third smaller than the newspapers of later generations, the color of the paper was a little yellow and dark, and the corners were relatively rough. Papermaking in this era is only the most primitive way, since Cai Lun invented papermaking, although it has been improved by many people, but the improvement is only the production process and the addition of some machinery that reduces manpower.

As for the whitening agents and fillers used in modern papermaking, because the Ming people's understanding of chemistry is still in the embryonic stage, these chemical and mineral additives have not appeared and been utilized.

Therefore, the paper made by the Ming Dynasty will not have the same color, and of course it will not have the same thickness and thickness in later generations. The sample newspaper on Zhu Youjian's hand is more like the exam papers made by school teachers when he was a child when materials were scarce.

Smelling the smell of rosin ink on his hands, Zhu Youzhen's expression was in a trance, and he seemed to have returned to his childhood. In Zhu Youzhen's memory, when he was in primary school, middle school, university, and even work, China was changing rapidly at every stage.

When he was a child, there were rape fields and a large mulberry garden next to his house, but in middle school, those fields became the family area of the factory, with rows of identical bungalows. There are about 5 families in a row of bungalows, and each row of bungalows is separated by 10 meters, of which 5 meters is divided into a backyard, and the other 5 meters is a passage in and out, and a small kitchen built by the workers themselves.

When he graduated from high school, the bungalows were pushed to the ground up and seven- or eight-story buildings were built. After graduating from university, the factory where my parents worked had been restructured, and the entire family area was included in the newly added urban area, and the originally neat buildings and bungalows were redeveloped into residential areas composed of small high-rise buildings equipped with elevators.

It can be said that in Zhu Youzhen's predecessor, he witnessed with his own eyes how China, a semi-industrial era, entered an industrial era. The magnificence of this industrial development is full of human wisdom and courage.

Su Changqing, who came out of such a China, couldn't stand this kind of life that seemed to be taken care of by others, but had no autonomy. And the silent and lifeless court, which is not as attractive as a family area of a state-owned enterprise in the decline in the 80s, is more attractive to Su Changqing.

Because in that family area, the people he met and came into contact with were at least living people with the ability to think independently. And in this court, he could not see a single person who was ideologically independent, as if the purpose of the existence of all people in this court was to obey him.

Living like this for a day, maybe Su Changqing will feel very novel, but after a few months, he will feel extremely lonely. That's when he understood why, after the rise of online games, single-player games quickly declined. And Zhu Youzhen's life is like playing a stand-alone version of the game, no one has a spiritual communication with him, and the only answers he gets the most are "yes" and "please forgive your majesty".

After walking for a while, Zhu Youzhen finally returned to the real world. After reading the content carefully, he called Wang Chengen and said, "Who wrote these articles?" ”

Wang Chengen replied respectfully: "Some of them were written by talented and outstanding people in the inner study hall, and some were written by the ministers who asked a few Hanlin, and the title and theme were exactly what His Majesty commanded. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "Why can't I understand it at all?" ”

Wang Chengen listened to the emperor's answer, and was suddenly a little speechless. As a courtier, of course, he can't accuse Chongzhen of not being able to understand, because of his lack of knowledge. As a vassal king, Chongzhen could only teach himself, and the erudite people of Hanlin and Neishutang were all Confucian masters who had been systematically educated.

Ignoring Wang Chengen's blushing face, and Ai Ai's speechless appearance, Zhu Youzhen continued to ask: "Who are you going to show this Ming Times?" ”

Wang Chengen blinked, he didn't understand what Chongzhen meant for a while, until Zhu Youzhen asked again, he hesitated and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this should be the same as the Di Bao, it is for the officials and gentry of the world, right?" ”

Zhu Youzhen closed the newspaper and threw it on the table, then looked at Wang Chengen and said solemnly: "Of course not, if it is for the officials and gentry of the world, why should I do it?" Do those officials believe the Di Bao issued by the imperial court, or the Daming Times handled by the East Factory? ”

Wang Chengen was suddenly shocked, and he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty to Zhu Youzhen: "Weichen is stupid, and he can't understand His Majesty's deep meaning, it's really a sin." Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear that we will wait for Weichen to reorganize the internal affairs of the East Factory. ”

Since Dongchang was ordered by Chongzhen to be changed to Daming Times, and judicial powers such as arrest, interrogation, and case judgment were abolished, a large number of Dongchang personnel were dismissed back to Jinyiwei, and only dozens of literate and hyphenated documents remained.

In Wang Chengen's view, Dongchang is no longer in ruins, and he naturally doesn't take it to heart for an organization that can't arrest people and interrogate people, and can only handle the same nature as Di Bao.

If it weren't for Chongzhen's daily inquiries about the news of the first sample issue of the Daming Times, Wang Chengen wouldn't even go around the Dongchang duty room in the past. He, a close minister of the emperor with the title of Admiral Dongchang, what he wants to do most now is to remove the title associated with Dongchang, because he can't afford to lose that person.

In the past, the commander of Dongchang meant that he was the most trusted favorite of the emperor in the palace, but now this number is not enough to sit in the lobby of Dongchang, what is the Daming Times? A bunch of sour and rotten literati who can only write and draw are completely opposite to the strong Dongchang in the past.

It was precisely because Wang Chengen didn't take this Daming Times office to heart, so he didn't think about Chongzhen's intentions, but just took the title and theme given by Chongzhen, found a few eunuchs with excellent writing in the inner study hall, and a few Hanlin who were unwilling to write a few articles.

In Wang Chengen's opinion, these people know that this is the emperor's topic, and they will inevitably work hard to make their name remembered by Chongzhen, and Jane is in the emperor's heart. But I didn't think that the gorgeous articles written by these writing masters of the Inner Book Hall and the well-educated people of the Hanlin Academy did not enter Chongzhen's eyes.

As a eunuch who worked hard in the palace, Wang Chengen naturally knew that the future of the eunuch was in the emperor's thoughts. Only the emperor's favor is the foundation of the eunuch's life. And the emperor's favor comes from the fact that every thing the emperor explains can be done in line with the emperor's wishes.

It is normal that the text on the sample newspaper is not in line with Chongzhen's wishes. But all the words on the sample newspaper are not in line with Chongzhen's wishes, and there are some problems. Either the emperor was dissatisfied with him, or he didn't know anything about the emperor's intentions. And no matter which one it is, it is not good news for Wang Chengen.

Seeing Wang Chengen skillfully kneeling down and pleading guilty, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but shake his head, "Even if the officials and gentry of the world read this Daming Times, they will not praise it, let alone agree with what is propagated in this newspaper, because this newspaper is run by Dongchang."

The purpose of this newspaper is to let the people of Li know what happened in the Ming court? What are the policies promulgated by the state? In a word, this newspaper represents the voice of the gentry, not the voice of the officials and gentry.

When Wei Zhongxian attacked the Donglin Party, was it all wrong? I don't think so. That Li Sancai kept saying that he wanted to ask for the people's life and prevent the imperial court from collecting taxes. However, his brother is the largest dock transshipment merchant in Tongzhou, and his family occupies Daye Iron Mine and Ma'anshan Iron Mine, with a family property of more than 4 million taels.

Such a shameless official can still be touted by Donglin as a clean and capable national talent. Jin Yiwei obviously has so much evidence of Li Sancai's corruption, but are the people of the world willing to believe it?

I have abolished the judicial power of the East Factory, but not the supervision power of the East Factory, and I hope you will not be mistaken about that. The reason why the Donglin Party members were able to rely on the identity of Qingliu and make irresponsible remarks about the government was nothing more than that they had mastered and influenced the mouthpiece of the officials and gentry in the world.

However, the officials and gentry in the world can not survive millions of people, and the population of my Ming people exceeds one trillion people, if they can get the support of the people of the Ming Dynasty, can the Donglin Party still encourage the local people to attack the court officials as they do today? ”

Zhu Youzhen's words were not very harsh, but Wang Chengen felt that his back was sweating. Originally, he thought that Chongzhen was forced by the attack of the powerful Donglin Party in the DPRK, so he changed the Dongchang to the Daming Times, in this way to abolish the Dongchang and obtain the support of the Donglin Party for the new emperor.

But today's words of Chongzhen clearly show that he, Wang Chengen, is completely reversed. Chongzhen seems to be more disgusted with those Donglin Party members than Tianqi, and he simply wants to eliminate the foundation of Donglin Party's existence from the ideological point of view.

Without the support of public opinion of the local gentry, the seemingly powerful Donglin Party was a group of anachronistic literati, who could be sent out of Beijing with just a few edicts.

When Wang Chengen was pondering Chongzhen's thoughts, Zhu Youzhen continued to instruct: "I will write an article later, and then you have someone bring this article and the sample newspaper to Liu Jingting, and ask him to modify it into a language suitable for the people in the market to understand according to the style of my article." In the future, the newspapers of the Daming Times will be reviewed by Liu Jingting and then handed over to me for reading.

In addition, there is another thing, you ask Jin Yiwei to register all the storytellers in the Beijing teahouse, and then let Liu Jingting select and train one or two, and in the future, every Ming newspaper must be read to the people, as an introduction before storytelling.

As for the other provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Times also has to install people, and it is necessary to make the content of this newspaper known to the people of the world, understand? ”

Wang Chengen immediately kowtowed and replied, "I understand, Weichen obeys the order." When Wang Chengen answered Zhu Youzhen's question, he was a little excited in his heart. According to Chongzhen's plan, the renamed Dongchang has a lot of power, at least in the past, the power of the Dongchang was rarely able to leave the capital.

Originally, he had always complained about Chongzhen's support of the capital governor and the suppression of Dongchang and the celebrant eunuch, but now it seems that this Ming Times can justifiably spread the power of eunuchs to the whole world.

For these eunuchs who are partially mutilated, their pursuit of power is not smaller than ordinary people, but it is still excessive. No matter what Chongzhen's original intention was, at this moment, in Wang Chengen's eyes, this is what Chongzhen did not mean to suppress the eunuchs. This is a good sign, Wang Chengen said to himself in his heart.