It was nearly June, the sun was getting hotter and hotter, and the weather in Kaifeng was getting hotter and hotter.

At noon, the pedestrians on the street were less than half, and neither people nor animals were willing to go out in the sun, so they knew that they were most energetic, and kept screaming in the trees.

However, it seems that the sun can bask people, but it is a good day to dry clothes and quilts and books.

Zhang Dian rested today. After taking a bath, he changed into dry clothes, asked his subordinates to move a reclining chair to the courtyard, and lay down comfortably in the shade of the tree. hung up a sign of closing the door and preparing to take advantage of the rest to read a few books.

However, when he saw that the stone slabs in the courtyard reflected the sunlight and were shining, his heart immediately moved, and he called all the people who were waiting in the study to come over, and moved the books, correspondence and messy writing and paper to the courtyard to expose them to the sun.

The two brothers, Zhang Zhi and Zhang Yuan, were also called over by Zhang Dian. They don't have to run in and out to carry books, but they have to sort out books and papers in the sun.

Having assigned all the tasks, Zhang Dian pulled out a book from the pile of old books, leaned back on the chaise longue, and watched his son and his subordinates busy with their work.

The wind under the tree blew comfortably, and Zhang Dian fell asleep unconsciously. When I woke up again, I looked at the shade on the ground, it didn't move much, and it didn't seem to be long.

Look at the courtyard, the books have been spread all over the courtyard, the people are standing around, and the two sons are putting their heads together, holding a newspaper and reading again.

"Haven't sorted it out yet?"

Zhangton got up and walked over, and pulled the newspaper out of his son's hand, who was jumping in fright.

Ignoring the trembling two sons, Zhang Dian squinted his eyes and swept over the old newspapers that were damaged in many places: "Qiyun Express...... Third Installment...... Or at the beginning of the Kemari League...... There were only eight teams back then. Now there are hundreds of them. It's only been a few years. ”

Holding this old newspaper with only the race newspaper, Zhang Dun had mixed feelings in his heart.

Witnessing the rise of the two newspapers, there are times when Zhang Dian thinks back and finds it hard to believe.

The two major leagues have become an indispensable part of the lives of the people of Kaifeng, so the newspapers that publish the results of each round of the two leagues have also become a must-have for gamblers.

In the large and small restaurants and tea shops in Tokyo, it is indispensable to prepare a few copies for customers to read. In the seventy-two main stores, even in each private room, there are the latest issues.

The literacy rate of men in the capital is not low, and one out of two or three people has opened a Mongolian school and read a book. Even though a large part of them only learned 1,000 words and knew a few hundred words, there was no problem at all in reading a newspaper with simple words.

From publishing the race newspaper, to advertising the shops, to publishing some strange stories from all over the world, and then to the market topics in the streets and alleys of Kaifeng, now, the two express newspapers have begun to make voices to discuss the government and the current situation, and they are published on the so-called news page.

In the past, news was synonymous with 'internal detectives, provincial detectives, and government detectives'—that is, tabloids engraved with internal information obtained from the palace, the Zhongshu sect, and the Jingbaiji. It was originally a tabloid, but in order not to attract the attention of the government, it was named news. But this is just covering your ears and stealing the bell, and you must still check it when you should check it. But to this day, the two express newspapers are grandly named after it.

A group of officials in Beijing who were most concerned about the movements of the imperial court. When the two newspapers began to involve current affairs, even the courtiers who did not think about the gambling game began to regard reading the newspaper as a daily homework.

However, this is more reassuring than the gossip on the street or the revelations that are spread all over the street at night, at least it is clear who is in the background at a glance, it is very convenient to control and investigate, and the parties can be found. It even has the function of refuting rumors and helping the court say something inconvenient to say.

For example, this time when Song Liao went to war, the timely reports of the two express newspapers on the frontline battle situation, as well as the accurate comments on the war situation, made the rumors of panic have no place to exist. In other words, it was the old days, that is, to fight with the western thieves, and the sound of the horses' hooves galloping across the royal road at night can make the capital startled three times overnight.

This is just stuck on the bottom line that the imperial court can tolerate, and even has to acquiesce in the right of newspapers to publish news.

But Goshitai is like a cat with a tail stepped on, and it is their exclusive power to hear about it, and it is their duty to keep Zaisukke from blinding Shengcong. Where can others be allowed to divide their power?

But at the beginning, the newspaper office could be completely trampled on as a weed, but now, it has changed from a sapling to a towering tree.

The contents of the two newspapers were well received, and many scholars, scholars, doctors, and businessmen who were very prestigious among the people of the capital became editors or writers.

The articles of parents and schools are printed on the same paper, although they started from the newspaper of the gambling game, but now they have an influence that people cannot ignore.

In the Shilin Qing Debate, the reputation of the newspaper was several times better than that of the Imperial Historical Tower, which had become the knife that stabbed political opponents in factional struggles. And the two main offices behind the newspaper are even more unshakable by the Yushitai.

The attack of Yushitai did not bring much trouble to the deep-rooted newspaper, and in the end, it had to reach a tacit understanding with the newspaper. The name of the official does not appear in the express newspaper, and it does not attack the government and government, but only conveys the content of the newspaper.

However, only some insiders know that a large part of the sources of several newspapers come from the secret spies of the Imperial City Division. And a large part of the report of the Imperial City Division also comes from the eyes and ears of the newspaper.

Because the secret reports of the Imperial City Division can always be confirmed in the newspapers, Shi Deyi is no less valued in front of the queen than when the Son of Heaven was in power.

And compared with the concerts that are often surrounded by clouds and mountains and mist, the easy-to-understand reports on the express are easier for Empress Xiang to understand. The biggest supporter of the two major newspapers is the queen.

The reason why Yushitai compromised was because the queen said that if you listen to it, it will be clear, and if you listen to it, it will be dark.

In addition to supervising the officials, the role of the imperial history is also to convey the feelings. Now the Yushitai attacks the two major newspapers, but it is tantamount to openly admitting that they want to monopolize the eyes and ears of the palace and embolize the mouths of the people.

But the power behind the two major newspapers is actually the same thing, all of them are wealthy and noble families in Beijing. How much of the reason that the queen came up with was that it was mentioned by the noblewomen who entered the palace every day to greet her, it is really hard to say.

When he bought this newspaper with only the results of the game and the introduction of the team, he never imagined that the express newspaper published by Qi Yun and the horse racing club would one day become the history of cloth clothes.

It's just that the two newspapers are not good men and women. The benefits and benefits of newspapers are not without the interest of others. I don't know how many people want to start a newspaper to make money. Last year, a "Daily News" appeared, with the support of several noble relatives behind it.

It also started from the race report. There will never be a report of the Keju Tournament in the Horse Racing Headquarters' Daily Express, and the Qiyun Express will not publish the results of horse racing. This gave the Daily News a chance to stand out.

If the development continues, the three-legged situation of the Beijing newspaper will soon appear. Unfortunately, within a few days, the fire broke out, and the house of the "Daily News" office burned to the top, and the head of the newspaper office was also asked about the crime of leaving the fire and fined a large amount of family wealth.

That's who they really are.

After sitting in the shade of the tree and groaning for a while, Zhang Dian summoned his sons over, "Big brother, you go to the Sansi Yamen and ask Lu Wangzhi to let go of the yamen and come to the mansion." ”

Zhang Zhi hurriedly responded, quickly changed his clothes, and went to ask Lu Jia, who was the third envoy at the time, to ask.

"Second brother, you can find me the newspaper from five days ago to today."

Zhang Yuan also agreed, and turned around to find the newspaper.

Zhang Dian sat under the tree, frowning. The shade that could still be felt has now turned into heat.

"Your Excellency."

Zhang Yuan looked up, and Zhang Yuan had already found all the express reports from the past few days.

After flipping through it a few times, Zhang Dian quickly found what he was looking for.

Five days ago, in the "Qiyun Express", the latest statistics of the Great Song Dynasty were being discussed.

Every leap year, the imperial court had to make a new household registration and field book so that it could keep abreast of changes in the household registration and fields. Today's calendar is nineteen years and seven leaps, and basically it takes two or three years to make a new book.

Last year was a leap year, after the autumn harvest, all localities began to verify the household registration, and it took half a year to summarize the book, and send it to Beijing one by one.

Because of the war, there is no way to calculate Hedong, and Hebei has been hit a lot, but all other roads and household registrations have increased greatly.

On the "Qiyun Express", the data is listed, and even the chart is drawn - at first glance, it is a little incomprehensible, but after careful consideration, using the chart to compare the data over the years, the amount of change can make people clear at a glance, which is much stronger than looking at the numbers directly.

The chart is horizontal and vertical. From the beginning of Xining to the record of this time, the changes in the world's household registration can be intuitively seen through the chart.

In peacetime, it is natural that the number of households is increasing every year. However, in the six years of Xining, the curve of hukou changes has sharply improved, and the number of hukou has increased by one-tenth compared with the previous time.

This is the credit of the armor protection law. The role of the Baojia Law is not only to train the militia and stabilize the locality, but more importantly, through the establishment of the Baojia Law, it can more effectively organize households and unite the people, and find out the hidden households who have escaped.

But last year's growth rate was only slightly lower than that of Xining's six years, and the broken line was also upturned upward. In the newspaper, a lot of space was devoted to praising the stability of the court and the clarity of the government in recent years, which made the world smooth and rainy. It's just that at the end, the pox method is mentioned in a few short sentences.

Zhang Dian couldn't see the true intention of this article, but the benefits of the pox method are recognized by the world, and the Yaowang Temple, which is full of incense all over the world, also proves the desire of the people.

Zhongshu and Sansi both wanted to know who leaked such important national data to Lu Dao, and they didn't have an eyebrow after checking it for a few days. It would be a complete joke for a sieve-like yamen to find out from which hole the sand leaked down.

Fortunately, the data in the newspaper did not specifically refer to the county, and relatively speaking, it was a tacit agreement.

The number of nearly 20 million households is enough to intimidate the enemies in the north. Even if there is one soldier from ten households, there will be two million strong men to be driven, and it will not affect the internal stability of the country.

At the same time, it can also calm people's hearts, although the two governments have a lot of complaints about this, but they can only acquiesce.

Zhang Dian shook his head, in fact, he had to remain silent, it was already difficult to control.