Chapter 132 Official: What should we do, are we really going to lose? !
After thinking about it for a while, Yang Jingchen looked at Gong Dinghe and said, "It hasn't been long since the imperial court rewarded Uncle Zhang Guo and them. Even if they lined up the copper letters all night, they wouldn't print many. Let's just send money to buy all the newspapers, and at least Don't let these "Da Ming Daily" flow out of the capital!"
Gong Dinghe nodded: "You are right. At present, it should not cost much money."
Yang Jingchen, Gong Ding and these bureaucratic scholar-bureaucrats are not short of money, because they are not only big local landlords, but also rich businessmen.
After all, as big bureaucrats in the court, in the late Ming Dynasty society where it is impossible to succeed in business without the combination of officials and businessmen, they not only merged fields, but also merged a large number of industries.
So, buying all the "Da Ming Daily" currently appearing in the capital is really not a big deal for them.
It didn't take long for merchants to buy "Da Ming Daily" in various departments of the capital, and they bought it at a high price.
After reading the contents of the newspaper, the common people are also willing to resell the newspapers they bought for money.
Thus, for a while, these merchants who were instructed by the civil officials behind them, such as Yang Jingchen and others, to buy newspapers also bought a lot of "Daming Daily"
"Master Hou, some merchants are buying our newspapers in large quantities at high prices."
Zhou Neng also explained the matter to Zhang Gui.
After hearing this, Zhang Gui said: "Let them buy it. We just add a lot of seals here. Ben Hou wants to see how rich and powerful the people who don't want the people in the world to read and listen to the newspaper are behind this! Maybe this can also make them grow up." Let them learn a lesson, and let them know how much a blow they despise for their tricks and ingenuity!"
"Since that's the case, let them buy it?"
"Let them buy it!"
So, next, a large number of "Daming Daily" still appeared in the market, and many even began to be shipped in batches to other places through the canal, and some were shipped out of the customs in batches on mule carts.
Some bureaucrats and bureaucrats who are unwilling to let "Da Ming Daily" appear on the market in large numbers are still letting their merchants buy these newspapers.
But soon, they found that the speed of their acquisitions could not keep up with the speed of publishing "Da Ming Daily".
"Master! I really can't accept any more!"
"We are almost running out of money in several banks in the capital!"
"But even so, the "Da Ming Daily" in the capital was almost bought on the first day, and a large number of "Da Ming Daily" appeared on the second day, and they were still published about the achievements related to Xichang. They It’s being printed so fast, we can’t buy it all.”
Merchant Liu Dong complained to his master Yang Jingchen at this time.
Yang Jingchen was also very depressed at this time, and couldn't help saying: "It seems that this Xichang is determined to promote itself, the key is how can they print so fast?!"
"That's right! If things go on like this, it won't help whether my "Di Bao" of the Secretary of the General Administration will publish the arrest of Nurhachi and Li Yongfang in the west factory."
Gong Dinghe said rather helplessly.
But Yang Jingchen suddenly thought of another idea, and said: "Since they want to promote themselves, we should also run a newspaper, print a large number of newspapers about his martyrdom in Xichang, and distribute them like his "Daming Daily" .”
"Then you have to think about what kind of dirty things Xichang did."
Gong Dinghe said again: "Don't make up nonsense! Otherwise, Uncle Zhang Guo will tell His Majesty, and we will be overwhelmed, saying that we are slandering and biting."
Yang Jingchen nodded: "Then seriously think about what evil Xichang has done?"
Gong Dinghe thought for a while and said: "I really can't figure it out. This West Factory has been cracking down on smuggling and recovering taxes. These His Majesty and the people will not think it is a dirty thing!"
Yang Jingchen said.
Gong Dinghe nodded: "Then just mention the factory guard, not whether it is the East Factory or the West Factory."
Yang Jingchen looked at Liu Dong as he spoke: "Go and find more craftsmen who know how to print copper characters. If we want to tell the time here, we don't need to recruit people now."
"yes!"
Liu Dong agreed.
It didn't take long, and indeed no merchants bought "Da Ming Daily" in large quantities and at high prices.
It’s just that there is a new kind of newspaper on the market, which is the Hanlin Daily published by the Hanlin Academy, which contains a large number of illegal content about factory guards, such as blackmailing vendors, eating cards and other things.
Moreover, this "Hanlin Daily" also learned from "Daming Daily" to buy some children and beggars to sell newspapers, and buy some poor scholars to read newspapers for the common people.
In short, under the stimulation of "Daming Daily", for the first time, the high-ranking bureaucrats and bureaucrats also began to contact the people at the bottom, trying to influence them and achieve their own goals.
After Zhang Gui saw the "Hanlin Daily", he only called Zhou Neng, who was in charge of the internal security supervision of the West Factory: "We, the West Factory, have really done so many evil things?"
As he spoke, Zhang Gui said, "Look at it first, and then answer me."
"yes!"
Zhou Neng read the "Hanlin Daily".
After reading it, Zhou Neng replied: "Master Hou, none of this was done by our West Factory! These were all done by the East Factory and Beizhen Fusi. If anyone under our West Factory commits a crime, the humble staff will be the first to do it." I have reported to you, and there is not a single thing that the humble official has reported to you. The reason is that you have issued instructions in time to let us in the West Factory resolve these matters by ourselves, so everything has not been spread, and they have not Can't know."
After hearing this, Zhang Gui said: "These people are really despicable! It is obvious that Dongchang and Beizhen Fusi did it. They are not called factory guards, and they also use this to directly criticize the factory guards, as if all the factory guards are not. It's like a good thing, it's obvious that it's secretly planning to make my West Factory dirty!"
"Master Hou, what should we do now?"
Zhou Neng asked.
"Let our "Da Ming Daily" report more of all the dirty things related to bureaucrats and bureaucrats that our West Factory has collected in the process of cracking down on smuggling and recovering taxes, more than expected. , What about climbing ashes, raising uncles, promiscuity in Buddhist temples, etc., are all reported, don't save face!"
"In addition, continue to expand the printing volume of "Daming Daily". Anyway, we have a new printing technology, and it is easy to expand the printing volume. In addition, the price will be lowered, and small profits will be sold!"
After Zhang Gui ordered, he said again: "They think that they can achieve the goal of discrediting my west factory by secretly using the sins of the East Factory to blackmail the people in the West Factory? It's really a beautiful idea!"
"As everyone knows, our Xichang has long been prepared to let the bureaucrats and bureaucrats do all the things they did in the sun, so that the people all over the world will know how noble the scholars they admire are."
"yes!"
When Zhang Gui arranged this way, Tianqi also saw a copy of "Hanlin Daily" from a memorial played by a spokesman, and knew many ugly things done by the factory guards.
Therefore, Tianqi called Zhang Gui and Wei Zhongxian.
As soon as the two came, Tianqi took out the "Hanlin Daily" and asked the two: "West factory and East factory really did so many things that harm the people?"
Because Wei Zhongxian's main energy was in the palace, he was not very clear about the affairs outside the palace, so he instinctively spoke for his Dongchang: "Go back to the emperor, the servants of Dongchang have always obeyed the law, how could they harm the common people? ?”
Speaking, Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhang Gui: "It's just that I don't know if there are people in Uncle Guo's Xichang who don't know about it, and it's not necessarily true."
"Isn't Sun Yunhe from Yidong Factory?"
Apocalypse asked at this time.
(end of this chapter)