Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 688, Mr. Newspaper

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"Annan's soldiers invaded Guangxi, burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil. The reason was that I, Ming Dynasty, did not want to accept him as a minister and pay tribute~"

The morning in the capital is bound to be accompanied by the yelling of newsboys.

Accompanied by the yelling of the newsboy, many people immediately gathered, and every newspaper was sold out in a blink of an eye.

Reading newspapers has become a part of life for young and old in the capital.

Those who can read and have conditions, naturally buy a newspaper by themselves, and read the newspaper while enjoying a leisurely breakfast at home.

If you are illiterate and want to know the content of the newspaper, and you don’t have a lot of money, that’s okay, you can go to the teahouse, there are special newspaper readers in the teahouse.

Responsible for reading newspapers to you, and explaining the contents of the newspapers, this also gradually gave birth to a new industry-Mr. Newspapers.

Naturally, not just anyone can be a newspaper reader, nor can he do well just by knowing how to read. If you want to be a good newspaper reader, this is the most basic requirement.

What's more, it is required to be able to say something ugly about the current events in the newspaper, and even to be able to comment on one or two, so that one can be regarded as a qualified newspaper reader.

As for becoming a truly top-notch newspaper reader, the knowledge involved is deep, familiar with ancient and modern times, citing scriptures, poetry and songs, knowing astronomy from above, geography from below, knowing five hundred years before and five hundred years after...

With the rise of a large number of factories and workshops and the rapid development of capitalism, more and more people commute to and from get off work on time, which also makes the morning tea business in the capital area develop rapidly, and there are teahouses everywhere.

From top-level teahouses with exquisite decoration and grandeur, where a breakfast costs a few taels of silver, to ordinary teahouses that receive office workers, there are everywhere. outside.

Whether the business of a teahouse is good or not has a lot to do with the newspaper readers hired by the teahouse. If the newspaper readers are good, the business of the teahouse will be extremely prosperous. If the newspaper readers are not good, the business of the teahouse will be much weaker.

Mr. Newspaper Reader's job is easy and easy, it is nothing more than reading the newspaper to everyone in the teahouse every morning, and explaining the content of the newspaper, which is difficult to say the least.

Not only must the time be arranged reasonably, but more importantly, the key is to publish some comments that make everyone feel reasonable based on the content of the newspaper.

Of course, Mr. Newspaper Reader can not only get a good salary from the teahouse, but the real big head is the rewards from the listeners. In many cases, the rewards from the listeners far exceed the salary given by the teahouse.

Especially in some mid-to-high-end teahouses, as the newspaper reader said well, rich nobles just throw down bank notes one by one, and can easily earn several taels of silver every day.

Tingyu Pavilion is one of the most famous teahouses in the capital. Every morning, just after dawn, Tingyu Pavilion is already overcrowded.

Many people get up early and come to Tingyu Pavilion just to listen to Mr. Zhou Zhishi's comments on the daily newspapers written by Mr. Zhou Zhishi.

Zhou Zhishi was originally just a down-and-out scholar who failed to succeed in repeated trials and failed in the second place. After passing the Qiuwei exam several times, he never took the imperial examination again, and instead concentrated on reading various heretical books, and often traveled around. Everywhere, you can see the landscape of Daming, and even went to Nanyang.

It is said that he is planning to go to the Golden Continent to see if the Golden Continent is really full of gold. He even wants to form a fleet to sail around the world to see if the world he lives in is really a ball.

In his words, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. The more you travel, the more things you see, the wider your knowledge will naturally be. In addition, you can truly form your own understanding of everything. knowledge and insights.

At this time, Ting Yu Pavilion has just opened for a short time, and the second floor is already full of people. The guests order a pot of tea, and then come for breakfast, holding today's latest Ming Morning Post in their hands.

Tingyu Pavilion will leave a middle table for Zhou Zhishi every day, and prepare Zhou Zhishi's favorite Longjing tea and osmanthus cake.

Zhou Zhishi took a sip of tea, ate two pieces of pastries, drank another sip of tea to moisten his throat, picked up the newspaper on the table, and began to read slowly.

"Today's headline news is that Annan soldiers invaded Guangxi, burned, killed and looted, and committed all kinds of evil~"

"There was an urgent report from Guangxi yesterday..."

Zhou Zhishi first read the above content in detail. He didn't read the newspaper indiscriminately, he was high-spirited and frustrating, and his emotions were extremely rich, which made everyone present couldn't help being angry and full of anger.

"Annan Chuoer, a small country, dares to repeatedly offend my Ming Dynasty. It is simply seeking death~"

"Yelang is arrogant, wolf is ambitious~"

"The white-eyed wolf who can't get enough to feed, I Da Ming doesn't want it to pay tribute, yet I dare to send troops. When my Da Ming army arrives, I will definitely kill them all."

All the people present roared out angrily and released their opinions.

Zhou Zhishi heard it, and smiled slightly. After everyone finished talking, he took a sip of tea and continued slowly: "The word Annan comes from the Annan Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty. Annan has belonged to China since the Qin Dynasty. Shenzhou governed, but when it came to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Wu Quan separated Annan from the Southern Han Dynasty, and Annan existed as a vassal state of our Middle Earth Dynasty for a long time after that."

"Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, during the Yongle period, Annan repeatedly violated the borders of the Ming Dynasty. King Annan was arrogant and reckless, and he insisted on calling himself a widow."

"My Ming Dynasty couldn't bear it, so I sent troops to Annan. From the fourth year of Yongle to the seventh year of Yongle, after dozens of battles, we finally won a complete victory. We eliminated the usurpering Annan Hu regime and won fifteen prefectures and forty-one prefectures. , two hundred and eight counties, and the Jiaozhi chief envoy was established."

Zhou Zhishi talked about the history of Annan, which made everyone present nod their heads, and immediately understood the historical origins of Annan and Daming.

"By the time of Emperor Xuanzong, this Annan was too far away from our middle land, so our Ming Dynasty withdrew its troops and returned to the north, revoked the chief envoy of Jiaozhi. So far, Annan is not under our Ming Dynasty's jurisdiction."

"However, this Annan is actually Daming Jiaozhi, and it has been a part of my Chinese state since ancient times."

After talking about Annan's history, Zhou Zhishi also gave a comment.

That is this Annan. In fact, it has been my land of China since ancient times. I, Ming Dynasty, once set up the Jiaozhi chief envoy here. Later, we gave up because we felt it was too far away.

"So that's how it is. This Annan is Jiaozhi, and it has been the land of my Ming Dynasty since ancient times~"

"Then why did Annan violate the Ming border?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded one after another, and then doubts popped up in their minds, why does Annan want to offend me, Daming?
"Open the map~"

Zhou Zhishi smiled and ordered, and soon the waiter in the restaurant took out a map of Ming Dynasty and hung it up.

"Everyone, please look at Annan's location~"

"It is located in the south of Guangxi, facing the East China Sea in the east, connecting with Champa in the south, connecting with Nanzhang (later Laos) and Penman (a part of later Laos) in the west, and connecting with Yunnan and Guangxi in my Ming Dynasty in the north. Then, there are hundreds of thousands of mountains in the middle."

Zhou Zhishi pointed at the map and began to introduce Annan's geographical location.

"Annan's geographical location is extremely important. It is located in the Indochina Peninsula and is connected to our Ming Dynasty by land. It is an important channel for our Ming Dynasty to enter the Nanyang region from the land."

"Speaking of Annan's invasion of Longzhou, Guangxi this time, the reason was because my Ming Dynasty did not accept his submission of tribute."

"This is why I have to mention the new Da Ming vassal state treaty issued by my Ming last year. In the past, as long as they paid tribute to my Ming, they could get several times the rebate from my Ming. Come to court."

"Although this is a manifestation of the great power of our Ming Dynasty, because our Ming Dynasty often returns several times, it is also for the Nanyang countries to see that it is profitable, and the scale of paying tribute every year is getting bigger and bigger every time. a huge burden."

"So much so that during the Xuanzong period, he had to order to limit the number and scale of tributes from various countries."

"The Nanyang countries paid tribute to me, Ming, called tribute, but in fact, it was mostly for profit. I also specifically expressed my humble opinion on the matter of paying tribute earlier."

"Your Majesty and all the gentlemen of the court, it is precisely because they clearly see this point, and there are so many merchant ships traveling to and from Nanyang, that they have specially formulated the Ming Dynasty vassal state agreement."

"From now on, those who want to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty can only be regarded as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty if they sign this agreement and strictly implement the treaties in the agreement, and then we, the Ming Dynasty, are willing to accept their vassal and tribute."

"But last year, only Korea, Wa, and Luzon signed the agreement. These three countries are willing to become my Ming's vassal state. Annan did not sign the agreement, so it is not my Ming's vassal state."

"It's not my Ming Dynasty's vassal state, so my Ming Dynasty won't accept it as a vassal and pay tribute, and Annan can't get a generous reward from my Daming side, so he has a grudge, so this time the soldier invaded me in Longzhou, Guangxi Things."

"In the final analysis, the cause of this matter is very simple. It is nothing more than that I, Da Ming, do not want to damage my own national strength for the sake of the so-called face."

"From now on, the countries in Nanyang will never think about making profits through tribute. However, this policy has violated the interests of these small countries in Nanyang, so not only Annan sent troops to invade Guangxi, Siam, Champa, Boni, Malacca, Java, and Sumatra. Wait for the Nanyang countries to impose tariffs on our Ming merchants."

"There was even a special organization of the state to attack my Ming merchant ship and kill my Daming merchant."

Zhou Zhishi explained the cause and process of this matter clearly, and it also made everyone present understand everything about this matter immediately.

In the final analysis, it is actually the word of interest.

　Always find an excuse to start a war~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)