My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 519
"Boatman Luo Jian has corrupted people's morals and must be banned..."

Outside the newspaper office, a group of young scholars held up signs and loudly protested to the newspaper office.

During this time, they took turns to gather around the door of the newspaper office, loudly expressing their dissatisfaction with the newspaper office and Luo Jian, and demanding that the newspaper office ban Luo Jian.

But the newspaper office ignored them, and there were guards outside the newspaper office, so they did not dare to attack the newspaper office, so they could only remain in a stalemate.

Among the protestors, a tall and thin young man was particularly active. This young man's surname was Feng Mingyuan, a native of Jiangxi. He was quite talented when he was young. He went to Beijing to study last year and quickly became famous among scholars. He has a good reputation, and he was the one who organized this protest at the news office.

Feng Yuan took the lead and shouted in protest. Although they knew it would have no effect, the young people's blood surged. Even if they knew they couldn't do anything, they still made futile efforts without hesitation. At least they had to express their thoughts.

When everyone was tired, Feng Yuan asked people to bring tea and snacks. A group of people sat together, chatting about some poems and songs, or chatting about romantic affairs. After all, when young people get together, there will always be endless things to talk about. topic of.

It wasn't until it was getting late that Feng Yuan and the others dispersed.

Feng Yuan came from a big family and had his own properties in various places. Therefore, he also had his own house in the capital, otherwise he would not have the money to buy tea and snacks for his protesting companions.

But just when Feng Yuan returned to his residence, someone suddenly came to visit.

"Brother Fang, why are you here?"

Feng Yuan saw the person visiting him in the living room. He was in his 20s, had a square face, a tall build, and looked quite majestic. This person's name was Fang Qiao, a student of the Imperial College and a close friend of Feng Yuan. Fang Qiao also went to protest in front of the news office, but was later called back by the Imperial College.

"Brother Feng, something is wrong!"

Unexpectedly, when Fang Qiao saw Feng Yuan, he immediately stepped forward with a serious face.

"What's wrong?"

Feng Yuan was stunned and immediately asked.

"I'm afraid we can't continue the protest!"

Fang Qiao directly explained his purpose.

"Why can't it continue?"

Feng Yuan frowned when he heard this, and asked in confusion. During this period, they were protesting, but they didn't do anything extraordinary, so the newspaper couldn't do anything to them.

"Brother Feng, you don't know something. Today, His Majesty praised Luo Jian's article in front of the Prince of Han, and asked him to continue writing it. This also means that Your Majesty has taken a stand on this matter!"

Fang Qiao replied solemnly.

"What? Your Majesty, how could he..."

Feng Yuan's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he even wanted to scold Zhu Di for being confused, but he did not dare to say it.

"Brother Feng, His Majesty has stated his position. If we go to the newspaper office again to demand that Luo Jian be banned, it may not be appropriate, so I think this matter should be stopped!"

Fang Qiao solemnly advised at this time.

"Brother Fang, it's not that I don't believe you. How did you know that His Majesty expressed support for Luo Jian?"

Feng Yuan suddenly asked Fang Qiao, after all, it is difficult for ordinary people to have access to what happens in the palace.

"To be honest with Brother Feng, my father is a disciple of Xia Shangshu, and this matter was told by Xia Shangshu personally to my father. My father knew that I was involved in this matter, so he specifically warned me not to do it again. Get involved in this.”

Fang Qiao explained in a low voice. "That's it, thank you Brother Fang!"

When Feng Yuan heard this, he immediately thanked Fang Qiao. If the other party came to inform him, he had indeed fulfilled his duty as a friend.

"Brother Feng is too polite. Judging from the current situation, it is basically impossible for the news newspaper to ban Luo Jian. But my father said something to me, and I think it makes sense."

When Fang Qiao said it to the end, he also showed a thoughtful expression.

"What did your father say?"

Feng Yuan immediately asked.

"My father said that we and Luo Jian are in a literary dispute. Since it is a literary dispute, we must win with articles. The other party can write morally corrupt articles to attract people, and we can also write our own thoughts and ideas in the articles. Find a way to make the article more attractive than the other party's, or even submit it to the news, and then squeeze Luo Jian out!"

Fang Qiao said seriously.

"This... can this work?"

Feng Yuan was a little skeptical. In his opinion, Luo Jian's article was vulgar, but the more it was like this, the more ordinary people liked it. He couldn't write such a vulgar article. Even if he could write it, he would have no shame to publish it.

"Brother Feng, you are a well-known talent in the capital. Both in talent and knowledge, you are far superior to Luo Jian. As long as we are willing to find a way, we will definitely be able to write more attractive articles than Luo Jian!"

Fang Qiao opened his mouth to encourage him.

"It seems reasonable to say so."

Feng Yuan thought for a moment after hearing this, and then slowly nodded.

Since they couldn't go to the newspaper office to protest, they had to come up with a way to contain Luo Jian, and this method of winning with articles seemed to be a good idea.

"So, Brother Feng, you will send people away tomorrow, and then let everyone think of ways to overwhelm the other party with articles. This is the correct way to defeat Luo Jian and the News!"

Fang Qiao patted Feng Yuan on the shoulder and said again.

That night, Feng Yuan had insomnia. He had always been very confident about writing articles. After all, he was famous for his articles when he was young. No matter how difficult the topic was, he could write a beautiful article.

But facing Luo Jian, Feng Yuan had no confidence in defeating him. He had studied Luo Jian's articles and found out that they were all written in vernacular, not to mention literary, but they were very attractive and made people laugh. Want to keep reading.

"Everything written by this villain Luo Jian is crooked. One day, I will prove to the world what a truly good article is!"

In the end, Feng Yuan secretly swore in his heart that he would never admit defeat no matter what, even if he knew the road ahead was difficult, he would still go on.

So early the next morning, Feng Yuan came to the newspaper office again, but he persuaded his companions to leave. After all, His Majesty the Emperor had already stated his position, and it was useless for them to persist.

However, Feng Yuan did not give up. He told his companions what Fang Qiao had said, hoping that everyone could work together to find a way to surpass Luo Jian in the article. This suggestion was immediately responded to by others.

So in the next period of time, not only did the Confucian Journal receive a large increase in submissions, but the News also received a large number of submissions. Some people with flexible minds actually began to imitate Luo Jian's writing style and write some fresh stories. He probably wanted to use this method to replace Luo Jian.

But these people do not have Luo Jian's experience, and most of the stories they write are ordinary and cannot be compared with Luo Jian.

At this time, Zhu Di finally announced that Yongle Daily was established, and the first official newspaper of the Ming Dynasty was officially launched.

(End of this chapter)