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Chapter 94: Move upon hearing the news (please subscribe)

Coming out of Qianqing Palace, the four people seemed to have been divided into two groups.

Zhang Weixian was more than ten years older than Chen Liangbi, and he valued Chen Liangbi very much. When Chen Liangbi came to see him before, he felt that he was one of the few nobles who wanted to cheer up.

So today, after seeing clearly the emperor's attitude towards him, he sided with Chen Liangbi without hesitation.

"His Majesty will inspect the capital camp at the school grounds the day after tomorrow. You must make good arrangements and make sure there are no mistakes. Whether you can realize your ambition depends on the future."

"I understand this. I will go directly to the Beijing Camp to arrange the arrangements later, and then let the newly formed new battalion protect His Majesty's safety. They are all good family members recruited by Xu Guangqi from Tongzhou. Knowing the basics, I think there will be no problem."

"I'm relieved of that."

On the other side, Xu Xigao was also discussing with Zhu Chunchen what to do next.

Originally, he did not want to block the reform of the Beijing camp, but Zhu Chunchen assured him that he would definitely handle the affairs of the Beijing camp, and he just asked him to support him at the critical moment.

At the same time, Zhu Chunchen also promised that after successfully pulling down Chen Liangbi, he would recommend Xu Xigao as the commander-in-chief of the right army. But now that he saw Zhu Youxiao personally taking action, Xu Xigao scolded himself for being stupid, and he retreated.

Seeing that he wanted to quit, Zhu Chunchen couldn't help but cheer up and said:

"Don't worry, what will happen if His Majesty personally inspects it? He is still young. As long as you give the leaders more money and tell them to be stricter, they will be allowed to continue making trouble in the school grounds in the future. As long as there are more people, the law will not work. It’s not easy for Your Majesty to blame everyone.”

"Afterwards, if the civil officials impeach him again, Chen Liangbi's position will definitely not be guaranteed. Someone will have to clean up the mess by then. If we take action to calm the incident then, everything will be fine."

Seeing that this matter was getting bigger and bigger, Zhu Chunchen understood deeply that he could not retreat, as long as he retreated, his flaws would be exposed.

When the time comes, the troublemakers and even the Erxu brothers will definitely expose their affairs, and I'm afraid I won't be able to eat and walk away that day.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, Emperor, Emperor, why can't he learn from his grandfather and be a Taiping Emperor?

Why do you want to do this hard-working trick? You are so trouble-making!You forced me to do it, he thought and comforted himself.

Zhu Chunchen's words also made Xu Xigao sigh secretly. As of now, this is the only way.
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The news in the palace has always been hidden. All kinds of palace secrets and gossip are spread in the capital every day, not to mention that there is now an official source of information, namely the "Da Ming Daily" (formerly the "Beijing News").

Early the next morning, Huang Dong waited outside the General Affairs Department early. In the past few days, he got up early and waited late at night, queuing up outside the General Affairs Department before dawn, just to buy the latest daily "Da Ming Daily".

"Get in line! Get in line, pay to register first, and then go inside to get it. Each person is limited to one purchase."

When the clerk of the General Affairs Department saw that there were almost a lot of people, he started selling.

Ever since Zhu Youxiao started to talk about printing the "Da Ming Daily", the workload of the General Affairs Department, which originally had a lot of government affairs, has increased a lot. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao felt that this matter was very important, and finally decided to let the General Affairs Department and the Director of Ceremonies work together. A department, called the Information Department, was formed to take charge of this matter.

The word news also appeared as early as the Tang Dynasty, referring to newly heard events, and people at this time would understand it as soon as they heard it.

With a dedicated department, the Information Department becomes more efficient.

Every day, the important news of the day was first collected, and the Hanlin Academy helped to screen it. Then a few articles based on the emperor's titles were selected, printed in the evening, and finally submitted to the emperor for review.

If Zhu Youxiao had no objection, he worked hard all night to print it and sell it at the door of the General Affairs Department the next morning.

"Master Zhang, we meet again. I was thinking of greeting you yesterday, but seeing that you were busy, I didn't dare to disturb you. I hope you'll accept this as my deposit."

"Huang Dong, let me catch you. Yesterday I saw you delivering tea to Ding Luo and the others. Why didn't you give me some tea?"

"Oh, how could I have forgotten you? Look, this is the Jiangnan Longjing that I just arrived, as a tribute to you!"

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. Huang Dong comes here every day to buy newspapers. He has already become one with these scribes, which makes it much easier to buy. Sometimes these scribes will sell him a few more copies in private for his use.

After successfully getting the newspaper, Huang Dong didn't dare to stop for a moment and walked straight south.

After crossing three blocks, I walked to the door of a small courtyard and waited. When I knocked on the door and went in, there were five people waiting in the courtyard. The Four Treasures of the Study were placed in front of each of them. When they saw Huang Dong coming, they didn't say much. .

I saw him skillfully spreading out the newspaper pamphlets. The five people had a clear division of labor. Each person selected a piece and copied it directly.After a while, I copied the contents of the newspaper.Then methodically and repeatedly copy out your own part of the text.

When Huang Dong saw that it was almost done, he took the original newspaper and a copied newspaper out of the courtyard and walked towards the teahouse.

It turned out that since Huang Dong discovered that the newspaper had important content but only a small number of copies sold, he took advantage of this business opportunity and started a reselling business. After selling it to others at increased prices many times, he also made some money.

Later, he expanded his business, rented a yard with all the principal, and hired several fast scribes to copy newspapers.

The copied newspapers were resold for fifty cents every day.Although it was not the original manuscript, the content was the same, and many people bought it, which made him a huge profit.

He quickly returned to the teahouse and handed the original newspaper to the shopkeeper.Now the teahouse has an official newspaper every day, which makes the teahouse's business increasingly full. For this reason, the shopkeeper even hired a newspaper reader. He does no other work every day and is only responsible for reading newspapers for tea guests. This can be regarded as stimulating the capital. Employed.

After Huang Dong gave the newspaper to the shopkeeper, he told him that he had something to do and went out. After hearing the shopkeeper's promise, he went out and walked right for a while to Lu Xiangsheng's residence.After entering the courtyard, he saw Lu Xiangsheng walking in the courtyard reading. Huang Dong saw this and walked up quickly.

"Brother Lu, this is today's newspaper. I just copied it. It's still warm. I sent it to you."

Since the last time I met Lu Xiangsheng, the two have become familiar with each other in the teahouse.

Seeing that Huang Dong wanted to make money from newspapers, Lu Xiangsheng also gave him a lot of good ideas, and even took money from Huang Dong to support him. Huang Dong was so grateful that he decided to give Lu Xiangsheng a free newspaper every day as a reward. reward.

Lu Xiangsheng was a generous man. Seeing that Huang Dong insisted on this, he didn't hesitate and accepted it.

Seeing Huang Dong handing the newspaper, Lu Xiangsheng also took it and went back to the house to make tea for Huang Dong.

Although Huang Dong has no fame, he is also a studious and inquiring person. After delivering newspapers to Lu Xiangsheng every day, he often discusses the contents of the newspapers with Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng has clear thinking and a good understanding of things in the DPRK, which makes Huang Dong win. Very beneficial.

"Something big is going to happen tomorrow!"

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng watching, he said.Huang Dong also put down the tea cup. He knew what happened.

"I briefly read the newspaper just now, and it said that Long Live will review the three major camps at the southern suburbs school ground, and will also test the children of the Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Beijing and above.

But Emperor Shenzong had also done this before inspecting the three major camps. There was nothing strange about this. It was just that it was strange to test the nobles. "

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head after hearing this.

"Originally, it was nothing surprising, but Long Live has only been on the throne for less than three months, and he is so anxious to review the three major camps. If you think about the recent rumors of trouble in the Beijing Camp, I am afraid that Taining Marquis Chen Liangbi will hinder the reform of the Beijing Camp. , Banzai is going to support him in the past."

When Huang Dong said this, he suddenly became enlightened.

"Master Long Live is really a determined person. He is only 15 years old now. He does whatever he says and sets an example. As mentioned in the newspaper last time, in order to meet the expenses of the court, he actually reduced the expenses of the palace by half and even reduced the original expenses. A lot of the income from internal funds was given to the court.

This was so different from his grandfather. During this period, anyone in the teahouse who didn't mention this would give him a thumbs up and say "good emperor."Even Mr. Zheng, who was complaining a lot when he heard that the tax was being raised, did not dare to say that Long Live was not the case. He could only secretly scold the officials who collected the taxes. "

It was all done by his predecessors. The emperor's recent actions not only attracted praise from everyone in the capital, but also impressed Lu Xiangsheng. The main reason was that his predecessors were so incompetent.

"You are right. It is not unusual for His Majesty to inspect the three major battalions. The main purpose is to test the more distinguished sons. This has never happened before in our dynasty."

In fact, when it came to this, Lu Xiangsheng had already guessed the emperor's purpose, and he couldn't help but shake his head. He was a little too hasty in doing things, so he was not afraid of opposition from the cabinet and others.

But Huang Dong's thoughts were different from his. As soon as he rolled his eyes, he had an idea in his mind.

"Brother Lu, you said that Wanzai is so eager to take the test as a more distinguished son. I think many people don't know it."

"Of course, this is an opportunity to show your face to His Majesty. Each family is not allowed to send its own direct descendants. Even if it fails, it is still good to show your face. Besides, there is a competition tomorrow, and it is very easy for someone to deliberately hide it. "

"Come on, this is really great. I won't drink this tea. I have to be busy now. My chance to make a fortune this year is today."

After saying that, he took a sip of hot tea and walked out the door without looking back.

"Eh~"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Huang Dong's retreating figure and understood what he was thinking. He must be thinking that the news was important. The newspaper would definitely be snapped up by the Duke's family. It would be difficult for him not to make money today.

Thinking of this, he smiled knowingly and ignored it. He continued to read books and newspapers and review his homework.

Just as the two of them thought, many distinguished families in the capital knew the news yesterday, and they had different thoughts for a while.

Some families still have children who continue to practice martial arts, but they are overjoyed when they hear about the competition.There are also some nobles who have fallen into decline. When they heard the news, they thought of this as an opportunity to revive their families.

However, some of the children of noble families only know how to carry birds around in cages and do not do their job all day long. Visiting brothels and playing dice are treasures of the family. When they hear about studying and practicing martial arts, it is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

Now when I heard that the emperor was going to take the test, I suddenly felt as big as an ox and refused to go. But this was an order from the emperor, how could I refuse it so easily.

As a result, the price of the bride price of the martial arts instructors in the capital and the prices of weapons and arrows skyrocketed. If you stood on the cusp of the storm, even a pig could fly.

And now Huang Dong is the pig in the spotlight. He is also smart. After returning to the courtyard, he immediately asked the copywriter to copy the news about the emperor's examination of the most noble children. After copying, he immediately arranged for people to go to the street where the nobles' mansions gathered. There were a lot of buyers when he was selling, which really made him a lot of money.

But he didn't know that his decisive sale not only made him a lot of money, but also changed the fate of some people invisibly.

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