Five minutes past midnight.
Kyoto, Great Wei.
It is not yet light.
Many of the people are up early.
Opening their eyes, for the people who live in Kyoto, most of the time is quite idle.
Greater Wei Kyoto is not only the political centre of Greater Wei, but also mainly a tourist area, where every household does a small business or rather goes to work in a teahouse or pub.
After all, there are tens of thousands of teahouses and pubs in Kyoto alone, which are overcrowded during the high season and not many during the low season.
In other words it means that the people of Great Wei Kyoto are still considered to be out of poverty, at least 90% of the people are out of poverty, at least they don’t have to worry about their daily bread.
The literacy rate was also quite good, and those who could come to Great Wei Kyoto were basically somewhat capable, whatever it was, and illiterate people could not get along in Great Wei Kyoto.
Counting children, women and so on, around 60% of the people, were literate.
This is Great Wei Kyoto, and there are still some cards to be played.
What do people do when they have nothing better to do?
Undoubtedly, they would listen to music in the bars.
The most you can do is listen to a song for three minutes, and after that?
After that, we can only get together and talk about nothing, you talk about someone’s family, I talk about someone’s family, discuss astronomy and geography, and then go back to the politics of the Great Wei.
What? How will this reform of the Tusi Dynasty affect Wei?
What, what will be the next step for the eight merchants of Great Wei to save themselves.
What, what will Xu Qingnian rely on to become a saint.
Basically, it was just chatting about this kind of day, and one was more exaggerated than the other, and one was more reasonable than the other, and you and I were having a lot of fun.
And just at that moment.
Sun Nan in Second Avenue opened his eyes, got up in a daze, stretched, and after a simple wash.
Sun Nan walked towards the outside.
He was a typical Kyoto man who got up every morning, a bowl of bean juice with a few sweets and then scampered through the hutongs or to a restaurant to hear some stories.
Generally speaking, if there was something he knew, he would tell it, but if he didn’t, he would make it up on the spot, and no one cared whether it was true or not anyway.
Half-truths, half-lies, half-theories, this works best.
When he came to the street, it was just after dawn. Sun Nan found a random shop and ordered a bowl of bean juice, while thinking about what kind of bullSh*t he should blow today.
However, before Sun Nan could sit on his buttocks, suddenly, a figure swept past him and rushed towards North Street.
“Old Zhang!”
“Old Li!”
“What are you guys doing?”
Sun Nan was a little curious, not only was he a little curious, but even some of the surrounding people were a little curious too.
However, Old Zhang and Old Li simply ignored Sun Nan and ran even faster instead.
“It’s early in the morning, isn’t this nothing to eat?”
Sun Nan ignored it and waited for the bean juice to appear.
Just after a while, a figure appeared in front of him panting and said.
“Sun Nan, why are you still sitting here? Hurry up and go watch the fun.”
The other party appeared, a friend of Sun Nan’s, speaking out of breath.
But as soon as he said this, everyone in the shop widened their eyes and pricked up their ears.
Lively? Where was the hustle and bustle?
Sun Nan couldn’t help but get excited too.
“What’s going on?”
Sun Nan pulled the other party to sit down and speak slowly.
“No sit, no sit, no sit.”
“I’m afraid I still have to hurry over to buy a copy of something something something newspaper, didn’t the six ministries fight two days ago?”
“Aren’t we all guessing at what’s going on? Someone has written out the details in a so-and-so newspaper.”
“All the major bookstores are now empty, so I came all the way from First Street to Second Street just to buy a copy to read, and I thought you’d already bought it, but I didn’t think you’d still be here for breakfast.”
The latter told the story in a few words, and then got up to leave.
But when this was said, Sun Nan was confused ah.
“Someone dared to write up about the big fight between the six ministers?”
Sun Nan was really dumbfounded.
You know that normally the people do not dare to brag about it, after all, those involved are the ministers of the court, you can say a few words, but you cannot put it out in the open and say it, in case people know about it.
If people find out that the six ministers are looking for you, wouldn’t you be out of luck?
After all, this is the capital, and sometimes you can actually see the Sixth Minister.
But I never thought that someone would write about it? And sell it?
Isn’t that looking for death?
“Hell knows, let’s buy one first, it’s not expensive just twenty wen, I’ll go over first, you keep eating.”
The latter didn’t know what the situation was, anyway, he had woken up half an hour early, so he heard people say so, and wanted to buy a copy of the Great Wei Wen newspaper, only to find that it had long since been booked out.
That’s why he ran from First Street to Second Street, to buy a copy and take a look.
Although it’s perfectly possible to wait for someone else to buy it and read it yourself.
But the question is, who doesn’t want to be the man of the hour at the restaurant? Where does one sit and point out the world? Talking about the past and the present?
Who wants to sit somewhere and listen to others pointing out the world?
Twenty pieces of money can’t even buy you a nicer dress, but it can buy you face, the face you’ve always dreamed of.
Thinking of this, he walked away, on fire.
“Wait for me!”
At this moment, Sun Nan directly threw three copper coins on the table and directly followed the former.
And when the others in the stall took a look at the situation, they threw their money on the table and ran away directly, not even eating.
Nothing else.
Great Wei Kyoto was just too boring, and for their cla*s, it was indeed boring.
There was a bit of money to spare, but not enough to listen to music in a hooker every day.
They could only drink and listen to gossip and chat, but life was still quite boring.
Now that there was finally a ripple, how could the crowd resist?
In a flash, they all got up and headed for the bookstore.
Second Avenue.
There are three bookshops.
Today, however, it was just after dawn.
A long queue of people appeared in front of the bookstores.
The bookstore attendant was really shocked.
Those who didn’t know thought they were selling the sage’s new books.
The bookstore was busy as copies of the Great Wei Wen newspaper were sold.
“Shopkeeper, come and have a look.”
The second-ranking officer was so busy that he couldn’t resist calling out to the bookstore owner to come and help.
However, the bookstore owner didn’t even bother with Xiao Er, instead, he was fully focused on the paper, he was already fascinated by the content.
Especially the headline on the front page.
[The six ministers are fighting over the silver of the state treasury]
To be honest, when he saw this line, the bookshop owner’s first reaction was shock, followed by fear that the bookshop would be raided, but then he thought that it had already been sold, so he didn’t worry about anything anymore.
As for the root of the investigation, it had nothing to do with him, he was just a seller, so he should be investigating the source.
And then came curiosity, unspeakable curiosity.
The six ministers, fighting over the silver of the treasury? Was it an attempt at embezzlement? Or was it something else?
Who is the person who wrote this document? How dare he be so bold? Wasn’t he afraid that the Six Ministers would come after him?
But when he finished reading it bit by bit, the shopkeeper couldn’t help but sigh with relief.
The content of the manuscript was not what he had guessed, that the Sixth Minister was embezzling from the treasury, but rather that he was serving the country and the people, and working for the good of the people, only that we all had different perspectives.
“A gentleman of the civil service, indeed.”
“To serve the country with fidelity, to serve the country with fidelity indeed.”
The shopkeeper couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, but inexplicably he felt that something didn’t seem right.
He felt a little disappointed.
But the next moment, the bookstore owner’s eyes fell on another manuscript.
[Yesterday, at three minutes past midnight, a ghostly figure was seen crawling out of the wall of a house on Fourth Avenue].
With this headline, the bookshop owner looked at it again with great interest.
It was also just as he had finished reading a few of the manuscripts that Xiao Er’s voice rang out in his ears.
“Boss!”
“Boss! We’ve sold out! The text newspaper is sold out.”
The second-ranking officer, sweating profusely, came to the boss and said so.
“What? What’s sold out?”
The bookstore owner was a bit curious, he didn’t understand what it meant.
“The Wen newspaper, the Great Wei Wen newspaper is sold out, now they are waiting for more goods.”
Xiao Er really had nothing to say, but there was nothing he could do, who made him a part-time worker.
“Eight hundred copies of the newspaper, and they’ve sold out? It’s only three quarters past the dawn hour.”
The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva, eight hundred copies of the newspaper, at the current selling price, which meant a profit of sixteen thousand copper coins, and his net profit of two copper coins per copy.
In other words, in three quarters of an hour, he had made 1,600 coins?
The bookshop’s business was usually renting and buying and selling books, not many books were bought and sold, usually rented, for five coins a day, so the daily income was about two hundred coins.
Now three quarters of an hour and sixteen hundred copper coins? It was equivalent to the previous eight days of business income.
“I’ll go and get the goods immediately, you tell them to wait!”
The shopkeeper got up straight away, he wanted to continue reading the newspaper, but the problem was that making money was more important.
In an instant, the shopkeeper ran off straight away to go and get the goods for the newspaper shop.
And as they watched the shopkeeper go, the people of Kyoto who were queuing outside became anxious.
“Why did he run away?”
“Shopkeeper Xu, where are you going?”
“Is there any more Wen Wei Po? No I’ll go somewhere else to buy it.”
The noise rang out as everyone queued up again, seeing the shopkeeper leave, which drew all sorts of abuse for a moment.
“Gentlemen, don’t be in a hurry, don’t be in a hurry, the shopkeeper has gone to stock up, right away, right away.”
“Those who have bought the literary newspaper, you can share it with everyone to read it, together.”
Seeing that the crowd was getting angry, the second-ranker hastily spoke up so that everyone could read the newspaper together, so why rush?
But it was better if he didn’t say this, but as soon as he did, several people who had already bought the newspaper, simply picked it up and ran away.
“Brother Li, what are you running for?”
“Brother Zhang, lend me a look ah, what exactly is the fight between the six ministries?”
“Hey hey hey, Brother Sun, what are you running for? You don’t even want to look at it together? You’re so stingy!”
But the first thing anyone who bought the newspaper wanted to do was to run away and find a place to read it for themselves.
It’s not that they didn’t want to share, but if they bought something and we all read it together, wouldn’t it be a blood loss? Besides, who wouldn’t want to read it all and go to a teahouse and pub to boast about it?
Oh, let someone else read it? Give someone else the chance to behave? What a nice thought.
Twenty yuan is nothing.
But can you buy a chance to act like a bully for twenty pieces of money?
The answer is no.
So anyone who bought a copy of the paper basically ran away, rushed to read it, and then rushed to brag about it.
As for a few people, they were willing to share it with everyone.
“Gentlemen, I have this literary newspaper, let’s all read it together.”
Someone smiled slightly, his face gentle, and in an instant hundreds of people rushed straight over.
“Let me see it!”
“I’ll take a look first.”
“Everyone, don’t grab it, let me see it first.”
“Give me a face.”
“Give you? face.”
“Why are you talking so rudely?”
“I’m rude you?”
“Good man, is your Excellency the reincarnation of a foul-mouthed monster?”
The crowd surged, hundreds of people grabbed a newspaper, although the quality of Wei’s newspaper was not bad, but it could not withstand so many people grabbing it.
In a flash, the newspaper was in pieces, but the crowd didn’t feel bad at all, instead they picked up the pieces and read a little.
Why did the six ministers fight?
Why did the sow scream in the dead of night?
Why are the clothes of widows’ homes lost from time to time.
I ask you, who can stand up to this kind of news? The days are so dull, and when something new comes along, how can it not cause a scramble?
All of a sudden, the whole of Great Wei Kyoto was completely buzzing with activity.
Outside the major bookstores are overcrowded, and in a dozen shops, there’s already been a stampede.
Queuing? I queue you sister, 20 wen thrown over, directly robbed away, others look, also have thrown money to grab the newspaper.
“Don’t rob it, don’t rob it away.”
“The old man went to buy goods, the old man went to buy goods.”
“Hey hey hey, that’s old man’s toilet paper, not the paper.”
“I throw it, young man, you don’t even spare the old man?”
The dawn hour this had just pa*sed, and the whole of Kyoto was in a frenzy, and for a moment, it attracted the attention of countless people.
The An Guo Gong Mansion.
The Shizi rushed in, holding a copy of the paper, and shouted.
“Father, father, the Shouren brothers have come up with something new again, and it’s all being grabbed like crazy outside.”
The An Guo Shizi was extremely excited, holding up a somewhat crumpled copy of the Great Wei literary newspaper with unbridled excitement.
He had woken up this morning with the intention of visiting his best friend, but he found the nearby bookstore, which was overcrowded, so he padded over to take a look.
He found something new called the Great Wei Wen newspaper, and it said something about the big fight between the six ministers the other day.
For a moment, he was curious too.
After all, he had heard that there was such a thing, but he didn’t know exactly why the fight had taken place, and asked Lord An, but he said that it was nothing serious.
He didn’t want to ask too much more, after all, it’s better to know a little less about the dynasty’s affairs.
But what he didn’t expect was that someone would write about it directly? This is really bold, to write about the privacy of the Sixth Minister, isn’t this looking for death? Is he not afraid of the Sixth Minister’s revenge?
Although the people have been discussing the matter of the Sixth Minister these days.
But the problem is that the people are just talking nonsense, and the Sixth Minister doesn’t have to argue with them.
But you can’t put it out in the open, it’s bound to cause trouble.
So, the Prince of An Guo intended to buy a copy of this before it was censored.
But he found that there were too many people buying it, and after waiting in line for a quarter of an hour, he found that it was already gone.
After waiting in line for a quarter of an hour, he found that it was already sold out.
In the end, the Prince of An Guo had no choice but to spend ten taels of silver to buy a copy of the newspaper from a man who didn’t know how many copies had changed hands.
After reading the contents, the first reaction of the Prince of An Guo was shock, as the Prince of the State, he was no fool.
He instantly realised how horrible this newspaper was.
The life of the people of Great Wei was extremely dull and boring. Since Xu Qingnian had arrived, the people of Kyoto were particularly happy, not only because Xu Qingnian was working for the country and the people.
More importantly, Xu Qingnian has broken the unchanging life of the people of Kyoto.
Where he did not know how boring the people’s lives were, the rich people went to places like the Peach Blossom Nunnery, eating and drinking, so happy, and even said that no matter where the rich people were, they were living a very nourishing life.
And those who have a bit of money but not much, they run around every day to become rich, and it looks very glamorous, but in reality it costs a lot.
But most of the people in Kyoto are ordinary people, people who earn enough to feed themselves and have no great ambitions, and just want to live their lives in peace.
So such people run a small shop or a small business in the city and live a very ordinary and boring life.
But the emergence of this Great Wei Wen Wei newspaper could change their unchanging life.
His first thought was profit, how many people were there in Kyoto? How much could it cost to produce a copy of this newspaper for twenty cents, but it was only one sheet of paper?
At the very least, it would make a profit of around 30%, right? Think about it, if the people of Wei had one copy, how much money would they make in a year?
And this is only in Kyoto, what if it was elsewhere? The Shouren brothers are really a money-spinner.
An Guo Gong’s residence.
Today, the Duke of An did not go to court, but rested at home.
He wanted to sleep a little more and refresh himself.
But when he suddenly heard his unworthy son shouting, his brain ached.
Originally, he felt okay about his son, after all, he was no better, but he wasn’t bad either.
But then, with the appearance of Xu Qingnian, he gradually realised that his son was a loser.
Not only him, but also the other princes, including some older lords, thought so too.
When compared to Xu Qingnian, his son is a pure waste.
The good thing is that his grandson attends Shouren Academy every week. Although Xu Qingnian has been busy during this period, when a year and a half has pa*sed, Xu Qingnian will have settled down.
By that time, his grandson might really become a great scholar, ah, when he thought of this, Duke An could not help but feel comfortable.
Only when his own son appeared in front of him, this comfort was suddenly gone.
“What are you doing? What are you doing?”
“Just like this, how will you inherit my father’s title in the future?”
“You don’t even have the appearance of a Shizi.”
The Duke of An came up with a spray, but the latter didn’t feel the least bit uncomfortable, instead he took out the Great Wei Wen newspaper and said.
“Father, you read it first.”
He said so.
And the Duke of An could not help but frown as he took this newspaper and began to read it carefully.
He read it quickly and did not read all of it, only some of the national events and the affairs of Kyoto.
After reading it, Duke An put the newspaper aside, and his face did not look too good.
“Who made this up?”
“Although this object does not attack any of the ministers, it is involved in the affairs of the court, not many but quite a few, and every single thing is extremely right.”
“This kind of thing should never appear and make the people discuss politics, it is a bad thing.”
Duke An frowned a little, his first reaction was to think that there was something wrong with this Great Wei Wen newspaper.
Especially at the beginning, when he saw that this Minister of the Six Ministries was actually fighting over the silver of the state treasury, he was subconsciously a little alarmed.
However, the good thing is that the content in it, there is no problem, instead, it praises the six ministers, but this does not mean that it can be engaged.
How could a matter of national importance be brought out for the people to discuss? And it was published in a big way, which was absolutely not okay.
“Father, this was staged by Brother Shouren. My son investigated clearly, and it seems that this headline was written by Brother Shouren himself.”
An Guo Shi Zi said so.
“What? Shouren’s nephew tossed it out?”
When the Duke of An Guo heard this, he froze, and then looked at it again carefully.
After a while, Duke An Guo couldn’t help but nod his head.
“Yes!”
“Good!”
“Bravo!”
“Nephew Shouren is really clever, to have tossed up something like this, with this, it can rally public opinion, let the people know more about the situation of Great Wei, and let the people know the high moral character of every official in my Great Wei court.”
“Not bad, not bad, Shouren is worthy of being the new saint of Great Wei, I just said, who else could come up with such a good idea, so it’s Shouren’s nephew, then it’s alright, then it’s alright.”
The Duke of An was smiling extremely brightly, not pretending, for in front of his own son, he did not need to pretend.
But Shizi was a little confused.
Father, you didn’t seem to say that just now, did you?
“Father, then this thing, should we stop it or not?”
Shizi asked.
But when this was said, Duke An couldn’t help but glare over and couldn’t help but curse.
“Shouren is one of our martial officials, whatever he does, we must do our best to support him, if it were anyone else who had come up with this thing, the old man would have enlightened to stop it.”
“But if Shouren had made it, it would have been fine.”
Duke An said with a straight face.
“My son understands.”
The latter was thoughtful, understanding a little but not very much.
“By the way, why is this paper so crumpled?”
Duke An asked curiously, the paper was indeed crumpled and looked like it was of poor quality.
“Father, you don’t know, it’s now being grabbed like crazy in Great Wei Kyoto, it’s not even available on the market now, someone raised the price to buy it, my son added ten taels of silver to get it.”
He said so, informing the Duke of An Guo that the Great Wei Literary Gazette was already selling like crazy.
“Ten taels of silver?”
Duke An smacked his lips a little, but after thinking about it he probably understood, after all, when fresh things first come out, they are all subject to a rush, mainly depending on the later stages.
“An’er, go outside and continue to see how things are going, check the Great Wei Wen newspaper and find out how much has been sold.”
Duke An suddenly spoke.
But when he said this, he spoke again, “Call all the other state princes and lords here again, and say that my father has an important matter.”
Duke An said so.
“Good!”
Without further ado, the Shizi turned and left.
After he had left, Duke An picked up the Great Wei newspaper and read it over carefully.
In the end, he could not help but sigh and said.
“This Shouren’s nephew really doesn’t know what he’s doing, he doesn’t even mention old me, sigh! We must have a good talk with him later, don’t get so close to this group of civil officials.”
He muttered.
And it wasn’t just the bookshops that were the liveliest in the whole of Great Wei Kyoto.
The Great Wei Literary Press was also now completely buzzing with activity.
It was not known who had discovered that all the Great Wei literary newspapers were issued from the Great Wei Literary Press House.
Many people came to the newspaper shops to buy newspapers.
Four or five hundred bookstore owners came in horse-drawn carriages, in sedan chairs, and those closer to home walked straight in, all to buy goods.
The Great Wei newspaper was really sold out!
It was completely sold out.
The first batch of 90,000 copies were taken out of the 150,000 copies prepared before and after, but I didn’t expect that after only two quarters of an hour, they would all come running to buy.
So the next 60,000 copies were taken out straight away.
What I didn’t expect was that another group of people would come and want to buy the goods.
The goods were sold out.
No matter how much the Great Wei Newspaper House tried to explain, how much they tried to say, people didn’t listen, they had to buy.
“My shop is about to be smashed, if you don’t give me the newspaper today, I’ll die for you.”
“Please be kind, print some more, hurry up!”
“Hundreds of people are waiting for me, so hurry up.”
“You’re not making a fool of us! Just a little? Who can read it? If the foreigners next door see it, they’ll say we can’t afford it.”
The shopkeepers of the major bookstores spoke up, making a lot of noise, just to get the goods in.
And inside the Great Wei Literary and Newspaper Hall.
Zhang Ruhui was dumbfounded.
“150,000 copies of the literary newspaper, sold out in half an hour?”
Above the Wen Pavilion, Zhang Ruhui was truly dumbfounded.
He didn’t expect that 150,000 copies of the Great Wei Newspaper would be sold out so quickly?
To be honest, it was not that he did not believe Xu Qingnian, but that he thought there was a market for such things, but it was impossible to say that 150,000 copies would be sold out in half an hour, right?
He had previously thought that selling out in a day was already a good thing.
But now, the result was unexpected ah.
“Print it quickly!”
“Quickly go and have someone print it, keep printing more, as many as you can!”
In the end, Zhang Ruhui gave a direct order for all the printing workshops to expedite printing immediately.
A quarter of an hour later.
The seven hundred and eighty-five printing workshops in Kyoto began to print extra copies like crazy.
All the workers were forced to work, and if it wasn’t for the extra money, they really wouldn’t have continued working.
And so it went.
One hour later.
In the middle of the Wenkan.
One by one, wagons were hauling out the extra copies of the Great Wei newspaper, and because of the rush, the quality of the paper was a little worse than before.
It couldn’t be helped, it was too urgent.
When the 100,000 copies of the newspaper appeared, the bookstores grabbed them in one breath, and in an instant the 100,000 copies were empty.
The people of Kyoto, who wanted to buy the newspaper, followed the bookkeepers one by one, forking out money as they went.
In the Great Wei Newspaper Hall.
It was also a mess, with everyone in a hurry to deal with things.
There was a constant stream of people coming and going to Zhang Ruhui’s office.
“Shopkeeper, it’s sold out, it’s sold out!”
“Boss, we’ve sold out again, let’s print some more.”
“Boss, there are hundreds of bookstore owners from the west of the city.
“Boss, people are coming from the north of the city, do we have any more goods?”
Zhang Ruhui was really having a headache.
“Print more! Add more printing!”
“Have someone print more!”
At this moment, Zhang Ruhui had nothing more to say, so he had the printing workshop print it up.
Today was the first day of publishing the Great Wei Wen Wei, so there was no room for error.
So even if the printing was wasted, it was better than causing public discontent.
So, for the whole day today, the entire Great Wei Newspaper House was basically stocking and shipping.
In the end, some bookstore owners even went to the printing workshop, because after all, the newspaper house was full of people waiting for new newspapers to appear.
In the end, some bookstore owners even went to the printing workshop.
In all the major teahouses and restaurants, everyone was discussing the contents of the newspaper.
Some were boasting about the six ministries and analysing the problems of Great Wei.
Some people took the newspaper and discussed some of the anecdotes in it.
Some people were even more direct, they couldn’t read or write at all, so they took the newspaper and found a reader to read it together.
This day, Wei was bustling, completely and utterly bustling.
And until the hour.
At last, the Great Wei newspaper hall quieted down.
And Zhang Ruhui listened to the various reports from his men.
In half a day’s time.
950,000 copies of the Great Wei Newspaper had been sold!
The revenue was 19,000 taels of silver, and the net profit was 4,750 taels of silver.
This was still because there was no stock ready, otherwise, it would definitely be more than that, and it would be no problem to increase it by another three to five times.
After all, many people really can’t wait any longer and honestly go to the restaurant to listen to what others say, and after hearing that, they definitely won’t buy.
If it really doubled three or five times, the net profit would be more than 20,000 taels of silver a day, and this is just one Kyoto, what if it was the whole of Great Wei?
A hundred thousand taels of silver a day is not a big deal.
A monthly income of three million taels, an annual income of 36 million taels of silver, and that doesn’t include other income.
And then there is the influence power of the literary press.
Terrifying! Terrible!
It was truly terrifying ！！！！
Zhang Ruhui froze in place.
And right now, as the Great Wei Wen newspaper continued to spread.
The whole of Great Wei knew why the Sixth Minister had fought so hard, and the people all praised the Sixth Minister as a good official.
In the past, this was all people talked about, and most of them just listened to what others had to say, because you didn’t know what was going on.
But now it’s different, everyone who has read the paper has a say, so after you’ve finished, it’s my turn to talk, and after I’ve finished, it’s his turn to talk.
The business of all the major restaurants in Great Wei also exploded on this day.
Some of the smaller shops were also overcrowded.
Even among the six ministries, people began to discuss these matters, and some people bought copies of the newspaper, which drew officials from above and below to watch.
At first, people didn’t dare to discuss it, they were a bit strict, after all, the matters discussed in this newspaper were mostly of national importance.
Who would dare to speak out of turn? The officials of the six ministries, in particular, were very careful about what they said.
But soon the news came through.
It was Xu Qingnian who had tossed it out.
All of a sudden, the six ministries were completely abuzz.
“It was Lord Xu’s doing?”
“No wonder then, I thought who dared to be so reckless, it turned out to be Lord Xu, it’s alright, it’s alright.”
“Gentlemen, this paper was made by Lord Xu, we can chat and speak with confidence.”
“So it’s Lord Xu, it’s all right then.”
Everyone in the entire Sixth Ministry was having a hard time, knowing what was going on but not daring to talk about it, and now that they knew that this Great Wei Wen Wei newspaper was tossed out by Xu Qingnian, for a moment, everyone started talking about it.
For a while, the work of the Sixth Ministry, which had been very bitter, seemed very lively for a while as everyone had a common topic.
And it was at that moment.
The court meeting was over.
There was a lot of business at today’s court meeting, mainly the piece on the development of Great Wei, so it was delayed for a long time.
Outside the Great Wei Palace.
The six ministerial ministers slowly walked out and stretched their legs one after another, intending to walk towards their departments.
But to my surprise, several of the department’s men came quickly and handed the Great Wei Cultural Report to the Sixth Minister.
The other military officials had also received the Great Wei Wen Wei, and as they had quite a few men under them, they were naturally the first to report when such things happened.
The first thing the six Shang Shu did when they received the paper was to frown, and then to feel some anger.
However, after reading the contents, the six Shang Shu eased up a little, but their eyes were still filled with a strange look.
“What is this? Who got it?”
“How is it possible to write about important matters in the court?”
The Minister of Penalty was the first to speak up, having read the literary report, the content was indeed fascinating, but the problem was that these things should not be made public.
Even if you praise them, you can’t do that, who knows if you praise them today and if they are slanderous tomorrow?
“In reply to your Excellency, this item is called the Great Wei Wen Newspaper, and was made by Lord Xu Shouren Xu.”
The latter spoke up, informing Zhang Jing who had tossed this object out.
The words fell.
All of a sudden, the crowd froze.
Xu Qingnian had tossed it out?
“Hahahahahahaha!”
“So it was made by Shouren, good, good, good, it’s alright then.”
“The big plan Shouren said, it turns out to be this, good, very good.”
“En, in this way, to inform the people of the world of our high moral character, Shouren is worthy of Shouren.”
“Not bad, not bad.”
When they learnt that it was Xu Qingnian who had come up with this, the six ministers were stunned, and then they laughed loudly, their words full of appreciation.
They were not at all wary of Xu Qingnian, instead, in an instant, they understood what Xu Qingnian was trying to do.
The six Shang Shu glanced at each other.
Immediately afterwards, they nodded to each other and walked in pairs, seemingly to discuss the matter.
The great scholars of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, after reading the paper, knew in a flash the value of the paper.
It was not a question of money, but rather that this paper was a sharp sword, a sword that could kill whoever it wanted to.
As great scholars, they knew the value of this item, so they headed for the Palace of Literature at the first opportunity.
The Great Confucian Chen Xin, however, could not help but frown and sigh as he looked at the several departing Great Confucians.
He knew that there was going to be another storm in Great Wei.
At this moment.
In the Imperial Palace of Great Wei.
Inside the Hall of Nourishing Heart.
The Empress looked quietly at the Great Wei Wen Wei newspaper in her hands, while the person in front of her was Li Guangxiao.
“Your Majesty, this Great Wei Wen Wei newspaper will be a sharp sword, a sharp sword that can cut down the people of the world!”
At this moment, Li Guangxiao’s voice rang out.
He looked exceptionally excited.
Today, he woke up early and went to the market to buy vegetables, but he saw many people and readers, all gathered among the bookstores. At first, he did not care, but when he pa*sed by a second bookstore, he found the same thing.
At first, he did not care, but when he pa*sed a second bookstore, he found the same thing. So he was curious and went over there, and when he learned about the Great Wei Literary Gazette, he spent twenty taels of silver to buy one of these newspapers.
When the newspaper was in his hands, Li Guangxiao learnt, just for a moment, how terrifying this Great Wei newspaper was.
This is a sharp sword, a sharp sword that can cut down anyone in the world, with this newspaper in hand, no matter what your royal relatives, no matter what your endless wealth, no matter what your world fame.
No one can withstand a single stroke of this brush.
This is truly a pen that can be worth 100,000 armies.
So he came to the palace at the first opportunity, found His Majesty and informed him of this matter.
“The sword that beheads all the people of the world?”
The empress set aside the Great Wei literary report, and she said with a calm face.
“Your Majesty, I have always been cautious in what I say, and I have never dared to say that I am completely sure, but today, I can tell Your Majesty clearly.”
“This newspaper is the sharpest sword in the world.
“A single sword can be used against a million divisions.”
“Xu Shouren, should be the most talented person in the world.”
Li Guangxiao’s voice trembled as he spoke, for he was so excited that he saw the importance of this document.
“Then what do you wish to have me do?”
The empress spoke out and could not help but ask this.
In fact, when she saw this Great Wei document, she also understood the usefulness of this item.
But, what did Li Guangxiao want herself to do?
“Your Majesty! I suggest that we discuss this matter with Xu Shouren, this matter must be in the hands of the Great Wei court, even if the Great Wei court does not take any of the profits, the silver can be given to Xu Qingnian, but this Great Wei document must be in the hands of Your Majesty.”
“Although, Old Minister understands that Xu Shouren may not agree, but Old Minister is for the Great Wei Dynasty! I believe that Xu Shouren is loyal and serves his country, but nothing in this world is necessarily absolute.”
Li Guangxiao knelt on the ground and said.
He valued Xu Qingnian and praised Xu Qingnian’s talent, but as a va*sal of Great Wei, he would still choose Great Wei.
Because to help Great Wei was to help the people of the world.
“No!”
Only in the next moment, the empress slowly shook her head and said.
“Aiqing Xu is separated from me, and when he offered a plan to forge the sword of the king and the sword of killing, I felt that something was not right.”
“But when I saw this paper today, I already understood that he, Xu Shouren, had forged not two swords, but three swords.”
“Only this last sword is prepared by Xu Shouren for himself, if I were to take it for myself, I am afraid that Aiqing Xu would really have a huge disconnection with me.”
“Shouren is the new saint of Wei, I already owe him something, so it is impossible to force him to do anything else.”
“Besides, what I am doing is for the people of the world!”
“What he did, Xu Shouren, was also for the people of the world.”
“I am of the same mind as him, so these three swords are the same no matter in whose hands they are.”
The empress spoke, she was slow and deliberate, and her words were extremely serious.
She did not wish to have any further disconnection with Xu Qingnian.
This sword, which Xu Qingnian had forged for herself, already showed that Xu Qingnian was defensive and still had some scruples about what had happened before.
In that case, one would have to go and snatch Xu Qingnian’s third sword.
That would be to explicitly force Xu Qingnian away.
This was unnecessary.
There was more to lose, and most of all, she did not care that Xu Qingnian possessed power.
For, she, the Empress of Great Wei, had the people of Great Wei at heart!
However, he, the new sage of Great Wei, also had the life of the people at heart!
Both had the same intention, so there was no need to worry too much.
“Your Majesty!”
“Alas!”
“I understand!”
Li Guangxiao wanted to persuade, but in the end he did not say anything.
This was because he also knew that if the Empress really occupied, no matter what reason was used, it would be an extremely bad thing for Xu Qingnian.
Now that the empress had chosen this way, there was nothing more he could say.
“Teacher, do you know what I am most worried about today?”
The Empress opened her mouth and said so.
“Your Majesty, please speak.”
Li Guangxiao became somewhat curious.
“The Great Wei Palace of Literature! The Zhu Sheng lineage.”
The empress slowly spoke out.
For a moment, Li Guangxiao was silent.
