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Text Section 54 Speculation (Part 2)

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    It turns out that the largest newspaper in Sichuan belongs to Xiong Lan's Central Bank, and his newspaper is full of loan details; there are also new tax regulations obtained from the Qin Xiucai Taxation Bureau. These are news that various commercial banks are very concerned about.  Relying on this first-hand information, Xiong Lan's newspaper is very popular. Newspapers affiliated with the Central Bank are also actively promoting their newspapers to various private banks in Chengdu to earn extra money for the Central Bank. President Xiong is the first to learn to advertise in newspapers.  After that, commercial banks¡¯ paid promotion columns began to appear in the Central Bank¡¯s newspapers; those commercial banks in urgent need of loans generally began to subscribe to President Xiong¡¯s newspapers to obtain the financial information they needed; and later, many commercial banks also began to  Advertisements are placed in President Xiong's newspapers, but their targets are bosses who also buy President Xiong's newspapers.

    For Xiong Lan, the printing presses and workers are readily available. When he is not printing money, he prints newspapers. Although some people are jealous, he does not have the first-mover advantage of Xiong Lan, and secondly, he lacks the connections to compete with the central bank.  and credit.  It was a long time later that some larger newspapers appeared. The sales targets of these newspapers were mainly literate fellow scholars, and the advertisements in them were also small shops and merchants.

    Since someone discovered last year that publishing news is more attractive to civilians, many newspapers have begun to follow suit. Gradually, some people began to be willing to spend money to buy advertising leaflets that were often rejected by fellow scholars.  Later, Deng Ming inquired and found out that all newspapers that published current affairs news would receive a subsidy from the government. In addition to the wealthy Central Bank, this subsidy would also be of great help to other newspapers.  The Chengdu Weekly (now a five-day week in Sichuan), which is now the most popular among civilians, contains not only current affairs news, but also storytelling serials, and even social gossip. The speed of its evolution made Deng Ming, who had been paying attention to it secretly, dumbfounded.

    The popularity of the Chengdu Weekly is closely followed by the Xuzhou Biweekly (published every ten days). In addition to current political commentary, this newspaper also has a lot of Feng Shui related topics.  We invited several experts from Longhu Mountain to explain the weekly fortune to readers; the next page is the detailed explanation of the Book of Changes, which is full of simple and easy-to-understand analysis of daily bad luck. It not only allows readers to know why today is an auspicious day, but also allows readers to know why today is an auspicious day.  The reader understands how this auspicious day came about.  As its popularity continues to grow, the Xuzhou Biweekly Newspaper said they will strive to change it to the Xuzhou Weekly News next year.

    Ranked third is Tong Xiucai. Like other newspapers, the first page of this newspaper is full of current affairs news in exchange for government subsidies. However, it only has one page of news. The rest is overwhelming gossip and scholar encounters with foxes.  Women's stories.  Because the description was too explicit, the newspaper was declared unpopular by academies in Chengdu and Xuzhou, and school regulations prohibited teachers and students from buying it and reading it.  At the beginning of the year, this newspaper also took a different approach and opened a column dedicated to studying the detailed rules of the Sichuan Taxation Bureau, analyzing item by item how to legally avoid taxes, covering everything from taxes on bulk profits, to business taxes for small stores, and even income taxes for migrant workers.  As a result, the newspaper gained fame and sales, becoming the third privately-owned newspaper to be published weekly.  For this reason, "Tong Xiucai Daily" was sued by the tax chief Qin Xiucai to the Criminal Division. Shortly after Deng Ming returned to Sichuan, the lawsuit came to an end. The chief criminal officer, He Daoning, argued that "the speaker is not guilty."  A column announcing how the professor avoided taxes was reasonable and legal; after the verdict, Qin Xiucai ordered a copy of the Scholarship Report for all tax bureau officials so that loopholes could be discovered and filled as soon as possible. At the same time, he instructed Pu Fan to collect signatures from parents.  , planning to sue "Tong Xiucai Bao" for an immoral and poisonous young man.

    Suo'etu stole a lot of newspapers from Tianjin, all of which belonged to these four families. Not only did Feng Ziming and the others read them with gusto, Suo'etu and the others also liked to read them after they got them.  After reading it, some of the masters who were invited to identify the authenticity started to quarrel over the different political views in several newspapers, saying that they had not studied enough of Sichuan's tricks and needed more newspaper materials.

    "Printed with movable type?" Sony took the newspaper and turned it over on both sides, making a disdainful sound.

    This was not the first time Suo'etu heard this kind of disdain, and it was far more than once. Many masters lost interest after seeing that these newspapers were obviously printed with movable type.  Although movable type printing has been around for a long time, and it is no secret for a long time, movable type printing is difficult to achieve elegance.  There is no need to talk about copybooks. Even if a scholar plans to write a book, he will ask a good worker to engrave a beautiful engraving for him, because words are not only the carrier of meaning, but also an art. There is no  People are willing to use featureless movable type to carry their hard work - if they are not very rich, then use cheaper engravings.

    Due to this tendency of the Jin gentry, the best printers were concentrated in the woodblock printing industry. Movable type printing was a low-level industry. The level of the masters and workers was far inferior to that of their counterparts in woodblock printing, and the pay was pitiful.  The quality gap between movable type prints and engraving prints is difficult to bridge.

    ? ?Ni has been in the customs for a long time. The memorials he has read in the past ten years are all in fine regular script. The people around him are also well-known scholars. He has long known that movable type printing is for those foremen who are proficient in writing.  Yes, it is impossible to get into the eyes of the auxiliary minister.

    "This newspaper is different. There are almost no typos on it" Suo'etu hurriedly explained. Although it can be seen that these newspapers are not produced by the same company, the quality is quite good. Both the paper and ink are of top quality;  Although it is basically all spoken vernacular, the wording and sentence construction are very particular. There are no self-made words or local slang, and there is no sense of obscurity when reading the whole article. The added punctuation certainly shows that the newspaper is not prepared for readers who are able to segment sentences by themselves, but it does greatly  The reading speed was improved, making Suo'etu and other Manchurians feel very comfortable.  All in all, these newspapers completely overturned the traditional impression of movable type printing by Suo'etu and others, as well as those who had read the newspapers. Suo'etu presented only one newspaper, and there was a whole box behind him, all from Tianjin.  Brought back.

    "Enough, what's there to see? It's all lies." Sony glanced at the front page title of Chengdu Weekly, which was a report about the Caoyin Transportation Agreement - when this newspaper was published, Caoyin Transportation  The agreement had just been discussed at the Senate meeting. Chengdu Weekly reported on the known content of the agreement, the debate on the agreement before the Senate meeting, and then spent half a page explaining the newspaper reporters¡¯ perceptions of the pros and cons of the agreement.

    In Sony's view, no government would leak such a thing, and would allow people other than officials to express their opinions (whether it was a council or a newspaper), so the purpose of the newspaper was obviously to deceive the Qing court - Sony  It is believed that this was a strategy deliberately transported from Sichuan to Tianjin and then used to mislead the senior officials of the Qing court.

    "Go and prepare well. When the imperial decree comes down, you will go to Shandong to report to Prince Kang!"

    Seeing his father throwing the newspaper aside angrily, Suo'etu bowed and left.

    While it was still dark, Suo'etu went out to discuss with several other younger members of the auxiliary minister's family. Recently, Wang Yuele of Anqing also began to become interested in making money from the political power trading market.  Although he hated compromising with the Sichuan people, Yue Le believed that the profits should belong to the Qing Dynasty. Since the weak auxiliary ministers could not get the money back for the emperor, then he, King Anqing, had no choice but to take action and try his best to  Bringing back some money for the Qing Dynasty - even taking it back to Prince An's Mansion, it's just like the meat rotting in the pot, isn't it?

    "Has any of you heard about the conspiracy that King Anqing mentioned?" Guerjia asked.

    Prince Anqing plans to buy three thousand taels of shares. First of all, this is a large sum of money. Prince An will definitely reward him if he makes money. Secondly, with Prince An escorting him, these sons of nobles who are engaged in short buying and selling will have a backbone. The sky is falling.  And Yue Le, the tall guy, is holding it.

    Therefore, the children of the auxiliary ministers who had a normal relationship with Prince An suddenly became concerned about Prince An. According to Prince An, there seems to be a conspiracy against him and Prince Kang recently: they found a few of them to eat and drink in the palace.  He drew a sketch of their palace, and then said it was painted by Deng Ming - the implication was that Deng Ming had stayed in their palace.  Prince An suspected that the auxiliary minister wanted to get rid of him, and took revenge for the fact that when the "Kangxi" case broke out, he and Prince Kang were unable to get rid of the auxiliary minister.

    Everyone shook their heads together, and Suo'etu said in a low voice: "As far as I know, that picture was really not made by Amma and the others, but was secretly sent by Zu Zepu. It seems that it is really a painting by Deng Ming."

    "My uncle said the same thing."

    Several people were slapping their heads in annoyance. They finally managed to improve their relationship with Yue Le, but they were messed up by Zu Zepu, a bastard like you. Why are you, a bastard-like governor, framing the prince for nothing?  He framed two people in one breath. Did he take the courage of a bear and a leopard?

    "Forget it, let's explain the exchange to the prince first. Have you used up the newspapers?" A person asked Suo'etu. Several newspapers also mentioned the new government exchange to fellow Sichuan scholars.  Things can be said more clearly than Niu Colu, who has gone to Anqing.

    "Go back and get it in the evening and deliver it to Prince An's house tomorrow morning."

    Because his father looked bad just now, Suo'etu didn't dare to retrieve his newspaper in front of Sony, fearing that Sony would get angry after seeing it and let Bao Yi throw all his treasures into the fire.  After returning home, Suo'etu waited until it got dark and estimated that it was time for Sony to go to sleep. Then Suo'etu sneaked to his father's study and planned to move his newspaper box away.

    Unexpectedly, the box originally placed at the door was missing. Suo'etu thought in his heart: "It wasn't burned by Amma, was it? Or did I move it into the study? That's not right. I remember I left it at the door.  Take one and go in."

    What¡¯s worse is that the light is still on in the study.

    "That's not right, Ah??I go to bed when it gets dark now. It should have been more than an hour since I went to bed, right?  "It was about the newspaper that was going to be delivered to Yue Le tomorrow. Suo'etu could only bite the bullet and get close to the crack of the door, trying to take a peek at what was going on inside.

    "The third child, right?" An old voice came from the door, and it was that of Assistant Minister Sony: "Come in."

    Although he knew that his father had a sharp ear due to his military career, Suo'etu was still shocked. Since he couldn't escape, he had no choice but to open the door and go in with a smile to greet his father: "Amma hasn't gone to bed yet."

    In the study, Sony was sitting in front of the candle reading the newspaper. Suo'etu saw at a glance that his box was placed at his father's feet, and it was already empty.

    "I saw it now without realizing it." Sony put down the newspaper and turned to look at his son: "Tell me, how much of this is true?"

    ¡°I don¡¯t know, my son feels like it¡¯s real when he looks at it.¡± Suo¡¯etu replied honestly.

    "This newspaper says you can order it. You can order it even in Wuchang. You just need to pay more." Sony thought for a moment: "What if I want someone to order a copy in Wuchang and then send it back to Beijing without Zhang Changgeng's eyes and ears?"  , can you do it?"

    After a pause, Sony pointed to the newspapers spread out on the table and said: "This bank newspaper is all nonsense and worthless. I don't have time to read it. I have to order the other three. This "Tong Xiucai Newspaper" is the first."  Just the noodles are enough, the rest are all Fox Great Immortal and so on, so there is no need to send them back to the capital."
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