Since the eunuch Cai Lun invented "papermaking" a hundred years ago, the transmission of information finally got rid of heavy bamboo slips. By using bark, hemp rope, bamboo chips and other cheap raw materials, after crushing, pounding, frying, baking and other processes, paper with soft texture and full toughness can be produced at a low cost, making paper quickly popularized. This also allowed Yuan Mai to implement his idea of ??using the media to launch a public opinion offensive against Cao Cao. Otherwise, it would be simply fanciful to rely on bamboo slips to spread information. There is a medium for communication, but relying solely on manual copying is really inefficient. Mi Heng wrote down an article, which was eloquent and full of four to five thousand words. A bookmaker copied it in one day and could only write seven or eight copies. The newspaper office recruited a total of more than a dozen bookmakers, all of whom worked at full capacity to copy copies, which amounted to about a hundred copies in a day. After the newspaper opened, dozens of bookmakers took turns working day and night, and only produced more than a thousand copies of "Dahan Monthly." After this meager quantity was invested among the people, it was as insignificant as grains of sand in the Ganges River. "It seems that we need to promote printing. Otherwise, my public opinion offensive will definitely not have much effect!" Yuan Mai sat in the study, holding his chin with his hands. After some careful consideration, he decided to promote "block printing" . Yuan Mai knew the principle of printing, but it was not easy to implement it. This was not something that could be done in a flash of inspiration. Immediately sent people to summon Ma Jun, Jushou, Xu Shu and other highly intelligent people to discuss the plan. After hearing Yuan Mai's idea. Everyone cheered in unison, "Wonderful. What a wonderful idea. This idea is simply genius!" He immediately announced the results, recruited stonemasons with high salaries, and then started making "relief stone carvings" under the leadership of Ma Jun. Yuan Mai once again made a suggestion to promote the "movable type printing" that only appeared in the Song Dynasty. He asked Ma Jun to lead the stonemasons to carve some of the radicals of Hanzi, and then combined them according to the content of the article when printing. This would significantly Improve printing efficiency. Half a month later, the "Dahan Weekly" printed by relief printing was finally released. After one day of printing, the "Fa Cao Message" with a uniform layout and the same font appeared on Yuan Maiji. In front of all the staff, Professor Ju held a newspaper. After reading it, his face showed joy and he praised repeatedly: "Okay, great! The crimes of Cao Cao's thieves are listed one by one. Killing innocent people indiscriminately is a heinous crime! Ni Zhengping's article is written with exquisite precision and sonorous force. The young master's ideas are even more fantastic and unconstrained; the advent of printing is the first of its kind for mankind and is ingenious. In this way, everyone will know the evil deeds of Cao Cao. All the people in the world are despising him, the day of his downfall is not far away! " Within a few days, 20,000 "newspapers" listing Cao Cao's crimes flowed into the area controlled by Cao Cao. Although the printing technology at this time was extremely simple. There was neither color printing nor ink, but it still made the people feel fresh. For newspapers and periodicals, There was a lot of discussion about Cao Cao's crimes, which caused Cao Cao's reputation to decline. The most obvious impact was that the number of soldiers recruited was lower than usual. " After reading this, Cao Cao was furious. What particularly troubled him was that the article signed by Mi Heng was written in a bitter and bitter manner, which satirized him to the point where he was described as a cruel, scheming, cunning, lustful, and arrogant Cao Mengde. The devil was extremely sarcastic. He couldn't help but look up to the sky and said in regret: "I had known this, I regret it. If I had killed Ni Heng with one knife, I wouldn't have left behind the trouble today!" " Guo Jiajin said: "The matter has come to this, and there is no use regretting it. We should send people to all counties and counties to conduct strict searches. Once such a memorandum is found, it will be confiscated and destroyed immediately. And a notice was issued that if anyone spreads it privately, he will be punished for the crime of collaborating with the enemy! " Cao Cao had no better way, so he had to hand over the matter to his son Cao Pi, and ordered him to organize a special force to go to various places to collect the propaganda newspapers and periodicals distributed by Yuan Mai, and publish a list to warn the people not to spread it privately. Once discovered, Turn it over immediately. If you hide it privately or even spread it among the people, you will be punished. Under Cao Pi's strong suppression, the influence of newspapers and magazines on smearing Cao Cao was slightly weakened, but it made the people of the Central Plains panic, and some timid people not only did not dare to hide and pick up. He even burned the books left by his ancestors at home to avoid being unjustly imprisoned by the people in the yamen. After Yuan bought such a fuss, Cao Cao had a very unhappy Spring Festival in the fifth year of Jian'an, and was infected. After a cold, he was diagnosed and treated by a doctor, but nothing serious happened. But after this incident, Cao Cao suddenly realized that his biggest opponent was not Yuan Shao, but Yuan Mai, Yuan Shao's son. This guy was mysterious and unpredictable. normalFor example, the last time they asked Qu Yi to surrender and abducted Gao Shun and Zhang Liao from Xuzhou, no normal person would do this; and this time the so-called "newspaper" was unheard of before. Yuan Shao's strength seems to be strong, but in fact he is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. He has been fighting against himself continuously and has been defeated repeatedly. Although Yuan Mai has only become famous in recent years, he has never taken advantage of him. From the encounter with Zhuling Liyang and his return with a disastrous defeat, to the fall of Pingyang, and then to the plunder of Henan, one after another, one after another , those who suffered were all his generals "Hiss this Yuan Mai is so awesome!" Cao Cao stood on the magnificent Jinluan Hall in Xuchang, looking out of the hall, he saw the ground covered with snow, pure white, and the palace against it was even more It was so solemn and sacred that I couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, the civil and military officials and the emperor have not come to the morning court. As long as he is in Xuchang, Cao Cao often comes to the Jinluan Hall early to look out. Looking at the majestic palace will ignite the fighting spirit in Cao Cao's heart. Even if he has no chance to ascend the supreme throne, he must clear the way for future generations. Whether it is the nine ministers of the temple or the princes of various states, all those who stand in my way will be destroyed. , Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish! Facing the cold wind, standing at the door of the main hall, Cao Cao enjoyed the biting feeling of the cold wind. Only in this way will he have more fighting spirit. Comfort will only make people fall! "It seems that we must re-examine Yuan Shao's son in the future. We can no longer use the same eyes on Yuan Shao's other dogs to position Yuan Bian. Otherwise, we will definitely suffer a big loss!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and said to himself in his heart. Said: "Last time when I was having a drink with Liu Bei and discussing heroes, I missed one Yuan Mai. Maybe this kid will be my lifelong enemy! If I can't step on him, my dominance will be out of the question!" The new year is approaching, Yuan Mai. After some calculations, he found that Lu Lingqi was giving birth in the past few days during the Chinese New Year, so he took advantage of the fact that there was no fighting, and took Zhou Cang with 500 people to march towards Jinyang in the severe cold. ¡°I once promised Lu Lingqi that I would be with him when he gave birth to his child. A true man makes a promise, and he must keep his word! As soon as the team left Huai County, they met Zhu Gongdao who was returning from Hedong. When he saw Yuan Mai, he shook his head and sighed: "Oh it's really embarrassing. I really didn't expect Jia Liangdao to be so stubborn. He refused to come and surrender." Well, I have to be a small county captain in Jiangyi! " Jia Kui refused to surrender. Yuan Mai was a little surprised, but it was useless to blame Zhu Ao. Considering that Jia Kui and Wang Ling were good friends in history, I don't know. How is their relationship now? "To be fair, you don't have to blame yourself. Everyone has his own ambitions. I heard that Wang Ling and Jia Kui have a good personal relationship. Please come with me to Taiyuan, meet Wang Ling, and ask him to persuade Jia Kui to see if he can give up. Cao came to vote!" A group of more than 500 people braved the snow and headed north, riding fast horses and walking 600 miles for three days before entering Jinyang City. Yuan Mai did not bother to go to the Governor's Mansion to visit Concubine Lu and Concubine Zhao. He first took Zhu Gongdao to the Prefect's Mansion to look for Wang Ling and asked him if he knew Jia Kui from Hedong? "Oh Look, I've forgotten about this!" After hearing this, Wang Ling patted his head and looked apologetic, "More than just knowing each other, Liang Dao and I have known each other for more than seven years. We are like brothers. He is from Jiangyi County. I was the one who asked for the lieutenant! I have been so busy with political affairs this year that I have forgotten this good brother! Since the envoy wants to recruit Liang Dao, I will go to Jiangyi and kidnap Jia Kui even if he is kidnapped. Come!" Yuan Mai was overjoyed and immediately entrusted Wang Ling and Zhu Ao to go to Jiangyi, Hedong again, to invite Jia Kui. After being separated from my concubine Zhao for half a year, there was a lot of flirting in the evening. Zhao Zhi and Lu Lingqi were deeply in love with each other. The three of them slept in the same bed that night, so it was natural that they couldn't miss each other. However, Lu Lingqi was about to give birth, so she could only be a spectator. . Three days later, Lu Lingqi felt abdominal pain. Yuan Mai sent someone to urgently recruit Wen Po to deliver the baby. After struggling for a long time, the baby was born, and it turned out to be another boy. "Haha It seems that I, Yuan Xianyong, am born to have many children and grandchildren, so I don't have to worry about having no successors in the future!" Looking at his infant son Yingwu, Yuan Mai laughed loudly. Although this child is small, he looks like his grandfather with his broad bones, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is likely to be a fierce general when he grows up. The names of the children were already chosen when Lu was pregnant. The boy was named Yuan Zhuo and the girl was named Yuan Ke. But looking at his son's Yingwu face at this moment, Yuan Mai decided to change the name of Lu's son. "My son looks like he's made for a fierce general. He can't call him such a gentle name as Yuan Zhuo. Let's call him Yuan Meng! He will be a tiger general in the future and will be invincible on the battlefield!" Lu Lingqi didn't care. She hugged the infant child and sighed. He said: "I wanted to have a daughter, but I didn't expect it to be a son. My daughter is well-behaved and filial, so it would be better to have a daughter." Yuan Mai gave a bad smile: "Madam, please don't mind. If my husband works harder in a few days, I might have a daughter in the next year and a half." When Lu Lingqi heard this, she said in a coquettish voice: "In front of many people In front of you, your husband must not talk nonsense." Listening to the play between the governor and his wife, the maids lowered their heads and snickered.