Li Xiaojiu was a little excited. He could finally help His Highness. He must work hard today! And compared to what they did before, this job shouldn't be too simple!
At this moment, Li Xiaojiu was wearing a small suit of well-fitting clothes, and there were four words written on his back: Datang Weekly.
That's right, he, Li Xiaojiu, or all the beggars have a job that belongs to them today, they are newsboys! They don't know what a newsboy is, but they know that selling the newspapers in their hands is enough! For every 20 copies sold, they can earn 1 penny!
A newspaper only costs 5 cents.
There are more than one hundred squares in Chang'an City, and each place has a courtyard as their stronghold. Li Xiaojiu and the others are responsible for the few squares and cities where they once wandered, because they are most familiar with it.
Basically all beggars are like this.
When the city gate just opened in the morning, they had already entered the city. At this moment, Li Xiaojiu had already walked onto the street wearing new clothes. Looking at the people coming and going on the street, Li Xiaojiu took a deep breath and finally spoke loudly. He said: "I'm selling newspapers, I'm selling newspapers! His Highness the King of Shu founded the Tang Dynasty Weekly, which contains ten thousand words for only 5 cents!"
"The newspaper is sold! The newspaper is sold!"
For a time, the voices of countless newsboys rang out in all the prosperous areas of Chang'an, large and small.
Everyone in Chang'an City was attracted!
Today is not a court meeting, but also a day for Wei Zheng to rest, so he rarely goes out to stroll on the streets to see the customs of Chang'an and see if there is any latest situation. Who knows that he heard about this just after he came out.
Wei Zheng was shocked when he heard the newsboy shouting, "Ten thousand words worth only 5 cents?" !
"Child, come here." Wei Zheng immediately waved.
"Old man." Li Xiaojiu ran over quickly, saluted Wei Zheng first, and then said: "Would you like a copy of Datang Weekly, founded by His Highness the King of Shu? Five cents."
"Here you go, what is Datang Weekly?" Wei Zheng asked as he took out the money.
"A weekly newspaper is a newspaper. In short, it reports on the major events that happened in the Tang Dynasty within a week! Oh, seven days is a week! That is, it is published every seven days!" Li Xiaojiu memorized these contents very well.
Wei Zheng immediately became interested.
He took the rolled-up Datang Weekly handed over by Li Xiaojiu and opened it. As soon as he opened it, Wei Zheng couldn't help but make a loud noise because the paper was very big, much bigger than he imagined!
The first thing I saw was the words "Datang Weekly".
Next to these four words is today's date, April 1, the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty.
Then, Wei Zheng saw the following title: "Shocked! His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty actually did such a thing!"
Wei Zheng: "..." Well, this weekly report must be run by His Highness the King of Shu. If Wei Zheng was still doubtful at first, when he saw the title, he no longer doubted it.
After all... no one else has the guts, except His Highness the King of Shu, who dares to write about Li Shimin like this?
But Wei Zheng is also curious! He immediately looked down.
Seeing this, Wei Zheng frowned instantly. This article... is simply uneducated and incompetent!
Wei Zheng resisted the urge to scold and continued reading. As he looked at it, Wei Zheng raised his eyebrows. There was... something in this article. Although the words and sentences are ugly, there is content in the article. Many analyzes are very detailed, and the changes in the external situation of the Tang Dynasty and the powerful relationships are explained very well.
It even inspired him, Wei Zheng, from many angles that he had never thought of.
The entire article takes into account various factors such as people's livelihood, military, geographical environment, etc., and explains the necessity of the Tang Dynasty's war against Tuyuhun!
Although the words and sentences are straightforward, the readers are quite enthusiastic.
That's the title...
Wei Zheng looked down again. Next to this article, there was a small section that read: Rice price, meat price, salt price and other price indicators in Chang'an City in the past three days.
nice one!
Then looking down, Wei Zheng saw another article title.
"Tong cares about ancient times."
oh? This title is normal.
Especially when the content came into view, Wei Zheng couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
"The peaks and ridges are like clusters, and the waves are like raging. The mountains and rivers are on the Tongguan Road inside and outside. Looking at the Western Capital, I hesitate. I am sad. Wherever the Qin and Han Dynasties traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces were turned into dirt. When they prosper, the people suffer, and when they die, the people suffer."
"Okay!" Wei Zheng couldn't help but cheer loudly after reading! For the last eight words! What a good thing, the people suffer; what a good thing, it perishes, and the people suffer!
There are instructions further down the article.
This article was written with emotion by His Majesty the King of Shu when he and His Majesty went on a spring outing a few days ago and watched the people working outside Chang'an City!
Li Ke did it? Wei Zheng suddenly widened his eyes?
This... Wei Zheng thought about it carefully, and it seemed that... His Highness the King of Shu really had good academic performance, but... everyone just ignored him.
Then Wei Zheng looked at the last article.
"Datang owes these people!" This title is even more sensational.
Wei Zheng raised his eyebrows.
He looked down immediately.
"In the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, the country's national power was booming, and the people gradually lived and worked in peace and contentment... But there is such a special group of people, and the Tang Dynasty owes them! That is the border garrison of the Tang Dynasty!"
"They are not even officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. There is a group of soldiers like this. They are soldiers of the previous dynasty..."
The article describes a group of less than 500 border guards who were stationed at the northernmost border of the Tang Dynasty. Because of the Tang Dynasty's war with the Sui Dynasty, they were gradually forgotten by people, but to this day, they still have not forgotten to protect this land. , they are deep inside the Turks, guarding an isolated city. So far, the number of city defenders has dropped from a thousand to less than 500, and the city is full of white-haired troops!
Although they were not officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty owed them.
There is such a short story at the beginning of the entire article... Wei Zheng was horrified and moved when he read it! Because he, Wei Zheng, could barely be regarded as a minister of the Sui Dynasty.
Such loyal soldiers, even though the Sui Dynasty is gone, they still guard this land for China. Can you not be moved? !
The second half of the article begins to analyze why this situation occurred through this story, starting from the late Sui Dynasty. As he looked at it, Wei Zheng felt that something was wrong, because although it was not pointed out clearly in the article, it was But it has secretly targeted an important group: the aristocrats!
This... Wei Zheng was shocked when he saw this! Your Highness, King of Shu, this is... Wei Zheng couldn't help but raise his head and look into the distance. The newspaper boy just now didn't know how many newspapers he had sold. He had already seen a dozen people like him standing on the street and started reading this. People from Datang Weekly! Some even cursed directly!
If this is the case in the entire Chang'an City... a word came into Wei Zheng's mind, the crowd was furious! This...His Royal Highness the King of Shu is digging for the roots of a powerful family! No, something is going to happen! Wei Zheng turned around to find his personal entourage, and said directly: "Let's go into the palace! I have something to see your Majesty!"
Half an hour later, Wei Zheng, who managed to see Li Shimin, had already handed the newspaper to Li Shimin. Before Li Shimin read the content, when he only saw the title, he became furious. He reached out and slapped the table and cursed: "This traitor. !”
