Shen Song and Bai Ning planned to go to India to defect to Lebao.
Wu Xinzhong and Du Ruchong are currently drinking in a restaurant.
To be honest, they are beginning to regret it now.
You said fine, why do you want to take the lead? I originally thought that because they thought Emperor Zhu had a good reputation, they might be like the sages and wise kings in ancient times, let them forget the past and use the recruitment for their own purposes.
But who would have thought that Emperor Zhu had already announced that he would never recruit these six gentlemen as officials.
it's good now.
Other troublemakers, as long as they obey, can still take the imperial examination.
Only a few of them have no future as officials.
But if you can't be an official, what can you do?
Du Ruchong sighed: "If I had known this, I would have just studied the new textbooks honestly and taken the exam to become a scholar and become an official."
Wu Xinzhong glanced at Du Ruchong and sighed.
Who says it isn't?
"Brother Wu, now that you and I are both on the emperor's mind, I don't have to take this official position. I think the Ming Dynasty is not like the previous dynasty. They still do things according to the rules. Although I don't have the official position, I still go back to my hometown to work hard." We can still find peace." Du Ruchong sighed, "Why don't we just leave the country, I will go back to my hometown in Sichuan, and you will go back to Jiangxi."
Wu Xinzhong was also a little unwilling.
Why did they gain such fame?
Isn’t it just for being an official?
Now there is a reputation.
The official is gone.
Wu Xinzhong looked towards the bustling Guangzhou Street.
This era is very different from before.
In the Ming Dynasty.
The road of speech is unprecedentedly broad.
And there is a [gift] on top.
It seems that all you need to do is follow the rules.
You don’t have to worry about things like the magistrates who destroyed their families in the former Qing Dynasty and the magistrates who ruined their families.
Wu Xinzhong thought of this, looked at Du Ruchong and said, "Brother Du, do you know what I've seen the most these days?"
"What is it?"
"newspaper!"
Wu Xinzhong shook out a large number of newspapers from the bag.
From more serious reports on various political and military news.
To publish local news, serialized.
There are also some small H articles published
Everything you need.
"I have read it these days. In Guangzhou, there are all kinds of newspapers. The sky is high here and the emperor is far away, the people are rich, and the freedom of speech is unprecedented."
Wu Xinzhong said.
Du Ruchong looked at the various newspapers in his hands and looked up at Wu Xinzhong.
"Brother Wu is saying that you want to apply for a newspaper?"
"Exactly!"
Wu Xinzhong took out a copy of [Feng Yue Bao].
"For a newspaper like this, the articles are shoddy, the content is lacking, and the layout is not very nice. Do you know how much it would cost?"
Wu Xinzhong said, without waiting for Du Ruchong's answer, he stretched out three fingers: "Three copper coins!"
"I saw a newsstand. For such a newspaper, more than a hundred copies were sold in one newsstand alone in one morning. There are at least hundreds of copies of this newspaper in the streets and alleys of Guangzhou."
"Even if there are a hundred newsstands, and each newsstand sells a hundred copies of [Feng Yue Bao], that is a daily sales volume of 30,000 copper yuan and 3,000 mingyuan!"
"Three thousand Ming Yuan!"
Du Ruchong took a deep breath and made plans in his mind.
When I farm in my hometown in Sichuan, even if I have 100 acres of farmland and rent it out to farmers, how much millet can I harvest in a year?
It’s just a mere one or two hundred yuan.
This [Feng Yue Bao] can actually sell 10,000 copies a day in Guangzhou? !
"Brother Wu, making money from [Feng Yue Bao] has nothing to do with us. [Feng Yue Bao] is all about writing obscene articles. How can you and I make money by writing such articles? What's more, this [Feng Yue Bao] It's a local newspaper. If you and I want to run a newspaper, how can we compare it with [Feng Yue Bao]?" Du Ruchong thought about it for a while, and then he thought of many questions.
[Feng Yue Bao] has been working in Guangzhou for many years, and its reputation has gradually grown from small to large, and it specializes in articles about "Feng Yue".
There are quite a lot of old sex batches at any time.
So it’s not surprising that people can do it.
"Why can't we compare? What are our statuses now?" Wu Xinzhong said.
Since he was unable to become an official, the thoughts of this man, who was the number one scholar in the Jiaqing year in history, became vivid.
If you can't be an official, you can only make money.
Isn't there a saying that says, "Thousands of miles away, being an official is just for money."
Nowadays, if there is a chance to make a fortune, it doesn't seem to be a big deal if you can't be an official.
"What else could he be? A poor scholar with no hope of becoming an official." Du Ruchong smiled bitterly.
"No, no, no, Brother Du, you and I are gentlemen!"
"Gentleman?"
"Yes! One of the six gentlemen who are famous all over the world, er, two!" Wu Xinzhong said.
"So what?"
"How? This means that you and I are very famous, very famous! Much bigger than this [Feng Yue Bao]!" Wu Xinzhong said with a smile.
This is natural.
Although the Six Gentlemen were clearly stated by Emperor Zhu that they would not be recruited as officials.
But among the scholars in the world.
The reputation of the Six Gentlemen is very great.
Their sympathizers are also quite numerous.
"What does this have to do with running a newspaper?" Du Ruchong was confused.
"Brother Du, what can you tell by reading these newspapers?" Wu Xinzhong asked.
Du Ruchong looked at the newspapers on the table and frowned slightly, thoughtfully.
"Yes, these newspapers are of different types, but usually only one or two newspapers of each type account for a relatively large market share!"
Wu Xinzhong thought for a long time and actually came up with the word market share. ,
"So... we can create a newspaper in a category that has never appeared before!"
"What category?"
"A newspaper that specializes in commenting on and criticizing imperial policies!" Wu Xinzhong said.
"This..." Du Ruchong looked around and lowered his voice: "Isn't this going against the imperial court?"
"It's because there were no newspapers that opposed the imperial court before that there was a market for us to run this!" Wu Xinzhong said.
"No, no, no, no." Du Ruchong shook his head like a rattle, "You don't want your life. What will the Ming Dynasty do if they send out the Jinyi Guards to take you away?"
"This is impossible!" Wu Xinzhong said firmly.
"The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is here. As long as we don't rebel or attack the emperor, but just comment on certain specific policies, what crime is there? According to the etiquette, except for remarks about treason and attacks on the emperor and the royal family, no one can make any other remarks. crime!"
"Is this possible?" Du Ruchong hesitated.
"Why can't it be done? Brother Du! This [Feng Yue Bao] can sell for ten thousand cents a day. Our newspaper can't be worse than this [Feng Yue Bao] at least, right?!"
This is true.
There are so many scholars in the world. In Guangzhou alone, there are countless scholars who sympathize with the scholars of the Meridian Gate.
and
Earning 3,000 yuan a day, after deducting costs, you can still make a few hundred yuan, right?
You can make hundreds of dollars a day!
This is more profitable than being an official.
"Then what is the name of our newspaper?"
Du Ruchong asked.
"You and I have the reputation of being a gentleman, why not just call it a gentleman's report!"
(End of chapter)
