With the spread of newspapers in the Ming Dynasty, the profession of newspaper boys also came into being. Tianlai Novel

Since the late Ming Dynasty, self-cultivated farmers have gone bankrupt in large numbers, and it is even more common in wealthy places like Jiangnan. A large number of landless people flocked to Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and there were also many wandering orphans. Before that, many orphans could only rely on begging to survive. Now that they have a job as a newspaper boy, they have solved the survival problems of many newspaper boys.

Zhu Youxiao saw a boy in a short suit carrying a cloth bag and shouting while shouting, and he was also interested and said to Wang Chengen: "Go and buy one."

Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian on the side: "How old are these children selling newspapers and how much income are there for newspapers? Can they survive?"

"Your Majesty, you are only twelve or thirteen years old, and most of them are children of poor people. Instead of letting them work for the wealthy families in the city without any time or night, it is better for me to gather them together to sell newspapers. They have no money to do so and can only manage a meal. Our Daming Daily pays according to the number of newspaper copies sold. A newspaper boy can get five or six taels of silver in a month, which is enough for them to supplement their family income or their own life."

Wei Zhongxian replied.

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "After all, it's a child, and you still have to put your studies first. Since you, Wei Zhongxian, can you think of using them to sell newspapers to make a living, you also need to support them more academically. Can my Qianqiu Foundation of Ming Dynasty be passed down forever? It's not because you are not a good guy, but because of them, do you understand?"

"I understand that I have invested in building several private schools in Nanjing, providing them with free study to the children of these poor people's families. And newspaper boys are also selected from these children. They only sell newspapers after school every day." After Wei Zhongxian said this, Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything else.

At this time, Wang Chengen had already thrown a silver ingot to the newspaper boy, then took a newspaper and walked towards Zhu Youxiao.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that the Daming Daily had improved a lot from the previous Daming Daily. The font was obviously much more detailed, and the content capacity increased a lot. Even with illustrations, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes, Wei Zhongxian, this font is as thin as a mosquito and flies. It seems that the Royal Academy of Engineering's improvement in printing technology has also helped you Daming Daily a lot."

As Zhu Youxiao said that, he issued an order to go to the location of the Daming Daily. For the Daming Daily, it can be said that it was Zhu Youxiao's biggest hero in Jiangnan. He has made many contributions to his political propaganda over the years. Zhu Youxiao came to Jiangnan and had to go and see this great hero.

Wei Zhongxian was naturally very happy. One of the most successful things he did after coming to Jiangnan was to establish the Daming Daily, and although he left the capital, he had never reduced his influence in politics and literature. He even now became the main controller of the Ming Dynasty's ideological circle.

Because of the growing growth of the Daming Daily, Wei Zhongxian also had his own large group of literati groups. Some literati not only no longer call him a eunuch, but also regard him as a leader in the literary world. Wei Zhongxian is now also crafty and desperately trying to win over his prestige, and also began to do some good deeds within his ability.

When he arrived at a three-entry courtyard, Wei Zhongxian came to Zhu Youxiao first: "Your Majesty, this is the Daming Daily. Because there are too many editors now, the Wei minister's custodial eunuch's mansion can no longer live in, so he decided to buy a mansion specifically for Daming Daily."

Zhu Youxiao ignored this issue. At that time, he only gave Wei Zhongxian an order to run a newspaper, but did not tell Wei Zhongxian how to do it, or what status it should be given to Daming Daily after it was done. This also has something to do with his extensive affairs as an emperor.

Now that Wei Zhongxian can turn one of his ideas into reality, and also make the Daming Daily play an important role in many major events. It has to be admitted that Wei Zhongxian still has strong comprehension and execution ability.

However, there are indeed many problems in the Daming Daily. For example, although the Daming Daily is already an important verbal verbal of the court, it does not have a clear administrative and functional positioning. Until now, it is only an unclear affiliate in charge of the eunuch's office, and often it is more like a private workshop of Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youxiao looked up and saw that the mansion was magnificent and solemn. There was a plaque with "Da Ming Daily" hanging on a black lacquer gate. Under the plaque was Wei Zhongxian's own inscription, and he smiled and said, "It's a good thing to specially allocate a mansion to Da Ming Daily, but the words on this plaque are not worth it. However, I said Wei Zhongxian, you don't know how to find a great scholar to write a word. Using your own inscription will cost you a lot."

After hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, Wei Zhongxian smiled embarrassedly: "Your Majesty is very saying, I originally wanted to invite a treasure of Your Majesty, but I was afraid of being ruthless."

Zhu Youxiao glared at Wei Zhongxian speechlessly. He had no good calligraphy skills. He turned to Li Mingrui and said, "Li Mingrui, you should write these four words."

Li Mingrui is a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and is well-known in the literary world. He has been a very popular figure recently, so it is appropriate for him to write a plaque for the Daming Daily. Wei Zhongxian was very happy to see this and hurriedly ordered people to prepare the four treasures of the study to serve him.

So everyone walked into the house where the Daming Daily was located. As soon as they arrived at the large screen wall in the front yard, Zhu Youxiao smelled a trace of ink. When Wei Zhongxian was taken into a study and waiting for Li Mingrui to write the four words "Daming Daily", Zhu Youxiao also asked Wei Zhongxian to report the current basic situation of Daming Daily.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Daming Daily is mainly divided into four groups, one is the collection and marshalling group, mainly collecting useful information from all over the place; one is the text group, mainly responsible for collecting various types of manuscripts and suggesting review and modification; the other is the layout group, responsible for typing and drawings of various articles and messages to be reported; then correcting and modifying the errors, and then printing. After the printing is printed, it will be handed to the newspaper boy or the delivery group will deliver the newspaper to the subscribers, mainly yamen and academies at all levels and gentry homes."

Wei Zhongxian said, "The editors of all the groups have hundreds of people in Nanjing, but they are still too busy every day. Now there are more and more newspapers subscribers, and there are branches in Suhang Songyang and other places, so the scale is even larger."

"Who is the main writer of Daming Daily now?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ask.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Zhang Dai, this person is famous for a long time in the literary world. His writing style and talent are naturally outstanding, and he is omnipotent. Wei Chen spent a lot of money to invite him to be the main writer of the Daming Daily, but this person is also arrogant and unwilling to make changes. A few days ago, because he wanted him to write an advertisement for Luo Jiliang in the Daming Daily, he refused, and left angrily, scolding me for falling into the eyes of money, turning the newspapers that were originally a commoner's glimpse of the dynasty's political affairs into a tool for making money."
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