"The people in the south of the Yangtze River are open, and all kinds of things dare to be the first in the world. However, the people, as well as those with insight in the opposition, still lack a unified channel for voice." Liu Mingqi said slowly, "As the saying goes, public opinion is open and political will be smooth. In order to let the people's opinions be known as the best, so as to check for shortcomings and make up for the gaps and maintain peace... Now I want to establish this channel. Are you willing to take on this great task, Changfeng?"

Gong Yuan couldn't understand: "Did the prince ask me to visit and collect remarks?"

"Of course not, I asked them to come to the door by themselves." Liu Mingqi said with a smile, "Changfeng, do you know the notice and the post newspaper?"

"Um!"

Announcements are usually notice boards located at the entrance of every neighbor in the town, with many things that the government wants everyone to know. Scholars hired by the government often explain to the people around them.

Post newspapers are documents transmitted through post stations, generally document exchanges between government agencies at all levels.

But due to the limitations of the times, Gong Yuan still did not understand Liu Mingqi's meaning, "Is there any connection here?"

"Of course there is!"

The boy said, "I want you to make a news newspaper...that is, publish and print all kinds of things you can collect, no matter how big or small, on this newspaper, and then distribute them."

Gong Yuan was a smart person after all, so he immediately understood after saying this: "Is this the channel you mentioned to speak out? Let everyone see the information and information I collected?"

"right!"

Liu Mingqi said first, "Not only information, you can also ask someone to criticize and condemn some shortcomings and bad habits, and speak out for the people! You can even give advice on some matters about the government and do your best to the people's livelihood..."

The more the boy said, the brighter Gong Yuan's eyes became.

When he finished speaking, Gong Yuan slapped the stone table suddenly, "It's amazing! It's amazing! Newspaper... Newspaper... Haha, it's great! It's great!!"

While speaking, he stood up straight and bowed deeply to Liu Mingqi and said, "Prince, Changfeng has had such a vague idea for a long time. He wants to speak out for the poor people, and want more people to know their sufferings and care about them!

The world of great prosperity is not only the world of scholars, wealthy gentry and officials, but also the world of all the people! If even they are unwilling to take care of them, the story of the rich and the smell of wine and meat will inevitably be staged again!

Your Highness’s words today are like enlightenment, making Changfeng suddenly enlightened! I treat it as this newspaper! You should speak for the people and ask for your life. Even if you die, you will not regret it!!”

This juren, who was almost thirty years old, was so excited that he was trembling all over.

He is not short of money or public voices.

There were all Juren in the Gong family for three generations. Gong Yuan's grandfather was a fifth-rank official from the Sixth Ministry, and his father was also an official from the jewelry magistrate. Not only did he pass the Juren by himself, but his younger brother is already one of the Juren exams this year.

After generations of accumulation, the Gong family has tens of acres of fertile land and dozens of shops in the south of the Yangtze River, which can be said to be a rich man.

Gong Yuan, who grew up under generous conditions, was not interested in these glory and wealth.

He likes to study and make friends, likes to criticize the shortcomings of the court, and likes to speak for the people...

But after living for nearly thirty years, he still couldn't find the path he should take the most.

Unexpectedly, I was woken up by Liu Mingqi in one sentence today.

The joy in his heart is really conceivable!!

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It is actually not a coincidence that Liu Mingqi looked for Gong Yuan.

He had heard of Gong Yuan's name for a long time, and in the capital recently, there were many people talking about Gong Yuan.

The reason was that he dared to take great risks and led a group of lieutenants to the streets and rushed to the palace to petition, and shouted such fierce slogans.

This is definitely not afraid of death!

But the people like this kind of hero who is not afraid of death.

Especially the scholars from Jiangnan were spreading Gong Yuan's arrogant, independent, free and natural way early.

In this way, both the people and the scholars, Gong Yuan became the hero who resisted inequality and darkness in one fell swoop.

He is the flag bearer!

After this, Gong Yuan did not settle down. He held various rallies frequently and expressed his opinions.

He firmly felt that he wanted to behead the deputy prime minister Nangong Ji and search the house, and behead all the hundreds of corrupt officials in the canal transportation yamen, and his family would be exiled...

Such a fierce attitude is completely different from what the imperial court officials mean.

Officials don’t want to do too much, because next time someone might do your business, so it’s very appropriate to keep some decent.

It is conceivable how much the imperial court hates this guy.

But those juren and scholars have not been scattered by the officialdom, and are still passionate young people.

Not only them, but even a group of editors and reviewers from the Hanlin Academy often participated in this kind of gathering, praising Gong Changfeng as a "witness in the world" and "born warrior".

Then when they came back, they began to write letters like chicken blood, demanding severe punishment for the protagonists of this huge corruption case.

The same thing is said, if it weren’t for my Dakang, Gong Yuan would have been a little bit bad if I had been in the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Qing Dynasty, and the Gong family was confiscated and exterminated in minutes.

But the progress of a society happens to require such a madman.

This kind of person who can break the darkness in a silence and tacit understanding and bring different things to people represents a ray of sunshine in society and can illuminate people's hearts.

Liu Mingqi does not advocate violence to change the world.

It is okay to change Shiwei, Xiqiang, Uighurs, Japan and other places, but you don’t need it in your own country.

He likes to use a gentler method to change slowly.

What changes is not the country, but the hearts of the people.

It is to open up their wisdom.

Only when people's minds are improved, they can be proud and proud, and can find that they dare to say and do, will the country make progress.

From this point of view, in my country after 1900, the role of newspapers was very huge.

In addition, during the chaotic and miserable twenty or thirty years, newspapers have an irreplaceable role.

The folk customs of Dakang were much more open and gentle than those of the Qing Dynasty when our Qing Dynasty was destroyed, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, he was rich, so he naturally seemed more radical.

This is not only Dakang, but also Jiangnan in all dynasties.

Only by publishing newspapers in such places can we actively guide the people to make the social atmosphere more and more open, so that we can greatly eliminate feudal ignorance and gradually increase the proportion of science.

So after Liu Mingqi heard about Gong Yuan and learned that he was unwilling to become an official in the court, she immediately thought that this person could be the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

If Gong Yuan has money, he will not be forced by life and surrender to money.

Gong Yuan is also a juren, with a very high reputation and a very conceited person, so he will not be coerced.

The most important thing is that after so many years of teaching by example, the people in Jiangnan support him very much and are willing to believe him.

Such people can avoid many problems and start a newspaper.

In fact, before saying this, Liu Mingqi knew that he would agree.

With such personality traits as Gong Yuan, this kind of pretense can show his holy presence and be a bystander and critic with a high status... it is simply something he dreams of, how can he refuse?

Gong Yuan’s excitement now also proves that Liu Mingqi’s judgment is very accurate.

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After Gong Yuan was excited and sat down again, Liu Mingqi spoke again: "Changfeng, it is not easy to make such a newspaper. Great honor is only one aspect. You must also have a strong mentality to resist anyone's slander and doubts about you, and after the mistakes, you must actively admit your mistakes and correct them, so that you can conform to the image of a fair newspaper."

Gong Yuan nodded: "Prince, I understand this. There have been more than one who scolded me over the years. I am not afraid of them."

"good."

The boy said, "Since you have this meaning, I will give you a general template later, which I have figured out. You can refer to it or do it as you imagine. It doesn't matter."

"Thank you, Prince." Gong Yuan said solemnly: "I have no experience in doing this. You are willing to give me some advice. That would be great."

Gong Yuan was very smart. He knew from Liu Mingqi's fog just now that this prince must have thought about it for a long time and must have had a lot of insights.

Liu Mingqi is his idol, and of course he is willing to learn from his idol, which is not embarrassing at all.

Not to mention that Liu Mingqi told him directly that it was his own business and would not interfere.

Gong Yuan is particularly grateful to Liu Mingqi.

It was one thing that he worshipped Liu Mingqi, but he certainly didn't want to be Liu Mingqi's puppet. He had his own unique pride.

"Now let's talk about something realistic." Liu Mingqi said again, "Your family is a family of officials. Although your father has retired now, many of the family members are officials in the court and local governments.

So if you can't be the boss of this newspaper, just replace it with my unemployed concubine, Boss Xiao Suqinsu, who will take care of it. What do you think?"

Gong Yuan is crazy, but not stupid, and he is very familiar with the worldly ways.

He originally decided to take all the risks in it himself.

But when he heard Liu Mingqi say this, he hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, aren't you unwilling to inherit the throne? Is this what you want to show off like this?"

"I have no intention of the throne. What do I want to do? Can't I get what I want to do?" Liu Mingqi shrugged and said, "Governor Liu Renhuai, Jiangnan, will not leave in the past few years. You can do it with confidence and boldness. He still has the same tolerance."

"Oh? That's a good thing!"

Gong Yuan accidentally heard a secret, but he just smiled and didn't ask much.

This matter is indeed a secret now. Liu Mingqi only knew it because Jing Hedi took three questions for him, and he immediately understood why Liu Renhuai could not leave Jiangnan.

With Liu Renhuai's control over Jiangnan, he is definitely not afraid of the emergence of these new things.

Even if it is not Liu Mingqi's property, he will not do anything randomly.

After two or three years, the newspaper has made great progress and has sufficient foundation. At that time, no matter who it is, it will be difficult to remove it from the land of Jiangnan.
To be continued...