Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

The Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of wide open speech, and anyone could discuss and criticize the government. Correspondingly, the newspapers and periodicals of the Ming Dynasty were also diverse, among which the newspapers and periodicals founded by the Donglin Party were the most diverse.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian is very clear about the Donglin Party's methods of controlling public opinion, guiding and using public opinion to stir up people's hearts. He also knows the power of the weapon of public opinion. Mastering social public opinion is equivalent to occupying the commanding heights of morality and morality. The commanding heights are already in an invincible position.

In order to cope with this, and to break the Donglin Party's monopoly on public opinion, he was forced to create the Daming Daily.

In order to make the Ming Dynasty's largest mainstream newspaper, control public opinion, and take the initiative, he not only invested a lot of money and manpower, but also made the dog-headed military advisor Wu Buwei concurrently the director of the newspaper.

When it comes to playing newspapers, Zhu Youjian considers himself the best in the world and unparalleled in the entire Ming Dynasty. He directs from behind the scenes, Wu Buwei stands at the front and directs and dispatches, and the emperor and his ministers work together.

To open a newspaper, you must first set up a printing factory and recruit some workers who know printing technology. For Zhu Youjian, this was just a matter of words.

Once you have a printing house, you need to set up an editorial department and recruit a group of talented editors with excellent writing skills to write articles. The first condition for hiring editors is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and talent is the second.

For a big shot in the literary world like Ruan Dacheng, who was also the sworn enemy of the Donglin Party, Zhu Youjian naturally gave him a false position as deputy editor-in-chief. The reward was not much, and it was just a friendly guest appearance.

There are quite a few big names or rising stars in the literary world like Ruan Dacheng who work as deputy editors or editors. Moreover, they don't care about the remuneration at all. Some even work for free. The reason is actually very simple, which is just the word reputation.

Reputation is nothing when it is not used, but if it is used, it is really awesome. Many literati even pay the price of their lives for the word fame.

Of course, earning reputation is one of them, and the other is to show loyalty to the emperor. We do not collude with the Donglin Party. We are only loyal to the emperor and to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian did not expect that running a newspaper would actually produce many loyal ministers. This was an unexpected gain.

After the editorial department was established, the next step was to recruit reporters. In the original time and space, the requirements for the journalist profession were quite high, but in Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian lowered the threshold. As long as you have a certain cultural foundation, are smart, and are good at discovering and capturing. Those who are good at new things can be hired. The first condition for admission is still loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. You may not be patriotic, but you must be loyal to the emperor.

Reporting is definitely a new profession for Ming Dynasty, but the remuneration is high, and there are more scholars who can't survive. Therefore, there are as many down-and-out scholars as crucian carp crossing the river, and those who are lucky enough to be admitted There are only twenty people.

Journalists are regular employees, and there is also a group of people who specialize in running errands to sell news, the so-called temporary workers, which can also be said to be the Ming Dynasty version of paparazzi.

A paparazzi can be a beggar begging on the street, or a gangster wandering the streets. It doesn’t matter if he can’t write, as long as he can speak. He can also be a civil servant, and he can be an official. As long as the information you provide has value and is true, the newspaper office Just give you a certain amount of compensation based on the value of the information you provide.

There was once a group of paparazzi who provided very valuable information. After the newspaper adopted it, they were given a very high reward. It is said that the highest reward was as high as one hundred taels of silver for one piece of information, which made people envious and jealous, and also stimulated many people. Joining the paparazzi profession as a fresh, easy and fun career and making a living not only solves the problem of food and clothing, but also makes one become well-off.

Zhu Youjian was responsible for the design, editing and typesetting of newspapers in the early stages. He did not let go until Wu Buwei, the dog-headed strategist, and several deputy curators got to know each other.

There are many reasons why Da Ming Pao was able to overwhelm the Donglin Party and other newspapers and periodicals in a short period of time and become the largest newspaper in the journalism world.