"Your Majesty, this is today's newspaper." Si Du respectfully placed the newspaper on Ying Zheng's desk.

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and picked up the newspaper.

The newspaper is placed on a plate made of sandalwood and is pressed by a piece of beautiful jade.

However... no matter how beautiful the packaging is, newspapers or newspapers are no different from what is sold on the market.

Ying Zheng opened the newspaper and looked at it twice, and suddenly laughed: "Is this so-called debate between immortals and scholars not over yet?"

Si Tong said: "Yes, not only did it not end, but it became more and more intense. However, the winner is almost decided."

Ying Zheng said lightly: "From the beginning of the debate, the winner has been separated. Those Confucian scholars spoke full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, as if except for them, there were all evil people in the world."

"But their views, over and over again, are always just a few, without any creation."

Si Tong responded: "One of the court officials was originally shaking. After reading the newspaper, they now tend to be exiled immortals. Perhaps after the end of this debate, more people will like the exiled immortals' strategy of governing the country."

Ying Zheng nodded.

When he thought about it, when Huai Guzi first entered the court, he couldn't even write the words. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, he would be ranked alongside the various schools of thought.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but smile: This Huaiguzi is really not afraid of heaven or earth.

…………

At the Daqin Newspaper, Fu Yao is designing the new newspaper layout with great enthusiasm.

In fact, the four words "Daqin Newspaper" were given by Li Shui.

After giving his name, Li Shui excitedly mentioned four words: Daqin Daily.

He said to Fu Yao: "Now your newspaper has become famous. Such a famous newspaper needs a famous person to bring the newspaper head. Go back and print the four words of me at the front to take your newspaper to a higher level."

But Fu Yao was a little reluctant to say that the four dogs crawling.

Li Shui asked dissatisfiedly: "What? I think the master is not worthy?"

Fu Yao laughed dryly: "The disciple highly respects Master's character, but for Master... I am also considering the sales of newspapers."

Li Shui looked at him helplessly: "You need to improve your level of looking at people."

Fu Yao ran away, then found Ying Zheng and wanted Ying Zheng to write the inscription.

Ying Zheng directly refused.

In Ying Zheng's opinion, Fu Yao's trick is not worthy of being asked to write his inscriptions. How could the word "The Emperor of Eternality be mentioned casually?

Fu Yao found Weiyang again.

Wei Yang agreed to the inscription, but there was a requirement that only two were asked to ask, and Li Shui asked the remaining two.

Fu Yao was worried that Li Shui's calligraphy would affect the sales of newspapers, so he slipped away again.

Finally he found Chunyu Yue.

Chunyu Yue's calligraphy is nothing, but now the debate between immortals and scholars is fierce, so he may not be willing to write inscriptions.

So Fu Yao played a trick.

He said to Chunyu Yue: "Please help me with a few aphorisms. I'm so surprised."

"The first sentence is, Great Qianyuan."

"The second sentence is: I examine myself three times a day."

"The third sentence is: repay grievances with kindness."

"The fourth sentence is: give it to Mr. Qin Fu Yao."

After listening to it, Chunyu Yue found that most of these aphorisms were sentences from Confucian classics. He was very happy, so he dipped them in thick ink and wrote them.

After Fu Yao got these four sentences, he immediately slipped away. Then he cut one word from each sentence in the newspaper, formed the four words of the Daqin Daily, and handed them over to the craftsmen, and asked them to carve the plate.

When Fu Yao was happy, a newspaper clerk came in and said to the young master: "Yesterday's sales have been counted."

Fu Yao nodded.

Daqin Daily used the statistical chart newly created by Ji Nu, and the daily sales volume was counted as a point, and then connected in series with line segments.

Just like the stock market trend chart, whether sales volumes are rising or falling is clear at a glance.

Today's sales are a bit low, lower than yesterday. Yesterday's sales are lower than the day before yesterday.

Fu Yao asked, "Do you know what's the reason?"

The guy said, "Most villains know a little. Although our newspaper attracted some literati and officials because of the debate between immortals and scholars. However, the people cannot understand these things after all."

"The people who buy the most newspapers are ordinary people. Therefore... they heard that newspaper boys shouted about the content of the debate between immortals and scholars, so they didn't want to buy it."

Fu Yao asked again: "Then what good ideas do you have?"

The guy thought for a while and said, "The villain thought that two newspapers should be published. One newspaper is specially for the literati and literati to publish more elegant things. The other newspaper is specially for the people to read and publish strange and anecdotes."

Fu Yao pondered for a while and said, "Your method may work in the future, but not now. I, Daqin, are the few people who know literacy after all."

"A newspaper must attract everyone to sell at a good price. If it is divided into several different newspapers, the profit will be greatly reduced."

"Let's do this, I see the debate on immortals and scholars, and it's basically over. Those Confucian scholars go back and forth, and there are only a few things. Today's newspaper pages are half published on immortals and scholars, and the other half are published on anecdotes."

The guy responded and handed it to Fu Yao a stack of papers: "This is anecdotes that the reporters have recently visited."

Fu Yao opened it and found that it was all trivial matters.

Some adults bought two more beauties. Some powerful slaves fought with some powerful servants. Some adults had quirks. Some adults dressed as tillage at home, sometimes dressed as till beggars, sometimes dressed as merchants, sometimes dressed as late at night, and sometimes dressed as women...

If these news were in the past, the people would have read it with relish.

But now Fu Yao needs to boost sales, so these reports are a bit insignificant.

He thought for a while and said to the guy: "Didn't the reporters write a lot of news about General Li's slap in the face a few days ago? Now it can be used."

The guy was stunned for a moment and said, "If this news is reported, it will reveal the truth of those court officials. Will they..."

Fu Yao smiled slightly: "It's okay, I have my own plan."

The guy responded and went to find the manuscripts.

…………

Wu Chi is very happy recently because there is always fun in the newspapers to read.

The great debate on immortals and scholars really made Wu Chi feel addicted.

Anyway, he is not a Confucian scholar. He doesn't feel uncomfortable when he sees Confucianism getting hammered all over the ground, but instead feels a sense of gloating.

Today he opened the newspaper again to see what new news was.

Well... are the Confucian scholars still debating?

Wu Chi probably looked at it and found that the Confucian scholars always had those opinions back and forth, which were no longer new.

Zhou Qingchen's immortal school said directly: The views of Confucian scholars have been refuted one by one in the previous newspapers, so I won't repeat them. If Confucian scholars cannot put forward new views, please admit defeat and don't mess around.

This was a slap in the face, and it was a slap.

Wu Chi smiled and shook his head. Then, he turned the newspaper in a short while.

Once he turned around like this, he could no longer laugh.

A large title is written in large font in the newspaper:

Slap Marquis: General Li Xin.

There is also a subtitle below: How many court officials were slapped in the face on their own initiative?

Then there is a conclusive analysis of the evidence.

These analyses are not just about hearsay. Some court officials accurately entered and left Li Xin's mansion, some analyses on their faces, and even photos of them entering and leaving Li Xin's mansion.

The final article analyzed: "The relationship between these court officials and General Li Xin is not very good. Recently, they have frequently visited and left the general's mansion, so what they intend to do is probably clear at a glance."

Wu Chi looked at his photo in the newspaper and reached out to pieces. He hammered the table hard: "Li Xin, you, a villain who is untrustworthy. Didn't you agree to keep it a secret? I was slapped in the face but paid the money."

Wu Chi shouted to the butler: "Wu Jia! Wu Jia!"

The butler Wu Jia ran in panting and said nervously: "Master."

Wu Chi said: "Have you read today's newspaper?"

Wu Jia said with a bitter face: "Look, but..."

Wu Chi said, "Okay, bring the stick and follow me to Li Xin's mansion."

Wu Jia was almost scared to death: What are you doing? Are you fighting with Li Xin? He is a general, and fighting with him? What is the difference between seeking death?

Wu Jia hesitated and said, "Master, the villain thinks..."

Wu Chi was angry and said to Wu Jia in anger: "What? Don't you dare to go?"

Wu Jia said with a bitter face: "It's not that I dare not go. But the villain thinks... this... the owner has already reported it in the newspaper. Isn't it true that the owner will go again now?"

Wu Chi sneered: "My face has been stripped down by someone. What kind of face do you care about? If you don't go today, it will make people feel that I have agreed."

Wu Jia repeatedly dissuaded him, but Wu Chi just refused to listen, so he had to prepare a carriage.
To be continued...