vrcanaries Chapter 259 Newspaper Title
Chapter 259 Newspaper Title
The live broadcast continues.
Lin Ke's smile faded slightly, but the corners of her mouth still turned up. However, her expression always made people feel that the next person would be teased.
"As everyone knows, later generations have given our ancestors all sorts of nicknames, such as the three of them: Dragon, Phoenix, and Pig; Kangxi the Pockmarked; Uncle Judy; and the one we're going to talk about next is Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, who was known as the God of the Gaoliang River Chariot."
Dragon and Phoenix Pig: ...
Judy, the Grand General Who Conquers the North: ...To hell with the Grand General Who Conquers the North!
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty: ...
"To put it simply, in 979 AD, the Song army broke through the Northern Han regime in one fell swoop, which made Zhao Guangyi complacent. He planned to take this opportunity to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun, but he misjudged the situation. In short, Zhao Guangyi did not win and was even hit by two arrows in the leg."
"Then he drove the donkey cart at breakneck speed, completely disregarding the rest of the army. It must be said that Emperor Taizong of Zhao was not good at anything else, but his ability to escape was first-rate."
"The Liao cavalry managed to catch up with this donkey cart. Tell me, who can drive a donkey better than him? It covered more than two hundred miles. If there were a ranking, Zhao Guangyi would probably be in the top three!"
"So some people joked that if you asked Zhao Er how fast he was, it would be like Lu Bu riding Red Hare. If Zhu Qizhen of the Ming Dynasty had had that kind of escape speed, would he have ended up being captured alive?!"
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: ...This kid can't even run away properly!!! He's so infuriating!
A spoiled young man from the Tang Dynasty: This guy is awesome! I just don't know how he rides that donkey cart!?
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: Damn it! How embarrassing! -_-
Zhao Guangyi from another timeline was furious when he heard this, but he swallowed it back. The reason was simple: his good brother was glaring at him, so he could only keep a low profile now!
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The live broadcast continues.
"But since we're talking about the Song Dynasty, let's also mention what newspapers were like then!"
"As you all know, I have said that the commercial economy of the Song Dynasty was quite developed, and the people were really rich, and the emperor was really cowardly."
Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi: The second half of that sentence is superfluous!
"Compared to other dynasties, the Song Dynasty did not restrict commercial development. By the way, although there is a saying that scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants are equal, the economic development brought about by industry and commerce does indeed increase the national treasury revenue for the rulers."
"The Ming Dynasty is said to be the dynasty that most suppressed commercial development, especially the Great Ming Treasure Notes invented by Zhu Yuanzhang, those things were practically useless! We'll talk about that next time when we talk about the Zhu family!"
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: No! Tell me more!!!
A spoiled young man from the Tang Dynasty: Does that mean if more people go out to trade, the taxes will be higher?
"Let's get back to the main topic. The book 'Old Tales of Wulin' records that there was such a profession in the Song Dynasty—small brokers, who were various small vendors who hawked their wares along the streets."
"The things that this group buys and sells are very diverse, with records showing about 178 kinds, including food, drinks, daily toiletries, cat food, and so on.
"So to some extent, the nightlife of the Song Dynasty was the best among all dynasties. Perhaps after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the people who remained in the Southern Song Dynasty would still find it hard to forget the bustling night markets of the Northern Song Dynasty!"
"We will focus on newspapers here. There are many types, such as court newspapers, official gazettes, news reports, and tabloids, etc."
"Among them, the Dibao and Chaobao were official newspapers. They originated from the Chaobao of the Jinzouyuan in the Song Dynasty, which was an institution for local people to report various major and important matters to the court."
"Of course, local governments also have liaison offices in Beijing, but we can change the title, for example, the Xuanwu Gate Incident could be titled: 'The Xuanwu Gate Incident: Emperor Taizong Pleads with His Father in Tears,' and so on..."
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: !?
Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: To be honest, we all want to see what this newspaper says!
"The scandal involving Qin Shi Huang and Lao Ai could be written as 'Shocking! The current tyrant is actually a pitiful little thing!' or 'Shocking for a hundred years! The current empress dowager wants to give the person and the country to Marquis Changxin,' etc."
Six Kingdoms: ?? ? This title is trying to make people sympathize with that tyrant!
First Emperor (shocked face): !!!
"The ability to attract readers with the most captivating titles was thanks to a certain aristocratic leader at the end of the previous dynasty, who removed the control of the imperial examinations from the hands of powerful families, greatly increasing the chances for those from humble backgrounds to participate."
"Even Li Shimin probably didn't know that the five surnames and seven clans that were the biggest headache for them when they became emperors were eventually eliminated and ranked very low. The key is that they compiled their own genealogies, so they were easy to find!"
"Speaking of this period of history, there's a saying: 'It's better to conquer Chang'an than to pass the imperial examinations...' But let's skip that part for now!"
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty (vomiting blood): Why skip this?! ? ?
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Now you know what I was thinking when I asked you to skip this!
The Five Clans and Seven Noble Families (spitting blood): Who is it! Who on earth is it! Which brat...?! %...
Big-Handed Liu Zhuzhu: This is what you call lifting a rock only to drop it on your own foot! This person is truly terrifying!
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: "But the Song Dynasty did have a few hundred million more civil officials!"
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In another timeline of the Tang Dynasty, powerful families were furious, spitting blood. What did they mean by saying that their own compiled family genealogies benefited that scoundrel?!
Who on earth is it?! Who could possibly have killed them all, leaving them behind the scenes, possibly even in hiding?!
And Miss Lin! She didn't even tell them her name!?
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