The moment the printing press was born, the ministers understood.

The Census Department is the official mouthpiece, the emperor's mouthpiece.

Newspapers are the way the emperor controls public opinion and controls the news.

In this way, the role of this newspaper may exceed many people's imagination and is definitely not as simple as the emperor described.

The emperor is very likely to use this newspaper to do something.

This is inferred by everyone based on the emperor's style of conduct.

Many court officials and many ministers who had no chance to meet the emperor and learned about the latest news of the court had a premonition of the significance of this newspaper, so they went to the printing press office to decide to order.

The first batch of people who ordered newspapers were basically officials and officials below the middle level of the dynasty.

They have a certain degree of political sensitivity, but because they are not in a high position, they cannot quickly and accurately learn the real news, and they are often one step behind in many things.

The emergence of newspapers can make up for the information shortcomings of these middle-level officials, helping them to improve their political sensitivity and understand the political trends of the court.

The most sensitive thing about this news is definitely the court officials, and there is no objection to this.

Next are the students in the Imperial Academy.

The students also wanted to quickly understand what happened in the court. They were determined to be officials and felt that it would be the first to learn about the court news through newspapers to help their career.

So many students from the Imperial Academy who had good fortune went to the office of the Chronicle to write down their names, pay fees, and subscribe to newspapers for one month, one quarter or even half a year.

Most of it is a month.

Because this is the starting subscription requirement.

Although newspapers are not expensive and can even be said to be cheap, no one's money is not blown by the strong wind. They need to judge whether the newspaper has sufficient political value.

The political value is sufficient, and they don’t mind long-term subscriptions to help them understand the trends of the court when they are not at the same level.

Understanding the trends of the court and political trends from the newspaper is a very important thing for Tai students who are interested in becoming officials.

If they are not worth enough and cannot have enough political information, then forget it. Although it is slow to inquire everywhere, they will not know nothing.

The newspaper has a good start. As for whether this newspaper can get more orders in the future, it depends on its spread and how effective it has been to improve the proportion of literacy in Luoyang people.

The more words you know and the more you pay attention to politics, the more you desire the latest and most effective political news.

The better the effect of guiding public opinion.

One by one, with the announcement of movable type printing technology and the revolutionary reduction of information dissemination, many things were proposed by the emperor and appeared quickly.

The speed is so fast that it makes people sigh that this must be the emperor who has been prepared for a long time but has not announced the news to the public.

The emperor did not know when he successfully mastered the movable type printing technique, which greatly improved the printing speed and greatly reduced the printing cost.

Printing combined with papermaking, assembly line production scale, skilled technical workers, and a series of supporting facilities make the existence of books no surprise.

The cost of creating books, a cultural magic weapon, has been reduced to an unimaginable level.

The [Zuobo Paper], which once regarded as a treasure by everyone, has now become a major product under the invasion of papermaking.

So it is normal that the [hand-copied books] that everyone once regarded as treasures will become a big deal and are worthless.

Everyone can buy books, read books, learn, and master cultural knowledge.

Things are precious because they are rare, but only rare is precious.

Now the streets are full of people, and even peddlers can hold a book and pretend to be a cultural person. So what value does the book have?

Many people are at a loss, feel uncomfortable, and even fear about it.

Their cultural superiority that they maintained for a long time seemed to be suppressed by the emperor overnight.

It seems that in just one night, even the peddlers and pawns can have books and [the symbol of culture].

Is this the world they dream of?

They don't know.

But they must not know that what Guo Peng needs is a world without their dreams.

What Guo Peng wants is a world where everyone is for Yao and Shun, and no famous scholars and mouths need to guide their thinking and values.

And education is the best and the only way.

Making education cheap and just is the ultimate direction of this approach.

This is a world they will never know, understand, and hope to exist.

The combination of printing and papermaking is a dragon-slaying knife, handed to the hands of a person with a tenacious will.

So with a knife, the golden age that scholars dream of was completely over, but the golden age belonging to everyone came.

Scholars did not want to see this scene, but they had to accept the birth of this matter and the existence of this matter.

The emperor used the fastest speed to match the existence of this matter and publicly announced that the matter was confirmed.

Now many officials in the court are eager to gain fame and fortune by publishing their works. If this matter ends inexplicably, many people will probably go crazy.

When you see the benefits, there are people who are in love. As long as there are people, you cannot disobey them casually, otherwise you will inevitably be backfired by people's hearts.

By then, it will be really dangerous.

The human heart is the most difficult thing to deal with.

But His Majesty the Emperor is very good at playing with people's hearts. He plays with people's hearts very cleverly. I don't know how many people are played with and applauded by him, but they still obediently surrender to him, become his ministers, and do things for him.

This is the horror of His Majesty today...

They knew that these things were very terrifying to them, but they were powerless to watch the times be stepped on by the emperor's accelerator and they could do nothing except stare at them.

This matter has become a certain fact, and no matter whether some people hate or fear when facing it, it has no meaning.

Guo Peng took a little time to do both things he wanted to accomplish.

He cleaned up the borers in the army and took down the big fish Lejin, which shocked some of the ready-to-go momentum in the army and cleared the obstacles for Guo Jin to master the army.

There are three left among the Five Tiger Generals, and Zhao Yun and Guo Jin are in kinship, so of course there is no need to say much.

Zhang Liao is a walking black historical baggage. He can't stay for a second without the support of the emperor, so of course there is no need to say much.

Yu Jin has never been strong, and he can be trusted by guarding the Northeast honestly.

Cao Ren, who represented the Cao family's power, retired. The Cao family's power was suppressed and could not make any efforts to gain profits when Guo Jin succeeded to the throne, and could not continue to grow.

Le Jin was taken down, and the threats that were free from the mainstream forces were also taken down, and the hidden dangers were wiped out.

There is basically no problem in the army, so Guo Jinran can be safely taken over and take charge of the army.

As for the court, Guo Peng founded Nanshufang, suppressed the cabinet, and dismantled the Shangshutai to let the nine departments of Shangshutai face the emperor directly. He also eliminated and beaten the court to make no political power threaten the relatively unstable period of Guo Peng's abdication and Guo Jin's succession.

In the court and in the army, it is safe. If Guo Jin wants to take office, the time is the most appropriate and there is no risk.

So Guo Peng began to prepare for action.

It was July of the 13th year of Yande.

One hot afternoon, Guo Peng summoned Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu still came to see Guo Peng as usual, thinking that Guo Peng might have someone to deal with him and punish some illegal people. He went to the palace with full energy and was ready to continue to sacrifice his head and shed blood for His Majesty the Emperor.

But what he didn't expect was that Guo Peng stepped back and told him something amazing while eating a bowl of cold drinks.

"Zhongde, I plan to abdicate and give the throne to Ajin, let him be the emperor, and I will be the emperor."

“…”

Cheng Yu was stunned on the spot.

Guo Peng spoke this very natural tone. While saying this, he was still eating cold drinks, as if he was chatting with Cheng Yu.

What did Your Majesty say?

Oh, he is going to abdicate.

He is going to abdicate?!

Cheng Yu was shocked.

"Your Majesty is in full swing in spring and autumn, why do you want to abdicate?"

"The Spring and Autumn Period is in full swing? Zhongde, how can you tell that I am in full swing? In two months, I will be fifty years old, fifty."

Guo Peng put down the ice bowl in his hand, took a breath, and smiled: "Zi said, "I know the destiny at fifty. I have reached the age of knowing the destiny. Therefore, I already know where my destiny is. Zhongde, it's almost done."

"Your Majesty is about to abdicate when he is only fifty years old? The old minister is still fighting hard. Why did Your Majesty retreat early?"

Cheng Yu tried his best to persuade Guo Peng to change his mind.

Guo Peng laughed endlessly.

"Zhongde, do you think the pressure you are under is the same as that of you? How many talks and memorials do you think are kept by me every day? You are doing things for me outside, and I am supposing you afterwards. The reason why the pressure in the court is not on you is because I am carrying it for you."

Cheng Yu was stunned when Guo Peng said this.

But Cheng Yu suddenly realized that what Guo Peng said was right.

The reason why he could do whatever he wanted outside and attack noble officials everywhere, becoming a presence that officials in the court feared was that Guo Peng was helping him hold up the situation. Guo Peng was giving him a protective umbrella and let him do whatever he wanted.

If Guo Peng hadn't helped him support the situation, he would have been unable to do so long ago without Guo Peng protecting him and protecting him.

This is true. He really felt how hard it was for Guo Peng to help him hold on to the situation.

So many memorials were handed over, and they all impeached him and killed him. Guo Peng helped him take all these pressures and let him do whatever he wanted outside. What kind of trust is this?

Cheng Yu's eyes suddenly turned red and cried in front of Guo Peng.
Chapter completed!