Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

"Business?"

Zhu Xuening then remembered that she and her sister came to the Qianqing Palace in response to Ma Sanbao's imperial decree.

It's just that the three siblings met after this incident.

I was overwhelmed with emotions.

Then we talked about my brother's lifelong event.

Only then did he forget the "important business" that Ma Sanbao had mentioned when he summoned him.

"Yes, you have just ascended the throne, and you must have a lot of things on hand. You specially asked my second sister to come here at this time. I believe the matter is very important." Zhu Xuening gave Zhu Yunhuan a puzzled look.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled faintly and said, "I want to organize and establish a newspaper. I want my second sister to do this."

"Newspaper?" Zhu Xuening and Zhu Chaofang asked in confusion. They had naturally never heard of this term before.

Zhu Yunhuan explained: "It is similar in nature to the imperial reports used by the Ming Dynasty to convey government affairs, but it is also very different."

Both girls showed a look of relief on their faces.

If you don’t understand what the newspaper says, you will understand what the court bulletin says.

In order to achieve communication between the central government and counties at all levels across the country, this kind of device has been used since the Western Han Dynasty to transmit official documents such as imperial edicts, imperial decrees, memorials from officials, and political information such as court affairs.

Zhu Xuening's eyes flickered, her face showing a mixture of eagerness to try and hesitation. She said unsurely, "I'm just a woman. I'm afraid... I can't do these things."

She is not an ordinary girl. She has been reading and writing since childhood and is a sensible person. The more she knows, the broader her horizons are. Now, as the younger brother of the Ming Emperor proposed to give her the opportunity to be in charge of court affairs, how could she not be excited?

But she also has an inherent concept like a mountain - she is a woman.

Zhu Yunhuan raised an eyebrow. "Second sister, like us, has studied with great scholars in the Great Hall since childhood. In terms of knowledge, how could Second Sister be worse than the court officials? Don't forget, our grandmother followed our grandfather to conquer the world."

Zhu Xuening's beautiful eyes suddenly shone with light as bright as stars: "If you really need my help, I will go through fire and water for you, but..."

"Slanderous reports have existed throughout the dynasties since ancient times. The court has even set up a special Tongzhengsi to handle this matter. It seems there is no need for me to intervene."

Having never been exposed to modern media, Zhu Xuening certainly couldn't understand this.

Zhu Yunhuan explained: "Although newspapers also convey information, they are essentially different from official reports."

"My request is that the newspaper be published once a day. It could include news from all corners of the country, including important figures in the imperial court, as well as anecdotes and interesting stories from the public. We could even serialize storybooks... even gossip about officials and celebrities..."

Want to increase the influence of the newspaper.

The first step to take.

The people of the entire Ming Dynasty were eagerly waiting for the publication of the newspaper.

This requires taking advantage of something that people in ancient and modern times have been extremely passionate about: eating melons!

"My ultimate goal is to print and distribute newspapers in large quantities so that the people of the Ming Dynasty will be interested in this newspaper," Zhu Yunhuan concluded.

"Uh……"

It was the first time the two girls had heard of such a novel thing, and they didn't know what to make of it. It was indeed very different from the official gazette, but why did it feel... a little bit unorthodox?

After Zhu Yunhuan finished speaking, the hall fell into a brief silence.

The two were obviously digesting and absorbing what Zhu Yunhuan said.

After a while.

Zhu Xuening looked at Zhu Yunhuan with bright eyes.

"When everyone is interested in the 'newspaper' we publish every day and wants to know what's new in it..."

"We can, to a certain extent, let the people know what we want them to know! No wonder Yunxun said it was related to newspapers when we talked about the popularization of the age for women to marry and have children."