Chapter 35 Section five

Shi Yue really didn't expect that Wang Anshi would have an extra Lu Huiqing, and the weather would be completely different.The establishment of the Jingyi Bureau, the "Jingyi Bureau Monthly", and the "Guozijian Monthly" has no reason to oppose it.A group of people appointed by Wang Anshi began to gather at the Jingyi Bureau every day to edit the "Three Classics and New Meanings", hoping that one day this book would become "the only designated textbook for the national civil service examination."Shi Yue hated this practice of specifying the only teaching material from the bottom of his heart. The stereotyped essays in Ming and Qing Dynasties were selected for scholars. In fact, the stereotyped essays were not enough to harm the ages. What really harmed the ages is that the interpretation of all scriptures must come from Zhu Xi’s understanding. , This will seriously constrain the minds of scholars.Originally, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, as a kind of philosophical thought, after nearly two hundred years of ups and downs, was able to win among various theories in the Song Dynasty.But when his philosophical thought was alienated from Ming and Qing imperial examinations to official ideology, everything changed.Shi Yue knew this very clearly.Wang Anshi's "Three Classics and New Meanings" can be regarded as the initiator.However, although Shi Yue objected, he wanted to argue head-on. Given Wang Anshi's and Lu Huiqing's understanding of the scriptures, he was not an opponent at all, and he would not seek to humiliate himself.As for the harm of talking to the emperor about unification of thought, that is really too demanding of the emperor. Zhao Xu will never object to unification of thought. In fact, since the beginning of human beings, almost all human beings have hoped that others can accept their own thoughts.

Fortunately, "Three Classics and New Meanings" cannot be compiled in a day or two, so Shi Yue still has time to think about countermeasures, and this is not the most unexpected thing for Shi Yue. The thing that surprised Shi Yue the most was that Wang Anshi asked the emperor to set up the official newspaper "Xin Yi Bao" in the province of Zhongshu Menxia! The first official newspaper in Chinese history was born under his nose. Shi Yue didn't quite understand what it was like in his heart, whether he had a great impact on this era and had a sense of accomplishment, or whether it was brought about by his political opponents getting smarter and smarter. No one could say for sure whether it was a sense of anxiety, or a combination of both.The only thing Shi Yue can be sure of is that the purpose of Wang Anshi's establishment of "Xinyibao" is definitely not to promote freedom of speech and news supervision, but to use huge administrative resources to influence public opinion and attack opponents in order to successfully implement new law. From the very beginning, "Xinyibao" was destined to be a national newspaper, and its influence would definitely not be lower than that of "Bianjing News".

"Prime Minister, Shi Yue must be very good at running newspapers. Since the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China wants to run "Xin Yi Bao", I think it's okay to let Shi Yue be the editor-in-chief?" Zhao Xu has no objection to running "Xin Yi Bao", but his suggestion is It made Wang Anshi dumbfounded. "I think that Shi Yue is in charge of the third party in Zhongshu Province. He is busy with affairs and has to take care of the affairs of Baishuitan College. I am afraid that he will not have time to get away. I recommend Xu Jiang, Peng Ruli, and Xu Anshi as editors, and Lu Dian as the editor. I will definitely live up to your majesty. Entrusted." Wang Anshi replied calmly.The three editors he recommended were all champions, and among them, Xu Jiang had outstanding literary talents and was highly regarded by Zhao Xu. Zizi speaks directly, is upright and outspoken; Xu Anshi is Lu Dian's student, and Lu Dian is Wang Anshi's student.

With such a camp, Zhao Xu naturally agreed.However, "Xin Yi Bao" has only three champions as editors, which is already dazzling. Compared with the Wenqu stars in the sky, in the eyes of ordinary people, the champions at that time are actually not much different. On the 25th day of the fifth leap year in Xining, on the 25th day of the seventh month, Xinyibao was founded, with 100,000 copies first published, of which 20,000 copies were sent by Yiting to officials in prefectures, prefectures, military counties and counties across the country, which were sold in Bianjing 80,000 copies, surpassing "Bianjing News", becoming the largest newspaper in the Song Dynasty.

As an official newspaper, "Xinyibao" has far more influence than "Bianjing News". Although it imitates the style of "Bianjing News", the special status of this newspaper undoubtedly makes it the official mouthpiece.Therefore, the control over the newspaper will also affect the sensitive nerves of many people. Three days after the publication of "Xinyibao", Wang Yu, who was already an editor of Jingyi Bureau, was appointed as the deputy editor of "Xinyibao" and became the "superior editor" of "Xinyibao", because "Xinyibao" was completely a It is a new organization and does not involve specific government affairs, so there is no need for Wang Yu to avoid it—although Feng Jing suggested that it is best for the prime minister's nephew to avoid it, but it is really not convincing.