Fan Chunren's two articles immediately pushed public opinion to a climax. The public opinion against license plates was overwhelming and swept across Tokyo.
From top to bottom, there is really no one who supports this license plate.
Faced with such a generous gift from Zhang Fei, the ministers in the court naturally would not be polite. They began to put pressure on the emperor and Cao Ping by taking advantage of public grievances.
Public resentment is already boiling, can you still turn a deaf ear to it?
However, the biggest beneficiary is undoubtedly the genuine bookstore.
Regardless of the content, regardless of who is being scolded, the current direction of public opinion is completely controlled by Mingshi Daily.
Even those who opposed Zhang Fei praised the contents of the Mingshi Daily.
This phenomenon is really strange.
At this time, it was still dark.
I saw dozens of people standing in front of the genuine bookstore, all of them were hesitant and glanced at the door from time to time.
...
...
"Why aren't you coming out yet?"
"We agreed to do it at four o'clock in the morning, but now it's almost five o'clock. If we delay any further, it will be too late."
"Ouch! This really makes me anxious."
......
It turns out that all the major restaurants have received the news that today the genuine bookstore will launch a new newspaper, and its content is about license plates.
Now that this matter has become such a big deal, anything related to license plates will definitely attract a lot of attention.
The owners of all the major restaurants gave strict orders to their managers, demanding that they get this issue of newspaper no matter what.
Because without this issue of newspaper, there would be no customers coming.
As a result, the price of this issue of the newspaper increased directly to fifty cents per copy.
That’s almost fifty times the profit.
But for those restaurants, this doesn't matter. The newspaper has extended people's meal time several times, and the number of customers is also increasing.
Because everyone needs to discuss, the time will naturally be longer, and consumption will naturally increase as well.
This is such a great deal.
With a squeak.
The door of the genuine bookstore opened and people immediately squeezed in front of it.
"I came here first."
"I grabbed the spot first."
"Hey! How dare you argue with me, Pan Lou?"
"I have decided to order this newspaper. No one can help me."
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"Don't push! Don't push! Don't push. As long as you have deposited money in the store, you will definitely get the newspapers and magazines. Not a single one will be missing."
Hou Donglai raised his hands and shouted a few words. Seeing that everyone was still unwilling to give way, he said, "It's almost dawn. If you keep crowding like this and delay the time, don't blame me."
As soon as everyone looked at the sky, they knew it was almost dawn, and they had to deliver the newspapers to the store before opening. Breakfast was the best time to read the newspaper. If they read it in the evening, they would have to wait until tomorrow to argue about it. This would not let people get enough sleep.
Everyone then quickly lined up.
"Alum House."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
“This is from your store.”
I saw two large baskets of newspapers and magazines thrown out.
The guys at Baifanlou got on the carriage with their baskets and hurried to the store.
Because those customers like to report directly, Baifanlou has to prepare hundreds of extra copies just in case of emergency.
When the newspaper was delivered to the store, Fan Zheng wanted to take a copy and check it first. In case it contained some prohibited content, it could not be sent out easily.
"Zheng'er, I heard that a new issue of the newspaper has come out."
I saw Fan Yong walking over.
Fan Zheng nodded and quickly handed the newspaper over, "This is the latest news newspaper released by the genuine bookstore."
"The News?"
Fan Yong quickly took it.
Fan Zhengdao said, "This is issued in the name of the Zuoxiang Patrol Inspection Office. It explains the process of applying for license plates. In seven days, license plates will be issued in the west of the outer city. And in one month, the patrol police will strictly check the license plates."
Fan Yong was horrified when he heard this. "Are they crazy? With public opinion like this, who would apply for a license plate?"
Fan Zheng frowned, "I don't know either. Recently, Yanei and Xiao Ma have not been seen, and I can't ask them for information, but the above paragraph is worth our attention."
"Which part?"
"The fourth section."
Fan Yong's eyes shifted and he exclaimed, "Limited license plate?"
Fan Zheng said: "Dad, we can't bet that Zhang San won't succeed and not apply for a license. If we don't apply for it this time, if there is a license plate restriction, then our vehicles and horses will not be able to go out on the street freely, and what will we use to transport goods?"
Fan Yong was incredulous and asked, "Does he... does he have this power?"
Fan Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't know either!"
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Once the news came out, this morning was destined not to be quiet.
The roof of the Baifan Building was almost blown off by the scolding.
Public opinion is already like this, but the Inspection Department actually ignored public opinion and started processing license plates on the seventh day. The key procedures were written so perfectly, such as in terms of fines.
What is the 12-point system, what are the prohibited roads, what are the points deduction and fines.
They also said that patrol police only have the power to issue tickets, and that one has to go to the military patrol shop in front of the Records Department to pay the fines in person. If one is dissatisfied, one can go to the Legal Aid Department next door to dispute the matter.
It turns out that the place to pay fines is next to the Legal Aid Department.
The meaning is simple: either pay the money or fight the lawsuit.
You choose.
Such a perfect physique obviously doesn't look fake.
What’s even more disgusting is that it was also stated that due to the large population in Bianliang City, there might be license plate restrictions in the future, limiting the number of carriages and horses in the capital to a certain number.
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All of this is meant to touch their sensitive nerves.
Who gave them the power and why do they do this?
Needless to say, there is little to say about what happens inside the court.
Since the emperor did not show up, they could only go to the Council Hall to make trouble.
This even caused Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang, who were recuperating at home, to come out.
Government Affairs Hall.
"No wonder the shop next door was also being decorated when we went there that day. It turned out to be the accounting office of the Inspection Office."
Sima Guang suddenly realized.
Lu Gongzhu nodded and said, "Zhang San is really smart. He arranged the place to pay the fine next to the Legal Aid Department, which makes it convenient for everyone to file a complaint."
Wang Anshi said: "I have to say that his design is quite ingenious. Separating the ticket from the fine is a perfect combination, and it is also in line with the laws of our ancestors of the Song Dynasty."
Wen Yanbo sighed, "But the problem is that no one from top to bottom agrees with this matter. The people outside are already angry. He directly enforces the license plate law without calming down the people's anger, and sets so many rules. This may cause chaos!"
Zhao Yan also said: "I also think that the inspection department's move is ill-considered. They also mentioned the license plate restriction. Do they think the incident is not big enough? No matter how ingenious his design is, it is definitely not okay to do this."
The license plate is already very annoying, and now you want to limit it, people will be even more reluctant to agree. If you succeed, I might not even be able to get a license plate in the future.
Fu Bi stroked his beard and said, "You all mean that we should report this to the government and ask for an order to ban this?"
Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "I think it should be so. This is simply nonsense."
Wang Anshi said, "I don't think we should rush into it. If no one is willing to apply for the license, we can talk about it later. What we hear now may not be what everyone thinks."
Wen Yanbo glanced at him and asked, "Really?"
Zeng Gongliang nodded and said, "Wang Jiefu's words make sense. We need evidence for everything. Now this law has not been implemented yet. If we order a ban without any evidence, how can we convince the government?"
Sima Guang hesitated for a long time and said, "I think we should wait and see. You all know Zhang San's character well. He will not let it go for nothing."
Deep down, he hoped that Zhang Fei could succeed, which would be of great help to his judicial reform.
Wang Anshi thought so too.
The final decision of this meeting is to wait and see.
But the content of the meeting was soon known to everyone, and everyone knew that the Political Affairs Hall did not support the Inspection Office, so we just had to not do it.
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Genuine bookstore.
"Old Hou, you are in good health!"
Zhang Fei looked at Hou Donglai who was full of energy. "You are still so energetic despite such a high-intensity job."
Hou Donglai laughed and said, "It's about making money, how can I complain about it? Sanlang, you don't know that now the restaurants in Xiangfu County and Kaifeng County have sent people to subscribe to our Mingshi Newspaper and Xinwen Newspaper. A batch of thousands of copies will be sent out, and the profit from this is really..."
When he talked about the latter part, he couldn't stop laughing.
This is too profitable.
He likes it so much.
Zhang Fei pointed at him and said disdainfully: "Hey, you! Your saliva is flowing out. Pay attention to your image."
With a hissing sound.
Hou Donglai wiped his mouth, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Oh, by the way, there is something I forgot to tell you. Recently, many wealthy families want to order newspapers directly from us. But Baifanlou and Panlou hinted to us that if we order newspapers for these wealthy families individually, they will not order newspapers from us at such a high price."
How could old men like Fu Bi go to restaurants every day? The problem is that newspapers and periodicals are now only distributed in restaurants, so they hope to be able to place individual orders. However, restaurants are certainly unwilling to do so. They also know that the newspapers are very expensive. But the reason they are willing to pay for them is that the newspapers are all monopolized by restaurants.
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said, "At present, our production is very limited, so we will only distribute newspapers to restaurants. But you should also tell those restaurants that we fully allow them to deliver newspapers to the homes of their old customers."
Hou Donglai nodded and said, "I understand."
Just then, Hong Zhong walked in and said, "Sanlang, the new issue of the news newspaper has been typeset. This is the template. If there are no problems, we can start printing."
As he said that, he handed the newspaper in his hand to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took it, opened it and looked at it, then said to Hou Donglai: "For this period, the price is still fifty cents, but if the restaurant is not satisfied, it can be reduced to thirty cents at the lowest."
Hou Donglai nodded and said, "I understand."
Just then, Li Si came into the room and said, "Third brother, Deputy Commander Bu is here, and he doesn't look very well."
Zhang Fei just smiled and said, "Please let him in."
Hou Donglai also took Hong Zhong out immediately.
As soon as they left, Cao Ping came in angrily, "Zhang San, what tricks are you playing?"
He was scolded badly today. The key point was that he had no idea about it in advance. He did not expect that Zhang Fei would execute it so quickly. Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi, who had been responsible for training patrol police, knew nothing about this.
This time Cao Ping really couldn't sit still.
Zhang Fei pretended to be surprised and asked, "What do you mean, Deputy Commander?"
Cao commented: "The public grievances have not yet been resolved. Who told you to just issue the license plates? If no one comes to claim them, how can you ask me to step down? You are simply making a fool of yourself."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Deputy Commander, please rest assured that everyone will actively come to get the license plate."
"That's nonsense."
Cao commented: "After you sent out those two issues of the Mingshi newspaper, almost everyone scolded you. They have already discussed it and no one will pay attention to you."
In any case, there is no doubt that none of the ministers will support Zhang Fei.
Wang Anshi and Sima Guang wanted to support Zhang Fei, but...but did they have a carriage?
The carriages they rode in all belonged to their units.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Deputy Commander, please rest assured that someone will come. If no one comes, I will bear all the responsibilities alone."
Cao Ping was stunned for a moment, wondering: "You...you have never been out of the house? It is impossible for someone to come."
Zhang Fei said: "Someone will definitely come."
“......!”
Cao Ping was depressed and nodded: "Okay! Okay! I won't argue with you now. If no one comes, don't blame me for being ruthless."
What I mean is that I will definitely stab you in the back.
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Just two days later, the second issue of the news was released.
Just as Zhang Fei expected, as soon as everyone saw the content of the newspaper, they directly lowered the price to thirty-five cents.
This is not news at all, it's clearly just publicity and promotion for yourself.
It turns out that the above content indicates that the charity organization invested by Cao Dongdong, Ma Xiaoyi and Zhang Fei will set up a horse and carriage transportation workshop to recruit skilled grooms and horses.
There are roughly two ways: one is direct employment, and the other is cooperation.
You can join the workshop with your own carriage and the profits will be split 50-50, but the workshop will be responsible for paying all taxes and cattle and horse feed, and you only need to bear the risk of transportation.
You don't have to worry about anything else.
But there is one condition, that is, you must have a license plate. As long as you have a license plate, the subsequent license plate fees will be borne by the workshop.
That's just one piece of news.
This is really disappointing.
That’s it?
They thought Zhang Fei was planning some big move, but it turned out that he had to spend his own money and play by himself.
According to the above content, you just want to get some cars and register them yourself, then you can have fun by yourself, we won't pay any attention to you anyway.
That was all, nothing more happened.
No new newspapers or periodicals were launched.
The opposition remains.
And he shouted even louder than before.
In the blink of an eye, three days have passed and today is the first day of registration.
The location is a parade ground in the west of the city.
Cao Ping arrived here early, but the scene before him left him dumbfounded.
There were endless horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carts, and donkey-drawn carts parked here, waiting to be registered. There was no end in sight.
Fortunately, it was arranged in the outer city, a relatively spacious parade ground. If it was arranged in the inner city, even the longest Bianhe Street might not be able to accommodate so many horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts.
This was definitely not something Zhang Fei paid for. How much money would it cost? The key is where could he find so many carriages in such a long time?
Didn’t everyone say that they were against it?
how...?
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