Chapter 1172: Shame
When Mu Yangling received the submission, she said in surprise, "Hasn’t The Great Qi Times always welcome submissions? Why did this person send it to our residence instead of the newspaper office?"
Zhu Liang coughed lightly and said, "Your Highness, the newspaper tends to only publish articles written by the Imperial Court officials or the teachers and students in the academies. As we receive enough manuscripts from them every day, we haven’t asked for submissions on a broad scale. Otherwise..."
Otherwise, wouldn’t their newspaper office be buried in manuscripts?
Mu Yangling touched her nose at the realization.
Unlike her previous life, this era was not one where people wrote articles for the sake of earning monetary compensation. What the scholars wanted was fame. As long as they could publish an article in The Great Qi Times, they were even willing to fork out money.
However, was Mu Yangling the kind of person who took advantage of others?
She handed the manuscript to Zhu Liang and said, "Send it to the newspaper office for them to take a look. If it makes the cut, send it out. Also, call the manager of the newspaper office over. I have something to discuss with him."
More and more people were submitting manuscripts to the newspaper now. In fact, sometimes, when something important happened, the Emperor would inform the entire country through The Great Qi Times.
Didn’t the Emperor publish an article in The Great Qi Times last Lantern Festival?
What’s more, the original intention of The Great Qi Times was for the people of the world to understand the country’s policies and popularize the law so that they would not be fooled by the corrupt local officials. All this content alone occupied a large section, leaving very little space for others to publish other stuff.