At the end of the Qing Dynasty, shortly after the founding of the Beijing Dialect Daily, the local officials of the five cities of Beijing sent people to find Peng Yizhong, the founder of the newspaper, and sent him to Yamen for tea. Peng Yizhong knew that their reports of abuse by Chinese workers in Africa had reacted. When they arrived at yamen, the magistrate lectured him that the report had infuriated the British minister Sardeoch, and accused him of spreading rumors and asking him to write a letter of guarantee not to publish these news that hindered diplomatic relations.
Officials are afraid of foreigners, but Peng Yizhong is not afraid. Early the next morning, he went to the British legation to negotiate with Sadaoyi face to face, and the two of them began to argue without saying a few words, but there was no result. In the end, Peng Yizhong asked Sa Daoyi to go to the newspaper to correct the "truth" himself, and if there was no reply within 24 hours, he would tell the matter and the matter of The Chinese workers. After Peng Yizhong returned, he did not receive news for two consecutive days, so he published the newspaper again. Subsequently, the British recruited jobs in China, and the treatment of Chinese workers in Africa improved significantly.
This public opinion supervision made the people of Beijing realize what is called "the public speech organ" and looked at the "Beijing Dialect Daily" with great admiration. However, on the tenth day, the circulation of the newspaper rose from 5,000 to 8,000.
Then, the Beijing Dialect Daily published "The Germans' Moves in Shandong", saying: "The Germans run Shandong, paying the most attention to military and political affairs, followed by commerce... Wherever the railway passes, there are German army traffic, and its intention can be imagined. "The German minister saw that his heart was pierced, and his face could not be hung up, and as usual it was a diplomatic protest to put pressure on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had the experience of the last time, so it asked Peng Yizhong to directly negotiate with the foreigners. Peng Yizhong also personally visited the German Embassy and said that the report was reprinted from a Shanghai newspaper, and if responsibility is to be pursued, please cross provinces, and if the original newspaper corrects it, this newspaper will correct it. After the negotiations, the German minister did not make excessive demands, and the matter was closed.
Later, Peng Yizhong once again embarrassed the German minister. Once, Peng Yizhong took a rickshaw to Dongjiaomin Lane, met the German soldiers rushing to transport goods back to the camp, the German soldiers felt that a Chinese car in front of them was too slow, blocked the road, and repeatedly whipped the driver and the old man on the car. Peng Yizhong was furious and instructed the coachman to follow the German soldiers to the barracks, and looked at the guards' watches at the gate. The next day, the Beijing Dialect Daily published the rude violence of the German soldiers, warning the German minister that he must punish the murderer.
The German minister was also frank this time, saying that if Peng Yizhong could recognize the soldiers who hit people, he would punish himself. In fact, Peng Yizhong did not see the face of the soldier, but he said that he could point out the two German soldiers in his company, and the time of the accident was also very clear, so it was not difficult to find out who he was. Later, the German minister actually seriously tracked down and found out and punished the soldier.
Negotiating with foreigners and fighting for power for the people of the country, every time they raised their eyebrows and exhaled, public opinion was in an uproar, and the "Beijing Dialect Daily" became popular for a while. Peng Yizhong himself was very proud, saying in the newspaper: "Since the publication of this newspaper, it has been fortunately promoted by the envoys of Britain and Germany. If it is sealed because of this, it is also a commemoration of the struggle between the Chinese people and foreigners for power. ”
A few days later, Peng Yizhong put another "big satellite" on the advertising page: "Although the length of this newspaper is small, the discussion between the two palaces is very important. "I am advised that the letter advertisement must be really true. In fact, the highlight of this advertisement is the "Imperial Palace of the Two Palaces of rijin", even Lafayette and the emperor are readers of the "Beijing Dialect Daily", how big the advertising effect should be.
After only half a year of running the newspaper, the circulation of the "Beijing Dialect Daily" exceeded 10,000 copies, becoming the first newspaper in Beijing to distribute more than 10,000 copies, and almost everyone in the business people in Beijing had a newspaper.
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