Forty-Eight Chapters: Chaos
Given the existence of long-distance communication methods, the timeliness of court reports in this world was quite strong.
Each evening, before the hour of the watch, various counties would summarize the major events of the day and send them to the Imperial Capital, where the editorial department of Hanlin Academy's Morning News Office would select the important parts to compile overnight.
By the next day, before the hour of the rabbit, the Morning News Office would send the compiled court report content back to the various counties, where the local government office would post them at the gates promptly at the hour of the dragon and also print copies for sale at bookshops throughout the city.
It served as a kind of alternative morning news report and was the only way for the vast majority of the people to learn about national affairs.
The thickness of a court report was somewhat greater than that of a newspaper from my past life, but the layout was similar.