After a pause, Xu Yingwei said again: "When the war in Xuzhou was in full swing, the princes of the DPRK and the DPRK ignored the safety of the Holy One and millions of soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou, but instead built a prison in Nanjing and sent Ma, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in charge of money and food, to
Ming Lu and Zhan Yang, a wealthy businessman from She County who was responsible for the supply of ordnance, were imprisoned. Such actions can hardly be called a positive result for the government!"
"This..." Wu Yingji, Gu Yanwu, Xia Yunyi and other scholars suddenly became speechless.
Yan Yingyuan gave Xu Yingwei a thumbs up, Brother Youzhen, you really spoke to my heart.
Xu Yingwei sighed, because he could see that Wu Yingji and others were still dissatisfied.
In other words, Wu Yingji and the others still have a passion for the Donglin Party, and it would be difficult to break up the clan in their hearts.
Compared with Wu Yingji and others who still sympathize or identify with the Donglin Party, Xu Yingwei comes from a poor family and has no deep connection with the Donglin Party, so he sees it more clearly.
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Chongzhen Great Account.
Zhu Cixiang said: "Father, when Mr. Yangming launched a large-scale religious education in southern Jiangxi, he finally broke the thieves in the hearts of the mountain people, but we don't know what we should do to break the clan in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan?"
Chongzhen said: "Hong'er, didn't you already tell me the answer just now?"
"Xingjiaohua?" Zhu Cixiang frowned and said, "I'm afraid this is of no use?"
At this time, even Zhu Cijiong felt something was wrong and questioned: "Father, the Donglin Party has been deeply cultivated in Jiangnan for more than 40 years since brother Gu Xiancheng restored Donglin Academy and gave lectures in the 32nd year of Wanli.
Scholars from eight prefectures and even Jiangxi, Fujian and Huguang were also deeply influenced by it."
After saying this, he added: "Isn't it just a trick to promote education in Jiangnan at this time?"
Zhu Cixiang also agreed: "Yes, Father, if we hope to establish schools in Jiangnan to break the Donglin Party's control over Jiangnan intellectuals and public opinion, it will probably be difficult to achieve."
Chongzhen said: "The Xingjiaohua mentioned by my father is not the Xingjiaohua you think."
Since brother Gu Xiancheng restored Donglin Academy and started giving lectures, the Donglin Party has done one thing for forty years, which is to brainwash the common people in Jiangnan.
The sound of wind, rain and reading reached my ears.
Family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs should be concerned about everything.
Just this couplet, the image of greatness for the country and the people is already vivid on the paper.
After forty years of Bilu Lanjue, it finally bore fruit in the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.
To this day, the Donglin Party's control over Jiangnan intellectuals and public opinion has reached a watertight level. As mentioned above, even the beggars on the street and the prostitutes selling their bodies in brothels praise the Donglin Party and think that Donglin
Party members are all loyal ministers. Under such circumstances, expecting to change public opinion by running a school is nothing more than wishful thinking!
If you just pick up people's wisdom, you will never be able to surpass the Donglin Party.
At this point, the only way to crack it is to switch tracks.
You will definitely not be able to run the Donglin Party if you run a school, but you can run a newspaper.
Zhu Cixiang said: "I wonder which Xingjiaohua my father mentioned?"
Chongzhen said: "My father plans to set up a newspaper department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will be responsible for running newspapers, and then use newspapers to subtly educate the people in Jiangnan and even the whole country."
"Di's newspaper department?" Zhu Cijiong asked with a confused look on his face.
"Father, do you mean to run a residence newspaper? Can this also educate the people?"
Zhu Cixi also asked in confusion: "Father, the imperial newspaper only contains some major policies of the imperial court. At most, it is a copy of some good news from the front. Although it can boost the people's confidence to a certain extent, it is probably useless for education.
, the people will not change their views on the Donglin Party members just because of a Di newspaper."
Chongzhen said: "The newspaper my father mentioned is not the Di newspaper that you think."
Zhu Cihong said: "But I don't know what kind of newspaper my father is talking about?"
Chongzhen said: "The newspaper mentioned by my father, the major policies of the imperial court are only part of it. In addition to publishing the major political policies of the imperial court, it also needs to have current articles that scholars like, unofficial histories and anecdotes that peddlers like to read, and boudoir ladies like.
Poems, articles, and operas, as well as various advertisements.”
Education through entertainment is the most powerful way to control public opinion.
Compared with dry official articles and dry sermons, integrating opinions and ideologies into anecdotes, anecdotes, and even movies and TV series, the effect is many times better.
Why is the beautiful country’s folk cooking oil so popular among people?
The subtle enlightenment of Hollywood movies is indispensable.
Therefore, directly engaging in public opinion confrontation with the Donglin Party is the stupidest choice.
If you fight head-on, the final result is likely to be a real prison.
Killing the Donglin Party to death and silencing the people in Jiangnan can still control public opinion.
In another time and space, Jiannu relied on such bloody practices to disintegrate the Donglin Party's control of public opinion.
But Chongzhen obviously couldn't do this. He had to kill people, and there was no need to kill people until their heads were rolling.
In the final analysis, the people in Jiangnan just lack the ability to think independently and have been brainwashed and fooled by the Donglin Party.
Therefore, the wisest approach is to subtly educate people through various means such as newspapers and operas, and unknowingly deprive the Donglin Party of its power to control public opinion.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen said to the outside of the tent: "Hu Guozhu, go and call Wang Wei."
As soon as Wang Wei returned to the county government, he was summoned back by Hu Guozhu's men, and then he entered the Chongzhen tent in confusion. He didn't know why the emperor recalled him so quickly.
Wang Wei paid homage and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Wei, please kowtow to the Holy Spirit, Jin An."
"Ping Shen." Chongzhen gestured for Wang Wei to stand up with his hand, and then said, "Wang Qing, I remember that you are from Xiuning in Nanzhi. You were a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen. You were awarded the Hanlin Academy review in the eleventh year. I remember correctly.
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"Your Majesty did not remember wrongly, I am frightened." Wang Wei couldn't help but burst into tears of gratitude.
There were so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, and there were thousands of officials in the capital. The Holy Emperor actually remembered his review in this small Hanlin Academy. How could he not be grateful and frightened?
"You don't have to be afraid." Chongzhen said, "I have a very deep impression of you. Otherwise, when Beijing collapsed early last year, I would not have left thousands of Beijing officials alone and brought you alone.
Waiting for nine people."
Well, this is just an excuse. In fact, it is because he knows that Wang Wei and the other nine people are loyal ministers.
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "I still remember that when you first entered the Hanlin Academy, you once went to a bookstore and advised me to create a reading book similar to Di Bao but not Di Bao to educate all people. Unfortunately, I had little knowledge at that time.
adoption."
"Your Majesty, I dare not take credit for this matter." Wang Wei said hurriedly, "The reason why I have this thought is because I heard him mention it when I was chatting with Tang Ruowang, the Imperial Supervisor of the Qin Dynasty.
It is a newspaper whose name seems to be Ai Wei Su Shi Bao. Not only the gentry and merchants like to read it, but even the traffickers and footmen are rushing to buy it."
"Wang Qing, it's you." Chongzhen said solemnly, "I plan to set up a newspaper department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and this newspaper department will be responsible for handling newspaper affairs. Wang Qing, are you willing to come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deliver the newspaper to me?
Can it be done?"
"Run a newspaper?" Wang Wei was overjoyed when he heard this, "It's my wish, but I don't dare to invite you."
"Okay." Chongzhen said happily, "Then from now on you and the newspaper department will be in trouble."
"I accept the decree." Wang Wei bowed his head and stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, what is the name of this newspaper?"
"I have to think about this carefully." Chongzhen said after pondering for a moment, "Let's call the Huangming Times first."
"Huang Ming Times?" Wang Wei bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I will resign as the magistrate of Mengcheng County now. It doesn't make any difference whether I am here or not, and then I will go back to Nanjing to prepare for Huang Ming Times."
I bet he is also impatient and doesn't want to waste even a moment.
Watching Wang Wei leave, Zhu Cixiang said to Chongzhen: "Father, in addition to running a newspaper, you can actually ask Ruan Dacheng to write a drama about party struggle. The background is set in the Song Dynasty, and it is about the relationship between the new party and the old party during Wang Anshi's reform.
Party strife, we must let the people of Jiangnan know how the Song Dynasty died due to party strife."
"Well, that's a good idea." Chongzhen nodded approvingly.
He added: "But there is no need to use the Song Dynasty as a backstory. It would be better to write about this dynasty directly. Just write about the dispute between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, as well as the disputes between the Donglin Party and the Chu Party, the Qi Party, and the Zhejiang Party.
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"Ah?" Zhu Cixi said, "Father, isn't this bad?"
However, Chongzhen directly ordered Hu Guozhu to call Ruan Dacheng to his tent.
Hearing Chongzhen explain the reason, Ruan Dacheng was also a little dumbfounded and said in panic: "Your Majesty, I would never dare to write this tune."
Ruan Dacheng was naturally willing to write about the Donglin Party's harm to the country. In this way, he could avenge the Donglin Party members who suppressed him. He could also write about the party struggle that caused the government to lose control and lose Beijing.
, he didn’t dare to do this, because there was no credit for writing this, but if he wrote it wrong, he would lose his head.
"What are you afraid of?" Chongzhen said, "I don't care, what do you have to be afraid of?"
"But, but..." Ruan Dacheng said with an embarrassed look on his face, "If this song is written out, it will definitely damage your image of being a wise and powerful person."
The Donglin Party fought with the Eunuch Party, and with the Chu Party, the Qi Party, and the Zhejiang Party, which caused the government to lose control. Although the Donglin Party members were the sinners of the Ming Dynasty, their inability to control the government was an incompetent assessment.
He can't escape. No matter how he tries to cover it up, he can't cover it up. It's really hard to do.
"Just write it straight." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Isn't it just that I am not able to control the situation of the court and have no independent opinions when things happen? I myself don't care about the people judging me, so what do you have to be afraid of?"
After a pause, he added: "Aren't these all facts?"
"In the seventeenth year of Yuji, if I have some opinions, I won't throw them all away in Beijing."
"So, Ruan Dacheng, you don't have to have any scruples. You can just write the song as it is. But there is only one thing. You must expose the true face of the Donglin Party, which ignores the overall situation and launches party strife for its own selfish interests."
