On November 25, Li Zhi received the emperor's imperial edict and began to publish newspapers in Shandong.
Since it is a newspaper in Shandong, it is naturally no longer the "Tianjin Daily". Li Zhi sent people to Jinan to buy a large yard as an editorial office, preparing to publish the "Shandong Daily" every day. Of course, there is no need to build a new newspaper to publish the Shandong Daily
With a new team, the daily "Shandong Daily" only needs to be slightly trimmed from the "Tianjin Daily".
Every night, after the editing of Tianjin Daily is completed, a copy will be printed in the editorial office of Tianjin Daily, and then the 600-mile express will be used to rush the newspaper to Jinan in one day. After the newspaper arrives in Jinan, Jinan
The editorial department typeset and print according to the newspapers sent, and then the main content of "Jinan Daily" is produced.
In this way, "Jinan Daily" can also publish world events and local news at a faster speed. Although this operation will make Jinan's news speed one day slower than Tianjin, but you must know that this is a time when communication basically relies on travel.
News is disseminated among the people on a monthly basis. Although Jinan Daily is one day slower than Tianjin Daily, it is still a good newspaper full of new news for ordinary people.
At the same time, as Jinan Daily, it cannot do without local news and editorials. Li Zhi selected several progressive literati from the shogunate to serve as reporters and local editorialists in Jinan. The reporters were responsible for collecting local news in Shandong, such as what happened.
Bandits and places where the White Lotus Sect is prevalent are published one by one. The editorial staff is responsible for getting to know the actual situation and writing commentator articles that reflect the local flavor of Shandong.
Of course, for Shandong Daily, the most attractive thing is the world's major events that are published as soon as possible. Those tea drinkers wait in the teahouse waiting for readers to read the newspaper. What else do they want to hear about the world's major events? Local news and commentator articles,
It's just a localized embellishment that adds a sense of belonging to newspaper readers in Shandong.
According to Li Zhi's idea: if the people can get news from various places from newspapers, they will become accustomed to going to teahouses to listen to newspapers. As long as the people are accustomed to listening to newspapers, then the public opinion in Shandong will be in Li Zhi's hands.
Of course, for Shandong Daily, it is impossible to spread publicity simply by relying on the newspaper's appeal. Li Zhi carried out drastic reforms in Tianjin and was regarded as a bandit by scholars all over the world. Li Zhi's newspaper served as Li Zhi's competition for the right to speak.
Naturally, he was also pursued and intercepted by the scholars.
Li Zhi sent 1,200 soldiers of the Tiger Division to Jinan, Shandong Province to protect the distribution of newspapers.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were six prefectures and ninety-two counties in Shandong. Li Zhi sent 200 people from each prefecture to guard the distribution of newspapers. Li Zhi's garrison in Jinan was approved by the emperor, and he obtained the official documents from the Ministry of War. Moreover, Li Zhi had strong soldiers and horses, and Jinan Prefecture had already attacked
Next, who dares to forcibly stop Li Zhi's soldiers? The prefects of each prefecture knew that their arms could not twist their thighs, so they had no choice but to let Li Zhi's troops enter the city to protect the newspaper.
On December 11, Huan Yihua, who was in charge of newspaper affairs for Li Zhi, led the personnel from Tianjin to Jinan and cut the knot quickly. It only took more than 20 days to complete the organization work of "Shandong Daily" and issue it.
The first "Shandong Daily".
However, what Li Zhi did not expect was that Shandong Shilin's boycott of the newspaper was very fierce.
Li Zhi sent troops to attack Xiangyang, Jinan and Suzhou. Although the traitors who attacked Li Zhi's trade routes were frightened, the scholars in the world also had a sense of crisis that they were being oppressed by Li Zhi step by step. Although they did not dare to destroy Li Zhi's trade routes anymore,
, but regarding Li Zhi’s issue of publishing newspapers to seize the right to speak, they felt Li Zhi’s push and were completely opposed to it and were very united.
After Li Zhi's "Shandong Daily" was published, under the protection of 1,200 soldiers of the Tiger Division, it was only circulated in the cities of six prefectures in Shandong. As soon as it left the cities where the soldiers were stationed, it was immediately attacked by the gentry, and it was basically attacked by the gentry.
It is difficult to move even an inch.
Huan Yihua saw that the matter was difficult and rushed back to Tianjin overnight to report the situation to Li Zhi.
"Uncle, Shandong is no better than Tianjin. We don't have our military strength in the states and counties of Shandong. The gentry everywhere are very rampant!"
"In Zhangqiu County, Jinan Prefecture, there was a teahouse that imitated Tianjin's model and hired boys to read newspapers. However, the teahouse was smashed by the local gentry's servants that day and closed down the next day."
"In Wu County, Yanzhou Prefecture, a teahouse owner hired a scholar to read a newspaper. As a result, the newspaper reader was rushed into the teahouse by local green men and injured that day. From then on, no one dared to read a newspaper in the teahouse."
"In Changle County, Qingzhou Prefecture, the newspapers were taken away by local gentry before they were distributed to teahouses."
"Except for the 200 soldiers stationed in each city to maintain order, newspapers from other prefectures and counties cannot be spread anywhere. I estimate that if the newspapers are to be spread, at least 100 soldiers from the Huben Division need to be stationed in each county.
Only by stationing at least three soldiers in each teahouse can the order of newspaper reading be ensured."
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Then the six prefectures and ninety-two counties in Shandong will have more than 10,000 people stationed there?"
Huan Yihua nodded and said: "It is true. Local officials everywhere are biased towards the gentry and turn a blind eye to the gentry's vandalism. Without ten thousand soldiers entering Shandong, we cannot control the order of Shandong at all.
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Li Zhi was silent for a while after hearing Huan Yihua's words.
For the gentry whose tentacles penetrated into every corner of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhi's power was still weak. Especially newspapers, which directly faced the common people, were very dependent on the establishment of the new order. There were not enough soldiers to maintain order locally.
, under the collective opposition of the gentry group, it was extremely difficult for the newspaper to be promoted.
For the whole of Shandong, 1,200 soldiers are insignificant. These soldiers are scattered to prefectures and counties. There are only a dozen people in a prefecture or county, so they are no match for the local gentry. Those local snakes can easily organize hundreds of people, plus the local
With the official's connivance, these hundreds of people are very likely to attack Li Zhi's soldiers.
Could it be that for a few newspapers, another killing spree is going to happen in Shandong?
This time, how many thousands of people must be killed? How many cities must be sent to attack? In order to frighten all the Shandong gentry.
But if we don't rely on killing people but rely on stationing troops to maintain local order, more than 10,000 soldiers will be stationed. How can we support Jinzhou?
Li Zhi was silent and thought for a while.
After a long while, he said slowly: "Okay, then send one hundred people to each county, one hundred and fifty people to each state, and two hundred people to each prefecture to maintain order in Shandong and protect the spread of newspapers."
Li Xing, who was sitting next to him, was stunned and said: "Brother, the emperor is urging us to send troops to rescue Jinzhou. How can we send more than 10,000 people to Shandong at this time?"
Li Zhi said calmly: "The matter in Jinzhou is not urgent. It is estimated that the outcome will not be determined within a few months. Let's suppress the gentry in Shandong first, and then send troops to Jinzhou."
Huan Yihua nodded and said: "With these words of uncle, newspapers can be spread in Shandong. Only with a hundred soldiers in each county will the gentry be afraid."
Li Zhi said coldly: "After the soldiers moved in, anyone from anywhere in Shandong who dares to cause trouble against newspapers will be killed without mercy!"
