Chapter 764 The loyal readers of the Tang Dynasty Daily: Zhengde
The Reporting Department of the Tang Dynasty always worked very quickly. As soon as they got the news about Li Xuan, they mobilized a large number of officials with excellent writing skills to produce several articles.
Although the contents of these articles are different, some have gorgeous rhetoric and some have clear words, the essence revealed is the same, that is, the Tang Dynasty is just, everything is good, and the eternal sage Li Xuan
He is also a saint, a great man... he can always describe how good the Tang Dynasty is.
At the same time, they used various methods to belittle and slander the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty.
Although the core content of these articles is very explicit and makes people spit out their last night's dinner, the officials of the Reporting Department of the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty are really good at writing, even if they are such disgusting things, they can still write them.
It's majestic and pleasing to the eye.
After all, in the Tang Dynasty, the officials with the highest level of writing skills are none other than the officials of the Reporting Department of the Ministry of Rites.
In addition to the doctor in charge, the Chao Bao Department also had officials at the editor, chief writer and other levels, and these officials were almost all officials who came from Juren in the former Ming Dynasty, and many of them were demoted from Jinshi in the former Ming Dynasty.
Although scholars all over the world were still scornful of the Tang Dynasty two years ago, since Hunan and Jiangxi were completely captured by the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the year, the minds of scholars all over the world have quietly changed.
Especially in the areas under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of scholars began to take part in the Imperial Examinations of the Tang Dynasty or simply became officials. Many former Ming officials who surrendered and were captured for various reasons were willing to take the initiative to change their ways and then become officials.
Became an official of Tang Dynasty.
A considerable number of these people were assigned to relatively noble departments such as the Ministry of Rites, and the Chao Bao Department and the Education Department became the two core departments of the Ministry of Rites.
The reason is very simple. I work in the Chao Bao Department and write articles. This article is to be spread all over the world, and it also discusses national affairs. It satisfies these scholars' bad taste of giving advice.
With the participation of such a group of people, the quality of articles in the Tang Dynasty Daily, which is run by the Dynasty Newspaper Division, has skyrocketed. To what level will it rise?
It was enough that the officials and gentry in the Ming Dynasty's ruling areas would try their best to get a copy of the Tang Dynasty newspaper to read. Of course, whether they would be so angry that they vomited blood after reading it is another matter.
Even Emperor Zhengde has now developed the habit of reading the Tang Dynasty newspaper. The Jinyiwei will regularly send each issue of the Datang Dynasty newspaper collected to the desk of Emperor Zhengde.
The Tang Dynasty Daily has become an important channel for Emperor Zhengde and even many important officials of the Ming Dynasty to understand the situation in the world, especially the frontline wars.
With the Tang Dynasty newspaper in hand, it would not be so easy for the generals and officials at the front to lie.
Therefore, Emperor Zhengde and even the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty were actually loyal readers of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, whenever you read the Tang Dynasty newspaper, if your mentality is not good enough, you will easily get angry.
When Emperor Zhengde saw the Tang Dynasty newspaper for the first time last year, he was so angry that he overturned the table when he saw several conspicuous words like pseudo-emperor and pseudo-ming.
It overturned the table, but he continued to read the next issue of the Tang Dynasty Daily!
For the latest issue of the Tang Dynasty Daily, the sample issue was quickly ordered, and then sent to more than ten printing stations through the inn. After urgent large-scale printing, it was widely distributed all over the world.
As soon as the court newspaper came out, the first thing they saw was naturally the people of Zhaoqing at the feet of the emperor, and when they saw the contents of this issue of the court newspaper, their interest increased greatly!
That was the commander-in-chief of the Puppet Ming Dynasty who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty anyway. This was a very rare thing, even more rare than the frontline army winning the battle!
If it were just an ordinary pseudo-official official who had turned against the enemy, it wouldn't actually be a big deal. But when the words "general soldier" and "anyway" are combined, the impact would be huge.
This is the commander-in-chief. The Tang Dynasty and the Puppet Ming Dynasty have been fighting for several years. Although there are many high-ranking generals and officials captured, most of them were forced to take prisoners, but none of them are like Qin Zhifu.
It’s directly in front of the formation anyway!
Not to mention, the people in the Chao Bao Department had fabricated an article out of thin air, using hearsay and a few excerpts from frontline generals, in which Qin Zhifu's bloody and tearful accusations against false accusations were made.
Qin Zhifu, who had just arrived in Guangzhou, had a strange look on his face after reading this article!
The conscience of heaven and earth, when has he ever scolded hypocrisy and accused the officialdom of shady affairs?
Do we still have to talk about this kind of thing? Everyone knows, well, shady things in official circles are extremely normal and everyone is used to it. Qin Zhifu doesn't even bother to talk about it.
However, although he was slightly dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty newspapers that talked nonsense about his blood and tears accusing false claims, he didn't care anymore. Ever since he decided to fight before the battle, he knew that he had no way out, and he could only
If you go down the path of surrendering to a thief, no, you should do your best to assist the eternal sage to unify the nine states, and work hard to create an eternal foundation for the Tang Dynasty!
So after taking a brief glance at it, he turned over the part of the report about him in the Tang Dynasty newspaper, and then read other contents.
Reading the Datang Dynasty Newspaper has become his habit in the past year. Well, not only him, but actually quite a few officials of the Ming Dynasty read the Datang Dynasty Newspaper.
On the one hand, the contents published in the newspapers of the Tang Dynasty are extremely important national events. Although the wording is biased towards the Tang Dynasty and belittles the Ming Dynasty, if you look closely, you can still see some of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty.
Big trends.
For example, the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty published reports on industrial and commercial affairs in daily newspapers every day. This caused a certain discussion in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, what they discussed was not how the Puppet-Tang Dynasty was doing, but about our Ming Dynasty.
Can we also impose a sea ban and trade with those foreigners?
Since I care about it, I naturally want to watch it.
Another very important point is that the Tang Dynasty Daily is published publicly. Anyone can buy a copy as long as they can spare a little money.
Anyway, the superiors will not publish secrets or things that are detrimental to the interests of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, the Datang Dynasty Daily would not have to write every issue of the Dynasty Daily in person and have Li Xuan review it.
Only later can we confirm that the sample manuscript has been published, in order to control and guide public opinion.
Since it is something that controls and guides public opinion, people under the rule of the Tang Dynasty can watch it, and people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty can naturally watch it too!
If you read this a lot, you will inevitably be affected by some of the concepts in it. For example, many people now have to admit that although the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty was not good in all aspects, especially the taxation of the gentry as one and the sharing of land between the gentry and the gentry.
The two systems were simply indignant for both humans and gods. The gentry wanted to eat Li Xuan's flesh and drink Li Xuan's blood.
However, some of the policies of the Puppet Tang Dynasty are still good. For example, the tax exemption for land reclamation in the land reclamation order and the rent-to-purchase policy of official land are still good.
At the same time, the Tang Dynasty newspaper will also publish some popular science and common sense. For example, in the geography section, it will introduce the basics of France, tomorrow it will introduce Spain, and the next day it will introduce the customs of Western countries such as England or the Netherlands.
At the same time, some basic scientific knowledge will be popularized, such as the earth is round, the easier it is to boil water at higher places, but the harder it is to cook things, etc.
These contents also greatly attracted a large number of readers, including officials from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, many people would say this was fallacy after reading it, but Li Xuan didn't care about it.
I just want to brainwash you, either if you don’t accept it, or if you accept it!
Qin Zhifu was also a loyal reader of the Tang Dynasty Daily News. After reading this latest issue of the Daily News, he finally put it down with unsatisfied interest. The geography section of this issue introduced Lu Song, and included
It is widely publicized that the land in Luzon is extremely fertile and rice can be harvested three times a year. The local indigenous people can just find an open space and drop the seeds at will, and they can harvest it in a few months.
It is also said that this place is rich in products. Even if you don't have to farm, you can sleep hard every day, and when you wake up, you can reach out and pick all kinds of sweet fruits to eat.
Is Luzon really so good? Qin Zhifu doesn't know, but judging from the description in the court newspaper, this is indeed a more fertile place than the land in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a pity that it is only occupied by a group of uncivilized natives.
!
The introduction of Luzon in this issue naturally attracted the attention of many people. Many people secretly swallowed their saliva at the land of Luzon mentioned in the morning newspaper. Such a large and fertile land, if all
If it is cultivated, how much fertile land will be obtained!
After putting down the morning newspaper, Qin Zhifu walked out of the cabin. At this time, the mobile fleet had already returned to Guangzhou. Some of the ships went to the two military ports in Hong Kong and Macau, and some of them returned to Guangzhou city.
Qin Zhifu also returned to Guangzhou City with the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Navy, but someone told him that although the fleet would stay here, Qin Zhifu and others still had to continue going north, but then they would have to transfer to the inland river of the Pearl River Fleet.
Battleship.
However, before leaving Guangzhou, Qin Zhifu was allowed to disembark for a half-day tour. Qin Zhifu was naturally not interested in Guangzhou city. He had been to Guangzhou several times and had no interest at all. However, he was very interested in the business district on the outskirts of Guangzhou.
Because he has seen it in the morning newspaper many times. The business district gathers business travelers from all over the world and various specialties from all over the world. It is also said that there is gold everywhere here, and you can make a fortune wherever you go.
Opportunity!
Although he knew it was an exaggeration, Qin Zhifu still wanted to see with his own eyes how prosperous this business district really is!
However, when he arrived at the dock of the commercial area in a small boat accompanied by several officials and soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, he discovered that the prosperity of this place described in the court newspaper was not exaggerated at all.