Wanli Xinming

Chapter [-] Robbery (This chapter is free)
An article under the pseudonym Xin Zhongping in support of betting on horses was published on the front page of Xinmin Daily, and the already quiet public opinion was again heated up.But the newspapers are public opinion, and the censors and the officials have no reason to give the emperor a memorial on this issue - they can only be angry.The dumb-headed screamed at home, and the smart-minded wrote articles to refute them and submitted them to the "Jingshi Daily".

At this time, Zhu Yijun's foresight of setting up two newspapers in the capital was revealed. If these objections could not be raised, the newspapers would lose their credibility, and it would be very easy to form an information cocoon, creating two layers of public opinion and newspaper public opinion. Skin.

Zhu Yijun's design was perfect, but Zhang Yuangong's two brothers wanted to cry without tears.After the British Duke passed away, Zhang Yuangong inherited the position of the second-class duke and served as the minister of the court.

Of course, this holy family is not free, and his younger brother Zhang Yuande has become a knife for the emperor to control public opinion.Because Zhang Yuande is the proprietor of the "Jingshi Daily", the Zhang family can't help it too - Zhang Yuangong was scolded by the King of Zhou these days, and this is the price.

The two newspapers have different public opinion positions. "Jingshi Daily" claims to be neutral but tends to be conservative, and "Xinmin Daily" also claims to be impartial but tends to be innovative. At a time when reforms are in full swing and conservatives are being expelled from the court in batches, "Jingshi Daily" The Daily is on the verge of being politically incorrect day by day, Zhang Yuangong and Zhang Yuande both want to die.

Because the emperor's manipulation of public opinion is a high-end confidential operation, Zhu Yijun usually dictates the gist to Zhang Yuangong, including his confidantes in the attendant room and important cabinet ministers.If historians of later generations look at the history of this period of time, they will definitely cause a beautiful misunderstanding, thinking that the conservative forces in Ming Dynasty were still strong until the 12th year of Wanli—the articles in the "Jingshi Daily" are proof.

In fact, at this time when imperial power is paramount and Zhu Yijun has stabilized his authority, "I don't speak first when spring comes, which autumn insect dares to speak up" is the normal state of the court and the public.But in this way, the British public is in a very strange state.

Above the court, everyone avoided it for a long time; when they returned home, those in the opposition who had a similar stance to the "Jingshi Daily" came to ask for help - making Zhang Yuangong and Zhang Yuande almost schizophrenic.

However, the door of the car had been welded to death by the emperor, and the two of them could not get out of the car, so they could only grit their teeth.Now facing the influx of submissions, Zhang Yuande took it home to discuss with his brother - should we post it or post it.

This matter has been heard long ago. Zhang Yuangong has already obtained the will in Yangxin Hall. At this time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Pick those who speak fiercely--fa! I will hide from King Zhou these days."

The birth of the Jockey Club is just a microcosm of the great changes that have taken place in the capital and the world, and the fierce debate caused by it is just a small wave of the current public opinion dispute.The people of the capital can use these contents as chatting materials after dinner, but when they leave the capital for a hundred miles—these information declines sharply and is only circulated in Shilin and the upper echelons.As for the folks, who still has the leisure to manage how much the Jockey Club's gambling tickets can be sold for?
In the 12th year of Wanli, Daming encountered the first crisis of productivity improvement after the reform.Fortunately, more than ten years of hard work has brought a lot of money and food, coupled with the huge size of Daming itself and the expansion of Northeast and Burma, including the infrastructure investment brought about by the Huanghuai water conservancy project-brought enough for Daming Redundancy.

A large number of immigrants from the south were sent to Burma in an organized manner, and with the full opening of the markets in Japan, North Korea, Burma and Goa, the intense pain of reform also cooled down.The Ming Empire is like a butterfly that is emerging, undergoing a painful transformation.

On the night of October 12th in the [-]th year of Wanli, Shuntian Mansion was still brightly lit.Inside the palace, Wang Yixiu smiled wryly at the people in front of him: "Brother Maoquan, now we are all finished—you are stupid!"

This Wang Yixiu was the prefect of Songjiang in that year. After the Xu family was settled, this guy was in the game for three consecutive years, and soon jumped from the fourth-rank super-pull to the third-rank and first-rank, and became the minister of ritual in Nanjing.

However, the officialdom has memories - it was the memorial that he asked for the support of the imperial court to restore Hai Qingtian, who had returned to Hainan, and people in the officialdom wished they could slap him with a big nose.When he was the top leader in Songjiang, no one could deal with him. After arriving in Nanjing, Wang Yixiu's luck would be the end of it.

In addition, this guy's official fighting ability is not outstanding - if Hai Rui hadn't reminded him back then, he would have been turned into a slave by Xu Jie, which is a clear proof.After reaching the high position of the servant, because he was given small shoes up, down, left and right, he made continuous mistakes in business affairs.

Originally, it didn't matter if something went wrong in Nanjing, especially a yamen like the Ministry of Rites that had nothing to do with people's livelihood.But he couldn't stand someone staring at him. In the end, he was continuously impeached and returned to his original shape. In the end, he was transferred to Shuntian Prefecture to be the prefect.

Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion are both top-ranked, and the governor is of the third rank, but the prefect is of the fourth rank. Wang Yixiu worked hard for seven or eight years and returned to the pre-liberation overnight. Today, he is not as good as when he was in Songjiang.

After returning to the fourth rank, Wang Yixiu made an unforgettable summary of the lessons he had learned from being trapped continuously in Nanjing.

But when it comes to the most sinister positions in the officialdom, the two officials of Shuntian prefecture and prefect rank among the top three—or Wang Yixiu will not be able to do the work: he will do all the work, and he will bear the blame.When the pot is too big, the governor will also be unlucky with him.

Fortunately, the governor Wang Tingzhan, who took office last year, was born in the servant's room, with a solid back and a decent person, so Wang Yixiu's life was saved.However, his teammates were too scumbag. Wang Yixiu had been cautious and cautious in his tenure for more than two years. This time, he still encountered a big crisis-a big thunder broke out in Miyun County under his jurisdiction.

This place in Miyun originally belonged to Wanping, but due to Zhu Yijun Daxing Iron and Steel, the inner government discovered iron ore in Miyun, which happened to be able to form a coal-steel complex with Mentougou Coal Mine in the western suburbs. The imperial court moved both Miyun Iron Mine and Mentougou from Wanping County. It was drawn out, and some flat land was found in the middle of the two places by Mentougou, and the city was built and promoted to the county seat.

The second Miyun county magistrate was Wei Yunzhong, a top three Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli.He is now 40 years old, with the style of Maoquan, intelligent in his childhood, and famous for his literature as a teenager. Together with his elder brother Wei Yunzhen and younger brother Wei Yunfu, he was called the "Three Weis of Southern Music", and he was the best choice for a while.

Wei Yunzhong once tried to decipher the Yuan in Zhongxiang, and the name of the text is not under Tu Long and Hu Yinglin.However, like these "talented talents" with high literary names, they are not suitable for the gradual reform of the imperial examinations - the proportion of scores for multiple-choice questions, reading comprehension, and deliberation is getting higher and higher.In the eighth year of Wanli, Wei Yunzhong participated in the examination, only won the top three, and was elected as the magistrate of Miyun.

Wei Yunzhong prided himself on being a talented person but failed to get an official in the capital, only won the rule of a hundred miles, and his mood inevitably fluctuated a little.Wanli's 11-year performance appraisal was mid-to-lower-after staying in office, he became more unrestrained. He only cared about singing poems every day, and threw all the practical affairs to the county magistrate and the chief book.

Such a management problem is not too big. On the one hand, the county chief and the clerk are old grassroots and experienced; on the other hand, Miyun County is a county town built on the basis of coal mines and iron mines, and more than half of them are workers of Miyun Iron and Steel Trading Company. And his family, the manager of the trading company speaks better than him here.Therefore, the county magistrate's choice did not affect the operation of the county government.

But before the Spring Festival in the 11th year of Wanli, the Miyun Iron and Steel Trading Company sent people to the county to report the case, saying that someone secretly dug coal mines for profit, and hoped that Miyun County would investigate and deal with it.By the end of the year, Wei Yunzhong was drunk every day - he threw the case directly to the pawn Ma Bin.

Ma Bin can be regarded as a veteran policeman, and the case is not complicated: all the three teachings and nine schools around Miyun County who rely on trading companies to make a living are all in his heart.After the Spring Festival, he solved the case and handed over a guy named Hu Yong to the county magistrate. The file showed that this person collaborated with some idlers to secretly dig coal mines and sell them to the Jingshi Coal Company for 300 taels of silver.

There is no need to be punished. Hu Yong's group frankly committed their crimes and were sentenced to compensate the trading company's losses, caning and exile.The case was reported from Miyun to Shuntian Prefecture, from the verdict to Wang Yixiu, and they were all reviewed and approved according to the law.

More than a year has passed, and on the day of the Double Ninth Festival in the 12th year of Wanli, a safety accident occurred in Mentougou.A coal mine suddenly collapsed and killed more than ten miners.After half a month, the scene was cleared out, and the cause of the accident was also found out—there were many robbery holes behind the wrecked mine, and nearly [-] acres of coal seams in the mining area had been stolen!
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