Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 220 Using Newspapers to Confront the Donglin Party

After Zhao Wen put the steam engine in the ironworks, he asked Sun Yuanhua to organize craftsmen and build a workshop dedicated to making steam engines.

The main reason for putting the steam engine in the ironworks is that the source of materials is convenient and can save a lot of time.

When the steam engine workshop officially started, Zhao Wen started to design the boring machine again.

However, the difficulty of the boring machine is even more difficult than the steam engine to some extent. After all, the drill bits used on the boring machine are not so easy to manufacture.

The boring machine is well designed, but the drill bit is not easy to handle.

It is not so easy to manufacture a suitable drill bit.

Just when Zhao Wen was thinking about what material to use to make the drill bit, Cao Huachun sent a message from the capital.

Zhao Wen gathered everyone together, and said with a dull face: "Everyone, what do you think about Zhou Yanru's impeachment of us setting up a seaport in Phi Island, Dongjiang Town?"

A few days ago, Zhou Yanru gave a memorial to Chongzhen, saying that Zhao Wen went to Phi Island privately, and colluded with Mao Wenlong to establish a seaport without permission, in an attempt to intervene in the sea ban.

At first, after this booklet was handed over, Chongzhen did not believe what Zhou Yanru said.

Although Chongzhen didn't believe it, the whole court was blown up.

Especially those Donglin Party members from the south, this sea ban is their cake, how can an outsider be allowed to get involved?
Don't care if it's true or not, let's spray it in the book first.

For a time, countless Donglin party members' notebooks were piled up on Chongzhen's desk like snowflakes.

But in Chongzhen's view, one is to the north of Daming and the other is to the east of Daming.There is a distance of thousands of miles between the two, how did Zhao Wen get to Dongjiang Town?

Besides, according to what Zhou Yanru said, when Zhao Wen went to Dongjiang Town, Zhao Wen was still guarding a small Longmen Fort.However, Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town is the commander-in-chief of the town.

The gap between these two people is too big, unless Mao Wenlong is crazy, otherwise, how could a small defense mix together?
Although Chongzhen didn't believe it, he couldn't hold back Zhou Yanru and other Donglin party members who frantically wrote letters.

There are too many in this booklet, and Chongzhen began to be suspicious of the letter.

If Cao Huachun hadn't been saying good things about Zhao Wen in front of Chongzhen, maybe Chongzhen would have started investigating Zhao Wen.

At the same time, Cao Huachun also passed the news to Zhao Wen in time.

"My lord, I'm very curious. How did Zhou Yanru know that we built an outlet on Phi Island?" Liu Wenzhong frowned and said solemnly.

"My lord, these Donglin party members are very tight-lipped. If we don't deal with it properly, we will definitely be bitten off by them."

Sun Yuanhua knew very well what the Donglin Party members were, so he became a little worried.

Since the existence of the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party has also suffered in the hands of Wei Zhongxian.At other times, there is so much energy in the entire court that even the emperor would shy away.

Zhao Wen sneered, and said with a gloomy face: "Hehe, aren't the Donglin party members very good at cursing people? Let's use their own methods to punish them. They wrote a letter to impeach us, and we can do similar things." matter."

When everyone heard Zhao Wen's words, they thought that Zhao Wen was going to write a letter to Chongzhen, and hurriedly persuaded him: "My lord, you must not write a letter to your majesty. Doesn't it mean that you have a guilty conscience by writing to your majesty at this time? If it didn’t come down, wouldn’t writing the letter at this time hand the knife to the Donglin Party members?”

Zhao Wen looked at the crowd and said, "You have misunderstood me. How could I write a letter to Your Majesty? What I want to do is something you have never thought of."

"How do you want to deal with the Donglin Party?" Everyone looked at Zhao Wen with doubts.

Zhao Wen sneered, and said slowly: "How to deal with it? Do you know the court newspaper and the storybook of the market?"

"Of course we know that."

Everyone looked at Zhao Wen in confusion, they really couldn't understand what Zhao Wen wanted to say.

This imperial palace newspaper is available every month, and it is an official document sent by the imperial court to various chief secretaries and important towns on the nine borders.

What is written in this mansion newspaper is this month, what policies have been issued by the imperial court, or that official has resigned, who has been dismissed and so on.

And the story books are some vulgar and unsightly things written by some poor scholars for their own livelihood.

For these self-proclaimed literati and high-ranking officials, the script is something vulgar and unsightly.

But for ordinary people, it is an indispensable thing in life.

But is there any relationship between the two?

Zhao Wen looked at the doubts on everyone's faces, and said in a deep voice, "Don't you think about combining these two? Make it have both the authority of the mansion newspaper and the circulation of the storybook?
This kind of thing, I call it a newspaper.Don't these Donglin Party members always claim to be for the country and the people?We can directly write some scandals about the Donglin Party in newspapers, and then distribute them.

Moreover, the cost of this newspaper must be low, and the content on it must be easy to understand.For some remote places, we can directly send literate people to read the contents of the newspaper directly to the local people. "

As soon as Zhao Wen finished speaking, Liu Wenzhong frowned and said in a deep voice: "Sir, do you mean to tell the whole world about the ugliness of the Donglin Party? Let the whole world criticize them? But these people know What? They don't even know the words, how do they know what is black and white, and what is right and wrong?"

"Mr. Liu, I think you have entered a misunderstanding. Let me ask you, in the whole world, who are the most concerned about this kind of thing?" Qi Qingtian said suddenly.

Liu Wenzhong looked at Qi Qingtian and said in a deep voice, "Who are they?"

"Mr. Liu, I think that the most concerned about this kind of thing in the world is the students. It is not far from now that the emperor of the temple banned the students from discussing politics.

Moreover, in our Ming Dynasty, the most numerous people were neither Jinshi nor Juren.It's that these students, Jinshi and Juren combined do not have as many students.

There are only a hundred students who can be admitted to Juren, and the students are at the bottom of the gentry class, and many preferential policies have nothing to do with them.Many students have worked hard all their lives, but in the end they still have nothing.

After a long time, do you think they will feel resentment in their hearts?If not, they would not have scolded the temple emperor so much back then.

At the beginning, the students scolded the emperor of the temple because he was controlled by the Donglin Party, and now we can also use this method.Moreover, I think our newspaper should allow these students to write some articles and publish them in our newspaper.

Scholars pay attention to face, and when publishing articles in newspapers is to make them famous, do you think these students will listen to us?

At that time, Zhang Fu became famous all over the world with his piece "The Tombstone of Five People". I don't know how many people wanted to take this shortcut.As long as we provide a platform, we are not afraid that these students will not listen to us. "

Qi Qingtian is also a young man, his thoughts are more active, and his actions are quite radical.So when Zhao Wen expressed his thoughts, he immediately understood what Zhao Wen meant.

Isn't this the same method used by the Donglin Party to incite Jiangnan students to resist the mining tax?It's just changing the soup but not the medicine.

And in the southeast, although the Donglin Party is still deeply rooted, they are gradually losing touch with the students in the southeast.

After all, the current Donglin Party is already a dominant family, so how can they look up to a group of students who are not even Juren?
Fushe, which has recently sprung up in the southeast, is a good example.

"My lord, I think this method is acceptable. This method was used when the Donglin Party resisted the mining tax and killed the mine supervisor.

At the beginning, they posted all kinds of articles wantonly to publicize the harm of mining tax.Wait until these students are thoroughly incited, and then incite the people.

However, I should think we should be a little more cautious.After all, once it breaks out, it won't do us any good. "Qi Qingtian squeezed his chin and said slowly.

"You're right, and I plan to focus on selling this newspaper in the capital first.

The reason why I listed the capital as the main target is because the people in the capital are closest to the center of power, and their political interests are stronger than those in ordinary places.

At that time, we will publish the newspaper in the capital, do you think the people in the capital will be interested? A strange light flashed in Zhao Wen's eyes.

How could Zhao Wen from later generations not know the power of public opinion?
When public opinion is manipulated and turned into a weapon, it is more terrifying than ordinary weapons.

Ordinary weapons can kill at most, but public opinion can not only kill, but also kill people.

Zhao Wen's idea is to publish the newspaper in the capital first, and then promote it to the entire Ming Dynasty after it becomes famous.

"I think this method will work!" Zhang Helang said excitedly as he slapped the table.

"My lord, you don't know. The people in this capital don't know what's going on. They like to discuss these things the most. What they discuss most every day is what happened to the prince of the Marquis, and what happened to the concubine of the Shangshu family. What's wrong.

When I was working in the capital, a servant of the Ministry of Rites and his daughter-in-law picked up ashes.By the time I found out about it, it had already spread all over the city.If adults really do this, I think this capital city will be lively. "

"Besides, the capital city is the most good place, and there are many scholars from all over the city. Most of these scholars come from other places, hoping to find a good job in the capital city.

But there are only so many good errands, and these officials can't even arrange for their own nephews, so how could they arrange for them?This coming and going, they must have resentment in their hearts.

As long as we use it well, we are not afraid that it will not work. "When Liu Wenzhong heard this, he finally understood.

Although his mind is not as active as Qi Qingtian's, he also knows the power of it.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for such a long time, and I don’t know how many times such things have happened.

From the time of Wu Zong, we can meet each other almost every dynasty.

"You guys are right. Let's make good use of this matter. I plan to set up a big Ming newspaper, which will be published every seven days.

Movable type is used for printing. I think Qi Qingtian is currently the president of the newspaper.No matter what, I must see the first newspaper in three days. "

Zhao Wen looked at the people in the hall, looked around, and shouted in a deep voice: "Remember, as for the success of this matter, no failure is allowed! You must occupy the highest point of public opinion for me, do you understand?"

"understand!"

Everyone bowed their hands at Zhao Wengong, and then went outside.

When going out, Song Hu looked at these civil servants and hid far away.

"Hey, Huzi, why are you hiding from them?" Zhao Daniu looked at the vigilant Song Hu and asked suspiciously.

Song Hu pulled Zhao Daniu aside, and said with a vigilant face: "I see, let's stay away from these civil servants in the future, these civil servants are full of evil intentions.

In the future, we should stay far away from them. "

"Hey, what are you afraid of? They won't deal with you!" Zhao Daniu said carelessly.

……

Three days later, Zhao Wen was sitting in his study, holding a newspaper with poor quality paper in his hand.

He looked at the headline in the newspaper and couldn't help laughing.

After Zhao Wen issued the order to establish the newspaper, Zhao Wen personally designed the board for the newspaper.

The layout of the current newspaper is similar to that of later generations, the only difference is that the newspaper is vertical.

Zhao Wen looked at the huge headline on the newspaper, and looked at Qi Qingtian with a smile on his face, "I think the signature of this article is Mr. Boya. Is this a pseudonym? This Mr. Boya must be you, right?"

"My lord, you are joking. This is not me, but Mr. Liu. Mr. Wenzhong, and this word Bo fits the meaning of his name very well. And this is also his name!" Qi Qingtian said with a smile on his face.

"Not bad, not bad, this article is really well written." Zhao Wen looked at the article and praised repeatedly.

I saw the headline in the newspaper is "Those who corrupt the affairs of the world are all cynics!"

This article begins with a title, directly pointing out the main point of the article, and the pen points directly at Zhou Yanru, who has been the most popular recently.

Moreover, the Confucian character in this title is the same as the Confucian character in Zhou Yanru's, which is a clever pun.

The whole article quotes classics, starting from Qin Hui in the Southern Song Dynasty, with Jia Sidao in the middle, and finally directly leads to Zhou Yanru.

At the end of the article, Zhou Yanru is directly compared with Qin Hui and Jia Sidao, saying that Zhou Yanru is just like Qin Hui and Jia Sidao.

In short, this article scolded Zhou Yanru as a cynic and a treacherous minister throughout the article, and scolded him bloody, but there was not a single dirty word.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Liu's cursing skills are not small, that's enough, this newspaper will be printed in this way, and [-] copies will be printed first, and shipped to the capital.

By the way, we must remember that our newspaper this time does not accept money, and is directly given away for free.The most urgent thing is to make our name famous first, and not let people know that we did it. "

Zhao Wen handed the newspaper to Qi Qingtian and said with a smile on his face.

"Yes!"

Qi Qingtian took the newspaper from Zhao Wen and headed outside.

Qi Qingtian took the newspaper and rushed directly to the printing factory that had not been established for a long time, and began to print it overnight.

A few days later, several carriages pulling newspapers headed for the capital.

(End of this chapter)