Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 129

In the backyard, Mrs. Meng led Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and the others in.

Both Li and Dong were romantic figures on the Qinhuai River, there were four sons among the scholars, and the Qinhuai River was also known as the Eight Beauty, the stories of famous prostitutes and talented scholars can always be spread everywhere.

In fact, these girls were also children of innocent families, and most of them fell into brothels because of their poor families. However, after being convicted, his family fell into disrepair, and later entered a brothel, and changed his surname to Li with his adoptive mother.

He received rigorous training when he was young, and he is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to singing and dancing, playing the flute and knowing the piano, and even writing some fragrant and fresh poems.

Their adoptive mothers took the upper-class route and spent more than ten years training their talents. Unlike ordinary prostitutes, it was very difficult to meet them, let alone paying for wine and sleeping. These adoptive mothers generally raised a group of prostitutes since childhood Good Miaozi girls are usually sold to those high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen as concubines in the end, so they are also generally called raising thin horses.

Even if they grow up and enter the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, they are different from ordinary prostitutes. They will hold a lively dressing ceremony. The dressing fee is usually 800 taels, and it is only a few taels of silver to buy a little girl, and it takes more than ten years to raise her. , is still a profitable business.

Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan, etc. are all from such thin horse backgrounds. Li Xiangjun likes Hou Fangyu, but Hou Fangyu can't spend so much money for dressing up. In the end, friends from Fushe chipped in to make it happen.

It is said that there was an inside story about Hou Fangyu combing Li Xiangjun back then. When he was short of money, Yang Longyou sent charcoal in the snow and gave him a large sum of money. The grooming ceremony went smoothly. The palace fan with bone white silk surface was given to Li Xiangjun as a token of love, and the amber fan pendant handed down by the Hou family was tied on the fan.

However, Yang Longyou's money was actually given by Ruan Dacheng to Hou Fangyu through Yang Longyou. Rich man, even Ke Shilin despised him.

After Hou Fangyu found out about this, he still hesitated, feeling that he owed Ruan a favor, but when Li Xiangjun found out, he immediately pulled out the hairpin from his hair, scolded Hou Fangyu awake, then sold his jewelry, and borrowed money everywhere, and finally made up enough money , Throwing the money back to Ruan Dacheng saved Hou Fangyu's reputation.

This story was later written into the drama Peach Blossom Fan.

Dong Xiaowan's life experience is similar. She was sold in a brothel as a lean horse since she was a child, and practiced various talents. Later, she met Maoxiang and fell in love at first sight, but Maoxiang only liked Chen Yuanyuan at that time. After failing the township examination six times, Chen Yuanyuan has already left.

It was Dong Xiaowan who took care of him when he was most frustrated. Later, Liu Rushi asked Qian Qianyi to help redeem Dong Xiaowan's body and send it to Mao's house.

It is also very rare for the four sons of Fushe to gather again.

Before the fall of Nanjing, the four had gone their separate ways. Because Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were in power at that time, and the fourth son was the one who took the lead in exposing Ruan Dacheng's traitors, they were attacked and they had no choice but to flee.

Maoxiang went back to his hometown in Rugao, and Fang Yizhi ran to Guangzhou in one go.

Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun, and the others also fled. Fortunately, now that the hardships are all over, Maoxiang raised his righteousness in Haiyan to welcome Lu Jianguo, and Lu Jianguo appreciated his loyalty very much.

"I heard that Your Highness conferred the honor of Mr. Mao as a good scholar in the Hanlin Academy. Congratulations." Mrs. Dameng is very generous and has a sense of exquisiteness. Even though it was the first time they met, they quickly got closer to her.

Dong Xiaowan also happily replied, "His Royal Highness has given you a special gift of Jinshi background for your husband, and a special gift for Shu Jilin."

The Hanlin in the Ming Dynasty had a high status, and there was a saying that non-jinshi could not enter the Hanlin. After Ming Yingzong, it became a practice that the first-class Jinshi was awarded to the Hanlin Academy for editing and editing. In addition, from the second and third-class, young and talented people were selected to enter the Hanlin. The court appointed Shujishi, which is called Xuanguan.

Shu Jishi has no rank and no fixed number of members, but they are called prime ministers. Because of the court practice, non-jinshi cannot enter the Hanlin, and non-hanlin cannot enter the cabinet.

Being able to become a lucky person means that there is bound to be a bright future ahead.

After Shu Jishi entered the Hanlin Academy, he was taught by experienced people in the Hanlin Academy and taught various knowledge. After three years, he will be assessed before the next exam and the hall will be disbanded.Those with excellent grades will stay in the Hanlin, and will be awarded the review by the Hanlin Academy, and officially become the Hanlin, called Liuguan.Others were sent to the six ministries as directors and censors, and some were also sent to serve as officials in various places.

Originally, although the four sons of Fushe were famous, in fact, only Fang Yizhi had been a Jinshi in Chongzhen for 13 years.

Maoxiang failed the six provincial examinations, and failed to pass the exam.

The Meng family is an exquisite person, and Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun were also famous prostitutes who once traveled across the Qinhuai River. Their social skills are even stronger. After a while, the backyard is full of laughter, even Meng Sanmei and Meng Simei. They were all motivated.

forecourt.

Zhu Yihai is summoning the fourth son.

The names of the four sons responded very well. Zhu Yihai had received many memorials recommending them before. Liu Zhouzong, Qi Biaojia, Xu Shiqi, Chen Meng and many other scholars all thought that they were great talents, and they should be used exceptionally.

In fact, Zhu Yihai didn't think much of Donglin and Fushe's celebrities and young masters, but under the current situation, it is also necessary to unite the forces of all parties.

Although only one of these four people passed the imperial examination, and the other three must fail every exam, but the articles of the four of them are really good. In this regard, Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu seem to be similar, and the articles are well written , the book is well compiled, but the imperial examination is not good, but the reputation among scholars is still great.

Such people, Zhu Yihai thinks that if they are properly appointed, they are indeed useful.

It depends on where it is used. For example, Liu Zongzhou is a big-mouthed cannon. If you insist on letting him lead the army to fight, he must be far inferior to Sun Chengzong, Hong Chengchou, etc., but if you put him in a place like the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it can play a very good role. The role of the inspectors.

There are also civil servants like Qi Biaojia and Yu Ying. They are actually very experienced in local governance. They are definitely better than Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Zhiren.

Therefore, the key is to make the best use of people and make the best use of things, especially at present, it is impossible to just blindly select scholars according to the imperial examination.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yihai put the four young masters in the Imperial Academy, and asked them to stay in the imperial court to be his secretaries and assist with some paperwork. At the same time, he also planned to use the fame of the four to start a newspaper.

It is different from the palace newspaper of the imperial court, but a newspaper for propaganda.

The main task is to agitate propaganda and engage in the united front work of ideology and public opinion. He has even thought up the name of the newspaper, which is called Fuxing Daily.

He deliberately appointed Xu Shiqi, an academician, as the editor-in-chief, and then let the four princes each serve as the editor-in-chief, to promote Ming Dynasty, Lu Jianguo, ZTE and Restoration in all aspects, and at the same time expose the cruelty and ferocity of the Tartars in all aspects.

In addition, the new policies of the Lu Jianguo regime, etc., will also be spread to more places through this newspaper.

Maoxiang and Huang Zongxi organized rebels before, but the effect can only be said to be mediocre, just like Tu Xiangmei, who was a reviewer of the Imperial Academy in the Jiaxing uprising, forcing each family to send a soldier, forcing all the rich merchants to pay money and food, and all of a sudden More than 3 people came, and then people took over the old nest all at once, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

Although Yuan Chonghuan in the Chongzhen period ended up with Lingchi, Yuan, a Cantonese, was still relatively vigorous. Thanks to his efforts, the Guanning cavalry had indeed become a capable army, but such literati were few after all.

Although Hou Fangyu wrote a letter to him, claiming that his father Hou Xun, the big brother of Donglin, once served as the governor of the military affairs of the Seven Towns, so he also learned the art of war and battle formation, and got some true biography from his father.

However, Zhu Yihai thinks that although Hou Xun is a big boss in Donglin, he is also very decent, but it is nonsense to say that he understands military affairs. Hou Xun's most prominent thing is that he promoted Zuo Liangyu. But he thought this little officer was very brave and brave, not only was he not convicted, but he was also promoted to a lieutenant general.

Zuo Liangyu also had the backing of the big boss of Donglin, and was able to rise all the way later.

Later, Zuo Liangyu became a domineering and uncontrollable warlord with a heavy army in his hands. The court remembered Hou Xun who was dying of illness, and gave him the governor of the Seven Towns Military Affairs, hoping that he could suppress Zuo Liangyu, but at this time Hou Xun was actually No one could be mobilized. In the end, the siege of Kaifeng could not be resolved. Hou Xun was dismissed from office again and returned home. Not long after, he was arrested and returned to Beijing to be imprisoned. Later, he was released from prison by Li Zicheng.

It's just that Hou Xun did not surrender, but fled back to Nanjing, where he could not hide, and later fled to Huizhou to live in seclusion.

Hou Fangyu is a talker, but Zhu Yihai believes that as long as he is placed in the right position, talker can actually have a lot of effect.

"Running a newspaper? But the residence newspaper?"

The content of the mansion newspaper in the Ming Dynasty is mainly official documents such as imperial edicts, and even the content has been screened and reviewed. It was not until the two dynasties of Tianqi and Chongzhen that a small amount of social news was added, such as the first issue of the mansion newspaper in May of the sixth year of Tianqi , which recorded the news of the big explosion in the gunpowder depot of Wang Gong Factory in Xuanwumen, Beijing at that time.

In the Ming Dynasty, the party struggle was fierce, and both the Di Bao and the Tongzheng Envoy became positions for various factions to compete for public opinion.

By controlling the Tongzheng Envoy, you can selectively present the memorials to the emperor, and not show him what you don’t want to be shown to the emperor. The reason is that this is an important information channel for the emperor. If it is controlled by treacherous officials, it can deceive the emperor.

When the Donglin Party was under the control of the General Administration Department and the memorial could not be delivered to the emperor, it directly copied the memorial to the residence newspaper for publication, breaking the monopoly control of information.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the Dibao was gradually called the Beijing News, and there were even newspaper offices dedicated to reprinting the Beijing News, and movable type printing was also used to print newspapers.

The Peasant Army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong also produced flag newspapers and card newspapers, that is, compiled some good news into short texts, and then wrote them on the flags or cards, and then announced them along the way on horseback to boost the morale of the army.

Of course, what Zhu Yihai wants to run is not this kind, he wants to run a more advanced newspaper.

"The Fuxing Daily will be a new type of newspaper. It is no longer just a copy of imperial memorials and edicts, but it will pay attention to news and speeches, and closely cooperate with current events and make comments."

Hearing this, the four young masters of Fushe's eyes widened and they immediately climaxed.

Jian Guo actually wants to grant them such power?

Isn't this more powerful than the Kedao spokesperson?After all, the officials of Ke Dao are only speaking in the hall. They are going to speak to the world through newspapers, and they have the right to comment on various current events?

This power is also too great. As the fourth son of Fushe, they understand the importance of controlling public opinion better than anyone else.

Zhu Yihai looked at them and knew what they were thinking, so he laughed,

"The most important task of Fuxing News is to unite the front, to unite the people and the people of the world, and to fight against the Tartars together. Wen Zhong, Yu Dafu, Tu Xiangmei, etc. will also be editors, and the Fuxing Daily will be divided into several large sections, and each of you will be responsible for one section, and the manuscripts will be cross-reviewed, and the final draft will be finalized by Gu."

"I only hope that this revival newspaper can become a sharp arrow aimed at the Tartars. It can be as sharp as Chen Lin's scolding of Cao Cao and King Luo Bin's appeal to Wu Zetian. You want to expose all kinds of evil deeds and tyranny of the Tartars, and you also need to supervise the government officials. , to inspire people, unite the army and the people, and fight against the captives together!"

Zhu Yihai lowered his voice a little bit, and said slowly, "This newspaper is designed for the recovery of the anti-Japanese warlords. It's not for some people to be ignorant of the overall situation and use it for internal fighting, understand?"

(End of this chapter)