Chapter 40 Public Opinion

This is also the reason why Li Sicheng took the risk of war with Daming, and he did not give an inch.

Because for anyone sitting in Thang Long City, there is no room for concessions on the northern front.

But for the Ming Dynasty, the importance of the Guangxi front has been reduced I don't know how much.

How far is Beijing from the front? It can only be reached by crossing almost the whole of China, and it will take more than half a month to deliver a message from the front line to Beijing.

Secondly, is there a heavy land of money and grain behind the front line in Guangxi?

No, if it is a land of money and food, how can it be distributed to the toast?

In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, these lands are simply remote places.

The Ming Dynasty has more than 100,000 garrisons in Guangxi, but you must know that before Datengxia, although there were more than a dozen guards in the province, the total number was less than 100,000, and the real ones were only 20,000 or 30,000.

Even if Zhu Qizhen is elected, the total garrison of Guangxi should not exceed 50,000.

After all, it is a secondary strategic place in a secondary direction.

The main strategic direction of the Ming Dynasty is still the northwest, and the southwest direction has not been the strategic focus of the Ming Dynasty, and compared with Yunnan, Guangxi is secondary.

After all, Yunnan and the Central Plains are only connected by the Guizhou Post Road, and once something goes wrong, it is easy to lose the whole of Yunnan. But Guangxi is different.

Guangxi is supported by Guangdong.

Even if there is a setback, it can be quickly returned to color.

So Guangxi is secondary to secondary.

This shows that although the Ming Dynasty has an overwhelming advantage over Annan in terms of size, Annan has the initiative in Guangxi.

If the imperial court retreats step by step, then it will fuel Annan's arrogance, and I am afraid that by that time, it will be impossible to ask for border security.

Yang Hong glanced at Li Xian and said, "What Shoufu said is good, but when it is spread, it must be excited." But after the leakage of the first issue of the report, how the people of the world view us cabinet ministers. ”

The newspaper has only been around for a year, but it has been deeply embedded in the political life of the Ming Dynasty, and the power of the officials seems to be somewhat limited.

After all, the main thing in the past was to advise, and the newspaper shared some of their power.

It was only soon that they discovered a problem, that is, it seemed that the official and the newspaper were the result of one plus one being greater than two.

As a result, a large number of speech officials published their opinions on Ming Pao, and in an instant Ming Pao became the main battlefield for public opinion.

This is also a new experience and a new gameplay for the civil officials.

Li Xian felt one thing in advance, and that was that he seemed to have lost control of the officials. Or rather, it can't be said that it has lost control.

It's that the control is not as tight as it used to be.

Although it has not yet reached the late Ming Dynasty, the situation between Yanguan and Shoufu is almost different from ice and fire, but Li Xian also has to spend some things to face the various opinions above the Ming Daily.

Of course, many opinions are not necessarily directed at Li Xian, and some voices are explicitly or implicitly criticizing some of the emperor's policies.

But these things also have to be handled by Li Xian.

After all, no one will name the emperor, and as the head of the cabinet, he naturally has to bear the responsibility for the emperor.

This is the dual nature of the first and second assistants of the cabinet, in front of the hundred officials is an extension of the imperial power, in front of the emperor is the representative of the hundred officials, done well, that is, the internal and external harmony, the government is harmonious.

If you don't do it well, that is, Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror, and he is not a person inside and out.

And Li Xian felt that he seemed to be going to the latter.

On the one hand, the emperor's whimsical and deviant ideas. On the other hand, newspapers make many things hidden in government affairs open and transparent. In this way, Li Xian also has a lot less room to move left and right and stitch to make up for it.

Just this one thing today.

Most of the low-level civil officials will not understand what Li Xian thinks, one, two, three points of hard work, and will only see that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have been invincible, although there have been small defeats, but the situation has been quickly saved.

The military achievements are far from the Han and Tang Dynasties, but only the small country of Annan is not self-sufficient, Yelang is arrogant, and has repeatedly violated the border. The imperial court did not think about the punishment of the army, but repeatedly retreated, and there must be treacherous evil in the court.

And who is this wicked?

It's self-explanatory.

Li Xian's position is not good, he has made a lot of moves to protect the interests of the scholar group in front of Zhu Qizhen, but the hundred officials are invisible, and they can see that there are many measures taken by the emperor, and Li Xian can't stop it, that is, he can't help the emperor.

For this kind of public opinion trend triggered by newspapers. Zhu Qizhen is also happy to see it.

After all, it is impossible for the imperial court to do things secretly, and many important recitals will be published in the Ming Bao and blow the wind to the whole world.

And Zhu Qizhen also believes that the cause he wants to do, no matter how many people slander and oppose it. It is always a matter that is in line with the interests of most people, a thing that can be placed in broad daylight, a thing that can be judged by future generations, and a thing that can be placed in history and commented on by future generations.

Although Zhu Qizhen is reluctant to tear his face because of today's political reasons, it does not mean that Zhu Qizhen will always hide his political views.

There will come a time when it will be revealed.

And above the Ming Pao, it seems to be vigorous, you will take the stage, but the real mastermind behind the scenes is Shang Zhen and Zhu Qizhen.

All this is under Zhu Qizhen's control.

Under Zhu Qizhen's request, Shang Chen maintained a flat attitude, almost no attitude, as long as the article is qualified, anyone can be listed in Ming Pao, so that the administrator authority is not used, making many people think that there is no administrator authority.

It's just that in the face of public opinion's backlash against the current Battle of Annam, Zhu Qizhen didn't know whether it was good or bad for a while.

This is a proposition, and it is worth thinking about even in the future.

Zhu Qizhen can only let it go first.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What does Shoufu think? ”

Li Xian's face was a little gloomy, and he said, "The minister has no objection. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, since this is the case, this matter has been decided, how to talk to Annan, the first assistant you will arrange for the Ministry of Rites to be responsible, and at the same time, you must also contact Champong, Laos and other countries to divide Annan's troops." ”

"Yes." Li Xian said.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes looked at Liu Dingzhi and said, "Five million." ”

Liu Dingzhi said: "Your Majesty, there is a household department, but Qin Tianjian predicts that today's weather is different from usual, and there may be a catastrophe, please think twice." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter, let Qin Tianjian come to see me. ”

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen didn't trust Qin Tianjian's judgment too much. Because Qin Tianjian used all kinds of alarmist visions to explain disasters and disasters many times.

But as a person who has gone through nine years of compulsory education, how can Zhu Qizhen believe it?

Last year was considered a middle age, and the financial revenue of the imperial court did not decrease much, although a lot of local money and grain were also reduced, but the total amount of tax revenue of the imperial court was not affected.

This part is offset by the increase in taxes after the newly measured land from various places and the land of the health center was allocated to the local government.

This is also a tax revenue that will continue to grow in the future.

Until Zhu Qizhen completes the clearing of the whole country and has abolished the guards, how many 10,000 stone of grain can be made every year at that time, but it is a figure that Zhu Qizhen does not dare to judge easily.

Therefore, the household department still has money, and although the military expenditure of five million taels is much, it can still be paid out on the whole.

Zhu Qizhen said to Yang Hong: "Are the troops of Guangxi and Yunnan enough? ”

Yang Hong said: "If Your Majesty wants to fight a war to destroy the country, it is naturally not enough, but if you just punish Annan, it is enough." ”

"The three-way army arranged by His Majesty before, only the sailor has not yet arrived."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Then urge." He paused slightly, as if he had thought of something. Said: "The maritime sailor bears the grain of the imperial court, and it cannot always be in the south, and the maritime sailor is not only responsible for the transportation of grain, but also has a lot of other things, in my opinion, whether to set up the Beiyang Naval Division to lead Haixi, Haidong, Japan, Liaodong, Shandong, Jiangsu, and the provincial naval division, and shoulder the responsibility of maritime transshipment." ”

"In addition, there are Nanyang Naval Divisions, with the general leaders of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Nanyangwei, Jiugang Xuanwei and other places, responsible for Nanyang affairs."

Speaking of the so-called Nanyang Naval Division, in fact, there is not much change in the maritime naval division, but it is just a name change, but the Nanyang naval division is another matter.