The first issue of the Ming Morning Post was an instant hit, and in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the most discussed things are these things published in the newspaper.

The newspapers that I found in the first issue are now in high demand, and everybody wants to get a copy of the newspaper and take a closer look, because everybody is talking about it, and if you don't have a newspaper, you don't see what is on it, you don't have any say, you can only listen to others.

It's hard.

And these things mentioned in the newspaper, only listening to other people's talks, this heart will be as uncomfortable as a cat's paw tickling, seeing is believing, hearing is false, sometimes you have to see it yourself.

The newspapers that were received for free are now being bought at prices of hundreds of yuan, but even if they are offered for hundreds of yuan, it is still difficult to buy.

The Beijing-Tianjin area is not an ordinary place, the capital is the center of the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin has now faintly become the economic center of the north, all kinds of factories, workshops are like cows, driving the entire north, and even the entire Ming economy to take off.

The two regions add up to only 10,000 newspapers, which is a drop in the bucket and far from meeting the needs of the market.

Some teahouses, restaurants and the like even want to buy a few newspapers and put them in the store, so that the customers who come to the store can read the newspaper while eating, and then discuss with each other, and the business is very hot.

Many people who have not read the novelty of the newspaper, or who are very curious about the content of the newspaper, come to the store to spend a time just to read the newspaper.

The location of the Ming Morning Post became extremely busy, and the first issue of the newspaper was released, making the Ming Morning Post instantly known to everyone.

Some people came to ask when the second issue of the Ming Morning Post would be released, and many people couldn't wait and wanted to continue reading the content of the second issue.

There are also people who come to buy newspapers, but there are no ones on the market, and this Ming Morning Post will definitely be here, and many people come to buy them, even at great expense.

Of course, there are some people who come to contribute, and the Ming Morning Post also left an advertisement welcoming contributions, to contribute to the Ming Morning Post, once selected by the Ming Morning Post, the Ming Morning Post will also give a certain remuneration depending on the situation.

However, there are not many people who fancy the remuneration, what everyone really cares about is that they want to share some anecdotes they have seen, or they want to use the platform of the Ming Morning Post to publish their own articles and the like, so as to make a name for themselves, or some people want to use this to convey their thoughts and political opinions.

In short, submissions from all over the world flew to the Ming Morning Post like snowflakes, dazzling the editors and editors-in-chief of the Ming Morning Post.

There were also some scholars from the Guozijian who came to make trouble, thinking that the Ming Morning Post was insulting to Sven and insulting the words created by the sages, changing the rules of writing without authorization, adding symbols, etc., and demanded that the Ming Morning Post must be changed back.

Liu Jin is naturally too lazy to pay attention to it, a group of scholars, they have nothing to do when they are full, you have nothing to worry about them, you don't care about it at all, they have the time and experience to mess around with you, and you can also borrow the name of Liu Jin and Liu Zhuangyuan to become famous all over the world.

In addition to the above things, according to Liu Jin's requirements, there is no way for Daming Morning Post to do one issue a day now, but one issue of three days is the lowest bottom line, so after the first issue is busy, it will start to be busy with the second issue immediately.

The drafting, finalization, typesetting, proofreading, etc. are busy enough, and then arranged for the printing factory to print, and the time of three days is really very tight.

Liu Jin took Zhu Houzhao, the new shareholder of the Ming Morning Post, to the Ming Morning Post to inspect it, and saw that the entire Ming Morning Post was busy, and no one came to receive it.

When I came to Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Wen's office, I saw Bao Jiwen, Ouyang Wen and others busy one by one, everyone's desk was full of manuscripts, and they were sweating profusely to select manuscripts.

"Ahem~"

Liu Jin coughed lightly, Bao Jiwen and Ou Yangguang noticed the arrival of Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, so they hurriedly put down the matter at hand and said respectfully: "I've seen Gongzi~"

"Well, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and it is also the big owner of our Ming Morning Post."

Liu Jin nodded, and then introduced Zhu Houzhao to them.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince~"

When Bao Jiwen, Ouyang Wen and others heard this, they immediately hurriedly saluted respectfully, and they were fortunate to see His Royal Highness the Prince, and they also did things for His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Excuse me~ Excuse me, let's get busy."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said very casually, and then his little eyes kept turning around here.

"Tomorrow is the twenty-fourth, how are the preparations for the release of the second issue?"

Liu Jin asked at Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Wen.

"Childe, the draft of the second issue has been basically finalized, please take a look~"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this is the draft of the second issue, please take a look~"

When Bao Jiwen and Ouyang Wen heard this, they hurriedly handed the content of the second issue they had set to Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao and asked them to take a look first.

"The Tartars are brutal, plundering hundreds of miles, and everywhere they pass, blood flows like rivers, and blood drifts and pestles~"

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao picked it up and took a look, and put it on the top was still about the matter of the Tatars going south to detain the customs, once the grassland people successfully went south from sweet potatoes and Shaanxi, the places they passed were like locusts crossing the border, everything was looted cleanly, and many smaller towns were directly slaughtered.

The description above the manuscript is vivid, fully writing about the brutality of the Tartars, and at the same time, it also faintly criticizes the ***** incompetence of the Ming Dynasty, unable to protect the family and defend the country, and can only retreat in the big city, and dare not go out of the city to fight.

"Bang~"

After reading this first draft, Zhu Houzhao slammed the table angrily.

"Kill~Kill~"

"These Tartars should all be killed~"

"These people who are afraid of death should all be killed, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, they only dare to hide in the city, and they don't even dare to go out of the city to fight, such soldiers, what is the use of such soldiers, they should all be killed."

Zhu Houzhao is murderous, and his whole popularity is not good.

What he admires the most is Wei Qing and Huo Quai, who are great generals who are wolves, galloping across the grassland, and killing the enemy who is frightened, but now it is good, these troops of the Ming Dynasty can only rely on this city to defend, and they don't even dare to go out of the city to fight, so that those small towns were slaughtered by the Tartars.

"It's not a way to go on like this~"

Even Liu Jin couldn't help but shake his head slightly, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is really no different from the five scum of the war, the armament is slack, the training is basically non-existent, and various problems such as empty salaries emerge one after another.

The most important thing is that the command of the Ming army is in the hands of the civilian clique, and the literati have been powerful since ancient times, and the pen is powerful, but the fists are not powerful and the bones are soft.

With such a Ming army, can you expect it to be able to defend the country?

If the Ming Dynasty still needs to seize colonies around the world in the future, it must have a strong army, not to mention anything else, these grassland people in the north must first pack up and obey.

But expect these current Ming armies to be able to do it?

Don't even think about it, it's good that they can hold some cities, but don't think about anything else.

"Lao Liu, you train your troops well, train me a strong army, I want to sweep the grassland, Kou can go, I can go, they rob us, we also rob them, they kill our people, we also kill them."

Zhu Houzhao said to Liu Jin with red eyes.

"Your Highness, don't be angry and raise troops, it's better to think about some things in the long run."

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, then looked at the people around him, and said helplessly.

Discuss whether this matter can not be in public, let's discuss it quietly, you are now the crown prince, not the emperor, and your words don't count.

What's more, even if it is Emperor Hongzhi, when it comes to the issue of military power, these ministers of the imperial court will not agree, and they will not be willing to hand over military power.

Without the consent of these ministers, you will not be able to train and become an army in the name of justice.

Speaking of which, there is still no escape from the fact that the military power is controlled by the civil servants.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, although Zhu Houzhao was furious, he also understood in an instant, this is not the place to speak, so he also nodded and picked up the manuscript and continued to read.

The second manuscript is about the Tusi rebellion in the southwest, mainly about the benefits of changing the land and returning to the stream, and telling the situation in some areas where the land was changed and returned to the stream.

"Nice, nice~"

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao also nodded with satisfaction, Liu Jin's proposal to change the land and return to the stream, coupled with Wang Shouren's proposal to establish a special mountain battalion to deal with these southwest Tusi, the two-pronged approach, the entire southwest region was also quickly pacified.

Not long ago, the rebel Tusi Miru was directly captured alive by the mountain camp, and the other Tusi even changed their complexion, even if there were a thousand unwilling, they had to hand over the power in their hands and accept the change of land.

"In the future, the newly opened territory of my Ming Dynasty will also refer to the way of the southwest region, and all the newly incorporated areas of my Ming Dynasty will appoint officials to govern, implement the system of my Ming Dynasty, and spread my Chinese culture."

Zhu Houzhao has even imagined the governance of the future expansion of the territory, and he feels that the way of appointing liuguan to govern and implementing the Ming system and Chinese culture is very good, and he must not repeat the mistakes of the southwest Tusi.

Hearing Zhu Houzhong's words, Liu Jin's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly, I have to say that this Zhu Houzhao is still a person with ideas, and he is also a very smart person.

Just from the matter of changing the land and returning to the stream, I thought of some things in the future, and thought of how to govern the territory after opening up the territory in the future.

From this aspect alone, Zhu Houzhao's idea is completely correct, a new region is included in the territory, and if you want this region to stabilize quickly and slowly integrate into the Ming Dynasty, this method is the best way.

"Lao Liu, this southwest region has set up a special mountain battalion in the southwest of the country, you said that we can deal with the grassland people, can we also set up a cavalry battalion like the grassland people, with cavalry against cavalry, and fight fiercely against the grassland people."

Then Zhu Houzhao thought about it and asked Liu Jin.

"It's not impossible, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially set up such a cavalry army back then, using the best Western Regions war horses, coupled with the best treatment, weapons and equipment, so the satellite and Huo Qubing can crisscross the grassland, and the grassland people killed are terrified."

Liu Jin thought about it and nodded and said.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in history did just that, don't look at the number of troops is not much, only tens of thousands, but these tens of thousands of cavalry with the best horses, the best armor and weapons, people and horses eat the best, cavalry is often the son of a good family, the so-called good family is not the children of ordinary people, but refers to the children of those big families.

Relying on such a powerful cavalry, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu at that time.

Of course, in order to fight the Xiongnu, the national strength of the Han Dynasty also weakened sharply, and the huge national strength accumulated by Emperor Wenjing was also consumed.

This shows that to build such a cavalry, it is very financially expensive, and it must be supported by strong national strength.

And is it possible now in the Ming Dynasty?

It is simply impossible, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty can starve rats to death, where is there so much money to support the establishment of such a powerful cavalry.

What's more, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spoke counting, so this proposition of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can be implemented from top to bottom, and now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty speaks counts?

The military power is in the hands of the civilian clique, and the civil officials don't like a military emperor, they only like a good old man like Emperor Hongzhi, who believes in everything and listens to them.

Therefore, if you want to establish such a powerful cavalry here in the Ming Dynasty, it is simply impossible, the emperor does not count, the ministers will strongly oppose it, and the financial affairs of the imperial court do not allow it, it is just empty talk.

"However, it will cost too much money to build such a powerful cavalry, and more importantly, it will ...... the DPRK and China."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin also had to pour cold water on Zhu Houzhao.

"Money is not a problem, as for the rest~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled, as long as it is really feasible, as for other problems, there are always more ways than difficulties, as for money, he Zhu Houzhao now has money and silver, and there is nowhere to spend it.

What's more, there is Liu Jin, the God of Wealth, who is afraid that there will be no silver, and Liu Jin is worried about the affairs of the court, he Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to it at all, this Ming Dynasty is surnamed Zhu after all, and his old Zhu family has the final say.

……

On July 24, the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the sky was just dawning, and the streets and alleys of the Beijing-Tianjin area began to sound bursts of children's voices.

"Sell Newspaper~Sell Newspaper~"

"The Tartars slaughtered the Central Plains, Gansu and Shaanxi were ten rooms and nine empty, and the blood flowed like a river~"

One by one, the newsboys waved the newspapers in their hands and shouted out loudly as they walked.

"Bring me a newspaper~"

"I'll have a copy too~"

With the foundation laid in the first issue, the sales of the second issue of the newspaper became extremely hot, the first issue of the Beijing and Tianjin area only had more than 10,000 copies, and the second issue, with the consent of Liu Jin's side, directly found 30,000 copies of the newspaper.

However, even with 30,000 newspapers, there were still not enough newspapers to sell in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area, and many people immediately flocked to the newspaper as soon as they heard the sound of selling newspapers, and quickly snapped up the newspapers.

In less than an hour, the second issue of the Ming Morning Post was sold out, and the old and young masters of the entire capital and Tianjin also began to read the newspaper with relish.

"Bang~"

In a teahouse in the capital, when everyone got the newspaper and saw the top news, there was a loud bang, followed by angry sounds.

"The Tartars slaughtered the land of my Central Plains, Gansu and Shaanxi were ten rooms and nine emptiness, such a heinous crime, how can they return to the grassland with impunity, they must be killed cleanly!"

"It's hateful that even though my Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers, he can only shrink into the city, but he will make the dragon city fly and not teach Hu Ma to do Yin Mountain!"

"How can I have any flying generals in the Ming Dynasty, the army is full of eunuchs and civilian officials who supervise the army."

"Are we just watching our fellow citizens being slaughtered?"

"So what?"

"The princes of the court and the central government should find a way to teach these steppe wolves a hard lesson."

In the whole restaurant, all kinds of discussions came and went, and the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty were very angry, and they hated to carry their own knives and fight fiercely with the grassland people, and avenge the compatriots in Gansu and Shaanxi.

on the streets of the capital.

"Did you read today's paper?"

When the laity meet, the first sentence before was Did you eat today?

Now it's changed, and it's customary for everyone to ask first, have you read today's newspaper?

"Not yet~"

"You hurry up and take a look, it makes people feel angry when they see it, the Tartars slaughtered the Central Plains, Gansu and Shanxi are ten rooms and nine empty, blood flows like a river, I don't know how many people have died."

"What, the Tartars really came in?"

"What about our border army, what about our army?"

"They are all shrunk in the city wall, they don't dare to go out of the city to fight, they usually eat and drink well, and they don't even dare to face the battle at the critical moment, it's really a bunch of eggless things."

"They should be killed, these people should all be killed~"

"But isn't it, raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, this doesn't even dare to fight, what's the use of them, I heard, our army of the Ming Dynasty has long been corrupt, the armament is lax, lack of training, those generals and the like still eat empty salaries, drink soldier blood, etc., where is there any combat effectiveness."

"I've heard about it, and sometimes I can't blame them all, I heard that some border soldiers even have problems eating, and all the money allocated on it goes to the mouths of some people."

"I've also heard that the weapons they use are not as good as our kitchen knives, and they will be broken when they are chopped, how can this be a war."

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