Chapter 255: The Enemy of the Gentry, the Enemy of the Shilin
"The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings......" Zheng Zhilong threw away the information transmitted back from the Black Ice Platform, and said with emotion. I didn't expect Zuo Liangyu to die at this time, this is really a shot in the arm for Nanming.
Emperor Chongzhen not only lost a big trouble, but also possibly increased his strength, did this unlucky doll come to work?
However, thinking of another news from the Black Ice Platform two days earlier, Zheng Zhilong shook his head. Emperor Chongzhen has always been a mildew star, how can it really be running.
As for the Donglin Party, the "Shilin Daily" was created, and the imperial court also revised it to become the "Beijing Daily" on the basis of the Di Newspaper, so it was not a big deal.
The Donglin Party has opponents in the DPRK, and this is the basis for the smooth distribution of the "News". Zheng Zhilong had already expected this. However, the Donglin Party just can't ban the "News", and they will never watch the "News" sing a one-man show and remain indifferent.
The birth of the second and third newspapers came naturally, and the good times of the newspaper were finally coming to an end.
Because the role of newspapers in guiding public opinion is obvious, the Donglin Party or other forces will not be able to see it when they are blind.
In Zheng Zhilong's view, the newspaper industry in Jinling City has only just entered the stage of 'a hundred flowers blooming', and when there will be a trace of newspaper offices in the local area, it will be regarded as a small victory in the stage.
All walks of life, ordinary people and officials know what a newspaper is, and this recognition is a big victory.
In this way, the newspaper can be regarded as truly having a social status and forming a social influence!
Then, either the Donglin Party does not want to see its 'public opinion leadership' being divided by others, or Emperor Chongzhen frowned after feeling threatened, of course, it may be that some newspapers are talking nonsense in their heads. Then everyone was unlucky together, and it was finished together, except for the Beijing Daily, which is probably the road to the modern newspaper industry under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Zheng Zhilong, as the person behind the news, should not have been hidden for long. Yang Weiyuan's vest has fallen off. Lead printing and new inks, those are things that can't be hidden.
The subordinates were all silent, the affairs in Jinling City were quite complicated, and more importantly, they had no access to information at all. Zheng Zhilong made up his own mind, and they didn't have much say in this matter.
But Zheng Zhilong will not take the initiative to get involved in the Jinling matter. It was Emperor Chongzhen who wanted to make him the prince of the country, and Zheng Zhilong's performance was handed over, but no one had signaled to the emperor, and the news that he had changed the name of Manila to Xinjing had not yet reached Jinling. As for the killings, etc., it doesn't matter.
His name has already been spilled with a lot of sewage, and he doesn't intend to wash it away.
Because, this notoriety is still good for a certain period of time, at least it can deter the gentry, right? Can you scare the snake, right? And at the end of the day, as long as your strength is strong enough, isn't everything written by a winner?
What's more, in the environment of the late Ming Dynasty, being a tyrant is really much happier than being a Ming monarch.
With a burden on his back, worried about the impact of this and that, where can he go into battle in person without scruples? What's more, Zheng Zhilong now has such a cool capital.
Besides, instead of using violent means to break the old social shackles, he used moderate social reform practices to change the entire Ming Dynasty, how much energy and spirit did it take?
Not to mention whether this is in line with Zheng Zhilong's wishes, let's just say that the length of time is not acceptable to Zheng Zhilong.
His flesh was twenty-four out of forty, not twenty-four. Will the gentle improvement method not be completed until he is seventy or eighty years old? I don't know if he'll live that big.
More importantly, the nervousness that has been blowing up from time to time lately is what has prompted him to abandon his moderate reformist approach.
Not to mention that Zheng Zhilong was already very unhappy with the gentry class at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he really wanted to get rid of them, which is also the key.
At the beginning of the crossing, he also played a big drama against the gentry class, but when Chongzhen moved south, Zheng Zhilong's true face had already been revealed. Later, Ji Ding Qingtian made him a mortal enemy in the eyes of the gentry of the world.
Zheng Zhilong only smiled disapprovingly, this is a mortal enemy? That's because they haven't had the next shock.
"Master Hou, can your subordinates dare to say a word, are you too eager......?"
Chen Ding asked with some trepidation.
He made a special trip from Quanzhou, but he was struck by lightning when he came. Because Zheng Zhilong had just issued a decree that could be said to be a "big rebellion", he was scared a lot.
Zheng Zhilong took Manila, and Zheng Sen also took Cebu, so it can be said that the entire Luzon Islands are in Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence.
Although the Luzon Islands are mountainous and hilly, there are also many plains. Especially Luzon.
The unique natural conditions make the cultivation industry here quite developed.
From north to south, Luzon can be geographically divided into three major regions: the Central Plains, Manila, and Southwest regions. These three regions are also the most densely populated core areas of Luzon, and even in the new century, they are the most developed agricultural economies in Luzon.
The formation of the Central Plains is very magical. In the western and eastern parts of Luzon, the Sam Mi Rees and the Cordillera Mountains run through the north and south, forming a natural barrier on the west and east sides, respectively. Two mountain ranges successfully block air currents from the South China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean. Typhoons in the western Pacific pass through and are often blocked by mountain peaks. At the end of the typhoon, the rain turned into a moderate amount of rain, moistening the land and greatly reducing the threat to crops. Suitable climatic and soil conditions have contributed to the development of agriculture in the Central Plains region. In later generations, more than 90% of the land was cultivated with rice, and it was known as the "granary" in Luzon.
The landscape of the southwest is more complex than that of the Central Plains, and volcanic groups derived from the Cordillera are scattered throughout it, creating an irregular interweaving of mountains and plains. Therefore, the southwest region is relatively rich in crop types. In addition to the rice paddies, you can also see bamboo-like sugar plantations, tall and beautiful coconut palms, and lush abaga forests.
But that's for the afterlife.
It was the 17th century, and the Spaniards had not even developed much of Manila, let alone the cash crop plantations in the southwest and rice cultivation in the plains of the Central Plains.
But the Spaniards were tyrannical, but Zheng Zhilong wanted to make use of all this in the shortest possible time.
There is only one way to do this – immigration, mass immigration.
In the shortest possible time, the number of immigrants on a large scale, and at the same time conquer the indigenous population, as long as Zheng Zhilong can develop the role of this place in a short period of time, or even one-twentieth, then the foundation of the Zheng family will evolve again, at least from a city to a city.
Move the people and organize them to work. Refugees are naturally the best, but Quanzhou is also overpopulated.
Fujian has a small number of people, so business is so developed.
There are many people in the mansion, but there is little land in the clan, so it can be said that there are no power and power in the countryside. The life of the clansmen is very miserable, and a small servant can wantonly exert power and blessing on their heads. For example, the original Ishii (Anping) Zheng family.
But in their hearts, these people would never have the idea of going to the South Seas. The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own grass nest, and they have not reached the last resort. However, in Zheng Zhilong's view, instead of letting these individuals suffer in Quanzhou Mansion, why not include them in the immigrant army?
There are a lot of fields in Luzon that are placed there, and the wind and rain are smooth, and the land is fertile, Zheng Zhilong is very generous to these ordinary people who have no power and power.
He also happened to integrate a number of fields in Quanzhou and distribute them to the Quanzhou Navy and Army soldiers under him. Of course, the latter can also ask for Luzon's fields, with a ratio of one for two, and there are many discounts.
There are also those "local tyrants and inferior gentry" who were found out before. After these people were found out of Yintian, they were slaughtered with a knife, how could they feel comfortable? The whole Ming Dynasty is like this, but they are going to be unlucky, looking at the happy life of the 'same kind' around them, these people hate the Zheng family even more in their hearts.
In private, there will inevitably be some small actions.
The Black Ice Terrace is all staring at it, and it has already written down the accounts, and this time it is just time to settle the account.
If it's serious, it's just a matter of raiding the house, and there aren't many people with such iron, and most people are still 'sin to death'. Zheng Zhilong is still very generous, raising his noble hand, just taking this opportunity to move a place for them, let's all go to Luzon.
The acres of land are exchanged for one, and Zheng Zhilong does not take advantage of them at all.
The gentry can be unconvinced, but you'd better hold on. Because all the land in Luzon is Zheng Zhilong, you can't stop him from giving more to whoever he wants.
This is really adding fuel to the fire.
Ji Ding Qingtian had already offended the gentry fiercely before, and now that he is like this, it is better to directly take over other people's land. At least people can stay in their homeland. But now? Zheng Zhilong sent everyone to three thousand miles.
What's more, after arriving in Luzon, all the preferential policies of the Ming Dynasty for the gentry were gone. In the future, they will also be like ordinary people, working together on errands and paying for food together. This is even more poking at the lungs of the gentry class.
It can be said that if these orders are issued, then all the gentry will no longer have any illusions about Zheng Zhilong.
- This guy is the enemy of the class, the enemy of Shilin!
It's too obvious to change one for two for those Qiu Ba, but one for one for the gentry and scholars, isn't it? There is also the superiority of abandoning the scholars, Zheng Zhilong is going to isolate himself from the scholars!
"In a hurry? There is no hurry. The imperial court has moved south, and half of the world has been lost, no, it's more than half. "Zhang Xianzhong of the Sichuan-Shu realm has not been completely flattened. Then the remnants of the Ming army in Sichuan and Shu will not be supported by the imperial court for a long time, and in the current environment, sooner or later they will be broken by Zhang Xianzhong.
Because Zhang Xianzhong has no foreign enemies now. In the past two years, he has been bent on suppressing Sichuan and Shu, and running Sichuan Shu. The foundation of its rule in Kawanaka will grow stronger little by little over time. And when the Ming Dynasty will be able to deploy troops to attack Sichuan and Shu, it's uncertain.
Without the north, and without Sichuan and Shu, Emperor Chongzhen lost most of the 'Daming'.
Was it urgent to make a move on the gentry at this time? There is no rush at all. It's too late.
"Master Hou, but in this way, I will completely tear my face with them."
In Chen Ding's eyes, Zheng Zhilong's foundation is not deep and stable enough, and there is no need to attack the Quanzhou gentry at this time. I really think that Luzon lacks Wenhua talent, and it is completely possible to move the gentry of Denglai over?
And they can be upright, because these gentry are 'sinners'.
Don't look at Zheng Zhilong's annihilation of Li Shutai, but the Manchu Qing still achieved a general trend in the Denglai area. In particular, Zhou Lianggong withdrew from Ye County, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty seized Ye County, the soldiers pushed directly to Dengzhou City. Although those gentry saw Zheng Jun's ruthlessness towards the Qing gentry, the Tartar army was right in front of their eyes, and most of them still chose to surrender.
People who really would rather abandon their homes and businesses than be the people of the Qing Dynasty are still pitiful.
Zheng Zhilong shook his head.
He had information that Chen Ding had not been exposed to, and Li Zicheng's trouble came. It's not Datong and Taiyuan, those two cities are still very strong, and there seems to be no danger of falling in a short period of time.
But behind Li Zicheng, after Gushi Khan of Heshute Mongolia solved the Zangba Khan in Tibet, he had turned his head and contacted the Manchus.
"Look at this......"