Jinyiwei's edict has always been divided into internal and external prisons. If an ordinary official commits a crime, or if a Jiangyang thief cannot be controlled by the government in other places, he is usually only locked up in an outer prison. As for the Inner Prison, it has not been used for many years. It only holds a few people who have not seen the light.

Actually, it's a prison, but it's much better than an ordinary cell, and it's even spacious and bright.

It's just that tonight, the lights are bright in the Imperial Prison, and although there is no noise in the Inner Prison, the lights are even brighter than in the Outer Prison.

In the cell of the inner prison number, there was a person kneeling on the ground, but it was the imperial history Chen Mo who had been stripped of his skin and grass. And outside the cell, it was Emperor Chongzhen who came here in the white dragon fish.

Chongzhen looked at Chen Mo, who was lifeless in the prison, and frowned: "Chen Buyan, want to die?" Or do you want to live? ”

When Chen Mo heard this, he suddenly knelt forward, rushed to the prison door, and hissed: "Your Majesty! The minister knows that he is wrong, the minister wants to live, he wants to live! I beg your majesty to be gracious. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "Of course I won't want you to die. Otherwise, you would have been hanging with Huang Liji at this moment, why would I bother to use death row prisoners to replace you. ”

When Chen Mo heard this, he just kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely change his past mistakes and serve His Majesty." ”

Chongzhen nodded, noncommittal, and continued: "Your family has been sent to Nanjing by Jinyiwei halfway, and since then, they have been incognito, and naturally they have no worries about food and clothing. ”

As soon as Chen Mo heard this, he understood a little in his heart. Since the empty man can be well, he will probably die of old age in prison.

However, Chen Mo didn't care. He was originally a mortal person, and his family also needed to go to Lingnan, but now that his family has gone to Nanjing, he can survive well, and he is also free from death, which is already a fluke, and he does not dare to ask for more. Just think about the pair of beautiful and well-behaved twin daughters in the family, and I don't know which bastard is going to be cheaper.

Chongzhen watched Chen Mo's face change back and forth, and guessed a bit of his thoughts, and immediately said, "Don't worry that you will grow old like this." If you do what I have told you to do, you will be able to go home and be reunited with your wife and children in ten years' time. If you behave well, it's not that you can't be let out in advance to be a rich man. ”

Chen Mo raised his head in disbelief, looked directly at Chongzhen and asked, "Is Your Majesty's words true?" Suddenly, I remembered that it was a great disrespect to look at the king so directly, and it was a great disrespect to say that it was a big disrespect, so I hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The minister is out of order, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

Chongzhen didn't care about this at all, and continued: "The Jinshi of the fifth year of the Apocalypse still has some ability. I leave this to you, and I can't mess it up. Otherwise, you will be better to die than to live. ”

Chen Mo was apprehensive, but he didn't dare to ask anything, so he knelt on the ground tightly and was silent.

Chongzhen looked at Chen Mo's appearance, satisfied with Chen Mo's performance, and continued: "I want to set up a publication similar to Di Bao, which will be issued once every half month. Do you understand that it records the policies and trends of the imperial court, my words and deeds, as well as the remarks that are beneficial to the imperial court, market trends and anecdotes? ”

Chen Mo asked: "Your Majesty, it's just that this outside matter, the guilty is in prison, and it is not clear?" ”

Chongzhen said: "It's okay, naturally there is a brocade guard to send it to you." They will tell you what you should say and what you should not say. ”

When Chen Mo heard this, he felt that there was no problem, so he asked, "Your Majesty, what is the name of this thing?" ”

Chongzhen said: "The name of the year is established Chongzhen, and this thing is called "Chongzhen Half Monthly News", which is sent to the whole country like a newspaper.

It's just that unlike Di Bao, this magazine can be bought by everyone, regardless of the Shijia industry and commerce, everyone can have a copy. Therefore, how to write in a straightforward and understandable way, you need to put a lot of thought into it.

In the past few days, I have found a reason to arrest some corrupt people to come in and accompany you, and then you will lead them to get things done.

After each issue is completed, it will be handed over to Jinyiwei and submitted to the master of ceremonies for approval, and then it will be published all over the world. ”

When Chen Mo heard this, he asked again, "Your Majesty, is there a taboo for this thing?" ”

Chongzhen said: "I don't like scholars to talk about government affairs, and I don't like businessmen to avoid taxes. Whoever says so, let it go. If there are problematic remarks in the market, you can screen them out and hand them over to Jinyiwei, and someone will naturally deal with them. ”

When Chen Mo heard this, he probably had a direction in his heart, so he kowtowed and saluted: "The criminal minister receives the order, and he will definitely do his best to do a good job for His Majesty." ”

Chongzhen saw that Chen Mo had understood what he meant, so he left the inner prison, leaving Chen Mo in ecstasy.

For Chongzhen, although Donglin Academy has been demolished, such a strange thing as the Donglin Party still exists. The product of the collusion between the scholar and the businessman, it affects the whole body, and in the end, there is basically nothing that this monster does not dare to do.

If you want to get rid of this monster from the roots, you can't do it until you do a thorough criticism. The problem is that the Ming Dynasty is simply unrealistic. Since Liu Yeboar deposed the hundred families, this Confucian shop has become bigger and bigger, and all the scholars in the world are his disciples and grandchildren.

For now, since you can't move, you can simply fight with them. There has been a wave of promotion of craftsmen before, and now they get a newspaper to come out and compete with them for the public opinion market, no matter how much, if one of the hundred scholars in the school falls to himself, it will be a victory.

Besides, Chongzhen always thinks that his basic plate is mud legs, not those businessmen and scholars, and at present, it is just that he can't leave these people, and when the generation of young soldiers and Mengxue who are loyal to him grows up, doesn't the Confucian store also say that it will be demolished?

Besides, I wouldn't be so stupid as to think that I could scare these readers with just one Chongzhen semi-monthly newspaper, and I could get another Daming Daily on the surface.

Why are those people who read books so good? Isn't it because they have the right to speak? This newspaper is the first step in grabbing the right to speak with them!

As for the problem of illiterate mud legs, this is easy to do. Wouldn't it be better to send people from all over the country to read it? There are so many people in the Ming Dynasty, is there still a shortage of literate people? There are always those old children who fail the imperial examination, give them a establishment, even if it is the same establishment as the courier Li Xiaoge? Now that I don't owe them salaries, and I don't abolish the establishment, presumably Brother Li won't rebel, right?

Thinking of Little Brother Li, Chongzhen began to have a headache again. After the New Year, it is the first year of Chongzhen, and when the drought and flooding continue to occur in various places, even if he is not short of silver, but where to get this grain? The silver is good, but this thing can't fill your stomach.

Since he couldn't think of any good way, Chongzhen simply didn't think about it anymore, just thought about sneaking out of the palace and going around after the Celestial Empire meeting - this is my country.