At the end of April in Beijing, outside the Imperial Garden, the night is very beautiful, and the catkins and poplars gently shake with the wind. Chongzhen looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, but he had no intention of appreciating it

Do you want to do that? There are now more than 10,000 brocade guards in his hands, and they are still scattered all over the place. The military power of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the hands of civilian officials. In the later period of Chongzhen, frequent wars also made military power begin to pass to military generals. But none of it has anything to do with the emperor.

But even if you have military power, you will inevitably have a big war!

"Minister Wei Zaode visits the emperor" As soon as Wei Zaode saw Chongzhen, he hurriedly knelt down.

Since stepping down from the cabinet and serving as the director of the newly established Daming Daily, Wei Zaode has complained a little, but he does not dare to complain blatantly.

But after the release of several issues of Daming Bao, he found that his rights as the president of Daming Bao were no less than his original cabinet chief assistant and no less than the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant supervisor.

Who does he want to clean up, let a few students write a few chapters, and that person's lace news will be published in Daming Daily, and in a few days, everyone in the world will know! Moreover, his current backer is the emperor, and Daming Bao is sponsored by the emperor, you question the authority of Daming Bao, do you question the authority of the emperor?

Tut-tut, the president of Daming Daily, he can write whatever he wants, and he is much more comfortable than the chief assistant of the cabinet who was impeached by the official at every turn, and the eunuch who has been cut off from his children and grandchildren.

Moreover, writing articles is my specialty,

Wei Zaode's kneeling is not only a kneeling that must bow down when you see the emperor, but also a kneeling out of inner gratitude!

"Let's be flat, how is the distribution of Daming Daily now?" Chongzhen knows that only when the number of circulation increases and more people read it, can Daming Daily truly exert his public opinion effect.

"Your Majesty, after the establishment of Daming Daily, because the emperor personally approved the establishment, many local tyrants, squires and businessmen subscribed. In addition, Daming Pao is a national newspaper, and officials of all prefectures and government offices also subscribe to it, and it currently has a circulation of 100,000 copies per week, accounting for 30 percent of all newspapers at present, and is the largest scale in the newspaper industry. ”

Wo Groove, a state-level newspaper and periodical established by the emperor, and a newspaper and periodical that the government must have, actually accounted for 30% of the market!

It is conceivable that when there is no Daming Pao, a reader can create a newspaper, just like the self-media in the 21st century, shocked by the headlines, the content is made up, Chongzhen was misled by these tabloid public opinion full of nonsense.

Some people today say that the eunuchs interfered in the harem and wanted to kill Wei Zhongxian; Tomorrow another person said that the imperial court should not compete with the people for profit, and should abolish the commercial and mining taxes.

The minister said to Chongzhen, Your Majesty, look at these newspapers, this is the voice of the world's scholars, you can't just go your own way and make the world's scholars cold.

You say that Chongzhen, a child who ascended the throne at the age of sixteen and is determined to be a good emperor, can he not be misled when he looks at these "scholars' voices"?

Now, as a modern person who has crossed over to Chongzhen, especially as an Internet person, he knows that public opinion is a very powerful weapon, and cyber violence can kill people invisibly!

So he wants to create Daming Bao, to carry forward Daming Bao, and let Daming Bao be his big killer!

"Here's a copy of Jinyiwei's information, take a look" Chongzhen handed the land information in his hand to Wei Zaode.

Wei Zaode took the information and saw that Qian Qianyi owned 1.2 million mu of land, Hou Fangyu 650,000 mu, and Tang Shiji 450,000 mu...... His heart trembled for a while, and when Wei Zaode saw his 400,000 acres of land, he knelt down in fright.

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't have so many fields" Wei Zaode wanted to defend himself, he had only been the first assistant for three years, and so many fields meant that he was corrupt and perverted the law.

"Didn't you? Do you want me to ask Li Richao to take Jinyiwei to check? "Chongzhen looked at Wei Zaode coldly, MMP, and pretended to be with me! Looks like I should keep you locked up for a few more days before I'm honest!

"Minister...... Minister...... The minister ...... in fear, "Wei Zaode kept wiping his sweat and said in a slurred voice.

Is the emperor going to cut me?

"Panic? Fear what? He Qian Qianyi scolded me for being immoral and unreasonable, and at the same time chanted poems and paintings with Qin Huai Bayan Liu, who was younger than his granddaughter, was he panicked? ”

"You people, when I asked you to donate money, you cried with me! You can be poor with hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and there will be no rich people under the sky! ”

Wei Zaode didn't dare to speak, because it didn't seem good to say anything at this time, and when the emperor raised donations, he only donated five hundred taels. Now that the emperor has found out all his bottoms, what else can he say.

But fortunately, the emperor doesn't seem to be targeting himself, he usually follows the emperor's will.

"I thought of Zhang Juzheng! Zhang Juzheng taught the Divine Sect to keep up with the saints of the ages in every word and deed! asked Shenzong not to be extravagant and wasteful, so the court was simple, but Zhang Juzheng himself was extravagant and luxurious, sitting in a sixty-four sedan chair; asked the Divine Sect to love the people like a son who wanted to cultivate virtue, but he scolded his subordinates for being greedy for money and lustful! Until Zhang Juzheng died, the Divine Sect could spread out! What kind of bullshit is this! ”

Chongzhen mentioned Zhang Juzheng to warn Wei Zaode, Zhang Juzheng asked Shenzong to be thrifty, but his life was very luxurious, you are all a group of duplicitous, if you are duplicitous, Zhang Juzheng's fate will be your end!

"From tomorrow, Daming Daily will open two new lists, one is the Daming wealth list, the other is the Daming donation list, up to the emperor's relatives, princes and nobles, down to the mountain village husband and trafficker pawn, as long as it is the information table provided by Jinyiwei, you will arrange them one by one, and use two plates to arrange the top 30!"

Wei Zaode took a breath in his heart, if these two lists were listed, he would become the target of public criticism!

"Your Majesty, don't do it, if these two lists are issued, it will be a big earthquake, which will cause turmoil in the imperial court....... Do you want to consult with the Cabinet to see ......?"

"Can they still clear the monarch's side and let me abdicate?"

"Your Majesty, look, on this list, the top five are vassal kings, followed by other royal relatives, more than a dozen people are ministers of the court, and Qian Qianyi, he is the leader of the Donglin Party, and these businessmen, as soon as this list comes out, these people will think that the imperial court does not crusade against the liukou, but puts their minds on the ministers and people of the vassal king, and they are afraid that these people are going to rebel......"

"You don't have to worry about this, just send it out" Chongzhen He has a back move, this back move is to take Chongzhen's reputation right!

"You send another one: Jiangsu and Zhejiang literati and businessmen have no way, angering Tianwei, Heavenly Father will punish Jiangsu and Zhejiang, May 16, typhoon, rain and floods, as a warning! Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven, the destiny of heaven returns, can ensure the peace of the world!"

As a moral, talented and idealistic person, Chongzhen doesn't want to engage in feudal superstition, but now, he has to do it once, these two lists will force the vassal king and the powerful minister to rebel! Although the vassal kings were killed by Li Zicheng, the king of Jin, the king of Lu, the king of Gui, the king of Fu, the king of Tang, which king is a fuel-efficient lamp, the vassal king plus the ministers, is enough for the current Chongzhen.

Therefore, Chongzhen is going to be a god stick once!