Chapter 282: The Misty Newspaper House
The first thing to be implemented is to abolish the government military system, and the government soldiers of the five northern provinces, Beizhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, have all been reorganized into a new army, and although the new army in Shaanxi is not all equipped with flintlock guns, it has already paid military salaries according to the treatment of the new army.
There was only one province in Henan, and there was no new army, so Li Chunye immediately transferred personnel from the military headquarters and rushed to Henan to form the 38th Army.
If the rest of the government soldiers and military households lose their land completely, or if the remaining land is not enough to support their families, the remaining land will be temporarily handed over to the local government, and they will all move to Liaoning Province, and if they go quickly, they can catch up with the cultivation of winter wheat.
At the same time, the people of the five northern provinces, who had completely lost their land, also began to emigrate to Liaoning Province.
The first avenue suddenly became busy, although they left their hometowns, but these immigrants, basically the whole village moved out, to the Guanwai, they are still neighbors, the most important thing, the imperial court outside the Guan, gave them free of charge, 30 acres per ding, to buy these land, but it costs 150 taels of silver.
With these lands, they can support themselves and their families, and they no longer have to be exploited by others, and in the future, their sons can marry daughters-in-law normally, and their daughters can marry good families normally.
Outside the gates, they have lived a normal life that they have not had for many years.
In order to encourage the military households outside the customs to emigrate, the imperial court distributed a stone of grain to each ding, and if they were a little more frugal, they could survive the winter normally.
Zhu Youzhen occasionally disguised himself in Beijing, looking at the first avenue outside Dongzhimen, there was an endless stream of immigrants from Liaoning, and he felt for the first time that the revival of the Ming Dynasty was the real beginning.
At the same time, in the northeast corner of Beijing, there is a newspaper called "Ming Pao", which suddenly fell from the sky, and the proprietor of "Ming Pao" is called Yangzi, a middle-aged man in his forties, who usually does not smile, but there are rumors in the market that he is only the editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", and the real proprietor is someone else.
"Ming Pao" is a weekly newspaper, a total of four pages, the first page is the news of all parts of the Ming Dynasty, the second page is stories, novels, the third page is entertainment, specializing in publishing all kinds of nonsensical celebrity anecdotes, the most talked about is the fourth edition, named "Miscellaneous Talks", which is dedicated to discussing various events in the life of the Ming Dynasty.
In the first issue of "Miscellaneous Talks", an article "Dissolution of the Zongren Mansion" signed "Lisao" was published, the author wrote sharply, but his views were not radical, he supported the dissolution of the Zongren Mansion, because the Zongren Mansion was already a huge financial burden of the imperial court, but it should be implemented slowly, so that the children of the clan can gradually adapt to being ordinary people.
In the same issue of "Miscellaneous Talks", an article entitled "Keep the Roots" was also published, "The Important Role of the Clan in the Life of the Ming Dynasty", the article believes that the clan is the foundation of the Ming royal family, they are not only noble, but also talented and powerful, and must not fall into the opposite side of the imperial court.
The second issue of "Ming Pao", continuing the discussion of similar issues, signed by the author of "Yu Wanxin", made a sharp criticism of the article "The Important Role of the Clan in the Life of the Gate Government" of "Retaining the Roots", the article believes that the dissolution of the clan is not the abolition of the royal status of the clan, nor the banishment and expulsion of the children of the clan, on the contrary, let the well-educated children of the clan better serve the Ming Dynasty.
Jingshi is a place where literati gather, and some literati read the articles published in Ming Pao, and their blood is boiling, and they also want to join in the commentary, and pass on their profiles and ambitions to the whole society.
After many inquiries, they found that anyone can submit articles to Ming Pao, as long as the views are clear and the arguments are sufficient, there is hope of being published, and once selected, Ming Pao will also pay the author accordingly, but all articles must be in the vernacular.
Due to the sensitivity of political articles, Ming Pao promised that they would remain absolutely anonymous for the authors.
The literati were boiling for a while, especially some talented people who lived in Beijing, and they had nothing to do, so they picked up pen and paper one after another and joined in the debate of "Ming Pao".
The Ming Pao itself did not take any position on the dissolution of the Zongren Mansion, they only published the author's views, and as long as they were not against the emperor or advocated rebellion, all articles could be published in the newspaper.
The fourth edition of "Miscellaneous Talks" surpasses the news of the first edition and attracts the attention of more literati.
The first two issues of Ming Pao were distributed free of charge, and anyone could go to the Ming Pao newspaper office to pick them up, and from the third issue, Ming Pao began to sell them for a fee, with three copper plates per copy.
Almost every other issue, "Ming Pao" would publish an article on "Yu Wanxin", and in general, "Yu Wanxin" supported the dissolution of the Zongren Mansion and supported Zhu Youzhen's reform, which aroused the idea of some enthusiastic scholars.
These scholars opposed the reform, especially the equality of the people, and they gathered together, and when they talked about "Yuwanxin", they were immediately excited, so dozens of scholars took the lead and began to storm the "Ming Pao" newspaper.
Yangzi personally came forward to clarify that "Yu Wanxin" only represented his personal views, but the scholars ignored it, they relied on the large number of people, and they insisted that Yangzi hand over "Yu Wanxin" and reason with him face to face.
Yangzi refused to explain the whereabouts of "Yu Wanxin" because he wanted to protect the author's rights, and the two sides clashed, and as a result, the newspaper people beat the scholars bitterly.
The more they thought about it, the more angry they became, and they came to Shuntianfu to sue Ming Pao for "misleading the public with fallacies", "harboring rebellious parties", and "beating up people in public to show off talents".
After receiving the report, Shuntianfu Yin immediately dispatched officials to detain Yangzi, the proprietor of Ming Pao.
Yangzi saw that it was someone from Shuntianfu, he was not confused at all, first called an entourage, whispered a few words, and then walked out of the lobby and met the officials: "I just run a newspaper and promote positive social energy, what is the crime?" ”
"We don't care if you're guilty or not, we're just acting on orders, and if you're guilty or not, you go and tell your lords." The official couldn't help but say that he chained Yangzi with an iron chain.
Yangzi didn't struggle, just sneered vigorously.
The leading official was furious: "You don't know what to do, we treat each other with courtesy, you dare to laugh at us, offend those scholars, do you think you have good fruit to eat?" A slap in the face made Yangzi's mouth and nose bleed.
Yangzi neither wiped the blood from his face nor argued with the officials, he was like a pine tree, allowing the officials to wrap the chains around his body like rattans.
The officials scolded all the way, but Yangzi only looked up at the sky and did not argue with the officials.
In front of the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, more and more scholars gathered, plus the people who were watching, there were hundreds of people in total, and Fu Yin was under tremendous pressure.
Yangzi did not squint, he strode into the gate of the mansion.
Fu Yin was already sitting in the hall, the master was wearing a felt hat and was looking at Yangzi, and on the ** chair in front of the hall, there were several scholars, they were either wearing felt hats crookedly, or their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, obviously the group of people who were beaten in the newspaper just now.
They all smiled with their eyebrows, and they all looked at Yangzi with kindness.
"Who's in the hall? Get down on your knees and speak! Fu Yin was shocked, and the officials on both sides also shouted "mighty".
"Lord Yu, the grass people are the proprietors of "Ming Pao" Yangzi." Yangzi didn't kneel, he just bowed to Xiangfu Yin.
"Get down on your knees and talk!" Fu Yin slapped the shocked wood again.
"My lord, why don't they kneel?" Yangzi sat with one finger of his hand on the scholars on both sides.
"Bold! They are talented people, but they are plaintiffs, you are the defendant, and you will not kneel down anymore, and you will be punished and served. Fu Yin was furious, he felt that his authority was provoked by Yangzi.
Yangzi still did not kneel: "My lord, according to the new policy of the Ming Dynasty, before the law, all citizens are equal, and now the plaintiff is sitting in the court, why did the adults let the grass people kneel?" ”
Fu Yin sneered: "You founded "Ming Pao", propagated fallacies, instigated the people, slandered the court, and now you are beating the students, and you dare to talk about equality with the officials? ”
Yangzi argued: "My lord, the Ming Dynasty is not guilty of words, whether the grass people violated the law of the Ming Dynasty, we can only know after the adult trial, and now the adults have not yet judged, how do you know that the grass people have violated the law?" ”
"It seems that if you don't move the great punishment, you don't know what equality is, what the law is, come on!" Fu Yin was too lazy to reason with Yangzi, so he threw down a piece of bamboo stick: "Hit twenty first, and if you commit it again, double it." ”
"Yes." The officials are like wolves and tigers, and they must bring down the Yangzi.
At this moment, a servant who was patrolling outside the yamen rushed in, came to Fu Yin, whispered a few words, and handed Fu Yin a small piece of paper.
Fu Yin's face changed suddenly, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his head, and his hands trembled uncontrollably, "This ......"
"My lord......" Master leaned over and wanted to see the words on the paper.
Fu Yin was shocked, he crumpled the piece of paper, threw it into his mouth, swallowed two mouthfuls of spit, but he couldn't swallow it, the piece of paper was stuck in his throat, just like this "card", he couldn't go up and down.
Seeing Fu Yin rolling his eyes, the master was terrified: "Quick, pour a glass of warm water." ”
The officials found tea and asked Fu Yin to pour it, so that Fu Yin's "white eye disease" was solved.
The master wondered, what kind of piece of paper is this? "Adult ......"
Fu Yin waved his hand and asked the master to step back, he saw that the official had pressed Yangzi to the ground and was about to be executed, so he hurriedly stopped and said: "You guys retreat first, and it is not too late to execute after the official asks clearly!" ”
The official was shocked and had to let Yangzi go.
Yangzi was annoyed in his heart, but he looked at Fu Yin and sneered slightly.
Fu Yin turned his head and pretended not to see Yangzi, "According to the new policy of the Ming Dynasty, all citizens are equal before the law, and since the defendant is standing, the plaintiff is not allowed to take a seat." ”
The scholars of the "Adult ......" also found that the momentum was wrong, and it turned out that this Yangtze was a fog-like character.
Fu Yin didn't care about the doubts of the scholars, he shouted: "Come on, remove all the seats!" ”
**Famous scholars stand on both sides of the Yangtze tree, like guards.
Fu Yin asked the plaintiff and the recite their own statements.
After listening to the statement, Fu Yin was shocked: "It turned out that you went to the newspaper to make trouble, but falsely accused the newspaper, you were beaten, and you deserved it, but the newspaper has been registered with the Ministry of Industry and paid taxes to the Ministry of Households, you dare to storm the newspaper and disrupt the normal social order. ”