Chapter 125: Good news
"Outside, outside, Hongshankou victory, Hongshankou victory."
After more than ten days of silence, the teenagers and children of the boy camp once again appeared on the streets, waving the "Daming Times" in their hands and shouting loudly.
"Here's a copy."
"Bring me one."
"I'll buy a copy too."
"Yo, Uncle Wang, you can't read and write?"
"If you can't read, you can't let others help you read it?"
Many people have paid for newspapers, "Daming Times" is very cheap, buy a copy for less than ten yuan, it is not too painful, there are a lot of various news registered in the magazine, and even publish advertising information for purchase and sale, for large and small businessmen, the usefulness is still quite great.
There are too many ills in the Ming Dynasty, there are civil uprisings and rebellions inside, there are Jin troops who commit borders, burn and loot, the guards are afraid of the war, and they have been defeated repeatedly, except for the Ningjin victory achieved by Yuan Inspector a few years ago, it is basically a defeat in Jin, and a victory is needed too much to boost morale and people's hearts.
"Childe, can you read it to us?"
The onlookers were illiterate, but they also wanted to know the specific news of the Hongshankou victory, and they begged the scholars who bought the newspaper to read out the news published on it for everyone to hear.
This kind of atmosphere and feeling of being begged by people and holding the moon by the stars is still very refreshing, and the scholars who bought the newspaper immediately shook their heads and chanted, and the articles published in the "Daming Times" are all in simple, easy-to-understand vernacular, which only need to be read according to the original text, and the illiterate people can understand it.
"Well played, well played."
Hearing the detailed battle process of Hongshankou's victory, the people all applauded, and even those scholars who often commented on the various shortcomings of the government applauded, and everyone had a comfortable feeling of raising their eyebrows and exalting in their hearts.
"Have you noticed, General Li Xin, General Cao Bianjiao and Hongfei Niangniang each led an army to fight fiercely with the Jin army, each with its own merits, the battle to recover Hongshan Pass was personally commanded by Hongfei Niangniang, the soldiers used their lives, and successfully recovered Hongshan Dongkou in half a day, ha, I have a large number of talents, there was Mrs. Washi in the past, and now there is General Qin Liangyu and Hongfei Niangniang......"
There are some things mixed in the crowd of people watching the excitement, and they point out some of the key points from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally leading the audience to the tasks assigned by the boss, and then as if they are on the battlefield, they tell some details vividly, which is N times more wonderful than what the storyteller said, which makes people listen attentively.
You don't have to guess to know that the big boss behind these trusts is Emperor Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven today, who not only needs to publicize the effect and political significance of this victory, but also to praise Lu Hongniang, Li Xin and Cao Bianjiao as Internet celebrities.
This profession is not the effect of Zhu Jian's butterfly wings, but has existed since ancient times, but it is not so obvious, Zhu Jian just gave a clearer and more specific definition of this profession.
Although those things are exaggerated with interpretation, all kinds of oil and vinegar, but all the specific details are true, and even the small details that are not in the performance of the meritorious service are known, in terms of fooling and buying people's hearts, Zhu Jian is very generous, and all he provides is first-hand real information.
The news of Hongshankou's victory had already spread when the messenger rode into the city, but no one knew the specific details of the battle, and Zhu Jian took advantage of this to preemptively pass the news to the "Daming Times" newspaper, so that they could edit and publish it first, and sell it before "Donglin Daily" and "Jiangnan Daily", so as to occupy the initiative and sales.
Although the news published by several newspapers is the same, the "Daming Times" will press other newspapers in terms of details and accuracy, and gradually grab the market share and become the number one newspaper in the Daming press industry, and then dominate the control of public opinion, which is a sharp weapon, and trample the Donglin Party and the Jiangnan faction under their feet.
The whole campaign began from the aid of the three major fortresses to the final recovery of Hongshankou, which can be called a real victory in the history of the battle with the Jin army, including the Jin army and the puppet army, a total of five or six thousand enemies were annihilated, and several senior generals were killed, as well as the traitor Zhang Wanchun, among which in the shelling of the Hongshankou fortress, because the Jin army took all the wounded and corpses away when retreating, the results cannot be counted.
These data, Lu Hongniang has been written in the report of the merits, with her character, these exploits are real, there is no over-reporting of false reports, and no soldiers dare to risk merit to kill the good, Li Xin, Cao Bianjiao, Zhou Zhen, Zhou Yuji, Yuan Chonghu and others have emphasized the merits, and even Cao Wenzhao, who did not participate in the battle, has been mentioned, and all aspects have been taken into account, however, this report of merit was written by the female military division Li Qing, and Lu Hongniang finally signed and sealed.
Of course, Lu Hongniang, Li Xin, and Cao Bianjiao also summarized some deficiencies and suggestions for improvement, which were written by Lu Hongniang in a private letter and handed over to the Son of Heaven together with the meritorious service.
The good news was supposed to be a joyous thing, but many ministers of the Donglin Party in the court raised objections and asked to send personnel to verify it, so as not to exaggerate or falsely exploit the war exploits, make Zhu Jian so angry that he almost jumped up and strangled those old guys to death.
In fact, it is not surprising that some people disagree, the history of the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Jin army is basically more losses and fewer wins, and it has developed to the serious point of not daring to go out of the city and fight with the Jin army, and the only battle record is the Ningjin victory commanded by Yuan Chonghuan, and the results of Hongshankou are greater than the Ningjin battle, and no one doubts that it is abnormal.
Yuan Chonghuan is now a member of the Donglin Party, of course, the Donglin Party must resist him to lead the army and enhance the strength of the Donglin Party, any combat exploits that exceed the achievements of Yuan Inspector are fake, and must be strictly investigated, and all the generals who command the army must be overthrown, and Yuan Supervisor has his own chance to come out.
Zhu Jian's intention to support the Ruan Jiangnan faction is quite powerful, and then jumped out to fight with the Donglin Party, the two sides quarreled, and in the end, Zhu Jian handpicked Gao Qiqian as the Qin Mission, and the Donglin Party and the Ruan Jiangnan faction each had a civilian official to go to the front line to verify the merits of the war, and sent Jinyiwei and Dongchang people to accompany the supervision to strictly prevent fraud.
The Jiangnan faction of the Ruan faction was originally the sworn enemy of the Donglin Party, but everything that the Donglin Party agreed to was resolutely opposed, Gao Qiqian sent silver, and Jinyi Wei held black materials to threaten, and the Jiangnan faction boss naturally stood on Gao Qiqian's side, and the result was known without guessing.
In fact, Lu Hongniang, Li Xin, Cao Bianjiao and others are really not afraid of sending people to check, the method of recording military exploits in these years is simple, rough and bloody, that is, to count with heads, it is difficult to fake, unless everyone colludes and takes benefits, in order to fool the court.
Others do dare to fool the court and the Son of Heaven, but Lu Hongniang, Li Xin and Cao Bianjiao will definitely not, and Zhu Jian is very confident in this.
Not long after the departure of the Gao Qiqian team, the twists and turns of Liaodong were also delivered.