After a pause, Xu Yingwei said again: "When the Xuzhou War was in full swing before, the princes of the DPRK and the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China ignored the safety of the saints and the millions of soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou, but they were in Nanjing Xingda Prison, and sent Ma Mingluo, the deputy director of the Internal Affairs Office, who was in charge of money and grain, and Zhan Yang, a wealthy businessman in Shexian County, who was in charge of the supply of ordnance, to prison. ”

"This ......" Wu Yingji, Gu Yanwu, Xia Yunyi and other scholars suddenly became dumb.

Yan Yingyuan gave Xu Yingwei a thumbs up, Brother Zhen, you really said that my heart is on the road.

Xu Yingwei sighed, because he could see that Wu Yingji and the others were still unconvinced.

In other words, Wu Yingji still has a love for the Donglin Party, and it is difficult to break the clan in his heart.

Compared with Wu Yingji, they still have sympathy or identification with the Donglin Party, Xu Yingwei was born in a poor family and does not have too much to do with the Donglin Party, so he sees it more thoroughly.

……

Chongzhen's big tent.

Zhu Cihong said: "Father, when Mr. Yangming was educated in southern Jiangnan, he finally broke the thief in the hearts of the mountain people, but I don't know what we should do to be able to break the clan in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan?" ”

Chongzhen said: "Hong'er, didn't you already say the answer just now. ”

"Enlightenment?" Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "I'm afraid this is useless, right?" ”

At this time, even Zhu Cijiong felt that it was inappropriate, and questioned: "Father, the Donglin Party has been deeply cultivated in Jiangnan for more than 40 years since the Gu Xiancheng brothers repaired the Donglin Academy and lectured in the 32nd year of Wanli, and the entire eight prefectures and one state in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as Jiangxi, Fujian and Huguang scholars, have also been deeply affected by it. ”

After saying this, he said: "Wouldn't it be an axe to educate in Jiangnan at this time?" ”

Zhu Cihong also thought so: "Yes, father, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it by counting on the establishment of schools and education in Jiangnan to break the Donglin Party's manipulation of Jiangnan Shixue and public opinion." ”

Chongzhen said: "The revitalization of education that my father said is not what you think. ”

The Donglin Party began to lecture on the restoration of Donglin Academy by Gu Xiancheng's brothers, and did one thing in the past 40 years, that is, to brainwash the people of Jiangnan.

The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear.

Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned.

Just this couplet, the great image of serving the country and the people is already on the paper.

Bi Lu Lan has been in a blue coat for 40 years, and finally bore fruit in the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

As mentioned above, even the beggars begging for food on the street and the prostitutes who sell themselves in the Qinglou have praised the Donglin Party, and they all think that the Donglin Party members are all loyal ministers. It's like a dream!

If you just pick up people's teeth, you will never be able to surpass the Donglin Party.

At this time, the only way to solve it is to switch tracks.

Running a school will definitely not be able to run the Donglin Party, but it can run a newspaper.

Zhu Cihong said: "I don't know what my father said, which one is revitalization?" ”

Chongzhen said: "My father plans to set up a newspaper department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is responsible for the affairs of the newspaper, and then imperceptibly educates the people of Jiangnan and even the whole country through the newspaper. ”

"Di Bao Division?" Zhu Cijiong asked with a blank expression.

"What does my father mean to run a newspaper? Can this also educate the people? ”

Zhu Cihong was also puzzled and asked: "Father, the Di Bao only contains some major policies of the imperial court, at most it is to copy some good news from the front, although it can boost the confidence of the people to a certain extent, but Yu Education is afraid that it is useless, and the people will not change their views on the Donglin Party because of a Di Bao." ”

Chongzhen said: "The newspaper that my father said is not the newspaper that you think. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "But I don't know what kind of newspaper my father is talking about?" ”

Chongzhen said: "The newspaper that my father said, the general policies of the imperial court are only part of it, in addition to publishing the major policies of the imperial court, there are also current texts that scholars like, wild histories and anecdotes that peddlers and pawns like to see, poems, articles and operas that celebrities in the boudoir like, and all kinds of advertisements. ”

Edutainment is the most powerful control of public opinion.

Compared with dry official articles, dry preaching, integrating opinions and ideologies into wild historical anecdotes, and even movies and TV series, the effect is not known how many times better.

Why is the people of the beautiful country so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people?

The subtle edification of Hollywood movies can be said to have contributed a lot.

Therefore, it is the most stupid choice to directly engage in public opinion confrontation with the Donglin Party.

is tough on the front, and the final result is likely to be a real prison.

Killing the Donglin Party to the ground and silencing the people in Jiangnan can also control public opinion.

In another time and space, Jiannu relied on such bloody practices to disintegrate the public opinion control of the Donglin Party.

But Chongzhen obviously can't do this, killing people must be killed, and killing people is not necessary.

In the final analysis, the people of Jiangnan just lack the ability to think independently and have been brainwashed and fooled by the Donglin Party.

Therefore, the wisest way is to imperceptibly educate through various means such as newspapers and operas, and unknowingly seize the power of public opinion control of the Donglin Party.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen said to the outside of the big tent again: "Hu Guozhu, go and call Wang Wei." ”

As soon as Wang Wei returned to the county office, he was called back by Hu Guozhu, and then entered the Chongzhen tent in a daze, I don't know what the saint recalled him so quickly, and what was it for?

Wang Weiwei saluted and said, "Minister Wang Wei, please ask the Holy Jin'an." ”

"Flat." Chongzhen solemnly motioned for Wang Wei to get up, and said, "Wang Qing, I remember that you are a member of the Nanzhi Xiuning clan, a jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and a review of the Hanlin Academy in the eleventh year, right?" ”

"The saint is not mistaken, and the minister is afraid." Wang Wei couldn't help but be grateful.

There were so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, and there were thousands of officials in Beijing, and the saint actually remembered his review of this small Hanlin Academy, how not to make him grateful and honest.

"You don't have to be afraid." Chongzhen said, "My impression of you is not ordinarily deep, otherwise when Beijing collapsed at the beginning of last year, I would not have let thousands of Beijing officials go, and I would have brought Shangqing and nine others alone." ”

Well, this is just a pretext, in fact, it is because he knows that Wang Wei and the other nine people are loyal ministers.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "I still remember that when you first entered the Hanlin Academy, you once went to a school and persuaded me to create a reading material similar to the Di Bao but not the Di Bao to educate the people, but unfortunately I was shallow at that time and did not adopt it. ”

"Holy Lord, the ministers don't dare to take credit for this matter." Wang Wei hurriedly said, "The reason why the minister has this idea is because I once heard him mention when I was chatting with Qin Tianjian Zheng Tang Ruowang that there is a newspaper in his hometown, whose name seems to be Ai Weisu Affairs Newspaper, which is not only read by gentlemen and merchants, but even peddlers and pawns are vying to buy it. ”

"Wang Qing, it's you." Chongzhen said solemnly, "I plan to set up a newspaper department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and this newspaper department will be in charge of newspaper affairs, Wang Qing, are you willing to come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to run the newspaper for me?" ”

"Running a newspaper?" Wang Wei was overjoyed when he heard this, "I don't dare to ask for it." ”

"Okay." Chongzhen said happily, "Then from now on, you will be in charge of the Di Bao Division." ”

"Commandment." Wang Wei got up again with a long sigh and asked, "Holy Lord, what is the name of the newspaper?" ”

"I'll have to think about it." Chongzhen pondered for a moment and then said, "Let's call the Emperor Ming Times first." ”

"Huangming Times?" Wang Wei waved his hand and said, "Holy Lord, the minister will go and resign from the Mengcheng County Order now, anyway, it doesn't make a difference whether there are ministers here or not, and then go back to Nanjing to prepare for the Emperor's Ming Times." ”

Dare to love this is also an urgent child, and I don't even want to delay for a moment.

Seeing Wang Wei leave, Zhu Cihong said to Chongzhen again: "Father, in addition to running a newspaper, you can actually ask Ruan Dacheng to write a drama about party struggle, and the background is chosen in the Song Dynasty. ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Chongzhen nodded approvingly.

He also said: "But it's not necessary to take the Great Song Dynasty as the back, it's better to write the book directly, just write about the dispute between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, as well as the dispute between the Donglin Party and the Chu Party, the Qi Party, and the Zhejiang Party." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Cihong said, "Father, isn't this okay? ”

Chongzhen directly ordered Hu Guozhu to call Ruan Dacheng to his big tent.

Listening to Chongzhen's explanation of the reason, Ruan Dacheng was also a little dumbfounded, and said in a panic: "Holy Lord, the minister never dared to write this song. ”

Let Ruan Dacheng write that the Donglin Party misled the country, Ruan Dacheng is naturally a thousand and ten thousand willing, so that he can also avenge the Donglin Party for suppressing him back then, but let him write about the party struggle that led to the loss of control of the government, and then lose Beijing, he didn't dare to do this, because there was no credit in writing this well, and if he wrote it wrong, he would lose his head.

"What are you afraid of?" Chongzhen said, "I don't care, what are you afraid of?" ”

"But, but ......," Ruan Dacheng said with a look of embarrassment, "If this song is written, it will definitely damage the image of your wise and martial arts. ”

The Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party competed with each other, and the Chu Party, the Qi Party, and the Zhejiang Party, which led to the loss of control of the government, although the Donglin Party was the sinner of the Ming Dynasty, but the Holy Lord did not control the court situation effectively, and an incompetent evaluation could not run away, no matter how he whitewashed it, it was really difficult to do.

"You just write it as it is." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Isn't it just that I don't control the situation effectively, and I don't have an opinion when it comes to things, and I don't care about the people judging me, so what are you afraid of?" ”

After a pause, he added, "Besides, aren't these all facts?" ”

"In the seventeenth year of Yuji, if I have a little opinion, I will not lose Beijing."

"So, Ruan Dacheng, you don't have to have any scruples, just write the song directly, but there is only one thing, we must expose the true face of the Donglin Party in disregarding the overall situation and launching party strife for its own selfishness."

(End of chapter)