Chongzhen said: "Liang Sui, do you think that the people and the common people should be equal, right?" ”

"Yes." Liang Sui nodded and said, "The dispatch of the envoy can be unequal, but the personality is equal, the people are not more noble than the common people, and the common people are not inferior to the people, the scholars should not be inferior to the scholars, and the heads of the Qians should not be discriminated against because of their lack of knowledge. ”

"Very well, Liang Sui you sit down." Chongzhen nodded happily and waved his hand to signal Liang Sui to sit down.

The old literati conservatives stubbornly adhered to the idea of the heavenly grant of monarchical power and resolutely resisted the new trend of thought based on the people, but the new school represented by the students of Guozijian had accepted the people-oriented proposition, believing that the imperial power did not come from heaven, but should come from the support of the people.

The new school also found a lot of theoretical grounds.

In the past, there was Mencius's people, and the nobles said lightly, and after the Tang Taizong, the water could carry the boat or overturn the boat.

As for modern times, there are even more academic evidences, such as Wang Yangming, Zhang Pu, and even today's assistant Zhang Shenyan, who have monographs on this subject, which have great influence.

Both sides have their own doctrines and supporters, and the debate is extremely fierce.

Although Nanjing's Huangming Times, Daming Shangjia Daily, Daming Daily, and Daming Opera Newspaper vigorously criticized the conservatives, and even the Hanlin Daily became the public opinion front of the new school, a few months ago, a number of local newspapers appeared in Changshu, Songjiang, Suzhou, and other places, and all of them cheered for the conservatives.

Wang Wei was so angry when he heard the news that he immediately proposed to prohibit the private newspaper.

But this motion was reprimanded by Chongzhen, and it was a stern reprimand.

Since the enlightenment of Jiashen National Disaster Coal Mountain, Chongzhen has never reprimanded his ministers so harshly.

The reason why Chongzhen's reaction is so big is very simple, that is, as a traverser, he knows better than anyone what is at stake of the weapon of public opinion.

Once you have mastered the weapon of public opinion, you can really say that what is black is white.

Even with a tube of laundry detergent, you can call it a dangerous chemical weapon.

Even a pharmaceutical company that produces and disseminates viruses can be packaged as a savior for humanity.

Of course, Chongzhen will never let Daming become a lighthouse country in another world, the bottom line is still there, at least the people of Daming Lishu definitely need to be protected.

But with the weapon of public opinion, you can really do whatever you want and make something out of nothing!

So where does the weapon of public opinion come from? Relying on the ban on newspapers and the control of public opinion cannot cultivate a strong army of public opinion.

On the contrary, only by letting go of the ban on newspapers, allowing the non-governmental media to speak freely, allowing a variety of voices to engage in a fierce game, and allowing their own public opinion corps to fight with the enemy's public opinion corps, and accepting the cruel baptism of public opinion warfare, only in this way can we cultivate a strong public opinion corps and truly occupy the public opinion position.

Just as local protectionism cannot cultivate competitive local enterprises, only the introduction of joint ventures to play a catfish effect can enable potential local enterprises to survive and develop in the competition.

The truth in this is the same, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?

So now that so many newspapers suddenly appeared, Chongzhen was not only angry, but very happy.

If the new school of public opinion can't even do the conservatives, then it deserves to be eliminated by the times, and it's a big deal to cultivate another public opinion corps to fight the conservatives, and the wheels of history will roll forward, and as long as the curtain of industrialization is rolled out, the stubborn conservatives will sooner or later be swept into the garbage heap of history.

All in all, public opinion cannot be controlled by control.

Only by fighting can the position of public opinion be truly occupied.

……

In Yilun Hall, the third-grade student representatives of Guozijian stood up one after another, and passionately stated their interpretation of Fan Zhongyan's famous saying, and Chongzhen commented a few words from time to time.

Outside Yilun Hall, Hu Guozhu looked at Chongzhen with a solemn face and talked with the students.

To this day, Hu Guozhu has been sitting on the cold bench in Guozijian for nine months.

I remember that when he first came to Guozijian, Hu Guozhu complained about the society and complained about everyone, and he had to complain when he saw anyone, and the equestrian class he was responsible for was also three days of rain and two days of drying nets.

But after two months, Hu Guozhu slowly became silent.

After waiting for three months, Hu Guozhu finally adjusted his mentality and began to actively participate in the equestrian teaching of Guozijian, doing his best to teach equestrianism to the students.

Guozijian's students follow the path of attaching equal importance to civil and military affairs.

In general, it is a literature class in the morning, a martial arts class in the afternoon, and a discussion of life ideals in the evening.

Literature is mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects, martial arts is queue, equestrian, artillery, surveying and mapping and city building and other subjects, the students of the Sailor School also have to learn to drive, and the discussion of life ideals, in a sense, is brainwashing, that is, to let young people establish a clear ideal of life in a relatively simple environment, and practice for this ideal.

In short, equestrian is one of the compulsory subjects of Guozijian, but you can't graduate if you don't pass it.

With the efforts of Hu Guozhu, the equestrian level of all teachers and students of Guozijian has improved rapidly.

Chongzhen's communication with the third-grade students continued until the beginning of the year, when the students were finally sent away.

When sending the students out, Chongzhen finally beckoned Hu Guozhu to step forward and greeted with a smile: "Hu Guozhu, I heard that you have done a good job in Guozijian in the past six months, and the equestrian level of the teachers and students of Guozijian has improved rapidly. ”

"I'm ashamed." Hu Guozhu said sincerely, "I could have done better, but when I first arrived at Guozijian, I had a grudge in my heart, so I was passive and wasted more than three months." ”

"Hu Guozhu, I'm very glad that you can think so."

Chongzhen patted Hu Guozhu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Work hard, if it's gold, it will always shine." ”

"Commandment." Hu Guozhu waved at Chongzhen, then got up and said calmly, "In the future, the minister will definitely do his best to improve the equestrian level of all the students of Guozijian, so that they can become the best cavalry officers." ”

"Okay, let's go back." Chongzhen smiled and waved, and Hu Guozhu immediately turned around and returned to the dormitory.

Seeing Hu Guozhu's figure go away, Chongzhen was a little unsure whether he was pretending or really serving?

Hu Guozhu was like a shallow pool of water before, and he could see the bottom at a glance, but now he can't see through it.

But soon Chongzhen was relieved, because he immediately figured out that if the Ming Dynasty could be as strong as the Tang Dynasty, Hu Guozhu would become an alien general like Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan even if he had different intentions, and if the Ming Dynasty was as weak as the Tang Dynasty, Hu Guozhu would become an anti-thief rebel general like An Lushan and Shi Siming even if he had no dissenting intentions.

Therefore, what Hu Guozhu became is not in himself, but in the Ming Dynasty.

……

Just thinking about it, Ma Mingluo hurried over with Zhang Dai, and Ma Mingluo was the one who could come to Chongzhen at this hour, and others would never dare to come over at this time, how much of a sin it was to disturb the rest of the saint?

But Ma Mingluo doesn't care about this, he only has work in his eyes.

"Shengshang, the IPO of the Daming Steam Engine Factory has ended." As soon as Ma Mingluo entered the door, he said excitedly, "65 million shares were actually sold at one time, which is really a bit unexpected by the minister." ”

To tell the truth, Ma Mingluo was opposed to Chongzhen's setting of the share capital of the steam engine factory at 100 million yuan.

What are you kidding, just one factory, even if the steam engine produced is expensive, but a mere factory is not worth 100 million, right? All the assets of the Daming Arsenal now add up to less than one million, which is a hundred times the difference.

So Chongzhen proposed to take the steam engine factory to raise 100 million shares, and Ma Mingluo's first reaction was that Chongzhen was crazy.

Whose money is not blown by the wind, these businessmen are all human spirits, they will buy your account?

It wasn't until Chongzhen proposed that the shares of the Daming Steam Engine Factory could be listed for trading that Ma Mingluo reluctantly agreed.

The reason is simple, it is nothing more than to treat the 65 million shares of the steam engine factory as another kind of bond, so it can still attract some businessmen.

But even so, Ma Mingluo didn't have much expectations.

Ma Mingluo believes that it will be heaven to sell 10 million shares.

However, the final result was much beyond his expectations, and all the 65 million shares were sold at one time.

"Is it sold?" Chongzhen was also a little surprised when he heard this, he thought that the stock of the steam engine factory would not be cold, but he didn't expect it to be sold so hot, it seemed that he still underestimated the capital market in Jiangnan.

Jiangnan's capital market is no longer what it used to be, boosted by paper money.

Ma Mingluo asked again: "Shengshang, how to spend the 65 million yuan from the IPO?" ”

"What do you mean?" Chongzhen didn't understand the meaning of Ma Mingluo's words for a while.

Ma Mingluo rubbed his hands and said, "What the minister means is that a mere steam engine factory can't use so much money at all, and it is enough to take out five million yuan, and how can the remaining 60 million yuan be used by the Holy Lord?" ”

"Nonsense." Chongzhen was immediately anxious when he heard this, "This money has to be earmarked, and not a penny is allowed to be embezzled." ”

"What?" Ma Mingluo suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, and said in disbelief, "Not a penny is allowed to be embezzled?" Sixty-five million all for the steam engine factory? The problem is that you can use so much? ”

"Is sixty-five million really too much?" Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Ma Qing, we might as well calculate, Gewuke spent a total of 500,000 yuan in order to build Zhengqi No. 1, and the cost will definitely drop after mass production, but the minimum will never be less than 100,000, at least it will not be below 100,000 in a short period of time." ”

Ma Mingluo was silent, the cost of 100,000 after mass production is credible.

Chongzhen clapped his hands and said: "So, 65 million is the cost of 650 steam engines, is 650 steam engines too much?" I still think it's less, if only there were 6,000 or even 60,000 units. ”

"What do you mean by that?" This time it was Ma Mingluo's turn and he didn't understand.

Listen to the holy tone, these 650 steam engines are to be used for free?