Feng Ziying took great pains to select the articles for the second issue of "Internal Reference".
In just ten days, nearly twenty articles were received, including the comments, interpretations and derivatives of the three previous articles by the officials of the Liubu Hall.
Of course, most of the people who were looking for propositions to write articles were this group of Shuji scholars. The Jinshi scholars, including some editors and reviewers in the Hanlin Academy, all wrote articles one after another.
Of course there is a difference here.
"Ziying, you mean these articles are all anonymous?" Xu Xie and Hou Xun were both puzzled, "Why do they want to be anonymous?"
"Brother Zixun, Brother Ruogu, do you think it is appropriate to write an article signed by Xiao Shangshu here?" Feng Ziying smiled slightly, "Our publication was originally founded to represent some of the ideals and ambitions of our Jinke scholars.
We are different from officials who have served for many years and several terms. We do not have so many constraints and baggage, so we can write things according to our own ideas. But they are different. The articles written by Mr. Xiao are representative
Is he himself, the Ministry of War, or the imperial court? My understanding is that if you want to publish it, you can do it. Those with official status will be anonymous, so it only represents personal opinions. This can also prevent our publication from causing unnecessary trouble...
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Xu Xie hesitated for a moment, "Ziying, this dynasty cannot help but express opinions. Anyone can submit a letter to express their opinions. Being anonymous like this would make..."
"Brother Zixun, you don't understand what I mean. The purpose of anonymity is not to express fear, but to prevent officials from using their identity to affect the impression of others when they read it. If a senior cabinet minister signs an article, will the following
Do you think this is the cabinet's attitude?" Feng Ziying explained patiently.
"Actually, my original intention was not to accept the articles of these serving officials. It was to include and publish the articles of our Jinke Jinshi who had not yet officially joined the official ranks. I didn't have so many scruples and were more energetic and impactful. But we wrote the articles.
But we don’t allow others to criticize or argue. This is inappropriate and the reason is unclear. So we open our minds and accept criticism..."
"Then Ziying, what do you mean, like the chief of Guanshan, Zhou Zhangyuan and others can also post documents on it?" Xu Xie thought thoughtfully, "What about the other scholars who are not in office?"
"Of course, but we have to grasp a measure. The reason why we founded such a publication is to make use of our Jinshi background, experience in observing politics, and unfettered energy, plus our relatively abundant time and
Energy, in order to be able to do so, will be meaningless if it is reduced to mainly outside scholars or serving officials, so we must strive to focus on our Jinshi scholars in the selection, and others as supplements..."
Fang Youdu, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, Wang Yingxiong and others all nodded.
"Then the articles written by Brother Jun Yu, Brother Zun Zhang and Brother Wen Ruo can only be written anonymously." Zheng Chongjian felt regretful.
"Anonymity is not necessarily bad for big articles. As long as the article is innovative and interesting, dares to directly address the shortcomings of the problem, and can come up with effective strategies, the ones we send to read are the cabinet and Liubu Hall officials. Their vision and vision
How can they be inferior? It's just that they are in a specific position. Sometimes due to human feelings, sometimes they have to obey the overall situation of the court, and sometimes it is due to their own environment, so they have to exercise restraint when expressing their opinions and attitudes.
, if you remain anonymous, it is equivalent to throwing away these constraints, and you may not be able to come up with more dazzling articles and insights."
Feng Ziying was very familiar with how to control and guide public opinion in her previous life.
In his previous life, he served as the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and even briefly served as the Minister of Propaganda. He is very familiar with how to deal with and use public opinion, and he also has a deep sense of the power of public opinion.
Therefore, he must firmly control this first political publication of the Zhou Dynasty in his own hands.
The reason why even Yang Sichang and others should be excluded from practicing state affairs is to take advantage of their status as Shujishi and Jinshi. They are not bound by official positions. At the same time, everyone must quit after three years, and they can use these three years to make good progress now.
Qingtan Academy trains students who have a chance of passing the next subject to prepare themselves for taking over.
Xu Qixun, Song Shixiang, Sun Chuanting, Fu Zonglong, and Chen Qiyu are all good candidates. They will be able to take over in three years. We can even find some fresh blood in these three years. This will ensure that this power is always in the hands of the people.
In one's own hands.
Feng Ziying's words made everyone else think seriously, as if this was really the case.
"Okay, let's not get entangled. I read Feixiong's article about the conversion of the southwest region to native land. It is very innovative, but I think the court will think it is too radical and will not approve it, but this is a direction.
, In addition, when it comes to the issues of governance between native officials and officials and the conflicts between local and mountain people, I think this suggestion and reminder is very valuable..."
Feng Ziying pays more attention to the articles written by this kind of students. While these articles win prestige and influence for these students, they can also win good opportunities for them to be appointed officials at the end of their political observation, and they can also make their own influence.
The power penetrates wider and wider.
In contrast, those officials react passively to articles, so they need to be selective and treat them differently.
"Ziying, look at Xiao Shangshu's article..."
There is no objection to Feng Ziying personally serving as the editor-in-chief. This publication is his idea. From conception to planning to implementation, he personally handles it, while other so-called editors are only brought in at the end, and the real
I only became interested after seeing the huge influence brought by these articles and the publication itself.
Feng Ziying also deliberately did not set up a deputy editor, and everyone else was the editor-in-chief, that is, Xu Xie, Hou Xun and other Shuji scholars were no different from Fang Youdu, Fan Jingwen and other top three Jinshi scholars. Of course, the reasons are very good. Jinshi scholars are now in
The administration of various ministries covers a wider range of issues and requires them to contact and invite manuscripts.
"Xiao Shangshu's article talks about some of the shortcomings of the Ministry of Punishment when trying cases in local yamen, which is interesting. But in fact, we all know his original intention, which is to explain some of the criticisms and accusations made by Uncle Fang in his previous article. Well,
, it seems that the court currently has some unresolved difficulties..."
A group of people sat like this in a hall in the west wing of the Hanlin Academy. The double rows of chairs were arranged one after another, and Feng Ziying sat at the top of the chair without hesitation.
The other seat at the top was unoccupied, but according to Feng Ziying, it was reserved for Mr. Huang, even though he would not come.
As a bachelor and director of the Hanlin Academy, he will be responsible for supervising that the articles in the "Internal Reference" must not violate court regulations, but he will not interfere with specific editing affairs.
“…For example, the time period before being promoted to an official position is too short, the requirements are not strict, and the assessment is lax, resulting in a lack of experience and professional skills when trying cases.…For example, the county magistrate’s salary is too meager, and there is no other income or family support.
Under the circumstances, it is simply unrealistic for the magistrate to hire staff, and he may even have to resort to methods that violate court regulations, which is very dangerous..."
Articles were taken out one by one, and they were first selected for preliminary selection, and then five articles were selected from the ten articles that entered the second selection stage.
That's right, the articles in the second issue have been expanded a bit, and new columns have also been formed. In addition to the "Preliminary Study of People's Livelihood", "Explanations on Cases", and "Military Observation" in the first issue, two more columns have been added. One is
"Feng Xian Warning" and one is "Strange Tales from Outside the Territory".
"Feng Xian Warning" is an anonymous article, but it actually comes from Yang He, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The article written by the Metropolitan Procuratorate is about some typical situations in the actions carried out by the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Zhejiang last year. Feng Ziying is very interested in this article.
, I think this may be the earliest article on clean government.
The column "Stories from Outside the Territory" was founded, and the first article was written by Feng Ziying herself.
This article introduces the situation of Luzon (Sulu) in the form of a prose travelogue, talks about the historical origins of Luzon (Sulu) and its connections with the Ming Dynasty, and introduces the resources and production of Luzon - gold mines, silver mines,
Spices, precious wood, rice and climate, etc., and even introduced the living conditions of the people of the Zhou Dynasty in Luzon and the local rule of the Western Yi people - the Franconians.
It is actually difficult for Feng Ziying to support writing such an article based on his knowledge base. He only knows the general situation in Luzon, that is, the Philippines, but it is too difficult to support a thousand-word article.
But he only needed to reveal this information to Xu Xie a little. Within three days, someone from the Guangdong Guild Hall summarized the relevant information and sent it to Feng Ziying's desk, and even brought a Ruifeng banknote worth one thousand taels of Wen Yin.
, didn’t even leave any mark.
Of course Feng Ziying would not accept the one thousand taels of silver. He once considered including the money in the revenue and expenditure accounts of "Internal Reference", but finally decided not to consider this issue for the time being. After all, the credibility of public opinion still needs to be maintained. Only when
Only when the impression has solidified to a certain extent can these aspects be considered.
For Feng Ziying, "Stories from Outside the Territory" is currently the most important and meaningful. Although for now, many people, that is, the officials of Liubu Hall, and this issue will expand in scale and be sent to Liubu Hall
There are various ministers, Zongren Mansion, Honglu Temple, Taipu Temple, Zhanshi Mansion, etc.
This expansion of scale will be further expanded with the continued circulation of publications, and will gradually extend to fourth-rank officials.
Huang Ruliang, Xu Xie and others also realized this. If there is not enough profit motivation, it will be difficult for the sea opening strategy to be approved by the court. If the stalemate continues, it will be a high probability event, and the only people who will benefit are
They are some of the maritime merchants who have become big smugglers.
