An article supporting horse racing betting published by the pseudonym Xin Zhongping was published on the front page of Xinmin Daily, and the public opinion that had gradually become silent became heated again. However, newspapers are private public opinion, and there is no reason for censors and ministers to discuss this issue.
To write a memorial to the emperor - you can only get angry. The stupid ones screamed at home, while the quick-thinking ones wrote articles to refute and submitted them to the "Jingshi Daily".
At this time, Zhu Yijun's foresight in setting up two newspapers in the capital was revealed. If these opposing voices could not be expressed, newspapers would not only lose credibility, but also easily form an information cocoon, resulting in a two-tiered divide between private public opinion and newspaper public opinion.
Skin.
Zhu Yijun's design was perfect, Zhang Yuangong and his two brothers wanted to cry but had no tears. After the death of the British Duke, Zhang Yuangong inherited the position of the second-class Duke and served as the palace minister. His position was above Chen Ju - the British Duke's royal family remained outstanding.
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Of course, this holy family is not free, and his younger brother Zhang Yuande has become the emperor's knife to control public opinion. Because Zhang Yuande is the proprietor of the "Jingshi Daily", the Zhang family can't help it - Zhang Yuangong has been seen by the King of Zhou these days
Just scolding such things is the price.
Because the public opinion positioning of the two newspapers is different, "Jingshi Daily" claims to be neutral but leaning toward conservative, and "Xinmin Daily" also claims to be impartial but leaning toward innovation. At a time when the reform is in full swing and conservatives are being driven out of the court one after another, "Jingshi Daily"
The Daily Daily wanders on the edge of political incorrectness every day, and brothers Zhang Yuangong and Zhang Yuande both want to die.
Because the emperor's manipulation of public opinion was a high-level secret operation, Zhu Yijun usually dictated the key points to Zhang Yuangong, and even the confidants in the attendant's room and the cabinet ministers did not write anything on this matter. If later generations of historians look at the history of this period, they will definitely
This will lead to a beautiful misunderstanding, thinking that conservative forces were still very strong during the Ming Dynasty until the twelfth year of Wanli - those articles in the "Jingshi Daily" are clear evidence.
In fact, when the imperial power is supreme and Zhu Yijun has consolidated his authority, "If I don't speak first when spring comes, which autumn insect dares to speak" is the normal state of the government and the public. But in this way, the British public is in a very strange state.
In the court, everyone avoided him; when they returned home, those in the opposition who had similar views to the "Jingshi Daily" came to ask for help - making Zhang Yuangong and Zhang Yuande almost schizophrenic.
However, the car door had been welded shut by the emperor, and the two of them could not get out of the car, so they could only grit their teeth and hold on. Now faced with the influx of submissions, Zhang Yuande took it home to discuss with his brother - should we post it or post it?
This matter has long been heard by Datian. Zhang Yuangong has already received the decree in the Yangxin Hall. At this time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Pick those who speak fiercely--fa! I'll just stay away from King Zhou these days."
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The birth of the Jockey Club is just a microcosm of the great changes that have taken place in the capital and the world, and the fierce debate it triggered is just a small splash in the current disputes in public opinion. The people of the capital can regard these contents as talk after dinner, but they are hundreds of miles away from the capital.
——This information declined sharply, and was only circulated among scholars and the upper class. As for the people, who has the leisure to care about how much the Jockey Club betting tickets can be sold for?
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In the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty encountered its first productivity improvement crisis after the reform. Fortunately, more than ten years of hard work brought a large amount of money and food, coupled with the huge size of the Ming Dynasty itself and the expansion of Northeast China and Myanmar
, including the infrastructure investment brought by the Huanghuai Water Conservancy Project - bringing enough redundancy to the Ming Dynasty.
A large number of immigrants from the south were sent to Burma in an organized manner. With the full opening of the markets in Japan, Korea, Burma and Goa, the intense pain of the reform also subsided. The Ming Empire was like a butterfly that was emerging, experiencing pain.
's transformation.
While King Zhou jumped at home and scolded Zhang Yuande, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, Yixiu, smiled bitterly at the person in front of him and said: "Brother Maoquan, now we are both doomed - you are stupid!"
This Wang Yixiu was the prefect of Songjiang at that time. After the Xu family was settled, this guy Zhanguang was on the plan for three consecutive years. Soon he jumped from the fourth rank to the third rank and became the Minister of Rites in Nanjing.
However, official circles have memories - it was his request for support from the imperial court that revived Hai Qingtian, who had returned to Hainan. People in the official circles wanted to slap him in the face with big noses. He was the leader in Songjiang
At that time, no one could punish him. After arriving in Nanjing, Wang Yixiu's good luck was over.
In addition, this guy's official fighting ability is not outstanding - if Hai Rui hadn't reminded him back then, he would have been used as a slave by Xu Jie to prove it. After he reached the high position of minister, he was given small shoes to wear from top to bottom, left and right.
, leading to continuous mistakes in official matters.
Originally, it didn't matter if something went wrong in Nanjing, especially if it was a government office like the Ministry of Rites that had nothing to do with people's livelihood. But he couldn't stand people staring at him. In the end, he was impeached one after another, beaten back to his original form, and finally made the Shuntian Prefecture.
Cheng.
Shuntian Mansion, like Yingtian Mansion, both have high-ranking officials. Fu Yin is in the third rank, but Fu Cheng is only in the fourth rank. Wang Yixiu worked hard for seven or eight years and returned to before liberation overnight. Now he is worse off than he was in Songjiang.
After returning to the fourth rank, Wang Yixiu learned from the pain and made an unforgettable summary of the lessons he had learned from being tricked continuously in Nanjing. This official was so smooth that no one could find the reason.
But when it comes to the most dangerous positions in the officialdom, Shuntian Fuyin and Fucheng are the top three officials - otherwise it would not be Wang Yixiu's turn: he will do all the work and take the blame. When the blame is too big, Fuyin
They will also suffer the same misfortune.
Fortunately, Wang Tingzhan, the prefect who took office last year, came from a chamber of maids, had a solid backbone, and was a relatively decent man, so Wang Yixiu was able to save his life. However, his teammates were too scumbag. Wang Yixiu had been cautious in taking office for more than two years, and he still encountered a big crisis this time -
—A big thunder broke out in Miyun County under its jurisdiction.
Miyun originally belonged to Wanping, but due to Zhu Yijun's iron and steel development, the imperial government discovered iron ore in Miyun, which happened to be able to form a coal and steel complex with the Mentougou Coal Mine in the western suburbs. The imperial court removed Miyun Iron Mine and Mentougou from Wanping County.
After drawing it out, we found some flat land between the two places on the Mentougou side, built a city and promoted it to the county seat.
The second magistrate of Miyun County was Wei Yunzhong, who was the top three Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli. He was 40 years old. He was named Maoquan. He was smart at a young age. He was famous for his writing as a young man. Together with his elder brother Wei Yunzhen and younger brother Wei Yunfu, he was known as the "Three Wei Dynasties of Nanle", and he was the most talented for a while.
choice.
Wei Yunzhong once passed the provincial examination to understand the Yuan Dynasty, and his literary reputation was not inferior to that of Tu Long and Hu Yinglin. But like these "talented men" with high literary names, he was not very adaptable to the gradually changing imperial examinations - multiple-choice questions on objects, reading comprehension, essays, etc.
The proportion of scores is getting higher and higher. In the eighth year of Wanli, Wei Yunzhong took part in the general examination, only ranked first among the top three, and was elected as the magistrate of Miyun County.
Wei Yunzhong prided himself on his talents but failed to get an official position in the capital. He had to be ruled by Baili, and his mood was inevitably a little fluctuating. In the eleventh year of Wanli, his performance was average. After he continued to stay in office, he became even more dissolute. He only cared about poetry and singing every day, and did not do anything in practice.
Throw it to the county magistrate and chief bookkeeper.
This kind of management problem is not a big one. On the one hand, the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper are all old grassroots and have rich experience; on the other hand, Miyun County is a county town built on the basis of coal mines and iron mines, and more than half of them are workers of Miyun Iron and Steel Trading Co., Ltd.
He, his family members, and the trading company manager were more able to speak here than him. Therefore, the county magistrate did not affect the operation of the county government.
But before the Spring Festival in the 11th year of Wanli, Miyun Iron and Steel Trading Co., Ltd. sent people to the county to report the case, saying that someone was secretly digging coal mines for profit, and hoped that Miyun County would investigate and deal with it. By the end of the year, Wei Yunzhong was drunk every day - he
He threw the case directly to the magistrate Ma Bin.
Ma Bin is also an old policeman, and the case is not complicated: he has all the people around Miyun County who rely on trading companies to make a living. He solved the case after the Spring Festival and handed over a guy named Hu Yong to the county magistrate, and the file
It shows that this person secretly dug coal mines with some idlers and sold them to the Jingshi Coal Company - getting three hundred taels of silver.
There was no need to be punished. Hu Yong and his gang confessed their crimes and were sentenced to compensate for the loss of the trading company and be sentenced to cane punishment and exile. The case was reported from Miyun to Shuntian Mansion, and from Tong Sen to Wang Yixiu, everything was reviewed and approved according to the law.
More than a year after the incident, on the Double Ninth Festival of the twelfth year of Wanli, a safety accident occurred in Mentougou. A coal mine suddenly collapsed, killing more than ten miners. After half a month, the scene was cleared, and the cause of the accident was found out -
—There are many holes behind the accident mine, and nearly 500 acres of coal seams in the mining area have been stolen!