Niu Zhongqing stared at the stack of "Bright World" in front of him in stunned silence.
So much. He was so cold that he couldn't say a word.
"Guangming World" is an underground publication run by Nan Ming in the Qing Dynasty. It is published once a week and is as big as two books put together.
》The editorial department compiled the content and then sent it by telegraph to the entire northern China. The Tiandihui in various parts of the Northern Qing Dynasty received it on the radio and then printed it into a newspaper.
In addition, there are high-power radio stations installed on the south bank of the Yangtze River defense line and on the Changshan Islands outside the Bohai Sea. They also broadcast the next issue of "Bright World" to Beiqing via shortwave every week. There are no radio stations, but you can still listen to the radio.
The heaven and earth will be divided into rudders, so they will write down the contents by dictation, and then print them out. Depending on the conditions of the rudders in each place, some places will use type printing, and some places will use mimeograph.
Each issue of "Bright World" generally contains several contents. The first is the main world events of the week. These are things that people in other countries can see if they buy a copy of the newspaper, but the people of the Northern Qing Dynasty have no way of knowing. The second is the domestic news of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
.Especially provide the real situation for the "Da Qing Daily"'s smear report on Nan Ming. The "Da Qing Daily" report on Nan Ming has always only reported negative news, such as the street speeches of various groups in Nan Ming and the commonplace parades.
The Procuratorate and Nanming media dug up official scandals themselves, and Nanming newspapers published murders, robberies, and even thefts from time to time. Daqing Daily spared no effort to publicize them in the Manchus.
However, Nanming will also carefully analyze each issue of "Qing Daily", and then select the events with the greatest impact and report them simultaneously in "Bright World". Generally, they are objective reports. Because the articles in Manchu newspapers are always extremely extreme,
The yelling and cursing is hoarse and has no authenticity, and ordinary people have generally become numb. However, "Bright World" is calm and objective in its words, and what it says is stated openly and never hidden.
For example, the "corruption case" of Xiang Xiaoqiang that made a big fuss some time ago. After the selective blindness of the Manchu and Qing media, "Bright World" continued to report on it. Now not only the people of Southern Ming know that Xiang Xiaoqiang is innocent, but also many people of Northern Qing.
No matter how fooled the people are, they still have their own judgment. When two people talk together, one person is hoarse and has confusing logic, while the other person is calm, calm and well-reasoned. That is, even a three-year-old child knows who to believe.
The third type of content is the true revelation of the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The current official propaganda of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is that the Ming Dynasty ruled the land of China bloody and perversely. The emperor and officials ate the children of the common people every day, the imperial guards of Dongchang killed everyone on sight, and the Ming army went to Liaodong every year to burn and kill.
Robbery, and also helped the Portuguese invade Southeast Asia... It was Taizu of the Qing Dynasty who raised an army with thirteen suits of armor, entered the customs and overthrew the tyranny of Zhu Ming, and saved the people of the world. The people in the customs gathered in support and enthusiastically shaved their heads...
The fourth category of content is about the various situations in the Southern Ming Dynasty. The general situation of the people of the Southern Ming Dynasty, their income, the administrative situation, how many more rights the people have than those in the Northern Qing Dynasty, and the former Northern Qing people who came over to give their own opinions... The rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been working hard
Let the common people think that the Qing Dynasty is heaven and the Southern Ming Dynasty is hell. But "Bright World" is like a small needle, popping the balloon in one go. Now the common people in Beiqing, no matter whether they have watched "Bright World" or not,
Everyone knows that the truth is just the opposite: Nanming is heaven and Qing is hell.
It is such a underground publication that makes people in Beiqing love and fear it. Common people love and fear it. After picking it up, a literate person must first look around vigilantly to see if anyone has seen it, and then fold it tightly.
, stuff it inside your clothes, and watch it quietly when you get home at night...
Officials in the Northern Qing Dynasty also loved and feared it. If "Bright World" spreads in their jurisdiction, they will definitely not be able to take advantage of it. But every time a new issue of "Bright World" is seized, the officials who deal with it will act like ordinary people.
Same, they look at it greedily. Because although they are officials, they also live under blockade and are also eager to know the situation outside. And honestly speaking, these Manchu and Qing officials, both Manchu and Han, believe in "Bright World"
" news. They all know in their hearts that their official "Qing Daily" is not even as good as a piece of paper to wipe their butts.
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Niu Zhongqing looked at the thick pile of "Bright World" on the table, and his head almost exploded. This stuff had been found in the factory before, but it was only on a small scale, one or two copies. Now it's all out.
I bought thousands of copies, and my own people "distributed them" in several canteens at the same time... I was so embarrassed. But now the Imperial Envoy is still here, isn't this costing my own life!
At that time, the scene was in chaos. The soldiers in each canteen were noisy and suppressing order. It took a long time before someone came to report to me. By the time the order was given to seal the scene and no one was allowed to go out, the workers had already ran out.
A little less than half of the time. The workers who stayed in the canteen were ordered to hand over "The World of Light" and were searched. But with tens of thousands of workers, it was impossible to search very carefully. This is another piece of paper, not a gun.
, it is impossible to figure it out in a few haste.
After searching for a long time, we only found more than 2,000 copies. What’s even more troublesome is that it is impossible to count the number of seized copies to find out how many copies are still in the hands of the workers. Because not all of the copies distributed are "Bright World"
, and there are quite a few guarantee letters. The two are mixed together. But a rough estimate is that there are at least two to three thousand copies of "The World of Light" in the hands of workers.
...The Tiandihui did a great job this time. It has never achieved such a large amount of publicity at once. As soon as the workers knew that their wages for one and a half years had been embezzled again, they saw the latest issue of "Bright World",
The control of the heat was so perfect.
Niu Zhongqing was shocked: He and his subordinates decided to embezzle the workers' wages. It was only in the morning, and then this happened in the evening. How could it be such a coincidence? Could it be that someone among his subordinates was working for Nan Ming?
He broke out in a cold sweat, and then thought that it shouldn't be the problem. The problem should be in the printing room. Someone in the printing room should be a member of the Tiandihui, and secretly replaced all the printed guarantees with "The World of Light".
Besides, how much money could Nan Ming give him a year to work for Nan Ming? If he worked as an official in the Qing Dynasty properly, the money he would make in a year would be astronomical, and no matter how rich Nan Ming was, he couldn't afford it.
But he felt that he could not handle the matter, so he quickly ran to report it to the imperial envoy.
…
But Niu Zhongqing soon regretted it. Mu Long'e kept saying that he didn't dare to make the decision himself, and that he would report it to the emperor and ask him to order an investigation into the factory... Niu Zhongqing understood what he wanted to do as soon as he heard it.
It's obvious that Mu Laohu wants to take this opportunity to raise the price.
Niu Zhongqing hated him so much now that he even wanted to kill him. But as long as he said a few words in front of the emperor, a big prison would be set off, and his whole group would be killed. In the end, Mu Long's forehead
Another 800,000 yuan was extorted from him, and adding the original 1.6 million, the total reached 2.4 million.
"Master Mu!" Niu Zhongqing was about to cry without tears, and fell to his knees, "Just show your support! We really can't get together anymore! As long as you let us go, we... we will keep your fever high for you every day
Xiang, I will be a cow and a horse for you in the next life..."
Mu Long raised his sleeves and sneered:
"Lord Niu, you don't have to cry about being poor! I've done the math for you. Just the few of you, it's unreasonable to swallow three million a year! Now I want you to take more than two million, what's the matter, I can't get it.
?You all have fallen in love with money, haven't you?... You don't even think about it. Now you only need to spend more than two million to buy not only the safety of your group, but also my own safety in Beijing.
I will be your backer! With me protecting you by the Emperor’s side, you will have no chance to do anything you want! You can freely fish for it for the rest of your life! That’s decades of peace! Why, this debt can’t be settled?
"
"Master Mu, we can only be grateful that you are willing to take care of us... But Master Mu..." Niu Zhongqing almost burst into tears, "The lower officials really can't do it..."
Mu Long'e sneered:
"Do you want me to give you some advice?"
"Master Mu...?"
What Mu Long'e said next made Niu Zhongqing stunned. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was indeed a solution.
Starting at nine o'clock in the evening, the local police, military police, and soldiers from the arsenal in Baoding gathered and mobilized, surrounded the workers' dormitory area of the arsenal, and searched house to house.
Suddenly, children were crying and women were screaming throughout the dormitory area, and workers were dragged out of their homes one after another.
There was only one reason: "World of Light" was found in their home.
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Nanjing.
It was night in Dongchang Bureau 1, but Jiang Meilu was still in his spacious office, holding the phone and scolding with a frown:
"...Who told them to be smart? Do they think they are smart?...Okay, okay, there is no need to say anything. Immediately call the Baoding branch and ask them to hide and evacuate immediately, and hide the printing press and radio station.
, there is no need to print any more in the past two issues...Yes, they have gone too far, the big manhunt will start soon, they asked for it!...Of course they asked for it, what can I do? Tell them
, we printed "Bright World" to influence people's hearts, not to show off!...Okay, that's it!"
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Meilu took off his high-profile glasses, pinched his forehead, and sighed in annoyance.