Chapter 697 Battle of Public Opinion
After hearing what Yinsi said, Baotai and Mububa couldn't help but look at each other. The Baba was talking nonsense. It seemed that he was not aware of the matter in Xi'an in advance. Needless to say, the matter in Xi'an was arbitrary. I really don't know what the Eight Banners would be tortured by Zhenwu in the end. If the banners were allowed to be sold, the situation would be sold out in a few years. How would the livelihood of the banner people be solved by the banner people?
Not to mention that after the incident in Xi'an came out, many bannermen had already started to urge them to sell their houses and land and other banner properties, especially those whose children were in the Tianjin military workshop. They had no worries and were the most furious. Mububa, the owner of the Zhenghong Banner, was very sad about this.
After pondering slightly, Mububa said: "Uncle Eight, you know that the court has explicitly prohibited the sale of flag-making products over the years, but the bannermen still pawned for a long time through various means and sold in disguise. Xi'an sold flag-making products so publicly, and there were flag-makers in each banner that clamored to sell the flag-making products in their hands. How could they be as good as the white silver?"
Prince Yu Baotai also said in a deep voice: "Brother, if we have to spend all the flags, land and flags, our empty bucket princes will be even worse. Besides, if this continues, large-scale escape of flags may occur again."
Yinsi nodded slightly. Baotai said this very truthfully. Without the banner and the flag industry and the livelihood is difficult, it is not only difficult to manage the flag people, but also a large-scale escape of flags is definitely not an exaggeration. After a moment of pondering, he said: "Xi'an sells flag industry to build a large camp and a military workshop outside the city.
Is this military workshop not a flag product when it was built? Isn’t the purple bamboo forest in Tianjin considered a flag product? It’s just a replacement. There is no need to make such a fuss. This matter will be explained clearly to the people of the flag. Those who do not listen to the dissuasion and take the opportunity to exil to the Northeast."
Replacement? After hearing Yinsi's words, Baotai and Mububa were stunned. Can they still say this? Yinsi was actually unsure. He felt that Zhenwu would definitely promote the model of Xi'an, but it would be more harmful than good if he was too hasty. If the fourteenth brother arrived in Jiangning and immediately promoted Xi'an's practice, there would be no room for maneuver, and the people in the capital were in chaos.
After pondering slightly, Mububa spoke: "Uncle Eight, the American ban has urgently needed to expand its manpower. Since Xi'an has formed a new army of 30,000 imperial guards, can the Eight Banners Ding Zhuang, who is stationed in Xi'an, be transferred back to the capital, otherwise there will be no manpower next year to go to America."
Yinsi glanced at him and smiled and said, "You only know one thing, not the other. Although Xi'an formed a new army of 30,000 imperial guards, the capital transferred 10,000 from Xi'an to defend the Eight Banners, Green Camp and the Eight Banners, and the other 10,000 were recruited to the outside world. In this case, do you still want to draw the elite Eight Banners from Xi'an to return to Beijing?"
After a slight pause, he said: "Each flag is worried that after the Eight Banners in the garrison have been lifted, they will be completely integrated into the local area and have since escaped the control of the various banners, right? Lao Thirteen once mentioned to me..." As he said that, he raised his face slightly and pondered for a moment before continuing: "When the Emperor was in the navy, he once asked, if the European Navy fought against the Eight Banners in Guangzhou, would the people provide the European Navy with fresh water and other supplements? What would the people do if they were fighting with the Qing Navy?"
Baotai and Mububa never thought about this kind of problem, nor had they experienced wars in troubled times. After hearing this, they frowned slightly. Yinsi didn't think about them. After taking a sip of tea, he explained himself: "The people have nothing to do with the Eight Banners in Guangzhou. Maybe there is something unhappy about them. The European Navy attacked our Eight Banners. The people either watched the fun or sold some food, vegetables and vegetables at a high price to make a few small money. No one would blame them. They themselves felt at ease.
However, when the European Navy fights the Qing Navy, the situation will be very different. Why? Because most of the navy are children from coastal provinces, with tens of thousands of navy people, and the prefectures and counties along the coastal provinces, and even the clans have children in the navy. The people dare not and will not help the European Navy, because they have to consider their own children, and no one wants their children to die in battle.
Do you now understand why the emperor wants to lift the shackles of the Eight Banners, encourage localization of the Eight Banners, and encourage the marriage between the Eight Banners of Manchu and Han? Why should we face the provinces around Shaanxi, and recruit new troops without any flags and people? "
Baotai and Mububa were both stunned when they heard this. If Zhenwu had this idea, wouldn’t that mean that it was imperative to lift the junction of the Eight Banners, and all cities in various places would be demolished and sold?
"If this is true, wouldn't the Eight Banners no longer exist? Is it still our Qing Dynasty?" Baotai said in contemplation.
Yinsi smiled slightly and said, "This is my random guess. The war in the northwest is imminent. Xi'an is probably just an exception. The emperor may only be like this for important frontiers. Now that the emperor has no edict, we don't need to worry about things and think about it. In short, the capital is different from Xi'an. The flag property of the capital cannot be sold. Everything will be decided when the emperor comes back."
"Have the emperor returned to Beijing?" Baotai asked quickly.
"The emperor may not return to the capital in the short term." Yinsi said without any concealment: "I think that each banner can put a note to reflect the situation inside the banner truthfully. You can also tell your concerns truthfully, and the emperor still follows the advice."
Following the advice is like a stream of advice? Zhenwu can also be regarded as following advice is like a stream of advice. Isn’t this telling lies with my eyes open? Mububa, who has seen Zhenwu’s powerful, can’t help but secretly complain in his heart.
However, the Zhenwu Emperor's Reign was beyond everyone's expectations and did not go south to Jiangning, but returned directly to the capital from Kaifeng.
At the same time, Jiangning's "Ningbao" published an article about "The demise of the Ming Dynasty in the previous Ming Dynasty was destroyed by refugees." The article details the article about the high concentration of land since Zhengde, due to the high concentration of land, the landlords concealed taxes, and the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty's court gradually decreased. A large number of farmers who lost their land had to leave their hometowns and become refugees in order to avoid taxes, corvee and rents.
After the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, refugees were almost all over the country, including Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places. It is estimated that the total number of refugees in the country was about 8 million, accounting for more than 10% of the registered population, which became a serious social problem. Once natural disasters arise, refugee riots swept across the country and eventually ruined the Ming Dynasty.
Immediately after this article, Ningbao also published an article 'The previous Ming Dynasty's fall was actually a party struggle.' This article details the dispute between the Donglin Party and Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other parties in the middle of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the three major cases of uproar, Hongwan and the palace movement, as well as the dispute between the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party in the middle and late periods of the Tianqi period of Emperor Xizong and the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty.
Just when everyone thought that this was the intentional public opinion guidance of Zhenwu instructed Ning Bao to promote the "spreading the dive into the mu" in Jiangnan, and the response was relatively cold, Ning Bao was out of control and published several articles exploring the cause of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and the styles were different, and the writing styles were completely different. Some explained that it was lost in the three major wars of Wanli, some explained that it was destroyed by natural disasters, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by eunuchs and the factory guards, and there was also a bold article pointing out that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by foreign invasions, and the spearhead was pointed directly at the Jurchens in Manzhou.
As soon as this article was published, Jiang Ning suddenly lost its voice. All officials, gentlemen, civil and commercial officials were quietly observing the reaction of the court. Although the court had expressed its opinion as early as after the "Nanshan Ji" case that there was no longer any literary inquisition after the "Nanshan Ji" of the Qing Dynasty, it was so bold and publicly criticized Manzhou, and it was written in the "Ningbao". This was the first time that everyone was naturally paying special attention.
After waiting for a few days, Jiangning did not move, and the capital was not moved. However, there was movement at this time in the Beijing News. The article published an article refuted the article, and vigorously refuted it from the mistakes in the Ming Dynasty's foreign policy, internal strife at the upper class, refugees, crooked parties, court taxes, and officials' corruption.
At this beginning, the Beijing News published articles repeatedly for refuting and argumentation, and demonstrated the Beijing News' strong printing and organizational capabilities. It changed from a three-day magazine to a daily magazine, which overwhelmingly refuted articles in the Ning News and continuously put forward new insights, such as overseas trade, the prosperity of handicrafts in Jiangnan, which triggered food shortages in Jiangnan, etc.
When they saw that such attacks on Manchuria had not caused any disaster, all the officials, gentlemen, civil and commercial officials breathed a sigh of relief. The scholars in Jiangnan immediately became energetic and immediately started a counterattack. The first debate between the two mouthpieces of Beijing News and Ning News kicked off.
Beijing News and Ning News are the two most likely to become famous these days. A good article is enough to make people famous. It is famous in Beijing or in Jiangnan. The scholars from both south and north who have tasted the sweetness for the first time, whether they are officials, juren or scholars, or far or near, rack their brains to write articles and submit articles actively, in order to become famous all over the world.
Yang Fan, a scholar in Jiangning County who published in the Ning newspaper, published "The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by foreign tribes" is a model for becoming famous all over the world. Because this article was known as Yang Dadao by the scholars of Jiangning and even the entire Jiangnan. With fame, he naturally brings real money and silver returns. So, Zhang Yuliang, a gentry from Jiangning County, came to his house soon.
The scholar is also famous, and Yang Fan and Zhang Yuliang are also quite familiar with each other. After a little greeting, Zhang Yuliang expressed his intention, "The nephew is brave. I wonder if he can write another article to criticize the current promotion of the stalls and ditches?"
Yang Fan was actually a gunman from Ning Bao. The article "The Ming Dynasty fell from foreign tribes" was written by someone who deliberately instructed him to make a name for himself. He was quite complacent, but his mind was not dazed. He couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, but he was secretly happy. This was an opportunity to make money, and it was also a way to make money. The risks were ignored because there was also an audit by Ning Bao's editor-in-chief.
After pondering a little, he said in embarrassment: "Shibo, criticizing the new policies that the court is implementing is not as simple as blaming a taboo."
Chapter completed!