A certain prince has always believed that cultural products are indispensable, and spiritual food is an invisible fighting force.
Liu Zongzhou, the leading contemporary scholar who has read many works of a certain prince, deeply agrees with this view.
After reading "Collected Edition of the Secret History of Foreign Languages", Liu Zongzhou felt that he had a sudden enlightenment.
It turns out that books can be made and used in this way. It is really better than ten years of reading pure text books...
People like Xu Fuyuan, Chen Zilong and others who were awakened by the Book of Heaven in Nandu did not want to get stuck in the quagmire anymore.
After arriving in Beidu, a certain prince also arranged errands for him.
Xu Fu was over forty years old and still had ambitions, but his muscles and bones were no longer as good as those of young people. A certain prince asked him to help Liu Zongzhou and compile a dictionary together.
Young people such as Chen Zilong had the ambition to serve the country and were more willing to join the army. After passing relevant examinations and three months of military training, they officially became clerks of the East Palace Guards.
After professional training, you can be promoted to an officer.
For this group of people from the south, a certain prince would not force them to stay.
When the time is up, you can act according to your wishes.
Those who want to stay can naturally be rewarded with a job with a higher salary.
If you want to go home, write a letter of introduction. A certain father will not embarrass these people for the sake of a certain filial son.
A certain prince specially presented this group of people with two sets of the "Collected Edition of the Secret History Photo Album", which happened to be one copy for each of them.
You can share and read and conduct academic exchanges at the same time...
Chen Zilong and a few other young and strong men even went out with the army and participated in the Battle of Luanhe River.
For such a large-scale war and incomparably magnificent scenes, it is in line with the long-cherished wishes of these people.
After the victory, Chen Zilong also told Xu Fuyuan his experience, which made the latter not only admire but also feel great regret.
When the king's army went on the Northern Expedition, Xu Fuyuan was determined to desperately ask a certain prince for a job as an army clerk, so that he could get what he wanted.
Chen Zilong and others wrote letters to inform friends in Jiangnan about their experiences, and with the support of photos and newspapers, the rumors in the city of Nandu were self-defeating.
Just like how some people in the northern capital city said that a certain prince was defeated by the Emperor Taiji and returned home, there are still many people with ulterior motives in the southern capital, waiting to see a certain prince's joke.
It's just that Chongzhen is quite clear about the abilities of a certain filial son. This filial son has too many tricks and tricks. Even if he can't win, he won't lose too ugly.
On the one hand, Chongzhen hoped that the Ming Dynasty King's army would win, so that a certain filial son would not ruin a hundred thousand elites.
On the other hand, they also hope to use the power of Wang Shi's victory to frighten the thieves in the entire Jiangnan area.
Although a certain filial son is more capable of irritating people, he is also more capable of fighting.
Killing 30,000 Donglu armored soldiers at once was still in the field.
After repeated verifications, Chongzhen was naturally delighted with Long Yan.
At this time, the thieves in Jiangnan who hoped that the dynasty could be changed completely lost their thoughts and either knelt down to beg for mercy or get out of the Ming Dynasty!
The military victory of a certain filial son, or rather the lack of defeat, allowed a certain father to consolidate his control over the Jiangnan region in disguise.
Some fish that slipped through the net wanted to take advantage of the exposure of the army's defeat to launch another rebellion.
Unexpectedly, even the objective conditions were not met, and in the end it could only be discontinued.
Chen Mingxia, Peng Bin, Ruan Dacheng and others who had taken refuge with a certain father successively made a fuss about it after hearing the news.
Regarding the situation of the Ming Dynasty, he boasted a lot. The king's division once again won a complete victory in the battle. The brilliant victory was entirely attributed to the sacrifice of the soldiers of the three armies, the prince's proper command, and the emperor's foresight...
The content made a certain prince feel nauseous after reading it, but I heard that the sales volume actually exceeded 500,000 copies!
What does this mean?
It shows that a group of wallflowers have no independent opinions and will stick to whichever side can win!
Now no one dares to criticize a certain prince for spending too much money, using cronies, exploiting the people, and going militaristic.
He could only rack his brains and express his request to the prince to regain his homeland in Liaodong as soon as possible while Huang Taiji was defeated and had not yet recovered his strength.
In this regard, a certain father had no intention of paying attention to these people.
Historical experience tells a certain father that not everyone can do the hard work of fighting Donglu, let alone everyone can do it well.
Li Chengliang, Xiong Tingbi, Wang Zaijin, Yuan Chonghuan and others all died in Liaodong, either dying there or being transferred from their posts.
As long as a certain filial son is the natural enemy of Taiji, the leader of the captives, and can once again let the king's division severely inflict heavy damage on the eastern captive army, he will surely be able to regain Liaodong one day.
That certain father was happy to provide money and food, and ignored the memorials from people with ulterior motives.
The bottom line for a certain father is that first of all, the Ming Dynasty cannot be destroyed. Secondly, the Donglu must be wiped out and their homeland must be recovered. In the end, he is still the emperor.
As long as a certain filial son can meet these three prerequisites, everything will be easy!
Now it seems that the Ming Dynasty will probably not be destroyed, and there are even signs of ZTE.
At least the imperial court's control over taxation has been greatly strengthened, the relief situation is also ideal, and the strength of the rogue bandits has been greatly weakened.
More importantly, with the signing of the "Ming-Dutch Friendship and Trade Treaty" with the Netherlands, Daming's coastal trade is developing rapidly, and taxes and fees will naturally benefit greatly.
Although the sea tax cannot be collected due to the existence of the Zheng Group, the imperial court can still take a large share of the taxes and fees on the export of goods.
The North vigorously exports novel products, while the South mainly exports traditional products such as silk, tea, and porcelain. It can be said that the complementarity is relatively strong, and the overlap of products is very small.
In the first full year after the two parties signed the contract, Nanting received about 400,000 taels of silver in taxes and fees from exported goods, which made Chongzhen very happy.
It seems that this amount of money is far less than the agricultural tax, commercial tax, mining tax, or even the amount of money obtained from checking the rebels, but the court did almost nothing and just sat at the port waiting to collect the money.
According to the plan of a certain filial son, there will be as many as two to three thousand Dutch merchant ships plying the east-west route every year in the future, which is about ten times the current number.
At this scale, Nanting can earn no less than four million taels of silver from export taxes and fees alone, which will greatly reduce its reliance on agricultural taxes.
A certain father's plan is that in the future, export taxes, that is, tariffs, will be roughly the same as agricultural taxes and commercial taxes, both reaching 5 million taels.
In this way, after excluding the support provided to Beiting, Nanting still had ten million taels of silver left in his hands, which was enough to meet various daily expenses.
It is true that the last few years have been tense, but as long as we survive this most difficult period, the situation will be greatly improved.
Besides, no matter how difficult the Southern Court is, it is not as difficult as the Northern Court.
The Beiting was not only responsible for resisting the invasion of the Eastern invaders, but also mobilized officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits in the northwest and Huguang.
Both of these tasks are extraordinary. No one in Nanting can do it well, and more people will worry that they will be implicated.
A filial son has no shirk in his duties. This is his own family's business.
If you don't do it well, you will be beaten by bandits and pigtails, inside and outside.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, Peng Bin and others were sent to observe and study, mainly to see how the "Jingshi Daily" newspaper office and the so-called World Media Group operated.
After a certain father read many magazines published by a certain media group, he felt that he could imitate it, but it was just an idea. He had to send someone to learn the details, so he couldn't just copy it, right?
People like Peng Bin, who were quick-thinking and defected, were sent here to learn from it, so that they could publish some magazines and other reading materials after they returned.
These guys came at the perfect time, that is, three months after the release of "The Secret History Album Collector's Edition", and the sales craze has far from dissipated.
In the house bought by Xu Fuyuan, Peng Bin had the opportunity to read it, and he immediately regarded this work as a masterpiece!
After reading it, I felt like a surging river, out of control...
Xu Fuyuan showed him the book he had kept because of his reputation as a fellow Jiangnan scholar.
If you want to see the complete set, Liu Daru has it, but Liu Zongzhou may not show it to him.
Everyone who bought a complete set of "The Secret History Photo Album Collector's Edition" was unwilling to borrow the book, and did not even think of showing it to outsiders.
A single set of books, in good condition, could be worth more than 6,000 taels if it has 70 to 80 cents, which is double the original selling price.
A new set of the book is still hard to come by. It is said that an additional 500 sets were printed and soon ran out again.
Even if Peng Bin returned to Nandu immediately, he would not be able to catch up with the second printing and sale.
In fact, when new books arrived in the Southern Capital, they would be snapped up by the civil servants and generals during the imperial court.
The total value of one hundred sets was only 300,000 taels. A dozen wealthy ministers, such as Gao Hongtu, collected them together and divided them up in the palace.
Even Wang Chengen and other chamberlains have bought at least one more set. Even if they sell it after the value rises, they can make a lot of money.
A certain father would also allow these loyal servants around him to act like this. After all, this is considered a favor.
Out of selfish motives, a certain father would definitely keep at least ten sets for himself, and the servants would buy ten sets.
There are only eighty sets at most that can be taken out for the civil servants and military generals to divide.
Daguerreotype photography has three characteristics. First, the picture is relatively three-dimensional and has a sense of relief. Secondly, the characters and scenery will be more delicate, comparable to sketches. Third, the exposure time is relatively long.
Due to the existence of the last characteristic, a certain prince used more than a dozen cameras to shoot at the same time. The different angles made the pictures appear slightly different after development.
In the same book, although the characters in the pictures are exactly the same, if you look closely, there are subtle differences. This is what makes people talk about it the most.
This is why the market sets prices for a book or a set of books. The one with the best angle has the highest price. The one with the worst angle will have the lowest price, but it will not be less than twice the selling price.
It was the hot summer when Peng Bin came, and he felt even more itchy after reading a book.
After tossing and turning all night, I decided to take the opportunity of meeting the prince and ask for it directly!
Others may not be so abrupt because of their face, but Peng Bin has long been shameless and has no such worries.
If he was shy before, he would probably be digging passionately in the mine with Yang Tingshu and others now!
A certain prince was still very interested in meeting Peng Bin, who was nicknamed "The Dog Thief".
A certain prince also learned of their purpose of coming through a private message from a certain father.
Anything the media group can see can be shown to them.
The manufacturing process of specific publications and the knowledge required will be gradually taught.
As for how much they could learn, a certain prince couldn't guarantee it.
These are all the people of a certain father, so a certain prince will not do anything to rush ducks to the shelves.
In view of Peng Bin's "outstanding contributions" after entering and coming out, a certain prince made an exception and rewarded him with a set of books.
The price is three thousand taels, and if it is resold, it will definitely be no less than six thousand taels.
Peng Bin was shameless and wanted to do nothing, so a certain prince took advantage of the situation and made him the target of public criticism.
Just give me this set, it will be impossible for you to spend time with a certain prince again, and the certain prince is not taken advantage of.
Anyone who wants to read it can just read Peng Bin’s book for free!
This is definitely an act of a certain prince showing respect to the virtuous corporal and caring about the scholars in Jiangnan!
Tomorrow's "Jingshi Daily" and "Empire Daily" will publish this kind of news, which is equivalent to a certain prince spending three thousand taels of silver to advertise himself.
Businessmen from the south of the Yangtze River who have been to the northern capital all say that the northern capital is more advanced than the south of the Yangtze River.
Peng Bin and others didn't believe it at first, but after seeing it with their own eyes, they had to believe it.
The streets are very clean and there is almost no stench that often occurs in summer.
There was an endless stream of pedestrians on both sides, not only Han people, but also Menggu people, Japanese people, and even Western Yi people.
Most of the vehicles traveling in the middle are rickshaws, fewer horse-drawn carriages, fewer private cars, and more buses.
Later I inquired and found out that because horse manure was inconvenient to clean up, there was a fee for carriage entering the city.
There is no charge for the entry and exit of rickshaws. This is also the instruction of a certain prince and can be more environmentally friendly.
At Dongzhimen, Peng Bin finally saw the train and railway that he had always wanted to see.
For one hundred coins, you can travel one stop, about five miles, with a round trip supply and demand of two hundred coins, and so on.
The price is not very expensive and ordinary people can afford it.
However, it will not be released to ordinary people for the time being. Those who are eligible to ride the train are those who are either rich or noble.
This facilitates the screening of Donglu agents among passengers. In addition to paying, they also have to show their identity documents.
Even so, train tickets sell out quickly when holidays come.
There are actually not many people walking out of the city to the temporary terminus of the railway, most of them just want to have fun.
Relatives of officials, military personnel, and railway soldiers would all take the train, either for outings or to visit relatives.
Pulling out the train halfway is impossible because there are soldiers on the roof supervising the train.
Peng Bin was extremely curious about the mechanical monster that could spray hot air and only eat coal and cold water.
However, there are soldiers guarding the locomotive to prevent it from being destroyed by people with ulterior motives. Outsiders have no way to get close.
After the train starts, anyone who takes a train for the first time will be surprised by this fast and stable machine.
Faster than riding a horse and more comfortable than riding a carriage, the ticket is definitely worth the money.
After getting addicted, Peng Bin and others visited the Academy of Sciences and took advantage of the experimental train to understand the mystery.
Getting the working principle of a locomotive was just a drop in the bucket; what was important was actually building the steam engine.
This is the most cutting-edge technology in the Ming Dynasty and even in the entire world.
Presumably Donglu may also have figured out the secret of the steam engine, but Donglu will definitely not be able to build it in the short term, let alone catch up with or even surpass the Ming Dynasty's locomotive.
The locomotive is still in the cycle of continuous improvement, upgrading, and improvement. I heard from Dean Song that the prince will make the locomotive learn to eat oil, but it will be more advanced than the train that eats coal.
This was something that Peng Bin couldn't understand at all. Later, he took the airship test flight in vain, which shocked Peng Bin even more.
The Yongwei Camp in Nandu also has an airship, and Peng Bin also saw it when it took off.
But it was the first time for all of them to see this behemoth so close.
In summer, there are more clear skies and gentle breezes, so airship test flights are more frequent, no less than three times a week on average.
