After this meeting, Wen Anzhi organized people to study specific improvements in propaganda work for the Southern Song Dynasty.
Then the matter was reported to the headquarters of the Zhongdu Renaissance Association through the channels of the Renaissance Association to let the headquarters know.
After this news was known to Su Yonglin, Su Yonglin held a meeting at the headquarters of the Renaissance Society and made some adjustments to the propaganda work of the Renaissance Society.
"For our own citizens who have become accustomed to our policies, we will continue the current propaganda policy, with opposition to superiors, revolution and liquidation as the focus of propaganda. However, for those people in enemy countries, the propaganda does not need to be so detailed and generous.
Firstly, they are illiterate and cannot understand our leaflets. Secondly, just like the problem we are encountering now, if we promote ourselves too well and our policies are too superior, we are using too much force and not going as far as we should. Abused people believe it.
They have not yet accepted Ming's governance and have not seen the implementation of Ming's policies with their own eyes. If they want to believe it, they must speak a little more tactfully, at least in their opinion, it is achievable.
For example, slightly reduce one or two tax items, reduce the agricultural tax by 10%, or reduce the agricultural tax by 20%, reduce some oral and calculated taxes, and slightly reduce the burden placed on them by the old dynasty by 20 to 30%, and use this as a breakthrough point for propaganda , I think the publicity effect should be much better. "
Su Yonglin's opinions were discussed at the Fuxing Association headquarters and finally approved by the meeting.
The Renaissance Society was originally responsible for this matter from the Propaganda Department under the Ministry of General Affairs. In the third year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin believed that propaganda work was very important and should gradually mature and be able to take on major responsibilities, so he separated the Propaganda Department and promoted it to the Propaganda Department.
Then, Wang Kangshi, the former director of the Haizhou Renaissance Association branch, was nominated as the director of the Propaganda Department. This appointment was approved by the headquarters meeting. Wang Kangshi subsequently took up the position of director of the Propaganda Department and was fully responsible for the propaganda work of the Renaissance Association.
The Propaganda Department will also be fully responsible for the adjustment of the propaganda work of the Renaissance this time. It will adjust the original propaganda caliber for the Southern Song Dynasty and Goryeo, and make appropriate cuts based on some of their internal situations to achieve a convincing purpose.
At the same time, Su Yonglin ordered to commend the Henan Corps Fuxinghui branch and the Peasant Army Fuxinghui branch for auxiliary work, hoping that they would do their best to continue working and fully promote the clearing and management of the newly acquired land on the Fifth Road of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Regarding the work against the Southern Song Dynasty in the next period of time, Su Yonglin decided to have Zhou Zhi's Youyi Army stationed in Huainan make strategic preparations and be ready to cross the river to support Zhang Yuejing at any time. Once the Southern Song Dynasty rejected the five demands of the Ming Dynasty, he would immediately launch a Lin'an attack. .
If Zhao Xun does not agree, we will fight until he agrees. We must break through to Lin'an as soon as possible, surround Lin'an, and force Zhao Xun to agree to this request, otherwise we will break through Lin'an.
Let’s see if Zhao Min chooses to be the leader of the Jiangnan Kingdom or a prisoner.
Although the rice with uncooked rice is not delicious, if Zhao Yan is really shameless and insists on fighting for it, then even if it is a pot of rice with uncooked rice, Su Yonglin will try his best to eat it.
At worst, if you have indigestion for a year or two, it won't be a big problem.
But if he could eat slowly and elegantly, Su Yonglin wouldn't want to be the person who wolfs down his food and hurts his stomach.
Devouring food is not good for your stomach.
At the same time, based on the situation of the newly acquired Southern Song Dynasty Fifth Road and the previously occupied Huainan East Road, Su Yonglin decided to implement a wave of administrative division regulations.
Of course, the newly acquired territories in the Southern Song Dynasty would not continue the past administrative planning, and the administrative planning of the Southern Song Dynasty would need to be doubled.
The first is Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road, as well as Jiangnan East Road that has not yet been obtained but will be obtained sooner or later.
Su Yonglin plans to unite these three roads and set them up as the Central Government of Jianghuai. As the central government's direct jurisdiction in the Jianghuai area, its status is equivalent to that of the Central Government in the north.
As the capital of the country, the central government in the north is to control the grasslands and the northeast and serve as a national barrier, while the central government in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River is to control strategic military locations in the south of the Yangtze River and enhance the country's control over the south of the Yangtze River.
Although Jiangnan East Road has not yet been obtained, it will be a matter of time. The direct jurisdiction of Jianghuai Central will be established first, with Yangzhou as the administrative center for the time being. In the future, after Jiankang Prefecture is captured, Jiankang Prefecture will be used as the administrative center.
Jiangnan West Road is also easy to deal with, and it is directly renamed as Jiangxi Province, with Nanchang County, Jianxing Prefecture as its administrative seat.
As for the three roads of Jinghu South Road, Jinghu North Road and Jingxin South Road, Su Yonglin planned to completely change their administrative planning, using Dongting Lake as the boundary, and establishing two provinces, Hunan Province and Hubei Province, to establish governance.
The south of Changde Prefecture, Yuezhou, and Lizhou belongs to Hunan Province, and the north is Hubei Province.
Hunan Province uses Changsha County of Tan as its administrative seat, and Hubei Province uses Jiangling County of Jiangling Prefecture as its administrative seat.
After the three new administrative division drafts were completed, Su Yonglin convened various departments of the imperial court for discussion, and then made the final decision. Basically, no modifications were made, and it was confirmed directly, and the plan was announced as such.
The Zhongdu Civil Affairs Department and the Organization Department of the Renaissance Society began to select officials for the administrative teams of these three provinces and began to prepare to build the governance teams of these three provinces.
Su Yonglin asked them to select capable officials to complete the construction as quickly as possible, and to settle in the three provinces as soon as possible to start management work, in order to restore the vitality of the three places as soon as possible.
These three provinces go deep into the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty and are the starting point and logistics supply base for the third Ming-Song War and the final decisive battle. The quality of the governance of these three provinces will directly determine the third war initiated by the Ming Dynasty. How far can it progress?
Su Yonglin personally participated in the talent selection of the Personnel Department and the Organization Department, focusing on selecting experienced, young and capable officials.
When members go south, they choose the method of elders taking the lead and newcomers assisting, so that the elders lead the newcomers and give the newcomers the opportunity to exercise their abilities.
Of course, while dealing with these new external affairs, there are also many internal affairs that need to be handled by Su Yonglin. Su Yonglin promulgated many matters in one breath, and all departments of the imperial court and the Renaissance Association jointly handled them and promoted them across the board to increase the efficiency and revolution in handling official affairs. construction tasks.
In order to push the Ming Dynasty towards real progress, Su Yonglin did a lot of work, including helping people become illiterate, building schools, striving to promote universal education, and so on.
In terms of economy, setting up factories, promoting agricultural collectivization, exploring overseas trade routes, etc. are also current tasks.
Among these very important tasks, there is another less obvious but equally important thing.
That is why Su Yonglin decided to promote the establishment of the Chinese chronology system and organize the entire ancient history. .
The cause of the matter is a common problem that has arisen in the two censuses since the founding of the Ming Dynasty - most people in the Ming Dynasty do not know their age.
This is actually quite normal.
Although there was the so-called stem and branch chronology in ancient times, it was obviously not something that ordinary people who could not read a single Chinese character could understand. The simpler era name chronology also became very cumbersome due to the changing era names.
And in ancient times, the speed of news transmission was very slow. In some eras, the emperor changed his reign name as if for fun. He had just announced a change of reign name, and when the news reached remote areas of the empire, the emperor announced a change of new year title in the imperial capital.
Over time, many people get confused about age.
Except for a small number of people who consciously record their age, most people live in confusion and basically rely on medical methods such as dental age to determine their approximate age.
The existence of this situation even affects the current imperial examination.
There is an age limit for the imperial examination. Those under the age of 18 cannot take the imperial examination. However, many candidates from lower backgrounds do not know their age, so it is very troublesome to deal with it.
After much thought, Su Yonglin decided to start promoting the establishment of the Chinese chronology system.
He intended to thoroughly sort out the entire ancient history and mark the dates using the Chinese chronology. The era number chronology and the Chinese chronology are temporarily parallel to help the people of the world understand the year and know the spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Su Yonglin felt that this approach was of great significance.
He intended to end the feudal monarchy in his own generation, so he felt that it was time to sort out and conclude his entire ancient history, and write down the prosperity, decay, decline, humanity, exploitation and oppression of the feudal era.
This will help him bury the feudal era once and for all.
