"Your Majesty, when I just entered the city, I saw children selling... Daming Daily."
"Daming Daily?"
Chongzhen was a little happy: "If you have any samples, let's take a look."
Sun Chengzong took out the Daming Daily bought on the street from his sleeve, and Wang Chengen immediately took it and presented it to Chongzhen.
After Chongzhen took it, he scanned it, frowned, and said to himself: "It's really rough."
This Daming Daily actually took the prototype of later newspapers, with the four characters "Da Ming Daily" at the top of one article.
Below is his article "I Have a Dream". There are two poems below, but there is no other content.
It was far different from what he had imagined.
Sun Chengzong stood far away and did not hear Chongzhen talking to himself. He said doubtfully: "Your Majesty, I did not hear your Majesty's will clearly."
"fine!"
Chongzhen waved his hand: "Mr. Sun, this newspaper was made by me. Do you think there is anything wrong with it?"
"It is indeed Your Majesty!"
Sun Chengzong thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty's article can very well boost morale. Today, the people in the city have seen a great boost in morale after seeing your Majesty's article.
If it spreads throughout the Ming Dynasty, it will be of great benefit to my Ming Dynasty.
But I am worried that this article will spread to Jiannu, Tatar, Tubo and other places, which will anger them, and then they will launch an army to conquer...
Your Majesty is like Yao and Shun. He should first hide his weakness and reorganize his internal affairs. When the country's strength is sufficient, he can raise millions of troops and destroy the Jiannu with lightning speed. Now..."
"Mr. Sun, do you want to say that I am too showy?"
Sun Chengzong smiled sarcastically.
Chongzhen chuckled: "Jiannu is very aware of the situation in the Ming Dynasty. When I say such things at this moment, Mr. Sun thinks that Jiannu thinks that I am courageous? Or am I arrogant and frivolous?"
This time it was Sun Chengzong's turn to be stunned, and then he frowned and his thoughts changed rapidly.
If they are courageous, they will put pressure on Jiannu. Jiannu does not hope that the new emperor will rectify the situation and then eliminate them. They will speed up the pace of the attack and not give Ming a chance to breathe.
Being frivolous will make Jiannu feel contemptuous. They will not miss this opportunity and may speed up the offensive rhythm.
No matter what happens, Jiannu will speed up the attack. What kind of trouble is the emperor going to make?
Looking at Sun Chengzong's appearance, Chongzhen had a smile on his lips.
No matter whether Jiannu and other foreign enemies thought he was frivolous or courageous, he achieved what he wanted.
He did this for three reasons: first, to arouse the morale of the people in the country;
The second is to control public opinion;
At midnight, he was laying out a plan that could deceive Huang Taiji.
If all the next plans were under his control, he could trick Huang Taiji to death, and even Hou Jin could be destroyed as a result.
He remembered that in the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Pi Island was beheaded by Yuan Chonghuan, and Houjin no longer had any worries.
Huang Taiji led his army to bypass Mongolia and directly attack Da'ankou, break through the Ming Dynasty defenders in Ji Town, capture the important town of Zunhua, and approach the Ming Dynasty capital.
Looking at the entire incident, Mao Wenlong's death was only one aspect, and the other was his inability to break through Jinning's defense line.
Now that he knows this, he can use his plan to make Mao Wenlong fake his death and send troops to ambush around Zunhua.
Coupled with the temptation of millions of stones of grain for Shaanxi disaster relief and the stimulation of his article, Huang Taiji's attack time can be advanced.
Of course, other work must be done in the middle, such as setting up a firearms research institute around Jizhou, or opening an iron mine, etc. These are all the slaves lacked.
Induced by various conditions, coupled with mental arithmetic and unintentional calculations, there is a great chance of cheating Huang Taiji.
The most critical thing is that these days, information transmission is very poor and the lag is too serious. Otherwise, if it were a phone call later, he would not be able to do anything.
This matter was so important that no one could speak except himself.
Chongzhen interrupted Sun Chengzong's thinking: "From the current point of view, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."
"No matter what they think, I ask you, can Jiannu break through Jinning's defense line?"
"cannot!"
Sun Chengzong responded firmly. After answering, he was stunned, and then smiled.
Since you can't break through Jinning's defense line, what if you know?
As for Siam, Burma, and Tubo, they have a lot of internal affairs, so how can they care about the Ming Dynasty?
Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "But... Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has a Di newspaper, which is much more authoritative than your Daming Daily. Why do you want to get another Daming Daily? And your newspaper is too simple. Since it is Daily, that is, every day, you can’t write articles every day.”
"Of course we make money!"
"make money?"
Sun Chengzong was stunned: "Although it is written as a resolution of the imperial court, it is impossible for ordinary people to buy this and read it every day."
"Mr. Sun, this Daming Daily is just a prototype and is far from what I want."
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he took out a new piece of rice paper and wrote and drew on it. He wanted to teach Sun Chengzong a lesson.
A quarter of an hour later, Chongzhen put down the pen, glanced at it, nodded, and then handed it to Sun Chengzong.
"Mr. Sun, look at this again."
After Sun Chengzong took it, he looked at it carefully and saw that the rice paper was divided into many sections.
Six sections include court decisions, celebrity poems, stories, people's livelihood issues, gossip and interesting stories, and advertisements.
PS: The printing technology in the Ming Dynasty was very developed, and engraving and movable type were widely used. Movable type plates include not only wooden movable type, but also copper, tin and other metal movable types. The best thing is that they can also create illustrations, and they can also create colorful illustrations. Therefore, as long as you can design it, you can pretty much print it.
Looking at the title and notes of the section, Sun Chengzong's eyes changed from doubt to excitement, and finally became solemn.
"The imperial court's resolutions attract people's attention, poetry manuscripts attract literati, advertisements attract businessmen, people's livelihood attracts industry, and stories and gossip add entertainment."
"When the operation matures, literati poetry manuscripts can be charged, and advertisements can also be charged."
"A copy costs three taels. There are 200 million people in the Ming Dynasty. We sell a million copies a day, which is 6,000 taels a day, 180,000 taels a month, and nearly two million taels a year. In addition, the cost of literati's poem manuscripts, The cost of advertising is three million a year, no matter how high it is."
"hiss……"
Sun Chengzong's eyes were full of horror. You must know that the cash income of the national treasury in the Ming Dynasty was only 3 to 4 million taels a year.
PS: The literacy rate of the Ming Dynasty was the highest among all dynasties. You can check the information.
"A piece of Ming Dynasty Daily will attract the attention of scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants. It can convey news and make money at the same time. This idea is simply brilliant. Your Majesty really has a peerless talent."
Listening to Sun Chengzong muttering to himself, Chongzhen also nodded secretly.
He is indeed the most famous chief assistant in the late Ming Dynasty. Just looking at one case, you can think of so much.
Although I haven’t seen the essence of Daming Daily yet, I guess it won’t take long to figure it out.
His purpose in setting up Ming Daily is to guide public opinion, convey information, and make money.
It may look a little worse now, but after training the new army and internal stability, he made cement and bicycles, both of which were very simple.
When the cement roads from Beijing to the provincial capitals are built, it is possible to travel 1,000 miles a day by bicycle, not to mention 600 miles a day, and it is possible to travel 1,000 miles with the help of the station.
"Okay, you go and do your work first! What happened in the Ming Dynasty Daily comes from my mouth and reaches your ears, and is not allowed to be spread outside."
"By the way, if you don't have a place to live when you first come to the capital, go find Li Banghua and choose a mansion to live in among the ministers whose homes were confiscated."
The corner of Sun Chengzong's mouth twitched, and then he exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
After Sun Chengzong left Dongnuan Pavilion, he felt like he was in another world. Wei Zhongxian was dead, the remaining criminals were being liquidated, the court was considered clean, and the Donglin Party must not dare to make trouble anymore.
With him, Li Guopu, Li Biao, Han Huang, and Yuan Keli in the cabinet, and with the support of the emperor, we were able to do some things freely, and Ming Dynasty was saved.
After Sun Chengzong left, Chongzhen looked at the completed template of Daming Daily and was very satisfied.
"Daban, give this to Li Ruolian and ask him to find someone to study it and make a few copies and send them to me for a look."
He had written so clearly that if Li Ruolian failed to do it again, he would be really stupid.
After Cao Huachun came back from Nanjing to take over Dongchang, the Ming Dynasty Daily was attached to Dongchang. The sharp weapon of public opinion must be in his own hands.
The staff of the Supervisor of Ceremonies were filled, Sun Chengzong came back, and the pressure on Chongzhen was instantly reduced a lot.
Just after dinner in the evening, I was going to Kunning Palace to talk to Queen Zhou about life, but Wang Chengen came in.
"Your Majesty, Gao Shiming, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, has requested to see you. He said that he has important information, which is related to the stability of the court and the lives of hundreds of ministers. Your Majesty, please make it clear!"
