"Slave... Cao Huachun is here to see your majesty. Your majesty pays you a holy greeting!"
A middle-aged man in his forties with a somewhat elegant appearance entered Dongnuan Pavilion and immediately knelt down, his voice trembling.
Chongzhen stood up from behind the dragon case, walked to Cao Huachun, and helped Cao Huachun up.
"After seven years of separation, you have suffered!"
"Just come back!"
Upon hearing Chongzhen's words, Cao Huachun burst into tears instantly.
Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen are the two closest eunuchs to Chongzhen.
Cao Huachun entered the palace at the age of eleven or twelve. He was talented, intelligent, diligent and studious. He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was regarded as a confidant by Wang Anyi, the eunuch and eunuch of the ceremony. Later, he entered the Xinwang Palace to accompany Zhu Youjian.
After Wei Zhongxian came to power, he killed Wang An, and Cao Huachun was implicated and sent to Nanjing to await his punishment.
The famous warrior camp in history was trained by Cao Huachun.
To call him back, in addition to his ability and trust, Cao Huachun's second brother Cao Huayu is now the commander-in-chief of the rear army. In addition to directly controlling the twenty-four guard posts, he also controls four capital divisions.
This force will create much less resistance to military reform in the future.
"Wei Zhongxian and the eunuchs have been almost wiped out by me. I know your talents, conduct, and loyalty. I have newly ascended the throne and have a lot of things to deal with. Are you willing to stay with me and do things?"
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. I will not give up until I die!"
Chongzhen walked slowly in Dongnuan Pavilion with his hands behind his back. He had two plans for Cao Huachun.
One is to go to the Si Li Supervisor as a eunuch and help him keep an eye on the Si Li Supervisor. Cao Huachun's ability is definitely better than the current Gao Shiming. With Cao Huachun here, he can feel much more comfortable.
The other is to serve as the admiral of the Dongchang. The Dongchang is a very key ministry and is the privileged supervisory agency, spy agency and secret agency of the Ming Dynasty.
The responsibilities of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are similar, but Dongchang has the responsibility of supervising Jinyiwei.
However, the eldest brother of Jinyiwei is a military general close to the emperor and is a foreign minister.
The boss of Dongchang is a eunuch and a minister. Although Li Ruolian is very loyal, he still needs someone to supervise him.
After thinking for a while, Chongzhen made a decision: "Cao Huachun, you go to Dongchang and serve as admiral!"
"There are a few things you should pay attention to. The No. 1 Dongchang's chiefs of thousands of households, managers of hundreds of households, bosses, foremen, and housekeepers should no longer be transferred from Jinyiwei. Dongchang recruits and trains them themselves;
Second, the eunuch party is now eliminated, but there are still several parties in the court, such as the Donglin Party, the Chu Party, the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party, etc. Although they are not fighting for power now, they must be on guard. You have to keep an eye on these. people.
Third, when Wei Zhongxian took control of Dongchang, there were countless unjust cases and wrongful convictions. You must do your best to start re-investigations and redress the injustices.
Fourth, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are on the same level, there is no distinction between them, so don't follow Wei Zhongxian's old path. "
"My slave understands!"
After seeing Cao Huachun's response, Chongzhen looked at Wang Cheng'en and said, "My dear friend, tell Li Ruolian to come see me!"
After a while, Li Ruolian entered Dongnuan Pavilion.
"This is the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Ruolian!"
"This is the newly appointed admiral of Dongchang, Cao Huachun."
"You two should get to know each other so that you can cooperate better in the future."
The two of them raised their hands toward each other at the same time.
"Li Ruolian, you will transfer the affairs of Ming Dynasty Daily to Dongchang in a moment. From now on, Dongchang will be in charge of Ming Dynasty Daily!"
"Cao Huachun, Li Ruolian will tell you about the Daming Daily in a moment. I only have one request.
Within the next year, it will be spread across 140 prefectures and 193 prefectures in the 13 provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and within two years it will be available in all 1,138 counties of the Ming Dynasty. "
"My slave understands!"
After Cao Huachun responded, his face hesitated: "Your Majesty, from my understanding, the Daming Daily is similar to the government's Di Daily, but it should be published every day.
With the current traffic conditions, Beijing and surrounding prefectures and counties are easy to reach, but places farther away cannot be reached in one day, even if it is express within 600 miles, it cannot be reached. "
"On the first day of the year in Beijing, there will be fifteen rounds in other places. In the second day in Beijing, there will be sixteen rounds in other places. Just keep going in a cycle. When the post station is adjusted in the future, the interval will be shortened."
Anyway, information transmission in this era is very slow. Sometimes what happens in Beijing may not reach Nanjing until two or three months later, and it may take half a year to reach Guangdong and Yunnan.
The reason why he publishes daily reports instead of weekly, semi-monthly or monthly reports under such inconvenient transportation conditions is
In addition to controlling public opinion and making money, the more important thing is to break the existing closed thinking.
In feudal society, people lived in a small country where they heard the sounds of chickens and dogs and never interacted with each other until death.
Many people may have never left their county in their entire lives and know nothing about the state capitals outside the county, let alone other provinces.
The Qin people's closed interpersonal relationships and social psychological state, which regarded the superior as the superior, were extremely detrimental to the development of the entire society.
For example, in taxation, Taizu set the tax on official and civilian land in the world. For official land, the tax per mu was five liters, three combined with five scoops, for civilian land, it was reduced by two liters, for re-rented land, it was eight liters, five combined with five scoops, and for unofficial land, it was one dou or two liters.
In some remote places, local officials and gentry colluded to increase taxes at different levels. The people had to pay five or ten liters per acre.
Because the people didn't know what the imperial court's initial tax rate was, they all relied on what the local officials said.
But if there were newspapers, the latest news from the imperial court could be spread through the Daming Daily controlled by Dongchang, and the people would be able to tell the difference.
What he has to do is break the blockade of this natural environment and inherent thinking.
Maybe many people are illiterate, but it's like going to a teahouse to listen to a book. The more you listen to it, the more you can get a general idea even if you don't know it.
You can even slowly learn some words through other people's explanations.
An ordinary book costs one hundred copper coins, which the common people cannot afford, but a newspaper can be bought for three or ten copper coins at most. As time goes by, people's wisdom will slowly open up.
Of course, these need to be done under the premise that the people have enough food and clothing. Otherwise, who would have time to read this when they are still thinking about what to eat tomorrow after eating today.
Everyone is like a gentleman and everyone is like a dragon. To realize this ideal, reading, literacy and understanding are the foundation.
"My slave understands!"
"You should go to the East Factory and have a look first!"
"Slave, please leave!"
Cao Huachun slowly retreated towards the outside of Dongnuan Pavilion, but when he walked to the door, Chongzhen's voice came again.
"Cao Huachun, is the portrait of Yue Fei displayed at the entrance of the East Factory?"
Cao Huachun responded immediately, waiting for Chongzhen's next instructions, but Chongzhen just asked him to leave without saying anything more.
But everyone was so thoughtful that they instantly understood what Chongzhen meant.
When the Dongchang was first established, the portrait of Yue Fei was hung to remind the Dongchang not to handle cases in vain. At the same time, Yue Fei was a model of loyalty to the country. This was a reminder to the Dongchang.
Cao Huachun did not speak, but knelt at the door of Nuange and bowed down, then stood up and left.
After Cao Huachun left, Chongzhen looked at Li Ruolian.
"Li Aiqing, I have something to entrust to you. You choose your absolute confidant to do it."
