He was thinking about this, but Sun Wu was shocked when he heard it.
"What, is he crazy? He dares to issue such a notice?"
"I thought the master was a bit reckless, but I didn't expect him to do this in the capital. It's so reckless!"
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Sun Chuanting couldn't listen anymore. He just finished eating a chicken leg and left a chicken bone. He immediately threw it at Sun Wu and shouted: "You bastard, can you slander Duke Xingguo?"
Of course, he wasn't really angry. These servants are all his confidants. To put it bluntly, when they go to the battlefield, they have to sacrifice their lives to protect them, so naturally they will not be harsh to them.
Sun Wu allowed the chicken bones to hit him without caring at all. He just said to Sun Chuanting with a pleased look on his face: "I finally have a backer in the court. I no longer have to worry about these corrupt officials working behind my back to harm me!"
He obviously made countless achievements in suppressing bandits, but in the end he just ended up sitting in jail for several years. This incident obviously left a deep impression on them.
Before he could finish his words, Sun Da reached out and hit him on the forehead and said: "You crow's mouth, bah bah bah!"
Having said this, Sun Da turned to look at Sun Chuanting and said, "It's strange to say that Duke Xingguo was here before, but he didn't hear anything about it."
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting was also curious.
Generally speaking, no matter what, it is impossible to be made a Duke of the country for no reason. As far as Sun Chuanting was concerned, the resettlement of refugees was far from reaching the point where he would be granted the title of Duke.
However, no matter what, the emperor finally made him the Duke of the country.
If we say that Duke Xingguo supported Sun Chuanting and asked the emperor to give him such a decree, he also told him to take advantage of the opportunity to kill Long Liwei, the congratulator, to strictly enforce military discipline. Sun Chuanting could actually understand these things.
However, what he couldn't understand was that Duke Xingguo recommended the magistrate of Changsha and then directly entered the cabinet; he recommended the minister for external affairs, but was directly promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Also, Zhou Yuji, the deputy commander-in-chief who had some relationship with Duke Xingguo, was also given the title of Uncle Loyalty.
All these things really made him wonder: Why does the emperor trust him so deeply?
Unable to figure it out, Sun Chuanting refused to eat, turned around and walked out. At the same time, he ordered: "Let the soldiers eat all these food and wine. It will be wasted in a disaster year, and it will be struck by lightning!"
As soon as he left, Sun Da and his personal guards naturally followed him. Looking at the tables of good wine and food, they were really a little greedy. Even if they were the personal guards of the governor, Sun Chuanting, they would never be able to eat such delicious food.
Although he was a little reluctant to leave, he still followed Sun Chuanting. However, Sun Wu couldn't help but ask: "Master, where are we going?"
"Back to the Governor's Mansion, I want to report the situation here to the imperial court and let the Emperor know what the situation is like here!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Da, Sun Wu and others were a little surprised.
They were all Sun Chuanting's confidants, so they naturally knew their master's usual practices, so it was probably impossible for them to write a memorial at this time.
Just as they were thinking about it, they heard Sun Chuanting say again: "In addition, the imperial court's policy towards the Liao Dynasty is not appropriate. I also want to state one or two things to remind the imperial court to pay attention!"
Hearing this, Sun Da and others immediately understood. It turns out that the master wants to show his favor to Xingguo!
You must know that Duke Xingguo is in charge of the Liao policy. If you can remind him of problems, it will definitely deepen Duke Xingguo's favor. This thigh is considered stable!
At the same time, Zhang Mingwei, who was about to be hugged, also discussed with Emperor Chongzhen and others the outline of the vassal clan. He would first start with King Zhou of Kaifeng and ask him to set an example for the world and spend money to defend Kaifeng. In this way, let He was the first to go abroad.
Just after finishing this matter, the team escorting the grain and grass prisoners from the Beijing camp returning to the capital from Shanxi finally arrived.
In fact, there are always fast horses reporting their itineraries. Therefore, Zhang Mingwei already knew when it would arrive.
So, he first published an issue of Mingbao, explaining the scourge of the eight Shanxi merchants at length, and giving the capital a head start in advance.
Therefore, when everyone in the capital heard that six major Shanxi merchants were being escorted into the capital, it was such a rare event that everyone who had time to spare rushed out of the city to see it.
After understanding how the Shanxi merchants helped the rulers of Liaodong to harm the emperor, those who were tortured by the emperors in the capital were gnashing their teeth, and the mood was fierce.
Based on this fact, soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were also dispatched to the capital to guard the roads leading to the prisoners.
While waiting, everyone's topic was naturally about Shanxi merchants.
"You tell me, why are their consciences so dark? They killed so many people just to make a few bucks!"
"Just how much money do they make? The money they make will scare you to death. If nothing else, just the money shops in the capital already have a lot of money!"
"No matter how much money I make, I can't help Jianlu to harm our Ming Dynasty!"
"Haha, are there many people like this? Have you seen the wanted list on Ming Pao? Which of the traitors on the list didn't help the tyrants and killed countless people?"
"Yeah, if it hadn't been listed in the Ming Pao, I really wouldn't have known!"
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Although Mingbao has only published five issues in total so far, roughly every three days. However, because Ming Pao was the first newspaper, it had an inscription from Emperor Chongzhen, it was the property of Duke Xing Guo, and it was also the editor-in-chief of Chen Yuanyuan, one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, and there was also a column written by Mr. Jinshi. Even if all these gimmicks were The content is like shit, and it is definitely almost a household name in the capital.
Not to mention, the content of Ming Pao includes content that is of interest to both officials and ordinary people. Therefore, although a newspaper costs twenty cents, the supply exceeds demand, making paper expensive in Luoyang. There were 50,000 copies of the latest issue of Ming Pao, and they were sold out quickly.
Basically, if someone from a slightly wealthy family in the capital is literate, they will definitely buy a copy and read it. Otherwise, if you go out and hear others talking but you can't say anything, that would be too cheap!
The same is true. The contents of Mingbao were immediately conveyed to the capital. Not just all kinds of gossip, all kinds of inquiries and so on. Naturally, the views in Ming Pao had the greatest influence on the capital.
Even if some people do not agree with the views in Ming Pao, such as some businessmen, they still feel that the imperial court arranged so many things because it was interested in the money of Shanxi merchants. But they have no way to refute, let alone how many people they can affect, they are destined to be only a few!
The power of Ming Pao has begun to appear.
At this time, everyone in the capital was discussing based on what they learned from Mingbao. Suddenly, someone shouted: "Coming, coming!"
After hearing this, most people stopped talking and looked up into the distance.
Sure enough, at the end of the official road, there was a group of cavalry clearing the way, followed by a long procession. Guarding the numerous carts in the middle.
After getting closer, the people in the capital who were watching could see clearly, and they couldn't help but be very shocked.
"This cart after cart is filled with grain. How much grain is there!"
"No, look, we haven't even seen the end yet! No wonder the price of food is so expensive. It turns out that these Shanxi merchants who have killed thousands of people are collecting it secretly!"
"The most hateful thing is that they want to transport this grain to Liaodong! We will starve to death and feed the captives!"
"They are not those who kill thousands of swords, but those who kill thousands of swords! How can there be people in the world who make such evil money?"
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Seeing the carts of food, the people in the capital who were already angry with those Shanxi merchants became even more angry. The crusade against Shanxi merchants has reached an unprecedented level. This scares some dissenters so much that they keep their mouths shut, and don't dare let others know!
Truck after truck of grain is being delivered to the capital. It can be predicted that the price of grain here in the capital will definitely return to normal. This made the people of the capital feel more at ease.
After waiting for a long time, after the grain truck passed by, there were also vehicles carrying other supplies, such as ironware, tea, salt, etc. Although the quantity is not as large as food, there is still a lot.
These things made the onlookers in the capital so angry that they cursed those black-hearted Shanxi merchants!
After all these vehicles passed by, the people of the capital finally saw the prison vehicles one after another. Among them, there are about ten prison cars with one person per car, and the remaining prison cars are large cages with a group of people in charge.
There is no need to guard them. Those prison cars with one person and one car must contain the main criminals.
Seeing these prison cars coming, the crowd of onlookers suddenly became commotion.
Angry shouts and curses were heard, and saliva was sprayed from as far away as possible. Many of the escorting officers and soldiers even suffered disasters like fish ponds. The soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division who were maintaining order were so frightened that they rushed to scold the angry crowd with all their strength.
This movement is unprecedented. It was really because of the appearance of Mingbao that as many people as possible knew the crimes of the Tonglu Shanxi merchants and when they would be escorted over.
While the crowd of onlookers was getting excited, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Tatars, look, there are still Tatars!"
Sure enough, I saw a Tatar with a money rat tail imprisoned in one of the prison cars. And in a large cage, there are also many money rat tails.
These are living Tatars!
For a long time, Ming Dynasty's wars against Jianlu had basically ended in defeat. Even the few battles that were won were all defensive battles. Not to mention the living Jianlu, even the dead Jianlu's head is a rarity.
Therefore, when the people of the capital saw that there were alive Jianlu, there was an immediate sensation.
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