I am Da Song

Chapter 220 Establishing a Newspaper
As a Central Plains dynasty inherited in one line, there are too many lessons to learn from history.

In order to end the party struggle in the Great Song Dynasty and prevent the Great Song Dynasty from repeating the same mistakes again, Zhao Huan deliberately set up Sima Guang as a model, showing the current mind of the Great Song Dynasty court, and gave reasonable and fair recovery to the Yuanyou party members. It is strictly forbidden for the court to talk about the members of the Yuanfeng Party and the Yuanyou Party.

It was not the prime minister or the Inspectorate who handled this matter, but Sun Fu, the Minister of Shangshu Province. This clearly sent a signal to the entire family, country and world that it was the emperor's will to end the party struggle.

How tough are the backbones of the scholar-bureaucrats?It probably ends with the fact that the water is too cold and the head is too itchy.

Now the emperor probably depends on them to govern the country, but they can't get in the army at all. There is an army that is completely loyal to the emperor, with a knife on their necks, their attitude is extremely correct in an instant, their hearts are extraordinarily open-minded, and they are extraordinarily reasonable , Firmly support the emperor's claim.

Sun Fu, an old minister, has average abilities and a relatively weak personality, but he has an advantage that Li Gang, Mei Zhili, and Zuodu Yushi can't match, that is, he is highly respected.

This high moral and prestige refers to that among the scholar-official class, the scholar-bureaucrats all think that he is mature and prudent, with a long history of prestige, and he is a capable minister among the scholar-bureaucrats.

Let him deal with the posthumous names of Yuanyou party members and end party disputes. Most people are willing to trust him and think that he can handle things impartially.

He is indeed acting impartially. As for whether this impartiality is for the emperor or for the officials, it is up to the benevolent to see the benevolent and the wise to see wisdom.

In order to arrange the identities of the members of the Yuanyou Party, especially Sima Guang, Sun Fu had privately consulted the emperor twice.

It was the most convenient for him to meet the emperor in his identity, and the other officials had no way of knowing what he was talking about.

It's just that the first two times, the emperor was noncommittal, and Sun Fu went back to revise it right away knowingly.

Now this is the third revision of the plan. While submitting the Zhazi from various places to the officials, Sun Fu took out a Zhazi from his sleeve again and said: The courtier has a new proposal for his recovery."

Zhao Huan flipped through the papers without raising his head, and didn't reply at all.

Seeing this, Sun Fu said tactfully: "I think that Sima Jun is indeed the head of the country anyway. It is indeed inappropriate to be demoted to join the army or even be listed as a traitor. It is appropriate to restore his official status and be worthy of his respect for our court. However, he is incompetent in governing the country and has caused huge losses to the country, so he should not enjoy any honor. Therefore, I think that all posthumous titles should be deprived of him, and the name of Wenzheng should not be retained. Only his post of Pingzhang political affairs should be restored."

Zhao Huan closed his papers, nodded, and said: "Yes, it is enough to let future generations know that Sima Junshi was a prime minister in my dynasty. I remember that there is a sentence in "A Fang Gong Fu", Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourn ;Later generations mourned but did not take care of it, and also made future generations mourn for future generations. The harm of party struggles has existed since ancient times. In the past, it was a crime for cattle and men to fight against parties. It was far more tragic than our dynasty, but our dynasty still repeats the same mistakes. I intend to make the government and the public deeply reflect on the harm caused by party disputes, what is your idea?"

Sun Fu cupped his hands and said, "I'm a fool, so I ask the officials to show me."

After guessing the thoughts of the officials three times in a row, Sun Fu was really tired. This experience made him more clear that as a minister, he is not a prime minister and does not need to have his own ideas. As long as he unconditionally implements the will of the officials, he will Can.

Zhao Huan put down his letter, looked at Sun Fu, who was down-to-earth, and said, "Qing can devote all his efforts to developing into the Zouyuan. As a minister, in addition to passing on my government orders, you must also focus on conveying my will and attitude. Clearly passed on to the world."

"Enter the court?" Older Sun Fu couldn't keep up with the thinking of the officials. Wasn't that the Cao Si who passed the government orders to the local states in the Song Dynasty?
Zhao Huan said: "In the past, before the reform of the government, we implemented a two-level system of prefectures and counties, so all the prefectures directly obeyed orders from the imperial court. After the 24th road in the Song Dynasty, the court officially implemented the three-tier system of roads, states, and counties."

"The mottled and chaotic entrance halls in various places can also be streamlined and divided into 24 road entrance halls. In this way, the chaotic papers of each state in the past can be assigned to these 24 roads. The same paper can meet all the needs of the states in one road. demand, and circulation will increase significantly.”

Sun Fu understood somewhat, and asked, "Does the official want the imperial court to control the content of the state newspapers?"

"That's not true. The content written by imperial officials is likely to be empty and corrupt, and officials in various states don't like to read it. The official newspapers of various states can still be collected by local Jinzhaoyuan officials."

This point is probably similar to the reporters of later generations. They collect news by themselves, even if they collect gossip in the capital, it doesn't matter.

Zhao Huan said: "With the merger of the residence newspapers, the content and circulation have increased. Jinzuo Academy may consider using engraving and printing to issue residence newspapers in batches, not only for officials, but also for the common people."

"I recently saw the case of Jinzuoyuan. In the fourth year of Renzong Qingli (1044), the Jinzuoyuan prison case occurred in Jinzuoyuan. The officials of Jinzuoyuan Su Shunqin and others sold the waste paper accumulated in Jinzuoyuan and established a The small treasury uses old paper money to call prostitutes to drink."

"It's a pity that their business minds are used for corruption. Since they are officials in the Zouyuan looking for profit, they simply learn from the third military supervisor, break away from the ranks of officials, and run the country's official business, and are responsible for setting up the mansion newspaper."

Apparently, Zhao Huan planned to create the first newspaper by the state. The imperial court gave them support in the early stage and told them exclusive inside information. They could all know the first-hand information about the imperial decree and the transfer of relevant personnel.

And the court gave them this kind of support, obviously not without asking for anything in return.

The national public opinion position must be controlled by the imperial court or in the hands of the emperor. The No. 24 Mansion Newspaper will become Zhao Huan's biggest throat in the face of the world.

Zhao Huan said: "The first mansion newspaper after the reorganization is to write a policy theory with the theme of Niu Li's party struggle. It doesn't need to have the literary talents of "A Fang Gong Fu" and "Guo Qin Lun", at least It is necessary to clearly write about the harm of party struggle, the reflection of future generations, and how our Great Song Dynasty avoided repeating the same mistakes."

The first mansion newspaper with large-scale haircuts facing the world, the headline on the front page reads about party struggles between Niu and Li, which will arouse the attention of the world's public opinion no matter what.

This is what Zhao Huan wanted, to make the avoidance of party struggles the consensus of the whole country.

Sun Fu was still absorbing the new things that the officials told him, and an official from Shangshu Province rushed to see him.

"Officials, hurry up to [-] miles, and the front line urgently reports to the army."

(End of this chapter)