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Chapter 156 The Great Victory in Liaodong (please subscribe)

The messenger from Liaodong worked hard from Liaodong for ten days and finally arrived in Beijing.

He rode the stage horse and passed Chaoyang Gate at high speed, then galloped along East Street towards the Imperial City, shouting as he went.

"Great victory in Liaodong, great victory in Liaodong!"

People who heard it along the road stopped to look at the speeding messenger, showing a little excitement and curiosity.

"We finally won, so I said this Jianlu won't do anything."

"I asked you why you changed so quickly. When we were drinking a few days ago, I heard that Jianlu attacked Shenyang and said how powerful Jianlu was. Now that he saw the big victory, he changed his mind and changed his tune."

"I didn't say there's anything wrong with winning. There's nothing wrong with having fewer people fleeing Liaodong."

"Yes, the Jianlu Tatars have invaded Liaodong again and again, and more and more people have fled from Liaodong. This battle will probably make Liaodong a lot more peaceful."

Pedestrians on the road were talking in groups, scratching their heads and wanting to know further information.

"We can only wait for tomorrow's newspaper, which will definitely record this matter. Be sure to order a copy and take a look."

"Xiong Tingbi's report said that the sneak attack on Shenyang failed, and he has already set up camp under Shenyang City. He has sent reinforcements from Hupiyi's officers and soldiers, and he has also personally led the army there. I think there will be results soon."

In the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao was still discussing the matter with Liu Yishen, Ye Xianggao and others.

"The report arrived in the capital five days ago, and there has been no news since then. There must be a report coming soon."

Now that the war has begun, even everyone in the cabinet is very concerned, especially Liu Yishen and others who had a close relationship with Yang Lian. When they learned that Yang Lian was patrolling Shenyang, he encountered Jianlu spies at night and encountered Jianlu sneak attacks. , I couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.

And now Jianlu has gathered a large army to attack the city. If the Ming army is defeated and Shenyang falls, the consequences for Yang Lian will naturally be self-evident.

Ye Xianggao knew that this matter was of great importance, but everything the court could do had been done before, and now he could only wait for the result.

"Your Majesty, please relax. Xiong Tingbi has been running Liaodong for many years and is well aware of the deployment of the rebels and the imperial court. If he can lead the army to send troops, he will have a chance of victory. Besides, the cabinet has issued an approval and asked Guangning Governor Wang Huazhen to summon the army to support Liaoshen. As long as we fight steadily, , it will be fine."

These words made everyone couldn't help but curse in their hearts. Even now, I am still pushing you as a student. It seems that you are still obsessed with the position of governor of Liaodong.

But now Zhu Youxiao didn't care about it anymore. He got off the bed and paced back and forth in the Nuan Pavilion, while the rosary in his hand kept rolling.

He is still very optimistic about this battle, because as far as he knows, the batch of artillery has arrived in Liaodong before New Year's Eve, and the artillery and flintlock guns have been arranged in advance. The combat power of the Zhejiang camp is guaranteed and can be broken. Jianlu's shield chariot.

And Shenyang is now defended, and the cannons in the city have not been taken away by the Jianqi, so they can no longer spend a lot of money to hire artillery and bombard the chieftain soldiers like they did in history.

All these things, as long as Xiong Tingbi doesn't make frequent mistakes and seek death frequently, it will be difficult to fail.

"Perhaps within the next day or two, a report will arrive. Everyone must be aware of the attack on Shenyang, and there must be a lot of discussion among the court officials and the capital."

"The attack on Shenyang was also recorded in the "Da Ming Daily", and there was a lot of discussion among court officials and the capital. However, most people made wild guesses, and rumors spread everywhere. Some said that Shenyang had been attacked, and some said that they saw Jianlu in western Liaoning. , Liaoyang is gone."

"How credible are these rumors? You don't need to take them seriously! But this also shows that the news in the Ming Dynasty Daily is still widely spread,"

After Zhu Youxiao came back from going to the temple fair that day, he asked the Information Department to modify the newspaper and print it in two copies. According to Huang Dong's suggestion, one copy was changed to one copy a day, which was only six or seven pages in size. The above briefly introduces court memorials, cases, etc. The content is simple and the price is low, allowing more people to see it.

The other is a bimonthly publication, which records four or five major events in the DPRK, with detailed explanations of the story, additional comments, etc.If there are no major events, then publish some good ministerial memorials and Hanlin articles according to the corresponding themes, which will be more in-depth and expensive.

This will not only facilitate the spread of the newspaper, but also meet the needs of different groups of people.In addition, there are businessmen like Huang Dong who find it profitable to spread the word and promote it spontaneously, so there is no need to worry about efficiency.

"Your Majesty, the court officials will not believe this, but the people will believe it. Youdao is to defend the people's mouth more than to guard against Sichuan. Now there are newspapers to report on the big and small events in the court. If this continues, everything the court sees will be exposed. If the people know and discuss it, then where is the majesty and law of the imperial court?"

Han Xu had some opinions on this newspaper.Although people from Donglin often commented on current affairs in Donglin Academy when they were in opposition, this was the behavior of scholars and scholars when they talked about learning and Taoism. What they did was beneficial to the court.

Nowadays, the emperor takes the initiative to write down the major and minor affairs of the court in newspapers to let the people know and comment on current affairs.This approach also made some censors very unhappy. What did the common people know about current affairs and what qualifications did they have to comment on? This was robbing them of their jobs. Therefore, recently many officials were putting pressure on Han Xu and others, hoping that the emperor would publish this newspaper. It's closed.

"It is better to let the people know than to be fooled by some officials. This is unbearable. From now on, I will let everyone see the Daming Daily to prevent the people from being deceived by some local officials."

Zhu Youxiao naturally doesn't want to hear such objections. The reason why there are many objections is because there are relatively few newspaper beneficiaries now. When there are more such people, there will naturally be fewer opponents.

As a modern time traveler, he understands the importance of publishing newspapers and controlling the power of public opinion. Otherwise, everything will be said by civil servants. Once his reforms violate their interests, they will say that he is a fool and call himself a traitor. Seeking glory, he couldn't fight back and could only let them scold him.

Now that we have newspapers, we can control what information we publish, and we are no longer afraid of smear campaigns by civil servants.

Thinking of the criticism from civil servants, he thought of the official scripts he had received recently, most of which were attacking Xiong Tingbi, saying that Xiong Tingbi guarded Liaodong Wufang, Jianlu attacked Shenyang, and the Ming army had no warning and almost succeeded.

Some people also say that Xiong Tingbi committed a lot of corruption in Liaodong, and Yang Lian's going to Liaodong to fight corruption violated Xiong Tingbi's interests, so he was sent to Shenyang by Xiong Tingbi to let him die.

Some people even went as far as to say that Xiong Tingbi had secretly contacted Nurhachi for a long time and was colluding with the enemy and the country. This coincidence of Jianlu's sneak attack on Shenyang was due to secret collusion.

Seeing these memorials, Zhu Youxiao's blood pressure really rose. This was a censor, how could he be more shameless and absurd than the self-media in his previous life, fabricating and distorting facts at will? How did Xiong Tingbi offend them, and he was actually wanted by them? Such false accusations.

So he picked out all these memorials and asked Zhang Chang to bring them to Liu Yishen and others.

"Take a good look at what is written here? Now that the war is about to begin, we do not say we support Xiong Tingbi, but we cannot criticize him wantonly, saying that Xiong Tingbi collaborates with the enemy, betrays the country, is corrupt and perverts the law. There is evidence for these words. This makes the soldiers on the front line What do you think?"

Liu Yishen and others took it and looked at it. Feng Sanyuan, the censor of Shanxi Province, Zhang Xiude, the censor of Shandong Province, Wei Yingjia, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and so on, were all officials.There are also many Donglin people.

The censor is supposed to be in charge of impeachment and investigating officials' faults, but even if they are impeaching or impeaching, they have to rely on evidence. They don't care about the people's sentiments and examine unjust cases. Instead, they are making up rumors and making up random things. I don't know what their intentions are. I think there are people behind it. , we must strictly investigate these people who are stirring up right and wrong and seeking glory.

Liu Yishen still valued Xiong Tingbi's talents, and he also had a share of credit for recommending Xiong Tingbi at that time.

However, many of these censors were from Donglin, and they were not told to him beforehand, indicating that there must be someone behind the scenes, and he had already made plans in his mind about who it was.

"Your Majesty, it's unbelievable to make such false claims. However, officials are supposed to listen to their words and report their actions. Would it be too much to punish them just because of this matter?"

"It's just because you heard the news and reported the matter without providing evidence, so you have to punish it. You guys, look at what's happened now. There are so many reports about these rumours, which makes many officials overwhelmed. They are tired of explaining and have no intention to do anything. .”

Everyone present has been promoted step by step and has a deep understanding of this matter, but now that they are in high positions, public speaking has become a tool and means for them to attack their political opponents.

"In my opinion, these official affairs are still too few. The six departments are assigned to officials such as Shizhong, Duchayuan, Yushi and so on. Instead of sitting in the capital all day and saying catchy things, it is better to go to inspect places more. It is also good to see if there are any unjust, false or wrongful convictions, corruption, etc., and do more practical things."

Everyone took a look and saw that the emperor had so many ideas. The officials were very busy now, but Ye Xianggao did not agree very much. Just as he was about to retort, he heard shouts coming from outside the palace.

"Great victory in Liaodong!"

"Great victory in Liaodong!"

What?Zhu Youxiao immediately became energetic, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked out of Nuan Pavilion. Everyone looked at each other after hearing the words, couldn't hold back their surprise, and stopped talking about Yan Guan, following the emperor out of Nuan Pavilion.

Outside the palace gate, Wei Zhongxian was trotting all the way with the news of victory, shouting "Great Victory in Liaodong" as he ran.As soon as the good news arrived outside the palace, the eunuchs who had been instructed to deliver the good news to Wei Zhongxian immediately had to be reported by Eunuch Wei.

I trotted all the way to the entrance of Qianqing Palace and saw that the emperor and the cabinet ministers had arrived at the entrance of the palace.Upon seeing this, he immediately knelt down at Zhu Youxiao's feet, panted, raised the victory report high above his head, and reported loudly:

"Your Majesty, the great victory in Liaodong is great. This is the news of the great victory sent from eight hundred miles away from Liaodong. Please take a look at it."

Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything, grabbed the good news, opened it and read it intently.

The ministers behind him were also looking at the emperor nervously, eager to know what was inside.

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