Nanjing Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Cixiang summoned Wen Anzhi, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, alone.
Since Liu Zongzhou has now taken over as the chief minister of the cabinet, although he still holds the title of Minister of Rites, he no longer presides over ministry affairs.
Now the real leader of the Ministry of Rites is Wen Anzhi, whom Zhu Cixi specially recruited from Yiling.
Wen Anzhi's loyalty was unquestionable, and his ability was surprisingly high.
He had just taken office as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites and managed the affairs of the ministry in an orderly manner within a few months.
Of course, the Ministry of Rites is a free government office to a certain extent, and there are limited places for Wen Anzhi to display his talents.
Therefore, this time Zhu Cixi specially planned to hand over a matter to Wen Anzhi.
All Zhu Cixiang wanted to do was run a newspaper.
Although the Ming Dynasty already had a Dibao, the content of this official Dibao was too simple.
It basically contained government decrees issued by the king, and some personnel appointments and dismissals.
What Zhu Cixiang wanted to do was to run a newspaper similar to that of later generations.
There are both world affairs and entertainment sections.
Zhu Cihong's purpose in running the newspaper was to promote public opinion, and his target was naturally directed at the Manchus.
In fact, the plays written by the art team are also publicity propaganda to a certain extent.
However, the degree of diffusion of such publicity is limited.
After all, repertoire performances are not movies and cannot be copied and expanded without restrictions.
They can only be performed in specific areas within a certain period of time.
But newspapers are different.
Nowadays, movable type printing is very popular.
As long as the content is determined, it can be printed at any time.
The printed newspapers could be sold in every prefecture and county in the areas controlled by the imperial court, making the people aware of the brutality of the Qing army and the hatefulness of the traitors.
Technically there is no problem in running a newspaper.
The only thing to consider is literacy.
The Ming Dynasty was no better than later generations, and the literacy rate was very low.
Basically, except for a few people in a village who had read, the rest were illiterate.
The situation in prefectures and counties is relatively better.
Even if ordinary people have not read books, they still know a few words.
But at this time, the Ming Dynasty was a very thorough farming society.
The population in rural areas below the county level is much larger than the population in counties, prefectures, and prefectures.
Zhu Cixiang had to consider this practical issue if he wanted to run a newspaper.
Zhu Cixiang's idea was to teach villagers literacy by setting up night schools.
There are always literate people in a village, and there may even be a scholar.
These people can serve as lecturers to teach villagers how to read.
In fact, this is somewhat similar to sociology in the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that social studies is for children, while night school is for adults.
Zhu Cixiang did not need these villagers to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics.
He only needed them to be literate, which was not difficult.
Of course, to achieve this, the Lijia system must be restored.
Lijia system is a system used to manage household registration.
In the early Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that one hundred and ten households were divided into one li, among which ten households were selected as the li chiefs, and the remaining 100 households were divided into ten armors, with one person from each armor being selected as the head of the armor.
Whether they are the head of the district or the head of the capital, they take turns.
In theory, they should take turns every ten years.
The main responsibilities of the head of the village and the head of the Jia are to be responsible for the statistics of the households, land and changes in their households, as well as the collection of taxes and the apportionment of corvee.
On the basis of the Lijia system, yellow albums and fish scale atlases were compiled.
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In the Ming Dynasty, imperial power would not extend to counties.
The government's rule over the grassroots relies on these chiefs.
Unfortunately, after Wanli's One Whip Law, the Baojia system replaced the Lijia system, and the government's control over the grassroots further weakened and almost lost control.
This is the real reason why people fled their country and even rebelled frequently in the late Ming Dynasty.
A very simple example is that the yellow albums and fish scale albums used in the last years of Chongzhen were made when the one-whip method was implemented during the Wanli period, and they have already been distorted.
But the officials at all levels basically turned a blind eye and just changed the year and continued to use it.
As a result, the imperial court became blind and deaf, with no mobilization ability at all.
Zhu Cixiang wanted to restore the lijia system, not only to let the lijia chief help run night schools, but also for the long-term consideration of national mobilization.
After all, the final battle between countries is mobilization.
A country without mobilization cannot win by relying solely on the strategy of elite troops.
After Zhu Cihong briefly described his thoughts to Wen Anzhi, Wen Anzhi thought for a moment and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Lijia system is a national policy that consolidates the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
However, it has tended to decline since the Wanli period, and it is not easy to restore it.
But it must be done.”
Wen Anzhi is not directly responsible for this work, so he can only give some personal suggestions.
It was up to Zhu Cixi to make the decision to allocate specific work, coordinate with the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Works and other departments to restore the Lijia system.
Every system has its pros and cons.
Take the Li A system as an example.
It can still complete its mission well in the early and mid-Ming dynasties.
Its later collapse was caused by many factors and cannot be blamed solely on the system itself.
That is not objective.
At least in Zhu Cixiang's view, the Lijia system was more suitable for the imperial court's rule than the Baojia system.
Recovery is easier because of the long-term success experience.
And if we want to re-establish a new grassroots management system, the exploration time required may be ten times that of restoring the Lijia system.
The problem now is that there is no such time.
Zhu Cixiang couldn't afford to wait even for two or three years, let alone more than ten years.
The Qing Dynasty's military strength is still very strong.
If Li Zicheng fails to live up to his expectations, the Qing Dynasty will turn around and deal with the Ming Dynasty in three months at the earliest.
Zhu Cixiang needs to obtain the maximum benefit in the shortest time.
"I will consider the specific matters.
What Wen Aiqing needs to do is to think about what to do with this newspaper."
After going so far, we still have to return to the topic at hand.
Zhu Cixiang's decision to place the matter of running the newspaper in the Ministry of Rites was also a matter of careful consideration.
Firstly, the Ministry of Rites was best suited to do this, and secondly, he wanted to take this opportunity to test Wen An's ability to adapt to changes in circumstances.
After all, in this time and space, no one except Zhu Cixiang has seen the newspapers of later generations.
If you can create a beautiful newspaper without any experience, it is enough to prove your ability.
"I will do my best to live up to His Majesty's expectations."
Wen Anzhi quickly bowed his hands in agreement.
"Wen Aiqing will draw up a charter according to what I just said.
If I see that there are no problems, I will make a first draft according to this charter."
Zhu Cixiang is still looking forward to the newspaper.
Whenever you master the pen, you have the right to speak.
History is a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone, and so are the current affairs of the world.
If we want to fight against the Manchus, we cannot rely solely on the military.
We must also put more effort into public opinion propaganda, economic blockade and other aspects.
There are so many things, and there are so many clues, of course, Zhu Cihong alone cannot handle them well.
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Fortunately, now that he has a capable minister like Wen Anzhi, Zhu Cixiang can safely delegate some specific matters to him
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