Chapter 59                                                             �

Soon Zhou Mengchen ignited his first fire as the Minister of Rites.

That is, please issue a ban.

In terms of preparation, the Ming Dynasty did not report the ban.

The Ming Dynasty did not have any management measures for the civil servants. It was very, very free.

Especially after Zhou Mengchen made copper movable type in Beijing, he regarded the printing industry as one of the Zhou family's industries, and successively the emergence of publications such as "The Great Doctor's Essence and Sincerity" and "Abstracting Things and Zhizhi" have attracted many people to follow suit.

Now, in Beijing, Zhou Mengchen went out for a walk and bought a thick stack of newspapers. There were many replicas of Dudi. However, because of the different collectors, he was named a certain family and a certain number. There were even some urban novels. What is the situation in Xijing? It is clear that Emperor Wu of Han was actually called Jiajing.

After all, as the political center, Beijing likes to talk about the little things inside the palace walls is almost an innate instinct.

If you like it here, naturally countless people like to chase it.

There are even some explicit descriptions. After all, the Ming Dynasty was an era when even the art of room could reach the elegance of the great house. It can be said that the demons danced around.

Zhou Mengchen actually gave Jiajing the opinions on newspapers, but it was just a talk. It is difficult for the administrative machine of the Ming Dynasty to move because of a memorial or a suggestion.

Now, as the Minister of Rites, Zhou Mengchen is the Minister of Rites, and the newspaper is just under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, so he can naturally mention it.

In fact, if you have the qualifications to manage newspapers, you should have two yamen. One is naturally the Ministry of Rites and the other is Tongzhengsi. It goes without saying that the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the ideology of the Ming Dynasty and is in charge of newspapers.

However, the Tongzhengsi Department seems inconspicuous, but it bears the responsibility of uploading and issuing. All the memorials of the Ming Dynasty entered the palace through the Tongzhengsi Department, but not the memorials of the Tongzhengsi Department, which are the so-called secret revelations and secret memorials.

The diary was also issued by Tongmasatsu.

Of course, it is an informal release.

That's true, it would be feasible if the Tongmasatsu Department was asked to preside over the newspaper.

However, Zhou Mengchen naturally wanted to reject the possible proposition of Tongzhengsi. In the memorial, Zhou Mengchen took the title of correcting people's hearts and banning evil theories, which specifically explained the ability of newspapers to educate.

It is also through these functions that the power to manage newspapers is brought into hands.

Jiajing was intending to support Zhou Mengchen. Therefore, Jiajing did not fail to correct Zhou Mengchen’s memorials. However, most of the memorials were reviewed by Jiajing, I knew, the ministry knew, the cabinet knew, and so on.

As for newspapers, it is not big or small.

Jiajing criticized it and the cabinet knew it.

After receiving the holy metaphor, the cabinet must discuss a plan with the specific staff, and then return it to Jiajing if it is OK or not.

Xu Jie naturally ordered Zhou Mengchen to come to the cabinet.

Xu Jie was always mentally prepared for Zhou Mengchen to make a big noise.

The reason is very simple. Zhou Mengchen has always understood Xu Jie from all aspects, and Xu Jie is also using various methods to understand Zhou Mengchen. Everyone knows that knows yourself and your enemy and wins every battle.

So Xu Jie is sure that Zhou Mengchen cannot stay idle.

However, Xu Jie was still unable to grasp the matter of Zhou Mengchen's ban.

This shows Xu Jie's limitations.

Xu Jie is a very skilled person. He is very familiar with matters that have been available for help or have matured before. Therefore, in normal political struggles, Zhou Mengchen repeatedly hits walls.

The reason why Zhou Mengchen defeated Xu Jie was that he returned to the capital.

On the one hand, it is certainly Jiajing's support, but more of Zhou Mengchen's point is that many people cannot choose the strategy of governing the river. The logic of the matter makes people like Xu Jie unable to choose the problem. They only feel that it is linked and impeccable.

It is precisely the way Zhou Mengchen handles real affairs scientifically. In front of the Ming Shilin, many people think that Zhou Mengchen's essential system method is no less than Wang Yangming's method of achieving conscience.

It’s just a person who handles specific affairs and a person’s deepest heart.

It was this reputation that made Xu Jie unable to control the public opinion of Shilin. He did not want to fight with Jiajing, so he came to transplant flowers and trees. With the small loss of Xu Jie, Zhou Mengchen returned to Beijing.

But in fact, Xu Jie knew very well that Zhou Mengchen had suffered a great loss in the incident of entering Beijing.

It just won't be reflected in the present and in the future.

This reflects that Xu Jie’s influence on new business is not clear. In other words, he does not understand and does not understand new business, which is the normal situation for everyone.

It’s like the Internet industry, no one knows who will be subverted in the future.

Zhou Mengchen, who came from later generations, had a vision from the lower reaches of the long river of history for all kinds of new things. This is his greatest reliance on surpassing Xu Jie. Otherwise, he would have to work hard for a few more years to fight Xu Jie fairly.

How did Xu Jie retreat in history?

The pair of Emperor Longqing and Gao Gong he faced was like a combination of a monarch and minister. Xu Jie slapped Gao Gong back to his hometown with a slap. Even Emperor Longqing could not save it. However, after Xu Jie did this, he found that even if he could press Gao Gong to his hometown in Zhongmu, he could not hold back the heart of Emperor Longqing's desire for Gao Gong.

Therefore, Longqing will not die, Gao Gong will not fall.

Xu Jie can win many times, but as long as he loses once, it is difficult to have a chance of recovery. Gao Gong, as long as Long Qing is there, Gao Gong has countless chances of recovery.

How can I play this?

So Xu Jie arranged his disciples to retire and return home. His two disciples, Li Chunfang and Zhang Juzheng, were the chief ministers one after another. This shows the influence left by Xu Jie.

However, Xu Jie still underestimated the power of new media such as newspapers. After thinking about it, he felt that these streets were full of things. Although they were a bit indecent, they had to worry about it, but they were a little meddling.

After all, the Ming government does not care too much about the matter. For example, the Ming Dynasty's minting amount has always been very small, and there have always been many private castings in the local area. I didn't care much about such things. A few tabloids, what's there to manage?

But since Zhou Mengchen fired the first shot as Minister of Rites.

Xu Jie didn't have the reason to stop him.

Xu Jie said: "Mr. Zhou, Your Majesty has already approved your memorial. The cabinet and the Ministry of Rites handle it. Let me talk about the same constitution first. If there is no problem, you will submit another memorial and this matter will be decided."

This is also Xu Jie's personality, and he will not cause any controversy. He came to talk to Zhou Mengchen, just to resolve the differences between the two sides in the bud. After everything was agreed, Zhou Mengchen submitted the report. Naturally, there was nothing wrong with the cabinet.

Zhou Mengchen said: "First, the number of newspapers and magazines must be registered with the Ministry of Rites. Those that do not register are not allowed to be distributed, and they are subject to banned books. Second, all newspapers and magazines that are published must be reviewed before they are published, and must not appear, slander the imperial court and prohibited words. All newspapers and magazines must be based on integrity and elegance, and educate people's hearts. If any violation is found, they will be fined and revoked."

"Now, due to the implementation reasons, I suggest that Beijing, Nanjing, and Shanghai, these three places can be banned. All other places are prohibited. If you want to publish newspapers, you must come to these three places. However, newspapers in these three places can be distributed across the country. You must not block them."

Zhou Mengchen restricted the distribution of newspapers to three places.

The reason is very simple. No one is in hand.

Why did the Ming Dynasty ignore many things? That is, there is no manpower. To achieve almost every detail management in the industrial era, the cost is quite high. Beijing is managed by the Ministry of Rites, and Nanjing also has the Ministry of Rites. However, Shanghai County is the richest county in the world, so there is no problem with adding more management personnel.

As for other places, even if they have money, it does not mean that the government has money.

Let them manage newspapers, they can't manage them at all.

However, to be honest, most prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty did not need to publish newspapers. Perhaps there was a provincial level. But things had to be done step by step.

Zhou Mengchen explained his thoughts to Xu Jie clearly. Xu Jie pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhou's meaning, will the initiative of the mansion report be in the Ministry of Rites in the future?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes, no, I don't object to the publication of newspapers in various yamen. It's just that I think the Ministry of Rites has the responsibility to educate the world, so the newspaper representing the court should be the Ministry of Rites."
Chapter completed!