Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 265
In fact, not only Zheng Sen was concerned about the gentry, but Zhu Yixi himself was also concerned about the gentry class.

Common people, common people, in the beginning, ordinary people did not have surnames, only nobles had surnames. This word, from the beginning, represented the aristocratic class.

It's like the famous Chen Sheng, but what is less known is that he has his own character - She, hence the name Chen She, and like Liu Bang, even his name was simply Liu Ji at the beginning.

Qianshou, common people, and civilians are not good words, but they are precisely used to describe ordinary people.

Among the aristocrats, the aristocratic family declined, and the gentry class rose. With knowledge and public opinion, they gradually replaced the aristocratic family and controlled the place.

Knowledge, this cannot be changed or taken away, only public opinion is the key.

A good policy, if it is unfavorable to the gentry, becomes a bad policy in their mouths, bewitching ordinary people to fight against the imperial court.

"Internal reference—"

Zhu Yixi took out the finished newspaper and smiled at Zhao Shu:

"Such as the residence newspaper, etc., the contents published on it are all important affairs of the court, and officials at all levels have to be informed."

"As for our shogunate, the name is not correct, and the name Dibao cannot be used, so let's use the word internal reference!"

Of course Zhao Shu knew that this was something King Yu had been pondering recently.

He calmed down, looked at this internal reference, and after a while, he was taken aback: "Your Highness, why are all the sentences above marked?"

"otherwise?"

Zhu Yixi took it for granted: "If you don't read the sentence, what should you do if you don't understand it? This is openly disclosed to the entire shogunate, and even to the people in Huguang, Sichuan, etc. There must be no loopholes."

Sentence reading, that is, punctuation marks.

As a later generation, whenever he read a continuous piece of text, it drove him crazy.

The key is that there are so many words that reading it once or twice is not enough, and you have to read it several times to understand.

In learning, you do this to test your understanding, Zhu Yixi expressed his understanding.

But what the hell, using it like this in official documents is simply torture, especially for a ruler like him.

This is also one of the reasons why the monarch is lazy in governing. If you are not knowledgeable and patient, you will not understand the deep meaning in the memorial, and you have to consult the prime ministers.

If they were all written in vernacular, simple and crude, with punctuation marks, then those memorials would be nothing at all.

Therefore, after learning from the pain, Zhu Yixi founded "Internal Reference" as a vane of public opinion, and by the way, popularized punctuation marks to the shogunate.

"Popular sentence reading?"

Knowing King Yu's idea, Zhao Shu praised: "Your Highness is wise, this can avoid the cloud and fog, and the shogunate can breathe a sigh of relief and rest their feet."

As the de facto chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhao Shu handles countless opinions every day. If the sentences are marked, his work efficiency will definitely be improved.

"Comma, full stop, these two are easy to understand at present."

Zhu Yixi was also quite relaxed.

"As long as the internal reference is popularized, it will be accepted by people at that time, and it is still not enough to force popularization."

Hearing this, Zhao Shu looked carefully and got up.

He understood that this internal reference book was the painstaking effort of King Yu for several months.

I saw two large characters on the front page - internal reference.

The font is flying and dancing, which is quite good.

The content is very good.

The first thing I wrote was the suffering of the people in the north, and the madness of Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, and even implicitly described the fierce party struggle in Nanjing.

It can be said that seeing this page, Zhao Shu frowned and was in a bad mood.

And on another page, the brow is soothing and pleasing.

It is nothing more than the measures of the shogunate, such as the establishment of the Public Security Bureau, the adjustment of the agricultural tax, and the detailed rules of the commercial tax, which can be said to be all-encompassing.

Moreover, accurate summaries are also made about the fight against bandits in various places.

"35 people?"

Seeing this dazzling number, Zhao Shu couldn't believe it. This number is too exaggerated.

"That's right!"

Zhu Yixi said softly: "This is even more than the population of our Huguang Yifu, but it is the exact number reported to me by the guard, and the staff department has also conducted a serious assessment."

"Since the apocalypse, the order of the people has been in chaos, and there are countless people who have committed crimes. It is also expected that there are so many people in Huguang."

There are many reasons for the government to force the people to rebel, to resist taxes, to follow the thieves, but no matter what the reason is, the thieves and bandits must be suppressed.

This is Zhu Yixi's persistent request for more than a year.

"Your Highness, with so many people, how should we arrange it?"

Zhao Shu frowned.

"All the heads of thieves will be beheaded, and those who commit many crimes will also be singled out for execution. As for the ordinary ones..."

King Yu was lost in thought.

Originally, he wanted these people to serve as corvees or military settlements, but with 300,000 people, it is very difficult to support them with the current financial situation of the shogunate.

But it is impossible to ignore it, otherwise it will be more likely to cause trouble.

"Your Highness, you have to carefully screen."

Zhao Shu rubbed his brows, and said: "For minor crimes, or those who are forced to follow, it is better to let them go home, or come to the army."

"As for the heavier ones, they will serve corvée. It just happens that they will go all out to repair the officialdom, and there is a shortage of manpower."

"Okay!" Zhu Yixi nodded: "However, the shogunate should at least prepare a million stones of grain to prevent intruders. They can't delay the plan because of them."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, there will be no delay."

Zhao Shu said earnestly: "Now there are 150 million shi of grain in the treasury. After the autumn harvest, there will be a lot more!"

"Even if there is autumn food, it must be prepared in case of accidents."

King Yu said seriously.

In this way, tens of thousands of copies of the internal reference were printed and sent directly to the yamen.

In addition, under the suggestion of King Yu, nearly ten thousand copies of internal references flowed into the public, causing huge waves.

Ordinary people, on weekdays, only know about one-third of an acre of land, ten miles and eight villages, and they seldom even go out of the county.

But now, as soon as the internal reference comes out, it immediately explodes in the market, and the supply is in short supply.

In the streets and alleys, everyone is talking about Beijing and Xi'an, and they have deep sympathy for the compatriots in these occupied areas.

The more obscure ones also made everyone very interested in the party struggle in Nanjing. The scandals of those big figures made people overjoyed.

After some comparison, looking at the thriving Huguang on the back, many people couldn't help thinking:
Compared with these people, King Yu is already pretty good.

I am afraid of comparison in everything, and I am startled by comparison.

The gentry are even more enthusiastic about politics, and they can't put it down for internal references.

Similarly, there are naturally dissatisfaction.

For example, many knowledgeable old antiques and great Confucians.

They believe that internal reference can be done, but it is absolutely impossible to stipulate sentence reading.

This is too crude, and ordinary people in the streets and alleys can understand it, how can they master it?

Besides, sentence reading is terrible. If it is popularized, it is likely to reduce the difficulty of learning and make it easier for ordinary people to enter school. How can this monopolize educational resources and how can family children compete?

(End of this chapter)