The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 358 Summary of Northern Expedition Strategy
Hong Si and Tian Zhuangfei finally had to enter the assistant king's study.

They were also the only ones who didn't complain to Zhu Linmi about the lack of money tonight, and on the contrary, they seemed to have a lot of money.

"Your Highness, the Propaganda Department has now recruited more than 300 people in Guangxi, and the training before taking office is coming to an end. It is now constructing mission offices in more than 40 counties in [-] state capitals at the same time."

"Forty counties?" Zhu Linmei was taken aback when she heard the words, and interrupted Hong Sidao, "This will cost a lot of money, and the Ministry of Household Affairs may find it difficult to allocate money to you recently."

A smug look flashed across Hong Si's face, and he bowed and said, "Your Highness, the Xuan Department can still get 7 taels of silver, but it doesn't need to work for the Household Department."

Zhu Linming stared at him and said, "How much money do you have in the account of the Propaganda Department?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the import from Guangdong last month has not yet arrived, and there are still nearly 30 taels in the warehouse."

Zhu Linmi took a deep breath in her heart, well, the income of the Propaganda Department is several times higher than that of the Macau Customs Department!
"You didn't mention the advertised price, did you?"

Hong Si hastily said: "How dare I be an official. It's just that the businesses that were advertised by the Xuanjiao Mansion a few months ago are extremely prosperous. Based on their word of mouth, there are an endless stream of people who want to buy advertisements.

"Nowadays, almost all missionaries have no less than [-] advertisements in their hands. As for prosperous places such as Tianxing Mansion, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, etc., if the lower officials do not allow it, I am afraid that hundreds of advertisements will be sold every month."

When Zhu Linmi first established the Missionary Office, she never expected that this propaganda department would actually make money!
When the Propaganda Department spreads out in Guangxi and Yunnan, the monthly advertising revenue alone may be more than [-] taels.However, he was immediately relieved that the prime-time advertisements of the major TV stations in the later generations could not reach hundreds of millions, compared with the propaganda department's money, it was very little.

Immediately, he smiled at Hong Si in a somewhat "unkind" way: "The household department is tense at the moment, so you can allocate some money to help them."

Hong Sisi didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "Yes, I will send 14 taels to Yang Ge's department tomorrow."

"So much?" Zhu Linmei originally thought that 6 to [-] taels would be a lot, "Is your propaganda department still enough?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the advertising money will arrive very soon next month, so there should be no problem." Hong Si said, "If it is not necessary to pre-arrange the Yunnan mission and the huge expenses in Jiangbei, the Propaganda Department can spend another 7 to [-] taels."

"Jiangbei? Policy officer?" Zhu Linmi asked in confusion, "How could it cost so much?"

"Your Highness doesn't know something," Hong Si said with a wry smile, "Jinyiwei North Town has eyes and ears in Jiangbei, and has frequent contacts with the response officers. So Commander Gu discussed with the subordinate officials, and the two set up a network in Jiangbei together to communicate with each other. support.

"It's just that Beizhen is quite struggling. It is said that the news network is established together, but most of the money for maintenance is paid by the Propaganda Department."

Zhu Linmei nodded and smiled and said, "Those who are capable will do more work, you will bear it for him first. Keep the accounts, keep all the accounts, and let Mr. Gu pay you back in the future."

Under the overall planning of Hong Si, the Propaganda Department operated very smoothly, and there was almost nothing for Zhu Linming to worry about.

After Hong Si finished describing the affairs in hand, Zhu Linmi only gave some instructions on the macro level, "In the next period of time, the Ministry of Propaganda should focus on supporting the Northern Expedition, such as Emperor Taizu's expulsion of the Hu Captives, the great achievements of "restoring China" must be publicized more, and we must try our best to let the people have a sense of participation in expelling captives and strengthening the country."

He suddenly remembered the slogan in his previous life that "everyone does their job well is the greatest contribution to the country", and felt that it was applicable to Daming's current situation, so he made a slight modification and said: "That's right, let's use this kind of Take good care of your own fields, read your own books well, do your own work well, and sell your own goods well is the greatest contribution to the captives' as a program."

Hong Si listened carefully to the words, and couldn't help sighing: "Your Highness's words seem simple and straightforward, but they are profound and solemn. They are the essence of strengthening the country and ensuring the people. The officials will make missions to spread this meaning throughout the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhu Linmei nodded and continued: "As for Jiangbei, the focus should be to spread to the people the idea that Jianlu is facing enemies on all sides, and it will be difficult to hold on for long."

In fact, this is a sneaky change of concept. Right now the Qing army is indeed fighting on all sides, but they are all attacking on their own initiative, which is a strategic offensive.

However, as long as rumors are widely spread, people will not think about the logic of them at all.The common people will only follow the thinking of the responding officer and come up with the idea that Jianlu is besieged on all sides, which will greatly shake the stability of the people in the enemy-occupied areas.

"Remember, lower officials!"

When Hong Si left the palace, it was almost Haishi.

Zhu Linming leaned on the chair tiredly and rubbed her temples. It seems that during the time she went to the southwest, Daming's industry, agriculture, and propaganda have gradually entered the right track.

Although Yu Xin's trip was delayed due to heavy rain in the Youxikou area, and he has not yet obtained the details of the reform of the Ministry of War, but as Yu Xin said in the previous table, the progress is quite smooth.

Just as he was thinking about the matter of the Ministry of War, he heard Hui Qiu, the servant girl who was in charge of serving him, talking in a low voice outside the study, "Your Highness is busy, what's the matter?"

"The Crown Princess asked me to inform His Highness that in the coming autumn, she will set up an 'Autumn Society' in the manor, and invites Your Highness to come and have a great time."

"Sister, go back first, I will report it to His Highness tomorrow..."

Beginning of autumn?Zhu Linmi couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it was Liqiu when she was "assigned" to Longnan last year, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

After a year of hard work, he finally turned the wheel of history.Now Daming has six provinces again, the government orders are smooth, and the population exceeds 3000 million.If you count Sichuan and Huguang, there are all south of the big river.

At the same time, through his "guidance", industry and agriculture are also thriving, and the morale of the people is booming.And historically, all the strife within Daming was eliminated by him one by one.

Now Daming finally really has the capital to wrestle with Jianlu!
Although the Qing court still has an absolute advantage in terms of land area, population, taxation, and military strength, he has various advanced technologies and experiences of later generations in his hands, which can make up for this gap to a large extent.

In addition, Jianlu was fighting simultaneously in Mongolia, Sichuan, Huguang, Zhejiang and other places, and Ming could even concentrate its forces to form an advantage over the Qing army in a certain part.

It can be said that now is the best time to start the Northern Expedition!
Zhu Linmi only felt that her chest was full of pride, and the fatigue just now disappeared without a trace.

He ordered his servants to make a cup of strong tea, reached out to pick up the bamboo pen on the table, spread out the paper, and quickly wrote a title: "Summary of the Northern Expedition Strategy".

Then there is the "general outline": military deployment and marching routes...

Arms production and stockpile...

Troop mobilization and logistics transportation...

Southwest slightly...

Countermeasures outside the Great Wall...

In fact, he had already started planning these things long before he went to Yunnan, and he also wrote a lot of sporadic strategies during the period. At this time, he summarized them as a whole and refined them.

It wasn't until Yinshi that he felt a little tired. Then he remembered that he would go to court early today, so he put down his pen and fell asleep in the study.

(End of this chapter)