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    After Sony brought the newspapers to the court, Obai and others also felt the need to buy these things. They still remembered that decades ago, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji carefully collected the Ming court newspapers to obtain information.  But later on, the Ming court became more and more defensive in the war, and in the end it was completely passive. As for the boast of annihilating thousands or tens of thousands of Qing troops in the defensive battle, Huang Taiji was not interested in reading it.  After Dorgon entered the country, Nanming's imperial newspaper system completely collapsed. The Qing government, which had stopped collecting newspapers, gained the upper hand and naturally had to pick up the old habit again.

    Although Deng Ming was not the first to resume the offensive on the battlefield, the Ming army's strategic counterattack has been maintained in his hands for several years, and Deng Ming seems to be still rebuilding the newspaper system.  Therefore, Obai almost immediately came to the same conclusion as Sony, that is, he should try to order Deng Ming's newspapers and send them to the court for study.  For people like Obai and Sony who came from the Nurhachi era, twenty years in the customs have certainly given them a sense of court dignity, but they are far more pragmatic than Deng Ming's previous life in the late Manchu Dynasty.  Feeling that the situation had changed, I immediately thought of utilizing the experiences of Nurhaci and Huang Taiji.

    "Is this thing useful?" Suk Saha was much less experienced than Sony and Obai. He had never encountered a time when the Ming army had strategic initiative, so he seemed even more at a loss when Deng Ming counterattacked: "  The things in this kind of newspaper are not just what Deng Ming said; he might take the opportunity to use them to frame our officials or brag about himself."

    "This is why there is no need to read the Di newspapers of Longwu and Yongli, and there is no need to read the Di newspapers of eight years after Chongzhen." Obai immediately explained to this less experienced colleague: "But the Di newspapers of Tianqi  You need to read newspapers. Deng Ming¡¯s newspaper is similar to Tianqi Di News - Chengdu is launching an offensive and is full of confidence. It needs to use newspapers to brag about its martial arts to the people and allies under its rule; because they are on the offensive, there is no need to turn defeat into victory.  Even if there are occasional small setbacks, they will often admit it. This is because Chengdu is confident. Also because they are confident, the things in the Di newspaper are often very accurate, because this newspaper has to be sent to Wuchang and Jiangning to intimidate us.  We are an official, so we can¡¯t just talk nonsense.¡±

    ¡° Having said this, Suksaha also understood that if the things in the newspapers about Wuchang were all fabricated, then Wuchang officials would not believe other narratives in the newspapers while sneering.  When defending, you can brag unscrupulously in order to calm the hearts of the people within the territory - you don't expect the enemy to believe it anyway, but since Deng Ming's newspaper is an offensive weapon, he wants to use it to undermine the Qing court's military morale and attack the Qing court.  The internal defenses of the weak faction are naturally completely different.

    However, neither Sony nor Obai realized the difference between private newspapers and government-run newspapers. Although the contents of these newspapers confused both of them, they still naturally regarded them as more complicated newspapers.  Report.  And Obai was still analyzing based on his old habits: "Not everything Deng Ming got was true, but he did it personally when encountering battles and almost always followed the army on the front line; therefore, there would be less deception in the army, but there would definitely be more in the rear.  It was so hard to hide it from him, and he only returned to Chengdu once every few months or more than half a year; Liu Jinge, who was left behind, had all the power and didn't even have an official office similar to the censor. There must have been a lot of money there. We mainly focus on his newspaper.  Judging from his claims about the front line, as for Chengdu¡¯s internal affairs, he himself probably doesn¡¯t know the real situation, so we don¡¯t need to take it too seriously.¡±

    Regarding the issue of sending troops, since the three auxiliary ministers who stayed behind agreed with the prince who commanded the troops and the auxiliary minister who monitored the army at the front, they quickly received the approval of the Empress Dowager.  This time the Qing government will once again mobilize northern troops into Shaanxi on a large scale and launch a crusade against Chengdu via Hanzhong and Guangyuan.  It is expected that more than 200,000 troops will be mobilized, and the military expenditure for this operation alone will be at least 6 million taels.

    The additional military expenses for this operation will be paid with Caoyin, and the taxes of several northern provinces will be used for the needs of the army along the way. The northern provinces, which have difficulty balancing their revenue and expenditure, will also need fiscal subsidies from Beijing. Therefore, although there will be tens of millions  With the income from the two banks, Beijing still has to continue to overdraw the savings of the national treasury.  The Qing treasury, which originally had five years of money and grain savings, is expected to drop to the level of less than three years before water transportation begins next year. In other words, if water transportation is suddenly cut off, the Qing government will not be able to continue to claim its huge territory in the north for more than three years.

    At the same time as this dispatch of troops, the Qing government decided to continue to be gentle with Mongolia, so that the three generals in Hexi could be safely removed from their garrison for a period of time so that they could be used in the Sichuan and Shaanxi areas; in addition to military expeditions, they had two contacts with Deng Ming  Nalan Mingzhu will also rush to Prince Kang's army. His duty is to force Deng Ming to negotiate peace with the Qing court when the Qing army overcomes the resistance of the Ming army and approaches Chengdu.  Nalan Mingzhu's authorization was very broad, and he could still agree to allocate large tracts of land in the south to Deng Ming, as long as the other party publicly announced that the collaboration had been reached and promised the world that it would abide by the contract.  As for unwillingness to participate,??The Ming army's resistance forces in this contract, such as Zhang Huangyan and others, if Deng Ming is willing to do it himself, the Qing court will remain neutral and agree to Deng Ming's subsequent acceptance of Zhoushan and overseas islands; if Deng Ming is too far away, the Qing court will  As long as Deng Ming remained neutral in the ensuing conflict.

    Now the Qing government is raising grain and fodder, giving orders to local officials along the way to repair roads and organize post stations, while waiting for the results of Zheng Jing's recruitment negotiations. If Zheng Jing is willing to withdraw from the war, then the Qing government can consider sending troops to Sichuan at the same time.  Use force to shock the Jiangnan governor and make them give up their illusions and hand over power - it is just a shock. Unless it is a last resort, the Qing court will not be willing to allow the feudal king's troops to enter the southeast, even the loyal lackeys of the Dongjiang clique.

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    November, Xuzhou.

    Gong Sheyue of Xuzhou Newspaper had long received a notice from the prefect¡¯s Yamen, saying that officials from the Sichuan Governor¡¯s Yamen led by Gong Zhen would come to visit in the next two days.  Speaking of which, the Sichuan Governor's Yamen was also a scene in the empire. The official position of the person in charge was Dashunli Government Minister. It is said that the reason was that Governor Wen refused to grant Gong Zhen the governorship, so the latter was angry and went to the Sichuan Governor's Yamen in the Ming Dynasty.  His official position in Dashun was revealed.

    However, the reaction of people in western Sichuan was muted. This time when Deng Ming came back with the title of Admiral of the Army that Supported the Qing and Destroyed the Ming Dynasty, everyone basically just said "Oh". The Sichuan Admiral had done too many deviant things, and he was not the same as Baoguo Gong.  All kinds of matters are urgent and the power is proportional. Is it a big deal that the Dashunli government minister is in charge of the governor's office of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty?  Moreover, many fellow scholars are still thinking that if the official minister of Dashun condescends to do the job of holding the title of Minister of the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty will still make a profit, right?  At least he defeated the rebel Dashun.

    "Editor Gong? I am Liu Xuzhi." The governor's Yamen official extended his hand to Gong Sheyue politely after entering. This etiquette is very popular among the Sichuan army, and now it has also spread to the society. Many Quan Xiucai who have just immigrated to Sichuan are here.  imitate.

    Gong Sheyue shook hands with the other person skillfully. His skillful movements made the smile on Liu Xuzhi's face grow wider: "In what year did Editor-in-Chief Gong enlist in the army?"

    "Yongli fifteenth year." Last year Gong Sheyue retired from the army as a first-class soldier.

    "I served in the 16th year of Yongli. I just retired and found a job with Gong Shangshu." Hearing that the other party was retired as a first-class soldier, Liu Xuzhi also gave a military salute: "I am also a retired first-class soldier."

    After chatting with his comrades for a while, Liu Xuzhi started talking about his ideas. Not long ago, Gong Yan had just formulated some newspaper management measures. They had already discussed them in the Imperial Parliament and obtained authorization. They had also announced them to the newspapers in Chengdu.  This time Liu Xuzhi was ordered to come to Xuzhou to inform the Xuzhou newspaper, the Xuzhou prefect and the Tixing Yamen, asking them to pay attention to keeping the news confidential.

    Originally, Deng Ming was worried that the newspapers in Chengdu would be resistant to this kind of news control, and was even prepared to personally persuade them if necessary. However, things went much smoother than Deng Ming imagined. The newspapers in Chengdu immediately expressed their unconditional obedience to the governor's yamen.  Secrecy requirements to ensure that the Qing court could not learn various military secrets.

    Hearing that it was related to military secrets, and further related to the victory or defeat of the Sichuan Army and the safety of soldiers, veteran Gong Sheyue also immediately paid attention to it and immediately summoned all editors to listen to Liu Xuzhi's explanation of the confidentiality regulations.

    After meeting a large number of editors and reporters, Liu Xuzhi first congratulated them on the formal change of the Xuzhou Newspaper to a weekly newspaper, and then talked about the purpose of the confidentiality regulations: "The imperial government hopes that current affairs news will be as true as possible, so that fellow scholars can know what the government is doing  How to use their taxes, including taxes and military service blood taxes. Therefore, not only will the imperial government not hide defeat as victory, but also hope that you will expose this behavior - if you find anything, this is also the purpose of the imperial government's subsidies.  . But we are in a war after all. If our newspapers help the Qing court understand the true situation of the war, it means that the soldiers will shed more blood."

    While everyone was nodding, Liu Xuzhi distributed the control rules to everyone, and then waited for their questions.

    ¡°If it wasn¡¯t a decisive victory, we should postpone reporting on the battle for two days.¡± One editor asked: ¡°How do we know if it was a decisive victory?¡±

    "If it is a major victory that does not need to be concealed, Gong Shangshu will ask the governor's Yamen to inform you; otherwise, I hope you will delay it for a few days after learning the news." In addition to this article, there are many regulations on reporting the Ming army, such as quantity  A 50% to 100% increase is needed, and the battle losses should be true. However, it is best not to inquire about the garrison locations and marching routes. Even if you know it by accident, do not report it.

    Compared with these regulations about the Ming army, the more detailed rules about the confidentiality of the Qing army are that even after a decisive victory, the Qing army's commanders, the number of losses, and the number of prisoners were not allowed to report on their own, but had to wait for the governor.  Notice from the Yamen.

    "The number of Qing troops, the condition of their weapons, and the number of troops stationed in various placesMilitary morale, equipment, and troop strength, these are all military secrets of the Qing army, right?  "A reporter asked: "Isn't the imperial military interested in this information?  "

    "Of course I'm interested. We have been doing this kind of intelligence work. But if you manage to find out, you are welcome to report it to the government or the military. There may be something we don't know about. But it's best not to write it in the newspaper first.  For the Qing court, these are military secrets that they urgently need."

    Since the strength of the local Qing army is a military secret that Chengdu knows but the Qing court does not know, reporters certainly have no problem with keeping it secret, but they still have questions: "What about the central Qing army? Their food, military pay, and military strength are also ours.  Military secrets?¡±

    Chengdu has heard that the Qing court is preparing an offensive of unprecedented scale. People in Sichuan are eager to know more news about this offensive, so newspapers have been working hard to collect relevant information.  We also plan to attach a map to the report so that fellow scholars can see the battle situation at a glance and know at any time that they are under the close protection of the imperial army, while the Qing army is blocked from the imperial army's defense line.

    "Before the Qing central force left Beijing, this was not a military secret that needed to be kept secret from the Qing court, but as they get closer to us and farther and farther away from Beijing, yes, this is our military secret."

    "I have another question." Another reporter raised his hand and asked: "It says that the generals and garrison locations of the Qing army must be kept secret. Even if the number is unknown, doesn't the Qing court know who its generals are? Don't they know it?  Do you have those strongholds? Is that a military secret too? Ours?"

    "Of course the Qing government knew what strongholds it had and what generals it had, but it was hard to say when its generals were at the strongholds and when they were not. Sometimes the Qing army thought that there were people in the strongholds they were heading towards.  The general is garrisoned, but this general probably just told his companions that he was there, while in fact he was hundreds of miles away. Your report may not have unintentionally leaked our ambush plan So, what city strongholds did the Qing army have?  Generals are not military secrets, and you can report them at will; but the precise location of their generals at a certain time is extremely valuable information for the Qing court and the Qing army. It is our military secret and must be kept secret."
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