Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about something messy in his mind, while the ministers on the side stared at each other and kept discussing in a low voice, but no one interrupted Emperor Chongzhen's wandering.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to suddenly wake up and said, "Where is the Mughal side, let's see what the Zhongji Palace says, the cabinet and military office, and we will discuss with the Zhongji Palace together. Let's see if it's better to drag them first or send troops directly."

After Zhang Zhiji, Lu Xiangsheng and others bowed to answer, he planned to run away early. Recently, when Emperor Chongzhen looked at him, his nose was not a nose, face, but in short, he was disliked in all kinds of ways. It would be better not to wander in front of him.

Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to let Zhang Zhiji go, and snorted coldly: "By the way, the Governor's Office of the Five Army turned around and came up with a special opinion on Mughal.

Also, the movement of border troops and the mutual mobilization of the mainland garrisons, the Governor's Office of the Five Army must also come up with a note."

Zhang Zhiji had no choice but to respond with a bitter face.

It would be better if I didn’t appear in front of Emperor Chongzhen now. Once I appeared in front of Emperor Chongzhen, I would basically be scolded in addition to being scolded, but I wouldn’t be able to end up in any case.

As for the reason, Zhang Zhiji also knew in his heart that Zhang Shize, his family, had provoked Emperor Chongzhen's top princess Zhu Jingxue, and it was natural that he had been dealt with by himself.

After Zhang Zhiji and others said goodbye, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Lu Xiangsheng again: "What do you think about Nanjing's letter asking for the opening of newspapers?"

Lu Xiangsheng pondered: "The newspaper is the mouthpiece of the country. Even if it is open, it should be in the hands of the court and cannot be opened to the people.

As for the booking in Nanjing, it’s just that someone is trying to secretly compete for some voice, which may not be considered a big deal.”

Emperor Chongzhen whispered: "Continue talking."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "From the current situation, the book merchants in various places actually have the ability to print newspapers. The reason why they have not taken action is simply because the court has not yet had clear laws.

According to my opinion, it is better to pilot it in Nanjing first and publish it in Nanjing. However, the articles published on it must be reviewed before they can be published. Once problems are found, they are prohibited from being published, or the serious ones are selected to be punished."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but nod.

The Beijing Daily has been created. Unlike the weekly newspaper that covers all the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing Daily only covers the capital and some surrounding areas.

If you weren't really unable to transport daily newspapers to the border, Chen Mo planned to change the Ming Weekly to a daily issue.

Now that Nanjing has written a book and wants to publish a newspaper, let them do it and see what tricks they can do to see what Emperor Chongzhen, who holds the knife and silver in his hands, never panic.

But what Emperor Chongzhen expected was that the newspapers produced in Nanjing were really unleashed new severances in advertising in newspapers hundreds of years in advance. Who can believe it?

And just as it had been agreed on, the first version was news about the imperial decrees, and the second version was news about where the Ming Dynasty won another battle. The following was full of soft article advertisements!

When I turned to the last page and saw the comments on the various pleasure boats in the Qinhuai River, Emperor Chongzhen's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

I am a time traveler. The advertising function of a big killer weapon like a newspaper was actually made out by a group of natives. I was simply losing the face of thousands of time travelers!

I originally thought that Nanjing was writing newspapers to get some of the right to speak to disgust the court, but I never expected that the Nanjing Weekly was indeed the merchants who spoke, but they were just advertising.

What’s even more hateful is that there are some Liu Beiwen who rubbed the edges in it, saying that it was like "Jin Ping Mei" and that it still couldn't meet that standard. It was normal, but rubbed the edges again.

Not only Emperor Chongzhen's face was dark, but even Lu Xiangsheng's face was so dark.

I originally thought that relying on myself and the big guys in the cabinet would never be able to be turned over by Nanjing. Who has ever caused these people to play such a good show in a blink of an eye?

Lu Xiangsheng wondered if he should ban the Nanjing Weekly Report?

The role of this "Nanjing Weekly" is really disgusting. For the first time in the three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of people in the capital have migrated south!

Thinking about it with your heels, you can know what these goods are for. I went to see what they wrote in the Nanjing Weekly. The girl on the pleasure boat, with her figure and appearance, made Lu Xiangsheng want to go to Nanjing to see her, let alone those businessmen and scholars who have some spare money...

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and threw the report in his hand on the table and ignored it.

It is not a great thing for time travelers to be beaten by the natives. Did he start killing because of this?

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng's face was still a little unfavorable, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Why should Lu Aiqing be angry about such a small matter? Even if they used the newspaper to advertise, they had to use it to promote something that should not be promoted, right?"

Lu Xiangsheng said a little depressedly: "Your Majesty, if they had published something they shouldn't have posted, that would have been fine. Now they used it to advertise, the impact is even worse."

Lu Xiangsheng took out a monthly report on Shuntian Mansion from his arms for March 20th year of Chongzhen, turned a few pages and signaled Wang Chengen to take it over: "Your Majesty, look here.

Since the Nanjing Weekly News was issued in February of the 20th year of Chongzhen and was brought into the capital, many wealthy businessmen in the capital began to flow out, and the final flow was Nanjing. In other words, the commercial tax in the entire capital would decline significantly in the 20th year of Chongzhen.

Although this tax is equal to the treasury in Nanjing and in Beijing, in fact, if the tax is released from Nanjing to the treasury, it will inevitably cause certain losses on the way, even if it is small, it will still exist.

This is just a place in the capital. If other places are the same as those in the capital, the most direct consequence is that a large number of wealthy businessmen are pouring into Nanjing, and Nanjing may not be able to withstand the influx of so many people, which will cause great hidden dangers.

For example, hygiene and public security, once there is a problem with these two aspects, plague or other problems may occur. What kind of advertisements produced by Nanjing Weekly is likely to cause big trouble in a short period of time.

In addition, the biggest problem is that the sudden influx of people will cause all prices in Nanjing to rise. Whether it is the price of inns, grain, melons, flesh and vegetables, the prices of these things will inevitably rise, and even the prices of prostitutes in the Qinhuai River may also rise."

After thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng simply gritted his teeth and said, "Once the prices in Nanjing rise, it may drive the prices in surrounding areas to rise, thereby radiating towards the entire Ming Dynasty, and other areas may also increase prices."

The price rises in the Ming version? The price gouging? What the hell is this?

After a huh, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Where is the cabinet's opinion?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "The cabinet's opinion is that grain prices can rise, but the increase should not be too high. The grain prices in the Ming Dynasty are at an extremely low stage. If it is lower, I am afraid that the people will either give up growing grain or not sell them after they grow them.

Once the food increase is too high, it may eventually lead to the people who grow the food but cannot afford it, which is even more terrible. It is better to control the increase in grain prices from the beginning."

Before Emperor Chongzhen could ask, Lu Xiangsheng said directly: "The means to control grain prices is actually nothing more than introducing a large amount of grain from outside, such as transporting large quantities of grain from Jiaozhi, Myanmar, Nanzhang and other provincial governors. When the grain prices rise too high, they will directly release the grain and suppress the grain prices.

In addition, although the South China Sea Fleet no longer catches whaling, the garrison water brigades in Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Denglai areas can also fish in large quantities. In addition, the large influx of beef and mutton on the grassland, it is not difficult to suppress the food price."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "It's good to have a response plan. So what about the population pouring in from Nanjing?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said in a fury: "Your Majesty, it's not just Nanjing, but the same is true in Beijing now!

Most of the people in Nanjing are merchants, and most of the others are going to the Qinhuai River for various businesses. A large number of scholars and wealthy merchants in the capital are pouring in, which has made Shuntian Mansion very annoyed.

From the fifteenth year of Chongzhen to the twenty-year of Chongzhen, in these few short years, dozens of cases of bullying the children of nobles relying on their power have been handled, and more than 300 cases of bullying barbarian businessmen in the Ming Dynasty, with an average of several cases per month.

If these cases cannot explain anything, then the following data will probably be more interested in His Majesty.”

Emperor Chongzhen sneered in his heart: "It's okay, Lu Aiqing just said it."

As for the nobles, these bastards don’t do anything to bully others by virtue, and are worthy of being called nobles? The family is all killed on the battlefield. Even if it was abandoned in the first hundred decades, now they have picked up the ability to make a fortune. I hope these people who are used to killing people and are accustomed to reasoning?

Don’t be stupid. Unless you are talking about military laws to them, they won’t care about the headaches of Shuntian Mansion!

As for the Ming people's oppression of barbarians, what does it have to do with them? Who made them not have the Ming household registration booklet? If they have the Ming household registration booklet, then they are the serious Ming people. Could it be that Shuntian Mansion still dares to blatantly favor it?

But Lu Xiangsheng continued: "From the fifteenth year of Chongzhen to the twenty-year of Chongzhen, there were four major epidemics in the capital, an average of once a year. Fortunately, they were suppressed by the Imperial Hospital and the Royal Academy, and no major problems were caused.

In the past few years, the capital has been flooded three times, and the houses collapsed after heavy rain have been countless. If there were no military personnel and Jingying in the Five Cities, the Ming army and other Ming troops involved in the disaster relief, they would have been killed or injured.

As for the number of thefts, robberies, and flower picking cases, the number has increased sharply, almost several times higher than before Chongzhen's thirteenth year.

The number of servants in Shuntian Prefecture and the number of soldiers and soldiers in the five cities has increased every year, but they cannot handle so many cases. Until last month, Shuntian Prefecture has accumulated a large number of files and has not been processed."

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt so distressed.

They say that poor people plan to be rich and have a conscience, but the quality of the people of the Ming Dynasty is worrying. The emperor can do so many things. Where elsewhere?

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen asking about other places, Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "There are no such problems in other places. Generally speaking, the situation has improved compared with the situation three years ago in Chongzhen, and the number of various cases has decreased.

However, these problems in the capital were caused by the influx of population. It is obvious that Nanjing must also face such many problems."

After nodding, Emperor Chongzhen said, "What about Lu's Aiqing's opinion? Do the capital and Nanjing need to be expanded?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "I have asked Your Majesty. I have discussed with Wubutang that even if I double the current scale of the capital and Nanjing, it will only be alleviated for a while. In decades, I am afraid that today's affairs will be reproduced again.

To completely solve this problem, the key is how to divert the population of Beijing and Nanjing to other surrounding areas."

Haha, Emperor Chongzhen only felt a pain in his heart.

How many years have passed since later generations shouted about diversion? After all the various means were used up, how much did the diversion go out? How many did it pour in? Can the problem be fundamentally solved?

Theoretically, it is simple for the Ming Dynasty to solve this problem. If it really doesn’t work, it will directly limit the population entering Beijing, and it will not lead the way to the capital.

But in fact, this way of playing is simply nonsense.

Even if the people are restricted, how much can they be restricted? A large number of scholars and wealthy merchants have also restricted them. The capital is still playing tricks? Just the palace and the various institutions of the imperial court are left here? This is not realistic!

After laughing in his heart countless times, Emperor Chongzhen asked: "The so-called population diversion, the main population of the capital is the court officials, university students, nobles, and big merchants. Apart from this, the number of people is not too large, so how to diversion?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "I will tell you, according to the foolish opinions of my ministers, it is better to move the university outside the capital and build it next to the Royal College."

Once the university moves out, nearly 20,000 bachelors and their relatives will go to the south of the city even for convenience. By then, the capital will lose about 100,000 people."

mmmp!

Emperor Chongzhen immediately cursed in his heart.

Lu Xiangsheng came to fool him under the guise of population migration. The target of this old man was the imperial village in the south of the city and the guardian power of the Royal Academy!

Once the university moves out to the vicinity of the Royal College, even if the guards of the Royal College do not pay attention to the situation at the university, who would dare to go there to cause trouble?
Chapter completed!