Volume C Section 33 Internal References, Editor's Note
has been recognized by Huang Ruliang, so this "Internal Reference" is basically regarded as obtaining a birth permit.
The Hanlin Academy has its own special printing hall, and the scale of the printing hall is not small, the most important thing is that the confidentiality here is relatively good, and when printing some sensitive topics involved, you can leak secrets without risk.
The initiative must be in their own hands, this is Feng Ziying's clear goal from the beginning, such a weapon of public opinion that may have a huge significance in the future must not fall into the hands of outsiders.
Feng Ziying had to think far-reaching, Xu Ji and Zheng Chongjian were not suitable for the time being, so they could only carry it themselves first to see if they could cultivate a group of people, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, and Fang Youdu could think about it.
It's just that Fang Youdu is ranked low in the top three jinshi, and it is unknown whether he can stay as a Beijing official in the future, but this is a trouble, Feng Ziying can't work hard to train him to take over, but as a result, he was released.
But there are too many variables and opportunities in two or three years, so Feng Ziying is still quite sure.
The three articles, with thousands of words, became the inaugural issue of "Internal Reference".
Feng Ziying, Lian Guoshi, Yang Sichang, Xu Ji, Hou Xun, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, Fang Youdu, Zheng Chongjian and others were almost guarding the printing hall of the Hanlin Academy, watching the freshly baked "Internal Reference" of the Hanlin Academy.
From typesetting to printing, and to consider the size of the paper and the word block, whether it is two-color overprinting, many problems in typography are studied one by one on the spot, even if Feng Ziying has simulated a layout by herself before, but it is easier said than done, and when it is really time for the printing hall to be printed, I know that there are so many joints inside.
In these years, movable type has evolved from wooden movable type to copper movable type and lead movable type, but the lead movable type has not yet been popularized, and in the printing hall of the Hanlin Academy, it is still dominated by copper movable type.
However, the standard of this set of copper movable type in Hanlin Institute is extremely high, and the time-honored brand in Changzhou Wuxi Huajia Printing Museum, Anjia Printing Museum, Jinlan Museum in Suzhou, Zhangjiayin Museum in Jinling, the level is particularly high, but this set of copper movable type is worth a lot of money, and the workmanship is exquisite, and the printed prints are far better than ordinary wooden movable type, so there are few in Beijing that can be comparable to the Hanlin Academy Printing Museum.
The printing hall of the Hanlin Academy does not need other printing halls of a commercial nature, but seeks quality, not efficiency, which is also what Feng Ziying hopes at present, which counts the first issue of the "Internal Reference" and only prints fifty copies, in addition to the six officials of the Jiuqing Hall, that is, the Hanlin Academy, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the emperor need to be presented.
Although there are only a few dozen copies here, Feng Ziying believes that the storm caused by this "Internal Reference" can shake the entire Great Zhou court.
With the printing of the first issue of the freshly baked first issue of "Internal Reference", everyone couldn't help but feel angry, and crowded around to put the foldable printing paper on the stone table outside the printing hall, spread it out, and carefully studied it.
The whole layout still uses Feng Ziying's design, the upper left corner of the "internal reference" two large characters in italics, from top to bottom, occupy the most obvious part, and then on the right side of it is two lines of small characters, "contains heaven and earth, comprehend the Qiankun, people's livelihood and military information, all hidden in the Z", and then Zheng Zhong is a dragon pattern seal of the Hanlin Academy, and finally at the bottom right is the five big characters of the body, "Da Zhou Hanlin Academy".
At the upper right end, there are a few slightly smaller characters framed by a box: confidential matters, pay attention to preservation, and do not pass them on.
Next, there are three headings, marked separately, the title and the number of pages.
Just the words "Inner Heaven and Earth Comprehend Qiankun" seem a bit empty, so Feng Ziying added eight more words, which were made up by herself, but fortunately, this is originally a political publication, and there is no need to pay too much attention to any rhyme.
Xu Ji's title is "Fujian and Zhejiang coastal livelihood test" put in the first, after the title is the author, quite eye-catching, Yonglong five years of the second class Jinshi, Shu Jishi Xu Ji, marked with page numbers of one to nine pages.
Fang Youdu's title is obviously more sensational, "The Secret Hidden Behind the Bizarre Self-Murder Case of the Criminal Department - Officials and the Management of Abuses in the Governance of the Criminal Department", and then the author Yonglong Five Years Sanjia Jinshi and the Criminal Department View Political Fang Youdu, the page number is marked as nine to seventeen pages
In the first half, Feng Ziying asked about the naming, which also aroused Fang Youdu's dissatisfaction, thinking that it was a bit grandiose, but Feng Ziying insisted, thinking that such an inaugural issue should be memorable, so there must be some eye-catching concerns, Xu Ji's title is too simple, so Fang Youdu's must be more vigorous.
The title of the third article is Zheng Chongjian's own draft, "The Trouble of Elbows and Armpits - The Imminent Military Crisis in Ningxia Town", the author is Yonglong's five-year third-class jinshi, the military department's view of politics Zheng Chongjian, Yonglong's five-year second-class jinshi, and Shujishi Feng Keng. The number of pages is 18 to 32 pages, mainly quoting excerpts from the Shaanxi Political Envoy Division, the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and the newspapers of Gansu Town, Ningxia Town, and Yulin Town.
Feng Ziying ranked her name after Zheng Chongjian, and Zheng Chongjian also resolutely disagreed with this kindness before, until Feng Ziying clearly told him that he did not need to worry about the award after two years in power, and Zheng Chongjian also needed to consider the future award, Zheng Chongjian accepted this "generous gift".
Fifty copies of the "Internal Reference" after the completion of the typesetting and printing, in fact, it is very simple, looking at the pages of printing paper printed out, the lines are clear, the handwriting is neat, and the workers are skilled in dividing them into volumes, and then glued with rice juice and then bound with silk thread, and then numbered, a complete "Internal Reference" is completed.
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Huang Ruliang was naturally the first to receive the inaugural issue of this "Internal Reference", and the thin 30 pages are still very different from a book.
But the cover is very amazing, not only the design pattern is very different from the current fashionable books, but also the dragon imprint and a few big characters of the Hanlin Academy, all of which make him, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, very proud.
Of course, what is more eye-catching is that Huang Ruliang naturally knows the origin of the name of "Internal Reference" in those few sentences, but there are more words "people's livelihood and military information, all hidden here", which makes this book seem to be full and real.
The words "confidential matters, pay attention to preservation, and do not pass them on" make this thing seem mysterious and unpredictable all of a sudden, and it also arouses everyone's desire to read it.
Although Huang Ruliang had read these articles a few times a long time ago, he still couldn't help but read them carefully again, needless to say, he helped to revise and improve Xu Ji's article himself, but this name can only be borne by Xu Ji.
He was not very interested in Ningxia military affairs, and he was not in his position or in politics, and he felt that Feng Ziying seemed to attach great importance to this article, and even wrote it himself, which also aroused some of his curiosity.
But after reading it, he was also a little puzzled, is the situation in Ningxia Town really bad?
What are the military departments and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies doing? What is the Metropolitan Procuratorate doing?
If Ningxia Town is like this, what about Gansu Town, Yulin Town and Guyuan Town in the three sides and four towns, will it be similar? This doubt, Huang Ruliang, is estimated to make everyone who has read this article arise.
It was Fang Youdu's article that interested Huang Ruliang the most, and it was also interesting to read.
The introduction of the case is concise and to the point, but it is very clear, but the key points are in the discussion of such a case that has been widely implicated for several years, and then caused the wrath of the imperial court, but it is so simple, not at all as mysterious and complex as outsiders imagine, and even in Huang Ruliang's view, an official with a little common sense of handling cases in the Criminal Department, and even the officials can find it out.
The section is such a simple case, but because of the lack of experience of the county order that was investigated for the case, the carelessness of the precedent, the lack of investigation at the prefectural level, the stubbornness and self-righteousness of the officials, and the lazy administration of the Nanjing Criminal Department, which followed the original evidence step by step, this analysis of the cocoon one by one, makes people have to admire the author's thoughts.
The key is that the level involved in this article is not only the problem of the criminal department, but also involves the selection and awarding of officials by the Ministry of Officials and the inspection and evaluation mechanism of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
However, in the so-called editor's note at the end, the tone suddenly became sharp and vitriol, and several key questions were questioned one after another.
It is also a big problem why the county order was directly awarded as a county order without entering any historical matters, especially criminal law affairs, after the middle lift, and specially hired a money and grain master, but did not hire a criminal master.
In the rebuttal of the county order, he claimed that he had no money to hire two masters, and his own money was far from enough, and even the salary of the master of money and grain was still owed, and he had to wait for the collection of fees from the taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the year to make up for it.
Huang Ruliang was particularly interested in this kind of editor's note at the end, he had only read the article before, but he didn't know that there was an editor's note of no more than 100 words behind it.
Just like the editor's note in Xu Zheng's article, it is also unceremoniously and straightforwardly pointed out that the imperial court's sea ban has brought huge losses to the coastal people, resulting in difficulties in the livelihood of the people who lack land and land along the coast, and then triggered the proliferation of pirates and smuggling.
The people's backlash is one of the main reasons for the rampant Japanese pirates and the imperial court's inability to suppress it, so the imperial court should either come up with the necessary policies and systems to explain to these people, or it should consider whether the disadvantages and benefits of this system have changed due to different times, and then make improvements.
This editor's note, dripping with joy, and the pen refers to it is far better than the euphemistic and subtle words of the ordinary court for the sake of face, which makes Huang Ruliang fall for it, and it is extremely comfortable.