Hong Si saw the surprised expressions of several scholars on the side, and hurriedly explained: "Oh, His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King calls this an 'advertisement'.

"At the behest of His Highness, the Mission House may, after the various performances have been made, help the merchants to advertise their shops or goods, and collect a few taels of silver from them. Accumulate bits and pieces every month, and you can always have a little savings. ”

Is this called a little balance? Huang Daozhou and the others glanced at each other, and they all said in their hearts, it turned out that there could still be such a practice. It seems that this mission office does not take the people's silver taels for free, and it should cost a lot of money, but in fact, its profits are so huge. His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Minister's plan and means are very accessible.

It is no wonder that the former auxiliary king dared to say that the newly established Propaganda Department did not want a tael of silver from the imperial court, and several people immediately understood that according to the income of the Propaganda Mansion, not only did they not need to allocate silver taels, and the Propaganda Department may still be an important source of income for the household department in the future.

On the side, Tian Zhuangfei seemed to think that the shock of a few people was not strong enough, and added: "In fact, in order to join in the excitement of the show, these businessmen are willing to raise ten times the money, so that the mission will take the lead in preaching for them." If Ambassador Hong hadn't dared to take matters into his own hands and still receive the honorariums as usual, the balance might have been doubled......"

20,000 taels per month! This made He Kai, who had been a secretary of the household department, his eyes pop out, thinking that if he had 20,000 taels of silver per month in his hand back then, he would not be at the mercy of Zheng Zhilong.

Hong Si hurriedly signaled Tian Zhuangfei not to say more, but Zhu Linmiao said happily: "Since the merchants want to grab the first prize, why don't you do it?" In my opinion, this silver is desirable. Not only is it desirable, but you can also have a bidding ceremony, and the one who has more money will get the best publicity period. ”

This is exactly the same as the "standard king" often engaged in by TV stations in later generations, and Zhu Linmiao is very familiar with it.

Hong Si hurriedly responded: "Remember, the lower officials will pay for implementation when they go back." ”

Zhu Linmiao then asked, "If you want to spread out the mission house in Fujing, how many silver taels do you need?" ”

Hong Si had already prepared for this, and immediately said: "If only the ten prefecture capitals in Fujing set up a mission office, more than 10,000 taels will be enough. However, if you want to set up missions in all counties, I am afraid that it will cost 780,000 taels. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "First of all, pay attention to the flowers on the propaganda department's own account, and I will make up for you the missing part." ”

Hong Si said: "Your Highness, in fact, the silver is not a problem, the lower officials ask the merchants to advance one or two months of advertising silver. At present, manpower is the biggest obstacle, and the people who bring Fujing to the lower officials are only enough to support three or four mission houses at most. ”

Zhu Linmiao smiled: "If there are not enough people, recruit them." Now that you are announcing the recruitment of officials on behalf of the imperial court, are you still afraid that no one will come? He turned to look at Lu Zhenfei, "Let the Ministry of Rites send some people to help announce the recruitment, and strive to start the examination in Fujing within half a month." ”

Lu Zhenfei had also heard the Auxiliary King mention the matter of recruiting for the examination, and at first he suggested that he should be selected from among the vacant candidates, but when he learned that the content of the examination was completely different from the imperial examination, he no longer insisted on it. In any case, this examination does not confer meritorious fame, and there is no conflict with the normal imperial examination.

He immediately said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

Zhu Linmiao still remembers the lively scene when the Propaganda Office recruited people in Longnan back then, and it should be the same for the officials of the Propaganda Department in Fujing this time.

The scholars of this era have been in the cold for ten years, all in order to become officials. Zhu Linmiao knows very well that if you want to gain the support of the so-called Shilin class, the easiest way is to give them officials.

And the Propaganda Department needs a large number of low-level officials, and it is providing them with a way to advance outside the imperial examination, how can the scholars of the world not sell his good at that time?

In addition, with the precedent of the Propaganda Department's recruitment examination, when he opened the Gewu Imperial Examination in the future, he would encounter less resistance when recruiting "science students" to become officials in the court.

After the planning of the preparation for the establishment of the Propaganda Department, it was already dusk.

Zhu Linmiao rubbed her temples tiredly, and finally said to Hong Si: "Then we will first spread out the mission in southern Fujian, which was severely affected. The imperial court should let the people know about the fact that the imperial court has allocated money for disaster relief as soon as possible, and it is necessary to make every effort to stabilize the people's minds. ”

"Remember." Hong Si hurriedly bowed and said.

The next day.

Before the end of the day, it was still dark.

A lot of courtiers have gathered outside the noon gate of Tianxing Mansion. In recent days, the Ming officialdom has experienced a huge earthquake, and at this time, all the officials gathered together in groups and muttered quietly.

"Did you go to see it yesterday? Hundreds of heads fell to the ground in a day, and I heard that the officials waiting to be beheaded behind had broken the prison. ”

"He really wants to execute all of these nearly 200 courtiers?"

"It must be so. To say that this auxiliary king is young, he is really ruthless. ”

"Hey, since the Hongwu Dynasty, how could there have been such a big killing of courtiers? Even Emperor Chengzu didn't dare to do this. ”

One of them saw that he was surrounded by close friends, and blurted out without any scruples, "Hmph, he King Chen has been in power for a few days and has been making waves like this, and the situation will definitely be unstable, and I can't sit still for a few days." ”

These people didn't say that the beheadings were all national thieves, but the rabbit died and the fox was sad and couldn't help shaking their heads.

The civil official class of the Ming Dynasty had already had the practice of holding together to restrain the emperor from above and corruption from below. Naturally, they were afraid and resistant to such a powerful auxiliary king.

"What's the use of all that?" Someone glanced at the Long Guard standing guard outside the noon gate, "He has a large army in town, even if it is unstable, it is also stable." ”

"The heart is turned back, but he relies on the sword and the soldier......"

"You just watch, if it goes on like this, how can there be chaos in Tianxing Mansion."

After the sound of the drums, a civil and military official came to the front of the Wenhua Hall and lined up to salute.

Zhu Linmiao raised her eyes and swept the gloomy atmosphere of the court, and couldn't help but smile slightly. He knows very well that to be a good leader, carrots and sticks, and grace and power are the right solutions. In this regard, he has already made up his mind for a long time.

In the past few days, the large-scale killing of prisoners and prisoners has been bloody, and this big stick has already been beaten, and at this time, everyone in the DPRK and China must be in danger, and I don't know who will be the next unlucky person.

At this time, it is necessary to feed a carrot to calm everyone's emotions, after all, the court still needs them to operate.

He then said loudly: "You adults have worked hard to be officials in the court. ”

All the officials in the court were stunned.

Zhu Linmiao said unhurriedly: "To be honest, my Ming official's salary is really too low. Everyone is old and young, and it is inevitable that there are still some officials in the house who want to spend, which is really difficult for the strong. ”

Ignoring Chao Shang's surprised gaze, he continued: "It is a first-class master, and his annual salary is only eight or nine hundred stones. He glanced at Li Guangchun, "A dignified servant only earns 400 stones a year.

"And at least thirty percent of them are received in banknotes, so can they be used on weekdays?" Banknotes are the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty, due to the indiscriminate issuance of currency by the imperial court, the treasure banknotes have long been bankrupt, no different from waste paper, and they can't buy anything at all.

The courtiers looked at each other, and no one dared to respond.

Zhu Linmiao said loudly: "Of course this is not enough!" ”