The launch of "Daming Times" is like a willow leaf falling in a quiet pond, only a few ripples and then disappearing. did not set off the feedback of public opinion as Zhu Youzhen imagined.

After Zhu Youzhen returned to the palace, he asked Jinyiwei, Liu Jingting and others to investigate among all kinds of people in the capital, trying to understand why people were so disdainful of the "Daming Times".

After several days of investigation, Zhu Youzhen finally learned something. Although the capital is the first good district, the literate population only accounts for more than half of the capital's population.

Therefore, most people will not buy a copy of the "Daming Times" priced at 20 yuan, first, they can't understand it, and second, 20 yuan can buy two catties of pork and 1 duck, in the eyes of civilians, spiritual food is naturally not as important as material food.

Secondly, those who could afford to buy newspapers and wanted to know about the movements of the imperial court were basically scholars, gentry and some merchants. After all, the "Di Bao" contains complete imperial edicts, promotions and dismissals of officials, financial revenues and expenditures of various departments of the imperial court, military conditions on the nine borders, reports on major emergencies and commentary on current affairs, as well as discussions on the major policies of the imperial court.

Compared with the "Daming Times" of Dongchang, the authority of "Di Bao" is significantly higher. Therefore, the hand-copied "Di Bao" was in short supply, while the "Daming Times" was in a situation where no one cared about it.

Zhu Youzhen also realized the last point, the Ming Dynasty was a feudal dynasty, this was an era when husbands could pawn their wives, parents could pawn their children, and the master's family could buy and sell slaves and maids.

Although the Ming Dynasty was divided into the four people's classes of scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, in fact, there were only three classes in the Ming Dynasty, one was the landlord and gentry class known as the master's family, the other was the slave class attached to the master's family, and the last was the good citizen class with personal independence.

For the slaves, all the information they get comes from the release of the master's house. Under the feudal and moral order of personal dependence, as long as the master did not make the Zhu family emperor oppose, then the master said that the sun was square, and these slaves could only respond to the Tao that the sun was really square.

Under the shackles of this feudal and ethical order, how could these slaves want to read the article in the "Ming Times" that the laws of the Ming Dynasty would not protect the dispute between them and the master's family.

The so-called good people of the Ming Dynasty can only be scholars and yeoman farmers strictly speaking, and the former are scholars who have not yet entered the gentry class, and they will only wave their flags and shout for the gentry.

The latter, under the poor land tax system of the Ming Dynasty, had begun to go bankrupt continuously, or surrendered their land to the big landlords and bureaucrats, and broke away from the status of yeoman farmers.

All in all, Zhu Youzhen finally came to a conclusion that as long as the feudal obligations such as the personal dependency relationship of the Ming Dynasty still existed, then it would be a matter of half the effort to count on the use of newspapers as a means of public opinion to crack down on the local gentry forces.

And under his nose, the capital that Dongchang can directly control is like this, so in other places, "Daming Times" will not be able to make any waves.

Seeing that Chongzhen was paying attention to the investigation report on the impact feedback of the "Daming Times" and did not move for a whole afternoon, Wang Chengen always felt a little up and down in his heart.

Although the launch of "Daming Times" is the meaning of Chongzhen, the overseer of Dongchang is Wang Chengen. Now that "Daming Times" is so quiet among the people, it is obvious that the Dongchang fans are not doing well, so how long can he, the overseer of the Dongchang, be a question mark.

Wang Chengen was thinking about it, and Zhu Youzhen finally closed the investigation report, looked up at him and asked, "Have the staffing and clothing of the East Factory been sorted out?" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the original East Factory has a total of 1,797 personnel, including 689 Jinyiwei personnel and 1,108 people recruited by the East Factory itself. According to His Majesty's order, 576 people were repatriated to Jinyiwei, and 971 people were repatriated from the Fanzi recruited by the East Factory itself, and then a number of personnel were re-recruited, and now there are 367 people in the East Factory, of which 97 belong to the Daming Times, and 270 Fanzi have not yet belonged.

The clothes and waist tags worn by the former Dongchang fans have all been withdrawn, but how should they be arranged next, does Your Majesty have any instructions? ”

"The personnel of the Daming Times retain the establishment of officials, but they are no longer officials. The Times is divided into three levels: reporters, editors, and editors-in-chief, with reporters covering news and editing materials, while editors-in-chief are responsible for the final review.

Officials of various departments in the imperial court are not allowed to refuse interviews with reporters without a legitimate reason. Originally, the "Di Bao" run by the imperial court was also included in the jurisdiction of the Daming Times, and the "Di Bao" will only face the current officials in the future, and will be sent according to the official level and department, no longer facing the people of the Ming Dynasty, and those who dare to leak the content of the "Di Bao" to the civilians at will will be dismissed. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a long time, and decided to forcibly merge the "Di Bao" into the management of the "Daming Times", and the current "Di Bao" itself is managed by a group of officials, who earn some remuneration by copying the latest court news to some people. In Zhu Youzhen's opinion, the civil officials should not pay attention to the management power of the "Di Bao".

After seeing Wang Chengen's promise, Zhu Youzhen finally thought about arranging the rest of the personnel.

"As for the other fans, they are divided into 21 groups according to the thirteen provinces of the north and south, Korea, Japan, Fulangji, Liaodong Houjin, Eastern and Western Mongolia, Wusizang, and Annam, and are trained according to the customs and languages of their respective places, and learn the means of doing business. Zhu Youzhen thought about it and said slowly.

Wang Chengen was first surprised, and then overjoyed. According to Chongzhen's order, Dongchang's power has greatly expanded. Because the previous Dongchang was not allowed to leave the capital unless the emperor had an order.

Now, although the number of people in the East Factory has been greatly reduced, the area monitored by the East Factory has expanded from the vicinity of the capital to the entire Daming and overseas places.

Zhu Youzhen didn't notice Wang Chengen's surprise, he thought about it and continued: "... This training is also a kind of learning, and before the learning is completed, they are not officially the personnel of the East Factory.

Prior to the training, a number of personnel were selected from the Metropolitan Governor's Office and a register of all participants in the training was made.

From the beginning of the training, they have to forget their previous names and lives. Until the end of the training, they are only allowed to remember their own number. At the end of the training, those who successfully pass the assessment can be regarded as the personnel who truly become the East Factory.

Well, the name of Dongchang is not good, so it would be better to change it to the Institute of Social Survey. For training matters, let Lu Qi assist you. ”

Wang Chengen was elated when he listened, and was suddenly poured cold by Chongzhen's basin of cold water. He subconsciously replied: "Your Majesty, this Lu Qi has to manage the daily affairs of the Qianqing Palace, and then let him manage this training affairs, is it too tired." Wechen is willing to hold on a little longer and work hard to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment. ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Wang Chengen, although he was a little surprised by his actions, but still explained, "This training is not something that can be withstood by persisting for a while, although there is no precedent to follow for this first training, but I want to establish a separate school for the future social survey research institute."

In the future, only those who have graduated from the school will be able to enter the Institute of Social Investigation, so I need a reliable person to take care of this and collect the problems that arise during the training process, so as to accumulate experience for the establishment of the training school in the future.

As for the Qianqing Palace, there is basically nothing important. There is no need for Lu Qi to serve here every day, I think Lu Qi is very good, and he is also loyal and honest. ”

From Wang Dehua's capital governor Lila people, Wang Chengen is willing. But he must not be happy to let Lu Qi meddle in the affairs of Dongchang, that is, the future Social Survey Institute, isn't this just dividing his power.

Wang Chengen's eyes rolled, and he immediately said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this Xu Yingyuan has not been in the ministry since he returned to Beijing from the south, otherwise let Xu Yingyuan assist Weichen in managing the matter of training Dongchang Fanzi, wouldn't it be a good use?" ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Xu Yingyuan, he is not suitable for this kind of thing." I have already thought about his ministry, and it will be arranged in a few days, so that he can rest in peace for a few days. That's it, by the way, what I asked you to arrange outside the palace last time, have you done it? ”

Seeing Chongzhen's decision without hesitation, Wang Chengen could only put aside the matter of opposing Lu Qi's interference in Dongchang for the time being.

"After Your Majesty's last instruction, the minister has ordered Dongchang to remove the newsstands everywhere, and collect the beggars, women and children from all over the capital, counting 1,090 beggars and 559 beggars. The minister also divided the capital into 9 regions, with 36 districts under its jurisdiction. The beggars were divided into 36 groups and sold to the Ming Times, while the beggars were responsible for taking care of the beggars' daily diet. The East Factory will send personnel to inspect these communities to protect them from being harassed by street splashes. Wang Chengen said quickly.

"Well done, these beggars sell newspapers in the morning, and in the afternoon find someone to teach them words and simple arithmetic, so that they can find a way to earn a living in the future. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the places where these beggars live must be checked one or two, and those that need to be repaired will be repaired in time. If there is no heating facility in the house, arrange for someone to build it as soon as possible, and then buy some cotton and cotton cloth, and let these beggars make winter clothes for themselves and their children, so that they can have a good winter. Zhu Youzhen praised Wang Chengen, and then added a few points again.

Wang Chengen couldn't help but praise Chongzhen with some emotion: "Your Majesty is merciful, and you have reached Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xuanzong." ”

Wang Chengen's compliment did not make Zhu Youzhen happy, he just said self-deprecatingly, "It's just a little benevolence and small righteousness, the Ming Dynasty has hundreds of millions of people, but I can only take care of the thousands of people in front of me, how many of the people of the Ming Dynasty outside my sight will not survive this winter?" ”