Chapter 851 Inheritance and cultivation of Jizijuan

"The southwest is mountainous and the terrain is dangerous. The mountain people have tough customs and have always refused to obey the king. If a war breaks out, the logistical supplies of the imperial army will be a huge problem. Moreover, Guizhou is poor and the people are poor. Just these supplies are needed. Transporting it there is very expensive. If we don’t make preparations in advance, once something happens, I’m afraid…”

Ma Shiying's words made Feng Ziying feel that he had chosen the right person. At least the other party had put some thought into the situation in the southwest.

Once a war breaks out in the Liutu War, it is not a problem to put it down. The key lies in how much the court has to pay, and the most important thing is the cost of logistics and supplies. This will be an astronomical figure, and it is estimated that it will not be lower than the Ningxia Rebellion, or even higher. .

Such an expense may be unbearable for the Zhou Dynasty, which has not yet taken a breath, and Feng Ziying is also worried that once the dispute over the land leads to war, Nurhachi will wait and see?

Won’t the White Lotus Church take the opportunity to cause trouble?

Even if we are more unfounded, will the Japanese come and take advantage of the situation?

A few years ago during the Linqing Civil War, Japanese spies penetrated into the White Lotus Sect, which alerted him. It also reminded him that although in his previous life, after the Imjin Japanese Rebellion subsided, Tokugawa Ieyasu ushered in the Tokugawa Shogunate era, and Japanese pirates invaded the Ming Dynasty. The situation gradually disappeared, but now the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are different, and many things can no longer be judged based on the history of the previous life.

 It can be seen from the Linqing Civil War that the Japanese in this time and space are different from those in previous lives. They seem to be more ambitious and aggressive.

So Feng Ziying believed that what Ma Shiying said about the chieftains occupying the right location and good people was not enough. There was still time. Once something happened, the Jurchens in Jianzhou might also launch an offensive, and the White Lotus Sect would also respond from afar, and even the Japanese would come to take advantage of the situation.

“Yao Cao, what do you mean is that the court will start making preparations now?” Feng Ziying nodded lightly and asked.

“At least some early preparations should be made. In order to avoid irritating the chieftains, we can increase the supply of military supplies. For example, supplies are currently being stocked in Chongqing. As for the garrison, we can adopt the form of rotation and quietly mobilize some elites..."

Ma Shiying had already prepared for the war according to the pattern of the chieftains about to start a rebellion. It can be seen that he came out of Guizhou and was suspicious of the chieftains in his hometown. Even more than Wang Yingxiong and Feng Ziying, he believed that the war was imminent.

"Yao Cao, you and I are very worried here, but the court may not see it that way. If there is a slight movement, maybe it will stimulate the warlike nature of the chieftains..." Feng Ziying shook her head.

Ma Shiying sneered, "The imperial court is deceiving itself and deceiving itself. If these chieftains have no objections, what can the deployment of some supplies and the rotation of a small number of troops do to stimulate them? Only those with evil intentions will worry about this. If the imperial court uses this to But if you tie yourself up and do nothing, then disaster is not far away."

As if thinking of something again, Ma Shiying asked with some confusion: "I feel that Feixiong and the others should be making preparations. Why does Ziying say that the court maintains this view? What does this mean?"

"It's not interesting. Feixiong has made some preparations, but many of them are the result of our private analysis and judgment. But the Ministry of War doesn't think so, at least it doesn't think the situation is that serious, so some things can only be done by Feixiong and Dazhang. It can be done semi-privately and semi-publicly, such as the Ministry of War and the Staff Department can do some things, but there are some difficulties with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Long Jinwei, and they have to communicate through some private channels, which is not so convenient."

Feng Ziying's explanation made Ma Shiying thoughtful, "Ziying, do you hope I can do something?"

Nodding, Feng Ziying made it clear: "Yao Cao, Uncle Fang, Fei Xiong and I have to take up our respective positions now. You also know that "Internal Reference" has been in operation for several years and its influence is growing. The original purpose of founding "Internal Reference" was to allow those of us who have just entered the official career and whose spirit and passion have not yet been wiped out to have a suitable channel to express our views and voices, so the rules we designated at that time were , the editors are all like-minded new science scholars, and the author of the article can be a new science scholar, or an official who has already served as an official, but the identity of the anonymous person needs to be concealed when publishing the article to prevent identity interference from affecting the reader's judgment..."

Ma Shiying’s eyes suddenly lit up.

The current "Yuedan Tan" in the academy is modeled on the model of "Internal Reference", and the suggestion was also made by Feng Ziying. However, when "Yuedan Tan" was started, their group was already facing the most nervous Spring Festival Competition. Therefore, these people basically never asked about the preparation of "Yuedan Tan".

It only took two issues of "Yuedantan" to spread its influence. Not only did it receive praise from Tonghui Academy and other academies, but it was also extremely popular in the Imperial College. This also made Ma Shiying and the others Extremely regretful.

Ma Shiying believed that with his literary talent, it would not be a problem to get a chief editor in "Yuedan Tan", and he could also use this platform to express many of his views and insights in "Yuedan Tan", winning more communicators and supporter.

It's just that the timing was unlucky. When the Spring Festival Competition was over, it was impossible for his group to go back and publish articles in "Yuedantan", so Ma Shiying was very regretful and turned his mind to the more advanced "Internal Reference" 》.

Seeing the excitement on Ma Shiying's face, Feng Ziying knew that "Internal Reference" was still very attractive to this fledgling rookie.

After all, this is a publication that can affect changes in the entire DPRK. The big shots in the DPRK and China, including the emperor, are all loyal readers of this publication. Even if many people may not agree with many of the views on it, they are still willing to use this publication as a way to understand current affairs. It serves as a window into changes in the situation and local social conditions and public opinion.

"I'm afraid Yaocao has already guessed it, right?" Feng Ziying smiled gently, "Yes, I intend to invite you to join "Internal Reference", become a member of the editorial board of "Internal Reference", and serve as the chief editor."

Ma Shiying's heart thundered, editor-in-chief? He expected that Feng Ziying invited him to be the editor-in-chief, but he did not expect that he would be the editor-in-chief. What are the powers and responsibilities of the editor-in-chief?

Although she was extremely excited, Ma Shiying also knew that this honor must come with a lot of responsibilities and pressure.

"Ziying, can I ask about the composition of the editorial board of "Internal Reference", the responsibilities and rights of the chief editor, and the direction and focus of the next step of "Internal Reference"?"

Ma Shiying's caution and calmness are in line with Feng Ziying's perception of him, so that he can shoulder this burden.

"Yao Cao, the main theme of "Internal Reference", should understand that the several sections are basically laid out one by one according to the imperial court's priorities, but what we insist on is to take the first step and will not completely follow the existing major policies of the imperial court. , and more about prospects, realistic assessments and post-event summaries, especially prospects and predictions, and post-event summary and analysis of problems,…”

Ma Shiying nodded. "Internal Reference" can be read in Qingtan Academy. He has read almost every issue of Tribe. He also made excerpts and notes of some wonderful articles and fragments, and studied them repeatedly.

"As for the next direction of "Internal Reference", I personally think it still needs to focus on people's livelihood and military affairs. People's livelihood is directly related to local stability, and stability is related to the overall stability of the court. To be precise, it means solving internal problems, while military affairs mainly refers to Border affairs also include the disputes we mentioned earlier. This is a mixture of military affairs and people's livelihood, which is more complicated and thorny. In a word, the most pressing issue in internal and external troubles is the focus that "Internal Reference" will always pursue. .”

Feng Ziying's answer failed to satisfy Ma Shiying, and he continued to ask: "Ziying, can you be more specific? If you want me to be the editor-in-chief in the next step, my understanding is that the editor-in-chief is in the process of adopting articles and determining future topics for inclusion. We need to make strategic predictions in all directions, and I don’t want to lose the great situation that you have worked so hard to defeat in my hands, and I can’t bear this responsibility.”

"Well, it's not that exaggerated, but I can also tell you about a focus of our group of people. In terms of people's livelihood and economy, sea trade after the opening of the sea and the industrial and commercial development accompanying sea trade, we think this should be cracked One focus of the imperial court's financial difficulties. Of course, this is not enough. We can focus on how to develop the healthy development of silk, tea, porcelain, iron, cloth, medicine, and salt exported by sea trade. Well, we think the editorial committee can take the next step. Take the initiative to request manuscripts from local officials and listen to their suggestions and opinions in this regard. The prefects of each prefecture are all fourth-grade officials who are fully qualified to obtain the reading permission of "Internal Reference", and even lower counties and counties Ling, I think everyone should have this power. Of course, this may require a process..."

Such a bold proposal by Feng Ziying made Ma Shiying excited. This means that the coverage of "Internal Reference" will be larger and the influence radiation circle will be comprehensively enhanced. The invitation to publish is to encourage local officials to participate actively, which will arouse their interest, and Allowing them to gain the right to read and know will further stimulate their enthusiasm for participation. At the same time, this counterproductive influence will also be greatly strengthened. This subtle influence is self-evident.

Ma Shiying had to admire that Feng Ziying was truly a genius. In his opinion, the creation of the "Internal Reference" was even more significant than the strategy of opening the sea, which was enough to influence and change the implementation of the laws of the entire Zhou Dynasty.

"..., military affairs can never be bypassed, it is related to the life and death of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so what is the focus of the next step? We believe that Liaodong will definitely be the focus, but the more urgent one may be the dispute between the southwest and the land we talked about earlier. The situation may worsen, you should know that Yang Yinglong’s son Yang Kedong is still in the capital, right?”

Ma Shiying looked heavy and nodded slightly.

He didn't know about this situation before, and he only found out about it recently, which also shocked him. The court was not without suspicion, otherwise it would not have allowed Yang Yinglong's son to be a hostage, but Yang Yinglong was willing to do this, either because he was really calm or tolerant. Planning a big plan, Ma Shiying certainly knew that this could only be the latter.

"Once something happens to Yang Kedong, it means that the door to war is open." Feng Ziying said with certainty: "Long Jinwei is responsible for monitoring Yang Kedong, but I think if Yang Yinglong wants to take action, he will definitely have a complete plan to let Yang Kedong escape. Once Yang Kedong If he goes missing, the war will basically start counting down.”

Ma Shiying took a deep breath and said, "Ziying, I understand, is there anything else?"

"Once the war breaks out in the southwest, will the Jurchens of Jianzhou, the White Lotus Sect, the Mongols, and even the Japanese and Dongwu and Annan in the southwest take advantage of the situation? I'm afraid the Internal References need to make some advance warnings." Feng Ziying spread her hands. , said rather helplessly: "We only have such great influence and voice now, and we even got it through the Ningxia Rebellion and the Kaihai Strategy, so we must make the most of this voice."

It’s a new week, can you still get three or five tickets?

　　

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