Chapter 237 The Secret Record of the Qing Palace
Wang Jingqi is indeed a talent. To be a qualified troll, he must first have a certain literary level and sharp mouthpiece. Wang Jingqi has both of these points.
Wang Jingqi was famous for his talent when he was young. Now he is nearly 40 years old and has even more talented. Although the imperial examinations were not smooth before, he could not deny his talent. Moreover, he was a man of a sensible expression and could speak eloquently. He would not have any dirty words when scolding people around the bush. This is not something that ordinary people can do.
In Zhu Yicheng's mind, the person in charge of the Propaganda Department must be someone like Wang Jingqi. If you make a pedantic who can only do beautiful articles, although you can do good articles, so what? On the contrary, "angry youth" like Wang Jingqi is born with a verbal lip service.
Moreover, Wang Jingqi also made Zhu Yicheng very satisfied, that is, Wang Jingqi is not a crazy person who is so arrogant that he ignores nothing. Wang Jingqi is very clear about his positioning, which can be seen from his constant praise for Zhu Yicheng while he is still talking nonsense.
A person who is tactful and understands his position has such talent, of course, satisfied Zhu Yicheng. Zhu Yicheng immediately asked Wang Jingqi to take the preparatory work of the Propaganda Department and explained to him the main work tasks and work directions of the Propaganda Department at present. Zhu Yicheng was so knowledgeable and well-appointed that Wang Jingqi was ecstatic, and immediately thanked Shengxiang, and then devoted himself to the work with twelve points of enthusiasm.
Just over ten days later, Wang Jingqi came over to ask for a meeting and saw Zhu Yicheng present a booklet. The booklet was filled with things he had compiled through his brains these days. Among them were comments on the Qing court before and after entering the pass, satirized the Manchus, and the substantial disclosure and abuse of the current Qing court's policies. Finally, a secret record was collected, which artistically processed many things about Kangxi and his sons, and then displayed them in the form of chapters and novels...
After seeing this thing, Zhu Yicheng roughly read it and was very satisfied with Wang Jingqi's efficiency. He then asked him to process and supplement the content of the booklet, and then spread it in different categories using various publicity methods. After being recognized, Wang Jingqi became more motivated. After returning, he worked hard for several days and nights, and finally got the final result.
Not long after, a book called the Secret News of the Qing Palace began to be published in Nanjing City. This book caused a huge sensation as soon as it appeared. This book started with Nurhaci's business, and described the various stages and figures of the Qing Dynasty in detail, revealing many things that were not known to the world, and some "history" that are incredible but difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Among them, how Nurhaci defected to Li Chengliang as a slave, flattered Li Chengliang, and used all kinds of humbleness and flattery. Later, the establishment of the Jianzhou Jurchens, who were jealous of women and his brother, and was lustful and even took his son's concubine. His son Huang Taiji hooked up with Nurhaci's concubine and then managed to seize the throne by chance. In a blink of an eye, his younger brother Dorgon was cuckolded. Because Huang Taiji could not satisfy her, Borjiji had a private relationship with Dorgon. The two of them hang out with each other regardless of their identity, which made Huang Taiji die. Later, they made Taiji a fuss.
The scandal of marrying the emperor's uncle. Shunzhi was young and had no virtue. In fact, he died of a disease in the willow disease, but he announced that he died of smallpox. In order to protect his grandson, Borjigit climbed onto the bed of Sony, the minister of life, and thus saved Kangxi's throne. When Kangxi grew up, he was not clear with his adoptive mother and teacher in the harem, the famous Su Malagu. He also strongly described Su Malagu, saying that she never took a bath and her whole body was stinky. However, Kangxi just liked this smell and was still happy...
The things written in the book are all sensible, and they are really hard to distinguish between true and false, and the details are even more vivid, making people stunned and stunned after reading them. Moreover, because many of the contents are written in a thousand times, the plot is climaxed again. For a time, this strange book is expensive in Luoyang, and countless people are competing for it.
At the same time, storytelling books using this book as a storyline gradually became popular in the city. Those storytellers used the content of this book to make use of it. In teahouses, theaters and other places, listeners were constantly frequent, especially when storytellers talked about some "critical plots", all the listeners had flushed and drunk...
With the secret promotion of the Ming government, this book quickly spread with Nanjing as the center at an extremely fast speed. In just one month, not only did the entire Ming Dynasty know about this strange book, but many people also asked people to buy it for collection. Those that could not be bought for a while were even borrowed and copied by hand. The handwritten copies of this book among the folk were even popular. As time went by, even the Qing court's rule was circulated. Of course, the Qing court's reaction was quick and immediately declared that this book was a banned book of great rebellion. Anyone who owned this book would be severely punished.
However, Chinese people have a habit of banning them. The more you ban them, the more curious they will be. In addition, the content and plot of this book make it very difficult for people who have read it. Therefore, there are many handwritten copies circulated privately under the Qing Dynasty. Even some lower-level officials have read it with critical eyes. As for whether to collect it, it is unknown.
Immediately after the Secret News of the Qing Palace, Wang Jingqi continued to tinker with four or five similar books, invested in batches, and secretly fueled the fire, and also achieved great success. With the large number of these things spread, people's views on the Qing Dynasty once again changed fundamentally.
If Zhu Yicheng was just a lucky bandit in front of the world when he first occupied Ningbo, no one knew how many days Zhu Yicheng would be able to be in Ningbo, because he would not be able to be destroyed by the Qing court in a blink of an eye.
It was not until Shi Shipiao was defeated in Ningbo that Zhu Yicheng started to form a powerful naval force based on the Fujian Navy, and then gathered Ningbo Maritime Merchants to form the Sihai Merchants. After he had some self-protection capital, the world gradually rose from a bandit to a warlord, and gradually began to have some speculative figures invested in Zhu Yicheng's rule.
Immediately afterwards, he took over Wenzhou, occupied Taiwan, and revealed his identity to the world, and began to take over the Ming Dynasty by supervising the country. At this time, Zhu Yicheng began to have a group of core teams, and at the same time, people who were concerned about the former Ming Dynasty took the initiative to surrender. The entire structure gradually deviated from the nature of ordinary warlords and began to transform into a regular army and a formal government.
It was not until the entire province of Zhejiang, occupied Nanjing and Su Song and other parts of Jiangnan, and later Zhu Yicheng ascended the throne directly in Nanjing, and then he won a great victory in the south. At this time, in the eyes of the world, Zhu Yicheng became the real restoration of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the establishment of the Nanjing imperial examination and the implementation of a series of political measures, the people's hearts gradually moved closer to the Ming Dynasty, and the number of people who still had hope for the Qing court was gradually reduced.
Now, with the emergence of these things, it is equivalent to giving those who still have a slight affection for the Qing court among the people who have some expectations for the Qing court. Although these things are difficult to distinguish between true and false, Wang Jingqi spent a lot of energy when figuring out these things, and many of the contents can be proved from other places. In addition, the vivid descriptions make people believe in the authenticity of the book. What's more, in the book, Wang Jingqi's most important reflection is the ignorance, backwardness, ignorance and cruelty of the Qing Dynasty, especially the book has some content about burning, killing and looting in Jiangnan after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, which can further arouse the Han people's disgust and rebellious mentality of the Qing Dynasty, thus achieving good results.
Wang Jingqi made a fuss with these methods, and the achievements he achieved made Zhu Yicheng very happy. But this was just the beginning, and the requirements for Zhu Yicheng were still far from being too bad, but being able to do this step was enough to prove that he was using Wang Jingqi as the right person.
According to the report of the Jinyiwei, the book "Secret News of the Qing Palace" has been spread to most of China under the secret fuel of the Jinyiwei. Even the Qing Dynasty's old nest, Beijing City, was quietly spread to people. However, this kind of circulating in Beijing is private, not only circulating among the Han people, but also many people have secretly seen it among the people.
Don’t think that Manchus will not gossip. Many Manchus in Beijing have been in three generations. Some Manchus who have been pampered since childhood have long been different from their ancestors. These Eight Banners children do not have to give birth on weekdays and are idle all day long. These guys are idle and want to have fun every day. When they learn that there is such a forbidden book, they will not secretly come and take a look?
Of course, after seeing it, it is normal to be very angry when you are stunned and there are even people who are furious. However, many Eight Banners secretly regard this book as a treasure in private. After all, the story and plot in it are really seductive, and it would be a pity to destroy it directly.
In this regard, in Beijing, this book was circulated for a while. Many people knew it but did not disclose it to the outside world. The government was worried that the matter would be a big deal and then the bell was stolen. After all, everyone knew that once it was really investigated, many people in the Eight Banners would violate the ban. Could it be that these Eight Banners' children, and even those red and yellow bands that had read this book, would they be arrested?
When Kangxi learned of this book in an accident, it had been half a month since the book was circulated in Beijing. When Kangxi personally asked someone to find a handwritten copy and read it in person, Kangxi's face turned pale and his hands and feet were trembling, especially when it was written about the things that were unknown to outsiders between him and Su Malagu, how could Kangxi hold back? He shouted so hard that it was paradoxical and crazy, and so on! Long Yan fainted after being furious.
After Youyou woke up, Kangxi immediately issued an order to strictly prohibit the book and check that those who had read and spread the book privately would be punished for the crime of treason.
Chapter completed!