Chapter 65 "Jinyang Gazette": Shanxi People's Media Politics

Since the opening of the country, China soon had newspapers run by missionaries and foreigners, but it was not until the era of "Shen Bao" (founded in 1872) and "News" (founded in 1893) that there were media.During the Reform Movement of 1898, the newspapers run by people advocating the reform, "Current Affairs News" and "Xiang Xue Journal", although popular all over the world, were actually more like serially published propaganda materials.The newspapers run by the Chinese themselves really look like newspapers, and it has to be after the constitutional opening of the ban on newspapers is prepared.However, at this time, media politics also entered the stage.

Revolutionaries attach great importance to propaganda, but in the media age, if they directly propagate rebellion and advocate revolution as they did in the past, newspapers will not be able to survive and may not be recognized by the public.The only way is to run the "Min Hu Daily", run the "Min Hu Daily", and "Min Hu Daily" is blocked, and then run the "Min Li Bao".Therefore, even newspapers that deliberately incited revolution began to pay attention to news during this period, disintegrating the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and starting with news reports.

The Shanxi revolutionaries were relatively vigorous in the north. Therefore, after the revolution broke out, all the northern provinces, except Shaanxi, that is, Shanxi, became independent.Although the regime after independence was driven out by the Beiyang Army, it was independent after all.The Shanxi New Army of the Revolution of 1911 was able to uprising smoothly, to a large extent because the Shanxi New Army had a large number of revolutionary parties, and many of them held high positions.This situation can be formed, to a large extent, because of a newspaper, which is the "Jinyang Gazette", which was founded in 1907.

"Jinyang Gongbao" was established after "Jinyang Vernacular Newspaper", and it was a very influential daily in Shanxi.In itself, it is a new thing in the process of the imperial court preparing for the constitution. Like the vernacular newspapers in various places, it is used by the elite to enlighten the wisdom of the people.If the vernacular newspapers in various places are in the hands of the constitutionalists, they should be moderate; if they are in the hands of the revolutionaries, they will inevitably cause trouble.Unfortunately, the "Jinyang Gazette" was run by the revolutionaries.Editor-in-chief Wang Yongbin and many editors and reporters are members of the League.Later, Jing Meijiu, a member of the Shanxi Revolutionary Party, founded the "Guofeng Daily" in Beijing, and was more concerned about Shanxi affairs.

At that time, the governor of Shanxi was Ding Baoquan.This person was known as a capable official in the late Qing Dynasty. He was a Jinshi at the age of 24 and achieved success at a young age.Think new, and dare to act.In Shanxi, I have worked all the way from Daotai, inspector, and chief executive. I am very familiar with the officialdom in Shanxi and the situation in the whole province.During the New Deal period, wherever capable and enlightened officials were in power, the power of the revolutionary party could not develop.When Duan Fang was the governor of Liangjiang, the revolutionary parties in Jiangsu and Anhui did not have much momentum. Zhang Mingqi was in Sun Yat-sen's hometown of Guangdong, and the revolutionary party in Guangdong was also in a downturn.Zhang Zhidong is in Hubei, and the revolutionary party in Hubei has no temper.The same is true in Shanxi. Yan Xishan, who was born in a Japanese non-commissioned officer school, returned to China a long time ago, and the foreign students passed the examination and won the Juren, so he only became a target coach.As for Nan Guixin, who studied in Japan as a police officer, she didn't even have a job.Therefore, the revolutionaries began planning to get rid of Ding Baoquan, and set up a working group for this purpose.

However, Ding Baoquan's position was very stable at that time. Not only did the old army listen to him, Yao Hongfa, the commander of the new military association, was the son of his old friend. Ding Baoquan appreciates that Xia is a talent, and has been looking for opportunities to promote Xia to Xietong (there is only one Xietong in the Shanxi New Army).And this Xia Xuejin took very strict precautions against the revolutionaries in the new army, making the revolutionaries hate it.The Revolutionary Party decided to start with a separation between Ding and Xia. The "Jinyang Gazette" came out and sent people to secretly interview some of Ding and Xia's secret affairs and published them in the newspapers, but most of them were far-fetched and had little effect.In the end, by way of submission, rumors were spread that Ding Baoquan's concubine and Xia Xuejin's concubine were the best friends of Goulan, so the two were so good.In the end, Ding Baoquan counterattacked, and the newspaper was held accountable. The newspaper evaded and said that the manuscript was published, and Ding Baoquan asked the police to strictly investigate the contributors.Although the contributors were not found, amidst the turmoil, a diary of a revolutionary who was in charge of discrediting Ding Baoquan's group was accidentally lost. It took a lot of effort to send the person in charge out, and finally prevented the revolutionary party from being wiped out.At this time, Ding Baoquan still has not seized the newspaper, which shows that he is really enlightened.

However, the opportunity to be alone with Ding Baoquan still came.During the New Deal period, the Qing government formulated a six-year plan to eradicate tobacco and drugs, and there were major rewards for completing it ahead of schedule.In order to claim credit from the imperial court, Ding Baoquan planned to implement the smoking ban ahead of schedule.At that time, Jiaocheng and Wenshui counties in Shanxi were famous opium producing areas in the north. During the tobacco cutting season, tobacco dealers from all over the country gathered, and the income from growing tobacco was the bulk of the local income. In the summer of 1910, when the opium was being harvested, Ding Baoquan ordered to shovel the tobacco, but the two counties refused, and some large tobacco growers even planned armed disobedience.Ding Baoquan was furious and sent Xia Xuejin with the second bid to suppress it.When the two sides clashed, Xia Xuejin ordered to shoot, killing and injuring more than 100 people.

Upon hearing the news, "Jinyang Gazette" sent reporter Zhang Shuzhi to interview, and then published a serial in the newspaper, exposing the tragedy. The so-called romantic affair between Xia was also added, and Ding's crimes were published day after day.For a while, the Wenjiao tragedy became a well-known big news in the country. Ding Baoquan and Xia Xuejin were notorious, and their evil deeds were rumored everywhere.The members of the alliance in Beijing took the opportunity to engage in activities, and finally the famous censor Hu Sijing participated in Ding Baoquan and Xia Xuejin's book.Although Ding Baoquan made a lot of remedies, he arrested the reporter Zhang Shuzhi, sealed up the "Jinyang Gazette", and went to Beijing to explain the situation.But after all, if a person is dead, if he catches up with the case, according to the rules, a person has to move. Not only did Xia Xuejin not get promoted, but he even lost his standard. In the end, due to illness, the vacancy was allowed and he had to leave.There was a major personnel change in Shanxi. Yan Xishan was appointed as the second supervisor, Wen Shouquan, a revolutionary, was appointed as the supervisor of the Army Elementary School. Qiao Xu and Zhang Yu of the Revolutionary Party, Nan Guixin, Qiu Liang, and Chang Yue all joined the New Army as officials.Almost all the middle and lower rank officers of the Shanxi New Army have been revolutionized.When the revolution broke out in the second year, Shanxi became the first province in the north to respond.Lu Zhongqi, who lived two lives in Jiangsu, did a good job. He came to Shanxi in August of the Xinhai Year (early October in the Gregorian calendar), and died within a month of his tenure.

Although we can't say that Wenshui and Jiaocheng resisted drug control by today's standards, after all, what Ding Baoquan and Xia Xuejin did was not very wrong.Lin Zexu's ban on smoking has become famous through the ages, while Ding Baoquan's ban on smoking has left a bad reputation for thousands of years. How can there be any reason?However, in those days, the needs of the revolution were above all else, and media politics seemed to have no right or wrong in the face of the big goal of the revolution.However, due to the pressure of public opinion, the Qing court could not judge the situation, find out the truth, transfer a capable official who was loyal to him, and not fall, is there any reason?