Volume 5 Chapter 17 Guidance of Public Opinion

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After watching Lu Xiangsheng's recital, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but think of the "Beijing News" that Wu Meicun was in charge of, and asked him to edit the first issue as soon as possible, why is there no movement at all now? The content of the first issue has been thought of for him, that is, to report the news related to the victory in Liaodong, so many people and things, there are more than ten articles to write casually, according to his style, it should have been edited a long time ago!

Zhu Cijiong attached great importance to the publication of the "Beijing News," and the experience of later generations told him that as long as he mastered the mouthpiece of public opinion propaganda, he would be able to grasp the direction of the country's development.

If you praise and praise whatever you want to do, and exaggerate the benefits of doing so as much as possible, the common people will think that it is right to do this; If you don't want others to do something, you criticize and condemn it vigorously, and infinitely magnify the disadvantages of doing that, and the common people will think that if you do that, it is wrong. In this way, no matter what you want to do, you will have a good mass base, and you will get twice the result with half the effort when you implement it.

Zhu Cijiong now has many things that must be supported by public opinion in order to be implemented, such as promoting Western studies and cultivating talents in mechanics, physics, and chemistry; encourage business and establish a market economy system; Cooperate with foreigners, develop foreign trade, and so on.

These things are inherently right or wrong, but they will inevitably touch the interests of certain strata, and there are many people who only have interests and no country in their eyes, and once their interests are moved, they will be crazy to oppose them. The common people generally do not hold any position, but they have a blind obedience mentality, and it is easy for them to be instigated by these interest strata to oppose it, and it will be difficult to implement it when the time comes.

Now that there are newspapers, it is different, and these things can be guided by newspaper propaganda, so that the common people can imperceptibly realize the benefits of doing so.

It can be said that the "Beijing News" is the key to his implementation of the new policy, but there has been no movement in Wumei Village for a long time, how can he not be in a hurry. Since Wu Meicun didn't take the initiative to report, he had to let him report passively, so Zhu Cijiong shouted at the door: "Grandpa Cao." ”

Cao Huachun entered in response and saluted respectfully: "Weichen is here." ”

Zhu Cijiong threw the fold on the desk, and said a little displeased: "Inform Wu Meicun to report to me on the editing of the Beijing News." ”

Cao Huachun took the order and left, and not long after, Wu Meicun came over with a folded newspaper.

When Zhu Cijiong saw the newspaper in his hand, he thought that he had edited it, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "Is this the editing done?" Show me. ”

Wu Meicun respectfully handed over the newspaper and replied ashamedly: "This, this, Weichen is incompetent, and he has not finished editing, please punish the emperor." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he did not have a seizure immediately, but took the newspaper and looked at it carefully.

According to his tips, the paper of the newspaper is the worst, no way, there is no advertising revenue in these years, and ten cents is equivalent to more than a piece of money in later generations, and if you want to make a profit, you must compress the cost, so this paper naturally needs to use the cheapest.

The whole newspaper is not spread out, but folded squarely, about the size of a book, with the cover of the newspaper on the front.

In the middle of the cover are written three neat official characters "The Beijing News", and next to the three big characters is the signature of the inscription: Prime Minister of the Ming Cabinet Regent, Zhu Youzhen.

Well, the words of these five uncles are getting better and better, and they are very stylish, and it seems that they have not been criticized in vain in the past few years.

In the upper left corner of the cover is a couplet: State Affairs, Current Affairs, World Affairs, All-Inclusive Matters. Important news, news, current political news, and the people all hear it. Next to the couplet, there is a small print: Shangshu of the First Auxiliary Rite Department of the Ming Cabinet, Xu Guangqi.

These two people were greeted by Zhu Cijiong, a photographer Wang and a cabinet chief, which proved the authority of the newspaper and could play a very good advertising effect. Of course, if he personally inscribed, it would prove the authority of the newspaper even more, but his pen writing, it was really impossible to get his hands on, the authority was there, and the aesthetics would definitely be affected, so he thought about it or forgot it.

The lower right corner of the cover is also two slippery characters, indicating the publication institution and date: Published by the Ming Dynasty Political Envoy Si Yamen, Chongzheng four years, month and day. γ€ζ„›β†‘εŽ»β–³ε°β†“θͺͺβ–³ηΆ² Qu 】

This cover is beautiful and generous, authoritative, and connotative, which makes people have the desire to read it at a glance, not bad, not bad, Zhu Cijiong nodded, and slowly unfolded the newspaper.

He looked at the two articles and a poem on the front, and turned over the newspaper a little unwillingly, and looked at the back, which was blank!

Zhu Cijiong instantly felt that the whole person was not good, he turned his face and asked angrily: "What's the matter, it's only been two articles for so many days!" β€œ

Wu Meicun knelt on the ground in fear and kowtowed: "Weichen is incompetent, Weichen is incompetent, Weichen is ...... I really don't know what to write! β€œ

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he slapped his forehead, okay, he is a little too taken for granted, he has never read the newspaper, how do he know what to write in the newspaper. No wonder he was asked to publicize the great victory in Liaodong, so he wrote two articles, one about the battle of Santaizibao, one about the siege of Gaizhou, and one poem praising the Ming soldiers, and nothing else.

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, his tone changed, and he said softly with relief: "Get up, I don't want to blame you, it's just that the Beijing News will be published every day in the future, how can you ensure that new issues will be published every day at this speed?" β€œ

Wu Meicun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, got up and bowed down, and said, "Weichen is stupid, and he has been entrusted by the emperor." β€œ

Zhu Cijiong continued to be relieved: "I don't blame you for this, it's that I didn't make it clear to you." β€œ

When Wu Meicun heard this, he was inexplicably moved, and respectfully asked: "Please ask the emperor for advice." β€œ

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and asked, "How much do you know about Taifu?" β€œ

Wu Meicun was about to listen to the hadith, but he didn't expect to be greeted with a question, and he replied a little overwhelmed: "Well, this, this Lord Sun is the Minister of Gu Ming, the Taifu, the scholar of the Zhongji Palace, the secretary of the military department, the governor of Jiliao, and the prince of Zhenguo. β€œ

Zhu Cijiong asked, "What else?" β€œ

Wu Meicun thought for a while and continued to answer: "Lord Sun is the first emperor's division, and he has supervised Jiliao many times, and presided over the construction of the Ningjin defense line, which resisted the attack of Jiannu. β€œ

Zhu Cijiong continued to ask: "What else?" β€œ

The cold sweat on Wu Meicun's forehead broke out again, and he stammered: "This, this, other Weichen still have to inquire." β€œ

Zhu Cijiong slapped his face and said a little proudly: "That's right, you are a new champion, you have been by my side for so long, and you have seen Taifu himself, you only know so much, if others are not familiar with Taifu, or have been on an errand under Taifu, I am afraid that you know less than you." β€œ

When Wu Meicun heard this, he had an idea and said tentatively: "The emperor means that he can write an article to introduce the situation of the Taifu in detail?" β€œ

Zhu Cijiong said with relief: "Well, yes, it's a little thorough." Remember, the newspaper can not only report things, but also the situation of relevant personnel, especially the meritorious ministers, but also to report on a large scale, and the topic can not be too clichΓ©, to have a certain shocking effect, for example, the introduction of Taifu's article can be entitled: Three Dynasties Veteran, Meritorious Service - Remembering the Liaodong Commander Sun Chengzong. There are also Man Gui, Sun Yuanhua, Sun Chuanting, Qin Yiming, and Qin Gongming can all be introduced, and their glorious deeds should be introduced more, and trivial matters should not be written. ”

When Wu Meicun heard this, his eyes rolled and he continued to probe: "Does the emperor want to set an example and let everyone learn from them?" ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and smiled: "Well, the son can be taught, not only our generals, but also important people of the enemy can also be introduced, such as Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai, and Dai Shan." ”

Wu Meicun boldly speculated: "Write in ugliness? ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he stroked his palms and laughed: "Hahahaha, yes, yes, promising, I really didn't see the wrong person, I disgusted them vigorously, it's best to let them vomit blood when they see it; They must be written as heinous villains, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty will be punished for their death. ”

Wu Meicun said seriously: "They are not good people in the first place, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil, this is not to be exaggerated." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he rolled his eyes and prompted: "I heard that decades ago, when they were not naturalized in the Ming Dynasty, they were like savages, eating raw meat, drinking animal blood, not bathing all year round, and their bodies were crawling with lice. ”

When Wu Meicun heard this, his eyes were about to bulge out, are you talking about humans or beasts! Immediately, he nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood what Zhu Cijiong meant.

Zhu Cijiong continued to prompt: "There are also beautiful scenery, fertile land, and abundant products in Liaodong, which can also be written. ”

Wu Meicun said: "Weichen understands that such a great river and mountain is occupied by Jiannu, and we must take it back." ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and suddenly asked seriously: "Do you know what the reason why you were able to defeat Jiannu this time?" ”

Wu Meicun was wrong this time, and he immediately boasted: "It depends on the emperor's wisdom and martial arts, as well as the loyalty, courage and wit of Lord Sun Chengzong, and the courage and loyalty of Lord Sun Chuanting, as well as ......." ”

Zhu Cijiong cried and laughed and stopped: "Okay, okay, these are part of the reasons, the main reason is that my Ming weapons are more advanced than Jiannu, we have a new type of flintlock gun Jiannu does not, our cannon is farther and more accurate than Jiannu's." ”

Wu Meicun asked a little confused: "What does the emperor mean?" ”

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "These are all made by people, I lack talents in this area now, you think, if I can produce thousands of cannons in a month, and the range is much farther than Jiannu's, how easy it is to recover Liaodong, then you can write an article: Ten thousand cannons are fired together, and Jiannu is annihilated." ”

Of course, Wu Meicun knew that it was impossible to fire ten thousand cannons at once, so the focus of his words was on the word talent, and he asked thoughtfully: "The emperor is preparing to promote Western learning." ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and admonished: "There are some things that you just need to know, these can't be reported from the front, they have to be guided from the side, understand?" ”

Hearing the meaning of this, the emperor regarded himself as a cronie, Wu Meicun nodded excitedly and said, "Weichen understands." "Reading, a better reading experience.