Chapter 339: Attack on the Battlefield of Public Opinion!

Li Mengyang's exposure of these black spots to the senior officials of the current government of the United States is, of course, a political attack, and these attacks are actually ......

It's really inevitable that everyone has black spots, and no one is perfect.

But it depends on how to use it, or rather, now Li Mengyang must use it, he can't use it, and if he doesn't say that his side is great and upright, how can he be right for the people?

Really, if you want the broad masses of the people to support you, then you have to do this, if you don't scold your opponent to death, can you still succeed?

Besides, did the United States scold him less as the emperor in the past?

A few days ago, he was called a monster, and even racist remarks often appeared in the newspapers, such as the Chinese Yankee (CHINK) and the like, and everyone's mouth was very damaged these days.

Of course, as soon as the empire took down Washington, these media just changed their tunes at that time, singing praises to Li Mengyang.

"Clint. Lee, great hero! ”

"Clint. Li, not only has a high literary talent, but also makes people revere the leader incomparably! ”

"The denigration of the past is disgusting! It turns out! The United States needed Clint. Such a great emperor as Lee! ”

What glory, what greatness, what ...... Anyway, you can find nice words from the dictionary, and some people even invent them directly, calling Li Mengyang 'golden sun', yellow-skinned...... To be honest, it really sounds a bit like a 'J-8 perpetual motion machine'.

This is the way the media behaves, but the actions of these newspapers actually reflect a thing. That is the current Imperial Army. There aren't enough people!

There is no control of these newspapers in the first place. This cannot but be said to be a mistake.

But it's okay, a propaganda minister like Liszt, who is always propagandizing, can he still not understand this thing? Soon, some individuals took control of some well-known newspapers, such as the Star, the Washington branch of The Times of London, these newspapers.

Of course. There are also a lot of people who ran away, such as scolding Clint before. Lee's that William. Russell, hey, yes, the one who was raided by Li Mengyang's revolutionary army at that time, it was strange that he didn't run, and he couldn't run slowly.

So what are you doing with these newspapers?

"Just you bastards! A bunch of flattering villains! His Majesty the Emperor is also something you can brag about? ……”

Liszt gathered all the responsible persons who could still be found in these newspapers, and then pointed his nose and scolded them one by one, at this time he didn't say how he sang praises to the emperor, he said that you are not worthy!

It's just like that, and no one dares to say anything. All of them are like frosted eggplants, but. We can't just scold, right?

"Yes Your Majesty! Be fair to the comments! And to the illegitimate government of the United States! We have to show the greatest strength to criticize! Come bashing! ”

To put it bluntly, it is to turn the gun and carry out a brutal public opinion attack on Lincoln's government.

Is there some entry point for this attack?

Lincoln is also a democratically elected president, his cabinet is naturally elected, it should be very popular, so in addition to the black history that His Majesty the Emperor said, is there any black place now?

"Dear Sir! We've been waiting for you for a long time! It's kind of looking forward to you! The rule of Lincoln's government was simply brutal! They're on the go! They don't give freedom to the people! ”

"That's right! These bastards are just a bully! Let's just say that prices are skyrocketing in Washington now, but these bastards continue to issue Treasury bonds! It's outrageous! ”

"They brutally suppressed the people at the bottom! The people needed cotton clothes and food, and they just demonstrated, but as a result, a large number of military and police came out to beat and arrest people! Prisons are full now! ”

I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!

Liszt originally heard that Lincoln was a good president and that the government could run well, but now, these newspaper people are saying one by one, and they can't say enough about Lincoln's tyranny!

In fact, many of these things are because of the recent economic problems, the currency has been over-issued on a large scale, resulting in soaring prices, you know, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Lincoln administration issued paper money, which is the one that Chase and Li Mengyang did, which is the national debt.

And the civil war has been fought for so many years now, and this national debt has not stopped, and then recently because of this aluminum incident, Wall Street has choked Chase enough, just for a period of time, the over-issuance of currency has increased by at least 1 billion US dollars!

This order of magnitude is not as simple as adding or subtracting, because the price of government bonds is falling, so if you want to reach a certain level, then the issuance volume is actually multiplying, and no one can control it.

What is the GDP of the United States?

There are no statistics now, but it will definitely not reach 10 US dollars, as far as Li Mengyang knows, in the later Gilded Age, the tycoon Vanderbilt's net worth was equivalent to 1% of the GDP of the United States at that time, but his assets at that time were at most 100 million US dollars, you know, that was decades later, it was the end of the American Civil War, and then it went through a fairly good period of great development.

Therefore, the current currency is simply the sky, and the real value of dollar banknotes is probably really about the same as the price of this 'paper', but because of the information problem, because the United States itself still has some local problems, so it has not completely collapsed, but Washington is really not good!

If the common people go on, they will make trouble, they will go to the streets, and they will smash and rob.

Then Lincoln had no other way but to send the military police to suppress it, and at this time...... Not to mention this time, the American police are ruthless enough more than 100 years later, right?

Yes, bloody things are absolutely indispensable, and these newspaper people still don't know?

Moreover, if you want to say that some of the previous policies were problematic, there are many them!

Civil war, you have to be conscripted, right?

At the beginning of the civil war, everyone's enthusiasm for serving as a soldier was really high. It was just in time for an economic crisis. At least there is food to eat as a soldier. Besides, there are really a lot of people who have great patriotic enthusiasm for this country, and that's true.

However, the civil war has been fought for several years, and the economic crisis has temporarily passed, and what kind of patriotism is simply boring. Isn't it just burning, killing and looting?

Therefore, there is a big problem with conscription, at first it was a volunteer soldier, and then it had to be forcibly conscripted, and this forced conscription is quite interesting.

All men of the right age have to be drawn by lot, 25-45 years old, as long as they are drawn, then they will have to serve for three years, don't forget, Lincoln said at the beginning. It's been 3 years now!

If only everyone were fair. If you win the lottery, you will admit it, and you will serve the country, but because the Lincoln administration is also short of money, they came up with a solution, that is, 'Whoever can contribute 300 dollars can be exempted from military service'!

$300 was a lot of money before, and ordinary people couldn't afford it, that is, all the people who were 'drawn' were poor people who had no money, and those who paid the money.

It's not just about being rich, it's about being famous!

Theodore. Roosevelt and Franklin. Roosevelt's father paid the money, so did JP Morgan, and so did Andrew Carnegie...... To put it bluntly, no one wants to go to war, and these individuals are called elites.

Oh, you don't go to the battlefield and let our people go to work? Fake!

Can this not be scolded?

This is a very bad leading role, from the ancient Greek citizenship system, you have to fulfill your obligations when you enjoy the rights, at that time the rich people also went to the battlefield, everyone still brought their own equipment, at that time the citizens were still divided into three, six, nine and so on. But now, with the development of society to this day, these upper strata are afraid of death, and they are not fulfilling any obligations, so it is strange that the common people have no grievances.

But these matters were rarely discussed, not much in the newspapers, and the Lincoln administration exerted pressure, and the most scolded were some congressmen, and it was obvious that they were talking about this from a political point of view, that party.

And there's more, many, many...... It's just a basket of black spots!

When Liszt saw this situation, he couldn't stop laughing, he was going to make up something, but now that he looks at it, he doesn't need it at all, so we will report it realistically, and it would be good to open the lid as soon as the lid is lifted.

This is a battlefield of public opinion, you must know that at this time, the imperial army has just entered Washington, they really haven't gained a firm foothold, the imperial army is far away, and there are not many of them, so this public opinion war is very important!

You know, at this time, the imperial front has been stretched for a long time, and the previous places are still easy to manage, because the population is not large, let's say Texas, leave some people, and then use some local weapons, such as the James brothers who surrendered, which is basically enough.

But now, in the east, the population here is relatively very dense, and the imperial army is only tens of thousands, so there are more than 200,000 prisoners, how can this be controlled?

Therefore, the war of public opinion must be strengthened!

And in addition, that is the current economic situation, you must know that the Lincoln administration was defeated, a big factor is that there is an economic problem, this Washington is actually in a situation of material shortage.

Needless to say, the rich people are still OK, and all the people who can run have run away, but what can the people do? Not to mention the common people, what about the more than 200,000 captives?

Therefore, at this time, Li Mengyang, the emperor, played a great role.

He is the emperor, he is centralized, even if I say it, so he can easily concentrate all the materials and carry out military control, at least to ensure everyone's basic living materials!

Don't underestimate this matter, just this method, Lincoln wants to use it will be difficult, because he is an elected president, he does not have such extreme rights, if he wants to do this, he still has to pass some temporary bills, the procedure is much slower, so he chose to continue to issue more currency, which is relatively easy.

But now, of course, there is still a shortage of supplies, and we have to wait, that is, it needs to be transported by rail, but fortunately, the empire has taken control of several major railway lines, and the tricks used are still the same as before, buy, buy, buy, but now, people don't charge dollars.

These supplies can wait, but there are some things that can't wait...... (To be continued......)

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