For the remainder of the first year of Hiromitsu, there was a state of peace in various places.

Mingshun in the north, after experiencing that great war, suffered heavy losses. Wang Chongzu's entire Dashun was almost penetrated by Sun Chuanting alone, and even attacked all the way to the capital Luoyang, which had a great impact, making many people question the combat effectiveness of the Shun army, and people's hearts fluctuated. Not only that, but his Shun army, in the fierce battle, also lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

Although the Ming Dynasty reluctantly repelled the Shun army, in this battle, the casualties reached 80,000 soldiers, which was a blow to the already weaker and weaker army.

The fierce battle that lasted for several months in Beizhili affected the spring ploughing, and the Hongguang Emperor added "salary" in order to raise money.

Hoping that a guilty edict can win back the hearts of the people is a fool's dream.

The people are overwhelmed, and the people's will has gradually been lost.

In this case, the two major forces in the north have suspended their military operations, silently licking their wounds, and at the same time looking at each other with cruel eyes, waiting for the repair to be complete, and then they will have another big battle to decide the ownership of the northern frontier.

Zhang Xianzhong in the south intended to expand, but Huguang under his command had also experienced too many wars, and Daxi was also newly established, and his rule was unstable, so he also stopped his army and ruled his territory with his righteous descendants.

Sun Kewang's internal affairs ability is not bad, and many policies have been promulgated in the months after taking office, all of which are beneficial to the country and the people, which has made the Daxi Imperial Court visible to the naked eye has a certain turnaround.

The military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are also obsessed with infrastructure construction at this time and have no time to take care of anything else.

Time flies, and the sun and the moon fly by.

……

Cabinet, when Yan Ling was handling official business, the secretary of the Propaganda Department hurriedly arrived.

The military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have many things that are ahead of the times, among them, the Propaganda Department is an important one, which is not available in the Ming Dynasty, Dashun and Daxi, and they are still in the simple stage of relying on meticulous work to spread the rumors.

The military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have formed specific departments and have a series of complete release processes and experiences.

Although it seems that this is just a lip service, in fact, the Propaganda Department has a very important position in the government, and Yan Ling once said when he first established this department in the Luzon Governor's Palace:

"Don't underestimate the power of propaganda, it can influence the direction of the people, has a major role in the belonging of people's hearts, and can be reflected at critical moments."

As soon as everyone was convinced, a number of storytellers and meticulous works were selected to form this department.

This time, it was Qi Shangshu who was in charge. And now, he is going to return to Yan Ling.

"My lord, this is a new script, you see."

Shangshu of the Propaganda Department handed several scripts to Yan Ling.

This is at the request of Yan Ling, and some opera repertoire scripts were written.

After all, how could he forget that opera, a big killer that can be used to help propaganda?

The movies and TV dramas of later generations are all powerful tools for disseminating ideology and values, and in this era, the corresponding ones are operas, current theories, and storytelling.

It's just that in the past few years, the world has become more and more chaotic, firstly, the bookshops and storytellers sent by the family to various provinces cannot continue to gain a foothold because of the family incident, and secondly, everyone's life is becoming more and more difficult, and they can't even live happily, so naturally few people have the time and mood to listen to stories and watch dramas.

As a result, the role of these many means has declined, and only the theory of time still has a certain influence.

And now the living conditions of the people in the family have generally improved, and they finally have the heart to pay attention to some entertainment outside of survival. Yan Ling planned to recreate some new operas, and then founded a troupe of opera troupes to tour and perform in various places.

Naturally, these operas mainly show the suffering of the people, the corruption of officials, and the oppression of the tenants by the local tyrants and inferior gentry.

In this way, he can arouse the empathy of the people, and he can better understand the emotions in it, and at the same time, it is also paving the way for the plan in his heart. Of course, it is inevitable to publicize the changes in the lives of the people after a wave of changes in the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, this is also a fact that can be accepted by everyone, otherwise it will only be counterproductive.

And this kind of thing that bears a certain political significance is naturally to be perfected as much as possible, and these scripts have been beaten back by Yan Ling several times and changed as a result.

His literary literacy is also excellent, you must know that the "Biography of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Ming Dynasty", which is popular all over the world, was created by Yan Ling, and several problems he pointed out are facts, and now several revisions have finally satisfied him.

And these final versions are also tending to be perfect, the logic is self-consistent, the ups and downs are appropriate, and the appeal is quite good.

"Yes, then you can organize the staff, rehearse the repertoire, and try to have a performance within a month."

Yan Ling nodded with satisfaction, and then instructed:

"The project of this opera art must be carried out at the same time as the storyteller, and the storyteller also needs to be redispatched."

"In addition, Changle Bookstore, from now on, will separate the newspaper industry from the book industry, and each will perform its own duties and specialize in its own business."

Yan Ling thought and continued:

"It's still too limited to report on the situation in the world in a small article."

"You send someone to be responsible, establish a few more sections, what is the situation in the world, the internal events of the military government, the military section, the agricultural section, etc., summarize them, and the pricing can be higher than the cost price, the main thing is to expand first, small profits but quick turnover!"

"Don't use the old name in the future, I'll give it a name, it's called the newspaper."

"None of the three can be sloppy."

The Propaganda Department Shangshu received the order, and then hurried away.

Not long after Shang Shu of the Propaganda Department left, a thin middle-aged man dressed in black with a golden badge on his chest hurriedly arrived.

The badge, with a pair of swords crossed at the bottom and a dandelion carved on the top, looks extremely freehand.

However, the people who saw this badge along the way, regardless of martial arts, all changed their faces drastically, and they all hurriedly avoided it, and they didn't even dare to look at it.

Without him, this badge is the symbol of the Intelligence Division, which is a secret agency that directly belongs to the King of Yue and is now used by the first assistant.

Dandelions, scattered with the wind, take root everywhere, just like the spies of the Intelligence Department.

And this lean middle-aged man, although his rank is a third-rank military attaché, even the cabinet members dare not provoke him.

Happy to live in obscurity.

The current head of this terrible institution.

(End of chapter)