China has had a clear understanding of the power of public opinion since ancient times. Most people believe that the power of modern media originated in the West because of the ignorance and backwardness of the Chinese scholar-official class. This is really a big fallacy.

In fact, Eastern and Western civilizations had known the role of propaganda weapons thousands of years ago. Public opinion tools must be concentrated in the hands of rulers, and the trend of public opinion in the West in the medieval Western era was in the hands of the Holy See, while Chinese public opinion has always been concentrated in the hands of Confucian civil officials and emperors.

The court had a mansion to report, and there were Confucian scholars in the people. Both sides complemented each other and influenced the people's thoughts. Any dissident would be banned. Since ancient times, there have been few literary inquisitions in China.

The West must be free and open, which is nonsense. The Thirty Years' War that swept across Europe in 1618 was nominally a civil war in the Holy Roman Empire. In fact, the core is Martin Luther's ninety-five outlines, which is the new idea challenging the authority of the Holy See, and in the end it is still a struggle for the right to interpret Christianity.

Your Holy See said that the Atonement Book is useful, but Protestantism denies it. The Holy See said that faith requires complicated and complex church rituals, while Protestantism says that faith only needs a personal pious heart... Every matter is sing an opposite to the Holy See. The two factions are competing for the right to interpret God and God.

Then the war broke out, which was the very famous Thirty Years' War in European history. This war completely disintegrated the Holy Roman Empire, made the Netherlands apart, turned the German Empire into a loose state, and made France take a lot of advantage.

It also indirectly promoted the rise of European nationalist countries, with huge cracks in the theocracy and loose foundations.

The iron-clad history proves that civilizations in the world attach importance to the power of public opinion. Europe's more free public opinion environment is not born with it. It is the power that millions of people have died after decades of war.

Due to its special geographical environment and cultural background, China's control over public opinion has entered an increasingly harsh situation. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, various academic schools were numerous in the Jiangnan region, and various new ideas emerged one after another. However, when the Qing Dynasty came, there were only two types of literati who swung the butcher's knife, one was dead and the other was alive. As for the freedom you want, go to hell to fight for it.

Public opinion is highly concentrated, literary inquisitions are prevalent, and the thoughts of the entire Chinese are completely rigid.

The reason is also very simple. Because the Qing Dynasty established its country with military power, they knew from the heart that they would definitely lose by quarreling with the Han people and comparing eloquence. Not to mention them, even the old Zhu family, who are also Han people, was snatched by civil servants.

The people who were covered with the cold wind of Tungus did not want to live so frustrated, so they chose the simplest and most direct means to destroy violently.

You talk a lot of nonsense, I will cut it with one knife, you will quote the classics, and I will burn your classics with one fire.

People say that Qianlong’s compilation of the Siku Complete Book was a great contribution, but by the opportunity of the Siku Complete Book, he searched for so-called forbidden books and destroyed them, and the number was endless.

The great boss that Western civilization imprisons people's thoughts is the Holy See and the Divine Power, while the great boss that imprisons Chinese thinking is the emperor and the monarch power.

The final result was that the Holy See suffered a little bit of defeat, providing a soil for growth for free thoughts, while China's monarchy became increasingly stubborn in repeated cleanings and killings.

When Xiao Letian was hostile to the court and was in a stalemate in Tanggu, Manren actually didn't care about one or two defeats on the battlefield. For the court, life was the most despicable. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people were killed in battle, and they would not frown.

The Yangtze River was in trouble with Changmao, and tens of millions of people died. Even if thousands of people died, the court just watched coldly. Maybe he was glad that Changmao helped them reduce the burden.

But when Xiao Letian used the newspaper as a killer weapon of public opinion, the court, who had been as stable as Mount Tai, went crazy. They all found out that Xiao Letian had a weapon to compete with them for the hearts of the people. It turned out that the truth in this world was not only explained by them, but Xiao Letian could explain it.

What fools the people are most afraid of is that their own tricks are exposed, not to mention that they are a great master of Western learning. Xiao Letian has ten thousand ways to expose the scams of the court, and even the idea of ​​the king's power and the heavenly scholars may be overturned.

It is precisely because of this that the court secretly reached a secret agreement with Xiao Letian. I agree with your rule over the Tanggu Industrial Special Zone and also recognize your position as the prime minister of Ryukyu, but you cannot publish newspapers, flyers and other heresy in the Qing Dynasty.

It just so happened that Xiao Letian also needed time to accumulate strength. He wanted to build several heavy industrial bases without peaceful development. So after the two sides ceased to fight, newspapers and leaflets quietly disappeared.

But today, when the shameless court actually stole the banknote manufacturing process and even refused to admit it with a shameless face, this made Ryukyu extremely angry.

It is definitely unrealistic to launch a war for a little counterfeit currency, but Xiao Letian also had to fight back and let the court live the year poorly. Therefore, the CIA discussed with the Prime Minister for a long time, and finally decided to use newspapers to slap the Qing Dynasty in the face, which must let them know that it hurts.

The Laba Festival was a good time for newspapers to launch an attack. The newspapers with positive and negative numbers not only wrote about the harm of the flood of counterfeit currency, but also sent several large gift packs.

Generals from Guangzhou, who forcibly robbed women from the village illegally enclosed land, and thousands of people were displaced... Shanghai Daotai was greedy for beauty and assassinated the huge merchants in Jiangnan to destroy people... Northeastern general slaughtered the village by Liutiaobian, and a thousand foreigners outside the pass were killed. The scene was tragic...

All the accusations were confirmed with names and surnames. The CIA even printed some leaflets at all costs, and used simple comic illustrations to introduce the ugly faces of these corrupt officials to the people of the capital.

The 49th city was in anger, the capital was in anger, and the entire Zhili was in anger... When Prince Gong Yi summoned the officials of Ryukyu who were stationed in the capital, and after an angry protest, the hob meat diplomat selected by Xiao Letian said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, this is just an appetizer. Now the new issue of newspapers has been printed in Shanghai, and it will spread throughout the Yangtze River within three days... If the court still does not have the sincerity of negotiations, we don't mind publishing the Qing Dynasty newspaper to North Korea, Fusang, Nanyang... or even Europa."

With a bang, another set of precious porcelain was smashed and shattered. The toughness of Ryukyu made the prince unbelievable. He really didn't expect Xiao Letian to make such a blow.

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