Chapter 123: Black and White
The Donglin Party’s method of spreading rumors is actually very simple, that is, to use its huge influence to spread rumors.↑Small,...o Among the cultural elements, the Donglin Party uses hand-written newspapers, brothels and other methods and locations to spread rumors.&1t;/p>
Another is to movable businessmen, using their financial resources and channels to spread rumors through teahouses, taverns and other places.&1t;/p>
This time, the Donglin Party fell into a disadvantage in the dispute with Wei Zhongxian's "Apocalypse Party". These Apocalypse Party officials were continuously promoted. The big bosses and horsemen of the Donglin Party were all dismissed, so they naturally couldn't calm down.&1t;/p>
Since the court cannot do it, let's make the Apocalypse Party smelly from public opinion.&1t;/p>
So the word "eunuch party" appeared like this. No matter what the group of officials who defected to the emperor looked like, since the emperor asked the eunuchs to come forward to manage these officials, it was evil. Eunuchs were villains, had no human rights, and their character was very bad.&1t;/p>
Only children can distinguish right from wrong, while adults only talk about interests.&1t;/p>
Politicians at the level of the Donglin Party have no longer important to them, but what is important is their interests. However, ordinary people still talk about the right and wrong, so these Donglin Party use this view of right and wrong to attack Wei Zhongxian's eunuch identity and introduce a set of laws - the consequences of eunuchs' interference in politics are serious.&1t;/p>
For the "eunuch party" that Wei Zhongxian came out to unite, the view of right and wrong is not that important, and it is more of a dispute over interests with the Donglin party.&1t;/p>
There is not much difference between the two sides.&1t;/p>
But for Zhu Youxiao, the view of right and wrong is very important. Once the view of right and wrong is confused, the country will be over.&1t;/p>
Zhu Youxiao’s purpose of supporting the eunuch party is to change the fundamental problem of the current inability to command the Donglin Party. Continue to let the Donglin Party occupy a position. National reform cannot be carried out at all.&1t;/p>
On the contrary, those eunuchs can at least make orders because they are obedient, which is very important for the next reform.&1t;/p>
The Donglin Party’s rumors is to mislead the people’s view of right and wrong. It allows the people who have common interests to oppose Zhu Youzai’s decision-making.&1t;/p>
Many people actually know that it is spreading rumors, but it is in line with class interests, so those people also spread rumors with their eyes open. Ordinary people don’t understand these things very well. Sometimes they just listen to these rumors as pastimes after dinner. But sometimes when they encounter unfair treatment, they will take their anger on the emperor.&1t;/p>
As Zhu Youxiao attacked the Donglin Party again, rumors spread wildly again.&1t;/p>
At this time, Zhu Youxiao still put some effort into public opinion. During this period, he had to take some time every day to listen to reports from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which included feedback from public opinion.&1t;/p>
"The Donglin Party spread rumors that the emperor was confused by Eunuch Wei, and he did not distinguish between loyalty and treacherous for this, and slandered the loyal ministers of the Donglin Party, and promoted the corrupt officials." Tian Ergenghui reported. Wei Zhongxian was also at the scene and immediately wailed: "Your Majesty, you want to be the master of your slaves! Who are all these people? How can you turn black and white so much?"&1t;/p>
Of course Wei Zhongxian couldn't confuse Zhu Youxiao. He was originally executing Zhu Youxiao's will. So it was indeed quite unfair, of course he was full of anger.&1t;/p>
"Do you have any solutions?" Zhu Youxiao asked, thinking about countermeasures.&1t;/p>
"Your Majesty, the Donglin Party can spread rumors, why can't we spread rumors? As long as we spend some money, we can make the momentum bigger than them." Wei Zhongxian could no longer bear it. The center of the Donglin Party's rumors was Wei Zhongxian. If this continues, his reputation will be stunning.&1t;/p>
"Do you think our rumors will be useful?" Zhu Youxiao knew that things were not as simple as the surface, and said: "Even if we dispel rumors and spread rumors, the rumors of the Donglin Party will continue to be popular. After all, the rumors of the Donglin Party are in line with the interests of landlords, merchants, officials and nobles. In other words, no matter how much money we spend, people will still choose to believe the rumors of the Donglin Party, because I have harmed their interests, and I am a fool to them."&1t;/p>
"The Emperor is wise." Tian Ergeng bowed and suggested: "Since it is because of interest issues, can we win the public opinion of ordinary people?"&1t;/p>
"This idea is good." Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands: "The factory guard immediately set up a propaganda department to train secret urban propaganda personnel."&1t;/p>
"Your Majesty, is this useful?" Wei Zhongxian asked with some concern.&1t;/p>
"It's useful. Since the Donglin Party has the support of the superstructure, we will strive for the support of the lower-level people. After all, our decisions are in line with the interests of the lower-level people." Zhu Youxiao said.&1t;/p>
Wei Zhongxian was immediately enlightened when he heard Zhu Youxiao say this.&1t;/p>
Since those landlords, merchants, officials and nobles are unwilling to support the emperor's current reforms, it is mainly because their interests have been damaged. The goal of the reform is to allow the lower-level people to gain benefits and thus stabilize the empire. Then we can completely seek the support of the lower-level people.&1t;/p>
In comparison, those landlords and merchants, as well as the powerful and powerful, have rich connections, have most of the social resources. However, their number is small after all. As long as ordinary people know the truth, those people can no longer spread rumors. After all, the real power of rumors is to incite those ignorant people who are unclear and competing.&1t;/p>
"The Emperor's Holy Spirit." Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed and finally found a way to curb the rumors of the Donglin Party.&1t;/p>
After Tian Ergeng and Wei Zhongxian returned, they immediately formed a propaganda department, and then began to transfer the spies who had been exhibited in the city to the propaganda department for training. At the same time, a group of new intelligence personnel were exhibited.&1t;/p>
What is the most important thing about exhibition information?&1t;/p>
Apart from basic technology, the most important thing is money!&1t;/p>
If you have enough money to spend, there are a lot of people willing to work for the factory guards. Ordinary people in the market suddenly learned that they would be absorbed by the factory guards and become secret agents. As long as you pay attention to collecting intelligence or something every month, you can get a sum of silver. Naturally, such a good thing will not be missed.&1t;/p>
Training is not difficult, just read the promotional materials.&1t;/p>
In just less than a week, public opinion around the capital quickly reversed.&1t;/p>
Compared with the Donglin Party taking the upper-level propaganda route, the factory guards followed Zhu Youxiao's instructions and began to follow the propaganda route of the lower-level people. They saw workers working until noon on a construction site and stopped to eat. They squatted or sat in groups in groups of three or five, enjoying the lunch provided on the construction site.&1t;/p>
A man in his fifties and with a goatee was squatting on a stone with food. He didn't rush to eat. Instead, he looked around and sighed loudly, "It's still better for us poor people today! I know that life is not easy for us, so I give us ten cents more than others to work. I also give us a full meal at noon."&1t;/p>
"Yes! The emperor is not saying anything about this." Someone immediately agreed: "If you work as a long-term worker for the landlord in the countryside, you will not have enough food at noon. It would be fine if you could give you a bean paste bun."&1t;/p>
"That thing is quite hungry, but eating too much of an empty stomach will hurt your stomach!"&1t;/p>
"I heard that the current saint was confused by Wei Zhongxian and arrested many loyal ministers. I wonder if it is true?" A worker asked in confusion. Judging from many signs, this emperor did not look like a fool!&1t;/p>
"You are stupid! Are you a saint or a foolish lord today? Can't you tell me that this is the food? "The man in his fifties asked immediately.&1t;/p>
"It's the Emperor."&1t;/p>
"Yes! The toilets, bathhouses, and sewers are all the money paid by the emperor from the treasury. Soon after, the emperor will build affordable housing. Let us poor people who cannot afford houses in the capital have houses to live in. Can such an emperor be a fool? Since ancient times, only those emperors who do not care about the life and death of poor people will cause chaos in the world. That is a fool! Today, the saints can think about how our poor people can be a fool." The man in his fifties preached loudly, and the workers around him gathered, obviously very interested in this topic.&1t;/p>
After all, life is not easy, and I hope to have a good emperor and take them to live a good life.&1t;/p>
"What kind of affordable housing do the emperor really want to build us?" A worker asked in surprise. The man in his fifties nodded with certainty and said, "Of course, I heard from relatives in the palace."&1t;/p>
"Lao Wang, you have relatives in the palace, and the news is much more informative than ours. What kind of person is the emperor today? Why should we arrest those Donglin Party?" A worker next to him asked the old Wang who was in his fifties, as if he was singing a double act.&1t;/p>
"You don't know this!" Lao Wang said, "Are you aware of this?" He took a bite of the bread, and did not rush to answer. Instead, he took a few bites, and laughed in a mysterious way again, and then said, "I'll tell you a story about the emperor today!"&1t;/p>
"Tell me quickly, tell me quickly." A large number of workers gathered around him. Then Lao Wang spoke and said in very straightforward and simple words: "That's right when the emperor ascended the throne, the treasury had no money. So the emperor told the officials of the Donglin Party that if he wanted to find a way to collect some taxes, otherwise the court would have no money, and there would be chaos."&1t;/p>
"The emperor wants to collect taxes, but who will collect taxes? At that time, the emperor said he would collect taxes from merchants because they are rich and never pay any taxes. But the officials of the Donglin Party came out to object and said that merchants had no money to pay taxes! The best way was to add land taxes to the north. The emperor was puzzled when he heard this, which was not in line with common sense. Not long after, the emperor knew that many families of the Donglin Party were doing business! If the emperor collected commercial taxes, would they be willing to pay silver from their pockets? They all thought about counting the tax on our poor people!"&1t;/p>
"Fortunately, the emperor was wise and said at that time that it was difficult for ordinary people to live, so how could they collect taxes from ordinary people? Instead, they should collect taxes from merchants and then subsidize the people so that the people can live a good life. But the Donglin Party refused! The imperial merchants collected commercial tax, so they interfered and spread rumors and slandered everywhere. So this time the imperial merchants got angry and arrested a group of Donglin Party villains."&1t;/p>
When the workers around heard this, they sighed: "So that's how it is!"&1t;/p>
"The Donglin Party is not really that bad, right?" another worker asked. Their idea was relatively simple, just looking at the problem from a good or bad perspective.&1t;/p>
"These Donglin Party are of course broken. They are all aimed at the landlords and merchants, because they are themselves. How can they care about the lives and death of our poor people? They do a lot of bad things..."&1t;/p>
The scandals that the Donglin Party had done were quickly pulled out one by one, and after some irritation, they were simply shattered to death. The workers around them were so angry that they could not even live a stable life because of the Donglin Party's popularity and spicy food? (To be continued...)&1t;/p>
ps: The second update, today I will have two updates. I really have no status today, so I can only maintain normal updates, and there is no way to add updates. The monthly ticket is almost 15o, and I owe three chapters.&1t;/p>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!