Chapter 603 A weapon for manipulating public opinion: newspapers
The Propaganda Department is a brand-new department mentioned in Sarlayan's national policy recommendations. It is mainly responsible for guiding the general trend of public opinion at home and abroad, and trying to make the direction of international public opinion biased towards one's own side.
When it comes to propaganda and public opinion, we have to mention the big killer of newspapers.
Since taking office as Propaganda Minister, von der Rohr has been busy preparing to build a newspaper, and now it has begun to bear fruit.
Kael'thas and others did not have sufficient understanding of the power of newspapers, and they only paid more attention to it after Sarlayan repeatedly emphasized it.
Sarlayan has long understood the importance of public opinion from the barrage. Those who control public opinion can even turn black into white, use fake news to mislead the enemy, and use a pen to change the situation.
As a powerful mouthpiece organization like a newspaper, it is natural that it should be in the hands of state agencies. The so-called freedom of the press is a lie to fools.
Many barrage netizens have truly come to understand this problem through the recent Great-Mao-Er-Mao War in their side.
News without borders? Art without borders? Sports without borders? Science without borders?
It's all a lie, it's just a slogan used by Western countries to practice double standards.
The Cabinet Office was also in the Sunstrider Court, and Vondelor soon brought the newly established editor-in-chief of Silver Moon Weekly to Kael'thas' office.
The reason why it is a weekly report is because the people in the technical department have just received the movable type printing technology submitted by Sarlayan, and it will take a certain amount of time to engrave those movable type models.
Fortunately, Quel'Thalas' science and technology is quite advanced, and it has long developed cheap paper that can be mass-produced. Otherwise, even with movable type printing, the output of newspapers would not be guaranteed.
After you become familiar with the newspaper collection, publication and printing process, the weekly newspaper can evolve into a daily newspaper, further emphasizing timeliness.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
Vondelor is not as strict as the priests of Lordaeron. He is a fun and easy-going person. He is very popular in the cabinet and can even have a few words with the marginalized Dar'kan.
In private, Vondelor seems to be having a lot of fun, but at work he is quite rigorous and has never delayed work due to personal reasons.
Although he still could not fully understand the importance of the newspaper and public opinion, he still conscientiously followed Kael'thas's orders to build the framework of the newspaper.
Kael'thas smiled and nodded to Vondelor, then raised his hand and handed him the secret information from Valeera.
"You should read this information first, and then we will discuss it in depth."
The editor-in-chief of the newspaper chosen by von der Rohr was Demeter Huri, who was also an old acquaintance of Kaelthas.
Before taking this position, Demeter was once the bard leader of the royal family and was deeply trusted by the two generations of Sun Kings of Anastria and Kaelthas.
The information recorded in the letter made Von Delor gradually frown.
"It's the Dread Lord again, these guys are really haunting."
Kael'thas chuckled and said, "It's not surprising. The Dread Lord, who can change his appearance at will, is the most suitable demon race among the Burning Legion to carry out infiltration missions."
"Since the collapse of the Council of Tirisfal, no one can stop the demons from entering Azeroth. No one knows how many fear lords have taken the opportunity to sneak in."
"Fortunately, with the planet barrier protection set up by Titan, the only people who can squeeze in are not very strong individuals."
Vonderor passed the information to Demeter beside him and touched his chin thoughtfully.
"But it's not an option to continue like this. Someone has to stop these lawless demons, right?"
Kael'thas nodded solemnly: "I have been discussing with Antonidas recently whether to reorganize the Tirisfal Council."
"It's a pity that almost all the members of the Council were killed by Medivh, and the only one left is still missing."
Vondelor raised his eyebrows: "Merry Winterwind?"
"Um."
Kael'thas subconsciously tapped his finger on the table: "Merry Dongfeng is a veteran mage who has participated in the troll war, and he also has some friendship with his father."
"It is said that there is a powerful Dread Lord sealed in Merry Winterwind's body. Since then, he has chosen to self-exile. Even Medivh, the guardian of Tirisfal, has not been able to find his whereabouts."
Merry Winterwind is the first lich in Azeroth's recorded history.
Due to the perverse actions of the Scourge in later generations, many people believe that lichs are inherently evil.
But in fact this is a prejudice.
Liches themselves have no preference for good or evil. They are just mages who transform themselves into undead. The so-called good and evil only come from the personal standpoints of different lichs.
Merry Winterwind is a lich who walks on the right path.
The tragic troll war that year was very short of people, especially mages. Merry voluntarily transformed into a lich in order to help the coalition of humans and high elves win the troll war.
Sometime after the Troll War, Merry Winterwind sealed a powerful dreadlord named Cassanatir within himself.
Kasanatil is not a simple figure. He has a very high status in the Nasrezim tribe, only below the leader Tichondrius.
As we all know, in order to assist the Burning Legion in conquering the universe, the Dread Lord gathered the power of the entire clan to "create" a pair of sister swords.
The most famous of the sister swords is Frostmourne. This sword was brought into Azeroth by Tichondrius, and is now inserted in front of the frozen ice on top of the Ice Throne.
Belongs to the Lich King Ner'zhul.
The other one is the magic sword Apocalypse once used by Cassanatir.
With this magic sword that can confuse people's hearts, he sneaked into a world called Nawan. He used the magic sword's bewitching ability to guide Nawan's soldiers to kill each other, and easily destroyed that world without using a single soldier.
After being reminded by the barrage, Sarlayan had long known that the two sister swords were not from the hands of the Dread Lord, but from their master, Emperor Denathrius.
During the period when Dalaran was first established, a large number of mages used arcane magic unscrupulously. The out-of-control arcane energy tore open a large number of space-time rifts, attracting demons from far away in the Twisting Nether.
It's one of them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Thanks to the efforts of Alodi, the first generation guardian of Tirisfal, Cassanatil was finally defeated.
Apocalypse was sealed underground together with many demonic weapons, and the seriously injured Cassanatil was sucked into Meri Winterwind's body and suppressed himself.
The story that Kael'thas knew ended here, and Sharlayan got some follow-up information from the barrage.
During the period when Aegwynn served as the Guardian of Tirisfal, the maverick Aegwynn was unwilling to obey the instructions of the Council, often acted in her own way, and refused to return the power of the Guardian.
The members of the Tirisfal Council were troubled and formed a special organization called the Mystic Order of Tirisfal to capture her.
In order to take down the powerful Aegwynn, members of the Mystical Order of Tiris were allowed to use powerful artifacts to enhance their own strength.
It was at that time that the magic sword Apocalypse reappeared and was given to a mage named Les Shar for use.
After a long period of turmoil, Apocalypse fell into the hands of the Black Knight Eredin, and was stored in the underground treasure house of Karazhan along with other artifacts.
Sharlayan once made an appointment with Khadgar to find an opportunity to bring these powerful artifacts back to the world, so that they could help the defenders of Azeroth defeat powerful enemies.
Unfortunately, Khadgar, the only one with the authority to open Karazhan's underground treasure trove, decided to stay in Draenor at the last moment, and Sharlayan didn't know when he would see him next.
Witnessing with his own eyes the rampage of demons after the loss of the Council of Tirisfal, Antonidas intends to rebuild this ancient demon-hunting organization.
But the prerequisite is to find Merry Winterwind, the only remaining elder of the Parliament, and restart the recruitment ceremony of the Tirisfal Parliament under his guidance.
The Council of Tirisfal was originally founded by high elves and human mages. Rebuilding nature also requires cooperation between the two. This task fell to the two leaders Kael'thas and Antonidas.
While Kael'thas and Vonderal were discussing the reconstruction of the Parliament of Tirisfal, Demeter finally read the information coming from the Royal City of Lordaeron.
Many people have a cynical image of bards, and I have to say that this is another dogmatic prejudice.
Demeter Huiri has a resolute appearance and a very calm personality, but this does not prevent him from writing classic poems and ballads that have been handed down from generation to generation.
"Huh~"
Demeter exhaled a long breath and looked at Kael'thas solemnly.
"Your Majesty, how do you want me...or rather, how do you want Silver Moon Weekly to handle this information?"
A cold light flashed in Kael'thas's eyes: "Spread the word and don't worry about the consequences. They don't dare to fight on two fronts at this time. We can just take this opportunity to test the influence of 'public opinion'."
"Terenas thinks that Quel'Thalas is a soft persimmon that he can manipulate. We can't give in blindly, but we can't actively provoke a war. Let's use this method to fight back against him."