Afterwards, His Highness the King of Chu asked Shu Laibao to sit down and eat with him.
Shu Laibao ate his meal carefully and was flattered. At the same time, he was also surprised by Gang Leader Hong's appetite, how big he was.
After Zhu Zhen ate until his stomach was full, he put down his chopsticks, took the handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and asked him, "Have you ever thought about helping Liu Shenzheng fulfill his unfinished legacy?"
"Of course I have thought about it, but I am just a beggar. Well, now that I am the deputy chief, how can I help?" Shu Laibao sighed.
"You are wrong. The beggar gang can be of great help." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said: "For example, the situation of hiding in fields and hiding in households mostly occurs in remote countryside and isolated mountain villages. We need to find them all.
Come out and find out their details, there is no one more suitable than a beggar."
"That's true, we beggars are like mice digging holes, burrowing in wherever we go. The less our peers go to places, the more food we can get." Shu Laibao said happily: "It is best to leave this job to us.
"
"There are more suitable jobs." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled again.
"besides?"
"Yes." Lao Liu nodded and said, "I thought about it carefully. To implement the New Deal, we still need to publicize it properly. Senior Brother's publicity before was not without efforts.
"But there are also problems. One is that the effect of posting notices is definitely not good. Only one in a hundred people in the countryside can be literate, and these people often belong to wealthy families. How can they read to the common people something that is not good for them?"
"It's true." Shu Laibao nodded and said, "It's useless no matter how many notices are posted like that."
"Another one is that if you just post a piece of paper or send an official to the countryside, you will not be able to resist those squires and elders who confuse right and wrong and talk nonsense day after day." Lao Liu said again.
"Yes, there are only a few people in the government. A province is so big and there are thousands of villages. If you can go through it once a year, you will be exhausted." Shu Laibao said with deep understanding:
"I'm afraid the villagers have forgotten all about it, even if the big family members don't say anything."
"So, we are going to send a strong propaganda team to walk around the streets and alleys all day long, visiting every village every now and then." His Highness the King of Chu waved his hand vigorously and said: "Except for our Beggar Gang, I have no other job to do this job.
who?"
"This..." Shu Laibao finally understood that it turned out that His Highness the King of Chu disguised himself as a beggar and visited the Beggar Clan not on a whim; nor was he forced to agree to be the leader of the Clan, but had already set his sights on their poor sect.
"What the gang leader said...the behavior of this propaganda team is indeed like us beggars, but we beggars are all blind. They can beg for food with a shameful face, but they can't do such serious things as being reasonable and following the rules.
Shu Laibao smiled bitterly and said:
"The reason why Lao Bangcai can become the deputy gang leader is because he is the only one in the gang who can read."
"You are wrong again. The true meaning of propaganda does not lie in how much knowledge you have or how much truth you understand," Lao Liu waved his arms and said forcefully: "It lies in using the words that are easiest to remember and expressing the most provocative words.
content, and then use the simplest way, over and over again!”
"Easy to remember, provocative, popular, repetitive..." Shu Laibao instantly grasped the four elements, his eyes lit up and he said: "Isn't that just a prophecy?"
"That's right, you are really a fucking genius!" Lao Liu couldn't help but look at Shu Laibao with admiration and nodded: "That's the thing!"
For example, the most famous ones are 'Hu Ye, the one who destroyed the Qin Dynasty', 'The Great Chu is reborn, King Chen Sheng', 'Cang Tian is dead, Huang Tian should be established, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world', 'Those who succeed the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao','
Check it out as the Son of Heaven', and the closest sentence 'The one eye of the stone man Mo Dao stirs up rebellion in the Yellow River world'...
These classic political propaganda prophecies, as soon as they were released, were immediately spread by word of mouth, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and played an excellent propaganda role.
"What the gang leader means is that we also make up some catchy prophecies and let the beggars spread them around?" Shu Laibao asked tentatively.
"That's right!" Lao Liu snapped his fingers and said: "It turns out that my senior brother is too down-to-earth and only knows dry propaganda. In a place like Jiangxi where gods gather together, if you don't brag a bit more mysteriously, who will take it seriously?
?”
"This is not difficult. Common people already believe that Lord Hongwu is not a mortal!" Shu Laibao nodded hurriedly.
"Of course, we have to explain the real benefits." Lao Liu added: "We only brag about my father's awesomeness and do not exaggerate the efficacy."
"Yes..." Shu Laibaoxin said this, why did he feel so awkward? On his face, he complimented: "So, when the gang leader was begging for food on the stone street today, he made up and sang the kind of music
Books are perfect."
"Well, we want to go together." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "I will take the time to compile a few lyrics in the past few days and teach you later. You can teach it to the gang."
"Thank you, Gang Leader!" Shu Laibao thanked him hurriedly. He really wanted to learn this amazing begging technique that was praised by Hou Er and others. At the end, he asked: "Are our lyrics famous?"
"Let's call it Shulaibao." Lao Liu said with a smile.
"The gang leader is so loving to me..." Shu Laibao was moved to tears when he saw the gang leader naming the gang after him.
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"Your job is not easy." Lao Liu said again: "There are so many places in the province, and it is not enough to rely on beggars like Nanchang."
"Don't worry, Gang Leader, the blue lotus, white lotus root and red lotus are the same beggars all over the world." Shu Laibao said confidently: "We have a lot of people in Jiangxi, and there are also a lot of beggars. As long as we have food to eat, then let me call you grandpa, let me call you grandpa."
Call grandma, call grandma."
"I'm sure I'm in charge of the food." Lao Liu smiled and said, "The emperor doesn't need hungry soldiers. I, the leader of the gang, can't let my brothers start working hungry."
"That's it!" Shu Laibao suddenly said ambitiously: "With the words of the gang leader, within a month, I will be able to form an alliance with the beggar gangs across the province and have gang leaders from all over the place come to Nanchang to take orders!"
"Wouldn't this gang leader be promoted to the chief gang leader of the province?" Lao Liu was overjoyed.
"Of course! The chief gang leader of the province must be the gang leader!" Shu Laibao was flattering, but at the same time he was wondering, this is a prince, why is he still so addicted to the leader of the Beggar Clan?
At this time, Deng Duo held up a pair of eighth-grade military attache robes. Zhu Zhen motioned to Shu Laibao to take it and said: "From now on, you will be a junior flag officer under my command."
"Thank you, Your Highness..." Shu Laibao was busy wiping his hands on his body, and then took the official uniform tremblingly, completely convinced that his choice was right.
"I give you this official position, firstly, as a reward, and secondly, for your safety." Zhu Zhen said lightly: "Anyway, that account book came out of your hands, and some people are afraid that they are looking for it.
Please keep a low profile for now. It won’t be long before no one in the entire Nanchang City or even in Jiangxi Province dares to touch a single hair of our people from Prince Chu’s Mansion!”
