Chapter 775: Newspapers can control public opinion
"No." Meng Yi immediately objected, "How can you take risks, sir? If you want to go, I will go."
"Who said you won't go?" Qin An said.
"That's right. I'd better go." Meng Yi said, and he quickly realized, "Wait, Sir, you want me to go with you?"
"Of course." Qin An said, "If possible, bring Gan Luo with you."
"Prime Minister Zuo?" Meng Yi said awkwardly, "I'm afraid he won't be willing to go."
Qin An said: "This matter is not up to him. I still have some things to deal with now. You go to the palace to see my father-in-law and tell him that I want ten special forces, fully armed special forces.
In addition, I want you and Gan Luo to accompany me to Yandi. "
"Your Majesty will not agree." Meng Yi said.
"Yes." Qin An said, "King Yan still has an army of 200,000 men. This is a very good labor force that we cannot waste."
"But from Xianyang City to Yandi, you still need to pass through Weidi and Zhaodi, and a railway route has just been planned.
At the same time, when the remnants of Wei and Zhao learn that I am going to Yan, they will definitely send someone to invite me there, and I can accept them at the same time.
Oh, by the way, I need you to do one more thing. Come to the study with me. "
Qin An then turned around and headed to the study, with Meng Yi following behind him.
After arriving in the study, Qin An walked to his desk, picked up something on the desk and handed it to Meng Yi.
"Sir, what is this?"
"Newspaper." Qin An said, "Daqin Daily is what I thought of in the past few days. Nowadays, Daqin is changing too fast, and the people don't know how big the changes are in Daqin.
In order to let the people know, I produced this newspaper. "
"The paper of this newspaper seems to be very soft and rough, and ink will melt when dropped on it. How did you write the words on it?" Meng Yi asked curiously.
"Printing, the paper used in this newspaper was something I just developed, and it has been mass-produced by people." Qin An said, "This newspaper has a great effect. It can control the world's public opinion, and it can make the people of the six countries return to the Qin Dynasty as soon as possible. .
Anyway, newspapers have many advantages. Here is a set of rules, regulations and procedures for running a newspaper. Although it is not very detailed, it is enough for now.
In order to reflect the credibility of the newspaper and the newspaper's principle of seeking truth from facts, there must be evidence for everything in the newspaper and must not be made up.
Moreover, some of my deeds and my father-in-law's affairs can be published in the newspaper. For example, yesterday my father-in-law corrected the memorial until late at night, and finally fell asleep on the desk. There were still traces of sleep when he went to morning service during the day.
Or my father-in-law had his ears pulled by my mother-in-law, etc.
You can also write down national policies, but the policies should be as brief as possible, but the benefits of the policies to the people should be clearly stated.
Then there are some things about war, and what new works have been written by various schools of thought, etc.
Then the newspaper needs editors, reporters, etc., and these are all written in this memorial. "
Meng Yi took the memorial newspaper and said, "Sir, don't worry, I'm going to see your majesty now, but I'm afraid your majesty won't agree to your visit to Yandi."
Qin An smiled and said, "Just go. If your father-in-law doesn't agree, just tell him that working behind closed doors won't work. For my safety, he needs to establish the newspaper as soon as possible.
I want everyone in the world to know that I, Qin An, went to the Yan region to persuade the anti-Qin forces in the Yan region to join the Qin Dynasty, so that the people of the world can gain true peace and China can truly be unified.
In addition, the number of deaths in the seven kingdoms' wars over the years can be written in the newspaper.
You will say, you know this, what is the use of writing it down.
But the people don't know that they still think that Da Qin destroyed their country, and they have hatred towards Da Qin for destroying the country.
Although many of them have now returned to Great Qin, if they want to truly eliminate the hatred in their hearts,
It will take time, and it’s unlikely in this generation anyway. "
"Sir, you are worrying too much." Meng Yi said with a smile: "Now the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the weather is good, and the Huns have been driven away, Baiyue has returned, and the Western Regions are attached.
Today's Great Qin is already an empire where the sun never sets. How can the people still hate Great Qin? "
Qin An shook his head and said: "To compare, if it was not Great Qin that destroyed the Six Kingdoms, but other countries, would you, Meng Yi, think about revenge?"
"Of course." Meng Yi said, "How can we not avenge the hatred of destroying the country?"
Qin An looked at Meng Yi blankly, and Meng Yi also reacted and said with a smile: "Sir, I understand."
Qin An said: "Remember, don't draw conclusions blindly. Especially you, Jin Yiwei, must not only learn to think from others' perspective. This empathy requires not only looking at things from the other person's perspective, but also looking at things from other perspectives. matter.
Sometimes, bystanders can see more clearly what is going on. This is the so-called bystander's clarity.
Okay, let’s not say more. Newspapers are the best tool to control public opinion. In this way, rumors can be effectively prevented from causing harm to Da Qin.
In the future, there will be a period of time when everyone in the world thinks that the First Emperor Ying Zheng is the world's greatest tyrant.
Just because of rumors and two thousand years, we have no way to verify this.
Until we dug a tomb from the time of the First Emperor, a county magistrate named Xi. He loved his country, the Qin Dynasty, very much, and wrote down the First Emperor and some political affairs on bamboo slips.
From this we know that during the reign of the First Emperor, he did not kill a single minister. When recruiting corvees, he allowed the people to be delayed due to weather or other reasons.
But when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, the date was delayed due to rain, and the death should be due to the actions of Hu Hai or Zhao Gao.
However, the people didn't know it, but they blamed him entirely on the First Emperor.
It can be said that the First Emperor suffered two thousand years of infamy because of this incident. Fortunately, we unearthed an ancient tomb of an official from the First Emperor's period, otherwise my father-in-law would have suffered infamy for who knows how long. "
"It's really abominable that the second emperor's infamy is all attributed to His Majesty. I must report this to Your Majesty.
Sir, I'll take my leave now. "
"Go ahead and ask your father-in-law to set up a historian to record his words and deeds, as well as national policies and officials' thoughts.
There are two types. One is the father-in-law's daily life, words and deeds, etc., which can be called daily records.
The second type is to record national events, both good and bad. For example, the First Emperor ordered the construction of the Great Wall, and millions of people died in the construction of the Great Wall. " Qin An reminded.
"Okay. I will inform Your Majesty of your intentions, sir."
