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 have known the role of propaganda weapons thousands of years ago. The tools of public opinion must be concentrated in the hands of the rulers. In the Western Middle Ages, the direction of public opinion was in the hands of the Holy See, while in China public opinion has always been concentrated in the hands of the rulers. In the hands of Confucian civil servants and emperors.
The imperial court had newspapers, and the people had Confucian societies. The two sides complemented each other and jointly influenced the people's thoughts. Any dissenters would be banned. There have been few literary prisons in China since ancient times.
The West must be free and open. That is nonsense. The Thirty Years' War that swept Europe in 1618 was nominally a civil war in the Holy Roman Empire. In fact, the core was Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, which were new ideas challenging the Holy See. Authority, in the final analysis, is still a struggle for the right to interpret Christianity.
The Holy See says that the Atonement Roll is useful, but the Protestants deny it. The Holy See says that faith requires complicated church rituals, but the Protestants say that faith only requires a pious individual soul... They are all opposing the Holy See. What is being fought for is 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 shattered the Holy Roman Empire, gave rise to the country of the Netherlands, turned the German Empire into a loose state, and allowed France to occupy What a bargain.
It also indirectly promoted the rise of nationalist countries in Europe. Huge cracks appeared in theocratic rule and its foundation was loosened.
The history of Tie Zhengzheng proves that all civilizations in the world attach great importance to the power of public opinion. The freer public opinion environment in Europe compared to China is not inherent. It was after decades of war and millions of people died. Power earned by talented people.
Due to China's special geographical environment and cultural background, the control of public opinion has entered an increasingly harsh situation. In the late Ming Dynasty, various academic schools emerged in the Jiangnan area, and various new ideas emerged in an endless stream. However, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty came, the butcher's knife was wielded by the literati. There are only two kinds left, one is dead and the other is alive. As for the freedom you want, go to hell and fight for it.
Public opinion is highly concentrated, literary inquisition is rampant, and the entire Chinese mind has been completely ossified.
The reason is very simple, because the Manchus established their country by force, and they knew from the bottom of their hearts that if they quarreled with the Han people and compared their eloquence, they would definitely lose, let alone them, even the old Zhu family, who are also Han people. He was also squeezed out by the civil servants to the point where he was neither promoted nor demoted.
The Manchus, who were swayed by the cold wind of Tunguska, did not want to live in such a miserable way, so they chose the simplest and most direct method of violent destruction.
If you talk too much nonsense, I will cut it with my knife. If you quote scriptures, I will burn your scriptures with fire.
People say that Qianlong's compilation of Sikuquanshu was a great contribution. However, taking the opportunity to compile Sikuquanshu, he confiscated so-called banned books and destroyed how many more. This number is countless.
The big boss in Western civilization that imprisons people’s thoughts is the Holy See, which is the divine power, while the big boss that imprisons the Chinese people’s thoughts is the emperor, which is the monarchy.
The final result was that the Holy See was defeated bit by bit, providing the soil for the growth of free ideas, while China's monarchy became more and more stubborn amidst repeated purges and killings.
When Xiao Letian and the imperial court were hostile, and there was a stalemate between heavy troops in Tanggu, the Manchus actually didn't care at all about one or two battlefield defeats. For the imperial court, human life was the lowest value. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people were killed in battle. None of them frowned.
Jiangnan was in trouble, and tens of millions of people died, but the court didn't take it seriously. Even if tens of thousands of Manchus also died among them, the court just looked at it coldly, and maybe they were grateful that Changmao helped them reduce the number of people. burdened.
But when Xiao Letian used the newspaper as a weapon of public opinion, the court, which had always been as stable as Mount Tai, went crazy. They were horrified to discover that Xiao Letian had a weapon that could compete with them for people's hearts. It turned out that the truth in this world was not only They can explain it, and Xiao Letian can also explain it.
What the ignorant people fear most is that their own deception will be exposed, not to mention that the person who exposed them is a great master of Western learning. Xiao Letian has 10,000 ways to expose the court's scam, and he may even be able to overturn the idea of the divine right of kings. .
Because of this, the imperial court secretly reached a secret agreement with Xiao Letian. I acquiesce in your rule over the Tanggu Industrial Zone and recognize your status as Prime Minister of Ryukyu, but you are not allowed to publish newspapers, leaflets and other heresies in the Qing Dynasty.
It just so happened that Xiao Letian also needed time to accumulate strength. He wanted to build several heavy industry bases without time for peaceful development, so after the ceasefire between the two sides, the newspapers and leaflets quietly disappeared.
But today, when the shameless court actually stole the banknote manufacturing process and even shyly refused to admit it, this made Ryukyu extremely angry.
It is definitely unrealistic to launch a war for a few counterfeit coins, but Xiao Letian also had to fight back to make the year difficult for the court, so the CIA and the Prime Minister discussed for half a night, and finally decided to use newspapers to give the Manchus a big blow. A slap in the face must let them know it hurts.
The day of Laba was a good time for newspapers to launch an attack. The newspapers with front and back sides not only wrote about the dangers of the proliferation of counterfeit currency, but the CIA also sent several large gift packages.
The generals in the city of Guangzhou robbed the women of the people and illegally enclosed their land, and thousands of people were displaced... The Shanghai Daotai, greedy for beauty, assassinated the giant merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and killed people... The northeastern general Liutiao Bian massacred the village, and thousands of Han refugees from outside the customs were killed. The scene was horrific. …
All the accusations have names and solid evidence. The CIA even printed some leaflets regardless of the cost, which used simple cartoon illustrations to vividly introduce the ugly faces of these corrupt officials to the people of the capital.
Forty-nine cities were fried, the capital was fried, the whole of Zhili was fried... When Prince Gong Yi? summoned the Ryukyu officials stationed in the capital to protest angrily, the hob selected by Xiao Letian The meat diplomat said with a smile.
"Prince Qi, this is just an appetizer. Now that the new issue of the newspaper has been printed in Shanghai, it will be flooded throughout the south of the Yangtze River within three days... If the imperial court still does not have the sincerity to negotiate, we don't mind sending the Qing Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty." Minbao was distributed to Korea, Fusang, Southeast Asia... and even Europe."
With a bang, another set of expensive porcelain was smashed into pieces. The prince couldn't believe the Ryukyu side's toughness. He really didn't expect that Xiao Letian would dare to smash the pot like this.
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