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"So... all the current rumors and public opinions about the Seventh Prince between the government and the public are all secretly promoted by Zhou Shangjing?"
At the same time that Yang Xun appeared in the "Yungui Guild Hall", Zhao Junchen was listening to Xu Qingyan's report in the study room of the Zhao Mansion.
As Xu Qingyan gradually grows, he has taken on more and more tasks, and they are mainly related to public opinion, rumors, and intelligence collection.
After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Xu Qingyan immediately nodded and said: "It must be Zhou Shangjing. Although he is very hidden and it took me a lot of effort to find the source of this public opinion, but now it is certain that he is secretly pushing it." everything!"
Zhao Junchen chuckled and said: "Actually, I also guessed that such a method of destroying people is exactly the style of our Zhou Shoufu... I have always been interested in learning his skills, but so far I have only learned a little bit. .”
Hearing Zhao Junchen's comments, Xu Qingyan looked a little confused.
In Xu Qingyan's view, the current public opinion trend is speaking favorably of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, but why does Zhao Junchen think that such public opinion will destroy the seventh prince Zhu Hejian invisible?
Seeing Xu Qingyan's confused expression, Zhao Junchen explained to him in detail the viciousness of these public opinions. The content was similar to Yang Xun's explanation.
"Since the Qin Dynasty, the territory of the Han people has become larger and larger, and the need for centralization of power has increased, and the people are more inclined to have a wise and promising emperor to govern them, otherwise the country will be unstable...
If the Seventh Prince is seen by the world as a person with no independent opinions and no responsibility, even Emperor Deqing will have doubts. Even if he successfully ascends to the position of Crown Prince, he will not be as good as Zhu Heyu before. The position is more stable! "
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with a look of deep thought.
He vaguely felt that Zhou Shangjing's promotion of such public opinion was obviously to force the seventh prince Zhu Hejian to do something to prove his responsibility and opinion.
However, all of this is most likely a trap set by Zhou Shangjing.
Zhou Shangjing is the best at serial schemes. Once Zhu Hejian is forced to jump into this trap, he will definitely have to face waves of difficult choices.
"It's a pity that Zhou Shangjing has always been a little distant and wary of me. Although we occasionally cooperate, he will never tell me the truth about such an important plan. Otherwise, I can work with him and help him. "
And while Zhao Junchen was thinking about it secretly, Xu Qingyan finally figured it out and suddenly realized: "So that's it! The role of such public opinion is not its own content, but the way it guides the world's thoughts!
Just like the rumors that the Jurchens in Jianzhou slandered the young master, saying that the young master was a descendant of the royal family of the Song Dynasty and wanted to restore the country. Everyone can see the absurdity of these rumors, but it will lead people to think about another thing, that is Master, do you have the ability to rebel? This is the true role of those rumors!
The same is true for the current public opinions related to the seventh prince, which is to guide people's thoughts and make people think that the seventh prince is not a good candidate to inherit the throne. "
After Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he slowly said: "It's not exactly the same. The viciousness of the rumors designed by Jianzhou Jurchen is to guide people's thoughts and draw the conclusions they want to see, while the rumors promoted by Zhou Shangjing These public opinions are to ingrain a concept and image in the hearts of the world... In comparison, Zhou Shangjing's method is more sophisticated."
While talking, Zhang Yu'er entered the study with Yang Xun's name card.
Due to lack of knowledge, Zhang Yu'er did not know the importance of this famous post. After seeing Zhao Junchen "lecturing" to Xu Qingyan again, he sat aside and planned to wait until Zhao Junchen's lecture was over before handing over this famous post. To Zhao Junchen.
When Zhao Junchen saw Zhang Yuer's behavior, he thought that Zhang Yuer came to see him for nothing important, so he continued to tell Xu Qingyan his opinion.
As people close to Zhao Junchen, Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yuer have long discovered that Zhao Junchen does not like food and wine, and he does not have much obsession with beauty. His biggest hobby is "becoming a teacher", and he often inadvertently Show it.
Just listen to Zhao Junchen continue to say: "Actually, in this world, the purpose of people with good intentions to promote public opinion and create rumors is nothing more than these two. One is to guide people to draw a conclusion they want to see, and the other is to turn someone into a person." These concepts are deeply rooted in people’s minds!
And the reason why I say that Zhou Shangjing's method is more clever is because the conclusion can be overturned. No matter how bad it is, it can cover up the facts, or divert the attention of the world like we did, but certain concepts Once it is rooted in people's hearts, it is difficult to overturn it, as if it has been stamped with a steel stamp on their minds!
At the same time, to achieve these two goals, deliberately distorting facts and creating malicious and slanderous rumors are just wait-and-see methods. The best method is to set prerequisites, provide generalized information and statistics, and Confused cause and effect! "
Hearing this, Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yuer both looked confused.
"Setting prerequisites, providing generalized information and statistics, and confusing causal relationships? Master, I don't understand these!"
Xu Qingyan felt dizzy and couldn't help asking questions again.
Zhao Junchen also knew that what he was talking about was too profound for people of this era, so he said: "In this case, let's give an example to facilitate your understanding! Let's talk about setting the prerequisites first. Let me ask you, everyone As we all know, Qingliu always adheres to various moral standards and is not down to earth. However, several powerful ministers in the court do things that are more in line with the actual situation. Therefore, the court should put more emphasis on powerful officials and completely abandon Qingliu who has high vision and low skill. Do you agree with this point of view?"
Xu Qingyan was stunned again. As a close confidant of Zhao Junchen, he naturally looked down on the clean people in the court. He believed that powerful ministers like Zhao Junchen had done more for the country and the people, but after all, he still had some normal rights and wrongs in his heart. concept, so it is difficult to agree with the view that the imperial court should completely abandon Qingliu.
So, Xu Qingyan hesitated for a moment, and finally replied: "Master, although the Qingliu are useless, it seems a little inappropriate if the court completely abandons them, right?..."
Hearing Xu Qingyan's answer, Zhao Junchen smiled and said: "You see, this is the so-called 'setting preconditions'. My inquiry just now seems to be to discuss with you whether the court should abandon Qingliu." question, but in fact, it secretly sets the precondition that "Qingliu is not as good as the powerful ministers", and once you fall into such a debate, it is equivalent to acquiescing that Qingliu is not as good as the powerful ministers, and related concepts will also be rooted in... But In reality? There are many officials in history who are able to do practical things, and there are also many powerful ministers who are unable to do so!"
Seeing that both Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yu'er suddenly realized, Zhao Junchen continued: "There are many similar examples... For example, the Han people have too many people and eat too much food, so they burn forests to open up wasteland every year, destroying a small number of people." The living part of the nation, so should we stop burning forests to open up wasteland and leave living space for ethnic minorities in remote areas? Once we fall into such a debate, it is equivalent to acknowledging that the problem of food and clothing for the Han people is the original sin of benefiting ourselves at the expense of others!
For another example, we all know that eating seafood is bad for the body and can cause symptoms such as gout, so should we stop eating seafood? You see, once we start discussing this issue, we are equivalent to acquiescing that eating seafood is bad. In fact, many people eating seafood is good for their health!
And these are all examples of setting preconditions. These preconditions will deeply implant certain misconceptions in people's hearts, enough to affect many things! "
After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "Besides providing general information and statistics, let me give you examples to let you understand... For example, we all know that the existence of the inner court and factory guards hangs on the heads of hundreds of officials. A sharp sword that has been secretly monitoring all parties in the government and the opposition. Countless officials and common people have been persecuted to death by factory guards for hundreds of years. Therefore, we should abandon the inner court and factory guards. If you are the emperor of our dynasty , do you agree with this view?”
Xu Qingyan fell into a misunderstanding and couldn't turn around, saying: "The prerequisites this time are not wrong!"
Zhang Yuer said: "But this time, the master is providing people with generalized information and statistical methods to complain and create rumors... Therefore, this question also has a trap, that is, it only describes The disadvantages of the inner court and the factory guards are even exaggerated, and the people's fear of the factory guards is resonated, so that people only pay attention to these disadvantages, but it does not describe the necessity of the inner court and the factory guards in stabilizing the government and the opposition at all. sex!"
Zhao Junchen smiled and nodded again, deeply pleased with Zhang Yuer's understanding, and said: "That's right! This is to provide information and statistics based on generalizations! When using this method, telling stories is often more effective than reasoning. Effect!
For example, we can tell a story about a small vendor who was struggling to make a living and set up a stall on the street to sell goods. However, he was expelled and suppressed by the government officials, and the goods of the small vendor's stall were confiscated. A small trader has lost his source of livelihood and is likely to starve to death in the future... Do you think this small trader is pitiful and those government officials are hateful? "
Seeing that Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yu'er were at a loss again and just nodded in agreement, Zhao Junchen shook his head and sighed: "This is the benefit of telling stories. After hearing this story, people sympathized with the plight of small traders and disgusted them. In addition to being domineering, the government officials would also ignore the most basic situation, that is... whether the place where this small vendor sets up a stall is allowed to set up a stall to sell goods! The court does not allow stalls to be set up in the middle of the street, otherwise it will only It will cause road congestion and bring inconvenience to more people, but because of this story, everyone will completely ignore this point. This is the benefit of telling stories, it can further achieve the purpose of generalizing!"
Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yuer suddenly understood again and felt that they had benefited a lot.
After Zhao Junchen took a sip of tea, he continued: "Let's talk about the last method, which is to confuse the causal relationship. Let's give an example. This method is more difficult to understand, so I will first give you an example with the most obvious flaw for you to understand!
Take spiders as an example. We catch a spider and beat the gongs and drums next to the spider. The spider will immediately be frightened and run away. Then we pull off all eight legs of the spider, and then beat the gongs and drums again. This time the spider It was motionless. Because of this phenomenon, can we think that the spider's ears are on its legs, so it doesn't respond to the sound of gongs and drums? "
This time, even Xu Qingyan understood what Zhao Junchen meant. He shook his head and said, "Of course not. Even if the spider hears the sound of gongs and drums, how can it run without legs?"
Zhao Junchen still nodded and said: "Yes, this is the simplest example of confusing cause and effect... Let me give you a more advanced example..."
Having said this, Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, saw the tea cup in his hand, and asked: "Take tea as an example. We can find that people who drink tea generally live longer than people who do not drink tea." High, people who drink good tea generally live longer than people who drink ordinary tea, so can we conclude that drinking tea, especially drinking good tea, can help prolong life?"
This time, Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yu'er both knew that the example Zhao Junchen gave was by no means simple. There must be some hidden thinking traps, but they couldn't figure it out for a while, so they both remained silent.
Zhao Junchen immediately gave the answer, saying: "In fact, this statement also confuses the relationship between cause and effect! The fact is that poor people cannot afford tea, ordinary people can only drink ordinary tea, and only dignitaries can Drink those expensive and good teas, so their different life spans are not because they drink different teas, but because their wealth level determines the difference in their living standards!”
After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "Similar examples, because if a general only defends but does not attack during a war, he is a coward; because there is banditry under an official, so this official is a coward. The cruel officials who force the people to rebel...these causal relationships may seem reasonable, but in fact they have nothing to do with the actual situation!"
Having said this, Zhao Junchen thought of some situations in later generations and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and then said: "So, when creating public opinions and rumors, setting prerequisites, providing generalized information and statistics, and confusing things In terms of cause and effect, these three methods have been tried and tested, and there is a smarter way, which is to use these three methods at the same time!
For another example, we all know that court regulations restricted the vitality of merchants, and the prices of some commodities remained high because of this. So should the court allow merchants to determine market supply and demand on their own?
Here, not only does it secretly set up the premise that it is a bad phenomenon for the imperial laws and regulations to restrict the activities of merchants, but it also completely fails to mention the necessity of imperial laws and regulations to restrain the activities of merchants. It also confuses the causal relationship and changes the prices of some commodities. The high situation is related to the imperial court restricting the activities of merchants. But in fact, if the imperial court gives merchants complete autonomy, will commodity prices definitely come down? I'm afraid the merchants will just hoard it, right? "
Having said this, Zhao Junchen was thirsty again and wanted to drink tea again, but found that he had already drank all the tea in the teacup.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen ended the teaching and simply concluded: "Qingyan, Yu'er, your future tasks are all related to rumors, public opinion, and intelligence. When you want to promote public opinion and create rumors in the future, At this time, we must make good use of these three means, that is, setting prerequisites, providing partial information and statistics, and confusing causal relationships, which will definitely be detrimental; at the same time, when you hear relevant information in the future When dealing with public opinions and rumors, you must also be careful to prevent yourself from being guided by these three methods, or from being ingrained with certain wrong concepts!"
From this teaching, Zhao Junchen naturally fulfilled the nature of "being a teacher", and Xu Qingyan and Zhang Yu'er also benefited a lot. They just felt that they were enlightened and they will benefit a lot when doing things in the future.
On the other side, after seeing that Zhao Junchen no longer planned to "teach", Zhang Yu'er also stood up again, first pouring a cup of tea for Zhao Junchen.
After seeing Zhao Junchen drinking tea to quench his thirst, Zhang Yuer finally got down to business and handed Yang Xun's name card to Zhao Junchen and said: "Master, a great scholar named Yang Xun sent the name card. I I didn’t care about this at first, after all, there are too many people asking to see you every day, but several staff in the government were very excited after hearing the news, so you must pay attention to this!"
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Second update! A total of 12,000 words were updated today.
It feels like it hasn't fully entered the rhythm yet, and today's chapter is a bit rushed, so Bugs will not update two chapters stably in the future, but it will update at least one chapter every day. If the status is good, it will burst out with double updates again.
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