The moment Ying Zheng's laughter rang out, everyone was stunned.
Everyone, including Hou Sheng, looked at him dumbfounded.
Obviously, Ying Zheng agreed with Li Si's suggestion.
Then, what they have to face next is endless suffering and the torture of life imprisonment.
At this moment, all the criminals were at a loss.
"Tyrant! Tyrant!"
"Li Si, you don't have to die well! You don't have to die well..."
"The State of Qin must perish, the State of Qin must perish..."
"shut up--!"
Hearing the hysterical shouting of the guilty ministers, Zhao Hao immediately roared: "If you make more noise, believe it or not, I will castrate all of you one by one and throw you into the horse pen as humans and animals!?"
"kindness!?"
When the ministers heard Zhao Hao's words, their eyelids twitched.
The guilty ministers' eyes widened even more, and they swallowed back the words as soon as they reached their lips, feeling extremely aggrieved.
The entire hall was as silent as the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.
Just when the ministers thought the matter was over, unexpectedly Hou Sheng stood up again.
But I heard him sneer and say: "I have forgotten that there is a person like Mr. Hao in the Qin State. It's a pity that Ying Zheng has poor eyesight..."
"A clown dares to sow discord?"
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and immediately replied: "Do you know what 'a gentleman is not powerful if he is not serious'? It means that a gentleman must hit people hard, otherwise he will not be able to establish prestige!"
"I am not a gentleman, otherwise I will definitely kill you!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Am I talking nonsense? You still don't understand the principles taught by Confucius hundreds of years ago. Confucianism is really hopeless!"
"You... you you you... treacherous talk, treacherous talk..."
Hou Sheng was defeated by Zhao Hao in just a few words.
Ying Zheng shook his head in confusion, waved his hand to Dunrui and said, "Take him down."
"promise."
Dun Ruo immediately took action.
Soon, only the ministers whose names were not read were left in the hall.
Ying Zheng glanced at them and said expressionlessly:
"Everyone, get up. I don't want to say more. You can take care of yourself and leave the court."
As soon as he finished speaking, he left the hall minding his own business.
The ministers looked at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.
They all knew that the First Emperor was a little disappointed in them.
Even though their names were not read out, it was inevitable that they had done one or two things that were disgraceful to the First Emperor.
Although it is not something that endangers the country or the monarch, there is always a trace of guilt in my heart.
Fortunately, the First Emperor did not get to the bottom of this matter, and not long after, he held a small court meeting in the study.
There were not many people attending the meeting, only six people including Feng Jie, Li Si, Feng Quji, Wang Wan, Meng Yi, and Zhao Hao.
The reason why Zhao Hao was able to attend this meeting was because Ying Zheng was interested in what he said about 'defeating magic with magic'.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Ying Zheng sat on the Grand Master's chair, rubbed his brows, and then spoke first;
"I thought that by ignoring those rumors, the remnants of the Six Nations would stop, but I didn't expect that they would intensify their efforts and devise a plan to frame me..."
As he spoke, he sighed with a wry smile: "It seems that my policies have made them very uneasy!"
"Your Majesty also said before that those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. Now, although the world is unified, the people's hearts have not yet completely surrendered. This is an opportunity for the remnants of the six countries..." Wang Wan stroked his beard and said.
Feng Quji glanced at him and said thoughtfully: "The national policies implemented by His Majesty are all actions to win over the people. In less than a year and a half, the people's hearts will completely belong to our country, Great Qin."
"That's right! This is why they jumped over the wall in such a hurry that they did not hesitate to betray those courtiers and destroy His Majesty's reputation..." Feng Jie agreed.
"You really have good intentions!"
Li Si sighed with a complicated expression, and then looked at Meng Yi: "Do you know, doctor, how many places are the most popular places nowadays?"
"Chen County and Sishui County in the Chu land, Xue County and Dong County in the Qilu land." Meng Yi answered truthfully.
"Oh, they are all places where scholars gather..."
Ying Zheng laughed, looked around at the crowd and said, "Do you have any ideas to solve this problem?"
Hearing this, Li Si immediately handed over to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I have tried many methods before, but the results are not good. I'm afraid I can only use the old method!"
"The old way?"
Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes: "You mean severe punishment?"
"No!"
Li Si shook his head: "What I mean is to increase the intensity of 'book burning'."
Li Si had previously proposed the national policy of "burning books" to unify his thoughts, but was later disrupted by Zhao Hao, and only a small number of illegal books were burned.
In his opinion, the spread of rumors is related to scholars. As long as they control the lives of scholars, they will not be able to make much trouble.
But when Zhao Hao heard Li Si's words, he couldn't help but said: "Isn't Li Tingwei already amending the law? If we increase the intensity of 'book burning' now, wouldn't we be shooting ourselves in the foot?"
"kindness?"
Li Si was stunned and couldn't help but wonder: "What do you mean, Master?"
"this...."
Zhao Hao subconsciously raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng.
But Ying Zheng raised his hand with a dull expression, indicating for him to continue.
At the same time, everyone's eyes also fell on Zhao Hao.
They all knew that when Zhao Hao spoke, he would definitely have some clever words and suggestions, and they couldn't help but look forward to it.
It's not that they don't know how to think, but Zhao Hao's remarks are quite unique and refreshing.
"The purpose of amending the law is to change people's inherent concepts of Qin's laws, such as how harsh Qin's laws are!"
"Then after the revision, people must know that Qin's law is not harsh, then this will be meaningful!"
"In this case, people who can read and write are indispensable!"
"Li Tingwei intensifies his efforts to 'burn books'. It seems to be to control speech, but in fact he is destroying his own future!"
"Oh? Would you like to hear the details?"
Li Si raised his eyebrows and suddenly became interested.
Zhao Hao's mouth moved slightly and he said slowly: "Actually, dealing with these rumors is not that troublesome. We only need to set up a propaganda department!"
"Propaganda Department?"
Li Si blinked and tried to recall the Propaganda Department, but he seemed to have never heard of it.
"Could the Propaganda Department you're talking about have something to do with public opinion?"
Ying Zheng asked as if he had reacted.
He had heard Zhao Hao mention the power of public opinion before, but now that he heard about the Propaganda Department, he immediately thought of public opinion guidance.
In fact, in later generations, public opinion has a great impact on social stability and national unity.
It is precisely because of this that there are so many walking half a million who specialize in public opinion.
In the Qin Dynasty, and even in the entire ancient dynasty, public opinion never attracted the attention of those in power.
Although they all know that "those who win the hearts of the people win the world," they all believe that the hearts of the people exist in benevolent government. As long as the monarch does not mess around, does not harm the people, and does not use people's power indiscriminately, he will win the hearts of the people.
It seems reasonable, but in fact, the pattern is still small.
It can only be said that the needs of ancient people were very simple, nothing more than food and clothing.
As for safety requirements, it's actually not bad. Anyway, you don't have to worry about disaster coming from the sky when you grow crops. The court doesn't recruit troops for war, so it means the years are quiet.
As for socializing, it basically has nothing to do with ordinary people.
Many people in power believe that ordinary people's life is to farm, marry a wife, have children, farm as a family, and then return home covered with stars and moon, and have no spiritual needs.
This is purely conjecture.
The lower the people are, the emptier their spirits are. At the same time, it is easy for others to stuff other thoughts into their minds. They don’t care whether the thoughts are from gods, monsters, or rebels. Whatever they encounter, they will stuff it into their minds. .
This is also the reason why the main body of public opinion can easily transfer from scholars to the common people.
And what about inside the court?
Most of the time they are busy fighting for power.
Controlling public opinion actually means controlling the right to speak. An emperor's right to speak is the highest in the capital. When it reaches counties, it gradually weakens. When it comes to the countryside, it is basically in a state of "horse or plum".
Today's Daqin has low productivity and a weak economy. It is basically impossible to build high-rise buildings. Therefore, it is crucial to develop public opinion and promote the 'spiritual' construction of the people at the bottom.
Zhao Hao's purpose is to use this rumor incident to create a set of effective public opinion tools to compete for the Qin court's right to speak among the people and increase the court's influence among the people.
After pondering for a while, he nodded and said: "Father is right, the Propaganda Department is the government agency that specializes in public opinion propaganda."
"Oh? Tell me your plan!" Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows.
"In the past, Daqin's propaganda was mainly based on notices, but notices are the window to convey government orders. If they are used to control public opinion, there is a risk of abuse. Furthermore, if the notices were useful, these rumors would have stopped spreading long ago!"
"Since the notice doesn't work, what can the young master do?"
Before Ying Zheng could speak, the old prime minister Wang Wan couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Hao glanced at him and said with a smile: "I guess Mr. Zhang sent a lot of paper to the old prime minister. This paper is a good thing. It can not only write, but also print and distribute newspapers!"
"Newspaper? What is a newspaper?"
Wang Wan was stunned, and everyone looked at each other.
Zhao Hao glanced at Ying Zheng's book and said with a smile: "This newspaper, like the military newspaper, is used to convey news."
"I see."
Feng Quji nodded suddenly, and then asked: "Then this newspaper can solve the rumor?"
"Distributing newspapers is just a means to solve rumors. You also need to create bigger rumors than rumors!"
"A bigger rumor?"
Everyone was stunned again.
But Ying Zheng said thoughtfully: "Could it be that what my son is talking about is a hot topic?"
He remembered that Zhao Hao once mentioned the hot spots of public opinion to him.
"good!"
Zhao Hao nodded with a smile and continued: "Under the Propaganda Department, establish a newspaper office, print and distribute newspapers, select newspaper officers, and go to counties and counties to recruit newsboys who can read, read, and speak clearly, or directly train newsboys;
Let them go to the countryside, read out the contents of the newspapers, and push forward step by step to spread various hot topics among the people. "
"In this way, we can establish the consensus of the newspaper, wait until the people gradually recognize the contents of the newspaper, and then guide the topic, and the rumors will be self-defeating!"
"In addition, newspapers can not only dispel rumors, but also popularize the law. For example, the law revision presided over by Li Tingwei can be publicized through newspapers, which will be more deeply rooted in people's hearts than notices or anything else!"
"this....."
Everyone was shocked for a whole year when they heard Zhao Hao's words.
They never expected that this so-called 'newspaper' could be so powerful.
