Jiang Yuan's gaze swept across these people as he spoke faintly.
"I haven't finished the first four plans. Aren't you all too anxious?”
This time, whether it was Old Zhu, Zhu Di, or Chong Zhen, they were all stunned.
They had thought that Jiang Yuan had finished explaining the four strategies, so they subconsciously asked.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuan hadn't finished speaking.
Just as everyone was dumbfounded, Jiang Yuan's magnetic voice asked again.
"This fishing vessel is of utmost importance. How do you plan to control it?”
"This…"
After being questioned by Jiang Yuan, the emperors frowned.
They had learned the importance of fishing vessels from their understanding of the situation.
It could unify the thoughts and opinions of the people.
However, they had yet to figure out how to control it.
Even the decisive Old Zhu hesitated.
In the end, he frowned and hesitated for a long time before slowly saying,"Are we going to use the storyteller? One to ten, ten to a hundred?"
"Or put up a notice?"
"I think it's better to let the Embroidered Uniform Guards publicize it. After all, the Embroidered Uniform Guards cover all provinces.”
“……”
The dozen emperors were chattering non-stop. Almost everyone had a method.
However, in Jiang Yuan's eyes, these methods were too slow and inefficient.
Looking at the dozen or so ancestors quarreling, Chong Zhen's face was filled with anxiety, like ants on a hot pan.
Chong Zhen quickly asked Jiang Yuan,""May I know what method you have?"
Jiang Yuan quickly disappeared from the Emperor Communication Space. After a few seconds, he reappeared.
At the same time, he uploaded a newspaper drawing into the communication space.
Jiang Yuan, who had returned, signaled to everyone.
"Look at this!"
Old Zhu and Zhu Di were the first to take out their money and buy the newspaper.
Looking at the newspaper that was almost the same as a notice, the two of them were dumbfounded.
"What is this thing and what is its use?”
"This is called a newspaper!" Jiang Yuan explained.
"It's similar to the notices that announce to the whole country, but the content on it is richer than the notices. Anything can be published in the newspapers.”
Everyone listened to Jiang Yuan's story, but they still did not react.
"Isn't this the same as a notice?”
"Do you think you can control a fishing vessel with just a newspaper like this?”
"Could Immortal Elder have made a mistake?"
“……”
Jiang Yuan held his forehead when he heard their murmurs.
"Do not underestimate the power of this newspaper.”
"For the common people, what kind of entertainment is popular?”
"I just like listening to storytellers tell stories, right?”
For the ancient people, there was almost no entertainment at night.
Most of them would sleep at night.
"However, if you can print the story in the newspaper, or browse through the national affairs, you can send it every seven days or every two or three days to every county at an urgent speed of 800 miles. In just a few days, the people of the country will know what you want them to see!”
"The newspapers can be divided into royal newspapers. They mainly record national events, military wars, and so on. They serve as propaganda for the common people.”
"It can also be divided into entertainment newspapers, where you can register certain romantic stories, such as shock! The lower class actually called themselves slaves to the upper class. They had no dignity at all! Terrifying! The uprising army of Da Shun actually ate a living person alive, or the reason why the Emperor didn't sleep in the middle of the night was actually…"
" Ask dozens of storytellers to weave stories about the leader of the enemy's braid and the others. Do something that the common people like to see. You can sell them for money and control the fishing boats!”
After everyone heard Jiang Yuan's explanation, they understood that this small newspaper had a huge effect.
Once the newspaper was formed, there would be a fixed number of people reading every issue.
According to the grading system, it would only take a few days for the entire country to see any information from the newspapers!
Moreover, he could also defame the enemy leader and establish a sense of hostility among the commoners.
The Jiajing Emperor Zhu Hou, who was good at politics and knew how to do business, was the first to react.
He could not help but exclaim.
"Immortal Elder! This thing is wonderful!"
This thing was an invisible soft knife that could kill without a trace!
It would only take a little time to control the consciousness of the people and become the emperor's tongue.
For example, Li Zicheng's Great Shun Revolutionary Army.
As long as the newspapers appeared, they would slander the Revolutionary Army, say things like violence, killing people, eating people alive, and so on.
Naturally, the commoners would feel fear towards the Revolutionary Army.
Then, he would publish a story about the rebel army surrendering in the newspaper and receive preferential treatment from the Emperor, who did not ask him about his mistakes.
They were both members of the Revolutionary Army. What would other Revolutionary Army members think when they saw this?
F * ck!
Why should I risk my life to rebel when Zhang San has already received preferential treatment for surrendering?
I won't rebel!
In this way, he could comfort the people and at the same time incite the uprising army.
What was even more surprising was that this newspaper could be used for commercial purposes under the grading system.
It was similar to an Honorary Aristocrat.
By advertising in the newspaper, the newspaper could be sold for money and the merchants could collect money from it.
It killed several birds with one stone!
Following that, Chong Zhen reacted. His entire face was flushed with excitement. Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes as he bowed deeply to Jiang Yuan.
"Immortal Elder! Chongzhen will never forget your great kindness!”
As early as the Jiajing period, movable type printing had been greatly improved and was spread among the people.
Of course, printing newspapers was not a problem.
The most important thing was the time limit.
As long as he brought the original manuscript and traveled the 800-mile express route of the royal courier station, he could spread it across several provinces in Jiangnan in three days!
It would only take five days to reach the border area.
In addition, the common people would definitely like to hear some colorful stories from time to time.
Beside him, Old Zhu's old face was smiling so widely that flowers were about to bloom.
When he realized the function of the newspaper, he was first shocked, then surprised.
"If I had this thing when I attacked Chen Youliang back then, it would have taken six years. I'm afraid one year would have been enough.”
The other emperors nodded after witnessing the terrifying power of the newspaper.
"As expected of an immortal elder. Once this item appears, the world will change color, mountains will collapse, and tsunamis will occur…"
Jiang Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he listened to the flattery in his ears. He was bragging so much that he was almost on equal footing with the Jade Emperor.
The next moment, he cleared his throat and signaled for everyone to be quiet.
"Next is the most important fifth plan!”
"The first four plans are all targeted at the soft needs of Great Ming's current situation. In other words, they are not the most important.”
Chong Zhen nodded.
He knew what Jiang Yuan meant.
Earlier, he was still in the communication space, asking Old Zhu, Zhu Di, and the others for money and food.
This was because the disasters in the south were not much less than those in the north.
Due to the Little Ice Age, there were constant floods every year, causing the originally rich Jiangnan area to have a 30% decrease in food.
There was also a shortage of food in some southern regions.
Under everyone's gaze, Jiang Yuan slowly said,""My fifth plan is food.”
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