Chapter 72: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (11) Proper public opinion manipulation...
When I left Momen again, it was already 13:30.
On the way back to Yangcheng Junfu, passing by the main street of Chuyangcheng, Ye Mo stopped the carriage and met with Wang Qi at the designated location to exchange information.
This morning, the news of the spring recruitment spread everywhere, from farms to horse farms, and then to the streets and alleys. In addition to posting notices, the guards also beat gongs and drums.
Although being a soldier is an extremely dangerous job, due to the long period of peaceful wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the slave society ideology that the people had been brainwashed into for a long time, coupled with the fact that the Chu State had a strong military force and had fought few battles, there were still many people who wanted to be soldiers.
Soldiers are exempt from paying taxes, and the best will receive land and houses from the monarch. Even ordinary soldiers have one-third of their daily staple food, which may be five kinds of vegetables such as sunflower, leek, radish, shallot, and scallion. There is no shortage of meat during hunting.
The most important thing is that they can learn skills when they serve in the army, such as basic swordsmanship, knife skills, archery, and riding skills. If they meet an enlightened master, they may be given other skills such as literacy and formation.
Even if it is not the relatively peaceful Spring and Autumn Period, in the era of war, only the skills they have mastered can help them and their families survive better.
Therefore, many civilians regard serving in the army as a major event to change their appearance. After all, there have been many such examples in the past few hundred years. Becoming a scholar means that they are superior to others.
The people of Chuyang City responded enthusiastically, which was all within expectations.
As for the discussion of Li Jing's gender, under the control of Li Si, assisted by Wang Qi, under the pretext of admiring and being grateful to the young lady, and driven by some ants' nose money, the people focused on filial piety, loyalty and compassion for the people, and praised the young lady endlessly. It is
true that modern people are still good at controlling public opinion. It is said that several powerful officials who opposed it were so angry that they closed their doors.
Li Si also knew that it was too late, so he stopped adding fuel to the fire and stopped fanning the flames.
After all, there are still merchants in Chuyang City. It may not be a good thing to spread this news too much and let Chuyang Jun and others hear it in advance.
Wang Qi chattered: "Some people have been waiting for this year's spring recruitment for several months, and even left Yangcheng for other places. Now they are very happy. Almost everyone is praising the daughter of the Yangcheng Jun family for being filial, sensible, and righteous."
Ye Mo: "Thank you."
Wang Qi smiled and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome, boss."
In addition, Ye Mo focused on asking about the situation of the farm and the other more than 2,000 reservists.
Since the guards who read the news left, the locals from top to bottom in the farm have begun to get excited about the spring recruitment. Every household is calculating that those who have strong men in the family will definitely participate.
Zhang San also took the opportunity to remind the remaining survivors to take the opportunity to complete the side mission, otherwise they may have to do hard work on the farm for three months.
There is a spring recruitment every year, and only a small number of people really serve in the army. They may need to challenge not only the reserve, but also the ancients in the dungeon who are fighting for their future destiny.
However, please think carefully before joining the army. Serving in the army means being prepared to face life-threatening dangers. Whether in modern times or in ancient times, deserters are not a good term. Regardless
of the survivors' choices, Zhang San's reminder ends here. They still have other tasks to do. The first step is how to ensure that all 9 male agents pass the spring recruitment.
As for the remaining three female agents, Wang Wu knows history and is very useful; Sun Ba is a special forces soldier; He Shisi is a very good scout with extraordinary scouting skills and psychological qualities.
Among the 3,000 reservists in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States copy, the proportion of female reservists is about 500, accounting for one-sixth of the total number. The reason may be that women's roots and talents are generally weaker than men.
The current task of Sun Ba and He Shisi is to select female soldiers who can be trained, including local women, and organize them first in the name of female private soldiers. The city defense battle can be regardless of gender, age or young.
This is the result of Ye Mo's communication with Zhang San, to reserve the troops of Chuyang City and not waste a single soldier.
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In addition to the spring recruitment, Wang Qi also dealt with some other survivors in Chuyang City.
So far, one official survivor has been imprisoned in Bi'an, which is the name of the ferocious beast in the legend. It is a stone chamber in Chuyang City that is used to detain prisoners, commonly known as a prison.
This guy is also a talent to be able to sneak into the prison on the first day in ancient times. He entered the dungeon as an official who was recording the astrology. He was caught for dereliction of duty. Resistance is the original sin.
Among them, 6 civilian survivors have left, 5 of them died for breaking different rules, and there are 9 survivors in Chuyang City, including Ye Mo, Wang Xue, Wang Qi, Gu Xing, etc.
Wang Qi relied on himself to fight through the first dungeon, plus good luck. The second Irish town dungeon was all by luck. He was above average in talent, but his score was D, and he only completed one branch task besides the main task.
Because he had the national team to rely on, he was quite happy when he first entered the Spring and Autumn and Warring States copy, although he looked ugly and old.
But he had too much communication with the people that day, and experienced the difficulty of life and the cruelty of the battlefield. He felt confused, afraid and other negative emotions in his heart, which were hidden in his giggling smile.
Ye Mo's mental power sensed very strong negative emotions in him. He did not expose or talk about psychological chicken soup. With the information he and Li Si had found out, he analyzed the current situation on the battlefield.
Among the 20 survivors, the tasks of the civilian survivors are mostly to save 3,000 to 8,000 civilians, and there may be more.
The survivors with non-civilian identities are either strong in ability or have some kind of suitable talent. Their main line should be to defend Chuyang City.
Two civilian survivors also tried to join the Mo Men, but the lack of knowledge could not be made up all at once, and their Mo Learning talents were not good enough, so they failed.
He silently analyzed in his heart: "So far, no one has the same mission as Ye Mo's Mo Men Master. At least the purpose of the system's internal test mission is not to fight, but to force the survivors to grow in a cruel way."
Ye Mo summarized a few sentences: "The copy mission is difficult, but the purpose of the system is not to let people be completely destroyed. If you persist in forging ahead, there must be hope of survival."
Until Ye Mo's carriage left, Wang Qi stood there for a while, and then he reacted. The boss should not only send messages to the deputy ministers, but also comfort him, right?
Some people's emotions come and go quickly.
He had forgotten his sadness, and jumped twice in excitement. Under the pointing eyes of the crowd, he skipped away, humming a little song in Chu tune from time to time.
"The reeds are lush and green, and the white dew turns to frost. The so-called sweetheart is on the other side of the water. The reeds are lush and green, and the white dew turns to frost. The so-called sweetheart is on the other side of the water. The reeds are lush and green..."
Yes, only two sentences.
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Back in Yangcheng Mansion, some of the information Ye Mo ordered to be found yesterday was delivered, along with the information was the news of Wu Qi's death.
Wu Qi is dead!
It will probably be not long before King Chu Su ascends the throne. Chuyang City is getting more and more dangerous. It's time for them to prepare.
From the moment he entered the dungeon, Wang Wu used up all his brain cells to memorize all the literary records and related history about Chuyang City, Wu Qi's wisdom, and Meng Sheng's death in the early Warring States Period.
For example, before King Chu Su ascended to the throne, in order to appease the nobles, he pretended to cheer for the nobles for shooting Wu Qi. It was not until he ascended the throne that he caught the nobles off guard.
After entering the Yangcheng Lord's mansion, Wang Wu combined all the relevant information and found 13 fiefdoms including Xucheng Lord. It is most likely that they were destroyed by King Chu Su, just like Chuyang City.
Among them, Xucheng Lord, Mingcheng Lord, Shengcheng Lord, Yuncheng Lord, and Xincheng Lord's fiefdoms are closest to Chuyang City. Their common feature is that the fiefdom names contain a sun character.
In the Wu Qizhi incident in history, only Xucheng Lord managed to escape, and the rest were all destroyed. Because Yangcheng Lord failed to escape, not only the three ancestors were killed, but also Chuyang City was implicated. In addition, because of the blood of the Momen defending the city, an indelible stain of dishonesty was left in history. The problem
now is that it is difficult for them to secretly pass the information to more than 70 fiefdom monarchs.
If they startle the enemy in advance, they may face a backlash from the King of Chu. If the King of Chu cannot sit on the throne, it will be even more exciting if they attract Qi, Qin, Yan, or Zhao. If they bring the monarch of Chuyang City, the Lord of Yangcheng, back to his fiefdom in advance, the situation they face will be even worse.
The word "secret" cannot do it.
"The location of Chuyang City is not far from Yingdu, the former capital of Chu, which is near Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. The current capital is Yandu, which is about 170 kilometers southeast of Yicheng, Hubei Province today. It is not far or near." Ye Mo looked at the information and realized that he was in Hubei Province.
Wang Wu proposed a plan, "Maybe it can be like this. After the King of Chu sits on the throne, we will publicize the news in Yandu that 'Chu has laws. Destroying the king's corpse is a serious crime, and the crime will be linked to three generations'."
"It is impossible for all the 70 feudal lords to be brain-dead and trust King Chu Su 100%. There will always be some who will choose to escape like Lord Yangcheng. They will disrupt King Chu Su's sight and benefit Chuyang City's survival, or give Chuyang City more time or partners."
Ye Mo nodded: "This plan also has many flaws, but it is the only most feasible plan so far. In this case, someone must go to Yandu to stir up blood and rain, but who should be sent?"
If someone is sent, the guards and local officials are not suitable. Lord Yangcheng is still their first master so far, and they can't completely abandon Lord Yangcheng to do the mission when they enter Yandu.
Ye Mo is not at ease with the other reserve forces. This matter can only be led by her or a certain agent.
For her, 170 kilometers is about enough for one night. As long as the direction is correct, a compass can solve this problem. You can climb mountains and cross rivers.
However, it is too late for Chuyang City to get the news of when King Chu Su will take the throne and when he will catch everyone in one fell swoop. It is more convenient to live in Yandu, and you can also collect useful information with the vision
of an agent. "I will ask about Zhang San tomorrow." Wang Wu seemed to have a candidate suddenly, but he could not tell her for the time being. He planned to visit the barracks tomorrow and ask other agents for their opinions.
Ye Mo did not continue to ask questions, and generously gave her a token to enter and exit Chuyang City Mansion, and sent two guards from the mansion to escort her to the farm tomorrow morning to avoid being despised.
Wang Wu rushed to the Academy of Literature with the newly collected data. She wanted to try to see if she could find other paths from it.
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Watching Wang Wu leave, Ye Mo first assigned a task to the housekeeper to inquire about the recent arrival in Yandu, and then asked a hundred guards to gather at the martial arts field in the back mountain. He looked at the curved-hemed robe on his body. The fabric was high-quality and it was really beautiful, but it was also really tiring.
The clothes Wang Xue wore in the space were modified based on the combination of Hufu and Shenyi. The characteristics were that the clothes were tight and convenient for movement, and the leather boots and leggings could also play a certain protective role.
Ye Mo asked the maid to make a few more female military uniforms. The style was copied from Wang Xue's, but the details were modified according to the Shenyi, and Hu trousers were sewn inside, and some more leather boots with soft satin inlays were made to facilitate future battles.
Afterwards, she inquired about the situation of the female musician Gu Xing.
She got the news that she was healthy and mentally recovered. The maid said that Gu Xing had also inquired about the situation of the young lady, but did not mention any news to report.
In fact, Ye Mo was not concerned about this survivor.
Wang Xue reminded Ye Mo of an idea that she almost forgot in her busyness, and Wang Qi's news happened to confirm these things.
The survivor APP is sometimes very humane, and the identities arranged often have rules, and most of them are beneficial to the survivors.
Ye Mo can learn mechanical skills in this copy, Wang Xue learns civil music and martial arts, and Gu Xing and Gu Tao will not really be pure dancers in the copy, just because they have good dancing talents?
When she thought of this, a figure flashed through her mind - the female musician Qiong. Could the golden road of Gu Xing and Gu Tao be on Qiong? Would she have a hidden profession or hidden skills?
Qiong was able to let the system assign two survivors, so she was very likely to be a surprise or a bomb.
After asking Gu Xing, Ye Mo began to inquire about the information of the female musicians in the lower house, focusing on Qiong from details such as how to enter Yangcheng Mansion, daily performance after entering the mansion, and personality.
As Qiong said at the time, she was an orphan of war and drifted to Chuyang City.
Because she was born well, she was chosen by the wife of Yangcheng Jun to stay in the mansion. From the age of 12 to the current 20 years old, her personality is relatively withdrawn, but her dancing skills are superb, and she is the best dancer among the female musicians.
"Witch dance?"
Ye Mo asked a guard to go to the lower house to ask about Gu Xing, and emphasized that they should not be harsh on the female musicians' daily necessities, nor disturb their dance and life, and everything should remain the same.
"Yes, young lady."
Ye Mo thought for a while, and then added: "Ask every three days, remember not to set the same time, just ask, don't make other changes, and don't worry about Gu Xing for the time being."
"Yes, young lady."