"Public opinion war?" Li Shimin's eyes froze, and he said, "Li Qing will talk about it carefully." ”

Li Jing smiled and said: "This textbook was compiled by Xiahou, and the method of public opinion warfare was also created by Xiahou, so Xiahou should explain it in detail for His Majesty!" ”

Everyone looked at Xia Hongsheng, Xia Hongsheng had no choice but to step forward, bow down, and then say: "Your Majesty also knows that public opinion warfare is a kind of psychological warfare, and it can be said to be the most commonly used method in psychological warfare. Because of the power of public opinion, it is listed separately. ”

"I see. At that time, Xia Qing recovered Shuofang, and it was this psychological warfare that provoked the relationship between the people and generals of Shuofang and Liang Shidu, causing all the people of Liang Shidu to rebel and leave, and his generals surrendered one after another. Li Shimin knows the power of public opinion, but he is still puzzled: "However, what I need now is to get the people of the world to support me in attacking the Turks, but not to provoke relations, how can I fight public opinion?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, public opinion, if you say it is good, it is a guide, and if you say it badly, it is actually incitement. As for sowing discord, this is only one of the different outcomes brought about by public opinion. Xia Hongsheng explained to Li Shimin: "If you create different public opinions, you will have different results. When Chen was in Shuofang, all he spread was unfavorable to Liang Shidu, so people gradually stopped believing in him and turned their backs on him. Now His Majesty wants to gain the support of the people of the world, and he only needs to create corresponding public opinion. The people are easily incited, and interests, hatred, and shame ...... These things can stir up the people. His Majesty wants the people of the world to support the attack on the Turks, and he only needs to create some public opinion that can arouse the hatred of the people of the world against the Turks, so that the people of the world think that the Turks are evil. And Datang is just. It was only after all kinds of desperation that they were forced to attack the Turks. And so it goes. Whether out of hatred, out of a sense of morality, or out of patriotism, the people of the world will naturally fully support Your Majesty. ”

"Then dare to be Xiahou, Xiahou said that he would create public opinion, so how should he create it?" Li Tao asked.

"If we want to create public opinion, we must first make one thing clear, and that is this public opinion. Who is it for. Xia Hongsheng said: "If Your Majesty wants to gain the support of the four people of the world, you must make all the farmers and industrialists think that it is Turkic treachery, and the Tang Dynasty is the teacher of justice." Then this public opinion is for the people of the Tang Dynasty, and as for what the Turks think, they don't need to take it into account. That's a premise. This kind of public opinion to create and smear hostile forces is often made out of nothing. The most effective, quick, and ruthless way is that we can send a cavalry. Disguised as a Turkic and dressed in Turkic clothing. With the Turkic scimitar, he went to attack the border passes of the Tang Dynasty, killed a few groups of border people, caused several tragedies, blamed the Turks, and aroused the hatred of the people against the Turks. Then the matter will be vigorously publicized, and the whole world will know, the more tragic the matter, the more difficult the people's anger will be, I am afraid that even if His Majesty is unwilling to use troops, the officials and the people will continue to ask and hope that the court can mobilize troops to take revenge, and naturally work together. Of course, as Weichen said, this is a ruthless method. ”

"This policy is not available." As soon as Xia Hongsheng's words fell, he heard Li Jing's opposition first: "Tang soldiers, how can they create a tragedy and kill my Tang people in order to find a reason to fight?" Absolutely not! ”

"Yes, although this strategy is extremely effective, it is like drinking water to quench thirst, but it is not feasible." Li Shimin also nodded: "No matter what, the war knife in the hands of the Tang Dynasty soldiers will never cut at their own people, I will not allow it!" ”

But the most wars in Chinese history are still civil wars!

Xia Hongsheng sighed secretly in his heart, if it was really as Li Shimin wished, how good it would be!

"This strategy is too ruthless, and Weichen doesn't recommend it. It is only for the sake of answering the questions that His Majesty should know in detail before he speaks. Xia Hongsheng continued: "Fang Cai Weichen has already said that most of the public opinion that discredits hostile forces is made out of nothing. As long as it's convincing, that's it. Weichen has a tool in his hand, which can become the sword of public opinion in the hands of His Majesty. ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he raised his head and said, "Newspapers? ”

"Exactly!" Xia Hongsheng nodded: "The audience of the newspaper is the common people, and its current affairs also ensure that it is the first choice for people who want to know what has happened recently. And among a group of people, if there is a literate person who reads the newspaper, the contents and news of the newspaper will be spread ten, ten, hundred, and thousands, and the influence of public opinion brought by it is incomparably considerable. ”

"I still have some questions about the newspaper, so I'll talk about it later." Li Shimin waved his hand, making Xia Hongsheng stop talking, and then said to the others: "I have made up my mind to fight with the Turks. As for when, wait for the situation. The ministers must be prepared, the war is about to break out, and they must be ready to go. ”

The generals' expressions were solemn, and Li Jing said: "Your Majesty, there is a slogan in the military academy, always be ready!" The ministers now answer His Majesty with this sentence: Always be ready! Once the military order is issued, it will be moved immediately! ”

"Good!" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said: "There are nobles in the Turks who are not in harmony now, the people are not happy, and the people are full of grievances. Outside, Xue Yantuo's various parts rebelled. Jieli urgently needed a war against the Tang Dynasty to resolve these dilemmas faced by the Turks through war. Therefore, it will definitely do something to Datang. Prepare for the Turkic attack, and immediately fight back and destroy them! ”

"Yes!" All the generals in the room replied in unison.

The generals dispersed, but Xia Hongsheng did not leave, knowing that Li Shimin would definitely have something to ask later.

Finally when there were only Li Shimin and Xia Hongsheng left in the principal's room, Li Shimin walked from the sand table to the back of the huge desk, then raised his hand and pointed to the sofa, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "Xia Qing, sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xia Hongsheng saluted and sat down.

"Xia Qing's newspaper, I've been reading it for a while." After Li Shimin waited for Xia Hongsheng to sit down, he said to Xia Hongsheng: "Since Xia Qing chose to let Cheng Qian take a look at it every day, and let me see it through Cheng Qian's hand, instead of directly presenting it to me, I am afraid that he has some scruples. Come to think of it, even if I don't say it, I should understand the problem in my heart. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Your Majesty's question is essentially the same as Weichen's question, but the aspects you see are different. It doesn't matter if you think about other pages, the questions of Your Majesty and Weichen are all on this first page. (To be continued.) )