Chapter 1506: Han Banner World 196 Decisive Battle 10

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Gao Yuan was sitting in his imperial tent, concentrating on reading the Jicheng Evening News. This was the benefit of being an emperor. Even as far away as Jinyang County, he could read the latest domestic newspapers as soon as possible. The Jockey Club kept sending Dahan Daily and Jicheng Evening News to his hands. As soon as the sample newspapers came out, they would send him a copy first.

The rapid development of domestic newspapers has surprised Gao Yuan, especially the newly emerged Jicheng Evening News, whose expansion speed is miraculous. Its current circulation is almost catching up with the industry leader Dahan Daily. This is due to the strong intervention of Zhou Yu, the boss of Jicheng Evening News, abundant financial investment, clear target audience groups, and correct strategic planning, which allowed Jicheng Evening News to quickly occupy half of the domestic newspaper industry.

Dahan Daily is more serious, with more interpretations of national policies and current affairs news, similar to the mouthpiece of the imperial court, while Jicheng Evening News is more relaxed, with more anecdotes and interesting gossip. The former is mostly targeted by officials and businessmen. , and the target of the latter is the ordinary people of Han Dynasty, where literacy rate is now widely spread. The number of the latter is far greater than that of the former, which is why Jicheng Evening News has risen rapidly.

A five-cent newspaper is no longer considered an expense for today's Han people. Reading newspapers after dinner is becoming a way to spend leisure time. Through newspapers, you can also learn more Increase your knowledge of what is happening at home and abroad.

Gao Yuan himself likes to read the Jicheng Evening News, and he basically knows everything in the Dahan Daily. Reading it again will be boring, so naturally he prefers the more relaxed Jicheng Evening News. Zhou Yu deserves to be a general, even if Now that he has become a businessman, his grasp of the market is quite accurate.

Today's Jicheng Evening News already has thousands of full-time writing staff, distributed in every corner of the country. Every day, a steady stream of manuscripts are brought to the Jicheng headquarters. Then the staff at the headquarters will make selections and edits, and then the samples will be sent to various places for printing and sale.

Of course, private industries need to be more flexible. For example, Jicheng Evening News has now started annual and monthly subscriptions. As long as a user subscribes for a year, each newspaper will be cheaper by 1.5 cents. A monthly subscription of the newspaper will be cheaper by 1 cent. After one year, it is also a considerable expense. However, Dahan Daily is inevitably much sluggish in terms of operations. Those who really maintain year-round subscriptions are businessmen and government agencies, while retail investors do not have corresponding operating methods. They simply count how much they sell.

However, the rise of Jicheng Evening News has obviously made Dahan Daily feel a great threat. Now Dahan Daily will also publish some light-hearted things on the side page to attract the general audience. Naturally, Jicheng Evening News was not to be outdone, and immediately also A new section was opened in his own newspaper dedicated to current affairs news. However, unlike Dahan Daily, they only picked negative political news, specializing in exposing the illegal activities of the government, congressmen, officials, and businessmen. After the confrontation between the two sides, Jicheng Evening News won again. .

Huo Xiaolin from the Cultural Propaganda Department was extremely annoyed by this result and once sent a special letter to Gao Yuan for instructions. When he wanted to clean up Jicheng Evening News, he was scolded by Gao Yuan. Worried that Zhengshitang would be detrimental to Jicheng Evening News, Gao Yuan also wrote a special letter to Zhengshitang not to interfere with the normal operation of Jicheng Evening News. If these things published in Jicheng Evening News are true, it can only mean that the political affairs hall still has mistakes in governance and needs to be improved. Just like parliamentarians supervise the government, the news media also has the power to supervise the government and publicly express opinions. Of course . If they spread rumors and cause trouble, they can only go through normal channels and go to court to sue them.

For this reason, Gao Yuan also specifically approached Cao Tianci and asked him to protect the reporters who reported such news in Jicheng Evening News. If anyone wants to deal with these people, the local branches under the police department must not be lenient.

Cao Tianci is a loyal lackey of His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course he was following orders, and it was a coincidence that not long after Gao Yuan sent a message to Cao Tianci, a case involving merchants colluding with officials to bully the market was exposed by Jicheng Evening News. The reporter of Jicheng Evening News was beaten to death. Cao Tianci actually rushed to the place in person and arrested dozens of people at once. This frightened everyone. Everyone saw the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor from Cao Tianci's actions, so their attitudes also changed. A 180-degree turn, from a threat to a inducement. Since we can't fight, it will be over if you don't log out. As for such a matter, Gao Yuan thinks that it is none of his business, then It is time for Jicheng Evening News to emphasize the professional ethics of its employees.

Competition is a good thing. Competition will only make each other have to work hard to become better. And it is an even better thing to have more people supervising the government. Supervisors are only afraid of fewer, not more. In Gao Yuan's view, , My ideal system is still in its infancy. It takes time for a toddler to grow into a strong adult. Until one day, when you don’t need to reach out to help it anymore, Only then can he really play his role.

The battle during the day did not go smoothly and there were a lot of casualties. Gao Yuan was not surprised by this. Hangu Pass has always been an important pass, and Lu Chao has been constantly reinforcing it over the years, especially with reinforced concrete. After the popularization of structural architecture, the entire Hangu Pass was completely new. Lu Chao spared no effort to build the entire wall with reinforced concrete. With the power of current artillery, it was impossible to destroy it. In the end, Infantry is still needed to defeat them head-on.

Moreover, the soldiers and civilians at Hangu Pass were quite loyal to Lu Chao. Lu Chao had all the advantages of good location and good people at Hangu Pass, so this battle would eventually involve a lot of bloodshed. Although Gao Yuan was a little sad about these sacrifices, he also knew that sometimes, some sacrifices had to be made.

The big tent curtain was raised, and Xu Yuan, Ye Zhen, Luo Weiran and other senior generals filed in, with a big "sorrow" written on their faces. The artillery bombardment was not effective during the day, but when our own infantry attacked, they were violently hit by the opponent's artillery. A large number of siege equipment was destroyed, and the casualties were equal to those in previous battles.

"What's the matter? Everyone is looking sad." Gao Yuan put down the newspaper in his hand and said with a smile. "It's easy to win a battle. Have you ever experienced suffering a loss?"

There was silence in the tent, and Luo Weiran, who was in charge of the main attack, was even more ashamed. He was the general appointed by Gao Yuanqin, but the emperor suffered a huge loss of face in the first battle. At this time, he just felt ashamed to see others and buried his head. Not a word was spoken.

"Your Majesty, we underestimated the enemy's determination to resist and the defensive capabilities of Hangu Pass." Xu Yuan shook his head and sighed: "Now it seems that the only way to capture Hangu Pass is to attack hard and at the cost of blood and lives."

"Maybe not." Cao Tianti suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, generals, today, our personnel captured a dozen special people. Guess who they are?"

"Minister Cao, if you have something to say, just say it and don't hold back." Ye Zhen was also in a bad mood and refused to give Cao Tianci any face.

Cao Tianci blushed for a rare moment. Ye Zhen was a capable member of his family, and his background was no worse than his. "These people are the family members of Qian Zhongyi, the current guard general of Hangu Pass. They include his younger brother, his family, his own young son and daughter, etc. If we take these people to the front of the battle and threaten Qian Zhongyi, what do you think? Will he surrender?"

As soon as these words came out, some people in the big tent were suddenly excited, while others were disapproving.

Gao Yuan shook his head gently: "Tianci, let's not talk about the insinuation of your method. Even if you take them to the front of the battle, Qian Zhongyi will never be moved by it. Have you tried them?"

"Yes, after interrogation, it was Qian Zhongyi's eldest son who secretly released them."

"That's right. Qian Zhongyi had news and had the ability to ask his family to evacuate to Xianyang, but he didn't do so. What does this mean? It shows that he was prepared to go to disaster with his family. Such a person, Even if you kill his family in front of him, he will never waver. On the contrary, it will strengthen his determination to resist. "Gao Yuan said: "If you really do this, not only will it not shake the morale of the army, but it will make the letter stronger. Guguan is even more united. Maybe Qian Zhongyi will do something to kill his relatives. If you take them up, he will bomb them and nothing will happen. "

Everyone nodded, what the emperor said made perfect sense.

"And if we do this, our army will be stigmatized. Believe it or not, if we do this, there will be overwhelming criticism in our domestic newspapers. Why did Qian Ming secretly hide it from him? Dad sent these people out, which shows that he has a certain understanding of our Han State's policies and believes that we will not embarrass his family. Qian Ming is also a senior general of the Qin State. Although he will not surrender to us, his behavior This kind of understanding is definitely not in the minority among the generals of the Qin State. This is a typical example and an annotation. Qian Zhongyi’s refusal to surrender does not mean that those generals in Guancheng after Hangu Pass will not surrender, so now we have to Give them a good explanation." Gao Yuan stood up and said, "Qian Zhongyi's family has defected to me, Dahan, and they will enjoy the treatment of Dahan. If Qian Zhongyi refuses to surrender, let him die without a burial place."

"If this is the case, we will only have blood and lives to pave our way forward." Xu Yuan stood up, "Tomorrow, I will increase the offensive force."

"That's not necessarily the case." Gao Yuan took out a thin piece of paper from the desk and handed it to Xu Yuan: "The Ordnance Research Institute has developed a latest artillery shell. This artillery shell has little explosive power and is mainly convenient. It burns, no matter what it is attached to, it will burn forever. I named it the white phosphorus bomb, and it is on its way. Since they are resisting desperately, I will let it burn the city with flames, and nothing will be left." Gao Yuanleng. Leng Di said: "There are 20,000 defenders in the city, so let's kill these 20,000 people! Let the Qin Guancheng generals behind them see clearly what the current war is like!"

(I recommend Xin Yuguang’s new book "Iron-Blooded Qin Song". Please read it when there is a shortage of books. It is definitely worth collecting.) (To be continued.)

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