Chapter 906 The Cornerstone of Thought
Although eggs are no longer a rarity in the Great Zhou Dynasty, for the people with poor living conditions who eat two meals a day, mainly steamed buns and pickles, That is also a rare 'tonic'.
The allure of eggs soon became apparent. Compared with when they gave speeches a few days ago and almost no one came, today this open space can be said to be overcrowded.
Thanks to their minister contacting the security team in advance to maintain order, otherwise the scene might really get out of control.
However, looking at the crowded scene, the members below did not seem very happy.
"What's wrong? All of them are looking sad?"
Seeing that his subordinates were worried, Kong Daqian expressed concern.
“Minister, is this really good for us?”
“Which kind?”
“Give them boiled eggs.”
"What's wrong with handing out boiled eggs? Our Propaganda Department already has publicity funds, and they don't deduct them from your wages." Don’t you come here for our state religion?”
Hearing this, Kong Daqian suddenly became happy and thought, ‘Young people are still naive. '
"Think about it, workers are so tired from working every day, and they just want to have a good rest after get off work. If you want them to give up their rest time to listen to you, is it useful to just talk about it? You have to give it to them Some tangible benefits.”
“Only in this way will they sit down and listen to you, so that you have the opportunity to express and even instill the thoughts and spiritual concepts of our state religion. them.”
Kong Daqian's position as Minister of Propaganda is indeed not for nothing, and he is becoming more and more comfortable in doing relevant work.
“It is true that they all come here for the hard-boiled eggs, but today, after these common people listen to our speech, there will always be a few who listen to it and even agree with the ideas of our state religion. Come, they can start to influence other people around them, so that the ideas of our national religion will continue to spread."
Here in New Taipei District, this missionary activity called 'National Religion' is undoubtedly Zhou Xu's. arrange.
Most people do not have a good impression of sects, and instinctively feel that they are not a good thing.
But this is not the case. To put it bluntly, a sect is an organization that spreads ideas. The focus is on what ideas are spread.
I formed a Scientology cult and the main message is to believe in science. Is there any problem?
No problem!
Any organization that spreads ideas can actually be called a sect.
The idea spread by the state religion founded by Zhou Xu can be simply summarized as 'loyal to the emperor, patriotic, serving the country, and striving for the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty! ’
The reason why he came up with the idea of establishing a state religion was because he felt that people’s desires began to expand.
In the past, for ordinary people, as long as someone stuttered, he would follow you wholeheartedly and work diligently for you.
But as their internal food problem in Dazhou was completely solved and living conditions continued to improve, he soon realized that just one bite of food would gradually no longer make the people die for you. .
They start to want more and better things, and this idea will continue to expand, almost never-ending!
Take the people of New Taipei District at this stage as an example. They have food, clothing and no need to worry about their livelihood. However, there are still many people who complain about their lives in private and criticize those around them. dissatisfied with everything.
In wartime, these people are hidden dangers.
It is impossible for him to satisfy the people's ever-increasing needs forever. No one can do this kind of thing.
For this, he needs a better way, and that is thought.
For a civilization, unity of thought is the most solid cornerstone!
By the way, it also meets some of the spiritual needs of the people at the spiritual level and gives them some spiritual sustenance and comfort.
In this way, starting from New Taipei District, the state religion came into being.
At the same time, since both the Propaganda Department and the State Education Department were responsible for publicity work for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and their functions overlapped, Zhou Xu also took advantage of the situation and merged the Propaganda Department into the State Education Department and became a subordinate department of the State Education Department, which can also be regarded as a disguised saving of labor costs. . The highest leadership of the state religion is held by Zhou Xu himself.
Recently, flying pigeons have been able to pass messages from New Taipei District to New South District, which also allows Zhou Xu to obtain news from New Taipei District with higher efficiency. , which somewhat relieved him.
The communication efficiency is really terrible. The previous invasion by greenskin troops is the most typical example.
After he expanded his territory, if he couldn't receive the news in time, he would always feel uneasy. Now he can feel a little more at ease.
At the same time, according to the latest report, after Kong Daqian arrived in New Taipei District, the activities of the National Education Propaganda Department there were going very smoothly. This made Zhou Xu basically feel relieved and focus on the work in front of him.
After simply handling the morning's official duties, Zhou Xu took advantage of his lunch break to study the rank panel of his 'Dragon Lord'.
He has stopped studying mantras recently.
Seeing that this summer has come to an end, when the season enters autumn, according to past practice, it is time for the rat men in the south to take action.
In order to improve his chances of winning, he will save the power of the mantra in his body and use it to upgrade the lizard man's military project.
Maintain this state, and soon summer will pass and autumn will come.
Farewell to the hot midsummer, as the temperature gradually drops, Dazhou welcomes another autumn.
This is the autumn harvest season, and it is also the season for Zhou Xu to mobilize his troops!
According to the original plan, he would launch troops against the Ratmen in the spring of next year. To this end, the new soldiers recruited at the beginning of the year must now prepare to leave for the southern border.
After almost two quarters of training, it was time for them to go to the battlefield and see blood.
As for the leader...
From experience, Li Ce should be the best choice.
But Zhou Xu’s thinking is not like this.
“Pass my order and order Bai Tu to be the commander-in-chief of the new recruits. He will lead the army south to cooperate with Thoros in fighting the Rat Men and participate in the expedition after the spring of next year.”
“With The centaur troops led by Drogo were transferred to the plain fortress in New Taipei District, and Drogo was appointed as Shi Lei's deputy general to assist Shi Lei in guarding against the threat of the greenskin troops on the other side."
"At the same time, Li Ce is appointed as the commander-in-chief of the New South District, and he will take office immediately!"
Three orders in a row, Zhou Xu's thinking was very clear.
In terms of experience in fighting the Ratmen, Thoros, who is now the commander-in-chief of the Southern Territory, is no less generous. After letting Li Ce pass, the two commanders came together, and two soldiers appeared in one army. sound, the effect may not be good.
Under this premise, considering the action in the coming spring, in terms of talent, Bai Tu, who is good at attacking cities and villages, will undoubtedly be able to give full play to his advantages in this action.
As for the centaur troops led by Drogo...
There are already dragon cavalry and trapped camp on the southern border. In comparison, the plain fortress does not yet have a strong enough cavalry unit to take charge. It is necessary to transfer them to increase the garrison strength just in case.
“By the way, Hilke, do you want John and the others to go to the southern region to gain some experience?”
Although I don’t expect these hundred wood elves to have much combat effectiveness, they should The accumulated experience still needs to be accumulated.
Faced with Zhou Xu’s proposal, Silke nodded after a slight hesitation.
“I think it’s okay.”
"Well, appoint John as the White Tu Lieutenant General, lead the Wood Elf Hundreds, and set off with the new recruits!"
"Yes!"
(End of this chapter)