C2189 Gladstones castration (1/2)
Britain was one of the first countries in Europe to get rid of feudal society. The constitutional monarchy had already taken root in the people's hearts. No one in the world knew more about the hearts of the people than these British politicians.
Although the Chinese literati already understood the principle of ”the hearts of the people are like water” thousands of years ago, even though they were all politicians who fought their way out of the Imperial Examinations, deep down, they were still vassals of the monarchy.
Only the British, the basic-level politicians who fought their way out of the vote, knew more about opinion than any politician in any other country.
Whether it was Gladstone or Benjamin, they had all rushed out from the most basic of propaganda battles. They had personally interacted with the people and understood the demands of every class of citizens.
Politicians like Gladstone knew how to speak to the public, how to kindle public sentiment, how to make promises, how to put on a show of kinship.
Most of the time, things like votes are based on the mood of the people. As long as you get their love, that feeling can affect a general election.
It was all experience, and all based on combat experience. The best way to promote money was to advertise how it worked, and what the result would be after the chase. These were all experience.
It was because Gladstone and the others understood the emotions of the people that they were even more afraid of Xiao Letian's promotional campaign.
Gladstone quickly arrived at Buckingham Palace in a horse carriage. After the guard reported the news, Prince Edward personally invited Minister of Finance to eat breakfast.
How could Gladstone be in the mood to eat? After a few sips of coffee, he returned to the main topic.
”What a terrible man this is! Only the heavens know how he managed to come up with such a series of combination punches, extending the oriental culture, including himself, to such an extent! ”
”Forget about all of Europe, just from yesterday's grand ceremony to enter the city, Xiao Letian was able to garner the love and admiration of 500,000 citizens in one go. Today's newspaper's continuous bombardment will garner at least a million more people's love and admiration …”
”Once this sort of promotion lasts for more than three months, the Tongzhi Emperor and Xiao Letian's name will be known by everyone in England, and even half of the people in Europe will know his name!”
”This is too scary!” This sort of super strong popularity is already a type of weapon. With this visibility protecting them, there are many insidious moves that we simply can't use … ”
”Forget about everything else, just Benjamin's method of sealing the newspapers must not be used now! ”If anyone dares to use their power to ban the European newspapers from reporting the news of the Dongfang diplomatic mission, those thirsty citizens will curse him to death!”
”And as the Chinese advertise themselves, they will choose to instill a civilized, courteous, and peaceful facade into the European people. Just like yesterday's landscape painting, many government officials were infatuated with it …”
”Not to mention the commoners, even the commoners can withstand such visual conflicts!”