C3136 Bribery and brainwashing (1/2)
The citizens were easily angered, but they were also easily deceived, especially before the internet. News was very closed to the citizens, so they could only passively accept it.
Not to mention that during the era when the newspapers ruled over the media, the citizens could only listen to the words written in the newspapers!
But any newspaper is written by man, and then man is bound to be controlled by rights and money!
After the British newspapers were enraged for a period of time, their words suddenly changed. Many of the reports began to favor the Japanese and what they said made quite a lot of sense.
Since they were already at war, why didn't the British captain avoid them? Why did he want money more than his life? You can't blame the enemy for hitting you during the war, can you?
In any case, no one would tell them when the real declaration of war would be made, and the outdated Qing Empire simply did not understand the power of the media. They would not be able to affect the work of the European press at all.
It took a thousand lies to become true, and gradually the voices of protest died down, and the members of Congress began their performance again.
For various purposes, these MPs began to advocate that Britain should support Japan, since at the time Britain's strategy in the Far East was to limit the expansion of Russia.
The British had been very good to the Qing dynasty at that time, especially with regard to the establishment of the Qing navy, for which they had contributed a great deal, and had not hidden it.
At that time, Britain's strategy was to make sure that your Great Qing would be stronger and stop the expansion of Russia.
But the war changed everything, and Japanese diplomats began lobbying British politicians, who constantly vilified the incompetence of the Great Qing, thinking that they were not a civilized society at all.
If you want to stop the Soviets from expanding, you still have to rely on Japan.
Money lobbying, advertising, brainwashing, and in the end, the conflict with the Gao Sheng was completely suppressed. British Government clearly stated that he would not take responsibility for the Gao Sheng incident.
The shipping company that the Gao Sheng belonged to knew that they could not afford to offend Japanese, but they had to compensate for their own losses. In the end, they went to the Qing Dynasty to compensate for their losses!
How can we be justified when we see it in the Qing Dynasty? Why should we pay for a boat that was blown up in Little Japan? Bullying!
But there was no other way, if they bullied you, they would find you and force themselves to argue. After nine whole years of negotiations, Qing Government could no longer endure it and in the end, paid you 33,000 pounds.
The incident with the Ascendant was finally coming to an end!
However, there was a small detail regarding this matter. In 2001, a sunken ship salvage company from Korea began salvaging the Ascending ship. They actually found 600 tons of silver ingots on it, worth US $88 million.
Who exactly did these silver ingots belong to? Is it the military expenses of the North Sea or the cargo on board the British ships? Unexpectedly, no one knew about it, and it became a historical mystery.
Xiao Letian still had a clear memory of this piece of history, and of course he would imitate it, he was confident in bullying Spaniard!
When he and Bismark returned back to the Versailles from the train station, Xiao Letian immediately issued a series of orders.
The day of receipt of the telegram was January 7th. Four days had already passed since the Manila war, and the Spaniard would soon receive a report of the war. At this time, it would be a race against time!
Xiao Letian saw the benefits of spending money at the most crucial moment. All these years, he had been continuously investing in the European newspapers and industry to expand his shares.