"Hey, everyone, look, this is the most popular futures treasure map nowadays, called 'Yin Yang Candle'..."

"Hey, this black and white frame looks like a candle!"

"Let me see, I see... This thing is a treasure map? Where is the baby?"

"Hey, this picture is not easy to see. I'm going to see it. I'll get rich long ago!"

In the tea shop, tea shops gathered together to study the "treasure map" taken out by the storyteller, which is the trend chart of futures trading. Because the pattern on it is composed of black and white rectangles, it is also known as "yin and yang candle".

Futures trading is said to be a transaction that only wealthy people are qualified to do, so for ordinary people, futures trading is equivalent to something that happens in another world.

However, I don’t know when the storyteller in the tea shop and restaurant started to introduce the futures market when he read newspaper news to everyone, and said that the market was ups and downs and fascinating.

Countless merchants became rich overnight or lost all their money overnight. When Mr. Shu traded futures, it was like listening to a story of joys and sorrows, fascinating the guests.

Yuwen Wen, who was shopping in casual clothes in a corner of the tea shop, listened to the tea shop discussing who has become rich after trading futures in the past few days, and who has lost money in futures trading futures so much that his wife was so angry that she returned to her parents' home, and couldn't help but smile.

He paid great attention to his control over public opinion, and there was no radio or television in this era. Even with newspapers, many people were illiterate, so the sources of information for the people were basically heard of.

As the saying goes, three people become tigers. In the process of spreading, news is easily distorted. If it is used by others, the impact will be uncontrollable.

One of the means of spreading rumors is nursery rhymes. Many so-called nursery rhymes are political nursery rhymes intentionally made up by some people, and then teach a few children to sing them repeatedly on the streets, so the so-called nursery rhymes spread.

There are many examples, such as when the Zhou Dynasty and Qi were fighting, Hu Luguang, the pillar of Qi State, was afraid of Zhou State. Therefore, in order to get rid of this strong enemy, Zhou State General Wei Xiaokuan sent two "children's rhymes" in Yecheng:

One: Hundreds of liters fly into the sky, and the bright moon shines on Chang'an;

A hundred liters means one hu. Hu (Lu) needs to go to heaven, which means Hu (Lu Guang) wants to be the emperor, and the bright moon shines on Chang'an, which means Hu Lu Guang not only wants to be the emperor of Qi, but also wants to destroy Zhou.

Second: If the mountains are not destroyed, they will collapse, and if the oak tree is not supported, they will rise.

Gaoshan, the emperor of Qi's surname is Gao, and the oak tree refers to Huluguang, which collapses and stands up, and the intention is no longer obvious.

Originally, Emperor Qi Gao Wei thought that his father-in-law Hu Luguang was very threatening, and after listening to nursery rhymes, he had a stronger murderous intent, so Hu Luguang, who was always victorious on the battlefield, was deceived into the palace by his son-in-law and killed.

Gao Wei killed Hu Luguang mainly because of the power struggle, but nursery rhymes played a certain role in it. Yuwen Wen would not have the opportunity to use nursery rhymes to fuel the fire, so he has been planning for a long time.

That is to cultivate the profession of "storyteller" and act as his mouthpiece for public opinion.

The people cannot understand newspapers, but are interested in the news in the newspapers. The storyteller in the tea shop and restaurant reads newspapers to everyone, talks about news, and then uses popular words to explain current affairs to the audience and adds some comments.

If there is a murder, we should "propagate the law" appropriately. If there are any specialties that sell well, we should appropriately introduce the local customs. If the government has published some laws, the storyteller should give some simple explanations on this to facilitate the audience's understanding.

If new things appear, such as steam engines, steamships, trains, telegraphs, and storytellers, you should let the audience know that this is a machine, not a monster.

In short, Yuwen Wen relied on the "human radio station" like "Storyteller", and continued to "release" and disseminate the news, and then added some content to the news that he wanted to promote, so that the audience could accept the indoctrination without realizing it.

In order to control this public opinion position, Yuwen Wen set up a special institution to serve as the backstage of storytellers in various places, "customize" various news at any time, review "storytelling manuscripts", and adapt to the situation to fight against those strange rumors and nursery rhymes.

By the way, I would like to praise the government army from time to time, how brave and fearless the court loves the people, how wise and powerful the emperor is, and so on.

Of course, if you praise the skills, and if you are too direct, you will only backfire and make the people suspicious, and you will also appear to be a storyteller like a "eagle in the court."

Yuwen Wen left the palace today to examine the actual situation of the public opinion control front, so he came to this tea shop to see how the business capabilities of the "his employees" were.

Seeing that noon was approaching, he winked at the casual guard who was bragging in the crowd.

The guard is now a peddler who had just come to Chang'an for a few days after coming from another place. When he saw the emperor's order, he coughed dryly and said to others: "I saw that the examination is about to begin. I heard that someone is selling answers in Chang'an."

As soon as he finished speaking, a tea chef next to him laughed and scolded: "Who did you hear a slutty tongue talking nonsense? Who dares to sell this answer?"

"I don't believe it, but a few people say that, and..." The guard lowered his voice, "And, I heard that last time, someone bought the answer, so I'll try it out."

Another tea chef said, "This is not possible. If someone really does this kind of thing, can outsiders still know?"

"Isn't this showing off when I have fun with the little lady? I'm used it as a joke and told it to others..."

The tea shops were hard to refute after the guards said this. After all, there was news everywhere in the romance and moon field. Many of the beloved guests were drunk or were served by the little lady. It was not impossible to accidentally tell some secrets.

The storyteller was obviously stunned when he heard the "peddler" say this, and Yuwen Wen could see clearly.

But the man's eyes turned, he calmly took a sip of tea, swung his folding fan, and spread his fan "splash".

He slapped the wind and smiled, "This brother, in my foolish opinion, is impossible."

"Oh, how can you see it?" the guard asked.

"Not to mention whether anyone sells the answers, everyone has never taken the imperial examination. I am afraid there is some misunderstanding about the questions on the test paper. The questions on the test paper are all drawn by lottery before the exam..."

The storyteller briefly introduced the selection process of the imperial examination questions. After hearing this, the tea chefs suddenly realized: "So that's it. Since you are now using the lottery machine to draw before the exam, how can others know the answer in advance?"

Seeing that everyone disagreed, the "practicer" laughed and took out something from the basket: "Please look, this thing was bought from one person, it was a small turntable lottery machine."

He put the lottery machine on a large table so that everyone could see it, then took out a few black rosary, put it in the turntable, and took out a red rosary, and put it in an inconspicuous small mouth on the side of the lottery machine.

This red rosary is not with those black rosary, and the red rosary is not even seen in the turntable.

"Look at me, I'm now taking the lottery..."

The "People" made the turntable turn, and everyone looked at it intently, only to see the few black rosary rolling in the turntable, but they couldn't roll out.

"Everyone, I'll click here..."

After saying that, the "Peopleman" pressed the lottery machine in an inconspicuous place, and saw a rosary rolling out from the exit, but it was the red rosary.

This situation made the tea shoppers stunned, and the storyteller was stunned. The "peddler" demonstrated it again, and everyone was speechless.

"Everyone may know that some merchants engage in promotions and lottery draws, but my lottery machine was bought from a profiteer, which is a scam. You can control whatever number you want..."

Speaking of this, he looked at the storyteller: "Brother, I am a rough man and have never taken the imperial examination, but I'm afraid the lottery machine for choosing a topic is not something I can do, right?"

"As long as someone draws up a number in advance, he can prepare the answers before choosing the topic. Then, isn't it impossible to sell the answers to the candidates for profit, right?"

The words of the "practicer" pointed out that it is possible to cheat the imperial examination, but only said that it is possible, rather than saying that it is conclusive.

Facing the questioning, Storyteller was obviously caught off guard. When Yuwen Wen saw this person's face turned pale and blue, he thought that he was probably unable to deal with it. The tea lovers looked at Storyteller with eager eyes, wanting to hear what Storyteller said.

The third imperial examination is about to be held. Yuwen Wen asked someone to use this topic to examine the storyteller's "business level". Of course, we must consider the adverse effects caused by this, so we must dispose of the dirty water splashed out.

Yuwen Wen was about to let another casual guard speak and get the problem back, but he heard Mr. Shu laughed: "Oh, I felt uncomfortable just now, and I almost couldn't help it."

"You said, yes, indeed, there are bad merchants who faked the lottery machine and controlled the number they shook."

"But, regardless of the provincial examination, the lottery for the exam... I heard that the number ball used is made of Misin silver in the Western Regions. It is under ban on weekdays and is locked in the emperor's imperial study. When the exam is about to begin, the Ministry of Rites will take it and draw lottery on the spot."

"No one knows how to make this Misinian in the Western Regions. Even if the lottery machine has an organ, the cheater cannot forge Misinian number balls to control the topic..."

Everyone suddenly realized that the "peddler" had nothing to say, and said, "Oh, that's why I'm ignorant, but, everyone needs to be more careful in the lottery draw of the merchant, which is always correct."

The tea lovers nodded and said yes. The storyteller perfectly resolved a small public opinion crisis, his smile reappeared on his face, he put away the folding fan in a casual manner, spread out the newspaper, and began to talk about the news.

Yuwen Wen asked the accompanying guard to pay the bill and stood up and walked out of the tea shop. Although he was expressionless, he was in a good mood.

This employee... The storyteller performed well and nonsense... He was very satisfied with the ability to adapt to changes, so he decided to ask Yousi to give him a bonus after he went back.

But what...
Chapter completed!