"This method is not good! Let's control the news port? You can think about it too. If this matter is exposed, will the credibility of our empire greatly decline?!"

"That's right, the fire cannot be kept. Besides, you have pinched the telegram, but there are merchant ships coming and going, and they will be exposed sooner or later."

At the Empire's emergency meeting, Lister previously proposed a way to deal with the slander and attacks on the Empire from Britain and France, that is, we control the Atlantic cable.

However, this method was immediately opposed by others. Obviously, there were too many loopholes in this method, and it was obviously more important to prevent the people than to prevent the river... Well, it was the opposite.

"This method is still not good. We can't keep our country away from information." Li Mengyang finally set the tone, but he did not criticize Liszt.

There is a connotation here. After all, Liszt helped Li Mengyang do a lot of things, and there was something like that. However, someone must do such things. In addition, everyone still needs to speak enthusiastically now.

"What should we do?" Liszt understood as soon as he heard it. He was a little happy, but he was also careful in his speech.

"Your Majesty! Dear comrades! I think this thing can be done from another perspective!"

This time it was Mark Twain who spoke, and his speech was the kind that made people feel very confident when they heard it.

"What angle?" Li Mengyang was of course attracted to it, because Mark Twain's brain is still easy to use. If you have nothing to do, just mock you, then this angle is probably...

"I agree very much with the idea of ​​this ideological war! Your Majesty is indeed a smart monarch! We..." Before we could finish it...

“all-hail-lee!”

How can you let go of such a good opportunity to flatter?

"..." Li Mengyang was really speechless, really, but he didn't know what to do.

"Ahem..." To be honest, if it were an ordinary person, then Mark Twain would have to go back and write an article to mock him, but to the Majesty in front of him, really, this emperor was really too powerful, so he just coughed and the article disappeared, and Mark Twain continued.

"Simply put, ideological wars are like ordinary wars. I only now understand why His Majesty the Emperor summoned several of our generals, that is, this kind of war must have strategic and tactical thinking. So, since it is a war, from strategic thinking, then on this ideological battlefield, we need to try to gain the advantage of the battlefield like on a normal battlefield. Then... I believe that the generals have the answer in their hearts, right?"

As soon as Mark Twain finished speaking, he naturally turned his attention to the general of the empire, but...

"What?"

“What?”

It's not clear, so... it's normal. Most of these generals are big and rude. But...

"Occupy the commanding heights!" Joshua Chamberlain didn't say anything, and at this moment he finally said, and as soon as this came out.

"Yes!"

"That's right! I was going to say this!"

"Haha! You, stop bragging!"

Needless to say, it is obvious that the occupation of the commanding heights is the correct answer, and Mark Twain nodded with a smile, and he had to laugh. Even Ocassi was actually a rude man, so the one who could compete with a literati like Mark Twain was Joshua Chamberlain, who graduated from Bowden College like this.

Li Mengyang naturally laughed at all this, but he did not forget the point. "How to occupy the commanding heights? What is the cultural commanding heights?"

As soon as he heard His Majesty the Emperor ask, Mark Twain unconsciously became energetic, "Simply put, to put it in Chinese, that is 'there is no first in literature'!"

Nothing is the first in literature?!

"Okay!" Li Mengyang immediately understood when he heard this!

What did Li Mengyang understand?

In fact, it is simple. Translate Mark Twain's words, that is, 'In ideological wars, our empire must compare with other European powers and our culture!'

How can this culture be compared? Isn’t it “no first in literature”? Then this culture is very incomparable, each with its own eyes. Li Mengyang, a liberal arts student, doesn’t you know yet?

It is indeed not comparable, but it is not incomparable. Moreover, this culture, such as the atmosphere, the level of the work, the thought of the work, and poetry, music...

These are the commanding heights of the cultural field in this day and age, music...especially many elegant music, symphony, opera, dance drama... Anyway, it is the kind of high-end thing that has a very hypnotic effect in later generations!

Anyway, it must not be urban culture. Of course, Li Mengyang will not discriminate against urban culture. The four of his family are playing mahjong every day, but the current direction is very good, that is, to compete with the European powers in terms of aspects!

But this thing, what level of the work, what kind of thoughts... the atmosphere is okay. If you build more libraries and force the people to study, it may be successful. But level and thoughts, can't you be able to produce genius characters?

Mark Twain is good, but his level is...

It’s not that Li Mengyang looked down on Mark Twain, but the reality is that these satirical sketches by Mark Twain may make people laugh, but it is really not enough to compete with those homes in the European continent.

Moreover, in fact, the American world... really, Li Mengyang's "Portrait of Dorling Gray" really improved the American world's reputation. In the eyes of Europeans, the United States is a country bumpkin, and even Americans think so.

Let’s talk about Mark Twain, later generations also attributed him to the representative figure of the American country... Countryside, land.

So how can we deal with this matter? Are we just waiting for the genius to be born?

Li Mengyang is not that kind of person, and he has no choice but to speak. After hearing his good words, he continued.

"I have already understood the words of Comrade Mark Twain. Obtaining the commanding heights will be a long-term strategic goal. For this goal, our empire must vigorously develop the cultural industry! Here, I suggest that we can make policy tilts on the cultural industry. Filial piety, you can record it, and then go to the Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Taxation to study it."

"Yes!" Lin Xiaoti was in a state of mind when he heard this. His Majesty was going to develop a new policy!

Li Mengyang was not vague and immediately said: "First of all, we need to reduce taxes on the publishing industry of the empire! We don't use the means of allocating funds to support the publication, because this means is a bit stupid. But tax reduction is necessary. In addition, we need to reduce the copyright tax on writers. In addition, we need to lower the taxes for publishers and printing factories. For music, those theaters, taxes can be reduced and taxes can be reduced. Isn't New York a Broadway? It's best to do more in all parts of the country... Of course, we will continue to support the education side... These are basically what I think of now, and you can add them."

"Your Majesty!" After Li Mengyang finished speaking, Mark Twain was always happy at the time, "You are definitely the wisest monarch!"

Alas~ Mark Twain, he should have been a literary master who satirized politicians all day long, but now, he faced Li Mengyang, this is simply...

"all-hail-lee!" The imperial officials said to their hearts. You can't let the Minister of Culture shoot you alone!

As Mark Twain said, are these policies really so wise?

It should be said that the things Li Mengyang introduced are essentially not of much help in improving the cultural level, connotation, thoughts, elegance, etc. of the empire.

Because from the bottom line, for example, the emergence of peerless books is often because no matter how much money you invest, it may not be useful.

However, Li Mengyang just invested money. These policies are actually piled up with money and used money to do it. Tax reduction is investing money!

But there is one thing that Li Mengyang, a liberal arts student, knows. Good works must have a foundation and a soil, and this foundation is...

To put it bluntly, there must be a large number of garbage works and garbage articles, and then among so much garbage, gold, pearls, and truly good works can appear!

If there are no garbage, then good works cannot be produced. This is how it is. The culture that can produce good works must be broad and profound, without any exception.

Moreover, even if our America is in the European and American fields, even if we cannot produce any top peerless works, according to Li Mengyang's approach, we must have a large number!

My number is large, which is also a kind of victory. The so-called quantitative change causes qualitative change, which is an absolute truth in the cultural field!

And don’t underestimate this number, just say who is the emperor who can write poetry the most in Chinese history?

Qianlong, this old guy almost got one piece of it, and the poem was written...it was really true.

But don't care about his level, but he just writes.

Qianlong wrote more than all the poets of his contemporaries, so what does this mean?

Yes! Qianlong was actually trying to occupy the commanding heights of the cultural field!

Those poems by Qianlong were really not written in vain, and every time they wrote, they would let people like Ji Xiaolan read and evaluate them. Why? The purpose is the same as now.

Look, he has done so many literary inquisitions and wrote his own poems. Isn’t this a fight with Han scholars?

Of course, Li Mengyang would not be as petty as Qianlong. It would be beneficial to the cultural industry if we do this. The current cultural industry is in the vernacular movement on one hand and then vigorously reduce taxes. As long as we follow this step, our American Empire will gradually be able to hold on to the great European and American culture!

And, we Chinese might be able to get into it!

This matter is almost done here, but Joshua Chamberlain, who has always spoken very little, spoke.

"Your Majesty! Actually, I think these remarks on the European continent are easy to deal with, really."

"What?!"

Is it easy to deal with? This is an ideological war... (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!