"What a splendid bandit's epithet, what a splendid psychological countermeasure! Sir's argument pierced into hidden depths and illuminated subtle truths, bringing forth what none before had brought forth and resolving doubts that had plagued me for years."
Ji Yanyu's eyes shone brightly as he slapped the table in admiration. "Xingyi Marquis's argument is exceptionally brilliant, exceptionally sound! A memorial must be drafted at once and submitted to the court! It should be posted publicly to bolster Da Shun's morale."
"Exactly!"
"As it should be!"
"This argument is most sound."
This was precisely what delighted everyone.
Who said a war of public opinion was not a war?
If public opinion were insignificant, why would one issue proclamations before attacking an enemy, to establish legal and moral justification?
The southern battlefield had suffered defeat after defeat. The nine Southern Border tribes were riding high, while Da Shun's three provinces had fallen into a listless slump. Those who heard of it turned pale with fear; those who saw it lost their souls. They were now like a pile of loose sand and urgently needed their morale boosted and their spirits roused.
The arrival of reinforcements, the matter of bandit epithets.
They ought to be combined into one, to inspire the people!
Psychological countermeasure, spiritual defense... Though everyone was hearing these terms for the first time, they could understand their meaning and found them perfectly apt. He had made an excellent start the moment he arrived.
What skill!
The more Ji Yanyu savored it, the more he appreciated it. He praised without pause, "I had only heard that Xingyi Marquis possessed astonishing, peerless Martial Dao Talent. Who would have thought he was also a man whose rhinoceros horn illuminated the hidden depths, capable of such insight?"
"Merely one family's opinion, scattered and fragmentary. It