My Daming New Empire

In the Ming Dynasty, the ancient oriental country, which was still leading the world, was finally overtaken by the latecomers because of this shrinkage and retrogression. It had been beaten bloody and scarred, and finally woke up.

Workers have no intention of researching processing technology, because the results of research will also be plundered, which is useless to improve their own situation.

Farmers have no intention of researching to increase food production, because the land is not their own at all.

As for merchants, apart from the commercial monopoly attached to the scholar class, how can there be a commercial family in the entire East that only relies on commercial accumulation?

If Zhu Zhanji wants to change these, the first step is to publicize public opinion.

But in this era, there is no Internet, no TV, no radio. Even if the emperor promulgates a policy that benefits the country and the people, the common people at the bottom cannot know it at all.

When the society stabilized, scholars began to monopolize the upper and lower communication channels.These people who have received castration education will only become defenders of the system in the end, and they will only make known policies that are beneficial to them.

In the end, they will form a huge interest group, even the imperial power is difficult to break.

Fortunately for Zhu Zhanji, in this day and age, this interest group has not yet been formed.If you wait until after the civil fort, the imperial power will have no right to speak at all.

However, he really doesn't know how to spread public opinion propaganda in this era.

This can only be propagated to the county level by administrative orders. As for running newspapers, those grassroots people can't read!What's more, the power of interpretation is still in the hands of scholars.

More importantly, this is definitely not something he can do now.If he dared to do this today, Zhu Di might directly deprive him of his grandson's position tomorrow, give him a fief, and imprison him in the palace to fend for himself.

Zhu Gaochi is a coward when he is a prince, and if he dares to interfere in political affairs, he will be slapped in the face.No matter how much Zhu Di likes him as a grandson, he doesn't want to fight for power with him when he is strong.

Of course, it is also because this matter is not in a hurry, and the changes in the later years and the earlier years are not much different, so Zhu Zhanji can wait.

Compared with changes in this aspect, it is more important to open up overseas territories and draw people's attention overseas while the army is not corrupt.

However, things still have to be done, and preparations still have to be done.

All he can think of is to promote through drama and opera.

This is like the patriotic songs of later generations, or the cultural output of movies. Although it seems unimportant, it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, he set his sights on Zhu Youdun, who is now the top dramatist of Ming Dynasty.

Although he doesn't have much contact with him, Zhu Youdun knows a lot about this beloved grandson.In today's Daming, perhaps some people still don't care much about the prince, but no one dares to neglect the grandson.

Although the prince is a legitimate heir, his health is not good.Now the emperor is in the prime of his life, but the grandson has grown up.

The crown prince is caught in the middle, with the emperor on top, and has no real power yet, but the grandson below him has already surpassed him, holding the power of the 50 navy.

In addition, the grandson's reputation among generals and nobles surpassed that of the prince.

Even civil servants who had high expectations for the crown prince couldn't guarantee that the crown prince would live longer than the emperor.

And the emperor let the grandson take over the military power to guard against this.

There is a Taizu who directly passed on the throne to Jianwen, and I am afraid that he will repeat the same mistakes now.But the current emperor is farsighted, so he let the grandson take over the military power from the very beginning, to prevent the vassal king from imitating him, and prevent the grandson from taking the road of Jianwen.

These years, the emperor suppressed the vassal princes all over the country, probably for this purpose, even for the grandson, even the most beloved son Han Wang was abolished.

Although Zhu Youdun is far away from politics, as a political figure and heir to the royal family, he sees this aspect quite clearly.

What are the hobbies and personalities of the grandson, they have already investigated them clearly.

He couldn't imagine that the grandson who lacked everything would need his help.

So he froze for a moment before saying, "What can I help you with?"

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "Uncle Liu is being modest. To my nephew, a single pen of Uncle Liu is worth more than thousands of troops. I am afraid that my nephew will trouble Uncle Liu in the future. This is not a place to talk... let's go, Go to my Xingqing Palace, there are several Cantonese royal chefs in my palace, and their craftsmanship is quite good."

Of course Zhu Youdun was willing to get closer to the future emperor, so he was not polite, and said with a smile: "Then bother."

There are many rules in the palace. Although Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Youdun have met several times, this is the first time Zhu Youdun has come to Xingqing Palace.

Zhu Gaochi went to Beiping, and Mrs. Zhang stayed at Xingqing Palace almost all the time, helping Sun Xian manage the harem.

Zhu Zhanji also introduced Sun Xian and the others to Zhu Youdun, and then sent them away. Only Mrs. Zhang was old and didn't have too many taboos, and stayed with Zhu Youdun for a while.

The time after the meal belongs to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu You stewing.The two sat down in the study in the side hall, and Zhu Youdun's eyes were attracted by the globe and the map that occupied one wall.

"Is there really no one living in these places?"

"Most areas are empty, and there are only some small tribes, which are even more backward than our Three Emperors and Five Emperors period, and they don't even have their own writing."

"Such a beautiful river and mountain..."

Zhu Zhanji pointed to the eastern part of North America and South America and said: "Look here, there are tens of thousands of miles of fertile fields and forests, which are larger than the area of ​​my Ming Dynasty, but they are desolate there. If this place can be developed, future generations No one will go hungry."

He is more curious about all parts of the world, and Zhu Zhanji explained to him, describing the treasures and treasures of those places.

After his curiosity was satisfied, the topic of the two of them returned to the topic.

"I've been thinking in my heart, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "It's actually very simple. I just want Uncle Six to write more dramas that promote my Ming soldiers and promote my Zhu Ming."

"It's that simple?" He froze for a moment before realizing it again. "No, it's not that simple..."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "It's simple, it can be said to be very simple. Nowadays, Uncle Six basically writes dramas such as "Qujiang Pond", "Reunion Dream", and "Peach Club". It doesn't matter. "Black In the future, it is better not to write dramas like "Whirlwind Fights Justice and Sweeps Money."

People in this era don't pay much attention to the influence of ideology, Zhu Youdun is a little puzzled. "Why?"

"Black Whirlwind Fights Justice and Sweeps Money" tells the story of a Zhao Duxun who urges Li Gu to pay the official rations and wants to marry his daughter by force.The story of Li Kui and Yan Qinglu drew their swords to help each other when they saw injustice.

Because Zhu Youdun itself is a member of the royal family, so Zhang Shuye posted a list to recruit for security. Li Kui and Yan Qing repented after being persuaded by Li Gu, and immediately returned to Liangshan to persuade Song Jiang to accept the recruitment. Fang La.

The play exposes the evil deeds of corrupt officials who run rampant and bully the people, and affirms the chivalrous deeds of Liangshan heroes who fight for the people and act bravely.

"Confucians use literature to disrupt the law, and chivalrous men use martial arts to break the ban, and the rulers also practice ritual, which is why they are chaotic. Husbands who deviate from the law commit crimes, while gentlemen use literature to learn, and those who break the ban are punished, while heroes use private swords to support them."

Zhu Zhanji's words come from Han Feizi's "Five Birds".The five beetles are the five kinds of social moths, and one of the five beetles is the "Confucian scholars"!

The basic meaning is: Confucianism uses articles to disrupt the law and discipline, sophistry to confuse black and white, rangers use force to deceive people and violate prohibitions, but the monarch has to treat them politely. This is the root of the country's chaos.Those who break the law should be punished, but those Confucian scholars are appointed by relying on articles and doctrines; those who break the law should be punished, but those rangers are supported by acting as assassins.

Zhu Youdun suddenly understood, but he seemed a little confused.Looking at Zhu Zhanji, who has only a dull stubble on his face, that face with high spirits can't be associated with an old and cunning person.

He thought about it for a while, and even Zhanji didn't dare to call out, and asked, "Does Taisun want to attract people to be good through drama?"

"Attracting people to be kind is not what I want. My son of the Han family has been castrated too much by those Confucian scholars and monks, and has wiped out the spirit of martial arts. Now that I have this treasure in Ming Dynasty, there are countless great rivers and mountains waiting for my Han family in this world. Erlang went to occupy it, but how can it be good?"

Zhu Zhanji didn't wait for Zhu Youdun to speak, and said: "The era when the people can let them know what they want is over. The court should guide the people's development in a purposeful way, instead of letting Confucianism fool the people. Although drama is not It is popular among the common people, but it is loved by the common people. It is often enjoyed by the folks and elders from all over the country. If I set up a government-run theater in every county in Daming, in addition to performing on the county stage, I would also send operas to the countryside. Does Uncle Six think it's feasible?"

"This... this..." Zhu Youdun couldn't keep up with Zhu Zhanji's rhythm, so he could only say: "It costs too much, it costs too much!"

"Even if not all of them are run by the government, there are quite a few folk theater troupes. Governments in various places can also support folk theaters and send operas to the countryside!"