Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 607 Aunt Zhu guides a new play, Fang Yizhi recommends Xu Zhengming

The second scene was titled "Liberating Women: The Daughter-in-Law Shi Hongmei".

This scene is very close to the life of ordinary citizens in Nanjing.

It was about Shi Hongmei's husband who went to the north to serve his country in the army two years ago, but he has not returned, and there is no news about him. People say he is dead.

The family originally relied on the father-in-law as a shave maker as the main source of income, but within a few months after Shi Hongmei's husband left, the father-in-law fell seriously ill and was bedridden.

Apart from losing their main source of income, the family has to support her father-in-law's medical expenses, and Shi Hongmei has a son and a daughter to support, so she and her mother-in-law can't make ends meet with the little money she and her mother-in-law make from spinning and selling at home.

At the most difficult time, the mother-in-law said that she would sell her granddaughter, one to reduce the consumption of a ration, and the other to exchange some money for the family to tide over the difficulties.

Shi Hongmei didn't want to die, so she ran back to her mother's house to borrow some food, and then she survived for a while.

However, this is not a long-term solution.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was already contacting the dealer, Shi Hongmei was very anxious, but there was nothing she could do.

At this time, a miraculous army entered the city, and that was the army of Princess Jian Guo.Not long after that, Princess Jian Guo entered Nanjing and became the new emperor. Nanjing was undergoing changes in all aspects.

One of them is to open textile factories and recruit female workers.

Although there were quite a few private textile workshops in Nanjing, they were already fully recruited, and the requirements for female workers' skills were quite high, making it difficult to get in.

The textile factories run by the imperial court not only recruited more people, but also had relatively low requirements for female workers.

In this way, Shi Hongmei entered the textile factory and was paid more than one tael a month to solve the family's difficulties at once.

Not only that, but her family status has also continued to improve with the increase in income.Originally, the father-in-law and mother-in-law had the final say on everything in the family, even if the mother-in-law wanted to sell her daughter, she could plead and could not stop it.

But later, when she was promoted to the leader of the production team in the factory and brought back nearly two taels of silver every month, her mother-in-law asked her for her opinion when encountering problems.

In the last scene, Shi Hongmei sent her two children to elementary school, and when she returned home, she saw her husband, but it was her husband who followed the general to the north and south, and finally returned with honor...

Although the plot of this play is relatively plain, many people watched it with tears in their eyes and were deeply moved, because some of the events were the real experiences of some of them.

Because of this, the common people talked more about this play——

"It's true in this drama, women must dare to go out in order to make a lot of money, and after making money, they can speak hard at home."

"Isn't it? If I hadn't gone to the textile factory with my mother-in-law, how could my life be as prosperous as it is now?"

"It's nothing to get into a factory. Those women who are primary school teachers are really good. They are paid well and are respected. When my Yingzi succeeds in her studies, I will let her be a primary school teacher."

"···"

Among the common people's discussions, the third play is "Serve the country with allegiance: Zhou Tieniu lost his way and knows how to return to fight against the Qing Dynasty".

Zhou Tieniu was an ordinary soldier who was born in the peasant army. Seeing the Qing captives entering the customs and wreaking havoc, he took the initiative to fight against the Qing captives and joined the imperial army to fight against the Qing captives. He died in the end, but won a good reputation behind him.

In the past, most of the folk stories about military generals were about great heroes. In short, no matter what their backgrounds were, they all became big men in the end and did something earth-shattering.

And most of them end with a happy ending that the people love to see.

In this third play, Zhou Tieniu only managed to be upright in the new army until the end. He was always a minor character, and in the end he died a heroic death in the battle against the Qing captives.

Although the imperial court engraved his name on the monument, sent his ashes to the Garden of Heroes for worship, and even selected orphans to inherit his incense and court awards, but only in terms of the ending, this story is undoubtedly tragic.

Therefore, even though many of the people watching have not experienced the war, nor witnessed the brutality and tyranny of the Qing Dynasty with their own eyes, they still burst into tears and showed more respect for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty...
New opera performances like this are carried out in turns in various districts and streets in Nanjing during the first month, basically every street will be held once, which can be regarded as making up for the lack of performances by the art troupe in Nanjing last year.

Outside the imperial city, the "Yamen" of the Daming Art Troupe is located.

A large courtyard that occupies a large area.

In one of the courtyards, Feng Menglong, director of the Daming Art Troupe, Ruan Lizhen, promoted by the Opera Society, and several other opera choreographers are listening to the "sacred teachings."

"After the beginning of spring, the imperial court will use troops against the Qing captives. Even if they cannot be wiped out in a single battle, they will surely be able to recover a lot of land in Liaodong.

After that, the imperial court will develop Liaodong. Well, you can understand it as large-scale land reclamation and farming.

So it is necessary to immigrate to the real side.Although the imperial court has a policy of relocating those who hinder the clearing of land and sharing the land, it is not enough to rely on those people alone. It is also necessary to encourage the people to take the initiative to go to the north to open up wasteland and farm.

Later, I will send someone to send a white paper on policies to encourage people to farm outside the customs, and then you will compose and produce a few related operas based on the above content.

Of course, if people take the initiative to emigrate, they can not only go to the northeast, but also go to the northwest.

In short, tell the people in densely populated places not to stay in their hometowns and live a hard life, but to boldly go to the frontier to create a better and happier new life.

have you understood? "

After all the people listened, only a few people, including Feng Menglong, were thoughtful, while most of them frowned, half understanding.

They didn't dare to ask Auntie Zhu to explain in detail, Dang even followed Feng Menglong and said: "Wei Chen understands now."

"It's good if you understand." Auntie Zhu nodded with a smile, "I look forward to your new works."

After finishing speaking, he ordered to drive back to the palace.

Back at the Hall of Martial Ying, Aunt Zhu sat down to have a rest. Not long after, the eunuch came in to report, saying that Fang was seeking an audience with his wisdom.

Fang Yizhi is currently the dean of the Daming Academy of Natural Sciences, concurrently the dean of the Academy of Physical Sciences, and the editor-in-chief of the special issue of Natural Sciences of the Ming Daily.

As a busy person, Fang Yizhi rarely seeks to see her now.

Therefore, Zhu Yuxi was quite curious when she heard that she asked for an audience, and immediately ordered someone to announce it.

After Fang Yizhi came in to salute, he said straight to the point: "This minister is here to recommend a special talent to His Majesty."

Perhaps because of his in-depth study of natural science knowledge and being too busy, Fang Yizhi's Confucian temperament has faded a lot, and now he looks more and more like a scientist.

"Who actually needs Fang Qing's personal recommendation?" Aimee Zhu asked curiously.

I also look forward to it in my heart.

Fang Yizhi said: "This person's name is Xu Zhengming, he is good at making strange things, I don't know where to get the news, he thought he could enter the Academy of Natural Sciences, so he found Weichen here.

Weichen Guan, although he doesn't know much about natural science, is really good at invention and creation. He even invented a wooden bird that can carry people in gliding for a short time. He is considered a special talent, so he recommends it to His Majesty. "

After Fang Yizhi finished speaking, Hao Guangming on the other side spoke.

"It turned out to be this person, the inventor of the 'airplane' in the Ming Dynasty. Although the 'airplane' he invented was a failure, this person's imagination, invention and creativity, and hands-on ability are all beyond doubt.

After this person is recruited and cultivated, even if he cannot become a great inventor, it will be of great help to the realization of many technologies and creations on our side. "

After hearing this, Aunt Zhu's phoenix eyes couldn't help showing joy.

So he asked Fang Yizhi, "Where is this person now?"

"Your Majesty, it's in the Academy of Natural Sciences."

"Then declare him an audience."

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)