Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 351 The Storyteller of Ming Dynasty

After leaving Liaodong, Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying headed west all the way to the grassland.

The sky is blue, wild, and the sky is like a dome.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came to the prairie, he suddenly felt heroic. This is the place where he fought. He and Zhu Han drove the Mengyuan people from the Central Plains to the prairie, and then led the Ming soldiers to the prairie to destroy Mengyuan. .

Now in the tenth year of Hongwu, all the traces of the previous battles have disappeared, and they have become cities and factories. Countless cattle, sheep and horses gnaw and grow wantonly on the grassland.

Different from the heavy industrial clusters in Liaodong, the grassland is a different color. This is a paradise for the textile industry. Since Zhu Han invented the woolen sweater, the wool on the grassland has become a "growable gold coin" in the eyes of countless people, keeping warm , keep out the cold, and have no smell of mutton... Many businessmen invest in the grasslands to build factories, grazing and raising sheep...

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that most of the people who raised sheep on the grasslands were businessmen, like cattle, horses, and poultry, they were led by the government. The businessmen needed benefits, and the government wanted to ensure that people's lives were better. Now Zhu Yuanzhang has been able to make these This kind of business matter is very open, and it also effectively distinguishes the difference between businessmen and government.

The development of commerce will make Daming full of ambitions for outward expansion, while the government only needs to protect the interests of the people, which is enough.

After eating a barbecue on the grassland, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that both his own craftsmanship and Ma Xiuying's barbecue skills were inferior to Zhu Han's. After staying for two days, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was boring. He inspected the local factories and encouraged the businessmen present. After that, he embarked on the journey to continue westward.

What Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to inspect was the entire Ming Dynasty and overseas territories, so naturally he would not stay in one place for too long.

……

At this moment, Ying Tian and Zhu Han are very relaxed.

Zhao Min was still attacking Liu Sanniang, while Zhu Han was watching the excitement, he did not forget the business.

Luo Guanzhong is back.

This well-known novelist in history, because of Zhu Han, his original life trajectory has changed. Although he is currently holding the official position of the Imperial Academy, he is actually more like Zhu Han's housekeeper, helping While Zhu Han was dealing with business matters, he also started writing novels under Zhu Han's guidance.

Shi Naian is dead, and Luo Guanzhong did the follow-up of "Water Margin" and the arrangement of the manuscript. After all, he is Shi Naian's disciple. He has the qualifications, and his "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has almost been written. The battle examples are basically examples from Ming Dynasty.

For example, adapting the Poyang Lake Water Battle into the Battle of Chibi... He doesn't have much rejection of the Spring and Autumn style of writing novels and applying historical allusions everywhere.

Writing novels is just to entertain the public, not to be realistic, so it doesn't matter how you write it.

However, just writing novels for others to read... is not very good. After all, there are too few literate people in Daming now, and the words of reading them are not very popular, so Zhu Han called Luo Guanzhong over to create another novel. Way.

storytelling!

Luo Guanzhong was a little surprised when he heard it for the first time.

What is Zhu Han thinking in his head, how can he come up with so many ideas.

When Luo Guanzhong was praising Zhu Han for spreading his thinking, Zhu Han waved his hand and said, "Storytelling is just a way, and you can also adapt it into operas. This is also a channel to expand your popularity. As long as the people need it, we can go to it." Do."

Luo Guanzhong hastily bowed his head and bowed: "I will bear in mind your Highness' teaching, it's just the way of storytelling, do you have any advice from Your Highness?"

"Have!"

Zhu Han beckoned and signaled Luo Guanzhong to come over: "The most important thing is to break the chapters. For example, Wu Song fights the tiger in the Outlaws of the Marsh. When you get to the key point, you can break the chapters by 'If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down'."

"well!"

Luo Guanzhong's small eyes also lit up, Zhu Han's proposal was too appetizing to him, writing novels, doing chapters well for making money, is not shabby.

"Of course, when you tell a book, you don't read it, but read it with emotion..."

Looking at Zhu Han who gave him advice, Luo Guanzhong felt more and more that if Zhu Han was allowed to write a book, nothing would happen to him.

This idea came out... who can resist?

The business of storytelling is passed down from master to apprentice in later generations, and it has not been recorded in writing. Zhu Han also heard about books and slept in later generations. He doesn’t know the skills, but Zhu Han can express how to say it, and doing so is considered a gift. Storytellers set a rule of word of mouth.

As for how to carry forward the storytelling industry, Zhu Han felt that as long as he started it well, someone would do it well later, and the tide of the times would not stop an industry from stagnating.

After telling Luo Guanzhong his storytelling skills, Zhu Han said to Luo Guanzhong: "As the saying goes, when you are full of warmth, you think about lust. Although not everyone is rhodium-skinned, they will pursue new things when they are full. Storytelling is a profession that satisfies the human brain, and it can also be regarded as satisfying the spiritual world of people. Not only storytelling, but also the novels you write, so what you are doing now is also related to the cultural living standards of our Ming people. The burden is not light."

At the beginning, Zhu Han just talked about this business, but in the end, he sublimated this business, which made Luo Guanzhong nervous all of a sudden.

To educate the people... This is not something that can be done simply by saying a word.

If he didn't agree, the hole he poked would be bigger than the sky. No matter what others think, Luo Guanzhong thinks that he is not capable of carrying such a heavy burden.

Luo Guanzhong stood humbly in front of Zhu Han, and said with sincerity and fear: "Your Highness, you are in love with the wrong one. I am afraid that I will not be able to do the job because of my lack of ability. Your Highness, please choose someone else."

"Why not? Do you think you don't have the ability?"

Looking at Luo Guanzhong, Zhu Han couldn't help but sighed. As a butler, he was quite capable, but he was too timid: "Since you think you can't do it yourself, then I'll go find someone else, alas... Originally, I read that your master wrote I have some insights from "Water Margin", and I want to extract a passage from it to write a new novel, since you don't want to do it, then I will think of a way."

He looked very disappointed, and Luo Guanzhong couldn't calm down when he heard it.

If you want to say that the person who knows the Water Margin best in the world, besides Shi Naian is Luo Guanzhong, and now that Shi Naian is dead, the person who knows "Water Margin" best...

Luo Guanzhong: That's right, it's next.

Seeing that Zhu Han didn't want to use him, Luo Guanzhong hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you should use me for this matter. Mr. has passed away. I am responsible for sorting out and correcting his manuscripts. I don't want to talk big. If I want to say today, I know the most about "Water Margin." "Biography" is me, Your Highness, please tell me what you want to write, and I will do my best."

Seeing that the aggressive general had succeeded, Zhu Han still pretended not to trust Luo Guanzhong, and asked suspiciously, "Really?"

"My minister is willing to issue a military order!"

Luo Guanzhong was afraid that Zhu Han would forget himself, so he said to him: "If I cannot complete your task, Your Highness, I am willing to accept any punishment!"

Zhu Han doubted Luo Guanzhong's ability, which he couldn't accept the most. After all, we are also a novel writer, and we have already achieved fame. Who else in the world is more capable than ourselves?
Therefore, facing the task mentioned by Zhu Han, Luo Guanzhong thought, "Who else is it?"

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

Zhu Han also seemed to have made a lot of determination, took out an outline from the table beside him, and solemnly handed it to Luo Guanzhong: "This is the outline, I need you to write it, understand?"

Outline?

Luo Guanzhong took it without thinking, and his eyes lit up when he saw the title of the book.

Jin Ping Mei!
What a name!This name can make people's eyes shine when they hear it.

Luo Guanzhong himself wrote a novel, and compiled another novel. He knows very well that there are three golden chapters in this novel, which means that the beginning must be attractive, which is one of the selling points of a book.

But before the three golden chapters, there is something more eye-catching, and that is the title of the book.

A book can have a good title, which can attract readers to consume.

Jin Ping Mei is very good.

After Luo Guanzhong glanced at the outline, he realized that Jin Ping Mei was the name of three women... and the protagonist of this book was actually Ximen Qing.

After a few more careful glances, Luo Guanzhong's face immediately turned red, and his speech was a little slurred. He looked at Zhu Han and said shyly, "Your Highness. This, this reading is an elegant thing. How can it be full of books?" Dirty things?"

If others know that this kind of book full of mediocrity is written by him, Luo Guanzhong, they will definitely be ridiculed by scholars all over the world.

At this time, Luo Guanzhong was extremely regretful. Before he knew what book Zhu Han asked him to write, why did he talk so much?

He also issued a military order, and Luo Guanzhong was very glad that he didn't say anything about asking for the head of a certain superior, otherwise the head would have been separated now.

"What is filth? Haven't you done it since you grew up?"

Zhu Han glanced at Luo Guanzhong, curled his lips and said, "What kind of bird is your old Luo? There are so many flower boats along the Qinhuai River, and the literati have never been there? Haven't you, Old Luo?"

"I……"

Luo Guanzhong was choked by Zhu Han's question, and he argued: "How can Your Highness imprison the innocence of the minister, I just went to appreciate the snow, moon and wind and flowers."

"Fart Xueyuefenghua, if you wear it, it's still the thing in the crotch?"

Zhu Han was full of disdain for Luo Guanzhong's defense, and said to him: "Whatever you think in your mind, what you see is what you see, Lao Luo, I didn't expect you to be so dirty!"

"me……"

Luo Guanzhong couldn't say enough about what Zhu Han said, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

I heard before that Zhu Han is the most eloquent person in Ming Dynasty. Luo Guanzhong had a deep understanding of it before, but it was not as deep as this time.

He also said that his thinking was wrong... The key point is that the outline given by Zhu Han is full of filth.

Besides, scholars go to enjoy playing and singing, and look at the snow, moon, wind and flowers. Wouldn't this help to broaden their horizons and write better poems?

Luo Guanzhong wanted to defend himself, but found that the reasons he found were not enough, so he could only lower his head and admit to Zhu Han that he was a dirty person.

Zhu Han said to Luo Guanzhong: "This book describes the life of Ximen Qing and the history of the rise and fall of his family from prosperity to decline. With Ximen Qing as the center, it radiates the market society on the one hand, and reflects the official society on the other. It unfolds an era. On the one hand, Ximenqing relied on his economic strength to transport the rich and powerful, bribed and exploited, and improved his political status; Becoming a local tyrant who gathers wealth, power, and power in one body objectively shows that this society is hopeless, and it can also make people compare the Song Dynasty and the current Ming Dynasty, and let them see who is the best. A court that truly pleads for the people."

"..."

Listening to what Zhu Han said, Luo Guanzhong smacked his lips... What he said made sense, but why didn't I believe it?

In the book "Water Margin", the story of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian is the most described about the relationship between men and women, but Zhu Han pulled out this paragraph alone.

Luo Guanzhong felt that Zhu Han, like himself, was full of dirty minds.

Zhu Han ignored what Luo Guanzhong was thinking, and continued: "After this book is finished, you will have a kind of clarity about the world. Everything described is either smooth, or twists and turns, or revealing and revealing, or hidden. It is ridiculed, or written on both sides at the same time, so that they can be compared, and the changing feelings are obvious at any time. At the same time, it is said that there is nothing more than that. It is not easy to write this book well.”

"..."

At first, Luo Guanzhong felt that Zhu Han was trying to argue with his words, but after hearing what Zhu Han said, why did he feel that writing this book of Jin Ping Mei was so meaningful?
Reflecting the city life of the Song Dynasty and comparing it with the Ming Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong couldn't help thinking... If this book is really written, it will be a masterpiece.

Faintly, Luo Guanzhong felt that after this book was written, it would become a book with mixed reviews and great disputes.

But if there is a dispute, the more famous you will be, isn't it?

Seeing that Luo Guanzhong was deep in thought, Zhu Han knew that he had already lost his mind, so he threw out a copy of "Yanggu County Chronicles" from the side: "This book is the county chronicles of the previous dynasty, and there are records of Ximen Qing in it. Take a look at this This book...hehe, your master is not a good person either."

In history, the prototype of Ximenqing was a big family in Ximen, Yanggu County in the early Ming Dynasty. He was deeply persecuted by Wu Dalang, Pan, and Jin. Shi Naian felt that Ximen Qing was too pitiful, so he found a sense of existence for him from his own books.

Luo Guanzhong didn't think too much about it. Writing novels is just for everyone to read. It's more of a fabrication. As for who the prototype is... The characters in the book are purely fictitious, and any similarities are purely coincidental.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Holding the outline and county chronicles in his hands, Luo Guanzhong bowed to Zhu Han, and then said sincerely: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will study it carefully when I go back, and live up to Your Highness' high expectations."

"Well, it's good to have this confidence. Don't worry too much. We need to discuss how to write this book."

Zhu Han beckoned to Luo Guanzhong and said, "I have some ideas of my own about this book. Let's have a chat. You said that Wu Song is a vigorous man. Did he see Pan Jinlian who is as beautiful as a flower? what idea……"

"This... I think there is."

Luo Guanzhong nodded seriously, and said to Zhu Han, "Your Highness, do you know the thief Cao in my book?"

(End of this chapter)