Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 89 "Beijing News"

People with a bit of knowledge will tell their daughters not to read those scripts. In the final analysis, there are problems with those scripts. If you read too much, if you take it for granted, your daughter will be ruined.

In ancient times, people who were serious about studying and preparing for the imperial examination would not be able to write scripts. They felt that these were degrading.

And those scholars who wrote the story books were all poor people who needed money. To put it bluntly, they were a bit poor. The content they wrote naturally favored them.

Therefore, most of the stories in the storybook are about a poor scholar seeking to marry a rich lady, but the woman objects, and then elopes.

If someone really saw this and believed it, they would have killed themselves.

The most important thing for women in ancient times was reputation. If a woman's reputation is ruined, her whole life will be over.

The general environment is like this, and the ancients often say that begging for marriage, begging for marriage, begging for marriage, rushing to be a concubine, and rushing to give it away for nothing is always not as precious as others ask for, so concubines are not taken seriously.

The innovation in Yunrong's words is naturally intended to be formalized. If the script is well written, it is also a kind of work of art, and it can also inspire people.

Take the Four Great Masterpieces as an example. These works are all masterpieces, and their literary value is no less than any poem or song. However, in the era when they were "born", the Four Great Masterpieces were just a storybook, used by people to pass the time.

Writing a story book is also an achievement, but the ancient scholars felt that the story book was not good enough. If you want to produce a good story book, you must first improve the literary value of the story book. Only with the value of writing it will there be more useful Thinking people move their pens and inks.

To be honest, why can a book of Red Mansions become Hongxue? In modern times, Dream of Red Mansions has supported many scholars and literati, but poetry and songs are not of such great value. In the final analysis, Dream of Red Mansions is still rich in content.

Leaving aside the profound meaning behind it, just some superficial things are enough for people to study it.

In Dream of Red Mansions, there are detailed descriptions of ancient architecture, ancient service culture, ancient food culture, ancient rituals, prescriptions, ancient music, ancient feudal customs, and the succession of big families...etc.

These rich historical values ​​are enough for many people to pay attention to, not to mention, there are some ethics, morals and human nature in it.

These Dreams of Red Mansions can be done, but a poem, a word, a song, and a poem can't do it. Even if the meaning of writing is far-reaching, it can't support a group of people.

Where is the content limit?
Yinzhen looked at Yunrong and said, "What do you mean?"

Yunrong: "Do you know Dream of the Red Chamber?"

Yinzhen naturally knew that the saying that the prosperity of the world is for profit comes from it.

Yinzhen: "I know, are you planning to increase the weight of story books in the hearts of readers?"

Yunrong smiled and said: "Yes, how is it? I always thought that Dream of the Red Chamber was a pity. I heard from Unofficial History that Cao Xueqin, the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, was unable to finish writing the Dream of the Red Chamber because of poverty. But I feel regretful, if the status of the script is raised, maybe the Dream of the Red Chamber can be completed in the hands of Cao Xueqin! In this way, future generations will not have such a big controversy about the ending."

What Yunrong said is indeed feasible, Yinzhen thought about it and agreed, but who should hand over this matter is a question that still needs to be considered.

The thinking of scholars is not something that can be overcome overnight. It is a long way to go for those scholars who think that the scriptures are forgiving and plan to take the imperial examinations to recognize the scriptures.

Of course, the most important thing is to have a "story book" that can break the concept of these scholars.

Yinzhen: "It is indeed feasible, but this matter has to be done slowly, first find someone to write a book and then talk about it."

Yunrong retorted: "I think it's better to redefine the name of Huaben first. Huaben feels a bit frivolous. Changing the name and making it a new genre will make people more acceptable."

Yinzhen has no objection: "Listen to you, I have no objection, but there is no suitable candidate for this matter."

Yun Rong: "There is really no rush. The road cannot be completed in a day. Pay more attention and you will always meet the right person."

Yinzhen didn't think about Yunrong, and Yunrong didn't think about doing it herself. It's one thing for her to be inconvenient, but it's another thing for her to be busy. If Yunrong really gets busy, Yinzhen will Staying alone in an empty room, where is the time to study these things.

Yinzhen has been paying attention to the development of "Zhengbao" and "Chenxi", and someone in the capital has already made an idea of ​​Minbao.

Yinzhen agrees with this, and the candidates for Minbao are basically determined. Yinzhen thinks, since he wants to expand his influence, can he serialize "Huaben" in Minbao.

And you can also invite some influential people to make multi-faceted evaluations of the "story book", so that more people will pay attention to the discussion. With attention and discussion, interested people will naturally not be indifferent.

Someone's heartbeat is the beginning of expanding influence.

In the end Minbao was taken down by Shu Muluqihuan, a son of a Manchu family. This person was selected by Yinzhen and sent someone to check it out. He knew that this person was not alone, and he did things properly. He, Ama, was also a heartfelt person.

The most important thing is that this person's backyard is relatively quiet, and it may be their family's tradition. His mama has suffered from concubines, so she is very tolerant of her daughter-in-law. The requirement for her son is that he must be [-] to have no children before he can take a concubine.

Her daughter-in-law accepts her mother-in-law's love, and she demands the same from her own daughter-in-law. The Fujin Qi Jia family of Shu Mu Lu Qihuan has a wise and reasonable mother-in-law and mother-in-law.

So Shu Mulu's backyard is very harmonious.

Yinzhen felt that this person was very suitable for his requirements. In the future, Min Bao, "Zheng Bao" and "Dawn" could be used as propaganda outlets for reform. The government can control "Zheng Bao" and "Dawn", but Minbao Yinzhen intends to release his power, so he must be very careful in choosing candidates.

First of all, you must have talent and learning, otherwise you will not be able to convince the public, and secondly, the Three Views cannot be said to meet Yinzhen's requirements, but you can't be that kind of rigid person, and it is about the backyard, Yinzhen intends to focus on this For reform, propaganda outlets must take the lead.

In the end, after all, Shu Mulu Qihuan was the most suitable.

The identity of the organizer of the Minbao was finalized, and the name of the Minbao was changed to "Beijing News".

Yinzhen told Shu Mulu Qihuan about his plan. Shu Mulu Qihuan basically had the same idea as a scholar, and he felt that the words were not good for the table, but one of his advantages was that he knew how to be flexible.

He knew where he was valued, so he didn't pretend to be smart, and asked the emperor what he wanted to do, and then he started to think of a way.

It is not difficult to serialize "story books" in "Beijing News", but the difficulty lies in getting readers to accept these "story books".

We all know that the inherent thinking is difficult to change. After many years of modern liberation, some people still retain the feudal dross thinking. It is conceivable that it is very difficult for these people who are already in it to change their thinking. .

Yinzhen didn't want to eat a fat man with one bite, but just gave Shu Mulu Qihuan a direction. This matter cannot be accomplished overnight, and Yinzhen can give him a chance.

(End of this chapter)