Qiming 1158

Chapter 1447 Western Regions Fever

This learning has proven to be very rewarding.

At least the historical story of the White Chief Soldier in the Western Regions had a strong emotional resonance with the soldiers of the Second Corps and the Sixth Corps, which made them feel a strong sense of desolation and tragic, and they burst into tears.

The political cadres of the two corps immediately organized an activity for the soldiers to submit their thoughts on the story of the White Chief Soldier in the Western Regions.

Seize the opportunity provided by this story full of family and country feelings to complement the understanding of the Western Regions for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and increase their recognition of the land in the Western Regions.

They need to realize that the Western Regions are Daming's lost land, not an extraterritorial place.

As the critical successor of the Central Plains Dynasty regime, Daming spurned the corrupt and backward reactionary ruling system of the Central Plains Dynasty, but also inherited this strong family and country sentiment and national strategic considerations.

They decided to inherit the wishes of their predecessors, send troops to the Western Regions, and return to the Western Regions.

This kind of ideological and cultural complement is one of Su Yonglin's early preparations for the construction of the two major provinces, Beiting Province and Anxi Province, because the future production and construction corps may need some soldiers from these two major corps to contribute. .

They and their families may need to leave their hometowns and settle in Anxi Province or North Dinh Province, to survive and thrive in this cold and bitter place they have never met.

At that time, this feeling of family and country may be a magic weapon against homesickness.

And to be honest, when reading these stories, Su Yonglin himself will be moved by the tragic feelings of the white soldiers in the Western Regions, and deeply moved by their pride and faith.

At the same time, he also sighed at the lofty aspirations and grandeur of the peak Tang Dynasty, which allowed the feudal soldiers to stick to the frontier for the country for more than [-] years on the premise of cutting off aid, and never gave up until the last soldier.

Is this the will to fight and patriotism that the feudal army can have?
As a general rule, this is not normal.

The only explanation is that the soldiers who came from the prosperous age of Kaiyuan have enjoyed the full positive influence that the prosperous age of Kaiyuan has brought to them, and they are really proud and proud of Datang from the bottom of their hearts, and are willing to serve such a great cause. Don gave everything.

They have always believed that Datang will one day return, will return to the Western Regions, will become prosperous again, and regain the glory that belongs to them.

It is a pity that Datang did not come back in the end, and will never come back. This regret has become a permanent regret.

But this time, Su Yonglin will lead Daming Kingdom to inherit this regret, and do everything in his power to completely wipe out this regret, and the incident of Chang'an will never happen again.

While preparations for the military were in progress, Su Yonglin also requested a certain degree of publicity among the people to make advance preparations for the immigration policy after the pacification of the Western Regions in the future.

Regarding the current situation of immigration difficulties in the border areas, Su Yonglin believes that part of it is the reason for the lack of publicity.

The propaganda mouth did not discover the inseparable internal connection between these regions and the Chinese mainland, did not discover a series of difficult entrepreneurial histories that pioneered frontiers, and did not let the public realize the inheritance relationship between each other, so the immigration policy was unsuccessful.

The number of immigrants in the Western Regions is particularly high. If there is no more appropriate immigration policy and supporting publicity measures, it will be difficult to permanently turn the Western Regions into a Chinese territory.

So before the war started, Su Yonglin and the Propaganda Department of the Revival Society held a meeting to discuss a new way of propaganda and caliber.

From the story of the envoy Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty going to the Western Regions to the story of the death of the last white soldier in the Tang Dynasty, Su Yonglin asked people with literary talents in the entire Fuxing Society system and the official system to use this as a material for literary creation. , and then submit it to Shuren Bookshelf.

He hopes that in a relatively short period of time, people across the country will start to pay attention to the Western Regions, understand the Western Regions, and know that their country once had unquestionable sovereignty over the Western Regions in the past.

And in the past countless years, the soldiers of the Central Plains have fought heroically for the land of the Western Regions. Those epic stories should not be forgotten over time, but should become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and become national memories as time goes by.

Su Yonglin was also deeply touched. He wrote an article himself, wrote a short story about a soldier and a junior officer in the Anxi Army, and submitted it to the Shuren Book Club.

With Su Yonglin's leading role, countless people with literary dreams and talents began to do a lot of literary creation on this series of materials, from Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions to the return of thirteen soldiers to Yumen, from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's development of the Western Regions. Ban Chao operates the Western Regions.

Taking this as a breakthrough point, the Propaganda Department began to publicize the stories of the Western Regions across the country with the Central Capital as the center, and invested a lot of publicity resources to make the stories of the Western Regions bloom all over the country.

In a short period of time, starting from Zhongdu, a wave of [Western Region fever] gradually swept across the country appeared.

What followed was not only the popularity of the Western Regions that Su Yonglin and the Propaganda Department had expected, but also an unexpected episode.

This period of time coincided with the time when the drama troupe under the Women's Department of the Revival Society had completed a series of preparations and was preparing to officially launch a national tour. Zhao Xirui, the leader, was very interested in hearing Su Yonglin talk about the current national propaganda caliber.

The sharp-thinking Zhao Xirui seized the opportunity brought by this craze in the Western Regions, and decided to follow this upsurge in the Western Regions, rehearse a story related to it, and make her debut in Zhongdu.

With this upsurge, the troupe's reputation and the reputation of the new art form, drama, were a hit, and the troupe's national tour officially kicked off.

For Zhao Xirui's idea, Su Yonglin expressed support.

"Theatrical troupe not only has artistic attributes, but also political attributes. If done well, the theater troupe will become a super propaganda tool no less than the propaganda department, and its role in the work of the entire propaganda outlet will not even be inferior to that of the propaganda department. Efforts in propaganda.”

With Su Yonglin's support, Zhao Xirui decided to let it go.

However, at that time the drama troupe mainly rehearsed plays that strongly criticized the feudal system of the old era, such as "The White-haired Girl", "The Rooster Crows in the Midnight", "The Landlord's House Has No Leftover Food", and "The Strong Ding Agui". political significance.

Many people in the drama troupe believe that the drama troupe should appear in the public eye with an absolutely correct political face, publicize correct political concepts to the public, and combat the old concepts of the old era.

The upsurge of the Western Regions does not have much political significance, and the main core idea is not in the aspect of class struggle. Instead, it is to praise some people from the feudal ruling class, which is not in line with the original intention of the theater troupe.

So they questioned Zhao Xirui's suggestion.

In this regard, Zhao Xirui patiently does everyone's work.

"Art is always to serve the masses of the people. The masses not only need political guidance, but also have their own artistic pursuits, family and country feelings, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness. These have nothing to do with class struggle, but for our society, is it Does it matter?

For the previous dynasties and dynasties, Daming pays attention to a criticism and inheritance, not only to criticize their crimes of exploiting and oppressing the people, but also to inherit some good things, whether it is family and country feelings, moral sentiments, and resistance at all costs when facing foreign enemies. Spirit, are we going to give up? "

Zhao Xirui's speech is very convincing, and has persuaded many people who have doubts about it.

So under the auspices of Zhao Xirui, the drama troupe selected the story of thirteen soldiers returning to Yumen, and was going to start this story, create a script, and arrange a new play.

The time was tight and the task was heavy. Zhao Xirui took the lead, and everyone mustered their energy and devoted themselves to the work with 120% of their energy.

(End of this chapter)