At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 155: The ignorant novelist and the renewed propaganda offensive

When Ji Xin found Zhong Jun, the head of the novelist, Zhong Jun was extremely excited.

At the beginning, people from hundreds of schools of thought took refuge in the Han Dynasty. Mohists, Confucians, Taoists, and peasants all received important positions. Only famous scholars and novelists took refuge in the Han Dynasty, but they were treated like hangers-on in the Han Dynasty. They were paid well but were not assigned positions. This pair of Zhong Junlai felt like he was just freeloading and not being taken seriously.

But they were still unwilling to leave. To be honest, if it weren't for the high power of King Han, Zhong Jun would have wanted King Han to be the head of the novelist.

Novelists are actually separated from historians. The Zhou royal family had barnyard officials. They were free from the market and traveled among the people due to their work needs. The royal family needed to know the folk customs outside through hearsay and street talk. The trivial matters or contemporary experiences recorded by the Barnyard Officer are called "Barnyard History".

Novelists came from this type of people. After the decline of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, this position was abolished, and many families who recorded these "barnyard histories" fell into the folk and became the earliest ancestors of novelists.

Novelists record trivial anecdotes, local customs, and also record weird and bizarre stories. Folk myths and legends, etc. At that time, hundreds of schools of thought were prosperous and scholars were vying for hegemony, but novelists were little transparent. None of the major schools at that time took a serious look at novelists.

In the past few hundred years, Taoism has prospered, Confucianism has prospered, Mohism has prospered, and even Zhu Yang's school has prospered. There is only the novelist as a sidekick, which has not improved since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Even the novelist's own disciples did not take their sect seriously. After all, other schools of thought proposed political ideals. The Taoist method of governing by doing nothing, and the Confucian method of governing by etiquette. Mohism advocates universal love without attacking, Legalism advocates governing the country by law, and other schools of thought all have a political program.

But their novelists have no political agenda, they just record some folklore and strange stories. In terms of orthodoxy, it can't compare with the other three families, and in terms of practicality, it can't compare with the peasant family, the military family, and the Mohist family.

Being flashy and unrealistic is an embarrassment for the children of novelists. They cannot enrich the country and strengthen the army, and they cannot play any role in the princes' struggle for hegemony. They all regard themselves as bystanders of history, recording some legends about things that interest them.

Although the King of Han also asked them to write operas, they were not classics such as "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive", but "Brothers and Sisters Come to Farm" talked about two kinds of crops a year, and "Postpartum Care of Sows" talked about how to raise Pigs, "Earthworm Breeding with High Productivity" talks about how to raise chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry. The king of Han also called this kind of opera "The Book of Getting Rich" and asked them to consult more farmers. People from the Mohist family wanted to publish a series to teach people how to get rich. .

Ten days later, the opera "Red River Water" began to be performed in Chen County. The first people to watch the opera were those in the officer training class.

Chenjun School Ground.

"The Sutra of Getting Rich" was ridiculed by later generations of netizens as "The Sutra of Getting Wealthy". That's just because this program only teaches farmers to increase production, but it cannot help farmers find markets for their products. In a country with extremely overcapacity, there is a high probability that if you really learn the above agricultural skills, you will Bankruptcy.

Therefore, their school of thought, which prefers neutrality in troubled times, went downhill because of Kong Kun's greeting, because this was an opportunity for their novelist Xianyu to make a comeback.

But this time the King of Han finally gave them a favorite task. Zhong Jun immediately said to Ji Xin: "Please tell the King of Han that I will write this opera quickly so that everyone in the world can see the cruel face of Qin."

It was very lively at this time. After hard training, it was a great enjoyment for these officers to watch a opera, especially many operas that can really improve their skills.

According to the news Xu Fan received, he has been having a hard time promoting two crops a year. This year, a large number of farmers in Han Dynasty began to plant a few acres of land after the autumn harvest to plant soybeans and winter wheat after watching "Brothers and Sisters". Although the number is small and scattered, it is a good start.

After Ji Xin left, Zhong Jun began to look through various materials left by Ji Xin. When he saw the atrocities committed by the Qin people in Qi, he became furious and said: "The evils committed by the Qin people are too numerous to describe. At that time, all the barbarians were I dare not treat the Chinese people like this."

Not long after, Xu Fan got the story "Red River Water". This is a bit similar to the Red River Valley, and the final outcome is that the Tian family's children led the Qi people to drive away the violent Qin army. He did not like it, so he changed it to Qi people who could not bear the Qin people's cruelty and joined the rebel army. Under the leadership of the rebel army, they drove away the Qin army. Xu Fan then sent the revised script to the opera troupe and asked them to start rehearsing.

Zhong Jun suppressed his anger and spent a day reading the information. After thinking carefully for three days, he wrote the three words "Red River Water", and then he wrote the story like a god in one day.

But there will be no such problem in this era. In this era, only people will not have enough to eat, and there will be no problem of overcapacity. If farmers learn the above agricultural skills, they can increase wealth for the entire world.

It should be the function of novelists to spread knowledge efficiently so that farmers can learn it easily. As long as they master this track, novelists will not decline. Even in the industrial age, novelists have entered the media track. , became the fourth power. At that time, novelists could also become mainstream schools such as Legalism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

But when they came to Dahan, what they did was completely different from what they had imagined.

And this is what their novelists are good at. It turns out that their novelists rely on propaganda to exert their power. And they will be so powerful that they can use their abilities better than an army of 10 people. The novelist finally made his voice heard under this sky.

What embarrasses the novelist Zhong Jun is that the first person to discover the power of propaganda was the King of Han, which made the novelist's children a little ashamed.

Although Xu Fan believes that this is the right path for novelists, through these entertaining and educational operas, people can master new skills, improve agricultural productivity, and increase the wealth of the entire society. Only in this way can novelists be like farmers and military strategists. It has also penetrated deeply into the lives of people all over the world and become an indispensable part.

It's a pity that Zhong Jun and others don't think so. "Brothers and Sisters Come to Farm" is such a low-level story. "Postpartum Care of Sows" can't even be counted as a story.

But Xu Fan, King of Han Dynasty, completely changed the embarrassing situation of the novelist. "Chu Zhaonu" and "To Live", two plays that will surely go down in history, made people in this world feel the power of propaganda for the first time, and everyone in the world recognized them. This opera is more powerful than 20 elite soldiers.

These operas are not at the same level as "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive" produced by the King of Han Dynasty, so much so that Zhong Jun and others were not even willing to sign their names, so they all passed them on to the King of Han Dynasty. Of course, this cannot be wrong, after all, it is Xu Fan Come up with an outline and let them write it.

Moreover, a large number of farmers have begun to breed earthworms. Anyway, as long as the children at home dig up some earthworms and get some weeds, they can raise them. It doesn’t take much effort for the children to raise them for fun. As long as these farmers succeed, these sparks will be ignited throughout Han Dynasty. country and even the whole world.

Liu Bang led a group of officers to Xu Zhongzhao and Chen Ying and said: "Come, come, let me introduce to you my old brothers from Peixian County. This is Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, Wang Ling, and Cao Shen."

Then Liu Bang said loudly: "These two are incredible. This is the one who almost formed an alliance with Qin Jia from Chen Ying in Dongyang. And this one named Xu Zhongzhao is a fierce general in the Han army. His Sanchuan County captured the captain of the Qin army." , he was the first to board Wancheng during the attack on Nanyang, and he was the first to board the generals, but he did it all."

As soon as Liu Bang finished speaking, Fan Kuai and others looked at Xu Zhongzhao with a different expression.

Fan Kuai smiled and said: "Brother is so powerful, I have time to teach my little brother martial arts."

A fierce man like Fan Kuai admires those who are even fiercer than him.

Xu Chongzhao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at the tall and powerful Fan Kuai. His two contributions were more due to luck. When he was in Wancheng, any Han general who was the first to attack the city would probably get the opportunity to reach the city first. If he really takes action, he won't be Fan Kuai's opponent.

At this time, Xiaolan and Xiaohei also came over.

Xu Zhongzhao immediately introduced to the others: "This is Xu Dong and Xu Xuan. They are my subordinates and my brothers. They also had a share of the credit for conquering Wancheng. These people are heroes of Peixian County. This is Liu Bang. Fan Kuai~~~~.”

Soon Cao Sheng and Han Xin came over. Chen Ying introduced Liu Bang and Xu Zhongzhao: "These are my two subordinates, Cao Sheng and Han Xin."

"Han Xin!" Everyone was shocked.

Among the officer crash course, Han Xin is a famous person. After half a month of queue training, these officers in the crash course began to train their command ability. The best way to train their command ability is of course actual combat, but obviously such an opportunity is rare. Unaskable.

The solution for the Han army was to exercise. Junior officers would command a group of officers, or a group of officers would practice fighting with each other. The commanders would be replaced by them in turn, while senior officers like Liu Bang would command a group of troops.

Such exercises are extremely intense, and the rules are as close to real battlefields as possible. Although there are no deaths because they are only wooden weapons, people are often injured due to acting.

Also because the battlefield is small, it is the most test of the commander's commanding ability. Every time the drill is conducted, Liu Bang and other officers will watch it. Among them, Han Xin has been the commander three times, and each time he has annihilated the enemy at a very small cost. This makes Han Xin's drill His grades ranked first among all officers and he became a popular figure in the officer training class. So now Liu Bang and the others look at Han Xin a bit like a bad student looks at a top student.

Fan Kuai knew this very well. Relying on his martial arts, he often took the lead in charging and smashed the enemy's formations. When he met Han Xin, he was the first to be surrounded and stabbed to death with a spear. His subordinates were leaderless and were almost wiped out by Han Xin without any injury. This was his worst defeat.

Han Xin just bowed his hands in salute and sat down next to Chen Ying. In the past, Han Xin would try to please some big shots, but in this crash course for officers in the Han Army, everything depends on his own ability. At least the Han State attaches great importance to it. His ability.

Although the training is not over yet, there are already many captains and captains who want to recruit him as a subordinate, and the lowest price they offer is the song leader. Even his instructor Zhang Qiang asked him if he would like to join his army. If he is willing, If you go, you can become a military commander.

Under this situation, Han Xin has the capital to be proud. He will not show his face in front of Chen Ying as the leader. After all, if Chen Ying had not recommended him to the King of Han, he would not have a chance to get ahead.

As for other officers, he looked down on most of them, because the officers in the training class were either the kind of reckless men who only knew how to charge, or they rigidly formed a turtle formation to fight mediocre people, without any commanding skills. Han Xin looked at his colleagues like a god of learning looking at a scumbag.

The small group of three people huddled together and started to watch the performance on the stage in a lively manner. Liu Bang asked: "It is said to be a new opera, but who knows what kind of opera it is?"

Xu Zhongzhao said: "I heard that the Qin people were encircling Qi, and millions of Qi people had been driven away and became refugees. Today's opera is about the atrocities committed by the Qin people in Qi."

"Enclosure, what do you mean?" Fan Kuai asked.

Xu Chongzhao said with an ugly face: "The Qin people are interested in that piece of land. As long as they trap it, it will be theirs. Then the owner of the land will be driven away, and the bad ones will even become serfs directly."

Fan Kuai was surprised and said: "This is not robbery. Although Qin officials were unreasonable in the past, they were not this unreasonable."

Chen Ying frowned and said: "Qin officials are also reasonable, but they are talking about the Shangguan's principles, which are the principles of the First Emperor. In their view, the world is the First Emperor's First Emperor, and any order is reasonable and must be implemented. .”

Liu Bang thought for a while and said: "This is a good thing for me, the Han Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty is so cruel and unkind, and the anti-Qin righteous people in the world will definitely flock to the King of Han. Soon, more heroes will join the King of Han. Our Han Dynasty will be more prosperous and stronger."

Xu Zhongzhao frowned and said, "It's just that the people of the world are going to suffer again."

As the opera progressed, all the atrocities committed by the Qin State were performed by the actors, and the officers in the audience cursed one after another.

At the climax of the opera, the Qin army captured tens of thousands of Qi's powerful men and wanted to kill them all on the banks of the Jishui River. One of the Qi's eldest daughters saw her father and brother being killed by the Qin people. Faced with the loss of her family and her family, she jumped into the Jishui in despair.

The officers in the audience roared angrily: "Don't jump, join the rebel army, and fight the Qin army together."

Then the excited officers wanted to beat the actors playing the Qin army, but Chen Sheng and others had to station a row of soldiers to stop them so that the opera could continue.

A large part of Chenjun's officer corps were the sons of powerful men. Even if they were not, they were married to powerful men. Therefore, they could empathize with the plight of the Qi people and naturally hated the Qin people for their atrocities.

Even officers from ordinary civilian backgrounds gritted their teeth when they saw the Qin army encircling the land. It can only be said that Qin's behavior really offended all classes from top to bottom, so people are worried about the fate of the characters in the story. on them.

After Xu Fan learned about the situation here in the crash course, he was sure that "Red River Water" could arouse the anger of the entire Han Dynasty and even the entire world.

So 12 opera troupes from the Han Dynasty entered the six counties of the Han Dynasty respectively. They wanted to arouse the anger of the entire Han people as quickly as possible.

January 37, the 1th year of the First Emperor's reign. Chenjun, Shangheli.

"Master Lu, an opera troupe has come to the city. They say they are going to perform a new opera. Grandpa Liang asked me to call you." A child said.

Lu Shu put away the book in his hand, straightened his gown and said, "I'll be there right away."

This period of time was a bit dreamy for Lu Shu. He first spent all his wealth and risked his life to come to Chenjun to have a try. Fate may be so strange sometimes. He had constant bad luck in the first half of his life, but when he came to Chen County, he began to have good luck again and again.

Although he failed to pass the imperial examination, he still joined the Han Kingdom and became a Fuzi. The long gown he was wearing was the Fufu uniform issued by the Han Kingdom. It was also the first time in the past few years that he had worn unpatched clothes. Destiny has changed since then.

When he came to Shanghe, the Han Dynasty not only gave him 3000 yuan in resettlement fees, but also gave him 100 acres of land. In this way, he became an unknown master in Shanghe, hundreds of miles away from his hometown.

If only a few months ago, when he was hungry and cold and could only herd pigs, he would be satisfied with the life he has now.

Here the villagers respect him as a master, and the students also love him as a master. Everyone looked at him with respect. After Lu Shu had been ridiculed coldly for several years, this look satisfied him. Many times he wanted to settle down here and carry on the family line to live up to his father's instructions.

But after Lu Shu felt the prosperity of Chen County, the north-south knowledge brought by merchants, and the new things that happened every day, even though he was poor during the few days he took Chen County and had to work hard to earn a meal every day, Let him see a whole new world.

After seeing such a prosperous world, although he could adapt to life in an obscure mountain village like Shangheli, he didn't want to live like this. Having seen the world, he did not want to spend the rest of his life slowly in this small mountain col. He wanted to see more of the prosperous and vast world.

At this time, he was feeling lucky for his luck. At first, he was just kindly guiding a Confucian scholar, but he didn't expect that person to be the famous Sun Shutong. His teacher was Kong Yu, one of the Nine Qings of the Han Dynasty. Because of this relationship, he knew two senior officials.

Kong Yuhe often wrote letters to encourage him and told him not to be decadent and neglect his studies. Sun Shutong also often taught him knowledge. Lu Shu did not want to waste these two relationships. During this time, he also studied hard to increase his knowledge. He also wanted to go further. Being a master was definitely not the limit of his life.

When Lu Shu arrived near the school grounds outside the merchant's home, villagers had already begun to help build a high platform to prepare for the drama troupe's performance. People from the four towns and villages also began to gather. Children were running around, women and children were chatting, and it was lively. Thousands of people were involved in the commotion.

"Master Lu is here?" The villagers waved hello to Lu Shu one by one.

There are only three people who are most respected in the whole country, namely Lu Shu, the master, Zhaoyun, the pavilion chief, and Qu Lu, the li chief.

He slowly walked up to the seat in front and asked Qu Lu: "Mr. Qu, what new song is this time?"

Qu Lu said: "I don't know. It's said to be a new opera from Chen County. I hope I can learn some good things."

Although "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive" can arouse the villagers' feelings of hatred and hatred, Qu Lu and others still prefer to watch operas such as "Brothers and Sisters Come to Farm" and "Earthworm Breeding with High Productivity" where they can learn skills.

Outside the school grounds, the land in Shangheli was not abandoned like other places. Instead, it was all planted with soybeans. The credit for this was not the opera team, but Wu Jun who vigorously promoted it in Shangheli. He first planted his own rice. Beans were planted in rotation, and then the villagers saw that Wu Jun could harvest and practice and started to learn. The same was true for feeding chickens with earthworms. As long as the villagers found the benefits, these technologies would quickly become popular.

"Dang, Dang, Dang!" gongs and drums sounded, and the actors took the stage one by one.

Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, the villagers can find a tarpaulin made of carved jade railings unfolding. Is this a play about royal aristocrats?

There was a sudden burst of applause below. For the boring villagers, seeing the life of the royal palace and nobles could satisfy their fantasies.

Unfortunately, this fantasy was quickly shattered. The plot of the opera immediately became intense, and the Qin army attacked, which disrupted the fast life of the princes, nobles and ladies. The children of the nobles were killed by the Qin army, and their women and children were plundered by the Qin army and imprisoned in Xianyang Palace. Then the Qin army captured the nobles and powerful men of Qi State and brought them to the Jishui River. They killed them all and turned the accumulated water red.

The brutal behavior of the Qin army made all the villagers curse again and again. The opera reminded them of their bad memories. Although the opera was about the Qi State, the battle between Qin and Chu took place in Chen County, and the villagers here had Their relatives died under the butcher's knife of the Qin army, and they felt the plight of the Qi people very much.

Faced with such killings, the people of Qi began to resist Qin's actions. The last scene of the opera is that the people of Qi unite and drive away the invaders Qin.

The opera came to an end amidst the applause of the people.

After the opera ended, the villagers did not leave immediately, but gathered together to discuss the content of the opera.

"After all, it was the rebels who defeated the violent Qin. Taiyi God still protected us and other ordinary people. When the Qin officials came, our good days were gone." Qu Lu sighed with a feeling of surviving the disaster.

"The dog Qin officials are the worst people in the world. Anyone with a little wealth will be targeted by them. They will tear up the family and destroy the family." A villager yelled.

The system design of the Qin Dynasty is to keep you below the poverty line, leaving you with no other choice but to join the army to change your destiny.

Getting rich through hard work and hard work is a bad example in the eyes of Qin officials. Whoever can get rich by farming will join the army. Qin officials will definitely increase the search for such people until their families are ruined.

"The people of Qi are so pitiful. They don't have heroes like us, the King of Han, and they are bullied by the people of Qin. What is said in this opera cannot be true."

Zhaoyun said with a cold face: "How could it be false? Think about what the Qin army did in our Chen County. They would not even let children go for military glory. Now they have conquered Qi again. When we were here, What happened will naturally be repeated in Qi. Otherwise, why would this opera be called Red River Water? It is the blood of the people of Qi that dyed the river red. Blood debts must be paid with blood, and the people of Qin will suffer retribution sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)