My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 308 Pre-screening turmoil
The people of Yingtian Prefecture discovered that government officials had set up white curtains in various markets again.

Is there something new to watch? The last time I watched a documentary about Chinese history, the shocking scenes and the most direct impact on the soul are still vivid in people's minds, as if they were fresh after a long time, and they are still deeply impressed even now.

Just as the government was setting up the projector screen, within half a day, the news that the court was going to show something new spread throughout Yingtian Prefecture.

At the same time, state capitals received orders to tour new films in counties and towns.

The news spread like wildfire like a plague. Fang Xiaoru originally wanted to write an article to promote the movie, but seeing the situation, it seemed completely unnecessary.

People's enthusiasm for movies has far exceeded everyone's imagination.

People were speculating, wondering what good things the court would show them this time.

The hottest topic in Yingtian Prefecture right now is what kind of movie the court is going to show everyone.

In the market, the streets, the restaurants and inns, almost everyone is talking about this topic.

"This time the court is showing everyone some shadow play. What is it?"

In the pub, an elderly man was drinking and discussing with the people around him.

"Old man, that's called a movie, not a shadow play." A young man dressed as a scholar corrected with a smile.

"Ah, yes, yes, movies, movies. I remember that shadow play was like thunder, with lightning."

"Old Zhang, you're not going to be scared to the point of peeing your pants again this time, are you?" someone who was familiar with the old man joked.

"Old Wang, what are you talking about? When you first saw it, you were also so scared that you fell to the ground. This time I have experience. Those movies are actually moving pictures."

Old Zhang said with a smile, "I heard from Xiao Liuzi, who is studying at the Artisan Academy next door, that their academy has had the picture for a long time. I heard that the teacher in the picture gave them lessons!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I heard that the lady in the picture is like a goddess, with long legs that are white and tender. Tsk, tsk, if I were twenty years younger, I would also like to be admitted to the Craftsman Academy to see what it's like!"

Old Wang looked yearning, and said to the young scholar beside him: "Young man from the Sun family, does your Imperial College have a female teacher teaching?"

The young scholar blushed and shook his head quickly, "No, no."

Old Wang laughed and said, "It seems that the Imperial College is not as good as the Artisan Academy!"

The young scholar wanted to refute, but he had a lot of ideas in his mind but couldn't say them out loud for the time being. However, deep down in his heart, he was also very envious of the students of Jiangzao Academy.

It’s not that I envy the female teachers with long white legs, but I yearn to be in the Jiangzao Academy where I can always be the first to access the latest knowledge.

Nowadays, a large number of students in the Imperial College are willing to learn new things after the academic conference. Some students from other places even withdrew from the Imperial College and entered the Jiangzao Academy.

The Imperial College was also divided into several factions, and there were quarrels every day, but now more and more people supported education reform.

"I don't know what kind of movie the court will show us this time. It would be great if it includes that goddess."

Old Wang still couldn't forget about it. At this time, a waiter from the tavern came over and said mysteriously:

"You don't even know what kind of movies the court is showing?" Old Wang said unconvincedly, "Why, you know?"

Old Zhang and the young scholar also looked at him with curiosity. Seeing that everyone's attention was attracted by him, the guy was quite proud. He looked around in a pretentious manner, and then deliberately lowered his voice.

"I'm telling you, don't just talk nonsense. This time the court is going to show us a movie made by the Ming Dynasty itself!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

"What? We at Ming Dynasty made it ourselves? What are we made of?" Old Zhang said in disbelief.

"Old Zhang, if I knew what it's made of, could I still be a waiter here?" the waiter asked.

“You’re not making it up, are you?” The others didn’t believe it either.

"Making a lie?" The young man was immediately dissatisfied. "Why would I say that? My cousin's nephew works in the palace. I heard it from his own mouth. I heard that it was made by Her Royal Highness Princess Huaiqing herself!"

"Made by Her Royal Highness the Princess herself?" Everyone was stunned. They could not imagine how Her Royal Highness the Princess could make moving pictures.

People's discussions about movies are becoming more and more heated, once again forming waves of public opinion hotspots, which makes some people feel more and more anxious.

These people are the stubborn conservative literati, especially the officials from the aristocratic families in the court. They originally planned to die in protest once the emperor ordered education reform!
No matter what, we must prevent those strange and tricky theories from entering the schools. We must defend the teachings of the saints to the death. The control of the literary world by the aristocratic literati must never be shaken!

But what surprised them was that His Majesty allowed them to argue with the reformists without mentioning the education reform at all, and just announced another thing nonchalantly.

The movie produced by Daming will be touring the country!

At this crucial moment in the fight for the right to speak, His Majesty did not even mention the issue of education reform. There must be something wrong when things are abnormal!
Those who can get in the court are all old foxes, and each of them is a tough guy. Except for a few insiders such as Xu Da and Li Min, most of the others have guessed that the story of this movie is definitely related to education reform!

Although it is not known what the specific relationship is between the movie and the final education reform, conservative intellectuals are getting anxious as they see the discussion about the movie becoming more and more heated.

At this time, a man with the pen name Mr. Guocheng published an article in the newspaper, which pushed this trend to a climax again.

The article severely criticized the movie from the perspective of wasting time, but once it was published, it successfully aroused the anger of the people.

Many students even published articles in newspapers to refute the argument sentence by sentence, but Mr. Goucheng debated with the students recklessly. His views were so sharp and tricky that many students were speechless for a while.

Mr. Goucheng successfully aroused public anger, which made the conservative literati ecstatic. Although the literati and students who supported the reform were angry, they could do nothing about it.

Mr. Goucheng's writing style was really sharp. Just when he was at the peak of his powers, Wu Daoxing took action.

Wu Daoxing did not refute Mr. Goucheng's views, but simply explained the necessity of the new learning reform, and also mentioned the advantages of movies.

Once the article was published, it caused a sensation in the entire literary world. Every word in the article was brilliant and irrefutable. It did not mention Mr. Goucheng at all, but every word pointed out the logical weaknesses in Mr. Goucheng's article.

And in the atmosphere of heated discussion, the first movie of Ming Dynasty was finally released.

(End of this chapter)