Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 333: Shou Chang "Drowning", Red "Lone Brave Man" [Please Subscribe]

Zhu Yuanzhang emerged from the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He knew that even though there were only twenty or thirty years between the old and new dynasties, it would take several days and nights to describe all the things that had happened, so he nodded in agreement.

He also touched the screen himself to continue playing the song video.

The second song appeared in front of everyone - "Drowning".

This time, there was a musical prelude at the beginning, and it sounded familiar to Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao and others. It was the background music of the video when Liu Kuan introduced the characters of the "The Glory of the Ming Dynasty" series.

At the same time, the video shows the era when people shaved their hair short and wore long gowns.

But this time the protagonist of the video became the honest and solemn-looking man from before.

At the beginning, the content of the video has some overlap with the previous one, but the focus is different.

For example, some people surrounded the execution ground and bribed the officers and soldiers with money in exchange for the opportunity to pour steamed buns on the blood of the death row prisoners.

For example, the girl was still sent to someone to bring good luck with her marriage with tears in her eyes, but the camera focused on her three-inch bound feet that looked like they were wrapped like dumplings.

For example, in a roadside shop without a sign, a group of emaciated men were lying on the couch smoking opium.

Another example is a Chinese man wearing glasses, bending over and trying to speak to an arrogant yellow-haired foreigner with a flattering look on his face, but he is met with ridicule and spitting.

Also, outside a certain area with many houses, there is a sign saying "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter..."
After many shots that made Lao Zhu and others frown passed, the scene changed again, and they saw many young people who were suspected to be students from later generations holding flags and banners, with angry faces, taking to the streets in groups.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself: Isn't this similar to what those candidates did last year when they gave us advice in front of the Meridian Gate?
Before Zhu Yuanzhang had time to think deeply, he saw the honest man standing on a platform, surrounded by young students listening to him speak.

"The whole of China is in a state of paralysis. We now need a thorough revolution to combine ideological awareness with action awareness!"

"I am willing to be the vanguard, even if it means death."

"Although there are thousands of people, I am going!"

"China is the China of the Chinese people. It is our own country. If we don't love it, who will?"

As these thought-provoking words were heard in the video, the camera kept changing.

The suffering of the Chinese people in the following decades and the awakening and indignation of the intellectuals were all presented scene by scene.

This made Lao Zhu and others fascinated for a while, and they even temporarily ignored some traces of thoughts revealed in the video that were completely different from the current situation.

"If China wants to develop, it cannot just oppose feudalism and promote new culture, but also oppose imperialism and defend our own sovereignty."

“Only when the people awaken will there be hope for China.”

"You must know that the future world will become a world of labor (working people, workers)!"

“Why build this?”

"For them, so that they can live like human beings, with human rights, human happiness, and human dignity!"

"···"

This video is relatively short, which made Lao Zhu and others feel that the song ended very quickly.

With "Hanging and Drowning" as the background music, Mr. Shouchang in the video was tied up, escorted to the execution ground, and finally hung with a noose.

At the same time, the video shows Mr. Shou Chang giving an impassioned speech in a double-image-like image...

When the song ended and turned into a brief black interval, a large number of barrages appeared on the screen again.

It’s still four words - Mr. Righteousness!
Zhu Yuanzhang paused the video again, looked at Liu Kuan and asked, "You said that Mr. Zhou was the ideological enlightener of the later Xin Dynasty. Then what about Mr. Shouchang? What is his identity?"

Liu Kuandao said, "He is also one of the ideological enlightenment of later generations, a transmitter of ideology, and a revolutionary pioneer and martyr."

After hearing Liu Kuan's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously thought of Han Shantong, Peng Yingyu, Liu Futong, Zhima Li and others who raised the Red Turban Army flag in the early Yuan Dynasty.

Then I thought that we cannot use the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty to compare the situation in China at that time in the video; just like we cannot use the people's uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty to compare the Red Turban Army uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Each era has similarities but also many differences.

The era described in the video is obviously very different from many previous turbulent times.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang resisted the urge to continue asking questions and continued playing the video.

When all the comments of "Mr. Righteousness" in the video passed by, the name of the third song appeared on the black screen - "What Can I Use to Keep You".

At the beginning of the video, during the prelude of the song, a young man in a white gown with a magnificent appearance asks: "Sir, have you found the prescription?"

Mr. Shouchang sighed, "Not yet, but we are on our way."

The video screen changed, and it was the execution ground again.

"Pour the blood-soaked bun while it's hot; it can cure all diseases!"

What followed were pictures of the Chinese people being ignorant, suffering, or apathetic, and being bullied by the foreigners.

At the same time, singing began.

Although the styles of the first two songs played today are different from the so-called ancient style songs that Liu Kuan liked to play in the past, the singing style of this song is obviously different, and it gives people a feeling of touching the soul as soon as it opens.

"You forgot the cold wind that cut through the wound~"

"Hey, if you believe it, then you can live a life without any pain or itch~"

"You, why do you want to sing when you see snow falling? Why..."

As the song continues, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Shouchang who appeared in the previous two videos, as well as some other "gentlemen" who had discussed and struggled with them, appeared one after another.

They might hug each other, have heated discussions, cry in each other's arms, or laugh heartily. There were young people in their prime years, as well as elderly men with bald heads who seemed to have reached the age of knowing their destiny.

The only thing they have in common is that even through the video, even if they only appear briefly, Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao and others can feel that they are all upright, care about the world, and deeply love this land and the people!
And now the song has reached its climax -

"We passed by one by one and missed one by one!"

"It happens over and over again, and it's let go over and over again!"

"One laugh after another, one roar after another!"

"Every scene flashes and stings me!"

In the video, a skinny little girl from a poor family is crying in the rain, being sold with straw stuck to her body. Next to her, in a car, a little boy in foreign clothes is eating a "roujiamo" (a sandwich).

The dragon flag was hoisted, and the gentry swayed in the wind, chasing and scrambling for the fluttering braids...
"Hey, you will be silent, holding the spark in your hand and waiting in the darkest hour."

"You are broken, when the familiar whisper penetrates your ears again."

"I passed by one by one! I missed one by one..."

The song reaches its climax again. Although the lyrics are the same as before, the singing is obviously deeper and more powerful, as if it is trying hard to suppress something and may explode violently at any time.

In the video, the old and dirty long street suddenly began to rain heavily.

The army, wearing uniforms similar to those of later generations' soldiers but with Qing Dynasty braids, galloped through the long street. People, regardless of their wealth, noble or social status, sought shelter from the rain. The skinny little girl who was tiling the grass was still waiting for buyers in the rain. The old beggar who could only crawl was lying in the rain eating dirty steamed buns from a broken bowl.

The handsome young man in white shirt was running in the rain, holding a book as an umbrella...
A group of students gathered in the government office guarded by the soldiers with queues, raised their fists and shouted something in unison, but were shot by the soldiers with queues and fell to the ground one after another.

In the previous video, the man with a unique temperament who looked like a leader like Mr. Shouchang and others was in prison, but he smiled at the sunlight shining through the window.

The young man, covered in scars and blood, was escorted to the execution ground. He turned around and smiled...

After seeing this and combining it with the lyrics, most of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and others understood it.

This may be because the "rebel army" that had not yet launched an uprising was attacked by the imperial court at that time, and the leaders and a group of backbone members were arrested and imprisoned, which led to these tragic and heroic scenes.

A similar incident occurred at the beginning of the Red Turban Rebellion at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

But Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the situation should be different.

Soon, the song reached a greater climax——

"Do you want to see the sea of ​​flowers blooming~"

"Do you want to see the swallows return~"

"If I can't come back, then who should I exist for..."

Soon, the song came to an end.

In the video, some people said goodbye in tears, more people were escorted to the execution ground, but there were also people writing furiously in the dark room under the dim light!
At the same time, the video marked the basic information of those who were calmly escorted to the execution ground to die. Surprisingly, they were all from the sect founded by Mr. Shouchang and others.

"You fell with glittering light, yet you were reluctant to leave. So, life, it is as bright as a song~"

"You must see the flowers bloom, you must wait for the swallows to return! Thinking that they will all come back, you swear to die for these existences..."

A dozen seconds before the end of the video, the song is still at its climax, and the singing becomes extremely passionate, as if it has finally burst out violently.

At the same time, the "gentlemen" who had appeared in the video fragments before saluted solemnly one by one, or performed a ceremony, and reported their names, announcing the establishment of this sect.

At this point, the video related to this song finally ended, and Lao Zhu paused the video again.

In fact, in Liu Kuan's opinion, although the video editing is quite touching, some scenes do not match the order of real historical events.

But Lao Zhu and the others don’t know.

They just felt that it was not easy to establish this doctrine, and they didn't know how many martyrs had sacrificed their lives for it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Kuan again, opened his mouth and wanted to ask something, but found that there were too many questions and he didn't know how to start.

So he was silent for a few moments, then simply tapped the tablet screen and continued listening to the fourth song.

Three big red words appeared on the black screen - "The Lone Hero"!
At the beginning of the video, the prelude of the song sounded, but it gave people an extremely depressing feeling.

The video footage is a series of black and white photos, as well as black and white shots with mottled image quality.

In the black and white photos, people have real rat-tail braids, and the poor people's clothes are more ragged and dirty, they are more skinny, and their expressions are more numb!
This let the young people under Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma know that the misery of the Chinese people in that period of time in later generations was probably far worse than what was shown in the previous video!
In the black and white footage, there are more students marching, filling the long streets!
Workers went on strike, merchants closed their shops, and the whole country was in an uproar!

Similarly, the methods used by the old court to treat these people were even more brutal. Not only were they shot with rifles, but they also used machine guns to fire at them. Hundreds of students were shot and fell to the ground in just a few moments!

Blood flowed like a river on the long street!

The powerful and warlords are still gathering and laughing in the hall, and the foreign powers are still arrogant and showing off their power!
However, even in this darkest hour, there are still heroes who stand up! One after another!
Then the song finally started—

"Everything is brave: the wound on your forehead, your differences, the mistakes you've made."

"No need to hide, your shabby doll, your mask, your self..."

The video also turned into color at this time, as if those brave men and heroes in real history came alive!

　First update.

　　This chapter was revised many times before it passed the review of the great river crab god. If there are still missing sentences after publishing, it is most likely that it was eaten by the river crab and cannot be changed. Please forgive me.

　　[Also, the last chapter should have five songs, but six was too many, so I changed it. I hope my readers will be aware of this.]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)