After receiving a call from Wei Xiyue, Zhou Xuan knew that the publication and sales of those things in the Ming Dynasty would definitely cause some people to be dissatisfied, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

It's only the first day of work, and the report actually came out, and it was really deliberate.

Just yesterday, February 6, the Northern Literature and Art Newspaper published a signed article by a senior editor of a publishing house in the imperial capital, "Joking about history can sell so well?".

The article describes a scene that seems incredible at the moment, a historical novel that distorts history and has too many personal subjective assumptions actually sold a big hit, selling 300,000 copies in a week!

It is a sad thing to say that historical novels, which should have been serious and serious, have become some tools for profit, and the people are still rushing to them.

The article also lists in detail the inaccuracies in those events of the Ming Dynasty and in the official history, so as to prove that the dynasty distorted and distorted history and unhealthy trends. ”

Later, the literary supplement of the Imperial Capital Evening News even published a well-known historian's commentary article "Beware of Ruffians Talking about History".

The article pointed out that the hot sale of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" shows that an unhealthy trend of ruffian history is spreading.

Originally, it was a serious and boring history, but it was described in a popular or even a bit ruffian voice, catering to the taste of the public, and adding strong personal feelings. The history written in this way seriously violates the spirit of the theme of history: "Taking history as a mirror, we can dress properly."

Since you are looking at the history of other people's assumptions and with other people's personal feelings, how can you establish a correct view of history in your mind?

How to evaluate history objectively and fairly, and how to draw lessons from history. It can be said that a popular historical reading like "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is irresponsible. ”

After yesterday's reports, today's articles criticizing the Ming Dynasty have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Although Xiling Publishing House had expected such a situation before, it did not expect such a serious situation.

However, in Zhou Xuan's ears, listening to Wei Xiyue talking about other people's criticism and newspaper slander, Zhou Xuan had a different idea.

The emergence of new things is always accompanied by calamities, especially when a stubborn rock suddenly appears in a previously quiet backwater, which will definitely be squeezed out and attacked by the old forces.

In Zhou Xuan's view, this is inevitable. And the criticism of some historians, when he was preparing to write "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", Zhou Xuan had already expected it.

This situation also existed in later generations, but because of the development of online literature and the change of concepts at that time, it was not so drastic.

But the publication of the Ming Dynasty was eight years ahead of schedule, and at this time the Internet was still in its infancy, and it was normal for some serious historians not to accept it.

But in Zhou Xuan's view, those things in the Ming Dynasty were just a novel, and they were not orthodox historical novels.

Compared with the novels that travel back in time to change history later, this is already pediatric. What's more, with Huang Yi's "Looking for Qin" in front of him, Zhou Xuan's Ming Dynasty is even more insignificant.

And Zhou Xuan also felt that those real histories were generally studied academically, so there was so much leisure to take care of the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, to tell the truth, the fact that those things in the Ming Dynasty were easy to understand made it easier for everyone to understand that period of history?

And now the criticism of the two articles in the Northern Literature and Art and the Imperial Capital Evening News supplement is simply a posture to send the Ming Dynasty to hell.

On the one hand, there is a red eye disease that most people have, and on the other hand, it is estimated that they are also afraid of the rise of Xiling Publishing House.

Xiling Publishing House was originally the pinnacle of second-rate publishing houses, and it is further in the ranks of first-class publishing houses. At this critical moment, Xiling Publishing House unearthed such a best-selling novel "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", so why don't those first-class publishing houses want to curb it?

Isn't it the senior editor of the Northern Publishing House in the Imperial Capital that the Northern Literature and Art Newspaper publishes? Ever since Zhou Xuan took the Brain Domain Development Potion, Zhou Xuan's thinking has been very jumpy, and he knows a lot of things when he thinks about them, and he knows it in his heart.

Therefore, Zhou Xuan is not very worried about those criticisms, because the more severe the criticism, the better the sales of those things in the Ming Dynasty.

Sometimes it's not that if you say it's bad, everyone thinks it's bad and doesn't look at it. On the contrary, the worse you say, the more people will go to see how bad this book is.

According to Zhou Xuan's meaning, he can be left alone this time, and it is better to block such things as word of mouth. Now hundreds of thousands of people have seen those things in the Ming Dynasty, and with the fermentation of word of mouth, more and more people will join the ranks of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Xiyue over there didn't expect Zhou Xuan to think like this, and it was estimated that it would be impossible for the publishing house to let this kind of criticism go, and they asked people to oppose this kind of criticism.

Because in the eyes of the publisher, this is a war that cannot be lost. If those enemies are allowed to fire with all their might, it is likely to nip those things in the Ming Dynasty in the bud.

Therefore, after Wei Xiyue called Zhou Xuan, he went straight to the president's office to discuss the measures that Xiling needed to take.

"Bang!"

The president slapped the table hard and said angrily: "The Northern Publishing House is really too much, and it actually slanders those things in the Ming Dynasty so much." ”

Wei Xiyue was also very angry: "We also expected this situation before, but we didn't expect the dignified Northern Publishing House to do this." I think they must have contacted more newspapers, magazines, and there must have been more unfavorable remarks in the next few days. We must prepare in advance and not let them succeed. ”

The president frowned: "There should be no problem with the southwest side relying on our influence." But on the side of the northern imperial capital, we have no influence. The influence of the North Press over there is so deeply entrenched that we can't do anything about it. ”

"We can only refute their views by publishing articles, anyway, the sales of the Ming Dynasty are so good now. Where is the word-of-mouth, this is something that no one can refute. As the saying goes, the eyes of the masses are bright. We can also interview a lot of readers to see what they think of the Ming Dynasty. And with the previous history books about this, let them talk about it too. Wei Xiyue proposed.

The president clapped his hand: "Okay! This is a good idea, and the eyes of the masses are bright." Let's talk about it with more interviews. Muddy the water in this way, the official history and the joke of history are two different things, so it is completely meaningless to compare it with each other. ”

"Maybe with such a fuss, the Ming Dynasty is even more well-known. At that time, the sales will fly even higher......" Wei Xiyue said with a smile.

In this way, because the scolding war of the Ming Dynasty spread on the second day of work at the beginning of the year, everyone was dizzy, and the sales of the Ming Dynasty were getting higher and higher in such a controversy.