Hearing this, the smile on Niu Mancun's face immediately disappeared, and instead showed a trace of cruelty! He said: "What the director said is right, I have been waiting for the opportunity to return to Shanxi!" That damn master book has ruined my whole family, and I must avenge this revenge! ”

Liu Jiang slowly stood up, paced on the ground and said, "Revenge can be avenged, but there is one thing you must remember clearly!" That is, you must not allow the task to affect you! If revenge affects the mission, you know the consequences! ”

Niu Mancun, who was full of hatred, was beaten back to his original form by Liu Jiang's words, and was shocked into a cold sweat. He would never dare to go against Liu Jiang's will! And this time Liu Jiang gave his clear warning! This means that I have definitely lost my temper just now!

His gaffe must have fallen into Liu Jiang's eyes. This means that Liu Jiang's trust in him has decreased. If the trust is reduced, the authority in his hands will shrink, and it will be impossible to use the power of the intelligence bureau to find his father and brother!

So Niu Mancun immediately bowed down and said: "Don't worry, the director, the little one knows it!" ”

Liu Jiang stared at Niu Mancun for a moment before saying, "You'd better know it!" Sit down. ”

After speaking, Liu Jiang turned around and returned to his seat. Niu Mancun couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. After the two sat down, Liu Jiang told Niu Mancun in detail about Liu Pei's request, and then said, "Tell me, do you have any ideas?" ”

In order to make up for his mistakes just now, Niu Mancun has been racking his brains desperately when listening to Liu Jiang's narration. Now that Liu Jiang asked, Niu Mancun hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "In fact, it is not difficult for the family to open up the Northwest Trade Road. We just need to send someone over and get through a few key officials. This can be done with the help of local merchants. The hard part is how to transport the horses back! However, although there are many problems along the way, they are not unsolvable. It's always a matter of money. ”

Speaking of this, Niu Mancun looked up at Liu Jiang's expression. But when he saw that Liu Jiang's expression was not moving, he continued: "The most difficult thing is actually the second thing. In fact, the second thing that the head of the family explained was divided into two parts. One is to make the people believe that they will have a way to survive in Shandong after suffering disasters in the future. The second is to build supply points on the road. In comparison, it is easier to build a supply point. Because most of the supply points must coincide with our trade routes. We only need to set up a few points on the trade route and stock up on some supplies. The difficult thing is how to make the people believe in us and go to Shandong. Speaking of a small interjection here, is the head of the family sure that there will be drought in Shaanxi and Shanxi for many years? ”

Liu Jiang squinted his eyes and said, "Remember, don't say something similar in the future a second time!" What the head of the family tells us, we will do! In addition, let me tell you one thing, so far, the head of the family has told me what I arranged in advance, and I have never missed it! ”

Niu Mancun was shocked when he heard this! It raised Liu Pei's height in his heart by another level! So he thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if the director has ever thought about using nursery rhymes or something?" ”

Liu Jiang frowned and said thoughtfully: "Use nursery rhymes? You're talking about fairy tales, right? ”

Nursery rhymes are children's rhymes in modern society, which are mainly accepted by young children, while in ancient times, there were two kinds of nursery rhymes. One is a children's rhyme, and the other is a political prediction ballad.

When we read ancient books, such as "Twenty-Four History", "Three Kingdoms", and "Water Margin", it is not difficult to find that there is a kind of nursery rhyme that reflects political prophecy, and the normative saying is proverb.

What is a proverb? It is the superstitious man who refers to the words that are fulfilled after the fact. In layman's terms, it refers to words that are said in advance and fulfilled afterwards.

In primitive society, many complex natural and social phenomena are unpredictable, especially many accidental, coincidental and frequent events are often inexplicable, and the idea of "ghosts and gods" takes advantage of the void, so people always think that everyone is controlled by a mysterious force, and this power is "ghosts and gods".

Therefore, since the primitive society, people have begun to believe in and revere "ghosts and gods". By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this custom was even more legalized. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reused the Confucian Dong Zhongshu, "the hundred schools of thought were dismissed, and Confucianism was respected alone". Dong Zhongshu took Confucian patriarchal thought as the center, mixed with the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, and formed a feudal theological system, the center of which is the so-called "heaven and man induction" and "divine authority of the monarch".

And politicians use the name of ghosts and gods for some political purpose. On the one hand, he came forward or instructed his subordinates to throw out that he was the descendant of a certain celebrity (such as Liu Bei, known as the emperor's uncle, "after the victory of Zhongshan Jingwang, the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty"). But this alone is not enough, they also desperately seek the help of the gods and gods, and they all want to use nursery rhymes and proverbs to prove that they are ordered by heaven, so as to deceive the people and use them to consolidate their rule.

Historically, the types of political nursery rhymes can be divided into four categories, namely foreshadowing nursery rhymes, political attitude nursery rhymes, military strategy nursery rhymes, and uprising public opinion nursery rhymes. For example, before Chen Sheng's uprising, on the one hand, he pretended to be the son of Qin Shi Huang, Fusu ("Jincheng called himself the son Fusu and Xiang Yan with my deception, and sang for the world, and it was advisable to respond more"); On the other hand, create political public opinion that conforms to the will of heaven (Naidan Shubo said: "Chen Shengwang", put people in the belly of the fish. The pawn buys fish to cook, and gets the book in the belly of the fish, which is strange. In the cong ancestral hall next to Wu Guangzhi, there was a bonfire at night, and the fox shouted "Da Chuxing, Chen Shengwang").

Another example is the poetry before the Yellow Turban Army's uprising, which also created political public opinion that conformed to the will of heaven--- "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand; Years old in Jiazi, the world is auspicious"! The meaning is: the Han Dynasty should have perished, and the Yellow Turban Uprising should replace it, just in the sixth year of Zhongping, the year of the rebel uprising, the world would be peaceful.

When Fang La rebelled, on the one hand, he used religion (Mingjiao) to incite rebellion, and on the other hand, he threw out the poem "Tui Bei Tu", showing that it was also in line with the will of heaven to call himself the emperor---- "Ten thousand plus a little, the end of winter is the beginning of respect." Across the Zhejiang water, the traces are in Wuxing! It means "ten thousand (equal to ten thousand) plus a little" is a square word; "At the end of winter, the beginning is respected", the winter moon is at the end, and the month is also; The one who is called the Venerable is the king of the south. It should be the word Fangla. The last two sentences mean that I occupy the eight counties in the south of the Yangtze River, across the Yangtze River moat, and how much worse than Huaixi comes and goes. Huang Chao, Li Zicheng, and Hong Xiuquan used similar tactics in their rebellions.

In addition to being used in the political propaganda of the uprising, nursery rhymes and proverbs can also be used by politicians to overthrow a figure in the DPRK or persecute someone as a theoretical foreshadowing. For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, and people were miserable, so politicians made up nursery rhymes--- "Qianli Cao (Dong), He Qingqing!" Ten days (Zhuo), no birth! ”。 Probably means that Dong Zhuo will die!

and Huang Wenbing in "Water Margin" made up a nursery rhyme in order to kill Song Jiang---- "Spend the country because of the family, and the swords and soldiers will order the water work." Thirty-six verticals and horizons, sowing chaos in Shandong". It probably means that Song Jiang entangled thirty-six bandits to rebel in Shandong and cause trouble to the imperial court. Then with the help of nursery rhymes and proverbs, Song Jiang was arrested and brought to justice.

Thinking of this, Liu Jiang couldn't help but rub his aching head vigorously. All dynasties and dynasties have been very taboo about such things as proverbs! Once there is a proverb, the government will unscrupulously investigate to the end, and it will definitely not be polite! If such a situation occurs, will it bring trouble to the great cause of the head of the family?

Liu Jiang also told Niu Mancun about this worry. Niu Mancun hesitated for a moment and said, "Director, the historical proverbs you said are basically related to rebellion and murder. But this proverb of ours is to save people! Besides, if we act secretly, the government may not be able to find out about us. ”

Liu Jiang thought carefully about the gains and losses and said: "Not only do we want to use proverbs, but also send people to pretend to be some monks and Taoist priests to spread similar news." Let people remember that there was a catastrophe, and when they couldn't survive, they also remembered the news of going east! You just make a plan along these lines, I see. ”

Niu Mancun was overjoyed when he heard it! Trying hard to suppress the ecstatic look on his face, he got up and bowed to Liu Jiang and retreated. Just as he walked to the door, Liu Jiang's voice came from behind him, saying, "Remember, mission first!" ”