Section 274: Literature and Propaganda

… The screenwriters did not satisfy Tintin, because of course, this person's "political goods are poor, this scholar who has taught the rural private foundation for 30 years and is so poor that he wants to escape the famine is difficult to have any political consciousness, but he just copied all kinds of talented and beautiful dramas to rewrite it." This does not satisfy his assumption of using literature and art as a means of propaganda. Traditional stories such as talented and beautiful women, emperors and generals, fairies and ghosts are performed all day long, although they are very popular with the masses, but they have no combat effectiveness at all. The executive committee's approval of its own troupe is not to enrich the spare time life of the people of Lingao, but to convey the spirit and concept of the group.

Tintin dismisses the past dismissive and scoffs at the idea that "literature and art are weapons" is now highly respected.

As the so-called ass decides the position.

It is necessary to write some new plays to promote the principles and policies of the Crossing Group in order to reflect the significance of the puppet troupe in the propaganda department. It is not possible to continue to entrust this matter to screenwriters or actors, because this group of people is full of talented and beautiful women, emperors, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and they can't even comprehend this minimum spirit.

We must first engage in political study and change our thinking. So Ding Ding approached Wei Aiwen of the General Political Department of the army and asked for a month-long military campaign for his puppet troupe, plus ideological snuggling.

"Give them a complete makeover from body to mind!"

However, his Yanma girlfriend could not understand his spirit, but became very interested in the new version of Lingao puppet show full of Chinese characteristics, and often went to watch it, which fully reflected the love of foreigners for this mouth. She was very dissatisfied with Ding Ding sending the artists to the army.

"Artists don't need guns." She told her boyfriend: "You can't let politics taint art. ”

"Of course, the executive committee does not hold this puppet troupe to perform our little plays, but to be our mouthpiece. Well, yes, interoral tongue. Tintin thought of the word with satisfaction.

"Honey, last time you said that newspapers were our mouthpiece," his girlfriend, Pan Pan, doesn't have a good grasp of this Chinese-style vocabulary.

"All of them."

"Puppet show should be literary and artistic"

"Literature and art are to serve politics." Tintin quickly stuffed Song Nian into the head of his Yanma girlfriend, "Just like the Times." Tintin looked at his girlfriend's bewildered blue eyes. I'm in charge of the Ministry of Propaganda, not the Ministry of Information or the Ministry of Culture. ”

"Just like Goebbels?"

Tintin was so angry that he almost fell to the ground, this metaphor is too thin. He shook his hand: "I can't tell you clearly, you still have to study hard, so as not to keep up with the situation." ”

Pan Pan was so angry that he burst into tears. I didn't expect that the Chinese media person I liked has now degenerated into a complete bureaucrat, and it is the worst kind.

Tintin doesn't have time to appreciate his girlfriend's feelings, he has too much to do. When the members of the puppet troupe were carrying iron-filled wooden guns in the practice camp to "turn left and turn to the left in one two one", in order to cooperate with the crossing group to measure the acres of land and clarify the tax policy, he personally wrote the outline of a puppet show script.

Dude called him here so that he could cooperate with the Qingzhang operation to prepare for public opinion propaganda.

"It has recently been necessary to publish in the newspapers articles on the invention of taxation and reform," said Dude, holding out a bag of papers, "which is the material of the Great Library and Information Committee, and it is very comprehensive." You can publish it after a little processing. ”

"Every two or three days, a major review is published, and then a few more background stories and stuff like that." Tintin wrote a few words in the workbook, "It's not good to have too much." ”

"Most of the articles here are compiled from the papers and works of famous scholars at home and abroad, and the positions and views are different, and they are all divided into categories, so we should pay attention to them when publicizing." "Try to give people an atmosphere of discussion. ”

The newspaper was for Zhu Shen and the scholars, and for the vast number of indigenous people, it was to send literary and artistic propagandists to the countryside to publicize the policy. This method is inexpensive and effective, and spreads more quickly than posting easily damaged posters in rural areas where literacy rates are low. In addition to the civilian personnel under the jurisdiction of Ding Ding, there are also interns assigned to the propaganda mouth by the national schools. Their propaganda situation is more modern, and in addition to street preaching, they also use the method of posting cartoons.

"I still have this" Ding Dingzhi proudly handed over his script outline to Dude, and used puppet shows to engage in public opinion propaganda, which is a new thing. Bude looked at it for a few minutes.

The outline of the new script is "Wind and Thunder in the South China Sea". The story is based on Hai Rui's measurement of acres in the south of the Yangtze River. Clean up the historical facts of Zhuzhong Yintian. Hai Rui is a celebrity in Hainan and is also known for his integrity and integrity. It's very flattering to use his story as a theme.

"It's a good idea." Du De nodded again and again, "Hurry up and rehearse, after the rehearsal, I will send a few ox carts to perform village by village." The members of the troupe who returned from the army immediately threw themselves into the rehearsal of the new play without taking a breath, because the play is a two-tube grass. In a few days, Ding was arranged non-stop, and the deacon girl Yingzhen was specially invited to watch the committee members. That said, this is also the first play produced by the Crossing Group itself. In Tintin's view, it has epoch-making significance.

This play will also be launched in the official version, and Wen Desi gave instructions after watching, "I will go to the mainland to perform in the future."

"Haode Tintin is very happy, that's for sure.

"There is also the need for conflicts to be more intense." Ma Qianzhuo put forward a revision suggestion, "All kinds of opposites must be involved, and the suffering of the Jinsheng under the old system must be added, and I think it is good to arrange for a poor peasant family to be destroyed by grain rations." ”

"The scope of the light and poor peasants is too small, and it cannot represent the reality that the entire Ming Dynasty is gradually collapsing under the old system," Wen Desi said, "Are small and medium-sized landlords also victims of the unreasonable system, and we must add their suffering" Well, the scope of the problem is a little wider, the broad masses of the people and so on.

"Stop.,The storyline of this book is too simple and boring.,There's no content that the masses like to see.,If you really want to perform, will everyone love it?" Bude questioned.

That's a problem, and Tintin admits that Bude is right.

"Gotta add some ingredients". Ding Ding touched the sparse beard on his chin, "The drama is not enough, aiqing quilt".

"In addition to Hai Rui's main story line of clearing the fields, how about adding a small landlord's young master and tenant's daughter to the love story subline?"

"That's good, but isn't it a bit off topic?"

"No, don't digress" Xiao Zishan, who put forward this suggestion, said, "The love that crosses classes originally had no good results, but the fate of the individual was engulfed by the tide of the times, and zuihou died together."

"What are you talking about?" Ma Nianzhuo was puzzled.

"It's going to end up dead anyway, right?" Tintin said.

"That's right, Shakespearean all dead. It just died under the unreasonable institutional problems of the Ming government. Whether it is a landlord or a tenant, everything will be finished. That's what it conveys. ”

"It's a bit interesting.

"Do you want to add the plot of the people's rebellion? Bankrupt landlords, frustrated scholars, and poor peasants dying of starvation were oppressed together and raised their banners

"It's okay to add it, but isn't this a bit of a blatant rebellion? Anyway, we are still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, what should the people do if they are afraid? Dude asked.

"It's okay," Ma Qianzhuo muttered, "Anyway, this kind of spontaneous peasant uprising cannot escape the fate of failure, because they lack correct theoretical guidance

"Okay, let's revise Ding Ding nodded again and again, and wrote quickly in the notebook.

"Well, I think zuihou can add a scene, Hai Rui cleaned up the fields and acres effectively, but he was transferred away by the collusion of the officials, and his measures gradually lost their effect. After the bloody massacre, the people of Zuihou reunited on the hill to mourn their dead brothers, when the dawn rose on the sea in the distance," Ma said.

"Old Ma, this is a puppet show, not a movie, isn't it a bit difficult to carry so much content."

"It doesn't matter." Ding Ding said, "The plot of the puppet opera in southern Fujian is much more complicated than this, and it can also be performed." I think this plot is not difficult for the artists

"Then let's arrange it, and quickly Dude said, "The Qingzhang activity has begun, and if you don't have time to publish the whole book, you will simplify it."

The activity of the Propaganda Department made the content and significance of the work of Qingzhang Tianmu soon spread throughout the county. The propaganda of clarifying taxes through the clearing of acres of land has brought hope to many small households, many of whom have been suffering from "sprinkling, small, and hope to get rid of this predicament through this time." Some people have heard that this time Zhangtian can be reissued for free, and it is very common to reclaim wasteland here in Lingao, but it is difficult to establish a land deed for the reclaimed land, and the officials will find all excuses to constantly extort "fees" and ask for money for each link. Now there is a free lunch to eat, and everyone is very enthusiastic.

In order to avoid the common people having this "puppet regime." In the issuance of the land deed, the ministry deliberately placed the location of the declaration of acres of land in the yamen of the grain collection bureau in the county seat.

This newly baked yamen is an authentic official institution of the Ming Dynasty, which was opened by the yamen of Lingao County of the Ming Dynasty. Although it is not a formal institution, the official color is very sufficient, and Dude deliberately chose an empty yamen in the county town to be the grain collection bureau.

Lingao County, like all the county towns of Daming, was built according to Zhu Yuanzhang's unified standards, and there were many government offices in addition to the county government. All the county schools, yin and yang, Taoist divisions, medicine, and nursing homes in the Central Plains County are readily available. Although the so-called sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs. ,!