If the monarch wants to win the hearts of the people, he needs to do something specific to interact with the people, in ancient times, the people had very few requirements for the monarch, and even dared not have requirements for the monarch, and in this case, the monarch only needs to be a little closer to the people, and he can get a lot of loyal people.

Last year, Li Shimin went to various places in Guanzhong to visit the poor villages, and this matter actually benefited, only a dozen or twenty villages, but after the spread of the word, all the people in Guanzhong had a sense of identity with Li Tang and Li Shimin himself.

Li Shimin came to Weinan this time to express his condolences, although in fact the whole country will benefit, but these workers will feel that they have benefited from the extra things, because the factory invited them to work, and they were given the agreed food and wages, and the people at the bottom of the Tang Dynasty are so simple.

I believe that what Li Shimin did in Weinan this time will also be spontaneously spread by the people, especially those who have shaken hands with the emperor, they may show off their experience to the people around them for the rest of their lives and publicize the emperor's goodness.

When there are more and more people in the Tang Dynasty who preach the emperor's goodness, who can overthrow this dynasty?

The minister was very happy and happy to distribute things to the workers, and he received grateful smiles and words, because it was not their family that sent them, but they were the ones who gained fame.

As for Sun Xiangfu, spending this little money can make the emperor and ministers experience this kind of happiness, and he thinks it is worth it, once this kind of thing forms a habit or system, it is always the poor people who benefit.

For most of the day, Li Shimin led the ministers to deliver, and at the same time harvested, until it was nearly dusk, the workers returned to their own sheds, took their own dishes and chopsticks, and went to their respective places to eat when they were eating, only to learn that today the emperor not only sent them gloves and cotton socks, but also gave them additional meals, yak meat produced in Shanyang, fat mutton, and big fat fish from Huangzhuang Fishery are available today.

And the person who put the meal also told them, don't eat it to death because there is meat to eat, eat it quickly, and go to the big workshop of the smelter to occupy a place, today His Majesty invited the singing and dancing people of Wangjianglou to perform for everyone, but the first day is a special session for the workers of the smelter and the coal plant, and people from other construction sites can also go to see it, as long as they squeeze in.

Soon, the workers who had finished their meal hurried to the large workshop of the smelter, and the drums were already sounding.

"Du Shangshu, except for the workers in the smelter and coal factory, the rest of the workers will only let a small number of people who arrive first come in! Squeeze too many people, it will affect the performance effect, and it is easy to have stampede accidents, send people to explain to those later workers, these shows will be performed for many days, and the workers of each project will have a special show, everyone has the opportunity to watch, and if they can't get in, they will hurry home to rest, and strive to complete the designated workload early tomorrow, and come to occupy a place. ”

This design, in fact, Sun Xiangfu told Du Zhenglun before, but after seeing more and more people pouring over, Sun Xiangfu was a little scared, although a workshop is very large, it can squeeze no less than 500,000 people, without sound, tens of thousands of people on the scene, it is impossible to sing by human voices, let alone hundreds of thousands of people.

"Don't worry! The old man asked all the foremen to explain to the workers under him. ”

After a short time, Li Shimin, who had simply eaten a meal, and the ministers also arrived in the workshop, but most of the onlookers were persuaded to go back, and in the workshop, in addition to the workers who were sitting, there were also workers standing on the second or third floor, a total of 20,000 or 30,000 people.

"Your Majesty, come up to the stage and say a few words! Try to be as simple and clear as possible, because the workers can't understand the crepe things, so the songs arranged by the minister are also simple and straightforward. ”

What kind of people to face, what kind of words to say, what kind of songs to sing, are all exquisite, Sun Xiangfu mentioned something, Li Shimin knew that after he stepped on the stage, all the accompanying singers became his repeater, there were 500 people in a herringbone shape on the left and right sides, and their retelling was enough for all workers to clearly hear what Li Shimin said.

"I am very grateful to you, under difficult conditions, for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, contribute your own strength, you are a contribution to the country, all the materials distributed today, and this performance, are my thank you gifts, I hope that in the future work, you will work harder, complete all the construction projects as soon as possible, provide sufficient weapons and equipment for the imperial crusade, and when the external troubles are calmed down, I will once again drink and sing with you, and celebrate the achievements of you who sweat and contribute to the opening up of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty."

Every time Li Shimin said a word, he would pause and let the chorus repeat his words, but after such a short paragraph, time has passed for a while, and in this period of time, the workers and the people have already understood the meaning of his words, it turns out that working on the construction site is also a contribution to the country, and when the emperor wins the Eastern Expedition, he will also give us back to celebrate, I really hope that the emperor can come back with a victory immediately.

There is a record of a passage that Li Shimin said in the Zizhi Tongjian, "I am going to conquer Goguryeo today, and I am all willing to do it, and I will get 100 if I raise 100, and I will get 1000 if I recruit 1000, and those who are not allowed to join the army will be indignant and depressed." There are those who do not enlist in advance, voluntarily join the army in private clothes, and ask for thousands of things, all of them say: I don't want to be rewarded by county officials, but I am willing to serve Liaodong. ”

It can be seen that Li Shimin in history has done a good job in the ideological work of the masses, so that everyone supports his decision-making, and in terms of how to deal with the people, Sun Xiangfu only stimulated his talent in advance.

After speaking, Li Shimin got off the stage and walked among the workers, shook hands again, expressed condolences, and then sat down with the workers on the straw mats under the stage, facing the stage.

Many ministers also took Li Shimin's position as the center, sat around, and there were very few generals who came today, because the soldiers of the Sixteen Guards are now all in the winter training of the Longshou Yuan School, and the generals of each guard need to be staring at the scene, only Qin Qiong, who is sure to stay in Chang'an, and Wei Chigong are on Li Shimin's side, and both of them are not wearing armor, but just wearing cotton clothes, hiding a ceremonial knife in their arms, and others can't see it at all, but it gives the workers a feeling that the emperor does not defend them at all.

Don't underestimate this feeling, it can invisibly increase the emperor's closeness to these workers, besides, these people who can work in the smelter and coal plant that started first and are now almost completed are all the people who personally moved over when Li Shimin visited the poor village last year, and they have already received Li Shimin's favor, and they are too late to thank Li Shimin! How can it be harmful!

When the sky was dark, dozens of silver leaf, gold leaf, and other large round pot-shaped objects were glued together, reflecting the light of the surrounding fires on the stage, and suddenly the stage was filled with dazzling colored light.

The big drums placed around the empty workshop, under the command of the conductor on the side of the stage, suddenly sounded, and the drum kit, dozens of musicians holding up the rope sang together to blow the festive rhythm, and the volume resounded through the scene.

The poor people, who had been unable to solve the problem of food and clothing before, had never seen such a scene of a thousand-person performance, and suddenly felt that their scalps were numb and their hearts beat faster.

"The singing is loud and intoxicating, the red lanterns are flying, and the jubilant wind is blowing, blowing the taste of happiness."

"I whip the horses, carry the harvest and never get tired, drink a sip of sweet water, and sing a song about the beauty of my hometown."

The first song must be festive, the gongs, drums, the rhythm of Suona and the emotions in the song are all festive and happy, and in an instant, the workers who have been tired all day forget the fatigue of the body.

"Who sings this well?"

On stage, a man and a woman are singing in duet, and on the left and right sides, five hundred harmonies are infinitely amplifying their voices.

"These two people are newcomers recently trained by Yao's family, one is named Zhang Abao, and the other is called Wang Fengxia, their voices are very bright, and they are suitable for this kind of music path."

Sun Xiangfu sat in the back row of Li Shimin, and as soon as Li Shimin turned his head, he could see him, which was also deliberately arranged by him in order to facilitate Li Shimin's inquiry, and after Li Shimin watched the performance, Sun Xiangfu still had something to tell him.

"I see that these workers are enjoying listening to it, such a condolence performance, we will do more in the future!"

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin was more up-to-the-art than Sun Xiangfu imagined, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "Your Majesty, good theatrical performances can play a great role in the stability and unity of the country, the morale of the army, the promotion of the morale of the army, and the propaganda and implementation of policies. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes lit up, he even dared to directly open a department and become an official even for workers and businessmen, and naturally there was no prejudice against these entertainers who were useful in national governance.

"You can write a chapter on this matter and take it to the court to discuss it, I think it's still more feasible."

"No."

After the establishment of the ancient Silk Road, the language and living habits of the people in the Central Plains and the Western Regions may still be different, but various musical instruments and dance performances are one step ahead of the language and living habits, and they influence and integrate among the people of the two places.

Sun Xiangfu still remembers that when he was a child, he liked Michael Jackson's music, and went to learn English, although he didn't learn a few songs in the end, but this experience made him think that through music, accelerate the strategy of integrating people of all ethnic groups, so that those people in the Western Regions like Han music, like Han language, so as to learn Han language, is good for the expansion and unification plan of the Tang Dynasty, at least, to let those who usually have nothing to do and have the conditions to learn the elite class to learn first, and then promote it to the common people, The difficulty will be much lower.

And to do this, this requires relatively strong official support, and it is best to let this large-scale performance team organized by the official increase the number of performances in the countries of the Western Regions and have unlimited fans.

Li Shimin knew that Sun Xiangfu never made unnecessary suggestions, and when he watched the next performance, he paid more attention, and at this time, on the stage, Yao Hongsleeve personally led everyone to sing "My Motherland".

"A big river, wide waves.

The wind blows the rice and flowers on both sides.

My family lives right on the shore.

I'm used to hearing the captain's horn.

I'm used to seeing the white sails on the ship.

······

This is the beautiful motherland, where I grew up,

In this vast land, there are bright scenery everywhere.

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The girl is like a flower, and the young man is so broad-minded.

In order to open up new horizons, awaken the sleeping mountains.

Let the river change its appearance.

······

This is the homeland of heroes, where I grew up.

In this ancient land, the power of youth is everywhere.

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Good mountains, good water, good place. All roads are wide.

Friends came, and there was good wine. If the jackal comes.

It was greeted with knives and guns.

This is the powerful motherland, where I grew up.

In this warm land, there is peaceful sunshine everywhere. ”

is a very simple and straightforward song, but it has brought many pictures to Li Shimin.

Also on the picture are all the workers and ministers present, and at this moment, the desire to protect the country has inexplicably risen in their hearts.

Seeing the tears unconsciously welled up by the workers and many ministers, Li Shimin realized that the power of this kind of cultural propaganda is really strong, and it can be brought into play effectively, and the role played by it is no less than that of a million soldiers.

"Zhengming is really talented."

"Well, Your Majesty, you will be embarrassed to suddenly praise your ministers like this."

"If you are talented, you can boast, and if a song like this can be sung among the people, it will benefit the country a lot."

"That's why the minister suggested reforming the Talos."