Good music works can pull people into all kinds of beautiful pictures, in addition to "My Motherland", which can enhance people's patriotic feelings, Li Shimin also heard a lot of good works.

Li Xiangdie's next singing of "Earth Flying Song" let Li Shimin see what it means to sing, she used simple lyrics, but it is to make all kinds of fields harvested, flowers blooming, and herds of cattle and sheep The picture is displayed in people's minds, invisibly, so that people have a lot of beautiful yearning for the future life, with a beautiful yearning, the hearts of the people will settle down, which is also beneficial to the country.

There are many similar examples, until the performance that lasted for more than an hour is over, and all the workers leave the stage with an excited but somewhat regretful face, Li Shimin has an intuitive understanding of the effect of this condolence performance.

Through the singing of the artists, Sun Xiangfu established a lot of beautiful pictures in the minds of the workers, making them believe that as long as they insist on working and contributing to the country, these pictures will be realized in front of them, and this kind of spiritual power is injected into the hearts and minds of the workers through a performance.

There are many shacks that have been built on the construction site for people to live in, and the official office is also the first house to be built, Li Shimin will rest in the official office room tonight, but even if it is a little late, he still summons the ministers to the office to discuss matters.

"What did Zhongqing see in today's condolence performance?"

Li Shimin asked the ministers to serve a bowl of mutton soup, even if it was a big guy's supper, after everyone finished eating, their whole bodies warmed up a lot, so they gathered around the stove in the yafang and began to discuss.

There were more than a dozen people gathered in the yamen, and in the Shangshu, in addition to the absence of Hou Junji, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, including Yu Shinan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, was relatively old, plus Zuo Xiangfang Xuanling and Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong of the military general team, it could be regarded as a team meeting of the top dignitaries of the court.

"I think that such condolence performances can be held in various industries, and it is not only workers, farmers, soldiers, doctors, including businessmen, who do not have that industry, do not need incentives, after being encouraged, their sense of identity with the country, and their motivation to do things, will be improved, this kind of cultural propaganda is a system that must be established after the country has developed to a certain extent, and only by constantly using various methods to make all strata in our country strive for progress, our country, in order to become stronger and stronger. ”

Sun Xiangfu had already obtained Li Shimin's preliminary consent, so he naturally came out to set a tone for this discussion, and when he said these words, his eyes naturally glanced at Du Zhenglun and Wei Chigong, and the two of them immediately understood.

"Your Majesty, what Governor Sun Du said is reasonable, this Weinan New Town, it stands to reason, should be supervised and supervised by the Ministry of Industry, but the war is imminent, the Ministry of Industry has the task of supervising the manufacture of ordnance, Your Majesty, you will temporarily hand it over to my Ministry of Commerce to manage, it is also reasonable, industry and commerce are not separated! However, these days, through the management of workers, the minister has found some ways to manage businessmen.

Businessmen are different from workers, they do not need to work in a step-by-step manner like workers, they have a great degree of freedom, when they operate, there are many means available, and they pursue profit first.

The minister believes that ideological education is very important.

Of course, the main thing is to introduce policies to encourage them, set up some businessmen who are patriotic and contribute to the country, give them honors, and vigorously publicize them, so that all businessmen will rush to emulate these patriotic businessmen, so that we can manage the group of businessmen, it will be much simpler. ”

Du Zhenglun is very fond of the patriotic spirit preached by this condolence performance, due to the frequent change of dynasties since the Five Hu Rebellion, people in this period have not yet formed the concept of the country in their minds, and the centripetal force of the country is insufficient, which is also the reason why there were so many rebellions after Li Tang founded the country in history, and why did those rebel forces incite the people so easily?

Because at this time, the people were not patriotic in their hearts, but this kind of literary and artistic propaganda performance can make the people more patriotic, so it is a very useful thing for the imperial court, and it can be said to be a good recipe to stabilize the foundation of the country.

And the reason why he has such a suggestion is also because after reading the Chen note written by Sun Xiangfu and seeing the effect of this condolence performance, he has some insights.

If there is a good prescription, it will naturally be used, just as Li Shimin nodded in recognition of Du Zhenglun's words, Wei Chigong also spoke, "Even businessmen and workers need honor and incentives, then we soldiers will need it, Your Majesty, this song and dance performance, the role of our soldiers should be the greatest, and when we look back, we should go to the military camp of the Sixteenth Guard to perform more, starting with the right guard." ”

"You old thing, you want to fight for any benefit, and tell me, why do you want to start acting with your right martial guard?"

"Of course, my right guard is brave in battle, and I need to be praised the most!" Wei Chigong said as a matter of course.

At this moment, Sun Xiangfu has determined that he has forgotten about the construction of the art troupe he mentioned, so he said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember that in the first year of Zhenguan, the military parade in Chang'an, the prince led the army to sing "We Are Soldiers" at the gate of the imperial city?

Also, songs such as "Loyal to the Country" and "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" are all good songs that can bring benefits to the morale of the army, but these songs alone are not enough, if there are more songs to improve the morale of the army, it will definitely make our Datang sergeants, whether in training or fighting, morale will be better improved. ”

Even in later generations when the training system was relatively mature, a large number of military songs would be used to improve the morale of soldiers during daily training, which was not only a training method, but also a very effective way to spread ideological and cultural education.

Sun Xiangfu was in the north, and often asked Su Dingfang to add some Han songs to the army, as the Chinese language gradually popularized in the Anbei army, these songs will gradually become popular, and at that time, the loyalty of these Hu soldiers will be much higher than in history.

Fang Xuanling's thinking has always been more active, he is a person who has experienced all the reform operations, after thinking about it for a while, he came to some conclusions, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Zhengming said is reasonable, however, how to specifically strengthen this aspect, there is still a need for a charter." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Shicai Zhengming mentioned to me that he would expand the Taile Division of the Ministry of Rites and set up a department dedicated to promoting culture to the outside world, what do you think?" ”

"The old minister seconded the proposal, Your Majesty, the use of ritual music since ancient times is to educate people, since it has been proved that this music can play a role in educating people, then the court should be greatly prosperous, Taile Division was only responsible for the performance of various ceremonies in the palace in the past, and it is not used a few times a year, it is too wasteful, the minister suggests that the whole thing be dispersed, like the newly established departments of the imperial court, and re-establish their authority for them, in order to play a greater role for the court and the country."

Yu Shinan has already communicated with Sun Xiangfu in this regard, the current Ministry of Rites is different from the previous Ministry of Rites, almost in charge of the Tang Dynasty's culture and education, etiquette, diplomacy, and propaganda, and the authority is very heavy, since Yu Shinan, as the chief official, has suggested that it should be changed, and Li Shimin and the Shangshu of other halls will naturally not be dismissed.

Among them, Sun Xiangfu's suggestion is the most shocking.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that in the art troupe under the Taile Division, women can be used as officials, and at the same time, after the promotion, the Tai Yi Department can also be used as female officials, in these two aspects, women, at some times, have an advantage over men."

For Sun Xiangfu's proposal, Li Shimin is not surprised, he has long known that Shanyang's medical school has enrolled a large number of female medical students, the reason, Sun Xiangfu also told him before, due to the war, Datang now has at least three percent more women than men, liberating women's labor force, can bring a significant increase in the country's productivity, this problem, he has been thinking about it for a long time, however, he did not dare to put it forward to discuss, because this is too impactful of the general perception of the current patriarchal society.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is okay to use female officials just in the art troupe or the Tai Yi Department, after all, most of the music workers in the past of Taile Si are women, and female doctors are also the needs of all the people."

Fang Xuanling was the first to come out and express his position, ministers like the eldest grandson Wuji of the half-Hu bloodline, and Wei Chigong, who had no objection to such a proposal, only Wei Zheng and others were entangled in Confucius's sentence "Only women and villains are difficult to raise".

Including Yu Shinan himself, he is also a little worried that women are officials and are not easy to manage, after all, the official class in this period is relatively loose about their crotch, and the characteristics of the art troupe make these people have a large number of appearances, with a more glamorous attitude, active in society, it is difficult to make those male officials restrain their desires.

Seeing that some people agreed, some people opposed, and some people hesitated, Sun Xiangfu had to say again, "Let's set the policy, mainly to see if it can be beneficial to the country, as long as it is determined that it is beneficial to the country, we can do it first, as for the problems that may be faced, we can formulate a system to solve the problem." Like the fact that women are officials, among the countries of the Western Regions, there are many countries that are widespread, why can't we Datang? In the past, when there was a white disaster on the grassland, those Hu people, young and strong women, were not the same as riding horses and carrying bows, and came to our Han land to fight grass valleys.

To a certain extent, if we don't use the power of women, it is equivalent to tying ourselves to fight with others, and we do not exert all our strength. ”

Sun Xiangfu's metaphor is very vivid, but there are still many people who can't get out of the hurdle in their hearts, however, although Li Shimin also thinks about it, but it is not good to make a tough decision, just say that this matter should be taken to the court meeting, let the hundred officials discuss it together, gather everyone's opinions, and then finally decide.

After the ministers dispersed, Li Shimin didn't sleep for a long time, he remembered his third sister, Princess Pingyang, who was a female general who could compete with men on the battlefield, but even if it was her, the reason why she could lead the troops to fight was because she was a princess, and it was difficult for others to say anything.

To set a precedent for this woman as an official, you need to operate it well, otherwise, if you are criticized by all the male ministers, it will be more than worth the loss, and if there is anything wrong with the woman as an official in the future, it may have to be borne by him, the emperor who set the precedent.