Chapter 166: When the House Raid is in Progress (4)
The profession of storyteller is currently recognized by historians as having only appeared in the Song Dynasty.
Because for the emergence of this industry, there must be two prerequisites.
First, social and economic development has reached a certain level, and a considerable number of people have solved the problem of food and clothing. There is money, there is leisure. Naturally, there will be a pursuit of the fullness of the spiritual world. They are willing to listen to stories, and they have the money to throw at the storytellers β so that professional storytellers can survive.
Second, there have been various rudiments of romance and strange spirits in societyβafter all, no matter how rich and idle the citizen class has the pursuit of spiritual culture, they don't want to listen to you talk about the Analects when they are relaxing in teahouses and taverns, right?
Of course, neither of these prerequisites is a problem for the traverser.
He now controls the entire state apparatus and can send thousands of "storytellers" to preach. Although most of the people of Shu Han in these years are struggling with life and death, it doesn't mean that they don't want to hear what the outside world is like. When these "storytellers" only tell stories and don't charge money, they are still willing to take the time to listen to them.
As for the script? This thing shouldn't be too simple for a traverser, okay?
As a result, from the end of March of the second year of Yanxing, with Chengdu as the center, like ripples, there were countless "storytellers" in major cities, towns and towns across the country and even large private estates in Shuhan.
The duty of these people is, of course, the Si Wen Envoy under the command of Si Wen Ling Lu Ya.
It is known as one of the three major intelligence organizations along with Cao Wei's march Cao and Soochow's school office. Si Wen Cao was personally formed by Zhuge Liang. There are more than 1,500 members. It was the second largest bureaucracy within the Shu Han regime after the original Siyan Lieutenant's Office.
At this moment, there is a large-scale storytelling meeting in Langzhong County, Brazil County.
"Let's talk about that Zhonghui, seeing that the situation is critical, I can't help but be ashamed and angry at the moment. He bit the tip of his tongue raw, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then mixed the blood in his mouth and recited words...... Later, the Heavenly Sword, the Dragon Slayer, the Haotian Mirror, and the Fantian Seal ...... Many magic weapons smashed towards General Guan in one go. Overnight, I saw black clouds pressing down on the city, and the sky and the earth changed color. And in the blood on the ground, countless evil ghosts with sharp teeth also emerged, roaring towards General Guan...... The situation is critical. I saw that General Guan also raised his right index finger and bit it hard. Then he wiped his bloody fingers on the gourd behind him, and shouted, 'Baby, please turn around!' As soon as the words fell, I saw a sword light, which quickly appeared between Zhong Hui's necks with lightning speed, and turned in a circle fiercely. There was a scream from the bell, and three-quarters of his neck was cut off, and most of his body was broken......"
The people on the stage were spitting, and the hundreds of listeners in the audience were also fascinated. When the storyteller talked about the tension, hundreds of people in the audience inhaled in unison, causing a small air vortex. And when the storyteller slapped the ruler down, the audience in the audience shortened their necks very neatly, and looked at it from a distance, it was quite ...... Uh, funny.
On the outside of this clearing, on a small two-story building, stood two young men wearing Shu Han official robes.
One of them, eight feet tall, was wide-faced. His brows furrowed tightly: "Brother Zhongle Xian, is this storyteller blowing too much?" At that time, Zhao Yi was at the scene of the Yang'an Pass battle. How can it be so exaggerated? β
"Hehehe, Brother Guowei. This time, before Si Wencao received the order of Da Sima to launch a national propaganda, the younger brother wrote several drafts to Da Sima. The result was rejected by Da Sima. Da Sima said that in today's world, Xiaobaiwen is popular. What logic, style, and architecture are all a fart! As long as it's straightforward and cool enough. If you do these two things, even if the logic can't stand up to scrutiny, and the literature doesn't make sense, it can still be a big seller! β
"But, this is too godly? It's just nonsense. β
"Hey, Guowei. Actually, people who listen to it know that this is all, but they like it. What can we do? The younger brother has prepared several versions to preach on a large scale this time, and after countless experiments, this set of exaggerated versions is the most popular...... The days of writing articles are over. People like us are born at the wrong time......"
Before the two of them finished speaking, the storyteller on the side of the platform had already stood up and made a circle: "Thanks to all the folks, the next "Great War Yang'an Pass" will be finished today. Please come back tomorrow, and we will tell the next story 'Liu Zhengcai's family records'! Please continue to cheer tomorrow and vote for more recommendations......"
"How can this be? Sir can't go! β
"That's it, add more! Plus more! β
"I, Long Aotian, reward Mr. 1000 points, ask for more!"
"I, Zhao Ritian, am unwilling to be unwilling, I will reward 10,000 points and ask for more!"
"You are all weak, I, Ye Liangchen, am here, reward 100,000 points, who dares to be more ruthless than me!"
"Oops! There is an alliance leader, this must be updated! All right. I can't go under it. Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about Liu Zhengcai's family records! β
"Smack! In other words, this Liu Zhengcai is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, and followed the emperor in the past...... After Chang Maotong of the Great Sima Mansion and dozens of his subordinates who were proficient in arithmetic worked all night to calculate. This Liu Zhengcai and his two sons have a total of 17 manors under their names, with more than 100,000 acres of land. There are also hills, lakes, fish ponds and countless others. In these seventeen manors, we copied out a total of 120 catties of gold, 200 catties of silver, more than 360 million yuan of five baht, and 850,000 stones of grain, rice and flour in the treasury! This thief is really the giant beetle of the country, and he has been rampaging against our people for too long. Fortunately, Guan Da Sima was in charge of national affairs, so he found out this guy! β
For ordinary people, there is no concept of manors, hills, lakes or anything, and they can't imagine hundreds of millions of five-baht coins. But this guy's family has 100,000 acres of fertile land under their names, and the rice and noodles in stock are hundreds of thousands of stones. It's unbearable!
"I mean, the people of our Brazilian County are getting worse and worse every year, it turns out that it's because of this silverfish!"
"That is, I only knew that this Liu Taishou's manor in Langzhong was very large, and it turned out that this was just one of his family's seventeen manors!"
"Bastard bastard, fortunately, General Guan killed Zhong Hui and became Guan Da Sima, otherwise I don't know how long this silverfish will plague us!"
"Raided this guy's house!"
"Didn't Da Sima raid this guy's house?"
"Then copy it again!"
"That's it, copy it again!"
"I'm going to tear up Liu Zhengcai's family!"
"The car crack is a must, and the three clans of this family must be wiped out!"
"That's right! Yi three clans! Yi three clans! Yi three clans! β
Well, where did you stinky people who don't live more than 50 miles from where you live, hear the terms "Che Crack" and "Yi San"?
"Brother Guowei, it won't be your people who take the lead in shouting slogans, right?"
"Huh? I thought it was Zhong Le's brother. No, no, I have planted some people in it, but my brother has already written clearly that he will never wipe out other people's three tribes when he is in power. Therefore, it is impossible for my people to shout the slogan of destroying the three tribes. β
"Well, it seems that these people acted spontaneously. Hey, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are harming the people a lot. β
"Brother Xian is from Chengdu, and my brother is about to eat up lately, right?"
"Hehe, Da Sima copied eighteen dignitaries in a row. Of these, seven were purely economic issues, and six were purely treasonous and collaborators. There are five more that have both. However, the wealth of these eighteen families is nothing compared to the permanent servants who died of thirst in the gold and silver houses all over the ground. β
"Hmph, when I was still alone in the Fuxing Society, I was forced to give a lot of benefits to that eunuch. Brother Xian, give a total. β
"Well, little brother, think about it. Twelve families with economic problems plus Huang Hao, Dasi Nong's figure is that all kinds of liquid funds confiscated, 65 estates of various sizes and ...... When converted to five baht, it is seven billion. The amount of grain seized was 6,800,000 stones. In addition, the domestic slaves, domestic generals, doormen, tenants, etc., men, women, and children of each family combined, fifty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-six......"
"This ......" Rao is mentally prepared, Zhao Yi's mouth is big enough to stuff eggs. But soon, his emotions became excited again: "I have only copied thirteen families, and the population obtained here is one-twentieth of the national account book!" This, how can this be! β
"So, my brother is in Brazil County, and I have to seriously implement the next stage of the liquidation of the household tax. Da Sima's goal is to pass two actions: raiding homes and clearing household taxes. Plus the captives of the puppet Wei, the replacement population of Eastern Wu or something. In the second year of Yanxing, he will increase the population of the whole country by fifty percent! β