If there is anything Zhu Zhanji can't do in this era, there are actually many.

Whether it is to change people's thinking, or to accumulate the foundation of industrial development, or to change the social atmosphere, these problems cannot be solved by one person, or even a generation.

But he knew a lot of things to start with, and he was slowly laying the groundwork.

But there is only public opinion propaganda, and he does not know how to start and where to start.

The propaganda position of later generations was raised to a very high position, and in this era, public opinion propaganda was equally important.

Don't say that the feudal society has developed to the embryonic bourgeoisie, that is, in the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, public opinion propaganda was equally important.

Don't talk about the imperial court, even the anti-thieves, if they want to rebel, they must shout a few slogans and explain their own concept of rebellion.

But I have to say that although the public opinion propaganda of this era is very important, the effect is pitiful.

The rule of the imperial court can basically only go to the county level, and further down, it can only rely on the village elders and clans.

Every scholar was the mouthpiece of this region in this era, so Confucianism held the right of public opinion.

Of course, not every scholar is a Confucian, especially in the early Ming Dynasty, when the troubled times had just passed, and the scholar was still dealing with the era of hazy idealism.

Most of the courtiers in the court today are actually pragmatists.

This may seem paradoxical, but it is not at all contradictory.

Because idealism says that the feelings of the reader for the country and the people are true, and pragmatism means that the reader will continue to try no matter what the method is.

The science that began to emerge in the Song Dynasty, not about righteousness and reason, but only about form, was to divide the whole society into different components, requiring each part to perform its own duties.

This division was very suitable for the reign of the emperor, so the science of science arose.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's Baguwen was originally because there were too few scholars in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, so he formulated a strict formalism, which was actually influenced by science.

But he didn't know that when the whole society began to be restricted by rules and regulations, it was equivalent to starting to emasculate the minds of readers.

Zhu Zhanji himself is not knowledgeable, he doesn't know much about too profound truths, but he only knows some fur.

However, with historical experience, he knows very well that this kind of ideological emasculation and rigid social division will gradually cause the entire Chinese nation to lose its upward momentum.

For example, the division of the Shinong, industrial, and commercial soldiers led to the fact that everyone wanted to become a soldier, no one wanted to work, no one wanted to farm, and no one wanted to engage in business.

Of course, there will be no shortage of other classes in society as a whole, but these classes are already divided today.

Whether you are a farmer, a worker, or a businessman, if you don't work hard to become a soldier, you will always be exploited.

And the way up to become a taxi is very narrow......

As a result, the classes below have no intention of doing their own work, and they have lost the motivation to study.

The social development of the whole history has been developing in a spiral upward shape, but after the Ming Dynasty, it directly began to shrink, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was even more backwards.

In the Ming Dynasty, the ancient Oriental country, which was still leading the world, was finally surpassed by the backward because of this atrophy and regression, and was beaten on the head and scarred, and finally came to his senses.

Workers have no intention of studying processing technology, because the results of research will also be plundered, and it is useless to improve their own situation.

The peasants have no intention of studying to increase food production, because the land is not their own at all.

As for the merchants, apart from the commercial monopoly attached to the noble class, how could there be a merchant family in the whole East that only relied on commercial accumulation to develop?

If Zhu Zhanji wants to change these things, the first step is to publicize public opinion.

But in this era, there is no Internet, no television, no radio, and even if the emperor promulgates a policy that benefits the country and the people, he will not let the people at the bottom know about it.

When society was stable, scholars began to monopolize the communication channels between the upper and lower levels. These people who have been emasculated will only end up being defenders of the system, and they will only let the policies that are beneficial to them be known.

Eventually, they will form a huge interest group, and even the imperial power will be difficult to break.

Zhu Zhanji is glad that in this era, this interest group has not yet been formed. If you wait until the civil fort, the imperial power will not have the right to speak at all.

However, he really doesn't know how to spread public opinion propaganda in this era.

This can only be propagated to the county level by administrative order, and as for running a newspaper, those ordinary people at the grassroots level are illiterate! What's more, the right of interpretation is still in the hands of the reader.

What's more, it's definitely not what he can do right now. If he dares to do this today, Zhu Di will probably directly deprive him of his position as the grandson tomorrow, give him a fief, and confine himself in the palace to fend for himself.

Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince, is a slap in the face, and daring to meddle in political affairs is a slap. No matter how much Zhu Di likes him as a grandson, he doesn't want to see him when he is strong, so he grabs power with him.

Of course, it is also because this matter is not in a hurry, a few years later, and there is not much difference in the changes in the early years, so Zhu Zhanji and others started.

Compared with this change, it is more important to open up overseas territories and draw people's attention overseas while the military is not corrupted.

However, things still have to be done, and preparations still have to be done.

All he could think of was propaganda through theater and opera.

This is just like the patriotic songs of later generations, or the cultural output of movies, although it seems unimportant, it is imperceptibly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, he set his sights on Zhu Youstew, who is now the top dramatist of the Ming Dynasty.

Although there is not much contact, Zhu Youwei knows a lot about this much-loved grandson. In today's Ming Dynasty, some people may not care too much about the prince, but no one dares to neglect the grandson.

Although the crown prince is the rightful heir, his health is not good. Now the emperor is in his prime, but his grandson has grown up.

The crown prince is sandwiched in the middle, pressing the emperor above, and has no real power, but the grandson below has surpassed him and holds the power of 500,000 sailors.

In addition, the reputation of the prince among the generals and nobles is more than that of the prince.

Even the ministers, who were full of expectations for the prince, did not dare to ensure that the prince would live longer than the emperor.

And the emperor let the grandson take charge of the military power, which is also to prevent this.

There is Taizu who directly passed on the throne to Jianwen, and I am afraid that the mistake will be repeated again. But today's emperor is far-sighted, so he let the grandson control the military power from the beginning, prevent the vassal king from learning from him, and prevent the current grandson from taking the road of Jianwen.

In recent years, the emperor has suppressed the vassal kings in various places, I am afraid that it is also for this purpose, and even for the sake of the grandson, even the most favored son of the beginning, King Han, has been abolished.

Although Zhu Youstew is far away from politics, as a political figure and the heir of a palace, he sees it relatively clearly in this regard.

What hobbies and personality the grandson has have already been investigated by them.

He couldn't imagine that the grandson, who lacked nothing, would need his help somewhere.

So he paused for a moment before saying, "How can I help you?" ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "The sixth uncle is modest, for the nephew, the sixth uncle is better than thousands of troops with a pen, and the nephew is afraid that the sixth uncle will trouble the sixth uncle in the future." This is not the place to speak...... Let's go, go to my Xingqing Palace, there are a few Cantonese imperial chefs in my palace, and their skills are quite good. ”

Of course, Zhu Youwei was willing to get closer to the future emperor, and he was not polite, and said with a smile: "Then it's bothering." ”

There are many rules in the palace, although Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Youstew have met a few times, this is the first time Zhu Youstew has come to Xingqing Palace.

Zhu Gaochi went to Beiping, and the Zhang family stayed in Xingqing Palace almost all the time, helping Sun Xian manage the harem.

Zhu Zhanji also introduced Sun Xian and them to Zhu Youstew, and then sent them down, only the Zhang family was old, so he didn't shy away too much, and accompanied Zhu Youstew to broaden the contract.

The time after the meal belongs to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu You's stew. The two of them sat down in the study of the side hall, and Zhu Youstew's eyes were attracted by the globe and the map that occupied one wall.

"Is there really no one living in these places?"

"Most of the areas are empty, and there are only some small tribes, which are even more backward than our Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and they don't even have their own writing."

"Such a great river and mountain......"

Zhu Zhanji pointed to the eastern part of North America and the eastern part of South America and said: "Look here, tens of thousands of miles of fertile land and forests are larger than the area of my Ming Dynasty, but they are barren there. ”

He was more curious about the world, and Zhu Zhanji also explained to him that those places were depicted as treasures.

When his curiosity was satisfied, the topic of the two returned to the main topic.

"I've been thinking to myself, what the hell are you trying to get me to do?"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple, I just want the sixth uncle to write more dramas that promote my Ming soldiers and promote my Zhu Ming." ”

"It's as simple as that?" He paused for a moment before he reacted again. "No, it's not easy......"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "To put it simply, it can be said that it is very simple, now the sixth uncle basically writes dramas like "Qujiangchi", "Reunion Dream", and "Pan Tao Meeting", which doesn't matter. Dramas like "Black Whirlwind", don't write well in the future. ”

People in this era don't pay attention to the influence of ideology at all, and Zhu Youstew can't figure it out. "Why?"

"Black Whirlwind Fights for Righteousness and Squandering Wealth" tells the story of a Zhao Duxun who urged Li Gu to pay official food and wanted to marry his daughter. The story of Li Kui and Yan Qinglu pulling out their swords to help each other when they saw injustice.

Because Zhu Youstew itself is a royal family, so Uncle Zhang was added to the list of Zhao'an, Li Kui and Yan Qing repented because of Li Gu's persuasion, and immediately returned to Liangshan to persuade Song Jiang, accept Zhao'an, and follow the official army to recruit and suppress, and captured Fang La.

The play exposes the evil deeds of corrupt officials and corrupt officials who are rampant and bullying the people, and affirms the chivalrous behavior of the heroes of Liangshan to eliminate harm for the people and act bravely.

"Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban, and people are both courteous, so it is chaotic. The husband is guilty of leaving the law, and Mr. Zhu takes it from literature, and those who violate the ban are punished, and the group of heroes is raised with private swords. ”

Zhu Zhanji's sentence comes from Han Feizi's "Five Anvils". The five anvils are the five kinds of social moths, and the first kind of social moths in these five anvils is "Confucianism"!

The basic meaning is: Confucianism uses articles to disrupt the law and order, sophistries to reverse black and white, rangers use force to bully people and violate prohibitions, and the monarch has to treat them with courtesy, which is the source of national chaos. Those who broke the law should have been convicted, but those Confucian scholars were appointed by virtue of the doctrine of articles; Those who violated the ban should have been punished, and the rangers were supported by acting as assassins.

Zhu Youstew suddenly understood, but he didn't seem to understand. Looking at Zhu Zhanji, who only had a dull stubble on his face, that radiant face couldn't be associated with an old and cunning person.

He pondered for a while, and even Zhan Ji didn't dare to scream, and asked, "Taisun wants to lead people to goodness through drama?" ”

"It's not what I want to lead people to goodness, my Han family has been castrated too much blood by those Confucian scholars and monks, and the martial spirit has been extinguished. Now that I have this treasure, there are still countless great rivers and mountains in this world waiting for my Han family to occupy, but how can I be good? ”

Zhu Zhanji didn't wait for Zhu Youstew to speak, and said: "The era when the people can make it happen, but the era when they can't know it has passed. The imperial court should guide the development of the people in a purposeful manner, rather than allowing Confucianism to fool the people. Although the drama is not elegant, it is much loved by the people, and the villagers often enjoy the big drama in the countryside. If I set up a government-run theater in every county in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to performing on the stage of the county seat, I also send the drama to the countryside, does Uncle Six think it is feasible? ”

"This ...... This ......" Zhu Youstew couldn't keep up with Zhu Zhanji's rhythm, so he could only say: "It's too expensive, it's too expensive!" ”

"Even if not all of them are government-run, there are a lot of those folk troupes, and local governments can also support folk theaters and send operas to the countryside!"

Zhu Youstew became more and more confused, and asked, "What does Taisun mean by this?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "This requires the sixth uncle to bother, since those theaters have spent money on my court, of course they have to perform the dramas we arranged." These dramas should promote the courage of soldiers to kill the enemy, and revenge will be avenged; or carry forward my Zhu family Daming wholeheartedly for the people and conscientious; Or promote gold and silver everywhere overseas, and the treasures of the world, in short, what you write, they will act! Even Uncle Sixth only needs to have an idea to arrange for others to write the tracks. If Uncle Sixth can do this, in the future, I will allow Uncle Six to come out and be in charge of the world's green buildings and theaters. ”

Zhu Youstew stayed away from politics, because he encountered several ups and downs in a row when he was a teenager, but it does not mean that he is willing to be raised like a pig in Kaifeng Mansion for a lifetime.

But this matter is not trivial, and he does not dare to agree.

Zhu Zhanji didn't force him, and said softly: "The five ancestors worked hard to compile "Baosheng Yulu", "Pocket Fang", "Puji Fang" and "Saving Famine Materia Medica". I want to print the world under the internal supervision, so that the names of my five ancestors of the Zhu family will be immortal. You should go back and discuss this matter with the five ancestors, I will go to sea next spring, and it will take a year or two to go, and I can reply when I come back. ”

He said eagerly: "If I go to sea with you, I may not have time to write songs." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "The sixth uncle can stay in the capital or Kaifeng, and the king of Xiangfu can go to sea with me." ”

Zhu Youjiao, the king of Xiangfu County, is the fourth son of the king of Zhou, and the second king of Ruyang, Zhu Youjiao, because of the report of the king of Zhou, caused the king of Zhou to be deposed twice, was cut to a commoner, and was assigned to Dali. The third Shunyang king, Zhu Youxuan, died of illness last year.

Zhu has stewed and has a disease, but he is humane but childless. So although he is the son of the world, but the future king of Zhou, after him, it will definitely be Zhu Youyi's lordship.

Until he walked out of the palace, Zhu Youstew was still a little distracted. His mood is very complicated, relaxed, excited, and at the same time stressful.

It's easy to go to sea, and the excitement is that it's hopeful, but it also means risk, and he doesn't know if he can bear this pressure.

Although he did not directly agree to Zhu Zhanji, he specified that his father would definitely support this matter. Being able to publish four books that took years of painstaking effort to publish the world, this alone is enough to make my father desperate.

What's more, his father, King Zhou, was not a worry-free lord in the first place.

Zhu Youstew was sent to Donghua Gate, Zhu Zhanji returned to Xingqing Palace, and saw Xue Shanggong waiting on the porch. "The weather is getting colder, what's so urgent, I can't even wait for a few steps."

Xue Shanggong smiled slightly, waved his hand, and several palace maids stepped aside, leaving two people to talk while walking. "Your Highness will go out again after the New Year, and this time it will be more than a year to leave, and naturally there will be no shortage of people around to serve you. It's just that His Highness still has an idea on how to arrange it. ”

Zhu Zhanji glanced at her and smiled: "Is it that another concubine has been annoying you recently?" ”

"This is the duty of a slave, how can it be annoying? It's just that Concubine Taisun and Hu Liangdi have just given birth to a child, and Lan Liangdi is also pregnant. The three of them could not accompany His Highness to the sea, and the status of the others was lower, for fear that they would not be able to hold back. ”

Zhu Zhanji snorted for a moment and asked, "What does the concubine mean?" ”

Xue Shanggong covered his mouth and smiled: "Of course the crown princess wants you to bring everything that you are not pregnant with, and when you come back, you will come back with a big belly." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head, his identity, he can't think of being a breeder (horse).

He thought for a while and said: "Liu Chenghui followed me on the eastward expedition, acted in moderation all the way, and was proficient in pharmacology, so he could be of great use, so I brought her with me this time." Ma Liangyuan is innocent and cute, and she is young, so she doesn't have to rush to get pregnant, she can also bring it. The rest is up to you ......"

"Never!" Xue Shanggong hurriedly said: "The slave maid is just a subordinate, how can she be His Highness's home?" What's more, if I am the master today, I am afraid that there will be no place for slaves and maids in this palace from now on. ”

Zhu Zhanji thought about it, and it was really like this. If she is in charge, those concubines who have not been arranged to go with Zhu Zhanji will not hate her to death!

Slaves and maids are in charge, and heaven is intolerable. This kind of thing can't break the rules.

He didn't have this plan in his heart, so he felt in a dilemma, so he said, "There are still two months, maybe I can get pregnant a few more during this time...... I'll take a look at it......"

On the second day, Zhu Zhanji met with Yang Zhangde, who had returned to Beijing, at the Navy headquarters. I haven't had a chance to meet him yesterday, but today I just happened to tell him about Zhu Youstew.

Yang Zhangde is ruthless and bold, but he is also a shrewd and capable person. This is a sharp blade, if you use it well, you can hurt the enemy, and if you use it badly, you can hurt your own hand.

However, Zhu Zhanji thinks that he can still control him, in today's imperial society, an eagle dog with a brocade guard, even if he is a very human minister like Ji Gang, his destructive power is limited.

He is not a civil servant who controls the government and politics, and a decision can affect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, nor is he a general who leads tens of millions of troops, and he can raise troops to rebel and ruin the peace of the party.

All the power of Jin Yiwei is for the service of the imperial power, and he is also tightly restricted by the imperial power, and he is not afraid that he will turn the sky.

After asking about the trip to Taiyuan, Zhu Zhanji pretended to ask about Shaohong inadvertently.

Although Zhu Zhanji's words were understated, Yang Zhangde listened to them like thunder. As a superior, he will not care about the private life of a subordinate, and when the superior pays attention to this matter, there must be other reasons that he does not know.

He didn't dare to be sloppy, and he was even more afraid of guessing Zhu Zhanji's meaning wrongly, so he could only passively say: "Weichen has seen that Shaohong a few times, but he just appreciates it, and has no exclusive meaning." ”

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said, "I'll just ask casually, no matter how wide I am, I can't control the affairs of your room." But you have to remember that you have to follow the rules when you do things with me. …… If Shaohong is willing, you will accept it, but if you rely on yourself as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and bully others, I will not spare you. Go for it......"

The more Zhu Zhanji is like this, the more weak Yang Zhangde becomes, although he has never felt sorry for Shaohong, and his subordinates have also revealed their interest in her intentionally or unintentionally, and Runxianglou also regards Shaohong as his own ban.

Walking out of the naval headquarters, his heart was still hanging and unsettled. His Royal Highness has a lot of opportunities, of course, he will not mention such a thing, since he has brought it up, there must be something that he does not know.

He looked back at Chu Song and said, "Chu Qianhu, I haven't been in the capital for a while, is there anything abnormal in Runxianglou?" ”

Although Chu Song envied Yang Zhangde for quickly climbing in front of him, he was already like this, and he could recognize his position very clearly. "The conductor doesn't know that the prince of Zhou was ordered to make a new play in Runxianglou, and it is said that the emperor will come in person, and now all the people in Runxianglou are preparing for this new play."

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Yang Zhangde certainly has a grasp of the basic information of the royal family. Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and his compatriots who have been promoted to the first mother today, and the king of Zhou has always firmly supported the saint, so the palace of Zhou, the palace of Shu, the palace of Chu, and the palace of Ning, the four palaces that are close to the emperor, are not dared to be provoked by ordinary people.

Although they have no power in their hands, the emperor will never allow anyone to bully them.

Chu Song said again: "The commander knows that the Taimiao clan meeting was ...... yesterday afternoon."

This incident was caused by Yang Zhangde's investigation, so Yang Zhangde nodded affirmatively and said: "Then the evidence of King Jin's crime is that we will find out, don't you know!" ”

Chu Song said with a smile: "But after the clan meeting, His Royal Highness met with the prince of Zhou alone, and invited the prince of Zhou to Xingqing Palace as a guest, and sent him away after dinner......"

Yang Zhangde understood and stuffed a piece of jade pendant into his sleeve. "This is given to me by Zhu Jixi, and it is said that it is still the favorite of the former Jin King, and this time I gave it to Brother Chu. You are still by Your Highness's side now, and you and my brother are in constant contact......"

Chu Song touched the jade pendant in his sleeve, experienced the feel, nodded with satisfaction and said: "That week, Wang Shizi was a nerd, a drama idiot, the commander should remember not to send gold and silver, if there are a few scripts, he will definitely like it." ”