Just think about it and start doing it! The next day, Zhu Youxiao went to the cabinet to discuss the issue of "Water Margin" with them. As soon as he opened his mouth to say the basic meaning, Ye Xianggao said: "Originally, the author wanted to portray Song Jiang as a person with a deep city, treacherous and cunning, and vicious and vicious. ”

Zhu Youxiao was dumbfounded, ah, is that so? Disbelief, he asked, "But that's not what the book says?" ”

Ye Xianggao replied euphemistically: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter what you say in the book, the author writes about his behavior, just for everyone to come and judge for himself." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "But those who are obviously depicted as heroes like Wu Song, don't they also have indiscriminate killing of innocents, so what is the reason for this?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Because in their minds, only their own affairs are important, and if they are wronged, they must take revenge, and whether the people they killed during revenge are innocent is not within their scope of consideration." Your Majesty, in fact, the minister thinks that books like "Water Margin" can be banned. ”

Fang Congzhe also said: "Originally, there was such a thing as killing officials and rebelling in the book, which did not pose a threat to the imperial court, because they claimed to be anti-corrupt officials, which is consistent with our purpose." However, in the book, human life is treated like a mustard, and in a fit of anger, the practice of pulling a knife to kill people is not advisable and is not advocated by us. It's just that the dynasty has always forbade the use of miscellaneous dramas, and the literal prison is generally aimed at officials. His Majesty has pardoned Fang Xiaoru's descendants, and if "Water Margin" is banned now, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary speculation among some people. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, it is better to block public opinion, if Your Majesty explicitly bans "Water Margin", I am afraid that it will increase its reputation and attract more people to watch or listen, which will backfire." ”

Zhu Youxiao asked, "Then how should we go about it?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "This minister just thinks that he should use a sparse method, as for how to do it, the little one has not thought about it, and he has to consult his predecessors." ”

Everyone loves to hear this, and the seniors glanced at Sun Chuanting kindly, and began to offer their own plans. Fang Congzhe said: "First attack Shi Nai'an's character, describe him as a villain who resigned because of discord with his boss, attached to the thief Zhang Shicheng, and then turned against Zhang Shicheng, so that people can have prejudices against the author because they despise the author." ”

Ye Xianggao said: "You can write a miscellaneous drama about Shi Nai'an, whether you can write him as a sinister and shameless person, or write him as an ungrateful person, isn't that all written with us?" ”

Zhu Youxiao thought, is this sparse? Isn't it still blocked? He understands people's rebellious mentality, but he is afraid that doing so will still be counterproductive.

Xu Guangqi said: "It's better for us to comment on the dialogue book, as long as the person who reviews is famous, then this kind of review book will become the definitive version." When commenting, we must specifically indicate those behaviors that we feel are wrong, so that we can guide public opinion. ”

Bi Ziyan said: "If people re-compile some scripts about Song Jiang during the Xuanhe period, and it is different from the guidance in "Water Margin", we can criticize Song Jiang fiercely, and praise people like Lin Chong, and the ending can be modified to the way we want, so that we can separate some people who watch "Water Margin", and second, we can have different voices, so that everyone can think for themselves, which behaviors are wrong." I believe that the public still has the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. ”

Sun Chuanting also said: "After listening to the high opinions of the predecessors, the minister has a little idea, since the author wants to describe Song Jiang as a bad person, then why don't we carry out a number of discussions about the Water Margin in the newspaper, so that the people can evaluate Song Jiang, as long as the author's original intention is clearly seen by everyone, then of course everyone will hate Song Jiang more, and some of the wrong things that Song Jiang has done just tell everyone what things cannot be done and what things can be done." The minister even thought about the first topic of discussion, and said that Song Jiang wanted to use whose blood to dye the Xunyang River Estuary red. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "The ideas of all the Qing families are very good, we might as well take a multi-pronged approach, it seems that it is not good to attack Shi Nai'an, let's only focus on this book." Who is better to talk to about reviews? ”

Ye Xianggao said: "It's inappropriate for us to comment on the script, I heard that there is a Feng Menglong in Suzhou Mansion, who calls himself the master of Mohanzhai, and he is a little famous in terms of lyrics and songs, how about he do it?" ”

When Zhu Youxiao heard this name, he remembered Ling Mengchu, so he said: "There is a new student named Ling Mengchu in the Academy of Chinese Literature, let him comment on it with Feng Menglong that Master Ye said, and the rewriting of the script of the Xuanhe can also be done by letting them bring the students of the Academy of Chinese Literature to do it." Wang Chengen is responsible for the discussion in the newspaper, and you should also think about how to publish a discussion in the newspaper. ”

Feng Menglong is now fifty years old, and his road to the imperial examination has not been smooth, and he was not made up for tribute until he was fifty-seven years old in history. When the county magistrate of Changzhou Prefecture of Suzhou came to his house with Jinyiwei, he thought that the poems and scripts he wrote on weekdays had violated the taboo of the imperial court, and his face was like ashes for a while.

And Jin Yiwei did not take out the shackles, but stepped forward and said: "Feng Menglong of Suzhou Mansion will enter Beijing, teach at the Academy of Chinese Literature, and set off as soon as possible, and the local officials need to meet their requirements so that they can enter Beijing smoothly." ”

Feng Menglong couldn't believe his ears, he wasn't even a tribute student, and he directly became a teacher at the Academy of Chinese Literature? This plot is too exaggerated, right?,There's no such thing in the book I wrote.。

However, he quickly calmed down, and such a good thing fell on his head, indicating that he had something to be favored by the emperor, and what skills he had, as if he was a little famous in writing books and compiling books, and it seemed that he would have to rely on these skills to eat in the future.

Although the Changzhou County Commander was born as a Jinshi, although he knew Feng Menglong's name on weekdays, he never looked at him squarely. But now that Feng Menglong has become a teacher at the Academy of Chinese Literature, by the side of the Son of Heaven, maybe he will become a hot figure all of a sudden, and if he doesn't take advantage of the opportunity to win over him before he is developed, he will have no chance in the future.

So he behaved extremely enthusiastically, calling Mr. Feng one by one, and said that as long as Mr. Feng had any request, he would meet him. It's a pity that Feng Menglong's family is originally a family, and the conditions are very good, and there are three carriages brought by Jinyiwei to pick up Feng Menglong, and his proposal to send someone from the county to serve all the way was also vetoed by Jinyiwei, so he had to watch Feng Menglong pack up and go on the road with unhappiness.