After lunch, Xiao Mu really didn't hold back, and took the portrait that Qian Qianyi had asked him to draw in the morning to Lin Yi to show off. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After looking at a few portraits, Lin Yi also felt that the painting was good, and from time to time he praised Qian Qianyi's painting work, but as for Xiao Mu's credit for making key improvement suggestions for Qian Qianyi's painting, she selectively ignored it.

Immediately, Lin Yi further proposed the idea of improvement:

"In my opinion, not only the 'traitor card', but also the 'celebrity card' can also add some exaggerated elements of comics. It's like these portraits of traitors are very funny, and anyone who sees them knows that they are not good people, so in the same way, Zhuge Liang's famous ministers can be beautified again, and then painted with integrity and perseverance, which makes people awe after seeing it. ”

Xiao Mu expressed his high appreciation for Lin Ye's statement: "That's right! How did I not think of it? Just do as you say, tomorrow I will find Qian Qianyi again and ask him to re-paint the 'Famous Minister' brand." ”

Xiao Mu said and continued to analyze, "Moreover, if today's portraits of traitors can give Qian Qianyi a certain warning and play the role of a negative teaching material, then the loyal and good characters I will ask him to draw tomorrow can play a role model, and he will definitely have admiration in his heart." In the future, if this card spreads, it should have a positive effect on the entire Ming Dynasty readers, and when the Qing soldiers really play, how can the people who surrender be less than in the original history? ”

"If you want me to say, in fact, this kind of moral influence has a limited effect, and if you want to treat both the symptoms and the root causes, you have to cooperate with other methods." Lin said.

"Well, that's true, but what kind of approach does it need to go with?" Xiao Mu modestly "asked without shame".

"Do you think, in this era, the Ming Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, and the Jianzhou Jurchens outside the Guanxi are 'barbarians', and scholars like Qian Qianyi have a very high status in the Ming Dynasty, why should they let go of their good days and surrender to the 'barbarians' and grovel to them?" Lin asked rhetorically.

"Of course normal people don't want to surrender, it's not because the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is weak, and they fought on two fronts of the Jurchens and peasant armies outside the Guanwai at the same time, pressed the gourd and lifted the scoop, and in the end they were all defeated and lost." Xiao Mu replied as a matter of course.

"That's right, if the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is strong and the army of the imperial court is invincible, then will anyone surrender?" Ringo asked.

"That's not necessarily the case, maybe there will be some careerists who think they have never met talents, and they will serve the enemy in order to be reused......" Xiao Mu didn't control the urge to raise the bar, and said a very special situation, but soon he found that Lin Yi's face was unhappy, and immediately recognized his mistake, and said instead, "Of course, that's just an extremely rare case, if the Ming Dynasty is really strong, those scholars who study have a good life, and they are naturally proud of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, how can they have the idea of surrendering." ”

"Therefore, improving solitaire is at best just making a fuss about the software, and if you really want to completely solve the problem, you still have to work the hardware of improving national strength." Lin Yi summed up again, "The national strength has increased, even if there is no such thing as cards, the scholars will not surrender, after all, the Ming Dynasty is strong, even if there is an enemy temporarily, it will definitely be defeated." In this case, as long as it is a scholar with normal intelligence, even if he is captured by the enemy, he will definitely not surrender, even if he can't do it, at least he will not surrender subserviently, because once he surrenders, he will have a very bad reputation and be despised by the world, and the forces that surrender will not become a climate, and there is no chance of whitewashing his identity. Lin said.

"Well, I understand what you mean. Just like the original history of the late Ming Dynasty, it is exactly the opposite of what you described. The national strength of the Ming Dynasty is weakening day by day, and the power of the Later Jin and the Qing Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, although the surrender of the Qing army is not very glorious, it is also very likely to become the founder of the country, and it is completely possible to gamble, if it succeeds, the identity can be completely whitewashed...... "Xiao Mu took Lin Yi's words and said.

"It's a pity that this whitewashing is also temporary, and characters like Qian Qianyi and Hong Chengchou were finally included in the 'Biography of the Second Minister' by Emperor Qianlong." Lin said.

"Yes, but no one will believe it, if the national strength of the Ming Dynasty continues to weaken, it will really come to the day when the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs, even if it is to lift the ear of the person who wants to surrender, and repeat the truth of 'surrender has no good end' and 'the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks' a hundred times, it will definitely not be able to stop them from surrendering......" Xiao Mu said with emotion.

"When the time comes, they will say that this is called 'good birds choose trees to perch', and 'those who know the times are handsome'." Without waiting for Xiao Mu to speak, Lin Yi opened his mouth to add for her.

"Yes, so what you said is very reasonable, the premise of all problems is based on the strength of the Ming Dynasty. So the most important question now is, how to improve the national strength of the Ming Dynasty? Do you have any good ideas? Xiao Mu asked a core and important question.

"That's naturally the matter of you, the emperor and those ministers, our harem has always been forbidden to interfere in politics......" Lin Yi spread his hands again, and his face showed a look of "You ask me, who do I ask?" Expression.

"So, after talking about it for a long time, it's not like there's no way in the end?" Xiao Mu asked helplessly.

"If it was so easy to find a way, Emperor Chongzhen in history originally worked so hard, why didn't he think of a good way to revive the Ming Dynasty, but instead became the king of the dead country?" Lin asked rhetorically, of course.

"So now I can only do the card thing, at least improve the software first......

Leaving Lin Yi with a disappointed face, Xiao Mu handed over a few portraits to Wang Chengen and asked him to arrange for the printing of the "traitorous card". Xiao Mu, who was not at ease in his heart, emphasized to Wang Chengen again: "You must control the cost, if you let me know that the cost of printing these things exceeds one hundred taels of silver, I am the only one who asks!" ”

"Slaves don't dare." Of course, Wang Chengen carefully agreed.

"Well, I'm still relieved that you do things." Xiao Mu said comfortingly, "Go ahead." ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen took the portrait and was about to go down to arrange this matter, but before he could take a step, he was immediately stopped by Xiao Mu again,

"Wait!"

"What does the emperor command?" Wang Chengen still asked respectfully.

"I still want to continue to find someone to come and talk in the afternoon, but Qian Qianyi has been painting for nearly two hours in the morning, and he must be very tired, and I can't bear to let him work too hard, I don't know if there are any good candidates for Daban?"

"That's what happened." After listening to Xiao Mu's words, Wang Chengen's heart finally calmed down again, at this time, he was afraid that the emperor would do something unbelievable and make it difficult for him to be a slave.

"Back to the emperor, the slave recommends Zhou Yanru." Wang Chengen thought for a moment and replied.

"Oh? Zhou Yanru? Xiao Mu repeated the name.

"Yes, Zhou Yanru, the word jade rope, Yixing people. Becoming a young talent, Wanli forty-one years, only twenty-one years old even in the middle of two yuan, his talent can be seen, it is really a rare talent. Wang Chengen gave a brief introduction to Zhou Yanru's life very familiarly.

Xiao Mu didn't quite understand what "Lianzhong Liangyuan" meant at this time, of course the "champion" himself knew, but what did the other "yuan" mean? Xiao Mu couldn't figure it out at all.

But Xiao Mu knew in his heart that this must be very simple common sense, if he opened his mouth to ask Wang Chengen what he meant by "connecting the two yuan", the identity of the crossing would definitely be suspected, so Xiao Mu had to pretend to understand and said:

"Oh? Two dollars in a row? This person is so powerful? ”

"Exactly, within a year, even the Zhonghui Yuan and the champion, looking at the history of my Ming Dynasty, not many people can do it." Wang Chengen replied.

"Oh, it turns out that the other 'yuan' means huiyuan." After listening to Wang Chengen's words, Xiao Mu suddenly realized. Although he didn't know what Huiyuan meant, Xiao Mu could also think of getting the title of this Huiyuan, which was definitely not so easy.

"The champion talent, naturally it will not be bad, so it is decided that it is him, you go and invite this Zhou Yanru first, and then arrange the matter of printing more cards." Xiao Mu commanded.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to exit the hall, thinking to himself, "There is nothing else to do now, right?" ”

It's a pity that God didn't fulfill people's wishes, Xiao Mu immediately stopped him again, and instructed again: "Remember, don't let him know about the portrait and cards!" ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen naturally agreed again and again.

"Well, there you go......"

Soon Wang Chengen invited Zhou Yanru here.

"Minister Zhou Yanru, knock to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live...... and then there is a red tape that Xiao Mu is already very familiar with and at the same time is too annoying.

After saying to Zhou Yanru that he would be polite and flattened, and asked Wang Chengen to set up a seat for him, Xiao Mu opened his mouth and said the purpose of letting him come this time, just like when he talked to Qian Qianyi yesterday.

Zhou Yanru listened to Xiao Mu's words, and was naturally very excited, after all, it was a very glorious thing to be able to give a lecture to the emperor, and if he left a good impression on the emperor, it would not be difficult for the official to be promoted to a higher level and enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future.

So Zhou Yanru took over the task of storytelling very honorably, Xiao Mu saw that Zhou Yanru did not have a twisted and humble way at all, and he was also very happy in his heart, so he said that without further ado, he would start to tell the story.

Although Zhou Yanru's explanation style sounds completely different from Qian Qianyi's, Xiao Mu has also benefited a lot - in fact, as a novice who has no knowledge reserves, even if he finds a private school teacher to explain to Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu will also feel very powerful.

An afternoon passed, Xiao Mu carefully recalled what Zhou Yanru had explained, and he really remembered everything, "Although it is not a 'golden finger', it is still very useful." Xiao Mu thought to himself.