Chapter 592 Grading System for Literary and Artistic Works

When Zhu Jingyuan came to the conference room of Wenhua Palace, the participants led by Shen Fu, the great uncle, had already arrived.

Zhu Jingyuan took a seat, let everyone sit down, and directly began to talk about things:

"Now that computer and Internet technology is about to begin to roll out, I have once again come to the threshold of a new era.

"Based on the new platform of computers and the Internet, a new type of literary and artistic works is about to emerge.

"Let's call it a computer game for a moment.

"The game itself is certainly in its infancy now, but the future is just as limitless.

"The art form of computer games is different from any previous literary and artistic work, and it is also very different from movies.

"In order to avoid confusion in the relevant publications, our cultural management department is also preparing in advance.

At the same time, computers and the Internet itself will also bring a new revolution to the traditional literary and artistic industry.

"So at this time, we need to re-examine the management system of literary and artistic works.

"I have decided to make the original Publishing Department of the Ministry of Rites independent and set up a special art and culture department, which is still under the responsibility of Zong Bo.

"Local yamen at all levels should also set up corresponding departments.

"With the Ministry of Arts and Culture as the main body, establish a unified and relatively complete system for the review, publication, supervision, management, and guarantee of literary and artistic works."

Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment when he said this, and Shen Fu, the great sect uncle, and all the following officials got up together:

"Your Ministers obey."

The ministers' knowledge of the Internet is very limited, and of course the level of attention is far from the level of Zhu Jingyuan.

They can't imagine what the future of the Internet will be.

However, they all believed in Zhu Jingyuan, and since Zhu Jingyuan attached so much importance to it, their questions or opinions were temporarily suppressed.

Moreover, the order to create a new department itself, there is nothing to object to.

This can add a lot of real shortfalls.

After receiving the order, everyone sat back in their seats again, waiting for the emperor's next command.

Looking at Zhu Jingyuan's state, everyone knows that he still has a lot to say.

Zhu Jingyuan did not hesitate, and directly began to speak one by one:

"Regarding the publication and distribution of literary and artistic works, as well as the rules for the management of the content of literary and artistic works, I would like to mention some of the most basic principles here.

"The specific rules of the entire industry should be formulated around these basic principles.

"First of all, it is necessary to determine the principle of trial before issuance.

"In the future, all publishers and all literary and artistic works will be sent to the examination yamen for review before they are publicly released.

"For pure books and written works, they can be sent for examination before they can be printed and then published and sold.

"For scripts and scripts of dramas and movies, the scripts must be sent for review before the start of filming, and only after the review is passed can the filming be started.

"In the past, the management method of all works being sent first and then spot-checked was too problematic.

"If there is really a problem with the content of a book, it will be discovered by the people after it is released, and the court will check and ban it after receiving the information, and it will be too late in time.

"It's hard to take back what has been sold publicly, and it's a huge waste of manpower.

"Even many people were not interested in certain things out of curiosity, but after the ban by the imperial court, they were interested.

"So all future publications have to be reviewed before they are published.

"All literary and artistic works must be registered with the yamen with a unified number, listing the type, creator, publisher and other participants next to the word.

"For works with obvious problems with the theme, garbage works with a very low degree of completion are not allowed to appear on the market.

"The fact that the imperial court came forward to censor the works does not mean that the publishers will not need to censor themselves in the future.

"If a publisher's work submitted for review has recurring problems and errors, it can limit the number of subsequent publications of the publisher.

"It is the original system of self-examination and self-examination of publishers, and random inspection by the imperial court and other publishers after publication.

"It has been changed to a system in which publishers submit to the imperial court for re-examination and re-examination after self-examination and self-examination, and only after the imperial court examination is completed can it be published and distributed.

"However, this reform cannot be implemented in one step, and the Ministry of Arts and Culture can draw up its own plan and implement it within five years.

"From now on, all new works to be published in the future will have to be reviewed before they can be released.

"What is already on the market will be reaffirmed in the next five to ten years.

"Guan Yuanfang, who is responsible for the establishment of the Ministry of Arts and Culture, independently assesses how many people are needed for the review bodies at all levels, determines the number of vacancies in the Ministry of Arts and Culture, and reports to the Ministry of Officials for review."

Zhu Jingyuan's requirement is to review first and then issue, which directly subverts the previous publishing and distribution rules of the Ming Dynasty.

All the officials on the scene were very surprised.

There are already a lot of non-governmental publications in the Ming Dynasty, and the workload of reviewing first and then issuing them is really too large......

Many officials instinctively want to object.

However, Zhu Jingyuan had already given a grace period in advance, and also gave him the opportunity to ask for someone according to the situation.

In the end, no one gave any opinion, but once again agreed to obey the order.

After a pause, Zhu Jingyuan continued to explain the follow-up arrangements:

Then, let the royal consortium and the publishing institutions under the Daming Consortium come forward to cooperate with the Ministry of Arts and Culture to prepare for the establishment of an official platform for the promotion and sales of literary and artistic works.

"Through the original traditional channels, as well as the Internet channels that will soon be formed, we will actively display and promote the discovery of high-quality works.

"Including traditional articles, scripts, movies, programs, games.

"In the future, ordinary people other than publishers, if they want to publicly publish their literary and artistic works, they can also apply directly to the official platform.

"As long as the quality of the work is really good enough, the royal consortium and the Daming consortium can help print it, and the official platform can promote and sell it to him.

"All computer programs and games must be published on the official online platform, at least at the same time.

"All works released on official platforms will be divided into three or seven percent of the final income, thirty percent on the official platform, and seventy percent for the creators."

Compared to the previous censorship, this promotion platform is unremarkable.

In the eyes of the officials at the scene, this is just a new state-run publisher, or is it a cooperation between the royal foundation and the government-run foundation.

Everyone didn't have any opinions, and they all said that they had received the order.

Zhu Jingyuan continued to explain his requirements:

"Next, some of the content management requirements.

"First, any type of literary and artistic work must not violate the most basic ethics and morals in the choice of content and subject matter.

"It is not allowed to create works with the theme of massacres, soliciting prostitution, adultery, homicide, abuse, cults, and other extreme evil acts."

Zhu Jingyuan stopped here and looked around at everyone at the scene, wanting to see if anyone at the scene had any opinions.

There are indeed people who want to speak, mainly about the criteria for these evil deeds, how to define them.

Zhu Jingyuan has actually said it, and he must not use those contents as the theme, and he must not appear corresponding words at all if he does not say it.

However, everyone hopes that there will be a clear explanation, in case of dumping the pot in the future, there will be a basis.

It's just that this kind of matter is to get to the bottom of it, and ordinary courtiers don't dare to open their mouths.

In the end, it was the great uncle Shen Fu who opened his mouth and mentioned:

"Please also make it clear whether the corresponding content should not be mentioned at all in the work, or whether the main content should not be concentrated here......"

Zhu Jingyuan pondered for a few seconds:

"None of these or other evils of the approximate level that I have mentioned can be seen head-on.

"At most, it can only be used as a background introduction to the characters, or as the content of the torture record, and this kind of thing happened in one stroke.

"These contents cannot be displayed abruptly, there is no need to appear the subject matter of the relevant content, and there must be no relevant descriptions.

In addition, ordinary evil acts, including cheating and abduction, plotting against others, etc., cannot penetrate the main body.

"I wrote a book and made a movie, not just to record all kinds of pickled things.

"Today's movies, although they are already entertainment and pastime, are absolutely not allowed to show off evil deeds.

"While it's not necessary to force the main characters to be absolutely good, it's also absolutely not permissible to write about absolute bad people and absolute evil deeds.

"It can't be like Jin Zhumei, there is no good person in the whole book, and there is no good thing in the whole story.

"If you want to say anything that reflects reality, there are more ordinary people with a simple and kind mentality in reality.

"A normal story should have good people and bad people, and all kinds of characters must be there in order to be considered a normal world.

"For literati who specialize in writing works with purely dark, deep, and cruel themes, the Ministry of Arts and Culture can arrange for someone to investigate whether there is any difficulty in them.

"If there is nothing wrong with him, but he still insists on writing like this, then ban him."

Shen Fu savored Zhu Jingyuan's reminder, wrote down a few key points in his notebook, and at the same time agreed very seriously:

"The minister understands, and the ministers and colleagues in the Ministry of Arts and Culture will pay special attention to these situations......"

Zhu Jingyuan felt that he had said it clearly enough, so he continued to search:

"Second, in works that deal with real situations, the main characters in them must respect the court and the law, and cannot be absolute destroyers of chaos and disorder.

"For example, if you are creating a story with a combat theme, the battle of the protagonist must have some practical meaning.

"The protagonist can compete with people in martial arts halls and rings, and can go to the battlefield as a soldier to destroy enemies.

"You can also act as a bounty hunter to assist the yamen in hunting bandits and capturing fugitives, but you can't kill innocent people at will.

"Or as long as you do something indiscriminately killing innocents, there will eventually be the government to control and punish them.

"If you want to write a ranger theme, then the protagonist should be chivalrous and righteous, punishing evil and eliminating traitors, and serving the country and the people.

"And it can't be specifically about assassination and intrigues, especially not against the imperial court.

"Unless it is the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the ancient history before, when the imperial court has lost the mandate of heaven and entered an irretrievable end times."

Shen Fu nodded again after listening, this standard is also reasonable.

The emperor's meaning should be that he should not write about rebellion, and he should not oppose the current Ming court and official uniforms as the theme, but he must be an active helper of the imperial court.

This is in line with the thinking of the officials.

Seeing that no one asked questions, Zhu Jingyuan continued to say:

"Third, works involving historical figures and historical themes must respect history.

"Thou shalt not arbitrarily discredit those who are recognized as loyal, brave and good, and treacherous and treacherous as unscrupulous.

"To give a specific example, Yue Fei can't be allowed to choose to surrender to the Jin State, and Qin Hui can't be written as a loyal minister who worries about the country and the people.

"Even if we depict different histories from different perspectives, we cannot arbitrarily tamper with the positions and opinions of historical figures.

"Don't dwell on historical details that are hard to verify.

"All kinds of works with the theme of wild history secrets must not directly or indirectly affect the historical image of the parties.

"You can't find a bunch of unavoidable reasons for Qin Hui, and then imply that Qin Hui is not a bad person in the first place, everything he does is for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty."

By this time, Shen Fu and many ministers began to feel that something was wrong.

It's not that Zhu Jingyuan's order is unreasonable, but there is a feeling of "can you still write like this"?

And then it is, how could anyone write that?

Who dares to overturn the case for Qin Hui?

Historically, the evaluation of historical figures may change over time.

But it's often in one direction.

It is completely and completely reversed, and it is a bit appalling to say that people like Yue Fei and Qin Hui have to be reversed.

So Shen Fu couldn't help but speak:

"Your Majesty...... This, as long as people with common sense, will not be so nonsense and grandstanding, right? ”

Zhu Jingyuan has memories of his previous life, and he has long been experienced in this kind of thing, so now he asks very directly:

"What if there is? Now there are more and more literate people, and more and more people can write something.

"Maybe someone is going to sensationalize and make some kind of shocking topic?

"The old gentlemen of the imperial court may not have read it, and the small jokes and secret stories circulated by the people may not have relevant content.

"Even if no one really does it, it's not a bad thing to put the rules on the list.

"If someone wants to do it, the imperial court just prohibits it immediately in advance, which can be regarded as a basis for dealing with it."

After hearing this, Shen Fu and other officials could only nod lightly and agree.

Indeed, it doesn't affect if you don't use it anyway, and you are just prepared for it.

Zhu Jingyuan continued to explain his thoughts:

"Fourth, establish a system for classifying and grading the content of literary and artistic works and news newspapers and periodicals.

"According to the content of literary and artistic works, they are divided into different types and levels, and the distribution scope of different levels is given, and different degrees of publicity restrictions are made.

"First of all, we need to rate the credibility of the content, which can be divided as follows:

"Grade A: Original archives, i.e., unprocessed first-hand information, including unprocessed video and audio recordings, official court documents, and various agreements.

"Class B: Official revision of history, historical and archival documents collated by credible institutions, edited and arranged video and audio recordings, various documentary reports.

"Grade C: Folk history, that is, history compiled by folk scholars, audio-visual, documentary works and documentaries processed by institutions without credibility.

"Grade D: Notes and comments, all kinds of simple literary works created by ordinary people, the author needs to ensure that the content is true and take responsibility, otherwise it will be put to the last level.

"E-class, stories, completely fictional content, stories that don't need to be proven, don't need to guarantee their truthfulness.

"The vast majority of dramas, movies, and games basically belong to the last category.

"Therefore, it is necessary to make an additional requirement that all works of authenticity must be marked in the most conspicuous way possible with their fictional and uncertain nature.

"At the beginning or end of the film, use enough space, time and space to list the production staff and the actors who play the corresponding roles.

"The screenwriter, director, main actor and other key personnel must leave the country together and explain it directly.

Then you can rank the content according to the range of audiences it is suitable for, for example, reference movies can use something like this:

"Class A: Suitable for all ages, anyone can see it, it can be advertised and sold in any public place, and there is no need to make any special warnings and reminders.

"Grade B: Spring and white snow, which is also suitable for most people to watch, but requires a certain level of comprehension, which children and uneducated people may not understand.

"Grade C: Elegant and vulgar appreciation, there is no requirement in appreciation, but the subject content is not suitable for children under the age of 12 to watch.

"D-level: Lower Riba people, the most popular and down-to-earth work, but not suitable for children under the age of sixteen.

"Class E: Anecdotes, which may have adverse effects on people's mental and cognitive effects, are not suitable for viewing by people under the age of 20, and are not suitable for public dissemination.

Finally, let's do a grading according to the general moral level of the world in which the whole story is set:

"Class A: The world is the same, the vast majority of people in the story are absolutely righteous, the moral level of the whole society is extremely high, the road is not forgotten, and the night is not closed.

"Class B: A well-off and prosperous world, where officials are fair, the law is strict, ordinary people respect each other, and the people live a prosperous and peaceful life, and a simple, stable and peaceful world.

"Level C: Good and evil are rewarded, the vast majority of people are ordinary people, good deeds can be reciprocated, and those who do evil will be spurned and punished.

"D-level: Heroes in troubled times, warlords and towns are divided and fighting, natural and man-made disasters are raging, bandits are rampant, ordinary people are indifferent and numb, struggling to survive, but there are still people who strive to achieve justice.

"Class E, prostitution and theft, is completely based on the theme of people's evil thoughts and evil deeds, and there are no themes of normal people in the whole article, and it is completely forbidden to publish and distribute.

"The Ministry of Arts and Culture and its subordinate local agencies, when reviewing works, should make a rating of the works in accordance with these three directions.

"The final rating and grade description of the three aspects should appear directly before the cover of the work and the beginning of the work.

"Make sure the user has enough time to understand what it means."