Chapter 57: The Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty
Looking at thousands of ancient books, the students majoring in classical literature felt like they were going crazy. It’s crazy, they’ve never seen anything like this.
However, they like it.
Facing the ancient books, they burst out with unprecedented passion. Once you learn the art of slaying dragons, you will eventually put it to use!
Liu Hongmin also followed the arrangement of ancient books. He always wanted to keep himself busy during this time. But I stopped writing the novel because I couldn't help but write Cha Jianying's name as soon as I started writing. He read the history books all day long, and read them right after class. He kept reading them while eating and going to the toilet. He read them while lying on the boat at night, until he fell asleep.
Xu Liancheng and the others moved to dormitories for the new semester, and the classmates who transferred were all close to Liu Hongmin. There was harmony in the dormitory, and Liu Hongmin became even more bored. Although Xu Liancheng and the others are annoying, if they were here at this time, they might become a channel for Liu Hongmin to vent his emotions.
Now that the channel is gone, Liu Hongmin can only keep the matter in his heart.
The classmates with whom I have a better relationship are all surrounding Liu Hongmin, for fear that he will not be able to think about anything.
Still, Liu Hongmin just became a lot quieter and had no thoughts of committing suicide. However, the history books in his hands were changed from "Historical Records" to "Hanshu", and then to "Zizhi Tongjian".
This semester is only half over, and Liu Hongmin has read more than half of the Twenty-Four Histories.
On this day, he saw the last record about the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty.
In May, Anxi was completely destroyed, and no one knew whether it would survive or not.
Is this gone? Liu Hongmin felt disappointed. The Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty was trapped in Gucheng and stationed in the Western Region for half a century. Compared with them, what does my little thing mean?
In ancient times, there was the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty, and now there are soldiers guarding the border. Far away from the motherland, facing the endless frontier, we are always alert to the enemy's arrival.
One or two days is nothing, but persistence for one, two or even decades is definitely not something that ordinary people can achieve.
Liu Hongmin can't do it, so he admires such people very much.
So, he decided to do something.
A commercial film slowly emerged in his mind, "The Last Transfer in Mobei of the Tang Dynasty".
This film is only 16 minutes long, but the content it tells is beyond the reach of many movies. So Liu Hongmin picked up the pen again and wrote down this story.
Liu Hongmin wrote the manuscript with more than 20,000 words extremely seriously. After I finished writing, I revised it again and again until half a month later, it was considered complete.
Liu Hongmin originally wanted to continue voting for "Beijing Literature and Art", but he gave up the idea as soon as he came up with it. "Capital Literature and Art" can be regarded as the memory point for him and Cha Jianying. Many of the topics they talked about were about "Capital Literature and Art", "My Brothers and Sisters", "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty", "Lady Li", and Zhang Dening ...
Let’s submit elsewhere!
If the editors of "Beijing Literature and Art" knew that Liu Hongmin gave up submitting articles to them because of Cha Jianying, I wonder what they would think.
Since "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" was published by Beijing University Press, it has become a hot seller. Many magazines asked Liu Hongmin to write articles, including famous magazines such as "Harvest", "October", "Contemporary", "Flower City" and "Zhongshan". Therefore, Liu Hongmin has many choices.
He Qizhi of "Contemporary" heard the news and went directly to Liu Hongmin's dormitory without him having to send out the news.
"Teacher He!" Zhao Zhizhong greeted He Qizhi, and then walked out to avoid suspicion.
Liu Hongmin is speechless, do you really think I don’t know that you and He Qizhi are fellow villagers?
He Qizhi said with a smile: "Hongmin, I heard that you wrote a short story?"
"You are really well informed."
He Qizhi laughed and looked at Liu Hongmin expectantly, "Can you show it to me?"
Liu Hongmin handed the manuscript over. He Qizhi looked at it seriously. The more he looked at it, the more serious his face became. He obviously I found that this short story is different from Liu Hongmin’s previous novels. Liu Hongmin's previous novels were more entertainment-oriented. Even "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" is still different from those purely literary works. But for those who do not have very high literary attainments, such works are very friendly and can open up the market for magazines.
Purely literary articles can also increase sales, but they compete with other magazines for audiences. The two are different. Pure entertainment magazines such as "Story Club" have quickly ranked among the best in sales since their inception, surpassing many old magazines. And their readership is not stolen from other magazines, but people with low literary attainments are converted into readers.
So, even though the literary quality has been reduced, there are still magazines willing to publish his novels. Magazines also need results. For leaders, this is political performance, and for editors, this is bonus.
"The Last Military Expenditure of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty" is a purely literary work. The first half of the novel tells the story of the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, and the Anxi Army, the main force of the Tang Army in the Western Regions, returned to Chang'an to quell the rebellion. Tubo took the opportunity to invade the four towns of Anxi, which were poorly defended. Hexi and Longyou were lost successively, and the Anxi Protectorate lost contact with the Central Plains. As a result, this iron-blooded main force that suppressed the rebellion became a border guard force forgotten by the court.
The subsequent story unfolds between Guo Yuanzheng, an Anxi soldier escorting military expenses, and Lu Shishi, a refugee. Lu Shishi was originally a deserter who always wanted to steal military expenses, but was eventually influenced by Guo Yuanzheng. After Guo Yuanzheng died in battle, Lu Shishi inherited his mission and sent military funds to Xizhou with great difficulty.
At the end of the novel, Liu Hongmin used Wang Changling's "Joining the Army" as the topic.
"The long clouds and dark snow-capped mountains in Qinghai, the lonely city overlooking Yumen Pass in the distance, the yellow sand wearing golden armor in a hundred battles, Loulan will never be returned until it is broken!"
He Qizhi blinked his eyes and held back the hot tears in his eyes. go back. He said to Liu Hongmin with red eyes: "Hongmin, this novel must be published in contemporary times."
Liu Hongmin looked at his hand holding the manuscript tightly, "I said no, what can you do? ?”
"Of course not!" He Qizhi said categorically: "If you don't agree, I will keep talking to you."
"Okay!" Liu Hongmin said nonchalantly: "Take the manuscript back with you!"< br>
You hold it so tightly, I can’t even snatch it back, right?
He Qizhi didn’t care what he thought, as long as he got the manuscript, it would be better than anything else.
"Then I'll go back first. After it's reviewed, I'll talk to you about the remuneration."
"What can we talk about? Just bring me the money back."
Liu Hongmin said nonchalantly that the remuneration he can get now has reached the maximum, which is ten yuan per thousand words. There won’t be any extra points, because this is the remuneration standard stipulated by the state. More than 20,000 words cost more than 200 yuan, and Liu Hongmin didn't care about this money at all. But the money still had to be taken, it was just enough to live and cook in the courtyard and entertain the classical literature majors for a semester.
(End of this chapter)