Chapter 59: Accumulating political capital
Luo Baoming wrote to ask Liu Hongmin about Shao Bao San's creation, but unfortunately, Liu Hongmin had no idea of writing yet.
He is currently conceiving another novel, a novel that can accumulate political capital - "The Ming Dynasty 1566".
"The Ming Dynasty 1566" is a work that transformed Hunan TV. This TV series received high reviews, but its ratings were very low. From now on, Hunan TV will focus on idol dramas and never dare to touch serious dramas again. .
After a few years, screenwriter Liu Heping wrote a book about it, but it didn't make any splash.
In the new century, there is less and less market for serious literature, but if it had been published in the 1980s, it would have been a magical book. The only problem now is that Liu Hongmin has not read Liu Heping's book, so he can only continue to watch TV series on his own.
The TV series only tells about the battles in the court, and the economic reasons behind them are not revealed. Liu Hongmin happened to have learned about Ming history, and he wanted to incorporate what he had learned into it.
Jiajing, Yan Dang, and Xu Dang, the three forces seem to be fighting for money, but in fact they are fighting for the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty. Whether converting rice to mulberry or preparing to impose a sea ban, Jiajing wanted to control the money bag of the Ming Dynasty. Yan Dang was Jiajing's tool. While helping Jiajing make money, he also became rich himself. Behind Xu Dang stood a large number of gentry and gathered a large amount of money. Jiajing's accumulation of wealth was in their interests, so they naturally tried every means to obstruct it.
In this way, no one in the three parties can say who is the good guy and who is the bad guy.
The money that the three parties compete for is the real core of Liu Hongmin's version of "The Ming Dynasty 1566". This is what Liu Hongmin wants to show people. The economy is the lifeblood of a country.
As for how many people can see it, Liu Hongmin can't control it.
Text is so wonderful, users can add personal information at will.
With the writing intention determined, Liu Hongmin began to write an outline. Because there were a lot of changes, the outline was revised again and again, and the writing speed slowed down.
Liu Hongmin doesn’t care. If the idea is slow, then write slower. It just so happened that he took this opportunity to accumulate some political capital.
When he first entered Beijing University, he wrote an application to join D as an outstanding student, and now he is already a reserve D member.
So, during this time, he must make those who have nothing to say.
It is a pity that no one thinks that Liu Hongmin will settle down like this. They all think that Liu Hongmin is secretly planning something big.
Not only do they doubt it, but even Professor Tao also doubts it. After arriving at Beijing University, Liu Hongmin never settled down. He would either catch fish in Weiming Lake or have picnics on the lawn. He produced two papers in two years, which offended both the antiquity school and world history.
If a child is quiet, he must be acting like a monster.
Liu Hongmin didn't know that he had been wronged. He looked for history books such as "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Records of the Ming Dynasty" to read, hoping to build a more complete 1566.
"History of the Ming Dynasty" is recognized to have many errors, but there is no way you can kick it out of the Twenty-Four Histories. Because this is an official history book, as long as it is not completely denied, "History of the Ming Dynasty" must be read to study the Ming Dynasty. Compared with "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Records of the Ming Dynasty" is much more logical. The emperors recorded in it were very orderly in both their speech and their actions.
Of course, the content in "Records of the Ming Dynasty" is not necessarily correct. Because it was written by a civil servant, the literati's Spring and Autumn writing skills are quite powerful.
During the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai took refuge with King Yong Li Lin and became Li Lin's staff. Li Lin competed with Tang Suzong Li Heng for the throne, but was defeated and killed. As Li Lin's party member, Li Bai naturally committed the crime of rebellion. However, Li Heng's officials were friendly with Li Bai and sympathized with Li Bai's plight, so they named him a thief. Although the word "contrarian" and "rebel" are the same, their meanings are completely different. Rebellion is a subjective rebellion, which is a crime that will undoubtedly lead to death. However, being a thief is not necessarily a subjective and deliberate rebellion, but may also be coaxed or coerced, and the crime is much lighter. Therefore, in the end Li Bai was exiled to Yelang and saved his life.
Otherwise, we will not be able to read "Early Departure from Baidi City".
Therefore, Liu Hongmin still needs a lot of auxiliary materials, such as ancient books and epitaphs from the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Hongmin himself has many ancient books from the Ming Dynasty, but they have not been sorted out yet. So Liu Hongmin found Ge Chaoguang and asked them to sort out the ancient books from the Ming Dynasty first.
Ge Chaoguang said: "If you need it urgently, you can give us a range first, and we will help you select ancient books."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "I want information about the Jiajing Dynasty."
“Okay, during the weekend, we will first look for ancient books from the Jiajing Dynasty.”
"Thank you!"
Ge Chaoguang: "Don't say thank you to me. If you want to thank me, we will thank you. If you didn't buy so many ancient books, we wouldn't have so many ancient books to study."
On the weekend, Liu Hongmin took a large group of people to the courtyard house. The surrounding neighbors have become accustomed to it, and are even familiar with many students, especially Zou Shifang, a few grocery buyers, who take the initiative to say hello when they meet.
"Xiao Zou! Do you want to eat fish? I just caught some fish today. If you want it, I will send it to you."
Zou Shifang said with a smile: "Okay , just eat fish today. But please help us clean it up, we are busy today."
"No problem, I promise to clean it up for you."
In the money. Under his charm, Zou Shifang's ordinary face seemed much more handsome.
When we arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, Ma Weidu was already waiting there. He had quit his job during this period and was now helping Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin paid him the same salary as Zou Shifang, one hundred yuan a month.
This salary standard exceeds more than half of front-line workers, but Liu Hongmin is not at a loss.
Zou Shifang is now equivalent to his chief manager, and he has left all the chores to Zou Shifang. When it comes to future stars, Zou Shifang will be his full-time assistant.
Ma Weidu mainly helped him buy calligraphy and paintings, and stayed with him in the basement on weekends to help organize the collection. There are many calligraphy and paintings in Rongbaozhai, but Liu Hongmin has special preferences. In addition to investment, the antiques he really values are all good ones, and the prices are relatively high. Therefore, Ma Weidu went to the Friendship Store when he had nothing to do, and deployed manpower at all the major garbage dumps in the capital to notify him whenever there was good stuff.
(End of this chapter)