I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 122 Qizhou Experience (Part )

The storyteller first talked about the history of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, then changed the subject and said:
"History has left behind suffering, but suffering has also created glory. The mountains remain unchanged, and the road to heaven continues. The first hexagram of the Book of Changes states the principle our ancestors followed in dealing with all things in the world - Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman should constantly strive to improve himself!"

"When encountering mountains, we build roads; when encountering water, we build bridges; we open up the mountains and forests with great difficulty. Our ancestors ate raw meat and drank blood, and competed with beasts for food. Someone stepped forward and drilled wood to make fire, taught people to cook food, resist the severe cold, and illuminate the darkness. Later generations respectfully called him Suirenshi!"

"All kinds of beasts and insects could harm our people, but someone stood up and built a nest and a house. From then on, people had a place to live, and later generations respectfully called them Youchaoshi."

"When people were suffering from hundreds of diseases, there was someone who stood up, tasted hundreds of herbs himself, and refused to stop even though his heart was broken. He used slash-and-burn farming to teach people how to reclaim wasteland and plant crops. Later generations honored him as Shennong!" the storyteller said in a low voice.

"Even if the sky is broken, I will cut off the turtle to support the earth and refine the stone to mend the sky;
Even if floods rage, we will dredge the nine rivers and divide the nine states;

Even if the sun burns for ten days, then draw your bow and shoot down the sun;
Even an old man can knock down rocks and dig up soil, and move mountains;

Even if I am a bird, I will carry wood and stones in my mouth to fill up the East Sea!"

The storyteller's voice became more excited.

"These are the ancestors of our nation. They were originally human beings. They accomplished extraordinary things for the people and became the gods of all people. This also established the national spirit of our Chinese people!"

"Good! Well said!" There was like an earthquake in the teahouse, and countless copper coins were thrown onto the stage.

Zhu Houzhao was also so excited by what he said that he threw a ten-liang silver ingot on it.

Then he gradually came to his senses. Wasn't this the same thing that Zhu Houxun often mentioned in front of him? He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was, because there was really no problem with the logic of these words. However, one thing was certain, this passage was definitely not made up by the storyteller himself, but by his younger brother, the Prince of Jing.

Zhu Houzhao was right in his guess. These were all created by Zhu Houxuan. Over the past three years, he summed up a complete set of nationalist theories and formulated corresponding propaganda plans. Storytelling was one of the propaganda methods.

To promote nationalism, we must first allow the people of the Ming Dynasty to form a common historical identity. Mythology is also a kind of history. After all, history will become legend, and legend will become myth.

Only with a common historical identity can everyone gradually form a national identity.

In this regard, Chinese history is not short of materials. Zhu Houxuan came up with a lot of propaganda rhetoric for publicity, and often innovated it, and fully considered the educational level and acceptance ability of the people of Qizhou. The national spirit that Zhu Houzhao just heard was just one of them.

Zhu Houzhao sat in the teahouse, feeling the warm emotions of everyone in the teahouse. His heart was shaken and he felt an unfamiliar power.

The storyteller on the stage took a sip of tea and slammed the gavel again. He had finished what he was asked to say and could now get down to business.
"Robinson is from Songjiang Prefecture, and he is sailing on a ship."

The first chapter mainly tells the story of Robinson Crusoe who ran aground in a storm during his voyage. All his companions on the ship were killed, but Robinson Crusoe survived and drifted alone to a deserted island. He used the mast of the sunken ship to make a raft, transported food, clothes, guns and ammunition from the ship to the shore again and again, and set up a tent by the hill to settle down. Then he used sharpened wooden stakes to build a fence around the tent and dug a hole behind the tent to live in. He used simple tools to make furniture such as tables and chairs, hunted wild game for food, and drank fresh water from the stream to overcome the initial difficulties.

As expected, this novel was written by Zhu Houxun. He liked this novel very much in his previous life, and the core values ​​of this novel are in line with his current needs.

Zhu Houxuan wanted to use this novel to arouse the Ming people's yearning for overseas, and at the same time promote the core values ​​of getting rich through hard work, God rewards hard work, and man conquers nature. In addition, he also included some navigation knowledge, wilderness survival knowledge, etc., which was simply killing two birds with one stone.

However, compared with the lengthy and verbose original novel, Zhu Houxuan's version of "Robinson Crusoe" greatly accelerated the narrative rhythm, and also used the ideas of later upgraded online literature to set up many exciting points.

Anyway, these Ming Dynasty natives could not resist the charm of this story, and they were all immersed in it. Zhu Houzhao was no exception. He never thought that a story about an ordinary person instead of an emperor or a hero could be so fascinating. Listening to Robinson overcoming difficulties, he felt very involved and happy. He wished he could become Robinson and be stranded on a desert island.

Many people may wonder, didn't the Ming Dynasty have a maritime ban? As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao would be furious when he heard someone openly promote going to sea, right?

This involves a little-known historical fact: there was no maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty at that time!

Many people know that the Ming Dynasty’s maritime ban was lifted after the opening of the port in the Longqing period, but the Ming Dynasty’s maritime ban was lifted for a period of time before Longqing.

In fact, it was all because of lack of money. In the early years of Zhengde, the eunuchs of the Maritime Customs saw the benefits of maritime trade and proposed a method of drawing a share of the profits. This method was supported by a group of officials.

Therefore, the goods drawing system was officially implemented in the third year of Zhengde. The benefits of the goods drawing system are self-evident. It is conducive to increasing the country's fiscal revenue and filling the treasury, and it can also better build coastal defense and protect the security of the southeast coast.

Until the 12th year of the Zhengde reign, the Portuguese had caused a series of incidents along the coast in order to establish trade relations with the Ming Dynasty, which led to the Ming Dynasty tightening its maritime ban policy. Of course, the court's tightening of the maritime ban policy did not affect the increasingly rampant smuggling trade along the southeast coast.

Therefore, at this point in time in the eighth year of Zhengde, there was no maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty at the official level, so Zhu Houzhao did not feel anything when he heard the blatant promotion of going out to sea.

After the first chapter is over, the storyteller went downstairs to rest and will continue with the second chapter in a quarter of an hour.

Zhu Houzhao relaxed and heard two people in work clothes chatting at the table next to him.

"Brother Zhang San, it's time to go to night school." said a young man.

"Zhou Erwa, but there's still one episode you haven't listened to. This story is so exciting, listen to it again before you go." The man who was called Brother Zhang San hesitated.

"After listening to the second lesson, the teacher in the night school left." The young man called Zhou Erwa immediately retorted.

"We've all been tired after a day at the factory, let's just relax for a while." Brother Zhang San pleaded.

"Do you want a pay raise? Do you want to be upgraded to a level 4 worker?" Zhou Erwa glared at Brother Zhang San.

"Thinking" Brother Zhang San's momentum weakened.

"If I'm not good at academic subjects, how can I be promoted to a fourth-level worker and get a salary increase? How can I get married if my salary doesn't increase?" Zhou Erwa continued.

Brother Zhang San was speechless, but still reluctant.

"This new script is great to read. You'll definitely have many opportunities to listen to it in the future. If you fail to be promoted to a level four worker this time because of your academic performance, you'll have to pay a lot less. You can figure it out yourself!" Zhou Erwa said and left.

Brother Zhang San hesitated for a moment but still followed.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the two people leaving with a curious look in his eyes.
(End of this chapter)