Chapter 59 Accumulating Political Capital
Luo Baoming wrote to ask Liu Hongmin about the creative progress of Shao Bao San, but unfortunately, Liu Hongmin had no intention of starting 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. The TV series received high praise, but the ratings were very low. As a result, Hunan TV focused on idol dramas and never dared to touch serious dramas again.
A few years later, the book written by screenwriter Liu Heping did not make a splash either.
In the new century, serious literature has become less and less popular, but if it were brought back to the 1980s, it would be a great book. The only problem now is that Liu Hongmin has not read the book reviewed by Liu Heping, so he can only continue to watch TV dramas on his own.
The TV series only tells about the struggle in the court, and the economic reasons behind it are not mentioned. Liu Hongmin happened to learn the history of Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to integrate what he learned into the TV series.
Jiajing, Yan Party, and Xu Party, the three forces seemed to be fighting for money, but in fact they were fighting for the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it was changing rice to mulberry or preparing to lift the sea ban, Jiajing wanted to control the purse of the Ming Dynasty himself. Yan Party was Jiajing's tool, helping Jiajing to make money while also making money. Behind Xu Party stood a large number of gentry, who had gathered a lot of money. Jiajing's money-making was touching their interests, so they naturally tried every means to obstruct him.
In this way, none of the three parties can say who is a good guy and who is a bad guy.
The money that the three parties are fighting for is the real core of Liu Hongmin's version of "The Ming Dynasty 1566". This is also what Liu Hongmin wants to show people that the economy is the lifeblood of a country.
As for how many people could see it, Liu Hongmin had no control over it.
Words are so wonderful that users can add their own personal opinions at will.
After deciding on the writing intention, Liu Hongmin began to write the outline. However, since there were many changes to be made, he kept revising the outline, which slowed down his writing speed.
Liu Hongmin didn't care. If he was slow in coming up with ideas, he would just write slowly. He just took this opportunity to accumulate some political capital.
When he first entered Peking University, he wrote an application for admission as an outstanding student, and now he is a candidate for admission.
So, during this time, he had to make sure that they had nothing to say.
Unfortunately, no one thought that Liu Hongmin would just stay put. They all thought that Liu Hongmin was secretly doing something big.
Not only did they doubt him, but even Professor Tao was suspicious. After arriving at Peking University, Liu Hongmin never settled down. He either went fishing in Weiming Lake or had a picnic on the lawn. He wrote two papers in two years, offending both the ancient skeptics and world history scholars.
If a child is quiet, he must be doing something naughty.
Liu Hongmin didn't know that he was being wronged, so he read historical books such as "History of Ming Dynasty" and "Ming Shilu" in an attempt to construct a more complete 1566.
It is generally acknowledged that the History of Ming Dynasty has many errors, but you cannot kick it out of the Twenty-Four Histories. Because it is an official history book, unless you deny it completely, you must read the History of Ming Dynasty when studying the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the History of Ming Dynasty, the Ming Shilu is much more logical, and the emperors recorded in it are very organized in both speaking and doing things.
Of course, the contents of Ming Shilu are not necessarily correct, because it was written by civil officials, and the writing style of the literati is quite powerful.
During the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai surrendered to Yong Wang Li Lin and became Li Lin's aide. Li Lin competed with Tang Suzong Li Heng for the throne, and was defeated and killed. As Li Lin's party member, Li Bai naturally violated the crime of treason. However, Li Heng's officials were on good terms with Li Bai and sympathized with Li Bai's experience, so they gave him the name of a thief. Although there is only one word difference between a thief and a rebel, the meanings are completely different. A rebel is a subjective rebellion, which is a crime punishable by death. However, a thief is not necessarily a subjective intentional rebellion, and it may also be deceived or coerced, which is a much lighter crime. Therefore, in the end, Li Bai was exiled to Yelang and saved his life.
Otherwise, we would 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 a lot of 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 choose ancient books."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "I want information about the Jiajing Dynasty."
"Okay, let's look for ancient books from the Jiajing Dynasty on the weekend."
"Thank you!"
Ge Chaoguang: "Don't say thank you to me. If we need to thank someone, we should thank you. If you hadn't bought so many ancient books, we wouldn't have so many ancient books to study."
On weekends, Liu Hongmin took a large group of people to the courtyard. The neighbors were no longer surprised and even became familiar with many students, especially Zou Shifang and other people who came to buy groceries. They would greet them when they saw them.
"Xiao Zou! Do you want to eat fish? I just caught some fish today. If you want, I'll send them to you."
Zou Shifang said with a smile: "Okay, let's eat fish today. But you have to help us clean it up, we are quite busy today."
"No problem, I'll make sure it's clean for you."
Under the charm of money, Zou Shifang's ordinary face seems to look much more handsome.
When they arrived at the courtyard gate, Ma Weidu was already waiting there. He had quit his job recently and was now working for Liu Hongmin, who paid him the same salary as Zou Shifang, 100 yuan per month.
This salary standard is more than half higher than that of front-line workers, but Liu Hongmin is not at a loss either.
Zou Shifang is now his chief steward, and he has handed over all the chores to Zou Shifang. For future stars, Zou Shifang is his full-time assistant.
Ma Weidu mainly helped him buy calligraphy and paintings, and on weekends he followed him to the basement to help sort out the collection. Rongbaozhai has a lot of calligraphy and paintings, but Liu Hongmin has a special preference. In addition to investment, the antiques he really likes are all good things with relatively high prices. Therefore, Ma Weidu went to the Friendship Store when he had nothing to do, and he also placed people in all the major garbage dumps in Beijing, so that he would be notified as soon as there was something good.
(End of this chapter)
