The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 531

The "Taiping Law" and the regulations of the Salesian House have also been implemented.

After Xu You received the letter, he, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Agricultural Affairs also came up with some solutions.

A total of [-] sales homes were set up in the twelve counties, all of which were set up around the villages in the military villages to house orphans and children.

He also ordered the Propaganda Office to send a propaganda team to preach about the Salesian House in each township kiosk, and publicize it as a model of a military and civilian family.

And this time the propaganda team's activities also allowed Xu An to discover another way to open source.

In the past few days, when the mission was preaching in the eldest son city, it has received the support of many people, and some people even donated money to support the establishment of the sales school.

After several days of preaching, I actually got a lot of copper coins.

When the people from the mission office put the donations on Xu An's desk, looking at the copper coins of different colors and sizes in the bag, Xu An felt mixed feelings for a while.

The copper coins one after another were put into the cloth bag from rough hands one after another.

"The people's hearts are like this, so why worry?"

Looking at the copper coins in the cloth bag, Yan Zhong couldn't help sighing.

"Mission mission..."

Yan Zhong shook his head and laughed at himself.

"When Duke Ming first set up the Mission Office, I thought it was just a new office for propagandizing sects, but I didn't know the word mission. I was talking about propagandizing and enlightening, but I was superficial."

Looking at the money accumulated in the bag, Jia Xu felt a little emotional for a while.

In the past few days, the Propaganda Team of the Mission Office had many performances in the eldest son city, and he also went to see them a few times.

The Propaganda Department is a new department established by Xu An. It belongs to the Central Military Mansion and is under its direct control. It is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. It is in charge of entertainment and missions in the military.

I heard that the propaganda team is performing "drama" in various places, which is completely different from the music and dance dramas of princes, generals, and sons and grandsons.

"I heard that the propaganda team performed 'dramas', but I have never heard of 'dramas'. I heard from others that in the 'dramas' performed in the past few days, there is a 'drama' in the 'drama'. Written by yourself?"

Jia Xu looked at the copper coins in his hand. He had heard about the work of the Mission Department before, but he didn't expect such a strong response, so he wanted to see what magic power the Mission Department had.

Although the Mission Office is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Mansion, in fact, like the Eagle Wolf Guard, it is under the personal jurisdiction of Xu An and is not under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Mansion.

Almost all the staff in the mission office were from Fu Zhu's background, and Yan Zhong didn't know many people.

So Yan Zhong actually doesn't understand the current mission office, and he doesn't know what the so-called "drama" is.

"Since it was written by Minggong himself, I am somewhat interested."

Yan Zhong stroked his beard. Although Xu An didn't know the scriptures, he was always able to say something that surprised him, and even wrote some convincing poems.

Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer, Yan Zhong still remembers that poem.

The "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" are even more pearls, every sentence of admonition, paragraph by paragraph.

"It's just past the unitary hour, and there is still a quarter of an hour before the time for the propaganda team to preach. It happens to be free today, why don't we take a look together."

Yan Zhong stood up and suggested.

"Duke Ming has been staying in the government office of the eldest son city for the past few days, and he hasn't seen the publicity team's appearance in front of the public. Why don't we take this opportunity to watch it together?"

Xu An hesitated for a moment, but what Yan Zhong said was correct.

Of course, he has seen the performances of the propaganda team. Two or three of the scripts were written by him, and then they were polished by others. Finally, after revisions, they were put on the stage.

He has seen the rehearsal, but he has never seen the publicity team perform in front of the public.

……

The theater where the performance was performed was some distance away from the government office of the eldest son city. After Xu An, Yan Zhong, and Jia Xu dressed up in disguise, they rode out of the eldest son city with seven or eight guards on horseback.

The white dragon fish suit may be in danger, Xu An is not completely defenseless, although the embroidered clothes messenger has collapsed, but there is no guarantee that there are no people with ulterior motives, and the defensive strength of the seven or eight guards is indeed a little weak.

As the commander of Xu An's personal guard, Xu Hong naturally sent people to the direction of the theater in advance. He temporarily mobilized a group of eagle wolf guards and more than doubled the guarding force. People also left a slightly better position.

Xu Hong, as the commander of Xu An's personal guard, also led the official position of the fifth-rank Fengche Duwei, and also served as the Thousand Household Officer of the Eagle Wolf Guard.

The theater where the cultural propaganda team performed was located in a small square newly built after the Yellow Turban Army entered Shangdang County. This is usually the place where Taiping Dao talismans explain the scriptures and cultivate believers.

As soon as Xu An, Yan Zhong, and Jia Xu arrived at the outskirts of the square, they could no longer walk. The noisy voices made Xu An unable to hear what was being said around him.

However, the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi on guard soon discovered Xu An and his party. Under the escort of the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi, Xu An, Yan Zhong, and Jia Xu walked slowly through the aisle where Tiqi and the soldiers walked. Close to the "stage" of the square.

On the square, there are many people with weaving heads and voices, and all kinds of headscarves are dangling, one after another.

The people in the back row poked their heads hard, trying to see the scene on the stage through the gaps in the people in the front row.

"Silence, silence!"

A Fu Zhu in Taoist robes, about twenty years old, was holding an iron loudspeaker, shouting at the top of the stage.

His face was flushed, and veins were bulging on his forehead, but even so, it had little effect.

The noisy voices quickly drowned out his voice, and many people didn't hear what he said.

Even Xu An, who was closer to the stage, didn't hear his voice. Xu An's ears were full of humming human voices.

"call out----"

But after hearing a sharp noise, the voices of the people on the square disappeared, and everyone's eyes were turned to the stage, and no one had any extra words.

"It's better to use a military post."

On the stage, Fu Zhu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, put away the military post, and shouted loudly with the iron horn.

"Fathers, folks, sit down first, sit down first, if you all stand, the people behind will not be able to see..."

That Fu Zhu shouted loudly, at this moment his voice was finally heard by the people in the square.

A group of soldiers maintaining law and order and Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard also took action one after another, and the noise of people in the square resounded, but everyone sat down slowly.

"Clang-clang-clang-"

The sound of the gong silenced the human voice again, that Fu Zhu took a few breaths, and once again raised the horn in his hand and shouted loudly.

"The drama will be staged immediately after a while. Although I have said some rules yesterday, there are still newcomers watching today, so I will say some more rules..."

"There are only a few rules. Fellow folks, you must remember that if you accidentally violate the rules, you can only invite the person who violated the rules out first. Don't say that I am not sympathetic... ..."

The voice of Fu Zhu hadn't finished yet, and the noise of human voices began to rise from below.

Fu Zhu was a little helpless, he picked up the military whistle and blew it hard.

"call out----"

Another sharp sound was heard, and the mubu hanging on both sides of the stage suddenly fell down, covering the whole stage tightly, making it impossible to see the scene inside clearly.

The people's voices that had been gradually rising in the square suddenly turned into silence at this moment, no one said anything, and everyone pricked up their ears.

Yan Zhong and Jia Xu looked at each other, then turned their eyes to Xu An.

But at this moment, a melodious female voice suddenly came from behind the curtain.

"Looking at the world, the past has been thousands of years old,

Poor people are exploited and persecuted. "

Jia Xu's eyes moved slightly, she straightened her back, and looked towards the place where the voice came from.

At this moment, the curtain slowly rose to the top and sides, revealing six farmers in short brown clothes with farm tools on their shoulders.

Jia Xu looked slightly surprised, the musicians and dancers selected for the music and dance plays of the prince Wang Sun's family are all handsome and elegant.

Even if it is a hundred operas such as corner opera, some burly and extraordinary men are selected to perform.

The performance of this drama was a group of men dressed as farmers, neither handsome nor burly, which surprised Jia Xu for a while.

And the lyrics...

Yan Zhong shook his folding fan lightly and looked at the performance on stage, feeling a little puzzled. It was also the first time he had seen such a "drama".

The passionate music sounded, and the six farmers on the stage used farm tools and sang in unison.

"Look at the world,

Which piece of land is not opened by us.

Which forest is not planted by us,

Which house is not built by us. "

Their voices were loud and thick, and the loud and clear singing slowly spread to the surroundings.

Jia Xu had never heard of such a song.

"It turns out there is such a way..."

Just as Jia Xu was thinking, six elegant girls in common clothes walked out from behind the stage quickly...

The melodious music sounded, and on the stage, people came and went, and the music continued.

The people in the audience were fascinated, holding their breath and watching the life on the stage.

The story is very simple, it tells a story in Shangdang County, Bingzhou.

In a settlement near the Taihang Mountains, there was a poor farmer named Qin Lao. His wife and parents all died in the famine, and there was only one daughter named Xi'er under his knees, who lived alone.

The neighbor Wang's family and Qin Lao are good friends. They often take care of the Qin family's father and daughter with their son Wang Chunchang, and the two families live in harmony.

Xi'er and Wang Chun have been together for a long time, and they hit it off, and it's time to talk about marriage.

However, Wu Liang, a powerful man, saw the young and beautiful Xi'er when he was collecting the rent, so he designed to force Qin Lao to pay back the debt within the year with heavy rent and huge profits.

On New Year's Eve, Qin Lao was finally unable to repay the huge profits, and was threatened by Wu Liang to pledge Xi'er's contract of sale.

Qin Lao was so distressed that he hanged himself to death, but all the nightmares were not over.

Now on the stage, Wu Liang and his slaves are about to take Xi'er away by force. Wang Chun wants to stop him, but the slaves beat him to the ground.

At this moment, there were suddenly noisy human voices from below the stage, and an unknown object flew towards the stage.

Xu An, Yan Zhong, and Jia Xu were slightly taken aback by this sudden scene, and immediately looked towards the audience.

The actors on the stage were also obviously taken aback, and the actor who played Wu Liang ran backstage in an instant.

"call out----"

"call out----"

There were sharp noises one after another, and the Yinglang Wei Tiqi and soldiers holding wooden sticks quickly found the perpetrator.

Two Tiqi, one on the left and one on the right, drove the perpetrator out of the crowd.

Even though it has been said before that it is just a performance, sometimes the people below think it is real, and sometimes they are more impulsive.

"I heard that on the first day, the scene almost got out of control. The stage was demolished by the people who rushed up. The actor who played Wu Liang's eyes were swollen from the beating."

Xu An saw the actor who played Wu Liang running away in embarrassment on the stage, suddenly thought of the document sent by the Eagle Wolf Guard, and immediately talked to Yan Zhong and Jia Xu with a smile.

Yan Zhong looked at the noisy crowd and couldn't help laughing.

"This propaganda team seems to be a dangerous business."

On the stage, Fu Zhu, who had walked down before, blew the military whistle several times in a row, and then stopped the commotion, and began to explain earnestly.

"No wonder so much money can be raised, drama, drama..."

Jia Xu turned his head to look at Xu An, he never thought that there is such a form of expression.

The play went on.

Xi'er fled into the deep mountains, lived in the open air, and her black hair turned into white hair. She was short of clothes and food, and often went to the ruined temple to steal offerings to satisfy her hunger.

Wang Chun's father was beaten to death by the powerful Wu Liang's slaves. Wang Chun escaped all the way, ran into the Taihang Mountains, and joined the Yellow Turban Army.

Later, the Yellow Turban Army marched forward triumphantly and occupied Shangdang County. Xu An ordered the investigation of the whole country, and the Eagle Wolf Guard was established.

Wang Chun joined the Eagle Wolf Guard, heard about the "White-haired Fairy", and took the initiative to go to the deep mountains to meet Xi'er.

Then the eagle wolf Wei Ti rode out to hold public trials in various places, and the powerful Wu Liang was among them.

The final scene was the public trial of Wu Liang by the Eagle Wolf Guards, presenting dozens of criminal evidence, beheading Wu Liang for public display, confiscating all his property, and distributing the land to ordinary people.

Xi'er returned to her hometown, and her hair gradually turned black.

That's the end of the story.

During the performance, there were still people disturbing the performance from time to time in the square, but they were quickly stopped, and there was no big commotion.

Jia Xu looked at the angry people in the square, his eyes showed seriousness.

Such a means of propaganda can be said to be unique in the world.

He was also worried that the propaganda methods of the Mission and Education Office were somewhat biased and could not achieve the expected results.

But now it seems that he underestimated Xu An and the mission department.

"Is this play written by Duke Ming himself?"

Jia Xu made a bow with both hands and said solemnly.

He felt that only Xu An could come up with such a superb script.

Xu An didn't answer, and pointed to the stage, signaling Jia Xu to continue watching.

This play was not actually his idea, but a play he had seen before, a very famous play, after some revisions, it was put on the stage.

"call out----"

With a loud military whistle, the curtain fell.

"Follow the sky and follow the righteousness, and enjoy peace..."

This drama also came to an end amidst the final singing.

(End of this chapter)