The literary era since 1979

Chapter 80 Let Him Blow the Wind and Rain
The cold wind was blowing on Dongxinglong Street.

Fangyan wrapped himself tightly in a cotton coat, cotton pants, cotton hat and cotton shoes, and came to the door of the unit while breathing heavily and pushing the cart.

Afterwards, he was stopped by Mr. Dong, the doorman.

Hand over all the letters that he had received on his behalf these days.

It was a very cold day, but Fangyan didn't even bother to read the letters. He carried a bundle of letters and ran straight into the heated office.

Unexpectedly, he was the last one to arrive today. Normally, only He Xin arrived earlier than him.

Seeing that Zhang Zhonge and Tian Zengxiang each had a copy of People's Literature, Fangyan vaguely felt that it was related to The Splitting of the Great Qin.

"Yanzi, you must have been hiding this from us for a long time."

Tian Zengxiang shook the magazine.

"Yes, they quietly published such an excellent novel in People's Literature without even telling us."

He Xin had a complicated look in his eyes and a smile on his face.

Fangyan explained that this was a semester assignment required by the seminar.

"So that's it."

Tian Zengxiang and Zhang Zhonge looked at each other.

He Xin narrowed his eyes, "But Yanzi, how could you think of rehabilitating Shang Yang and the tyrannical Qin? This is a bit out of line."

"This is not a vindication. I just jumped out of the Confucianists' biased evaluation of the Qin Dynasty over the past thousand years and wrote an indisputable fact: Shang Yang's reforms did make the Qin State stronger at that time."

Fangyan sat down and said, "Finally, we will unify the world."

"But after unifying the country, the tyranny and cruel laws ended in the second generation. The Qin Dynasty rose and fell under Shang Yang's laws."

He Xin said seriously: "This is also true."

"I don't object to this, but I always feel that it is inappropriate to attribute the collapse of a dynasty to tyranny and Shang Yang's laws. The rapid demise of the Qin Dynasty is a complicated issue."

Fangyan poured himself a cup of hot water.

"Really? Then I'd like to hear your opinion."

He Xin's face was tense.

"I think that after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, there was no further reform. Although it proposed measures such as unified writing, unified wheel gauges, and unified weights and measures, it ultimately failed to come up with a ruling system suitable for peacetime. The saying 'You can conquer the world on horseback, but you cannot rule it on horseback' is exactly this reason."

Fangyan said seriously: "Take 'books and characters' for example."

Although Qin Shihuang wanted to unify the writing system, he violated the rule that writing should be simple and popular. He did promote Qin Li, but the official writing system was still the complicated and difficult to write small seal script. It was not until the Han Dynasty that the official script was standardized and the "same writing system" was gradually achieved.

"This this……"

He Xin opened his mouth.

Fangyan blew away his breath and said, "Reform should come from the masses and go to the masses. Otherwise, I would not have designed a story about 'Shang Yang visited the Qin State and proposed nine theories on governing the country.'"

"That makes sense!"

With a bang, Tian Zengxiang slammed the table.

Zhang Zhonge nodded in appreciation and said, "Yanzi, you have used this method of learning from the past to reform literature. It is really wonderful!"

"I hope we don't end up on a wrong path."

He Xin said in a deep voice.

Tian Zengxiang said: "Teacher He, what you said is not right. What if Yanzi's innovation in reforming literature is the right way?"

"I just thought of the worst."

He Xin rolled his eyes, "I'm afraid Yan Zi might get into trouble because of this novel, and then it might affect..."

"Does it affect our October?"

Tian Zengxiang retorted: "Don't exaggerate. If there is any impact, it should be People's Literature that should bear the brunt. Their editorial department is not anxious, so why should we be anxious?"

"I just want to remind everyone, nothing else."

He Xin curled his lips.

"Then thank you Mr. He for your reminder."

Fang Yan smiled and drank a sip of water. "The emperor is not in a hurry..."

Tian Zengxiang lowered his voice so that only two people could hear it.

"Teacher Tian, ​​what are you talking about?"

He Xin raised his head suddenly.

"I think Mr. He's reminder is really timely."

Tian Zengxiang grinned.

Fangyan suppressed his laughter and began to open the letter.

Most of them are letters from readers forwarded by the editorial department of People's Literature. In just a few days, there are so many of them.

But most of them are criticism, denial and questioning.

A quick glance shows that the Qin State was tyrannical, the Qin laws were cruel, the Qin regulations were evil, the Qin politics were tyrannical, and the Qin monarch was a tyrant. How can we glorify Qin Xiaogong, Shang Yang, and the Qin State!
"call."

Fangyan looked at the densely packed letters and let out a breath.

At this moment, Su Yu called him to the office, and saw Lu Yuanchi was also there, obviously coming for "The Great Qin Splitting".

I originally thought that even if they would not criticize, they would be worried about being implicated like He Xin, and affecting October and Yenching Publishing House, but I never expected that they would actually excitedly support it.

"what?"

Fangyan was a little at a loss for a moment.

"Do you think we'll blame you?"

Lu Yuanchi laughed and said, "You are wrong! You are totally wrong!"

After listening to Su Yu's explanation, Fang Yan finally understood.

Wow, it turns out that "October" has a similar history!

Things like "The Rise of the Qin Empire" have been done by "October" a long time ago, and not just once, such as "Flying to the Sky".

At that time, the "Feitian Incident" caused a sensation in the city.

For example, the novel "Bitter Love" ends with a sentence that sounds like "I love the Qing Dynasty, but who loves me?", which immediately caused controversy. Compared with novels like "The Splitting of the Great Qin" that discussed reform and rehabilitated the Qin Dynasty, the entire publishing house was under greater pressure.

But "October" still survived.

"Bitter Love" will also be remade into a movie called "The Sun and Man". The filming was completed at the end of last year. As long as it passes the review of the film and other departments, it will be released soon.

“So, don’t have any burden.”

Lu Yuanchi patted him on the shoulder and said, "As long as it does not violate the principles and positions, October and the entire publishing house will stand on your side. What's more, your work "The Splitting of the Great Qin" is well written! It is simply a world-shaking masterpiece!"

"You flatter me."

Fangyan smiled awkwardly.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Now you should understand why Mr. Mao agreed to let us transfer you to October, right?"

Fangyan suddenly realized that compared to "Yenching Literature", the brand of "October" was strong enough to protect him, and he had a long criminal record and rich experience in coping with pressure, so he could withstand the pressure.

Moreover, Lu Yuanchi and Su Yu were obviously on the side of reform, which meant that Shen Yanbing had given him another insurance policy.

"It seems that you have understood Mr. Mao's good intentions."

Lu Yuanchi asked: "Should we start planning to hire authors in advance and go to northern Shaanxi to avoid the limelight?"

"The teacher is in the hospital, I have to stay."

Fang Yan shook his head and refused: "Besides, if I can't even handle this kind of storm, I think I should not stay in the literary world any longer."

"Good! You are worthy of being Mr. Mao's student!"

Lu Yuanchi looked at him with even more admiration.

The three chatted for a while, and the gist of it was that the entire "October" and Yenching Publishing House would be their strong backing.

Fangyan felt relieved, and even found Uncle Dong and prepared a basket. From then on, all his letters would be put in the basket, even if they were malicious or negative reviews, he would accept them all.

No matter how strong the wind blows or how heavy the rain falls, I will remain unmoved!
(End of this chapter)