Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 910 Office of Truth

Zhang Haogu’s work is very complicated. From a general perspective, the main functions of the Office of Truth are: to formulate the history of Australia and Song Dynasty and the corresponding history of technological, political, social and cultural development; to set the boundaries of science and technology of various departments; Screening; validation of Aboriginal educational scope, access to materials.Prepare relevant manuals and distribute them to the elders, so as to unify the caliber of the elders in all aspects of their conversations - now that the indigenous and naturalized people are more and more involved in the work of the elders, the eloquence of a certain elder will become a rumor in the future root.

Specifically, the work is divided into two parts.One is the review and approval of publications. Since Zhou Dongtian presided over a series of printing equipment and technical breakthroughs, the printing and publishing business has developed rapidly.Various departments are writing and publishing a large number of textbooks, popular science books and technical brochures.How to grasp the proportion has become a major task of Zhang Haogu.

The other part is responsible for the topic selection and organization of "special publicity materials".Due to the limited number of elders serving in the large library and the busy schedule, most of the materials had to be written by Zhang Haogu himself, except for some "major topics" which were "collective creations"—of course, he The right to solicit manuscripts from other elders and pay a certain amount of remuneration - this practice has long been practiced in the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda.Most of the veterans who write are not for a few circulation coupons, but more to satisfy their own writing desires.

For technical matters, the Ministry of Science and Technology is responsible for the specific review; for all matters involving black history, writing titles, political views, etc., Zhang Haogulai is responsible.

While compiling "black materials", I also have to review manuscripts, so one can imagine how busy the work is.Moreover, because of the high sensitivity of this work, he was completely unable to use the direct naturalized people, and he had to do most things by himself.In contrast, the historical data research team of the large library can at least use a few naturalized people who were born as Confucian scholars to help retrieve and transcribe ancient books.

"Grandma, use me as a coolie." Zhang Haogu made a dissatisfied voice, stood up and paced in the office, the sun outside the glass window was so bright that it made people feel panicky hot.

This is a corner of the Cultural and Propaganda Department compound in Bairen City, which used to be the location of the Great Library.Since the big library was relocated to Gaoshanling, it has been occupied by the Cultural and Propaganda Department.The containers that housed these priceless treasures have been removed, but traces of the original stepping stones are still discernible.

In order to serve the elders nearby, an office was set up in the large library in the compound of the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda.There are a number of elders who are on duty regularly and accept various consultations at any time.

In addition to the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda and the office of the Great Library, this place is also the legal address of the Lingao Times, Gewu Pictorial, the Publishing Steering Group, and the Office of Truth—the reason for saying this is that there are not so many veterans and naturalized people here. To fill these radish pits one by one, most of them are a team of several brands.

Zhang Haogu's Office of Truth occupies three offices in one corner of this compound.One is his reference room, which is dedicated to storing "black materials" collected by him and transferred to him by various departments.One is his studio, and the other is the dormitory.Like many elders, he is used to living in the office and is available for work at any time.As for the staff, there are only two of him and his maid.

His secretary and maid heard his footsteps and came out of the dormitory next door. Seeing his head sweating, she poured him a cup of herbal tea and put down all the shutters in the room. The room was suddenly dark. Down, but also feel a lot cooler.

There are letter after letter of manuscripts piled up on the table—these are the manuscripts typed out by typists in the printing office. Zhang Haogu keeps smearing on the manuscripts with ink pens every day, and sometimes uses red pens to scribble on the manuscripts. Approve revisions.Guihuamin saw Zhang Haogu's work by chance, and most of them thought he was a great chief executive.

Zhang Haogu picked up the latest "Special Propaganda" pamphlet to compile the catalogue. According to this time and space, this is called "Jie Tie".

In ancient society, posting was a kind of leaflet, most of which were not signed, attacking someone or something, and sometimes directly pointing the finger at the court and the emperor.

In ancient society, due to the lack of sufficient technical investigation methods, it is difficult to trace the source of headless posts, and the security is very high. The disadvantage is that the number of literate people in ancient times is too small, and the radiation ability to the lower classes of society is limited.Therefore, exposing posts can only affect the officialdom and the literate class.

Since the Office of Truth was working for the masses of the Ming Dynasty, it could not be completely divorced from the historical reality at that time like other departments.It is necessary to pay attention to some political issues in the last years of the Ming Dynasty.

In this regard, some work has been done in the past, including the compilation of "Atrocity Records" and the pamphlets distributed during the second anti-encirclement campaign, but at that time this was only some sporadic work and was not used as the main means.Now we need to organize it systematically and treat it as a job.

Zhang Haogu considered again and again, and decided to use a three-pronged approach to carry out special publicity.The so-called three-pronged approach is to produce promotional materials suitable for their respective characteristics according to the different audiences.

The first is the method of making headless posts and forging mansion newspapers. The content starts with commenting on the three major cases and the three major conquests, involving major political events in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, including the "reverse case" against the Donglin party members during the Tianqi period, Zhang Juzheng's reform and the reaction after his death and so on.Emphasizes the "re-investigation" and "rational analysis" of previous political events, and provides unique views and materials that are different from the past. On the surface, it emphasizes opposing fatuous officials and mediocrity and supporting the emperor. Conduct "reflection" - this is aimed at the scholar-official class.

Secondly, using the storybook novel as the model, make some popular text booklets with quite a few pictures.Distributed to storytellers in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations, it can also be circulated privately as a popular novel, criticizing the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty and mainly promoting the Lingao Group, and the form of expression is relatively obscure.It can be supplemented with some colorful court jokes, and even promote some new scientific knowledge.This is mainly aimed at the burghers.

Finally, some folk songs and nursery rhymes aimed at the southern provinces were compiled.Regardless of the low technical content and low grade, these things have been very lethal since ancient times.Every time there is a major political change, all kinds of insinuating nursery rhymes and folk songs will be spread everywhere, which shows its power.This is for farmers.

Zhang Haogu's main energy now is on making up postings and making novels.Both of them have certain technical requirements. First of all, it cannot be revealed that the real source is Australian, so their lithography or typesetting cannot be used. Stereotype or traditional movable type, such as clay type or wooden type, must be used to achieve such a printing effect. Relatively poor.Zhou Dongtian specially set up a traditional printing workshop in the printing office, which is dedicated to this purpose.

As for the content, part of it came from his solicitation of manuscripts from the elders.Ordinary elders are not capable of directly writing articles in classical Chinese or vernacular of the Ming Dynasty, so most manuscripts can only be written in "Newspeak" by elders, and then "translated" by elders with such ability.

Most of these special propaganda pamphlets are compiled according to three principles: sex, politics and secrets.The content is full of the smell of stall literature.However, the content of each issue of the pamphlets is also targeted to a certain extent, and certain adjustments are made according to the current situation and the target of the attack.

What Zhang Haogu held in his hands was the catalog of brochures that had recently passed the review and were about to be printed, and listed twenty types:

What three wishes did Emperor Wanli make before his death?

Why did Wei Zhongxian win the emperor's favor but he didn't know whether he was alive or dead?

Killed the mastermind of the Donglin Party, and the Eunuch Party was expelled from the capital
Been robbed by 6 emperors for 60 years: the most sought-after woman in Ming Dynasty

A Speech by Chengzu Before Entering Nanjing

The Truth of the Tumu Fortress Change: What Was the Ming Army’s Sacrifice for?

Conflict in Reform: Zhang Juzheng Rebukes Scholars as "Chaos and Demons"

Li Chengliang's promiscuous life and fierce style in the North
"Beauty Killer" Ren Daidai: Brothel dancers are pardoned killers

Witnesses' memories: How the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party messed around
The Truth of the Migration Case
The absurdity of the Forbidden City in the "former dynasty" The most famous ten beauties in the history of Ming Dynasty

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The word count of these pamphlets is generally between [-] and [-] words, and no more than [-] words.The print run is only a few hundred to one or two thousand copies each time, and after they are printed, they are smuggled to the mainland for distribution.Because of the novel subject matter, the story is fascinating and the language is plain.So it is very popular with natives.In Guangdong, the special propaganda pamphlets distributed by the Foreign Intelligence Agency through the Black Dragon Society system have created a fairly strong demand market for underground reading materials.The pamphlets that were originally distributed for free were actually hoarded by people, and there were also very rough pirated editions printed with clay type and ink.So much so that Zhou Dongtian seriously considered whether to formally sell these special propaganda pamphlets to Daming as popular reading materials.

Zhang Haogu believes that this phenomenon clearly reflects the severe shortage of the market for popular books in Ming Dynasty.Therefore, the publishing steering group can do more articles in this area-he recently presided over the revision of Jin Yong's works.Except for "The Deer and Cauldron" and "The Sword of Jade Blood", the other eleven volumes have all been revised and will be published one by one.There are other publication projects to be revised next...

"I'm exhausted, I don't know what the effect will be?" He thought so, put the pamphlet catalog in his hand on the table, found the audit seal of the Office of Truth from the box, and stamped it on the catalog.Seeing the bright red stamp that fell on the paper, he let out a sigh of satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)