Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 406 Shocking Suggestion

Good music works can draw people into various beautiful images. In addition to "My Motherland", which can enhance people's patriotic feelings, Li Shimin has also heard many good works.

The "Flying Song of the Earth" that Li Xiangdie sang next made Li Shimin realize what singing skills are. She used simple lyrics to make all kinds of fields harvest, flowers bloom, and cattle and sheep flocked. In their minds, invisibly, people have many beautiful longings for the future life. With good longings, the hearts of the people will settle down, which is also beneficial to the country.

There are too many similar examples. It was not until the performance that lasted more than an hour was over, and all the workers left the venue with excitement but regret, that Li Shimin had an intuitive understanding of the effect of this sympathy performance. .

Through the singing of the artists, Sun Xiangfu created many beautiful pictures in the minds of the workers, making them believe that as long as they persist in working and contributing to this country, these pictures will be realized in front of them. Li Shimin can already imagine that there will be no need to send supervisors at the construction site in Weinan tomorrow, and the workers will work very consciously and hard .

There are many sheds that have been built on the construction site for people to live in. The government office is also the first house to be built. Li Shimin will rest in the room of the official office tonight. Discuss in the room.

"Today's sympathy performance, what did you see?"

Li Shimin asked the ministers to serve a bowl of mutton soup, which was regarded as a supper for the big guys. After eating, everyone warmed up a lot, so they gathered around the stove in the yamen room and began to discuss.

There were more than a dozen people gathered in the yamen, except for the absence of the Minister of War, Hou Junji, Yu Shinan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, was there, along with Fang Xuanling, the left prime minister, and Qin Qiong and Yuchi from the general team. Gong, it can be regarded as a team meeting of the top officials of the court.

"I think that such sympathy performances can be held in various industries. It is not just workers, farmers, soldiers, doctors, and businessmen who need to be encouraged. There is no industry that does not need incentives. After being inspired, they will The sense of identity of the country and the enthusiasm when doing things will be improved. This kind of cultural propaganda is a system that must be established after the country has developed to a certain level. Only by constantly using various methods to let our domestic Only when every class strives for progress can our country become stronger and stronger."

Sun Xiangfu had already obtained Li Shimin's preliminary consent, so he naturally came out to set the tone for this discussion. After he finished speaking, his eyes naturally glanced at Du Zhenglun and Yu Chigong, and the two immediately understood. .

"Your Majesty, Dudu Sun is right. The Weinan New City, logically, should be supervised and supervised by the Ministry of Industry, but the war is imminent, and the Ministry of Industry has the task of supervising the manufacture of ordnance. Your Majesty, you will temporarily hand it over to the Ministry of Commerce. Management is also reasonable, business and industry are not separated! However, through managing workers these days, I have found some ways to manage businessmen.

Businessmen are different from workers. They don’t need to work step by step like workers. They have a lot of freedom. When they operate, there are many methods available. The pursuit of profit comes first. Do the people benefit, not harm?

The minister believes that ideological education is very important.

We should strengthen their ideological education and cultivate their patriotic spirit from various aspects. This kind of cultural performances can have a certain effect. Contributing businessmen should be set up as role models, honored, and publicized vigorously so that all businessmen can emulate these patriotic businessmen. In this way, it will be much easier for us to manage this group of businessmen. "

Du Zhenglun liked the patriotic spirit promoted by this sympathy performance very much. Because of the frequent change of dynasties since the Five Dynasties, people in this period have not yet formed the concept of a country in their minds, and their centripetal force towards the country is insufficient. After Tang Liguo, there were so many reasons for rebellion, but why did those rebel forces incite the hearts of the people so easily?
Because at this time, the common people are not patriotic in their hearts, but this kind of cultural and artistic propaganda performance can make the common people more patriotic, so it is very useful to the imperial court, and it can be said to be a good way to stabilize the foundation of the country.

And the reason why he made such a suggestion was also because of some insights he had after reading the old note written by Sun Xiangfu and seeing the effect of this sympathy performance.

When Li Shimin nodded in recognition of Du Zhenglun's words, Yu Chigong also said, "Even businessmen and workers need honor and encouragement, so we soldiers need it too. Your Majesty, this song and dance performance, It should have the greatest effect on our soldiers, and when we look back, we should go to the barracks of the Sixteenth Guards for more performances, starting from Youwuwei."

"You old bastard, you want to fight for any advantage, and tell me, why do you want to start acting from your right Wuwei?"

"Of course it's me, You Wuwei, who is brave in battle and needs to be praised the most!" Yu Chigong said as if it was a matter of course.

At this moment, Sun Xiangfu had already confirmed that he had forgotten about the construction of the art troupe he mentioned, so he said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember that in the first year of Zhenguan, during the Chang'an military parade, the prince led the army to sing at the gate of the imperial city?" "We Served as Soldiers"?

In addition, songs such as "Serve the country with loyalty" and "A man should be self-improvement" are all good songs that can benefit the morale of the army. However, these few songs alone are not enough. If there are more songs aimed at improving the morale of the army The song will definitely improve the morale of our soldiers in Datang, whether in training or in combat. "

Even in later generations with a relatively mature training system, a large number of military songs will be used to improve the morale of soldiers during daily training. This is not only a training method, but also a very effective way to spread ideological and cultural education. It is difficult for a soldier who grew up singing patriotic songs to betray the country.

When Sun Xiangfu was in the North, he often asked Su Dingfang to add some Han songs to the army. With the gradual popularization of Chinese in the Anbei Army, these songs will gradually become popular. At that time, the loyalty of these Hu soldiers , will be much higher than in history.

Fang Xuanling's thinking has always been relatively active. He is a person who has experienced all the reforms and operations. After thinking about it for a while, he came to some conclusions and said, "Your Majesty, I think Zhengming's words are reasonable, but , How to specifically strengthen this aspect requires a charter.”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Just now Zhengming mentioned to me that the Tai Le Department of the Ministry of Rites will be expanded and a department dedicated to promoting culture to the outside world will be established. What do you think?"

"Veteran agrees, Your Majesty, since ancient times, ritual and music have been used to educate people. Since it has been proved that this music can educate people, the imperial court should be prosperous. In the past, the Tai Le Division was only responsible for playing music for various court ceremonies. It is too wasteful to use it less than a few times a year, and I suggest that they should be dismantled, like the newly established departments of the imperial court, and re-establish their powers, in order to play a greater role for the imperial court and the country."

Yu Shinan has communicated with Sun Xiangfu in this regard for a long time. The current Ministry of Rites is different from the previous Ministry of Rites. It almost manages the culture, etiquette, diplomacy, and propaganda of the Tang Dynasty. It has a lot of power. Shinan proposed to change it, and Li Shimin and other ministers of the hall would naturally not reject it. Then, as for how to change it, everyone will let you speak and I will put forward suggestions in one word.

Among them, Sun Xiangfu's suggestion is the most ridiculous.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that women can be used as officials in the art troupe under Tai Lesi, and at the same time, female officials can also be used in the upgraded Tai Medical Department. In these two aspects, women, at certain times, account for more than men. Advantage."

Li Shimin was not surprised by Sun Xiangfu's proposal. He knew that Shanyang's medical school had recruited a large number of female medical students. There are at least [-]% more men. Liberating women's labor force will bring about a substantial increase in the country's productivity. He has been thinking about this issue for a long time, but he didn't dare to discuss it, because it is too shocking at the moment. The general perception of this patriarchal society.

"Your Majesty, I think it's okay to only use female officials in the art troupe or the Imperial Medical Office. After all, most of the music workers in Tai Lesi in the past were women, and female doctors are also what all the people need."

Fang Xuanling was the first to express his position. Ministers like Changsun Wuji and Yu Chigong, who were of half-Hu blood, had no objection to such a proposal. People are hard to raise."

Including Yu Shinan himself, he is also a little worried that women are officials and it is difficult to manage. After all, the official class in this period is relatively loose about their crotch, and the characteristics of the art troupe will make these people have a lot of publicity. Active in society with a more glamorous posture, it is more difficult for those male officials to restrain their desires.

Seeing that some people agreed, some opposed, and some showed hesitation, Sun Xiangfu had no choice but to say again, "The main reason we set policies is to see if it is beneficial to the country. As long as it is determined to be beneficial to the country, we can first Do, as for the problems we may face, we can formulate a system to solve the problem. For example, the matter of women serving as officials is common in many countries in the Western Regions. Why can't we in the Tang Dynasty? At the time of the white disaster, those Hu people, young and strong women, came to our Han land to hunt grass valleys on horseback.

To a certain extent, if we don't use the power of women, we are fighting with others with one arm tied, and we haven't exerted our full strength. "

The metaphor of Sun Xiangfu is very vivid, but there are still many people who can't get over the hurdle in their hearts. However, although Li Shimin also thinks this way, he is not good at making a strong decision. He just said that this matter must be brought to the court. At the meeting, let all the officials discuss together, gather everyone's opinions, and then make a final decision.

After the ministers dispersed, Li Shimin did not fall asleep for a long time. He thought of his third sister, Princess Pingyang, who was a female general who could compete with men on the battlefield, but even she was able to lead the army because of She is a princess, so it's hard for others to say anything.

To set a precedent for a woman to be an official, it needs to be properly operated. Otherwise, it will not be worth the loss if it is criticized by all the male ministers. Moreover, if there is something wrong with a woman as an official in the future, it may be wrong. This precedent-setting emperor came to memorize.

(End of this chapter)