Su Yonglin felt that it was very meaningful to do so.
When his regime replaced the old order, it not only had to complete political and economic changes, but also needed ideological and cultural works that could compete with the old era.
Hongwu Political Commentary can serve as the vanguard to charge forward, but it also requires a large number of successors to attack the old ideas, culture and customs with their writing and correct postures.
He has power and can use it to attack those who are superior to others, but the attack of power cannot ultimately solve the problem.
So if we can subtly educate them in a form that is popular with the public, change them, seize the ideological and cultural high ground, and build a solid defensive position, then we will definitely achieve excellent results.
So Su Yonglin felt that in addition to being the emperor and the chairman of the Renaissance Association, he could also be a family member with Zhao Xirui.
Lu Xun realized that being a doctor facing one patient could not save China, so he decided to be a doctor for the entire China and treat China as his patient.
Su Yonglin felt that what he needed to do was no different from Lu Xun back then, very similar.
The newly opened up land of the Central Plains has not yet gotten rid of the ideological shackles of feudal ethics. It needs the promotion of new forces to get rid of the shackles of old ideas and become residents of a new era in the true sense.
While he was alive, he could certainly influence everyone with his supreme authority, but this was no longer guaranteed after he died.
But as a writer, he can make his works maintain influence for a long time, and have close contact with all people on his behalf.
Therefore, as Shuren Bookstore was site-selected, built, and decorated in various places, Su Yonglin also found time to write articles with Zhao Xirui, describing the human heart and strange phenomena under the constraints of feudal ethics. The raw materials were Su Yonglin's personal notes from that year.
That is an inexhaustible database.
In addition to criticism, Su Yonglin is also more willing to create some brave resisters of the old era.
For example, he decided to use Xin Qiji and Zhao Yu as prototypes to create a story about an eldest son from a landowning gentry family who breaks away from his family after being exposed to the ideas of the Fuxing Society.
They came into contact with brand-new ideas, broke free from the prison that bound them, destroyed the land deeds, liberated the tenants, and embarked on a journey with them to resist the old forces.
With the efforts of only two people, no matter how much they write, they cannot describe the old feudal forces. Therefore, Su Yonglin chose to disclose the period of time he experienced in the Southern Song Dynasty within the Fuxing Association, and made these years and the true situation public.
Let members watch and study this part of the content, and encourage them to study "The White-Haired Girl" and "The Rooster Crows in the Midnight" to create similar popular vernacular texts.
They can directly submit their articles to the chief editorial office of Shuren Publishing House established by Su Yonglin in Zhongdu, and submit them to them for review. The outstanding ones will publish their articles and receive retouching fees, that is, manuscript remuneration.
Under his initiative, starting from the second half of the third year of Hongwu to February of the fourth year of Hongwu, Shuren Publishing House adopted a total of thirty-six excellent short stories or novellas.
These will be printed and published.
So on the first day of March in the fourth year of Hongwu, in addition to the first volume of "Hongwu Political Treatise" compiled by Su Yonglin with a lot of energy, there were also collective publications of many various books, including collections.
Because it was a state-owned bookstore, and even before its opening, there were rumors that articles written by the emperor himself would be sold in the bookstore to the entire Ming Dynasty, without any taboos.
This makes people curious.
Can we read books written by the emperor himself?
On that day, all the Shuren Bookstores in all provinces across the country were opened for business. There were the same sea of people in front of and around the Shuren Bookstore where every provincial and state government seat was located, and almost everyone was there for the book " "Hongwu Political Treatise".
In just one day, or even less than one day, all the stocks of "Hongwu Political Treatise" in all Shuren Bookstores across the country were sold out, and all one million copies were sold out.
Various book publishers urgently sent messages to the headquarters in Zhongdu, requesting more copies of "Hongwu Political Treatise". Judging from this situation, another one million copies could be sold, and another two million copies might also be sold.
On the first day of March, everyone was rushing to buy "Hongwu Political Treatise". Those who bought it were ecstatic, while those who couldn't buy it were very depressed.
At the same time, someone began to use their money skills, hoping to buy the book from the person who bought it.
However, what is unexpected is that only a very small number of people who have come into contact with money-making ability owners who rushed to buy this book chose to sell the "Hongwu Political Treatise" they bought at a high price, and the vast majority were unwilling to sell it. But I want to read this book as soon as possible.
They want to read the books written by the emperor as soon as possible no matter what. Even if they want to sell them, it will only happen after reading them all.
Literate people just wanted to be alone and read books written by the emperor himself.
People who were illiterate or poorly literate did not want to fall behind others. They relied on rural peasant associations to collectively buy "Hongwu Political Treatise".
Even if you can only get back one copy, it would be good. Let the literacy instructor in the village tell everyone about this book and what their Emperor wanted them to know.
After the first day of March, although there was no replenishment of "Hongwu Political Commentary", so there were fewer people buying it like crazy, but there were still many intellectuals who chose to buy other types of books.
They were pleasantly surprised to find that there was almost everything in the book club. In addition to various classics, there were also books on mathematics, astronomy, geography and other categories, as well as official and private history books of past dynasties, as well as some interesting legends. All-encompassing.
Moreover, the price of these books is not expensive. Su Yonglin just wants to recover the cost price, and spread the operating costs of the book club, so as to accumulate some funds for the further expansion of the book club in the future, so the price of the books is relatively cheap.
The cheapest legend can be easily purchased by ordinary farmers without any pressure.
So as time goes by, more and more people know that Shuren Bookstore not only contains the emperor's works, but also many valuable books that they can buy and read.
So from that day on, the business in Shuren Book Club never slowed down and remained at a very prosperous state.
The people's considerable desire for books was released and satisfied to a considerable extent.
Many people who come to buy books do not sell them one by one. Instead, they bring their cars over and buy them one by one. They want to buy a set of books of all categories to take home, saying they want to collect them.
When I encounter some books that I like, I don’t even just buy one, but buy a few more, saying that it would be good to take them back as gifts and give them away, which would be a great honor.
Therefore, in addition to Hongwu Political Commentary, there are also many other books that are in short supply and need to be printed urgently.
At present, the printing bureau is only available at Shuren Books branches in each province. Even if they work at full capacity and work overtime, it will be difficult to satisfy people's desire to buy books in a short period of time.
