It turns out that this kind of learning is very meaningful.
At least the historical story of the White-headed Soldiers in the Western Regions resonated strongly with the soldiers of the Second and Sixth Corps, making them feel a strong sense of desolation and tragedy, and they all shed tears for it.
The political cadres of the two corps immediately organized an event for soldiers to submit their thoughts on the story of the White-headed Soldiers in the Western Regions.
Seize the opportunity provided by this story full of family and country feelings to supplement the Ming soldiers' understanding of the Western Regions and increase their recognition of the land in the Western Regions.
They need to realize that the Western Region is the lost land of the Ming Dynasty, not a place outside the territory.
As a critical successor to the Central Plains dynasty, the Ming Dynasty spurned the decadent, backward and reactionary ruling system of the Central Plains dynasty, but it also inherited its strong feelings of family and country and national strategic considerations.
They decided to inherit the last wishes of their predecessors, send troops to the Western Regions, and return to the Western Regions.
This kind of ideological and cultural complement is one of Su Yonglin's early preparations for building the two provinces of Beiting and Anxi, because the future production and construction corps may need the contribution of some soldiers from these two corps. .
They and their families may need to leave their hometown and settle in Anxi Province or Beiting Province to survive and thrive in this bitter and cold land they have never seen before.
By then, this feeling of family and country may be a magic weapon against homesickness.
And to be honest, when reading these stories, Su Yonglin himself would be moved by the tragic feelings of the white-headed soldiers in the Western Regions, and deeply moved by their pride and belief.
At the same time, he also lamented how ambitious and magnificent the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, which allowed the feudal soldiers to defend the country's borders for more than 40 years without aid, and never gave up until the last soldier.
Is this the fighting will and patriotic sentiment that a feudal army can possess?
According to common sense, this is not normal.
The only explanation is that these soldiers who came from the prosperous age of Kaiyuan enjoyed the full positive impact that the prosperous age of Kaiyuan brought to them, and were really proud of the Tang Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts, and were willing to fight for such a great nation. Don gave it his all.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
They have always believed that the Tang Dynasty will definitely come back one day, will definitely return to the Western Regions, will definitely become strong again, and will regain their glory.
Unfortunately, Datang did not come back in the end, and would never come back. This regret has become a permanent regret.
But this time, Su Yonglin will lead the Ming Dynasty to inherit this regret, and do his best to completely erase this regret. Chang'an will never happen again.
While the military preparations were in progress, Su Yonglin also requested a certain degree of publicity among the people to prepare for the future immigration policy after the Western Regions were pacified.
Regarding the current difficult immigration situation in border areas, Su Yonglin believes that part of it is due to insufficient publicity.
The propaganda did not discover the inseparable internal connection between these areas and the mainland of China, did not discover the difficult entrepreneurial history of the predecessors in opening up the frontier, and did not let the public realize the inheritance relationship between them, so the immigration policy was unsuccessful.
The Western Regions require a particularly large number of immigrants. Without more appropriate immigration policies and supporting publicity measures, it will be difficult to permanently turn the Western Regions into Chinese territory.
So before the war began, Su Yonglin and the Propaganda Department of the Renaissance Society held a meeting to discuss new propaganda methods and caliber.
Starting from the story of Zhang Qian, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, who went to the Western Regions, to the story of the death of the last Baishou soldier in the Tang Dynasty, Su Yonglin asked people with literary talents in the entire Fuxinghui system and the official system to use this as material for literary creation. , and then submit it to Shuren Books.
He hoped that in a short period of time, people across the country would start to pay attention to the Western Regions, understand the Western Regions, and know that their country had unquestionable sovereignty over the Western Regions in the past.
And in the past countless years, the soldiers of the Central Plains have fought extremely bravely for the land of the Western Regions. Those epic stories should not be forgotten over time, but should become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as time goes by and become national memories.
Su Yonglin was also deeply touched. He wrote an article himself and wrote a short story about a soldier and an officer in the Anxi Army and submitted it to Shuren Publishing House.
With Su Yonglin's leading role, countless people with literary dreams and literary talents began to create a large number of literary works based on this series of materials, from Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions to the return of the Thirteen Generals to Yumen, from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's exploration of the Western Regions to Banchao manages the Western Regions.
The Propaganda Department took this as a breakthrough point and began to promote the story of the Western Regions nationwide with Zhongdu as the center. It invested a lot of publicity resources to make the story of the Western Regions bloom all over the country.
In a short period of time, starting from Zhongdu, a wave of "Western Region Fever" gradually swept across the country.
What followed was not only the nationwide craze for the Western Regions that Su Yonglin and the Propaganda Department expected, but also an unexpected episode.
During this period, the drama troupe affiliated with the Women's Department of the Renaissance Society was completing a series of preparations and preparing to officially launch a national tour. The leader, Zhao Xirui, heard Su Yonglin talk about the current propaganda caliber across the country and was very interested.
Zhao Xirui, who has a sharp mind, seized the opportunity brought by this craze in the Western Regions, and decided to follow this craze in the Western Regions, rehearse a related story, and perform it for the first time in Zhongdu.
Taking advantage of this craze, the reputation of the theater troupe and the new art form of drama was instantly established, and the theater troupe officially kicked off its national tour.
Su Yonglin expressed support for Zhao Xirui's idea.
"The theater troupe not only has artistic attributes, but also political attributes. If done well, the theater troupe will become a powerful propaganda tool that is as powerful as the propaganda department. For the entire propaganda work, its role will not be inferior to that of the publicity department." efforts in publicity.”
With Su Yonglin's support, Zhao Xirui decided to go ahead and do it.
However, the main repertoires rehearsed by the drama troupe at that time were plays that strongly criticized the feudal system of the old era, such as "The White-Haired Girl", "The Rooster Crows in the Midnight", "The Landlord's House Has No Food Surplus", and "The Strong Man", and had strong political tendencies and political significance.
Many people in the theater troupe believe that the theater troupe should appear in the public eye as an absolutely correct political image, promote correct political concepts to the public, and combat the old ideas of the old era.
The Western Region Fever does not have much political significance, and the main core idea is not about class struggle. Instead, it is to praise some people from the feudal ruling class, which is not in line with the original intention of the theater troupe.
So they questioned Zhao Xirui's suggestion.
In this regard, Zhao Xirui patiently did everyone's work.
“Art must always serve the broad masses of the people. The people not only need political guidance, but also have their own artistic pursuits, feelings for family and country, loyalty, filial piety and justice. These have nothing to do with class struggle, but for our society, is it just that? Not important?
Ming Dynasty pays attention to a critical inheritance of the previous dynasties. It not only criticizes their crimes of exploiting and oppressing the people, but also inherits some good things, whether it is the feelings of family and country, moral sentiments, and resistance at all costs when facing foreign enemies. Spirit, should we give up? "
Zhao Xirui's speech was very convincing and convinced many people who had doubts about it.
So under the auspices of Zhao Xirui, the drama troupe selected the story of thirteen soldiers returning to Yumen, and prepared to develop a script and stage a new play based on this story.
Time was tight and the task was heavy. Zhao Xirui took the lead. Everyone was energetic and devoted themselves to the work with 120% of their mental strength.
