"Do you still remember what His Highness once said, why the Central Plains dynasty was invaded by nomads many times, but in the end most of the nomads were assimilated by the Central Plains?" Fang Xuanling asked, looking at everyone.
"Culture?" Wei Zheng answered immediately.
"Yes, but culture is an integral part. It's like what Confucianism calls civilizing the people. Everyone has heard of civilizing barbarians. It's just that people hate preaching. Your children should understand this. A little bit, but if it’s through subtle means, it’s different.”
"Take this story as an example, just as Zhao Guogong gave an example, if the whole story becomes a story that promotes the power of the Tang Dynasty and how the system of the Tang Dynasty is better for the people. Then when What kind of effect will this story have after it is performed in Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo and other countries in advance?"
"I dare not say that everyone aspires to it, but at least it can influence most people. In the long run, if we win these countries, it will be difficult to bring the people of these countries into the rule of the Tang Dynasty. "
"And the more they know about our culture, the smoother and less resistant they will be to joining us. If a strange country invades us, then we must think about what this country is like. Does the imperial court pay attention to the people, etc.?"
"People are afraid of the unknown. As long as they know us well enough, then they know that we will not massacre people arbitrarily, and will allocate Yongye fields to them, etc. Naturally, the determination of these ordinary people to resist us will be reduced a lot." Fang Xuanling said.
Everyone looked at each other, this... is indeed the case. Does His Highness's stage play already contain so much meaning?
How far-sighted it must be to have such an arrangement.
"Actually, I stopped everyone today to discuss this issue. I think stage plays like this should be supervised by the court." Fang Xuanling said.
As soon as his words came out, Cheng Yaojin and other generals couldn't help but roll their eyes, "I said Liang Guogong, you will not forget that you guys in Datang Weekly thought the same way at the beginning. What was the result?" Although Yuchi Dasha is not true He's a fool, but he has the guts to say anything.
"Datang Weekly must also be supervised." Fang Xuanling said calmly.
As soon as Fang Xuanling said this, Changsun Wuji and others nodded thoughtfully. Even Cheng Yaojin didn't hold back. He glanced at Fang Xuanling and others and said, "You are too shameless." Alright."
"What do you mean?" Yuchi Dasha was obviously stunned for a moment.
"Isn't this simple? They want to supervise the content of these stage plays and other dramas, and they also want to supervise the "Datang Weekly", but His Highness definitely disagrees. What should we do?" Cheng Yaojin looked at him speechlessly and asked road.
"Yeah, what should I do?"
Cheng Yaojin: "..."
"Are you stupid? They want to supervise these contents, and His Highness does not agree. But they themselves are supervised by His Highness, or should they just listen to His Highness?" Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes.
"Or simply, re-establish a department. Anyway, the six departments have been split into many departments. Re-establish a department and call it the Ministry of Culture or the Department of Supervision. From now on, it will be responsible for supervising these contents."
"And all the people in this department will be handed over to His Highness. And this department is still nominally under the jurisdiction of Shangshu Province." Cheng Yaojin explained helplessly to his old brother.
"Ah, it seems a bit shameless, but what does this have to do with Your Highness handling it yourself? Doesn't His Highness have to supervise himself?" Yuchi Jingde asked with some confusion.
Cheng Yaojin: "..."
"Yes, why?" Cheng Yaojin simply turned to Wei Zhengdao in a cute manner.
Wei Zheng: "..."
Forget it, he didn't bother to pay attention to the two shameless old guys Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde. He looked at Fang Xuanling and said: "Lu Guogong's method is quite good. Why don't we go to court next time?" Zhezi?"
"That's no problem. First of all, stage plays are not like Datang Weekly. There is a threshold required to start Datang Weekly. And if His Majesty does not approve it, no one will dare to start Datang Weekly. But stage plays are a little bit Ambition Golan, or some organizations can write stories and perform them locally and charge tickets."
"In this case, there will be a lot of content in the world's stage plays. At that time, the regulatory department will be responsible for this content. Even if they are all His Highness's people, His Highness cannot be in charge of the entire department all the time."
"Besides, we should treat them differently. All submissions submitted by His Highness will be approved directly, while submissions submitted by others will need to be carefully reviewed." Fang Xuanling did not hesitate at all.
"Then let's settle it. The Zhongshu Province can also discuss the formulation of relevant laws. Everything has loopholes, and supervision is not 100%. And if it is reviewed first and then performed, it will definitely not be possible. In line with His Highness’s expectations.”
"I think His Highness wants these stage plays to flourish, so we can discuss this with the province. If we illegally promote something that insults the image of the Tang Dynasty, the court and His Majesty, we will all have to bear a certain amount of responsibility." The punishment, if it causes bad effects, will be to kill the person directly." Changsun Wuji said directly.
"No problem. I think we can discuss this with Duke Hu. If the Ministry of Public Security cooperates, they will have enough manpower." Wei Zheng also nodded.
Li Jing, Chai Shao and the others looked at each other. This matter was none of their business. It was an administrative matter and had nothing to do with their army. They could support it.
…
When these courtiers took a rare evening walk to rest and chat, Li Ke naturally sent his father and the others back.
"Does this prostitute really have no family?" Li Shimin asked, unwilling to give up.
"No." Li Ke shook his head.
"So, are you making this story up again?" Li Shimin glanced at him, feeling helpless.
"Ah? It's true." Li Ke was stunned for a moment.
"What I just asked is whether this prostitute has any family members. If it is true, your answer is "I don't know", not "no". No matter what the reason is, it is obvious that you don't take it to heart at all, so this matter cannot be true. Yes." Li Shimin rolled his eyes.
Li Ke: "..."
"Ke'er, is it a lie?" Queen Changsun was also on the carriage.
"Yes." Li Ke could only admit helplessly.
"Hey, although it's fake, it's still touching! Ke'er, you are quite talented! And the Queen Mother believes what you said, Ke'er, that there are countless patriotic people among the people, but we don't know it." Empress Changsun sighed. He took a breath, but he didn't feel that his sadness was in the wrong place.
