When Zhu Jingyuan arrived at the Wenhua Hall conference room, all the participants, headed by the eldest uncle Shen Fu, had already arrived.
Zhu Jingyuan took his seat and received the courtesy, asked everyone to sit down, and started talking directly:
“Now that computer and Internet technologies are about to begin to spread, Ming Dynasty has once again reached the threshold of a new era.
“Based on the new platform of computers and the Internet, a new type of literary and artistic works is about to emerge.
“Let’s call it a computer game for now.
“The game itself is certainly in the ascendant now, but the future is also limitless.
“The art form of computer games is different from any previous type of literary and artistic work, and it is also very different from movies.
“In order to avoid confusion in related publishing and distribution, our cultural management department has also made preparations in advance.
“At the same time, computers and the Internet themselves will also bring about a new change in the traditional literature and art industry.
“So at this time, we need to re-examine the management system of literary and artistic works.
“I decided to make the original Publishing Department of the Ministry of Rites independent and set up a special Arts Department, which will still be under the jurisdiction of Zongbo.
“Local government offices at all levels must also set up corresponding departments.
"With the Ministry of Arts and Culture as the main body, establish a unified and relatively complete system for the review, publication, supervision, management, and guarantee of literary and artistic works."
Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment while the eldest uncle Shen Fu and all the following officials stood up together:
"I obey your orders."
The ministers' understanding of the Internet is very limited, and their level of attention to it is certainly far less than Zhu Jingyuan's level.
They can't imagine what the future of the Internet will be.
However, they all believed in Zhu Jingyuan. Since Zhu Jingyuan attached so much importance to him, their questions or opinions were temporarily suppressed.
Moreover, there is nothing objectionable about the order establishing a new department.
This can add a lot of real shortcomings.
After everyone accepted the order, they sat back down and waited for the emperor's next instructions.
Looking at Zhu Jingyuan's state, everyone knows that he still has a lot to say.
Zhu Jingyuan did not hesitate and began to speak one by one:
“Concerning the publication and distribution of literary and artistic works, as well as the management rules for the content of literary and artistic works, I would like to mention some of the most basic principles here.
“Subsequent specific rules for the entire industry should be formulated around these basic principles.
“First, we must determine the principle of trial before issuance.
“In the future, all publishers and all literary and artistic works must be submitted to the censorship yamen for review before being released to the public.
“For pure books and written works, printing can only begin after they are submitted for review and approval, and then they can be published and sold publicly.
“For scripts and scripts of dramas and movies, the scripts must be submitted for review before filming starts, and filming can only start after the review is passed.
“In the past, the management method in which all works were released first and then randomly checked was too problematic.
“If there is really a problem with the content of a book, and it is discovered by the public after it is published, and the court receives the information and then bans it, it will be too late.
“It is difficult to completely recover things that have been sold publicly, and it will definitely be a huge waste of manpower.
“There are even many people who were originally not interested in certain things out of curiosity, but after the court banned them, they became interested.
“So all future publications must be reviewed before being published.
“All literary and artistic works must be registered with a uniform number in the yamen, listing the type, creator, publisher and other participants next to the word.
“Works with obviously questionable themes and junk works with extremely low levels of completion are not allowed to appear on the market.
“The fact that the imperial court censors works does not mean that publishers do not need to self-examine in the future.
“If a publisher submits a work for review that repeatedly contains various problems and errors, it can limit the number of subsequent publications by that publisher.
“It is the original system of self-examination by publishers and random inspections by the court and others after publication.
“It was changed to a system in which the publisher self-examines and then submits it to the court for re-examination and re-examination. Only after the court review is completed can it be published and distributed.
"However, this reform cannot be implemented in one step. The Ministry of Arts and Culture can draw up a plan on its own and implement it within five years.
“From now on, all new works to be published in the future must be reviewed before being released.
“The pieces that are out there on the market are going to be reiterated over the next five to 10 years.
"Guan Yuanfang, who is responsible for establishing the Ministry of Arts and Culture, assesses how many people are needed for the review agencies at all levels, determines the number of vacancies in the Ministry of Arts and Culture, and reports it to the Ministry of Personnel for review."
Zhu Jingyuan's requirement was to review before publishing, which directly subverted the Ming Dynasty's previous publishing and distribution rules.
All the officials at the scene were very surprised.
There are already a lot of private publications in the Ming Dynasty. The workload of reviewing first and then publishing is really too much...
Many officials instinctively want to object.
But Zhu Jingyuan has given him a grace period in advance and the opportunity to ask for someone according to the situation.
In the end, everyone did not raise any opinions, but once again agreed to obey the orders.
After Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment, he continued to explain the follow-up arrangements:
“Then, let the royal family consortium and the publishing organizations affiliated with the Daming Consortium come forward to cooperate with the Ministry of Arts and Culture in preparing an official promotion and sales platform for literary and artistic works.
“Through the original traditional channels and the upcoming Internet channels, we will proactively display and promote high-quality works.
"Including traditional articles, screenplays, movies, programs, and games.
“In the future, ordinary people other than publishers can apply directly to the official platform if they want to publish their literary and artistic works publicly.
“As long as the quality of the work is really good enough, the Royal Family Consortium and the Ming Dynasty Consortium can help with printing, and the official platform can promote and sell it.
“All computer programs and game works must be released on the official online platform, at least at the same time.
“All official platforms publish works, and the final revenue will be divided into 30% and 70%, with the official platform 30% and the creators 70%.”
Compared with the previous censorship system, this promotion platform seems unremarkable.
In the eyes of the officials present, this was just a new government-run publisher, a collaboration between the royal family consortium and the government-run consortium.
Everyone had no objections and expressed their acceptance of the order.
Zhu Jingyuan continued to explain his requirements:
“Then let’s talk about some content management requirements.
“First, any type of literary and artistic work must not violate the most basic ethics and morals in the choice of main content and subject matter.
"It is not allowed to create works with themes of extreme evil behaviors such as massacre, prostitution, adultery, parricide, torture, cults, etc."
Zhu Jingyuan stopped here and looked around everyone present to see if anyone had any opinions.
Some people do want to talk, mainly about how to define the standards of these evil deeds.
Zhu Jingyuan has actually already said that those contents are not allowed to be used as the theme, and the corresponding words are not allowed to appear unless he said it.
However, everyone hopes that there will be a clear explanation so that there will be a basis in case the blame is passed on in the future.
It's just that ordinary courtiers don't dare to talk about this kind of getting to the bottom of things.
Finally, it was the eldest uncle Shen Fu who spoke up:
"Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear whether the corresponding content must not be mentioned at all in the work, or whether the main content must not be concentrated here..."
Zhu Jingyuan pondered for a few seconds:
"These, as well as other similar levels of evil deeds that I specifically mentioned, cannot be shown head-on.
"At most, it can only be used as a background introduction to the character, or as a content in the torture record, to briefly mention that this kind of thing happened.
“These contents cannot be displayed in an abrupt and special manner, there is no need for relevant themes, and no relevant descriptions are allowed.
“In addition, ordinary evil deeds, including deception, abduction, evil intentions, etc., cannot penetrate the main body.
“Writing a book or making a movie is not just for recording all kinds of embarrassing things.
“Although today’s movies serve the purpose of entertainment and entertainment, they are absolutely not allowed to show off evil deeds.
“Although it is not necessary to force the main characters to be absolutely good people, it is absolutely not allowed to specifically write about absolute bad guys and absolute evil deeds.
"It cannot be like Jin Ping Mei, where there is not a single good person in the whole book, and there is not a single good thing in the whole story.
"If we say it reflects reality, in reality there are more ordinary people with a simple and kind mentality.
“A normal story should have good guys and bad guys, and there must be all kinds of characters to be considered a normal world.
“For writers who specialize in writing works with purely dark, deep, and cruel themes, the Arts and Literature Department can arrange for someone to investigate whether they have any difficulties.
"If there is nothing wrong with it, but you still insist on writing like this, then ban it."
Shen Fu savored Zhu Jingyuan's reminder, wrote down a few key points in his notebook, and at the same time promised very seriously:
"I understand. I and my colleagues from the Arts and Culture Department will pay special attention to these situations..."
Zhu Jingyuan felt that he had said it clearly enough, so he continued to search:
“Second, for works that involve realistic situations, the main characters must respect the court and the law, and cannot be absolute destroyers of chaos and disorder.
“For example, if you create a story about fighting, the protagonist’s fight must have a certain practical significance.
“The protagonist can compete with others in martial arts halls and arenas, and can go to the battlefield as a soldier to eliminate enemies.
“You can also serve as a bounty hunter to assist the Yamen in hunting down gangsters and capturing fugitives, but you cannot kill innocent people at will.
“Or as long as you do something that kills innocent people indiscriminately, the government will eventually come forward to control and punish you.
“If you want to write about knight-errants, then the protagonist should be a knight-errant, punish evil and eradicate evil, and serve the country and the people.
"It cannot be dedicated to assassinations and conspiracies, especially against the imperial court.
"Except in ancient history at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and before, the court at that time had lost its destiny and entered an irreversible apocalypse."
After hearing this, Shen Fu nodded again. This standard was considered reasonable.
The emperor's intention should be that he could not write about the subject of rebellion, he could not use the theme of opposing the current Ming Dynasty court and official uniforms, and he had to be an active collaborator of the court.
This is consistent with what officials think.
Seeing that no one asked questions, Zhu Jingyuan continued:
“Third, works involving historical figures and historical themes must respect history.
“You must not arbitrarily smear people who are recognized as loyal, brave and kind, and you must not open your eyes to people who are recognized as treacherous and treacherous.
"To give a specific example, Yue Fei cannot be allowed to choose to surrender to the Jin Kingdom, nor can Qin Hui be written as a loyal minister who cares about the country and the people.
“Even if we depict different histories from different angles, we cannot arbitrarily tamper with the positions and opinions of historical figures.
“Don’t make random interpretations of historical details that are difficult to verify.
"Various works based on unofficial secrets must not directly or indirectly affect the historical image of the parties concerned.
"You can't give Qin Hui a bunch of last resort reasons and then imply that Qin Hui was not a bad person in the first place. Everything he did was for the Song Dynasty."
By this time, Shen Fu and many ministers began to feel that something was wrong.
It's not that Zhu Jingyuan's order is unreasonable, but it feels like "it can still be written like this"?
Then the question is, how could someone write this?
Who dares to reverse Qin Hui's case?
Historically, the evaluation of historical figures may change over time.
But it often progresses in one direction.
It is a bit shocking to say that it is completely the other way around, and that people like Yue Fei and Qin Hui are doing the opposite.
So Shen Fu couldn't help but speak:
"Your Majesty...well, anyone with common sense wouldn't fabricate things like this to please the public, right?"
Zhu Jingyuan had memories of his previous life and had already experienced this kind of thing, so he asked directly now:
"What if there is? Now more and more people are literate, and more and more people can write something.
“Perhaps someone wants to sensationalize and make some shocking topic?
"The old gentlemen of the imperial court may not have read it, and the short stories and secret anecdotes circulated among the people may not be devoid of relevant content.
“Even if no one really does it, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to have the rules listed.
"If someone wants to do it, the court will ban it immediately in advance, which can be regarded as a basis for dealing with it."
After hearing this, Shen Fu and the other officials could only nod lightly in agreement.
Indeed, it won’t affect you if you don’t use it, but you’ll be ready if you use it.
Zhu Jingyuan continued to explain his thoughts:
“Fourth, establish a classification and grading system for the content of literary and artistic works and news and periodicals.
“Based on the content of literary and artistic works, they are divided into different types and levels, with different levels of distribution scope and different levels of publicity restrictions.
“First of all, we need to rate the credibility of the content, which can be divided by referring to typical historical documents:
“Grade A: Original archives, that is, unprocessed first-hand information, including unprocessed video and audio recordings, official court documents and various agreements.
“Level B: official revised history, historical and archival documents compiled by credible institutions, edited videos and audio recordings, and various documentary reports.
"Level C: folk unofficial history, that is, history compiled by folk scholars, audio and video, documentary works and documentaries processed by institutions without credibility.
"Level D: Notes and comments, various simple literary works created by ordinary people. The author needs to ensure that the content is true and take responsibility, otherwise it will be placed in the last level.
“Level E, story, completely fictitious content, a story that does not need to be confirmed, and its authenticity does not need to be guaranteed.
“The vast majority of dramas, movies, and games basically fall into the last category.
“Therefore, there is an additional requirement that for all works with a level of authenticity, their fictional and uncertain nature must be marked in the most eye-catching way.
“At the beginning or end of the film, sufficient length, time and space should be used to list the production staff and the actors who perform the corresponding roles.
“The screenwriter, director, main actors and other key personnel must all leave the country together and provide direct voice instructions.
“Then the content is graded according to the audience range it is suitable for. For example, reference movies can be graded in a way similar to this:
“Class A: suitable for all ages, anyone can see it, and can be promoted and sold in any public place without any special warnings or reminders.
“Level B: Spring and Snow is also suitable for most people to watch, but it requires a certain level of understanding, and children and uneducated people may not be able to understand it.
“Level C: Appreciating both refined and popular tastes, there is no requirement for appreciation ability, but the subject matter is not suitable for children under the age of twelve.
"Class D: Lower Riba Man is the most popular and down-to-earth work, but it is not suitable for children under the age of sixteen.
"Level E: Strange news and secrets that may have adverse effects on people's mental and cognitive abilities. It is not suitable for people under the age of twenty to watch, and it is not suitable for public dissemination.
“Finally, let’s make a grade based on the overall moral level of the world in which the entire story takes place:
"Grade A: The world is unified. Most of the people in the story are absolutely righteous. The moral level of the entire society is extremely high. They don't pick up things on the road and don't close their homes at night.
“Level B: a prosperous and prosperous era, where officials are fair, laws are strict, ordinary people respect each other, and people live a prosperous and peaceful world, a simple, stable and peaceful world.
"Level C: Good deeds and evil deeds are rewarded. Most people are ordinary people. Kind deeds can be responded to, and those who do evil will be despised and punished.
“Level D: Heroes in troubled times, warlords and vassal towns are separatist and fighting, natural and man-made disasters are raging, bandits are rampant, ordinary people are indifferent and numb, struggling to survive, but there are still people who work hard to uphold justice.
"Level E, instructing adultery and robbers, is entirely about people's evil thoughts and deeds. There are few themes about normal people in the whole book, and publication is completely prohibited.
“The Ministry of Arts and Culture and its subordinate local agencies, when reviewing works, must grade the works according to these three directions.
“The final rating and level description in the three aspects must appear directly on the cover of the work and before the beginning of the work.
"Make sure users have enough time to understand the meaning."
