Chapter 304: Pick Anything
"The Book of London" is Tang Xianzu's attempt, and in this process, many dark means were used.
It is hard for anyone to play with a wise man who has ever been familiar with the books of sages. There is no doubt that Tang Xianzu is one of them.
It's just that he lacks experience.
Since childhood, he knew that water can carry boats and can cover boats. When he became an adult, he knew how water carried boats and how it overturned. He learned countless knowledge about rule, but no book ever told him: how to cover other people's boats with other people's water.
This requires figuring out the nature of power—a game of coordination.
That is, people believe that following the emperor, king, prince, lord, will benefit oneself and will receive rewards; on the contrary, if you are against the emperor, king, prince, lord, and lord, you will be punished if you are not good to yourself.
Therefore, when people cooperate, the power that cannot be seen and intangible exists; on the contrary, if people are unwilling to cooperate, the power that cannot be seen and intangible disappears without a trace.
This is a very novel and interesting point of view for Tang Xianzu, and it even means more to him than the "London" itself.
Now his London play is aimed at deconstructing the loose power of the Tudor royal family in England after its defeat and completely overturning the people's cooperation with the Tudor royal family.
Because of this, the London prefect was not anxious or impatient when he saw Ying Ming, the anxious general of Puzhou. He could not only persuade him to calm down, but also confidently tell the general the real purpose of the war.
"The key to winning and losing a war is to support it. It is not a military fight. If the Tudorians have no support, Drake is not worth worrying about just one general and a minor general. A few farmers can capture and kill them."
Things in England were on a normal track after Tang Xianzu's words.
The low-level military officers of the Ming army represented by Ying Ming were irrational and abnormal in overseas wars. They attached importance to military conquests beyond everything and were sure that military victory could solve all problems.
This disadvantage has not been revealed in the past because in the East Asia where they were active, the enemies they encountered were all indigenous people who rebelled in tribal form, Spain, which also aimed at military conquest, was deeply trapped in France, a quagmire of religious wars.
None of their enemies realized that the land where fighting was taking place under their feet was their territory.
As for the Kingdom of Ailan, all the tearing power was borne by King Ailan Zhu Xiaoen and had nothing to do with the Ming army.
Only in England did the same policy, because it was a country that had been indigenous for a hundred years, and although the Queen's troops had surrendered, people still had the desire to fight.
With desire, Drake came into being.
Even if Ying Ming can kill Drake, there will be Areke and Yorek, and endless rebels will jump out.
The army is used for destruction. Bird guns and cannons cannot be used to pave roads, build bridges, or open mines. They can kill people all over the ground. The more they kill, the more they rebel, what can they do?
In the end, no one works, can't grow food, and can't make gold and silver.
Tang Xianzu believed that they were not murderers, and their purpose was very clear to the overseas yidao. They were not to kill all the people on the island, but to create wealth and resources for the country.
To put it bluntly, he didn't believe that Chen Mu, who fell into the eyes of money, sent him to London as a prefect to read some war reports.
However, Ying Ming did not understand these principles. He believed that this prefect in London might have a bad mind.
This person handled the government affairs well. The ruined London was quickly repaired. The land was measured, the people were entitled to the local area, and the land was distributed in an orderly manner. He also recruited thousands of students from all over the country to the Chinese Literature School, and those teachers were too busy.
But I like watching dramas so much.
Ying Ming had never seen anyone as obsessed with drama like Tang Xianzu. He heard that the last person named Tan Lun was named Tan Lun, but he never heard that Tan Lun was mingling with the opera troupe all day long.
Tang Xianzu was so good that he not only mingled with the opera troupe all day long, but also kept asking for people from him.
Liu Zhi, Wei Jinzhong, Belle, and several military musicians were all taken by Tang Xianzu, but he was unwilling to get angry with the prefect because of this little thing.
As a result, Wei Jinzhong now has an extraordinary love for drama. He shouts lines all day long when he goes back to the military camp, which is so annoying.
Ying Ming is really not interested in drama, and it’s okay to sing opera, but this drama is different from sing opera.
In comparison, it is more like the ancient sacrificial sacrifices and the street juggling.
Or simply put a few people on the sacrificial platform, which is not interesting.
He is a standard conqueroter mentality, and he looks down on everything about the conquered from the bottom of his heart.
This is different from the colonists. Compared with the Spanish and Portuguese colonists who were earlier in the same era, Ying Ming had much higher status than Pizarro and Yermak. If the colonists were in the same camp, the power and identity of others could only be a team leader under Ying Ming's hands.
The colonists wanted to find something, and they put them in their bags, whether they picked up or grabbed.
Tang Xianzu's mindset is more like a missionary, and he is full of ideological output, and he needs to spend some of his energy on research.
Ying Ming is different. He does not need wealth, because the things that the whole of England can take out and attract him have become his spoils when it was captured in Westminster.
Now that the whole of England cannot produce what he wants, what's the use of wealth?
Looking for knowledge? Ying Ming does not seek knowledge. Apart from the merits of conquest, he has no motivation.
Therefore, he took a look at the performance outside the city when he passed by, but he was no longer interested in it.
While rehearsing, Tang Xianzu still called Ying Ming to go there.
Tang Xianzu said that he must be allowed to pass, which will be helpful to the battle situation.
Ying Ming felt very uncomfortable.
He really felt that this prefect could not see other people's preferences, and it would be impossible to refuse once.
Ying Ming, who was walking towards Hampton Palace, was full of anger. He felt that he really had to choose some time to have a good talk with Tang Xianzu.
If you like to watch dramas, you can go and watch them. As long as the government affairs are handled well, you are the governor of London, and no one in England can stop you from watching dramas.
But why do you have to take me to the show? I, Yingming, like to fight, kill and set fire, but I didn't go out to fight and put you under my ribs, right?
Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.
He now felt that he was the one who was charging and clamping him under his ribs.
The Anmin Theatre at Hampton Palace does look quite like that, but the performances on the stage are difficult to attract him - they are speechless. Tang Xianzu said that these dramas are performed for the people, so they need to be performed in English for the time being, so General Ying can only guess what he says by looking at pictures.
So the performances on stage are not even as interesting as the pears in the fruit plate.
It was not until the two actors of Belle sisters were killed and the body was thrown into the well by the nobles that he finally raised his eyebrows and began to watch it seriously.
Silence was until the Ming army soldier played by Wei Jinzhong appeared, and General Ying, who stood up, suddenly stopped the performance.
Ying Ming pointed at Wei Jinzhong and said, "Wei Sier, come down, prefect Tang, change the actor."
Chapter completed!