Today's forms of entertainment are very thin, and the most popular thing is visiting the brothels.
The remaining popular entertainment was story telling, Kunqu opera, drama and shadow puppetry popularized by the emperor.
The popularity of shadow puppetry can only be traced back to the time when the military preached loyalty. The illustrations and illustrations are more powerful than the traditional puppetry.
However, the entertainment of the royal family was mostly elegant, and dramas entered the palace.
In this regard, after consulting the emperor, the inner court quickly built a simple singing platform on the pretext of celebrating the birth of the prince.
What was performed on the stage was a newly compiled drama, Han Guangwu vs. Wang Mang.
The biggest difference between Zaju and the operas of later generations is that its regulations are very rigid. Both the singing and the lyrics must be based on the tune.
In other words, it's straight-forward and there's no colloquialism.
Because the lyrics are the title of the song, they have ups and downs, just like singing.
It's basically a solo mode, and the others don't cooperate. They're just used as a backdrop. They're rigid and rigid.
Nowadays, what was once popular entertainment has become cliché.
Even so, the women in the harem were fascinated by it and liked it very much.
After celebrating for three consecutive days, I was barely satisfied.
This time, what worked first and what worked first worked, and drama suddenly became popular in the capital. The high-ranking officials and aristocrats invited opera troupes to their homes one after another, and an entertainment industry broke out.
Taking advantage of the emperor's good mood, Tian Ren took the memorial presented from inside and placed it on the imperial desk on the kang.
He mixed another inkstone full of cinnabar, prepared his pen, and then stepped aside.
Even though the Supervisor of Ceremonies is now in name only and most of the time it is just a referral function, there is still something to be said for it.
For example, a memorial submitted when the emperor was in a good mood would have completely different results than a memorial submitted when he was in a bad mood.
In addition, there is also much to be said for the order of the memorials.
These are all reasonable and legal methods, and no one can detect them.
The emperor picked up a few books at random, which were basically trivial matters. Piao Xiang looked at them, and he approved them after they were almost in agreement.
Even if there were some things that he didn't like, he didn't directly cross them out. It was unseemly. He would probably send them back and redo them.
After working on it all morning, he was here grading, while Tian Ren took the seal and stamped it, and the cooperation was extremely tacit, just like an assembly line.
For a long time, Zhu Yixi couldn't help but laugh.
He rarely intervened in some specific matters, and only kept his word on some personnel matters or reforms.
This is also the tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers.
Whether it is the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty or the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty, if they are all handled by the emperor, they will only be second-rate.
This powerful centralized monarchical institution must be matched with a strong and capable monarch.
In other words, this future has already been determined.
How could the throne that had been inherited from generation to generation compete with the elites who had been promoted in the officialdom?
"There are still a few copies at the bottom of the box."
The emperor shook his head, feeling quite tired.
Unless you are a workaholic, who is willing to revolve around memorials every day?
The temptation brought by power is so great that people will let go unconsciously and just want to enjoy the power without taking on the obligations.
For example, Heshen, a nationally recognized corrupt official and the inventor of the criminal banknote, relied on him for twenty years because of Qianlong's laziness.
With his mouth open like this, he picked up the memorial.
One after another, he saw a memorial from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The discussion was about the tax rate of certain commodities from the Department of Commercial Taxation.
Some should be increased, some should be reduced, it makes sense, and it sounds reasonable.
The cabinet's proposal for the vote was also solid. I explained it in a hundred words and agreed.
"Yes!" The emperor nodded in agreement and continued.
I saw that this was a letter from Yingtian Mansion.
In terms of content, it says that with the passage of time, the Ming Dynasty Gazette became more and more popular, and many people could not bear the loneliness and launched privately printed newspapers.
To put it simply, because it was under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, the Ming Dynasty Gazette could be said to be even more stringent and highly political.
At this time, private businessmen realized that publishing a newspaper could not only gain a lot of benefits, but also control public opinion.
In some prefectures and counties in Jiangsu and Anhui, some businessmen imitated the gazette and published some novels in private compilations, which then slowly evolved into private newspapers.
These people are also aware of the restrictions imposed by the imperial court. They dare not talk about newspapers at all, and they all sell them under the name of picture albums.
Obviously, these are not newspapers. Things that are better than newspapers are enough to maintain public opinion.
And this time he was discovered because of his manipulation of public opinion.
The magistrate of a certain place had a very bad reputation because he secretly drank flower wine and raided the widow's house at night. For the sake of profit, he published it in large quantities in some "atlas", which caused an uproar in public opinion.
This time, public opinion was overwhelming and the county magistrate was forced to resign. This immediately shocked several provinces in Jiangnan.
This move violated an official taboo and even threatened the interests of the bureaucracy. Local officials knew they could no longer let go of the "Atlas".
In this way, this gift came into being.
Otherwise, they will never report it easily.
As for the Jinyiwei, most of their energy was invested in the Liaodong, Xuanda and other wars, which meant that civilian control was obviously insufficient.
"Snapped--"
When Zhu Yixi saw this, she was extremely angry and slammed the table.
Tian Ren on the side shivered and shrank his nose.
All I saw was that the ticket was written like this: ordering the local government to ban the local newspaper...
"It's ridiculous. Not only must it be investigated and dealt with, but it must be dealt with in a big way."
Zhu Yixi raised his brows and said in a cold voice: "Send it to all provinces. Local governments will never be allowed to run newspapers privately. Once discovered, the whole family will be demoted thousands of miles away to plant sugar cane in Taiwan."
"yes!"
Seeing the emperor's anger, Tian Ren naturally did not dare to oppose him, so he could only respond in a hurry.
In today's era, once newspapers are liberalized and the uniqueness of communiqués is lost, it can be expected that the court's monitoring of public opinion will decline significantly.
In other words, because there is a newspaper as a throat, in such a traffic environment, it is enough to generate huge centrifugal force in the place.
"Let some people from the cabinet come to see me."
After thinking for a while, Zhu Yixi spoke directly, which surprised Tian Ren.
Soon, Zhao Shu and others came to the palace in a hurry.
"His Majesty--"
Several people bowed down.
"The cabinet drafted this matter too lightly."
Zhu Yixi threw down the memorial to show his anger.
"How can you forgive such an offense lightly?"
"Today they dare to use picture albums to make the magistrate embarrassed, and tomorrow they dare to oppose the court and choose to rebel."
"The more power it has, the less it will be for the imperial court. We must not allow this kind of "photo album" similar to a newspaper to be popular among the people."
The emperor's words were quick and cold, as if he wanted to do something grand.
Several people in the cabinet frowned, this would involve a lot of people!