My father is Jiajing

Chapter 336 Who is Jin Yong?

Li Chunfang carefully watched Huang Jin flipping through the back pages of the latest magazine. He couldn't figure out what happened today.
How could such a great god as Huang Jin be blown here?

After waiting for a long time, Huang Jin finally finished reading the last issue of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in "Da Ming Feng Hua" magazine. An expression of understanding suddenly appeared on Huang Jin's face. It turned out that it was because of Qiu Chuji!

In Huang Jin's opinion, what he remembers most about these two stories is not Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, nor the gentle and kind Bao Xiruo, but the vengeful Qiu Chuji.

Because in Huang Jin's mind, what could interest Emperor Jiajing was nothing but Taoist practice, right?
Qiu Chuji was also a famous Taoist figure and a great master of Quanzhen Taoism, so naturally, he placed the Emperor Jiajing's desire to watch the sequel of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" on Qiu Chuji.

Huang Jin put the magazine he had just read on the table beside him, then looked up at Li Chunfang who had been waiting beside him.

Huang Jin was very satisfied when he saw Li Chunfang's respectful attitude.

Huang Jin smiled and said, "Editor-in-Chief Li, you are the host here, please sit down."

Li Chunfang bowed slightly to Huang Jin, then sat aside carefully and continued to wait for Huang Jin's instructions.

Huang Jin said: "This edition of 'The Glory of the Ming Dynasty' is very good, we like it very much, especially the latter part of 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes', which is written in our hearts. We haven't seen such a wonderful and ups-and-downs story for a long time. Editor-in-Chief Li is very courageous to put such an excellent story in 'The Glory of the Ming Dynasty'."

Li Chunfang listened to Huang Jin's words without stopping his thoughts for a moment. He was trying hard to think about the meaning behind Huang Jin's words.

When Li Chunfang heard Huang Jin talking about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", his spirit suddenly tensed up.

Others may not know who wrote this story, but as the editor-in-chief of Daming Bookstore and the direct person in charge of "Da Ming Feng Hua" magazine, Li Chunfang knew very well who sent the manuscript.

Otherwise, given the current status of the "Da Ming Feng Hua" magazine, how could it be possible to have a separate "serial novel" column at the end?
You have to know that the current "Da Ming Feng Hua" can sell more than 10,000 copies per issue. It is a very trend-setting magazine, and every page is worth a lot of money. How could it be possible to allocate so many pages for people to write novels?
Therefore, the person who can make "Da Ming Feng Hua" devote a special page to writing novels must be someone that Li Chunfang cannot refuse.

Therefore, after listening to Huang Jin's words, Li Chunfang's mind was in a whirlwind, and he kept thinking about how to answer Huang Jin's questions.

Li Chunfang said carefully: "Your Excellency is too kind. I have only made a small attempt to see if I can increase the sales and influence of "The Glory of the Ming Dynasty" in the form of a novel."

"You also know, father-in-law, that since the founding of The Great Ming Dynasty, there have been many copycat works on the market. Therefore, in order to maintain the uniqueness of The Great Ming Dynasty and its philosophy of being the first in the world, I have boldly added the column of 'novel serialization' to see if I can attract more excellent works."

"This is also in line with Prince Yu's original expectations of his subordinates. When the Hongwen Academy and Daming Bookstore were first established, Prince Yu said that there were hundreds of classics in the pre-Qin period, great works of poetry and prose in the Qin and Han dynasties, magnificent poems in the heyday of the Tang dynasty, lyrics and songs in the Song dynasty, and even the Yuan dynasty, which lasted only a hundred years, had Yuan opera handed down from generation to generation."

"So our Great Ming Dynasty, which has been established for 200 years, cannot be without its own characteristics. Therefore, Prince Yu placed the direction of cultural creation on novels that are popular among both the elite and the masses, such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, and believed that novels, which are suitable for the general public, are also the cultural characteristics of our Great Ming Dynasty in the future."

“Even if hundreds or thousands of generations pass by, when future generations talk about the characteristics of our dynasty’s literary tradition, they can still have a different style from that of the previous dynasty. Therefore, after I became the editor-in-chief of Daming Bookstore, I have been practicing Prince Yu’s original teachings.”

"I first ordered people to compile well-known folk novels such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, and then published new and exciting novels such as Journey to the West and Jin Ping Mei." "From the current sales and response, the new cultural path that Prince Yu pointed out to me was indeed correct. So, I took advantage of the victory and published the "Serialized Novels" column on the last page of The Glory of the Ming Dynasty."

"Its purpose is to attract more excellent works to shine under the guidance of Daming Bookstore and become the cultural characteristics of Daming."

Li Chunfang is indeed a top scholar, and his words are very coherent. He directly raised the appearance of the "Serialized Novels" column to the level of promoting the cultural characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

From this we can see that Li Chunfang was able to gain the appreciation of Emperor Jiajing so quickly in the original history and thus be promoted step by step to the cabinet, which was due to his extraordinary qualities.

Huang Jin listened to what Li Chunfang said and nodded with satisfaction.

This is interesting, really interesting. I have to tell the Emperor about it.

Huang Jin said to Li Chunfang: "Editor-in-Chief Li is really capable. He can implement the prince's instructions and test the results. I admire him very much. Today I also have good news for you. The emperor intends to promote you to the position of Imperial Academy Scholar. You must work hard in the future and do not disappoint the emperor's expectations."

When Li Chunfang heard that he was going to be promoted to Hanlin Bachelor, his body couldn't help but tremble.

Hanlin Bachelor is the highest position in the Hanlin Academy. Although it is only a fifth-rank official position, the significance of this position far exceeds its own significance. Compared with the fifth-rank Hanlin Shijiang Bachelor, it is many times stronger!
You should know that the rank of Grand Secretary in the Ming Dynasty was only the fifth rank.

But who can really regard the Grand Secretary as an official of the fifth rank?
Moreover, before this, there was a Hanlin scholar who entered the cabinet directly, so it is understandable that Li Chunfang was very excited at this moment.

Li Chunfang was so excited that he wanted to kneel down immediately, "The emperor's grace is so great!"

Huang Jin stopped him in time and said, "Don't get excited now. The decree will not be issued until after Qingming Festival. I just happened to come here today, so I'm telling you first. You can't spread it to others. Otherwise, it would be deceiving the emperor!"

Li Chunfang certainly knew the pros and cons of this. After all, this was an edict that had not yet been announced. If he got carried away and spread what Huang Jin had said to him, then he would be dead.

Li Chunfang suppressed her excitement and said to Huang Jin gratefully, "Thank you, eunuch."

Then Huang Jin asked out of the blue, "Who is Jin Yong?"

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