Chapter 1054 The Emperor's Merit, His Benefits Will Last Forever (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Of course smart people know what to do.
Although Li Fugui did not say it explicitly, the few words he brought up made Xu Haiyang understand who said it, and of course he guessed the meaning of the words.
The book is too thick because it contains too much content.
Why do we need the endorsement of miracles and holy deeds? It’s not that we don’t need them, but that we don’t need so many of them.
As for publishing, if it is not prohibited by law, it is permitted.
Your Majesty will not ask about it, but of course it will still need to be reviewed by Your Majesty before publication.
After figuring out the emperor's intention, Xu Haiyang immediately deleted and revised a lot of things in the book. It only took him half a month to deliver the freshly-published book to Li Fugui.
The manuscript was naturally delivered to the desk of Emperor Zhu. After reading it for a while, he nodded and said.
"Fifty cents."
"What?"
"This book is only five taels of silver."
Why is it only worth fifty cents?
Because only when the price is low, more people will buy this book, and everyone can have one. Perhaps Emperor Zhu did not need miracles to endorse the legitimacy of the Ming Empire, but he did not reject the people treating him as a hero or a saint.
As for fame... no one will refuse it, and certainly no one will refuse to be deified!
However, the deification that Emperor Zhu needed should be slightly more real.
There is no need for any miracles. It is enough to let the people of the Ming Dynasty know that their good life today is all thanks to Emperor Shengde.
Of course, this title was a bit too weird. After thinking about it, Emperor Zhu crossed out the title on the manuscript and wrote a new name with his left hand.
"Great era, great emperor"
Great Emperor Zhu felt that he was worthy of this title. After all, he was more reliable than the "Ten Perfects".
If the Ming Dynasty needed a god.
That this is me, the great Emperor Shengde!
Emperor Zhu was not sure whether this thin book could trigger a deification movement, but what was certain was that the author's words really touched his heart.
The new Ming Dynasty in the new world...needs a god!
This god is not a god in the traditional sense, but a hero and a great man belonging to this country and this continent.
Chinese civilization is great, and the achievements of successive emperors are grand.
But that belongs to China, and the current Ming Empire founded its empire in a foreign land, with tens of millions of citizens taking root here.
They naturally need their own history, their own heroes, and of course, their own deification.
Who is this incarnation of God?
It’s Emperor Zhu!
The borders of the empire are boundless!
The emperor's achievements will benefit generations to come!
Yes, I am God!
I don't need to create a god, because I... am already a god!
With a slight smile on his lips, Emperor Zhu wrote on the book again.
"We have blazed a trail through the mountains and forests. We have pacified the barbarians and made them belong to China. If we do not make a sound, we will be amazing when we do."
This is from Zuo Qiuming's "Zuo Zhuan Xuan Gong 12th Year" in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was used by the ancestors of the Chu State to describe the founding of the Chu State. Now... this sentence can be used as a preface to this book.
Only half a month later, the book "Great Era, Great Emperor", with an aerial photo of Zhongdu City as its cover, was put on the shelves of bookstores and published. As soon as it was published, it caused a sensation throughout the Ming Dynasty.
It is not only because this is a biography of a living person, but more importantly, it involves the life of the emperor.
This is simply... the most attractive topic.
Is there anything more eye-catching than this?
But is this legal?
While people were arguing about it, the book immediately became a bestseller, and the first edition of 500,000 copies sold out within two days. At the same time, after discussion, prosecutors from the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit despite not finding any corresponding legal provisions to support the claim as to whether the book constituted the crime of "blasphemy."
Their lawsuit did not prevent the book from being republished. Of course, they also applied to the court to ban the book on the grounds that it "involved the royal family", which of course caused some controversy.
After all, the Ming Dynasty had not yet banned certain books.
It has to be, but ordinary people have a special desire for "bans and relaxations".
What's more, this book also captures Emperor Shengde's unknown childhood and almost blank resume in the first half of his life. For the needs of narration, it unfolds "reasonable imagination", starting from his birth, his travels in Europe, his wars with the Indians in Argentina and the Chileans and Argentines, and how he saved millions of people from the butcher knives of the Taiping Army and the Qing Army, and led the people to lay the foundation of the empire in South America, all the way to how he became a great king in the hearts of tens of millions of people.
This book of only 100,000 words was widely sought after by the public once it was published. While the book successfully created a great hero, it also allowed Xu Haiyang to make a lot of money from it.
Of course, Emperor Zhu was deified!
It is deification in the true sense!
This deification is nothing else but what is mentioned very directly in the book - Emperor Shengde's grace in saving the lives of the people of the empire.
Of course, the emperor was great, and he never deliberately publicized it or reminded the people that they should have died.
It was he who saved them from the butcher's knife, from the war and from hunger. It was he who allowed them to live a happy and prosperous life.
The emperor was generous. He never told the world about his kindness, nor did he expect anything in return.
"Shining above the extravagant policies of China's Qin Shi Huang, Han Gaozu and Tang Taizong is the benevolent policy of Emperor Shengde that will benefit the world for generations to come!"
In front of a wooden villa in Genting, Zuo Zongtang was sitting in the corridor enjoying the bright sunshine and put the book in his hand on the coffee table beside him.
Then he stared into the distance silently. Once again, he thought of the past and the reason why he came here.
Perhaps he came to Nanhua as a prisoner. If it weren't for Your Majesty, Zuo Zongtang would probably have died when he was defeated.
"How can I repay your majesty for saving my life?"
Zuo Zongtang’s expression became solemn and dignified. He had the answer in his heart - only to be torn to pieces!
In fact, this thought has always been buried in his heart, but... now he was reminded again.
After sighing, Zuo Zongtang talked to himself.
"Well, from now on, my Ming Dynasty will be forever secure!"
The reason for such an exclamation is that Zuo Zongtang knew very well that to the 39 million subjects of the empire, the emperor was not just an emperor, but their benefactor and the savior who saved all the people.
Perhaps for other people, there has never been a savior, nor a divine emperor, but in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is the savior! He is the savior of all people!
(End of this chapter)
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