Chapter 127: Liu Bei's Acting for a Lifetime Is Not Acting(1/2)
Chapter 127 Liu Bei’s lifelong acting is not acting
Queen Zhou kept moving, and explained softly that Zhou Kui's actions at least made him feel more at ease, and he was lucky that he didn't make the purchase with the grain merchant.
Tens of thousands of stones of food had to be hoarded, which was not a big problem for Chongzhen who was no longer under pressure.
"You ask Uncle Jiading to prepare, keep some enough for your family, and sell the rest to the royal merchants at the price of one hundred and fifty military coupons per stone."
"I obey your orders."
Queen Zhou said softly that he was relieved about this. Now with the sales of the light industrial products of the Royal Company, all parties are eager for the military coupons that have increased their purchasing power several times.
Although everyone feels that there is something wrong with the business, it is indeed more cost-effective to buy military coupons than to buy them directly with money.
Therefore, Zhou Kui, a businessman, is not stupid, can make a fortune without losing money, and can not offend Chongzhen, he will definitely do it.
The food problem was completely solved, and Chongzhen also relaxed.
"Queen, I remember you haven't worn that dress for a long time, right? I want to see you wearing black stockings tonight."
"Husband, I hate it."
Empress Zhou coquettishly patted Chongzhen twice. As an old couple, they still felt that they couldn't let go, especially wearing that kind of clothes, which felt a kind of forbidden shyness for her.
"Then let's try a new way of playing.
Hey hey hey, dear concubine, why don’t you come over here.”
Under Chongzhen's greeting, Empress Zhou could only pretend to be timid and went over. That night, Chongzhen played with two phoenixes and pearls, and she was as happy as a fairy.
The next day, Chongzhen greeted Chen Ye in the palace after going to court.
Chen Ye has already brought his camera and tripod.
"Lao Zhu, take a look at the script and get into a state of mind."
"Do I still need to be in good shape to play myself? And this content is not much different from what I gave to Li Aiqing the day before yesterday."
Chongzhen was a little unconvinced. He just wanted to show how harmonious he was as a monarch and his subjects. He had been practicing these things well.
"Are you sure you are playing the role of yourself? Look at the contents here and see which ones are related to you.
See for yourself if you can say these words? Don't you feel ashamed?"
After listening to Chen Ye's words, Chongzhen stopped flipping the script.
The dialogue above, about Lu Xiangsheng's inner activities and his loyalty to him, really made his eyes wet.
But as for those parts of himself, why do he feel sorry for the people being kidnapped by the Jian slaves, and feel sorry for the border soldiers who starved to resist the Jian slaves? After asking himself, he has no desire to do anything with Chongzhen.
"The shop owner is right, I may not be able to act like myself, this hypocritical self."
"You call this hypocrisy?"
When Chen Ye heard this, he almost got angry. If Chongzhen really thought that, he would be furious.
"I am talking about myself. All these contents are the actions of Mingjun. I have never thought before that a Mingjun needs to care about so many things.
But I really can’t do this, I..."
Looking at Chongzhen's look, Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this guy didn't object to the content, it could still be changed.
And with such a profound understanding, Chongzhen is considered to be serious. At least, he still has face in front of people he knows.
"Have you seen The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"
"I've read it. Owner, are you saying that you want me to act like Liu Bei?"
When Chongzhen heard this, he seemed to understand a little. This seemed to be what Chen Ye often told him about character design.
"Yes, someone once said that Liu Bei is the most popular actor in the world, but even if he is acting and has been acting as a benevolent monarch all his life, isn't he a benevolent monarch?"
"Thanks to the innkeeper for your teachings, what I performed in today's script is all what I thought. In the future, I will always keep it in mind and never deviate from it."
Chongzhen joined his hands and bowed and said.
Chen Ye turned on the camera and started filming according to the plot.
On this day, Chongzhen and Chen Ye were seen in several places in the palace, sometimes in the main hall and sometimes in the bedrooms.
"Stop, stop, stop, Lao Zhu, you are not in good condition yet, try again."
"Shop owner, this has happened three times already. Please let me go. I have put all my body and mind into grieving."
Chongzhen looked at the camera with a grimace on his face. He didn't understand what Chen Ye's so-called state was. The news came back that Lu Xiangsheng had died in battle. The state was very real.
At that time, he heard Yang Sichang say that Lu Xiangsheng was not in a good position to respond to the enemy, and he also heard from Gao Qiqian that Lu Xiangsheng secretly launched an army. He was still angry at that time. If Lu Xiangsheng had not died, he would have had his head chopped off.
"Close your eyes and listen to me."
Chen Ye had to follow the routine to get Chongzhen into an imaginary state.
"Think about it, a minister with outstanding ability, literary and military skills.
A loyal and unyielding minister.
Even if you are a bad emperor, to him, you are the most sage because you chose him.
As for you, he is the most capable and the only one among so many courtiers who is willing to do practical things. Who is he?"
"Lu Qing."
When Chongzhen heard this sentence, he followed it up and gradually saw the shadow of Lu Xiangsheng in his closed eyes.
"This minister will help you put down the rebellion and stabilize the court. With him here, even the ministers in the court can't hide anything from you. With him here, you know that no matter how many people build slaves, they can't pass the barrier."
Chen Ye's words gradually brought into play what Lu Xiangsheng had done, as well as the opposition of other ministers in the court, which made Chongzhen and Chongzhen compare each other and think of more of Lu Xiangsheng's good deeds.
As he went deeper, scenes of Lu Xiangsheng's battle began to appear in front of Chongzhen's eyes. These scenes were all battlefield scenes put together from various costume movies he watched.
"It's you who changed the order day and night. It's you who sent an unreliable supervisor. It's you who couldn't support him in court. It's you who made him unable to get a posthumous title even after he died.
He believed in you so much, it was you who killed him!"
"It's not me! No, it's not! I didn't kill Lu Qing!"
Chongzhen opened his eyes in an instant, bloodshot eyes were already everywhere, and his eyes were still slightly moist.
"Okay, as it is, just put in two more drops of eye drops and it will be fine."
Chongzhen, whose defense was broken, took two drops of eye drops in a daze. He was still immersed in the scene just now and couldn't extricate himself.
The last time I felt so uncomfortable was when I knew the ending of Ming Dynasty.
Chen Ye's words brought him deep into his thoughts, and also made him understand that he had lost a true right-hand man. If Lu Xiangsheng was still here, he might be several times more relaxed now.
After finding the feeling, Chongzhen adjusted his emotions and gradually entered the state. Chen Ye couldn't help but praise him.
"Lao Zhu, why don't you consider making a debut? With your image, you can become a popular star in future generations."
"No, no, no! Owner, please don't let me play at your time. I don't want to be an actor. If my ancestors know about it, they will have to kill me."
"Tch, based on your previous behavior, Taizu, the old man, has a spirit under the spring, and he has crawled out to destroy you."
Hearing Chen Ye's snort, Chongzhen smiled sheepishly. What Chen Ye said was really good, but he felt that he couldn't blame himself.
If it hadn't been for the many pitfalls left by previous generations, with his hard work, the Ming Dynasty wouldn't have died in his hands...right???
"These are all filmed, and your role is relatively small. When these few scenes are cut out, they will definitely touch a lot of people."
Chen Ye took a look and found that a single promotional video was less than half an hour long, but it contained a lot of content, and the shots of Chongzhen were all kinds of majestic.
When the time comes, we can add special effects to the sky, and the moviegoers will be stunned for a moment.
"But shopkeeper, I just heard what you said and it was indeed quite uncomfortable.
I have an unshirkable responsibility for Lu Qing's death. If the person supervising the army at that time was not Gao Qiqian but someone else, perhaps Lu Qing would not have been besieged to death."
"As long as you can understand it, don't shirk your responsibilities and turn your grief and anger into strength.
When I actually get some synthetic fuel, I can get you an incendiary bomb, which can be dropped from a drone onto the head of the Jiannu at night and explode, it’s guaranteed to be fun.”
Chen Ye comforted and began to provide new ideas to change the topic.
"Incendiary bombs? But the new kerosene? Yes, I forgot before that you can load kerosene into the drone. Although the system cannot allow me to airdrop it, the drone drop does not count."
Chongzhen clapped his hands and said excitedly that the drone could carry a full 200 kilograms. All this amount would be turned into kerosene, which would be enough to turn the Jiannu Camp into a sea of fire.
"That's much better than kerosene. The synthetic combustible agent can still burn for a short time even if it is plunged into water. Once the water is flushed, it can still float on the surface and burn while flowing.
And you can also get some gas tanks and the like. In the early stage, you can rely on these things to make the slaves want to die. In the later stage, you can use real giant ships and cannons to break out the new plains of the Ming Dynasty."
Chen Ye and Chongzhen excitedly discussed how to use modern non-military items to cause as much damage to Jiannu as military explosives.
After the discussion, Chen Ye went back with the film, and Chongzhen called Wang Chengen.
"Wang Banban, have they washed up?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Wang, Lu Xiangjin, and Lu Xiangguan have all washed up and are waiting to be summoned."
"Well, call me over."
After announcing that Lu Xiangsheng would be granted a posthumous title, Chongzhen ordered people to summon Lu Xiangsheng's wife and two younger brothers to the capital.
Wang's and Lu Xiangsheng's two younger brothers requested Chongzhen to provide compensation to Lu Xiangsheng last year and the year before last respectively.
To be continued...