After transmigrating into the Ming Dynasty as a wastrel, I'm a thousand taels in debt, and my teahouse is on the verge of going under?
Chen Yan says: Don't panic. I have a library of stories from all of Chinese civilization!
From the start, with a copy of Journey to the West, he strikes his clapper, and the Stone Monkey is born.
Starting from a dilapidated teahouse in Beiping, Chen Yan draws on his futuristic knowledge and the System to weave ancient tales and modern ideas into his storytelling.
Street vendors and laborers are enthralled. The Crown Prince Zhu Zhanji, traveling incognito, becomes his number-one fan, while the Black-Clad Chancellor Yao Guangxiao personally brews tea for him in a bamboo grove.
Storytelling is about telling tales, winning hearts, and shaping the fate of the realm!
He uses Romance of the Three Kingdoms to explain the balance of power at court, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio to solve bizarre unsolved cases, and The Classic of Mountains and Seas to usher in the Age of Exploration.
From humble teahouses to the emperor's presence, from brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones to newspapers and the media, he wields stories as a sword and plows the land with his words.
To deal with thugs, he settles accounts in the street, using the Great Ming Code to bring loan sharks crashing down;
To shake up the court, he answers questions before the emperor, exposing centuries-old problems with grain transport in just a few words;
To open the way overseas, he recounts The Classic of Mountains and Seas at night, and a map of high-yield crops prompts Zheng He's treasure fleet to set sail again.
Zhu Di: "This boy's words are worth a hundred thousand troops!"
Yao Guangxiao: "This is what a teacher to the emperor should be."
Zhu Zhanji: "Please teach me, sir!"
When handwritten copies of Journey to the West spread from north to south, when Listening Rain Pavilion becomes a place of intellectual awakening, and when storytellers' voices ring out across the land...
Chen Yan stands atop the Forbidden City and taps his clapper lightly:
"Today, let us tell the tale of this picturesque realm. The common people, at last, are the true protagonists of the story."
This is the tale of a humble storyteller who uses his tongue as a sword and brush, and stories as his strategy, ultimately becoming the power behind the throne...
The author's writing style is sophisticated, the characters are vivid and three-dimensional, the logical thinking is clear, and the readability is strong. It is worth letting more people understand from a different perspective the extraordinary life of Yu Qian, the national hero of the Ming Dynasty who "is not afraid of being broken into pieces, and wants to leave his innocence in the world."
The author is great. This book is really excellent. It has traveled through thousands of years and allowed us to see the shadow of Yu Qian, a famous minister, who is upright and strategizing. I hope that the great conference will get better and better. I hope that the great general will write more about the strategizing in the officialdom and less about the love between his children. I hope he will get better and better all the way.
Very good historical article