Is this the whole truth of the story?
I don't think so. Indeed, after reading the story, it is easy for us to focus on Mr. Nan Guo, thus ignoring other characters in the story, such as Qi Xuanwang, Wang Qimin, and even the actor who plays bamboo with Nan Guo, or the official in charge of recruiting bamboo blowers in the palace.
These people seem to have nothing to do with the whole story, but I think these people are actually the source of the whole "make up the numbers" incident. Everything happens for a reason. If Qi Xuanwang doesn't recruit rice-blowers just because it wants to hear hundreds of people blow rice, and give them generous treatment, how can people who can't blow rice in the south risk decapitation to join the rice team? If the officials in charge of recruiting oral sex at that time had done a little research in their work and taken a more serious attitude, how could the South China successfully integrate into it? Furthermore, even if the first few aspects are excluded, what are the musicians playing with Nan Guo doing? I don't believe that a musician who can really play the cymbals can't hear someone filling in the blanks while playing. There are only two reasons. One is that he can't control it, that is, there are actually others in that team besides Nan Guo, and Nan Guo is only "unfortunately" regarded as an example; Second, I don't care.
Fish begins to stink at the head and Qi Xuanwang are high above the boss, they are greedy for pleasure, and their subordinates are incompetent, so those who really have ideals and devote themselves to art will also give up their skills. They can't manage, can't manage, and don't want to manage. The source of the whole thing is Wang, and no one will be such a bird. Thus, "ethos" was born.
Let's talk about King Qi Min. King Qi Min doesn't support filling in the blanks, so palaces are equal to one after another. Nan Guo saw that this number could not be filled out, so he had to run away. When King Qi Min knew that someone had run away, he would chase after him, and then he would know why, so he corrected the bad work of his servants, and so on ... In this way, the bad atmosphere prevailing in the palace was broken, in other words, King Min made a reform.
Fables are about things, and so are things. The bad atmosphere is there and needs a kind of power to break it. As we all know, He Shen was a corrupt official, but no one in the imperial court dared to touch him. Later, Jiaqing succeeded to the throne and got rid of this big cancer in one fell swoop.
The formation of ethos requires conditions and time, and once it is formed, it is difficult to change.
People who change the atmosphere should have strength and courage, so as to achieve something.
This is what I learned from "filling in the blanks".