The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Yunchu leaned aside and read the news published in the newspaper that Yun Yan returned to his hand. He almost vomited blood, "What are these!"

It's fine to say he and the third brother, but his elder brother and the second brother are very normal, and the object is also a mess, and only a ban is right... Probably because the incident was so big at the beginning, and it was spread out. Not surprising.

I don’t know how to speculate about the cooks and monks.

Yun Yan looked back in the crowd, and said angrily: "No, go get the newspaper seller out."

They searched on the street for a long time, but because there were too many people today, they couldn't find the newspaper seller anymore, but found that many people still had the newspaper in their hands.

Everyone knows that it is illegal to print newspapers privately, so they are very low-key when discussing with each other. Yun Yan also had a newspaper in his hand, so pretending to be a fellow, and talking with these people would not violate peace.

"I don't know who runs this newspaper. It's really interesting to write." Yun Yan boasted against his will.

Someone said: "Yes, the editor-in-chief has used a pseudonym, Jin Fengjushi, and several editors also used pseudonyms. After all, this stuff is forbidden by the government."

"However, I looked at this tabloid from the first issue. Up to now, only four or five issues have been published. It is still irregular, but it is spreading more and more. It can be seen that everyone still prefers to watch such interesting things. ."

"Don't you think it's a bit weird?" Yun Yan asked a suspicious point in reply, "The story in it is written so vividly, as if I was on the scene in person. Nothing else, even the secret words in the boudoir were also written in detail. , Is the author lying under someone else’s bed?"

By his words, several gossip friends laughed, “It’s not enough to hide under the bed, but you should have done a little bit after the research, making the whole report more full.”

This can also be called a report? Damn, this can be used to write novels.

The essence of this gossip tabloid is to expand or even fabricate the gossip heard in the streets and alleys and the three aunts and six poems, and even claim to be textual evidence, so as to compile a story that seems like the truth.

The gossip news about Zhao Yunchu and his family is only one of the many gossips, not very long. The headline of this issue is about two or three things about Taishi Pang and the concubines, who wrote a full 3,000 characters.

In fact, listening to these people's chats knows that they also know that the content of this tabloid is a bit wrong, but they still pay more attention to the pleasure of reading, whether it is all true or not, if the truth is written as it is, it will be more interesting.

Yun Yan asked them to borrow the previous issues of the newspaper, but everyone didn't bring it with them. You gave Yun Yanhui a word about the content of the previous issues.

"The print volume is small, and the previous issues should not be sold now, but the content is passed on by word of mouth."

"If you want to buy Xiongtai in the future, you can visit this street more. They are all peddling on the street."

Yun Yan thanked him, and walked back to Zhao Yunchu with a calm face.

This gossip tabloid, which doesn't even have a name, doesn't have as powerful sales channels as the Tokyo Daily, but it still has a little influence among the people due to its gossip and dog-blood characteristics. But given time, it is very likely that the influence will rise sharply.

I don't know who it was, who actually broke the market and made such a gossip tabloid at the beginning of the newspaper industry.

"Brother Yan, what should we do now?" Zhao Yunchu asked, "This man is too nasty, making up his sleeves, and even saying that our brothers have broken sleeves and are not allowed at all. Even the cook and the monk have come out..."

"There is no need to find out today for those who are celebrating the New Year. Let's call everyone An Sheng for a new year." Yun Yan refolded the newspaper and put it in his arms. , I imagined it, I didn't even figure out the relationship between the characters."

Zhao Yunchu's eldest brother is relatively low-key, while the second and third brothers are a little absurd, and there are often gossip rumors. Zhao Yunchu often went to temples, and now he ran to Kaifeng Mansion for dinner at noon during working hours. This is probably the source of the gossip...

After this incident, Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu's mood would inevitably be affected a lot, and they did not continue shopping.

Zhao Yunchu sent Yunyan back home, reluctantly said goodbye at the door, and agreed to burn incense at Daxiangguo Temple tomorrow, and then left.

...

The next day, Yun Yan got up to clean up, and the whole family went to Daxiangguo Temple. During the New Year, "civil servants" all have a seven-day holiday, and even Kaifeng Prefecture will implement a rotating duty system. Yun Yanhui only needs to be on duty on the last day.

When I arrived at Daxiangguo Temple, I went to pay a New Year greeting to Ran. Although there was no appointment, Zhao Yunchu was also here at this time. He came a while earlier.

Yun Yan said hello to Master and the seniors, and said clearly after hearing: "When a foreign envoy will come to burn incense, I will go back."

"Let's accompany Master too." Yun Yan stood up, and Zhao Yunchu was alone with him, and he understood clearly, "Master is still working so hard for the Chinese New Year."

It is said that they are foreign envoys, but in fact they are mainly Liao state envoys. After all, they admire Buddhism throughout the country. Even in the Song Dynasty, they always come to the royal temple to burn incense.

This year's envoy Yun Yanhui didn't know him, but the other party had heard about Yun Yanhui several times, and they all lost the deeds of Yun Yanhui's previous receptions.

However, the focus of the envoy was not on Yun Yan's return. He heard that the other person beside him was Zhao Yunchu, so he was very excited and took out a piece of paper from his arms. At this point, may I ask, is the above statement true?"

He looked "You Song people really know how to play", and what he holds in his hand is naturally the gossip tabloid that Yun Yan bought back to them.

This is embarrassing. On the one hand, this thing is written very untrue, and on the other hand, it is illegal.

Zhao Yunchu was keenly aware that he had to be careful to answer this question. He said vaguely: "You said, are all the scenery depicted in the "Book of Songs" true? It's just a means of expression."

Ambassador Liao said with great interest: "However, this is not the same as the "Book of Songs"..."

"Hehe, you are also a high official in Liao, why are you still buying pirated copies?" Yun Yan glanced back and said disdainfully, "This thing is not officially recognized by us at all. It copied the Tokyo Daily... Oh, yes. Yes, your "Shangjing Weekly" also copied the "Tokyo Daily", so you probably don't care."

The Liao Shi almost fell down with anger.

Yun Yanhui blocked his words in advance, bypassing Tokyo's lax management, and unexpectedly illegal tabloids appeared, directly attacking the Liao people for watching piracy and doing piracy.

"That's just an act of borrowing! We admit that the Song people are very good in this aspect, so they will learn from it. There is no need to be so tit-for-tat, right?" Justify their behavior.

"I mean you guys are not too particular about it. We published an adaptation of a comic in the Tokyo Daily, and we also found several original authors for a fee. Why didn't you buy the copyright with us?" Yun Yan replied Said.

Envoy Liao was speechless. At this time, there was no copyright or copyright at all, but because the Tokyo Daily did so, and it was indeed very irritating, he also said shamelessly: We just don’t need to give it. Money.

"Amitabha Buddha," he clearly declared the name of the Buddha, and came out to make a round.

Yun Yan would accept it after seeing it, thinking that the Liao envoy had no time to worry about the gossip tabloids, and immediately changed his face: "Ashamed and ashamed, it is rude to the next. Envoys, I apologize, I invite you to visit Puguanze Youyuan. Right." Then he boasted about Pu Guanze vividly.

At that time, these people will be even more careless about the gossip of other countries.

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was extremely depressed. I didn’t expect Yun Yan to change his face so quickly and so naturally that he couldn’t let it out in a single breath. He thought that the people of Song were really cunning, and the sound of the urn sounded authentically: "I’ve heard the name of Pu Guanze a long time ago. The whole book of Wang Qingyu" The words of the drama have spread to our country, and they are praised from above and below, but it's a pity that we can't see live performances."

Envoys from several other countries also said that the culture of the Song Dynasty radiated the surrounding areas, so they were very willing to go to Puguanze to see the most popular entertainment in Bianjing at this time.

The embassy who was in charge of the reception was also relieved. Just now, seeing Yun Yan return to an inexplicable quarrel with others, they were all surprised. They were all old acquaintances. Yun Yan was very smooth before returning, and everyone was satisfied during the chat. That kind of, how come I suddenly feel unhappy.

Fortunately, Yun Yan returned quickly, and he had to take these people to play, which made them a lot easier.

...

Yun Yanhui did not take them with him personally, but asked Zhao Yunchu to accompany him, and he went to find Hu Hanlin.

The old man was on vacation at home, playing with his grandchildren, and when he saw Yun Yan coming back, he thought he was coming to pay a New Year's greetings, so he smiled and wanted to introduce his family to him.

Yun Yan smiled back and greeted the children, then pulled Hu Hanlin aside and showed him the gossip tabloid.

When Hu Hanlin saw it, he was immediately displeased, "Kaifeng Mansion didn't even notice it?!"

Yun Yan returned to his shame. There were not many yamen literate below, and he did not expect any tabloid newspaper, and this newspaper has not yet become a big newspaper. If he accidentally discovered it, everyone would not have noticed it.

Kaifeng Mansion is really unlucky, and everything has to be taken care of.

Hu Hanlin frowned, "The Kaifeng government must start searching the city as soon as possible to find out who privately printed the newspaper, immediately seal it up, and seize all the newspapers that have been sold."

Apart from Yun Yanhui, Hu Hanlin is the one who knows journalism best. He has studied for a long time, and even this news mouthpiece must not be in the hands of civilian forces, otherwise it would be bad if it was used by someone with a heart.

"Sir, what I am worried about is that even if we have checked this tabloid, there will be more tabloids." Yun Yan said in a low voice, "While we are strictly controlling, we should Strengthen one's own strength."

Hu Hanlin raised his eyebrows, "You mean?"

Yun Yan nodded back, "Increase the space!"

Hu Hanlin was very disgusted, "It is absurd, how can such content be published in the Tokyo Daily? It is really insulting to be gentle!"

Yunyanhui means that instead of repeated prohibitions, it is better to gossip by ourselves. But this is a bit unacceptable for Hu Hanlin.

"We can... be more gentle," Yun Yan shook the newspaper back, "If we publish it, it will not be called gossip, but called current affairs commentary. We will report and analyze something that many people are concerned about."

Hu Hanlin: "..."

A little more serious in form, but serious gossip is still gossip.

However, what Yun Yan said back is indeed a problem. The power to run newspapers is absolutely not open. However, blocking is not as good as sparse, so they can only strengthen themselves while strictly prohibiting them, so the citizens will not want to see anything. When the tabloids broke out, they became more upright and confident, and they were not afraid of the voice of the people.

Hu Hanlin hesitated for a long time, and still agreed to the suggestion of increasing the entertainment of the "Tokyo Daily" and opening a new section, still heartbroken that the "Tokyo Daily" was about to be pushed down.

...

The two of them wrote down the regulations in detail. Hu Hanlin went to report with Renzong, and Yun Yan hurried to Kaifeng Mansion when he was notified that the investigation would begin immediately, and many officials were called back to the mansion to work overtime.

Therefore, Yun Yan will naturally take out the gossip tabloid and show everyone what he is going to investigate.

When people in Kaifeng Mansion saw what was in the newspaper, they all laughed. Some of the news may not be clear to them, but the one that says that the sons of the Eight Princes' Mansion are all broken sleeves, it must be fake.

"Haha, Brother Yan, it's because your relationship is so good, so it's all misunderstood."

"Why do you think you are a cook? This is too ridiculous."

"Laughing so hard at me, you actually said that Zhao Si has a habit of breaking sleeves?"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yun Yan rolled his eyes back and said, "You are all very happy working overtime? By the way, I gave a code name for this interrogation, which is called ‘Clean Net Operation’..."

Everyone was inexplicable, "The net? What kind of net?"

Yun Yan replied with a serious and authentic way: "The streets and alleys of Bianjing, shaped like a spider web, are scattered among the tabloids. It is precisely to eliminate them."

When everyone heard it, they all felt reasonable, "The name is well-known, and the image is good."

Even they don’t know why they want to use a code name...

Later, Zhao Yunchu also ended his tour of Puguanze with the team, and came to Kaifeng Mansion to find Yunyan back. "Those envoys watched "Wang Qingyu" twice and almost didn't want to leave. The Liao Dynasty kept saying that he wanted I asked the official family to let the Kong family perform in Liao. When I said that the Kong family class was funded by you, he was always upset and said that he should not be in conflict with you. Please forgive me and hope you can help him. , Let the Kong family perform."

Zhao Yunchu looked smug, as if Liao's envoy was asking for him, very proud of Yun Yan's return.

He was very happy when he thought about the way those envoys refused to leave the stage, and when he was watching the play, he was dumbfounded and drunk for the stage effect.

Yun Yan also smiled, "He is so beautiful. We people of Song Dynasty haven't watched enough, so let him go to the show?" It takes months to go back and forth to Liao, plus the time for the show, from top to bottom. It is impossible for anyone to agree that Kong Jiaban left Puguanze for so long.

At this time, someone came over to tease and said: "Zhao Sizheng, I heard that you have that kind of relationship with Brother Yan?"

Zhao Yunchu's eyes widened, and the whole person froze for an instant, and said in astonishment: "You, you..."

"How did you know?" Yun Yan took the conversation back and put Zhao Yunchu's shoulders.

Zhao Yunchu looked at Yun Yanhui with a dazed expression, not knowing what had happened.

The man laughed loudly, "Looking at Brother Yan's helplessness, I said, I didn't say that I must be playing with you."

Someone laughed and said, "Who else can you be with if you are not with Ge Yan? It's just that the two of them stay together every day... Alas, this tabloid is really a laugh. If Ge Yan and the others have broken sleeves, then we will Kaifeng. The government doesn’t know how many sleeves have been broken. The brothers in the classroom still eat and sleep together every day."

Zhao Yunchu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that they were laughing at the "unreliable" gossip tabloid this time. But even so, Brother Yan is too bold... Zhao Yunchu took a peek at Yun Yanhui, who was holding his hand.

Yun Yan blinked back at him, and chuckled secretly.

Sometimes, the more obvious the truth, the less people believe it.