The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Yunchu leaned aside, read the news published in the newspaper in Yunyan's hand, and almost vomited blood, "What are these things!"

It’s fine to say that he and the third brother are fine, but his elder brother and second brother are very normal, and the target is also completely wrong, only one of the imperial guards was right... probably because the incident was so big at the beginning, but it was not spread out. Not surprisingly.

I don't know how to guess what cooks and monks are.

Yun Yan looked around in the crowd, and said angrily, "No, go find that newspaper seller."

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

Everyone knows that it is illegal to privately print newspapers, so they are very low-key when discussing with each other.Yun Yan also had a newspaper in her hand, so pretending to be like-minded people, and chatting with these people is not against the peace.

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

Someone said: "That's right, the editor-in-chief used a pseudonym, Layman Jinfeng, and several editors also used pseudonyms. After all, this thing is forbidden by the government."

"However, I can see that this tabloid has only published four or five issues since its first issue. It is still irregular, but it is spreading more and more widely. It can be seen that everyone still prefers to read such interesting stories. .”

"Don't you think it's a bit strange?" Yun Yanhui raised a suspicious point, "The author wrote all the stories here vividly, as if he was there in person. Nothing else, but even the secrets in the boudoir were written in detail. , Is the author lying under someone else's bed?"

His words made several gossip friends laugh out loud, "Hiding under the bed is not enough, but it should be true that after researching the evidence, I have played a little bit, making the whole report more full."

Can this 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, from the three aunts and six women, and even claim to be textual research, so as to weave a true story.

The gossip about Zhao Yunchu's family was just one of the many gossips, not a very long one.The headline of this issue is about Grand Master Pang and his concubines with [-] characters.

In fact, listening to these people chatting, they know that the content of this tabloid is a bit wrong, but they still pay more attention to the pleasure of reading, regardless of whether it is all true, the truth is more interesting if it is written.

Yunyan asked them to borrow the previous issues of newspapers, but none of them brought them with them, so you gave Yunyan a general overview of the contents of the previous issues.

"There are not many prints, and the first few issues should not be sold by now, but the content is spread by word of mouth."

"If Xiongtai wants to buy in the future, you can come to this street more often. They are all selling on the street."

Yunyan thanked her, and walked back to Zhao Yunchu with a sullen face.

This gossip tabloid, which doesn't even have a name, does not have a strong sales channel like the "Tokyo Daily", but relying on its characteristics of gossip and gossip, it still has a little influence among the people.But over time, it is very likely that the influence will increase greatly.

I don't know which talent it is, but now that the newspaper industry has just started, it has broken through the market and produced such a gossip tabloid.

"Brother Yan, what should we do now?" Zhao Yunchu asked, "This person is too hateful, he made up nonsense, even said that our brothers have cut off their sleeves, not at all, even the cook and the monk came out..."

"There's no need to find out today if it's the New Year's Eve. Let's tell everyone to celebrate the New Year." Yun Yan folded up the newspaper and put it in her arms. , After imagining 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 more absurd, and there are often gossip rumors.Zhao Yunchu often goes to temples, and now he goes to Kaifeng Mansion for dinner at noon during working hours, probably the source of the gossip...

After this incident, Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu's moods were inevitably affected a lot, and they didn't continue to go shopping.

Zhao Yunchu sent Yunyan back home, bid farewell at the door, and made an appointment to burn incense at Daxiangguo Temple tomorrow, and then left.

……

The next day, Yunyan went back to tidy up, and the whole family went to Daxiangguo Temple together.During the Chinese New Year, "civil servants" have a seven-day holiday, and even the Kaifeng government will implement a rotating duty system. Yun Yanhui only needs to be on duty on the last day.

When we arrived at Daxiangguo Temple, we went to pay New Year greetings to Xiaoran.Although there is no appointment, Zhao Yunchu is also here at this time, he came a little earlier.

Yun Yan went back to say hello to her master and fellow seniors, and she understood clearly, "Sometimes some foreign envoys will come to burn incense, I'll go back as soon as I go."

"Let's accompany Master as well." Yun Yan stood up, and Zhao Yunchu was alone, supporting Qingran, "Master is still working so hard for the New Year's Eve."

They were said to be foreign envoys, but in fact they were mainly envoys from the Liao Kingdom. After all, they advocated Buddhism throughout the country. Even in the Song Dynasty, it was always inevitable to come to the royal temple to burn incense.

The envoy Yun Yanhui who came this year did not know each other, but the other party had heard about Yun Yanhui several times, all thanks to Yun Yanhui's previous receptions.

However, the envoy's focus was not on Yun Yanhui. After he heard that the other person beside him was Zhao Yunchu, he excitedly took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Yesterday, people from our envoy bought a piece of paper on the street. At this point, may I ask, is what I said above true?"

He had a look of "You Song people really know how to play", and what he was holding in his hand was naturally the gossip tabloid that Yun Yanhui bought for them.

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

Zhao Yunchu was keenly aware that he had to be careful when answering this question. He said vaguely, "Are you saying that all the scenes depicted in the "Book of Songs" are real? It's just a way of expression."

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

"Hehe, you are also a high-ranking official in the Liao Kingdom, why are you still buying a pirated version?" Yun Yan glanced back and said disdainfully, "This thing is not officially recognized by us at all, it plagiarized the "Tokyo Daily"... oh, yes Now, your "Shangjing Weekly" also plagiarized "Tokyo Daily", so you probably don't care."

Liao envoy was so angry that he almost fell on his back.

Yun Yanhui blocked his words in advance, bypassing Tokyo's lax management, and illegal tabloids appeared, directly criticizing them for watching and doing pirated copies.

"That's just an act of reference! We admit that Song people are very good at this, so they will learn from it. There is no need to be so tit-for-tat, right?" Liao said angrily, completely led away, and started justify their actions.

"I mean, you guys are too careless. We published a manga adaptation in the "Tokyo Daily", and even found a few original authors for a fee. Why didn't you see that you bought the copyright with us?" Yun Yan replied. Said.

Envoy Liao was speechless. At this time, there was no such thing as copyright or not. However, because the "Tokyo Daily" did this, and it was indeed very generous, he couldn't shamelessly say: We just don't need to give money.

"Amitabha," Qingran proclaimed the Buddha's name, and came out to smooth things over, "I am a guest from afar, and the geese will return. Take a step back to open up the sea and the sky."

Yun Yan accepted it when she saw good news, thinking that the Liao envoy didn't have time to care about the gossip tabloids, so she immediately changed her face: "I'm ashamed, ashamed, I was rude. All envoys, to express my apology, I invite you all to visit Puguanze Youyuan Go." Then he boasted about Pu Guanze vividly.

At that time, these people will be even less concerned about gossip about other countries.

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was very depressed. He didn't expect Yunyan to change his face so quickly and so naturally. The opera words have been spread to our country and are highly praised, but it is a pity that we can't see the live performance."

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

The accompanying embassy in charge of the reception also breathed a sigh of relief. They were all surprised when they saw Yunyan return to quarrel with someone for no reason. They are old acquaintances. Yunyan was very smooth before returning to the chat, and everyone was satisfied That kind of thing, why did you suddenly talk about being unhappy?

Fortunately, Yun Yan came back quickly and took these people to play, which made them feel a lot easier.

……

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

The old man was still at home on vacation, playing with his grandchildren, and when he saw Yunyan coming back, he thought he was here for New Year's greetings, so he wanted to introduce his family to him with a smile.

Yunyan 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, "The Kaifeng mansion didn't even notice it?!"

Yun Yan blushed, there were not many yamen servants who could read and write, and he never thought that there would be any tabloids, and this newspaper hadn't become a big one yet, if he hadn't discovered it by accident, everyone wouldn't have noticed.

Kaifeng Mansion is also really unlucky, it has to take care of everything.

Hu Hanlin frowned, "The Kaifeng government must start searching the entire city as soon as possible to find out who privately printed newspapers, seal them up immediately, and confiscate all published newspapers."

Apart from Yun Yanhui, Hu Hanlin knows the news industry best. He has studied it for a long time, and even this news mouthpiece must not be in the hands of civil forces, otherwise it will be bad if it is used by people with intentions.

"Sir, what I am worried about is that even if we confiscate this tabloid, some people have already tasted it, and there will be more tabloids." Yun Yan replied in a low voice, "While we are strictly controlling, we should Strengthen your own strength."

Hu Hanlin raised his eyebrows, "You mean?"

Yun Yan nodded back, "Increase the layout!"

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

The meaning of Yun Yanhui is that it is better for us to gossip than to repeat the prohibition repeatedly.But this is a bit difficult for Hu Hanlin to accept.

"We can...be gentler," Yun Yan shook the newspaper back, "If we publish it, it's not gossip, it's called current affairs commentary, and we report and analyze something that many people care about."

Hu Hanlin: "..."

The form is a little more serious, but serious gossip is still gossip.

However, what Yunyan said back is indeed a problem. The power to run newspapers must never be opened up. However, it is better to be blocked than to be sparse, so they can only strengthen themselves while strictly prohibiting them. In this way, citizens will not want to see anything. When the tabloids came out, they attacked, and they became more confident and confident, not afraid of the voice of the people.

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

……

The two wrote the regulations in detail, Hu Hanlin went to report to Renzong, and Yun Yan hurried to Kaifeng Mansion when he returned, and was notified to start the investigation immediately, and many officials were called back to the mansion to work overtime.

Therefore, Yun Yanhui naturally wanted to take out the gossip tabloid and show everyone what they were looking for.

When people in Kaifeng Mansion saw what was published in the newspaper, they all laughed.They may not be clear about some news, but the one saying that all the sons of the Eighth Prince's Mansion have broken sleeves must be false.

"Haha, Brother Yan, it's all because you have such a good relationship, so people have misunderstood you."

"Just why do you still think you are a cook? This is too outrageous."

"I'm dying of laughter, you actually said that Zhao Sizheng has a habit of breaking sleeves?"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yun Yan rolled her eyes back, "You all are quite happy working overtime? By the way, I gave this interrogation a code name, called 'Clean Net Operation'..."

Everyone was puzzled, "Net? What net?"

Yun Yan replied solemnly: "The streets and alleys of Bianjing are shaped like spider webs, tabloids are scattered in it, and it is precisely to get rid of them."

When everyone heard it, they all felt reasonable, "This name is a good name, image."

Even they don't know why they have a code name...

A little later, Zhao Yunchu also ended his tour of Puguanze, and came to Kaifeng Mansion to find Yunyan. "Those envoys almost didn't want to leave after reading "Looking for Love Fish". The Liao envoy kept saying that he would I asked the officials to let the Confucian troupe go to Liao to perform. When I said that the Confucian troupe was funded by you, he was annoyed all the time, saying that he shouldn’t have conflicted with you, and he wanted to ask for your forgiveness. I hope you can help him , let the Confucius class go to perform."

Zhao Yunchu looked smug, as if the Liao envoy was asking him, and he was very proud of Yunyanhui.

He was very happy when he thought of the appearance of those envoys who refused to leave the stage, and when they watched the play, they were stunned and fascinated by the stage effect.

Yun Yan also smiled back, "He is so beautiful, we people in the Song Dynasty haven't seen enough, why don't you give him a performance?" It will take several months to go back and forth to Liao Kingdom, plus the performance time, from top to bottom It is impossible for anyone to agree that Kong Jiaban left Pu Guanze for so long.

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

Zhao Yunchu's eyes widened, and he froze for a moment, and said in astonishment: "You, you..."

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

Zhao Yunchu looked at Yun Yanhui in a daze, not knowing what happened.

The man laughed loudly, "Looking at Brother Yan's helplessness, I said, that didn't mean he must have broken his sleeve while playing with you."

Someone laughed and said: "If it's not with Brother Yan, who else can it be with? Just the two of them stay together every day... Oh, this tabloid is so ridiculous. If Brother Yan and the others are broken sleeves, then we will be in Kaifeng." The government does not know how many broken sleeves, and the brothers in the class still eat and sleep together every day."

Zhao Yunchu heaved a sigh of relief, this time he knew that they were laughing at that "unreliable" gossip tabloid.But even so, Brother Yan is too bold... Zhao Yunchu secretly glanced at Yun Yanhui who was holding his hand.

Yunyan blinked back at him, secretly smiling.

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