Yi Song

Chapter 135 Zhu Meng’s son is a bit interesting

Returning to the Wuchengwang Temple Control Division Yamen, Liu Guozhang put on a thick robe, a wader jacket, put on his futou, and then came out.

Zhu Song is very handsome, but his eyes are a bit small and have a fly in the ointment.

There was a person sitting next to him, wearing a Taoist robe. He tried to pretend to be a Taoist, but he couldn't pretend to be a Taoist. No matter how he looked at him, he had an aura of vulgarity.

"Zhu Chaofeng, your Majesty's visit is really disappointing!"

"I would like to extend my New Year greetings to the commander-in-chief and wish Mr. Liu a prosperous New Year and a prosperous official career."

Ah, this is the New Year. What month and day is it now?

I went out to suppress bandits for a while, and also inspected dredging projects along the way. I was so busy that I couldn't even remember the date.

Do I need to write a date when signing an official document? Haha, do you think that with my literary talent, I can write official documents? Basically, they wrote it, read it over themselves, signed it, and stamped it. It doesn’t matter which month or day it is.

“It’s Zhenghe’s eighth year now?”

"Wrong, it's the 19th day of the first lunar month of the first year of Chonghe." The wretched man in Taoist robes answered.

The first year of Chonghe? Zhao Ji changed his reign name again? (Note 1)

Yes, he has been on the throne for eighteen years, and he is about to surpass his father, the late Emperor Shenzong, who has been on the throne for a long time. It seems that he is arrogant.

Is it the 19th day of the first lunar month? time flies.

"Ke Ni," Liu Guozhang called the secretary's name.

"Controller," a green-robed scholar appeared at the door.

His name is Changsun Mo, Magu's grandnephew. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of twelve, and won the Gongju examination at the age of fourteen. He was qualified to take part in the provincial examination in Chunwei, and his reputation spread all over the country.

As a result, I took the exam three times in one go and failed. The last time, I didn't even pass the Gongju exam and was not qualified to take the provincial exam. I was so depressed that I almost committed suicide.

Magu then recommended him to Liu Guozhang as a confidential text and tried to change the track.

Most of the correspondence between Liu Guozhang and the central government came from his hand.

"Is there any document from the Zhengdan court?"

"Yes, there is an edict written by the emperor. The officials are thinking of the governor's envoys traveling abroad and being loyal to the king. The special edict is to increase the rank by one rank and grant him the title of Cavalry Commander. The rank of military officer is increased by one rank and he is promoted to a doctor of Yiwei. The Ministry of Internal Affairs also came with documents , saying that according to the will of the officials and saints, sixteen pieces of blessing words, sixty pieces of colorful satin, and four pairs of jade were given.

The East Palace sent someone here with His Highness's handwritten words of blessing and a cart full of gifts.

A document came from Zhongshu Province, saying that in accordance with the official's decree, the Beijing official who was away on official business during the Lantern Festival was given one hundred and sixty guan of money and six pieces of cloth."

Changsun Mo spoke eloquently.

"The younger ones all wrote letters of thanks one by one. Since they were all given on a routine basis, they did not alert the commander."

Liu Guozhang slapped his forehead, "I really didn't expect that the first lunar month has passed so long. I was still thinking about going back to watch the excitement during the Lantern Festival."

Zhu Song cupped his hands and said: "The governor is loyal to the country and diligent in the king's affairs. He is a role model for us."

"Zhu Chaofeng is so polite." Liu Guozhang said modestly, and when he saw Changsun Mo about to leave, he quickly stopped him, "Don't leave, don't leave. Zhu Chaofeng is a great talent in the southeast, and I am a vulgar warrior. I am afraid that I will not entertain you well, so you can stay here." Come down and keep me company.”

Liu Guozhang introduced to Zhu Song: "Kezhen, my writing master. At the age of fourteen, he won the tribute examination of Jiangling Prefecture. Unfortunately, he had bad luck and failed in repeated tests. But his literary talent is obvious to all.

Shi Chongmin, a corrupt official and former Jinghu North Road transfer envoy, was dismissed because of an article he published in the "Tokyo Fenghua Newspaper". The words were like a knife, flowing freely, which aroused great public indignation among the government and the public. When the censors heard about the impeachment, the officials were furious, and then they wrote to question the crime and sent him to Qiongya. "

Zhu Song's face was full of admiration, "The article in "Tokyo Fenghua News", "A harm to Jiangling, harming the country and the people, trapping the emperor and father in unkindness", turned out to be written by Mr. I have read it before, and the pen is sharp. It can be said to be an essay on corruption. "

"The imperial minister has given me the reward." Changsun Mo replied quickly and couldn't help but glance at Liu Guozhang.

This "Tokyo Fenghua News" was founded by him instigating Reikouin and Houtokugiya and spending a lot of money.

First of all, the first issue directly uses four sentences from Hengqu: "Establish a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations."

This pattern took off immediately. Secondly, the Hangzhou Bi Sheng movable type printing technology recorded in "Mengxi Bi Tan" was used.

After improvement, pottery movable type was used as a model to make lead-tin alloy metal movable type, and then some secret ink and special paper were used.

The speed and efficiency of printing have been increased dozens of times, and it can be used repeatedly. The cost can make other newsprint despair. Coupled with the transportation network that Jieshun Transportation Company has quickly launched, it has spread rapidly to all states and counties around the world.

The third is to throw money at it!

With generous salaries, he hired several young talents as editors and several celebrities and scholars as editorial board members. He also spread out exciting writing fees to invite literary talents from all over the world to write beautiful articles.

The influence increased immediately.

My article was a matter of seizing the opportunity, repeatedly hyping it, and achieving a certain effect. According to Liu Erlang, we have occupied a high ground in the cultural propaganda field.

"But I still like to read "Fengwen Bao"." Zhu Song said reservedly.

Liu Guozhang's eyes lit up. If you talk about this, I won't feel sleepy anymore.

Changsun Mo awkwardly dug out a three-inch yard on the ground with his toes.

Although "Legend of the Wind" was also run by Liu Erlang, it went straight to the next three routes. It was either a monk secretly communicating with a noble lady of a certain house, or a scholar secretly meeting a sister of a certain college. It was brilliant and well detailed.

Every issue is a hit, every article is amazing, and it is most loved by the officials, civilians, soldiers and civilians of Bianjing neighborhood.

Liu Erlang was embarrassed to hang it under the names of Lingguangyuan and Houde Palace, but directly hung it under the name of Yuelai Inn-VIP guests of Yuelai Inn would be provided with a free copy of the latest "Lingwen Bao" when checking in.

Zhu Song said happily: "What I like most are the colorful pictures that are included in the "Lengwen News" from time to time. They are not many in number, but each one is wonderful. They are randomly inserted into a newspaper, and it all depends on luck."

"That's right, these pictures were painted by the bachelors of Hanlin Academy of Painting when they went to sea. They can be passed down forever and are extremely precious."

"I collected more than fifty pieces and spent more than a thousand dollars."

"How proud of you!" Liu Guozhang said with a thumbs up.

Changsun Mo was dumbfounded and regretted why he didn't learn painting in the first place.

With him as his company, Liu Guozhang and Zhu Song talked about romantic affairs, poems and songs for a quarter of an hour. The wretched man in Taoist robes next to him was a little impatient and coughed several times.

Zhu Song calmly said, "I have come here to discuss an important matter, Commander-in-Chief."

"Please say."

"This is Ying Andao, a Taoist priest from Qinghua Palace in Suzhou. He is a famous real person in the southeast. He specializes in collecting fairy treasures and treasures for officials in the southeast."

It turned out to be Zhu Meng's lackey accomplice.

"A few days ago, he found nine immortal stones, which he determined to be the immortal lotus stones that Emperor Qinghua stepped on when he descended to earth. Lotus sprouted every step of the way, and he ascended to immortality in nine steps. With these nine immortal stones, he will definitely help the officials to become immortals as soon as possible. Return to heaven.”

Such a cool thing, could it be Emperor Qinghua’s kidney stones?

Liu Guozhang asked: "Do you want to transport it back to Bianjing? Transport it to Nanjing City. After another month and a half, the Bianhe River will be dredged smoothly, and you can go directly to Bianjing."

Zhu Songpi said with a smile: "That's what I said, but there is a time limit for transporting the nine immortal stones."

"The fairy stone still has a delivery deadline. Is it fresh?" Liu Guozhang asked with a smile.

Ying Andao said disdainfully: "What do you mortals know about the affairs of the Immortal Family? These nine immortal stones must be transported to Bianjing before the second day of February and respectfully placed in the auspicious position of Long Live Mountain, so that the spirit of the immortal spirit will not escape. Disperse."

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Guozhang looked like he was shocked even though I couldn't understand. "Are the nine immortal stones heavy?"

"Draft five feet."

"Then there's nothing we can do. The Chenliu Ningling section of the Bianhe River is still being dredged. The shallowest part of the diverted Suishui channel has a draft of four and a half feet, so it can't be transported."

Ying An said coldly: "The nine immortal stones were found by our family with great effort to open the eyes of heaven. They can help the officials to enter the immortal world as soon as possible. If it is delayed, can you afford it?"

He really came here to cause trouble!

Note 1: Historically, Zhao Ji would not change the year name to the first year of Chonghe until October. From now until the end of October, it should indeed be the eighth year of Zhenghe. In order not to cause confusion, we assume that Zhenghe began to be reformed in the first year of Zhonghe, and there was no Zhenghe for eight years.

(End of this chapter)