Chapter 30: Looking Back on the Road to the Clouds (Part II)
Zhao Xu's luck is also good, something happened early, otherwise if it continues for a while, his body will really collapse.
Now I can rest for a month at most, and I will almost be able to return to normal.
"I hope that the Son of Heaven can accept the lesson of this time and stop being confused in the future." Han Gang folded the text and handed it back to Zong Ze, "In the ten years of Zhihe and Jiahe, Emperor Renzong lingered on the sickbed from time to time, all of which were the roots of the illness left by his youth. ”
Zong Ze has been by Han Gang's side for a long time, and he often hears Han Gang comment on the Son of Heaven in the past dynasties, but his status is not yet enough, and it is impossible to have the freedom that a prime minister has, so he can only say in a sneering manner: "The Son of Heaven is indeed a good child." ”
No matter how good Zong Ze was, the precipitation accumulated in his heart was too deep. There are many things that he can't break through on his own.
Zong Ze took Wen Jiàn and went out.
Seeing Zong Ze, Han Gang felt that this matter could be put aside for the time being.
The perpetrator had already embarked on a journey of 10,000 miles, while the nominal victim was recuperating in bed.
The people of the Imperial City Division are watching over the remaining three palace maids who have received favors. Wait until they are found to be pregnant.
A consensus was also reached in the court, and a qiē restored fù as before.
Han Gang stretched his waist, this turmoil caused by the early acquaintance of Fengyue should also calm down.
"Xianggong." Zong Ze, who had just gone out, suddenly came in again at this time, holding a copy of the text in his hand, "This is today's briefing." ”
Han Gang put away his outstretched arms and took them, "What's the news?" ”
In addition to the two bulletins of horse racing and Keju, there are many tabloids in Kyoshi. As long as it does not threaten the status of the two families, they will be let go. Even among them, there are many small newspapers, all of which have shares in two major newspapers.
Including Han Gang, they all regard the newspaper as a window for themselves to understand public opinion, but so many newspapers are of mixed quality, and the content cannot be completely true, so there is a briefing.
In addition to the two bulletins that need to be read in person, the internal references of the two major newspapers, the daily newspapers of the Imperial City Division, and the bulletins of many newspapers are all excerpts, and the reports from different angles allow Han Gang to understand an important news inside and outside the Jingshi. Every afternoon, the five rooms are inspected and placed on the desk of each Zaifu.
"It's the Son of Heaven." Zong Ze pointed to the briefing.
The briefing handed over by Zong Ze, and when he turned the page, Han Gang only glanced at it, 'official', 'empress dowager', and the two words came into view.
A copy of the original newspaper is attached below, open it to see the first page on the front, the title is Xinjing Shimbun, and the headline below is the same.
"When did the newspapers in the capital become so bold?"
In the past, even if newspapers wanted to report news related to the Heavenly Family, they had to try their best to avoid direct descriptions. Just like Bai Juyi's Han Emperor's heavy color and thinking about the country, it is clearly written that it is Tang Ming Emperor, but it has to be covered up by a Han Emperor, and now it is the same, proper nouns should be replaced by other words. There are almost no newspapers that directly say that the official family, the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother. Once the vows are broken, the prison in Kaifeng Mansion will let the proprietors, editors-in-chief, and editors know what it means to say, 'You have freedom of speech, and I have the freedom to dispose of you.'"
"Someone must be behind it." Zong Ze said in a deep voice.
Han Gang browsed through the ten lines at a glance, mainly talking about the emperor's excessive entertainment during the mourning period of the empress dowager, so much so that he was bedridden.
Now the rumors in the market are mainly that the emperor was tempted by people, so he made a big mistake. Twelve or thirteen-year-old children are already ignorant about the affairs of men and women, and it is difficult for them to withstand the temptation of this aspect. This time, putting the blame on the people around the emperor was the most beneficial to the emperor's reputation. And the mourning period of the Empress Dowager, to be honest, the world does not care so much. Civil weddings and funerals, after a hundred days, the imperial court will be released.
In this newspaper, he did not say that the emperor was nothing, but tried his best to help the emperor explain that the things he did did not violate the etiquette law. Explain to the world that as the emperor, Zhao Xu does not need to keep the etiquette of Qi decay to his grandmother.
At first glance it seems to be helping, if you only look at the literal meaning. But this report gives people the feeling that Zhao Xu is no longer similar to the identity of the victim, but a mediocre king who seizes the loopholes in the law and acts arbitrarily.
Xinjing News deliberately pointed out that Zhao Xu was not guilty, which is equivalent to three hundred taels of silver here, so that the world can find him guilty.
The reason why Xinjing News came up with this name, Han Gang can guess. It is because it is located in the new area of Beijing, so it is called Xinjing.
A few years ago, the capital was enlarged as a result of the renovation of the fortifications. Originally, a large number of private houses outside the outer city walls were surrounded by a low wall nearly 100 miles long, called Jingshi Outer Outline City. From then on, the Great Song Dynasty Tokyo, from the inside to the outside, was the palace city, the imperial city, the inner city, the outer city and the outer city.
The walls of the outer city were not made of rammed earth, but of wicker fences, and the actual defense was entrusted to the seven large and eleven small artillery fortresses with a total of eighteen artillery forts. As long as the fortress has not fallen, the enemy army will not be able to step even half a step into the defense line of the outer city. It's just that this fortress hasn't been completely built yet, and it will take at least three years to go.
However, this did not prevent the people in the outer city from now on being proud to claim to be the lord of the capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven, rather than the countrymen of the past. Naturally, the name of the newspaper is also Xinjing News.
Han Gang shook the newspaper, the paper is very poor, and the ink texture is not good, this is a newspaper for ordinary people who account for the majority of the male population in Beijing and have only been in private school for a few years, and it is a tabloid printed at the cheapest printing cost, of course, it is also the cheapest, when you take a break on the street, you can buy it for a penny or two, and when you finish reading it, you can also take your bag and go home.
Most of the tabloids in Beijing are like this. The content of the newspaper is also grotesque, mostly all kinds of legends of gods and monsters in the countryside, as well as lame poems, as well as serialized novels that are close to ghosts and gods, and even pornographic. Xinjing News is not special among them. But it is such a tabloid that actually publishes articles that others dare not publish.
"Who published this newspaper?"
The address of Xinjing News Agency is located in Mingyifang, Jingnanxiang, outside the city, which was founded on September 15 last year, and was originally a five-day magazine, but since May this year, it has been changed to a daily magazine. In the records of Kaifeng County, the owner of the newspaper is surnamed Wang Mingchun, a white body, a native of Kaifeng, and lives in Mingyifang. The editor-in-chief, Ji Maozhi, was born in Chuzhou, came to Beijing to live for a long time eight years ago, and there is no record of solving the test through guò. There are also two editors, both of whom were hired in April this year. ”
Zong Ze replied fluently, and said in great detail, and the old story of Xinjing News was revealed. This is not Zong Ze's ability, but the officials under the Fifth Room Inspection and Correction Office, who have done their homework under Han Gang's orders all along.
Newspapers influence public opinion, so all the practitioners engaged in writing work in the newspaper must report to the local yamen, and there are also recorded copies under the Zhongshu Gate. If you don't get approval, you can file a newspaper on your own and wait for someone from the Imperial City Department or the Military Patrol to come to the door.
"Just two editors?" Han Gang asked in surprise, plus the editor-in-chief, there were only three people. No matter how shoddy a daily newspaper is, it is impossible for only three editors to complete such a large amount of content.
Both newspapers are published every other day, while the Beijing News is published every day. Without the background and talent of the two major newspapers, each issue would only have one page and four pages, but one issue would be published every day, and no matter what, three people could do it.
"It's all copied. The tabloids in the capital are almost all like this, you copy me, I copy you, as long as two or three editors, first copy to fill most of the page, then write something, and finally fill it with advertisements. Don't cost too much, you can earn more than ten or twenty times a month. Zong Ze sneered, "If it weren't for the fact that the two express newspapers strictly prohibit other newspapers from publishing news related to the league, there would be more copying." ”
According to Zong Ze, if you run a daily newspaper, you can make a net profit of one or two hundred yuan in a year, so it's no wonder that there are endless tabloids in the capital.
Han Gang picked up the newspaper again and read it. The word prints are dense, and news, advertisements, and novels are serialized, totaling as many as 20,000 or 30,000 words. Even if most of them are excerpts, there are thousands of words written by themselves. It's no wonder that so many newspapers have survived.
The Tao Te Ching is only 5,000 words, which is the summary of Lao Tzu's lifelong knowledge. And now, a few thousand words a day of print, put in the past, can make people write for a lifetime. The value of words, with the popularization of education, is really becoming less and less valuable.
Of course, that's a good thing.
Xinjing News is a tabloid newspaper with a distribution point in Xincheng, and it should not have much backing behind it. But since Xinjing News dared to report this matter publicly, the so-called judgment that there is no backing can be put aside.
Most of them are the shadows of which family, leave a spare pen first, and when it comes to the critical time, it is the foreshadowing of the grass snake gray line.
put Zhao Xu on the cusp of the wind and waves, and insisted on throwing him into the dirty water to take a soak. You can figure out who is behind it and who can benefit the most.
"Is it the three kings, or the bunch of the Pu Wang's family?" Han Gang frowned and muttered to himself.
"Xianggong, do you want to check it out?" Zong Zeti yì said.
"Can you find out?" Han Gang shook his head, "It's like a cockroach in the house, if you see one, you can hide a hundred in the back." Can you catch them all? ”
"Cockroaches?" Zong Ze was puzzled.
"Ah, swagger." Han Gang immediately corrected it.
The ancient and modern sounds of cockroaches are too similar, and the word cockroach is actually a change from the stolen man, and he pronounced the wrong sound when he didn't pay attention.
"Oh." Zong Ze didn't pay much attention, but just thought that Han Gang couldn't make a mistake, "What does Xianggong mean, is he not checking?" ”
"Arrest someone." Han Gang said, "All relevant people, etc., will be handed over to Kaifeng Prefecture for justice." ”
After digging. Forget about Taiwan's affairs, but since you dare to publish all the palace secrets in the newspaper, you should act according to the law.
There is nothing to say about the punishment that should be punished, the flow of the stream.
"Yes." Zong Ze saluted and wanted to leave, but Han Gang stopped him again, "Rulin, call Bai Ze in by the way." ”
Bai Ze came in, he was Han Gang's family member, and he was arranged to be a hall official in Zhongshu, and Han Gang sent a message to find someone in peacetime.
"Bai Ze, you go to Xifu and tell Zhang Shumi, tonight, I have a treat."