Li You and Lord Wu Sheng of the former Guilin Mansion can be said to be two characters who are incompatible, and whoever suddenly sees Li You's recommendation can't connect the two people for a while. There is no impermeable wall in the world, and this kind of thing is by no means traceless, and people quickly find out the context.

It turned out that Wu Sheng was not idle when he was in Beijing to be examined and to be selected. He not only actively contributed to the Mingli Daily, but also mainly wrote about all kinds of strange marriage customs and private affairs between men and women in Southwest Yi, which became the most popular content in the Kyushu Guangwen section of the first few issues. In addition, Mr. Wu also contributed two words of his own book to Mingli Daily to enrich the serialized column of words and phrases in preparation.

This attracted the attention of Li You, the big proprietor of Mingli News, and as for how the relationship between Master Li and Wu Sheng developed next, outsiders do not know.

At this time, someone found a place worth playing, Wu Sheng had no other background backer, it is said that he offended a certain elder, so he was appointed to Guilin Mansion, which was far away in the world, and the officialdom was full of streetwear. But from Master Lee's point of view, it is understandable to regard the enemy's enemy as a friend.

When other officials waiting to be elected in Beijing heard about this, they beat their chests one after another, why didn't they think of this way? Send a few manuscripts to get the favor and recommendation of the celebrity Li You, which is too cost-effective, even if the court does not allow Lord Li's invitation, but the officials will always give Lord Li face!

There is no difference between a public recommendation and a private recommendation. Public recommendation means determination to win, and of course, to express determination, you also need to take into account your own strength. Without the backing of commensurate strength, even if you have determination, you will inevitably be slapped in the face by others.

The General Administration Department is not an important position with real power, and Li You has put on a posture, so others will not be able to compete with him, who has become more and more popular recently. Therefore, in the end, Wu Sheng really got the position of the counselor of the General Political Department, and completed the transformation from the prefect of the border wilderness to the official of Beijing.

But he said that on this day, all the yamen in Beijing had clerical officials who went to the General Administration Department, and they went to copy the newspaper. The General Administration Department excerpted the edict of the chapter and edited it into the Di Bao, and the Yamen of the Beijing Division regularly sent small officials to the General Administration Department to copy the Di Bao back, so the other name of the Di Bao is also called Di Bao. This is the consistent rule of the Ming Dynasty for 300 years.

But that rule is being broken today. The officials who went to the Department of Communications to copy the Di Bao were told to come back tomorrow, and that all the time for copying the Di Bao would be postponed by one day in the future.

"What's going on?" Wei Wuwei, a small official from the Department of Household Affairs, turned his head and asked his colleagues from the Ministry of Rites. saw that the other party also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

The lowest-level officials like Wei Wuwei could indeed only be inexplicable, where could they guess the trick. When Mr. Wei returned to the household, he suddenly found at the gate that the newspaper delivered to the yamen today had once again become two kinds.

Since its founding, it has been gradually accustomed to the fact that it has been constantly updated, but the Pravda, which has been interrupted for three periods, has suddenly reappeared in front of everyone today, and it has also attracted attention.

Mr. Wei was a step slower. I didn't grab a sneak peek of today's Mingli Newspaper, and I had no choice but to grab a relatively boring Pravda.

He was astonished at one glance, and the front page of Pravda was no longer ignorant of the so-called moral preaching, but one news after another. After a few more glances, he immediately concluded that the contents of the front page of Pravda must have been taken from Di Bao! Wei Wuwei has been copying the newspaper for five years. I am extremely familiar with the style of Di Bao, and you can know it at a glance!

Many officials like Mr. Wei suddenly realized at this moment, no wonder they didn't let them copy the newspaper today, it turned out that the trick was here. It is necessary to transfer the content of the newspaper to Pravda in order to strengthen the functionality of Pravda.

After the news spread, smart people suddenly remembered that Li Youbao raised Wu Sheng to serve as the right senator of the General Political Division. Could it be that Li You's focus is here?

After inquiry, the speculation was confirmed--that Wu Sheng went to the General Administration Department and was assigned to manage the affairs of the newspaper! So this time the copying of the newspaper was postponed, but it was able to get into the newspaper first. is enough to show that Li You suddenly promoted Lord Wu Sheng Wu, and it was really a premeditated layout.

"With Lord Li's tough style, Di Bao news was first published in Pravda, but I am afraid that it will become the rule." Mr. Wei, a small official in the household department, sighed to his colleagues, "If this is the case, it is enough to read the Pravda sent to the door, so why do you need to go to the Department of Communications to copy it?" I'm afraid that I will have one less errand in the future. ”

Mr. Wei, who was bored, finished with a lot of emotion and continued to look through the Pravda in his hand. I opened the second page and was startled again.

There is a big headline on it, which reads "The Good and Bad of Shandong Guangzhi Cotton". Here's a long article. This paper analyzes the pros and cons of the rapid growth of cotton planting in Shandong in recent years. In fact, there is nothing to say about the title and content, but there is a line between the title and the article that shakes the reader. This is the author's signature - Lu Xujiang, a scholar of Wuyingdian University.

Lu Gelao, one of the six major Zaifu, is a political essay? It's not surprising that Li You, the president of Pravda, and Lu Ge Lao are like relatives and friends, and Lu Ge Lao writes an article to praise Li You's field, which is normal.

But even with the knowledge of Wei Wuwei, a humble official, he felt that something was wrong, very wrong, very wrong. There are six Zai Fu, and Lu Ge Lao is not the first assistant, is it really appropriate to highlight Lu Ge Lao so obviously in the official newspaper?

However, this is all a matter for the top bosses, Mr. Wei just thought about it briefly and continued to look back. Suddenly found another article titled "Yangchun Budeze" Fu, okay, it is still more surprising than the title and content, this time it is Yang Linzhang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Looking further down, another article "On the Self-cultivation of Quan Political Officials" jumps out, and you know that it is not something that ordinary people can write about when you look at this title. glanced at the signature, and sure enough, the signatory was Zhao Wu County, the secretary of the ministry.

Whoever reads the revised Pravda will sigh "not simple".

In addition to the functional front page, the main feature of the newspaper page is the writing of three bigwigs, and then there are several other articles written by slightly inferior people. In other words, the main content of Pravda is written by high-ranking officials, and it is hoped that it will be full of gold, jade, and vermilion, and I am afraid that there is no second kind of article in the world that is as dense as Pravda.

Fine people also saw the words "column" on the page, so as to speculate that these high-ranking officials' articles are not just for Li Youxin's appointment, but will become a long-term practice in the future?

From the popular Mingli Daily, everyone gradually got used to the fact that the newspaper was written and edited by professional chief writers and editors-in-chief, but this time Li You took over Pravda, but he changed it again, and completely changed Pravda.

The interest and readability of this Pravda is certainly not as good as that of the Reason, will the people in the yamen read it?

The answer is definitely yes. As the saying goes, the text is the voice of the heart, and if there are articles by various court bigwigs in Pravda, whether it is a strategy, a literary fu or a scripture, it is certainly worth thinking about by motivated officials, and those bigwigs will definitely release the information they need through this form. Even if the officials don't study it, it's not a bad thing to know more about the bigwigs.

"It's not easy." Wei Wuwei closed the newspaper and sighed again. He has been in the yamen for more than 10 years, and he does not dare to say that he is well-informed, but he also knows a little about the way of thinking, and he has already realized a little bit about the idea of the famous Li Baixian running a newspaper -- that is, to run a newspaper that thoroughly serves the high-level people!

In Jingshi, of course, Mr. Wei is not the only one who can realize the fur, but even if he realizes it at this time, it is useless.

If Li Youdong punched and kicked before, he could predict it, but unfortunately no one seemed to understand Li You's thoughts at that time. Everyone is used to this, and it is recognized in the court that Li You is the most difficult to measure.

It is no wonder that President Li drastically cut off most of the main writers of the newspaper, because the content of the newspaper will be provided by the bigwigs, and the newspaper office itself does not have to raise so many main writers; It is no wonder that Master Li strongly recommended his own person to be the right senator of the General Administration, in order to operate the management power of the newspaper into his own hands, and to cooperate with Pravda.

However, although Master Li has an idea, it is still unknown whether it can be realized. Judging from this issue of Pravda, only Lu Gelao, Yang Gelao, Zhao Shangshu and some bigwigs who have a good relationship with Li You cooperate, and the other bigwigs don't buy Li You's account, and even the number of bigwigs who don't buy it is still superior.

"So... It's too outstanding. Lu Ge Lao frowned and looked at the revised Pravda, not knowing what to say. A few days ago, he was persuaded by Li You to take the lead in opening a column in Pravda, although he hesitated at the time, but he couldn't stand Li You's clever words, so he agreed. But now that he saw the newspaper, he saw that he had become the main part of the page, and he was very ostentatious and entangled again.

Li You stood in front of Lu Ge Lao and did ideological work again: "Don't worry, boss, the sages have made meritorious contributions and virtues, this is a move to make words, what's the difference." When the old man returns to his hometown, my newspaper office will bind the old man's column into a book and print it as a gift. ”

Lu Ge Lao sighed: "After all, it's too ostentatious. ”

Li Youyu said sarcastically: "All the senior officials above the third rank in the imperial court, the younger generations have sent manuscript documents, and each person has a column, including the first assistant and the second assistant. But although the younger generation is sincere first, but the other generation is worried and refuses to respond, so it is no wonder that the old man has the glory alone. ”

However, he understood Lu Ge Lao's mood, and explained: "Boss, please rest assured. Now that I see the boss in the newspaper, as if he is the first person in the cabinet, can Xu Shoufu, Peng Cifu and others still sit still? Even if you can sit for one phase, can you sit for two, three, and four phases?

Sooner or later, they will take the initiative to open a column and publish articles, so as not to make the boss focus on beauty. Otherwise, in the long run, there is only an old man in the Jingshi Yamen, but I don't know that there is a first assistant. At that time, everyone in the imperial court above the third rank had a column, so the boss did not have to worry about the danger of having a wood show in the forest. ”

"If you can open a column, that's great." Lu Ge Lao nodded and said, "Don't make a stumbling block." ”

Li You swore solemnly: "This junior is very welcome, and there will be no obstacles!" All the princes are the same columns, whoever wants to write can post what, and the younger generation only cares about the newspaper distribution! ”