For several days, the Son of Heaven was so busy that he was dizzy. Cao Shi and Li Guang have already been classified, and they will be able to return to Chang'an in three or four days, and the grand welcome ceremony is naturally needless to say, and the rewards of the soldiers are also in full swing. Prime Minister Tian Wei, Imperial Doctor Han Anguo and others can come up with a plan, but the final decision will be controlled by the Son of Heaven.

The reward is not so much an evaluation of the previous stage of the war, but a warm-up for the next stage of the war. If the reward is not rich, the enthusiasm of the soldiers will be dampened. Too rich, it will cause economic pressure, and at the same time make the soldiers satisfied with wealth and unwilling to work harder. If the reward is unfair, the impact will be even worse, and it may cause unnecessary conflicts.

The Son of Heaven was so worried about this, and his face was thin.

It is rare to be idle, the Son of Heaven stepped out of the hall, looked into the distance by the railing, and saw a familiar figure at a glance.

"Is that Liang Xiao?" The Son of Heaven asked, pointing to the figure hurrying in the distance, squinting his eyes. After reading the article for a few days in a row, not only did his arm ache, but his eyes were also a little glazed.

"It seems to be my senior brother." Huo Quzhi's eyesight has been very good recently, and he can recognize it at a glance. "Hey, he doesn't seem to be coming this way."

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he was surprised. It is not surprising that Liang Xiao appeared in the palace, he was originally an official of the Inner Dynasty, he had a family membership, and he could enter and leave Weiyang Palace at will. But Liang Xiao has always only gone to two places when he enters the palace: either he drives in the Chengming Palace, or he goes to Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion to check books, and he will not go to other places easily, even the Jiaofang Palace does not go much, Queen Chen has called him to interrogate many times, and he has found a reason to push it.

"Call him here." The Son of Heaven was not in a good mood, he was busy rubbing the fire, and he wanted to find a place to vent his anger.

Huo Qubing didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ran over and stopped Liang Xiao. After a short time, Liang Xiao followed Huo Qubing to the Son of Heaven and bowed. The Son of Heaven stood on the steps, looking down at Liang Xiao with an expressionless face.

"Didn't you say that you were sick, I haven't seen you for more than ten days, why did you suddenly enter the palace."

"Go back to Your Majesty, go to the palace to talk about some small business."

"Enter the palace to talk about business?" The Son of Heaven almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood. "What kind of business do you talk about in the palace?"

Liang Xiao looked a little depressed. "It's not to sponsor Wei Qihou on Daola."

"Pull ...... What the? "The Son of Heaven is inexplicable.

Liang Xiao explained the situation again. In order to allow more people to experience the holy will and speak freely, Dou Ying is ready to print and publish all the articles, where does the money come from, it is too expensive, ordinary people are unwilling to buy it, so they can only symbolically collect a money, what to do with the gap, Dou Ying doesn't care, only Liang Xiaoguan. Liang has been running around for the past two days, just to find someone to advertise and fill in the holes.

The Son of Heaven understood, but he disdained it. "Isn't it just a matter of dozens of gold, Dou Ying is really, just say it, let Da Si Nong pay for it. If Da Si Nong refuses, let Shaofu come out. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." Liang Xiao immediately objected. "The minister knows that His Majesty doesn't care about these dozens of gold, but His Majesty has big things to do, and there are many places to spend money. As the saying goes, accumulate sand into a tower, gather armpits into a fur, since you can win and lose at your own expense, maybe you can earn two, why not? ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, feeling a lot more comfortable. He's really worried about money right now. This time the reward is over, and the savings in the treasury have basically bottomed out. Although Liang Xiao didn't do anything big, and even a little unprofessional, it was always good for him to think about the court.

"The truth is true, but your dignified champion Hou, for this money, running around like a businessman, will inevitably lose the dignity of the court."

Liang Xiao was stunned. "Your Majesty, the ministers don't steal, don't rob, don't kidnap or cheat, support themselves, what kind of court dignity does it lose? Could it be that the dignity of the imperial court is to raise a group of silverfish? ”

The Son of Heaven was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to respond. He coughed and changed the subject. "Who are you looking for when you come to the palace?"

"Looking for Wang Meiren."

The Son of Heaven looked at Liang Xiao and was even more speechless. This courtier entered the palace to find the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and he was still so arrogant? "What are you looking for her for?"

"Didn't those vegetable fields in Maoling be transferred to Wang Meiren's brother? The growth is good, but most of it is eaten by itself, which is a pity. Chen felt that he could make an advertisement by the way and publicize it, which could not only open up sales, but also solve Wei Qihou's difficulties. Unexpectedly, Wang Meiren's brother didn't believe the minister, probably thinking that the minister wanted to cheat him out of his money, so he refused to agree. The minister had no choice but to enter the palace and ask Wang Meiren to come forward. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help laughing, and simply sat down on the steps and pointed to the steps next to him. "Sit down, talk slowly, what do you mean by this advertisement?"

Liang Xiao looked at the posture of the Son of Heaven, and looked around with a weak heart. "Your Majesty, the ministers are worried that the imperial historians will see it and have something to say."

"Don't worry, no one will dare."

"If they don't dare, then they are derelict in their duties, and the minister wants to impeach them, as well as the imperial historian."

The Son of Heaven tilted his head, glared at Liang Xiao for a long time, stood up again, patted his buttocks very unfiguratively, and turned to enter the hall. "Okay, then come in and talk about it."

Liang Xiao followed into the hall, and the Son of Heaven gave him a seat, and Liang Xiao said his plan again. His intention is very simple, calculated, the cost of printing the article this time is indeed not much, estimate it, even if it lasts for a year, it is a matter of two or three hundred gold. For ordinary people, this is indeed a huge amount of money, but for Dou Ying, Liang Xiao and others, it is not a big deal, and they don't care about the imperial court.

However, there may be many such things in the future, and the accumulation of small amounts may be a large expense. If you can't win and lose at your own expense, the normal cycle is not a long-term solution after all. Therefore, it is very necessary to find a way from the beginning.

"As for sponsorship and advertising, it's actually a win-win situation. The printing shop has income, the merchant has a market, and who will not suffer. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded in agreement. "Yes, that's a good way to go. Wang Bin is from Hanshu, and he doesn't have your vision. However, don't you feel rude when you enter the palace to find Wang Meiren? ”

Liang Xiao was stunned. "Your Majesty, the minister is asking to see him according to the time and process stipulated in the palace, what is the rudeness, is there a rule in the palace that concubines can't see the ministers? They didn't tell the minister. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't laugh or cry. "Liang Boming, just now you were afraid that Yushi would impeach you, but now you are bold? That's right, the palace doesn't prohibit concubines from meeting their subordinates, but they have to avoid suspicion, right? Weren't you very conscious before, the queen asked you to go, but you didn't go, why are you so confused now? ”

"Your Majesty, if there is no prohibition in the palace, the minister has not violated the order. To see or not to see, that is the minister's own choice. The minister can choose to be cautious, or he can be hasty and bolder, as long as he does not break the order. As for just now, the minister can actually sit, after all, His Majesty asked the minister to sit, and if the imperial history wants to impeach, His Majesty should also be impeached, and the minister should not be impeached. ”

The Son of Heaven suddenly realized. "You were worried about Yushi just now, were you worried that they would impeach me?"

"Of course. Your Majesty is rude, the minister is not rude, do you want to impeach the minister? ”

"Then you mean that if they don't impeach me, you will impeach them?"

"Ahh Liang Xiao looked like a matter of course. "If they are derelict in their duties, and if they do not impeach them, who else will they impeach?"

The Son of Heaven tilted his head, stared at Liang Xiao, and looked at it for a long time, and his mind couldn't turn for a while. He wanted to refute Liang Xiao, but he couldn't find a suitable reason. Besides, Liang Xiao is thinking about his career, and he can't really lock Liang Xiao up for this little thing. He thought for a moment and laughed. "Well, I'm a little tired today, so I won't argue with you. You go to see Wang Meiren, I will let people stare at you, you must not let me grab the handle. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will never break the rules. If it weren't for the urgency of this matter, the minister would not have come to the palace at all. In the past two days, Chang'an City has been very lively inside and outside, and those Confucian students have already fought several times, and the minister rushed over to watch the play after finishing this matter. ”

After speaking, Liang Xiao arched his hand and left in a hurry.

The Son of Heaven was stunned for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more curious he became, and immediately called the master father Yan and others to leave the palace in civilian clothes.

——

The east gate of Weiyang Palace is facing the west gate of Changle Palace, which is separated by hundreds of steps, and there are north-south avenues separating each other. Between the two palace gates in the north is the arsenal, and in the south there is Shangguanli, which is equivalent to a high-end residential complex. Compared with the North Que Jiadi in the north of Weiyang Palace, it is slightly inferior, but it is also lived by dignitaries and nobles, and ordinary people generally cannot be involved.

The dignitaries and nobles of the Han Dynasty liked to raise guests, and Shangguanli also became lively, and those who had a skill and wanted to climb the dragon and the phoenix often appeared here. In a sense, it's also a hub for talent flow.

The Son of Heaven regarded this place as his first destination.

When he walked out of the east gate, two hundred paces away from Shang Guanli, he saw a large group of people, most of them in Confucian clothes, speaking with different accents, arguing with each other. Probably because the quarrel was intense, the mouth was not enjoyable, and someone moved his fist. This time it was like water dripping into the oil pot, and the pot was immediately fried, and a group of Confucian scholars who were originally polite started a group fight in a blink of an eye.

The Son of Heaven was dumbfounded, angry and funny. The Lang officials did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stood aside to protect the Son of Heaven.

The Confucian students were in a mess, and people were constantly being knocked out of the battle circle, and they ran to the side in twos and threes. An old man with gray hair held a crown, carried the hem of his clothes, lowered his head, and fled to the Son of Heaven. The officials immediately stepped forward to stop him. The old man looked up and saw the Son of Heaven at a glance, and immediately his eyes lit up, and he praised: "What a saint." ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned. "What did you say?"

"I said that Xiao Langjun has a good face." The old man looked the Son of Heaven up and down and nodded again and again. "The heavenly court is full, and the earth pavilion is round. The beauty beard has a big mouth, and the dragon face is long. He is a good minister in the court, a wise man in the opposition, and he has a really good face. ”

The Son of Heaven was amused to hear it. "Where is my husband, will we meet?"

The old man arched his hand and said: "Sun Hong, the prince of Qi State, knows a little about "poems" and "books", studied under Hu Wusheng, learned "Spring and Autumn", I don't know physiognomy, but I heard Mr. say this kind of physiognomy, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to see it with my own eyes." ”

The Son of Heaven felt at ease, and his tone was even gentler. "Since you are a Confucian student, you don't look young, how did you get it?"

"Alas, it was originally a debate on knowledge, but how do you know that these young people are too angry, and they will fight if they don't say anything. I don't have the physical strength, so I'd better go back and write articles for a few hundred dollars, so that I can cover my expenses for a few days. As he spoke, Gongsun Hong shook his head and sighed, arched his hand, and turned away.

The Son of Heaven stopped him. "Can you still get money for writing articles?"

"You don't know?" Gongsun Hong was surprised. "Wei Qihou Dou Gong issued a recruitment order, inviting the world's wise men to discuss the Confucian law and etiquette system, but if there is a discussion, you can get hundreds to more than a thousand polishing pens, and you can also print the article into a newspaper for the world to circulate."

Gongsun Hong said, carefully taking out two paper rolls from his sleeve. The width of the paper roll is only about eight inches, which is just right to hold in the hand, but it is very long and looks like a thick roll. The Son of Heaven took the scroll of paper and saw the advertisement printed on the outside first.

Chivalrous and courageous, both civil and military. Chen's sword, a good craft. The first choice for celebrities and gentlemen, and a must-have for heroes.

The Son of Heaven read these half-written words, and immediately thought of the advertisement that Liang Xiao said. He clicked on the advertising slogan: "What does this mean?" ”

"Oh, the Chen sword, the best sword in Chang'an City. I heard that the swords equipped by the soldiers on the expedition were all made by the iron-smelting technology provided by the Chen family, which killed the Huns. If you want to make a meritorious contribution to the marquis, there is a sword made by the Chen family that can help a lot. Now the Confucian warriors in Chang'an don't have a Chen sword, and they are embarrassed to see people. ”

Gongsun Hong said, and saw a few Confucian scholars rushing over with swords, and hurriedly opened their arms and stopped in front of the Son of Heaven. "Stand back, stand back, don't rush into the nobles. You saints, can you still have a little grace and fight and kill at every turn, is it really good? ”

"Old pig, flash aside." A middle-aged Confucian student, holding a long sword, his eyes are wide open, although the hat is gone, he is still majestic and inviolable. "Zi said: Attacking heresy is also harming yourself. How can these vulgar nonsense be tolerated? ”

In the crowd, the Confucian student scolded with his sword, and he had a thick Chu sound. "What else can you do but say big empty words? Writing articles is bullshit, compared to swords, and Lao Tzu will destroy you. ”

"Chu Zi, is you afraid of you than the sword Laozi? I'm afraid that I will kill you, and others will say that I force people. Who says my article isn't as good as yours? You go and visit and see who has more likes on their article. ”

The two Confucian scholars scolded enthusiastically, and the Son of Heaven was even more curious.

"What is a like?"

Gongsun Hong stretched out his hand and pointed. "Well, there is a bulletin board inside and outside each door, and the article directory will be posted every day, and whoever supports which article will sign their name behind the article, that is, like. The more people who like it, the better the article is written, and there will be additional rewards at that time. ”

"How many rewards?"

"It is said that it is evaluated once a month, the first is the top of the list, there is a gold reward, and the second is called the list eye, five thousand. The third is called Tanhua, three thousand. Gongsun Hong said: "These two are expected to compete for the third, so they refuse to give in." ”

"Whose idea was this?"

"Champion Hou Liangxiao." ——

(To be continued.) )