Hearing Zhao Yan's visit, Ouyang Wanling couldn't help but blush, she just wanted to leave at the moment, but was stopped by Ouyang Xiu, let her stand beside her, and then the two went out to greet her, and when they came to the front hall, they happened to see Zhao Yan sitting there drinking tea, and when they saw Ouyang Xiu, they immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Xiao Wang took the liberty to visit, and asked Ouyang Xianggong not to blame him!" ”

"The king of the county is so busy that he can't see anyone all day, why do you have time to come to the old man's place today?" Ouyang Xiu said a little coldly at this time, firstly, he had a very strong opinion about Zhao Yan not coming to visit Ouyang Wanling for many days, and secondly, he suddenly thought just now that the matter of gathering students to petition today was likely to come from Zhao Yan's hand, thinking of the hidden dangers brought by this matter, Ouyang Xiu was even more angry with Zhao Yan.

Seeing Ouyang Xiu's indifference, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Ouyang Wanling behind the other party with some help, hoping to get the reason from her. Although Ouyang Wanling understood why her grandfather was angry with Zhao Yan, she couldn't explain it in one or two sentences, so she could only keep glancing at him, but this made Zhao Yan even more confused, and she couldn't figure out what she meant?

Ouyang Xiu also quickly noticed his granddaughter's strange appearance, and deliberately coughed at the moment, which startled Ouyang Wanling, and hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Yan again, but Zhao Yan was thick-skinned, just smiled at Ouyang Xiu, and didn't show any special expression.

"Xianggong Ouyang, Xiao Wang actually came here today to discuss something important with you, I wonder if you have {time?} Unable to get the information that Ouyang Xiu was angry from Ouyang Wanling, Zhao Yan could only speak according to his original plan.

"Grandfather, I'll help you make tea with the county king!" Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Ouyang Wanling also immediately said, when men talk, women generally have to avoid it. That's why Ouyang Wanling said so.

However, before Ouyang Wanling could leave, he was stopped by Ouyang Xiu again: "No need, if there is anything to ask the county king to say directly, anyway, Wanling is not an outsider, there is nothing to avoid!" ”

Seeing that Ouyang Xiu didn't let Ouyang Wanling avoid it, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned. I felt that Ouyang Xiu was a little strange today, but he couldn't care about these now, and said cautiously at the moment: "Ouyang Xianggong, today's Guozijian, Taixue and Gewu Academy students blocked the palace gate to petition, you must have seen it with your own eyes, right?" ”

"Yes, not only did I see it, but I also guessed that someone must be planning it behind it!" Hearing that Zhao Yan actually took the initiative to mention the matter of the student's petition, Ouyang Xiu said angrily again, and said that someone was planning behind his back. He also glared at Zhao Yan fiercely, which also made Zhao Yan smile bitterly, it seemed that Ouyang Xiu seemed to have guessed that this was his idea.

"Ouyang Xianggong, Xiao Wang gave his father this decision, in fact, it was also out of helplessness, after all, the impact of the New Year's coin is too bad, and it must be abolished as soon as possible!" Zhao Yan defended himself at the moment.

"Hmph, you can't just make random ideas regardless of the consequences. There are two things about student petitions, and if those students taste the sweetness. In the future, whenever there is something to do, we will go to the palace gate to petition, so what is the use of us ministers of the court? Hearing Zhao Yan's defense for himself, Ouyang Xiu not only did not lose his anger, but said even more angrily.

"Haha, it seems that Ouyang Xianggong has seen the hidden dangers brought by Xiao Wang's method, but Xiao Wang came today. In fact, I just want to ask Ouyang Xianggong to help me once, eliminate the hidden dangers caused by this method, and even add a tool for the imperial court to control Shilin! Zhao Yan suddenly laughed a few times at this time, and then he spoke.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Ouyang Xiu showed a solemn expression. glanced at Zhao Yan seriously at the moment, and then asked, "Is there any way for the county king to eliminate this hidden danger?" ”

"Newspapers!" Zhao Yan smiled, and then spit out two words, the reason why those students can influence the decision-making of the imperial court is nothing more than because they are the main body of Shilin, and Shilin is the guide of public opinion in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they grasp the direction of public opinion, then it is equivalent to mastering the thoughts of those students, and if you want to master public opinion, the best way is to run a newspaper.

"What kind of paper is a newspaper, and paper alone can solve this hidden danger?" Ouyang Xiu was confused when he heard this, he didn't know what the newspaper Zhao Yan mentioned was, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such a ridiculous question.

"A newspaper is not a kind of paper, but something similar to a newspaper...... "Zhao Yan explained the function of the newspaper as he said, and also took out the existing newspaper of the Great Song Dynasty as an example, the newspaper is a text that conveys some important information within the government, and it is only transmitted within the government at all levels, and outsiders are not qualified to see it at all, which is completely different from the newspaper that is publicly distributed, and Zhao Yan also made a special explanation for this.

When Ouyang Xiu heard Zhao Yan's idea of this newspaper, he was just contemplative at first, but then he became shocked, because he found that if everyone subscribed to the newspaper after the newspaper was issued, then this small newspaper would guide the public opinion of the people, it can be said that as long as the newspaper is mastered, it is equivalent to mastering the public opinion of the people, and the previous public opinion was in the hands of the scholars of Shilin, but now Zhao Yan actually took it back with the help of the newspaper, and there is no important weapon of public opinion. Naturally, there is no need to worry about the reader making trouble.

"Ouyang Xianggong, the function of the newspaper is these, just if you want to organize a newspaper, there must be some brilliant people sitting in the newspaper and serving as the editor of the newspaper, I have asked the Su brothers, in addition to Li Gonglin, Zhang Zai and others to serve as the editors of the newspaper, but now the newspaper still lacks an editor-in-chief, throughout the Manchu Dynasty, only Ouyang Xianggong is the most suitable for the position of editor-in-chief, so Xiao Wang implores Xianggong to go out of the mountain and serve as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper!" When Zhao Yan said the end, he stood up and bowed to Ouyang Xiu, he came to visit the other party today, also with great sincerity, don't look at Ouyang Xiu's influence in the court is not as good as Han Qi, but in this period he is a well-deserved first person in the literary world, after all, Su Shi and the others are still too young to compare with Ouyang Xiu.

I saw that after Ouyang Xiu listened, there was a contemplative expression on his face, and after a long while, he spoke: "As soon as this newspaper comes out, I'm afraid you will be able to control the mouth of the world!" ”

"Haha, Ouyang Xiang said seriously, although the newspaper has the function of guiding public opinion, but it is limited by circulation and other aspects, in the current situation, at most, it can only be circulated among scholars or businessmen, and the people who read the newspaper are not stupid, they also have their own judgment, naturally they will not completely listen to the words of the newspaper family, so in my heart, the newspaper mainly plays a role in communicating up and down, for example, the imperial court issued a decree, you can read it through the newspaper, lest they be misunderstood by the common people. When Zhao Yan heard this, he laughed and said, in an ideal state, newspapers can indeed control the thoughts of people in the world, but in practice, it is impossible to do this with just a small newspaper.

Ouyang Xiu also knew that what Zhao Yan said was also the truth, and after pondering for a long time again, he finally spoke again: "King of the county, the old man still has a question, I don't know if this newspaper will be in the hands of the court in the future, or in the hands of you, the king of the county?" ”

"Please rest assured that Ouyang Xianggong will open the newspaper with the approval of his father's nod, and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper will be an official of the imperial court in the future, so as to guide the direction of public opinion, as for me, I will never interfere in any affairs of the newspaper again, of course, if the newspaper wants to ask me to write articles or paint, I will not refuse!" Zhao Yan smiled again and said, he knew that Ouyang Xiu would ask this question, if the public opinion weapon of the newspaper was in the hands of a private person, it would definitely make it difficult for the imperial court to sleep, so Zhao Yan did not plan to start a newspaper by himself from the beginning.

"I understand, since the newspaper is in the hands of the imperial court, then the old man will serve as the editor-in-chief, but I am usually busy with affairs, I am afraid it is difficult to have time to deal with the affairs of the newspaper!" At this time, Ouyang Xiu was a little embarrassed again, as the leader of the literary world and the initiator of the ancient literature movement, he naturally wanted to use the newspaper to express some of his views and opinions, but when he thought that he was usually busy and couldn't get out, he couldn't help but have a headache.

"This is not difficult, Ouyang Xianggong, as the editor-in-chief, usually does not have too many affairs, but after the newspaper is finalized, you need to review it first, if there is a problem, let the people below change it, if there is no problem, nod and agree, as for the printing and distribution, just leave it to the people below to deal with." Zhao Yan said with a smile, he also knew that Ouyang Xiu's affairs were busy, so he minimized the affairs of the editor-in-chief, maybe after Ouyang Xiu stepped down from the court, he could truly perform the duties of an editor-in-chief.

"Then there's no problem, I'll still have time just to review the newspaper article!" Ouyang Xiu also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said loudly. Next, Zhao Yan gave Ouyang Xiu a detailed explanation of the division of labor within the newspaper and the responsibilities of each position, which Ouyang Xiu needed to understand, and Ouyang Xiu also listened very carefully to this, but Ouyang Wanling next to her saw that Zhao Yan and her grandfather had been discussing the matter of the newspaper, but they didn't mention herself at all, which made her feel a little lost again.

finally waited for Zhao Yan to introduce the internal structure of the newspaper, and Ouyang Xiu also had a preliminary understanding of the newspaper, and he also agreed with Zhao Yan that he would go to the newspaper office to see it for himself a few days later. Seeing that the purpose of visiting Ouyang Xiu today had been achieved, Zhao Yan wanted to get up and say goodbye, but at this time, he suddenly saw the lost expression on Ouyang Wanling's face, which made him stunned. (To be continued......) R1292