Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"You and I are friends, why are you talking about this?" Seeing Meng Haoran's sad face, Tang Cheng felt ashamed and quickly changed the subject.

"oh?".

"We have to sing at least two new poems every night in this garden, and the quality of these poems is even better. For this reason, I am really scratching my head?".

"Since the beginning of "The Difficult Road to Shu", I have listened to all the songs and poems in the garden in the past few nights. Brother Tang is full of talent, and even the new poems sung in the past few days are all top-notch. How about Shilin I don't know, but the colleagues in the yamen are full of praise when they talk about these poems." At this point, Meng Haoran put down his teacup in great interest, "especially the song 'Green Ants' New Fermented Wine, Red clay small stove, it’s like snow in the evening, can you have a drink?’ There are many people mentioning it, but this is still a bit wrong with the seasons. When this winter comes, I expect this five-character poem will become the most popular song in Daocheng Poetry on Wine".

"That's all, that's all, Haoran doesn't want to say any more," Tang Cheng smiled wryly and shook his head, "This big garden has to ask for poems every day. For the sake of the garden's reputation, it has to be good poems. I really can't support it. No, even Ying Jinger's old works have all been moved out."

The bitter smile on Tang Cheng's face made him even more bitter in his heart.In order to realize his vision when he first built Daya Zhizheng Garden, good poetry is the most indispensable and also the most important thing.Especially in this early stage of opening.It's just easy to say, but it's not easy to find so many good poems. Although he remembers a lot, many of them can't be used now.Aside from these, the classic masterpieces of those famous poets cannot be borrowed by only one person. If the representative works of Li Bai and Du Fu are finished now, this... this is too much.

Thinking about being easy, in fact, people who do not time travel will never know the inner struggle of the time traveler plagiarizing masterpieces, especially when facing an idol in his heart like Li Bai, who can be ruthless enough to destroy the radiant idol with his own hands?When the two are put together, the one on the left weighs, the other thinks on the right, alas, how difficult it is!

"Haoran, no matter what, you have to be on top from tomorrow night. Haven't written any poems recently? Then there are old works from before, ah, it's settled, you can put more thought into sorting it out later, and borrow our Yuanzi, after the name of your poem is spread, it will be convenient for you to apply for the quota of Daoism." Tang Cheng waved his hand to signal Meng Haoran not to refuse, "Besides, you and I are not enough. Haoran, think about the friends you made before. Anyone who writes good poems in the garden will be recruited together, but it must be a good poem, so it goes without saying for them to make a name for them. In addition, all poems adopted by the garden will be given with embellishers." .

"Okay, I'll write a letter later. But according to the amount used in the garden, two poems a day must be good poems. Even if I can get in touch with some, it's not enough."

"Hold on, no matter what you do, you have to last for two months." After gritting his teeth, Tang Cheng laughed hard and said, "At most two months, our Yuanzi's reputation in poetry will be formally established. Haoran, at that time, there will be a lot of people who want to get ahead and cry and send poems. But in the past two months, all new poems sung by our garden must be excellent works."

……

When Tang Cheng was busy with Daya and arrived at Zhengyuan, the Yueming Building next door was also very lively.

There were still a few people, and the one who was talking was Su Sanhuan, who was also the most impatient. He stared at Yue Chaoqun with an unwilling expression on his face: "Brother Yue, it's been several days. Money, shall we just watch like this?"

As soon as Su Sanhuan spoke, the other three followed closely behind.

"Yeah, Brother Yue, all the rich masters in this city are crazy now, and the ones who open their mouths are Daya Zhizhengyuan. It won't work if this continues."

"When we talked about brothels in Daocheng in the past, who wouldn't mention Yueminglou first? Let me hear it now, 'Yueminglou is far worse than Daya to Zhengyuan', Brother Yue, can you bear it?".

"This is not only talking about Yueming Tower, it's slapping our entire Liulinfang in the face, Brother Yue, you can bear it, we..." When the boss was speaking generously, the door opened, and a man dressed as a servant walked in.

At this point, Yue Chaoqun, who had been slightly closing his eyes just now, sat upright, ignored the impassioned boss, but looked at the servant and asked, "How is it?".

"Laizi Qi's leg was also broken. It happened in the middle of the night last night. I just went to see it." At this point, the servant's voice trembled, "When I came to Laizi Qi, I followed the knife that day. None of the 23 people who went with Scarhu lost their arms and legs.”

Who is Scarred Hu? Su Sanhuan and the others naturally know what he did, and they know even more. Before that, they only heard that he was arrested. Broken hands and feet, no one is spared!For a while, the whole room was silent, and the servant's dry voice was heard: "Also, inspector Wan asked me to send a message to the master."

After Yue Chaoqun glanced over Su Sanhuan and the others who were stunned suddenly, he returned to the servant and said, "Say".

"Wan Xunjian said that he was forced to do so, please forgive him." After sneaking a glance at the master for a while, the servant said in a dry voice: "Wan Xunjian also said that Yue Ye should be more careful these days." Forgive me and be patient, even if there is something, it is equivalent to observing and transferring away, otherwise it's okay for him to be embarrassing, even Master Linghu will be embarrassing, and if things really come to this point, everyone will be embarrassing."

Master Linghu is the biggest support of Yueminglou, and also the biggest backer of all brothels in Liulinfang. After hearing this, Su Sanhuan and others still don't understand what it means?After being stunned for a moment, their faces who were still stunned just now suddenly turned pale, "Yue... Brother Yue, what's the matter with the scarred beard inside?".

"What kind of move? Then Tang Cheng didn't ask anything at all." Hearing this, Su Sanhuan and the others suddenly relaxed, and breathed a sigh of relief. Yue Chaoqun gave them a contemptuous look, and said with a sneer: " Don’t you just think about why he didn’t ask?”.

Just at this sentence, Su Sanhuan and the others who had just relaxed twitched again: "Brother Yue means that he knows who did it?".

"Will a person who can invite all the wealthy people and observers to support the opening of the business be an idiot? Which of you can do this?" Yue Chaoqun played with the faces of Su Sanhuan and others, He paused every word: "Since he is not an idiot, why don't you ask him?".

"What should I do, Brother Yue?" When Su Sanhuan said this, there was a faint sound of crying in Su Sanhuan's trembling voice, "What should I do?".

"What to do, you can't bear it! You just have to fight him," Yue Chaoqun said coldly with indescribable sarcasm.

This is still a human language!

After the four people were stunned for a while, Su Sanhuan reacted the fastest, standing in front of Yue Chaoqun, "Brother Yue, you already knew about this, you must have a way."

"You can't bear it, what can I do?"

Hearing the tone of Yue Chaoqun's words, the few people who reacted immediately came together to have a good word. After a long time, they heard Yue Chaoqun say in a faint voice: "Can you listen to my idea?".

"Listen, the grandson just doesn't listen." Su Sanhuan and the others really nodded their heads for a while, "Brother Yue, don't mess with us, what are the rules?".

"If you can't be hard, you will naturally be soft. If you can't beat it, you have to talk about it."

"talk?".

"Let me ask you, is your income these few days really as bad as you said just now?".

"No... not much less than before."

Yue Chaoqun snorted coldly when he heard this, "Do you know why?".

This time it was another boss who answered the call, "Daya Zhizhengyuan is just a plain companion, and there is no flesh and blood business in it."

"When the scar was gone that day, Daya Zhizhengyuan prepared the money for the happy event, and later added 20%." The sudden words made several people stunned. Yue Chaoqun ignored them, and Gu said to himself: "Since Tang Cheng knows who instigated the Dao Scarhu incident, he can abolish more than [-] Dao Scarhu people in prison, but Yueminglou can still do business as usual these days, which shows that what?"

"what?".

"Idiot", after scolding fiercely in his heart, Yue Chaoqun said again: "This shows that he is a person who knows the rules and is willing to follow the rules."

"Those who know the rules will understand that everyone is doing it for money. We sent Scarbeard there for money, and they are the same when he abolishes Scarbeard. Since they are all for money, there is no need to blindly fight blood and courage You can talk to such a person at any time." At this point, Yue Chaoqun stood up, walked to the window and looked at the opposite garden, and said in a deep voice: "As long as we can keep the rule of not allowing Daya to Zhengyuan to open skins and meat , This time Tang Cheng made any other conditions, I also gritted my teeth and admitted it, you all have to follow suit. If anyone feels that he can't help it, he will end up with a scarred beard!".

Chapter 173 Media is king, channel is king

In the study after Daya arrived at the main garden, Tang Cheng opened the extremely elegant name badge in his hand, turned to Guan Guan and said, "Yue Chaoqun?".

"Didn't you, Ah Cheng, order you to explore the bottom of Yueming Building?" Guan Guansu lifted the tea pot delicately and poured tea for Tang Chengman, "This Yue Chaoqun is the boss of Yueming Building. It is said that the entire Liulinfang All the brothels follow his lead."

"Come here uninvited? Interesting!" Tang Cheng was already moved when he heard that Yue Chaoqun was the boss of Yueming Building. After hearing Guan Guan's last sentence, his interest increased greatly.After pondering for a while, he clapped the famous thorn in his hand, and Tang Cheng showed a smile on his face, "Please come."

Yue Chaoqun, who was having tea in front just now, was obviously taken aback when he saw Tang Cheng. Although he had been inquiring about Tang Cheng these days, he never asked about his age.He really didn't expect to make such a big commotion from Daya to Zhengyuan, and it's even rarer that Tang Cheng, who has done things well, would be so young.Judging by his age, he is at most 20 years old!

Tang Cheng didn't care about Yue Chaoqun's surprise. Seeing him coming in, he stood up and cupped his hands to greet him with a smile, "Yueming Tower is the head of Fengyue in Dao City. I heard Brother Yue's name a long time ago. I just got to see him today. It's a pleasure to meet you." , Brother Yue, please!"

"I heard Brother Yue's name earlier." Hearing Tang Cheng's words, Yue Chaoqun's heart skipped a beat, but nothing unusual appeared on his face. Fengyue is number one, young brother Tang is too modest!" Yue Chaoqun smiled back, "Young handsome man, you have made extraordinary moves, it's a pleasure to meet you, a pleasure to meet you!".

Inviting Yue Chaoqun to sit down, Tang Chengqin bought some tea for his share, and then sat down with the other side. Up to now, he didn't exchange more pleasantries, and asked directly, "I don't know why Brother Yue is here today. ?”.

I didn't expect Tang Cheng to be so direct. Once he sat down, he went straight to the point without any temptation. Yue Chaoqun, who lowered his head and took a sip of tea, put down the cup of tea in his hand. Don’t tell lies, I’m here to apologize.”

This Yue Chaoqun really has the bearing of a bachelor.When it's hard, it's hard, when it's soft, it's soft, there's no muddy water, no wonder it can become the leader of Liulinfang.Thinking in his heart, Tang Cheng raised his head to meet Yue Chaoqun's eyes, "Oh?".

"There are many offending things about the Scarred Hu, I hope Young Brother Tang doesn't mind."

After Yue Chaoqun finished speaking, Tang Cheng, whose expression didn't change at all, didn't say anything, and still looked at Yue Chaoqun with a smile on his face.

After waiting quietly for a while, seeing that Tang Cheng didn't intend to speak, Yue Chaoqun shook his head slightly while bowing his head, and met Tang Cheng's eyes again, "Besides apologizing, I have something to ask." .

After apologizing, shouldn't we talk about how to make up for it?It's interesting, the apology is just a cover, and Yue Chaoqun is clearly here to negotiate. After realizing this, Tang Cheng was overwhelmed with uncontrollable surprise. When it can be realized faster.

After recharging Yue Chaoqun's tea to stabilize his mind, Tang Cheng said warmly: "Brother Yue, please tell me."

"Since the opening of Daya to Zhengyuan, I have always been a plain companion. What I want to ask my young brother is, can the garden continue to be like this?".

"So what he wants is this." After a little thought, Tang Cheng naturally understood Yue Chaoqun's meaning. His Daya Zhizheng Garden is next to Liulinfang, and the business is so hot, it is impossible for Liulinfang's business No effect.But as long as the garden doesn't do flesh and blood business, then it won't affect the core interests of Yueming Building, after all, this is the main way for them to get money.

After understanding this point, Tang Cheng couldn't help but want to scream up to the sky. When he first imagined the function of this garden, he didn't think about dealing with flesh and blood, but what he didn't expect was that this point could be realized at this moment. Become a bargaining chip for him to win benefits!

If you don't take it from God, you will be blamed instead!

If you don't make good use of this cheap delivery, you will be too wronged yourself!

"Before Brother Yue came, I was discussing this matter with my sister." Up to this point, Tang Cheng stretched out his finger and pointed at Guanguan. He stopped talking and looked at Yue Chaoqun, who had changed color when he heard the words, before he smiled. He continued: "The garden is really busy right now, and I can't take care of many things. To tell you the truth, brother Yue, my sister and I are not sure what to make up. Brother Yue is here to ask for advice. I don't know what Brother Yue means. What should we do in this matter?".

Hearing this, the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and Yue Chaoqun's clothes were already stained with water, but he didn't notice it at all. At this moment, with his eyes fixed on Tang Cheng, he had already put all his thoughts into Guess the meaning of these words.

Yue Chaoqun couldn't see anything from Tang Cheng's unchanged expression. After a long time, he finally gave up his futile speculation.

"Brother Tang, is he still afraid that money will bite his hand?" After saying this sentence with a smile, Yue Chaoqun took a sip of tea, his face turned serious and said: "But since the young brother asked me what I mean, a certain one is naturally I hope that Daya to Zhengyuan will be the best as it is now.”

At this point, Yue Chaoqun deliberately added after a pause: "This is not only my hope, but also the common hope of all colleagues in Liulinfang."

"Brother Yue said it well, who would be afraid of more money biting their hands?" Tang Cheng smiled slightly, "However, if you really want to win the hearts of the people, even though you don't bite your hands when you earn money, it will inevitably burn your hands. Hey! This is really a dilemma!"

After listening to what Tang Cheng said, Chief Yue Chaoqun, whose heart was tense, let out a sigh of relief, "If there is a loss, there must be a gain. Since the young brother can understand our difficulties, if the young brother has any hope, we will accept it." You must do your best.”

"Okay, Brother Yue's words won my heart." Hearing this, Tang Cheng laughed, "If you don't fight, you don't know each other. This statement is true!".

Looking at each other and smiling, the atmosphere in the room quietly eliminated the rigidity just now, and even the sitting postures of the two of them became much more relaxed.

"I heard that brother Yue is the leader of the industry in Daocheng?"

"What is the leader and not the leader is just the love of colleagues in the industry."

"Brother Yue is too modest." Tang Cheng sipped the teacup in front of him and asked casually, "Where do the poems sung in the buildings of Liulinfang come from?".

"This?" Yue Chaoqun didn't expect Tang Cheng to ask such an unimportant matter, and smiled and said: "The songs and poems in the building come from three sources. It doesn’t cost money, and they are all good poems, but they are all familiar to everyone. It’s not enough to rely on these old tunes alone. There is no one who doesn’t like the new and dislike the old, so there must be new poems to supplement from time to time.”

"There are two sources for this new poem. One is to find famous local writers. Although their poems are good, they are also expensive to retouch, so they are mostly used in red aunts or flower festivals. Other than that, other When the girls also get new poems, they either buy them from those down-and-out literati, or simply raise a few such literati in the building. Convenience. In the long run, comparing the two, it is more cost-effective to raise bamboo strip literati.”

This situation is the same as what Tang Cheng inquired about.After quietly listening to Yue Chaoqun, Tang Cheng, who nodded, cupped his hands with a smile and said, "I have something to ask Brother Yue, and I hope Brother Yue will not refuse."

"Here we come", upon hearing this, the refreshed Yue Chaoqun sat upright, "Please speak, young brother".

"After two months, all the new poems needed by the ten largest brothels in Liulinfang will be provided by me from Daya to Zhengyuan. After three to four months, all the brothels in the entire district will be covered. That is to say, except my Daya to Zhengyuan Except for those provided, other people's poems are not allowed to be sung in Liulinfang." Tang Cheng, who was sitting quietly, stared at Yue Chaoqun, "I can guarantee that the quality of new poems provided by this garden will never be inferior to that of Yue Chaoqun." What the industry is using now is the difference."

For Yueminglou, and for Yue Chaoqun, it doesn't make any difference whose poems he uses. The only thing he cares about is "how to calculate the embellishment pen?".

"The quality of the new poems provided to the top ten is naturally better than the others. As for the cost, the current cost of you can increase by a factor of eleven at most. As for the other brothels, how much they spent in the past, they will still spend as much in the future."

In the brothel, the money spent on poetry is not much at all, but now only one-tenth of the increase can be exchanged for Daya Zhizhengyuan who does not get involved in the flesh and blood business, and if Daya Zhizhengyuan lets go of the vegetarian company, that month How much did Ming Zhulou lose under the impact?Calculating both sides of this account, for Yueyue Chaoqun, it is simply a huge profit.

"Young brother, do you have anything else to do?"

"In addition to this, there is one more thing, that is, from tonight, all the brothels in Liulinfang will stop singing the poems of He Zhongda and Wang Qunyu."

Looking at Tang Cheng in surprise, Yue Buqun didn't ask anything, but smiled and said, "Who is Wang Qunyu? Who is He Zhongda? Young brother, do you have other things?"

Seeing Yue Chaoqun with joy in his brows, Tang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "This is the only one."

"Okay, it's a deal."

"It's a deal," Tang Cheng raised his cup to Yue Chaoqun, "As a place where brothels gather in Daocheng, there are hundreds of brothels in Liulinfang, Brother Yue, you need to worry."

Yue Chaoqun couldn't understand the meaning of Tang Cheng's words. Hearing the words, he laughed and said, "Don't worry, young brother. Since I dare to promise, I will definitely do it."

"Happy!" Tang Cheng didn't say anything else, and after the "ding" sound of the teacup in his hand and Yue Chaoqun, he drank it with his head raised.

Immediately, the two of them who gave very little and each took what they needed looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

When Tang Chengqin sent Yue Chaoqun out, the two seemed to have been friends for many years, and they couldn't help talking and laughing.

The saying that later generations often heard in the company is indeed true: only a win-win business is a real good business!

After watching Yue Chaoqun's carriage go far away, Tang Cheng who turned around did not enter in a hurry, but looked at the "Daya to Zhengyuan" plaque above the door comfortably.

When he first decided to build this garden, he really didn't expect that the idea would be realized so quickly. Today's visit by Yue Chaoqun was a great surprise. There is no TV, no Internet, no newspapers here, and information is basically passed on by word of mouth. In the developed era, if a Tang poem wanted to spread quickly and widely, brothels and singing girls who specialized in poetry singing were almost the only way. Compared with this way, even Wenhui seemed narrow and slow.

After mastering Daya Zhizhengyuan, especially after mastering hundreds of brothels in Liulinfang, Tang Chengcheng actually mastered the poetry trading platform, a platform with the right to publish new poems, and this is where Tang Cheng created Daya Zhi The core purpose of Zhengyuan.

Just like the "People's Daily" in the 70s and [-]s, an unknown person can be known to the world overnight.Now, as long as Tang Cheng is willing, he, who has control over the channel of new poetry, can spread the new works of a pink and tender newcomer all over Daocheng overnight, and rely on the location advantage of the capital of Daocheng from top to bottom. States spread; similarly, he can also block specific people and works.

Media is king, channel is king!

After all, the scope of Shilin is still too small. "Where there is a place to drink from a well, you must be able to sing Liu Ci." Li Bai, all poets and poets who can rule the roost in the world, all of their works are widely spread among the people and are well-known.Even if Zhongda has a high status in the scholarly circle of Daocheng, if his poems can only be spread within the scholarly community but not heard of in the market, it won't be long before the so-called golden body of the leader will fade away.

Chapter 174 Needle Point to Wheat Awn

Days passed day by day, and after the busy work from Daya to Zhengyuan, when the affairs in the garden gradually calmed down, Tang Cheng's life was no longer as busy as before, but gradually relaxed and regularized.

Things in the garden are on the right track, and the daily affairs and management are taken care of by Guan Guan and Liu Wuniang and others, so Tang Cheng doesn't need to worry too much. As for the new poems, Tang Cheng simply prepared dozens of poems at a time. In case of emergencies, and with Meng Haoran and his friends supporting him, this place does not seem cramped.

In the first few days of the opening of Daya to Zhengyuan, all new poems were signed by Tang Cheng. Since "The Difficult Road to Shu", this name has been closely watched by scholars in Daocheng. In the next few days, new poems came one after another. And these two new poems every night are all classics. With the continuous flow of high-quality new poems, Shihlin's newcomer Tang Cheng's name has changed from unfamiliarity to familiarity. "It also changed from being jealous and saying sour words at the beginning to gradually getting used to it, and even to being amazed later.

All of a sudden, with the help of the specific platform from Daya to Zhengyuan, Tang Cheng, a foreign pink and tender newcomer, made his name in Daocheng Shilin at an unprecedented speed, and with the two classics every night It turns out that Tang Cheng's reputation is getting louder and louder, but when many scholars are curiously speculating about what masterpiece he will sing tonight.The release of Tang Cheng's new poems came to an abrupt end.

Afterwards, the name that Shilin became familiar with was Xiangzhou Meng Haoran. Although his poems were not as bold and unrestrained as those in "The Difficult Road to Shu", which made people feel hot when they chanted, they had a lightness like a mountain stream and a flowing spring. Naturally, after the enthusiasm and unrestrainedness, it is really a special pleasure to read such a fresh and natural work.Gradually, more than one person felt that Meng Haoran's poems in Xiangzhou vaguely contained the legacy of Tao Yuanming from the previous dynasty.After Tao Yuanming came some other poems, but no matter from the first Tang Cheng to the subsequent Meng Haoran, and then to these new poets, the commonality is that these poems are all top-grade works. People in Chengshilin have gradually begun to form an impression that the two new poems published by Fan Daya to Zhengyuan every night must be excellent works.

As a result, those young scholars who are eager to be famous bring their favorite works to Daya to Zhengyuan, hoping to make their poems known to everyone by taking this opportunity.

The young scholars who went there at the beginning just tried their luck. After all, they all knew the inside story of the Wenhui, and knew that it was not easy for young people to get ahead in Shilin. There are obviously a group of people in Daya Zhizhengyuan , They may not be willing to give such a good opportunity to others.

Unexpectedly, on the second night, one of the scholar's new poems was sung to the accompaniment of the pipa player. But its symbolic and demonstrative significance is huge, especially for those young scholars. They may not care about the embellishment of Daya to Zhengyuan, but they cannot resist the temptation of fame. Newcomers like them, Has there ever been such an experience that the entire scholarly community pays attention to a poem when it comes out?Not to mention experience, such a thing was unthinkable in the Daocheng literary world before.

The power of role models is enormous. This move from Daya to Zhengyuan suddenly ignited the desire of young scholars. Suddenly, the number of people who went to Daya to Zhengyuan to submit poems was several times more than before. The release of the newly selected poems further stimulated the desire of the scholars.

For these passionate young scholars, the most attractive thing about Daya Zhizheng Garden is that here, no one looks at your age, no one cares about your qualifications, and you don't need to run errands Who to serve, what New Year's gift to prepare.All you need is talent, and poetry that shows that talent, and that's all you need!

Even if the selected ones are always a very small part, for most young scholars, they may be frustrated, but they are not resentful. The reason is that the selected poems are sung in public. Comparing poems, scholars who were not selected can see the gap, at least they understand that they are not being hacked by others, but that the works themselves are indeed not as good as others.Therefore, although they were not selected, what they felt was positive stimulation, the stimulation of working harder.

For these young scholars who often chant "you can't eat the case, draw your sword and hit the pillar and sigh... the sages and sages have been poor and humble since ancient times, not to mention that I am lonely and straight", what is more fair than a Wenhui Are competing platforms more attractive?

In turn, these young scholars' attention to the songs and poems of Daya Zhizheng Garden made the influence of Daya Zhizheng Garden itself more solid and solid.

For the literary society controlled by He Zhongda and others, the emergence of Daya Zhizhengyuan is an alternative, an alternative that completely subverts the traditional selection method of the literary society, abandons the so-called authority, and originates from the grassroots.

The situation from Daya to Zhengyuan is very good. Feng Haizhou and others can handle the tasks in the yamen under the condition that there are regulations to follow. In this way, Tang Chengcheng was completely relaxed in the continuous busy period of time ago. After arriving at the yamen, he explained the matter and returned to the study in Daya to Zhengyuan. After cooperating with Meng Haoran in choosing poems, he spent more time on his own studies.Such a busy and leisurely life is really pleasant.

It's just that not everyone's life is as comfortable as Tang Cheng's, for example... He Zhongda.

"My lord, these poems...".