The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Jiangdou stood outside the Kaifeng Mansion with a burden on his back and looked inside. He still couldn't believe that he was actually selected as the correspondent of the Kaifeng Mansion.

Jiang Dou is a small official in Chenliu County. This time when the Kaifeng government selected the correspondents, all the chiefs in the county had their own interests. They fought back and forth until the end of the day. No one would relax. Finally, they agreed. To the only Jiangdou who doesn't have any background.

Jiangdou's father was in a tofu shop, so he was given such a name.And his mother was the only daughter of an old scholar. Jiangdou followed his grandfather to learn Chinese and hyphenated characters since he was a child.

A long time ago, Jiang Dou also complained after reading the book, why he gave himself such a name.

If Dad has never read a book and doesn’t understand, but Mom should know something, right?

Jiang Dou asked his mother in this way. At that time, A Niang sighed and told him: If mother didn't force you to die, you would not be called Jiang Dou, but Jiang Doudou.

Jiangdou shuddered, and never complained again.

Today is the day for the correspondents to report, so there are people waiting at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion. Seeing Jiangdou in a daze, he asked what he was here for, and after Jiangdou said what he wanted, he hurriedly led him in.

Jiang Dou followed into Kaifeng Mansion. This was his first visit to Kaifeng Mansion. When he saw a huge boulder from a distance, his heart was beating wildly. He wanted to see it. The engraving on it must be Jieshi inscription written by the official family.

Unfortunately, instead of going that way, they turned into another road.

There were two raccoon slaves basking in the sun on the roof, meowing a few times.

The person leading the way cupped his hands at the top, and said respectfully: "I have seen the two officers."

Jiang Dou was stunned, looked at this person, and then at the top, he thought, is this person crazy or am I crazy?

Jiang Dou saw that the person who led the way had finished saluting, and then calmly continued to move forward, and said hesitantly, "What were you doing just now?"

"Salute." The man looked normal, looked at Jiang Dou's face, and told him solemnly, "This is the rat catcher who was conferred by the Fu Zun himself, and he is the money and grain officer of the Kaifeng Prefecture. Salute them. If you don't believe me, you can ask."

Jiangdou: "..."

Jiang Dou said blankly, "Then, what about me?"

That person: "You can figure it out!"

Jiang Dou scratched his head, and also saluted the two mouse catchers on the roof.

The man added: "There are six mouse catchers in our mansion, all yellow raccoons."

Jiangdou: "..."

……

With doubts about the world, Jiang Dou was brought to the reporting place.Their training class was set up in Tianqingguan, where the space is spacious, which can be regarded as a place to borrow.

Now, there are three or four people sitting behind the table with a list of names and pens and ink on the table. After Jiang Dou stepped forward and verified the identity of the letter, these people registered his name and handed him a handful of blue paper. Pass it to him.

Jiang Dou took a look and found that the note read "October Meal Ticket of Silusi Canteen Expired and Voided" and so on, and it was stamped with a red seal.

"Because people often take the opportunity to eat in our cafeteria, so you made such a thing, and you put it away." A handsome young man explained with a smile, looked at the roster, and said, "Your name really Interesting, Jiangdou."

Jiang Dou blushed in embarrassment, but he could see that the boy was not malicious, so he thanked him for explaining himself.

"My name is Yun Yanhui. During the training period, we will get along for half a month." The young man introduced himself.

It seems that this young man is an editor drawn from Kaifeng Mansion. Jiang Dou hastily introduced his identity carefully, and promised to study hard during the training period, and will work hard to write manuscripts in the future.

Yunyan laughed back, "Is this your first time here? Don't be so serious and nervous, just relax."

Jiang Dou nodded, knowing that it was a bit too much, but it was the first time for him to do such a good thing, so could he not be nervous.

"It's almost time for dinner. Since you're here for the first time, I'll take you with me." Yun Yanhui was very kind, and Jiang Dou was very moved, thinking that he had met such an amiable friend when he first came here , is really his luck.

Jiang Dou followed Yunyan back to the cafeteria, and heard Yunyan introduce Kaifeng Mansion to him in humorous words on the way.When meeting people on the road, he would warmly introduce them to him, which made Jiang Dou even more grateful, and was amazed at Yun Yanhui's good popularity.But after thinking about it, how could such a kind person not be popular?

Just outside the cafeteria, Jiangdou thought excitedly, soon, he will be able to eat the famous Kaifeng cafeteria dishes!

Jiang Dou saw at a glance that in the cafeteria, a yellow civet cat came out with a small fish in its mouth, stopped and squatted a few steps in front of them, and looked up.

Yun Yan replied: "Haha, what advice does the mouse catcher have?"

Thinking of the previous experience, Jiang Dou felt as expected, hurriedly straightened his clothes, bowed and said gracefully: "This subordinate has met the officer."

With such a salute, Jiangdou straightened up, but saw Yunyan staring at him dumbfounded, and the passers-by snickered and pointed at him.

Jiangdou: "??"

In his heart, he already felt something bad...

Yun Yan replied in shock, "What were you doing just now?"

Jiang Dou said weakly: "Could it be that it is not a mouse catcher, but a money and food officer from the same school... The elder brother who led me today told me, so I have to salute..."

"The magistrate appointed them a rat catcher, but that is just an honorary title. How could you ask people to return the salute? We are a decent government office!" Said, "Someone should be playing a prank, and you are right, don't be embarrassed."

However, Jiang Dou was not the only one who believed the lie. A somewhat dull correspondent from another county who happened to come to the cafeteria also sang to the raccoon cat.

Yun Yan replied: "..."

……

Jiangdou followed Yunyan back into the cafeteria, and exchanged his meal ticket for lunch.

The dishes of the Kaifeng Mansion Canteen are really well-deserved, especially today there is a dish of stir-fried thousand-sheet tofu, which tastes soft and elastic, not as smooth and tender as ordinary tofu, and has a unique flavor.

Jiang Dou grew up in a tofu shop, and tofu is a regular dish at home, but he never knew there was such a tofu. If his father had such a secret recipe, he would have dominated the Chenliu tofu world long ago.

Jiang Dou couldn't help but sighed: "Brother Yanhui, tell me, how much money does this cafeteria give to the chef? He can research so many dishes, open a restaurant by himself, and earn all the money of Bianjing people, wouldn't he be richer?" ?”

Yun Yan was eating back, and after hearing this, she thought about it seriously, "Maybe he thinks that the richness of the soul is more important."

Jiang Dou pondered for a moment, "If this is the case, it will be rare."

Afterwards, Jiang Dou was so immersed in the delicious food that he didn't even notice that Yun Yanhui left for a while after eating.When he came back, he was already carrying the person who led Jiangdou in the morning.

"I went to inquire, and it turned out that they were the ones playing tricks on the correspondent who came to report today." Yun Yan replied, pushing the man, "You still haven't apologized, what do the people in Ji County think about it?" The mansion? If the mansion finds out, you will be finished."

The man pitifully bowed and apologized. Many people in this small official team are not of high quality. Even in Kaifeng Mansion, such situations sometimes inevitably happen.

Jiang Dou didn't even think that he would apologize. Generally speaking, any losses suffered by their lower-level units to their higher-level units would be silently swallowed. Never expected...

After accepting the apology with some trepidation, Jiang Dou looked at Yun Yanhui with even more unusual eyes.

What made Jiang Dou look at Yun Yanhui's eyes and produce a greater change was the opening day of the training class on the second day.

After a day of reporting, the correspondents from each subordinate unit were all present.

Everyone gathered together, chatting and making friends before the husband came.

Jiang Dou looked around for a long time, trying to find Yun Yanhui's figure, but Yun Yanhui didn't show up until the class time, Jiang Dou thought, could it be that he asked for leave?

After a while, Yun Yanhui appeared at the door. He hurried in and walked to the specially reserved podium in two steps, "Sorry, I'm a little late."

Jiang Dou still didn't realize it, he didn't know why Yunyan wanted to go up, he wanted to beckon Yunyan to come back.

Yunyan continued: "...I am the main lecturer of the training class, Yunyan."

Jiangdou: "?!!"

Think about it, Yun Yanhui did not say that he was a classmate, but he just made up his mind looking at Yun Yanhui's age.Moreover, he even kept calling him Brother Yanhui!

This feeling of a classmate becoming a teacher is really sour.

When Jiangdou was in a blank state, the correspondents who belonged to Kaifeng Prefecture, including all the districts in the city, applauded one after another, especially enthusiastically.Driven by them, correspondents from other counties also applauded.

It's just that everyone has a unified doubt - who is this boy?Why is he giving the keynote speech?

Everyone thought in their hearts that the lecturer would be an old official, or even the chief of the Privy Council.It never occurred to me that he was such a brat.

Yun Yanhui didn't care about everyone's stares, and started to talk about her class in a serious manner.

Although the people in the mansion were very supportive, they couldn't hide their various distractions or disapproval after Yun Yan returned to give lectures.After all, they all felt that they knew the details of the speaker.

When Yun Yan talked about how to select news topics, plan, interview, and write, these people, although not too small to talk small talk, were indeed very careless.

This made Yun Yanhui very dissatisfied, and Jiang Dou frowned several times when he saw him.

However, Jiang Dou listened carefully, and he noticed that this seemed to be very different from what he thought before he came.He has looked through the palace newspapers of the imperial court, but they are just general documents, and sometimes he just uploads some official articles as they are.

What Yun Yanhui said made Jiang Dou feel that what he was developing was a completely new type, completely different from Di Bao.Jiang Dou faintly felt that there was something serious about it, but he couldn't explain it in detail.

Yun Yan mentioned what kind of news is meaningful, what kind of technique needs to be used to describe it, from what angle to cut in, and what points need to be paid attention to in the structure.Even the newspaper news he mentioned was subdivided into several types.

Yun Yanhui gave a rough talk, and Jiang Dou suddenly felt that the half-month class would probably be very rich, and what Yun Yanhui said was just the tip of the iceberg.He even had the illusion that it sounded like an experience summed up through hard work and practice!

Suddenly, Yunyan recalled and put down her lesson plan, and called a correspondent, "Which county are you from?"

The correspondent replied: "Sanzao County."

A county that is a bit poor, with sour words in its name, made up the temperament of this correspondent, poor and poor.

Yun Yan replied in a cold voice and asked him to think about it on the spot, assuming that the government newspaper is now open and asks for materials, what good news can be done in their county recently, and what points can be used to cut in.

The correspondent just thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, he thought that he could combine the recent decrees issued by the imperial court to write about the achievements of their county and the things the chief did, eloquently.

Not only the material, it directly provides a general content.This person showed some complacency on his face, for his quick wit.

Jiang Dou nodded in his heart. It seemed that although everyone was casual, they still listened to it. At least what he said was consistent with the content of the government newspaper that Yun Yanhui asked for, not like the Dibao.From Jiangdou's point of view, it's already pretty good.

However, before the man finished speaking, Yun Yanhui had already coldly interrupted: "Trash."

Everyone:! !

Yun Yan replied: "I'm not targeting him, I mean, everyone here is rubbish."

Crowd: ? ? !

Yunyan snorted back, "I'm asking about good news. The imperial court's decree is applicable to the whole country, and every county in Kaifeng Prefecture will implement it. That is to say, every county can write. Let me ask, why should we write in Among so many similar themes, which one from your Suanzao County should be used? Is your writing style particularly good, or your county is the best? Moreover, although we are a government newspaper, we don’t need to brag about our song skills without practicality Data! Can this be called good news? This is nothing but tasteless!”

What he said made everyone blush, because they were asked to think about it, and they were almost the same as that person.

However, they really don't want to admit that they are rubbish.

"Then, I'll start with the topic selection and say it again." Yun Yan looked around for a week and found that no one was distracted anymore, and no one dared to look directly at him, then continued with satisfaction, "I forgot to tell you that the training class is over. Exams, the test results will be announced to the whole government, and the units ranked last will be criticized. Therefore, you can also choose to continue to ignore my class. After all, I can’t punish you except for a few words of rubbish, but your superiors should teach you to be a new person. .”

Everyone: "..."

For a moment, everyone scolded their mothers in their hearts-you should have said the last sentence a long time ago!