The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Printing began to be widely used in the Song Dynasty. Before that, although there was a form of pictures with text, it was restricted by various conditions, so mature comic strips could not be bred.

At this time, there were quite a few books with illustrations, but they were still very different from comic strips, not to mention the later comics.

Because of the movable type printing before and the printing of "Tokyo Daily" later, the imperial court even united many private printing houses, so that there is enough productivity.

This has also become one of the conditions that Yun Yanhui believes can allow Zheng Ling and his colleagues to serialize comics in "Tokyo Daily".

Yun Yan told Zheng Ling about this idea. When Yun Yan was a child, various comic books were popular in the market, so he described the picture very vividly.

"I think this is also a good thing. Quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes. If you want quantitative changes, you must first provide more demand." Yun Yan replied, "You can work together with your colleagues to draw the Three Kingdoms."

The theme of the Three Kingdoms was particularly popular. Although there was no "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at this time, folk talkers and Mr. Shuhui created many versions of the Three Kingdoms stories. There are many wonderfully written ones that can be adapted.

Zheng Ling's heart was moved when he heard it. Most of his creations in the past were illustrations, and occasionally there were some murals depicting Buddhist scriptures, but they were somewhat similar to this, and his experience can be used for reference.

And Yun Yanhui also mentioned that some simple storyboards can be used to better reflect the story.To Zheng Ling, an expert, this really made him want to try.

Zheng Ling immediately nodded and agreed. He is now the leader of the young painters in the Hanlin Academy of Painting, and he has a certain appeal.

"That's it." Yun Yan returned to his mind and thought out a complete character chain, "Go find it, which book you want to change, then we will go to the book club to find the author, and you have to pay the copyright fee if you want to adapt it. .”

Zheng Ling immediately began to think about which story to change.

Zhao Yunchu said from the side, "Why don't you change the children's story first?"

"Hey, Xiao Chu has a lot of ideas." Yunyan smiled back, "It will definitely be possible in the future, but in order to make a big splash, it's better to choose a story with more readers."

Zheng Lingwu thought about the target of his adaptation.

……

One day after the free clinic was over, Yunyan went back to help Xiaobao and the others bring back the medical records, and asked how they were doing here.

"I have learned a lot." Xiaobao said happily, "The most valuable thing is that the gentlemen don't hide their secrets. By the way, Brother Yan, do you know? There is something very interesting here, which is to practice acupuncture for us." of."

Xiaobao pointed to the classroom where they were in class and said: "The gentlemen invented two bronze figurines, filled with water and pricked them with needles. If they hit the correct acupuncture points, water will flow, otherwise, no water will flow."

Yun Yanhui always felt that he had seen similar things in modern TV dramas, but he did not expect that it was invented by the Imperial Medical Bureau. The Imperial Medical Officer really wanted to make trouble.

"Then I'll donate some bronze figurines to you, there are only two in total, which is not enough for class." Yun Yan replied, "I can't take students who don't study martial arts and law to stab me randomly every day."

"Massive acupuncture and moxibustion will lead to serious problems," Xiaobao said helplessly, and then smiled again, "Brother Yan, you are so kind."

Yun Yanhui always feels like the kind of local tyrant who donates things to the school to open the back door for his children. It's a pity that this is run by the royal family, otherwise he might donate a dormitory building.

——The school buildings of the Tai Medical Bureau are really too small. Xiaobao and the others have added another student to the dormitory.

Du You also came to see Yun Yanhui. He was busy with the free clinic during the day and didn't have time to say hello to him, so he quickly thanked him.

A reporter from "Tokyo Daily" interviewed him today, and talked about how to play a soft advertisement, and agreed to show him the manuscript to see if there is any dissatisfaction.

How can an ordinary unit have such face.You must know that the reporters of "Tokyo Daily" are either Yushi or Hanlin. How dare you ask them to review your manuscript?It's just outrageous.

Many units are very cautious when receiving them. Whenever a reporter takes a few glances, they will ask, "Are you a censor or an imperial scholar?"

——Who doesn't know that the censor has a mission to participate in the book every month. Although the number of journalists' tasks in the daily newspaper will be reduced appropriately, it can't stop these censors from checking to see if there is anyone who can participate in the interview.

What's more, there are already rumors coming out now.That is, when it was first established, the daily newspaper mainly praised virtues, and generally the inside story would not be reported to the outside world.

However, there is now news in the palace that the officials feel that there should be more formality, so that they can be properly exposed and play a supervisory role.

This is terrible. If it is really confirmed that the "Tokyo Daily" can carry out negative exposure, then their status will rise a lot invisibly, and it will also put a lot of pressure on the various yamen.

Especially for grassroots yamen, important and important matters will undoubtedly not be exposed. Those who can be exposed are the grassroots yamen and small officials.

In the past, this book was handed over to the officials, but if the people can see it in the future, wouldn't it be the rhythm of the street every minute?

Yun Yan didn't know that Du You had been thinking so much all of a sudden, so she was polite to him and said that she wanted to donate some teaching tools.

Du You was very happy, they really don't have much money, they are still living in fear, especially when the situation was tense a few years ago.Du You has already thought about it. If the imperial medicine is completed, he will resign from the position of the imperial physician and apply for teaching.

With Du You's thanks, Yun Yan returned to Taiyi Medicine.

Then I had to go to "Tokyo Daily" and discuss with Hu Hanlin about adding a section to serialize pictures.

Hu Hanlin pondered for a long time, and said: "The few words you said before, people told you later, you said you were bragging after I left. But, I think you are still working hard. Very good."

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Alas, things are always like this, even those who have no intention of making money are labeled as profiteers, and they do a favor to their nephew, but somehow become a good young man with ideals.

Faced with such a misunderstanding, Yun Yanhui of course said shyly: "The world doesn't understand me, but I never change my original intention."

……

The page of "Tokyo Daily" was taken down, and on the other side, Zheng Ling also found the book he wanted to change.There are three who talk about the Three Kingdoms, and he thinks they are good, but not all of them are perfect, so it is necessary to choose the essence of each.

When Yun Yan came back, he took Zheng Ling to the Book Club. He and the people in the Book Club were all old acquaintances who had dealt with in Goulan. He found three Mr. Book Club and told them that he wanted to buy the copyright. .

Originally, he made a living by selling characters, but now he can not only get a sum of money, but also his name can be published in the "Tokyo Daily News", widening his popularity, where in the world can he find such a good job.

So when it came time to create, Zheng Ling and his colleagues all had their own jobs, so they worked together to draw a book of "Three Kingdoms". The teamwork was very fast.

With Yunyan back to provide ideas, even if there were any difficulties encountered in the creation, they were solved swiftly.

I saved a month's draft, and then started to serialize it in the "Tokyo Daily", and added a full page for the "Three Kingdoms" comic strip.The original name and the names of the painters are clearly written on it.

"Tokyo Daily" has never serialized comics, even novels. With the current length, they usually finish publishing together, mostly poems and essays.This time, they didn't deliberately do any publicity, and they posted it quietly on an ordinary day...

……

For the people of the Northern Song Dynasty, on an ordinary morning, the restaurants, restaurants, rich families, and yamen that subscribed to the "Tokyo Daily" each took the newspapers that were left by the monks at the door-now the monks can wake up every household. In addition, there is one more duty, delivering newspapers.

First of all, those who have subscribed to the newspapers reacted first, "Hey, why are there so many pictures published today?"

The host is used to reading the "Tokyo Daily" every day while having breakfast. On this day, he was first attracted by the pictures on the last page of the newspaper. When he looked carefully, the title was "Three Kingdoms". It is also the story of the Three Kingdoms.

Needless to say, the painters are of Hanlin standard, the battle armor and clothes are all beautifully drawn, very vivid, and there are simple text descriptions below, and some characters have dialogues next to them.

After reading the whole article, I just feel that the story of the Three Kingdoms in my mind is clearly presented.In the past, when I was listening to books, I only heard about Lu Bu's battle armor, Liu Bei's description, and how to fight on the battlefield, but I really can't imagine it in such detail, it's just a vague description.

Occasionally, when I look at book illustrations, it’s just a single scene. It’s not as refreshing as there are so many pictures. It’s all about telling stories with pictures. I don’t know how much effort it takes!

The painstaking work of the painter is very refreshing to the readers.

The male host quickly read a page of the comic strip, and was still unsatisfied. He went back and carefully appreciated the characters one by one, and had another appreciation.

Which character is the same as what he thought, and which character feels a little different...

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In those shops that provide reading newspapers, it is another scene.

After reading the previous news, the doctor who read the newspaper looked at the last page and was a little dazed: How should I read this?

Customers shouted: "What else is there, read it quickly."

The doctor opened the newspaper, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Well, how do you read this!"

When everyone saw it, it was actually some little people with pictures, and they all went up to take a closer look, only to find that the painting turned out to be a story of the Three Kingdoms.

"I seem to understand! Isn't this painting about Dong Zhuo begging for a yellow scarf?"

"Yeah, although I don't know the characters below, this should be Dong Zhuo, right? It's exactly what I thought! It's really well drawn!"

"Hey, what is written in this sentence? Is it scolding?"

"I think I can roughly understand it without words..."

"Show me, I can't see clearly!"

Because there were quite a lot of people in the store, there was a fight in the end. Some people simply went out and spent a few copper coins to buy a newspaper to read.Only then did I realize that there are many other people who have encountered the same thing as myself.

"Hey, I didn't know how to read when I bought it before, but now it's better, there are such beautiful little figures behind it! Although I've heard the Three Kingdoms so many times, this is the first time I've seen it!"

"That's right, the doctor who read the newspaper said that the rest of the writing is unfinished and to be continued, and you will have to read it every day in the future!"

"What? Then I have to order one, just go here, it's worth it!"

……

This is true for adults, and even more so for children, clamoring for a comic book version of the "Tokyo Daily News", but anyone who has the conditions, even if they can't read, can't grind their children, so they can meet this requirement.What's more, many adults in the family also want to collect them.

It can be said that within a day, the "Three Kingdoms" comics became popular in Tokyo.It drove the "Tokyo Daily" to sell wildly, and the originally stable order volume suddenly increased by a large amount.

I don’t know how many officials, either for their own needs or the needs of their family members, went to the editor or author one after another, asking to save the manuscript... Of course, they were rejected without a doubt.

But at this moment, Renzong was in the palace with the manuscript in hand, smiling at Loser.