History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Feng Xiang slapped the table, "Just try it, what are you afraid of, if you really fail, it's a big deal to try again!" Anyway, don't pay for it yourself.

A group of people next to him were agitated by him, slapped the table and howled, "Yeah, if it really fails, the big deal is to submit articles to other newspapers. I think those who submit articles earn more than us who earn a dead salary." need more!"

Hearing the excited booing of a group of people, Zhang Shaoyang couldn't help giving Feng Xiang a thumbs up in his heart, good job!

Feng Xiang didn't know if he received the signal, but because of the encouragement of others, thoughts kept flashing in his mind, "Since we open a newspaper, we can't do the same content as the morning newspaper. Without the mansion newspaper, we can't do the morning newspaper. It can only be won by surprise, simply report on injustices, and then accept some manuscripts from the outside world, these are the common people's favorite. As for serious topics, let the morning paper do it!"

Zhang Shaoyang thinks that Feng Xiang is really talented, and it coincides with the above proposal. According to the above suggestion, his separate newspaper is dedicated to reporting some gossip, from the inner houses of hundreds of officials to folk anecdotes. Anything that arouses the interest of the common people can be reported.

The only requirement is not to offend people who can't afford to offend. In simple terms, it is to pick the weak persimmons.

"Then it's settled. I will discuss with that businessman in the past few days. After the newspaper's issue number is approved and the printing machine is bought, we will resign."

"Okay, that's it!"

A group of ten or so people clapped their hands very excitedly to agree.

Everyone sat back to their original positions. Not long after, a group of reporters who were out on a news mission passed by the door of the editorial room. A group of people danced when they talked about excitement.

The people staying in the room exchanged glances, since they were going to start anew, it was time to start poaching corners.

Zhang Shaoyang held down the others, and first walked to the reporter next door, where the people gathered together were still talking.

Occasionally, words such as "caught", "secret passage under the temple", "there is still a little prince" and so on.

Zhang Shaoyang knocked on the door, and the inside fell silent immediately.

He smiled Hexi, "What are you talking about?"

A 26-year-old youth stood up and replied: "Today, a child was abducted from the Yaowang Temple in Nancheng, and a chivalrous man appeared to help track it down. Dao, those lost children are all stunned and hidden in the secret passage."

This person is Zhang Shaoyang, whose family name is Zhang Tinglu, who is also surnamed Zhang, but his family background is much better than Zhang Shaoyang's.

Zhang Tinglu's father is a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace and Minister of Rites, his eldest brother is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and his second brother was awarded a Jinshi last year and now works in the South Study Room.

Because of her prominent status, she was incompatible with other personalities, so when she entered the newspaper office, her identity was quickly revealed.

However, he is very considerate in dealing with people, and his attitude towards others is also very comfortable. He does not have the bad temper of an official's son, and he got acquainted with other people not long after he came to the newspaper office.

Because Zhang Shaoyang and him were the only ones surnamed Zhang in the newspaper office, so they were naturally closer as members of the family.Only at this time will he stand up and answer Zhang Shaoyang's words.

"That's good, you have to find several people before you can report. By the way, you just said that there was another young master who was kidnapped?"

"Yes, that young master has delicate skin, tender flesh and delicate eyebrows. He can be seen as a child of a good family. I don't know whose son in the capital is lost?" This time it was not Zhang Tinglu who answered, but the one next to him. The young man interrupted.

Someone next to him said: "It must be of extraordinary status, did you see that Shuntian Mansion took him back carefully?"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, rush to the manuscript, and strive to report this matter tomorrow. There will be more reports on this kind of chivalrous matter."

Seeing that these people were all sitting down and busying themselves with their own affairs, Zhang Shaoyang didn't bother, and turned back to the editing room.

When I went back and told what I heard, a group of people beat their chests, stomped their feet and sighed, why weren't they the ones present at that time?

In the evening, the editor-in-chief typed back the manuscript of this news, which caused an uproar in the entire newspaper office.Not to mention the press room, even the people in the editorial room couldn't believe it.

"This kind of news is not reported, so what kind of news are we going out for?"

Someone kicked the leg of the table resentfully, "This is not allowed to report, that is not allowed to report, where is the newspaper office, it is clearly a place for flattery!"

"Why can't it be reported? This kind of just thing should be announced to attract people to do good!"

"After hearing that the rescued young master was Xungui, the reason why he was abducted was because of the struggle of the housewife. The family knew that we were there at the time, so they sent someone to the editor-in-chief to suppress this matter." You know the inside story whispered out.

This made some people fly into a rage immediately, and some of them kicked over their chairs immediately, "What's the point of doing this? I quit!"

"Come on, I won't serve you anymore, after writing ten manuscripts, I haven't given a single one!"

When a group of people get angry, it is easy to infect other people. Some people also think of the sulking they have suffered during this period, and they leave with a fever.

Zhang Shaoyang and the others quickly heard what these people said, and hurried over to comfort them and let them calm down.

"Brother Zhang, you don't need to persuade me anymore. It's really boring to continue here. We were so passionate when we first started, and wanted to sweep away the injustices in the world. As a result, within half a year, the newspaper has become a shrunken officialdom. , As long as there is background and relationship, some reports can be suppressed, and the taste here has completely changed." Someone pulled him aside and said with a wry smile.

Zhang Shaoyang quickly said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not persuading you to stay."

The person froze for a moment, "If you don't persuade me to stay, then are you stopping me?"

Zhang Shaoyang smiled and threw an explosive message at him, "I want to invite you to my newspaper."

"Your newspaper?" The man was really startled, he had no idea what Zhang Shaoyang meant when he stopped him.

Zhang Shaoyang nodded and shook his head again, "It's not mine, it's ours, a newspaper that can report freely. Not only me, but also a dozen editors in the editorial room. We feel that what we do here is boring, so we might as well form a newspaper. My own newspaper can report whatever I want, now I only need a reporter, so I came to you to formally invite you to join this big family."

The person did not agree on the spot, saying that he would think about it first.

Zhang Shaoyang nodded, "It just so happens that some things in the newspaper are not ready yet, so don't rush to leave, you can think about it for a while. By the way, can you contact other reporters for me and ask if anyone is willing to change jobs? Our newspaper is just starting." Formation, lack of a lot of manpower."

"Okay, I can ask this for you." The man pondered for a moment before answering him.

After listening to his reply, Zhang Shaoyang continued: "I am very interested in the previous kidnapping and trafficking. Since the manuscript has been typed back, can I invite you to write the manuscript?"

"Invitation?" The man became interested, "Do you want to publish it in a new newspaper?"

Zhang Shaoyang: "Yes, the newspaper has just started. It is best to have a sensational news that can make our newspaper famous in one fell swoop. I not only want to ask you for an appointment, but also want you to help me investigate clearly. Whose family is the son of the son? The process of the battle in the inner house, and how to avoid the servants in the mansion to kidnap a young son, the common people must be interested in this kind of secret affairs of the rich and powerful. Whether our newspaper can become famous depends on this time. .”

The man's eyes sparkled, even though Zhang Shaoyang mentioned "our newspaper", he did not refute.

This kind of newspaper is what he wants to go to, but I wonder if Zhang Shaoyang can guarantee that what he said is true?Let's take a look, if he can really run such a newspaper, he will definitely go.

Zhang Shaoyang tried his best to recruit people, while Minning was also enjoying the lantern festival at this time.

Si Ye had a three-day holiday for the Lantern Festival, so he went to the Changchun Garden Lantern Festival with Fujin yesterday, and Minning was also taken there.

There are all kinds of lights in the garden, including palace lanterns, animal head lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, flower lanterns, bird and bird lanterns, etc. Each lantern is exquisite like a work of art. From the beginning of the garden to the end of the garden, red lights hang high , Attracting hundreds of female relatives to stop.

Some of these lamps were prepared by the palace, and some were donated by the women’s relatives. Minning also donated a few lamps. They were revolving lanterns. When they were turned, music played, and a short section of high mountains and flowing water accompanied the horses spinning like flying.

Bang bang bang!

There were several loud noises in the sky, and many people looked up and saw the blossoming fireworks.

The eye-catching colors and colorful patterns firmly attract people's attention.

Minning also looked at the fireworks with a good glance, and was in a trance for a moment, feeling like she was still in modern times.

The illusion was an illusion after all, and Minning soon came to his senses. The fireworks in the sky had already been extinguished, but the sky in the distant capital was lit up again with sparkling fireworks.

"An Gege, Lord Baylor sent his servants to come to you."

When Minning was looking in the direction of the capital, a court lady came to her and whispered a word to her.

"Looking for me? Where is Lord Baylor now?" Minning listened to the old lady's words and looked around. Apart from the female relatives, they were the little elder brothers and little Gege from each mansion.

"Master Belle said he was waiting for you in Qingya Pavilion."

"Where is Qingya Pavilion?" Minning asked her.

Forgive her for coming to this Changchun Garden for the first time, and she really doesn't know where to go.

"Please come with your servant." The maid led the way in front, and walked to the remote place in two or three steps.

Seeing that there was no one in front of him, Minning stopped in his tracks and asked cautiously, "Where are you taking me?"

The palace maid stopped in surprise: "Naturally go to Qingya Pavilion, An Gege, come with me quickly, Lord Belle is still waiting for you, don't make Lord Belle wait in a hurry."

Minning stared at her cautiously, seeing that she was not guilty at all, but looked back at her calmly, she half-believingly said: "Then wait, I have to find someone to accompany me."

Although the maid was a little anxious, she still agreed, "You can find someone to accompany you, but hurry up, don't make Lord Belle wait."

Minning immediately turned her head and called Biying, but then she was worried, and secretly called Xiaoluzi to let him follow her quietly, and if something happened, leave her alone and go directly to someone for help.

Before reaching the Qingya Pavilion, I saw a person sitting in the pavilion from a distance, looking at the lake not far away.

The road is brightly lit, no matter how few people there are, it doesn't make people feel intimidated.

When Minning saw someone in the pavilion, she immediately felt relieved, but as soon as she approached, her heart rose again.

The person in the pavilion was not the fourth prince, but the third prince, the unlucky third prince who was downgraded to Baylor because Concubine Min shaved her head during her filial piety.

Minning had never been so clear-headed before. Just now, when the lady in the palace said that Lord Belle was looking for her, he preconceived that it was the fourth master, but he didn't expect it to be this Lord Belle.

In the past two years, the third prince has been a man with his tail between his legs. Judging from the current situation, he will have to keep a low profile in the future.Just why are you looking for her all of a sudden?

Not far away, Xiao Luzi hid behind a tree and saw this scene, and ran away in a hurry.

Minning didn't know that Fourth Master was coming over soon.

The third prince is very young, only one year older than the fourth master. He looks gentle and elegant, not like a prince but more like a literati.Seeing Minning, he asked her politely, "little brother and sister, can I call you little brother and sister?"

Minning saluted respectfully, "I don't dare to call you Lord Baylor. Lord Baylor's younger siblings should be Fujin."

The third prince smiled, "That's why I called you little brother and sister."

Minning had no words to refute, and stood respectfully outside the booth, "I don't know why Lord Baylor asked me to come here?"

The third prince got up and said: "I have a difficult matter and I want to ask my younger brother and sister for help. Please come into the pavilion and discuss it in detail."

Minning didn't move at all, "Master Belle, please tell me directly, if I want to avoid suspicion, I don't want to go in. If I can help, I will naturally help."

The third prince was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, and did not force her, but stood in the pavilion with his hands behind his back, and said to her from a distance.

"My attendant, Chen Menglei, found that the previous book was wrong, and wanted to compile a book that includes the categories of ancient and modern, big and small, and the ancient and modern. This is a good thing, and I naturally want to support it. It's just that I have encountered some troubles now. , the new thing newspaper, there is another kind of punctuation mark on it, which is welcomed by many literati, but it troubles his brain. He admires that this kind of mark can not be misunderstood, but he is very distressed. He likes to read everything in the future After newspaper people are used to reading symbols, it will be difficult for them to accept books without symbols. Now his work has stopped. Before, he only needed to extract from books, but now he has to judge and sentence sentences, and his workload has greatly increased. Later, I It was found out that the newspaper was written by the younger brother and sister, so I came to find the younger brother and sister, and asked the younger brother and sister to help solve this problem."

After hearing this, Minning felt like beeping the dog. What's the matter?This kind of thing also found her head?Do you still need her to help you punctuate the sentence?

"Master Belle, my concubine probably won't be able to help me with this matter." Minning resolutely refused, joking, writing a book has been going on for several years, how could she have the time?

"Don't worry, little brother and sister, you can naturally find you to solve it." The third prince said calmly.

Minning frowned, "Master Belle, I'm just a little girl, I don't read much, how can I solve such a big problem?"

At this time, she suddenly thought that with the appearance of punctuation marks, many books may have to be emphasized, and Shilin may not be peaceful in the future, because many sentences in ancient books can have multiple meanings. Forced to play again and again.

Minning was still a little excited. This was an earthquake in the literary world caused by her. When every newspaper supported a statement, it would be exciting to read.

The third prince didn't know why she couldn't hide the excitement all of a sudden, but said: "Little brother and sister are too self-effacing, didn't you help the fourth son solve a lot of difficulties before? I think this little thing can't trouble you. "

Minning's complexion changed, and he insisted, "I don't know what Lord Belle is talking about. My concubine is just a woman in the backyard who knows so much. Besides, our master's business affairs will not be told to a woman like me."

The third prince did not continue to struggle, but solemnly said: "It is a great thing to re-edit the class book. Please think about it, and I can help you find a good way to solve this problem. Life is too short. I really can't bear Mr. Chen. Spending time on things like punctuating sentences..."

"An Jiashi!"

At this moment, a cold voice came from behind, and Minning turned around and saw Fourth Master standing on the path not far away with a cold face.

Seeing her turn around, fourth master walked over firmly and slowly.

After approaching, the fourth master pulled him behind, then glanced at the third prince with sharp eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "I don't know why the third brother is looking for me?"

The third prince still looked gentle and refined, "Fourth brother, don't be nervous. Third brother, I'm looking for my younger brother and sister for advice."

"What's the matter?" When the fourth master said this sentence, he didn't look at the third prince but looked at Minning.

Minning knew that he was asking her, and said with an aggrieved face: "I don't know, a maid came looking for me before, saying that Lord Belle was waiting for me in Qingya Pavilion, and I thought it was you looking for me, so I didn't think much about it." Just follow."

"It turned out that it was Sanbeile after we arrived. Sanbeile asked me to help with a matter."

The fourth master asked the third prince again, "Is there anything that can trouble the third brother, and instead come to ask my princess for advice?"

The third prince couldn't help but shook his head slightly. The fourth child was taking him as a thief to guard against him. He looked at An Gege again. She was a beautiful woman with a beautiful face, but what he liked was the kind of woman who was as weak as a pear blossom, this kind of begonia Flowers are really not his type.

Besides, this is the fourth child, no matter how horny he is, he will never touch his brother's woman.

"There is one thing, my waiter Chen Menglei, you remember, he recently wanted to compile a large-scale class book. Originally, he only needed to sort out some books, but now his younger siblings created a set of sentence breaks, which caused him to stagnate before he even started. Not going forward." The third prince sighed, "So I want to ask my younger brother and sister if there is any way to solve it."

Fourth Master sneered after hearing this, "If you can't even punctuate a sentence, then give up the idea of ​​compiling a book as soon as possible."

The third prince pointed at him and said angrily: "Do you think this is an easy task? If you don't believe me, then I will test you. Dao Ke Dao is very Dao name Can name is very name, what are the pronunciations?"

Fourth Master turned it around in his mind, and was soon a little surprised. If you don't link it below, there are indeed multiple ways to pronounce it.

Minning didn't bother to entangle, so he grabbed fourth master's hand and said to the third prince: "Sanbeile, my concubine is just a little girl, and I really can't help you solve the problem of punctuation in an imperial masterpiece."

Before the third prince could speak, she continued in a breath: "However, I can show you the way. There are many people opening newspapers now, and punctuation marks will definitely be indispensable in the future, so some books from ancient times to the present must be read. Flipping through, there must be some controversial sentence patterns. I think you might as well open a newspaper, list some of the most controversial sentences, solicit contributions from literati from all provinces in the Qing Dynasty, and let the literati interpret their own sentences. Then choose Publish some wonderful newspapers, and then choose a sentence that most of them can accept. As for your waiter, it is best to find more people to help, and some sentences that you are not sure can also be published in the newspaper for advice. "

"I think it's enough to publish one issue in half a month. At the beginning of the month, sort out the sentences in question, publish them in the newspaper for comments, and sort out the reports received in the middle of the month and send them out."

Fourth master wanted to cover her mouth when he heard this, he really dared to say anything.

The third prince's eyes lit up, this is definitely a good way to win the favor of literati.

"However, isn't it too monotonous to just post these?" He thought of the newspaper, which has various pages, giving people an all-encompassing impression, no matter what their status is, people can find what they are interested in. Information.

Minning continued: "You can publish the previous scientific examination questions and the answers of the previous No. [-] picks. Next, I will ask the scholars to analyze in detail why they answered the questions like this." This is no longer a newspaper, it is completely an academic monthly.

"You can also publish some collections of poems and poems by literati." The third prince heard the previous words, his brain became active and he began to infer other cases from one instance.

Minning pursed his lips and nodded, "That's right."

Regardless of the cold face of the fourth prince, the third prince smiled gently at Minning, "Your brother and sister have a good idea, and I would like to thank you for helping me solve a big problem." It's done.

Minning kept saying in her heart, hurry up and do it, and it can also increase some income for her character factory.

The third prince thanked him again, and said that he would send a thank you gift to the door tomorrow.

The fourth master refused with a cold face, "You can give a thank you gift, but there is no need to visit the door!"

The third prince felt the icy aura exuding from the fourth child, and knew that if he came to the door, he might be rejected, so he had no choice but to agree.

Throwing the third prince in the pavilion, the fourth master pulled Minning away quickly.

Minning couldn't even keep up with his pace, so he could only trot, and was finally dragged by the fourth master to an empty house. Bi Ying and Xiao Luzi behind him wanted to follow in, but they were also driven out by the fourth master.

"What's the purpose of letting your third son run a newspaper?"

Fourth master was originally a low-key person, but since he got An Gege, he has never kept a low profile.

She can always do something that is beyond his expectation. If she wants to press it down, she will do something that benefits the country and the people, making him wait and see and wait and see, one by one until he can't hold it anymore, and finally falls into another trap. Khan Ama's eyes, don't allow him to suppress her.

Now that even the third child has come to the door, is it true that the prince will also come to the door later?

The third child had the idea of ​​seizing the heirloom before, but they were all suppressed, and now he is still shrinking into a man.

Fourth master pressed her against the door and asked her in a low voice, "Why do you come up with such an idea to help the third child win the favor of literati."

Minning also answered him in a low voice, "Master, do you really think I'm kind? He tricked me here, so why don't you allow me to trick him?"

"What do you mean?" Fourth Master relaxed and looked at her intently.

Minning pushed him, wanting to push him away, "Master, do you really think this is a good thing? If he gets the support of literati, whose hostility will he arouse first?"

Fourth master's lips moved, of course it was the prince.

He didn't say it, but Minning helped him say it, "It's the prince and the king of Zhijun. These two occupy the position of the eldest son, and the other occupies the position of the eldest son. These two are most likely to ascend to the throne. Like corns, at this time, Sanbeile suddenly appeared, and they also received the support of a large number of literati, how do you think these two people reacted?"

The fourth master looked at her and couldn't explain it in words, no wonder the sage said long ago that villains and girls are hard to raise!

Thinking of the happy third child who thought he had taken advantage of it, he certainly didn't expect that she would dig a big hole for offending her because of a trivial matter, and he happily jumped into it.