The next day, the first issue of "Da Song Periodical" was quietly published.
After Zhao Jun determined the content of the first page of the newspaper, the workers in the printing shop worked overtime overnight and printed 5,000 copies the next day.
These five thousand copies are not for sale, but for giving away.
There are thousands of tea shops in Bianliang City, as well as countless tea stalls and breakfast stalls. Each family gets a copy and puts it on the table for guests to see for free.
For a time, many people in Bianliang saw new things like newspapers.
In Longjin Qiaofang City, the morning market is in full swing.
Common people, businessmen, and scholars came and went, and several neighbors came to the tea shop to have breakfast according to their usual habits.
Someone asked: "How is it? Have you caught the boss of the club?"
"I don't know, I guess not."
Someone else replied: "That guy was hiding in a prostitute's house with the door ajar. He was reported, and people from Kaifeng Mansion went to arrest him. It turned out that the man was a good guy, and he actually stepped on the wall and passed by. The people from the Imperial City Department None of them were caught.”
"Your news is out of date." Yile, the shopkeeper who served them tea, put the brewed tea on the table. Others said angrily: "It's out of date."
The shopkeeper handed over the newspaper on the counter and said with a smile: "More than a hundred people in Laoba Club were all arrested."
At the end, he added: "What happened yesterday."
"Hey, I have to take a look."
Seeing that it was a large piece of paper, the man spread it out to look at it, and people around him also came over.
The first thing that caught my eye on the paper was an article signed by Zhao Jun, the Governor of the Constitutional Yuan. The title of the article was "Fight against the evil forces and restore bright and sunny days in Bianliang."
It not only mentions the recent operations of the Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion against evil forces, but also how many prisoners have been captured.
The crimes committed by these people are also mentioned, such as robbery, murder, loan sharking, collecting protection fees, etc.
Only the first batch was chopped off outside Bianliang City some time ago, and there will be a second and third batch, including the head of the old boss who has been in Longjin Qiaofang City for many years and has done many evil things. He was also killed last night. If captured, he will be beheaded next year.
Seeing this content, the neighbors were all very happy. The man in front said: "It really happened yesterday. That fat bastard who has bullied our city for so many years is finally going to die."
"Aren't you dead yet? This guy relied on his brother who was doing official business in Kaifeng Mansion to get close to Li Canjun. Li Dewen was also arrested by Zhao Zhiyuan. I heard that the bones were removed and the skin was peeled off. That was miserable. He didn't have any backers. How many days can he still be able to jump?"
"God opened his eyes, that is, Zhao Zhiyuan came to our Bianliang, otherwise these people would not know how long they would be rampant. Poor my nephew, he was kidnapped because he offended the fat beast, and he still hasn't seen anyone alive. Death without a corpse."
"Yes, Bianliang finally has a great master from Qingtian. Oh, there is something new in this paper. Our Zhao Qingtian dismissed more than a hundred officials from the Salt and Iron Department in one go the day before yesterday. He is very courageous. ah."
"What about this?"
"Don't you know? I have a relative who works in the government office. I heard about it vaguely yesterday."
"Then does he know why Zhao Qingtian wants to remove these officials?"
"I don't know where to go."
"In this big paper, it is said that these people have ignored the orders of the Constitutional Yuan, despised the officials, and the Constitutional Yuan. The leader is Liu Yuanyu, the deputy envoy of the Third Division. The Imperial City Division is ordering him to be investigated."
"Does Liu Yuanyu still need to investigate? I heard that this man sells prohibited items in private, and many people know about it. Since he is a high official, no one cares about him."
"Then he is unlucky. If he meets Zhao Qingtian, won't he die?"
"Old Zhang, show me this big piece of paper."
Many neighbors were talking about it. Because the sound was relatively loud, people who came to have morning tea heard it and came over curiously.
Soon the newspaper was passed from Zhang San to Li Si, and then to Wang Wu, and in the end it started to be looted.
It was the shopkeeper who stopped him and said: "Okay, okay, the person who came to deliver this big paper said that from now on, this newspaper will be sold in Bianliang every seven days for 12 Wen per piece. News, there are poems in it.”
"Then I'll have to buy one. This thing is really interesting. You can get the news much faster than just hearing it from others."
There was immediate support.
News spreads really fast in Bianliang through the gossip. For example, more than a hundred officials were dismissed and now go home in despair. Family, friends, and servants will always get the news and then spread it.
But the speed of word-of-mouth communication is much slower than that of news widely advertised in newspapers, so even if it happened the day before yesterday, not many people know about it today.
Now that there are newspapers, news from temples and markets quickly spread throughout Bianliang. For a time, the people applauded Zhao Jun's actions.
What they need is this kind of person who dares to fight against the chaotic officialdom and fight against the evil forces.
While the common people in Bianliang are more concerned about the news that the evil forces that are closely related to them have been eradicated, the concerns of another group of people are far beyond that.
Gold water flows in from Jinyao Gate in the outer city, to Liang Gate in the inner city, then passes through the Xihua Gate side of the palace, flows out from Donghua Gate, and flows to the old Cao Gate.
Outside the old Cao Gate, golden willow trees swayed in the wind, and colorful boats and dragon boats were tied to the distant shore. Thousands of steps across the Hongqiao, with jagged wild goose teeth, leading straight to the Water Palace. Around the golden embankment, many fish and dragons play, there are clusters of delicate spring flowers and silk pipes. The glory of Ji color seems to be seen in the eyes, and Penglai is clear and shallow.
From Nanxie Street to Niuxing Street, you will find Bianliang's famous entertainment venues.
On the north bank of Jinshui there are Zhujia tiles, on the south bank Goulan brothel, on the northeast bank is Jingde Temple, with red walls and gray tiles and a stern pagoda. On the other side of the temple, there are many brothels. Willows are dancing in the autumn wind downstairs, and ribbons are swaying in the breeze upstairs.
Pairs of green and white jade-like hands stretched out from the balconies on the second and third floors, waving to passers-by, filled with laughter and fragrance. At that time, I was young, wearing thin spring clothes, riding a horse and leaning on a leaning bridge, with red sleeves and red sleeves all over the building.
At this moment, leaning on the red building, a woman sang softly: "The fine clouds are making tricks, the flying stars are spreading hatred, and the silver man is far away in darkness. When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will defeat countless people in the world. Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams, I can't bear to look at the Magpie Bridge on my way back. If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?"
The singing voice is euphemistic and pleasant, and combined with the soft musical instruments in the building, a song "Magpie Bridge Immortal" is sung, which is extremely beautiful. The melody was still spinning slowly, and after a moment it changed to "Die Lian Hua" written by Liu Yong in his early years, which made the desolation and sadness of love even more obvious.
The Cuihong Courtyard next to it was not to be outdone, and suddenly the big drums were beating loudly, and a woman's high-pitched voice sang: "The great river goes to the east, and the waves are gone, and the romantic figures of the ages. To the west of the fort, the way of humanity is, the Three Kingdoms Zhou Lang Chibi. The rocks penetrate the sky. , the stormy waves crashed on the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow. The country was picturesque, and there were so many heroes at that time."
This powerful "Nian Nujiao" actually overpowered the meandering and graceful "Butterfly Love Flower" next to it. Painted boats floated in the golden water, and the song spread in all directions. Tourists on both sides of the strait were so mesmerized that they unconsciously walked into a room. In a brothel, listen to the fairy sounds at close range.
For a time, even the business of the fifty-four Goulan Courtyards in Bianliang was a little better than before.
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It was early October, late autumn and early winter. The sun was high in the sky and the whole earth was scorching hot.
Today is not a cold day, but a hot early winter.
Because the third Little Ice Age started in the late Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and lasted until the early Song Dynasty, it ended. Therefore, in the middle of the Song Dynasty, the temperature gradually warmed up and returned to normal.
Especially in the Huainan region, there are frequent droughts and droughts, and frequent famines. So even though it was early winter, the weather was not too cold, and there was a hint of warmth in the cold wind.
The sunshine is a little pale. If you wear thicker clothes, you will feel hot. But if you wear less clothes, you will feel cold, which makes you feel uncomfortable in early winter.
The water flows in the canals outside the city, and the branches of the willow banks dance lightly in the wind. The greenery of wheat grown in August in the fields on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is swaying. As the saying goes, the fields of wheat are green all over, and the new seedlings are green in the pond. The fertile fields outside Bianliang City are thousands of miles away, and there is a farmland scenery.
Thanks to the introduction of fine rice species such as Champa rice and Huangdi rice, the rice-wheat multiple cropping system began to appear in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River during the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Shaosheng period, Lu You's grandfather, Lu Dian, was demoted to Taizhou. There is a record of "relegated to guard Hailing to catch wheat and make it ripe again."
In the fourth year of Chunhua, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, Huang Mao, the Linjin commander of Cangzhou, proposed to promote early rice from Jiangdong to Hebei, which achieved obvious results. It was a famous case of planting southern rice in the north in the early Song Dynasty.
Therefore, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the northern Hebei and Henan regions gradually began to alternate wheat and rice planting.
There were farmers working in the fields on the ridges, and scholars enjoying the autumn scenery in the countryside. A carriage came slowly on the side of the road, protected by more than a dozen guards, and it had already arrived outside Bianliang City in the distance.
"Unknowingly, I haven't been to Bianliang for two years. This change is not big."
An old man in his sixties in the carriage lifted the door curtain and looked at the scenery outside the window. There were memories in his eyes, but also some indifference. More importantly, there was a hint of joy mixed with calmness.
Since he was kicked out of the court by his political enemy Lu Yijian in the first year of Jingyou, Li Di was first appointed to know Xiangzhou, and then soon after he was appointed to know Mizhou, and then Xuzhou and Yanzhou. In just two years, he seemed to be exiled. , moved around many places, quite embarrassed.
Although transportation in the Song Dynasty had greatly improved compared to the Han and Tang Dynasties, with the launch of the Grand Canal, the speed of transportation and logistics was much faster. But for a sixty-year-old man, going around like this is really too much for his body.
Now he finally returned to Bianliang. Although he only served as the deputy envoy of the Third Division, given his qualifications, I believe that as long as he can be reused by the officials, it won't be long before he can return to the position.
"Wengweng."
The driver was a young man, fifteen or sixteen years old. His name was Li Xiaoji, and he was the grandson of Li Di.
When he heard that his grandfather was back, he excitedly ran twenty miles outside the city to greet him. When he arrived, he rushed the coachman to the other side and drove his grandfather himself.
He smiled and said: "Although the appearance of Bianliang has not changed much, the officialdom has changed a lot now. My father is now a judge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he watched more than a hundred people from the Yantie Division being stripped naked and driven out."
Li Di shook his head and said: "I thought that I would have to wait until Lu Yijian's servant passed away before he could come back. But it's thanks to the blessing of the newly appointed President of the Constitutional Yuan that I can one day return to the court. But I don’t know what kind of person this President of the Constitutional Yuan is?”
"This magistrate is so powerful. There are so many corrupt officials in Kaifeng Prefecture, and they will be killed at will. There are so many evil societies in Bianliang, and they will be arrested at will. There are also many officials in the officialdom who have colluded with them. Only two to three hundred people were arrested."
Li Xiaoji said happily, then took out a newspaper from his arms, handed it to Li Di and said: "Weng Weng, you will know after reading this."
"What is this?"
Li Di took the newspaper and because of the location, the first thing he saw was poetry.
There are two songs in it.
One is "Magpie Bridge Immortal" and the other is "Nian Nujiao", both written by a man named Zhou Shuren.
"This thing is called a newspaper. It appeared yesterday morning. Didn't our family have a shop? I tried my best to get a copy. Even Zhao Zhiyuan wrote an article on it."
Lee Hyo-ki replied.
Li Di glanced at the two poems and said something good in his heart. Then he didn't read them carefully. He opened them to the front and saw two articles written by Zhao Jun.
The first side is naturally about cleaning up the evil forces, and the second side is about the Salt and Iron Division.
After reading it, Li Di had an idea in his mind and pondered: "This Zhao Jun is really a strange person. More than a hundred officials were dismissed just like this? Will the officials actually agree?"
"Not only the officials, but also many ministers and even Duke Xiwen supported him. At least half of the officials in the court now support his decision."
"It's normal for the Constitutional Yuan to support him. The new Constitutional Yuan is more powerful than the previous Prime Minister. If I were them, I would do the same for my own power. The main thing is that I didn't expect that the officials would also support him. This is not The temperament of an official."
"Speaking of it, the official's temperament has changed a lot in the past six months. My father said that in the past, he would never have given the Imperial City Secretary the authority to kill so many people in Bianliang, but now..."
"It's really strange. Even if this man is so talented, why can he be in charge of the Constitutional Yuan?"
"Who knows, maybe my husband knows."
"Haha, although Wang Zeng recommended Lu Yijian before, the two of them have been at odds with each other in the past two years, and they are by no means good friends. Now they have both joined the Constitutional Yuan. Under his rule, could this person be a member of the clan? That’s not right, even if it’s a clan, how can the officials dare to reuse it?”
"There are rumors in Bianliang that he is the youngest son of the late emperor. Even Da Zongzheng went to Zhazi to inquire about this matter, but the officials refuted it. I guess he is not a clan member."
Li Xiaoji smiled and said: "But it is said that he is only in his twenties, he is in a high position at a young age, and he is supported by the Three Phases and Three Ginsengs. There must be something strange about him. After Weng Weng arrives in Bianliang, you can try to make friends with him as much as possible. "
"Well, I think so too."
Li Di stroked his beard and smiled: "It is strange that my grandson can have such knowledge at such an age."
Li Xiaoji said cheerfully: "It's all well taught by Weng Weng."
"Hahahahaha."
Li Di burst out laughing, smiling because his grandson was smart.
Erxiao is that the political scene in Bianliang is now different.
This Constitutional Court Academy is really curious.
Since the magistrate was able to recall Lu Yijian back to the capital despite Lu Yijian's resistance, this shows his ability.
Own.
You must meet in person at that time!
(End of chapter)
