Li Ze walked into the public hall in high spirits, glanced at the room, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Usually when he came in at this time, Zhang Xun should have come a long time ago. And he will put all the reports and the like that he has to deal with today on his big case according to his priorities. But today, the public hall was empty, and the desk where he sat was empty.

Zhang Xun is a very well-behaved person, since he entered the secretary and supervisor, and is responsible for the docking work between the secretary and himself, for several years, but there has never been a mistake.

Sitting behind the big case, Li Ze couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a while, and he felt a little unaccustomed.

The door creaked open gently, Li Ze looked up, originally thought it was Zhang Xun, but he didn't want it to be Gongsun Changming, holding a large stack of official documents, and walked in.

"Where's the chapter?" Watching Gongsun Changming fold the official document on top of his big case, Li Ze asked.

Gongsun Changming smiled, and after laughing a few times, he laughed again, laughed for a while, seemed to feel a little rude, covered his mouth and wanted to hold back, but the person bent down and twitched his shoulders.

"What's so funny?" Li Ze rarely saw Gongsun Changming so happy.

Gongsun Changming straightened his waist, coughed dryly twice, and said, "Li Xiang, Zhang Xun has asked for leave." ”

"Is he sick?" Gongsun Changming picked up an official document.

"Almost!" Gongsun Changming smiled, and took out a copy of the Tang Monthly Report from under his ribs, "Li Xiang, this was just reprinted yesterday, and as soon as it came out, it was sold out, so that the printing workshop printed another 10,000 copies last night, and it is estimated that it will be sold out soon today." ”

"Didn't you say it didn't sell well all the time?" Li Ze took it curiously, opened the newspaper, looked up and down, left and right, and found nothing unusual. "It's nothing, is it? Isn't it just that more officials have written articles in favor of my speech that day? Yo, how many opposing voices have come out? ”

"It's not because of this." Gongsun Changming smiled and said, "You turn it over and take a look." ”

Li Ze took the newspaper, and Gongsun Changming came up and pointed to the corner and said, "Look here." ”

actually used the pattern trim, and then carefully looked at the content inside, Li Ze just drank the tea porphyry in his mouth and squirted out, dumbfounded.

"This, this is lace news, huh?" Pointing to this article, Li Ze looked at Gongsun Changming and said.

"Lace news?" Gongsun Changming smacked Li Ze's words, and nodded again and again: "Li Xiang is really Li Xiang, and it is different when he opens his mouth." Yesterday, this newspaper sold so well, thanks to this gorgeous article written by Zhang Xun himself! ”

"He is so bold that he dares to make fun of his own Lao Tzu!" Li Ze shook his head and said, "It's a shame that he didn't sign his name on it." ”

"He was meant to write about me." Gongsun Changming smiled dryly and said, "This kid also came to me to discuss in advance. ”

"This is a skin with a tiger!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"This kid also told me that this is giving up the small family for everyone, and giving up the small self for the big me, which is really in line with the righteousness of the way of being an official, Xiangye, you just talked about. This Tang Monthly Newspaper is the mouthpiece of the imperial court's propaganda policy, and now it is not selling well, so the policy of the imperial court and the concept of Xiangye cannot be known to the people, and for this big goal, it can only use some small means. Gongsun Changming said: "Good guy, this kid has learned well now, and he knows how to gag me first." ”

"And in the end, how did you manage to lead the way to the east?" Li Zeda asked with interest.

"It's easy!" Gongsun Changming smiled and said: "I'll ask him, how many ordinary people know who my Gongsun Changming is?" Not to mention ordinary people, even those lower-level officials, do you know who my grandson Changming is? If these people don't even know who I am or what I do, then who will see these things about me? Everyone has to ask, where is this Gongsun Changming? ”

Gongsun Changming is in a high position, but his reputation is indeed not obvious, and not many people know what he does. Looking at each other, Li Ze felt apologetic.

"Sir, this is really wronged by you."

"Where did Li Xiang say it!" Gongsun Changming said disapprehantly: "Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements. I like the state I'm in now, and besides, isn't there a lot of inexplicable benefits to it? Just like this time. ”

He laughed happily again: "I guide Zhang Xundao, Zhang Gongna is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the head of the academy, famous all over the world, not only famous on our side, but also in the pseudo-Liang, where in the southern Zhujie Town, is also a household name, only such a person can stimulate the sales of his newspaper!" ”

"And so he agreed?"

He was naturally hesitant, but I gave him back what he had advised me before, and it didn't make sense for me to give up my little self and my small family, and when it was his turn to be old, I would cherish my book and reputation, right? This is very inconsistent with Li Xiang's subtle words! Gongsun Changming stroked a few strands of long beard and said proudly.

Li Ze laughed: "He is a cocoon and self-restraint." ”

"So there is this article!" Gongsun Changming pointed to the newspaper and said: "As I expected, once the newspaper was sold, it was only fermented for half a day, and it sold like crazy in Wuyi. The family anecdote of the head of Wuwei Academy, and it is so eye-catching, why don't you sell it on sale? ”

"What does this have to do with him taking time off?"

"He's been beaten!" Gongsun Changming said: "Li Xiang, Zhang Xun's mother, his daughter-in-law, is not only literate, but also everyone, and they are all characters who write poems and are hand-to-hand. ”

Leaning into Li Ze's ear, Gongsun Changming said in a low voice: "According to the news I heard, tomorrow will be a doubles match between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and in the end, Zhang Xun was kicked out of the house and sat under the porch all night. The nose is blue and the face is swollen, and it is miserable. ”

"This is really public and selfless, do you think I should send someone to condole?" Li Ze said half-jokingly.

"Li Xiang don't add fuel to the fire, let him take a few days off, firstly, let him recuperate well, and secondly, he will also comfort his old mother and daughter-in-law at home, which is the best condolence." Gongsun Changming said: "Old man Zhang is not at home, I bullied his son, cough cough, quite a bit of victory is not martial, victory is not martial." ”

"You just wait for Zhang Gong to come back and settle accounts with you!" Li Zedao. "My son has suffered a loss, and Lao Tzu will definitely come back to find a field."

"No, no, no!" Gongsun Changming waved his hand again and again: "Li Xiang, you don't know this old guy as I do." When did Old Man Zhang care about his image? You see how often he plows the fields, ploughs, cooks in front of us, and takes pleasure in it, so he doesn't care about these false names. Besides, after these things are known to the public, I am afraid that it will make his reputation go to the next level, true temperament, true talent, and really open-minded! ”

"I hope it is as you say!" Li Ze said with a smile: "But Zhang Xun started this way, and the effect is still very good, I'm afraid that he won't be able to stop in the future, he even took out himself and his own Lao Tzu to pull sales, I'm afraid that most people won't be able to escape this catastrophe in the future, I don't know if our high-ranking officials and dignitaries have realized this?" Who's going to suffer next? ”

"These things don't sound easy. Zhang Gong doesn't care about this, it's not easy to inquire about other people's troubles. Gongsun Changming said: "I think I can discuss with Tian Bo and provide some materials for Zhang Xun." ”

"That's not going to work!" Li Ze flatly refused.

"Don't worry, Li Xiang, he won't use those forces, it's just to mobilize the masses and do something that can make everyone laugh, it's harmless."

"Even so, there must be measure." Li Ze knocked on the table.

"Of course, Zhang Xun also told me that Wang Mingyi also gave him another idea, but it was too late for a while, and he would find another source of money next." Gongsun Changming said.

"Wang Mingyi, that guy dares to do anything to make money, what bad idea does he have?"

"Find businessmen and help these people do some publicity." Gongsun Changming said with a smile: "Zhang Xun already has a goal, the flowers are full of buildings and bamboo gardens, now it's not that people's brains are about to hit the dog's brains, if Datang Monthly is willing to do propaganda with them, I believe they are willing to pay a lot of money." ”

"It's a serious idea." Li Ze nodded.

The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, this kind of thing is still unreliable, it seems that Datang is going to open up one more business next, that is, advertising. Once someone tastes the sweetness from it, there will inevitably be many followers, and the Datang Monthly Newspaper will immediately become a sought-after sweetheart, and it will slowly become a weekly newspaper and a daily newspaper in the future.

After this incident, if Zhang Xun is taken out of these things, he is responsible for reviewing them, these specific vulgar things, or other people are still going to do business, Zhang Xun is still not very good at it. If you want to make the newspaper industry bigger and stronger, you have to find someone like Wang Mingyi who has an extremely sensitive sense of business.

Of course, censorship cannot be relaxed, and everyone can make money together, but public opinion must be controlled by the imperial court, and it must not be left to its own devices. The right to speak is something that must be held in your own hands to rest assured. Clear stream of things, invisible and intangible, but his influence is real, and if it is properly guided, it can become a huge help, and if it gets out of control, the harm is obvious.

Well, there is some familiar taste, and Li Ze can't help but be happy. In a good mood, he picked up the first paperwork, picked up the pen, looked at Gongsun Changming and said, "Start doing things!" ”

Gongsun Changming smiled and bowed and withdrew.