"Huh...... The old man still thinks that this Yang Feng has a lot of ability, and his feelings are just a person who attracts attention by writing words. ”

In the lobby of Gao Panlong's mansion, Gao Panlong, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, the right capital of the Imperial History Fang Zhuangli, Li Qiyuan, Qian Qianyi, and several other people sat at a round table and sipped fragrant tea.

Li Qiyuan, who was wearing a cyan robe and had a grim expression, snorted coldly: "Yang Feng'er seems to be poor in donkey skills, and he actually used a script as the home page, after the publication of today's newspaper, he Yang Feng will become the laughing stock of the capital, the old man wants to see what face this kid has in the face of the ridicule of the full court?" ”

Seeing Li Qiyuan's undisguised ridicule, Gao Panlong and Fang Zhuangli looked at each other and smiled bitterly almost at the same time. Li Qiyuan has no face to continue to stay in the court since he was scolded by Zhu Youxiao for sitting crookedly, he quickly wrote his resignation and submitted it, and Zhu Youxiao's reply came down the next day, with only two cold words "agree" on it.

It was these two words that made Li Qiyuan disheartened, according to tradition. Generally, if the official submits a resignation report after reaching the status of the Six Books, according to the unspoken rules, the emperor will generally leave the resignation for a few days and then reject the resignation, and then the official will report again, and the emperor will refuse again, so that the emperor will not approve it until the official's third resignation is received.

If the first resignation letter of the official arrives and the emperor immediately approves it the next day, it shows that the emperor has disliked the official to a certain extent and no longer wants to play with him in the form of hypocrisy. At the same time, this reply also means that as long as the emperor reigns for one day, the official can only stay at home honestly, and never think about recovery.

After being slapped in the face so ruthlessly by Zhu Youxiao, Li Qiyuan's resentment in his heart can naturally be imagined. After breaking off the career path, he naturally didn't dare to resent Zhu Youxiao, so he transferred the resentment in his heart to Yang Feng.

"Laughing?"

Qian Qianyi sneered on the side: "Lord Li, do you think Yang Feng cares about these things, he is a vulgar martial artist, and he cares about the ridicule of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces?" For him, as long as he pleases His Majesty, everything else can be put aside, so your worries are non-existent. ”

Seeing that these two idlers who were dismissed one after another, and now the idlers who were idle at home turned on the mockery mode at the same time, Gao Panlong and Fang Zhuangli only felt very helpless, but they could also understand the feelings of these two. From an important minister of the court who holds authority to an idler who can only drink alcohol at home every day, such a gap is unbearable for ordinary people, but they are also powerless about it.

The official position of the imperial court has always been a turnip and a pit, and as soon as they walk away, someone will fill it up, just to make it easy for people to go up, but it is difficult for people to come down. It is not easy for people who have been idle at home to get back on their feet, just like Qian Qianyi, he has been in the capital for more than half a year, even with Gao Panlong's help, but it seems that it is far away to reinstate the official position, and now he and Li Qiyuan can be said to be in sympathy with each other.

But after all, they are also talents who have been killed all the way from Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi, and reason has gradually returned to them after complaining. After a cup of tea, Qian Qianyi thought for a while before picking up the newspaper on the table and waving it and asked, "Several adults, although I haven't dealt with Yang Feng in the future, judging from this person's style of doing things in the past, this person has always done things before acting, and he will never do useless work. Judging from the content of this newspaper, except for this article called Dream of Red Mansions, everything else is something that is clichéd, and there is nothing that can make people shine at all. ”

Gao Panlong was silent, Fang Zhuangli took the opportunity to drink tea to ponder, Li Qiyuan also frowned and thought for a while, and after a few minutes, Gao Panlong said: "Don't worry...... We can't draw conclusions about this matter too early for the time being, according to the old man, this Yang Feng's founding of this newspaper will never be so simple. ”

Qian Qianyi, Li Qiyuan and Fang Zhuangli could only nod and said, "Mr. Jingyi is reasonable, let's wait and see what happens." ”

In the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Youxiao held this just-delivered Pravda in his hand and smiled at Zhang Yan beside him: "Zitong, what the hell is this Yang Feng doing, I saw him running this newspaper with great fanfare, and I thought he could have any amazing words, but I never thought that it was all some general empty words, it really made people drowsy, if it weren't for the previous article on Dream of Red Mansions, I thought this newspaper could be thrown into the wastebasket." ”

Empress Zhang Yan disagreed with Zhu Youxiao's opinion, she put down the newspaper in her hand with some reluctance, pointed to the front page and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that with this Dream of Red Mansions, even if this newspaper is not a failure." Look at this poem here: full of absurd words, a handful of bitter tears! Duyun is an idiot, who understands the taste?

The writing is so good, if it weren't for someone who has already seen through the joys and sorrows of the world, he would not have been able to write such a moving poem. The concubine can be sure that it won't be long before this Dream of Red Mansions will definitely become famous in Beijing. ”

Seeing the queen's obsessed appearance, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be a little speechless. As an emperor, the first thing he values is naturally the layout, content and purpose of this newspaper, while Zhang Yan, as a woman, first values a story like Dream of Red Mansions that can move them, and made a prediction that this story will definitely become popular.

However, what Zhu Youxiao, Gao Panlong and other monarchs and ministers did not expect was that this Dream of Red Mansions, which in their eyes could only be regarded as a pastime, quietly became popular in the capital.

The first people to notice the value of this Dream of Red Mansions were none other than the storytellers who told stories in teahouses and taverns, and these storytellers had a very keen insight into a good script and story, and when they first saw the first two times of Dream of Red Mansions, they immediately realized the great value of this script, and soon some people began to try to tell the story of this Dream of Red Mansions for guests in teahouses and taverns, and as they expected, this script was immediately welcomed by the guests.

And those guests immediately shouted to listen to the following content after listening to the first two episodes of Dream of Red Mansions, but Pravda only published the first issue.

The encouraged storytellers and the proprietors of the various teahouses and liquor shops immediately realized the great value of the book, and they immediately gave instructions to the shopkeepers to wait in front of the Pravda office as soon as the second issue of Pravda was published three days later, and to be sure to get their hands on it as soon as possible.