"From Taigu County, chased all the way to Xinkou Village, the infantry chased the cavalry, chased for hundreds of miles, and was tired to death, how could I continue to chase it? The veteran soldiers of the division are tired, how can they chase down the city of Daizhou again?!"

The sound coming from downstairs made Cai Jing stop his chopsticks, and several friends who gathered together, including him, all frowned.

"It's noisy." Qiang Yuanming slammed the wine glass on the table, "This generation of villains drink and drink, and they talk about state affairs." ”

"After all, there is nothing else to talk about lately, and if you drink too much, you can't let people gag it." Cai Jing smiled very kindly, but looked out the window again, "But it's really too noisy." ”

Jingzhong Restaurant, the private seating box upstairs and the downstairs lobby are probably two different classes. Upstairs is usually only for wealthy families and officials to come up, and downstairs is a place for ordinary citizens to fight their teeth.

But no matter whether you are rich or poor, you can't avoid talking about wine when you are strong.

Cai Jing, Qiang Yuanming and other imperial historians felt that the loud voice directly below was noisy, but the drinkers below were in high spirits and asked the loud voice to continue.

"How did Han Shumi defeat the Liao thieves under Taigu City? It is to rely on the strong wall to clear the wilderness and lure the enemy deep."

"It's not that the camp is unbearable. But he hasn't been in battle for decades, and it should be that Han Shumi is not at ease. I had to use myself as bait to lure Liao Dog to Taigu County. How greedy is Liaogou? As soon as he saw that Han Shumi was in Taigu, he wanted to pick up a bargain. was fooled like this, and the Taigu victory came from this. But there are not many beheadings after all, and it is a drop in the bucket for Liao dogs."

The more Cai Jing and the others listened, the more familiar they felt, and they looked at each other, isn't this the content of the recent Qiyun Express?

"Qiyun Headquarters is doing a good job!" Cai Jingha smiled, "It's better for some people to be able to know about military affairs." ”

Zhao Tingzhi said coldly: "The horse racing headquarters is not bad. How could they have sold less of their daily bulletins? ”

Behind the Qiyun Express is the Qiyun head office. Behind the daily bulletin is the horse racing headquarters. The reason why it is not called Horse Racing Express is just because the word horse racing is not as charming as Qi Yun, and it is too straightforward, and it has been ridiculed by some sour. The name of the head office was not easy to change, but the name of the newspaper was eventually changed to something that was more pleasant to the ear and understandable to gamblers.

"But don't care about the militaristic things that shouldn't be said. In the newspapers of the two companies, there are also a lot of ordinary market news, which has the benefit of persuading people to do good. It's no wonder that there are so many people who buy it, and you can find anything you want to see on it. Cai Jing said softly, not blindly denying. He has been in the capital for the past few years, and he has watched the development of the two major newspapers.

At the beginning, Qiyun Express only had a match report, and then because of the expansion of the league, the background and members of many teams participating in the league were rarely understood, so it naturally increased the introduction of the team and the player's origin, and became more and more detailed, and the nicknames, hobbies and even some anecdotes of well-known players would appear in the newspaper in great detail.

Then, as a large number of guilds and merchants participated in the league, advertisements also appeared, and more revenue accelerated the development of Qiyun Express to a certain extent.

Later, in order to fill the space outside the advertisement, the newspaper added some topics of current affairs, which is basically the style of the Beijing tabloids.

There are tabloids in the Kaifeng edition, many of which contain novels such as karma, plus some Buddhist scriptures, verses, and words to persuade people to be good and Buddha. Basically, they are printed by monasteries and distributed to believers. However, there are also tabloids that publish personnel changes in the court, reports of foreign ministers, and recent domestic and foreign news, usually directly from the Tongjin Yintai Division.

The former is usually distributed for free, while the latter is just asking for money. So when Qiyun Express, which also had to be bought with money, learned the style of the Beijing tabloids, it gradually involved politics, such as official documents of the imperial court, some important personnel appointments, and occasionally some gossip.

Due to the deep background of Qiyun Express, its credibility completely surpasses that of all tabloids in the past. Their sources of information are not only connected to the Yintai Division, many times, the big and small things that have just happened in the Chongzheng Palace, in the blink of an eye, directly enter the newspaper office. Even if you can't say it explicitly, a vague stroke can often make people with some useful information come to mind. So now, Qiyun Express is already the No. 1 newspaper in circulation in Beijing, even if it is a scholarly family that strictly prohibits its children from participating in gambling and kicking football, they will also order a copy so that they can keep abreast of the latest court dynamics.

And the daily express also learned the route and style of Qiyun Express.

The first step is to report on the race day and information about each racehorse, such as breed, shoulder height, weight, past results and the identity of the owner. Now even the pedigree has been added. When the daily express appeared, it became less and less common for the short-legged and long-waisted Khitan horse to be blown into a long-legged Hexi horse.

With the increasing number of daily bulletins, the provenance of some of the famous horses participating in the top races can be said by all bettors. And now there are some good people who want to make up a set of genealogies to determine the bloodline of horse racing - since Ouyang Xiu compiled his own pedigree and publicized it, scholars have a lot of hobbies for compiling genealogies, and compiling pedigrees for horses is just an abuse of such plots.

However, in order to compete with Qiyun Express, the Daily Express tried to expand its circulation even more, and adopted a model aimed at a larger number of people. It has increased investment and reporting in the direction of the market. However, this is also a quick learning for Qiyun Express. While expanding its influence on ordinary citizens, the competition has also become more intense.

Because of the competition with each other, in order to compete for news, the two newspapers even raised a group of Bao to inquire, commonly known as the ear newspaper god, specializing in exploring the gossip circulating in the market, and at the same time hooked up with the officials under the jurisdiction of the Detective Department of the Imperial City Department - some of this news is also of great significance to many backstage agencies of the two congresses, which also makes the two major newspapers have greater enthusiasm when collecting market news.

"Han Shumi is indeed powerful. But Liaogou is not weak. rushed south, tired to death, without eating or drinking, before being defeated by Han Shumi. But less than a thousand can be decapitated. That's almost 100,000 troops! There was less than one of the hundred people, and it couldn't be regarded as a big defeat, and the troops were still there, but they retreated all the way to Daizhou. Shiling Pass and Xinkou Village are not guarded, if you want to say that they have no tricks, do you believe it?"

"So as soon as Liao Gou retreated to Daizhou, half of it was afraid of the prestige of the privy, and half of it was the idea of trying to lure the officials and soldiers into the bait. It's a pity that it's Dong Shi Xiaofeng. What Liaogou is doing in Daizhou now is almost a copy of Han Shumi's in Taigu County. You say, with Han's secret intelligence, will you do this?"

As if to match the discussion upstairs, the loud voice downstairs was raised by three points.

"The important matter of the militaristic state has become the talk of the small people." Qiang Yuanming sighed, "It's really time to ban it." ”

"It's not that simple." Cai Jing shook his head: "Back then, for the sake of the city's change of law, there was a storm in Beijing, but it was finally implemented. In other words, if it is promulgated now, it may not have even begun, and it can make the world turbulent, and the plan will not be implemented. ”

A large part of the right to speak in the market is now in the hands of the conference clubs that publish newspapers, such as the Qiyun Headquarters and the Horse Racing Society. A word in the newspaper can manipulate the hearts of the people. Last year's tragedy after the Keju race, the most serious crime fell on the head of Nam Shun Hou, no matter how you look at it, it was the Qiyun headquarters and the horse racing headquarters that made waves behind it.

Seeing that the faces of his colleagues were solemn again, Cai Jing said with a smile, "Fortunately, there are too many internal forces in the Qiyun Society, and they come from different backgrounds, clans, noble relatives, wealthy businessmen, and even some commoners. Otherwise, the Son of Heaven will not be able to sleep well, and the political hall will not be able to accommodate them. ”

Due to the complexity of the composition, the tendency of the two major express newspapers to report is not so serious, and the content must also be restrained, and the heavenly family, the imperial court, and the government must not be involved, and the controversy between the new law and the old law will never be intervened, because the overall interests of many members of the two major headquarters are more important.

"Sooner or later, it won't be able tolerate." Qiang Yuanming said with a gloomy look in his eyes. Under normal circumstances, Yushitai is the leader of folk discussion and Shilin Qing discussion. The existence of the express newspaper is equivalent to robbing the business of Yushitai.

Cai Jing pouted.

The forces behind the two head offices are intertwined and closely related. Openly and secretly, millions of people share the benefits from it every year, and hundreds of wealthy families in Beijing have mixed in with it.

The two events started from Longxi, but it doesn't mean that Han Gang or Cotton Bank can control the two clubs that are already behemoths. I'm afraid that Han Gang himself didn't expect that the military drama would develop into such a scale in Tokyo.

And these two behemoths are still expanding. The same type of club is constantly spreading to all military states in the world, and the local big families are twisted into groups one by one.

Although because of the gap in heritage, it is far inferior to the capital in terms of scale, but after all, a group of local wealthy families are involved, and there are officials in the yazhong, and there are heroes in the market inside and outside to help them, and the local officials dare not easily exonerate themselves. From the central part of Beijing to the local government, from the dignitaries to the small people, all of them are involved, how many people rely on this to make a living, and who can abolish it? Who dares to scrap?!

Li Gefei is the junior with the least qualifications in Yushi Taizhong, and he has just been pulled into Cai Jing's small circle, and he is a little lacking in confidence when he speaks, his eyes are drawn left and right, "During this time, there are Qiyun Express and Daily Express, which can actually be regarded as calming people's hearts." Otherwise, rumors will spread, and the capital will not be stable. ”

"Can you be unstable?" Zhao Tingzhi sneered, "The people in the city are panicking, how much less money do the two major leagues of horse racing and Keju make every day?" Before the Liao thieves hit Taiyuan, I heard that there was only a quarter left. ”

"Maybe it's not that simple." Qiang Yuanming lowered his voice, "What is the relationship between Hedong and the two head offices?" Maybe this time it was in his heart. Probably because he was timid? Otherwise, why did the two express newspapers mention Hedong in the past two days, and they are all talking about being steady? ”

"You can't say that." Zhao Tingzhi shook his head, "Didn't you see what the two newspapers said about Guo Kui and Li Xin a few days ago?" Guo Kui doesn't care, whose cousin is Li Xin? After the bad thing, it's not that there is no favor. Once the front is defeated, the families in the capital don't know how much they will lose, at this time, who will leave a face? ”

This is a good point, so this time the official army regained the lost land and fought all the way to Daizhou, and the capital has settled down. The next thing I don't want the official army to rush into the adventure is the two head offices. Cai Jing paused, "But then again, who is the main writer of the two newspapers commenting on the situation in Hedong in recent days, have you ever thought about it?" ”

Qiang Yuanming shook his head: "Who knows the way?" Being a reporter is not a glamorous thing. Who will leave their real name? ”

"The one who wrote the article for Qiyun Express is called Zhongli." Li Gefei had some impressions.

"Zhong ion. Day by day is Zhonglian, but unfortunately the surname Chu is not Lu. Chu Zhonglian! Cai Jing smiled.

There are many articles commenting on the war situation in the north, but there are not many that have real insights and are clearly arranged, and gradually some people stand out. Recently, when it comes to commenting on the war situation in Hedong, one of the two express reports has spoken most clearly. Qiyun Express's self-named bell ion. The daily express is Chu Zhonglian, which is a more common type of pen name.

"I read both newspapers." Cai Jing said, "The people who wrote these comments on the battle situation are not simple characters. Especially the two who commented on Hedong in recent days, they know the geography of Hedong well, and the changes in the situation are like candles shining on turtles, and they are omniscient. It's hard to imagine that there are two such people at once. The younger brother thinks that it may even be alone. ”

"Impossible." Zhao Tingzhi also read the articles on both sides, and because it was rare to say it so clearly, he also thought about it carefully, "The styles of writing on both sides are completely different." The day-by-day one is quoted from the side, and the text is complicated but not messy. Zhong Ion is the outline, the text is clear and concise, but it goes straight to the core. Far from it. And the point of view is also different. Although they all advocated that the main force in Hedong act steadily, on the side of the Linfu army in Shenwu County, one advocated attacking Datong and leading the Liao army back to the division. One is to increase the martial arts and force the Liao thieves to attack. ”

"The difference between opinion and style may be deliberately left, but insight cannot be disguised."

Zhao Tingzhi still doesn't believe it, "The relationship between the two newspapers is similar to the head office behind them, and it is similar to a dog fighting for bones." How could it be possible to use a person. ”

What they don't know, in the deep palace, there are also people who want to know the background and identity of the two calligraphers of Lu Dao, and they have already found out.

Shi Deyi bowed in front of the queen, "Your Highness, it has been found out." The two express newspapers commented on the war situation in Hedong by one person. ”

"Who is it?!" Whisper to the Queen.

"It's a traveling scholar who has just arrived in Beijing. The surname is Ze. Two Zhejiang. Newly from Hedong. ”