The entire city of Kaifeng was filled with heat from the sun. The streets and alleys also looked particularly lively.
Some people say that Kaifeng in the morning belongs to officials and ministers, and Kaifeng in the evening belongs to dignitaries and literati. Only Kaifeng at noon and afternoon belongs to the common people.
Zhang Dun was sitting in the sedan chair, looking tired.
The sedan has a large space and is packed tightly to isolate the heat from the outside. There is a basin of ice at the feet, and the cold air lingers, making this place, which is a small world of its own, seem a bit cool.
But despite the coolness, Zhang Dun still felt hot and irritated.
Zhang Dun has been exhausted physically and mentally these days.
The first is Lu Huiqing.
He took up the post of Minister Zuocheng and took charge of Shangshu Province. In just over ten days, he turned Youcheng Huang into a decoration without making any noise.
Well, Huang Fu had no hope in the first place. But you have been stubbornly resisting for a while. How could you fall flat so quickly?
Zhang Dun felt uneasy.
Then Zhang Dun found that he could no longer keep his word in court as before.
The current government affairs mainly focus on continuing to implement Xining's new law and filling the national treasury.
Lu Huiqing is a veteran of reform. Many of the new laws currently implemented were drafted by him and then implemented with all his strength.
In the next twenty years, he served as a local official and gained rich experience in government administration.
In the Chui Gong Hall and the Political Hall, he could spend most of the time in silence.
But once he makes a sound, he will be cut off with the sword of the peerless swordsman.
What frightened Zhang Dun the most was that Lu Huiqing had a meticulous grasp of the officials' thoughts, and the suggestions he put forward were always pleasing to the officials.
If things go on like this, how can it be done?
Zhang Dun's heart was even more difficult to calm down.
There is also Fan Chunren, the censor Zhongcheng.
Mr. Fan did not focus on himself more often, nor did he blindly oppose the new law. He focused more on the selection of officials.
He would have a chat with any official above the county magistrate level to check the person's background. Once he found any problems, he would impeach him unceremoniously.
He is such a famous veteran, and it is not that the new law of impeachment is harming the people. The officials will definitely give him some face and ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to re-elect him.
Now some people in the court secretly say that Mr. Fan is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and General Xu is just the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Xu Jiang didn't deal with him, which made him feel uncomfortable, and Zhang Dun felt a little better.
"Selling newspapers! "Beifeng News" was personally written and compiled by the descendants of the officials who returned to the south and the former Hanlin of the Liao Kingdom..."
There are newsboys selling tabloids on the street.
Well, since King Jian started to clean things up, the messy and smoky tabloids on the streets have almost disappeared, and the ears have become much cleaner.
Those tabloids have countless connections behind them. Others don't dare to touch them, and they don't want to touch them, because there are either interests or favors in them.
Only the West Campus Reading Center, with Zhao Shisan as a young man behind him, went on a rampage without giving any face to anyone.
No matter which house you are hiding in or which worry-free cave you are hiding in. As long as you are publishing illegally without a license, the West Campus Reading Office will find a way to find you.
Seal shops and arrest people without mercy!
Zhao Shisan still has some methods to deal with practical matters.
In fact, during this period of time, Zhang Dun was thinking more and more about King Jian Zhao Shisan.
Depending on the angle from which you stand, you will see the nature of the problem differently.
Officials would think that Zhao seemed to be a talented person in the clan and a powerful figure in the imperial court. But Zhang Dun could see something different.
It's just that Zhang Dun couldn't figure out Zhao Si's real purpose for a while, because this person was too unscrupulous in his actions, like an antelope hanging his horns.
Sometimes you feel that he is deliberately thoughtful, sometimes you feel that he is heartless. Sometimes you feel that he has ulterior motives, but sometimes you feel that he is thankless.
It’s hard to fathom!
"Understanding first-hand information, the situation is detailed, the story is moving, and the secrets of the Liao clan, nobles, and palaces are all in my mind."
The crisp cries of the newsboys, like broad beans stir-fried in a big pot, could be heard clearly from the street into the sedan.
"This issue publishes "The Biography of Xiao Guanyin". Queen Marie was charming and talented. But she had a story with the actress that has to be told. Buy the newspaper! If you buy the newspaper, you can read the twists and turns of the story."
"...If you buy the newspaper, you can read the "Ten Fragrance Ci" written by Xiao Guanyin himself and presented to his lover..."
Hearing the newsboy's cry, Zhang Dun had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat and almost choked to death.
Xiao Guanyin, the first queen of the current leader of the Liao Kingdom. She was sentenced to death for the unjust case of "Shi Xiang Ci", which caused a sensation. Now she is actually written into a chapter and published in what kind of "Beifeng News"?
Moreover, the "Ten Fragrance Ci", a tiger and wolf poem, was also openly published in newspapers.
How could Zhang Dun not hear it?
"Shixiangci" is a collection of ten five-character quatrains, describing a woman's hair, breasts, cheeks, neck, tongue, mouth, hands, feet, private parts and skin.
Gorgeous and lustful!
Zhang Dun opened the curtains and saw many people surrounding the newsboy, rushing to buy the "Beifeng News". His companion Zhang Si was also looking around, eager to try.
"Chapter 4, what are you doing?"
"My lord, the "North Wind News" is in very short supply. If you don't buy it now, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it later. So I've been thinking about it, and I ask my lord's forgiveness."
"Is it difficult to buy?"
"Ms. sir, it's really hard to buy. I heard that "Beifeng News" only publishes five or six thousand copies in one issue, and most of them are shipped to the north for sale. Less than a thousand copies remain in Kaifeng. But the story is so well written,
It’s really popular.”
Good-looking? Do you like to see these?
"Ship it to the north and sell it?" Zhang Dun realized something, "Go buy a copy and bring it back."
"It's my husband!"
Zhang Dun was flipping through the "Beifeng News" in his sedan chair. There were four pages in total. They were all densely packed with stories about the Liao Kingdom. Except for the third chapter of "The Biography of Xiao Guanyin" on the first page, the rest were all wonderful.
But after reading it, you will find that all the rulers of the Liao Kingdom were Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Sun Hao of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. They were either promiscuous or cruel. The nobles were all extravagant and lustful, and the officials were all stupid and greedy, and they teamed up to crush the people's bones and suck their marrow.
The people are in dire straits and are miserable. The foundations are shaking and the country is drifting.
It is simply a miracle that the Liao Kingdom can survive until now.
Zhang Dun was thoughtful.
Zhang Si was afraid that his husband would be dissatisfied with his obsession with obscene novels after reading "The North Wind News", so he quickly made up for it.
"Ms. sir, there is a new "Wenlin" magazine for sale over there. Can I buy a copy for you?"
""Wenlin" magazine? What the hell?"
"Mr. Sir, it can be regarded as a booklet with more than a dozen newspapers bound together. But it is thinner than ordinary books. One book is published every month."
