Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 583 The Struggle of Changan Players

On the way back from the princess mansion, Shang Bo, who stayed in the Longyou Dudu mansion, always had a smile on his face.

Although Princess Yanguang repeatedly expressed concern about the situation in the court, Shang Bo began to comfort the princess in the end, but Shang Bo knew that An Qingxu's counterattack would not last long.

Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xun are good generals in the world. The defense line they established in Luoyang is very strong, and the Tang Empire is transporting supplies to Luoyang through water transport. As long as the confrontation continues for a long time, An Qingxu, who was originally short of supplies, will inevitably be exhausted.

At that time, it will be the day when An Qingxu and Hedong will turn against each other.

What Shangbo cares more about is the situation in the court. Now that the world is in turmoil, as long as the court is stable, then Datang will not lose.

The northern roundabout strategy has entered a state of confrontation, and Shangbo naturally hopes that Datang will last longer on the frontal battlefield to buy Pinglu more time.

Returning to the backyard, Shang Bo reported the situation of the Princess Mansion, and Zhang Leyan and Zhou Shi came to report the recent developments of the players in Chang'an.

Holding a statistical report, Zhou Shi excitedly said to Shangbo: "President, our resident players in Chang'an have reached 500! Now the number of players in Chang'an has surpassed that of Longyou, becoming This is the most desired upgrade location for players!"

There was also a smile on Shangbo's face. With the increase in the number of players, it also meant that the strength that the backyard could control was further enhanced, and the mobilization power of these players was not small.

However, Shangbo also knows that the proportion of these players is not high, most of them are merchants and officials, and they cannot be completely counted as combat power.

Zhang Leyan said: "President, the trade volume between Longyou and Chang'an has increased again this month. Although some imitations have appeared, our share in cotton and wool textiles, alcohol, and new daily necessities is still rising. New daily necessities The industry has even occupied a monopoly position.”

New daily necessities refer to the new daily necessities industry such as matches and soaps. Now the people in Chang’an are accustomed to using convenient matches to start fires, and they no longer use flints, which are inconvenient tools for starting fires.

Similarly, scented and easier-to-clean soaps have also replaced ancient cleaning products such as saponins and become the new needs of thousands of households.

More players and merchants began to go to Chang'an, bringing new products from Longyou to Chang'an. Now, there will be merchants who specialize in selling Longyou goods in the East and West Market and the square markets within each workshop.

Zhang Leyan continued: "The largest proportion is of course merchant players. In addition, many of our players are officials in Jingzhao Mansion and Wannian County. The number of official players in Chang'an is also growing rapidly!"

The increase in the number of official players means that players have infiltrated the Chang'an government, and once a system enters a player official, more players will soon enter this yamen.

For example, after Cui Guangyuan joined the Zhengshitang from Jingzhaoyin as the prime minister, he recommended Shan Tao, the street patrol envoy, to Dali Temple.

Dali Temple is one of the three legal divisions and the highest criminal unit in the Tang Dynasty. Shan Tao was originally a street patrol envoy who was just a low-level official position. Straight.

Dali Temple Secretary Zhi is one of the detailed judges in Dali Temple who have the power to adjudicate cases. Although the rank is not high, he can handle cases of Dali Temple size, and he will be sent to the local area to handle difficult and unsolved cases. He is the core position of power in Dali Temple.

After Shan Tao entered Dali Temple, he quickly proposed a list to Shangfeng, and transferred his former "subordinates" to Dali Temple as officials.

Sizhi of Dali Temple was originally a detailed judge who handled cases independently. His request to build a team of his own was naturally agreed by his superiors, so another group of players entered Dali Temple as officials.

Players joked, when you find that there is one player in a yamen, then there are many players in this yamen.

At present, the level of the players is not high, and they are basically small officials, but through the infiltration of various government offices, the intelligence network in the backyard of the Dudu Mansion has become more well-informed.

Nowadays, Shang Bo doesn't even need to go through the princess mansion to know the news in the palace.

Zhang Leyan brought another report and said: "This month, five more players have entered the palace completely. Thanks to the care of Eunuch Mu Rong, they were all assigned to good departments. Now they have gained a firm foothold in the palace."

Speaking of this, Zhang Leyan also bared his teeth and gasped, these players are really ruthless!

Although the sense of pain can be blocked in the game, not all players can suffer from being a slave in the palace.

But with the support of Mu Rong as an example, countless ordinary players see the hope of entering the palace.

After receiving Gao Lishi's secret assistance, Mu Rong's life in the palace went smoothly. After serving as a eunuch delivering imperial edicts for a period of time, Eunuch Mu Rong won the favor of the eunuch in charge again because of his prudent handling and quick hands and feet. , he was assigned to the imperial study to organize the memorials, which was obviously another major promotion.

The imperial study room is the place where the emperor corrected the memorials, and it is also the core of the inner court of the Tang Dynasty.

The work of sorting out the memorials is to sort out and classify the memorials sent by the eunuchs from various ministries, and submit them to the emperor.

In this position, Mu Rong has access to all the memorials when he is on duty, and this job is close to the emperor, which is the starting point of the career of countless eunuchs.

Some young father-in-laws who have just entered the palace don't understand why the work of arranging memorials is so important.

The key point is naturally the order. When sending memorials to the emperor every day, Mu Rong would observe the emperor's mental state.

If the emperor is in a good mood, there is a high probability that the memorial sent over at this time will be approved. Even some bad news will make the emperor cheer up and find a solution. At this time, the memorial is more likely to be approved.

But as the emperor's working hours became longer and he saw more and more bad news, the memorials sent later would often annoy the emperor.

At this time, if it is light, it will be beaten back and rewritten, and if it is serious, it will be reprimanded by the emperor Zhu.

In addition, memorials asking for money are often easily passed when the emperor is in a good mood, and a pile of memorials asking for money together will make the emperor more irritable. The later the memorials are, the less likely they will be approved by the emperor.

After mastering this secret, Eunuch Mu also enjoyed the benefits of being a "power eunuch".

Like the memorials posted by the player himself, Eunuch Mu will come up when the emperor is in a good mood.

As for those enemies of the King of Yue, Eunuch Mu was not polite, and would deliberately send them up every time the emperor was in a bad mood.

For example, those mad dog memorials of King Qi, every time Eunuch Mu specially picked the emperor to send them when he was most impatient, every time he would provoke the emperor into a rage.

Relying on this "new skill", Eunuch Mu's experience value has risen rapidly again, and the speed at which his rocket class is upgraded has also attracted more players to enter the palace.

For these little brothers who entered the palace, Eunuch Mu was naturally not stingy with taking care of them. He also greeted the eunuchs below and asked these players to be assigned to key departments.

Sure enough, there are people in the court who are good at being eunuchs!Compared with the detours I took, these new players in the palace are much more comfortable!
Apart from passing some information about the emperor to Gao Lishi occasionally, Eunuch Mu lived a comfortable life these days, and some little eunuchs started to curry favor with him. This kind of life made him very satisfied.

Shangbo looked at the report with satisfaction. Players' infiltration of Chang'an, in addition to the above-mentioned major aspects, there are also various players infiltrating into every aspect of Chang'an.

For example, Sun Mingcai wrote the "Three-year Simulation of the Five Imperial Examinations". A Compilation of Excellent Policy Theory Articles" are two heavyweight textbooks.

After the release of these two books, it became even more expensive in an instant, and even pirated books were hard to find.

Those scholars who stayed in Chang'an to take the exam, and parents whose children wanted to take the imperial examination, were all guarding the bookstore and begging for this set of books.

Although some officials of the Imperial College said sourly that Sun Mingcai's teaching aids were an insult to the imperial examinations, and that it was to let candidates take shortcuts instead of studying Confucian classics seriously.

But compared to blindly reading Confucian classics, teaching supplementary books with explanations and analysis can make it easier to take the exam. The sales of teaching supplementary books exceed textbooks, which is also a normal thing in later generations.

Sun Mingcai's reputation is very loud, and his status in the candidates' hearts is no less than that of the great Confucianism of the time. After all, reading the books of the great Confucianism of the time cannot make him pass the imperial examination. If he is serious about Sun Mingcai's papers, he is very likely to pass the exam.

Now that Sun Mingcai has become famous in Chang'an, the Ministry of Officials can't sit still.

When the Ministry of Officials selected officials, Sun Mingcai arranged for him a few poor positions because he didn't give gifts. Therefore, Sun Mingcai was angry and gave up being an official, and devoted himself to the career of teaching assistants in the imperial examination.

But now that Sun Ming has become a great Confucian in the world, countless dignitaries and dignitaries are begging for his books for their children. Naturally, some people have asked why such a person passed the examination of Mingjing but failed to be awarded an official.

Officials from the Ministry of Officials had no choice but to come to the door, begging Sun Mingcai to come out and become an official, but Sun Mingcai was unwilling instead!
How much is the annual salary of an eighth-rank and ninth-rank official?There is no way to publish books when you are an official! The market for imperial examination guidance books is a blue ocean, and there are plenty of opportunities to make a fortune!
But there is no way for the official department to choose lawsuits. If Sun Mingcai continues to be so popular, then the official department will become the target of scholars. If such talents are not awarded officials, your official department is too dark.

In the end, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials personally came forward and awarded Sun Mingcai the position of Xiaoshulang, and let him work in the Ministry of Rites and be responsible for the collection of books in the Ministry of Rites of the School of Rites.

This job does not require going to the yamen every day, and it will not affect Sun Mingcai's great career of writing books, so Sun Mingcai reluctantly accepts it.

(End of this chapter)