Datang first village

Although the pen writer in Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty is a new profession.

But it is the most respected profession by the literati in Chang'an, and many of them don't receive a penny. guest.

Datang Daily is the official newspaper of Datang, and its writers are already equivalent to officials.

Among the Great Tang Remonstrance Court, there are three members of the Remonstrance Court, who are the writers of the Datang Daily, and hold the official seventh-rank salary of the imperial court.

At noon, when the writers of the Chang'an News gathered to discuss the content of each edition of the newspaper tomorrow and the direction of the editorial, a small official from the Baekje Mission arrived.

"My envoys let you go there!"

Surprisingly, half of the writers didn't look back, only two or three young people looked back.

"My envoy will let you go there!"

"Today's tea is not bad? I heard that this year's big shopkeeper got some this year's Longjing fresh green. I wonder if I can ask for some." A 30-year-old pen guest said unhurriedly.

He is conveying an attitude to everyone.

This kind of attitude is to completely ignore the existence of the other party. To use the arrogant words of the pen writer, who is the visitor, what is his identity, and why are you yelling at us.

Another writer said: "I heard that there is a job as a concierge in Datang Daily, I think I should follow suit!"

"My chief envoy of Baekje told you to go there, aren't you being polite?" the little official said again.In his eyes, none of these people belonged to the gentry, because the gentry could rely on the recommendation of the family to serve as an official, and only students from poor families would work here.

Work is cheap.

To be an official is the real noble status, as long as it is to work for others, whether it is teaching or writing, it is already a lowly occupation among scholars.

Therefore, the identities of these people are nothing.

"No, I don't have time." The 30-year-old writer who spoke first stood up and pointed out the door: "Please get out immediately, otherwise I will report to the police and charge you for trespassing. "

"You!" The little official of Baekje was a little surprised. You must know that in Baekje, if you have a higher status, you can control the life and death of people of lower rank.When did you, a poor scholar dare to resist the officials, you must know that the envoys were in Chang'an before, but they received special care. Even a small official is more noble than the seventh-rank officials in Chang'an.

"roll!"

Shouting angrily, the little official was frightened, staggered two steps, and unexpectedly fell outside the door on the threshold.

The few principals in the house didn't bother with this little official, but immediately ordered the young writers: "Go to the newspaper offices quickly, he humiliated the people of the Tang Dynasty in Baekje first, and insulted me in the second, who will wait?" If I take the initiative to go to the Yingbin Court, I will be ashamed of it!"

The officials in Baekje didn’t finish running all the newspapers. After receiving the cold reception from the three newspapers, they went back to Yingbinyuan: “The lowly newspapers in Datang are very arrogant, they don’t want to come here at all. Run through all the newspapers , asking for courtesy, but no one responded."

"Go again! Spend some money and invite them!"

At this time, as the three major newspapers of private newspapers, Chang'an News (Chang'an News).Chang'an City News (City News).For the Jingzhao Baiwen Daily (Beijing News), the three big shopkeepers got together, and the shopkeepers of many small newspapers either came in person, or sent people with status from the newspaper offices to also rush.

"At this meeting, someone proposed to set up a newspaper chamber of commerce. He has already submitted a formal application to the Ministry of Commerce. The batch of documents has been issued today, so we called everyone to discuss it."

The one who spoke was the big treasurer of Chang'an News (Chang'an News).

His background is the Qinghe Cui family.

"Dare to ask, is it approved?" Someone asked anxiously.

You must know that having a chamber of commerce means that the industry has been recognized by the imperial court. The imperial court will protect the lower limit of this industry and will not let this industry fall at any time.

"The approval document from the Ministry of Commerce is that the newspaper industry is not a business." The chief shopkeeper of Chang'an Newspaper looked a little more serious. His words made many people's hearts sink, which meant that they were not approved.But who would have thought that the big treasurer of Chang'an News suddenly laughed: "The newspaper industry is not under the management of the Ministry of Commerce, because the newspaper industry is within the responsibility of the Ministry of Etiquette!"

"Department of Rites!"

"That's right, it's the Ministry of Rites!" The shopkeeper of Chang'an Newspaper had a look of relief on his face.

What does the Ministry of Commerce stand for?Datang's true hierarchy foundation comes from scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and soldiers.The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of the chamber of commerce, and the chamber of commerce is the circle of businessmen.What does the Ministry of Rites represent?The newspaper industry is not a chamber of commerce. The new term given by the Ministry of Commerce is industry and newspaper guild.

The shopkeeper of Chang'an News bowed towards the south of the city with a very respectful expression.

"His Royal Highness King Qin defined the newspaper industry as early as when the newspaper business came into being. Newspaper is an industry, and it also needs culture and etiquette. What the newspaper industry needs most is not how much money it can make, but practitioners. As much virtue as there is, practitioners with high virtue can infect the common people, Tang also knows propriety and has virtue.”

"King Qin is wise!" All the shopkeepers said in unison.

"Today, I will apply jointly. Tomorrow, a certain person will go to the Ministry of Rites to submit the paperwork application. I am a member of the Chang'an Newspaper Guild!"

Everyone stood up at the same time, and those who can be big shopkeepers in the newspaper industry can be said to be scholars.Those with the worst status were also scholars who once had a little reputation in Chang'an City.

The big shopkeepers are not in charge of operations, just like later generations, they are more like editor-in-chiefs.

The definition of a scholar suddenly made them feel a kind of pride in their hearts, a kind of spontaneous pride.

"There is an urgent matter!" A writer announced from outside the door.Then he sent a roll of paper to the door. He knew that almost all the newspaper offices in Chang'an were having a meeting here, and they were probably discussing extremely important matters.But the matter at hand is also an urgent matter, so I sent it over. The matter is not small, and there must be a person in charge.

The guard at the gate handed the scroll to the chief treasurer of Chang'an News.

"Humph! The Baekje envoy paid thirty guan, please wait for me to go there. He said that he would tell about what happened in Dongshi that day. Thirty guan, we are scholars, not merchants, and we don't lose our integrity for mere money. .Money can be lost, but moral integrity cannot be lost!" The chief shopkeeper of Chang'an Newspaper was extremely resolute.

That's right, if it had been earlier, it would be hard to say whether these thirty strings would be able to attract writers.

But at this time, Shi Sanguan lost the integrity of a scholar, which is humiliation!

"Everyone, it seems that we shouldn't be called shopkeepers anymore. Since the newspaper industry is under the control of the Ministry of Rites, it would be a disgrace for me to be called the shopkeeper again. Tomorrow, the application of the Ministry of Rites is an important matter, but tomorrow I should even ask to see His Highness the King of Qin. Only by listening to the teachings of His Royal Highness King Qin will we wait for the development of the newspaper industry."

The shopkeeper of the Beijing News was actually talking about something that seemed irrelevant.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, the shopkeeper of the Beijing News continued: "Princess Mingyue said in Yaozhou that there is no cell in the world except Datang to imprison my citizens of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no instrument of torture for the people of the Tang Dynasty except Datang. In two days A while ago, Donggao Baekje’s envoys humiliated our citizens of the Tang Dynasty. As we, we have no personal grudges in our hearts. We should tell the truth and let the people of Chang’an know. We heard that Jing Zhaoyin has accepted the case, so we should arrange for a profitable writer. Tell the story of the incident and let the people of Tang Dynasty know."

"Where is the Baekje envoy?"

"If he wants to talk about it, I can't refuse it. But he drove me away first, and humiliated me with money later. If he wants to talk about it, I won't refuse, but if he wants to talk about it, he can come to the newspaper office to talk about it!"

"Okay!" All the shopkeepers responded in unison.

Baekje's messengers failed again, and the Baekje envoys almost went crazy.He ran to find the Minister of Honglu Temple in person, and asked the Minister of Honglu Temple to send those writers to come.This is the way to use officials to oppress the people.

"This is not in line with the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The laws of the Tang Dynasty clearly stated that non-sinners should not be summoned. Courtesy should not be used to oppress people by officials. Someone can't help you, and someone is an official of the Ministry of Rites. I am ashamed of this kind of rudeness!" Hong Lu Si Qing lukewarmly pushed back the Baekje envoy's request.

The Baekje envoy was about to go mad, but his entourage said: "The Goguryeo envoy has entered Chang'an City!"

"Farewell!" Facing Minister Honglusi, the Baekje envoys left in a hurry without even following the etiquette.

After the Baekje envoys left, Honglusi gave a long sigh, and the deputy beside him was puzzled: "Why are you sighing?"

"I think that during the reign of Wude, these envoys sent some small gifts. I, Tang Dynasty, regarded myself as a great country, and the gifts in return were at least three times the value of the gifts they sent. Looking back at the practice at that time, it seems I was so stupid, I thought they would treat me with courtesy, and they would feel sorry for me, Da Tang Ende."

Hearing this, the Deputy Minister of Honglu Temple also sighed: "Now, as His Highness King Qin said, they are just a bunch of wolves who are not familiar with it. It is really hateful!"

"That's all, that's all. Hurry up and make arrangements. There are many envoys visiting recently, and the reception ceremony is indispensable."

On the other side, in Qinwangzhuang, Cui Dunli reported in front of Li Yuanxing with some information sent by the fast horse.

"Your Highness is wise, just a change in management from the Ministry of Commerce to the Ministry of Rituals in the newspaper industry has brought about a huge change in the mentality of people in the newspaper industry, and things are also developing in the direction predicted by His Highness, but His Highness has not given any instructions yet. , how will this matter end, what will be the ending?"

Cui Dunli asked a very critical question.

Jin Manqing was beaten, the envoys of Baekje must be guilty, but how to punish, how to deal with the envoys of Baekje, how to face nearly a hundred envoys from various states and ethnic groups, this is what Cui Dunli needs to think about.

"Don't worry, I'm waiting for the response from all parties. Goguryeo has just arrived in Chang'an, and Gaochang's team will need three more days. How to deal with it can be discussed later. I just want to make sure you are satisfied!"

Li Yuanxing's sentence is guaranteed to satisfy you.

But Cui Dunli has nothing to say, what does it mean to ensure that these people are satisfied?

It seems that there is no need to explain this matter to anyone, or His Highness King Qin's words are alluding to it, could it be...

Cui Dunli's mind was a little messed up, and he even started to think wildly. He thought a lot, and even thought of the IOU that the Cui family of Qinghe returned to the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan on behalf of the Shandong clan.Whether the king of Qin knew about this IOU, and what would be his reaction after knowing it. (To be continued.)