The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 282 Xun Bao Interview

Wei Dazhong said: "I found a few students in Suzhou Fuxue to write a book and report the matter to the Suzhou magistrate. He took the notice and said a few words of comfort but did not follow up. The students in Fuxue talked about it to no avail. Mr. Jianyang, your "Suzhou Xun Bao" said it was going to report current events and speak out for the people. Now that I have written an article, how about you redress the grievances of those ancestors and grandchildren?"

Wang Wenlong smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "Suzhou Xunbao is just a newspaper, not a government office. How can I redress their grievances? The Suzhou prefect can't control Liu Cheng. Is he still afraid of the words written in my newspaper?" ?”

Wei Dazhong suddenly bulged his eyes: "Sir, don't you dare to publish an article? The Suzhou Xunbao said it was a lie to speak for the people!"

"Kong Shi, don't be anxious," Wang Wenlong stopped him from shouting and said first: "Go to my accounting room and get ten taels of silver for the grandfather and grandson. Let me think about the rest slowly."

"They do need money," Wei Dazhong nodded and said, "But Mr. Jianyang, if you are willing to give money for relief, I will thank you on behalf of their grandparents, but how can you not punish the evil person with such a loud voice? You have protected his grandparents and their grandchildren. , but if those tax supervisors are still not punished, they will harm others again in a few days!"

Seeing Wei Dazhong's righteous expression, Wang Wenlong shook his head and said, "Kong Shi, you go first. Just trust me."

Wang Wenlong knew that publishing Wei Dazhong's news report on the matter would not have much effect, but he heard that Wei Dazhong had spread the matter among the schools in Suzhou, indicating that the matter had a certain amount of public opinion. There is a way to solve the problem.

The newspaper can start some operations on this matter, and maybe it can establish its position in Suzhou in one fell swoop.

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The next day, several horses stopped at the entrance of Suzhou Xunbao.

A guard soldier said to the man who looked like a junior officer next to him: "General Banner, this is the editorial office of Suzhou Xundao."

He asked Wang Cheng and the guard soldiers he brought to sit down, and then clasped his fists at Peng Tianxi who was standing beside him.

Wang Cheng suddenly thought about it and asked in surprise: "Brother, do you dare not be the opera singer Peng Tianxi?"

The man replied: "I have attended several of your gang's gatherings. The military master thought he had seen me on the stage."

He is a member of the Cao Gang. He has long developed the habit of socializing with people when sailing north and south. When he went up, he took the initiative to ask: "I am Wang Cheng from the Cao Gang. This eldest brother looks quite familiar. I bet we have met before." ?”

Wang Wenlong also smiled and held up his hands: "Thank you very much, Mr. Wang Qi and this military master for coming."

As soon as he entered the editor-in-chief's office, Wang Chengcheng bowed his hands to Wang Wenlong and said, "Hello, Mr. Jianyang. I like to read the novels written by him the most. Today I finally have the opportunity to meet him!"

He walked toward the editorial office with his guard soldiers who had seen what happened outside the Bailong Temple that day. At this time, another red sedan came in front of Jiujie. A man in his thirties got off the sedan. The man was stout and had a square head and a big face. Wang Zongqi took a closer look and thought he looked familiar.

The guard officer who was called the general flag nodded. He was a general flag officer of the Caoyun Station.

The two of them got along quite well, and walked into the editorial office of Xundao Newspaper while talking. Wang Wenlong had already prepared tea and was waiting.

The general banner is considered to be a low-ranking official. Wang Zongqi also has five small banners, each with ten people. However, Wang Zongqi is the flag officer of the Caoyun Guards Station, has a position in the Cao Gang, and is in a wealthy place like Suzhou, so his life is not bad.

Peng Tianxi smiled and said, "It's me."

The Cao Yun positions were under the command of the Cao Yun Du. More than 5,000 soldiers were set up as one guard, and one guard was divided into five units. Each unit had about 1,100 people and was led by a thousand households. A thousand-house unit was divided into ten hundred households. There are two general banners for each hundred households, each commanding fifty military households.

"We think we came here for the same thing," Peng Tianxi nodded and said: "That day at the White Dragon Temple, I took off my clothes and went home, and I encountered those tax collectors making things difficult for the old and young people selling water chestnuts. I watched the whole process. , I don’t know how I was recognized by the Xun Bao people, so I was asked to talk about the situation."

"It turns out it's Mr. Peng!" Wang Cheng quickly greeted him and said in surprise: "I watched your play a few days ago, and it was really good. I just didn't recognize it after taking off my face. Mr. Peng is also here to report on business?"

"I also accompanied a brother from the health center who watched the whole process to report the situation on the tenth day of the month."

"Laopeng, let's take a trip."

In the past few days, he has been looking for people who were at the scene and watched the whole process of the tax collector making things difficult for the grandfather and grandson. Although many people knew the situation, they were unwilling to come forward to be interviewed and testify. Wang Wenlong could only ask them to provide the names of other people present at the time. See if anyone is willing to be interviewed.

In addition to the guard soldier under Wang Cheng, Wang Wenlong learned that Peng Tianxi, a famous ugly man, was also present. There were many people present at that time, but among them only Peng Tianxi was a public figure who often appeared in front of others, so he was remembered by many people. Wang Wenlong initially had little hope that Peng Tianxi could come to be interviewed. As a famous actor, Peng Tianxi needed to go to various gatherings. Many of the tax collectors under the eunuchs were also Peng Tianxi's bosses. If they came to sit in the office, it would most likely harm his business. .

Wang Wenlong just wanted to give it a try and sent someone to Peng Tianxi to ask if he could be interviewed. Unexpectedly, Peng Tianxi nodded immediately after receiving the invitation and came happily.

Peng Tianxi was originally a son of a wealthy family, but he chose to join a troupe business because he loved opera. He despised fame and a bright future and followed the opera troupe across the state and into the state. "I would rather give up an acre of land than teach a play." For artists in this era, opera is a special skill. It is not easy for outsiders to learn. Peng Tianxi is not an insider and became a monk halfway, so learning opera is particularly difficult.

In order to learn a play from a famous play, he once spent dozens of taels of silver to invite people to his home to teach. For this reason, "the family fortune of one hundred thousand was wiped out".

Peng Tianxi is a temperamental person. He doesn't care whether his business will be damaged or not. He has long been determined to fight against injustice, and he was delighted to hear this.

Peng Tianxi, Wang Cheng, and Wei Suobin sat down in front of Wang Wenlong. When Wang Wenlong asked the editor next to him to spread out the manuscript paper and lick the pen and ink, Wang Cheng said: "I already understand what my brother said. Let me help him." .”

Wang Wenlong smiled and shook his head and said: "Thank you, Mr. Wang Qi, for your enthusiasm, but we have to interview the person involved to be valuable. The interview method is that I ask questions and ask this Caobang brother and Mr. Peng to answer."

The guard soldier and Peng Tianxi both nodded. Wang Cheng was not embarrassed and said with a smile: "My brother is illiterate and may not be coherent when speaking. I can help to supplement everything he didn't say."

At the beginning of the interview, Wang Wenlong said first: "Excuse me, Peng, can you tell me what you saw that day?"

Peng Tianxi nodded and replied: "I finished the show and was about to leave the temple. I saw a few tax inspectors carrying tax collection papers in the crowded area at the temple entrance eating. I didn't care at the time, but after a while I saw them talking to the grandfather and grandson selling water chestnuts with their hands in their hands, and even reaching out to ask for money."

Wang Wenlong interrupted him and asked: "Did you hear them asking for money?"

Peng Tianxi shook his head and said, "I didn't hear what they said specifically because I was far away, but when they stretched out their hands, the old lady went to get something from the bag. She probably wanted money."

Wang Cheng added on the side: "It's true that he asked for money. My brother saw the old lady take out the money."

Wang Wenlong looked at the guard soldier, who spoke in Xuzhou dialect. Wang Wenlong couldn't understand, so Wang Cheng helped translate.

"I saw the old lady taking the money, and the tax inspector who was carrying the yellow list was very fierce. When he saw the wrong amount of money, he cursed: 'You have made so much money in the factory, and you only use these few bucks to deal with the old men.'" He scared the old lady so much that she trembled. At that time, a few of us said something to the tax collector, asking the tax supervisor to watch them and not exploit them too much. Mr. Wang, you are a sensible person. We What he said is fair. We used to be ordinary people. Why did we bully people like this when we became tax supervisors? But that tax supervisor was so unreasonable. Hey, he got very upset when he heard someone talking to him. He immediately got angry and raised his hand. He looked like he was going to hit someone..."

This guard soldier was also a man of temperament. Not only did he watch it on the spot, but later because he was so angry, he went to the Yamen with the tax inspectors and saw the general situation of them being sent to the Yamen.

Wang Wenlong's interview lasted for more than half an hour. At the end of the interview, Wang Wenlong stood up and thanked the three of them: "Thank you three for coming today. Please take a look at this interview transcript to see if there are any errors."

Peng Tianxi said: "That's not necessary. I'm talking here, and the editor is writing on the side. This is what I saw. I guess there will be no mistakes."

Wang Cheng also nodded in praise: "Mr. Jianyang, your interview was reasonable. Please publish it according to this manuscript. I guarantee that what my brother said is the truth."

Wang Wenlong added: "This article will be published in the next issue of the newspaper and will occupy a large space. This interview quoted two people in large sections. These words have become articles. I will pay the corresponding royalties to them." , the number is not much, but it is still meaningful.”

Suzhou Xunbao does not pay interviewees for simple interviews, but for an exclusive interview like this that quotes the interviewee's language in large sections, on the one hand, the interviewee needs to spend a lot of energy and time, on the other hand, these words are also what the interviewee said. Although it is not the original work of the reporter, the Suzhou Xunbao practice is for the reporter to give the interviewee a portion of the royalties as remuneration. This was also a common practice for Wang Wenlong’s newspaper interviews in his previous life.

Hearing this, Peng Tianxi smiled and said, "I'm going to Shaoxing in a few days. It's not convenient for you to send money, so just donate the money to the grandfather and grandson."

When the guard heard this, he quickly said, "I will also donate my money to them."

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A few days later, in the middle of the afternoon, Shi Youfu finished the work at hand as quickly as possible. After handing in the work, he left the computer room and rushed to the gate outside the city. Today is the day when the new issue of Suzhou Xunbao is released. Shi Youfu has just arrived. When I arrived in Guanxiang, I saw a large number of people gathered in front of the live newsstand of Tutu Temple.

(End of this chapter)