I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 246: Report from the Imperial Academy, No. Scholar Treatment

To achieve this in five days, Baoqin must have invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

Apart from anything else, just the need to recast these fonts would require an immense amount of manpower and financial resources.

If you work at a normal pace, it will probably take several months or even half a year to create a set of such fonts.

Not to mention, after the type molds are cast, they must be assembled and then trial-printed one by one until the ideal printing quality is achieved.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but say, "Sister Qin, this newspaper is printed very well. You did a great job."

"You must have been very busy these past few days. You must not be so anxious in the future. You should take care of yourself."

Hearing Jia Cong's words, Baoqin felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey. She smiled and said, "I won't feel tired if I can work for Brother Cong!"

Xue Baoqin's smile immediately added a touch of bright color to the study.

Looking at Xue Baoqin's cute and lovely appearance, Jia Cong couldn't help but walked to her, stretched out his arms and hugged her in his arms.

Xue Baoqin's body stiffened instantly, but soon relaxed.

The two of them just hugged each other quietly.

Silence is better than sound at this time, and there is a secret sorrow and hidden hatred.

After a long while, Jia Cong finally let go of his hand.

Xue Baoqin said softly: "Third Brother Cong, I'm going back first. I'll come to see you when I'm free."

Jia Cong nodded and sent her out.

Jia Cong didn't send her much. After all, Xue Baoqin was just a concubine. If he sent her out of the hospital, it would be a disaster for her.

After seeing Xue Baoqin off, in the evening, Jia Cong took the sample magazine and went directly to Kou's house.

Prime Minister Kou is on duty today, so we can only find Kou’s mansion after he gets off duty.

After meeting Prime Minister Kou, Jia Cong gave the sample publication to him.

After flipping through it, Kou Xiang nodded and said, "Brother Cong, this Daxia Monthly Report is very well done."

"It's much better than I imagined."

"Well, I'll take it to the palace tomorrow. After His Majesty has reviewed it, if there are no problems, you can come back and prepare for printing and publication."

"Yes, master!"

……

The next day, Prime Minister Kou still had to go on duty. Jia Cong planned to go to Kou's house again in the evening to get some clues.

Unexpectedly, just at noon, Prime Minister Kou came to the door in person.

Jia Cong hurried out to greet him, and while inviting Prime Minister Kou into the mansion, he said, "Master, if you have any instructions, just ask me to go over. Why bother you to make this trip?"

"By the way, isn't Master on duty today? It's not time to get off duty yet, how come Master has time to come to me?"

Kou Xiang said helplessly: "Your Majesty ordered me to come here, so I have no choice but to make this trip."

Hearing what Prime Minister Kou said, Jia Cong was shocked and asked quickly, "Master, is there something wrong with the newspaper? His Majesty specially asked Master to come here?"

Kou Xiang smiled and said, "There is nothing wrong with the newspaper. His Majesty even said that it was well edited and can be printed without changing a single word."

"However, after His Majesty read the chapter novel you wrote, he couldn't wait to see the rest, so he ordered me to go on this trip and let me get the rest of the draft."

Hearing this, Jia Cong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And it was a pleasant surprise.

I didn’t expect that The Legend of the Condor Heroes would be so charming.

Even Emperor Yonglong couldn't wait to read what was to come.

Once it spreads and gets promoted among the people, it will surely spread even faster.

Next, Jia Cong took out the draft of five chapters that he had already written and handed it to Prime Minister Kou.

Kou Xiang did not stay for long, but left with the draft.

Jia Cong personally saw him out.

...Next, Jia Cong called Xue Baoqin again, and then handed the sample magazine to Xue Baoqin, asking her to go back and do her best to print 20,000 copies.

Of course Jia Cong had to take advantage of the situation.

Xue Baoqin is also different from Lin Daiyu. Not only is she not shy, she can even cooperate a little.

This also made Jia Cong even more excited.

Of course, this is also the difference between a wife and a concubine.

As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, and the one who can be stolen is not as good as the one who cannot be stolen. This is the truth!
After another day, it was time to report to the Hanlin Academy.

That day, Jia Cong got up early in the morning and changed into official clothes.

After putting on this set of clothes, Jia Cong's elegant temperament is fully revealed.

What's more, Mr. Mo is like jade, and his son is unparalleled in the world.

For a moment, the three maids, Qingwen, Xiangling and Hongxiu, were actually staring in amazement.

Several maids escorted Jia Cong out of the house.

After getting on the carriage, they soon arrived in front of the Hanlin Academy.

Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion were originally duke mansions granted by the emperor.

The location here is very close to the imperial palace.

The Hanlin Academy is actually a government office with little money. It is very noble, but there is not much money to be made.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be called a poor Hanlin.

However, the duties of the Hanlin Academy are not simple.

The Hanlin Academy was not only responsible for drafting imperial edicts and other documents, but also had officials who were responsible for lecturing to the emperor.

Only those who were not from the Hanlin Academy could be posthumously named "Wen", but the posthumous title of Wen was the highest pursuit for civil officials.

Daxia's Hanlin Academy was located next to the Yuhe Bridge, close to the Yuhe River in the east.

The main gate opens to the north and has three doors. The third gate is called Dengying Gate, which means that Hanlin is like ascending Yingzhou and arriving in the fairyland.

When they arrived at the gate of Hanlin Academy, Jia Cong got off the carriage and waved to the coachman to leave.

Then it won’t be too late to pick him up when you get off duty in the afternoon.

At the gate of the Hanlin Academy, all the newly-appointed Jinshi from the same class as Jia Cong had arrived.

Jia Cong happened to be the last one.

After seeing Jia Cong, these classmates immediately came forward to greet him.

Jia Cong negotiated with them for a while, and then everyone asked Jia Cong to go first.

As the number one scholar who won six top prizes in a row, Jia Cong did not refuse and walked in first.

After entering the Hanlin Academy, the first thing you see is the office hall, which is a seven-bay hall with official seats for the Grand Secretary, the Reading Secretary, and the Lecturer Secretary.

The five halls on the west are called the Reading Hall, and the five halls on the east are called the Editing Hall. There is also the Champion Pavilion in the east.

Further in is a seven-bay hall. The five rooms on the east are called the Waiting Hall, and the one on the west is called the Dianbu Hall.

Further in is the back hall, which has five bays and faces south. There is a throne in the middle, which was specially used for the emperor to sit when he came to the courtyard.

The long houses on the east and west sides of the back hall are storehouses for books. There is also a Jingyi Pavilion named in the Ming Dynasty to the south of the back hall.

After these newcomers arrived, they first went into the office hall and reported in.

Soon, Liu Hongsheng, the president of the Hanlin Academy, appeared in front of everyone.

All the newly promoted Hanlin scholars hurriedly bowed to him and said, "Greetings to Dean Liu."

Liu Hongsheng nodded slightly, and then taught these newly promoted Hanlin a lesson.

This admonition, which was probably not much different from the speeches of leaders in later generations, made Jia Cong feel drowsy.

After Liu Hongsheng finally finished his lecture, the most important thing came next. (End of this chapter)

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