I'm so hard

Chapter 249 Just the right flattery (recommendation ticket requested)

After reading Chu Baolai's, Zhao Yan opened the handwritten monthly magazine of Sun Houshi, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Sun Houshi is relatively well-behaved.

Under the bibliography, the content involves many categories of content, such as Tian Cao, Duzhi, feudal grants, taxes, ceremonies, and penalties, which can be described as detailed.

It looks dazzling, but I can't tell the primary from the secondary. Not to mention ordinary people, even scholars and scholars are unwilling to read such boring articles.

Next, Zhao Yan almost didn't tear up the handwritten monthly magazine of Wei Yunde, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

On the surface, Wei Yunde's content is also very rich, but he didn't even understand the basic classification, and what he said was old sesame seeds and rotten millet. If you use an allegory to evaluate it, it can only be: old sow Chase the rabbit, the spirit is commendable.

Zhao Yan's eyes lit up when he saw the monthly magazine handwritten by Cai You, Minister of Rites, and Kong Moshan, envoy of the Third Division.

"The first three are trash!" Zhao Yan almost swears.

format.

aesthetic.

content.

Zhao Yan is almost impeccable.

Cai You's typesetting looks pleasing to the eye, but he sincerely regards the monthly magazine as a work of art. In terms of content, Cai You first has a theme of putting the people first, and then under the big theme, presents different Type of articles, these articles are easy to understand, suitable for all ages, and it looks comfortable.

As for Kong Moshan, he is an upgraded version of Cai You. As the third envoy, he does the job of testing the details, so his hand-copied monthly magazine is very delicate in both style and content, and he understands Zhao Yan's work. Like it, so Zhao Yan likes it very much.

In the end, it was Shangguan who was displeased.

Zhao Yan looked forward to him very much, and was especially curious about what kind of monthly magazine he could compile after staying in the tile for nearly two days.

Whoa!

Open the first page.

A blank sheet of paper.

Zhao Yan was a little dazed. When he turned to the second page, the bibliography just appeared.

Huh?
The corner of Zhao Yan's mouth curled up slightly.

The bibliography of Shangguan's displeasure is not arranged in a straight line of pure text, but some lines with a sense of design have been added. It looks clear in layers, just like admiring the lines of a painting, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

Seeing the content, Zhao Yan was even happier.

Every other page is accompanied by illustrations, and the illustrations are lifelike, and the fit with the content is quite high.

Although these simple lines and illustrations are more complicated for woodblock printing, they can still be realized.

Publications should have pictures, this is the consciousness of modern people.

But in this era, Shangguan Buyue is really a very unconventional pioneering work.

What makes Zhao Yan even more pleasing is that the lines of the text and the illustrations fit together very well, which obviously took a lot of effort, and compared with Liu Chaotong and Cai You, the content inside is very down-to-earth, and the scale is between elegance and vulgarity. If Zhao Yan was asked to spend money to choose one, he would choose the one that Shangguan disliked without any suspense.

In this round, Shangguan's displeasure can be described as a complete victory.

After Zhao Yan finished watching, he said to the seven people: "I already have a place in my heart, but according to my thinking, you agree on the surface, but you will definitely not accept it in private."

"Now, you all look at other people's, and then start to evaluate each other. Everyone writes the person you think is the best on the paper. You can't write about yourself. I will also write one to see if it is the same as you?"

After all, Zhao Yan waved his hand, and Xizi distributed seven samples of the handwritten monthly magazine, and began to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

After a while, the seven people wrote the best name in their hearts respectively, and handed it over to the dragon case together.

At this moment, Kong Moshan, Liu Chaotong, and Cai You pouted and looked at Shangguan displeased, while Chu Baolai, Sun Houshi, and Wei Yunde lowered their heads.

Zhao Yan looked at Xizi with a smile.

Xizi understood immediately, and immediately opened the notes for the seven people respectively, and began to read.

"Kong Moshan!"

"The superior is not happy!"

"The superior is not happy!"

"The superior is not happy!"

……

Except for the first one being Kong Moshan, the other six were all displeased by Shangguan.Obviously, Kong Moshan was naturally written by Shangguan.

A faint smile appeared on Zhao Yan's face.

Shangguan was displeased with the complete victory, which was in his expectation.

"You guys, what do you have to say?"

Cai You curled her lips and said, "Your Majesty, in terms of strength, the humble official has indeed lost, but this Shangguan's displeasure is so shameless that he even asked an artist from the Imperial Academy of Painting and Calligraphy to draw illustrations for him."

The Shangguan on the side was displeased when he heard this sentence, he raised his chin immediately, and retorted: "Master Cai, the painter is not from my family, you can use it too, why don't you use it!"

"Oh, I admit defeat!" Cai You said with a sigh.

Kong Moshan continued: "Master Shangguan is indeed superior in skills, and his articles are quite down-to-earth. He is indeed better than me."

"Master Shangguan, now you can tell us what you did after staying in the tile for two days?" Sun Houshi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, asked curiously. If he didn't get an answer today, he would definitely not be able to sleep at night.

Hearing this question, Zhao Yan also became curious and said, "Quickly tell me!"

Shangguan was displeased and straightened his chest and said: "According to Weichen's character, it is naturally impossible to go looking for flowers and ask willows. The reason why Weichen went to the lowest Wazi in Changdan City was not to meet those women with miserable fates, but to See those men who live at the bottom. Because they don't have the ability to settle down, they can't even marry a wife, so they can only go to the lowest tiles. In those two days, I talked a lot with this kind of people. They Their language is simple, and although they don’t know much, they know why they are alive. Many articles in the monthly magazines are based on their tone, and I have specially polished them. But for these people, the article must be down-to-earth, as long as they can understand it, even if they can understand it while others are reading it, then the people of Dazhou will understand it.”

After everyone listened, they couldn't help but nodded in approval. The other party's thinking was indeed more extensive and profound than theirs.

Zhao Yan asked again: "Then why is there a blank page in your book?"

Block printing is more complicated, and under normal circumstances, blank pages are not allowed.

A look of pride appeared on Shangguan's displeased face, and he said: "Once this publication comes out, it will be the national publication, and the front page of the national publication will naturally be inscribed by your majesty!"

"Haha..." Zhao Yan couldn't help laughing.

But Kong Moshan and others all gave Shangguan Buyue a big white eye, and said with contempt in their hearts: Everyone said that Shangguan Buyue is not afraid of flattery, I think he is the most flattering in the court!
Sometimes, just the right flattery can not only make people feel happy, but also make people think like a spring.

Zhao Yan said loudly: "Xizi, bring the pen and ink, I want to inscription now."

When the seven people below heard it, they were overjoyed. They all knew that although His Majesty doesn't recite poems and Fu very much, as long as he writes them, they are almost all works handed down from generation to generation.

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(End of this chapter)