I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Wei Zheng was so run over by Li Shimin that he didn't know what to say. The basis for him to hate the emperor and his colleagues was to stand upright, so the family really didn't have any property, and he didn't do any illegal activities by relying on his official status.

In the past, the family's expenses were mainly saved from the food guards, and then added to the salary of the court, but this money is really not enough in Chang'an City where consumption is becoming more and more popular.

This is also the reason why Wei Zheng always saved money in the past. He always had to save some money for his children to marry a wife.Isn't that a joke.

It was precisely because of this that he began to half-push and half-pick up a few requests for essays that came to his door, and there was no way to refuse them. These businessmen who have accumulated a huge amount of wealth are now pursuing only face.

As long as the entire Tang Dynasty has a well-known Master Wei Zhengwei to write a sacrificial oration, how much face would it be?A little money is nothing!

So, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, and that was it.

Wei Zhengyuan thought that this was his own small business, although it somewhat tarnished his status as a scholar, but after all, it was a way of earning money without stealing or snatching.

Of course, for the sake of his own reputation, these things were done in secret, not to mention the emperor, even few of his colleagues knew about it.

But now, he was nakedly exposed in front of the emperor. Wei Zheng was so ashamed and angry, he really wanted to go to the kitchen to find a knife and stab the two businessmen to death!

However, even if those two cowards are killed, it seems that I can't keep my secret!

Chapter 342 Shopkeeper Zhang's Secret Hand?

Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin in front of him, and sighed silently in his heart. It seems that in the future, he should be more careful when criticizing the emperor. Now he has a handle in the hands of the emperor. Although it is not something illegal, it is a bit wrong to say it after all. nice.

After all, most of the articles written by literati are gifts between relatives and friends. Even if someone asks for a lot of money, most of them are poems. Nowadays, Zhang Nuo is the one with the highest price in poetry.

After all, in Zhang Nuo's collection of poems, Zhang Nuo has copied several of the famous works of Guangneng that have been handed down through the ages, not to mention Zhang Nuo's facial features are widely spread.

For such a person who is truly excellent in both poetry and writing, it is natural that someone came to ask for writing with a lot of money, but Zhang Nuo didn't care at all. After all, no matter how much money was spent, it was just like that.

But that price tag is a bit scary for ordinary people, especially after Zhang Nuo rejected it several times, the price tag became higher and higher.

Some people even said convincingly that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is a kind-hearted person, and those who are pleasing to the eye will directly send poems and words, and those who are not pleasing to the eye will not be able to get money.

Moreover, in the palace and in the homes of several important ministers, there are actually the treasures of this little shopkeeper, which are treasured in the study room for daily observation!

As soon as such news came out, Zhang Nuo's price was even higher!

Although Wei Zheng can also write poems, compared with Zhang Nuo, who is a badass, it is nothing to say at all.

And when others ask him to write poems, it is more of a sacrificial oration, that is, to praise the deceased old man or something. To be able to write this kind of sacrificial oration, he must be a respected and elegant person, and at the same time he must have a good reputation and good reputation. Literary.

Obviously, these conditions are very suitable for Wei Zheng, who has always paid great attention to his reputation. People can't let Zhang Nuo, a young man who is not as weak as a weak crown, write a sacrificial oration.

But looking at it now, alas, I don't know if this business can be done in the future, and I don't know when I can save enough money for the child to marry a wife.

Li Shimin is not as sentimental as Wei Zheng, just now he was just joking, now he has no interest in listening to the chatting of the two vendors next to him, instead he lowered his voice and approached Wei Zheng seriously,

"Wei Qing, you said that the article in the newspaper said that Zhang's fine wine is good, so naturally it has a good reputation, but if it is said that Zhang's fine wine is not good, it is a fake and inferior product, isn't it considered notorious? "

Wei Zheng was happy when he heard Li Shimin change the subject, but after hearing Li Shimin's words, he suddenly felt cold all over his body.

"Your Majesty, it's not good to do this. If you really do this, wouldn't it be turning black and white!"

Wei Zheng was really startled by Li Shimin's words just now, he just didn't think about it because his mind was too messy, now he turned his head and thought about it.

Is this the effect that Xiao Zhang's public opinion can achieve?

With the background of the royal family and the imperial court, coupled with the astonishing amount of circulation, a random article can cause various repercussions in the Tang Dynasty.

Just like the story about Zhang's Fine Wine in the newspaper today, it seems to be just a story, but even the businessmen next to it can tell that it is a good thing about Zhang's Fine Wine.

But as long as people who have seen it, will they be curious about this thing, buy it and try it?

And if you already know Zhang's fine wine, will you brag to others, I've had this wine before, it's really delicious, but don't touch it if you drink normally?

And all of this is because Zhang's fine wine itself is really reliable, and it can be sold like crazy in the whole Chang'an City, and the supply has been in short supply.

But on the other hand, it was the main reason why Wei Zheng felt cold all over his body, because he was worried that if one day someone offered a price that Mr. Xiao Zhang or His Majesty could not refuse and asked to brag about something like today, would he So do.

At the same time, what worries him even more is, what if someone uses the newspaper channel to smear or turn black and white?

Not to mention His Majesty, if His Majesty really wants him to write an article to smear someone, he can still refuse, but if His Majesty asks him to write it and notify him to put it in a newspaper, he really can't refuse.

Even His Majesty can skip him and go directly to Mr. Zhang, after all, the printing is there, and only Mr. Zhang knows what the newspaper will look like.

If this is the case, what about Wei Zheng?

Now that this newspaper is published, Wei Zheng's reputation will go up to heaven, even surpassing the name of his admonishing officials. If this was a good thing before, after thinking about these things now, Wei Zheng suddenly felt that It seems to be a pit.

After all, the reputation of this newspaper has now been tied to Wei Zheng's reputation. If there are any false news in the newspaper, or if there are any mistakes or omissions, he will probably be sprayed to death.

Then not only did he lose his former reputation, but he probably won't have a good life in the future.

Wei Zheng, who wanted to understand all this, couldn't hold back any longer. He twisted his body, looked at Li Shimin and said,

"Your Majesty, why don't you choose someone else to be the editor-in-chief? I'm afraid it's hard for me to take on this important task!"

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth were slightly raised, and he looked at Wei Zheng playfully. His eyes made Wei Zheng, an old man in the court hall, feel a little embarrassed, so Li Shimin said leisurely,

"Wei Qing, I chose you as the editor-in-chief after much deliberation. You've just published the first issue, and you've dismissed me. How can I be ashamed of this?"

"Besides, Wei Qing, sometimes it's not a good thing to think too much. Could it be that the errands I give out are to be done if you want to do them?"

A very blunt but justifiable sentence made Wei Zheng speechless.

That's right, if you rush to do the easy things and push the bad things to others, how can there be such a good thing.

Wei Zheng knew, but after this newspaper was published today, there must be countless people staring at the seat under his buttocks with red eyes.

As long as he doesn't do it, some people will rush to come, and in the eyes of those people, writing and posting a few articles according to His Majesty's wishes is absolutely nothing.

Not to mention other places, as long as he returns to the newly established newspaper now, there will probably be a bunch of people complimenting him, while secretly waiting for him to make a mistake and take his place.

Therefore, even though he knew that this position was not easy to do, and even he was thinking of being an advising doctor honestly just now, but when he thought of giving such a good position to someone else, he suddenly couldn't bear it.

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng's tangled look, and smiled triumphantly, Wei Qing, let you spray me, retribution is coming.

Chapter 343 The Fear of the Family

It has to be said that stupid people may be able to do all kinds of tricks, but smart people are equally smart.

It is impossible that the leaders of the aristocratic families can't see things that can be seen by even two businessmen. Now in a big house in Fangshi far from the restaurant where Li Shimin and others eat, the head of Fan Yang Lu's family is with several The elders looked at today's newspaper together and took a breath.

They felt that their teeth were hurting at the moment, the patriarch of the Fanyang Lu family threw the newspaper on the table next to him, and said sharply,

"With this ghost thing, I'm afraid I will have to rely on Li Er to give me the chance to become famous in the future! If things go on like this, who will remember the five surnames and seven Wangs?"

The other elders also sighed unceasingly. Although they didn't lose their composure like the patriarch, they put the newspaper aside and stared at them in a daze.

It's really not that they don't try hard to pretend to be salty fish, but that even though these people are full of clever tricks, they can see the twists and turns inside at a glance, but they can't do anything about this new matter.

What can they do now?

Get yourself a newspaper?

Not to mention anything else, without the background of the imperial court and the royal family, and without the support of post stations extending in all directions, how could they sell their newspapers to all parts of the country?

That's right, the newspapers of Datang News are so ruthless. Foreign newspapers go directly to post stations, and post stations in every city are selling points. Li Shimin directly treats the business of selling newspapers as a post station business.

Anyway, he charges ten cents a piece, he doesn't care how much he sells, and the cost is directly deducted from the appropriation of the post station.

As for the people in the station system, they were originally a small place where they could not make much money, but now that they have newspapers, it is completely different.

Just because they only sell ten yuan in Chang'an City doesn't mean they only sell ten yuan, the most ruthless ones have already sold for ten yuan.

What is this, this is a hundredfold profit!

To be honest, if it wasn't for the imperial court's refusal, the guys at the station would have planned to sell newspapers, because they were so easy to sell.

It's just lying down and making money, okay? As long as you know the news, who wouldn't want to see the inscription written by the Holy One?Who doesn't want to know some important events in court?

But besides the imperial court and the royal family, who would dare to use such a channel?

Even if officials can occasionally use the post station to deliver some things to their hometown for selfish purposes, once or twice is okay, but if there are too many, it will not work.

Therefore, the channel of the post station is inherently dedicated to the court and the royal family, and other people should not think about it.

In addition, without the emperor's endorsement, even if you have five surnames and seven Wangs, perhaps scholars will be a little interested in this thing, but ordinary people, with their deep awe of the imperial court and imperial power, make them believe in the imperial court's stuff even more.

Of course, if it was just these two points, the gang of Fan Yang and Lu's family would not be so angry, the most speechless thing is.

It is impossible for them to buy newspapers at the price sold by the court.

You must know that the current selling price of the imperial court is only ten yuan a piece, and there are two big sheets of paper, which are full of words!

If they follow their own old method, although they don't know the exact price, they probably know it. According to preliminary estimates, assuming the same [-] copies as the imperial court, they will need about [-] guan.

That's right, including engraving and other expenses, the cost of producing those [-] copies of the newspaper is not less than [-], so what the hell?

Selling at the cost price is dozens of times more expensive than the imperial court. Your name is not as famous as others and it is dozens of times more expensive than others. Who will buy it for you?

But if the price was the same as that of the imperial court, and the family subsidized the money to sell it, it would not be long before Fan Yang and Lu's family would become the first family to go bankrupt in Datang.

——No matter how big a family business is, it can’t help such tossing 1——

The head of the Lu family sighed, looked at the people in front of him and said,

"You all know what happened at the Wang family's side in Taiyuan!"

Seeing everyone nodded, the Patriarch of the Lu family continued,

"Actually, the Wang family is jealous of the fairy grain seeds. They plan to get them a year in advance, and then find a secluded place to plant them secretly!"

"At the same time, there is another purpose that we have the newspaper in hand. This newspaper and the books and papers in the previous Zhang's bookstore are all produced in that village. I am afraid that the Wang family is doing two birds with one stone this time. I think Make enough money once!"

"As a result, everyone knows that they hit the iron plate without dying. More than 1000 private soldiers and dead soldiers were killed cleanly, and their heads were placed at the door as a spectacle!"

Speaking of which, the head of the Lu family gave a bad breath,

"Then Li Er was always afraid of me waiting, this is good, the Taiyuan Wang family has given the handle to someone, and Li Shimin is probably dying of laughter right now!"

"Obviously it was his Taiyuan Wang family who killed him, but when the time comes, our Fan Yang Lu family will not be able to escape!"

When the other elders heard this, they also cursed in a low voice angrily!

It is true, although the five surnames and Qiwang have always had intermarriage, and the relationship between the various ethnic groups is strengthened through marriage, but they are different families after all. into a whole.

But in fact, who is not planning for himself?

Now the Wang family desperately wanted to get something for their own family, but they trapped everyone in it!

If it weren't for the imminent predicament, Fan Yang and Lu would have come to the door to scold and ask for compensation by the way!

Patriarch Lu scolded and cursed with everyone for a long time, and finally dissipated the depression in his chest a little, then sighed and said,

"Elders, my Lu family was originally located in the north and far away from the center. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was the last to support Li Tang. Now this predicament seems to be calm, but in fact it is undercurrents. Do you have a good plan?"

As soon as Patriarch Lu's words fell, one of the oldest elders suddenly continued,

"Patriarch, although I was the one who supported Li Tang in the end, I don't have as many ties with Li Tang as other families. Do you think that if I cooperate with Li Er, can I keep the Lu family safe?"

Before anyone else could speak, Patriarch Lu directly shook his head and replied simply,

"Absolutely impossible. After all, Li Er was born on the battlefield, and he pays attention to leaving no future troubles. Unless I wait to give up the imperial court and become a real family heir to farming, Li Er will never rest assured that I will wait!"

"After all, everyone knows that a century-old dynasty and a thousand-year-old family, our background is indeed scary enough!"

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. In fact, they also understood that if they were emperors, they would not let the five surnames and Qi Wang go. After all, how could others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, especially if they were extremely powerful?

Chapter 344 Do You Want To Find Another Way Out?

None of Fan Yang and the Lu clan are stupid, but it is precisely because they are not stupid that they know that the aristocratic family and the imperial court are enemies.

To be precise, they are life and death enemies who occasionally cooperate!

When the dynasty was established, it was necessary to rely on the power of the aristocratic family, so after the establishment of the dynasty, the power of the aristocratic family invaded and even controlled the court.

But after the dynasty was established and the royal powers were in place, the aristocratic family became rebellious and fat in the eyes of the court.

On the one hand, the imperial court wants to get a large number of talents from the family to manage the place, but on the other hand, it does not want the family to participate too much in politics.

On the contrary, the aristocratic family wished that their children could occupy all the official positions in the world.

So, between this family and the dynasty, one has to die in the end.

The Wang family, who was already in Taiyuan, made a lot of money by being the first to respond to Li Tang when Li Yuan ascended the throne at the beginning of Li Tang.

And this also made them even more inflated. The latest attack has obviously broken the unspoken rules between the family and the court.

Now that the Wang family has broken the rules, it is reasonable to say that the Chaotang side can be ruthless.

Looking at the newspaper in hand again, the young and old of the Lu family were in tears. This damn is really soft and hard, planning to come together.