That night, Zhou Jun returned to the mansion and ordered his servants to set up a desk in the backyard.
On the table, there is a pot of wine and two empty glasses.
Zhou Jun first filled the empty cups with wine, then drank one cup himself, and poured the wine in the other cup on the ground.
After doing all this, Zhou Jun looked at the moonlit sky calmly, his body motionless, his eyes filled with vicissitudes of life.
"Erlang."
Hearing the call, Zhou Jun slowly turned his head and saw the beautiful Jie Qin, dressed in a moon-white undershirt, stopping at the entrance of the courtyard.
After waving to Jie Qin, Zhou Jun motioned for her to sit at the desk.
Xie Qin followed the words and came over, sat next to Zhou Jun, looked at the jug and empty cups on the table, and said softly: "On weekdays, I rarely see Erlang drinking alone. Where are the others?"
Zhou Jun heard this and laughed at himself: "I originally wanted to have a drink with Yin Yu, but she was pregnant recently and went to bed early. As for Ruo'e, since she had Yi'er, she has been by her son's side every day, never leaving him.
And Qingchan is busy dealing with Du Zhi, and I don’t want to disturb her. I look around, but no one can drink with me.”
Xie Qin: "Erlang always said that drinking caused trouble. Today I made an exception. Is it because you have something on your mind?"
Zhou Jun raised his head and sighed: "I got the news today that when the city of Chang'an was destroyed, Pang Zuo, the prisoner, sacrificed himself for justice and died at Chunming Gate."
Xie Qin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Pang Gong is loyal and righteous, and he is a great sage."
Zhou Jun poured himself another glass of wine, sipped it slowly, and asked Jie Qin: "You live in Huamen Tower in Liangcheng. You know most of the information in this city. Let me ask you, the people in this city
, what exactly do you think of me?"
Xie Qin was a little surprised by this question and hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to answer.
Zhou Jun: "Just tell the truth."
Xie Qin: "Erlang wants to hear the truth, that is... both bad and bad."
Zhou Jun: "I'm afraid there are many people who say that I have imprisoned the Holy Emperor, harmed the loyal and good, and wantonly enforced one word in the court, followed the example of Wei Taizu in my behavior, and have the hint of usurping the country?"
Xie Qin said softly: "Erlang, the aristocratic families in the city have always had a quarrel with you, but these people are also the mouthpieces of public opinion. They turned a blind eye to Erlang's achievements, and only used poetry and literary societies to discuss the political agenda in private and slander them to the fullest extent.
.That’s why there are many people in the city who don’t know the truth and just follow what others say.”
Zhou Jun looked at Xie Qin: "What about you? What do you think?"
Jie Qin held Zhou Jun's hand and whispered: "I have been with Erlang all the way. I have already known your ambition... No matter what you do, no matter what the world says, I will always be with you."
Around us, even if the road ahead is just a sea of swords and fire..."
Zhou Jun held Jie Qin's hand in his hand and said with a sigh: "When I first entered the Tang Dynasty, I was yearning for it. I just felt that in this prosperous and prosperous age, I should try my best to protect each other. But after more than ten years, I looked back and found that treacherous and sycophantic ways were prevalent, and loyalty was rampant.
There is no place for virtue to serve the country. When I look at the great country of the Tang Dynasty, there are only four words - it is full of devastation. I want to tell the world about the deeds of those loyal and righteous people, but I suffer from the fact that the people have nowhere to know the truth.
I only believe what the scholars say."
After saying this, Zhou Jun was silent for a moment and said to Jie Qin: "There is a teaching workshop in the palace, which manages the musicians, musicians and musicians of the Tang Dynasty; there is a department in the Hanlin Academy called Shou Zang, which is responsible for excerpts from books.
Book compilation, Hezhi printing, etc. At present, I intend to merge the Jiaofang and the Cangzang Department into a separate department, called the Xuanwen Hall."
Xie Qin: "Xuanwen Hall?"
Zhou Jun: "The Xuanwen Museum is mainly responsible for the creation of folk art, official music performances, management of music households, collection of parallel prose, printing of anthologies, writing of imperial newspapers, etc. in the Tang Dynasty. The officials in the museum include one prisoner, one minor prisoner, and two prime ministers.
There are four people in charge of the bookkeeping, recording a number of things, etc.”
Xie Qin was somewhat clear: "Erlang wants to control public opinion in the Tang Dynasty by setting up a propaganda hall?"
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "In all occasions such as official envoys, palace banquets, ceremonial banquets, etc., all scripts and lines for songs, dances, operas, acrobatics, etc. are formulated and reviewed by the Xuanwen Hall. In addition,
All printing shops in the market are also managed by the Xuanwen Hall. This includes book review, work classification, printing and publishing, etc. "
Xie Qin: "Erlang just said that Di Bao should be written? Isn't Di Bao managed by Jinzouyuan?"
Zhou Jun: "The Di Bao managed by the Xuan Wen Guan is different from the Di Bao in the Memorial Hall. The former mostly records songs and dances, scripts, printed books, excerpts, comments, etc., while the latter only reports on the Tang prefectures and counties.
Highlights of what happened."
Xie Qin: "Only officials from various places have the right to view the newspapers that enter the memorial hall. Then who are the newspapers in the Xuanwen Hall meant for?"
Zhou Jun: "Anyone can."
Xie Qin said blankly: "Anyone can watch?"
Zhou Jun: "Officials of the imperial court, generals of the army, ordinary people in the market, merchants and craftsmen, no matter who they are, as long as they are willing to see it, they can take a copy and watch it."
Hearing this, Xie Qin was surprised at first, then thought about it carefully for a while, then nodded slowly and understood.
Zhou Jun said to Jie Qin: "I plan to let you take over as the chief officer of the Xuanwen Museum."
At first, Xie Qin thought that she had heard wrongly. After confirming it, she was surprised and said: "I am just a woman, and I am also a music household. How can I become an official?"
Zhou Jun: "There are instructors and musicians in the academy, most of whom are women. The ones with the highest rank during the Kaiyuan period even reached the fourth rank. How can you not be an official? Besides, I will let Fan Jinian temporarily declare the document.
As a cover for the position of library supervisor, you will first be appointed as the Xuanwen Guan Cheng, reorganize your subordinates, and then move to the position of chief officer when the time is right."
After listening to this, Xie Qin was still hesitant: "The Xuanwen Hall has the responsibility of handling documents. If a woman is in charge, if trouble occurs in the future, I am afraid it will attract criticism from the literati."
Zhou Jun: "You don't have to worry about this. If there are officials in the court who have complaints about the Xuanwen Hall, I will naturally change them. You just need to feel at ease in your work."
Jie Qin hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Since Erlang said so, I will be brave enough to give it a try."
Zhou Jun saw that Qin responded, stretched out his arms to hug the latter, and said: "It's just that you accepted this job. I want to welcome you, but I'm afraid I have to wait for a few more years."
Xie Qin rested her head on Zhou Jun's shoulder and said softly: "As long as I can help Erlang, I would rather make suggestions and help outside than stay in the house... Maybe I am born to work hard...
…”
Zhou Jun was filled with emotion when he heard this. He couldn't help but pull Xie Qin in front of him and kissed her gently.
Jie Qin glanced around, hugged Zhou Jun's neck, with a blush on her face, and said softly: "Go to the room first. I don't want the mountains and rivers to roll up the curtains, and the stars and the moon to share the same bed."
Zhou Jun smiled, picked up Xie Qin by the waist, and entered the side room again.
After that, there was a spring breeze but countless victories.
In the early morning of the second day, after a good night of playing the piano, I could vaguely hear Zhou Jun getting up, but he was so sleepy that he couldn't even lift a finger.
Xie Qin tried her best to speak and called out inaudibly: "Erlang."
Zhou Jun bent down, covered her with a quilt, and then left the wing to attend the court meeting in Miyagi City.