207 [Brother-in-law invites brother-in-law to visit brothel]
"You want me to go to the 13th Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Yan Song asked in surprise.
Wang Yuan spread his hands: "I don't know what your Majesty thinks, anyway, this position is a hot potato."
Yan Song sat there in silence for a long time, never regaining consciousness. It was enough to let him join the Thirteenth Division, but he was actually the Shandong Qing Li Division.
Each province has its own administrative department, but Shandong's official department is the most oily, just because it has the word "salt" in it!
Of course, the functions and powers of concurrent management are not finalized and can be swayed. Historically, it was not until the third year of Wanli that the scope of concurrent management of the Thirteen Departments of the Ministry of Revenue was officially determined. For example, the Southern Zhili merged with the Sichuan Division, and the Northern Zhili merged with the Sichuan Division
The Fujian Division and the Guizhou Division obtained several customs duties, while the Guangxi Division only obtained the Imperial Horse Prison, the Elephant House and the Royal Zoo.
Wang Yuan said: "You were personally appointed by His Majesty. Even if you plan to rely on Yang Tinghe, Yang's party cannot really trust you."
"Let me sort it out first." Yan Song felt that the water inside was very deep.
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The Ministry of Hubu has been controlled by Yang Tinghe's faction. Sun Jiao, the Minister of Hubu, resigned from time to time, and Your Majesty did not allow him to serve. If you went to the Ministry of Hubu, you naturally sided with Sun Shangshu, so it doesn't count.
No one to rely on."
Yan Song said: "The key is how Yang Tinghe plans to deal with me?"
Wang Yuan analyzed: "He has two choices. First, the concurrent duties of the Thirteenth Department of Household Affairs have not been strictly defined. They have only been inherited according to the rules of the Hongwu and Yongle years, but they have undergone many changes during this period.
Yang Tinghe can guide the cabinet to transfer the salt tax and salt transportation responsibilities to other departments, leaving you with no money to make money."
Yan Song shook his head and said: "This method is too troublesome and will also arouse His Majesty's anger. I'm afraid it is not easy to operate."
Wang Yuan added: "Secondly, I will let you go as you please, waiting for you to be corrupt, and then I will impeach you if I find something to do with you!"
"That's it," Yan Song sighed with emotion, "I have to tighten my purse strings, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be an official for long, and how many pairs of eyes will be watching."
Wang Yuan is also funny. Due to the situation, Yan Song will be forced to become an upright official.
Incorruptible as water and Yan Weizhong, it is quite exciting to think about it!
Yan Song clasped his fists and said: "Ruoxu, since I am an official of the Thirteenth Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I can no longer live here. It is easy for people to gossip. After the Lantern Festival, I will go to the city to find a house to rent, and by the way, I will bring my wife to the capital for reunion."
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"It should be so." Wang Yuan said.
During the period of mourning in ancient times, according to the rules, couples were not allowed to have sex.
From the year when Yan Song went to Beijing to take the exam to the end of his mourning for his mother, he was unable to have sex with his wife for seven years. Therefore, he still has no son!
Historically, Yan Song reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was reinstated by no judge, and left Beijing sadly to return to his hometown. Only then did he and his wife give birth to Yan Shifan, who must have been pregnant at this time.
If I bring my wife to the capital in a few months, I won't know whether she can get pregnant or whether the child will be a boy or a girl.
Even if a son is born and named Yan Shifan, is he really Yan Shifan?
"Master, Miss Xia Chan is here." The servant came in to report.
Wang Yuan said: "Please come in."
Xia Chan used to bounce around when she walked, but today she suddenly became a lady. She imitated the gentle steps of other ladies, came to Wang Yuan, clasped her hands around her waist, bent her knees and saluted, saying: "Happy Master Wang! This is great!"
The manuscript for the issue of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has been written, and my lady has proofread it carefully."
"Thank you!" Wang Yuan took the manuscript.
Before the official appointment, Huang E could no longer meet with Wang Yuan, and naturally he could not come over to help edit the newspaper.
In the past few days, many students have also left. Due to the shortage of manpower, Yan Song became the deputy editor-in-chief.
Xia Chan saluted again: "If Academician Wang has no instructions, I will take my leave first."
Wang Yuan smiled and asked: "Did you take the wrong medicine today? Why are you so behaved?"
Xia Chan blushed inexplicably, pretending to be serious, and replied: "The servant girl of the servant's family should be more dignified and generous."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I think you are cuter when you jump around, so go ahead!"
"Really? Then I'm leaving." Xia Chan became cheerful again, her ladylike temperament disappearing instantly.
The girl ran outside the door and suddenly hid behind the wall. She peeked in furtively. The more she stared at Wang Yuan, the more she liked him.
In ancient times, the maids who were married to the bride had to support the young lady to worship the heaven and the earth together. They themselves were considered to have worshiped the heaven and the earth with the groom. In most cases, the maids who were married to the bride would have sex with the groom. Especially when the young lady was pregnant, they were responsible for helping the young lady.
Keep your husband under guard.
There are only a few exceptions, such as Mrs. Nie's dowry maid, who was betrothed to his housekeeper by Huang Ke. There were even those given away, which were very rare. On the one hand, they looked cold-blooded, and on the other hand, they did not respect the wife and her family.
Xia Chan is always a little shy when she sees Wang Yuan now, and her eyes are the same as those she looks at her future husband.
Wang Yuan and Yan Song continued to edit and review the manuscript, and sent it to students studying in Beijing for proofreading. After engraving the manuscript, it was ready for printing.
Today, the sales volume of each issue of "Acta Physica Sinica" has increased to more than 400 copies. However, due to the increase in author remuneration and the salary of the editorial staff, each issue still loses money, which is about one or two taels.
The sales volume could have been higher, but it was sniped by pirates.
Bookstores in Beijing that own wax printing machines often buy reprints of newspapers. Since manuscript fees and editing costs are not included, these bookstores can still make some money.
I can't control it!
Literally, there is no law governing it.
Wang Yuan didn't care about the money and was too lazy to argue with pirated booksellers.
The third day of the first lunar month.
Gu Gao, a supervisor from Henan Province who liked to pick on Wang Yuan when he was teaching, came over with two newspapers and said angrily: "Sir, look, these booksellers just pirated newspapers, but they stole them in such a low quality. This newspaper, in
There were several mistakes in the copying process, and our physics experiment was printed with errors and omissions. Another newspaper was even more abominable, directly omitting the content of the physics experiment!"
Wang Yuan took the newspaper and read it carefully, and he saw a lot of mistakes.
The biggest cost of these pirated newspapers is the wax paper version. Small mistakes can be corrected by melting wax, but big mistakes cannot be melted, so the mistakes are made in order to save money.
Wang Yuan founded the newspaper because he wanted to spread mathematics and physics, so he tolerated these pirates.
Now, I can't tolerate it.
"Weizhong, you can handle it." Wang Yuan smiled and asked Yan Song to handle it.
In fact, it can be easily handled. Go borrow two Jin Yiwei and invite all the pirated booksellers. If Jin Yiwei comes forward, who would dare not to come?
In front of those pirated booksellers, Yan Song took out a framed calligraphy work and said with a smile: "Everyone, please take a look."
All the booksellers suddenly turned pale and sweat broke out on their foreheads.
The four big characters "Acta Physica Sinica" on the masthead are actually the emperor's calligraphy. If we really want to strictly trace, reprint or pirate "Acta Physica Sinica", it is a crime of deceiving the emperor, because these words are specially written to Wang Yuan.
Yan Song added: "If anyone is not here today, please go back and tell me that if anyone pirates newspapers in the future, there are many empty rooms in Jinyiwei Prison."
"Don't dare!" the booksellers expressed their opinions one after another.
Yan Song took the opportunity to calculate the sales volume of pirated copies. He found that the original edition plus pirated copies could actually sell more than 3,000 copies of the newspaper per issue!
The permanent population of Beijing at this time is about 600,000, not counting eunuchs and palace maids. There are also many people stationed in Beijing, undocumented traders and foreign merchants. The total number is more than 700,000. Calculated based on the sales volume of 3,000 copies.
, the old, the weak, women and children are all included, and the newspaper-buying rate is about four thousandths.
Compared with the literacy rate, sales are a bit high.
Later, Wang Yuan found out that "Acta Physica Sinica" was actually distributed to other places. The officials in the Tang newspaper distribution system were originally going to distribute the official newspaper. They took out three cents to buy "Acta Physica Sinica" and sold it to booksellers in various places for pirated and reprinted copies.
, it can be considered a good extra income if you come and go.
"Acta Physica Sinica" has only been published for ten issues, but it has already appeared in Henan, Liaodong, Shanxi, Shandong, Huguang, Jiangxi and southern Zhili state capitals. Among them, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is the most popular!
Of course, the serialization progress varies from place to place.
For example, in distant Jiangxi, "Acta Physica Sinica" was temporarily pirated to the fourth issue, and the physics and mathematics content was deleted, leaving only poetry, novels, prose and other parts.
As soon as the second issue of "Acta Physica Sinica" of the first month was released, Huang Qiao came over with a smile: "Brother-in-law, on the 16th of the first lunar month, the Lize Club will hold a literary gathering in Juxian Building, and invite you to come with us to enjoy the lanterns and compose poems!"
"I don't write poetry." Wang Yuan said.
"You don't have to write poetry," Huang Qiao said amusedly. "They all think that the poems in "A Chinese Ghost Story" were written by you, the number one scholar."
When Huang E wrote the novel "A Chinese Ghost Story", like other contemporary novels, he wrote many poems and mixed them in. Although he was still young and many of his poems were not mature, they were rare and fresh and meaningful, and were recognized by many scholars.
Wang Yuan was quite speechless: "Juxian House is a brothel. How can a brother-in-law take his brother-in-law to a brothel?"
"It's just watching lanterns, listening to music, and composing poems, nothing else," Huang Qiao encouraged, "Anyway, there is no curfew during the Lantern Festival, and you can go home after drinking until midnight. Brother Yongxiu (Yang Shen) and they all want
Go, we are a family now, we should communicate more."
Wang Yuan thought to himself: It turned out to be a private gathering of young officials of the "Yang Party". Is this Yang Tinghe's attempt to woo me?
"Okay, I'll go." Wang Yuan agreed with a smile. It would be a good choice to pretend to be Yang Dang occasionally.