Chapter 93 Flowers on the Drum

"I just said that newspaper must have something to do with you two."

Qian Dayou sat behind the two of them holding a stool before he finished speaking. Jiang Yuanbai was already pacing back and forth in the room, muttering something in his mouth, "It's too much, it's too much. Brother Tad, Brother Heng, you don't want to take me with you for such a fun thing."

The two generals, one fat and one thin, have not stopped chattering since Chen Heng returned to the house. Xue Biao had to raise his head from his homework and couldn't help but smile: "How could I not have thought that you, Brother Heng, have already made arrangements for you."

"Really?"

Jiang Yuanbai was overjoyed when he heard this. He moved pitifully to Chen Heng's table and asked, "Brother Heng, how long are you going to keep your relationship with your brother? Have you forgotten the friendship between the six gentlemen of Jing'an Literary Society?"

"Six Gentlemen of Jing'an"? ? When did I have such a weird title? Chen Heng blinked. At this time, he was busy writing down the question assigned by Jia Yucun, so he could only reply: "Don't be anxious, wait until I finish writing this question."

Jiang Yuanbai nodded and looked at Chen Heng's table.

"Be careful at the beginning and respect the end, so as not to get tired in the end."

This is a title from "Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals". Jiang Yuanbai and Chen Heng both wrote about the Spring and Autumn Annals. They knew that this kind of title would not be difficult for each other, so they calmly read their classmates' writings.

"Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan", Gong Yang Zhuan and Gu Liang Zhuan are also called the Three Chun Qiu Zhuan. The latter two inherit the style of "Spring and Autumn" in terms of subtle talk and great meaning. When Mei Xue was in the academy, he loved to teach these two books.

Jia Xuezheng is different. He feels that at this stage of childhood, simple and clear reading is more important than understanding, so he often extracts content from "Zuo Zhuan" as a title.

But no matter who learns to teach, their lessons will not change much. Most of them consist of one question from the Four Books, one question from the Five Classics, and a policy theory for class A, supplemented by nine chapters of arithmetic and so on.

After not being in the academy for more than ten days, the amount of homework accumulated by Chen Heng and Xue Biao was still a bit exaggerated. The two of them were busy for a while, and when they saw that they had just finished a little, they simply stopped writing and planned to drink a glass of water to calm down.

Just when Chen Heng was about to get up and get the teapot, he saw Jiang Yuanbai hand over the teacup that had already been brewed. He took the teacup with a smile and said to Jiang Yuanbai, "Brother Jiang has had a hard time waiting."

"It's not hard, it's not hard." Jiang Yuanbai chuckled, "Brother Heng, tell me quickly."

Chen Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip, motioned for the other party to sit in front of him with Qian Dayou, and told them about the newspaper from beginning to end.

The latter two listened in silence before Jiang Yuanbai spoke in surprise: "Brother Heng, according to what you said, Brother Qian and I can't leave the academy or enter the newspaper shop, so what can we do? "

"Why not?" Chen Heng laughed, "Have you forgotten the literary club we founded together? The Six Gentlemen of Jing'an."

"What do you mean?" Before Qian Dayou could react, Jiang Yuanbai understood half of it and asked, "Brother Heng wants to move articles from our academy to newspapers?"

"That's right..." Chen Heng nodded and patiently explained to the two of them, "...therefore, thousand-mile horses often exist, but Bole does not always exist. Therefore, although there are famous horses, they are only humiliated and died in the hands of slaves. The space between stables is not called a thousand miles."

Changli Gong's "Horse Theory" is a masterpiece of the world and has been a must-read for every scholar since its birth. Qian Dayou and Jiang Yuanbai naturally knew this.

After listening to his classmates' in-depth and simple analysis, Qian Dayou finally understood what Hengdi was thinking. He wanted to publicize the knowledge imparted in the academy to people in Yangzhou who were interested in studying through newspapers.

Qian Dayou couldn't help but asked curiously: "In that case, why not just ask the mountain chiefs and masters to write articles?"

Chen Heng couldn't help but roll his eyes, who would throw four twos first in a fight with a landlord?

After all, newspapers are closer to the media and what they need is popularity. If we, the little fish and shrimps, don’t act as cannon fodder to attract firepower, how can we attract attention?

"It's better to be small and invisible." Jiang Yuanbai smiled and patted Qian Dayou's shoulder, "Wait until we can no longer argue, then invite the mountain chief out. Wouldn't it be better and more interesting?"

Qian Dayou frowned and thought. After a while, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I understand, we are the pawns of this newspaper."

"No, no, no." When Xue Biao heard this, he hurriedly joined the discussion, "You two are the editors we hired. You are responsible for selecting articles fairly. You can only watch from the other side. The people who really want to write articles are from the academy. Scholars."

"They're all the same, they're all the same." Jiang Yuanbai chuckled and already started to think of some bad ideas, "Then we have to talk to people from other colleges about this. Otherwise, they will think that our newspaper shop only accepts our own people. article."

Just for this reason, Chen Heng couldn't help but nod his head. Newspapers are public products and should not be reduced to the private products of one person or the academy.

The long-lasting solution is to get rid of the sectarian mentality, embrace all rivers, merge and tolerate.

I thought that in the future, there would be many famous teachers and scholars quoting classics and arguments in newspapers, and those scholars who could not enter the academy could buy it for only five cents.

It can be regarded as a good thing I did for them. Chen Heng thought silently in his heart.

As for whether it will cultivate in Yangzhou the culture of the former Donglin Party that talks about one's character.

Chen Heng is not afraid. In the past, those scholars liked to write articles behind closed doors. They often boasted that they were high-minded and few, and their talents were not recognized.

But now it was in front of millions of people in Yangzhou, with so many pairs of eyes staring at him. Whoever speaks makes sense, and whoever is truly underappreciating his talent is fair and reasonable.

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The back hall of the academy.

This morning, as soon as Xue Baoqin entered the school, she took Lin Daiyu's hand and whispered to her, "Sister Lin, the two brothers are back to the academy today."

The two are now classmates side by side. When Daiyu heard this, her smart eyes turned and she laughed half teasingly, "How come these two people know to come back? I thought they had grown wings and flew away."

When Baoqin heard this, she couldn't help laughing, and looked around carefully before whispering in her ear, "Sister, I'll tell you a secret."

Daiyu blinked and whispered, "What is it?"

"Your brother is Mr. Yuanhe who wrote "Liao Zhai". Xue Baoqin told Sister Lin everything she knew about this matter a few days ago.

The more Daiyu listened, the more surprised she was. She didn't expect that the Xue family brother didn't even tell Sister Baoqin about this matter.

As for the "Jing'an Daily", when it was first circulated in Yangzhou, Daiyu knew that it must be something done by her brother, but she didn't know there was such an inside story.

Daiyu listened silently and sighed in her heart: two foolish brothers, they go out to do things without telling anyone, which makes everyone worry.

When Xue Baoqin finished speaking, Daiyu couldn't help but hold her hand and asked with a smile: "Good sister, are you tired of talking?" While speaking, she took her water cup, "Come and taste it, sister just brewed tea this morning."

Xue Baoqin couldn't help but smile and pointed to the food box she brought this morning, "I also prepared cakes for sister. When we have lunch break, we will go to Shuyun Pavilion."

Shuyun Pavilion is located in the back hall, built in the rockery, with a good view from a high place.

"Okay, you two actually want to eat alone secretly." Wei Qijun suddenly leaned over from behind the two of them, and said in an excited tone, "Shu'er, come on, I finally caught the fault of these two people."

"Aunt, Sister Lin and Sister Xue didn't say they wouldn't take us, let's listen to what they have to say." Wei Shu stood beside the two of them, seeming to be blocking the way.

My, my, I finished writing yesterday, and my head hurt a bit, so I wanted to lean on the pillow to relax, but I fell asleep. This is the second update of yesterday. There will be a third update, but it is not included in today's update.