Chastity Layman

Qin Lang felt that Li Shimin was a master at juggling. He could toss more than a dozen balls with both hands at the same time, but he could guarantee that the balls would not fall to the ground. Although it looked thrilling, the emperor was steady.

In a blink of an eye, it has been more than three months since I was suspended from work at home.

Summer leaves quietly in the drizzle, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, and autumn is here.

Pingkangfang, upstairs of the Grand Theater.

Qin Lang and Fang Xuanling were drinking tea, and the two now occasionally visit each other, and sometimes Qin Lang would even take Fang Xuanling to Pingkangfang to listen to books, watch plays and drink tea.

This life is really leisurely, anyway, there is no job, and no one in Yushitai is watching them closely. Since Han Zhongliang resigned and Zhang Liang was transferred to the post of Yushi doctor, the efficiency of Yushitai was obviously not good.

The impeachment case of Qin Lang and Fang Xuanling could not be concluded for a long time, but the Li Xuandao case over there was getting more and more investigated, and more than a dozen important officials above the third rank had been implicated, as for those below the third rank, there were even more.

The emperor has never issued an order to close the case, so the case can only be dug deeper. The emperor has even started a nationwide anti-corruption investigation.

Changsun Shunde was not guaranteed at the end of the festival. It would have been fine if it was only the thousands of acres of land collected by the Zhao case, but as the investigation deepened, Changsun Shunde was thoroughly investigated, especially after the Zhenfu Division and other major secret service agencies fully intervened. The eldest Sun Shunde lost all face.

In the end, Empress Changsun came forward again and pleaded with the emperor, hoping to save some face.

So the emperor decreed to pursue the money, land, slaves, concubines, etc. that Changsun Shunde had embezzled and accepted bribes over the years, cut off the rank of general of the town army, deprived him of the title of Duke of Xue, the title of the world and the seal of a thousand households, so that the eldest grandson Shunde went back to his hometown in Luoyang to oppose the high-ranking official Sun Shunde, and was beaten to the end. The 1,000 households he had finally earned were granted Xue Guogong, and Longyou's world fief was gone.

Fortunately, the property of the eldest grandson's family has not been moved, but the part that he embezzled and accepted bribes has been recovered. It has to be said that as the queen's clan uncle, eldest grandson Shunde's results were pretty good, and the gold medal for avoiding death given by Li Yuan back then was also taken back, which was considered a discount.

Liu Hongji's fate was better. His situation was not as serious as that of the elder Sun Shunde. After investigation by various departments, Li Shimin treated him extrajudicially, dismissed him from the position of Minister of Wei Weisi, and changed him from Ren Guogong to Kui Guo Gong, 1,000 households are reserved for the real seal and world fiefdom. The emperor grants him the military rank of the general of the auxiliary country, allows him to become an official, and goes out of Beijing to become a feudal clan. The salary and treatment remain the same and do not need to be halved.

After all, Liu Hongji had a very good relationship with Li Shimin back then. When they left, they rode together, and when they entered, they shared the same bed. This is also the third time that Liu Hongji fell in his official career. Remove the noble and dismiss the official. Not long after, he recovered, but he was implicated in the treason case of Li Xiaochang and the eldest grandson Anye, and was expelled from office again.

This time, the title was saved, and this rank was increased by one level, and he became the second rank of Fuguo General, but he was dismissed and retired.

"Snapped!"

"Our book continued from the last chapter, but it said that in front of the Wulao Pass, Lu Bu stepped off the red rabbit horse, held a halberd in the sky, and killed the eighteen princes who retreated thirty miles all the way. They were discussing that no one could be invincible, and suddenly the small school came. Report, Lu Bu is here to fight again, the princes of the Eight Routes, mount their horses together..."

Downstairs in the lobby, a tall and thin old man, with a folding fan and a gavel, was standing in front of the desk, talking eloquently, talking about "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which has become popular in Chang'an recently.

The four sides were already full of people. Several major newspapers in central and central Beijing were serializing The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and many storytellers liked the book, which is suitable for all ages, scholars and businessmen, so they all changed to the Three Kingdoms, but the story of the Three Kingdoms is good. Yes, it has to be this Mr. Wu from the Pingkangfang Grand Theater.

It is said that he used to be a teacher. Later, storytelling emerged in Pingkangfang. This mode of telling Buddhist stories, which was originally a monastic custom, gradually spread. Competing to hire storytellers to attract passenger flow.

This Mr. Wu also gave up his poor teaching life and became a storyteller. Because of his good rhythm, Mr. Wu gradually became the most famous storyteller in the capital.

Fang Xuanling also likes listening to books, holding a purple sand tea cup in his hand, smelling the wafting fragrance of tea, listening to Mr. Wu's wonderful storytelling, without all kinds of troublesome and tiring government affairs, it is really leisurely and comfortable.

"If you want to know the future, let's break it down next time!"

"Snapped!"

With a gavel, Mr. Wu spoke for a full half an hour, and then finished again.

Everyone cheered one after another, but they still felt that they were not enough to listen to.

At this time, someone in the theater came forward to ask for rewards, and everyone paid for rewards, this one was three to five yuan, and that one was seven or eight yuan.

At this moment, a clerk suddenly shouted upstairs, "Master Fang has a reward, one silver dollar!"

A silver Kaiyuan is worth two thousand yuan. Even if the Grand Theater is a famous venue in Pingkangfang, two thousand yuan at a time is more than enough to listen to books and drink tea in the hall on the first floor.

If it is outside, the two thousand dollars is more than the annual net income of those small people's families.

Now it costs a thousand dollars to buy a pig.

Mr. Wu hurriedly bowed upstairs to express his thanks.

"Master Qin has a reward, a silver Kaiyuan!"

Mr. Wu hastened to thank you again.

Downstairs, I wasn't too surprised that the two husbands were together. In fact, I often saw these two husbands who had quit their prime ministers drinking tea, watching movies and listening to books recently.

"Sanlang, I have something to discuss with you. Can you print the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms at once? It's really terrible to do this kind of serialization. It's really itchy to read a chapter every ten days." Fang Xuanling had already Knowing that the Three Kingdoms that are now popular in Chang'an was created by the young man in front of him.

In fact, Qin Lang didn't hide it on purpose, after all, he serialized the Three Kingdoms in the newspaper, and his pen name was Layman Qinglian. Scholars in Chang'an have known for a long time that this Layman Qinglian is actually named Taibai, sometimes called Li Bai, and sometimes called the Immortal.

Anyway, it's Qin Sanlang.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is much more exciting than the popular ghost stories and legendary stories, especially in the vernacular style, which can be understood by ordinary traffickers and pawns.

Especially after the narration by the storyteller, it will be even more exciting. After all, you have to be literate to read the newspaper. The storytellers are all eloquent, and it really makes people feel like they are in the scene.

What Taoyuan three sworn brothers, what three heroes fight against Lu Bu, it is really heart-warming to hear.

It's just not good at all, the updates are too slow, and only one chapter is updated every ten days.

"Fang Gong, I can't write this well, I have to revise it."

"Well, then you shouldn't have released it early. You should wait until you finish writing it, revise it, and publish it at once." Lao Fang didn't have time to read or hear books in the past, so why is he still at home now? He reads newspapers and reads books every day. Ever since he saw the first chapter of the Three Kingdoms serialized in newspapers, he has been fascinated.

The more I read, the more fascinated I am, I am completely fascinated, but I have to wait ten days to read a chapter, which is really annoying.

This is only the fifth time in total, but Lao Fang doesn't listen to the Three Kingdoms for a day now, and it seems that the tea is not fragrant and the rice is not sweet.

"How many times have you had the Three Kingdoms?"

"It's estimated to be one hundred and twenty times!"

"My God, one hundred and twenty episodes, you only come out five times, once every ten days, only three times a month, only thirty-six times a year, these one hundred and twenty times, at least Three and a half years, and you can't stop halfway. Three and a half years, it's a lot of heart-wrenching, no, you have to find a way to finish writing quickly, and then publish the engraved book!"

Qin Lang looked serious, "Fang Gong, I'm very busy!"

"How about I transcribe for you, and you dictate and I take notes?"

"Fang Gong, you should be busier than me. How can you have this time. Besides, the key is not to copy, but to conceive and revise."

Lao Fang looked helpless, "I shouldn't have watched it at the beginning, I shouldn't have watched it, three and a half years, I have been sad for three and a half years!"

Writing about the Three Kingdoms is actually nothing to do when you are free. Once you are free, you will have the energy to manage things. Qin Lang paid attention to his newspapers some time ago and found that the circulation has declined and there has been no increase.

I took a closer look at the contents of the recent newspapers, and found that they were really dry and could not meet the needs of the public at all. Although the people who can read and understand newspapers these days are mainly noble officials and scholars, they cannot be pure These official documents of the imperial court, the emperor's edicts and ministers' memorials, as well as the poetry, classics and Confucian classics.

Some of the poems and Fu published are of average level, and they are not masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.

There are some, but the main reason is that since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the ghosts and monsters are too absurd, and there are even a lot of strange things such as fate, reincarnation, Buddhism and Taoism in them.

Qin Lang felt itchy, and simply copied the chapter Three Kingdoms to replace the content to be published in the next issue, who knew that he would become angry. Originally he wanted to write the biography of the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but after thinking about it, it seemed inappropriate. After all, the Li family and Li Shimin are in charge of the world now, and Li Yuan is still there, and most of the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties are also there. It is also inconsistent with the facts and has been adapted, so it is easy to be beaten when written.

I simply wrote about the Three Kingdoms, but who would have thought that when the Three Kingdoms came out, it would be a real battle.

The last one who made an exception actually went on to reprint.

In the end, it was printed again and again. Originally, the ten-day period of the newspaper was only 3,000 copies at a time. It was mainly sold in Chang'an and Luoyang. It's just unbelievable.

Because it was too popular, Qin Lang instructed the newspaper office to attract investment temporarily, and printed an additional batch of commercial advertisement posters and put them in the newspaper, and he just made a lot of money.

Since then, the sales volume of the ten-day-one newspaper has changed from the original 3,000 copies that could not be sold out to more than 10,000 copies. They are baffled, publishing your article is to give you face, and they want money?

However, relying on his own identity, Qin Lang insisted on asking for the manuscript fee, and agreed a new rule with each of them. In the future, all manuscripts will be paid for the manuscript, and the specific fee depends on the situation.

For example, in Qin Lang's Three Kingdoms, one chapter is serialized at a time. Depending on the sales volume of several newspapers and periodicals, the price ranges from one gold yuan per issue (five silver ten thousand yuan) or one silver. Set a precedent.

And their own newspaper even offered a generous manuscript fee of ten gold dollars per issue in order to maintain its position as the first issue.

In addition, Qin Lang also asked his own bookstore to publish separate volumes. There are single volumes, and there are also two sets of volumes. The Three Kingdoms basically has 5,000 characters per volume, and two volumes of 4000 characters, which coincides with the traditional volume of 40000 characters.