Chapter 141
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Before Cheng Yeran entered the palace, the emperor already knew that Cheng Yeran was injured, and immediately sent people to investigate who did it. When they found out it was the third prince, they specifically warned the third prince and punished him by confining him to his house for one month.
After Cheng Yeran entered the palace, the emperor did not mention the assassination, but asked him what he thought about being the imperial envoy this time.
The emperor wanted him to bring honor to his family. After this incident, Cheng Yeran's reputation has spread throughout the country. He is not only a role model for scholars, but also a good official in the eyes of the people.
"I think we can make a newspaper," Cheng Yeran suggested.
"Newspaper?" The emperor asked him to explain in detail.
Cheng Yeran explained what a newspaper is: "The court did a good thing this time, but only the locals know about it. If we write it down and let people all over the country read it, wouldn't it let more people know what the court has done for the people?"
"Your idea is good, but not all people can read." The emperor used to think that he was mediocre and could only complete the tasks he was assigned to do. He had no creativity. This idea of his made the emperor look at him with new eyes.
Cheng Yeran thought of future radio broadcasts and later television news. "This is not difficult. We can have people explain to the people what the court has done recently every day. Every city or village can have a special place where someone can report the news of the day. In addition to writing about what the court has done, they can also report some new local events or local policies. They can also write some legal stories to educate the people."
The emperor thought his idea was good, but it would take a long time to implement. However, the rewards would be considerable.
"I'll leave this matter to you. Experiment in the capital first. If it's successful, then promote it downward. You can ask for any people or money you need." The emperor felt that there were too many idle people in the court and too little workload. Some people passed the exam but had no positions, so they were asked to wait for notification at home.
He wanted to lay off some employees, but those people had worked very hard to get into the university, and as long as they didn't make any big mistakes, their efforts wouldn't go to waste.
He also thought that it would be better to change the annual imperial examination to once every three years, but a rash reform would surely cause dissatisfaction among the people, and make people wonder if the national treasury was empty and could not afford to support so many officials.
Major reforms would always be very troublesome, but Cheng Yeran's method would immediately make use of a lot of "idle people" and would also be beneficial to the court, killing two birds with one stone.
The emperor asked the imperial physician to check his arm and change the medicine. He also told him to rest at home for a while and do it again after he recovered. He also wanted to set up a news department for him and promote his official rank to the fifth rank.
The emperor also asked the imperial physician to go to his house every day to treat him, so he didn't need to go outside to find a doctor. Whenever he was sick in the future, he could pass a sign to the palace and ask the imperial physician to go to his house to treat him.
He was not the only minister who received this treatment. Several other important ministers whom the emperor valued also received this treatment, and Lord Feng was one of them.
This is the first time an official as young as Cheng Yeran has done so.
Cheng Yeran told Shen Yuntang about this incident after returning home, "This time it was a blessing in disguise."
Shen Yuntang felt a little distressed when he saw him smiling happily with his arm wrapped. "I didn't expect being an official would be so dangerous. I would rather we live an ordinary life without illness or disaster."
"I can't live a simple life now. If I don't climb up, I will be at the mercy of others." Cheng Yeran put his arm around his shoulders. "Don't worry, the emperor values me. I will be fine."
He leaned over and nuzzled Shen Yuntang's ear with his nose, "Is it time to fulfill the promise you made just now?"
"You're already injured like this, and you're still thinking about that kind of thing." Shen Yuntang quickly closed the door, "It's not even dark yet."
"If you don't want to do it, why close the door?" Cheng Yeran said to him in a coquettish way, "We haven't seen each other for several months. I miss you so much. Don't you miss me?"
"Why, of course I miss you." Shen Yuntang was not used to expressing his feelings with words, but when he was close to Cheng Yeran and looking at the face he had been thinking about day and night, his heart beat passionately and the words just popped out of his mouth.
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The two of them had been intimate enough. It was already midnight, but they didn't wake up the people in the kitchen and ate hot pot in their own small yard.
Before, Shen Yuntang had someone build a grape rack in the yard, and he also cut a bunch of grapes. They were big and plump. Although not as delicious as the grapes of Future, they were also quite fresh and thirst-quenching.
Cheng Yeran asked him, "During the time I was away, nothing major happened at home, right?"
"A very big thing happened. The emperor granted marriage between Liu Ya and the prince." Shen Yuntang said.
"The prince? That idiot prince? I heard that he had robbed my daughter. There are a lot of boys in the backyard, and their character is not very good. How can the emperor grant them a marriage? Will Liu Ya agree?" Cheng Yeran was so shocked that he almost dropped his chopsticks. "Did the prince play some tricks?"
"I don't know what happened between them, but Liu Ya was very calm when she heard about the marriage. She only asked him if she could still marry the prince since she had signed a letter of commitment that they would not get married for the rest of their lives." Shen Yuntang remembered the way Liu Ya looked when she received the imperial edict that day. If it was something Liu Ya didn't want to do, he would be very excited, but that day he was so calm as if he had acknowledged the marriage.
"What kind of magic potion did the prince give him? Could it be that Liu Ya is a love-brained person?" Cheng Yeran was really afraid that Liu Ya was a delicate wife, that would be too scary.
"The prince helped him before." Shen Yuntang told the story of Liu Ya and the prince working together to drug the eldest prince.
Cheng Yeran then realized that there was such a complicated matter involved. The prince did not seem to be that bad. After being captured and brought into the palace by the emperor, he did not betray Liu Ya, but took everything on his own.
But he was worried that Liu Ya deliberately approached the prince in order to seek revenge, and that the prince took advantage of her.
Seeing that he was frowning, Shen Yuntang fed him two grapes and said, "You are still injured, don't worry too much."
In fact, Shen Yuntang was also very worried about Liu Ya. He felt that Liu Ya had changed a lot recently and became much more stable. When they met before, they mostly talked about clothes, jewelry, and where to go for fun, but now they talked more about work.
He always felt that this child was forced to grow up because of this incident. Even if Liu Ya had a childish temper all her life, he didn't want Liu Ya to grow up in this way.
Cheng Yeran asked him about the magazine again, "Have you recruited anyone?"
"Yes, we've hired someone." Shen Yuntang had previously bought a yard specifically for use as an office space for the magazine. Later, he wrote a recruitment advertisement in the magazine, with the interview location being in that yard. He also wrote that submissions were accepted and the submission address was also in that yard, and the amount of royalties was specified.
Before we even hired an editor, we had already received dozens of submissions, including novels and drawings.
This magazine is very famous and many people want their names to appear in it.
There are many talented women and men in the capital. Shen Yuntang thought that the products sold in their magazine were mainly lipsticks and clothes. The target audience was women and men, and women and men were also more meticulous, so the editors he recruited were all women and men.
These ladies and boys are all young ladies from wealthy families. They have been trained in music, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, and have a good aesthetic sense of clothing. The fifth issue of the magazine has already begun preparations.
The next issue of the magazine will feature Yuanbao, who promotes poetry and famous paintings. Cheng Yeran is also planning to look for an art studio online to paint the idol who is the top-selling card seller this month, as well as her personal interview. Finally, the paintings of two contributors will also be used.
The clothes drawn by the two contributors had a good sense of design and they were from Beijing, so Shen Yuntang invited them over and asked them to draw detailed pictures of the clothes himself. He discussed with them about buying out the copyright of the clothes and hoped to have long-term cooperation in the future.
The next issue of the magazine will also include a cake advertisement. Before this, he only made some small cakes with simple patterns and simple birthday cakes.
In the past few months, he has also studied how to decorate flowers. Although making cakes is time-consuming, watching the flowers bloom in his hands is very healing.
He also accepted two apprentices. Those two apprentices were the children he bought from the brothel last time. One of them broke her foot while dancing and could no longer dance, and the other one was tone-deaf. Shen Yuntang accepted them both as his apprentices and asked them to follow him in making cakes.
They were afraid of being kicked out, so they studied very hard and soon learned how to make simple cakes. With their help, the number of cakes supplied by Jinyulou increased significantly every day.
Cheng Yeran didn't expect that Shen Yuntang had done so many things during his absence. He raised his hand to help Shen Yuntang wipe the sweat off his forehead and said, "Don't work too hard. Collect two more.
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I have three apprentices, and then I will let them do it. ”
"But I like baking cakes." Shen Yuntang smiled when he thought of making cakes.
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During this period, Yang's mother often saw Yang Shiming staring at Yuanbao's women's clothing magazine cover in the middle of the night, staying in the study for an hour or two, as if he was suffering from lovesickness.
This doesn't look like treating a good friend at all, it's obvious that she has fallen in love with Yuanbao.
Yang's mother became even more worried. In the past, when she thought Yuanbao was a boy, although she opposed it, at least he was a boy who could have children and carry on their family line. She could turn a blind eye if he was not brought home and raised outside. But now that he couldn't even have a child, she would not agree even if he was raised outside.
She thought of a way to correct Yang Shiming's bad habit.
During this period, Yang Shiming was fed a large bowl of medicine by his mother every day. He asked his mother several times, but his mother always said it was for body supplements and did not tell him what it was.
He was afraid that his mother had been deceived, so he made a special investigation and found out that his mother had believed the words of a quack doctor who said that this medicine could cure homosexuality.
Yang Shiming felt helpless after hearing this and never drank the medicine again. However, his mother thought of another solution.
One day when he got off work and returned home, he saw a woman standing in the yard as soon as he pushed the door open. He recognized the woman as his cousin from the countryside.
The countryside is so far away from the capital, how did she get here?
"Something happened to your cousin's family, so she came to us for help. She will be alone from now on, so we have to take good care of her." Yang's mother said to Yang Shiming.
Seeing his mother so happy, Yang Shiming doubted the truth of her words. If there really was an accident in his cousin's family, why would his mother smile so happily? He was afraid that his mother had personally taken the person over.
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