Chapter 161 Vernacular Movement
In Yuchi Pojun's study, only a little afterglow of the setting sun remained, but the steward Yuan Chaolong stood outside and blocked the servant who wanted to come in to light the lamp.

The words in these words must not be easily heard by others.

Yuchi Jing also ran over, wearing his favorite long gown, panting.

He first bowed to Yuan Chaolong to express his gratitude. If it weren't for Manager Yuan's concern for him and asking him to prepare in advance, he might have been beaten up by his grandfather again.

He thought about it and walked into the study with gritted teeth.

In the study, Zhou Tieyi and Mei Juncang were standing, while Yuchi Pojun was sitting. The setting sun divided the light and shadow, making the atmosphere of confrontation in the room seem particularly solemn.

"grandfather."

A kitten-like sound came from Yuchi Jing's tiger body.

This weak voice immediately aroused Yuchi Pojun's dissatisfaction.

Especially compared with the attitude of the Zhou family kid talking to him just now, he said coldly, "Didn't you eat!"

Yuchi Jing was so frightened that he stood up straight and shouted, "Grandpa!"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "Brother Yuchi has a good nature. Right General, why should you be so demanding? If you scare Brother Yuchi again, it will probably backfire and you will end up raising a sick cat."

Yuchi Jing looked at Zhou Tieyi in surprise. He didn't expect that Zhou Tieyi was actually speaking for him this time!
Zhou Tieyi nodded in response.

Yuchi Pojun glanced at the three young men present, then said, "Move your chairs over here and sit next to me."

After the three of them were seated, Yuchi Pojun looked at Zhou Tieyi and said, "Explain the two words 'layout' and 'vernacular' in the Tianjing Newspaper."

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "The Tianjing Newspaper will be divided into eight professional pages. The first page is 'Sacred Edicts', which is dedicated to the emperor's edicts, oral instructions, and teachings to the subjects of the world. Of course, the Tianjing Newspaper has not been fully established yet, so I thought of asking the emperor to write for me first to test the waters."

Your Majesty is a man of integrity and can only accomplish successful things. The Tianjing Newspaper has not yet been truly successful, so naturally it is necessary to choose another person of high moral character and prestige to write for it.

Yuchi Pojun frowned, "Can only the emperor write for me?"

Actually, the prince can also do it.

However, I can only let the Queen Mother do this. This is the tacit understanding between me and the Queen Mother.

Zhou Tieyi smiled but said nothing.

Yuchi Pojun knew there was something fishy going on, but the matter had already been decided. Even if he beat Zhou Tieyi up now, it would not change the outcome, so he snorted coldly, "Go on."

"The second page is 'Memorials', where important memorials from ministers are selected for publication."

As for how to select and which memorials are important, it is up to Zhou Tieyi to decide.

Yuchi Pojun nodded. "So far, it's all the work of the court report. There's nothing new."

"The third page is 'Military Affairs'. Seniors with high moral character among the military honors can write their memories of the march, their views on the current situation on the border, or even their own thoughts on martial arts training. Of course, the first time to write this, it must be the right general."

Hearing Zhou Tieyi praising him, Yuchi Pojun sneered twice, thinking that this kid would not do anything without benefits.

But what he said about "military" is interesting.

It is ranked after the imperial edicts and memorials to the emperor, and can be regarded as opening up a channel for military strategists to speak out.

"I'm afraid that everyone won't write down their insights on martial arts practice casually."

Yuchi Jing said carefully.

Zhou Tieyi nodded helplessly.

In this world, the various schools of thought have done a good job in basic literacy education for the purpose of educating people, but once it comes to the secret methods of each school of practice, they keep it secret to the last detail.

This is normal. After all, in this world, cultivation knowledge is the stepping stone to class transition. Noble families or Taoist traditions will allow it to be passed on to others at will.

"Then just write the first two, and you can write a lot of things." It is not too easy to write a post about military affairs. Any coachman in Tianjing can tell a thing or two by listening more.

This is how the so-called paper talk comes about.

"The fourth edition is 'Beijing Affairs', which mainly records interesting events in Beijing and even the world, written by specialized reporters."

"reporter?"

Yuchi Pojun asked.

This time Zhou Tieyi did not tell the truth. This is already another piece of cake and your Yuchi family should not eat it.

He continued, "The fifth page is 'Business'. We will contact various chambers of commerce, put business information on it, and help merchants to make deals."

He just mentioned this sentence in passing, and even the initial advertisement could be free of charge. This was a means to cheat Confucianists.

"The sixth edition is 'Treasures', which is dedicated to explaining various rare items and how the aristocratic families entertain themselves."

"The seventh edition is 'Oiran', which tells about the beauties in the major brothels in Tianjing and their stories."

What people in this world like to watch and hear are nothing more than the two words "money and sex".

Why was entertainment news so popular in the past? It was simply because the word "sex" was at the forefront.

In this era, the Oiran is the star shining on the stage.

Wuling was young and struggling with his head, and there was an unknown number of red ribbons.

"The eighth edition of 'Novels', serializing the novelist's stories."

The more he listened, the more Yuchi Pojun's brows furrowed. Business, treasures, courtesans, novels, what a mess!

He did not object directly, but asked, "Will His Majesty agree to your listing? Will it not offend His Majesty?"

You have to know that the previous court reports were all very well-behaved.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't care about what's on the page... Besides, it's insulting to His Majesty's will. This sentence must have been said loudly by Confucianists and Legalists in the court, which is exactly what Your Majesty doesn't want to see."

Doesn't the Confucian and Legalist desire to restrict their own newspapers in this area prove the saying 'dark clouds cover the sun'?

Choose the lesser of two evils. I believe Your Majesty will make a wise choice.

At worst, if His Majesty doesn't want his name to be associated with the latter ones, he can just let the Queen Mother write the first edition. I believe the Queen Mother would definitely be willing to write it every day, or just remove the "Sacred Edict" and make it a popular newspaper. Anyway, most people will not read the Sacred Edict at all. I just added this edition to show my loyalty.

"What about the quarrel between Confucianism and Legalism?"

Zhou Tieyi did not answer. He had a countermeasure, but he could not tell Yuchi Pojun.

You are one of the three officials. Even though I gave you a piece of cake today and pulled you over, you might sell me to the Confucianists and Legalists tomorrow in order to fight against the Queen Mother.

Yuchi Pojun was unhappy, but he couldn't get angry now, so he could only muffle his voice and say, "What is vernacular?"

"Vernacular is what we speak now, with fewer Confucian allusions and rare words, and is based on the spoken language of ordinary people in Tianjing. An article is about 600 to 800 words, and you have to add punctuation marks in the middle."

Written language and vernacular were distinguished long ago. For example, many novels and stories in this world are written in half classical Chinese and half vernacular.

"Similar to a novel?" Yuchi Pojun said thoughtfully.

"Be more straightforward." Zhou Tieyi answered affirmatively.

　I will start writing a 5,000-word chapter tomorrow to increase the average subscription so that I can wait for the editor's recommendation.

(End of this chapter)