"Oh~! I can finally be transferred to the Arithmetic School! Brother Zifan, it's all thanks to you this time! From now on, we can also have two days off every five days."
Inside the teaching building of Taixue Hall.
Yu Dongcai patted Sun Zifan on the shoulder with excitement and laughed.
"Haha, Dongcai, do you think I put all the effort into transferring to the Mathematical School just for this?"
Sun Zifan laughed softly.
The little fat man's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. He approached Sun Zifan in a sly manner and asked, "Oh? Does Brother Zifan's move have a deeper meaning?"
"hey-hey!"
Sun Zifan smiled proudly, and then he said mysteriously: "Of course, Dongcai, think about it carefully. Dr. Li taught Assistant Mou and the others before. Strictly speaking, we all have to call him Shi." Zu, right?”
"Well, indeed!"
"Hehe, but after we are transferred to the Mathematical School in two days, Dr. Li will become our master, Assistant Professor Mou will become our senior brother, and we will become the senior uncles of other students! Aha~!”
Sun Zifan said with a mean smile.
Yu Dongcai was stunned by his buddy's weird thinking, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was indeed the case, so he quickly gave a thumbs up and laughed:
"Yes, yes, what Brother Zifan said makes sense, makes sense! Haha! I didn't expect that you and I will become uncles so soon, hahaha!"
This maniacal laughter immediately attracted the attention of other students in the classroom.
"Snapped!"
Sun Zifan slapped him bitterly and said angrily: "Are you stupid? Do you want everyone to know by being so loud?"
"Uh, sorry, sorry! But why hasn't Assistant Mou come here today?"
Yu Dongcai rubbed the back of his head and asked doubtfully.
Sun Zifan rolled his eyes and said, "How do I know? But I asked you to buy a newspaper at noon to compensate me. Did you buy it?"
Yu Dongcai quickly laughed and said: "Haha, brother Zifan, don't worry, I have already sent my book boy to Qiquge Pavilion to inquire about this newspaper. I will definitely be able to buy it by then."
… … … …
In the pine forest east of the Imperial College.
Nine gentlemen from different schools sat on a stone bench in the forest, drinking wine, talking, and enjoying themselves.
"Assistant Professor Mou, if Ma Zhou can write such a beautiful article, he must be a great sage. Have you heard of this person before?"
Wang Yalun was the first to ask while holding a glass of turbid wine.
"Dr. Wang, this person has been unknown before. I have never heard of it. Now this horse has become a blockbuster on Monday. It really surprised everyone!"
Assistant Professor Mou replied quickly.
Wang Yalun nodded, stroking his beard and said thoughtfully: "Well, I have different opinions on some of Ma Zhou's views. I just don't know if an article I write can be published in the "Datang Daily". Then I can debate with Ma Zhou on the same stage."
Several other teaching assistants and doctors also echoed: "Yes, it would be best if I could debate with Ma Zhou on the same stage!"
"Yeah yeah!"
Assistant Professor Mou replied: "I also have this idea, but I don't know how to publish the article in Datang Daily. How about we read it together later?"
"This is a great thing to say!"
… …
A moment.
""Shocked! The murderer was so heartless and crazy, killing everyone!"
"Why does this article start to use vernacular? There is no literary talent at all?"
"Indeed, it is really disappointing, but the content here is very interesting!"
"Well, maybe Ma Zhou deliberately used vernacular to make it understandable to ordinary people."
After reading the first news article, the nine gentlemen couldn't help but discuss this huge change from classical Chinese to vernacular.
""Drunken scholar accidentally met a brothel oiran and did such a disgusting thing!"
""Marquis Wu of Chang'an rushed to the house of a widow in Zhaozhuang overnight, and this is the reason!"
"Shocked! A woman actually did such a thing in broad daylight!"
The three news articles that followed made everyone dumbfounded.
"I thought this Ma Zhou was an elegant man, but I didn't expect him to be so vulgar!"
"Yes, the titles of the following articles are exaggerated and vulgar. They are really insulting to politeness!"
"How can we, scholars, be so shameless! It's really abominable!"
The voices were almost one-sided, and almost all of them criticized Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou suddenly went from being above the clouds where everyone worshiped him, to a polite scum that everyone criticized.
Only Assistant Professor Mou and Wang Yalun did not speak. After waiting for the others to finish criticizing, Wang Yalun said with a smile: "I don't think so. As the saying goes, vulgarity means elegance. vulgarity and elegance are just a matter of thoughts. It depends on you." How do you think about it? The rhetoric of these articles is not gorgeous, and the whole article is written in vernacular. I guess that this part is mainly written for the common people who are only barely literate and have not studied the classics and poems. In this way , these questions are really good, this Ma Zhou is a real wise man!"
"Brother Aaron, why do you think so?"
"Yeah, why are these questions so good?"
Wang Yalun glanced at Assistant Mou and smiled lightly: "Assistant Mou seems to have something in his heart. Why don't you tell me what you think?"
Assistant Professor Mou straightened up and said in a deep voice: "I think Ma Zhou may have written this on purpose. Dr. Wang said before that these articles are written for the common people, so these titles will be more popular for the common people and will make them more popular. They are more interested in watching. I think this is the smartest thing about Ma Zhou. He is elegant when he should be elegant, and vulgar when he should be vulgar!"
Wang Yalun put his hands on his hands and smiled: "Assistant Mou is right, I think so too. Let's continue watching!"
Wang Yalun is the oldest person here. When he said this, it was difficult for the others to refute, so they continued reading together.
""Shocked! Shocked! The man was silent for a while, and the woman cried after watching it!"
Everyone gradually got used to the exaggerated title, so they didn't make a fuss this time. After seeing the content clearly, they were all shocked.
"Eh~? This "Datang Daily" actually collects manuscripts from everyone?"
"It's not limited to men and women, and the pay is very generous?"
"This method is very novel!"
"Dr. Wang, would you like to send your masterpiece to this interesting culture for a try?"
"Yes, Dr. Wang, your articles on classics and meanings are so well done!"
Wang Yalun was very moved when he heard this. He didn't care much about the reward from Qiqi Culture, but a scholar has a good reputation. Who doesn't want his articles to be seen by the world
"What my colleagues have said is absolutely true. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to write an article and debate this Ma Zhou!"
After that, he said goodbye to the others and left in a hurry.
… … …
Well, I had a hemorrhage. I fell asleep while writing in bed last night. I woke up at around three in the morning and quickly finished writing and posted. I’m really sorry for everyone. Fortunately, I was able to buy a leave request note, otherwise I would have lost all my attendance and would have been left with nothing to do. It seems that I have to keep my manuscripts in reserve!
Thank you for another reward from Queen Yiyi! Thank you for losing the beauty and gaining something better. It is a monthly ticket that is not waiting for me!
(End of chapter)