Soon, the old Taoist priest and the young Taoist priest embarked on the journey back to Beijing. When they arrived in the capital, they had no other place to go, so they had to go to Xiaoyun Temple again. The Xiaoyun Temple is extraordinary now, there are many pilgrims in front of the gate, and the Taoist priests are all dressed in new clothes and smiling.
The old Taoist priest went to see Taoist Master Mao, although he knew that Taoist Master Mao was now stationed in the palace and would not return to the Taoist temple. The Taoist priest who received him knew this down-and-out senior brother of Taoist Master Mao who lived here for nothing for a long time, and was not surprised at all that the two came back shamelessly. Let them live.
After settling down in the residence, it began to rain in the capital, and it continued to rain more and more. The old Taoist was lucky first, and felt that he came back in time, otherwise he would not have been miserable on the road? Then he waited anxiously for the day when the rain stopped.
After waiting and waiting, the rain never stopped, so the old Taoist chose a day when the rain was light, and entered the capital with a broken umbrella with the young Taoist. As soon as there was someone on the opposite side, the old Taoist lowered his umbrella to cover his face. The little Taoist was drenched beside him until his shoulders were wet, and he complained to him: "Master, there are not many people on this road, so you won't be able to see a picture?"
The old Taoist also whispered: "I look familiar to everyone now! Don't be careless! If someone scolds me, I can't tell my fate accurately. Where can I put my old face? Look, there is one in front of me, bow your head quickly ..." The old Taoist lowered his umbrella. On the side of the road, Ye Zhongshu came out of the Ye family library. Mr. Ye and a few others held umbrellas, called a car, helped Ye Zhongshu into the car, and went away in the rain.
The old Taoist glanced at them, and when he could no longer see them, he whispered to the young Taoist: "I thought that the old man had no descendants, and his descendants had nothing to do. But look at that young man, he must be his son. With the face of Shangqing and an extremely personable minister, am I slapping myself in the face? I can't bear it, I can't see people, and I will never tell fortunes for others in the future!"
The little Taoist had no choice but to hold the old Taoist's arm, and the two of them walked half of the city dodgingly, asked where Qin Quan was, and found the door. The old Taoist knocked on the door and said to the middle-aged man inside, "I have a letter from Mr. Shi to officials of Qin..."
The people in the door were overjoyed, "Senior brother has a letter? That's great!"
Qin Quan let the old Taoist into the living room, and the old Taoist gave him Shi Langzhong's letter. Qin Quan read it and said to the old Taoist: "Brother wrote to me in the past and told me that he would stay in Yan's Academy. I thought he would come back when he wrote. I will stay there! He doesn’t care about me anymore! I’m his younger brother!” The old Taoist said, “Mr. Shi is a good man, so he won’t ignore you.” Now, do you still need your brother to support you? But when he thought about it, he was relying on his younger brother to support him, so he hurriedly said: "When you leave the same school, you will help each other for the rest of your life. Do you need money?"
Qin Quan sighed: "I don't want money or anything. I can't see a doctor if my brother is not here! With him here, I was wrong. The patient can still be saved..."
The old Taoist stared intently at Qin Quan's face, then twisted his beard and said, "Officials should stop treating people, and just sell medicine."
Qin Quan was a little disappointed: "My brother also said the same..."
The old Taoist wanted to know the whereabouts of the man who defied the sky, so he changed the subject and said, "When I was in the academy, I heard that the elder sister of Master Shi's apprentice Su Xiaogong was considered the adopted daughter of Mrs. Zhenbei Hou. It's really good luck. "
Qin Quan nodded: "Yes, yes, she turned out to be..." Qin Quan stopped talking when he thought that he should not talk about other people's shortcomings.
The old Taoist kicked the young Taoist, and the young Taoist seemed ignorant and said, "So she is a refugee?"
Qin Quan hurriedly shook his head and said, "No! She was originally the maidservant of the Second Miss Shen from Zhenbeihou's family. I heard that the two are like sisters, so they are considered the adopted daughter of Mrs. Zhenbeihou."
The old Taoist made a final decision: I finally found it!
The old Taoist smiled sincerely and nodded: "This can be a good story."
"That's right." Qin Quan agreed. The old Taoist said something about Qin Quan's dark eyes and good luck in the future, so he said goodbye to the little Taoist.
The little Taoist asked the old Taoist in a low voice: "Master, why are you telling people's fortunes again?"
The old Taoist sighed: "Old habits are hard to change! He is very good to us, I just want to make him happy, and I won't forget it in the future, I really won't."
On the way back to Xiaoyun Temple, the old Taoist and the young Taoist detoured through Zhenbeihou Mansion, but he saw nothing through the high wall. But it doesn't matter, he just knows that the person he is looking for is inside.
The Second Miss Shen he was looking for had just read "Passersby Talking about Ancient Times". This book was secretly given to her by Shen Zhuo, saying that the manuscript that Young Master Ye got from the Fourth Prince was probably a writer found by the Jiang family, with very springy style of writing and many chapters alluding to the prince.
After Shen Wen read it, he knew that this was not done by any writer at all, it was written by the fourth prince, because those views and angles are the reflections of Chinese intellectuals in later generations against the backdrop of Western civilization. The fourth prince was obviously influenced by her on his way north, accepted her arguments, and applied them to his evaluation of Chinese history.
She was a little disturbed: this book revealed the deep mind of the Fourth Prince. She had known that people said that the skill of the game is related to mind and intelligence. The fourth prince defeated both the Shen family brothers and the Zhang family brothers when playing chess. Wu Zheng, Shen Wen always thought that he was just an enthusiastic amateur Go player, and he was just a little bit higher than Bao Guanren.
Now it seems that the fourth prince understands by analogy, draws inferences from one instance, has deep thinking, and judges things quickly and accurately. Thinking of the journey north, no matter how difficult and steep it was, the fourth prince, a person who was pampered since childhood, never said a word of complaint or retreat, Shen Wen had to admire his forbearance. Such a person is a prince, Shen Wen felt uneasy...
Su Wanniang's instigating voice came from the yard, and Shen Wen was relieved again: the fourth prince must be sincere to Su Wanniang, and in the future he and Su Wanniang will go to the island with him. Isn't that kind of life better than being locked up in the imperial city? Freedom is one of the most basic human survival requirements, as important as air and water. Imprisonment is regarded as punishment for crimes all over the world. Once the fourth prince has experienced freedom, he really does not want to be emperor...
Shen Wen hid the book well, and was no longer overwhelmed by the fourth prince.
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In the distant border city of Yancheng, the weather is finally warm enough to break ground. Ji Wenzhao had already compiled a team of veterans and various craftsmen in the winter, and at the same time, started construction in various parts of the city. The various construction sites cannot collude with each other, and each detachment is completely isolated from other personnel during construction. Only Ji Wenzhao, Shen Jian, and his secretary, Uncle Yan, were able to visit the entire construction site to supervise the inspection and acceptance. No one else had this privilege. Anyone who violated the rules was immediately arrested and imprisoned for three years.
For a while, dust was flying everywhere in Yancheng, and the roads were full of people carrying stone and wood. It was dazzling and dizzying. In fact, some places are just to expand the roads, so that it will be easier to deploy troops in the city in the future. The construction at this time is to cover the real lost city inside the north gate.
Zhenbeihou is the leader of the army, so he was not interested in this civil construction. He is very worried about the famine in Beirong these years. People will come to fight a war just to survive, so he has no objection to strengthening the city defense. He just didn't expect that the third runner-up division would make such a large scale. Shen Jian told him privately that some constructions were done to confuse eyeliners and keep the enemy from knowing the details. Marquis of Zhenbei let Shen Jian take care of this matter, and it was enough for Shen Jian to introduce the construction process of the fortification to him every day.
Many of the residents of Yancheng are of the blood of veterans of the Shen family army. They have a kind of innate respect for military actions. Apart from expressing some minor grievances about the inconvenience of travel, there is no major dissatisfaction.
When the envoys from the court to the north passed through Yancheng, they were dizzy by the chaos in the city. People came and went, and they only stayed for a few days before heading north. There were more than a dozen travelers who came with them, but they did not go with them. They found a place to live in Yancheng in the name of visiting relatives and friends or making a living. In the chaos, they thought they were doing it without anyone noticing, but their names and appearances were reported to the Chinese army by the village chiefs who were originally soldiers of the Shen family army from the moment they settled down. Shen Jian hurriedly arranged for people to monitor these people around the clock with a ratio of six to one. Every move was recorded and reported at any time.
Yan Shi is really glad that he has come to the border, manpower is really needed here! Senior Brother Ji is so busy that he only sleeps for two hours a day. She also wanted to run outside, but Shen Jian didn't like her going out in public, so he entrusted all the writing and statistics work to her. She is extremely sensitive to numbers, and can accurately calculate and register the various materials needed for mobilization, and then send people to distribute them. Even so, it is impossible to keep up with the progress, and there are often situations where work is stopped due to insufficient building materials or shortage of craftsmen. Yan knows that Ji Wenzhao hopes to lay the foundation before the rainy season, and then build the wall before the winter, and in the next year, he will build and install various organs to clean up the city defense...
This is a lot of work, and it really needs many people. The Yan family discussed with Ji Wenzhao to find a reliable person, and Ji Wenzhao wrote to his teacher Yan Jing, saying that he wanted some fellow students who were good at numeracy to come to the border to help. But there is life-threatening in this, after all, the war is coming, he hoped that the teacher can consider it carefully and choose the personnel properly.
Yan Shi didn't dare to write a letter to old master Yan Jing, but she wrote a letter to her father, Yan Erguan, telling her parents that she was fine, and at the same time asked her father to help her grandfather arrange students to come to the border. Yan Erguan has assisted Yan Jing in managing the academy for many years. He can be regarded as an academic affairs manager and knows the background of the students better than Yan Jing.
Yan Shi discussed with Shen Jian again, if there are students coming to the border, they must be escorted. The most suitable thing is to send people from the wine cellar to Yan's Academy to pick up those people. So Shen Jian asked Zhang Ding to deliver a letter to Marquis Pingyuan, and coordinated the transfer of sergeants from Fifty Wine Cellars to send Yan Sanguan and his wife back to Yanjing Academy to visit relatives and ancestors in the New Year. After the New Year, he brought Yan Sanguan and his wife back The wine cellar, by the way, bring the students who are coming to the border and send them to the border.
Yan Jing has been very busy recently. The changes in political affairs are too rapid, if it is not for fear of attracting attention and suspicion, Yan Jing really wants to move back to the capital, so that the prince's guards can besiege Miss Shen and Mrs. Messages like female gifts.
Like Ye Zhongshu, he also realizes that the fight for reserve will be more brutal in the future, so when he received Ji Wenzhao's letter, he would naturally express his support. He was thinking about what kind of students to choose, when he saw his second son Yan Erguan came to him with a stack of student rosters, saying that he wanted to talk to his father about the allocation of teachers and students.
Yan Jing has three sons, the eldest is a pedant, who devotes himself to the classics every day, looking for chapters and excerpts, and visually predicts that he will become a great Confucian of the generation, which is his greatest pride. The second son is not so successful. He has helped him manage the college these years, which can be regarded as inheriting the shadow of his ancestors. The third son disappointed him even more, he became the son-in-law of a wine merchant and was away all year round. Yan Jing equated him with a drunkard in his mind.
Seeing that the second official Yan happened to have a student roster in his hand, and thinking about how much the second official Yan knew about the students, Yan Jing decided to tell the second official Yan about it.
"Xiu Ming and the others need help at the border. It's best to find someone who knows how to spell."
After receiving Yan's letter, the second official Yan held the roster and wandered around under his father's nose, and he really waited for his father's words.
The second official Yan asked attentively: "Father, what kind of family background do you want? Shouldn't you look for someone with an official background? So as not to reveal the movement of the border; and you shouldn't look for someone who is old. Thinking of fame and fortune, will you not concentrate on business and only think about official career... "
Yan Jing was surprised by Yan Erguan's rigorous thinking, and nodded to Yan Erguan: "If you are thoughtful, then find the children in the academy who are fifteen or sixteen years old and born in common people, but you have to make it clear to them that this is For border affairs, the college bears the travel expenses, and Shen Jiajun takes care of them there, but it is a frontier after all, and the climate is cold, so there may be... "
Yan Jing stopped, seeing the second official Yan staring at him, hesitated for a while, and whispered: "There is a war..."
The second official Yan opened his eyes wide-did Yan say he was going to war? ! She only said that she didn't want to be a widow, so she went to be with her husband! If he knew there was going to be a war, he would definitely not let her go!
Seeing the astonishment of Yan Erguan, Yan Jing thought he didn't believe him, so he nodded heavily and said: "There will definitely be a big war, it should be in the past two years. So these children who are going, you must know that there is danger, and you have to challenge them." If you are in good health, it is best not to be the only child in the family... But don't say this clearly, don't spread the word."
The second official Yan was in a turmoil, so he could only nod his head repeatedly: "Okay, okay, let me choose carefully and show Dad a list."
Yan Jing agreed, and the second official Yan resigned in a panic. Yan Jing only thought that his son was frightened when he heard that he would fight, and he didn't think it was strange.
The second official Yan returned home and was in a daze in front of the desk. Mrs. Yan Er came to him, looked at him and asked, "Oh, what's wrong with you? Your face is sallow, are you feeling unwell?"
The Second Officer Yan has been talking about everything to Mrs. Yan, saying: "My father said... don't tell others..." He hesitated, ready to think clearly before speaking...
Mrs. Yan Er urged: "What are you going to say? Let me tell you, I can't let our girl go, and I just want to discuss with you. Let's go to the border to see her? She's there alone, there's nothing wrong with her." I have someone to take care of me, what should I do if I am sick or something?" Second Mrs. Yan burst into tears.
Yan Erguan was in a trance: "There is going to be a war over there..."
Mrs. Yan Er exclaimed, and the second official Yan hurriedly booed her, and Mrs. Yan Er hurriedly said: "How can that be?! You have to call her back!"
Yan Erguan seemed to have made up his mind: "Father asked me to find someone to join the military border. When the time comes, I will take the children there, just in time to persuade her to come back."
Second Madam Yan repeatedly agreed: "Okay, okay! I'll go with you too!"
Yan Erguan hurriedly shook his head: "No way! You are a woman, you have to take good care of your house!"
Mrs. Yan Er didn't dare to make a loud noise, so she lowered her voice and said to Yan Erguan, "What are you talking about?! What is your son doing now? Where is my daughter now? Who is more like a man?!"
The second official Yan refused to accept: "Why don't you say it's my daughter and your son?"
Mrs. Yan was angry: "You are messing around! Is this what I mean?"
Yan Erguan looked up to the sky and sighed: "Who is messing around? Only women and villains are difficult..."
Second Madam Yan interrupted: "Why is it so difficult?! If you don't take me with you, I will die for you! You see, the third brother and the third younger siblings are always outside, and the couple have traveled so many places! I am so envious! I I've been guarding the academy with you since I passed the gate, and I have to go out for a walk! Don't even think about going out to play by yourself!... "
Yan Erguan then shook his head: "My father will definitely not agree!"
Second Madam Yan snorted: "When my daughter went, her father didn't agree! Can this stop her?"
Yan Erguan hugged his head: "You go out first, I have a headache! I have to help dad find someone!"
Second Madam Yan said confidently, "That's it! If you change your mind, I'll be in a hurry with you!" She turned around and left.
Yan Erguan said to her back: "What is settled?! What is decided? Nothing is settled!" Mrs. Yan Er ignored him at all and went out. Yan Erguan lamented to Kong: "The mind is barren and wanders suddenly, and the heart is sad and sad. The spirit is sudden but not reversed, the body is withered and left alone..."
This is a sentence in Qu Yuan's "Long Journey". Yan Jing always said that Yan Erguan was dead reading and had no aura at all, but now Yan Erguan feels that it is very interesting to recite it like this, and he also wants to write something...
It's a pity that the inspiration passed by suddenly, and the second official Yan didn't catch it, so he could only open the roster dejectedly, and began to select students who were good at arithmetic and mathematics. It turned out that although there were nearly a thousand students in Yan's Academy, the scholars who were good at arithmetic and mathematics were listed in the register. There are no more than twenty or thirty people.
Confucius advocated Zhouli and six arts, because he believed that the Spring and Autumn Rites and righteousness collapsed, so he vigorously advocated Zhouli. Zhouli Six Arts is an education provided for noble children, which is divided into six subjects: ritual, music, archery, royal, calligraphy, and mathematics. Among them, rituals are divided into five rituals: Ji, Ji, Bin, Jun, and Jia; music is divided into six musics: Yunmen, Daxian, Dashao, Daxia, Dahuo, and Dawu; shooting is divided into five shots: Baiya, Shenlian, and Shan. Zhu, Xiangchi, Jingyi; there are five royals: Minghe Luan, Zhushuiqu, Guojunbiao, Wujiaoqu, and Qinzuo. There are six books in the book: pictographic, referring to things, knowing, phonetic, Zhuanzhu, and borrowing ; There are nine numbers. Anyway, it means the all-round development of morality, intelligence and physique. Confucius himself received a comprehensive and good education, and it is said that he was tall and strong, otherwise he would not have survived a series of displacements. In the war-torn environment where the average age was only about 10 years old, he lived to be more than 70 years old.
Numeracy is at the bottom of the six arts, and the textbook used by Yan's Academy is "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" contains a total of 246 mathematical problems. In addition to addition, subtraction and multiplication, there is also a square root or negative number, which has the prototype of the real number system.
Because this "number" is not difficult, everyone can pass it casually, and few people go further to study arithmetic. For the imperial examination, students all go to learn more difficult classics of literature and history. Now, if we want to find people who are proficient in arithmetic, we need to see whether they have studied books other than "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and whether they have the ability to learn.
Yan Erguan spent some time visiting the parents of these students. These children are all from middle-class families and have the motivation to make contributions. When they heard that it was Old Master Yan who asked Yan Erguan to inquire, most of them said they would go—Who is Yan Jing? The former Yan Xiang! These children usually don't even see Yan Jing's face. If they take this opportunity to show their faces now, and he reminds them in the future, they may be able to become officials! Isn't this the purpose of these commoner families to send their children to Yan Jing Academy? Become a bureaucrat, no longer a commoner or a businessman. …
As for the danger, parents feel that wealth and wealth are in danger, while teenagers who are in adolescence feel that they are far away from death, thinking that everyone else is dead, and they can't die either. So almost everyone Yan Erguan asked was willing to go to the border. There were other students who heard the rumors and also called to join the army, and they were very crazy. Yan Erguan repeatedly cut and cut, and finally settled on fifty people.
Yan Jing read their backgrounds one by one, ruled out all kinds of concerns, and asked them to swear to Confucius in the academy, promising not to betray the country and the army. As a result, it was more than half a year before the end of the year, and the problem of candidates was resolved. The rest of the time is to let the master who teaches mathematics give them more classes, and wait for the third official Yan and his wife to come back to celebrate the New Year, and then the second official Yan will lead them to the border.
Yan Erguan managed to convince his father that, as the manager of Yan's Academy, he should follow these children. Naturally, he didn't dare to tell his father that his wife was also arguing to go, let alone that his rebellious daughter had died. It's closed at the border. With a mind of muddling along, he didn't dissuade his wife, nor tell the truth to his father, so he prepared to lie to the world and leave when the time came. Because he thought that going to the border was to persuade his daughter who had always been disobedient, and if Mrs. Yan's mouth was more open, the chances of winning might be increased.
In May, the rainy season in the south came on the scene with torrential rain. In just a few days, the rivers swelled sharply, and then dikes and dams were broken everywhere, and dangers were frequent. After a while, the areas along the Yangtze River also entered the rainy season, and there were also continuous torrential rains. When the Yellow River region entered the rainy season, it was pouring rain again! Although it doesn’t rain every day, it’s more rainy and less sunny. The Yellow River has nine twists and turns. suffering.
The prince looked at the disaster memorial a few feet high and felt agitated. He now understands why the emperor let him take charge: it's not a good thing! It's all bad, and it's bad that can't be solved! What can the court do if you write a letter asking for help like this? Give you money? Give you food? To mobilize manpower for you? Can't do the same! Then what are you trying to do
Based on the principle of not making his enemies feel better when he is sad, the prince made a decree in the name of the emperor: Let Miss Shen Er, who was praying for the people and eliminating the drought, enter the temple again to pray for blessings—didn’t you say that your prayers touched her? God? Then go again! The prince felt that since Second Miss Shen was a smart person, if he transferred her out of the mansion, maybe her marriage could be settled while she was away, and she couldn't intervene. Moreover, if you want to attack her, you can try again outside. It is impossible to kill her, at least it can make her fearful.
There is another thing that made the prince happy for a moment: a memorial sent from a small seaside town, after several layers of review, was finally handed over to the imperial city because of its serious criticism: a county magistrate surnamed Luo, referring to Zhenbei Hou Heping The Yuanhou two colluded!
This is so precious! First-hand source material. The crown prince didn't dare to waste such precious evidence, so he withheld this memorial. He no longer dared to destroy a large number of memorials, but if there were less than one or two copies of the memorials for the third prince to review, it could be presumed to be lost. He wants to save this memorial for use when it is most needed, instead of presenting it to the emperor alone now. Bei Rong has not yet been activated, and no one can shake Zhenbeihou.
The prince remembered that he had suggested water conservancy projects the year before, look! Isn't that right? ! But he also knew that what he said at that time was to compete with the strengthening of the third prince's military strength. If he really wanted to repair it, he would also have no money or food. But this does not prevent the prince from grasping this point, making a big fuss, trying to exaggerate how he had foreseen it at the beginning, and trying to compare the previous three princes' words of storing grain and preparing for shortages. There were many civil servants on the side of the prince, and for a while, compliments such as praising the prince for his foresight flooded the government and the public.
Mr. Ye asked someone to bring some dividends from the printing of "Passerby Tangu" several times to the fourth prince, and asked him to pass it on to "Passerby". The person who was instructed by Mr. Ye to deliver the letter talked to the fourth prince about all the compliments the capital has made to the prince's water conservancy words last year, among which there are many contemptuous words that belittle the third prince's theory of strengthening the army. Soon after, Young Master Ye received several articles signed by "Passerby". Or use allusions to satirize current affairs. Although the words are peaceful, but the point of view is sharp. It talks about the precedents of water control in the past. It talks about many failures in terms of the manpower and material resources needed to build water conservancy, the clarity of the official system, and the time limit required. Under such circumstances, rashly building water conservancy projects will inevitably overwork the people and cause chaos. With a change of brushwork, it also talked about the precedent of successfully storing grain to prepare for shortage and resisting barbarians. During the evaluation, it seems to be saying that letting the barbarians do nothing to resist and build water conservancy is simply giving people a handle...
Anyway, at the end of the story, people can see that compared with the grain storage theory of the third prince, someone's words of "promoting water conservancy" seem to be just ignorant thoughts that are taken for granted and don't understand God at all. Due to the constraints of time, place and manpower, and ignoring the threat of foreign powers, if you really listened to it, you would suffer endless disasters, but fortunately you didn't listen.
These few articles were immediately used by the Qingliu to fight back against the prince. For a while, the tone of the government and the public changed again. The prince's praises seemed so shallow. The prince finally found a case that could boast that he had the ability to foresee, and was quickly obliterated. He had to say nothing, and was vilified into an idiot-like raving.
The prince's aides quickly began to criticize, but unfortunately they could not match the weight of the words written by "passers-by".
The prince frowned and read the article written by a "passer-by" sent by his staff, and said while reading: "Traitor! Villain!..." After reading and cursing, he was still angry and tore a few pieces of paper into pieces with his hands. , and threw it to the ground. The prince was so angry that he pointed to the ground with his hands shaking: "Find this person and kill him!"
The staff members also nodded and said: "This person is like a special literati on the side of the third prince. It is indeed hateful! It is a pity that this person is very secretive and never shows up. The manuscripts printed by the bookstore are all sent by Mr. Ye. He What he writes is all historical facts, and he never speaks clearly about current affairs, so it is impossible to catch him."
The prince asked: "Did it be written by Mr. Ye?"
The aide shook his head: "Certainly not, Mr. Ye has never written any articles in the past, let alone such a good policy."
The prince frowned and pondered: "Could it be Ye Zhongshu?"
The aide shook his head again: "It shouldn't be, the point of view in this strategy is very novel. It is said that this time Ye Zhongshu sent the manuscript for printing because Mr. Ye didn't let him read it, and even chased him to the library to see the draft."
The prince asked again: "Who is printing?"
The staff replied: "At first it was the Ye family's library, and later, the libraries of Mr. Jian's disciples also helped to print in terms of fellowship."
The prince gritted his teeth: "Go, have these libraries burned down! Let's see who dares to print!"
The staff were a little worried: it rains every day, how to burn it? It seems that His Majesty's brain is a bit misplaced. After waiting for a while, he said: "It's raining day and night now, it may be difficult to burn it, but it's okay to send someone to smash it."
The prince thought about it, nodded and said, "Send someone to smash it up, find out the books and burn them!"
Although the crown prince was firm, the weather was not beautiful. It rained heavily for several days in a row. People couldn't open their eyes in the rain. It was inconvenient to go back and forth even by car. Those who were going to smash had to wait and wait, and when the rain finally stopped, they all crowded into a carriage to start.
The sun finally came out one day, and after the continuous heavy rain, the streets were full of mud, and every family was busy drying clothes and bills in the yard by the street, and the city was full of people. The few people who wanted to smash the Ye family library just got out of the car with sticks, and they attracted a lot of attention from around. Many people gathered around, watching these people almost curiously when they arrived in front of the Ye Family Library. Seeing one of them kicking the door, someone shouted: "They want to rob the Ye Family Library!"
The common people have a kind of respect for scholars, and they also love their houses and their houses, and they have a heart of love for libraries and bookstores. It would be fine if you smashed a teahouse butcher shop, maybe the business has a grudge or something, but it would be wrong to smash a library!
People who had been stuck at home by the rain for several days now looked for a chance to go out, and when they heard the shouts, they flocked to them: "Who is smashing?" "Hey?! Why are you smashing other people's libraries! Hey! Stop!" "Everyone, come and help! These people want to burn books!"...
Hundreds of nosy street people shot together, and the person who came to smash the library was arrested. When Young Master Ye from the Third Prince's Mansion got the letter and hurried over with people, those who came to carry out criminal activities were already tied up and put in a pile in front of the library, bearing everyone's lesson: "Why don't you learn well?" What?! Why do you do bad things if you can't do it?!" "Libraries can also be smashed? This is a place for scholars, so don't mess around if you don't have knowledge!"…
Young Master Ye immediately knew that this matter was not easy, and asked sternly, "Who told you to come?!"
The people next to him sighed, "Look at them! One sentence makes a difference!" "That's right! Who told you to come?!"
Those who were tied up naturally kept quiet, and Mr. Ye had no choice but to send them to the official.
By evening, he knew that several other libraries in the city had also been robbed, and most of them were stopped by the people next to them. Only the books printed by one were robbed and set on fire. The people around became even more anxious when they saw the fire. After putting out the fire, they beat those people severely to death.
Mr. Ye knew that these libraries helped him to print the article written by that passer-by. It seems that the prince came to take revenge. Mr. Ye is naturally not easy to bully. He has been keeping an eye on the civil servants for the third prince for the past few years. He immediately asked people to write a list in capital letters of the names and authors of the books and brochures recently printed by several libraries, and when those who smashed were brought up for interrogation, they were held up in front of the yamen. The people who came to the auditorium could understand at a glance: the first words in the titles of these books were all written by "passers-by". It seems that some people don't like the words written by this person! People who haven't read the "Passerby" article before, should go and read it at this time! After reading it, I will naturally understand the cause and effect: This man borrows the past to satirize the present, and it seems that he is pointing directly at the prince. The prince was also unambiguous, and sat down in front of the description, saying that he couldn't help others, so he came to smash the library.
Therefore, no matter how much those arrested people denied being instigated by someone, they only said that they wanted to extort some money, whether the government would pursue it, or whether they could give those libraries a justice, it was irrelevant. Everyone had a mind: To use such an indecent means to take revenge on a literati! It's so immoral!
Ye Zhongshu is an important figure in Qingliu, the capital, and his master Jian, the old master, has produced many scholars. Attacking Yejia Bookstore was like curbing Qingliu. The literati immediately thought of such things as burning books to bury Confucianism, convicting scholars with words, and prospering literary inquisition. Blood and rain will not make people feel better.
After such a toss, it was nothing but a hype, and the popularity of passers-by's literature became more popular, and the demand for his writing suddenly increased, and his "Talking about Ancient" essays became a must-read for scholars of letters. Not only the original libraries printed his words, but other libraries in the capital also printed his works. Some people were afraid of being retaliated by the prince, so they secretly printed, because they really wanted to make some money.
Mr. Ye wrote a letter about these things, and asked someone to bring it to the fourth prince, and asked him to convey his thanks and admiration to the "passers-by", telling him that he had the support of the literati in the capital, and that he would let people go abroad. Distribute his work and he will gain wider fame!
The fourth prince was somewhat proud of himself, but how dare he show the slightest bit? Busily pretending to write a reply letter to Mr. Ye, saying thank you Mr. Ye for his appreciation, I will make persistent efforts to write more good words, with a positive attitude and a humble tone, especially the younger generation.
After sending the letter away, the fourth prince smiled and said to Ding Neishi: "My son, I am a famous person now! In the future, I should be able to support my family by selling literature. Do you think I am very capable?"
Ding Neishi said respectfully: "Your Highness has always been smart, so of course he is capable."
The fourth prince waved his hand: "You always have a good-mouthed tone, why did you forget to tell you that you are a son? What about your highness, I was just about to forget who I am, and now I am waiting for someday to go to an island I am happy to be a casual person and live freely."
Ding Neishi nodded again, thinking to himself, if that's the case, wouldn't Rose be able to come and play casually
Mr. Ye told the third prince about the library, and the third prince smiled and said, "Is he so self-respecting now?"
Mr. Ye said: "That passer-by's article is indeed sharp and clear, making it difficult to argue. Don't you read it?" Learn from others' words and sentences, and add some literary talent to yourself.
The third prince hurriedly waved his hands: "Forget it! It's good if you say yes. Now I feel dizzy when I see the words! If it's a military work, it's okay, but if you talk to the prince, you can avoid it."
Therefore, the third prince didn't even read a passer-by's article, so naturally he didn't have a chance to recognize the writing style that he should feel somewhat familiar with.
After reading those articles, Mrs. Jian once suspected that the third prince wrote them. Of course, Ye Zhongshu categorically rejected them based on Mr. Ye's feedback. Old Master Jian never thought that these were made by another royal student of his own, which shows that the fourth prince is concealed.
Zhenbei Hou's Mansion received the imperial palace's order to let Second Miss Shen go to pray for the people, and the whole mansion was in a hurry. Mrs. Yang ordered Mrs. Liu to prepare clothes for Shen Wen to go to the temple, etc. Shen Zhuo knew that this was the prince's trick, fearing that Shen Wen would be attacked, so he naturally picked the most powerful guards and sent Shen Wen, who was "obliged to pray for blessings", to go. temple.