It can even be said that the huge bet within the human race originated from Zeng Yuan and Feng Zimo, the then Lord of Yuhai City.
At that time, Zeng Yuan was not familiar with Fang Yun and others, and Zeng Yuan attached great importance to the word "Tianxiashi" and believed that no one could talk nonsense. However, Feng Zimo was on the contrary, believing that everyone could discuss Tianxiashi, and even everyone could discuss it. May become a world master.
Later, Feng Zimo thought that Fang Yun was likely to compose sixteen war poems, but Zeng Yuan thought that he could not.
The two were in a stalemate, and Zeng Yuan became very angry and said that from that time on, every time Fang Yun wrote a poem that would be handed down from generation to generation, he would donate one-tenth of his family property to Fang Yun, but it must be used to do good deeds. When Fang Yun's poems on war reached fourteen, Zeng Yuan donated all his property, left the Zeng family, and went to Jingguo to help Fang Yun spread his literary name throughout his life.
If Fang Yun writes fifteen poems, Zeng Yuan will build a longevity tablet for Fang Yun from generation to generation. If he writes sixteen poems and becomes a master of the world, then he will join the Fang family as a servant to help Fang Yun manage the family.
Dong Wencong witnessed it with his own eyes at the banquet that year. Although Zeng Yuan and Feng Zimo had different positions, they cherished each other. In the end, Zeng Yuan and Feng Zimo actually became in-laws. Others also followed suit. Because Fang Yun indirectly caused the two to bet against each other, everyone in the world They all call Fang Yun Xiao Yuelao.
Dong Wencong had known for a long time that before Fang Yun became the number one scholar, Zeng Yuan gradually faded away from the Zeng family and began to help Fang Yun. Zeng Yuan was actually taking care of Fang Yun's Fang's library and everything related to it.
After Fang Yun came out of the Blood Mang Realm, he had written fourteen war poems handed down from generation to generation. Zeng Yuan also wanted to fulfill the contract, leave the Zeng family and move to Jing State. However, Fang Yun persuaded Zeng Yuan to give up the idea, because Fang Yuan wanted to Luck requires a management genius, not a loyal servant.
However, although Zeng Yuan was still a member of the Zeng family, he actually served Fang Yun completely. Whether it was the Fang family library or the academies established one after another, it was all planned by Fang Yun and executed by Zeng Yuan. Precisely because of Zeng Yuan, Fang Yun's plan has been going smoothly.
Dong Wencong cupped his hands and said, "I'm going to organize the Yueyang Tower Cultural Festival."
"Go." Fang Yun did not retain Dong Wencong.
Not long after, Zeng Yuan knocked on the door and came in.
"Student Zeng Yuan met Mr. Fang." Zeng Yuan bowed before meeting.
Fang Yun was quite helpless. Zeng Yuan was a middle-aged man with a slightly dark complexion. Ever since he came back from the Blood Mang Realm and left fourteen poems that have been handed down for generations, Zeng Yuan has been addressed as Mr.
"Sit down, you and I don't want to see anyone outside." Fang Yun said.
Zeng Yuan nodded and found a chair to sit down.
Fang Yun looked at Zeng Yuan carefully. His face was darker than the last time he met, and he was weather-beaten.
"Thank you for your hard work." Fang Yun praised with a smile. Before arriving in Xiangzhou, he had already sent Zeng Yuan here to help him conduct a comprehensive investigation in Xiangzhou.
Since there are a large number of Fang's libraries and academies in Xiangzhou, Zeng Yuan is not even in charge of intelligence collection. He is only in charge of intelligence compilation and analysis. After sorting out important information, he then sends a letter to Fang Yun so that Fang Yun can know more about Xiangzhou.
"They are all trivial matters, nothing compared to your big things." Zeng Yuan said seriously.
Fang Yun had become accustomed to Zeng Yuan's attitude and said, "Did you make any important discoveries when you came here in person this time?"
Zeng Yuan nodded lightly and said: "I have figured out the whereabouts of Qingjiang Trading Company. They have been suddenly active these days. If my prediction is correct, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, they will definitely mobilize a far larger scale of people to take to the streets. . However, according to the information I have received, they will not initiate it on their own initiative, but will do so only after they know something has happened to you. In this case, your status as governor of the two states will definitely be in doubt."
"If I really lose to Zhang Longxiang, I probably won't be able to continue serving as the governor of the two states. Qingjiang Trading Company is just a disease of mustard moss and is of no importance. Can you find any information about the 'big shot'?"
Zeng Yuan shook his head and said: "I tried my best to find out that they only know that there are big shots, but they don't know who the big shots are. I suspect that even Ge Yiming and even Ge Wanwan don't know the specific identities of the big shots." If so, the higher the status of the big shot, the more careful you will be.”
Fang Yun nodded lightly and said, "I will pay attention to it..."
The two began to talk about the Yueyang Tower Cultural Meeting. After a full hour, they talked about other things, such as officials in Xiangzhou, Qingguo's reaction, the intentions of other aristocratic families, etc.
In the early hours of the morning, the two talked about the "Min Bao".
Fang Yun was very aware of the advantages of "Min Bao", so he asked about the shortcomings of "Min Bao".
Zeng Yuan thought for a long time and said: "My lord, you have lived in the temple for a long time. I'm afraid you don't know that except for scholars, the reason why most people buy the Minbao, Shengdao or Wenbao related to you is not to study. , some do it because they admire you, some want to support you, some want to collect it, and some are just for fun. Therefore, the ability of these three newspapers to educate the people is very limited, and it is far inferior to those gentlemen. "
Fang Yun nodded lightly and said: "I also vaguely know this, but I haven't verified it. According to you, the people don't read the "Min Bao" seriously? I have to take this seriously. "The Min Bao" is not meant to make them Collecting is not to enhance my personal authority, but to let more people know the truth of the world, or to put it more objectively, to let them know the truth that I want them to know.”
Zeng Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "However, I found that the people are very concerned about your two letters of war. Many people can even recite a few of them casually, which is very rare. "Wenbao" or "Holy Way" " is more important than the "Min Bao", but few people will remember the above. At first, I thought it was because your war letter was well written, but after careful study, I found that your war letter was almost written in colloquial terms, and the few words were written in it. The complex traditional Chinese characters were changed to the common Chinese characters in Jingguo, making it easier to remember. "Minbao" was published in two copies. Ordinary people only remember your content and not the original text of any other article. I believe it must be the same as yours. There is a huge relationship between writing and word usage.”
Fang Yun's eyes lit up. He did it deliberately by writing in common idioms, and using common characters is a habit he has developed over the years. As long as it is not a formal official document or imperial examination paper, Fang Yun always uses common characters, not for other reasons, but to save money. time.
Like the ancient Chinese nation, the human characters in Shengyuan Continent also evolved from bronze inscriptions to the Six Kingdoms characters, and then to the small seal script created by Qin Shihuang to unify the entire human race. Since the bronze inscriptions inherited the oracle bone inscriptions, the characters were too simple, so all the way to the small seal script, it was actually one character become a complex process.
However, the transition from official script to regular script after Xiaozhuan is a process of simplification.
Before Qin Shihuang, writing was extremely complicated. The same character often had different writing and pronunciation, and each region had its own affairs. It was not until Qin Shihuang unified Shengyuan Continent that the chaos of writing was ended by Xiaozhuan, which was the traditional Chinese character of that year.
Later, the official script was officially designated as the orthodox script. Just over seventy years ago, the regular script was designated as the orthodox script of the human race by the Holy Academy because of its superiority.
However, the various characters before Xiaozhuan were not completely extinct, but continued to be used in various places, but they were not regarded as regular characters. These characters were called vulgar characters.
.(To be continued.)