The famous eight-gu teaching supplementary book of the Ming Dynasty was repeatedly investigated and banned by the imperial court, and the origin of the imperial examination questions was opened. To the title of the book, what an honor this is!
[The day when I become Cui Houxiong is not far away.]
Cui Xie quietly held out his chest and planned to ask Master Liu to help save a copy of Shuntianfu's ink print after the rural exam in August.
Shopkeeper Ji looked at him eagerly, and saw that he had read the article from the beginning before he dared to speak: "Master, I think you have entered the eyes of Lord Shang Shu, and you will be able to ascend to the sky in one step! We are not as poor as we used to be. , you can always spend several thousand taels of silver, even if you fail the exam, let's donate a supervisor, and then donate a middle school ren, and there is Lord Shang Shu in the court to take care of you, can't you be an official?"
Cui Yuanqiang suppressed his excitement and said, "Young master, you have become a prodigy, and you have been praised by Lord Shang Shu, so can the master let you go home?"
Cui Xie unfolded the "Persuasion to Study", pointed to the previous section of the martial arts outline and said to the shopkeeper Ji: "You see what Zhang Shangshu means, that is to set a poor and steadfast scholar example for the martial arts disciples, I have to Only when I study and go to school can I deserve recognition from others. If he just described me as a poor and studious schoolboy, and I turned around to buy an official, what would those students think of me? Wouldn’t this be against the Lord Shang Shu? mean?"
Glancing at Cui Yuan again, he said bluntly, "This is also the result of me going back to be the son of the middle-of-the-road. We adults will never let me go back."
Cui Yuan sighed reluctantly: "Young master is the son of the middle-aged man, how could it be inappropriate to write an article for him? No matter how noble the minister is, he has to be reasonable. Besides, the master has always been a gentleman, not someone who flatters Shangguan. …”
Cui Xie shook his head slightly and said with a faint smile: "Let's talk about this later. I'm already famous now, and next year's new year exam has another layer of protection, so it's time to celebrate. Uncle Yuan, go and ask Sister Huang to stew the ham. Let's celebrate by ourselves in the evening, and don't make too much noise, so as not to be said that we are not solemn."
Cui Yuan also knew that Cui Xie was now Empress Chen, who lived elsewhere in Nagato. He couldn't wait for Han Wu to come back, and it was luck to get Sima Xiangru Yi Fu. He put away that delusion, and asked Mrs. Huang to prepare some more good dishes. He went to Fengshun Building to order food and drink, and asked people from the bookstore to eat and drink in the evening.
When the shopkeeper Ji saw that he was gone, and the young master was not an official, he was also a little disappointed, so he got up and said goodbye. But Cui Xie raised his hand to hold him down and said, "Take care of the shopkeeper and walk slowly, I also want to ask a few more questions about the "Four Books of Dialogues"."
Cui Xie didn't want to go to Beijing at all, and he didn't want to see Cui Langzhong and his wife again. In contrast, he was more concerned about how the book was sold in the capital, and how it got into the eyes of the Minister of War—
This "Four Books with Sentences" was printed and put on the booth and no one cared about it. Why did it suddenly have a big customer to wrap it up, and it was so coincidental that the Minister of War saw it? And why did Zhang Shangshu suddenly become interested in a pair of sentences in a collection of elementary school students
Could it be that Cui Langzhong's conscience found out that he asked someone to round up the schoolbag that could not be sold on his stall, and even recommended him as a prodigy son to Zhang Shangshu
Even if Cui Langzhong really lost his mind to do such a thing, the official second-rank minister of the Ministry of War can't surrender his identity to cooperate!
But to say it was a coincidence would be an insult to the detective novels and TV movies he'd read over the years. It must be someone who has identity and power in Beijing, who can make friends with the Ministry of War, who is kind and gentle, and who is willing to draw him, a weak and lonely boy...
In his extremely simple web of relationships, each of these requests almost points directly to the same person.
Cui Xie lowered his eyes and pondered, tapped his fingertips on the pages of the book, and asked the shopkeeper Ji, "Do you remember what the merchants who bought this book stand were like?"
The shopkeeper Ji said without hesitation: "Remember! He is a very lavish rich man, wearing a red silk leather robe, and also brought a few murderous servants like military men. The style is really amazing, and it is not us at first glance. People from small places! Not only did the staff tell them to turn around, but the customers in the store were too crowded to come forward."
Cui Xie asked, "Then you can still clearly remember his facial features? Isn't he particularly handsome, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, like a scholar?"
Some are right and some are not. He was a tall, thin, tall and thin rich man. He was also handsome, but his eyebrows were thick and messy, his cheekbones were raised, and his cheeks were slightly concave. Even when he smiled, he had a bit of a warrior's arrogance, not like a scholar. .
Cui Xie didn't feel disappointed either, and planned to draw people first, so that he would not meet his benefactor in the future. He went to the room to get a homemade charcoal pen and powder paper, and asked the shopkeeper Ji carefully what eyebrows, eye shape, lip shape, face bone, expression... After several revisions, the paper became clear. It showed a profile that he felt familiar to him.
It was Xie Shan who often came to deliver things to his family.
He threw the unfinished picture into the charcoal pot and burned it, only remembering the feelings of the owner behind him, smiled and said: "Okay, I know what's going on, you don't have to worry about it. You first Go to the backyard and take the printed pictures of 'Lu Bu Playing Diaochan' to the store for readers to see. If everyone can accept the figure of the generals in it, I will start painting Taoyuan Sanjieyi and Zhang Fei's furious whip to supervise the post. ."
The shopkeeper Ji looked at him in confusion, wanting to ask but not daring to ask.
Cui Xie could see that he was curious, but he didn't want to tell him, he just smiled lightly and said, "People don't expect to repay their kindness, can I give him a little money as a repayment for his help? I'll just remember it first. This kind of love will be successful in the future, and I will talk about it when I am qualified to stand with others."
The shopkeeper Ji was confused when he heard it. He shook his head and went to the backyard to get a coloring book. He went to the store to choose one and posted it on the counter, so that everyone who bought the book could see it. The rest of the dozen or so are kept in the cabinet as a supplement to the book purchase, and big customers who buy enough taels will give one free.
He also asked the workers to rush to print a few copies of the "Four Books of Dialogues", which were still sold at the stalls. He also used red paper for good ink, and copied Zhang Shangshu's "Encouraging Learning" by himself as a poster. When a life member came to buy "Jinghua Daily Copy", the staff at the stall took the initiative to tell them that their store was selling the "Four Books of Contradictions" written by "Cui Mou, a schoolboy in Qian'an" as Zhang Shangshu said, and asked the customer what they wanted. Don't buy a set too.
There are ministers of the Ministry of War highly recommended, "Jinghua Daily Copy" is an excellent advertising space, and even the "Four Books and Sentences" that no one cares about has sold fifty or sixty copies. Later, some merchants from Beijing came to ask about the book, and even asked someone to inquire about Cui Xie's residence, and wanted to invite him to write another prodigy book - or he didn't need to write it. All he needs to do is name it.
Boss Cui firmly refused.
Just to find the gunman as a teacher, he also has a bookstore to do it himself, how can he let others do it under his name
He became famous so quickly, and several students who were planning to help him make his name after entering the Beijing autumn exam were a little surprised. They pulled away from the window class and followed people to congratulate him. I was relieved to see that he was still the gentle elementary school student he used to be, and he didn't lift his tail to the sky just because he received the Shangshu award.
Cui Xie didn't talk to them about the Beijing-ri, but only gave these talented people a set of "Three Kingdoms", which was covered with different colored pens and copied the comments made by their eyebrows, and asked them to choose and revise by themselves. Make the text in the comments more refined, and the conflict between different comments is more intense.
In the heart of a thousand people, there are one thousand and one Three Kingdoms. Not only the Romance, but also the Three Kingdoms, the characters in the book are very different in the hearts of different people. Seeing that other people's comments were inconsistent with what they thought, these few scholars couldn't help but defend their favorite counsellors and heroes. Or if you have the same opinion, you should praise the exquisite writing and grand scenes in the book in unison. Until the other party's words are unsatisfactory, and then continue to argue...
After going back and forth like this, it was too noisy. Several people came here for Zhang Shangshu and the "Four Books of Dialogues". After they arrived, they hurriedly made comments for a day. When they were about to leave, they thought about it again and asked him: "The Minister of War is in the "Encouraging Learning" chapter. "Mentioned you, what's going on?"
Cui Xie smiled lightly: "That's the arrangement of the adults, how can I know that as a primary school student. I don't really think about it. What matters now is that our "Six Talents Criticize This Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is printed and sold one volume at a time. Is it good, or are they all carved and sold as a set?"
Of course, print a copy and sell it! Those of them who have read the book and its comments, wish they could get the book right away, and then fight with those with different opinions for a few days!
Seeing the appearance of several talented people eager to hold the book, Cui Xie had a bottom line in his heart. He called the shopkeeper Ji and told him that he planned to make a booklet and print a booklet first, and then publish a hardcover version with a letter cover after the serialization was completed.
The shopkeeper Ji widened his eyes in surprise, lifted his beard to show him the blisters on his mouth, and said with a pouting voice, "The guests all call you that picture hook, and you force us to sell books every day, and I'll be fast with a few guys. I don’t dare to open the door. If I can quickly print the book, even if it’s not that one, I have an explanation to the guests!”
Since the customers didn't care about Lu Bu's belly, Cui Xie let go of his hands and feet and started drawing illustrations with images of the old and new Three Kingdoms and various handsome generals in the entertainment industry.
Each volume of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has only five chapters. According to the original embroidered image position, there is an illustration, one or two pictures a day, and the progress is not particularly rushed. He still learns to paint at home during the day, except that he has to memorize more at night, and his days have not changed much because of the praise from Shang Shu.
But he remains the same, but the attitudes of outsiders towards him are changing - if others saw him as just an ordinary elementary school student who was qualified to be a prodigy but didn't, now he has become a real prodigy.
Qi county magistrate called him to the county office during the rest period, watched him talk for a long time, and smiled warmly: "I know you have talent, but I don't want your talent to reach this point. It has been sent to Fucheng, and the Futai adults are full of praise when they read it. Knowing that you have only officially started studying in the past two years, he regards you as a rare child prodigy in this government. problem."
Cui Xie's eyes lit up, he stood up in excitement, lowered his head and choked and said, "How can a student be able to get help from the boss like this."
The county magistrate said with a smile: "What do you mean by support or not, I think you are like a junior in my heart, don't you expect you to go a step further? Are you able to write articles now?"
Cui Xie lowered his head and said, "I just studied with Mr. Lin for two months, and I haven't done well. However, the students have already memorized the set of "Mr. Six's Essays" that the adults gave to the students, and they have a little size in their chests. "
The county magistrate said with satisfaction: "Good boy. I know you can remember it, and it's nothing to memorize hundreds of ancient texts. It's just rare that you can take what I said to heart. His Qi pulse can be as fluent as a spring running through a pearl when he writes an essay.”
Cui Xie responded respectfully, and the county magistrate patted him on the shoulder and said, "You haven't studied composition for too long, and you won't be able to come up with a good essay for a while... Let's wait until the winter break. You have carefully revised a few articles, I can see if you can do it or not. If you can, I will give it to Mr. Wang Ying Zheng on your behalf—he was born in the two ranks, if you can change the text for you, it is also you of creation."