The next morning, in the south-west of the city, in a small adobe courtyard in a remote neighborhood.

A woman in her thirties, got up early to clean up and make the damp and dilapidated house look a little less shabby.

Halfway through the cleanup, seeing that her husband was still sleeping there, she couldn't help but get angry: "You can't afford it!" I'm going to have a distinguished guest today, and I'm not ready to prepare! ”

It turned out that this woman was Zhong Xuan's wife, Sun.

When Sun first married, Zhong Xuan had just been recommended. Unexpectedly, fifteen years have passed, in addition to studying in Taixue, he has served as an idle official, and he has not yet earned a real job, and his wife's resentment has gradually accumulated.

When you were in your early twenties, this bit of interest was considered a potential stock of young talents. It's thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and it's still virtuous, and it's dragged into a garbage stock, and there's no time to cash out!

Zhong Xuan's ears were ripped off, and he could only get up while pretending to be majestic: "Spread out!" If there are any distinguished guests, people are here to talk about business. Last time, Lu Zhonglang from the General's Mansion came to be a guest, and I didn't see you so attentive! Engaged in the middle of the rank of 600 stones! ”

Hearing that Zhong Xuan actually refuted, Sun became even more angry:

"Are you embarrassed? Lu Zhonglang entered Taixue with you back then, and when they rose to 600 stones, you are still at 300 stones! Besides, in this troubled world, it's useless to rank a few hundred stones! The price of meat is nearly 100 yuan a catty, so the whole family drinks wind with that little money! You have to have an errand to get a catch! Lu Zhonglang helped people introduce and receive, and the filial piety he received was more than that of Yulu!

Regardless of the fact that the guest who handed over the post the day before yesterday was a few hundred stones, it depends on the gift, at least it is more generous than Lu Zhonglang, and if people are willing to ask you to do things, you will do it well! If...... If something goes wrong, our family won't buy meat for a month! ”

Zhong Miao held back his anger: Lao Tzu has never actually taught errands, and he is not talented and knowledgeable, but he has no money to buy officials!

Of course, he didn't want to loot, so he roughly calculated the accounts, thinking that even if he borrowed money to buy an official to get a county order, it was estimated that he would not be able to return the capital.

In these years, as long as you don't loot, you will definitely lose more and more. Instead of sticking money to be an official, he simply received more than 30 emperor's grain every month.

However, his wife's resentment is not a year or two, Zhong Miao knows that he can only shut up at this time, and the more he explains, the worse the situation will be.

"Hmph, this long-tongued woman, jealous of wealth and wealth every day, when I make a fortune, I will divorce you sooner or later!" Zhong Xuan secretly snorted in his heart, and then let his wife complain and no longer bothered.

After a while, the guests who had made an appointment came to visit, and the contradiction between Zhong Miao and his wife was temporarily restrained, and they hurriedly went out to welcome the guests.

……

As soon as Zhong Miao arrived at the door, Li Su had already come in with a smile, and when he saw someone, he gave his hand: "Brother Zhong, the first time you visit, you are presumptuous." ”

As for self-introduction, it goes without saying, it is only needed in the case of a temporary encounter.

All of Li Su's personal information was written on the name thorn handed by the soldiers the day before yesterday, in order to ensure that the two parties knew each other's identities before they met for the first time.

This kind of implicit etiquette can be much more elegant than the annual meeting of large companies in later generations, which allows everyone to hang a name tag on their chest.

The two sides saved a lot of politeness, chatted a few words, and got to the point.

"I have heard for a long time that Brother Zhong's calligraphy is famous and too learned, and he has recently written a book with the courage to pass it on to future generations. But I hate the ugliness of the words, and I am ashamed to show people, so I specially ask Brother Zhong to copy it on my behalf, and I am willing to pay a gold for the pen. ”

After that, Li Su was very bold and took out a horseshoe gold first and put it directly on the case.

Zhong Xuan was slightly shocked, after all, he was an idler who only took a basic salary, which was worth several months. And Li Su's straightforwardness also made him a little uncomfortable.

Which of the scholars in this year is not reserved and proud, and there are few who are as frank as Li Su and say that "Lao Tzu's writing is ugly".

This kind of style reminds Zhong Miao of the number one person in the capital, that is, Cao Mengde, who is known for being "a true villain with a consistent heart". Cao Cao, that guy, also dared to say so, and when he mentioned his shortcomings, he was generous and unashamed.

And Zhong Xuan's wife Sun was even more excited when she heard this, and her fingernails were about to pinch Zhong Xuan's thigh meat. While pinching, he also signaled with his eyes: You are so quick to promise this good business to my mother! It's hard to find such a bold guest!

Zhong Xuan took a deep breath to relieve the pain of being pinched, and asked, "Since ancient times, I have never heard of a book writer who only keeps a transcript and does not leave the original manuscript." If you want me to copy it, but you don't explain it, won't it make people misunderstand the author? ”

Of course, the people of the Han Dynasty did not have the concept of relying on copyright to obtain economic benefits, after all, there is no printing and publishing industry today.

But who wrote the book and who copied it, this right to fame is still very important.

Nowadays, the practice is to copy a book whenever you can find it.

But if you don't copy the Four Books and Five Classics, Zhuzi Hundred Schools, which everyone knows the author's hand-me-down classics. Rather, it is a kind of niche private work, and the person copying it has to write at the end of the manuscript the cause and effect of the inheritance, such as who originally wrote the book, and how many revisions contributed to the content when they copied the first edition......

Just like the rules for collecting the authentic calligraphy and painting of famous artists in later generations, after the niche works are copied too much, the similar and promoted parts at the end of the book are getting longer and longer.

Those books that Pei annotated "Three Kingdoms" and XX annotated YY all inherited the author's information in this way.

Even if it is the Four Books and the Five Classics, there are copyists who want to leave their names, so they are slightly tampered with. For example, when Cai Yong carved the "Xiping Stone Classic" ten years ago, the "Book of Songs" collected included the Lu manuscript, the Qi manuscript, and the Han manuscript, and there were many editions of "The Ram". The imperial court needs to pick an original to publicize the world, and the others are used as comparisons. This is all because there are errors in copying books for a long time, and each generation of revisers must leave their names.

It's a bit like the open source projects of later generations, where a programmer can leave his or her signature after even a few lines of code contribution.

Zhong Xuan asked this question, not because he wanted to plagiarize Li Su's work, but because he felt that "it is clear that the first edition is his own book, but the payment is written by Li Su, will it cause others to misunderstand that this word is also Li Su's, and there is a suspicion of fraud."

The literati of the Han Dynasty who were not greedy or loot still had some integrity, and Zhong Miao had been poor for all these years, and he always felt uncomfortable cheating.

Li Su was very uncomfortable at first, and didn't understand why the other party was so entangled, but after he understood, he said heartily: "What's the big deal?" As long as Brother Zhong is willing to copy, you can write 'Li Boya's compilation and Zhong Yuanchang's year, month and day records', or you can write it directly, I don't care about these false names. Why don't you read the manuscript first? ”

This book, for Li Su, is a tool book to help Liu Bei make a famous show, and the "copyright" is worthless!

If you want to talk about the "right of authorship of the work", wait for Li Su to write the truth in the future. It's never too late to talk about it.

But Zhong Miao was shocked when he heard this, it was the first time in his life that he had seen such a shocking writer, and he didn't even care about the creator's "authorship right", whoever wanted to take it would let him take it?

"How to be a good one! It was written by the virtuous brother, so it is natural to write that it was written by the virtuous brother. Rong took a look at the content first. ”

After Zhong Xuan finished speaking, he took the scroll and looked at it first, he was also curious about what the content was, so that Li Su did not cherish the copyright.

"It turned out to be the filial piety story of a celebrity in this dynasty, and this kind of thing, when it is cataloged, can also promote good deeds, which is a good thing...... Well? Who is this Liu Bei and Liu Xuande at the end? It is difficult to abandon the official and return to his hometown for sexual assault, and Zhang Chun, who has been fighting against the thief? This hasn't happened yet, I read the imperial court newspaper the day before yesterday, and this one seems to be a newly rising thief in Ji and You. ”

Zhong Xuan watched and couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of the story.

Li Su said conclusively: "County Lieutenant Liu has indeed resigned and returned to his hometown to save his relatives, but how he will fight with Zhang Chun is still unclear, but I didn't write the details of the battle and the exploits, just take his will, why not?" In this autumn of national crisis, is it not appropriate to praise the spirit of such righteous men and magnificent heroes? ”

Li Su's words blurted out, but Zhong Su was speechless, and he felt that Li Su was quite literate, and he was extraordinary when he spoke casually.

How did he know that Li Su was just forced to memorize the "Teacher Table" when he was studying, so he casually pieced it together and used it.

Sun couldn't understand these words next to her, but when she saw that her husband was finally speechless by this rich high-roller, she was very happy, and hurriedly continued to secretly pinch Zhong Xuan behind her back, so that the old boy quickly agreed to this business.

Zhong Xuan was originally an occupational disease, and he was still pondering Li Su's rhetoric, but he was pinched by his wife and came back to his senses.

He hurriedly stretched out his sleeve and brought the ingot of horseshoe gold in front of him in front of him, and the nails that he pinched into the flesh behind his back also instantly loosened as the gold approached.

"In this case, we should be generous and generous, so that the servants have the honor to participate in the grand event...... It's just that I also know some admirable filial piety and righteous deeds, but I don't know ...... I wonder if I can also write a few articles by myself and attach them to Jiwei? ”

Zhong Miao felt that he had taken too much money, and it was a bit of a shame to only copy, so he wanted to help from the creative stage. And who doesn't want to write books and make a name for himself, anyway, he has no errands as an official, and he is idle when he is idle.

Li Su laughed: "What's so difficult about this? Brother Zhong is willing to write, and when the time comes, it is okay for the author to sign your name. ”

Zhong Xuan: "No, no, no, how can you go beyond the bounds." ”

Li Su: "Brother Zhong, I'm afraid you haven't understood yet, right?" The key to this book is to promote good deeds in this eventful time. The more famous the author is, the easier it is for the book to be sung and learned by people all over the world. If it's in my name, I'm afraid no one will look at it. ”

Li Su is now like a newcomer who hasn't even gotten the recommended position to test the waters, and he uses his own name to publish books, and the popularity is certainly far less than that of the great gods.

And the purpose of this book is to hype up the story in it, not to make a name for the author, and the purpose is very clear.

At this time, the most efficient way is, of course, to study the composition of middle school students, which is obviously made up by yourself, but in order to increase credibility, you have to say that Mr. Lu Xun said it.

It's like before Jack Ma was awesome, in order to persuade others, some points were obviously thought of by himself, but he must say that Bill Gates said it.

Fichte, the great German philosopher, is known as the successor of idealism and materialism (Kant, Hegel). But how did Fichte's first barrel of fame rise that year? It was because he wrote some inventory notes about Kant's writings, and then handed them to Kant, who read them and thought it was okay and handed them over to the publishers he coordinated.

But Kant didn't notice that Fichte didn't sign it, so the publisher misunderstood and signed the book according to Kant's work. After the book was published, Kant discovered the oolong and publicly clarified that the book was written by Fichte.

However, by this time, readers had already regarded this book as the work of the great god Kant, and it was selling very well. Then Fichte suddenly went from an obscure grassroots university teacher to a successor to Kant's mantle, and later to a generation of great philosophers.

Li Su is an old yin who wants to make a reputation, and of course the first book he publishes is not signed, it is best for people to misunderstand that it is written by a famous Confucian in the world, and then wait for the great Confucian in the sea to come out and clarify after discovering the misunderstanding, Li Su will be able to take Fichte's shortcut to borrow the name Kant.

Of course, Zhong Xuan is definitely not qualified to be regarded as a great Confucian, at most he is only slightly more famous than Li Su in the literary world, but his ideas are the same.