The charcoal copper stove in the guest hall of Yongfu Temple's Puyuan Jingyuan Temple bakes the room warmly, with a hint of fragrance.

Outside the window, snowflakes were falling in the sky.

One window, two worlds. The three of them sat cross-legged around a small place. A cup of tea in the mouth, full of fragrance.

Zen Buddhism pays attention to purity, so that desires can be removed.

Young people are always happy.

The scholar was not satisfied with the quiet atmosphere in the room, and was even more exposed to the heat in the room, so he straightened up and took off his cotton jacket, revealing a cyan patch. HE WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK THE SILENCE: "THE STUDENT ZHANG HUANGYAN, A NATIVE OF YIN, NOW NINGBO, ENTERED THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL TO TAKE THE EXAM AND BORROWED YONGFU TEMPLE TO STUDY. Yesterday, I met friends in the West Lake, drank a few more glasses, and lost my dignity. Ashamed! Ashamed! ”

Hearing Zhang Huangyan report to his home, Qiu Zigong's heart skipped a beat.

"This Zhang Huangyan is another little Donglin."

He thought, just to see the big from the small, and see the true colors of the Donglin-Fushe-Jishe group. In the future, the operation of Nanzhi and Zhejiang will inevitably deal with Donglin and Zhejiang Party.

Thinking of this, Qiu Zigong humbly bowed his hand to Zhang Huangyan: "It turned out to be Zhang Xiucai, disrespectful!" Contemptible Qiu Zigong, a native of Shudiba County, also won the fame of Xiucai more than ten years ago. It's just that the road to this field is ...... I'm afraid that it will be difficult to enter this life again! ”

"Brother Tai has entered the field, he should persevere, how can he give up halfway?" Zhang Huangyan understood the meaning of Qiu Zigong's words as unfavorable to the scientific field, and abruptly encouraged Qiu Zigong.

"The old father is old, the sister is married, and there is no eldest man in the house. I had no choice but to abandon the scientific industry and turn to business. With a flick of your fingers, sixteen or seventeen years! ”

"It's a pity that Brother Tai has been in the last business, and it is difficult to serve the country!" Zhang Huangyan shook his head when he heard this.

said that business is the last business, Zhang Huangyan did not mean to insult people. Shinong industry and commerce, merchants among the "people", is indeed the last industry. This is still the case in the mercantile environment of Jiangnan businessman Jia Rulin. Most of the families of large gentry are engaged in business, but they are generally entrusted with their sons and nephews or slaves, and few of them do it themselves. Because of being involved in business, your career will be affected.

This little Donglin is fun! Qiu Zigong was about to ask a question and cross-examine, when the fat monk on the main seat already laughed.

Zhang Huangyan was ridiculed, and he was immediately angry and stood up.

"You monk, you are rude! At first, they didn't allow me to enter the temple, and now they laughed at me for no reason! I had a hangover last night and got the smell of alcohol on my body. Buddhism is pure, not allowed to enter the temple, can still justify itself; Now I'm talking to Qiu Xianggong, what's the matter! ”

The fat monk cultivated as an old man and was not angry. He smiled and asked Zhang Huangyan: "Does the donor know what kind of character is in the Lingyin Temple under the mountain?" ”

"Monk Jigong! People in Hangzhou, who doesn't know? Zhang Huangyan was proud of his talent and disdained the problem of the fat monk.

"The monk Jigong is called 'Jidian'. He once laughed at the temple and said: People laugh at me crazy, and I laugh at others who can't see through it! ”

After the fat monk finished reciting, he got up and said: "Master Qiu will definitely have a deep talk with this Zhang Shizhu, and the poor monk is inconvenient to disturb, so he will leave!" With that, he put on his robe and left.

This master is a master! Qiu Zigong thought that with a light sentence, he scolded both Zhang Huangyan and the bald donkey of Lingyin Temple, all of whom were mortals with the naked eye who could not see through. The bald donkey of Lingyin Temple can't see through the silver, and Xiao Donglin Zhang Huangyan can't see through the fame and his identity. So how did the master know that he wanted to have a deep conversation with Zhang Xiucai?

Qiu Zigong couldn't figure it out.

Qiu Zigong thought, waved his hand slightly, and his master quietly followed the monk out. At this time, except for two people, there was no third person in the house.

Qiu Zigong was about to speak, when he saw Zhang Huangyan sit down dejectedly, and said with a long sigh: "I was scolded, I don't know it." Stupid! How stupid! ”

Only then did Qiu Zigong notice that this scholar was long and majestic, with beautiful eyebrows and fair skin; When he spoke, his voice was like a bell; He looks like a man with a god in his eyes (Note 1). He smiled and comforted Xiao Donglin, "The great monk sees that sex is true, and it doesn't hurt to hinder it!" ”

"Brother Tainan speaks the pronunciation well." Zhang Huangyan praised, "When the younger brother was young, he returned to his hometown to study at the age of eight from his father in Xiezhou, Shanxi (HAI, now Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng). Therefore, there are both Jiezhou accents and Ningbo dialects in the accent, in short, they are entangled! ”

"How can anyone who travels thousands of miles not speak the right sound?" Qiu Zigong slid slightly, brought the accent matter over, and turned the topic around to the aspects he was interested in.

"Zhang Gongzi is famous, but he is not weak. I don't know if you can do martial arts? ”

"Archery is one of the six arts. When I was a child in Jiezhou, my favorite person was Guan Yu Guan Yunchang! Zhang Huangyan seemed to be tickled, and happily told Qiu Zigong that when he was taking the Xiucai test, the examiner suddenly asked for an additional archery test. As a result, others looked at him as daunting, and he hit three arrows and three hits on the field, and his skills shocked the audience.

"I didn't expect Zhang Gongzi to be a civil and military all-rounder!" Qiu Zigong is happy, and may be able to hear some of the content he is interested in from this young talent who is not deeply involved in the world.

"That's it! Yesterday, I was boating on the West Lake, and Chen Zilong specially invited me to join the army to help him. Zhang Huangyan was very proud that Chen Zilong didn't invite others, and couldn't help but show off in front of Qiu Zigong: "It's a pity, I have an autumn festival this year, and I can't delay!" ”

"Chen Zilong, is the Shaoxing magistrate, the poet who signed the affairs of Zhuji County? Chen Zilong wants to use Zhang Gongzi to help, presumably Dong Fu (Note 2) wants to quell the rebellion of Qiu Lingxiao's father and son! ”

Seeing Zhang Huangyan puffing out his eyes and looking at himself, Qiu Zigong suddenly thought that he was also surnamed Qiu, so he hurriedly explained: "I am from Sichuan, and I have nothing to do with Qiu thieves!" ”

"Where did Brother Tai go?" Zhang Huangyan said with a smile, "The little brother can't think of Brother Chen's poem, and it has already spread all over Shudi!" When I see Brother Chen another day, I will definitely let him treat him to a drink! ”

Qiu Zigong also smiled when he heard it: "Why do you have to be like this, contemptible people are the east." ”

But he raised his eyebrows and said: "It's just that Chen Zilong's name is spread in Shudi, but it is not a poetic name!" ”

Zhang Huang was puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? What is that? Could it be his "Huangming Jing Shiwen Compilation"? ”

"The compilation of the Emperor's Ming Jing Shiwen is very good, and the articles on chaos, modern and ancient, military, enlistment, farmland, water conservancy, schools, and codes are quite insightful, and the style of applying the scriptures to the world is also. It is reported that Shu Shizi has read several articles and said that he wrote well. It's just that this "Huangming Jingshi Wen Compilation" is too long, the song is high and low, and there are few readers. ”

"That's ......," Zhang Huangyan snapped his head.

Qiu Zigong reminded: "Xu Ge Lao (Guangqi) has a "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", which was compiled by Chen Zilong. ”

"Oh!"

"It is rumored that the son of Shu got this book, like a treasure. Make the bookstore engraved into a seal, and each Wangzhuang, regardless of size, must have a copy. Shudi planted sweet potatoes widely this year, which was according to the method in the book. ”

"I have heard that the literary style of Shu is prosperous, and there are many high-ranking officials in the court, and there are many Shu people. Unexpectedly, this Shu Shizi still attaches importance to the application of learning. ”

Finally attracted Zhang Huangyan's interest to Zhu Pingjian, Qiu Zigong smiled in his heart. Since it is necessary to spread benevolence and virtue, this trickery is always wanted.

"This Shu prince is sixteen years old, and he is already full of economy. His master Shu Wenyi, a famous Confucian in Shu, once sighed and said: As soon as this son comes out, there is no Confucianism in the world! ”

Oh? Zhang Huangyan's eyes suddenly widened: "There is no Confucianism in the world? Isn't that the son of the world the best talent?

"Not really!"

Qiu Zigong shook his head and explained: "It means that the champions are just the best among the Confucian scholars, and the Confucian scholars know very little about other knowledge except for the subset of classics and history. Such as the study of battle formations, such as the study of agriculture, such as the study of machinery, such as the study of geography, such as the study of navigation, such as the study of merchants, such as the study of psychology, such as ...... In short, most of the Confucian scholars were literary ministers, and their knowledge structure was flawed.

The reason for this is that there is a problem with the baton of the imperial examination. The white head is poor, only for eight shares; Learning the eight shares well, just to be an official, is useless in the national economy and people's livelihood.

The Shu Wangfu recruits copywriters, and people in Shu, regardless of whether they are Confucian or not, are all hired.

There is a Xiyi monk in Chengdu, Ben Folang machine man, because of his good for the machine, he was valued by the son of Shu. Before leaving Chengdu, he happened to see the monk Na Xiyi demonstrate a novel play. Three wooden posts are crossed to form a triangular support. The bracket droops a round gourd-shaped object, the object droops the hook, and a 300-pound stone mill on the ground, and he can easily lift the stone mill with one arm! ”

"This is a pulley set, the younger brother has seen it on a sea boat." Zhang Huangyan thought for a while and said, "There are on the feudal ship, which is used to lift goods. However, instead of using a triangular bracket, they used a vertical and rotatable column connected by a rope. The column extends obliquely out of the boom, and the pulley block falls under the boom. This allows heavy loads to be lifted from the shore and rotated into the cabin. ”

"I didn't expect Brother Zhang to be proficient in such mechanical things!" Qiu Zigong began to say to Zhang Huang that he was a brother and a brother, "What does the feudal ship look like, I want to see it for my brother!" ”

"Isn't that easy? Every year, when the wind comes, there are feudal ships entering the port to load goods. The silk from Huzhou, the cloth from Songjiang, the porcelain from Jingdezhen, and the tea from Hangzhou are generally carried upwards by flowing water. If the brother wants to see, the younger brother can be introduced. Ningbo Fucheng to the sea, is Zhoushan Dinghaiwei. On the side of Dinghaiwei, there is the island name Putuo, and there is a Guanyin dojo. In Ningbo Mansion, my Zhang family is a century-old family! Just ......"

"Brother Zhang is worried about the industry? Brother Wei is trying to persuade Brother Zhang, what is the use of this fame. Could it be that Brother Zhang really can't see through it? Qiu Zigong suddenly interrupted Zhang Huangyan's words loudly, "Do you know Taicang Wu Weiye Wu Meicun?" ”

"Mr. Umemura, the head of the Restoration Society? No one in the world knows! Zhang Huangyan's eyes widened.

A few days ago, my brother talked to Mr. Plum Village in Jinling about state affairs, and he burst into tears and choked up. He also said that the court was corrupt and difficult to save, the friends in the society were inclined to each other, and the national fortune was only two or three years, what is the meaning of being an official? He was disheartened and prepared to resign from his official position and return to his hometown to write, and ...... the rest of his life."

"Mr. Umemura made such a depressing statement?" Zhang Huangyan leaned forward, his hands touched the ground, and his eyes were round. He didn't expect that the brother in front of him would be friendly with the famous Wu Meicun.

"Isn't that how?" Qiu Zigong didn't care what this scholar in the year of the weak crown thought in his heart, he just took care of himself and said, "Jiangnan is wasteful and thick, like a peaceful and prosperous era, and the scholars are drunk and beautiful, and they don't know that the world is like hell on earth!" Mr. Umemura warned the world, and the Nanjing officialdom criticized him for his big words. ”

"Mr. Umemura is really the minister of the country!"

"For my brother, I persuaded Mr. Umemura to say, things in the world, ups and downs, peaks and turns, don't be discouraged."

"Knowing what you can't do is the courage of my heroes! I want to be Guan Yunchang back then, pass five levels and kill six generals, and the righteousness is thin and cloudy......" Zhang Huangyan bounced up from the ground and walked around the room excitedly.

"Brother Wei has convinced Mr. Umemura." Qiu Zigong held the tea bowl in his hand and poured a mouthful of hot soup into his throat, "This official is not easy to come by, don't resign ...... yet"

Zhang Huangyan sat down next to Qiu Zigong and said admiringly: "Brother Tai is so good at his ability, he can persuade Mr. Meicun back!" ”

Qiu Zigong put down the tea bowl and said softly: "He first took a leave of absence for a few months in the name of recuperation, and let Brother Wei accompany him to a place to have a look." If there is no hope in the world, let it be done for the sake of the brother, such as ......"

Qiu Zigong was interrupted by Zhang Huangyan again, "What Brother Tai said, but Shudi? Yesterday, I heard Brother Zilong say that a clan nobleman came to Shudi, and he put grain and living people along the way. In Brother Tai's words, he is not far from Shu Shizi everywhere. Could it be that this clan relative is a brother? ”

"The contemptible Qiu Zigong, the mother and uncle of Shu Shizi. On the orders of the sister and the son of Shu, the Shu Wangfu Changcun 100,000 stones were saved to help the hungry people in Jiangdong, and invited Jiangdong celebrities to travel to Sichuan. In order to avoid the suspicion of the vassal king handing over foreign officials, the name of this tour group is 'Jiangdong Famous Scholars Sichuan Provincial Family Group'. Mr. Mei Village's brother Wu Jishan is the commander of Chengdu County, so please be the general convener of the provincial family group. Mr. Mu Zhai (Note 4) was too old to make the trip, so he asked Hedongjun to do it for him. ”

"Isn't Hedongjun Liu Ru? Brother Zilong's confidant! Zhang Huangyan opened his mouth and said abruptly, "I don't know what Brother Zilong thinks when he knows!" ”

"Shu Shizi opened a list of twelve scholars. Chen Zilong is also on the invitation list, as well as his friend Xia Yunyi. ”

"Brother Xia is still in Changle, Fujian, and he may not be able to go. Brother Zilong's official body is involuntary, and he will go on an expedition in the near future, so he may not be able to go. Zhang Huangyan's eyes widened, "Brother Xia's son Brother Duan (Note 3) is studying beside Brother Zilong, but it doesn't matter. Since there are two places missing, it is better for Brother Duan to ...... I don't know when Brother Tai will make the trip? ”

"Just wait for Brother Zhang to lead Brother Wei to Ningbo to see the feudal ship, travel to Zhoushan, and pay homage to Putuo!"

Since Brother Qiu has a request for himself, Zhang Huangyan cheekily opened his mouth, "Li Taibai Shiyun: Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky!" Every time the younger brother reads the poem, he is fascinated. I don't know Brother Qiu...... Can you lead your little brother to Shu to see it? ”

"Brother Zhang's fame is gone?" Qiu Zigong asked knowingly.

"Jiangdong celebrity Sichuan Provincial Family Group! Hehe, the twelve famous men of Jiangdong will be the best in the world. Hehe, if you can live in it, haha, the little brother will be indiscriminate......"

"And like a flower! Hedongjun is one, and Bian Yujing is two. ”

"Oh, why is Bian Sai going?" Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed: "Bian Saiqin's calligraphy and painting are unique, and the younger brother will not be lonely along the way." ”

"If you are a celebrity, is there no beauty?" Qiu Zigong glared at Zhang Huangyan, "During this visit to Sichuan, all the celebrities and celebrities want to bring their dependents. Brother Zhang can also bring his wife. Beautiful! Fairy couple, leisurely travel! This Bian Sai, when his brother was in Jinling, had redeemed his body and sent it to Mr. Plum Village, but they were also healed of this lovesickness! ”

"As long as the brother succeeds in this trip, the younger brother will never think about it!" Zhang Huangyan leaned over with a hippie smile on his face, looking begging for a beating.

"Boy's heart!"

Qiu Zigong sighed heavily and nodded.

Of course, he will not break it with Zhang Huangyan.

In the list of twelve people drawn up by the prince himself, Zhang Huangyan was originally there.

Note 1: Excerpt from "The Legend of Zhang Huang"

Note 2: Dong Xiangheng, then governor of Zhejiang.

Note 3: Brother Duan, Xia Wanchun, the son of Xia Yunyi.

Note 4: Qian Qianyi, No. Mu Zhai.