Looking around, seeing that everyone showed a contemplative expression, Wei Renshi continued: "The consequence must be that on the surface, the standard of morality has been raised, and everyone has to learn from Zigong to redeem slaves, but they don't want the state's money. But in reality? In fact, morality has declined, because there is Zigong in front, and if the latter redeems his compatriots and then goes to receive the state's ransom, he will be considered inferior to Zigong and immoral. However, how many people have enough financial resources to guarantee the loss of this ransom without accepting compensation from the imperial court without affecting their own lives? Very little! So the end result? For if you do not receive the money for compensation, you will suffer yourself if you redeem the slaves. But if you receive it, you will be compared with Zigong. As a result, what was originally something that everyone could do became something that only a few people could do with kindness. Therefore, Confucius said that Zigong did something wrong. As for Zilu, he saved people and accepted the man's thanks. This makes others look at it, and they will follow the example, and when they encounter drowning people in the future, they will also have the courage to save them - because they can be thanked! In this way, there are more people who have the courage to save people. Therefore, Confucius praised Zilu's approach. ”

"Even though Brother Ma can refuse these remunerations that should be Brother Ma for the sake of high school, but in this case, what can those poor scholars who have no home or job and no support from their parents, relatives and friends rely on? What do you rely on to buy grain and rice, and what do you rely on to exchange for travel expenses, paper and pencils, so that you can have the means to support your family in the future? Today, Brother Ma accepted this remuneration, and the children of the poor family who submitted his manuscript today can calmly accept the reward of this hard work. And if Brother Ma doesn't accept it today, he will have Brother Ma in front of him in the future, and other poor children really need this money, but how dare they accept it? Wei Renshi said: "In this way, isn't Brother Ma also a ransom move by Zigong?" ”

After speaking, Wei Renshi smiled lightly and looked around, seeing that everyone was enlightened. I saw a scribe come out of one of them, bowed down, and said, "Thank you for waking up, we almost ruined the life of countless poor scholars because of our own face!" This Ma Brother Tai, since this is the case, Brother Tai should accept it! An article is a piece of hard work, this is not ill-gotten gains, but the reward of brothers' hard work, that is, to accept it, and it should have a clear conscience. ”

Mas thought about it, then nodded, bowed and said: "In this case, this is the reward of the next article, not for injustice, then I will accept it in the next article!" ”

In the bookstore, many people high-fived and applauded.

These forty-five runs are already a huge amount of money for poor students.

The manuscript fee of 1,000 words is not high, of course, there will not be too many people who are lucky enough to get this level of manuscript fee. Grade A is the highest level of manuscript fees, and will only be given to authors of the highest level, and Grade A is the first class, and it is the best among Grade A.

Forty-five yuan of money is very considerable, and if it is a civilian family, it is enough for a family of five to spend at least two years in an ordinary and unreggled standard of living.

Most of the students who rub books in the bookstore are poor students, and the conditions at home are not very good.

Ma Sigui's articles are indeed rare and good, and what Wei Renshi values more is the experience he shows in these articles.

Among his articles, several articles are written about the customs and customs of other places other than Datang, and it can be seen that some of them are written about their own experiences.

Although this "own" experience is not sure that Mas belongs to himself, there are many places involved in those customs and customs. There are not only the Western Regions, but also big food, and even Tianzhu.

If it is really his own personal experience, then this person is a "foreign expert" of the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Renshi attaches great importance to such a person.

Moreover, the reason why he wants to give Ma Si a first-class manuscript fee is not only because his writing style is really good, the content of the articles he writes is very rich and rich, and the choice of words and sentences is also very level, not only because he may be a "foreign expert", but also because he is the first person to submit his manuscript in front of so many readers in front of the public.

This gave Wei Renshi an opportunity to let these readers see the great benefits of receiving remuneration for submitting manuscripts. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to use the allusion of Zigong to redeem people, to dispel the burden of these scholars who were unwilling to exchange articles for money for the sake of face, and gave them a chance to use their articles in exchange for assets in a dignified manner.

As for whether Ma Sigui's article is worth the price, in Wei Renshi's opinion, it is worth it to use forty-five runs to discover a possible talent.

But even if it's not worth it, Wei Renshi doesn't care.

These forty-five pieces of money can also be propaganda and gimmicks. Forty-five yuan of money has not been spent in vain, at least, so many readers in today's bookstore, their concepts have been changed. I believe that they will be willing to submit their manuscripts, so as to get paid for their manuscripts, and buy their favorite books to read, instead of reading them like this.

In the applause of everyone, Ma Sigui hesitated for a moment, and then took the money that Wei Renshi gave him.

Therefore, everyone saw this scene in their eyes, and their eyes were either envious or surprised, but they all showed a desire to try.

Wei Renshi saw everyone's reaction, and his heart became happy.

In the future, there will be more contributors!

Half a month after the bookstore opened, more and more people came to read books. Sometimes there is even a lot in the front hall, Wei Renshi simply set up a shed outside the door, and if it can't be held in the house, he reads outside the shed.

I have to say that although there are bad people in the readers, the general moral level is really high. After half a month, not a single book was lost, and those students read it carefully, and then carefully put it back, and when they left, they saluted the door of the bookstore before turning around and leaving.

And after Ma Sigui took the lead, there were really more people who submitted articles to the bookstore. Among them, there are also some excellent works, such as "Liu Yi", which surprised Wei Renshi, which was the famous Tang legend "The Biography of Liu Yi" in later generations, which was immediately listed as a first-class special class by Wei Renshi.

Half a month in the bookstore passed in a hurry, and the printing workshop in the backyard worked three shifts day and night, and new books were placed on the front shelves.

And while Wei Renshi was concentrating on the bookstore, the spies also approached the Fifth Shouliang and the Shence Army through various means, and the same things about the Shence Army were found out by the spies.

Wei Renshi finally took out the pile of paper he had locked in the wooden box and began to ask the spies to verify the charges on it.