"When I arrived in Langya County, it was the territory of Langya County, which was the largest county in the southwest of Langya County. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Looking at the city in front of him, Zuo Qing exhaled a little and turned his head to introduce Chen Zhi and the others.

After leaving Lanling, they walked for three days to arrive here, and encountered small groups of homeless people and bandits along the way, Chen Zhi and others had their own coping, but they were delayed for a lot of time.

For Chen Zhi and them, these are a part of the study tour, there is nothing good or bad to speak of, they will repel the bandits when they see them, and provide appropriate help when they meet the homeless people to increase their knowledge.

But Zuo Qing had something in his heart, he couldn't calm down, and he was worried about the disturbance of the homeless people and bandits, and he suspected that the young master of the Zhu family had other movements, so he was worried along the way, and he was always uncomfortable.

Now looking at the city wall, he really relaxed, and then he was about to lead everyone into the city.

But before he finished speaking, Lu Ying asked a little strangely: "That building, is it a Buddhist temple?" He was looking at a forest on the north side of the county.

Woods were commonplace in this era, and the forest was located on a raised knoll, so the view inside was clearer, and there were endless fertile fields beyond the woods.

"Yes, the king of the East China Sea has a good impression of Buddhism, so there are many Buddhist temples in Donghai County and the surrounding counties, and there are also outside Lanling City before, but it is far away from the county seat, I am too anxious to go, and I haven't had time to take a look." Although Zuo Qing has something in his heart, he can still calm down and introduce it when he encounters a problem.

Liu Gang listened, and then said: "So that's the case, but the farmland outside this forest is fertile, let's go all the way, outside other counties, it is rare to see such high-quality fields." As the young master of the landlord's family, he can distinguish between good and bad fields.

Zuo Qing smiled and said: "There is a reason for this, one is that the temple is located in the treasure land of feng shui, so that you can worship the Buddha and enjoy the incense, these two come, the inside and outside of the forest, as well as the surrounding fields, are all under the name of the temple, almost no need to pay taxes, and the people who vote for the Buddha can also be exempted from labor. ”

Liu Gang was very surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "These fields don't have to pay taxes?" ”

Zuo Qing nodded and said, "Yes, but there are other sets of sayings in it, and I don't know much about the specifics." ”

Chen Zhi on the side listened, but frowned, doubted in his heart, and thought a lot.

In the original history, Buddhism was able to spread widely at this time, and the Central Plains was occupied by foreign people, and those people supported foreign Buddhism for various considerations, funded Buddhist teachers from the east, and had many policies to help Buddhism land, so that Buddhism took root and grew stronger.

But in contrast, the situation of the New Han Dynasty is different, but it seems that there are also policies against Buddhism, which is strange.

"Could it be related to the upper-level game?"

Thinking about it, he followed Zuo Qing and the others into the county seat.

As soon as I entered the county, I immediately found that the atmosphere inside was different, and the flow of people along the street increased significantly, not to mention that compared with the county seat in Xuzhou, it was compared with the previous Lanling county, there were many more people here, and they talked very much and talked endlessly.

Chen Zhi can see that among the people who walk, there are many people who have read books and even have local products, and in the era of hereditary and monopoly of knowledge, the differences between people are very obvious, as long as you pay attention to them, you can distinguish them from many details.

He was not the only one who noticed this, Tao Ya asked Zuo Qing directly: "Among the people on this street, there are many scholars, can Brother Zuo know the reason?" ”

Zuo Qing smiled: "This, you can know after a few more steps." After entering the city, his mood was much lighter, and he was even more sold at this time.

But as soon as the words fell, I heard someone shouting on the side of the road: "The Bao family's literary meeting has also opened, there are fruits to be placed, those who see it have a share, and you can also see the literati show their hands, hurry up and see it!" ”

The person who spoke was not very old, about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in cloth, and he stretched out his hand on the side of the road, and many people on the side followed, and suddenly seven or eight people gathered together and swarmed in one direction.

"The Bao family's literary meeting?" Liu Gang retracted his gaze and glanced at Zuo Qing, "There is already a cultural meeting in this city?" But this Bao family, I haven't heard much of it, is it a prominent family here? ”

Zuo Qing saw this scene, and did not go around in circles, and said: "The matter of Xingtan was held in advance, and there were celebrities from all walks of life passing by, which attracted a lot of attention, and Wen Kui said, so that many families in Qingzhou were in a hurry to hold a cultural meeting, these should all know, but in addition, such as the Wang family, such a top family, and want to hold their own cultural meeting, gathered several famous families, including my Zuo family, this is also a prosperous era, shaking the entire Langya County, the county family inevitably has the idea of taking advantage of the east wind, took the opportunity to launch its own literary club to gain fame. ”

Everyone understands, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is to rub hot spots and be elegant.

This kind of thing, don't say that in this era of fame, even in later generations, it is not uncommon.

Zuo Qing continued: "This Bao family, it is normal that Brother Liu has not heard of it, and I have only heard of it slightly, because this is a local wealthy family, and many people in their clan have won the position of Xu in recent years, and they are on the rise, so they will not let go of such an opportunity, but since they have met, I might as well go and see the scene of Wenhui first." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Zuo Qing instructed his left and right subordinates to settle the convoy, and he took Chen Zhi and others to follow the flow of people and walked towards the Bao family, saying as he walked: "It seems that such a family, there are no famous scholars, but it is similar to other literary meetings in terms of arrangement, and it will also attract some literati to stop. ”

"Oh? That's a good idea. Liu Gang became excited, he has been famous for the Qingzhou Literary Association for a long time, but he has not participated in it in the past, and at most he has participated in the poetry meeting and tasting meeting held by the younger generation, and the two are essentially different.

Talking and laughing, a few people came to the destination - Baoyuan.

As the name suggests, this is a garden courtyard of the Bao family in the city, and being able to occupy such a place in the county is enough to prove the Bao family's connections and financial resources.

When Chen Zhi arrived, the garden was crowded with people inside and outside the garden, and many people kept gathering over, but all the people outside the garden were cloth, and they were taking some melons and fruit desserts from the long table outside the door.

"The Bao family is really willing to spend the money." Looking at this scene, Tao Ya said with a smile.

Different from later generations, the level of productivity at this time was limited, the types of fruits were not rich, and many melons and fruits had to add a "Hu" character in front of them, which came from outside the Central Plains, and most of them came from the Western Regions.

Farming is still mainly grain, the output of fruits is limited, together with cakes and so on, are the exclusive use of scholars, and now the Bao family has taken them out and placed them in the shape of flowing water mats, and distributed food to ordinary people.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a nursing home next to the table to maintain order, this alone would be enough to cause a scramble.

Chen Zhi understood it and said: "For the current Bao family, money is secondary, reputation is the first, for the sake of fame, some wealthy people at the helm are even willing to take risks, and even give up a lot of industries, how can they be stingy with melons and fruits?" From Brother Zuo's introduction and the words of people along the way, it can also be heard that not only the Bao family held a literary meeting in this county, but the Bao family was not willing to be left behind, so they would spend a lot of money. ”

As he spoke, Bai Qing's figure flashed in his mind, and in essence, the Bai family and the Bao family were very similar, but there were many people in the Bao family who served as officials, and they obviously went further.

"That's the truth," Zuo Qing admired Chen Zhi for seeing the key so quickly, "Make a noise and benefit the people, so that the people can spontaneously spread it, so that the literary meeting will be meaningful, otherwise it will be just a gathering of scholars, what is the difference between it and ordinary poetry?" The Bao family is a wealthy family, eager to go further, but if you don't invite celebrities, you have to think about it from other aspects, in contrast, the Luo family and the Deng family in Zhangxian County will not act like this, these two families will not hold a literary meeting here, but will be invited by the Wang family to go to Linyi to hold a grand event, and the celebrities they invite will pass in the name of these two families when the time comes. ”

While a few people were talking, the cloth clothes in front saw their outfits, and the servants and servants who came to follow them took the initiative to get out of the way and let them enter the garden.

There were already a lot of scholars gathered in the courtyard, and they were scattered in the garden in twos and threes, and the sound of praise and cheers could be heard from time to time.

Chen Zhi looked around and saw that there were many tables, chairs, and tables in this courtyard, on which melons and fruits, pen, ink, paper, inkstones, etc. were placed, and on several trees around them, there were sticks, which were palm-sized pieces of paper, tied to the branches with thin wires.

Many people stood by the trees and pointed, and then talked like a river.

Liu Gang felt the novelty and asked, "What's going on?" "The poetry meetings he participated in in the past were all a group of people who got together, either someone came up with a question, or pointed to a certain scene or object, and made a poem and article, where have you ever seen such a scene?

"This is a major feature of my Qingzhou Literary Society," Zuo Qing laughed, with a hint of triumph on his face, "The reason why the Literary Association will be named 'Wen' is that this meeting does not seek poetry as a counterpoint, but talks about the Tao and talks, and there is a particular emphasis here, called the three paragraphs of the Wenhui, that is, a literary meeting should be divided into three stages, and my Zuojia Wenhui and Wang's Wenhui are mainly based on three stages, and the Xingtan is also similar. ”

"Oh? What are the three stages? Lu Ying was also interested, and couldn't help asking.

Tao Ya and Zhao Xing obviously already knew, and smiled without saying a word.

Chen Zhi looked at the scholars around him and guessed the general process, but he still listened attentively and waited for Zuo Qing's introduction.

Zuo Qing pointed to a few scholars standing under the tree, and said: "The Wenhui talks about Taoism, which is actually a discussion between the participants, so this topic is not made by others, but by each other, so this first link is 'the question'." ”