Chapter 118: Fame and Fortune (I)
In the inkstone purchased from Zhaoqing, the ink is both thick and black, and the purple hao dipped in the ink is full of ink, and gorgeous notes are written on the snow-white rice paper. Sister Hu stood behind Fan Jin, looking at the silhouette of Ai Lang, her eyes full www.biquge.info of admiration and fascination. And Liang Pandi leaned close to Fan Jin's side, pressed Fan Jin's arm with his chest, and read along with his writing:
"Chaos is beginning to open, and the world is beginning. The light and clear air is the sky, and the heavy turbidity of the air is the earth. The sun and the moon are five stars, which are called the seven politics; Heaven and earth and man are called the three talents. The sun is the sect of the sun, and the moon is the image of the yin. The rainbow name is the yin energy of heaven and earth; The toad in the moon is the essence of the moon. ”
"What is this?"
"Read it to children." Fan Jin didn't wait for her to finish asking, and took the initiative to introduce. "This is what I am going to write for the enlightenment of children, in fact, not only children, but also older sisters can also read. As I said, you have to read too. Of course, if you don't take the imperial examination, you don't need to read the ones I read, and it's useless to read them. If you read this, you will know a lot of common sense concepts, and you will not make jokes when dealing with people in the government in the future. ”
Historically, as a children's enlightenment book, Qionglin appeared at the end of the Ming Dynasty and was officially written in the Qing Dynasty. It's not a university question in itself, but it's a good introductory material for Mengtong. Fan Jin relies on the blessing of the system, and the things he has read in his previous life can be roughly remembered, and the kindergarten Qionglin is one of the few books he can memorize out of his personal hobby, and it is not difficult to write it down silently now.
His current positioning in Guangzhou is already regarded as a celebrity, although he has no fame, but it does not affect him to become a celebrity and genius in Guangzhou. There are governors who praise them, and there is a great contribution to the suppression of pirates this time, and the ability to do things is there. If anyone doubts his ability because of his fame, he is questioning the ability of governors and governors to know people, and he is asking for hardship.
In any era, there is no shortage of unlucky people who are talented but have no fame, such as Tang Bohu, who was involved in the imperial examination fraud case during the Zhengde period, and Xu Wenchang, who is still active in the Ming Dynasty, and Ai Nanying in another time and space. They are not satisfactory in the imperial examination, but their talents can be recognized by the world, and no one will look down on them because they have no merit.
In terms of Fan Jin's age, if he is going to show people the Bagu article, as an evaluation, he is still a little unqualified. But there is no problem in getting some supplementary reading materials and publishing some books. For example, in the original world of Confucianism, Ma Chunshang's group of people who engaged in teaching supplementary readings did not have any of them, but the small records they compiled could become bestsellers.
Fan Jin's kindergarten Qionglin is more inclined to common sense popularization, and ordinary readers don't care much about it, and it's useless for them to read it. But for children and semi-literate people to popularize science, that is very effective.
And it also includes some everyday polite expressions, salutations, and literacy. Due to the monopoly nature of current social knowledge, these so-called common senses are rare wealth for people at the bottom of society. The release of this book is not aimed at high-end people, but the most grassroots Mongolian children and peddlers. Although the social status of these people is not high, the population base is large, and there are many people who read this book, and Fan Jin's popularity is widespread.
Sow the seed and reap the harvest. Fan Jin doesn't expect to become a local scholar by writing a few books or doing a few articles, which is really unrealistic. What he wants now is to be famous and brush his face, accompanied by fame and fortune, and only when his reputation is beaten, will interests follow.
The leaves of the ginkgo tree turn from green to yellow, and unconsciously, the autumn wind has reached Wuyang. When the crops in the fields ripen and new rice hits the market, the price of grain in the city drops a few pennies. For city dwellers, although a difficult year, autumn is always a little better.
The coolness of the autumn breeze can't blow away the enthusiasm in the city. In addition to the impassioned literati, the prosperity of the market and the development of commerce have benefited a large number of urban people. On the officialdom, Yin Zhengmao, the former governor of Liangguang, was promoted to the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Ling Yunyi received the seal. What followed was a series of personnel changes at the top.
This kind of change was not deeply felt by ordinary people, but the ensuing new policy was closely related to every citizen of Guangzhou, and a new law called a whip began to be promoted and implemented in Guangzhou.
The new law, which the people called the whip law, involved the collection of money and grain, and was the most closely related system to the people, and there was no one. Generally speaking, this kind of law is issued by the yamen, which is read to the people by the officials or talented lords, and then implemented according to the above content. Sometimes they don't understand, and they have to be responsible for explaining. But this whip method is different, and the person in charge of explaining it is Fan Jin, a very famous talent in the city, and a public servant of Nanhai County.
Fan Jin put this thing to his mouth, and the effect of amplification allowed his words to reach the ears of the people smoothly. There are many contents of the new law, and the core meaning of the new law is actually very simple: tax according to the mu, and the service is converted into silver. The tax in kind on grain is certainly payable, but the other miscellaneous items are combined into money. The forced labor and miscellaneous labor that were originally undertaken by the common people were all changed to money labor, and the government only needed money, not people. If you can't pay the money, you're ready to be hired to do the hard work. In the past, special products, cloth flowers and other items that were levied on a mu basis were also changed to cashiers, and then purchased from merchants.
Such a system was of course the best news for merchants, such as tooth shops, cloth shops, and money banks, all applauded the new policy. Generally speaking, the price of silver is lower than that of the mainland, and the price of copper is higher, so the burden of this exchange on the common people is not too serious.
Moreover, in places like Foshan, most of the nominal arable land has been built into iron factories, and it is fatal to ask them for food, and serving is the only way for the officials to blackmail them. Now I can't ask for money when I change the transaction.
The south is different from the north, for the commercially developed areas, the pursuit is to spend money to avoid troubles, and the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem. The original most feared forced labor has been canceled, and the payment of silver without food has also eliminated the envy of paying an extra 10%, and from the psychological point of view of most people, they are still more welcome to the new law. On the streets, most of the pedestrians are full of energy, and on the whole, people are more happy than sad, which can be regarded as a peaceful scene.
"Ma Rong set up a tent, the former gave the apprentices, and the latter was a female musician; Confucius lived in the apricot altar, with seventy sages and three thousand disciples. It is said that the teaching hall is called to set up a tent, and it is also called Zhenduo; The Qianjiao Hall is said to make a living, and it is also said to be a tongue ploughing. The teacher is called Xibin, and the teacher is called Hanzhang; Learn to be a family school, and learn to be a bundle of repairs. Taoli is in the public gate, and there are many disciples; The first root is long and dry, and the teacher's diet is thin......"
On the street, Meng Tong was still shaking his head on the way home from school, reciting the words he had just memorized. Since it is not an examination subject, students will not be required to forcibly recite Qionglin in the school room, but this kind of script is indeed easy to memorize, and its practicality is strong, even if it is out of interest, many schoolchildren also recite it spontaneously. The vendors doing business on the side of the road listened attentively, and their mouths were open, and they read along with the children's word by word.
The young maid, dressed in a bikini and with a double bun on her head, quarreled with the bookstore owner in a high and low voice.
"No is nothing, even if you smash me here, there will be none."
"None? Fan Gongzi is a native of Guangzhou, and he wrote a book, do you tell me that you don't have Chongdefang? My lord is doing things according to the judge's yamen, believe it or not, I will seal your door tomorrow! ”
"Even if you catch me, I don't have to. It's true that Gongzi is from Guangzhou, but his golden dart is selling too well, and now this Zhu Sanjie Festival Martyr's Tale has been bought out as soon as it comes out, and the printed ones haven't been delivered yet, so I can't help it. I think it will arrive in about two days, but there are already one, two, three ...... ordered here."
"I don't care how many people you have in front, anyway, I will pick up the book two days later, if you can't get it, just tell my master, let him seal your door!"
Miss Xiguan is a big and young person in Dongguan, in fact, Dongguan is a residential area for the families of local officials in Guangzhou, and there are not a few young ladies. The six- and seven-year-old child brandished a wooden knife in the garden and called herself Shengying, while the young lady stood by the window of the embroidery building and held the newly bought Miss Zhu's Martyr's Day, with tears in her eyes, "Juliet is so pitiful...... This retreating son is really hateful, why can't you let a lover finally become a family? ”
Just when this lady looked from afar and was sad for the fate of the characters in the book, a messy footsteps sounded, sweating profusely, panting and holding the bowl up, shouting: "Miss, Miss, double skin milk has been bought." ”
"Shout what? Not a spark of decency! The woman reprimanded the girl unceremoniously, took the bowl and gently stirred the milk skin with the spoon. You...... Have you seen Fan Gongzi? ”
"Nope. I only bought milk, but I couldn't see Fan Gongzi. ”
"Useless stuff! Fan Gongzi is either talking about the whip method on the street, or in Wenlan Academy in Xiguan, this store that sells double-skin milk is close to Wenlan Academy, how can he not see it? ”
The maid was extremely aggrieved when she was reprimanded, and explained: "The slave and maid have been found, but he is not there." The slave maid also asked people, saying that Fan Gongzi and a few staff members of Xiguan had gone to eat and drink last night and had not come back yet......"
In the red-sleeved move, Fan Jin sent several members out of the door, and greeted each other when they were leaving, and agreed to come back for a drink another day. Haitang and the others, who were entertaining together, sent people away, and raised a big finger at Fan Jin and said: "Fan Gongzi, Haitang can be regarded as serving you, Xiguan San, Pan, Ye, and Liang." Although it is not the most powerful batch in the city, but in Xiguan, it is a ruthless character who calls for wind and rain, and even the face of Nanhai County may not be sold. You can gain a foothold in Xiguan, and you can also let them support you in a whip method, Haitang is really going to write a word for you. ”
"It's not my credit either, in the final analysis, it's the power of the imperial court. Ling Zhijun was said to be promoted to governor and should be stationed in Zhaoqing, but he was still stationed in Guangzhou just to promote a whip. If this attitude is taken out, whoever bears it hard will not give the governor face. Although Xiguan has force and silver, he is also a businessman and not a thief, and they don't have the courage to do it if they are hard to top the imperial court. Besides, these three people don't have much land, it's not a big deal to pay taxes, and they don't have a reputation in their families, so what do they fight? More importantly, I gave them a chance, and it was like a red sleeve move. Your sister Haitang doesn't keep guests, of course I'm not happy. But if you introduce a good sister to accompany me, my anger will be less after all, and I can't turn my face for this kind of thing, right? ”
Haitang sneered, "Fan Gongzi, what you said is narrow, now you are a famous talent in Guangzhou City, children read your kindergarten Qionglin, those half-grown children listen to the Golden Dart, I heard that there is already a martial arts hall in Foshan that has been renamed Baozhilin." Our sisters with red sleeves, but we are all waiting to see what Miss Zhu wrote about the martyr's martyr's day, and what Rossio is jealous of, and the White Lady Romance. My brother-in-law didn't do anything originally, and now you also get him to the yamen to Puna Whip Method, Sister Lan is grateful for your kindness, but who else will not keep your guests with red sleeves to recruit the woman you like? ”
She took a step forward and whispered: "Fan Gongzi, you accompanied a few people to fight for a night last night, just take a rest, I will serve you......"
"Excuse me. I still have to rush back, my business has just opened, and I can't leave it alone. How do you feel about my new double-skin milk, shrimp dumplings and siu mai? ”
Begonia sighed, "It's boring." Yesterday, people helped you say good things, and your mouth was dry, why don't you talk about it at all, what does it matter if you just sleep all night? Could it be that I am poisonous, and I will harm your luck when I sleep? ”
Fan Jin laughed and took a sip on her face, "I am fortunate to be favored by Sister Begonia in the next three lives, but now is not the time." Business has just begun, and everything is difficult at the beginning. You know that place in Xiguan, it's not easy to gain a foothold, how difficult it is for me to stand in it, I can't smash the signboard. When the business stabilizes, you must have a good chat with Sister Begonia. Well, I'll sit down a little longer and draw you two more paintings, and you will say that I painted them after my stay, and no one will doubt them. ”
"That's right, you help me, I help you, it's all happy. When your restaurant officially opens, I will bring my sister to support you for free. ”
Fan Jin's painting skills and speed have improved greatly, and it didn't take too long for the two paintings to be completed. Haitang said while collecting the painting: "Fan Gongzi, what about people like me, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is a plaything for you to have fun, and you shouldn't intervene in business." But you, a scholar, are different from others and will not look down on us, and I am willing to say a few more words to you. My family was actually quite rich at the beginning, and my father was also a wealthy family in the countryside. As a result, a bookkeeper in the yamen took a fancy to my mother and deliberately sent my father an errand to buy beads. It's fate, don't say anything. But if you succeed in this whip method, there will be fewer begonias in the world, which is a good thing. So I want you to succeed, and if there's anything I can do to help, just say, I'll help you without money. ”
Fan Jin nodded, held Haitang's hand and said, "Do you remember the name of the bookstore?" ”
"He died the second year I came in, and I used the money from the comb cage and three days to accompany him to hire a man who ran the rivers and lakes, do you want to arrest me and go to the yamen?"
"If someone catches you for this, I'll be responsible for getting you out."
"Does that girl want to make a promise to thank her son for his great kindness?"
"I'm a person who doesn't expect to repay my kindness, so you can just treat me as a saint and reincarnate me, just so-so."
Outside the door, Sister Lan shook her head lightly and sighed, "After all, there is no fate, Begonia...... It's a pity. ”