Chapter 6: The Four Great Talents
Carefully recalling the title of "Genius with Wind and Bones", Su Lin couldn't help but think of the nicknames of the four great talents in Yangzhou, what "Immediately Talented" and "Scholarly Genius", although it is not as elegant as the nicknames of the talented people in the history of the world, it is closer to reality.
He became famous overnight because of his literati style, and it is indeed not an exaggeration to be called a "genius".
Touching his nose, Su Lin asked curiously: "Miss Yun, who are these four talents?" ”
Although Su Lin inherited a lot of Su Xiucai's memories and some knowledge, and even recognized the words here, there were some irrelevant ones.
For example, whether it is knowledge or relatives, these can be said to be the most important things in Su Xiucai's lifetime, and these four talents in Yangzhou, with Su Xiucai's nerd who didn't listen to anything outside the window at that time, couldn't get along with these people, which also caused Su Lin to be almost blank when sorting out this part of his memory.
Hearing Su Lin talk about the four talents of Yangzhou, Yun Suer was obviously a little excited, waiting for the girl in the boudoir, even if she didn't think about these top talents, there was always a girl's longing.
However, listening to Su Lin's words, Yun Su'er was also a little puzzled, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly: "The official is in Yangzhou, but he doesn't know the four talents?" ”
"Well, Miss Yun doesn't know anything, Su Lin is just a poor scholar, and he has taken hard study as an important thing all his life, so he really doesn't know much about these." Su Lin had no choice but to push this pot on the dead Su Xiucai, and I don't know how he would feel if he became the one who carried the black pot for "himself" under Jiuquan?
Thinking of Su Lin's image of a nerd shaking his head on the official river in the past, the corners of Yun Su'er's mouth involuntarily hooked: "The official is really hardworking!" ”
When the goddess in her heart said this, she couldn't help but blush with Su Lin's cheekiness, and hurriedly coughed a few times, not knowing whether it was because of her weak heart or to relieve her embarrassment.
Su Lin's deflated appearance gave the girl a sense of accomplishment, and at the same time, she felt that Su Lin was extremely cute, and said with a crimson face: "The official is still a shy person!" ”
it? Flirting with my sister is being teased by my sister, this is no one, the key is still the goddess in my mind, Su Lin can't help but say in his heart What a thief is so exciting!
Seeing Su Lin with his head down, Yun Su'er knew that if she continued to ridicule, she estimated that she would not be able to talk about it this day, so she couldn't help but get serious and show the four talents of Yangzhou one by one.
This "calligraphy talent" can be said to be famous in the world, Mo said that in Yangzhou, its talent can enter the ranks of Qu Yi even in the entire Great Song Dynasty, just because it writes a good hand, and the end is a flowing line, not only comparable to everyone's calligraphy, but also a family of its own, the font is dignified and beautiful and elegant, and it has become the object of imitation in Yangzhou and even the entire Jiangnan.
His poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting may not be very powerful, but at a young age, he can become a family of calligraphy like the ancients Wang Xizhi and Yan Zhenqing, and set up a "Qin Sports Society", not to mention the entire Great Song Dynasty, at least in Yangzhou, and even in the south of the Yangtze River for the head of the talent.
As for another talent, he is good at poetry and painting, most of his content is related to beauties, and he often enters the brothel of the Qinglou, and he is suave, and many Qinglou women are willing to pay for it, known as the "Peach Blossom Genius", a metaphor for romance.
This romantic genius, bold and uninhibited by nature, bought a manor in Yangzhou, built a peach blossom hermitage, called himself the owner of the peach blossom nunnery, and because the peach blossom is a metaphor for the romance, so the name of "peach blossom talent" was called, his painting is more than his poetry, a painting is not to say that it is difficult to find a thousand gold, it is not a problem to sell three or four hundred or even a thousand taels of snowflake silver, and it is not a problem to have the reputation of "painter Wang Xizhi".
When Yun Su'er talked about the two talents, there was at most a trace of appreciation on her face, or the excitement that a girl should have, but when she talked about "immediately talented", the admiration in her eyes was undisguised.
The ancestor of the "immediate talent" was originally a native of Tangyin, because the Yellow River moved south to Yangzhou, and settled here for only two generations, but because his ancestor was a civil and military family, the family was also quite wealthy, and his influence in Yangzhou was not small.
Perhaps it is the reason for the martial arts from the elementary school, this genius especially admired the literati of the Tang Dynasty, hoping to revive the ancient style, and believed that the scholar should be like the ancients, "Wen can lift the pen to settle the world, and Wu can immediately determine the world", and he also made a song "Meritorious but take it immediately, why do you need to seek wealth in the song", and the name moved Yangzhou.
Nowadays, the Great Song Dynasty emphasizes literature and light martial arts, and his approach is indeed somewhat inconsistent with the national conditions and forms, but no one denies his talent and fame, which can be described as the first person in Yangzhou to be both civil and military.
With such a proud and ambitious man, what girl is not pregnant with spring?
At the end of the four great talents in Yangzhou, it seems a little shabby, although he is the oldest, but the name is the youngest, but he was admitted to a jinshi, and he has a deep accomplishment in the imperial examination, and now he has already started to know the county.
In fact, compared to the previous three talents, although they are famous, if they have no internal information, they will not be of much help to their future, on the other hand, the last Zhang Ning Zhang Zhixian, a Jinshi identity, if the road is smooth, it is enough for him to go to the top of the Jinluan Palace in the officialdom.
"Listening to what Miss Yun said, these four talents are either masters of calligraphy and painting or Jinshiju, and Su Lin is just a mediocre person who has not been promoted for two years." Su Lin listened and listened, and felt that he was not worthy of the title of "Genius with Wind and Bone", whether it was the song "Lime Yin" or the text and ink in his stomach, he did not have it before.
Now he just expressed his thoughts in front of other people's masterpieces and identities, and he could even be named a "genius", which Su Lin did not expect.
Yun Su'er smiled noncommittally, and then asked, "Su Guanren failed the imperial examination this time, but he will have to study hard by the Guanhe River for another year." ”
Ten years of cold windows, many scholars in the poor door are like this, even if there is no food to eat, they have to spend money on pen, ink, paper, inkstone, all day long is the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of Confucius and Mencius, and they have turned themselves into a nerd, and only at that moment can they relax and indulge in pleasure...
To be honest, in the history of Su Lin's original world, there is no shortage of famous people in the cold family, but there are many fewer people in the Shi family, there are more traitors in the Shi family, and there are more corrupt officials in the cold family.
The struggle of the poor for wealth and power is constantly happening in any time and space.
The way of Confucius and Mencius is fine, but when he thinks of the four books and five classics, Su Lin feels a headache in his head.
"My family is difficult, and my aunt and cousins are even more difficult, so I can only give up studying hard for the time being, so that the family situation is better..."Su Lin touched his nose and said his thoughts, "The Great Song Tea Ceremony is famous all over the world, and if you can do the tea and wine business, it is not a bad way to enrich your family." ”
Yun Suer's eyebrows frowned slightly, literati and scholars have always been quite disdainful of business, although there are also many great writers who have done business, such as the calligraphy and painting of the four great talents who have sold their own works.
However, after all, business is for money, and many literati value reputation, and the world is inherently prejudiced against those who do business, let alone literati doing business.
In the Great Song Dynasty, if an ordinary person committed a crime, he might go to prison, but the literati committed the same crime, but they added to the crime, and the difference in social status and treatment between the "foolish people" and the scholars was actually made up for in law.
Just like this business, if ordinary people do business, people will call it "breadwinner", and if the boss is a scholar, I am afraid that some people will say "no business, no treachery".
This situation in the Great Song Dynasty can't help but remind Su Lin of those celebrities, the same mistakes happen to ordinary people and celebrities, and the influence and public evaluation are simply worlds apart.