readx; The auction of Wuzhou Trading Company was originally organized extremely successfully, but he did not expect that Dong Qichang first questioned the counterfeiting of the lot, and then was stirred up by Shuntianfu, which not only led to the failure of the auction of "Traveling in Streams and Mountains", but also almost confiscated the auction proceeds. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf it weren't for the Imperial City Guard Regiment and the Jinyi Guard, the situation that Wuzhou Trading Company had worked so hard to get out might even be wiped out in one day!

Of course, Zhu Youzhen felt very angry. The Jin merchants, Hui merchants and other major merchant gangs were unhappy with the appearance of the Wuzhou trading company, and they would definitely do everything possible to crack down, which was expected by him; It's just that he didn't expect that the other party's methods would be so despicable, first using "experts" like Dong Qichang to slander specific businesses, and then colluding with the government to forcibly sabotage. Wuzhou Trading Company has the emperor as a big backer, and if it changes others, it will definitely be unable to resist. It is no wonder that several major merchant gangs can monopolize the business of Beijing and even the world, which is clearly a huge organization and a strict division of labor interest group!

"Okay, hooray, isn't there any danger." Zhu Cunqi saw that Zhu Youzhen was depressed, and hurriedly comforted him, "Although "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" was not filmed, our other lots also received nearly one million taels. Fortunately, there is that young man, otherwise this genuine painting could have been mistaken for a fake. ”

Zhu Youzhen was also moved, so he sent someone to invite the young man into the private room. The young man is not very experienced, how do he know the danger of this auction, he was almost arrested by Shuntianfu just now, and he was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly smiled and said: "If Fang Cai hadn't made a high-level statement, I'm afraid everyone would agree with Dong Qichang's statement and think that "Xishan Travel Map" is a fake. Speaking fairly, I have done a great favor to Wuzhou Trading Company, and I thank you here! ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Cunqi were both dressed in civilian clothes, and the young man naturally didn't recognize them, so he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "How dare you." The student just talks about things, and has no other intentions, who knows that he will provoke Shuntianfu! Dare to ask the two, but the five continents of the trading company...? ”

"That's right," Zhu Youzhen pointed at Zhu Cunqi and said, "This is the Zhu gang leader of Wuzhou Trading Company." Well, I'm the younger brother of the Zhu gang leader, hehe. Dare to ask why you have such a deep attainment in the appreciation of calligraphy and painting? ”

The young man did not suspect it, first re-saluted the two, and then sighed and said, "The student's surname is Xu Mingchuan, and he is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. This spring, the imperial court opened Enke to take office, and after the students got the news, they rushed to Beijing from Shaoxing in the starry night, and they went to Xuzhou to fall ill. Because he was shy in his pocket and had no money to grab medicine, he had to stiffen up in the inn for more than half a month before he could get off the ground. When he arrived in Beijing, Enke was already over. The students ran out of money and could not return to their hometowns, so they had to work on the Tonghui River construction site and slowly accumulate travel expenses. ”

Zhu You immediately felt compassion when he heard this, and secretly thought that this was a poor student. At such a young age, with such a thin body, it is indeed pitiful to have to go to the construction site to sell coolies.

"Students know a little about calligraphy and painting, all because of family learning." Speaking of this, the young man proudly raised his head and said, "My grandfather had a hard life, and in his later years, he loved poetry and painting, leaving more than 2,000 poems, more than 100 paintings, and dozens of volumes of poetry and painting reviews. The student's simple insight was learned from his grandfather's collection of books. ”

"Oh? Don't know the name of your grandfather? Zhu Youzhen asked in surprise, thinking that such a person must be talented and rich, and his grandsons are so powerful, how could he be poor?

Xu Chuan replied solemnly: "My grandfather was secretive, and his words were long. ”

"What?!" Zhu Youzhen was shocked and said, "Your grandfather is Xu Wei?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Chuan was also a little surprised, "Although my grandfather was only a scholar, he was unknown before his death. How do you know? ”

"Alive?" Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked, "So, Xu Wei has passed away?" ”

"My grandfather Wanli has passed away in the twenty-first year of my life, and it has been more than thirty years now." Xu Chuan replied honestly.

Zhu Youzhen sighed again and again when he heard it, but Zhu Cunqi and Xu Chuan were stunned.

Of course, they didn't know that this Xu Wei was not an ordinary person, but was called one of the "Three Great Talents of the Ming Dynasty" by later generations, on the same level as Xie Jin and Yang Shen! There are also many folk legends about Xu Wenchang, but all of them show his cleverness and wit. Xu Wei has a higher reputation in the calligraphy and painting world, such as Zheng Banqiao, one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", and Qi Baishi, a master of modern and modern painting, all of whom have great respect for Xu Wei, and even said that "I am willing to be born hundreds of years earlier and be a lackey of Xu Wei's disciples".

Zhu Youzhen doesn't have any artistic accomplishment, but he is also very strange, how could such a talented man be poor during his lifetime?

Therefore, he asked Xu Chuan carefully, and only then did he have a general understanding of Xu Wei's life. It turned out that although Xu Wei was only a scholar, he was very unsuccessful in the imperial examination and failed many times. At the beginning, Xu Wei thought that his article level was not enough, but after falling into the first place many times, he gradually realized that it was not that he had no talent to learn, but that the imperial examination system itself could not select real talents.

Xu Wei was arrogant and unwilling to change himself to cater to the imperial examination, so he no longer cared about the imperial examination, but turned to study the study of the economy and the world. At that time, when the Japanese were raging, Xu Wei joined the door of Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and became a guest of the scene, that is, the master. Hu Zongxian broke the Japanese Emperor Xu Hai, and used Huairou tactics to contain the most powerful Japanese Emperor Wang Zhi at that time, all of which were Xu Wei's strategic efforts. At that time, Qi Jiguang was also serving under Hu Zongxian's account, and the reason why he was able to train an elite and incomparable Qi family army also had a lot to do with Xu Wei.

As a result, after Yan Song fell, Hu Zongxian was arrested and imprisoned and committed suicide in prison. Xu Wei was also unlucky, and the fall of Hu Zongxian meant the complete end of Xu Wei's political life. This talented man couldn't stand this blow and committed suicide nine times in a row, almost insane. In his insanity, he accidentally killed his wife and was imprisoned for another seven years.

After being released from prison, Xu Wei's temperament changed greatly. He was in his fifties at the time, and first traveled to Xuanfu and Datong, and later went to Liaodong on the recommendation of Qi Jiguang to teach the art of war to Li Rusong, the eldest son of the famous general Li Chengliang, that is, Li Chongyao's father. After giving him all the money, Xu Wei returned to his hometown, did not ask about the world, and only accompanied him with calligraphy and painting.

In his later years, Xu Wei was destitute and had to sell paintings for a living, but never painted for the ruling bureaucrats. In the end, he died in the old house at an old age, accompanied by only a dog, and there was not even a mat on the bed, which was really miserable.

Speaking of this, Xu Chuan couldn't help but feel sad and choked up. Zhu Youzhen was also gloomy, secretly thinking that throughout the ages, there are not many people like Xu Wei who did not pursue fame and fortune during his lifetime, but whose writings and ideas can influence generations after generations, I am afraid that only Cao Xueqin, Marx, Van Gogh and a few others can compare with him. They have left valuable spiritual wealth to this world, but this world is very cruel to them, is this the so-called "jealous talent"!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen said to Xu Chuan: "Grandfather Ling is a strange person through the ages, and he is also a rare genius. Our Wuzhou trading company is now short of manpower, and if you don't know how to be satisfied, are you willing to stoop to be a consultant? ”