Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Story of Stones
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Ever since Xie Shen was full of joy to accept the special training of Confucius, he felt that the whole person seemed to be out of his body, and he was shaking when he walked......
The Confucian edict is worthy of being a county school instruction, and even the method of teaching and educating people is so different. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info After Xie Shen entered the school every day, he also had to review the notes of the Four Books according to the key points drawn by Confucius. This process was extremely painful, because Xie Shen's foundation was not solid, and when he saw a certain part of the commentary on the Four Books, he would not be able to reflect its specific position in the Four Books.
Pushing back is an extremely laborious physical work, but fortunately, Xie Shen is a person with ideals and pursuits, and he firmly believes that surprise revision is the fastest way to improve his grades! This is the truth of practice!
Counting the time spent studying with his classmates in the academy, Xie Shen spent as much as five or six hours a day studying for as many as five or six hours. Of course, this is a manifestation of diligence, and even the Confucian teachings, who have always been unsmiling, boasted of Xie Shen.
Young people, it's good to suffer a little more. Faced with the tone of Confucius's edict, Xie Shen at this moment could only shed tears before speaking......
Xie Shen is a person with ideals, an ambitious person, and a person who will not give up until he achieves his goal. After several months of special training, Xie Shen's mastery and understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism have improved several levels. In this regard, Confucius saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.
This son is gifted, and now he has made up for the foundation, and he will definitely make a big difference in the county exam next year.
Confucius has been teaching in Yuyao County for many years, and has seen a lot of so-called talented prodigies. Many of these people are vain names obtained by relying on the fame of their families, and their strength is far inferior to that of a poor family like Xie Shen.
People are selfish, and Confucianism is no exception.
Yuyao is a strong county in the imperial examination, but most of the top three are children of families, and there are not many Jinshi among the children of poor families.
If Xie Shen could win the Jinshi in one breath under his careful tutelage, then his reputation as the Holy Hand of the Confucian Daoist Imperial Examination would spread throughout Shaoxing Mansion and even Zhejiang Chengxuan's political envoys.
But these are all later words, so I won't show them here for the time being.
Xie Shen ended the special training of the devil of Confucius, and the whole person was tired and thin. If it weren't for Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi who bought a lot of supplements to help Xie Shen replenish his qi and blood, Xie Shen might have become ill from hard work.
Who says it's easy to read? It depends on how you read it! As required by Confucius, reading is the whole of life, and only a perverted bull like Wang Shouren can do it.
Hey, fortunately, he and Wang Shouren are not in the same department, otherwise they wouldn't be abused in doubtful life?
Ten days have ended, and it is time to rest. The three of them left the academy together and walked down the street.
Yuyao City in midsummer was very hot, and sweat flowed down Xie Shen's neck. In his previous life, Xie Shen was most afraid of the hot and humid weather in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now he is even more sad. This is the Ming Dynasty, there is no air conditioning fan blower, thinking about it soaking wet and sitting alone in the bamboo building panting, Xie Shen is chill.
For Shui Yun, Xie Shen actually missed a little. Feelings are really cultivated, at first he only had a good impression of seeing Shui Yun Xie Shen in Wangjia Villa, but after a few months, he faintly felt that it was still very good to have such a confidant around him.
No matter what, Xie Shen is now also a person who can read at night with red sleeves.
The relationship also needs to be maintained, since Shui Yun is very good to Xie Shen, the young man naturally wants to repay the favor.
went to the Fengji Rouge Shop on the street to buy a set of fat powder, and went to the Chen's silk shop to pull a Zhejiang flower to make a new set of clothes for the little lady and sister-in-law, Xie Shen was already satisfied.
And at this moment, Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi are staring at Xie Shen incredulously, this guy is too easy to satisfy......
"Brother Shen, you just buy these, Miss Shui Yun won't be angry."
Xie Pi rubbed his palms and asked carefully.
Xie Shen glanced at him angrily and said, "You are a full man, you don't know how hungry a man is hungry." These are all saved by my frugality, how can you wear brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes with your fingers casually, and the style is not heavy. ā
Wang Shouwen on the side said with a smile: "Brother Shenxian, we also have our sufferings, the marriage is controlled by our father and brother, and it is more difficult to please a satisfactory lady than to ascend to the sky." It's like Brother Shen Xian, who has a warm bed at a young age. ā
Xie Shen scolded with a smile: "It's like what you said, forget it, don't talk to you, how did you talk to them about the manuscript you handed over to you last time." ā
"Well, it's the manuscript of "The Stone Record". I went to a few bookstores to talk to, and they all scrambled to get it. I'm trying to find the highest bidder to sell, but of course it depends on what you mean. ā
When Confucius conducted a special devil training for Xie Shen, Xie Shen also found a way to change his brain. Otherwise, my head is filled with four books and five classics all day long, and sooner or later I will be stunned.
After thinking about it, Xie Shen memorized the dream of red mansions.
After all, among the four famous novels, Xie Shen is most familiar with Dream of Red Mansions, and he can recite almost every plot backwards.
The Ming Dynasty novel industry was extremely prosperous, and publishing books and becoming a freelance writer seemed to be a good livelihood. A poor child like Xie Shen can't resist on his shoulders or lift his hands, and if he wants to earn some money to subsidize his family, he can only write books.
However, he didn't want to delay the imperial examination because of this, so naturally he couldn't use his real name.
"The Feng family's shop gives fifty-fifty points, the Xue family adds one percent, and the Liu family adds seventy-three. However, among the three, the Feng family was the first to enter the industry, and the most went to his house to buy manuscripts. ā
Wang Shouwen said unhurriedly, but Xie Shen frowned when he listened.
Why are the novels sold in these bookstores still mainly handwritten? In Xie Shen's impression, the novel industry in the Ming Dynasty was developed, and movable type printing was also popular, so why not use movable type printing to print books.
"These shops are all manuscripts? Why not use movable type printing? ā
Wang Shouwen smiled and said: "Our Shaoxing Mansion is all wood movable type printing, and if you can't sell a batch of manuscripts, they will all be scrapped." Although the manuscript is slower, it can keep track of the number of manuscripts at any time, so as not to lose money. ā
I see!
After all, the Ming Dynasty did not have intellectual property rights and pen name awareness, and most readers read books rather than people. As a result, no one can guarantee the sale of a book until it is actually sold. These bookstores and shops are all small-scale businesses, and in order to avoid risks, they naturally choose to sell more secure manuscripts.
"Then the Feng family, the most important thing now is to let more people see "The Story of the Stone", as for the money, it doesn't matter if you take less money."
Although Xie Shen had memorized the entire Dream of Red Mansions, he decided to only give the bookstore ten manuscripts at a time. In this way, once the sales go up, when the bookstore comes to talk to Xie Shen again, he will also take advantage of the trend to increase the price!
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