"Little brother, what is that?"

Wu Gou pointed to the desk behind Xiao Mo and asked curiously. (Read the full text of the novel, as far as you can.1.) (1 text. Learning Network) ()

Xiao Mo turned his head to look, but saw that Wu Gou was referring to a stack of manuscripts covered with handwriting, and the "Asking Immortals" that Xiao Mo handed over to Wu Gou just now was placed next to this stack of manuscripts.

Obviously, after the big sale of the previous story, Wu Gou was extremely tempted by anything Xiao Mo wrote.

"These are not stories, they are just some nonsense that I have nothing to do and talk about it."

Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally put the stack of papers in front of Wu Gou.

Wu Gou took it, looked down, his face changed, his hand trembled, and he almost dropped the manuscript in his hand.

I saw that at the top of this stack of manuscripts, the title was written with the words "New Interpretation of the Mean".

It's no wonder that Wu Gou was taken aback, although the Chu Dynasty is now culturally prosperous, the status of literati is extremely high, and it has always paid attention to the contention of a hundred schools, advocating literati to speak freely along the way, but this is only a statement on the surface.

As a bookseller, Wu Gong has published many books written by literati such as "Commentary on the Four Books" and "Commentary on the Five Classics", but these literati have already made a name for themselves above the Jinshi level, and have mixed their qualifications in the literati circle for many years, and have already been famous.

And Xiao Mo has just finished the county exam now, and he dares to write this kind of thing, no one will read it, if he is noticed, I am afraid that comments such as "only boastful", "so ambitious", "I don't know what to say", "I don't know what to do", "I don't measure myself" will drown Xiao Mo.

Therefore, even if Wu Gou is optimistic about Xiao Mo's future, he has no intention of printing and selling this book for Xiao Mo at this moment, whether it is for Xiao Mo's future or the reputation of his own bookstore.

took over this "New Interpretation of the Mean" from the hands of Wu Gou, who was full of scorn, looking at Wu Gou's appearance that he didn't know how to continue the topic, Xiao Mo smiled slightly, and didn't care, this "New Interpretation of the Mean" was just an attempt by Xiao Mo himself, and it did not mean to give Wu Gou a large number of printing and sales, not to mention, Xiao Mo himself was not satisfied with this "New Interpretation of the Mean", which was only written less than half.

Wu Gou hesitated for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "Little Brother Xiao, don't blame the old brother for being shallow and profound, my brother I am not well educated, and I don't know how this "New Interpretation of the Mean" is written, of course, with your talent, there will inevitably be merits in it, but now you are really not suitable for writing these things, the time has not come." If the little brother can get the Jinshi meritorious name, you don't need the little brother to say, the old brother will do his best to make a name for the little brother, but now ......"

Obviously, Wu Gou mistakenly thought that the reason why Xiao Mo gave him "Xianwen" for free was just to let him print and sell this "New Interpretation of the Mean" in large quantities and make a name for himself.

This is indeed a common method used by many readers nowadays.

Xiao Mo shook his head with a smile and said: "Shopkeeper Wu misunderstood, this thing is just written by the juniors for their own amusement, and they didn't want to print and sell a large number of Yixiao and be generous, the juniors made an appointment with the shopkeeper Wu this time, just to give this "Xianwen" to the shopkeeper. ”

Hearing Xiao Mo say this, Wu Gou knew that he was mistaken, and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, and hurriedly said, "How can this be?" No matter how much business I talk about, how can I ask for the story of my brother for nothing? I'm not afraid to tell the truth to my little brother, the previous story has made me a lot of money. ”

Xiao Mo shook his head with a smile again, and said: "The reason why I sold that story to Shopkeeper Wu last time was just because my family was in financial distress and had to do it, and now I don't lack money, so I won't do such a thing, but although this story was given to Shopkeeper Wu, there are some things that need to be paid attention to, and I have to ask Shopkeeper Wu's consent." ”

"Little brother, please speak."

"My identity must not be revealed, this shopkeeper Wu has long known. In addition, as far as I know, Mr. Wu's bookstores are all over the country, and there are also two bookstores in the capital. This story, please also ask the shopkeeper Wu to focus on more publicity in the capital when selling it in the future, and it is best to let everyone in the capital know the storage of this story? ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's request, Wu Gou was puzzled.

According to his interactions with Xiao Mo these days, Wu Gou felt that Xiao Mo was a very low-key person, especially for the fame and benefits that these stories would bring, Xiao Mo never cared, and he didn't want others to know that he was a self-disturbing layman. Why did you ask yourself to publicize more in the capital this time? Didn't Xiao Mo know that there were a lot of powerful people in the capital, and there were countless people with great power, so doing so was very likely to attract the attention of those powerful people, and then expose his identity?

But looking at Xiao Mo's calm expression as always, Wu Gou knew that Xiao Mo must have his own plans, and it was inconvenient to ask, so he finally nodded and agreed.

Wu Gou didn't know that the reason why Xiao Mo wrote this "Immortal Question" was not for money or fame, but just to attract the attention of the supreme supreme being in the capital.

Different from the previous story, this "Xianwen", whether it is the identity of the protagonist's relatives and relatives, or the various characteristics of the human life, or the various encounters of the protagonist in the story, are all written by Xiao Mo according to the Songshan Academy's trolls about his preference for today's saints, it can be said that this is a story tailored to the current emperor of the Chu Dynasty, just to maximize the attention and favor of this majesty.

It can be said that if Xiao Mo's first story was written in this "Immortal Question", the repercussions caused by it would never be as strong as "Immortal Quest", and for ordinary readers, even if this story is novel, it will not have much resonance and substitution. To put it bluntly, this is just a flattering work dedicated to such an emperor of the Chu Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Mo asked Wu Gou to focus on propaganda in the capital.

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In the end, although Wu Gou accepted Xiao Mo's story, he sent someone to send hundreds of dollars afterwards, saying that it was a congratulatory gift for Xiao Mo to get the fame of Xiucai in advance.

Xiao Mo didn't say anything about this money, but just let Deng Shangquan accept it.

Now Xiao Mo's own money, most of it has been handed over to Deng Shangquan to deal with, regardless of Deng Shangquan's background, he is indeed a good housekeeper and servant, and when money is placed in his hands, it can often produce the greatest effect with the smallest expenditure. And whether it is Xiao Mo or Xiao Shenyan, they are not good hands in financial management.

And Xiao Mo himself calmed down and continued to study the "New Solution of the Mean" he wrote.

Since he is destined to be pushed to the forefront by Songshan Academy in the future, to attract the attention of the emperor of the Chu Dynasty and countless high-ranking officials and nobles, from the low-key intention to the unavoidable high-profile, then in order to protect himself, Xiao Mo can only make himself more high-profile, so high-profile that in the future, most opponents will not dare to deal with him at will.

And in this era of literati supremacy, there is nothing more high-profile than being a Confucian scholar who is admired by all people. Like Sikong Min, he is just a calligrapher, and if he writes "Yan Ti" very well, he can gain great prestige, and even after being convicted, at most he will only get a punishment that is degraded to a civilian, which is a good proof.

In this era, although there is not a rule of "swearing not to kill scholars" like Song, if you can become a famous top writer, then in a way, it is equivalent to winning a gold medal for avoiding death.

Therefore, neither Xiao Mo nor Songshan Academy is satisfied that Xiao Mo only wrote a few grandiose novelty stories to become famous. That's why Xiao Mo thought of writing this "New Interpretation of the Mean".

The reason why he chose "The Mean" in the four books was that Xiao Mo had carefully considered it.

When cooperating with Songshan Academy, Tian Maolin once mentioned that Xiao Mo would summarize his various views and publish a book to write a biography, so as to win a lot of fame and prestige, and in the future, he could enter the core of the temple of the Chu Dynasty more smoothly.

Xiao Mo was originally going to do this, but after trying it these days, he realized that this matter was not as simple as he imagined.

You must know that although Xiao Mo has nearly a thousand years of knowledge more than the people of this era, in the era of network access and information explosion in later generations, the amount of knowledge obtained is far more than that of people of this era, and Xiao Mo has begun to initially combine his later generations with the environment of this era into various Confucian doctrines over the years, but Xiao Mo's current knowledge is far from reaching the Cheng dù of a generation of Confucian scholars, and although there are nearly a thousand years of knowledge, these insights are too fragmented. The two simply cannot be systematically integrated to the point of writing a book.

Although with the help of Songshan Academy, these deficiencies could be easily made up, but Xiao Mo did not want to rely too much on Songshan Academy, in that case, it would be even more difficult to get rid of Songshan Academy's control in the future.

So Xiao Mo thought of "The Mean" in the four books.

In later generations, the so-called "golden mean" can be said to be known to everyone. The "Mean" in the four books also occupies an extremely important position in the entire Confucian doctrine. In various forums and papers of later generations, when talking about Confucianism, it will inevitably involve a large number of theories in "The Mean", and in a certain way, the book "The Mean" represents the whole of Confucianism. And the "golden mean" is the principle of respect for all Chinese in later generations.

It can be said that among the various insights of Xiao Mo in later generations, what can be accepted by everyone in this environment, and the theory of "The Mean" is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and the most profoundly understood.

It's just that the status of "The Mean" has improved in history, or in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and in the Chu Dynasty, the book "The Mean" still has not received due attention, and its status is like a subsidiary of the Four Books and Five Classics.

It can be said that Xiao Mo wrote this "New Interpretation of the Mean", not only the easiest to use his advantages, but also the easiest to achieve and prestige, and it is not easy for others to find flaws and loopholes. And "The Mean" was originally one of the theoretical foundations of the imperial power to rule the country in later generations, so Xiao Mo was not afraid of causing any trouble because of this book.

However, even so, Xiao Mo felt extremely difficult when he wrote this "New Interpretation of the Mean", after the county test, Xiao Shenyan intended to let Xiao Mo relax for a while, so he did not continue to teach Xiao Mo, and during this time, Xiao Mo spent most of his time on this "New Solution of the Mean" except for a "Fairy Question".

It's a pity that in ten days, Xiao Mo changed his draft several times, and only completed less than one-third, and Xiao Mo is still very dissatisfied.

According to Xiao Mo's estimates, if this "New Interpretation of the Mean" wants to be completely completed, it will have to wait until at least a year later.

In this "The Golden Mean", Xiao Mo in addition to putting forward the new golden mean of "the unity of heaven and humanity", "the unity of nature and human nature", and "the unity of reason and emotion", he also focused on expounding the view of "too much", but Xiao Mo felt that the Chu Dynasty blindly advocated the rule of the literati, so that the literati were too powerful, and he felt that although he was powerless to change anything, Xiao Mo was very satisfied with the current stable life, and did not want the Chu Dynasty to decline or even enter the troubled times, so I hope this article can make some people feel something.

Of course, Xiao Mo just had this idea, but he didn't want to cause trouble for himself, so he just put forward various theories of the "golden mean", added some concepts of later generations, and explained them with his own opinions, as for whether people who read this book in the future can associate the current situation of the Chu Dynasty from this, it is not Xiao Mo's business.

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Practicing calligraphy, practicing the five poultry plays, and revising and perfecting the "New Interpretation of the Mean......

In this monotonous and fulfilling life, unconsciously, it has been twenty days since the end of the Xiao Mo County test.

On this day, Xiao Shenyan came to Xiao Mo's study, and saw that Xiao Mo was still concentrating on holding a stack of papers covered with handwriting and frowning and thinking, and couldn't help but snort unhappily.

Xiao Mo wrote the story of Xianxia again, Xiao Shenyan already knew. But after learning that the reason why Xiao Mo wrote this story was related to Songshan Academy, he didn't care, he just hoped that Xiao Mo would not delay too much time in this regard and still concentrate on reading with him.

At this moment, seeing Xiao Mo's appearance, Xiao Shenyan thought that Xiao Mo was still wasting time conceiving those useless stories these days, and he was so focused, so he was naturally very unhappy.

Strolled in front of Xiao Mo, but Xiao Mo was too focused, but Xiao Shenyan did not arrive at all.

Looking down, he saw that on Xiao Mo's desk, there were countless papers densely covered with handwriting, but most of them were waste manuscripts that had been sketched out, Xiao Shenyan sighed, picked up a few and read them.

"Huh!??"

Suddenly, Xiao Shenyan seemed to have something, his body shook, and his expression couldn't help but change from the first casual to extremely focused, and he began to read intently.

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At the same time, a fast horse broke into Shanxian County, and without hesitation, quickly arrived in front of the "Chongwen Bookstore" in the west of the county.

After the knight rolled off his horse, he rushed into the backyard of the "Chongwen Bookstore" with excitement on his face.

At this time, Wu Gou was reading "Asking Immortals" written by Xiao Mo in the backyard.

The story is still exciting, but the main problem is that this story involves a lot of royal content, and the protagonist himself is a Zen royal prince, so that this story is not only not like the previous story, because the protagonist is an ordinary scholar, so it can resonate and recognize a large number of readers, but it is also easy to cause trouble.

But although Wu Gou has been to Xiao Mo many times on this issue, Xiao Mo has no intention of revising it, and he also asked Wu Gou to promise that he cannot modify this story without authorization.

"However, taking advantage of the east wind of the previous story, this story can still make a lot of money."

After making sure that there really wasn't anything in this story that would cause trouble, Wu Gou muttered to himself.

At this moment, the knight ran to Wu Gou out of breath and shouted: "Shopkeeper, the list of the county exam is out!" ”

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