Luoyang out of a grand event, a kind of bound novel book in the Tai Chi Taoist Hall grand debut, Dongguan school book of several Confucian, Taixue can count the number of doctors all present, to the thousands of students present solemnly recommend this kind of easy to carry, clear handwriting of the new books, these books are printed by the improved Cai Hou paper, the paper is soft and delicate, the feel is excellent, like a girl's skin (an unknown silver language), the content is the Taixue Institute of the stone scriptures of all the content: Shangshu, Yi, Liji, Spring and Autumn, poems and Analects, word for word. Each book is divided into a letter, a total of 40 volumes, the cover is inscribed as His Majesty's handwriting, by the great Confucian Cai Yong as the general preface, the other fascicles each have a great Confucian as a preface, saying that the source of scripture and learning, is precious, is really necessary for reading and studying, and is a gift for relatives and friends.

The most important thing is that His Majesty issued an edict that the future examination will prevail, and the scriptures in the private collections of other families can only be used for research, not as examination standards. Soon after, Szeto Yuen Kui announced that this year's examination would be held in October this year, and the quota would be expanded to 300 students. The target of the examination has been expanded from the former Tai students to students from all over the country, and those who are admitted will be given priority to fill the vacancies.

As soon as they heard this, those who originally only planned to watch a lively conversation suddenly became energetic, the October exam, or based on the content of these scriptures, hundreds of thousands of people grabbed three hundred places, so why don't you start first now, do you want to go to Taixue every day to see the stone tablet?

So the 300 sets of books prepared by Bi Lan and others were sold out on the spot, and many people bought several sets in one go, keeping one set for themselves, and the rest for giving away. Many people reacted late, angry, and complained around Cai Yong and others who were still chattering and encouraging the scholars to study hard, it was all you who were verbose, so we were embarrassed to leave first, but we didn't even grab the book cover.

The book sale was a great success, and everyone was happy.

Bi Lan and others' bookstore business is off to a good start, looking at this momentum, the 1,000 sets of books in the warehouse are definitely not enough to sell, and they will immediately print another 1,000 sets when they go back. In addition, they had earned three hundred gold from Song Qi before, they had successfully recovered all the costs, and after paying all the expenses, they also lost a net profit of one hundred gold, and more importantly, they solved the employment problem of thirty Lang officials for the Son of Heaven, which was more useful than making money.

Cai Yong and others were also very happy, and they felt a great sense of accomplishment when they saw that the scriptures they had worked hard for more than a year would go to the whole country and be accepted by students all over the country. In addition to their personal sense of achievement, they also put an end to the chaos caused by the dispute between the teacher and the family law on the inheritance of the Han scriptures.

In Cai Yong's view, this is as great as the role of Confucius in deleting the Six Classics.

Yuan Kui was also very happy, Liu Xiu personally went to Yuan's Mansion to invite him to attend this special sale, and also explained to him about the previous matter, saying that he had no malicious intentions and was willing to fight with Yuan Shu. Of course, Yuan Kui is not afraid of Liu Xiu, but he is a smart person, not to mention that Liu Xiu is Lu Zhi's disciple, it is impossible for their husband and wife to really kill Liu Xiu, just with so many things that Liu Xiu has recently drummed up, even the eldest princess of Yangzhai has been pulled by him to make a big banner, and it is not good for the Yuan family to really turn his face with Liu Xiu. So Yuan Kui borrowed the donkey from the slope, readily agreed to Liu Xiu's invitation, personally attended, and bought ten sets of new books in a very high-profile manner, praising this as a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

The happiest is of course Liu Xiu, so many people came, so many noodles were sold, and he made twenty gold for the venue fee alone, and he owed him a big favor in several aspects, and the name of the Taiji Taoist Hall became more and more famous, and it was really rich in the future.

After sending off Yuan Kui and other distinguished guests, Liu Xiu returned to his new study, Bi Lan and Qu Mu were waiting for him, and Orchid pointed to Liu Yunshuang also sitting aside, the new books were selling well, and Bi Lan and them were in a very good mood. As soon as he saw Liu Xiu, he immediately pushed the twenty gold venue fee over.

When Liu Xiu suggested that they hold this special sale before, they were still a little reluctant, but now they know that this year not only does they need good wine, but they also have to be able to drink. They still have two more things to do, and it depends on Liu Xiu when it comes to shouting.

"Then you're welcome." Liu Xiu laughed, honestly and unceremoniously checked the gold bag, and then stuffed it into Luo's hand: "Shopkeeper, please put it away and put it in your account, and then take some good wine and good food, and record it in my account, I want to celebrate a few adults." ”

Qu Mu was about thirty years old, young and strong, with bright eyes, except for his lack of beard and slightly loose bags under his eyes, he was still a good-looking man, and he had no connection with his notoriety. Hearing Liu Xiu's words, he smiled: "Liu Jun is the owner of the Tai Chi Dao Pavilion, and he still has to keep accounts after eating some wine?" ”

Liu Xiu laughed: "Don't tell the adult, I'm just a small proprietor, and I'm mainly a manager, so I get some hard-earned money." The real proprietor has to check the accounts every month, if I can't pay the accounts by then, won't it make people think that I eat more and take more? We make a lot of money, but we can't lose our reputation because we are greedy for this little money, right? ”

Qu Mu thoughtfully, nodded again and again, and exchanged a look with Bi Lan, feeling that in the future, this matter of accepting bribes from others will indeed have a degree, although it is slow to make money in business, but it is not false in his heart, no matter how much money he gets, he will be above board.

"Deran, don't sell here, I know how your money came from. Can you really make so much money in a few months by really doing business? Bi Lan made a joke, saying that he was more familiar and closer to Liu Xiu, and he didn't put on a show, he picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for several people, "You told me in person that the profit of Luofu Noodle Restaurant is only 300 gold a year, but how much money does you use for this Tai Chi Dao Restaurant?" If you don't talk about four or five hundred gold, will you turn a stone into gold? ”

Liu Xiu laughed, avoided his tentative words, laughed a few words, and got to the point: "Two, the printing workshop is now on the right track, but just by printing the Five Classics, this business will still be limited in the future." Do you have any new plans? ”

Bi Lan and Qu Mu suddenly became energetic, the reason why they didn't leave was because they wanted to discuss with Liu Xiu on this issue. The fact that the new book sold so smoothly this time is the result of a combination of many factors, and there will not always be such a good thing in the future.

"What is Deran's opinion?"

"I don't dare to see it, I still have some ideas." Liu Xiu took a sip of wine and began to give them ideas. People all over the world study, in addition to seeking eunuchs, there are many people who can't be eunuchs, and you can't forget these potential customers.

Bi Lan's eyes lit up, and she said quickly, what kind of people they were.

Think about it, who has the most people in Luoyang? Rich people, and there are more rich women than men, why? How many of those rich people are not wives and concubines? There are not a few of these women who are literate, and some of them are really good at learning, and it is definitely impossible for them to take the exam to become officials, so what can they usually do? Small talk, games, or you will be in a daze, if you can print some books that can relieve people's boredom, they will definitely be welcomed.

Qu Mu slapped his thigh, yes, why didn't I expect these people, the number of these people is not less than that of Tai Student, and these people are rich, now the price of this book may be a little painful for ordinary people, but for these noble ladies who have nothing to do all day, this is the money for a snack.

Liu Xiu smiled slightly, as long as you use your brains to think about it, don't always limit your eyes to a few scriptures, this printing shop will be a cash cow in the future, and you will definitely make money.

Bi Lan was silent, ignored Liu Xiu's flickering words, and asked the most direct question, what kind of book can make people feel bored? It's definitely not a saint's righteousness, that thing can only make people bored.

Liu Xiu shook his head again and again, of course it is not a sage Jingyi, just show those books to those who want to be officials, there are a few women like Cao Dajia (Ban Zhao) who like to read such books, of course, what they read is idle books, and interesting words are the first. For example, some jokes, such as a story that can make people cry, such as some anecdotes, etc...... Bi Lan was happy, stretched out his hand, and brought it.

Liu Xiu asked solemnly, what to take?

Bi Lan said, you said it so easily, there must be such an article, let me take a look at it first.

Liu Xiu shook his head again and again, I'll give you ideas, how can there be any articles, you don't know, I'm okay with two strokes, and I can't read articles when I write articles.

Bi Lan has been with him for a long time, and he doesn't believe him at all, Liu Xiu finally twisted and took out a bunch of papers, this is my Luoyang Zhi, usually idle and boring to write the painting, you see, if it is still a little interesting, take it and print a few copies and take a look.

Bi Lan took it and looked at it, swept a few lines, and smiled first: "Your article has grown, or who did you ask to polish it?" ”

"Mr. Cai." Liu Xiu said honestly and unceremoniously: "There are some allusions, I also asked him to find out." To be honest, Mr. Cai has a lot of credit for these things, and I spent a lot of money to trouble him. ”

Bi Lan heard the sound and knew what he meant, "How will we divide the account then?" ”

Liu Xiu calmly put forward several plans. One, I will sell you this manuscript for three hundred gold, and I don't care if you want to print as much as you want in the future. Second, I will get a commission, you print a copy, I will have a penny, print more and give more, and print less and give less. Three, you seal it for me, I will give you money, and I will be responsible for sales myself in the future, and if I make a loss, it will be mine.

Bi Lan discussed it with Qu Mu, and felt that it was still unclear whether it could be sold, or whether it was more appropriate to follow the third plan, at least it would not be a loss, and it would be a big deal to make a little less. Liu Xiu was not reluctant, and ordered five hundred copies from Bi Lan at once, because there were paintings in them, and these needed to be engraved, so the cost was a little higher, but these carved editions were Liu Xiu's, without Liu Xiu's consent, Bi Lan and they could not use them privately in the future, including the content of these words, Bi Lan and they had to keep it secret and could not be distributed.

Bi Lan agreed. After going back, immediately arrange people to engrave, typesetting, a few days later, they handed over the sample book, Liu Xiu after careful review, immediately opened the print, two days of effort, five hundred sets of "Luoyang Zhi" freshly baked, there are Cai Yong such a big check, there are Liu Xiu's own hand-drawn drawings, the professional level of this book is undoubted, plus Liu Xiu personally drafted those legendary stories, the entertainment surname is also unprecedented, and then after a familiar hype, five hundred sets of books quickly sold out, not only became one of the favorite things in the ladies of Luoyang, Even many of the men have a roll in their hands, and they often talk about it when they talk about it.

"Hey, I've lived in Luoyang for so many years, I didn't expect Luoyang to have such a place, the smoke in the north, the smoke in the sunset of the original tomb, the thousand-year-old palace city, I followed the map two days ago, and it was true."

"Yes, our Han Dynasty, Luoyang City, is really outstanding and can be passed down through the ages."

"Yes, yes, more importantly, I didn't expect those things in the history books to happen in Luoyang City. I guess maybe our family has lived in Su Qin. ”

"Whew! In the place where your bird doesn't lay eggs, can there be a character like Su Qin? Let me tell you, I have researched, the place where my house was where Emperor Gaozu temporarily lived when he was preparing to set the capital Luoyang. ”

"Silly, you're cheating on me and you."

"You're stupid, saying that you're not educated, you're still not convinced. Look at how it is written in that story, do you think this is this Liu Xiu and Liu Deranjun? He's a dictionary. ”

"Say you're stupid, Liu Deran has said it, because of the lack of historical data, some of these stories have no evidence, you can only listen to them, you can't take them seriously. You, if you believe in books, it is better to have no books, you don't understand this, and what are you pretending to be knowledgeable? ”

"You, if you don't believe us, ask him."

"Just ask, ask, go, whoever loses will ask for a table in the Tai Chi Dao Hall."

"Please, please, who's afraid of whom."

However, the people who came to find Liu Xiu were all in vain, Liu Xiu was not in Luoyang, he arrived in Chang'an.

Liu Xiu to Chang'an is both public and private, private affairs are to do field research for the drawing of "Chang'an Zhi", "Luoyang Zhi" best-selling, so that he timely put the preparation of "Chang'an Zhi" on the Cheng Cheng, the text is some people, but he has to do it himself, not that he thinks only he can paint, but these two books are not as simple as a pastime.

He first launched the "Luoyang Chronicles", so that the nobles of Luoyang knew the prosperity of Luoyang and had a sense of pride, and then launched the "Chang'an Chronicles", so that they could see what Chang'an, which was more brilliant than Luoyang, was now in decline, give them a shock, let them know to cherish the good life now, take the decline of Chang'an as a mirror, think more soberly, and pave the way for future reforms.

These two books are based on entertainment, based on the past and the present, it can be said that it is a book of advice, if it weren't for having such a lofty goal, how could Cai Yong have time to help him do these things that are not elegant.

official affairs are related to Yongchang's Taishou Cao Luan, Cao Luan has been locked up in Huaili Prison for more than a month, and the Son of Heaven has not given a deal advice. In fact, in a fit of anger, the Son of Heaven wanted people to beat Cao Luan to death with a cane, but in the end, Liu Xiu persuaded him.

You killed him, but instead achieved his reputation, and you fell into the notoriety of a faint king, how will it help the current predicament?

The Son of Heaven read his letter, so he handed over this matter to him, you go and deal with it, I see if you have any good way.

So Liu Xiu came to Huaili Prison and met Cao Luan.

Cao Luan is more than fifty, in fact, he is a distant relative of Cao Ying, and Cao Teng recommended him to enter the court as an official, and he did 2,000 stones very early, but then Cao Teng died, Cao Song is not good at management, and the Cao family wants to get rid of the notoriety of eunuchs, and as a result, the scholars do not accept them, and the eunuchs think they are traitors, not people inside and out. Cao Luan stayed at the position of 2,000 stones for more than ten years, and moved back and forth, moving more and more to the frontier, and finally moved to the wild land of Yongchang. Where is Yongchang, it is estimated that many Han people don't know, but if you tell you that Tianzhu is not far from Yongchang County, you should have a little idea.

In order to be transferred back from that ghost place, Cao Luan decided to survive and use the drought to avenge the party, if he can really succeed, his reputation will be great. In order to increase his persuasiveness, he also went too far, saying that if he did not pardon the party, the Han would be finished tomorrow - in fact, he could not be blamed for this, most of the scholars liked to make things very serious in order to prove their correct surname.

But it backfired, after the book was sent out, what he was waiting for was not the world's amnesty, but the edict of the car to send Huaili Prison, as soon as he saw the edict, Cao Luan's sweat came down, to Huaili instead of Luoyang, he knew that he wanted to be generous and righteous There was no chance, waiting to be tortured by the jailers of Huaili Prison, and he died silently in a cell.

Before Cao Luanren arrived in Huaili, his hair was all white, and he suddenly aged twenty years old, and he was an old man in his last years. When Liu Xiu saw him for the first time, he was startled, thinking that the jailer had led him to the wrong place.

"That's right, it's him." The jailer who accompanied Liu Xiu down smiled: "I've been here for a month, one day at a time, I'm scared." ”

Only then did Liu Xiu believe it, he asked some more about Cao Luan's situation, and then said to the jailer, I am under the edict of the Son of Heaven, there are some things to ask him, you avoid it. The jailer seemed to be more honest, and without asking any more questions, he bowed and went out, and took the door with him.

"I'm a friend of Mende." Liu Xiu signaled Cao Luan not to be nervous, and talked about his relationship with Cao Luan. In fact, Cao Ying didn't ask him to save Cao Luan, Cao Ying knew that after Cao Luan had a big disaster, it was too late to break up the relationship with him. However, at this time, carrying out Cao Luan's brand is conducive to opening Cao Luan's psychological protection.

Sure enough, when he heard Cao Ying's name, Cao Luan relaxed a lot. Liu Xiu took out a copy of his book, and said honestly, I have some different opinions about the content of your book, and I want to communicate with you face-to-face, I hope you can be honest.

Cao Luan has been locked up for more than a month, and he has long lost the impulse he had when he first went to school, thinking that he was dead, and now listening to Liu Xiu's tone, it seems that there is still a glimmer of life, where is there any backbone to speak of, what Liu Xiu says, he should do anything, which makes Liu Xiu a little depressed, he originally thought that it would take some words, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth.

It seems that there are only a few people who can still hold on to their beliefs in the face of life and death.

In the face of such a person, Liu Xiu didn't need to say anything more, he directly asked Cao Luan, you write a letter asking for guilt, deeply review your mistakes, I will present it to you, maybe Your Majesty will spare your life. Cao Luan agreed, but he didn't expect Liu Xiu to say again, I will tell you first, the letter you wrote will be copied to all counties along with your above table, and it will be known to everyone in the world in the future, so don't talk about it and confess your guilt indiscriminately. Otherwise, it is a trivial matter that your reputation is stinky, and it is a major matter that affects the resolution of the party incident, and your head will not be able to afford it at that time.

Cao Luan was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to take it lightly, this carelessness was something that would be left behind for thousands of years.

Liu Xiu gave him five days, and at the same time asked Huaili Prison to change his cell, let him take a bath, and wait for him with delicious food and drink. He said to Cao Luan, please write it well, even if these are a little compensation for you, if you don't write it well, this is your guillotine.

Cao Luan nodded again and again, not daring to put a fart.

Cao Luan's affairs were dealt with for a while, and Liu Xiu went to see Zhang Ze, the right supporter. Zhang is a famous family, and he is a capable minister with quite good achievements, and he doesn't pay much attention to a young man like Liu Xiu, especially when he knows that Liu Xiu is forced by the edict of the Son of Heaven to force Cao Luan to bow his head. Of course, he looked down on Cao Luan, who wanted to invite fame, but he also looked down on Liu Xiu, an inexplicable and young and wealthy clan.

Liu Xiu was closed, but Zhang didn't pay attention to him at all, didn't say that he was there, and didn't say that he wasn't there, so he hung Liu Xiu in the gatehouse.

"My lord, let's go back." The jailer who accompanied Liu Xiu saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly persuaded: "Or, the subordinate will accompany the adults to go around the surroundings, and here is the Maoling of Emperor Xiaowu." ”

Liu Xiule, Maoling has long been dug up by the rebellious peasants, what else is there to see, do you still want to pick up some treasures? However, this jailer looks quite interesting, tall, good-looking, and more importantly, he doesn't have the usual ruthlessness of jailers, he looks more masculine, and he seems to have a bit of a Qiang feeling, like a half-breed.

"Are you familiar with Maoling?" Liu Xiu remembered that the Ma Lun family seemed to be from Maoling, and this jailer was also surnamed Ma, so it wouldn't be the Ma family of the Fufeng clan.

"The subordinate is a native of Maoling."

"Oh, is it the Fufeng Horse family?"

"Yes, but I'm ashamed that I have achieved nothing so far, and I have insulted the reputation of my ancestors." The jailer was very embarrassed and said, "The subordinate is called Ma Teng, and the cursive character is Shoucheng." ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, paused for a moment, and asked again: "Good name." Are you married? ”

"I just started a family last year." Ma Teng was happy, "I just gave birth to a son at the beginning of this year. ”

"yes, that's congratulations. What is the son's name? ”

"Ma Chao."

Liu Xiu took a long time to react, it turned out that Ma Chao, one of the five tiger generals, was born, and I came too early. He looked at the cramped and restless Ma Teng, smiled, asked the doorman for a pen and paper, wrote a few words casually, asked him to hand them over to Zhang Ze, then got up and dusted off his clothes, and said to Ma Teng, this right Fufeng Mansion is really boring. Let's go, let's go to see Maoling, and by the way, go to your house to see your Lin'er Ma Chao, I like it very much when I hear this name.

Ma Teng was overjoyed, and hurriedly led Liu Xiu out of the door and went straight to Maoling.

Not long after Liu Xiu left, Zhang Ze ran out of it, looked at the empty gatehouse, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Liu Xiu from Luoyang?" ”

The doorman looked at it, a little inexplicable, people waited for a long time, you didn't even give a letter, you just left, you ran out in a hurry, is it true or deliberate? Doesn't Baume & Mercier like to play this set?

(To be continued)