Zhu Cheng knew that Ruan Dacheng's character was very inferior, but he still had some talents, and if he could stay and be used by the imperial court, he would at least be better than those Donglin Yongcai who could only speak grandiosely, but did not have the slightest administrative ability.

Ruan Dacheng arched his hand: "I would like to hear Lord Zhu's high opinion." ”

"Mr. Nguyen is a very smooth person, but the result of pleasing both sides is often not pleasing both, which is one of them. Although Mr. Ruan has a strong personality, he has a thin skin, and he is an official in the capital, so he is the most taboo about this. I hope that Mr. will learn from Liu Ji, the assistant of the previous dynasty, who is nicknamed Liu Mian and is not afraid of impeachment. Mr. Hope takes him as an example, as long as he does things for the emperor, he has a clear conscience, and he can attack the imperial historian no matter how he attacks, this is the second. ”

Ruan Dacheng originally thought that Zhu Cheng only relied on flattery to flatter the subject, so that he could be a high-ranking official. Now listening to Zhu Cheng's advice, he was moved. Zhu Cheng's words targeted the weaknesses of his character, such as Daigo's empowerment, which made him understand many things at once and changed the direction of his future.

Ruan Dacheng bowed deeply to Zhu Cheng and said, "Ruan has been taught." ”

Looking at Ruan Dacheng's figure as he walked farther and farther, Zhu Cheng fell into deep thought for a while.

Suddenly, an arm wrapped around Zhu Cheng's neck: "Brother Cheng, Aunt Wei and I have watched a good show." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and learned the scenes of Zhu Cheng and Ke Qingqing meeting one by one, it was hard for Zhu Youzhen to have such a strong acting talent, and he learned it vividly, so ashamed that Zhu Cheng was red from his forehead to the back of his feet.

After laughing for a while, Zhu Cheng said, "Trouble, we have to find a teacher." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "It's not easy to find the champion, it's not easy to find people and talents, let's just find one near Huangzhuang." But I'm about to leave the capital, let's go shopping tomorrow, save the lack of things, and it's inconvenient to live in Huangzhuang. ”

The next day, Zhu Youzhen really took Zhu Cheng to visit Beijing. However, under the deliberate guidance of Zhu Cheng, Zhu Youzhen came to the book market. Zhu Cheng is a little glad that he returned to the Ming Dynasty, there are countless spiritual food waiting for him, if he returns to the Qing Dynasty, it will be terrible.

Zhu Cheng looked at the bookstall at random, there are really many kinds of books here, including the four books and five classics for the exam, the eight model texts, and the poems and songs that cultivate sentiment, and the novels that kill time, and even the spring palace picture album that makes people's blood flow. These books are all put on the market for public sale, and no one from the yamen comes to ban them, which makes people sigh at the freedom and openness of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cheng now has a net worth of millions of taels of silver, so naturally he will not carefully pick books on the book push like a poor scholar, most of them just look at the name, and throw the book on the cart behind him. However, when he saw Feng Menglong's compilation of "Warning the World" and "Xingshi Hengyan", he did not see another book called "Yu Shi Mingyan" in later generations and called "Three Words", and only saw a work signed by Feng Menglong - "Holographic Ancient and Modern Novels". He hesitated for a moment, and a middle-aged scholar next to him asked, "Why does this little brother not hesitate to buy other books, but buy these books without thinking twice?" Don't you think these books have no value? ”

Zhu Cheng said: "These books compiled by Mr. Feng Menglong have extremely high literary value, and they will be able to become masterpieces that have been passed down through the ages like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" in the future, representing another peak of Ming literature. ”

When the middle-aged scholar heard this, he was very happy, patted Zhu Cheng on the shoulder like an old friend and said, "Your vision is really high, and I also think these books are excellent." So why don't you just buy these books and just flip through them? ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Mr. Feng Menglong's most praised books are collectively called three words, I only found "Warning World Words", "Xingshi Hengyan", but did not find "Yu Shi Mingyan", a set of books is broken, a bit of a pity." ”

The middle-aged scholar laughed when he heard this, and said, "I've been thinking about giving the first book a name and matching it with the next two, but I haven't thought of it being more suitable." Little brother wakes up the dreamer with a word, why don't you give me the name 'Yu Shi Mingyan', the gentleman has the beauty of an adult, I will let the bookstore change "Quanxiang Ancient and Modern Novels" to "Yu Shi Mingyan". ”

Zhu Cheng was shocked and said, "Sir, who are you?" ”

The middle-aged scholar is right: "I am Feng Menglong." ”

Zhu Cheng bowed ninety degrees to Feng Menglong and said, "Boy Zhu Cheng has seen Mr. Feng. ”

Zhu Youzhen had never seen Zhu Cheng respect a person so much, and said, "Brother Cheng, who is this person?" ”

Zhu Cheng hurriedly asked Zhu Youzhen to give Feng Menglong a salute and introduced: "This is Feng Menglong, the first genius of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Feng Menglong laughed loudly and said, "How dare you." ”

Seeing the great writers of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cheng stopped picking books, asked the guards and booksellers to settle the bill, and invited Feng Menglong to the restaurant to eat and talk. Feng Menglong saw that Zhu Cheng liked his book so much and talked very speculatively, so he readily agreed.

At the dinner table, Zhu Cheng asked, "Mr. Feng is from Suzhou, why did he come to Beijing?" ”

Feng Menglong said: "Aren't you still preparing for next year's imperial examination, you may be able to have a little bottom in your heart if you come early." ”

Zhu Cheng sighed secretly in his heart, although Feng Menglong is a literary master, he is not an expert in scientific research. Ten years later, in the third year of Chongzhen, he was made up for the tribute student, and next year's imperial examination will definitely be a failure. Suddenly, his heart moved, a large part of the reason why the Ming Dynasty fell was because the people's hearts were not aligned, if millions of Han people were twisted into a rope, were they still afraid of Jiannu's ferocity? If we want to let the Ming Dynasty work with one heart and one mind, the propaganda work cannot be relaxed, and relying on the dry articles written by those champions and jinshi, even the author himself cannot be moved, how can it move thousands of people. Feng Menglong is a propaganda expert, the popular stories he writes are vivid and educational, if he can recruit this person, he will not have to worry about the future propaganda work.

Zhu Cheng asked, "Does Mr. have a bottom in his heart?" ”

Feng Menglong replied honestly: "There is no bottom." ”

"Has Mr. Feng thought of any other way out?"

"Everything is inferior, only high reading, to do practical things for the people, to leave a name for the ages, there is only one way to take the imperial examination."

"Sir, if you only have these two goals and have completed the task, your book will open up the wisdom of the people, why not do practical things for the people. Thousands of years later, we may have been forgotten by the world, but my husband's name will surely shine in the annals of history because of your book. However, if you want to be an official, I am afraid that Mr. may not be suitable for the imperial examination. ”

Feng Menglong's eyes lit up and asked, "Does the little brother have a clear path to show me?" ”

Zhu Cheng said: "I am the deputy of the palace trial office, the civil official is the seventh grade, the brocade clothes are thousands of households, and the martial profession is the fifth grade." This is the younger brother of the great tomorrow, Zhu Youzhen, the future prince. ”

Zhu Cheng pointed to Zhu Youzhen, who was shaking his head and listening to the singer singing, and then said: "If you want to take the civil official route, after Ah Jian is crowned king, any official position in the palace will be chosen by you, if you want to take the military attache route, I have a vacancy for a deputy thousand households, from the official of the sixth grade, I don't know what Mr. wants?" ”

Feng Menglong hesitated for a long time, Zhu Cheng was a little impatient, and decided to take a dose of fierce medicine: "Mr. Feng, I admired your talent, so I made friends." If you hesitate and the little prince is angry, then you will miss this village and there will be no more this shop. ”

"Lord Zhu, can you call the shots of the official position of Deputy Qianhu?"

"The emperor ordered me to recruit soldiers, as long as the list is submitted, it will definitely be approved."

"In this way, Lord Qianhu, the lower officials are polite. However, during the imperial examination, can you let the lower officials try again? ”

"It doesn't matter, you can give it a try every time you take the imperial examination, as long as you don't delay your own work."

The three of them talked about wine, of course, Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youzhen drank honey water, while Feng Menglong drank rice wine.

When he was drinking happily, a person who looked like a eunuch found Zhu Cheng and said a few words in his ear, Zhu Cheng's face changed greatly, and he threw a wine glass on the ground and smashed it to pieces: "These people are so hateful." ”

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