Take the compilation of the "Ancient Training" as an example.

Xu Jie first created a great momentum and contacted the best in Jiangnan Shilin. The most direct effect is to weave a protective net against the retaliation of the high arch.

Secondly, Xu Jie spread Wang Xue, incorporated many declining small schools, and expanded Wang Xue's prestige in Jiangnan. This can be seen from the list of ten people, who are basically Wang Xuemen, and there are occasionally two Taoist remnants hidden in Confucianism. There is not a single scholar of science.

Finally, the descendants of the Xu family can obtain a large number of network resources through this name.

And maybe it can become the pillar of the Xu family's future life: after compiling the "Ancient Training Collection", you can still compile other things. For example, "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics", such as "Cihai" and "Ciyuan". In the future, it can also compile the "Chinese-French Dictionary" and "Chinese-Latin Dictionary......

In short, even if the Xu family has to wait until Xu Bengao can enter and exit the scholars, just by organizing Jiangnan celebrities to compile and publish books, it is enough to make their own scholars continue to be fragrant and their literary reputation will not fall.

The Xu family has embarked on the road of a cultural family.

Xu Yuanzuo was really ashamed to think about his own point of appearance - he just wanted to compile a "Dictionary of Common Words for Primary School Students", which was really different from Xu Jie! I don't even know whether to say that Xu Jie is a visionary or a long-sleeved dancer with a lot of wealth and good fortune.

For such a cultural and educational event, the Xu family does not count the cost of land, and it costs at least 3,000 gold just to build a house and furnish it. If you count the daily supply, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and workers' salaries, it will be around 500 gold per month.

Even if this is a project approved by the imperial court, it is also a huge project.

Ordinary people thought that the emperor was rich all over the world, and the silver in his hands was uncountable. In fact, Hubu Shangshu discussed privately with the emperor for three or five hours, often just for the sake of a few hundred or thousands of taels of silver.

The Ming Dynasty is a typical example of the rich people and the poor country.

Within a day, the scribes of Shaoxing Mansion came to visit Xu Jie, and some came to join in the fun. Some of them really want to be involved in compiling the dictionary. However, since the list of the top ten editors has been decided, it will not be easily added. A careful scrutiny of the list of these ten people shows that they are not only Wang Xue's disciples, but also very close Wang Xue's disciples.

What's more, these ten people may have prominent family backgrounds. or have strong financial resources, not to mention that they don't need Xu Jie's salary, they can also post some of them upside down, at least they don't need to be matched with Xiaoxi, maidservants, and scholars.

Seeing that so many people have not been able to get a job, the best is the second-class editor, who can do miscellaneous work with the past. Xu Yuanzuo felt that Mr. Xu Jie's old man still took good care of his own people, and he could be ranked among the first-class editors as a small student - although there was no treatment, Grandpa Xu clearly promised: After the book was completed, Xu Yuanzuo's name could be ranked alongside the first-class editors.

To prove that their weight is indeed eligible for listing. Xu Yuanzuo not only decided to make the radical checklist beautiful, but also added a list of difficult to check words, as well as a four-corner number checklist. In particular, the last four-corner number, through the four corners of the text to determine the code, can be said to be unprecedented, quite inspiring effect.

During this period, Wu Chengen also helped a little, but he no longer had any hope of becoming one of the editors.

This generation of writers who left a good name in local history. He is now sixty-nine years old. His years of monastic life made him healthier than his peers, and his ears and eyes were clear. Maybe it's because of the practice. It wasn't until the year of the Mandate of Heaven that he made up a tribute, became a governor of the general judge, and was promoted to Changxing County.

It stands to reason that he is also an eight-rank official, but unfortunately he was falsely imprisoned, thanks to Li Chunfang's rescue.

"Shi Lugong wants to compile "Journey to the West", and the old man will ghostwrite and finalize it in his curtain." Wu Chengen said leisurely.

Xu Yuanzuo felt that this novelist exuded blandness. It seems that sitting in front of him can concentrate and not be distracted. He said slightly apologetically: "Mr. Wu, you have also learned a little bit in the past few days. In fact, there is also a controversy over the study valve in this book compilation. ”

Wu Chengen already knew, and said with a smile: "Indeed, the old man is not from Wang Xuemen. ”

- And you're just a tribute to the years. A consolation prize among the fame......

Of course, no one will bring this up, otherwise how can we chat?

If it is said that it is not good to take the eight shares, but Daming has indeed obtained a large number of talents by this method. And I can't think of a fairer way to take a scholar than the eight-strand exam - if you use ancient Chinese to take a scholar, who can guarantee that your writing style will be liked by the examiner? It is better to use eight shares, but there is a format, which can be regarded as an objective standard.

But there are many great talents, but the field is unlucky.

For example, he landed eight times, and only at the age of sixty did he return to the Jinshi; For example, Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang, who were crazy; For example, Wu Chengen, who "reads all the books in the world".

Barely count Mei as successful.

"There is a sentence in the next sentence that is not to vomit and not to be happy." Xu Yuanzuo is colorful.

As soon as these words come out, they are often "tactful" criticism.

Wu Chengen's face did not change, and he still said lightly: "Since you are eating with the owner, you naturally have nothing to say." ”

"Four or five hundred years later, I'm afraid that eighty percent of people don't know Shilu Gong, sixty percent of people don't know my eldest father Shaohu Gong, forty percent don't know Yangming Gong, and twenty percent of people don't know Confucius, but as long as you know a few words, you won't know Mr. Wu." Xu Yuanzuo said calmly.

Wu Chengen just smiled: "The proprietor is serious, how can the old man be praised for this." "Obviously, I don't believe Xu Yuanzuo's crazy words.

――Let's not say that every summer vacation, I have to play "Journey to the West" for six-year-old children. In fact, since the final publication of "Journey to the West", it has been a popular bestseller.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "Journey to the West is enough. ”

Wu Chengen laughed louder this time, and said: "Shi Lugong took the scripts and romances of previous years, rearranged them, and then set up the text, mixed with the method of internal practice, and it was not written by the old man alone. ”

-- Anyway, everyone says you wrote it.

"It doesn't matter." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Mr. should be old and strong, and I am asking Mr. ”

"The proprietor just commands it." Wu Chengen is actually much more relaxed. If the Xu family only gives money and doesn't give work, then he won't be able to stay - he doesn't ask for food, and being raised by others hurts his self-esteem too much. And now my mother's family is poor, I am old, my only son died early, I lost my job, and life is difficult.

"I also have a book engraving workshop under my name, and there are also carvers who can engrave and print books."

Some bookstores can only buy other people's engravings, and the scale is small, Xu Yuanzuo said it clearly, and he also seems to attach importance to it.

"When I took it over, I used it to print a newspaper," he said. Please see, sir. ”

The newspaper is Xu Yuanzuo's business card, of course, you must bring some clear handwriting samples with you to enhance your prestige. (To be continued......)

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