Luo Guanzhong originally wanted to return a wave of blood by selling "Three Kingdoms", but he didn't expect everyone to buy Dou Po, and no one bought his Three Kingdoms.

It's no wonder that Luo Guanzhong is so depressed, the little silver they deposited before is basically running out. And he and Shi Nai'an's master and apprentice are two scholars, and it is impossible for them to cultivate the fields. Moreover, recently, the imperial court has also implemented the integration of the gentry and the payment of grain, so that they have no privileges, not only have to pay taxes but also pay money to offset the forced labor, making their already not rich life even worse.

"There is no way for the students!" Luo Guanzhong sighed, "The family is about to run out of food. ”

"This "Breaking the Sky" is obviously much worse than "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and it is nonsense in literature and science. Why did it sell so well? And my Romance of the Three Kingdoms, why doesn't anyone buy it? ”

"Heaven is unfair!"

"The readership is not enough."

"There must be something shady in this!" The young Confucian Li Zi'an said, "Otherwise, with the level of this book, it is not worthy of Liu Ji, Song Lian, and Gao Qi to preface it." ”

"How can there be so many shady scenes in this world?" Shi Nai'an is much older than the two of them and has more experience, and said, "Qin Yu's book "Breaking the Sky" has also been carefully studied by the teacher. ”

"What does the teacher think of the writing?" Luo Guanzhong and Li Zi'an hurriedly asked. stared at the teacher with straight eyes, like Xianglin's sister-in-law, eager to hear others scold a few words of hungry wolf cruelty.

"Although the writing makes you want to vomit when you read it, the story is still very fascinating." Shi Nai'an said.

"Does it work just to get people in a story?" Luo Guanzhong asked, "Without the slightest writing, it is not literature at all." The text inside is as simple as ordinary people's speech, and it is difficult to reach the elegance of the lobby! ”

"Even, he is not an authentic book at all. It's like ordinary people are commenting on books, talking books, and rural people are telling stories among themselves. Li Zi'an said.

"What do you know?" Shi Nai'an said, "As a teacher, I also thought about this matter for a long time, and then finally figured it out. ”

"Figured out what?" The two asked.

"Mencius said that we should put the people first. And some of the policies that Emperor Zhu recently implemented to govern the country also all embody the purpose of putting the people first. Shi Nai'an said, "From this, the teacher guessed that since this is the case in governance, then it should also be the same in culture." Since the common people like this kind of work, it proves that it meets the expectations of the people. ”

"Its existence and best-selling have already justified him."

"Perhaps, the author named Qin Yu wrote this book that broke the sky, and it was not originally for us readers who like to find chapters and sentences, but for those ordinary people."

"Heaven Descends"

When Luo Guanzhong and Li Zi'an heard this, they couldn't help but be silent.

"It seems that the cultural sky of China has gradually changed." Shi Nai'an sighed.

"Uh-huh." Luo Guanzhong realized when he heard this, "Since the book says that the majority of the people should be served, rather than a small number of readers, then our style of writing should also be changed." ”

"I immediately went back and overturned and rewrote the previous "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! Strive to be more plain and more popular in writing. No way, we have to eat too. ”

Luo Guanzhong's previous "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" used to use all ancient texts, which is the same as "Sending Dongyang Ma Shengxu", the text is refined, and it is almost impossible to find a single superfluous word.

Now under the influence of "Breaking the Sky", I plan to turn it into a vernacular.

But because he wrote in the vernacular for the first time, he was not very proficient, so he became half-literate and half-white, which was passed down to future generations. Later, he changed his teacher's "Water Margin" into the vernacular.

is the second time it has been written, so the text of "Water Margin" is more popular than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

"Guanzhong, I heard that the imperial court is going to hold the imperial examination in the three southwestern provinces recently, this is a rare opportunity, do you want to participate?" Shi Nai'an asked, "The imperial examination was originally held once every three years, but this time it is the emperor's special southwest Enke, which is a great opportunity for you to enter the ranks." ”

"No!" Luo Guanzhong resolutely refused, "The eldest husband should learn from Guan Yu, be loyal to the liver and courage, and start from the beginning." Previously, since Zhang Shicheng had the grace of knowing us, we should not betray him. ”

"Alas!" Shi Nai'an sighed when he heard this.

He still knows this disciple of himself very well, Luo Guanzhong is the 'king of ambitions', he is a person with great ambitions, he wants to be Zhuge Liang when he is flat, find a good lord, and help him complete the hegemony.

It was under his advice that helped Zhang Shicheng defeat Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate Kang Maocai.

He also persuaded Zhang Shicheng to 'delay his claim to be king', but the result was not accepted.

Luo Guanzhong is a good author and a good strategist, but the lord is a mud that can't support the wall.

The master and apprentice felt that Zhang Shicheng was not a virtuous lord, so they left him. Because Zhang Shicheng had always been very polite to him before, although Luo Guanzhong left him, he refused to vote for others.

In desperation, I had no choice but to live in seclusion in the mountains, write some history, and show my ambitions and talents.

The strategies of some of the strategists written in the Three Kingdoms also have the shadow of his own ideas.

What's even more outrageous is that in addition to writing "Breaking the Sky", he also released a copy of "The God of War" "Li Zi'an is still indignant," The content of this son-in-law God of War is even more outrageous, talking about a son-in-law who was slapped by his wife at home, and his mother-in-law's foot wash, and suffered a lot of humiliation...... Later, it turned out that he turned out to be a general who could fight well, just like Xu Da, a god of war. ”

"It's a bit of a head-scratcher!" Shi Nai'an said, "We can't accept it, is it because our thinking is too old-fashioned? ”

"Confucianism has been impacted by the god of war!"

"The influence of Confucianism is deep-rooted, and only such a top-notch plot can be beaten."

……

"Sir!" At this moment, a scholar who was about fourteen or fifteen years old and had a face like a full moon came over and reported to Luo Guanzhong.

"What's the matter?" Luo Guanzhong asked.

"Lord Lu is outside." Scholar Road.

When the three of them heard this, they immediately stood up, straightened their clothes and went out to greet them. Master Lu of Chengdu Mansion, because he admired the talents of the three people, has always been very polite to them, although he knew that they were once Zhang Shicheng's staff, he did not say anything.

"The grass people have seen Lord Lu." At the door, Luo Guanzhong respectfully saluted the visitors.

"Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an, Li Zi'an." Lu Xiu said, "The emperor has specially set up Southwest Enke this time, and there are too few scholars in the southwest, so the three of you must participate in Southwest Enke this time." ”

"Lord Lu, aren't we going to participate?" When the three of them heard this, their faces were immediately full of sadness.