Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 101 The Birth of Benevolence
In Zigong's house, there is a tall house and a wide courtyard.

Zaiyu and Zigong couldn't help sighing as they looked at the dozen or so typesetting wheels arranged neatly in the courtyard.

"After working for more than a month, it is finally finished."

The rotary typesetting plate does not look complicated, and its main body is a flat disc that can rotate flexibly.

The disc is divided into dozens of valleys of equal width and narrowness, each valley corresponds to a rhyme, and Yang-carved wooden movable type with the same rhyme is placed inside.

When preparing for printing, craftsmen can be divided into two groups, one group recites the content, and the other group selects characters from the rotary typesetting tray according to the content.

But don't look at the rotary typesetting plate and wooden movable type are not very technical products, but this is not a light job either.

The production of Yang carved wooden movable type is also thanks to the craftsmen of Zheng State sent by Yang Hu before. If it weren't for them, Zaiyu and Zigong would never be able to complete it in a short period of time.

With the help of Xiaogong Shuban and Mr. Zhang, the rotary typesetting tray is not difficult to make.

But the difficulty lies in that there is no theory of phonology in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the pronunciation of the language at this time is also very different from that of later generations.

Therefore, Zaiyu couldn't go to the library to copy homework, so he had to refer to "Guangyun" and other later phonology books to rewrite a set of standards.

Since Zaiyu decided to write a phonology book, every day when he closes his eyes, all he sees are seal characters.

Later, he was so forced that he couldn't do anything, so he took Zigong to work on the rhyme with him, but Zigong almost collapsed after just two days of compiling.

When Yan Hui came to visit one day, he found that the two were squatting in the corner with red eyes and stubble, and they were about to be tortured out of shape.

He felt that it would not be a problem to continue like this, so he took the initiative to join their writing work.

Later, Yan Hui told his father about it, Yan Wuyou, who was also a disciple of Confucius.

Although Confucian disciples also studied under Confucius, not every student is very close.

Because everyone has different interests and personalities, everyone has their own circle of friends.

These Confucian circles of friends also have their own characteristics.

Headed by Zaiyu and Zigong, Gao Chai, Rong Qi and others are the ones who like to discuss political affairs and participate in various practical affairs.Jae Yu privately called their circle the 'celebrity' circle.

The circle with straightforward personality, bad temper, and love to fight against injustices includes people like Zilu, Qi Diaokai, and Sima Geng.

Because they have nothing to do, they will get together to have some competitions such as taking big tops.

Therefore, Jae Yu called them the 'top stream' circle.

And people like Wu Mashi, Min Sun, Shang Ze, and Rang Sichi who always adhere to benevolence, righteousness and morality, Zaiyu called them the circle of "benevolence flow".

But Yan Hui's father, Yan Wuyou's circle of friends is unusually awesome, which is beyond Jae Yu's comprehension.

If Jai Yu is on the first floor, then they are on the fifth floor, the kind that are so tall that Jai Yu can't even look up.

So Zai Yu usually called them 'blind flow' circle.

Blind, as the name suggests, means not being able to see.

The 'blind flow' circle, also as the name suggests, i.e., I can't read but I'm shocked.

But the circle of "blind flow" is just the definition given to them by Zai, and Chinese people usually call people in this circle "scholars".

These two words are usually used together, but their meanings are completely opposite.

The madman is determined to be both financial and enterprising.

Those who are evil, take good care of themselves and do nothing.

In the impression of the Lu people, Zaiyu to them is a madman.

And the original Yan Hui and Yan Hui's father belonged to the Hushi.

Although Yan Hui's father's elite circle was content with poverty and did not like to get involved in political affairs, their attitude towards learning was much stronger than his classmates in other circles.

Therefore, when Yan Wuyou knew that Yan Hui was going to help Zaiyu with the rhyme, he first reprimanded Yan Hui.

Said: You still show off your little knowledge?Put things down and let Father come!

Afterwards, Yan Wuyou led Zeng Dian, Gong Xiai, Liang Yan and others to join the battle group decisively.

These people are also worthy of the title of Master's high-quality students. They helped Zaiyu smooth out the rhyme within a month.

Zaiyu and Zigong were embarrassed to let them do so much work for nothing.

But they didn't want the money, so the two groups pushed back and forth, and they couldn't get any better.

At the last moment, Zaizi had to make the decision.

Zaiyu said: Brothers don't have to give up any more!Since you don't need money, I will let you open a column on Renbao for free, and use it to preach knowledge!If you don't agree anymore, you're looking down on me!

After thinking about it, these gangsters use newspapers to preach knowledge, which is good and ingenious!
So they agreed and left contentedly.

Jae Yu was also satisfied. They helped to write columns to fill in the content, to promote the Master's thoughts, and they didn't ask for payment. Where can I find such a good thing?
Zigong picked up a piece of paper that had just been printed, touched the ink that hadn't dried on it, and couldn't help saying happily.

"Damn me! It's been so long! Is it time to start printing books and newspapers?"

"Books can be printed, let's start with "Poetry", "Book", "Ritual" and "Music". As for newspapers, don't worry."

Zigong frowned and said, "Why don't you print newspapers?"

Zai Yu coughed and said, "Didn't you and I estimate it before? With the amount of wooden movable type in our hands, if we start printing newspapers, the speed of printing books will slow down a lot.

And even if we try our best to print newspapers, we still need to allocate some people to select words and typesetting.

So at the end of a day, the number of newspapers printed is at most a thousand copies.

In addition, the information sources we currently have are not enough, once printing starts, our content may not be able to fill all the pages. "

Zigong listened, and said disapprovingly, "The daily newspaper is not enough, so let's make a half-monthly newspaper! Zigong, you are so procrastinating, is there something bad in your stomach?"

Zai Yu said solemnly: "I heard that in ancient times, people who were good at governing the world must carefully grasp the development trend of the country and speculate on the specific situation of each vassal state.

When dealing with basic affairs, you can also follow this principle. Only after judging the situation and weighing the pros and cons can you make a decision.

Newspapers are a new thing, that is, a new change.

And people, most of them are used to the old things, and they will always have a psychology of resistance and resistance to unknown things.

Therefore, if we cannot achieve great success when the first edition of the newspaper is launched, it will only become more difficult to continue to promote it to the Chinese people. "

When Zi Gong heard this, he thought for a while, and instantly understood the meaning of Zai Yu's words.

He narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Ah... You have been making trouble for a long time, you want to wait for a big news!"

Zaiyu chuckled, he was about to explain his follow-up thoughts to Zigong, when suddenly, the servant of Zigong's family walked into the yard and bowed to him.

"Zaizi, someone from the official residence called you over."

When Zai Yu heard this, he was terrified all over.

"Is it discovered that I skipped work to herd sheep?"

The servant was amused by his reaction, so he could only cover his mouth and smile: "Probably not, the urging is not in a hurry, it is probably not a big deal."

After hearing the reply, Zai Yu was still worried.

He clutched his thumping little heart, and waved his hand at the doorman: "That's good, you go and tell him that I'm not here."

The doorman asked suspiciously: "Then you are not going back to the mansion?"

Zai Yu straightened his crown and hat, and said, "Of course not! Just say that I have never been to Zi Gong's house, so I probably went somewhere on business."

After finishing speaking, Jai Yu ran away from the back door in a flash under the dumbfounded gaze of the doorman.

Zigong raised his hand and was about to scold Zaiyu with a smile at the doorman, when suddenly his eyes froze, he slapped his head and said.

"It's broken! If I skipped work and was found out, wouldn't I also be found out? I'm the palmistate, and I'm the husband. We both work in the same mansion!"

So, he hurriedly chased after Jae Yu's evasive route, and shouted while chasing: "Don't you know to remind me, kid?!"

　There are two levers in the world that drive readers to vote, update, update.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)