After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 161 "Fight Po" VS "Three Kingdoms"

Luo Guanzhong originally wanted to get back a wave of blood by selling "Three Kingdoms", but he didn't expect that everyone would buy Douba, and no one would buy his Three Kingdoms.

It is no wonder that Luo Guanzhong is so depressed, they are almost running out of their previous savings.And he and Shi Nai'an master and apprentice are two scholars, and it is impossible to cultivate the land.And recently, the imperial court has also implemented the gentry to serve as one and the other to pay grain, so that they also have no privileges. Not only do they have to pay taxes, but also pay money to offset the corvee, which makes their already poor life even worse.

"Students can't do anything either!" Luo Guanzhong sighed, "The family is running out of food."

"This "Breaking the Heavens" is obviously written much worse than "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and it doesn't make sense in terms of literature and science. How can it sell so well? And my Romance of the Three Kingdoms, why is no one buying it?"

"God is unfair!"

"The level of readers is not enough."

"There must be a shady scene here!" said Li Zian, a young scholar. "Otherwise, just based on the level of this book, it is simply not worthy of Liu Ji, Song Lian, and Gao Qi, three great scholars who preface it."

"How can there be so many shady stories in this world?" Shi Nai'an is much older than the two of them and has more experience. He said, "The book "Fighting Through the Sky" written by Qin Yu has been carefully studied as a teacher."

"What do you think of the writing?" Luo Guanzhong and Li Zian asked hurriedly.Staring straight at the teacher, like Sister Xianglin, eager to hear someone scold the hungry wolf for being cruel.

"Although the writing makes people feel sick when reading, but the story is still very attractive." Shi Naian said.

"Is it useful to attract people only by stories?" Luo Guanzhong asked. "Without the slightest writing, it is not literature at all. The words inside are as simple as ordinary people's speech, and it is difficult to be elegant in the lobby!"

"Even, he is not an authentic book at all. It's like ordinary people are telling storytelling books, talking books, and rural people are telling stories." Li Zian said.

"What do you know?" Shi Nai'an said, "I have been thinking about this for a long time, and finally figured it out."

"What do you want to understand?" the two asked.

"Mencius said that the people should be the first. And some of the policies that Emperor Zhu recently implemented in governing the country all reflect the purpose of putting the people first." Shi Nai'an said, "This is a conjecture as a teacher, since this is the case in governing the country. , then it should 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 popularity have justified him."

"Perhaps, the book "Double the Sky" written by the author named Qin Yu was originally not for those of us who like to read chapters and excerpts, but for the common people."

Luo Guanzhong and Li Zian couldn't help but fell silent when they heard the words.

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

"Well, um." Luo Guanzhong heard the words if he understood, "Since the book states that we need to serve the majority of the people, not a small number of scholars, then our style of writing should also change."

"I immediately went back and overturned and rewritten the previous "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! Try to be simpler and more popular in writing. No way, we have to eat."

Luo Guanzhong previously wrote "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", all of which were written in ancient Chinese, the same as "Sending Dongyang Ma Sheng Xue", the text is refined, and there is hardly a single extra word to be found.

Now, after being influenced by "Breaking the Sky", I plan to turn it into vernacular.

However, because he was writing in vernacular for the first time, he was not very proficient, so it became half-written and half-white, which was passed down to later generations.Later, he changed his teacher's "Water Margin" into vernacular.

This is the second time to write, so the text of "Water Margin" is more popular than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

"Guanzhong, I heard that the imperial court will 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 every three years, but this time it is the emperor's special examination. The establishment of Southwest Enke is a great opportunity for you to become an official."

"No!" Luo Guanzhong firmly refused, "A man should learn from Guan Yu, be loyal to his heart and courage, and end it from the beginning. Since Zhang Shicheng had known and met me before, I should not betray him."

"Alas!" Shi Naian sighed.

He still knows his disciple very well. Luo Guanzhong is the 'King of Aspirations'. He is a man with big ambitions. He wants to be Zhuge Liang even if he is even, and find a good master to help him accomplish his hegemony.

Before, under his advice, he helped Zhang Shicheng defeat Zhu Yuanzhang's general Kang Maocai.

Zhang Shicheng was also persuaded to 'slow the title of king', but he was not accepted.

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

The master and apprentice felt that Zhang Shicheng was not a wise master, so they left him.Because Zhang Shicheng had always treated him very politely before, even though Luo Guanzhong had left him, he would not vote for others.

In desperation, he could only hide in the mountains and write some historical novels to show his ambition and talent.

The strategies of some of the counsellors written in the Three Kingdoms also have shadows of his own ideas.

"What's even more outrageous is that in addition to writing "Fight Breaking the Sphere", he also released a book "The Son-in-law of War God"" Li Zian was still indignant, "The content of this son-in-law War God is even more outrageous, it is a door-to-door The son-in-law was slapped by his wife at home, and his mother-in-law's footbath had been humiliated... Later, it turned out that he was a general who could fight well, just like Xu Da."

"This content is really a bit catchy!" Shi Nai'an said, "We can't accept it, is it because our thinking is too old-fashioned?"

"Confucianism has been attacked by the son-in-law, the God of War!"

"The influence of Confucianism is deeply rooted, and only a plot like this can be beaten."

……

"Master!" At this moment, a book boy about fourteen or fifteen years old with a face like a full moon came over and reported to Luo Guanzhong.

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

"Master Lu is outside." Shutong said.

When the three heard the words, they immediately stood up, tidied up their clothes and went out to greet them.Lord Lu of Chengdu House, because he admired the talents of the three people, has always treated them very politely. Although he knew that they were once Zhang Shicheng's staff, he did not make a statement.

"Caomin has seen Master Lu." At the door, Luo Guanzhong respectfully saluted all the people who came.

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

"Master Lu, can we not participate?" The three of them heard the words, and their faces suddenly became sad.

(End of this chapter)