Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 756 Shi Hanshan (Two in One)

Shi Hanshan is a Juren.

He was born in a scholarly family in the capital, and he is talented, but he is loose by nature and doesn't like to become an official.After he won Juren, he completely let go of himself, calling friends all day long, talking loudly, reciting poems and prose, and occasionally writing articles, but he was also well-known in the circle of scholars in the capital.

He also read "Chang Tian Ji".

However, because he never cared about the common affairs of the family, he was not interested in the farming written in the book, and the experience of the little people's struggle step by step did not resonate with him. He is very respected, and Huaben's reputation in Beijing is not small. If he doesn't understand it, he can't intervene when others talk about it, and he seems too ignorant.

His evaluation of "Chang Tian Ji" is: "The writing and plot are not bad, and it can still be read. The only advantage is that it integrates the knowledge of farming into the story, allowing ordinary people to read the story. , can learn something. But for those of us who don’t farm, it’s not very attractive.”

Having said that, the plot of "Chang Tian Ji" is quite attractive. Shi Hanshan didn't think highly of it, which didn't prevent him from sending people to bookstores to line up to buy it on the day of publication.

Afterwards, the servants brought back a piece of "Sheng Shi Min Bao" for him.

"Young Master." The servant said, "This is highly recommended by the bookstore clerk. He said that there is this "Chang Tian Ji" on it to continue the content below. Since a newspaper is only twenty yuan, the villain bought the newspaper for me. came back.

Twenty cents is more than that for a boy to run errands to buy a storybook, so Shi Hanshan naturally doesn't care.

He picked up the newly published "Chang Tian Ji" and said: "Okay, just put it there." Then, he opened the book, and his eyes were fixed on the book.

When the boy came in again to refill his tea, Shi Hanshan had already finished reading the newly published "Chang Tian Ji".He closed the book with some reluctance, and said with great regret: "Why is the critical moment gone again. Alas, we have to wait until next month."

"Master." The servant hurriedly reminded, "That newspaper has the next plot."

Shi Hanshan cheered up, took a sip of the tea, stuffed another piece of snack into his mouth, reached out to pick up the "Sheng Shi Min Bao" pointed by the servant, and said with a smile, "I forgot." He chewed the snack , looking up again.

It's just that the page of the newspaper is not big, and "Chang Tian Ji" is only published in a small page. Naturally, there is not much content. After a while, Shi Hanshan read the above content.

He said depressedly: "Isn't this a lie? It's just so small, who is enough to see it?"

The boy who had been waiting by the side hastily said: "The bookstore guy said that this kind of newspaper will be published once every ten days. That is to say, after ten days, the young master will be able to read the follow-up content of "Chang Tian Ji."

Shi Hanshan picked up the "Chang Tian Ji" at hand and held it up: "Then, will they still print this kind of story book?"

"It's printed." The boy said, "It just takes a month to wait, and the content on it is serialized in the newspaper. Of course, there are also some new content. The guy at the bookstore said that there are about [-]% of the new content."

"Will the [-]% of the content be published in this... newspaper?" Shi Hanshan asked curiously.

The boy shook his head: "No more. After the next volume of "Chang Tian Ji" comes out, they will continue to serialize the content of "Chang Tian Ji" until the next volume of stories comes out."

Shi Hanshan laughed angrily: "They have a good plan. They want to buy "Chang Tian Ji" for double the money."

The servant suddenly became filled with righteous indignation, and stood up to the master's position to fight against the enemy: "No, these unscrupulous businessmen don't have a single good thing."

"Okay." Shi Hanshan kicked the mischievous boy, "Twenty cents is not expensive, young master, I don't care about this little money." As he spoke, seeing the broken silver that the boy handed back, He waved his hand, "And reward you."

"Thank you, young master." The little servant gave a salute happily and retreated.

Shi Hanshan lay back on the chair, pulled the "Sheng Shi Min Bao" and flipped through it.Whether he is interested in this new thing, he has to look it up.When friends get together, he can finally say something.

After carefully reading the contents of the newspaper, he touched his chin and said with emotion: "This newspaper is quite interesting."

The headline on the first page of the newspaper reported the grand occasion after the opening of the road and the prosperity of commerce in the Eastern Province. This opened the eyes of those who did not have any channels to understand the political dynamics; This aroused Shi Hanshan's great interest.

In particular, it was written in the newspaper that anyone who agrees or disagrees with these "mind learning" articles can write an article to the newspaper office, and after passing the review, it can be published in the newspaper.

Think about the grand occasion of buying "Chang Tian Ji" on the first day of each month. If everyone who bought "Chang Tian Ji" bought a newspaper, there would be many people who wanted to read the newspaper.Wouldn't it be famous if one's own articles could be published in newspapers?If that's the case, my father, who is a teacher in Taixue, won't mutter all day long that he doesn't want to make progress, right?
Thinking of it this way, Shi Hanshan's spirits were lifted, and he began to study those articles carefully.

A total of four articles were published in the newspaper, one was by Du Jinning, the top scholar in the new discipline, and the other three were by Lu Jiuyuan, the master of the Four Schools, and others.But among the four articles, the article of the new top scholar is more thorough, and the four articles are vaguely headed by him; his article is also published in the middle position above.

"Look at the painting, look at the painting..." Shi Hanshan called out twice.

The boy who bought the newspaper and got a reward quickly ran in from the outside: "Master, what do you call me?"

"Did you go for the cross-horse parade last time when you were nominated for the Gold List? Is the No. [-] winner a very handsome young boy?" Shi Hanshan asked.

Shi Hanshan is in his thirties this year. Since he won the Juren five years ago, he has put down his books and decided not to take part in the examination. Because of this, his sixty-year-old father almost broke his stick.

For this reason, Shi Hanshan was conflicted about the nomination for the Gold List, which attracted the attention of the whole city, and did not go to watch the excitement.Worried that his father would ask about it, he still sent his own servant to take a look at the painting.

"Yes, sir. This new champion is very handsome. He is only 15 years old this year," Guan Hua said.

"Okay, I got it." Shi Hanshan waved his hand to let the painting go on, and had a new view on the four articles published in the newspaper.

Originally, he felt that the articles that could be published in this kind of newspaper, which everyone had a copy of, should be like those great scholars who published books, with top-notch knowledge and extremely respected status.And the viewpoints expounded in the four articles did give him a feeling of ignorance—creating a new theory is not something that ordinary people can do, and it must be a great Confucian with excellent knowledge.

But now, knowing that the leader of the four articles is a 15-year-old boy who has not yet grown his hair, and the other three are only masters of four schools. Speaking of it, there is no sense of awe.

People like this can write articles and publish them in newspapers, how can I be worse than them?

Thinking of this, he sharpened the ink and picked up the pen to write the article.

That night, Shi Hanshan rested directly in the study, and the lights in the study were turned off very late.

The next day, he sent a housekeeper to take his post to the bookstore and asked for the article to be published.

The shopkeepers of the bookstore were all instructed by Zhuang Yue, and received the steward of the Shifu with a very good attitude, took the article, and told him: "We will hand over these articles to Mr. Master Zhou is going through the review and screening, and we will publish the manuscript in the next issue of the newspaper.”

Originally, Du Jinning planned to arrange for Shi Xiu to review these articles.But the four of them have to be a target for others to hit, and they are athletes and referees, which is too serious and not fair enough.Moreover, as a Shixiu and with his qualifications in Confucianism, people would question the quality of the articles published in the newspaper.Before Du Jinning left Beijing, he invited Feng Jikang from Taixue to be a reviewer.

Feng Jikang, as the academician of Taixue, was doing and based on learning.After reading the articles by Du Jinning and others, and hearing her talk about the prospect of the newspaper, he knew that in the future, literati and scholars would have to get his approval to publish articles in the newspaper, so he readily agreed to this matter and recommended one of his own. A good friend, Zhou Dongsheng, who is also a great Confucianist in the world and a scholar of the Four Schools, reviewed the manuscript with him.

Originally, the butler of Shifu wanted to boss around and use his status to force the shopkeeper to immediately agree to publish his young master's article. Now when he heard that the manuscript would be reviewed by Feng Xuezheng and Zhou Xuezheng, his arrogance disappeared.

Oh my god, what kind of people run the newspaper, they are able to invite Feng Xuezheng and Zhou Xuezheng to be reviewers, which shows that the background is unusual.This kind of person is not something that the Shi family can afford.

He honestly put down the article and went back to his command.

Shi Hanshan was helpless when he heard the steward report the matter.Had to wait for the news at home.

"Young master." Guan Hua gave Shi Hanshan an idea, "I guess there are quite a lot of people who have sent articles for review, so it's not a problem for you to just wait at home, why don't you go to the homes of the four people who have published the articles, and talk to them?" They debated. Didn't you say that their identities are average? If you use your theory to refute them, your reputation will spread. At that time, it will be easier for the master to go to Feng Xuezheng to intercede and publish an article gone."

"Ah, you still have a lot of ideas. Let's do it!" Shi Hanshan praised.

He first asked the boy to go out to inquire, and found that Du Jinning had already been sent to Runzhou to work.The three of Lu Jiuyuan were in Beijing.

He changed his clothes and went straight to Lu Jiuyuan's house.But it was told by the Lu family that the three of Lu Jiuyuan had also gone to Runzhou.

When friend Su Heng heard about this, he urged Shi Hanshan to say, "Why don't we go to Runzhou?"

These people have to travel far away several times a year, which is called "study tour" by the euphemistic name.Shi Hanshan was also moved when he heard it.Thinking of his father's stern face, he immediately agreed: "Okay." Then he invited Su Heng, "Let's go together."

"Okay, let's go together. Runzhou is not far away, then call Li Ziyi."

When traveling far away, the more people there are, the safer it will be.Shi Hanshan sent someone to talk to Li Ziyi, and Li Ziyi naturally agreed.

So everyone packed up their things, took their servants, boarded the carriage, and went to Runzhou early the next morning.

It was getting dark when they arrived in Runzhou, and the three of them rented a small courtyard of an inn. On the second day, they asked the servants to inquire about Du Jinning's residence and the whereabouts of Lu Jiuyuan and others, and then got a piece of news: Tomorrow is a holiday On that day, Master Du held a tea party in a garden on the outskirts of the city, and many famous and influential literati in the city received the post.

"Then what shall we do?" Shi Hanshan asked Su Heng.

Su Heng didn't speak, but directly called his entourage to come in: "Take the post from Master Shi and I, and go to Master Du's house, saying that we came here from the capital to pay a special visit to Master Du."

Shi Hanshan hurriedly ordered Guan Hua: "You also go together."

Not long after the servants left, they came back and reported: "The steward of Du's mansion said that Mr. Du is not in the city. He went to inspect the farmland. He probably won't be back until very late. To express his apology, he specially sent three posts for tomorrow's tea party. , three of you are invited to participate."

As they said that, they each handed a post to their masters.

Shi Hanshan opened it and saw, where is this a post?It was clearly an invitation card, with a very simple and elegant design.On it is a steaming brown teapot, and beside it is a line of beautiful dark green running script: Anyuan Tea Party.

At the bottom of the invitation card separated by a bouquet of blooming flowers, there is a line of small characters, writing the time and place of the tea party.

Turning it over, a very simple map was drawn on the back of the invitation.

Su Heng looked at the invitation card and said with a smile: "At first, I wasn't interested in this tea garden. But now I'm really looking forward to it. Even the invitation card is made with such care, I have some opinions about the tea party."

Shi Hanshan, Su Heng and others are also considered celebrities in the capital, and they are most particular about appearance and style.

Shi Hanshan ordered Guan Hua: "Pass on my words and tell them to clean the carriage well. You also take out your clothes to dry well, don't wear them wrinkled and embarrass me."

"Yes." Guan Hua went out to pass on a message, and came back to ask Shi Hanshan, "Master, what clothes are you wearing tomorrow?"

Shi Hanshan thought for a while: "Just that moon-white gown, the one with bamboo embroidered on the left breast."

Guan Hua hurriedly took out the clothes and ironed them, and hung them in the room for tomorrow's use.

Su Heng and Li Ziyi also gave the same instructions.

The next day, the three of them got up and had breakfast, then took out their clothes and dressed neatly, got on the tung oil carriage, and went out of the city to Du Jinning's Zhuangzi'an Garden.

"Hey, don't tell me, follow this map, you don't need to ask for directions, and you can easily find this garden." Su Heng was very interested in that invitation, and kept holding it in his hand.

"This shows that Mr. Du is careful." Shi Hanshan said with a smile.

After walking for a while, the carriage turned into a side road and stopped at the gate of a garden after a while.The voice of viewing the painting also came in from the shaft of the car: "Master, Anyuan is here."

　There's a little snack at 11 p.m.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)