The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 310 Trolls

Suzhou, outside Wang Wenlong's home.

"Wang Jianyang, you are an evil man, and you will definitely get retribution in the history of the future!"

A scholar in his early forties stepped onto the sedan, cursing, with veins popping out on his forehead.

When Shen Jing got off the carriage and saw such a scene, she couldn't help but curiously asked: "Who is this gentleman?"

The middle-aged man glanced at him and didn't answer. Instead, he asked: "Who is your Excellency?"

"Here's Shen Jing."

A sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on the middle-aged man's face: "It turns out that he is the 'leader of the music circle', and Wang Jianyang has only made friends with such people..."

Shen Jing was quite displeased when he heard this, but he was unwilling to talk back and bring himself to the same level as the other party, so he just frowned.

Seeing the middle-aged man getting on the carriage and driving away, he turned around and entered Wang Wenlong's home. When he saw Wang Wenlong reading in the yard, he asked: "Who is that person outside the door? He is so uneducated!"

"Uncle, have you seen him?" Wang Wenlong smiled bitterly and said, "That's Sun Juxiang, nicknamed Bofu, the censor of Nanjing. He came to Suzhou on business and didn't know how to find out where I live, so he came to see me."

I heard that when Sun Juxiang arrived, Wang Wenlong initially treated him politely with fruits and tea, and discussed the views in "On the Nation and the State" with Sun Juxiang.

Sun Juxiang's orthodoxy was no match for later sociology. After several confrontations with Wang Wenlong, he was quickly defeated.

Then Sun Juxiang became angry. He didn't give Wang Wenlong a chance to argue. When he was about to be persuaded, he suddenly unilaterally uttered a long paragraph and left after scolding him.

There is also a shortage of officials in Nanjing now. After Sun Juxiang took office, he took on seven positions and was very hardworking. At this time, there were a lot of arrogant and domineering relatives in Nanjing, and Sun Juxiang would fight against them one by one, such as the eleventh grandson of Liu Ji, or the young marquis. Whenever there was any problem, Sun Juxiang would actively report it to the superiors. Prince Wang and Sun were furious with him.

Others come up to discuss current affairs in order to promote certain new measures, suggest certain new systems, and even if they only talk about problems, they also provide solutions.

Wang Wenlong asked his family to bring tea, and Shen Jing asked: "Why did Jianyang come to me this time?"

Sun Juxiang was talented and stubborn. He passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty-eight and the imperial examination at the age of thirty-two. He was promoted to the imperial censor of Nanjing three years ago.

The Donglin Party has raised a lot of big trolls, and Sun Juxiang is one of them.

Wang Wenlong recounted what happened just now, and Shen Jing also frowned: "What a bad luck, how did you meet such a person?"

It is just a waste of time to argue with people like Sun Juxiang, not to mention that after "On Nation-State" became popular, there were not a few people who had different opinions with him and came to discuss it, and Wang Wenlong could not convince each other one by one.

"Sun Juxiang?" Shen Jing had heard of this name and knew that he was an official who had close contacts with the Donglin Party. Hearing this, he asked curiously: "Where did you offend him?"

For example, Sun Juxiang once wrote to Shu Wanli and said: "Nowadays, no one is able to fulfill his or her duties, whether it is self-governance or county magistrates outside. Government affairs are becoming more and more obsolete, governance is becoming more obedient, people are resentful, and eventually everything will collapse... "

Sun Juxiang came to Wang Wenlong this time because he stood on the Hua-Yi debate and read Wang Wenlong's "On the Nation-State". He was quite dissatisfied with Wang Wenlong's theory, so he came here specifically.

"Let's see what's going on. I usually have entertainment events and the like. Besides, it's August again and I'm seeing another peace event." Shen Jing didn't finish her words.

But after Sun Juxiang cursed a lot, he concluded that the Ming Dynasty was going to die, and he didn't give any solution.

It is said that if he can do things well, he is a good official, and Wang Wenlong has no objection to him, but Sun Juxiang's character is really explosive. The evaluation of this gentleman in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" is just four words: he dares to speak out of anger.

And the current Sun Juxiang is not in the ultimate form. Historically, Sun Juxiang will go to Beijing in two years, and then help the Donglin Party fight against Shen Yiguan, leading a group of officials to directly drive away Shen Yiguan, who has lost power in the struggle.

Wang Wenlong waved his hand, "I won't provoke you."

"Uncle, do you have free time these days?" Wang Wenlong asked, "If you have time, I have a business that I would like to do together with my uncle."

Wang Wenlong was left speechless, thinking that Sun Juxiang looked very much like a later troll who couldn't win an argument on the Internet, so he blocked the other person after a few words of abuse.

"Why did I offend him?" Wang Wenlong also looked depressed.

Wang Wenlong asked curiously: "What is the Taiping Festival?"

"It's a custom in Lili, Wujiang. The Taiping Festival will be held on the 15th of August. A banquet and drama will be held on the 13th. The villagers invited me to come out to make a start. I have to do all kinds of dramas and drums."

Wang Wenlong said: "Then after August and a half." Shen Jing said: "After August and a half, the Suzhou Huqiu Mountain Music Festival will be held. It will be a big event. I have also promised to be the leader."

Wang Wenlong asked for a few more times, and Shen Jing said that he had something to do. Wang Wenlong was shocked to find that although Shen Jing had resigned and retired, he was even busier than some of the more leisurely officials at this time.

Wang Wenlong couldn't help but ask: "How many games will my uncle organize to perform in a year?"

"Starting from the Lantern Festival in Lili, Wujiang in mid-February, I haven't had a rest all year round. This is still a lot of shirk." Shen Jing said with a smile: "So I asked Jianyang to tell you what it is. If you want me to come, Set a time, then I’ll be busy.”

Only then did Wang Wenlong realize how prosperous and prosperous the Jiangnan water towns were in the Ming Dynasty. What Shen Jing was talking about was only the gatherings held spontaneously by the people in the countryside. Counting the officially organized celebrations in big towns like Suzhou Prefecture, Suzhou can watch operas almost every day. No wonder it can support so many opera writers and artists.

Wang Wenlong stopped being polite and simply said bluntly: "Uncle, I wonder if the Shen family can start a business partnership with me?"

"What business?" Shen Jing was very interested. The ancestors of the Shen family started their business. To support such a large family, the Shen family was naturally involved in a lot of business activities.

Wang Wenlong said: "My uncle must have heard about my opening of a women's textile workshop in Fuzhou. Now that I have the propaganda machine "Suzhou Xunbao", I am thinking of setting up a women's textile workshop in Suzhou, but I don't know if the Shen family is willing to participate. About this?"

"What's the matter?" Shen Jing said with a smile, not taking it seriously at all. He was able to resign from his job and go home to write operas. His mind was quite open, and the Shen family was very open-minded about ethics. If he hadn't had such a concept , the Shen family cannot produce so many lyricists, songwriters, gourmets, and the most talented women of the Ming Dynasty. These people are all weirdos in this era.

When Wang Wenlong wanted to open a women's textile workshop in Suzhou, his first reaction was to find a family like the Shen family to cooperate, because only aristocratic families like the Shen family could withstand the impact of public opinion.

For example, Xu Shupi, the owner of Dongyuan, although his family is wealthy, has only been in business for a few decades, so he may not be able to resist the public opinion. The Shen family is different. The Shen family has been prospering in Wujiang for more than two hundred years since the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It is an absolute local snake.

As the head of the Shen family, Shen Jing is also very business-savvy. After a brief discussion with Wang Wenlong, he almost figured out how to operate the women's textile factory, and immediately proposed that he could write a play admonishing daughter-in-law to help promote the business.

The two talked while eating tea, and it took only half a morning to finalize the details.

Shortly after Wang Wenlong sent Shen Jing away, Shen Yixiu came back from the elegant gathering. Hearing that his uncle had just arrived, the two of them felt sorry to miss Shen Yixiu.

Then she said, "Ms. sir, at today's gathering all the wives of the prefect came to ask me to copy scriptures."

Half a month ago, Shen Yixiu's calligraphy work was finally published by Yuan Wuya.

Wang Wenlong gave a lot of suggestions to this collection, and based on Wang Wenlong's suggestions, Shen Yixiu edited it for another whole year. He really strived for excellence. After it was published, it immediately received a lot of praise among literati in Suzhou.

Wang Wenlong also asked "Suzhou Xunbao" to reveal that Shen Yixiu had written the script for this episode, and he was actually advertising for his wife.

After some people learned that the author of the book was Wang Wenlong's wife, everyone was even more surprised. The sales volume of the book is very good among calligraphy works.

Shen Yixiu also suddenly became busy.

Many elegant ladies in Suzhou came to ask Shen Yixiu for help in writing, and Shen Yixiu agreed one by one.

Wang Wenlong felt pitiful when he saw the little girl lighting lamps and boiling oil every day to copy scriptures for others. If he were a normal calligrapher, the value of the works he released would be too much, and he would definitely not make such random promises.

But Shen Yixiu didn't even discuss the price when he copied scriptures for others. After several days of hard work, he just left with a word of thanks. Isn’t this girl Wang Wenlong stupid?

But Wang Wenlong knew that Shen Yixiu was enjoying the feeling of being sought after and gained considerable emotional value. At this time, Wang Wenlong couldn't persuade him.

He nodded and smiled: "This shows that your handwriting is so good that even the prefect's wife can recognize it."

Shen Yixiu said with pride on his face: "The fan I brought today was sold for twenty taels of silver. I donated all of it to Huqiu Temple so that they could give porridge to the poor."

Shen Yixiu is only fifteen years old this year. Perhaps because of the protection given to her by Wang Wenlong's family, she behaves like a girl with a cheerful attitude. She is even more childish than before marrying Wang Wenlong. According to historical records in her previous life, she already lived in an IKEA home as a teenager. Shen Yixiu is quite different.

When Wang Wenlong heard this, he also praised him and said: "You are kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and those refugees just think they have met a female Bodhisattva."

Shen Yixiu blushed and said, "My husband is laughing at me."

She took advantage of the situation and got closer to Wang Wenlong, and naturally held hands.

These days, the male master usually does not enter the inner house during the day. Most of the women in the house make their own arrangements during the day. Li Guoxian took his maid out early this morning to do shopping. Wang Wenlong also stayed at home to entertain Shen Jing. Shen Yixiu's eyes widened, thinking that there was no one at home at this time. Someone else suddenly whispered: "Master, please go to the room and have tea."

(End of this chapter)