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

Chapter 42 The influence of Portuguese national history
A few days later, Gao Yin was still a little dissatisfied with the tax money paid by Wang Wenlong. He directly asked Wang Wenlong why he collected it according to the minimum bottom line.

Fortunately, he didn't care too much after Wang Wenlong fooled him.

The Taibai Jingtian matter had been settled after a period of turmoil in the court. Wanli acted like a dead pig and was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. He didn't care even if the civil servants smashed his head to death, and he just took the matter over.

Gao Yin was very happy. Naturally, he didn't take Wang Wenlong's matter to heart. At the end of September, Gao Yin was preparing to return to Fuzhou. Wang Wenlong felt that the matter of Dianzai Wharf was over. He could still avoid Li Guoxian when he returned to Fuzhou. He suddenly became very worried. Feel relaxed.But Li Guoxian was quite unhappy when he heard this.She rolled her eyes and didn't show it in front of Wang Wenlong, but she planned to quarrel with her father and brother as soon as she got home, and wanted to chase him to Fuzhou.

Just when Gao Yin was about to return, Mr. Chen, who looked aggrieved, was kneeling at Wei Tianjue's feet.

"The little boy they beat was so miserable. Then Wang Wenlong's men kicked my child in the crotch. My child was bleeding for seven days when he went back."

"Master Wei, you want to avenge Quanzi."

Sitting on the Grand Master's chair, Wei Tianjue is in his 30s, has a long beard, and is wearing a Taoist robe. At first glance, he seems to have an air of immortality, but a closer look reveals that this guy has the same right side of his face as Li Bajin. There was a gold seal tattooed on it, so it turned out that he was not a decent guy.

Wei Tianjue was drinking tea while listening to Mr. Chen's words. He frowned impatiently after hearing half of it.

"Your son ran to Wang Wenlong's wharf to collect taxes and was beaten. What does it have to do with me? I'm not your father. Don't come to me for everything!"

Mr. Chen was stunned and said quickly: "It is indeed Quanzi's fault, but Wang Wenlong's price was too harsh. He beat Quanzi and asked my family to pay him 500 taels of silver. We will use your name, Master." , and he showed no mercy at all.”

Wei Tianjue only paid attention when he heard this: "You guys even mentioned my name and he didn't show any respect?"

Mr. Chen rolled his eyes and said hurriedly: "Isn't that true? Zhao Fa, the leader who pulled the strings, can testify."

Wei Tianjue finally got a little angry: "Who do you think Wang Wenlong is?"

"I asked someone about it. He is a staff member in front of Eunuch Gao. He said that he was highly regarded by Eunuch Gao because he wrote a novel called "The Scholars" and was specially recruited from Jianyang."

"That guy was originally just a returnee from overseas. He became a supervisor in Zhangzhou and wrote a history of grapes."

"Not even a supervisor would dare," Wei Tianjue was about to say harsh words, but suddenly he was stunned: "What book did you say he wrote recently?"

Mr. Chen said: "What's the name of Grape? It's a strange name, but I heard that I made a lot of money."

Although Wei Tianjue is a rogue, he is not uneducated. He even took the imperial examination before, but he became a Taoist priest only because his future was ruined by committing crimes. Now he only wants to help Gao Yin do dirty work.

Gao Yin's success in the scene was not only due to a loser like Lin Shiqing. Wei Tianjue was also one of Gao Yin's literary talents, and he was quite familiar with things in the scholarly community.

Wei Tianjue said: "History of Portugal? Is the Wang Wenlong you are talking about Wang Jianyang?"

Mr. Chen felt that Wei Tianjue's tone was wrong, so he nodded and said, "That's his pen name."

"So it's this guy. The book he wrote has become quite famous in Fuzhou recently. I can't mess with him." Mr. Chen is neither a maritime businessman nor a scholar. He has no idea about the book "History of Portugal". Hearing that Wei Tianjue didn't care, he hurriedly said: "But what about my son's revenge? Mr. Wei, don't let others deceive you. How can he be famous as a novelist?"

Wei Tianjue rolled his eyes: "How do I know why those scholars think his handwriting is good? In short, those scholars like him, do you want me to offend Wang Jianyang for your son? As for that guy looking down on me, there is If I get the chance, I will naturally seek revenge on him!"

He frightened Mr. Chen and said, "You have told your family not to cause trouble since you returned. You have met a fool. If I were that Wang Wenlong, your son would have been beaten to death long ago. He will die if he crosses the line." You should be on your own territory, even Eunuch Gao won’t protect you, then your family will have no place to cry.”

Mr. Chen was startled. Seeing that Wei Tianjue was unwilling to take any more care in this matter and served tea to see the guests off, Mr. Chen could only get up and leave with a disappointed look on his face.

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At the end of September, half of Wang Wenlong's "History of Portugal" was finally serialized. The framework of the entire history book has emerged. Because it sold well, Xiong Qingbo has written to request a bound volume of half of the book, and Wang Wenlong naturally agreed.

Wang Wenlong is in Zhangzhou and has not interacted with people in the scholarly community. He has not yet felt the influence of this book. However, with the spread of the book, the influence of "History of Portugal" is growing in places other than Zhangzhou. Rapid fermentation.

In Min County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Xu Xueju, the governor of Fujian Province, was holding a newly printed "History of Portugal" and reading it attentively.

Xu Xueju was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli and was born in Lanxi, Zhejiang. He was born in a family of scholars. In addition to taking the imperial examination, he also studied history quite a lot. His historical skills have reached a professional level.

After Xu Xueju took up his post in Fujian, he found that book engraving workshops were very prosperous here, so he used his authority to compile books in Fujian. What he compiled was not ordinary abstract novels, but very large books such as "Guochao Dianhui".

This kind of book usually requires the imperial court officials to be able to publish it, and it is extremely difficult for a province to support it.

However, Xu Xueju is indeed quite talented. Under his control, the compilation of this 200-volume book is now on the right track, and he can complete it as long as he is given a few more years.

Xu Xueju loved writing books and was also good at studying history.

When he first read "History of Portugal", he was attracted by its unique historical narrative style.

There were generally only two types of history books in ancient China: chronological and biographical. Later, derivative categories such as chronicle style and national style were developed.

At first glance, people in the Ming Dynasty would think that the book "History of Portugal" is just a national history book describing the history of Portugal. However, if you look closely, you will find that its selection of historical events is appropriate and detailed, and the social background and characters of each period are well understood. , covering the customs of the times, and also mixed with the author's own penetrating comments on a certain historical event. This book does not belong to any genre of history books at this time.

The first reading is not as boring as reading a history book, but rather like reading an excellent novel that makes you unable to put it down.

In every historical stage in the book, the Portuguese country is filled with different atmospheres of conservatism, adventure, or fanaticism. Through the author's writing, readers can also feel the atmosphere in Portugal at that time, and compare it with the history in the book. The combination seems to be a scene of historical events at that time, and each historical figure is vividly displayed before your eyes.

This kind of historical writing method that is both lively and lively and contains a large amount of information is something Xu Xueju has never been exposed to. After reading it, Xu Xueju was directly shocked.

　Come on, come on, the writing speed is really not fast
　　
　
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