Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 114 Hu Yanzhong

As soon as Li An opened his mouth, the originally noisy crowd suddenly became quiet, and they all came over in search of a voice.

"I am the owner of this teahouse. Please give way," Li An said.

The onlookers heard this and made way for Li An.

"Boss, it's great to have you back, they..."

The two waiters were very excited when they saw Li An, and their heads hurt from the troubles made by several scholars.

Several scholars at the door were also looking at Li An. One of them, a young man in his twenties, interrupted the waiter and said, "Are you the owner of this teahouse? Did you write the poem above?"

Li An ignored him and passed several people directly to the door of the shop. Shi Lin, who was standing in the door of the shop, nodded.

Shi Lin was relieved to see Li An back. He didn't know how to deal with these people making trouble. Although he had martial arts skills, he couldn't do anything to these scholars, and he was afraid of causing trouble for Li An.

Seeing that Li An was ignoring him, the young man was a little angry and shouted: "Boy, you look like a scholar even though you are dressed up. You are willing to degenerate into a businessman and embarrass us scholars? Don't you even have basic etiquette?"

"Are you talking to me about etiquette?"

Li An turned around, looked at the young man who was speaking, pointed at the crowd of onlookers, and said calmly: "You came to make trouble in front of my shop for no reason, attracting so many people to watch, and making my tea house business impossible." , is this your etiquette? As for why I have let myself down in business? Which law in the Song Dynasty stipulates that scholars cannot do business? "

"You..." The young man looked ugly when Li An said that, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

Indeed, it was a bit rude for them to attract so many people to watch.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty did not prohibit scholars from doing business, nor did it restrict the children of businessmen from taking the imperial examination.

It only stipulates that officials are not allowed to directly participate in business.

A man who was about the same age as him next to the young man leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, the young man sneered and said: "What a clever tongue. We didn't call these people here. They want to surround themselves here. What does it have to do with us? In addition, this poem is not something that you can write at your age." , you use other people's poems to improve your own reputation, as a scholar, I will naturally expose you."

Speaking of which, the young man behind him looked upright and righteous, with a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

Li An originally didn't know why these people came to make trouble, but he roughly guessed it after listening to the young man's words.

These people probably read the poem and wanted to make friends with them at first. However, when they learned that the poem was actually written by a twelve-year-old boy, they naturally did not believe that it could be written by a twelve-year-old boy.

They want to make things bigger, most likely to gain fame.

With the standard of this poem, it won't take long for it to spread throughout Bianjing. If they can expose that this poem is plagiarized, their reputation will naturally spread accordingly.

Reputation was very useful in ancient times.

After all, there was no Internet TV or anything like that in ancient times, so reputation relied on word of mouth.

Take Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms as an example. Before he challenged Dong, few people knew him.

When I go out, I say my name is Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, and no one else knows who I am.

But a false edict made Cao Cao famous all over the world.

Apart from the clan, the core talents under Cao Cao were basically recruited after the war against Dong.

These people all look like scholars, and their family backgrounds are not that good. If they can become famous, it will be of great benefit to them in the future.

After thinking about this, Li An sneered in his heart. If he was a young master from a wealthy family, he would have some scruples. A few children from a humble family were nothing.

"I've loved history books since I started studying. This poem is just inspired by my thoughts. If I can't do something myself, I feel that others can't do it either. Confucius also said that if three people are walking together, they must have me as their teacher. You guys? Have you read all the books?" Li An said coldly.

"That's nice to say. How old are you, how can you get so many insights? I don't know whose words I stole, but I shamelessly said that I wrote them myself. We have read the books of sages for many years, and we will naturally expose such things when we encounter them. Unless we give You come up with a question, and you write a poem on the spot that is similar to the lyrics of this poem, otherwise your lyrics will be copied." said the young man. Li An sneered and said: "Why should I prove to you? Those who open their mouths to read are those who keep their mouths shut. Scholars should set their minds for the world, establish their lives for the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations. Instead of questioning and doubting here. Well, if you have time, you might as well go back and read more."

That poem was indeed copied by him, so naturally he would not agree to the other party's request.

After all, no one knows what questions these people will ask, and this song has already caused such trouble. If there is another song, who knows what trouble will follow.

"I think you feel guilty, right?" the young man sneered.

If Ang Lee really agreed, they would be hesitant, worried that the poem was really written by Ang Lee.

Li An's refusal to agree seemed to them to be a sign of guilty conscience. In this way, they felt more confident.

"What a person who has a heart for heaven and earth, a destiny for the people, a person who can carry on the unique teachings of the past saints, and create peace for all generations!"

Just then there was a sound of praise from the crowd, and a sixty-year-old man came out, looking at Li An with admiration and said: "I, Hu Yanzhong, may I ask, little friend, who said these words? "

Li An came to his senses and thought to himself that these four sentences were called Hengqu Four Sentences by later generations. They were said by Zhang Zai in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Zai lived during the Renzong period, and Li An doesn't know if he has written these famous quotes now.

It would be troublesome if Zhang Zai said it but no one else said it.

However, if he says that he came up with it himself and others have already said it, wouldn't it be plagiarism?

When Li An was lost in thought, the young man who questioned Li An quickly saluted respectfully when he saw the old man and several people behind him: "I have seen Dr. Hu."

"Yes." Hu Yanzhong just glanced at a few people and nodded slightly.

"Dr. Hu?"

Li An was stunned when he heard the words. When he first heard the name Hu Yanzhong, he felt it was familiar. When he heard the names of several people, he thought of who the next person was.

The doctors of ancient times are different from the doctors of later generations.

Doctorate was an official position in ancient times, and he was first in charge of national documents, archives and books.

Later, the professor's responsibilities changed to teaching and lecturing.

For example, teachers in the Imperial College are all called doctors.

By the Song Dynasty, people who had profound knowledge in a certain field were also called doctors. This became more common, and was not limited to the title of the Imperial College teacher.

However, these people are all scholars, and the only ones they can honor as doctors are teachers from the Imperial College.

It happened that Li An had heard the name Hu Yanzhong these days. This man was a doctor of the Imperial College, taught Confucian classics, and was quite famous.

In the past few years, the government even asked him to serve as the minister of the East Palace, responsible for teaching the prince's enlightenment.

It's a pity that the prince died of illness soon, otherwise he would be the emperor's master in the future.

To be chosen by the emperor to teach the prince, even if it is just for enlightenment, shows his talent and learning.

Li An came back to his senses and bowed: "I met Dr. Hu. Those few words are the motto I made when I was studying. They are used to remind me at all times not to forget my original intention."

Li An suddenly remembered that Zhang Zai was ranked in the imperial examination at the same time as Su Shi, and Su Shi passed the imperial examination last year. In other words, Zhang Zai had just passed the imperial examination last year, and he should not have said these four famous sayings that have been passed down through the ages.

And if Zhang Zaizhen said it, it is impossible that Hu Yanzhong had not heard it.

After thinking about this, Li An will naturally not let go of this opportunity to establish a golden body.

(End of this chapter)