Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Chapter 16 Another Way to Develop Reputation

"You kid!" Cai Yong suddenly wanted to beat Wang Yu up. Looking at the situation in front of him, he knew that the cabbages he had raised with great difficulty were about to be eaten by Wang Yu, the pig.

It was impossible for Wang Yu to just leave when he came to Cai Mansion this time, so he immediately signaled Cai Lin to find a reason to let him stay in Cai Mansion.

Cai Lin was speechless. Should she say such a thing?

However, since her lover had already hinted, she had no choice but to say it.

Cai Yong knew very well what his daughter was thinking, but Wang Yu was a man after all, and it would not make sense for him to stay. He just couldn't get over it in his heart.

However, Cai Yong changed his mind and thought that Wang Yu was talented, so maybe it would be a good reason to let him stay and discuss.

So, after some consideration, Cai Yong agreed to let Wang Yu stay.

After staying at Cai Mansion, Wang Yu first accompanied Cai Lin for a stroll in the mansion. After reaching a certain atmosphere, he recited "Ode to the Goddess of Luo River". He felt that this was a very suitable gift for Cai Lin.

Little did she know that after hearing this, Cai Lin was speechless. She had not expected that her husband was also going further and further down the path of plagiarizing online novels.

However, she also knew that this was a key to fame. Take the man named Ritian for example. In the early days, he copied and read poems through Wenchaogong, and they were widely circulated among many scholars.

She could naturally understand why Wang Yu wanted to take this path.

But what Cai Lin was worried about was what would happen if she stepped on a landmine?
No one knows how many poems that person copied.

However, since Wang Yu dared to do this, he must have a reason for doing so. She just needs to help him spread his reputation.

In this way, with the help of Cai Lin, The Goddess of Luo River spread throughout Luoyang in just a few hours. The young masters of noble families marveled at Wang Yu's talent and felt that another Qin Zixu was born.

Wang Yu was not interested either. He was only concerned with love affairs. As for Cai Yong, his future father-in-law, he also spent a lot of time discussing ancient and modern times with him and evaluating each other's calligraphy.

The calligraphy that Wang Yu took out was the regular script of later generations.

You should know that the official writing at that time in the Han Dynasty still used the official script created by Cheng Miao in the Qin Dynasty. It did not reach its peak until the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It inherited the tradition of seal script and opened up the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and had an influence on later calligraphy that cannot be underestimated, so it is known in the calligraphy world as "Han Li and Tang Kai".

The regular script evolved from the official script and is more simplified with straight horizontal and vertical lines.

The book "Cihai" explains that it "has a square shape, straight strokes, and can be used as a model."

This type of Chinese character font is neat and is exactly the traditional handwritten Chinese character commonly used today.

Although the official script had already developed towards the regular script at this time, it only had the form but not the spirit. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that it began to shine with its own glory.

This is also because, since the end of the Han Dynasty, the country has never been truly unified. Although the Three Kingdoms were unified for a short period of time during the Jin Dynasty, those few decades alone could not provide much fertile ground for the development of literature and art.

All these conditions were not met until the Tang Dynasty, so regular script calligraphy, which originated in the late Han Dynasty, did not truly shine until the Tang Dynasty.

After all, only in prosperous times, when people are well fed and well-dressed, are they qualified to indulge in literature and art and cultivate their sentiments, and rulers are also happy for their subjects to do so.

After all, in this way, their minds would not be so complicated. But it is different in troubled times. When you can't even save your life or have enough food to eat, who would play art with you?

Take the aristocratic families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty for example. They just took Wu Shi San every day and indulged themselves in having fun among the mountains and rivers, living a life of drunkenness and dreams.

Only someone like Wang Xizhi, who is not greedy for worldly power, would have the mood to practice calligraphy. But it is also because of this that his calligraphy works are so precious.

After all, this is a change in the development of regular script and has high historical value.

Even Cai Yong did not expect that Wang Yu had such an understanding of calligraphy. This made him even more convinced that one cannot judge a book by its cover.

At this time, Wang Yu's position in his heart has gradually surpassed Qin Hao. After all, in the Han Dynasty, poetry and songs were just a small way for these scholars to entertain themselves in their spare time, while calligraphy was the main way.

It can be seen from historical documents that during the Han Dynasty, the people who could truly become famous were calligraphers, such as Hu Zhao, Zhong Yao and others.

It was only during the Southern and Northern Dynasties that the poems and essays of Cao Cao and others were recognized by the mainstream thought of the time and gradually became widely spread.

However, in the Han Dynasty, poetry and songs were not as popular as later generations imagined.

However, Wang Yu did not notice this point. It was not until Cai Lin took the initiative to point it out to him that he discovered this blind spot. He then changed his thinking and started with calligraphy to achieve a level of fame that spread far and wide.

After all, Qin Hao, the time traveler, was born ahead of time, and no one knows how many poems he has copied. If something unexpected happens, it would be a waste of time.

Because of this, Cai Lin did not recommend taking this path, but instead the path of calligraphy. With his father Cai Yong as a role model and support, there was no need to worry that Wang Yu’s fame would not spread.

And so it is.

As Cai Yong's fame spread, regular script became widely circulated in Luoyang within just three or five days, and many young men from aristocratic families wanted to ask Wang Yu for a copy of his regular script to admire.

Some are even willing to pay for it.

The thing that these aristocratic families have the most is money. It can be said that in just a few days, Wang Yu earned three to five thousand gold, which can be said to be a very happy thing.

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At this time, in Wang Yu’s mansion.

He had already stayed in Cai Yong's house for three to five days and had successfully completed his predetermined goals. If he stayed any longer, it would be bad for his reputation!

"Brother, I didn't expect that this regular script is so crazy. In just a few days, we have earned thousands of gold. Now we have the money to recruit soldiers and horses!" Wang Jing laughed, his eyes full of admiration for Wang Yu.

"This is nothing, just an appetizer!" Wang Yu pretended to be modest, then looked at Ju Wuba and asked him to guard the door and not let anyone in.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Wang Jing was curious when he saw Wang Yu's expression and asked quickly.

However, Wang Yu did not answer Wang Jing's doubts, but took something from the bedside suspiciously. This was a picture that Wang Yu had specially drawn on parchment.

"You have to watch out." Wang Yu said mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)