Compete for the Song Dynasty

Someone even said what was missing in Yunxuan after Master Ouyang Xiu said Ya.Everyone followed the prestige and saw a little book boy standing in front of the desk. The child was thirteen or fourteen years old.

Wang Pang's face darkened: "Yuan Chang, there are no rules when the adults here speak."

It was Cai Jing who spoke, if it was his own idea, he wouldn't dare to say that, it was all ordered by Lu Shenyan, and he knew that what Guanshi Lu could order must be something that the young master acquiesced.

Cai Jing bowed to the adults and said, "Master, this Yunxuan has been carefully conceived everywhere, but you don't know why, but you just forgot to post some calligraphy and paintings here. This dragon painting still needs the finishing touch. I am not talented, just now everyone When tasting tea, I made a pair of "groups of sages drinking tea"

Wang Pang shouted in a low voice: "Here are all university questions, how can you let you show it again, you can't forget your usual lessons." [

Master Ouyang Xiu laughed loudly: "Knowledge is not a matter of status. This little book boy is right. I haven't brought a congratulatory gift today. Why don't I remind you to paint and decorate this Yunxuan."

Wang Pang was overjoyed, and said to Cai Jing: "I haven't entrusted the painting to Mr. Ouyang Xiu for viewing." After saying that, two tea ladies lifted the painting to Ouyang Xiu and everyone.

Ouyang Xiu nodded with a smile after seeing it and said: "This child's writing skills are extraordinary. The layout of the Yunxuan, the incense burner and the zither girl complement the elegant environment. You can see that all of us are also in the painting, drinking tea, reading books, and talking. There is playing chess, each of which is vivid on the paper. It is rare to have such a painter."

After Ouyang Xiu said this, Su Xun said to Wang Anshi: "Your son's book boys all have this attainment, I wonder which family's children this is?"

Wang Pang hurriedly explained: "This is Cai Jing, the cousin of Lord Cai Xiang, the magistrate of Jianzhou, who humbled himself and joined Xiao Ke's family."

When Su Shi heard this, he praised: "No wonder, that Cai Junmo (Cai Xiangzi) has high talents, accumulated profound knowledge, has the ability to adapt to each other, and has changed poorly. He is already amazing, and so is his cousin. "

Su Shi's calligraphy and painting are naturally compared among young people today, and some people said: "Since this book boy is throwing bricks to attract jade, it is better to follow Mr. Ouyang Xiu's suggestion. Let's make poems and paintings separately, and put the eyes on this Yunxuan. It is also a thank you to Mr. Wang for setting up here. .”

This proposal is temporary, but Wang Pang said, "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked at him intently, and Wang Pang smiled: "The distinguished guests are all knowledgeable people. Xiao Ke aims to make your knowledge famous all over the world, so I have a proposal. Everyone writes poems and paintings here on weekdays, please allow Xiao Ke to print them. Publication, widely disseminated, during the period of profit, used for the maintenance of this Yunxuan, what do you think."

The people sitting there laughed: "You pay the silver taels and set up Yunxuan here, you just earn the silver taels and you just keep it. What's more, you even say that the poems and paintings here are printed into magazines to make a name for us."

Wang Pang glanced at Wang Anshi, Master Wang Anshi nodded approvingly, he looked at Ouyang Xiu again, and said in his heart that as long as Master Ouyang Xiu had no objection, the matter would be considered a success.

Ouyang Xiu also thought this idea was good, but he asked: "Nephew Ruoxian, the name of this Yunxuan is very good. Drinking tea here is like being in the clouds, but I don't know how to name this publication?"

Not having a good name is not enough. Hearing what Ouyang Xiu said, Wang Pang hurriedly said, "I'm planning to ask my lord to nominate it."

Ouyang Xiu thought in his heart, this cloud, someone echoes it, and it can also be used to spread the words directly. This publication picks up the people's words, so he said: "This cloud word can be used. How about I suggest "Yunzhai"?"

After finishing speaking, he stood up, walked to the desk, and wrote the inscription "Yunzhai".Wang Pang smiled, "According to your lord's suggestion, since everyone is here, listen to zither music and taste fragrant tea, please."

Wang Pang saw that everyone was very interested, either talking about Yunxuan, or commenting on calligraphy and painting, and knew that Yunxuan's matter was already worrying.They chatted happily on the second floor of Yunxuan.

There are already crowds of people outside Yunxuan, most of them stop in front of the bulletin board. Before, Mr. Ouyang Xiu praised Yunxuan for its elegance. I have seen the bulletin, and I also saw Cai Jing’s "Tea Tasting Picture", which attracts the envy of those who cannot enter Yunxuan. .

Xiao Lu went out and posted the announcement of "Cloud Picking" on the bulletin board, and people surrounded him. It was with great difficulty that he broke out of the encirclement, returned to the second floor, and met Zhong Zhen and the others. Wang Pang, who was drinking tea and chatting, said: "My lord, I think everyone will have to wait until after dark for the situation downstairs."

Everyone laughed and said: "There are all kinds of food downstairs. If you are hungry, you can help yourself."

Wang Pang said: "Everyone, don't worry, our Yunxuan has a back door, if you have something urgent to get in and out, you can use the back door." After speaking, he thought to himself, this word of using the back door has never existed before.

Master Ouyang Xiu walked up to the front, listened to the commotion outside, turned a little and looked outside, and said to Wang Anshi and Su Xun who were beside him: "Look, the streets are full of candidates who are going to Beijing to catch the exam. What does it look like when there are too many people?"

The three of them looked out, and Su Xun said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I just passed the same test as the second son in the last exam, and I just passed through this battle."

Mr. Wang knew that Su Xun was polite. Although this person was late in the scientific examination, he was already famous for his talent and learning, so he said: "Ming Yun was 27 years old, and he started to learn the six classics and the theory of a hundred schools of thought. He wrote thousands of words in an instant. But it's something everyone knows."

Ouyang Xiu also praised Su Xun. Among other things, Su Xun taught his sons to be admirable, and the two sons were both accomplished, so he said, "The articles such as "Quan Shu", "Heng Lun" and "Several Strategies" think that they can be compared with Jia Yi. , Liu Xiang are comparable."

As soon as Ouyang Xiu finished speaking, someone came over and asked if Master Ouyang's praise could be used on Yun Jie.Ouyang Xiu thought that what I said must be from the bottom of my heart, so I said: "Of course it can"

Then there is a book boy to record, come down.

Then Shen Kuo came over to serve tea to the three adults, and said with a smile: "Just now, the king said that we can't go out now. If we want to leave or come in, we need to go through the back door."

Wang Anshi and Su Xun, Ouyang Xiu all smiled, and Ouyang and Wang Anshi talked about the annual "group meeting"

All the officials present said, oops, this is a headache.But everyone has also experienced it. When talking about the interesting things that the group saw, they naturally resonated and laughed.

It turned out that scholars in remote areas did not understand the etiquette and codes of the imperial court, and they were arranged in a disorderly manner, and officials could not restrain them. On the day of the "group meeting", the officials first set up a no-entry fence in front of the imperial seat, and everyone bowed outside the fence, which was to restrict them from moving forward.

Master Ouyang Xiu shook his head: "All the disciples want to see the emperor's majesty, and in order to look at the emperor, they pull each other. Look at the group of people who are often dressed in disheveled clothes after seeing the emperor."

Shen Kuo laughed loudly: "Is it like me today?" Everyone looked at him, knowing that he came late, but was dragged away by curious people outside.

Wang Anshi said: "It's nothing to you. The officials in charge of the meeting are afraid of this. I heard that in recent years, only Xie Yuan, who was the No.1 in the provincial examination, was allowed to attend the interview. Even so, there are no less than a few hundred people."

Shen Kuo said, "During Jiayou's reign, I'm ashamed. I was also in Jieyuan. I became another row and stood at the forefront. I saw that only one or two rows from the front of the queue slightly conformed to the etiquette of kneeling and standing. It's finally over if you can't line up or even line up."

Ouyang Xiu laughed and said: "It's a burden in the pavilion. There was a joke in the court about the group meeting. Guess what three kinds of things can't be arranged neatly."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, only some who knew the allusion laughed, even Shen Kuo laughed.

Those who didn't know asked each other, and Wang Pang said, "This question is a list of riddles. If so, it's a good thing to be able to realize it by reading Yunzhai Juziqun."

Mitty, a book boy who was pulling Zhongzheng beside Cai Jing, asked: "My lord, please tell me quickly, I am so anxious about guessing riddles."

Mitty whispered to Cai Jing: "I heard from Mr. Zhongzhen that there are rumors in the court that there are three kinds of people who can't line up neatly, Juren, foreigners and camels."

Cai Jing didn't expect to say that, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud, so he ran to the side and hid his laughter with his sleeve.

Seeing that Yunxuan was ready, Wang Bang saw that everyone was drinking tea and chatting. At the desk, there were three or five people writing poems and painting. They took turns to send congratulatory gifts to Yunxuan. Some stopped and refused to leave.So a tea girl was ordered to demonstrate how to taste Gongfu tea under the eaves outside Yunxuan. [

Everyone watched with gusto, Xiao Lu went to Wang's side and said, "My lord, the bidding for Yunxuan's entry silver medal has already reached 500 taels of silver. Do you want to buy one or two?"

Wang Pang shook his head with a smile. Originally, he didn't want to sell more Yunxuan's admission number. He had calculated that even if it costs [-] copper coins for a piece of cloud picking, hundreds of thousands of copies are sent to the whole country, which is not a small profit.The higher the value of Yunxuan's silver medal, the better the market for Yunzhai.What's more, it is hard to find a special advertisement position on the cloud picker.

He turned back to Xiao Lu and said, "Now we can sell loose tea, and a set of special tea sets will be given for every ten catties of loose tea. You order someone to post a notice to keep an eye on the business of the tea farm."

At this time, the tea set king has already prepared a kiln specially for his tea set. It has been prepared since the first time he and Lu Shenyan went to Jianzhou.Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to tell Yuan Ze that he wanted to change his style of tea in the Immortal Cave.

The notice was posted, and Xiao Lu immediately returned to the tea farm in the southwest of the capital not far from Mayer's residence.When Wang Pang returned to Yunxuan, he saw that exquisite calligraphy and paintings were arranged in Yunxuan, and he was very happy to hear everyone's praise.It must be expected that the business of the tea farm is booming, and one step in the overall game is being laid out.

No matter how exquisite the layout of Wang Pang Yunxuan, no matter how talented the literati are, they can't match the emperor's nodding Yun Jie.If you want to win the hearts of the people, you must first have public opinion. The king must use the cloud to pick up the reading materials of the people outside the residence newspaper.Everything has to be within his grasp, not to mention that when Yunzhai spreads all over the country, he will naturally have better feedback on what to look for, such as the stone he is looking for.