Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Fei Siye checked the set of notes and checked the title again, and thought the book was out. Sincerely, Cui Xie gave a copy of the ink pen, and gave the first batch of 50 sets to Fei Siye, leaving a few stacks for the Hanlins, and the remaining dozens of sets were bundled and taken to the Imperial College for distribution. To his classmate who wants to print notes.

The owner's pen, behind the Hanlin who is dizzying by looking at the title...not to mention them, students of the Imperial College, even the scholars of the Hanlin who are studying with a famous teacher in the Hanyuan, have to ask for it. Let's grab it.

Cui Xie first counted eight copies to Fei Jieyuan, and asked him to distribute the seven other people who accompanied the prince to take the exam-the more copies were given to his uncle, and the rest were distributed to classmates in the order of appointment.

There are four color-printed notes in a set. The paper is snow-white and thick. The paper is overprinted in seven or eight colors. The fonts are clear and neat. The writer is a famous teacher in the world. It is not a problem to sell them for two or three silvers. The group of supervisors didn't care that he could produce such a delicate set of notes, and they were too embarrassed to stretch out their hands for nothing like they did when they borrowed his notes to copy.

If you have money, you have to give it. Those who are shy in your pocket have to wave your hands and say no, and wait until someone else buys it before borrowing it.

Cui Xie didn't plan to make money from his classmates. Seeing that there were so many people who wanted it but couldn't afford to buy it, he told everyone that he wanted to collect the answers for reference, and asked the students to do the topic after the book. If you have done a good job and can be incorporated for reference, you will send a set of question books as a pen.

In this way, it is inconvenient for some talents, but confident classmates who are adept and literate come to him to borrow books.

Cui Xie printed few books, but many people wanted to read them. They were all close classmates. It would be inappropriate to give this or not. He counted not enough, so he ran to discuss with Fei Siye and Lin Jiancheng during the lunch repair, and asked the instructor to allow him to donate five sets of books to the library, and put two sets in each of the six lecture halls for the convenience of the students. Borrow to do questions when you have time.

The Imperial College only stopped students from truancy, and never stopped students from donating books. Fei Siye went to Qiu Jijiu and agreed to his request.

Lin Jiancheng was more enthusiastic about this matter. He looked at the set of "Guozijian Teacher Fei Siye Lectures on Mencius" and asked Cui Xie: "You listed this book at number four. Are you planning to collect the four books? How?"

Cui Xie was overjoyed and looked at him with scorching eyes: "What the husband said is that the students have this intention. This time, I have become a Mencius of Fei Siye. In the future, the students still want to be Qiu Jijiu's university and the middle school. The Analects of Confucius was due to the late entry of the students, so I only listened to the next few volumes. I am afraid it would take one or two years to publish them. On the meaning of the Five Classics... the students are in the Book of Songs, so they cannot make those four books for the time being. Up."

He had targeted these two poetry teachers a long time ago, but the book of poetry had a lot of words and was slow in teaching, and it took a long time to memorize notes to collect. Moreover, after all, Lin Jiancheng was doing the work of grasping the national studies, and using wooden sticks to give people a "death ten times" work, he did not dare to rush into it.

This time, Jiancheng Lin had acted on his own initiative.

Seeing his thoughts, Cui Xie tried his best to persuade him: "My husband is a doctor of poetry and classics from the Imperial College in Beijing. He teaches the best schools and students in the world. Which other schools and academies can compare with Chinese Studies? My husband can teach my senior supervisor well, how can there be students who can’t teach!"

Mr. Lin's somewhat swaying heart made him sway even more by pushing it.

This "Mencius" notebook is printed so well, neatly and refreshingly. At the end of the notes is the title of the collection of Hanlin scholars. The name of the speaker can be parallel with the Hanlin scholars, which is enthusiastic when you think about it. Lin Jiancheng was naturally willing to publish one in his heart. He just hesitated, for fear that there were omissions in what he said.

He said a little, and Cui Xie bowed to him deeply, and persuaded him affectionately: "We are publishing this set of books only to show scholars in the world a clear way, not to argue with others. Mr. Joke? Those who laugh may be good at curing the economy, why don’t they publish a book to teach those students who have nowhere to seek a teacher? If the knowledge is of no use to the world, what is the use of the cure..."

After Lin Jiancheng has worked in Guoxue for so many years, his role in teaching and educating people has been absorbed into his bones. After teaching him a few words of excitement, he abandoned his hesitation, closed his eyes and agreed: "Then I will discuss with Assistant Teacher Xie. , It depends on how we co-wrote one. If any Hanlin would also print...

Cui Xie hurriedly said: "If the Hanlin people are willing to come out, it will be the Hanlin famous teacher's notes series. Jian Cheng is a famous Chinese teacher, since he has the heart to develop a set of tutorials for the world's students, why compare with others."

Lin Jiancheng let out the matter with an "um" and turned his head: "I will ask people to make more whiteboards, and ask the chief executives to copy the title of your book and hang them on the wall for the students. We do it so that they don’t borrow books arbitrarily, do the questions slowly, and they may have mistakes when copying."

Cui Xie thanked him and said, "It's still the superintendent's thoughtfulness. The student will bring some graphite pens tomorrow..."

Lin Jiancheng waved his hand: "There is a shortage of these coppers everywhere in Guoxue, and you have to take everything from your home? You brought some leftovers from earlier, and the Zaifu also bought some from Ju'anzhai in the past. Box, don’t be afraid that it’s not enough."

These graphite pens are just trivial matters, but the important thing is: "When will you find a painter to give me a portrait, tell me in advance, I will change to a relaxed and comfortable Taoist robe, don't wear official robe to paint, it doesn't look good."

The Imperial College Supervisor is just a small official from the eighth rank, and he looks shabby in the blue official uniform. It's better to change into a big sleeved robe with Wei Jin style.

Cui Xie nodded clearly, and smiled: "The portrait was painted by a student. You can change your clothes any time your husband. The students can paint quickly. You can draw a manuscript if you get it."

You drew it!

Lin Jiancheng almost sat up from the chair, opened the set of "Mencius" notes on the table, and looked at the charms of the five senses on the table above were lifelike, but with a smoother and more handsome face, he said in surprise: "You actually painted Yes... I never heard that you painted a portrait of Master Fei. When did you paint this? How come you can paint? How come you have never heard of it?"

Cui Xie said calmly: "Students are young... I learned painting from my master Lu Juren a few years ago, and then I left my husband and returned to his hometown, relying on his own practice of imitating paintings on the market, and painting landscapes of people he saw. Fei Siye has been teaching students for more than a year. As soon as I see each other, the charm of the face is in my heart, why do I need to sit face to face to paint. If students are asked to draw a portrait of a superintendent, they can draw it."

Lin Jiancheng was still wearing an official gown, and refused to paint him, so he told him to go back to study, and arranged for Zaifu to hang wooden boards in various study rooms, and arranged for Zaifu to receive books and copy questions.

This is the subject of Hanlin. If Cui Xie had not obtained Fei Siye's notes and presided over the compilation of this book, the students of the Imperial College would normally not see it!

Anyone who is eager to learn and well-known scholars will consciously invest in the question bank without waiting for others. There are also many people who think that copying is troublesome and that the chief executives are slow in copying, so they go to Cui Xie with the money and ask him to buy a new book.

A set of four notebooks compiled by such a good teacher only cost two taels of silver. On average, one book only sells for five silvers, which is better than the "Jinghua Japanese Copy", "Fixed Scale Model", and "Diocesan". "It's much more cost-effective.

Those who bought the books felt that he was giving special discounts to the classmates of the Imperial College, but many people persuaded him: "We are all studying in the prison, and we give rice money monthly, so that you don’t have to pay for a set of books. Inside. It's as much as you need, just quote the actual price!"

Cui Xie laughed and said, "This is the actual price. I have never added any money to it. What's more, I asked someone to print a notebook to facilitate the study of my classmates. Some of the topics I added later were also those of Hanlin adults for teaching children. How can I make money with this book if I understand the scriptures with all my heart? The price is enough to discount the cost, it is enough."

This book is not like "Water Margin" and "Lianfang Lu", which is exquisitely made and sold to rich and leisurely people to enjoy. It is really for Confucian scholars and scholars who need to read.

Their books are good and the prices are low, so they can buy more. Even poor scholars in places like their Qian'an, squeezing out two or threes of silver, can afford this set of books and can see how the best teachers teach.

Moreover, the profit of this book is small, and those pirate merchants can't squeeze out the profit margin, I am afraid there will be not too much piracy. There is a preface by Li Dongyang before and after the original book, and there is a postscript of the Hanlin Zhugong...There is also an inscription written by him.

The book was sold in exchange for fame, his political capital into officialdom, not money. As long as there is a small profit, it will not lose money like a graphite pen.

Cui Xie happily sold the remaining 20 or 30 sets, and when he went back, he found the shopkeeper and asked him to arrange to carve more sets of plates, step up more printing, and shop together with Cangzhou and Qian'an, and sell them in the future. Go to the field. Anyone who buys a book will be given a set of graphite refills of different thicknesses, together with an instruction manual with writing gestures.

Originally, this ink pen was only sold in Beijing, but when it came out of Beijing, Lu Juren and his friends and friends in the same year personally recommended it. You don't have to ask for a manual. Now it is more convenient to ask a large merchant to sell it out of the country.

Ju'anzhai rushed to print the "Mencius" handouts. The Chinese scholars worked hard to do the topic. Cui Xie sent the printed sample book to Li Dongyang’s house and asked the teacher to give it to the Hanlin who participated in the compilation of the book. Set of sample books, with some flower lotion, scented soap, goose pancreas, facial cream, bottled soju, etc.

This kind of notes with after-school questions is the first time that even the person who wrote the questions saw them. They took them back and gave them to their younger generations, or shared them with colleagues and friends. Naturally, I would like to praise Cui Xie for his ingenuity. The reputation of this set of books gradually spread from the Imperial Academy to the Inspectorate and Six.

Zhang Peng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, accidentally heard someone say something about a book compiled by Cui, and suddenly remembered that he had taken a prodigy named Cui when he was a student, and asked: "Then Cui Xie was the Qian'an who edited the four-book antithesis. child prodigy?"

"Four Books" is not very well-known, but Cui Xie is still famous. Zuo Shi Lang who was talking about this, Ruan Qin, replied: "I am a child prodigy, Li Xueshi’s disciple, asked the emperor to enter the palace to tell the prince. The one that went back to school."

Zhang Shangshu stretched his hand and said: "It's him! When he compiled that book from the countryside, I think he is a good seedling who teaches people and encourages people to learn. Unexpectedly, he can compile scripture articles now?"

Although it is not a textual article, it is also a useful thing. Several servants and doctors found a copy of "Mencius" notes to Master Shang Shu. Zhang Shangshu turned over from the beginning and read the mental journey of the book that Cui Xie wrote in the book. He sighed: "The old man's vision is really good at the beginning. Don't look at him when he was born in an official family, he is not as good as those who really struggled in the countryside. , It can be a good example of teaching people upward."

The students in the Beijing martial arts school had just taught him strict control for two years. He asked his subordinates to make a note, set aside the account, and bought dozens of sets of notes to be sent directly to Ju'anzhai, and put them side by side with the "Four Book Dialogues" in front of the Wuxue schools, asking the students Have a sense of being ashamed and motivated.

Those martial arts students who had been under strict control by the instructors for two years and could not even wear good-looking clothes in the school saw the set of books and heard the instructor mention the name "Cui Xie" again, and their eyes went dark.

They stopped messing with the scholar, how could he keep out this stuff! It's easy to have some signs of relaxation in the past two months. I told him to set off and remind all the officers of the Ministry of War to remember to stare at them while studying and making progress. There is no time to relax and play like before!