Three Kingdoms: I am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 677: Trying to figure out people's hearts
Guo Jia looked at these stone tablets with emotion. He copied them several times back then, and even earned a lot of living expenses by copying the contents on the stone tablets! But now these precious stone tablets can only be placed here, exposed to wind and rain. .
After crossing the stone monument, Guo Jia walked into the Jidu Library, and then Guo Jia was shocked by the scene inside. The layout of the Jidu Library was extremely grand, not much worse than the palace of the Han Dynasty. There were rows of bookshelves inside. Books written on paper.
Guo Jia looked over at random and found that there were probably tens of thousands of books on this floor. If calculated based on the five floors, the library had more than hundreds of thousands of books. You must know that one paper book can carry a car. Bamboo scroll, the size of this library is not much worse than that of Dahan Lantai books. Only a few people can see Dahan's Lantai, but Daqian's library is generous enough for the whole world to see.
Guo Jiadu had to sigh: "Lei Gong does things with dignity!"
The Guo family came to a bookshelf in the library and found that it had fiction written on it!
He couldn't help but smile bitterly. Crab Island collected Daqian's newspapers. Of course he also knew that the market for Daqian's novels had been extremely prosperous in recent years. He himself also had many novels that he liked to read, especially after the decline of the noble gentry, many people relied on writing I make a living from novels. Most of these novels are about crazy men, resentful women, and how families decline in troubled times, with a different sense of sadness.
For Guo Jia, thinking about novels in this way is just a pastime and cannot be put on the stage. In such a sacred library, arranging some such books is a waste of resources!
Guo Jia randomly took out a novel book with "The Biography of Yang Zhen" written on it. Guo Jia flipped through it and found that it recorded all the deeds of Yang Zhen as an official! Most of them were true, but some of the deeds were exaggerated. , but it is written in an easy-to-understand manner, even people who are literate can understand it. Obviously this is intended to be seen by the people of Jidu.
Guo Jia looked at it and put it down. Then he went to another row of bookshelves, which read "Compiled by Zheng Xuan!"
Guo Jia was shocked. He looked at the bookshelf and found that the books on it were all "Yi", "Gongyang Chunqiu" and "Santong Li" compiled by Zheng Xuan, as well as "Mao Shi Jian", "Zhou Li" and "Zhou Li" annotated by Zheng Xuan. "Etiquette", "Book of Rites" and other books, it can be said that all Zheng Xuan's knowledge is on this bookshelf. Guo Jia can't believe that it is so easily placed on the books?
He took out a book of "Yi" and looked at it. It was really a book with Zheng Xuan's annotations.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In the old days, these books would have been priceless treasures, but now not many people even read them!"
There are many people in the library, and people stop to look at various other books, but there are very few people watching and picking up books next to the bookshelf of Confucian classics!
Guo Jia understood why. In the past, the Han Dynasty selected officials based on the Six Classics and family status. Being a student of Zheng Xuan was a shortcut to officialdom. But now Lei Gong does not like Confucianism. In his opinion, Confucian masters like Zheng Xuan It’s also worthless. Nowadays, the ancestral knowledge of each family has become useless, and not many people are willing to read it on the bookshelf. I am afraid that these noble families are regretting that they have lost the world of the Han Dynasty. , if the big man was still there, their family would not be wiped out from the mortal world.
Guo Jia took "Yi" to a place where he could watch it, and sat here quietly reading. There were many such people around him, but these people were reading novels that Guo Jia just looked down on. Everyone watched it with gusto, and the fight within the powerful family still attracted many people to watch.
After he finished reading the books, he found a person beside him writing something in the library!
Guo Jia took a look with curiosity and found out that the book written by this person was called "The Heroes of Han Dynasty and Qian Dynasty".
At the beginning, I wrote about Lei Gong’s origin, saying that Lei Gong was a close disciple of the Mohist giant. After his master died of illness, he took the Mohist treasure machine car down the mountain and traveled around the world. Then he was framed by Zhao Yi in Jizhou and had to become a bandit!
Guo Jia is very interested in reading these plots now. The content is similar to the real situation of Lei Gong's appearance. The place in Mohu is reasonably exaggerated!
Although the novel is good-looking, Guo Jia kindly reminded: "Thunder Lord is still alive. Brother, if you write like this, doesn't he worry about being retaliated by Thunder Lord?"
At this time, the novelist raised his head to look at Guo Jia, and then said: "Lei Gong is generous, he doesn't care about things like this at all, little brother, you are worrying too much!"
"It's Master Xu in front of you, and this junior didn't notice, you deserve to die!" Guo Jia was shocked when he saw that the person coming was Xu Shao, and then apologized.
Xu Shao was above him in terms of reputation and status. He had lectured at Yingchuan College back then. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was Guo Jia's teacher. Even if Cao Cao wanted to become an official, Xu Shao had to give him a good evaluation!
Seeing Guo Jia being so solemn, Xu Shao smiled bitterly and said: "There is no such thing as Master Xu. I think he is just a down-and-out novelist who makes money by writing novels!"
Novelist? This is not a family that has been lost for hundreds of years. How could it still be spread now? But Guo Jia later thought about it, the Xu family was passed down by Xu Mofu in the late Qin Dynasty, maybe his There is indeed a real biography of the novelist in the family.
Xu Shao seemed to understand Guo Jia's thoughts and said: "It's not as complicated as you think. I'm just playing around with words now! I've been commenting on characters all my life, and now writing about the world's heroes in novels can be considered a return to my true career!"
But even Guo Jia could see Xu Shao's sense of loss.
Yes! Back then, Xu Shao's words could determine a person's fate, even for Cao Cao, the son of Jiuqing, who was regarded as the official minister in white! But in Dagan, he was just an old man with a lot of energy. This feeling of loss was obviously very great. Difficult to eliminate.
And Guo Jia obviously also understood Xu Shao's current situation. Lei Gong did not select officials based on the Six Confucian Classics, nor did he look at the prestige boasted by scholars. In addition, the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty were restricted from entering the officialdom by Lei Gong. Think of Xu Shao like this It can be said that this person was knocked out of the world at once.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Now there are probably nearly ten thousand people in Daganji who were originally from the noble family. Now they cannot enter the officialdom of Dagan at all. If they are in troubled times He retained some of his family property and changed his career to become a merchant, so that he could retain his previous prosperity in life.
However, many families were completely defeated. It was not that the children of the former noble families had a difficult life, so they began to think of various ways to survive. Some people turned to the calligraphy and painting industry. After all, the common people now live a prosperous life, and everyone likes to make paintings in their own homes. Several calligraphy and paintings were placed in the living room, which supported many scholars.
There are also people who follow Xu Shao's example and write some popular novels or articles, publish them in newspapers, and use this method to support themselves. If they don't have the talent of Xiao Sheng, they can only make a living as a bookkeeper. People like Xu Shao That’s good!
At this time, a young man came over and saluted Xu Shao respectfully and said: "I was in Hanoi, Sima Yi, and I met Mr. Xu!"
"Sima Yi?" Xu Shao recalled, "Are you Sima Fang's son?"
Sima Yi nodded and said: "Exactly!"
Xu Shao said: "Your father Sima Fang is a mediocre person, but he is very lucky. The world is in chaos, and heroes from all sides are competing with Lei Gong for the world. Sili has been dead for thousands of years, but a mediocre person like your father On the contrary, it can preserve the family. It has to be said that this is a blessing in disguise!"
Sima Yi was extremely embarrassed by what he said! Even Guo Jia felt that Xu Shao was more dissolute than before. In the past, Xu Shao would definitely not have said this to Sima Yi about his father!
Xu Shao didn't care about Sima Yi's thoughts and continued to ask: "What are you doing with me?"
Sima Yi also seemed to have thought of what he was going to do, so he said respectfully: "Master Xu has a wonderful pen, and my father wants Master Xu to write a novel for my uncle to promote his deeds, so that my uncle's reputation can be passed down through the ages!"
Now Guo Jia also became interested. Although Sima Yi didn't know about it, he did know that the Sima family in Hanoi was originally a big family, but it must have been defeated now. After all, Hanoi was at the forefront of Daqian's attack and was also the earliest to fall. place.
However, judging from Ma Yi's clothes, the family life is pretty good. It is obviously a family that has successfully transformed. At least it has become a wealthy businessman, which is already one in ten among the powerful noble families of the Han Dynasty. The winner.
He was just curious, why should he use novels to promote his uncle's reputation?
Although this kind of thing is common in the Han Dynasty, it has no effect on the Lei Gong of Daqian. Lei Gong relies on the army, Litian and imperial examinations to select officials, and these roads are all closed to the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty. You There is no use in promoting your reputation. As long as you are from a powerful clan, Lei Gong will not use you at all.
Xu Shao asked: "Who is your uncle?"
Sima Yi immediately said: "The surname is Sima, which is not straight, and the given name is Shuyi. He was appointed by the court as the prefect of Julu County. However, because he could not pay the money to build the palace, he committed suicide in Mengjin to remonstrate with the late emperor!"
When Sima Yi said this, both Guo Jia and Xu Shao suddenly realized that Sima Zhi's reputation in the Han Dynasty was relatively high, and they all knew Sima Zhi's deeds.
In the second year of Zhongping (185), Sima Zhi was appointed by the imperial court as the prefect of Julu County. At that time, a fire broke out in the Yuntai of Zhongnan Palace in the imperial palace. The eunuch Zhongchang served Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong persuaded Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to gather money from the world and called it "repairing the palace". "Money" is ten yuan per mu, which is used to build palaces and cast bronze figures.
He also issued an order to the cashiers of the prefectures and counties to send wood, wood, and stone to the capital. The number of large counties was 20 to 30 million, but the balance was different, and the people complained. Considering Sima Zhi's reputation as an incorruptible person when he was the prefect of Julu County, he reduced the amount to 30 million.
One million dollars, but Sima Zhi still couldn't come up with it, and said sadly: "I should be an official serving the people, but instead I exploit the people to meet the court's demands. I can't do it!"
So he complained that he was ill, and the court repeatedly urged Sima Zhi to pay the money. Sima Zhi had no choice but to set off to Mengjin, where he left a suicide note criticizing the policy of selling officials and titles, and then committed suicide by taking medicine.
Everyone knows what happened next. Jizhou was in chaos again because of this "money to build the palace". Lei Gong also took advantage of this opportunity to rise. If Emperor Ling had read Sima Zhi's suicide note, he had suspended the "money to build the palace".
The world will not perish!
The roots are all here. If the late emperor had listened to Sima Zhi, the world would not have perished.
"Such a good official should indeed write down his deeds, let his deeds spread, and let everyone in the world know about his deeds! I will leave this matter to the old man!"
"Then thank you Master Xu." After saying this, Sima Yi left ten kilograms of gold.
Xu Shao also accepted the money calmly. This is what he does. It can be said that he is not much different from a big man. It just takes a little more hard work. It was just a sentence before, but now he has to write a novel, and the effect is also great.
It is not as big as before, but it cannot be said to be completely useless, because even if it has a good reputation and a bad reputation in Daqian, they are two different things. His articles are worth the price.
Then Xu Shao said: "Please sort out your uncle's deeds and give them to me. I will show you the template in a month. If you think it is suitable, you can print and distribute it yourself!"
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Sima Yi nodded and left here!
Guo Jia saw this scene inexplicably, and then said: "Master Xu, today's world has been captured by Lei Gong, and Lei Gong does not give an official position to a person based on his reputation. What that brother did just now is probably useless.
Act of."
But Xu Shao smiled and said: "How can this be considered useless? If it is really useless, the Sima family will give me 10 kilograms of gold. You really think I still have the ability to comment on the world!"
"The Sima family paid so much just because they wanted Sima Zhi's deeds to be seen by Lei Gong and the people of Daqian!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then he said helplessly: "The current Daqian is too difficult for us former wealthy nobles. People of our kind can hardly get ahead."
Guo Jia nodded and agreed with Xu Shao's words. There were no officials in Daqian who came from aristocratic families. This was even more exaggerated than in the previous Han Dynasty. After all, Emperor Gaozu also had Zhang Liang, a son of an aristocrat.
Now, let alone the high-level officials, there are not many people from the noble family. Even among the middle and lower levels, there are not many people from the noble family. Even if there are a few people, it is because someone in the family has a high local reputation.
In order to win over people with political achievements, Lei Gong placed them in a leisurely position.
The top aristocratic families in the past, such as the Xu family, the Yang family, and the Yuan family, have now been completely knocked out of the mortal world by Lei Gong, and have completely disappeared from the officialdom.
Xu Shao said: "But everything has a chance. Although Lei Gong hates the nobles and nobles, he is open to officials who truly serve the country and the people, as well as the children of their families. If nothing else, in Youzhou, back then, Liu Bo'an and Lei Gong were enemies of life and death, but his family was not discriminated against because Liu Yu saved the lives of countless people in Youzhou, resisted the barbarians and preserved the land of the Han Dynasty, and even his eldest son Liu He could become a Great officials, this is the legacy left by Liu Bo'an!"
"There are also officials like Lu Ziqian's eldest son who is also an official in Daqian. The eldest son of Gongsun Zan, the Huangfu family, the Duan family, the Zhang family, and other officials who have made sacrifices for the country and the people, their descendants can all enter the officialdom of Daqian. ,Although the current generation can only hold some leisurely official positions, after waiting for the second generation, they will truly integrate into the Daqian court."
"Now the Sima family wants to follow such a path. Although Sima Zhi did not have much merit, he committed suicide because he was unwilling to commit corruption and harm the people. No one can say that he is a wise minister. According to the policy of Daqian, such a wise minister The family can be open to one side. In this way, the Sima family can integrate into the officialdom of Daqian!"