The busiest place in Linhuai County is naturally Yashu Street, where the main entrance of the county government is located.
As for Houya Street, which is behind the county government office, it is too deserted.
This is like the relationship between the face and the butt. The face is visible all day long, but the butt is hidden from view.
Because Houya is the inner residence of the county magistrate, and the county magistrate is only responsible for his duties, he is also honest and self-sufficient, and does not engage in evil practices. Naturally, there are almost no people on Houya Street.
There is only one humble tavern in the whole street, which is half-open.
It's almost noon now, and only one table of customers has come to the store.
The shopkeeper was looking forward to it, and finally a middle-aged customer wearing a felt hat came to the door.
"Sir, please come inside, a private room or a private seat?" The shopkeeper greeted him hurriedly.
"I have an appointment." The guest lowered his head and pointed inside.
"Hey." The shopkeeper was frustrated and led the hidden guest into the single room in the corner.
"Two guests, here comes the person you have been waiting for."
The two guests inside raised their heads when they heard this. One was the chief attendant of Han Zhixian County, and the other was a scholar in his forties with a round face, a long beard and squinting eyes.
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When he saw someone coming, the director casually stood up and gave up his seat, and went out with the shopkeeper to order.
After the visitor sat down, he took off the large-brimmed felt hat on his head. The scholar came closer to look at him and said: "You are not Han Boshi, Han Boshi is not that old."
The visitor had no choice but to take off the fake beard on his cheeks, and his face suddenly looked younger. It was Han Yike. Bo Shi was his nickname.
"Mr. Guanzhong's short-sightedness is getting worse and worse," Han Yike said helplessly.
"Who says it's not the case? During the Chinese New Year, my grandson put some unfinished firecrackers on my desk." Mr. Guanzhong said with a wry smile: "I touched it while I was writing at night. I couldn't see clearly what it was, so I held it in front of the lamp.
Look carefully."
"What's the result?"
"As a result, the medicine thread ignited when it touched the fire and exploded immediately. My ears were ringing from the explosion and my face was black. Only then did I realize that I had used a big firecracker." Mr. Guanzhong said jokingly.
"Oh haha..." Han Yike was amused and laughed, pointing at the other party and saying: "No wonder your husband's writing is so superb, he is so good at telling stories!"
"Oh, have you read what I wrote?" Mr. Guanzhong asked in surprise: "I don't think I have read it to you and your son."
At this time, people have not yet reached the stage of elegance, so they cannot be regarded as a manifestation of talent like poems and songs. Instead, they are regarded as a manifestation of scholars who are not doing their jobs properly. Therefore, many times, no one knows about him until the moment it is published.
Yes.
"In the fourth year of Hongwu, my master became an official and retired. I went to Qingtian to pay him a visit. I stayed there for more than a month and happened to see his manuscript." Han Yike explained.
"This is the only possibility." Mr. Guanzhong nodded and said: "At that time, I asked my son to bring the manuscript to Liu Bowen, ask him to correct it, and see if he could help me publish it."
"Teachers' storytelling is excellent, but it cannot be published at the moment." Han Yike said, worthy of his reputation for quick talk.
"Well, I will go back to Beijing to see him this time. He has already told me." Mr. Guanzhong sighed, and then asked casually: "Can you put the book aside for now? Which one do you think is the best?"
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"The Legend of Three Sui Ping Yao, The Romance of the Lost Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, The Complete Story of Water Margin, and The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I have read all four of them." Han Yike commented seriously: p>
"In my humble opinion, "Water Margin" is the best. In fact, "Three Kingdoms" is more elegant, but it's a pity that it only has twelve volumes and is not available below.
So it can’t be compared to "Water Margin"."
"What do you mean there are no more eunuchs? Eunuchs?" Mr. Guanzhong laughed and scolded: "Don't worry, "Three Kingdoms" is not about eunuchs. There will be eunuchs below! It's just that they haven't been written yet..."
"Well, if Sir can write such a masterpiece as "Water Margin", "Three Kingdoms" will definitely be even more exciting!" Han Yike praised it with great enthusiasm, completely forgetting the entanglement and cover-up before coming.
"Water Margin was actually created by my master, Mr. Shi Naian, and I compiled it into a book." Mr. Guanzhong corrected him seriously.
Needless to say, we now know that his surname is Luo, and his name is Luo Guanzhong.
"That's right, Mr. Nai'an must be eighty years old now, right?" Han Yike said heartily, and his eyes were probably worse than Luo Guanzhong's.
"My master Hongwu passed away three years ago at the age of seventy-five." Luo Guanzhong said calmly: "It was in order to fulfill my master's last wish that I gave the manuscript to Liu Bowen to read."
"That's it." Han Yike sighed regretfully.
At this time, Chang Sui knocked on the door, and the two stopped talking and asked the shopkeeper to come in to serve the dishes.
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After the food is served, the door to the single room is closed again.
Han Yike held a pot and poured a glass of wine, sprinkled it on the ground and said, "Honor Shi Nai'an Gong and his Liangshan heroes."
"Okay." Luo Guanzhong clapped his hands and smiled: "Bo Shi is the first to say this, but he will definitely not be the last."
"I absolutely believe it." Han Yike nodded heavily, and then broke the harmonious atmosphere of the fan meeting.
"It's just that you shouldn't go to the capital to find my master." He said solemnly: "My master is worried, slandered, ridiculed, and troubled. If you go, I'm afraid someone will make a fuss about it."
As he spoke, he poured another glass of wine and said sadly: "I have killed Qingqiuzi and Wang Changzong in vain in the east of Zhejiang Province. I can no longer tolerate my husband and my master!"
"How can I be as virtuous and capable as Mr. Qingtian?" Luo Guanzhong shook his head and said: "Besides, the people Zhu Hongwu wants to kill are us, the old ministers of King Cheng, what do we have to do with him, the founder of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Sir, you can't say that. At first, each was his own master, but now the world has become one. We are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Do we need to divide each other again?" Han Yike shook his head.
"You should tell Zhu Hongwu this!" Luo Guanzhong suddenly raised his voice, his chest rising and falling.
He wanted to pick up broad beans with chopsticks, but he couldn't pick them up.
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The grudge between Lao Luo and Boss Zhu is easy to explain clearly.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was divided into three parts south of the Yangtze River. Zhu Yuanzhang was caught in the middle by Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and it seemed that he would be finished at any time.
The territory occupied by Zhang Shicheng stretches from Shaoxing in the south to Jining in the north, part of Huaixi, Henan in the west, and the sea in the east. It spans more than two thousand miles and controls the richest land in the world. He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers! No matter how you look at it, it looks like
Is the final winner.
In addition, Zhang Shicheng was a generous man and liked to attract guests, often giving away luxurious carriages, horses, houses, and gold and silver treasures. Therefore, many literati from Jiangnan at that time joined his Zhou regime.
Among them are Shi Naian, master and apprentice Luo Guanzhong, and Qingqiuzi mentioned by Han Yike just now.
Qingqiuzi is Gao Qi, the most talented man in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.
As a result, they soon discovered that Zhang Shicheng had no ambitions and did not listen to advice. He only cared about enjoying himself. He kept his eyes open for great opportunities but failed to seize them. He could not defeat Zhu Yuanzhang who had already eliminated Chen Youliang.
So they all left Zhang Shicheng disappointedly.
Zhu Yuanzhang deeply despised these scholars from the landlord class. But when the country was first established, winning people's hearts was the most important thing. So after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he not only let things go by the wayside, but also invited them to serve as officials to stabilize the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
However, the forceful melon is not sweet, and Boss Zhu and the literati will not be able to urinate in the pot after all. What the literati hope to get is a relaxed political environment, generous economic privileges, political preferential treatment, a punishment that cannot be punished by a doctor, and a relationship between the king and the emperor.
Scholars and officials share the world.
In short, even if it is not as good as the Song Dynasty, at least the treatment cannot be worse than that of the Yuan Dynasty, right?
Unfortunately, they met Boss Zhu...
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