Chapter 922 How can the affairs of scholars be called calculations?
Chapter 922: How can the affairs of scholars be called calculations?
In fact, a large number of Jiangdong veterans settled here in Kuaiji.
It’s not because the four major families in Wu County are too powerful. Ancient people and modern people also have almost the same troubles——
The relationship between Kuaiji and Wu County is like the relationship between Jincheng and Beijing in later generations. The housing prices in Beijing are outrageous, and I bought a house in Jincheng. It just means more time on the way to work. Many people live in Jincheng.
Make money in Beijing.
For example, Zhang Hong, one of the two famous Zhangs in Jiangdong.
Zhang Hong is from Guangling, Xuzhou, and his background is similar to that of Zhang Zhao - although they both have the surname Zhang, and even have the support of the Zhang family in Wujun, in fact, Zhang Zhao himself is from Pengcheng, Xuzhou, not Zhang from Wujun.
people of surname.
Before Zhang Zhao was able to be so famous in the court, one was the Zhang family of Wu County - headed by Zhang Yun, a famous scholar from Wu County (this Zhang Yun is not Zhang Yun, who was under Cao Cao's account), and assisted by his son Zhang Wen, he was supported by the Zhang family.
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Secondly, most of Zhang Zhao's descendants have reached high-ranking officials in the court. With such a political background, it is not difficult to understand why Zhang Zhao became powerful.
Of course, Zhang Hong was also one of the veterans whom Sun Quan once valued highly - but as the saying goes, "If you don't destroy, you can't establish." Sun Quan followed Cao Cao's approach of gradually changing the ranks of officials, but he only scratched the surface.
He boldly eliminated the old ministers and reused officials from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic generations. It seemed that the prospects of such an official team were not bad, but in fact, without the veteran ministers in charge, he made many mistakes and made many people dissatisfied.
Like Yu Fan, Zhang Hong was one of the veterans who suffered in the previous purge after the Battle of Hefei.
Now Zhang Hong, who is idle at home, is staying in the Zhang Mansion in Shanyin City, not far from the Yu Mansion.
He is not as tactful as Zhang Zhao. He is a typical loyal veteran, and naturally quite honest. He does not have much property, and he is settled in Shanyin, so he is not under great pressure.
Yi Xiaotian heard from Yu Fan that he had a good relationship with Zhang Hong. If possible, he would ask Yi Xiaotian to visit Zhang Hong as soon as possible. Once word spreads about Zhang Hong, naturally a large number of aristocratic families would be willing to participate in this calligraphy exhibition.
And Yu Fan himself would go to help Yi Xiaotian blow the air in person - which made Yi Xiaotian very grateful to Yu Fan.
Indeed, with Yu Fan, a representative of a wealthy family, as an assistant, Yi Xiaotian felt as if he was at home.
Yi Xiaotian told Huang Xiang these words on the road, and Huang Xiang was shocked and speechless for a while.
At first, he thought his cousin Zhan was a well-traveled businessman, but now it turns out that he really has a strong background.
With Yu Fan supporting him, Huang Xiang suddenly felt confident, walking with his back straight and his chest wishing to face the sky.
"Those senior officials, of course, I will lead the way. With Uncle Yu's help, after we finish looking for Zhang Hong, we have to go to a few more places -"
"Is there anyone else we can invite?"
Huang Xiang swallowed his saliva and couldn't believe it.
Yi Xiaotian pointed to Huang Xiang’s arms and asked smoothly:
"Xiuming, I asked you to bring a blank invitation card and pen and ink, that's why."
"I came in a hurry yesterday. I really didn't expect to meet you by such a coincidence. I didn't prepare enough candidates from the beginning."
"After I went back and discussed with Uncle Yu, I found out that there are many important people in Shanyin City."
Yi Xiaotian smiled, with a hint of amusement in his smile.
The more big shots he can find this time, the more solid his plan will be, and... the better the effect of this calligraphy exhibition will be, and the more money will be made - no matter how you think about it, the benefits will continue.
The key...the key is that as long as there are enough big shots this time, the old boy Huang Xiang's heart problems can definitely be eliminated at once.
Yi Xiaotian had long seen that Huang Xiang's current cowardly appearance was probably because he was afraid of his son-in-law's family.
It is true that money can make the world go round. How can a straight-minded Confucian scholar like Huang Xiang compete with a businessman full of bad intentions? Not to mention that Huang Xiang just told him the name of his son-in-law.
Chen Fu'an is a very famous salt merchant in Kuaiji.
At that time, Yi Xiaotian said angrily:
"Salt sellers are definitely the worst group of merchants."
I don’t know if he scolded himself.
In short, with the above-mentioned benefits, Yi Xiaotian is very motivated today.
"Zhang Hong won't go into details. I heard that Zhuge Jin is also staying in Shanyin, as well as Chunyu Shi, Gu Shao and others. Well... this battle is definitely enough."
"When you get to the place, explain your purpose of coming. Xiu Ming, write invitations to them in front of them. Even if there are people who have never heard of you, they will never reject our invitation after reading it at that time."
"Of course... don't forget to show your 'treasure' to the big shots - you can give them a hint and tell them that as long as they participate in the calligraphy exhibition, they will receive a piece of this 'treasure' as a gift."
As soon as he talked about the things in his arms, Huang Xiang finally began to understand Yi Xiaotian's intentions.
He was surprised that he had stayed up late yesterday to write the invitations, so why did he bring pen and paper with him today? The original purpose was to get these big shots interested.
When he touched his chest, the existence of that hard "big treasure" made Huang Xiang feel extremely at ease.
This is not a strange thing. The "treasure" Yi Xiaotian mentioned is nothing more than that top-quality ink stone.
Until now, Huang Xiang has only chiseled the inkstone and the inkstone pond (the most important structure of the inkstone, where the ink is ground and stored), and he has not touched the other sides and bottom of the inkstone at all - even so, he is also interested in the inkstone.
I can't put it down with this inkstone.
The stone pattern of this top-quality inkstone is like a pair of eyebrows, which is cute and cute. It is his favorite place.
Since Yi Xiaotian has said this, he believes that as long as those dignitaries take a look at this inkstone, they will definitely be full of praise.
In this case, why worry about not being able to sell his friend’s ink stones?
"I see... It turns out that Zhantang, you have planned it for a long time... It's high... it's really high!"
"Hey, how can you call it calculation? We call it thoughtfulness when it comes to scholars."
"Oh, yes, yes! Zhantang is thoughtful, really thoughtful! Hahahaha..."
In fact, there was one thing that Yi Xiaotian didn't tell Huang Xiang - in fact, he had as many inkstones as he wanted.
Just kidding, this is the raw material of the world-famous She inkstone. The most famous thing is the eyebrow pattern and silk brush pattern on the inkstone.
In order to highlight such a unique and beautiful pattern, inkstone makers in later generations would even try their best to reduce the area of the inkstone pool in the inkstone hall and deliberately not have an inkstone rim, just to preserve the pattern.
I really don’t know what he would think if Yi Xiaotian handed over the task of making inkstones to Lin Lishan, Feizhan and the others to Huang Xiang in the future, and when he saw the dazzling top-quality inkstones piled up on the ground of the village.
But that’s all for another day.
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In short, the formula for victory has been written.
Yi Xiaotian is really looking forward to the moment when he meets this group of adults from Soochow who are famous in history.