The best outcome would be to burn these anti-letters without anyone noticing.
"Brother Zhou, I will help you burn this anti-book. You stay outside the concierge and don't let anyone in. Otherwise, if the news of burning the book gets out, sir, you will definitely blame us..."
Bai Gui took the poetry collection and whispered.
The ancients cherished books!
From the first day when scholars enter school, their teachers will teach them what it means to cherish writing paper. Papers on which writing has been written are not dared to be thrown away casually. They must be burned in the pagoda of cherishing words.
The opening poem of Volume 1 of "Er Ke Pai Ben" says: "The writing paper in the world is the same as the scriptures. Anyone who sees it must throw it into the fire. Or place it in a place with long flowing water and purity, and your natural blessings will be endless." The father of Wang Yigong in the Song Dynasty cherished the writing paper.
Whenever he saw abandoned paper on the ground, he would try to pick it up and burn it. Even if it fell in a filthy place, he would take it out and wash it clean with water. After so many years, he suddenly had a dream. Sage Kong said that he cherished paper, so he sent his disciples
Their disciple Zeng Shen was born in their home. As a result of the dream, he actually gave birth to a son. Because he was inspired by the words in the dream, he named him Wang Zeng. Later, Wang Zeng won three yuan in a row and was named the Duke of Yi.
In the eyes of the ancients, disrespecting the calligraphy paper was a serious crime. You would not be expelled if you got into fights, etc., but if you disrespected the calligraphy paper and publicized it, you would definitely be expelled from the school.
"Thank you, Brother Bai!"
Zhou Yuan was instantly moved.
In his opinion, Bai Gui respected his teachers in everything, united with relatives and friends, and had excellent character. It was not difficult for a child from a rich family to pay to study, but it was extremely difficult for a child from a poor family.
Now that Bai Gui could burn books for him, he immediately regarded Bai Gui as a close friend.
What is a friend in need?
Today he understood.
Bai Gui didn't know why. Although he had integrated into the living atmosphere of the ancients, he still had the disconnect of modern people. Looking at Zhou Yuan, he looked a little strange. He didn't think much about it. This collection of poems was anti-script to the late Qing Dynasty, but it was not the same in later generations.
It was a treasure. He was afraid that Zhou Yuan would see something, so he said casually: "When I burn the book later, I will also take a look at your other books to see if there are any taboos..."
He felt that this was an excellent reason for him to burn books and keep Zhou Yuan on the lookout.
It has just been proven that his knowledge is better than Zhou Yuan's, and he can tell whether there are taboo points in some books.
Otherwise, if he takes advantage of Zhou Yuan's book burning, he will miss out on this collection of poems.
"Okay, let's go out and look out..."
Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and suppressed the emotion in his heart. He was a scholar and could not reveal his emotions at will. He always kept in mind the behavior of a gentleman.
Lean less.
After seeing Zhou Yuan walking outside the door, seemingly eating.
Bai Gui no longer hesitated and immediately stored the collection of poems in the mirror. A moment later, Kunlun Mirror also sold the ancient book, adding another 200,000 yuan to his property.
"It seems that this book is not Yu Tan's original work, but just a printed copy. It's a pity."
He sighed, feeling that he had some wishful thinking.
In his previous life, Yu's seductive calligraphy works were worth hundreds of thousands per word in his time. One auction item, with three words "Runde Hall", was auctioned for a high price of 1.26 million.
If this "Half-Crying-Half-Laughing Lou Shicao" is authentic, it is estimated to be sold for tens of millions, not to mention hundreds of millions.
I exchanged another printed book from the mirror for more than ten yuan.
Bai Gui threw it into the stove fire and let it burn.
Whether any books were burned or not, there are still a few suspicious things that can be seen in the ashes after burning.
Taking advantage of this gap, he carefully browsed other books.
No place was missed.
If the counter-written letter is really discovered, it will be a disaster not only for Zhou Yuan, but also for the Zhou family in Pangjia Village in Nanyuan. It will also be a disaster for the school in Bailu Village. Even Xu Xiucai, who taught Zhou Yuan, will be accused.
This is something Bai Gui cannot imagine.
Soon, he found some anti-Qing articles in these books, which were so deeply hidden that it was difficult for ordinary people to detect them. But with a little thought and contact with current affairs, he would discover the "ulterior motives".
Tear out these pages and burn them together.
"The Poems of Half-Crying and Half-Laughing Lou were published in Miyuan in 1903. They were quickly seized by the government, so the circulation was extremely small. Naturally, there are not many surviving copies that have been passed down to later generations. It is an only copy, so it is of higher value...
"
"As for the ordinary collection of books from the late Qing Dynasty, they are not worth much."
Bai Gui closed the book he was looking through again.
The money he keeps in the Kunlun Ancient Mirror is equivalent to black money, and he occasionally spends one or two taels. With his status, others will be suspicious for a while at most, thinking that he is saving money, and will not pay much attention to it.
But if you spend too much, it will make people miss you.
Money laundering is also related to status. The higher the status, the easier it is to launder money.
It takes a long time to burn a book.
Half an hour passed.
Bai Gui coughed twice. Zhou Yuan, who was pacing outside the concierge, came in and asked in a low voice: "Brother Bai, are you okay?"
"look!"
Bai Gui pointed to the ashes that looked like books in the earthen stove.
"It's finally healed, but I was so scared." Zhou Yuan patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up a piece of hard wood, stuffed it into the earthen stove, and smashed the ashes of the burned books away.
Original appearance.
Since this incident, Zhou Yuan and Bai Gui have become good buddies who talk about everything. Of course, generally speaking, it is Zhou Yuan who talks and Bai Gui listens, and Bai Gui also belatedly understands his feelings for Zhou.
Zhou Yuan was very kind to Zhou Yuan, but he did not take advantage of his kindness, but asked Zhou Yuan for advice in a timely manner.
Although Zhou Yuan's knowledge was far inferior to that of Bai Gui, a later generation, his attainments in classics were far ahead of Bai Gui's. He had read through the Four Books and Five Classics, but he was only good at governing the Spring and Autumn Period.
Confucius said: "When one enters his country, one can know his teachings; his conduct is gentle and honest, which is the teaching of poetry; when he is far away from others, he is the teaching of calligraphy; when he is broad and easy to be good, he is happy to teach; when he is quiet and subtle, he is easy to teach; he is respectful, thrifty and virtuous.
"Jing, the etiquette, and the word comparison, the spring and Autumn period."
The general idea is that if you go to a country and look at its customs, you can know the education of that country. If you are gentle, gentle, honest and simple, it is the result of the education of "Poetry"; if you know ancient things, it is the result of the education of "Book"
; If you are broad-minded and magnanimous, it is the result of the education of "Yue"; if you are clean, calm and insightful, it is the result of the education of "Yi"; if you are dignified and respectful, it is the result of the education of "Li"; if you are good at rhetoric and narrative, it is the result of "Yi" education;
The achievements of the "Spring and Autumn" education.
After Bai Gui knew that both Xu Xiucai and Zhou Yuan treated the Spring and Autumn Period as their classic classics, he naturally would not abandon the near and seek the distant. After studying the Four Books, he also chose the Spring and Autumn Annals as his classic classics.
The administration of Shangshu or other classics was somewhat useless in the later Republic of China.
If you are good at Chunqiu, you can at least learn from Dr. Hu and write a volume of "An Outline of the History of Chinese Philosophy". By then you will be famous throughout the country.
After knowing that Bai Gui chose to govern the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhou Yuan was also overjoyed.
After establishing friendship, when Bai Gui asked him for knowledge, he would not refuse.
