The weather is getting cooler and the autumn rain is falling.
In a small house near Liu Kuan's residence, as soon as Xu Youfu, who was damp, stepped into someone's room, he stood on tiptoes hurriedly: "Oh, are you here again? Who sent it this time?"
paper?"
"Donglai Zuo family." Gongsun Xun, who was lying on the floor laying out papers, replied without raising his head. "This Zuo family's paper is tight and smooth. It is the most outstanding paper I have ever seen. If this paper existed, I'm afraid
Then it can be preserved directly as a book..."
"Why do I remember that Donglai was originally the place where your business was established, brother Xun?" Xu You frowned when he heard this and asked. "Back then, the royal family offered a reward for paper. The Zuo family should know that, right?"
"More than just knowing?" Gongsun Xun sighed, but continued to lie on the ground sorting papers. "Brother Ziyuan doesn't know that this uncle Zuo Ziyi is a well-known calligrapher in Qingzhou, specializing in Bafen, and papermaking at home.
The workshop is also quite famous. Back then, my mother sent people to his house to ask for paper, but they ignored him. Mr. Cai didn't even say anything to Zuo, but after the news spread, people were thousands of miles away.
All the paper and craftsmen from his own family were sent over. And did Brother Ziyuan hear about it? Wei Duan of Jingzhao Webster actually wrote directly to the court, saying that the stone scripture must be written by his family's ink, otherwise it would not be possible.
Shen Yun…”
"Oh..." Xu You twirled his beard and shook his head repeatedly. "This kind of thing, this kind of invitation to name is the same thing... But Brother Xun, Wei Duan, that's all. This matter about Uncle Zuo... it's the same now and then.
, you don’t need to worry too much.”
Gongsun Xun nodded slightly and said to himself, "I knew you would say this, just like my elder brother would say after knowing this, 'When our brothers get rich in the future, we must look good to this Zuo'."
"Isn't Bogui here?" Xu You continued to look around pretending.
"Eldest brother has many friends." Gongsun Xun still leaned on the ground. "Recently, I have become very close to Yuan Jiujiu and often hang out there. Today, it is said that Cai Mao of the Cai family in Xiangyang, Nanjun, is worshiped as a man. That Cai Mao is
The Cai family, the wife and nephew of the bandit general Zhang Wen, is a wealthy family in Xiangyang, so Yuan Jiujiu attaches great importance to it, so he will hold a banquet in his mansion today, and my eldest brother will leave at noon..."
"I see." Xu You said with emotion. "Nowadays, the Stone Scripture issue is a major event that attracts the world's attention. A total of forty-eight stone tablets have been allocated. The first one was just erected a few days ago, and thousands of cars came to copy it.
, blocked all the way from Taixue to Kaiyangmen... You brothers presided over the recording of "Mao Shi" and "Han Shi" for your respective teachers, and by doing so, you became a scholar, and it is natural for you to be respected by nobles."
"Who says it isn't?"
"but……"
"Brother Ziyuan, what do you have to say?"
"But why didn't Brother Xun go to Yuan Jiujiu's house? Didn't he say that Cai Hao was coming?"
"What benefit does this generation have to me?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help blurting out.
"Well said!" Xu You clapped his hands suddenly. "According to me, Bo Gui's reputation was just beginning to show up, so he was blinded by these false appearances... He didn't even think about the use of this kind of superficial banquet.
So if Cai Mao is a giant in Nanjun, what will he do? As for Yuan Jiujiu, this person has four generations and a bright future. Of course, he has to get to know him. But just getting to know him is enough. If he really wants to go further,
To be valued by others, is it just because we drank three or five times more together? At the very least, you have to have the title of Langguan like Cai Hao and me, right? Brother Xun, you
This brother is not as pragmatic as you!"
Gongsun Xun remained silent.
By the way, he didn't mean what he said just now. He just felt that Cai Hao and Yuan Shu would both gain power in the south in the future, and they were all useless and would be of no great use to him in the future. What if it was Yuan Shao who hosted the banquet? Cao Cao, not to mention it raining, even if it is to be attacked, he will definitely go!
However, I don't know why, but when I heard Xu You say this, I felt that it made sense.
"By the way, where are Brother Yue and Lu Ziheng, who is always by your side? Why haven't you seen them?"
"Oh, yesterday I asked them to escort the paper-making craftsmen of the Zuo family to the Gou family for resettlement." Gongsun Xun finally stood up this time. "I think he was blocked by the heavy rain today and will not be able to come back for a while... Brother Ziyuan came here in the rain, can you give me some advice?"
"Brother Xun." Seeing Gongsun Xun finally stand up, Xu You quickly took his hand with an eager expression. "I really have a pragmatic matter for you. Do you know anything about Shijia Buddhism?"
Gongsun Xun's face showed surprise, and then the corner of his mouth twitched, as if he remembered something: "To be honest, brother Zi Yuan, I know quite a lot about the Shi family. There is a Buddhist temple in Zhuo County, but I have never been there... …”
"Let's not talk about Zhuojun Temple." Xu You quickly interrupted the other party. "Have you ever heard of the White Horse Temple at the west gate of Luoyang?"
Now, the bored Gongsun Xun immediately became interested.
White Horse Temple is the first Buddhist temple in China.
It is said that when Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was sleeping in the Nangong Palace, he suddenly dreamed that a six-foot-tall god with golden light on his head flew from the west and surrounded the palace. So the next day, a doctor interpreted his dream and told him that there was a Buddhist sect in the west. , their gods are the same as what you dreamed about.
You know, the superstition of the Later Han court was unprecedented. A snake crawling out of the palace had to follow the instructions of the "Book of Changes" and go out of the city to meet the five qi. A brightly colored sunset might change the day. The national policy that has just been agreed upon; as for solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and comets, we must remove the three ministers before we can feel at ease.
Therefore, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty immediately sent people to the West to obtain scriptures in order to feel at ease!
Having said this, I have to lament the strength of the Han Dynasty back then. It happened to be the era when Dou Gu, Geng Bing, and Ban Chao were active. Although the Western Regions could not be called a smooth road, it was far from a narrow escape. Therefore, several An official led a team and quickly went to Afghanistan to bring back two monks and a bunch of Buddhist scriptures and statues, and placed them in Honglu Temple.
The Han Dynasty paid great attention to classics. When they heard that there were Buddhist scriptures, they built a temple for these two monks on the edge of the official road three miles outside the west gate of Luoyang, so that they could translate Buddhist scriptures in peace. Because they used white horses to carry Buddhist scriptures when they came back. , and the two monks continued to live in Honglu Temple after returning, so the temple was named Baima Temple.
From then on, Buddhism took root in China. Counting the time, by the time of Gongsun Xun, it had been about a hundred years.
It is not easy to travel in heavy rain, because umbrellas these days are extremely heavy and heavy. Not only can they not be stowed away, but they can basically only be fixed to the car. Once the car starts, the wind and rain will blow, not to mention the feeling.
However, fortunately, both Gongsun Xun and Xu You were 'pragmatic' people, so they both put on their raincoats without grace. Then, taking advantage of the heavy rain and the lack of pedestrians on the street, the car quickly cleared the city gate and walked along the The official road outside Luoyang City speeds all the way to the gate of Luoyang White Horse Temple, a century-old famous temple, the ancestral palace of Chinese Buddhism.
The White Horse Temple is quite large, but it is still far from the depth and atmosphere that he imagined. What disappointed Gongsun Xun the most was that there were no bald heads like those in his mother's story in the temple!
That's right, there are actually no bald heads in temples these days! Not even a single bald head was seen in the ancestral temple of Buddhism in China!
In fact, the person who came out to entertain Gongsun Xun and Xu You was a scholar wearing a turban and a servant holding a heavy wooden umbrella behind him. He called himself Jingzhao Zhu Rui, because his family background was relatively high, and in addition,
It was difficult for Monk Hu to communicate verbally in Shangbaima Temple, so he was elected by nearby believers to be responsible for communicating with the court, scholars, and the people.
"Principal Zhu, I wonder if the barbarian monks in the temple are... um..." Gongsun Xun couldn't hold back his curiosity when they just met, but he didn't know how to describe the bald creature.
"Of course." Zhu Rui said with a smile as he led the way, as if this kind of problem was not uncommon or strange. "I know what Gongsun Shaojun means. The four great Hu men in the temple are all formal monks who shaved their heads and practiced practice.
"
"Then why don't we see any Han monks?" Gongsun Xun continued to ask curiously.
"Hey," Xu You couldn't help but interrupted. "Brother Xun, I'm rude. My parents are responsible for my body and hair. How can I, the Han people, follow the example of the barbarians and cut off my hair to serve the Buddha?"
Gongsun Xun suddenly realized that he was indeed confused.
"Actually, what you two said struck a chord with me." Zhu Rui was not angry at all. He led the two of them into a greenhouse with a burning charcoal fire while shaking his head and laughing bitterly. "
It has been more than a hundred years since our Buddhist family was introduced to China. It has prospered for a while and also suffered destruction and ban. But when it comes to the real reason why it is difficult to prosper, this is it... You two will warm up first, and we will slowly
Come on."
Not seeing the bald head, Gongsun Xun instantly lost interest. He could only blink and sit on the futon next to the stove.
The two parties sat down and finally got down to business.
However, when it comes to serious business, it is extremely simple.
By the way, the Buddhist disciples of Baima Temple also noticed the stone scriptures at Taixue, and even noticed the grand scene of thousands of cars blocking traffic after the first stone scripture was completed, so they couldn't help but imitate it.
Yes, Buddhism now has its own classics. When White Horse Temple was first established, the two Hu monks translated the famous "Forty-Two Chapter Sutra". The full text of this sutra is less than 3,000 words. It is a rumor.
The Buddha's sayings in it have the same status as the Tao Te Ching to Taoism and the Analects to Confucianism.
In this case, carving it into an inscription is a natural move.
However, since a stele is to be engraved, it naturally requires transcribing and rubbing. Just like the Confucian stone scriptures over there, Cai Yong needs to first write it on silk with the most standard official script... Of course, he now claims to write it on paper.
After... After writing, use a piece of translucent silk to trace the inscription, and then use this inscription as a rubbing to print traces on the stone tablet using the rubbing technique, and finally the craftsmen can carve it.
"Since there is Dr. Cai in Luozhong, the matter of copying the Forty-Two Chapters Sutra will naturally not be considered by others." Xu You said while twirling his beard. "And I have always been eager for justice, so I couldn't help but think about it.
I want to help you all at White Horse Temple. I just don’t know why, but Mr. Cai... Brother Xun, Brother Xun?"
Gongsun Xun, who was peeking somewhere behind the fire, suddenly came to his senses: "Oh, brother Ziyuan, are you trying to say that Mr. Cai is unwilling to help?"
"Of course."
"Isn't that true?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but frowned. "We brothers all think that he is quite easy to talk to... isn't this what you told me, brother Ziyuan? None of the memorials in Luozhong have ever seen him.
I declined, it’s just a 3,000-word Forty-Two Chapter Sutra, and White Horse Temple is an official temple, so why is it like this?”
"It's not just a day or two that the scholar-bureaucrats dislike our Shimen." Zhu Rui shook his head helplessly.
"Is it related to tonsure?" Gongsun Xun asked casually.
"No, tonsure is the main reason why my Buddhism cannot prosper, but it is not because of the quarrel with the scholar-bureaucrats... After all, even those of us who believe in Buddhism have never thought of destroying our hair and skin. The real reason is
More than ten years ago, it happened to be the first calamity of Party imprisonment. It was unlucky for us. During the calamity of Party imprisonment, as luck would have it, the late emperor happened to be interested in Buddhism. He often summoned the monks in the temple to ask questions.
Immortality. Because of this, many scholar-bureaucrats regard us as eunuchs and the like, and look down upon us..."
Zhu Rui spoke eloquently and sincerely, but Xu You and Gongsun Xun over there were a little confused.
Xu You was actually quite embarrassed. He was embarrassed to say that it was not because Cai Bozhe was unwilling to write "The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters" because it was a Buddhist classic. Even Cai Bozhe didn't know about it!
In fact, it is simply that I have been rejected by others. Just reject them, and they have to say that I am a greedy person and want to break up with them... It is really unreasonable!
On the other side, Gongsun Xun was staring at something behind the stove. The more he stared at it, the more he couldn't move his eyes away, let alone listen to the story.
"Now I heard from people that after finishing recording the Stone Classics, Cai Langzhong will go to Dongguan to compile history. If it is delayed for a long time, it will be harder to find the opportunity. And according to Ziyuan, Gongsun Shaojun participated in supervising the Stone Classics.
I have been getting along quite well with Mr. Cai recently..."
"So that's it. Brother Ziyuan and Master Zhu want me to be the middleman?" Gongsun Xun suddenly turned around.
"Exactly." Zhu Rui stood up and saluted with his hands in hand.
"This is easy." Gongsun Xun was straightforward. "Tomorrow he will go to Taixue to continue copying the "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography". I will definitely help you with this matter... I just don't know how Zhu Zhu can thank me?"
When Xu You heard the word "thank you", he immediately became vigilant. Why did he want to find Gongsun Xun as his matchmaker? Didn't he think that with his family background, he would definitely not insert a sum of "labor fees" to benefit him?
Why did he suddenly imitate himself and ask for a thank-you gift? He was really spoiled by Luozhong’s atmosphere!
In front of Xu You, Zhu Rui didn't know how to speak for a moment. It took him a long time to say reluctantly: "Speaking of thanksgiving, the White Horse Temple has stood for a hundred years and has tens of thousands of followers, but they have little savings. Neither Ziyuan nor Cai
The doctor, or Gongsun Shaojun, will all express their opinions... I just don’t know how much Gongsun Shaojun wants?"
"You don't need a penny." Gongsun Xun pointed his hand behind the stove. "As long as you thank me with this thing!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Rui and Xu You both looked behind the stove, but both laughed.
"So it's this thing." Zhu Rui immediately stood up and picked up the thing, and then bowed and saluted Gongsun Xun again: "I'm telling you why Gongsun Shaojun is staring at the stove... It's just a civet cat catching rats.
, although it is rare, our temple has many connections with the Western Regions, so it is really nothing. Since you want it, no matter what happens, I will give you a nest!"
Gongsun Xun was not polite and hugged the cat directly: "It's not that I covet the cat in your temple, but it's because my widowed mother lives in western Liaoning and I'm afraid she will be lonely. You don't know that my mother once said, 'I would like to give away a thousand pieces of gold to give you a gift.
Please give me a cat'...do you really have a litter?"
"I'm going to get it for Young Master right now." Zhu Rui was already worried, so he naturally laughed easily and went straight out and called his servants to get the cat.
For a time, only Xu You and Gongsun Xun were left in the wing.
Leaning slightly, Xu You couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart when he saw Gongsun Xun stretching out his hands to tease the lazy cat, and then suddenly he twirled his thin beard with a smug look on his face: "Brother Xun, are you very lonely these days?
Or are you someone who simply cannot stand loneliness?"
"Brother Ziyuan, what do you mean?" Gongsun Xun stopped gesturing, but continued to stroke the cat's fur.
"You and I are both pragmatic people, so why bother pretending like those people?" Xu You laughed when he heard this. "You are actually the same as your eldest brother Gongsun Bogui. You are very utilitarian. You wish you could have something every moment.
What you get...it's just that you are a hundred times smarter than that elder brother. He is doing twice the result with half the effort, and you are doing twice the result with half the effort. But now, he is partying all day long and thinks he is powerful, but you know that you brothers are in trouble again!"
No wonder Cao Mengde will kill you in the future! When Gongsun Xun heard this, he couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart, but the smile on his face did not diminish: "Life is like sailing against the current, and it is natural to encounter difficulties..."
"Why are you so hypocritical?" Xu You shook his head repeatedly.
"Forget it!" Gongsun Xun said with a restrained smile. "Brother Ziyuan, I won't hide it from you. These days, I am indeed a little frustrated. I had never been praised by the two teachers before, and I felt like a trapped animal. But now
I was praised by the teacher and got to know many people through this, but I don’t know how to get along with these talents. Take the people you introduced to me, for example, you are from the same hometown, Fengji, Yingchuan Xinping, Xiping
Liang Hansui...oh, and Chun Yuqiong, whom I just met a few days ago. These characters are all top young talents in Beijing. I am very happy to get to know them. However, I can only get to know them.
That's all, because Han Sui, the worst among them, is now a third-level minister, and he is afraid that he will be promoted to a court official in the blink of an eye. How can I, an uncrowned scholar, continue to make friends with them? "
"That's true." Xu You sneered when he heard this. "There are only a few people who love money like me... But Brother Xun, are you too utilitarian? You also know that you are just an uncrowned scholar.
In this case, you have done a great job, so you can’t let everyone in the world revolve around you, right? You must know that people’s suffering is not enough..."
Gongsun Xun was about to retort, but at this moment, there were messy footsteps outside the door, as if Zhu Rui had come to fetch a "nest of cats", so the two of them immediately fell silent.
In the evening, Gongsun Xun, carrying a large bag of cats and bamboo slips of the "Forty-Two Chapters Sutra", took the coachman back to the small house next to Liu Kuan's mansion in the rain. As soon as he returned to the room, he didn't wait.
He poured out a litter of cats and heard his brother Gongsun Zan's eager voice: "Ah Xun, do you know something big happened in Luozhong?!"
Gongsun Xun, who was soaked all over, disagreed: "But the west city is flooded? I already saw it when I came..."
"Hey!" Gongsun Zan was speechless. "You don't know, I learned at Yuan Mansion today that Yuan Benchu's mother is seriously ill. I'm afraid she won't be able to survive the autumn rain, and she will go to see King Youdu in ten days...
In other words, the leader of Sergeant Luo, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu will be back soon! This is an opportunity for you and my brother!"
Gongsun Xun was neither impatient nor impatient, and remained speechless. However, a cat meowed suddenly from behind:
"Meow..."
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"Some people may look respectable on the surface, but in fact they don't even have a cat behind them." - Aunt Gongsun.
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