He Xiu, who had only won a bet once in his life, did not choose to bet with the little fat man in the end. After all, the little fat man he taught was a very thief. He dared to bet with him, which meant that he still had a certain degree of confidence. The fat man directly sent someone to call Cui Shi over. He Xiu opened the book again and kept reading, not knowing what he was talking about.
After a while, Cui Shi arrived and saw that He Xiu was also there. He couldn't help but be a little surprised. He paid homage to the emperor and then to He Xiu. Before the emperor could speak, He Xiu couldn't wait to ask: "Is this book really true?" Did you write it yourself?" Thanks to Cui Shi's good temper, he was not angry. He nodded with a smile and said, "It was exactly what I wrote."
"You...are proficient in farming, mulberry, and female beauty? You even know medical skills?"
He Xiu is a bit incredible.
Cui Shi suddenly realized and said: "It turns out that He Gong was surprised by this. Although I wrote this book, many of the contents were not written by myself. The part about farming and mulberry trees was made by me traveling around and visiting old farmers and villages. Officials are summarized, and so are the rest. I just summarized everyone's knowledge and wrote it into a book."
He Xiu couldn't help but sigh: "Even so, he is still a great talent of Cui Jun. This book has benefited the people a lot. Based on this, you can be made a prince!" After saying that, he turned to look at the little fat man beside him. , the little fat man felt happy and said: "Song Dian!" Song Dian immediately ran over and saluted He Xiu and Cui Shi. The little fat man said: "If you are asked to copy this book, there must be no mistakes. After copying, Leave it to official schools so that children everywhere can learn it."
"In addition, give a copy to county officials in various places and let them see how to manage mulberry trees!"
"yes!"
After the little fat man finished speaking, he looked at Cui Shi again and said with a smile: "Cui Gong wrote the book, which is a great achievement. When you enter the country, you can choose your own place to eat!" Cui Shi was defeated quickly and said he didn't dare. The little fat man laughed. Said: "Thousands of your poems and poems praising me are not enough to bring one more millet to the people!"
When this article came out, Cui Shi's reputation suddenly skyrocketed, and he became a great scholar comparable to He Xiu and Zheng Xuan. Because the emperor always valued agriculture and mulberry, officials from all over the country were vying for this "Four People's Monthly Order". When the people saw it, they immediately made a rule. If a scholar wanted to copy and observe, he did not have to pay a fee, but if he was a wealthy official, he had to pay a thousand yuan to copy a copy!
The little fat man was a little unhappy. You have to pay a thousand yuan to copy a book? I still want to spread this book with all my strength. Aren't you hindering my plan? Wenren explained: "The most important thing is to value things. If you let others copy it at will, these officials will definitely not pay attention to it; if it is sold for thousands of gold, everyone will definitely tout it and compete for it!"
The little fat man was dubious about this. As a result, after hearing that someone had set a price, the book became even more popular. Many officials rushed to copy it. Some wealthy families even copied ten chapters and paid tens of thousands of dollars. This book The book has completely become a must-read for all officials of the Han Dynasty. He didn't stop after hearing the attack, so he drafted two more books.
The one worth a thousand dollars was called a rough copy, and some scholars with outstanding calligraphy in Luoyang were invited to make a copy, which was called an exquisite copy. Each copy was sold for ten thousand dollars, and Yuan Feng, Yuan Ping, Qiao Xuan, and Xun were invited to his door. Jian and others purchased it, making this exquisite manuscript a symbol of power. After that, they made a huge profit, and Jian was extremely happy.
Since then, his attitude towards Cui Shi has obviously changed a lot. He often pestered him and asked if he had any new works, which frightened the newly-confessed country prince so much that he did not dare to go out.
Not only Cui Shi, but also other great scholars were entangled by him and brought him home. Even He Xiu was beaten violently by He Xiu, and he never went to see He Xiu again.
Cui Shi's behavior allowed those great scholars who longed for prestige to see a new way out. For a time, many great scholars took out their daily treasured works and presented them to the emperor one after another.
The works they had studied since childhood excited these great Confucian scholars. Of course, there were many excellent works among them. The reclusive Confucian scholar of the Xun family all produced excellent works.
Among them, especially Xun Shuang, who is also one of Xun You's elders and the most famous person in the Xun family at present, he took out hundreds of works at once. When these works were piled on the little fat man's papers, the little fat man
They were all frightened. He was well versed in the classics and wrote many classics in his life. He personally annotated "Li", "Yi Zhuan", "Shi Zhuan", "Shang Shu Zheng Jing", "Spring and Autumn Regulations", and also wrote
A "Chinese" that explains the prosperity of the Han Dynasty!
He also did some research on Gongyang, and wrote "Gongyang Questions" and "Bianping Prophecy". Of course, the contents of these two articles made Old Man He a little angry. He searched for several days with his sword but could not find Xun Shuang.
In desperation, he went into the palace and scolded Xun You, and confronted him about the content of Gongyang Studies. Xun You was naturally no match for Old Man He in Confucian classics. He pointed at his head and scolded him for half an hour before escaping.
Xun You also wants to cry but has no tears. The book is not written by me. Why are you coming to confront me?
Xun Shuang compiled these works into a book called "New Book".
And his brothers did not stop either. Xunjian set his writing goal in the field of history and also wrote several "Analysis of Zuo Zhuan".
Many great scholars who had stayed behind closed doors had come up with their own works one after another, and the prosperity of their writing style was nothing more than this. Naturally, this was also attributed to the little fat man, and became another meritorious deed of the little fat man. The happiest thing is still the current one.
Students, because books were scarce, they just followed the great Confucians and constantly reviewed their own Confucian classics, and they were all a little bored.
But now, they no longer lack books, and the emperor's library is almost filled with works donated from all over the world!
The little fat man often called He Xiu over and looked at these books with him. Whenever there were disputes about Confucianism or the Gongyang dispute, the little fat man would handle it by himself. As for other farming matters, historical records, etc., he just left it to He Xiu.
Look, they selected several books together as must-read books for the disciples of the Imperial Academy, and some were taught and classified by the official academy.
Of course, he did not hesitate to praise the great Confucians who wrote this book.
Among these great scholars, Xun Shuang was the only one who did not accept the award. He said: "Dedicate books for the people, not for high official titles!" He said so. Naturally, the other great scholars did not have the face to accept the award. In this way
, the enthusiasm for writing a book that had finally aroused began to decline again. Finally, Zheng Xuan came forward and wrote a letter to Xun Shuang, which he wrote:
"The law of the State of Lu is that the people of Lu take concubines to the princes, and those who can redeem them take their gold from the government. Zigong redeems the people of Lu from the princes, and gives them away without taking their gold. Confucius said: "Give the lost ones their money.
.From now on, the people of Lu do not redeem people. If they take their gold, they will not harm their conduct. If they do not take their gold, they will no longer redeem their people."
"Zilu saved people from drowning, and the people worshiped him with oxen. Zilu accepted it. Confucius said: The people of Lu must save people from drowning. Confucius saw it in detail, and saw it in the distance."
"What you did today is different from Zigong's redemption of people?"
Zheng Xuan used an example to remind Xun Shuang that if someone from the state of Lu had become a slave outside the country, the people of the state of Lu could redeem them and get money from the government. However, Zigong redeemed people but did not want money from the government. Money, Confucius scolded him, if you do this, will anyone be willing to redeem these slaves in the future? Zilu saved a drowning man, and the man wanted to give him cattle.
He accepted it gladly, and Confucius praised him, saying that the people of Lu would definitely save drowning people in the future!
He took this example and asked Xun Shuang, what is the difference between your current behavior and Zigong?
After receiving this letter, Xun Shuang was shocked and said: "It's my fault!" Then he accepted the emperor's commendation and wrote back to Zheng Xuan, respectfully calling Zheng Xuan his master. The actions of the two of them were also consistent. Time has become a legend.
Various works were copied, and people couldn't help but smile.
When he sold Xun Shuang's book to the Xun family for ten thousand yuan, his reputation was completely ruined. There was a faint request from the court to invite people to cook. Of course, it did not completely form a party like Wang Fu. Institutional regulations.