The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

The official in charge of Pilianfang was named Zhao, Lin Ruhai because he had dealt with the refugees before. He was transferred here again to take charge of the affairs of the workshop.

When Chen Heng came to him to discuss the matter of the Zhen family's mother and daughter, Director Zhao was a little surprised, but he agreed readily and even said that he would arrange some easy jobs for Feng.

The two had a tacit understanding of their previous cooperation outside the city, and Chief Zhao used this to leave an image of a capable official in the minds of the prefects. Looking back, I am also willing to sell Chen Heng some face. It was just a smooth favor, so I should thank Chen Heng for his previous actions.

Chen Heng silently accepted Master Zhao's affection and chatted with him for a while before taking Xinda to play in the Pilian Workshop. This was his first time coming to Qiupu Street, and he was still very curious about everything in Pilianfang.

The main body of Pilianfang is a street that is 100 meters long and nearly 12 meters wide. Neat shops stretched along both sides of the street, many of which were open for business, and many people gathered around the door to watch the excitement.

Behind these shops are clusters of densely populated residential houses, most of which are the residences of female embroidery workers.

Chen Heng has never gone in and looked inside, so he doesn’t know the full picture inside. Just looking from the outside, the spaces between the houses are a bit tight. The size of the house can be estimated through the position of the wooden windows, and it doesn't look too big.

But as a temporary residence, it is enough. It is really not easy for the government office to expend such effort.

Further inside, there are three workshops distributed around the mulberry forest. Because the land in the west of the city is close to the Five Lakes Basin in Jiangbei, the geology is very suitable for planting mulberry leaves.

At present, the mulberry trees in this forest are all bought from outside. There are also a large number of newly planted seedlings, which were planted by the government themselves. It just takes some time for them to grow up.

After Chen Heng visited these places, he returned to the lively main street. In the past two days, many people have come to Qiupu Street. In addition to Yangzhou people watching the excitement, there are also many business travelers from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Hunan and other places.

Among them were several businessmen who spoke Cantonese accent. Although they did not have the habit of calling others handsome in the future, the strong local accent in their Mandarin still made Chen Heng feel warm to them.

He was so thick-skinned that he stood directly on the roadside and started chatting with these Cantonese businessmen. Knowing that they came from Guangzhou, Chen Heng was even more excited.

At this time, the Yong Dynasty had not yet established an institution similar to the Guangzhou Thirteenth Bank. However, I learned from Cantonese businessmen that in spring and autumn every year, there are not a few Westerners coming to Guangzhou to buy goods.

Are there actually red-haired fans and Britons?

Hongmaofan was the name given to the Dutch in the Ming Dynasty, and Dayong people were also accustomed to using this name. Chen Heng knew this.

Suddenly hearing news from the outside world, he wanted to invite these big brothers in Guangzhou to have a few cups of tea in a street tea shop.

No. A big brother named He was the most talkative. He declined Chen Heng's invitation. He thought this guy was interesting and wanted to open Chen Heng's eyes, so he continued.

I heard that they had another fight at sea more than ten years ago. I don't know who won. Anyway, people who came to Guangzhou said that their country won.

Probably because he thought it was funny, Brother He laughed in front of Chen Heng, They seemed to be fighting in some special place? Brother He looked at his companions and asked for confirmation, It's called this place. No?

Who cares about this? The companion shook his head. His attention was focused on the shops opened on the street. We are not fighting against our Yong Dynasty. As long as it does not prevent us from making money, it is none of our business to take out our brains. matter.

Tese? Tese? Probably the Battle of Texel. Chen Heng's historical record in his previous life was very good, and he knew that this place was the key to the third naval battle between Britain and the Netherlands. He just couldn't remember whether it was 1660 or 1670.

Chen Heng wanted to continue to inquire, but several Guangzhou businessmen were already busy with business. They were going to Director Zhao to apply for vouchers for future purchases. There were too many people waiting before, and now it's their turn.

Seeing that the other party was busy with important matters, Chen Heng didn't have many guests, so he had no choice but to continue wandering around with Xinda. The main street was crowded with people. Although it was very lively, there was nothing worth mentioning.

After Chen Heng hurried home, he gave Feng a note written by Director Zhao. After tidying up for a while, I carried the book box to Xue's house. The four friends got together and studied for another half a day. It was only during the lunch break that I started talking about Sister Lin’s new work.

What he was talking about was not the storybook written by Daiyu, but the article published in the newspaper. Jiang Yuanbai often did some review work in the literary society, and his evaluation of Sister Lin's articles was quite good.

The words and sentences are not only easy to understand, but also take into account the beautiful writing style. Our Xiaoxiang gentleman is also incredible. No wonder you directly use the name of Yuanhe to cheer her up.

Qian Dayou loved this kind of simple and easy-to-understand articles. He felt that if all the articles in the world could be like this, he would not be so tired from reading them. He immediately added: If future articles are written like this, I don't know how many scholars in the world will be benefited.

In a clean and serious newspaper, there are few blessings and punctuation marks as distinctions, which can better express the author's original intention. Even people on the street who have never read the Four Books and Five Classics can realize the benefits of each article as long as they know a few words.

Chen Heng smiled slightly. His attitude had already been written in the newspaper. In front of his friends, there was no need to waste any words.

Xue Biao was a little worried, I'm afraid it will attract some criticism. His sister and Lin Daiyu often commented on scholars' articles in literary societies.

In the past, they concentrated on being critics. Even if their words were sharper, others could do nothing to them. But now that I'm off the stage in person, there's room for people to comment, and I don't know whether it's good or bad.

Chen Heng also considered this issue and said directly: It doesn't matter. Since she wants to write, she has to go through this level. There is nothing in life that will not be talked about. We will just watch from the sidelines.

Xue Biao thought about it, and it was the same reason. Although human words are terrible, it would be even more regrettable if we stop moving forward because of them. He is not a vulgar person, and he does not think that it is something harmful for women to write articles.

Her identity needs to be concealed externally.

Seeing Xue Biao say this, several people in Qian Da also nodded. They can still tell which one is more important than the other.

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Xue Biao's worries are not unreasonable.

Articles signed by Xiaoxiangzi were published in Jing'an Daily in the city. Many students became restless that day. They had suffered a lot at the hands of this person.

Seeing the opportunity to turn against the guest and become the master, those who had suffered losses started writing all night, preparing to let Xiaoxiangzi experience the ruthlessness of the next world.

The February debt was paid off quickly.

After only one night at the newspaper store, we received more than a dozen submissions, most of which were articles criticizing Xiaoxiangzi from various angles. In this regard, Chen Heng and Xue Biao had no intention of using their identities to eliminate them directly.

The literati who just sat reading newspapers picked out a few suitable articles for publication and sale. They don't accept Jing'an Daily, and it's not like there aren't other newspaper shops in the city, so there's no need to give away the unearned popularity to others.

Seeing that others had taken action and Lin Daiyu was not in Yangzhou, Chen Heng naturally started to fight back. The first person to leave was Jiang Yuanbai. He liked this kind of excitement the most, so he directly used his literary agency's pseudonym Jiang Liu'er and published several rebuttal articles.

But it can't stand the opponent's large number of people, and there are many capable people. Jiang Yuanbai, who lacked firepower, could not resist it quickly. Seeing this, Qian Dayou quickly joined the battle.

These two people have been promoted by Chen Heng'er every day recently, and their writing skills have improved. They happened to have this opportunity to try their hand, and Chen Heng also encouraged them to go out and compete.

Even Xue Biao, who was originally unwilling to participate in the war, was encouraged by Chen Heng to join. Learn it and apply it. If you don't take out the article to compare with others, how can you discover your own shortcomings?

The scolding war continued, and the areas of debate gradually divided into three. The most discussed issue is whether Lin Daiyu's article complies with the rules. Not many people pay attention to Aunt Shui's life.

Some people think that all articles in the world should be written according to the framework of the eight-legged essay. Some people think that this article is not for taking exams, and there is nothing wrong with learning the plain language of the script.

This group of people is currently divided into two factions. The former claims to be an upright scholar and often uses allusions from saints and sages to suppress others in debates. The latter suffered a slight disadvantage, as most of them were scholars like Qian Dayou, who gave them a headache.

Writing for exams should be done in a correct manner, and they accepted it. No matter how you write an article in a newspaper to earn royalties, you have to follow the rules. These people were also angry for a long time, so they naturally became very fierce when they quarreled.

Is he a native of Lower Liba or a man of spring and snow? Ever since the punctuation marks came out with The Legend of Shushan Heroes, there have been many debates in the city.

Anyway, in newspapers, everyone uses pseudonyms. Close the door, who knows who? Everyone was very noisy and brought a lot of fun to the people of Yangzhou.

The common people didn't care who was right or wrong, they just thought it was fun to watch, and they were more motivated to buy newspapers. For several consecutive issues, Jing'an Daily was sold out in the city.

However, as time went by, the party whose words were simple and easy to understand allowed the common people to understand their meaning better, and gradually gained the upper hand in this debate.

At the end of the month, the war of words finally attracted the attention of concerned people in the city. As an academic in Yangzhou, Li Bian has to deal with scholars on weekdays.

After their family came to Yangzhou, they also followed the trend and ordered door-to-door newspaper delivery. This has become a trend in Yangzhou city. Any high-status family would be embarrassed to chat with others when they go out without subscribing to one or two newspapers.

Li Bian watched the scolding battle from beginning to end, and felt very itchy in his heart. He originally looked down on something as crude as a newspaper, thinking that the contents in it were trivial and far less important than the imperial newspaper.

But I watched people with unknown pseudonyms talk loudly in newspapers. Only then did Li Bian realize the benefits of newspapers. It was so refreshing to be able to let the people in the city see it just by writing it. It was really fascinating.

He thought for a long time and gave himself the name Bian Zhuang. I wrote an article eloquently and asked my servant to take it to the newspaper shop. Who would have thought that Li Bian's article would be suppressed by the newspapers.

It’s not that his writing is not good, it’s just that the war of words continues to this day, and there are too many people who want to publish the article. Everyone tried hard to think of ways to jump in line, but in the end it was nothing more than using money to jump in line.

Although Li Bian's article is good, he can't stand up to the people in front of him who are willing to spend money on it. Newspaper shops also have to make a living. Although the latest issue is not on sale, the content and layout have been decided.

The benefactors above all came in at their own expense, and no one could squeeze them out. Therefore, I can only suffer from Li Bian's unparalleled writing.

This angered Li Bian, who was young and ambitious and had high spirits. I don't even want to spend this reduced price and be reduced to being compared with a student. He directly asked his servant to go to the newspaper shop to state his name, and then he temporarily jumped in the queue and got into the newspaper forcefully.

People on Jiang Yuanbai's side were a little dumbfounded when they saw that Lian Yangzhou Xuezheng had ended in person. They didn't expect to provoke such a big shot. The spotlight of this quarrel suddenly reached the other side's house.

To be fair, Li Bian's article is indeed very well written. He started from Sima Xiangru's articles and gave examples to Cao Zhi's Luo Shen Fu. He first confirmed Zhengfang's argument in terms of words. When reading and writing articles, one should read the classics clearly and quote the classics. Otherwise, wouldn’t everyone be able to write articles, and just know a few words and be able to draw them out?

Li Bian's article forcibly decided the outcome of this dispute between Yangchun Baixue and the Lower Riba people.

He also made serious criticisms of the calibration symbols in the newspaper. I feel that this thing really affects scholars' understanding of the mysteries of sages.

Li Bian took out many sentences from the scriptures and quoted his own life insights through different ways of segmenting them.

To sum up a sentence and use punctuation marks, the teachings of sages and sages from now on will have only one meaning. What about the Six Classics annotate me, and I annotate the Six Classics.

The so-called punctuation marks are nothing but a child's trick. It is simply laughable and vulgar in the extreme.

Li Bian published three articles in Jing'an Daily, guiding the trend in the city for half a month. Until the beginning of March, no one from the Lower Riba group came out to compete in the ring.

Seeing that the debate was about to be defeated, Chen Heng thought over and over again and picked up a pen and wrote a rebuttal article in the newspaper in the name of Yuan He.

Don't look at the small punctuation marks, it can't bring profit, and it doesn't help his personal reputation at the moment.

But Chen Heng attached great importance to this gadget. He knew the benefits of this punctuation mark to people in the world, not to mention that he was the first person to use punctuation marks.

An article was published in a newspaper. Chen Heng's discussion was simple, and he expanded on the communication value of punctuation marks. It also led to the argument between scholars and the people of the world, who is more and less.

If we want to promote the teachings of sages, punctuation is indispensable. It also allows the people of the world to better understand the teachings of sages. The two complement each other and are indispensable. Articles can convey the Tao, and the principles of the Tao are profound and even more profound. wide.

To be honest, Yuanhe's reputation is still very influential in Yangzhou. The two widely circulated storybooks not only made Yangzhou Wenlin famous outside the world, but also enriched the trivial lives of the people.

The people watching the battle were simple-minded. Compared with Li Bian, a foreigner, they all felt that Yuan He, a local, was more approachable, and their thoughts inevitably followed Yuan He's arguments.

This Li Bian is really unreasonable. When he saw this, he didn't talk nonsense and directly published a sentence in the newspaper, What is your reputation? Where do you live and work?.

The people in the city couldn't help but look forward to Mr. Qi Yuan's reaction when he asked him to do this. Although they had many speculations in the past, they felt that Mr. Yuanhe might be a down-and-out scholar. But people can't help but let their imagination run wild, and they just hope that Mr. Yuan He will reveal his true identity and fight back in a desperate manner, which will make people stunned and applauded.

Naturally, Chen Heng didn’t know what Yangzhou people were thinking about. He is also angry now, hesitating again and again, and can only hold back his energy and look forward to the arrival of the college examination in June. Xue Biao and Jiang Yuanbai also advised their friends to be patient and wait until their wings grow stronger to take revenge.

There is no way, why is Li Bian a Jinshi of the Hanlin Academy? No matter how capable a person is, he cannot span the length of time and stand directly at the end and wave a big stick.

The situation is stronger than the people. After the latest issue of the newspaper was released, the public who rushed to buy it couldn't help but feel disappointed when they saw that Mr. Yuanhe did not write a counterattack.

There were regretful people on the street who couldn't help but come out to explain to Mr. Yuan He: The two parties argued that it should have been a fair contest. This Li Xuezheng is really unkind by using his status to oppress others.

Some people think it makes sense, but some people think it's wrong. Just say, 'Since what Mr. Yuan He said is so reasonable, why don't you see him pass the Jinshi exam? Block it back.

Look, look. If you have a newspaper, turn back and look at the third page. Suddenly someone excitedly interrupted, waving his hands repeatedly, indicating that everyone should look at the content at the back of the newspaper.

Everyone saw the strange look on his face, and those who didn't have newspapers moved closer to him. I saw a short sentence written at the top of the third page.

Mr. Yuanhe is right.

There is nothing unusual about this sentence. Everyone continued to look at the signatures below and couldn't help but take a breath.

Pei Huaizhen, Yongfeng, Jiangxi.

No scholar in the world has heard of Nan Pei and Bei Gu.

Who would have thought that this Shilin Grandmaster would end up personally. Some people were curious, some were shocked, and the reactions were mixed.

But anyway, judging from the results. Unless Gu Zaiyong of the capital comes to the end personally, then this debate has come to a close.

Yangzhou people did not expect this scene, they just found it extremely interesting. Some people who didn't understand it asked about Pei Huaizhen's origins. Titles such as Emperor's Master and Chief Assistant are popping up one after another. For a time, Pei Huaizhen's name began to spread in the city.

Only then did many people in Yangzhou know that the headmaster of Leyi Academy had such a powerful background. I couldn't help but go home to warn my children, and strive to get admitted to Leyi Academy in the future.

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Li Bian, who was happy to force Yuan He to retreat a few days ago, was now very anxious. When he used the same method on Chen Heng, he felt secretly happy. Now that Pei Huaizhen backhanded him, he didn't become angry.

Fortunately, Li Bian knew Pei Huaizhen's weight and had no intention of continuing the debate. If you lose, you lose. There is no shame in losing to Pei Huaizhen. Even the prime minister spent a lot of effort and calculations to bring down Pei Huaizhen. His little grievance was nothing.

Li Bian changed his mind and comforted himself in his heart. He was just an old man who wanted to be an official. He could still dance for a few more years relying on His Majesty's favor. Pei Huaizhen doesn't have a few years left to live, so it doesn't matter what he does.

After thinking about it several times, Li Bian calmly rolled up the newspaper and asked his servants to take it out and throw it away.

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Xu Jinhou, the new academic principal of Leyi Academy, also did not understand the actions of his family chief. This kind of quarrel between children, even if the quarrel is lost, why do the parents come forward in person? He brought Jing'an Daily to find Pei Huaizhen to verify the reason.

Pei Huaizhen, who was playing chess, rolled his eyes at him and reprimanded: I'm already this age, what's wrong with scolding a junior in the newspaper? If he has the ability, he asked Gu Zaiyong to come to Yangzhou to discuss it with me.

Seeing the old naughty attitude of the mountain chief, Xu Jinhou was dumbfounded. He was just curious about why Pei Huaizhen ended up in person, and had no intention of trying to stop him.

Go, go. Pei Huaizhen waved his guests off, Don't ask about scholars.

Crazy asking for monthly tickets, and started asking for it