Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 112 Donglin also wants to publish a newspaper (I)
"Brother Xi, Brother Xi!"
Donglin Academy in Wuxi in December.
At this time, the temperature in Wuxi was around zero degrees, and the teachers and students in the academy were all wearing thick silk or cotton clothes. Even in such a situation, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, although wearing extremely heavy clothes, ran very fast. On the way, he jumped over the steps and flower beds he encountered, looking extremely light.
"My dear brother, why are you looking for me so urgently?"
"Brother Xi Zhi, congratulations! Your masterpiece was published in yesterday's Jinling Daily!"
"What?" Even though Brother Xi Zhi was as calm as a rock just now, he was no longer calm at all. His face quickly turned red, and he stretched out a hand like lightning: "Where's the newspaper?"
"Here." The young man took out a newspaper from his sleeve: "The newspaper was sent by a clerk from the Wuxi branch of Fangshan Grocery Store. He said that the author of a work that was published would be given a copy of that day's newspaper. The clerk also gave me two coins..."
"Silver doesn't matter, just use it to buy a cup of tea." Waving his hand casually, Brother Xi took the newspaper quickly, then quickly opened the seventh page of the newspaper and accurately found his own work: it was a seven-character poem.
Not to mention, this ink-printed lead type is a hundred times more comfortable to look at than writing it on paper. No! A thousand times! Ten thousand times!
After reading his work several times, Brother Xi suddenly raised his head and said, "Thank you, dear brother. I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do, so I'll take my leave now!"
After saying this, he folded the newspaper carefully and put it into his sleeve. Then he ran towards the gate of the academy like flying.
He ran away so quickly, but the young man who had just shouted "Brother Xi" all over the academy had already attracted the attention of many students in the academy. As soon as he left, the other students quickly surrounded the young man who stayed behind.
"Hou Xun, is what you just said true? Was Zhang Wei's poem really published in Jinling Daily?"
"Is this true or not? I arrived at the academy a little late today, and I happened to run into a clerk from Fangshan Grocery Store who was stopped outside the academy gate and couldn't come in. I filled out the receipt form myself!"
"Hey..." With this light hum, the scent of lemon immediately filled the courtyard of the academy.
Wuxi's Donglin Academy is currently in its heyday. The eight Donglin gentlemen who taught here, Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong, Gu Yuncheng, An Xifan, Liu Yuanzhen, Qian Yiben, Xue Fujiao, and Ye Maocai, are all still alive. The great academic reputation has attracted students from all over Jiangnan, and even some students from Sichuan, Henan, Shandong, and Guangdong to study here.
Specifically speaking of the two people mentioned above, they are not ordinary people in the historical dimension.
There is no need to say more about this person called Hou Xun. In the historical dimension, he became the Minister of Revenue. He also presided over the encirclement and suppression of Li Zicheng's peasant army, and shouted out the shameless saying: Why don't you stay at home and starve to death, and why do you rebel?
Of course, at this time, Hou Xun was still a young man (born in 1590, and the time point was 1607). Since his father Hou Zhipu was working in the Taichang Temple in Nanjing at that time, he went to Donglin Academy to study.
The brother of Xi was Zhang Wei, a talented scholar from Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture. In the original historical plane, he was the champion of the Yingtian County Examination (there was no governor or governor in Nanzhili, and the ten prefectures of Nanzhili were all managed by Yingtian Prefecture. So the Yingtian County Examination was the Nanzhili County Examination). He did not make much achievements in the political arena, but his poems were of a very high standard.
"Hey, Brother Xizhi's poems have been published in the newspapers. We really need to work hard."
"Yes, yes, Hou Xun, is Brother Xi Zhi okay? Why did he run away so suddenly just now?"
"Haha, do you even need to ask? He must have gone out and asked a newsboy to buy a few hundred copies of yesterday's Jinling Daily and distributed them everywhere!"
Although this statement revealed the truth of the matter, it was too unkind. For a moment, the sour-minded people all felt a little embarrassed.
Putting aside these embarrassed students, in the backyard of the academy, Gu Xiancheng and others were also discussing yesterday's Jinling Daily.
"When I got up in the morning and opened the door, the mountains were covered with snow. The snow cleared and the clouds were light, and the sun was cold. The water from the eaves was not dripping, but the plum blossoms were moving. A kind of loneliness is not ordinary... A good poem has both movement and stillness, and also reveals ambitions. Brother Guoduan (Qian Yiben, one of the Eight Gentlemen of Donglin, and Zhang Wei are both from Wujin), you are a good student."
"Haha, Xi Zhi has outstanding talent and works very hard. Shu Shi (Gu Xiancheng) is too kind."
"No, no, I have worked in the Ministry of Personnel for so many years and have seen countless young talents. A good kid like Xi Zhi, as long as he continues to work so hard, I dare not say he will get the top three prizes, but he will definitely get one of the top three prizes!"
"Well, I also agree with this point." When Gu Xiancheng and Qian Yiben were discussing Zhang Wei's poems, a hearty voice came from outside the house. It was Gao Panlong, another soul figure of Donglin Academy. He shook the newspaper in his hand vigorously: " You two, have you watched the Legend of the Condor Heroes today? That Wanyan Kang really recognized the thief as his father, not only that, but also murdered his own uncle!"
"Yes, I have read it. Haha, when we receive the Jinling Daily, don't we read The Legend of the Condor Heroes first before reading other books? Even today, I noticed Xi Zhi's poem about plum blossoms was published in the Jinling Daily only after I finished reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes."
"Yes, yes, His Royal Highness's writing style is truly extraordinary! Although the text is too plain and almost lacks literary talent, the twists and turns of the plot and the exquisite structure of the entire novel are truly amazing!"
"Cunzhi (Gao Panlong), why do you also think that The Legend of the Condor Heroes was written by the Crown Prince?"
"Don't you think Shushi (Gu Xiancheng) still doesn't believe it? This was personally confirmed by Zhang Shipei, the Minister of Finance of Nanjing."
"Zhang Shipei was not , so what he said might not be accurate. This is the first reason. Secondly, the author of The Legend of the Condor Heroes is signed by Wang Dong. In the first issue of Jinling Daily, the author of the poem "If Life Could Only Be Like First Encounter" was also signed by Wang Dong. Haha, the crown prince is really talented, but how could a child write a poem like "First Encounter"?"
"That's true. Then who made these things? Could it be the number one scholar?"
"Haha, Zhang Yicheng is from Songjiang. I have known his father for a long time, and I know a lot about this boy. Generally speaking, Zhang Yicheng's calligraphy and painting are very good, but his poetry is still a little far from this one I first saw. He probably can't write it."
"Hmm...it seems like there is someone more powerful behind this prince."
"Shushi, Shushi, oh, Brother Cunzhi and Brother Guoduan are here too. Have you read today's Jinling Daily?"
"I've seen it. How about Xiao Fan (An Xifan) also coming to discuss The Legend of the Condor Heroes with us today?"
"Well, this Legend of the Condor Heroes is interesting, but yesterday's third edition talked about the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is a lot of history in it!"
"What's going on? Let me wait and see."
After everyone carefully read the third edition of yesterday's Jinling Daily, everyone looked unhappy.
On that day, the Jinling Daily not only published part of the original text of Han Fei's "Five Vermin", but also translated it into plain Chinese.
In the early 20th century, the great men of the Republic of China advocated the use of vernacular Chinese in order to enlighten the people. But the great men at that time were all so literal in their early years. Of course, the use of vernacular Chinese is still somewhat literary. But this is not a problem at all for the time traveler. He used the vernacular Chinese to translate "Five Vermin", which can definitely be simple and straightforward.
Such simple sentences, coupled with the use of punctuation marks, can be understood as long as you can read. As long as you have a normal IQ, you can understand!
Legalism and Confucianism are each other's great enemies! Even though the Chinese Empire has been practicing Xunzi's "respecting rituals and emphasizing laws" for thousands of years (Confucianism on the surface, Legalism in the bones), at least on the surface, when faced with pure Legalist views, Confucian disciples must deny and criticize them!
Not to mention, there is a saying in the Five Vermin: Confucians use literature to disrupt the law, and knights use force to break the ban!
"Asshole! How shameless is this person who has gained promotion to the throne to deceive the Crown Prince? Is a book like Han Feizi something that a royal family member should read?"
"The Jinling Daily actually dared to publish such an article. Is Zhang Yicheng still a disciple of Confucius and Mencius?"
"Haha, don't get angry, Cunzhi. It's useless to get angry. Didn't you see the editor's note? They said that they only quoted the original text and did not express any opinions."
"Humph, it's nothing more than a trick to cover one's ears and steal the bell! Shameless! What do you mean by excerpting? The so-called five vermin include merchants and craftsmen. Why are the passages of this kind of people copied out?"
The Donglin people could not help but get angry, and even panicked. No matter how they played in Donglin Academy, at most only the scholars of Ming Dynasty and the people of the surrounding counties knew about them. Ordinary people who lived a little further away definitely did not know what Donglin Academy was doing.
But the Jinling Daily is different. It is said that people from even the Sichuan Provincial Government in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Beizhili in the north have come to subscribe to the newspaper.
Moreover, the Donglin gentlemen all knew that with the huge popularity accumulated by The Legend of the Condor Heroes, many diners in Wuxi restaurants would continue to sit and listen to the third edition of Chinese history and the fourth edition of world history after listening to the chapter of The Legend of the Condor Heroes that day, if they had not left the table yet!
In this way, articles like "Five Vermin" will sooner or later be introduced into thousands of households!
"Five Vermin" was still okay, after all, Han Fei's attack was relatively scattered. What if the editor-in-chief of Jinling Daily became extremely crazy and published "Anti-Confucianism" by Mo Di, Confucius' number one enemy?
