After Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but ask: "Your Excellency, it seems that you are not living up to the arrogance in the rumors?"
Li Zhi straightened his back and said proudly: "The madness towards a specific individual is just a small madness; but the madness towards the whole world is the greatest madness.
I am a big madman who makes all the trouble in the world and I am alone in my innocence, and I disdain to be called a small madman!"
Lin Tailai: "."
Damn it! I was tricked by this old man without paying attention!
It can only be said that Li Zhi was not stupid. With his extremely anti-traditional views and thoughts, if he had not been protected by powerful people, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
And if no one provides material support and assistance, I am afraid that I will starve to death long ago.
Lin Tailai, who couldn't stand others showing off in front of him, felt a little unhappy and deliberately said:
"When I was in Hanyuan of the capital, I was in the Number One Scholar Hall with my senior Zhu Guozhen, who was in the eleventh year of Wanli.
He said that many scholars nowadays do not read the original "Four Books" at all, but regard Li's "Collection of Books" and "Book of Burning" as strange treasures.
The rampant scholarly etiquette is actually caused by Li Zhuowu! He has bad people's hearts and corrupts morals, which will bring disaster to the world and its end is unknown!
I want to reconsider the consequences of asking you to give lectures."
Li Zhi sighed: "Do you really think that if anyone asks me to give a lecture, I will agree?
The reason why I agreed today is all because Jiuyuan Zhenxian and I are true fellow-minded people.
It can be said that the only sober guests in the world today are Jiuyuan and Zhuowuer! The rest are just drunk and dreaming, so it’s not worth mentioning!"
Lin Tailai was speechless. Sure enough, those who can become famous people today have a lot of skills in talking.
Li Zhi continued: "When you were still young, you dared to hold high the banner of anti-ancientism, which shows your anti-tradition and contempt for authority.
Then, although your Excellency won nine yuan in a row, it included the highest achievement of a scholar's sixth yuan!
Logically speaking, you, like Zhu Guozhen, are the biggest beneficiaries of the Neo-Confucian classics.
But I have never seen you make any achievements in the academic field of Confucian classics, nor have you set an example in the study and promotion of Confucian classics.
On the contrary, I have only heard that you are the number one "Jin Ping Mei" expert in the court. Doesn't this explain the problem?
Speaking of which, I previously thought that "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "Water Margin" are the most ancient and modern texts.
But after hearing about your deeds, I couldn’t help but read "Jin Ping Mei". Hey hey, it can be ranked as one of the three best novels in the future along with The West Chamber and Water Margin."
Lin Tailai was speechless and could only say that he should not underestimate truly smart people.
Forget it, don’t care! I really have no choice. There is only one person in the world who is suitable to give lectures at Hengtang College.
"Have you really considered it? Are you willing to leave Hubei and go to Suzhou?" Lin Tailai asked.
Li Zhi replied: "Even if Uncle Fang Liu Gong can take shelter for a while, it is impossible for Liu Gong to serve as an official here forever. When Liu Gong passes away, how can I stay here?"
And you are a local powerful man in Suzhou, with deep roots that cannot be shaken, so naturally you are more stable in Suzhou."
Lin Tailai nodded and said: "I built a Hengtang College in Suzhou to recruit children from poor families to learn skills, but I never taught the Four Books and Five Classics.
But people always have to be thoughtful, and they can’t teach nothing all the time, so I’m leaving it to you now!”
When Li Zhi heard this, he stood up, bowed his head solemnly, and said, "Now it is believed that Lord Jiuyuan is really a fellow Taoist."
After taking care of Li Zhi, Lin Tailai, who was tired from traveling and socializing, originally wanted to rest for two days and quietly recuperate.
Suddenly, Governor Qin Yao came to visit in person and said that he wanted to invite Lin Tai to visit the Yellow Crane Tower.
It was also said that Lin Jiuyuan, as the leader of the literary world, had the responsibility to inspect and guide the repair work of the Yellow Crane Tower on behalf of the literary world.
Seeing that Governor Qin was so attentive, Lin Tailai was invited to go to the Yellow Crane Tower near Hanyang Gate.
In fact, he was also curious about what the Yellow Crane Tower looked like in this era.
You must know that the Yellow Crane Tower has been destroyed and renovated many times, and it is different every time. There is an old saying that "the prosperity of the country means the prosperity of the building."
When Lin Tailai climbed up the steps and reached the door of the building, he saw stone tablets standing on the left and right.
The stone tablet on the left is engraved with: "The husband holds the Wu hook with only one hand, and his spirit is higher than that of Baichilou. Who has made history in the past ten thousand years, and he wants to be made a marquis three thousand miles away."
The stone tablet on the right is engraved with: "Li Bai rode a whale to the sky, leaving Qie Zhao alone in the flying pavilion to return. A hundred generations of time mourned the passers-by, and the mist of the Five Tombs and the moon recalled the talents of immortals."
In front of the eaves, Mount Dai connects to the Liaohai Sea, and through the window, the Central Plains enters the Chu Terrace. Looking back at the Dragon Palace, the clouds are gone and the sun is approaching."
Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment. These two articles were both works he had published in the past.
But, but, what does these two chapters of Qilu have to do with the Yellow Crane Tower?
Shi Lun, a staff member of Governor Qin, commented very professionally: "It is very fitting that Jiu Yuan Gong's masterpiece is placed here!
You see, these sentences, "The spirit is higher than the Baichi Tower, and the Central Plains enter Chutai through the window, are totally fine in the Yellow Crane Tower!"
The phrase "Li Bai rode a whale to the sky" also fits the culture of the Yellow Crane Tower! After all, Li Bai and Cui Hao are the two business cards of the Yellow Crane Tower!"
Even though Lin Tailai was considered well-informed, he was shocked and speechless at this time.
In the past two or three days, did your procuratorate search all your poetry collections using "lou" as the keyword? And you also found countless carvers to carve monuments overnight?
Governor Qin said sincerely: "The scholars in Chu unanimously believe that only the masterpieces of the poet Jiuyuan Gong in the contemporary era can be worthy of the Yellow Crane Tower!"
Faced with the petty willfulness of power, tourist Lin Tailai felt complicated and said helplessly: "I'd better write two new strokes to avoid being ridiculed for having exhausted my talent."
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Chapter completed!