Chapter 91: The Cloud Quotes Public Opinion
Someone actually said something missing about Yunxuan after Mr. Ouyang Xiu said that he was elegant. Everyone followed the message and saw a little book boy standing in front of the desk. The child was thirteen or fourteen years old.
Wang Pang lowered his face and said: "Chang Yuan, how come the adults here are not speaking in a proper manner."
It was Cai Jing who spoke. If it was his own idea, he wouldn't dare to say that. This was all Lu Shenyan's instruction. Moreover, he knew that anything that Manager Lu could instruct must be the tacit approval of the young master.
Cai Jing bowed and saluted all the adults: "Master, this Yunxuan is carefully designed in every aspect, but I don't know why, but I forgot to post some calligraphy and paintings here. This painting still needs the finishing touch. It's not a small thing, but I have just mentioned it."
While sipping tea, we made a scene of "a group of sages drinking tea"
Wang Pang lowered his voice and shouted: "These are all university questions. How can I allow you to show off like this again? You have forgotten your daily lessons." [
Mr. Ouyang Xiu laughed loudly: "Learning is not a matter of status. This little book boy is right. I haven't brought any gifts today, so why not remind me to paint and decorate this cloud pavilion."
Wang Pang was overjoyed and said to Cai Jing: "I haven't handed the painting over to Lord Ouyang Xiu for viewing yet." After saying that, two tea ladies came up, one of them raised the painting in front of Ouyang Xiu and everyone else.
After reading it, Ouyang Xiu nodded with a smile and said: "This boy's writing skills are extraordinary. The layout of the cloud pavilion, the incense burner and the zither are set against the elegant environment. You can see that all of us are also in the painting, drinking tea, reading books, and talking.
There is a game of chess, each of which is vivid and vivid on the paper. It is rare to have this kind of painting skills."
When Ouyang Xiu said this, Su Xun said to Wang Anshi: "My son's schoolboys all have this achievement. I wonder whose child this is?"
Wang Pang hurriedly explained: "This is Cai Jing, the cousin of Master Cai Xiang, the prefect of Jianzhou, who humbled himself and joined Xiao Ke's family."
When Su Shi heard this, he praised: "No wonder, Cai Junmo (also known as Cai Xiang) is very talented, has accumulated profound knowledge, has a good mind and hand, and has little change. He is already very powerful. His cousin is also so great."
Su Shi's calligraphy and painting are unparalleled among today's young people, so some people said: "Since this book boy is the one who is here to inspire others, why not follow Master Ouyang Xiu's suggestion and let us each write poems and paintings to highlight this cloud pavilion, which is also a thank you to Mr. Wang Pang for setting up this place."
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This suggestion was only temporary, but Wang Pang said, "Wait a minute."
Everyone looked at him attentively, and the king smiled: "The distinguished guests are all great scholars. Xiao Ke is determined to make your knowledge famous all over the world, so I have a suggestion. On weekdays, everyone writes poems and paintings here. Please allow Xiao Ke to print them.
Please publish it and disseminate it widely. During the period, you will make some profits, which will be used for the maintenance of this Yunxuan. Let’s see what you think.”
The people sitting there laughed and said, "You paid taels of silver to set up Yunxuan here. You just keep the taels of silver you earned. What's more, you even said that you would print the poems and paintings here to make us famous."
Wang Pang glanced at Wang Anshi, who nodded approvingly. He looked at Ouyang Xiu again and said in his heart that as long as Lord Ouyang Xiu had no objection, the matter would be considered a success.
Ouyang Xiu also thought this was a good idea, but he asked: "If you are a wise nephew, the name of this Yunxuan is very good. Drinking tea here is like being in the clouds, but I don't know how to name this publication?"
It doesn't work without a good name. After hearing what Ouyang Xiu said, Wang Pang hurriedly said: "I am planning to ask you to nominate me."
Ouyang Xiu pondered in his mind that this cloud could also be used as a spread word. This publication excerpted what everyone said, so he said: "This cloud word can be used. I suggest "yun pick"."
After saying that, he stood up, walked to the desk, and wrote the inscription "Yunzhai". The king smiled and said, "In accordance with your Lordship's proposal, everyone is here to listen to Zheng music and taste fragrant tea. Please".
The king saw that everyone was in great interest, either talking about Yunxuan, or commenting on calligraphy and paintings, and he knew that Yunxuan's affairs were already worrying. They were chatting and laughing happily on the second floor of Yunxuan.
There are already crowds of people outside Yunxuan, most of them stopping in front of the bulletin board. Mr. Ouyang Xiu praised Yunxuan's elegance before. I have seen the notice and Cai Jing's "tea tasting picture", which makes people who cannot enter Yunxuan really envious.
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Xiao Lu went out and posted the notice about "Yunzhai" on the bulletin board, and people gathered around him. He finally broke out of the siege and returned to the second floor to face Zheng, Zhong Zhen and others.
Wang Pang, who was drinking tea and chatting, said: "Sir, with the formation downstairs, I think you all have to wait until after dark."
Everyone laughed and said: "There are all kinds of food downstairs. If you are hungry, you can help yourself"[
Wang Pang said: "Don't worry, everyone, our Yunxuan has a back door. If you have urgent matters, you can use the back door." After saying this, he thought to himself, this talk of using the back door has never happened before.
Mr. Ouyang Xiu walked forward, listened to the noise outside, looked outside, and said to Wang Anshi and Su Xun beside him: "Look, the streets are now full of candidates who came to Beijing to take the exam.
What does it look like when there are so many people?"
The three of them looked outside, and Su Xun said with a smile: "I'm ashamed. I was in the same subject as my second son in the last subject examination, and we just passed through this formation."
Mr. Wang knew that Su Xun was being polite. Although Su Xun passed the scientific examination late, he was already well-known for his talent and learning, so he said: "In the twenty-seventh year of Ming Yun, he began to study the Six Classics and hundreds of schools of thought. He wrote thousands of words in an instant.
.This is something everyone knows.”
Ouyang Xiu also praised Su Xun. Among other things, Su Xun taught his sons to be admirable. Both sons were accomplished, so he said, "The Book of Quan, Lun of Heng, and Several Strategies" and other articles are considered to be comparable to those of Jia Yi.
, Liu Xiang is comparable to him."
As soon as Ouyang Xiu finished speaking, someone came over and asked if Mr. Ouyang's praise could be applied to Yunzhai. Ouyang Xiu thought that I must have said this from the bottom of his heart, so he said: "Of course I can."
Then the book boy recorded it and came down.
Then Shen Kuo came over to serve tea to the three adults and said with a smile: "The king just said that we can't get out now. If we want to leave or come in, we need to go through the back door."
Wang Anshi, Su Xun, and Ouyang Xiu both smiled, and Ouyang talked to Wang Anshi about the annual "group meeting" for raising children.
All the officials present said, oh, this is a headache. But everyone has experienced it, and when they talk about interesting things in a group meeting, they all laugh together.
It turns out that the scholars in remote areas did not understand the etiquette and regulations of the imperial court, and the arrangements were in a chaotic order, and the officials could not restrain them. On the day of the "group meeting", the officials first set up a no-entry fence in front of the court, and all the people were on the fence.
The purpose of kneeling outside is to restrict them from arranging forward.
Master Ouyang Xiu shook his head: "The princes all want to see the emperor's power. In order to see the emperor, they pull each other. You see, after the meeting, there are often disheveled people."
Shen Kuo laughed: "Are you like me today?" Everyone looked at him, knowing that he came late, but was pulled away by curious people outside.
Wang Anshi said: "What you are doing is nothing. The official responsible for the group meeting is afraid of this. I heard that in recent years, only Jieyuan, who ranked first in the provincial examination, was allowed to come to the meeting. Even so, there are still no less than a few hundred people."
Shen Kuo said: "During the Jiayou period, I am ashamed to say that I was also among the Jieyuan people. I became another row and stood at the forefront. I saw that only one or two rows from the front in the queue slightly complied with the etiquette of kneeling and standing. The rest
It ended when we couldn’t even form a line or even a line.”
Ouyang Xiu laughed and said: "But things are a burden in the pavilion. There is a joke in the court about group meetings. Guess what there are three kinds of things that cannot be arranged neatly."
Everyone looked at each other, only some who knew the allusion laughed, and even Shen Kuo laughed.
Those who didn't know asked each other, and Wang Pang said, "This question is a riddle. If so, it would be a good thing for the group of people to realize it after reading the cloud collection."
Next to Cai Jing, the book boy Mitty, who was pulling Zhong Zhen, asked: "Young master, please tell me quickly. I am worried about this riddle thing."
Mitty whispered to Cai Jing: "I heard Mr. Zhong Zhen say that it is said in the court that there are three types of people who cannot line up in an orderly manner: Juren, foreigners and camels."
Cai Jing didn't expect this, so he didn't dare to laugh loudly, so he ran to the side and hid his laughter with his sleeves.
The king saw that Yunxuan was already ready. Everyone was drinking tea and chatting. Three or five people were writing poems and paintings on the desks, and they were taking turns sending congratulatory gifts to Yunxuan. The arrangements upstairs were basically ready, so he went to the first floor and opened the door.
Some stopped and refused to leave, so he ordered a tea girl to demonstrate how to taste Gongfu tea under the eaves outside Yunxuan.[
Everyone watched with great interest. Xiao Lu walked up to Wang and said, "Sir, the bidding outside for Yunxuan's admission silver medal has reached 500 taels of silver. Do you want to buy one or two?"
Wang Pang smiled and shook his head. Originally, he didn't want to sell Yunxuan's entrance number. He had calculated that even if a Yunzhao sold for thirty copper coins, hundreds of thousands of copies would be sent to the whole country, which would be a big profit. Yunxuan's
The higher the value of the silver medal, the better the sales of Yunzhai. What's more, there is a special advertising position on Yunzhai, which is hard to find.
He turned back to Xiao Lu and said, "Loose tea can be sold now, and a set of special tea sets will be given for every ten kilograms of loose tea. You order people to post notices and be optimistic about the tea farm business."
At this time, Wang Bing had already prepared tea sets. A kiln specifically for making tea sets for him had been prepared since the first time he and Lu Shenyan went to Jianzhou. Otherwise, he would not have dared to confront Yuan Ze in the Immortal Cave.
He said he wanted to change the tea style.
After the announcement was posted, Xiao Lu immediately returned to the tea farm in the southwest of the capital, not far from the Meyer Mansion. Wang Pang returned to the Yunxuan and saw pieces of fine calligraphy and painting being arranged in the Yunxuan. Hearing the praises of everyone, he felt very happy.
The booming business of the tea farm must be expected. It is a step in the overall plan and is being laid out.
No matter how exquisitely Wang Pang's Yunxuan is decorated, no matter how talented the literati are, they can't compete with the emperor's nodding Yun Zhai. If you want to win people's hearts, you must first have public opinion. Wang Pang will use Yun Zhai, and people's reading materials other than the imperial newspaper can be used.
Chapter completed!