On the tenth day of February, a new issue of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" was released on time.

This publication produced by the Hanlin Academy Repair and Inspection Department has a circulation of 100,000 copies per issue, and has become the most influential and authoritative publication at present.

Most importantly, this publication has the ability to "create stars", which has attracted scholars from all over the world.

As many students of English weak in later generations, some students did not learn well, but were not good at rote memorization. In the current era of the Four Books and Five Classics, they had to wear off their students' agility and make them devote themselves to this rigid

In the study of saints.

Even though they are talented, even if they can use it flexibly, even if they have real strategies to govern the country, they have suffered repeated setbacks in the imperial examination.

Xu Wei is a typical example. Although he is very talented, he was later awarded the title of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, but he has not been able to pass the provincial examination for a long time.

However, with the emergence of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current", these frustrated students have a stage to display their talents, and many talented scholars gradually emerged and even received reuse.

Like Liu Yongquan, Jiangxi, who failed to succeed in the imperial examination, was regarded as a guest by the governor of the Hedao for his "Governance of Hong Ce", and even requested the court to reuse him.

There are so many kinds of things to say.

Without realizing it, many buried scholars got the opportunity to show their talents, and with their strong rise, they in turn promoted the authority of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current".

The articles of talented men who emerged in the past few years were all seen in "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" and then became famous. If anyone regards himself as a talented man, but his articles are not seen in "Talking about the Ancient and the Current", it must be

It was sneered by others.

It is now the period of the imperial examination, and the New Year of the Beijing Inspection Festival is here again. Scholars and officials from all over the world gather in the capital. The new issue of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" was just released and sold out on the same day.

Such a hot sales scene, in addition to the popular scholars in the world, is also the quality of this issue is indeed higher than that of previous issues.

The biggest highlight of this issue is not the current affairs chapter, but the fable "Stone Beasts in the River" arranged later: A temple in the south of Cangzhou is located on the river, the mountain gate is buried in the river, and two stone beasts are sinking there. I have been reading for more than ten years,

The monk recruited gold and re-built the two stone beasts in the water, but they were unable to find it. He thought it was going downstream, so he rowed a few small boats, dragged iron and palladium, and found that there was no trace for more than ten miles.

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Speaking of which, there is a temple in southern Cangzhou near the river bank. The outer door of the Buddhist temple collapsed in the river. Two stone beasts in front of the door sank into the river together. More than ten years later, the monks of the temple raised money to rebuild the temple and searched for two stone beasts in the river.

, In the end, the monks of the temple thought that the stone beasts were going downstream, so they rowed a few small boats, dragged iron palladium, and searched downstream for more than ten miles, but found no trace of them.

A lecturer set up a museum to teach in a temple. After hearing this, he smiled and said, "You people cannot explore the truth of things. This stone beast is not a piece of wood. How can it be taken away by the flood? It is the characteristic of stone.

It is hard and heavy. The characteristic of river sand is that it is loose and light. The stone beasts are buried in the sand, and the deeper they are. Isn’t it ridiculous to look for them downstream?” Everyone was convinced and thought it was correct.

remarks.

After hearing this, an old river soldier smiled and said, "Any stone that falls into the river should be searched for it upstream. Because the characteristics of the stone are hard and heavy, and the characteristics of the river sand are loose and light.

Water cannot wash away the stone, but the impact force of the river hitting the stone back will definitely wash the place under the stone facing the water flow into a pothole, and the deeper the rush. When the pothole extends to half of the bottom of the stone, the stone will definitely pour out.

In the pit, if you wash it many times, the stone will turn forward many times and keep turning, and the stone beast will go upstream. It is ridiculous to look for the stone beast downstream; looking for them in place is not even more

Is it ridiculous?"

The monks of the temple did as Laohe soldiers and found a stone beast in the upper reaches a few meters (inside) away. Since this is the case, then I only know one thing about the world, but I don’t know too many situations. How can I do it?

What about subjective judgment based on a certain principle?

...

Fables naturally need to convey teaching through simple stories to achieve the goal of mission.

In this "Stone Beast in the River", the truth is revealed through the views of temple monks, scholars and old river soldiers.

As soon as this fable was released, other sections were overshadowed, and the special current affairs version was a cliché and did not cause any response from scholars.

"This is the real fable. What happened to the previous few issues!"

"This stone will go up, is it true?"

"The River Governor all said it was true, do you think it was true or not?"

...

Without controversy, there will be no hot topics. It is in this dispute and incredibility that the new issue of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" seems extremely popular, and major book series have been sold out.

But all buyers noticed a strange thing. Anyone who buys "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" will receive a copy of "Shuntian Daily".

No one would refuse a free lunch. Seeing this soft and well-printed newspaper, many scholars chose to take it home and read it carefully.

It would be fine if I didn't read it, but I felt very interesting when I saw it. Although it was mixed, this thing called Shuntian Daily was spreading at an extremely fast speed, and even became a relish for many people.

Talk about topic.

"There is a stone in the General Hutong in Jinchengfang, Jinchengfang, and its shape is like a dog. It is suspected to be transformed by a loyal dog in the former general's mansion."

"In the north of the city, the Berlin Temple in Xianfang is located in the Berlin Temple. The locust trees in the courtyard have been withered for several years. Now a flying rainbow falls into the trees. The dead trees are alive, which is a good omen for heaven and earth."

"There is a girl named Su Ruoruo in the outer city. She looks like Su Xiaoxiao, and her talent and piano are both outstanding, and she is suspected to be a reincarnation."

...

Some tofu chunks are filled with a lot of plausible messages, and they are all things that arouse people's curiosity. You just want to deny it, but you can't, because the published messages can be verified.

People of this era are relatively simple. After reading the newspaper, many people actually chose to go to General Hutong and Berlin Temple, and even went directly to Xiaochun Tower to see Su Ruoruo's style.

Especially the unknown Su Ruoruo, he almost squeezed into the famous prostitute in the blink of an eye. Curious people were like crucian carp crossing the river, and they all wanted to see this prostitute who looked like Su Xiaoxiao.

In addition, Shuntian Daily also took advantage of the popularity of the imperial examination and published information about Jie Yuanlang from the two capitals and thirteen provinces, so that ordinary people can also know some of the powerful reference situations of Juren.
Chapter completed!