While the scholars in the two counties were discussing it, new news broke out. Yuanfenghao Bank sponsored a huge sum of one hundred taels to encourage the scholars to create high-quality works.
The general idea is to use the five published poems as models and create works according to the genres and themes of the model poems. There is a reward of twenty taels for each genre.
The specific announcement details will be announced later at Taibailou Wudingqiao Store, and the sample poems will also be moved here to continue to be released.
What surprised the scholars most was that the news also stated that this activity model would be held as a regular practice for a long time in the future. Sample poems of the season would be released in spring and autumn every year, which were called the Spring Show and Autumn Show respectively.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, only Qin Dewei dared to do such a thing.
As the saying goes, if there is no first place in literature, whoever dares to publish five poems will be called a model? In the city of Nanjing, only the little bully from Jiangdong has this domineering attitude.
Upstairs in Fangshu, Qin Dewei wiped his sweat. He had been burdened with too many things that he shouldn't have today, and he was really tired.
Fortunately, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and all the business partners who should be taken care of were taken care of, so nothing should be missed.
I still have a stack of special small-denomination banknotes in my arms. I don’t know if I need to take them out, or else I’ll just float them away?
The formal literary event finally came to an end, the beauties began to enter the venue, and the banquet arrangements also began.
The golden phoenix among the five phoenixes left Mr. Gu again and returned to Qin Dewei. Qin Dewei took advantage of the situation and glanced at Mr. Gu, only to find that Mr. Gu was staring at him with an unkind look.
"Mr. Dongqiao, if you don't choose a beauty, what will I do?" Qin Dewei, who was in a relaxed mood after completing the task, joked.
This upstairs is a small circle with no outsiders. The old leader Gu said bluntly: "Do you want to use this new method to spend money to compete for the leadership position in the Jinling literary world?"
Qin Dewei looked down on this and boasted: "I have great ambitions and only want to govern the country and bring peace to the world. I have no interest in this kind of false reputation! If Mr. Dongqiao is not at ease, I will let you criticize me later!"
Gu Lin wanted to say something else, but she heard a servant shouting: "The Duke of Guo is here!"
According to etiquette, everyone went downstairs to greet him. After all, in terms of title and rank, the Duke was basically the highest grade among those with different surnames, although most of the Dukes did not have much real power at this time.
The Duke of Wei, Xu Pengju, was in his early twenties and became the garrison minister of Nanjing. He is still only in his thirties.
But Xu Pengju was not alone. There was another third-grade official who came with him. It was Yan Song, the governor. This surprised everyone, especially Qin Dewei.
It can be seen from today's gathering that although the gathering was grand in scale, the attendees were all local gentry and high-ranking rural eunuchs like Gu Lin and Luo Feng, and no Nanjing officials who were still in office showed up.
When Xu Pengju's uncle, Xu Tianci, the son of Dongyuan, held an elegant gathering, he could still invite officials to attend, but Xu Pengju's case was not suitable.
After all, Xu Pengju was actually the Duke of Wu Xun and the Minister of Nanjing Defense. There were many secret conflicts between the serving civil servants and the Duke of Wei. No one wanted to be impeached for colluding with civil and military officials, and no one wanted to be seen as lowering his status to curry favor with the military attache.
Therefore, Yin Yansong of Yingtian Prefecture and Wei Guogong appeared together at a social occasion like the Yaji at this time, surprising everyone, which was a bit unreasonable.
After the ceremony, Xu Pengju and everyone went upstairs to sit down together, and then took the initiative to explain: "Don't be surprised, gentlemen! I had an official meeting with Mr. Yan today, and I won't go into details about the military aircraft involved. After the discussion, I invited Mr. Yan
Let’s go to the banquet together.”
Everyone went to see Yan Song again. I guess Wei Guogong only wanted to be polite to you, but you actually came? But some people who understood the recent situation had a vague idea. Did Yan Fuyin take this opportunity to come to Qin Dewei?
Yan Song felt slightly uncomfortable being looked at by others like this, but he was also helpless.
His son was imprisoned in the county jail, so he couldn't ignore it, but Qin Dewei was hiding from him, and he couldn't invite the government office to come. Today is a rare opportunity to block Qin Dewei, can you not come?
Wei Guogong glanced around, his eyes fell on Qin Dewei, and said: "Your Excellency is probably Qin Dewei? He has been famous for a long time, and I just got to meet him today. I am glad to meet you!"
Qin Dewei returned the favor again and said, "I have met Mr. Ming!"
Then Wei Guogong's next sentence was: "You opened Yuanfeng Bank? I heard it is very prosperous recently."
Qin Dewei didn't expect that Wei Guogong would ask this first. Isn't this too outrageous? Are you all so familiar with each other?
He replied cautiously: "I didn't open it, but it was opened by others in partnership. I just helped out."
Xu Pengju added: "I also want to invest in it, is that okay?"
Qin Dewei: "..."
This Duke is too unreliable. With so many people present, is it appropriate to say this?
To be honest, Qin Dewei has no interest in cooperating with Wei Guogong at all, and he doesn't even want to get too involved with Wei Guogong.
If Qin Dewei is a wealthy businessman or something like that, and has no ambition to leave Nanjing, and just wants to live in Nanjing and wait until death, then it is not impossible to cooperate with Wei Guogong, who has guarded Nanjing for a long time, even if he wants to seek refuge, he can also consider it.
But Qin Dewei has now entered the scholar class, and his elders have all been awarded Jinshi. He is obviously a member of the civil service. How could he originally intend to get involved with such a conspicuous and distinguished minister as Wei Guogong?
He and Wei Guogong did not have the same traditional friendship as Commander Xu, so getting too close would only make others suspicious, and would also be detrimental to his reputation among the civil servants.
Besides, according to the course of history, Wei Guogong will probably be dismissed from his post for the first time soon, and he will become a rich man... nothing can be achieved by cooperating with him.
So Qin Dewei declined and said: "Ming Gong is really joking. You are already so rich, how can you still be interested in a business like a bank? It's better not to kill me!"
Xu Pengju really wanted to make money. The government's family property was big and the expenses were high. Moreover, when his grandfather passed away, he gave a lot of the property to his uncle Xu Tianci, which made Xu Pengju much more nervous than the old government officials.
Ignoring the evasive words, Xu Pengju asked again: "I'm not taking anything by force. Just ask me if I can buy shares."
Qin Dewei was not afraid of the Duke of Wei. No matter how noble the Duke of Wei was, he could not care about the affairs of the literati. As long as he dared to reach out, he would write dozens of memorials to impeach him every minute.
I just couldn't commit the crime of marrying a prince, so I found an excuse to explain: "Speaking of Yuan Fenghao Bank, in fact, my father-in-law, you are not suitable to become a shareholder, and it is not good for you!"
Xu Pengju was surprised, "It's just business, why is it bad?"
Qin Dewei continued to explain: "Many of the bank's businesses are government affairs. With your status as Wei Guogong, it is not suitable for you to get involved."
In fact, it's not inappropriate, it's a taboo, and it's a big taboo for military attachés to interfere in the government. You, a prince guarding Nanjing, are involved in local government affairs, do you want to rebel?
Xu Pengju waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "This is all easy to discuss. If you are willing to let me take a stake, stop the government business first, and then I will bring in the business of each health office!"
Qin Dewei smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Ming, you are too arrogant, which is not conducive to your ability to hide your strength and bide your time. Please listen to the following words of advice, it is better to restrain yourself in the past two years."
