Zhu Kui had made friends with Zhang Hong and other Jiangdong nobles earlier in order to gain the reputation of being a noble family. This was a plan after careful consideration.
It was just limited to Jiangdong, and among some close friends of Zhang Hong, he, Zhu Kui, was still unknown in the world.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the emperor and the nobles jointly ruled the world. If he wanted to conquer the world, he could not get the approval of the nobles, just like Chen Sheng at the end of the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, if Zhu Kui wants to enter the court quickly, he must do it through military exploits. If he is filial and honest, he will do it step by step, in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
As for those who enter the palace with military exploits, there is a problem that makes them disliked by celebrities in the world.
Historical records: Zhang Fei was a scholar, good at cursive calligraphy, could draw pictures of beauties, and could write poems and rhymes. However, because he followed Liu Bei and fought all over the world, he became known as the "enemy of ten thousand people". Then Liu Bei established his foundation, and Zhang Fei became the Liu Chan's father-in-law and Liu Bei's adopted brother were not accepted by famous people in Shu.
For example, Zhang Fei once visited Liu Ba, but Liu Ba refused to talk to Zhang Fei. The reason was: "How can a man talk to soldiers?" Soldiers meant that Zhang Fei was born in the army and did not know the ethics. Liu Bei learned that , although he was furious, he could not help Liu Ba to save face for Zhang Fei.
Famous generals like Zhang Fei are still despised. How can you imagine the status of other generals? Although it was the end of the Three Kingdoms at that time, famous scholars were popular, and this example cannot be used to discuss the social structure of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. However, Zhu Kui was cautious by nature. , but we have to prevent this from happening.
Zhang Fei, who was good at literature and martial arts, became the black-faced Zhang Fei in romance novels and opera reviews just because of Liu Ba's comment.
Until later generations, Zhang Fei still played the role of the fierce Zhang Fei as always. It can be seen that although scholars and scholars were criticized and cursed by others in this world, they are the most powerful after hundreds or even thousands of years.
This is why Zhu Kui just heard the other party claiming to be Yuan Shu, the direct son of the Yuan family, and the person who will be at the helm of the Yuan family in the future.
What he did today can be regarded as offending the four generations and three nobles. Is it really just a matter of impulse? Instead, he wanted to show it to Lu Zhi and Cai Yong and spread the word through their mouths: I, Zhu Kui, can also recite poems and compose poems. Don't think of me as a pure military general. I, Zhu Kui, am versatile in both civil and military affairs. I can fight when I'm on a horse, and I can write when I'm off my horse.
Putting on the hat of being "talented in literature and martial arts" would at least make it easier for the world's celebrities and nobles to accept Zhu Kui, in order to lay a foundation for the future.
"Returning to Mr. Lu, when I was young, I became a disciple of Mr. Zhang Jian. However, due to the ban of the party, I had to separate, and then I studied alone at home. At the beginning of the year, I was favored by Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, and I paid filial piety. Lian, it was only after the Taiping Road rebellion that Kui went to Wen Congwu and led Yi Cong into the army of Zhu Zhonglang."
"Ah? Huai Ming is a truly loyal and loyal man!" Cai Yong lost his voice and said in surprise, and soon said: "It turns out that he is a disciple of the Eight Horsemen of Jiangxia. No wonder he has such insight."
Lu Zhi on the side also agreed with his forehead: "Among the disciples of Yuanjie (Zhang Jian), Huaiming must be the number one."
Zhu Kui's words were not pleasant to Zhu Kui's ears. It seemed that he was able to achieve what he has achieved today because he was a disciple of a famous scholar. This made him sigh at the power of famous scholars in the Han Dynasty and their profound knowledge. The influence of people's hearts, they almost dominated the public opinion system of the Han Dynasty. Even the emperor was afraid of three points, not more, it should be seven points, otherwise Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty would not be so angry that he established a party.
"Don't dare, don't dare, Mr. Lu, Master Cai has given me the award. Everything was cultivated by my mentor."
Zhu Kui bowed his hands in a salute to show his modesty, then he held the Jiaowei Qin in his arms, returned to Cai Yan in a few steps, handed the Qin back, and said, "Thank you, Miss Zhaoji, for borrowing the Qin!"
Taking the piano with both hands, Cai Yan looked at him with a pair of wonderful eyes, and nodded with a smile: "There is no need to say thank you, in fact, the general plays really well,"...
"It's just that Zhaoji has something to ask the general."
"Oh, there's no harm in speaking up!"
"How did the general know that the name of the little girl's piano is Jiaowei Qin?" Cai Yan asked with a smile as he opened his watery eyes.
Ah, I let it slip, Cai Yan's qin art is not yet famous all over the world, and the Jiaowei qin she holds has naturally not been known to everyone along with her.
"That's right!" Zhu Kui suddenly saw the burnt color of the piano and said with a smile: "The tail of your piano has a burnt color, so I took it upon myself to call it the burnt-tailed piano."
"Oh, if that's the case, I'll call it Jiaoweiqin from now on."
When Yuan Shu saw everyone talking to Zhu Kui, he had robbed him of all his limelight. He just said that someone was ridiculing him as a reckless man, but now he couldn't get off the stage. He glared at Zhu Kui bitterly, snorted, and led
Several servants left quickly.
Then Zhu Kui, Cai Yong, Cai Yan, Lu Zhi, Xi Zhicai and Hua Xin sat together, chatting and continuing to drink tea while waiting for other piano guests to continue to come on stage. After listening to a few pieces of music, they stopped talking.
No one is playing anymore,
Seeing this, Cai Yong stood up and went to the central hall and announced: "This year's piano performance is over. Let's get together next year." After saying that, he stood up and began to see off the guests one by one.
Soon everyone left and they were the only ones left. Xi Zhicai said: "Since the Qin Festival is over, let's go back."
Zhu Kui glanced at Hua Xin, saw him nodding, and said to Cai Yan, "Zhu Kui still has some music scores at home. If Zhao Ji has time, she can come to the house to get them. Zhu takes his leave."
The three of them chatted and laughed and returned home.
As soon as he entered the gate, Liao Hua had been waiting at the gate and stepped forward: "My lord, someone from Jiangdong is coming, and Madam is waiting to receive him."
Zhu Kui often called Shu Shu'er his unmarried wife in front of his subordinates on weekdays, and the subordinates called her that way at night.
"I have met my lord."
When he entered the hall, he saw Gao Yi and Wang Zhong sitting under his seat. There was also a large wooden box placed in the hall.
"Brother Zhu, you are back, will the piano be fun?"
Shu Shu'er quickly stood up and sat down to meet him. Zhu Kui smiled and teased her nose. Without answering her words, he asked first: "Why are you two here?"
Wang Zhong took out a roll of white paper from his sleeve, held it up with both hands, and said: "My lord, the papermaking workshop has successfully produced white paper a few days ago, and the printing technology has also been successfully tested. The master, military advisor, and Miss Zhao discussed it
Later, I was asked to escort you here."
"What? It's done!"
Zhu Kui quickly took the paper, spread it out and saw that it was light yellow and white. He was surprised: "Well, in later generations, the paper was divided into seven parts. It was not easy, and it was an unexpected gain."
"They said they were printing books with movable type, let me have a look!" Zhu Kui thought, walked to the box, opened it, and took out a book at random, which was Confucius' "Spring and Autumn".
Zhu Kui browsed through it for a while, then flipped through another "Five Classics" and compared it. He found that the handwriting was correct and precise, and the words were the same, carved out of the same mold.
"Yes, yes, my Ying'er did a good job in this matter. When I was here earlier, I couldn't even take it into shape after several attempts."
Putting down the book in his hand, he said: "Degui, you two have worked hard together, please stay here tonight."
The two of them said goodbye.
When she opened the wooden box just now, Shu Shu'er also just knew that it contained a book and said, "Brother Zhu, are these the books you are talking about?"
"Exactly, this is an act of book revolution. It is precisely through this book paper that I, Zhu Kui, will become famous all over the world."
Zhu Kui tapped the wooden box with his finger, walked to the window, and looked at the sky outside the window, his eyes slightly deep.
Shu Shu'er behind was about to say something, but when she saw this deep look, she suddenly felt a little inexplicable, but she couldn't explain it, so she left Zhu Kui alone silently.
In front of the window sill, Zhu Kui kept thinking about how to use the papermaking technology after it was completed. He would directly go to the palace to present the formula in exchange for credit;
Make friends with scholars…
Thinking of the future, Zhu Kui smiled to himself. He would sell it at a low price first and make friends with scholars. When his reputation became high, it would naturally spread to the emperor's ears. Then he could present the formula and get credit.
On the second day, Zhu Kui summoned Wang Zhong and Gao Yi to come to him, holding the book in his hand, pointing and explaining: "You two are now entrusting the affairs of Jiangdong to your subordinates, and you will stay in Luoyang specifically to deal with this book."
"Please tell me, Master, what do you want me to do?"
"General Escort, please go back to Jiangdong first and order to increase the scale of the papermaking factory, increase paper production, and print the Four Books and Five Classics, hundreds of classics, including the novels I wrote earlier. When they are all completed, Mr. Escort
It's being shipped to Luoyang."
"Then, Wang Zhong, you will open a separate literary house to sell these books. No matter what volume they are, each volume will cost you one hundred yuan."
When Wang Zhong heard this, his expression changed, and he lost his voice and said: "My lord, this book is made of fine paper. Even if it is sold by the sheet, it can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. The fine paper is worth tens of thousands of dollars, but the book is worth a hundred dollars."
Fee, why is it so cheap?”
Seeing his confusion, Zhu Kui expressed doubts and said: "'Books cannot be read unless borrowed, and cannot be hidden unless bought.' I don't want to make a profit from this book, and take a small profit of a hundred dollars, just to ensure that this book will not be used by some people."
Throw people into the toilet!"
"Do you understand what I mean?"
"My subordinate understands."
After Zhu Kui dismissed Wang Zhong's question without leaving any trace, he said to Gao Yi: "After the chief escort returns to Jiangdong, remember to send more people to protect Tianxia Villa. The confidentiality of the paper must not be leaked. If necessary, use blood shock