bayedsolid First Minister Section 606
First Minister Section 606
Wang Baobao frowned slightly, "It does mean that. Is there something wrong? The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan Dynasty. Isn't it just like this?"
"But our teacher didn't say that. He said that dynasties changed, but civilization was moving forward. Especially after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, various reforms and new laws were implemented. Regardless of the vast territory, the people's livelihood, or various technologies and knowledge levels, It has already far surpassed the previous dynasty. Ming Dynasty is not just a country, but also a new level of Chinese civilization!"
Wang Baobao couldn't help rolling his eyes, "You're quite proficient in reciting, isn't that just their boasting! Let me ask you, even if you're right, this is about relying on the sky and slaying dragons. It's really higher than the Three Kingdoms. where?"
Avalokitesvara smiled and said: "Gao has wealth overseas! This book encourages overseas development. It says that there are infinite wealth and opportunities overseas, and there are also countless evil dragons coveting the land of the Central Plains. All Chinese warriors should go out and take the initiative. Slaughter the dragon, protect China's safety."
Wang Baobao rolled his eyes again and again, what the hell, it doesn't make sense at all!
"Let me ask you, do the students in the school like to watch this?"
"Anyway, I think it's quite interesting. If there is a chance, I would like to meet Mr. Xiao Luo and see what kind of fairy he is!"
Still a fairy?
Wang Baobao wanted to cry, but since his younger sister entered the school, his whole person has changed...he didn't know whether it was good or bad.
On the other side, Mr. Luo was also full of bitterness, and he even had to find Zhang Ximeng to complain.
"Teacher, tell me, what's wrong with these young people now? They are not humble at all, and they don't know how to respect the old and love the young. I am his father. Who would have thought that kid mocked me, and he is still here?" Write an article in the newspaper, telling me to retire as soon as possible, so as not to ruin my reputation!"
Luo Guanzhong said very seriously: "Master Zhang, you object to the father playing with the child at will, and you don't want to admit to the past...but the child is unfilial and disobedient to the old father, so you can always talk about it? I plan to sue and make that brat bow his head and admit his mistake!"
Listening to Luo Guanzhong's complaints, Zhang Ximeng said casually, "Lao Luo, why have you been wronged so much? Can you tell me?"
At this moment, Zhang Chengtian came in with a smile, still holding the final grades in his hand, with a flowery smile on his face, no need to ask, this kid can grab Lao Zhu's wool.
Hearing Luo Guanzhong's complaint, he couldn't help it anymore, "Mr. Luo, I don't blame your son against you at all, I can't stand it anymore, tell me, what have you written in the past two years!"
Luo Guanzhong became anxious, "Second Master Zhang, you can't talk nonsense! Why can't I write well?"
"Everything is bad! Especially the biography of the Sui and Tang dynasties, it's very bad!" Zhang Chengtian said bluntly: "This book doesn't show the joy of fighting wits and courage like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms at all. Brain... It's really terrible. Look, although the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms are not as good in martial arts, they can fight together and fight for a few rounds. But in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the second ranked can fight four, five, six, and the first You can sweep the world, no matter how many soldiers and generals? And you even made up their backgrounds, Qin Qiong is the marshal of the canopy, Li Yuanba is the golden-winged roc... If you don’t have some great backgrounds, you can’t dawdle in the world ?”
"Then let me ask you, what is the reincarnation of Xu Da? What is Chang Yuchun? By the way, what is the reincarnation of my father?"
Faced with Zhang Chengtian's continuous questioning, Luo Guanzhong was stunned. I really never thought about your father's reincarnation.
At this moment, Zhang Ximeng couldn't help coughing and said, "Don't talk nonsense, boy, there is no such thing as a messy reincarnation, be careful I will spank your ass!"
Zhang Chengtian stuck out his tongue, "Father, I just think Mr. Luo doesn't have the wonderful brushwork he wrote when he wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the Romance of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties is also very bad! Both are number one in the world, and Li Cunxiao is similar to Li Yuanba. Not as interesting as Lu Bu... Don't look at your effort to describe it, Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba's force value should far exceed Lu Bu, but in the future, the big guys will remember Lu Wenhou."
Luo Guanzhong's old face became so ugly that it was too embarrassing for people to expose his faults in person and still have no way to refute them.
Zhang Ximeng gave Zhang Chengtian a look and told him to get out of here.
Then Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Old friend, it seems that it's time to let go, and let the children bloom! Don't you think so?"
Chapter 839 Loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty have a threshold
Luo Guanzhong has indeed written a lot of books in his life, but the most famous one is Three Kingdoms.And this book, it is placed in the Ming Dynasty, the evaluation is really not high.
At least compared to Water Margin Westward Journey, it is far behind.
In fact, this stuff, maybe it has something to do with the subject matter he chose.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, respecting Liu and demoting Cao, is very clear, and there is no way to interpret it.
But changing to Water Margin is different. Not only is Water Margin better than Zhao’an, but it can write a book just by taking out the part of Ximen’s high officials, and it also comes with several sequels by the way.
When it comes to Journey to the West, it is even more powerful. The farther you go to the west, the more you will become monsters and ghosts, a whole black mythology.
Can literati not like this?
When it comes to the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, let alone talk about it, people will play charades, and the title of the book is "History Stealing Records".
Interpret it however you want!
Anyway, how do you look at it, how can there be a story.
Like the Three Kingdoms, it is too straightforward, too white, and the tendency is too obvious. It belongs to the genre that can only be watched, without the so-called literary quality, and it is too suitable for ordinary people to watch.
But then again, it doesn't seem like a good thing for a book not to be liked by the majority of people, but only to overestimate it and get a small circle of people.
All in all, Zhang Ximeng still admires the Three Kingdoms, but that’s all. As for Lao Luo’s other books, such as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Romance of the Tang and Five Dynasties, Zhang Ximeng still can’t accept it. Without him, the routine is too serious, and the level has dropped very much. obvious.
"I said, Lao Luo, do you have any new ideas now?"
Luo Guanzhong's face was very dark, "Master Zhang, I've been racking my brains and thinking about it every day! But you also know that it's not that easy. I, I may be really exhausted now, and I can't come up with anything."
Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Then how much did you earn from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"
Lao Luo was taken aback, subconsciously clutched his purse, and looked at Zhang Ximeng warily.
"What does the master mean?"
Zhang Ximeng was taken aback, and said with a smile: "I don't want to steal from you, and our family also has manuscript fees. I intend to give you a suggestion. Now that you have made money, donate the manuscript fees to set up a Luo Guanzhong Literature Award. Every year in the selection, whoever writes well will be given a sum of money. Encourage creation and promote younger generations... In this way, even if you are exhausted and can't write anything, or even that, the award is still there, the reputation is still there, and you die If you don’t die, your brother’s name will last forever.”
Zhang Ximeng said earnestly, "I'm really doing it for your own good. If you want to use this idea, I'll tell His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty also writes?"
"Why don't you write it! Your majesty's biography has already been written to the third volume. He was in Haozhou in his childhood. The next one is crossing the river. His manuscript fee is amazing. He is also a great son of heaven. You can't beat it His Majesty!"
Luo Guanzhong rolled his eyes, let alone Your Majesty, even you and I can't fight!
"Teacher, what do you want to do? Should I donate the money? Then take out a sum every year? In that way, it won't take many years, won't it be spent?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled, "You are so honest... Saving money now has interest. If you take out hundreds of thousands of guan, calculated at 5.00%, there will be [-] to [-] guan a year... This amount of money is not a small amount, enough Let an ordinary author live a comfortable life, don't you think?"
Luo Guanzhong thought about it for a while, and he was really tempted. Don't talk about it, Grand Master Zhang has a good idea.
It's just that once the money is taken out, there is no way to leave it to future generations.
Although the boy was quite annoying, Luo Guanzhong was still a little hesitant. After all, if he didn't give him the money, if he was too old to lie on the bed and couldn't move, the boy would roll up a mat and bury him directly, that would be too miserable.
"Teacher, I, I have to go back and think about it. Discuss it with my family."
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Go, but you have to hurry up, such a good opportunity, after passing this village, there will be no such shop."
Luo Guanzhong quickly agreed and left in a hurry.
As soon as he left, Zhang Chengtian swayed over again. For his father, he worshiped his father.
"It's so easy for someone to earn some manuscript fees, and you, the old man, cheated out of it! Not only did he cheat out, but he also wanted to thank Dade. I'm convinced!"
Zhang Ximeng gave him a supercilious look, "You did well in the exam, right? Then you have the guts to make fun of me, don't you?"
Zhang Chengtian chuckled, "You are really good, nothing else, just No.1! It's nothing!"
Zhang Ximeng just glanced at it, and then said: "It's really not a big deal. When your elder brother skipped a grade in Yingtian, he was No. 1 every time. You are still far behind!"
Zhang Chengtian's face turned dark immediately, "Father, you can't think like this. I have worked hard from dozens of people to No.1. This level of progress is not comparable to that of my elder brother, right?"
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "It's hard for you to find such a tricky angle. Keep working hard, and you can get out."
Zhang Chengtian was helpless, he couldn't find anything cheaper with his father.
I can only go to see my teacher Zhu Yuanzhang.
But when he saw the report card, Lao Zhu's face was also very dark, "You have made a lot of progress, we promise to give you a bonus, and I will give it to you now!" As he spoke, Lao Zhu took out a large ingot of 100 taels and handed Gave it to Zhang Chengtian.
Zhang Chengtian took it in his hand, weighed it, and then opened his mouth, wanting to take a bite.
Zhu Yuanzhang was even more angry, "Can we still give you fake ones? What are you thinking, kid?"
Zhang Chengtian smiled helplessly, "Your Majesty, there is no other meaning, I am just curious, why are you so unhappy?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand, took out a dozen report cards, and threw them all in front of Zhang Chengtian.
May I ask, who has received more than a dozen lists with extremely poor grades, can he be in a good mood?Especially since they were all from his own family, if Lao Zhu didn't explode directly, it would be considered that he had cured himself.
"Your Majesty, what about the emperor's grandson? How is he? No way, no way?"
Speaking of the emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang finally got a little interested, "It's okay, his master said that the child has a good comprehension and a good talent in arithmetic, which is worth cultivating."
If Xia Zhifeng can say it's good, that's true.After all, Xia Zhifeng would never lie if she said something.
To get a good one from her, it can even be said to be higher than Zhang Chengtian.
God is sorry, the old Zhu family finally has someone smart, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would die of depression.
Of course, Zhu Xiongying's situation is a bit special. His talent in arithmetic is used in statistical farming.
The little guy has already collected a lot of high-yielding rice seeds and is going to plant them next year.
This kind of selective breeding from generation to generation may really make him a little famous.
"I would like to congratulate Your Majesty in advance, Shengsun Conghui is really a royal blessing!"
The joy on Lao Zhu's face couldn't be stopped, but he said: "He's still too young, let's take a look at it slowly!" Lao Zhu thought for a while, and then asked: "Have you heard any news now? Open up, what happened?"
Hearing this, Zhang Chengtian finally cheered up and chatted with Lao Zhu.
Speaking of Lao Zhu's Fengyang fellows, they have already found a place to stay.
The distance is not too far, just in Jeju Island of Korea.
This group of people traveled across the ocean.I was overjoyed to have found a place to stay.
They all thought they had made a fortune and God would protect them.
But after landing on the island, these people were dumbfounded.
Jeju Island is full of stones, the land is barren, and there are storms from time to time. It is definitely not a good place. It can even be said to be a poor place, and there are troublemakers everywhere.
No matter from which angle you look at it, it's not a good place.
The criteria for measuring the quality of a piece of land in the agricultural era are indeed different from those in the industrial era.
Like later generations, once such an island falls into the hands, shipping and trade will not be very good.And it can also attract large companies to register and set up a financial service center.Do some tourism, anything.
In a few years, it will become a pearl on the sea, and it is not easy to make a fortune.
But in the eyes of a group of pure farmers, this ruined island is full of rocks, cold in winter, stormy in summer... the land is barren, and there is not much food to grow. In such a place, they might starve to death.
It just sucks.
But they were lucky. After arriving here, within ten days, they met the Ming army stationed in Korea.
After a brief exchange between the two sides, the Ming army pointed out a way for them to survive.
It turns out that this island was a racecourse in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was used to prepare for the attack on the Wa Kingdom.
It is deserted now, but it is very suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Breeding cattle, horses and livestock on the island, no matter what it is, as long as it is of good quality, the army can buy it. Of course, it is no problem to transport it to Daming for sale.
After hearing the news, they weighed the island again... It is true that growing food is not good, but the climate is cool and the grass grows quite well.
Anyway, just take a gamble!
The people first bought [-] lambs and raised them on the island.
All in all, there is a way out.
If everything goes well, after a year or two, the fat sheep will start to be sold steadily, and life will get better.
"They also said that thanks to my mother, they were able to buy sheep by providing them with a loan. Otherwise, they really don't know what to do!"
Lao Zhu couldn't help sighing heavily, "So it's really not easy to open up overseas! Is there anything easier?"
"Yes!" Zhang Chengtian said, "I heard that Zhu Ying found a big island. The climate there is hot and humid, which is very suitable for growing sugarcane."
"sugar cane?"
"Yes, it is the kind that can extract sugar...Your Majesty, after all the calculations, open up, the best place is the one that can provide white sugar, and that is the real treasure!"
Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "Is it easy to squeeze sugar?"
"It's not easy!" Zhang Chengtian told him bluntly, "The sugarcane field is very hot and humid, full of mosquitoes. And when it's time to harvest, it takes two hours to squeeze it into syrup. Otherwise, it's so hot, the cut sugarcane will go bad. The sugar produced will also be bad. So it takes a lot of labor.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "I know, this time there are so many people who want to belong to Ming Dynasty, they have to show it! It's not that cheap to be a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty!"
8 Chapter Forty
At this moment, Zhang Chengtian was almost the mouthpiece between Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang. If the two wanted to discuss important state affairs, either Zhang Ximeng would go to the palace, or Old Zhu would come to Zhang's house.
Once nothing happened, Zhang Ximeng would study books at home and take care of his children, while Lao Zhu would farm outside the city and take care of his grandchildren.
At this time, Zhang Chengtian needed to shuttle back and forth to deliver messages.For example, to open up outside, first plant sugar cane to extract sugar, this is Zhang Ximeng's proposition.
Tell me a joke... foreign colonization will also lose money.
That's right, you think that attacking foreign countries, expanding territories, and forcing others to work for you is a very profitable business, but it is not.
First of all, organizing production is a very cost-intensive matter.