Chapter 31 The whole city is talking about 'Su Chang'an'
There is a rather special "department" in the Imperial College of Daxia, which is the 'Kanshe' founded by Mu Xu, the current chief academic officer of the Imperial College.
Scholars hate the smell of money the most, but in the Imperial Academy, the most coveted academy in the whole of China, the smell of money is everywhere.
The existence of the publishing house is to distribute printed articles throughout the capital.
Most of the profits were used as living expenses for some poor students in the Imperial College who came from poor backgrounds or lived a frugal life.
To use the words of Grand Priest Mu himself, "If I don't make any money from reciting poems or songs, wouldn't that be a loss?" '
After this statement was made, this Lord Jijiu was impeached many times by the late emperor, especially in the literary world, where he was criticized by many people.
There was even a great scholar of the time, Master Zhou, who directly scolded the Lord Jijiu, "You are disrespectful to the civilized world, and you stink of money. How can you be the teacher of the world!" '.
The chief priest replied, "If you have the ability, why don't you ask for tuition when you accept disciples?" '.
They were having a lot of fun with the back and forth quarrels, and the people watching the show exclaimed that it was wonderful.
In the end, it was the late emperor who stepped in and put an end to this farce.
As time went by, the poems and songs published by the publishing house became more and more popular among the common people in the capital.
Many students in the capital and even other places also sent their own works to the Imperial College Publishing House, hoping to be published.
Over time, those whose works are published become particularly proud and make others envious.
Being able to pass the exam is a special honor for students.
The articles are printed every day in libraries across the capital.
Although each share was only worth one cent, the profit was considerable. At first, the Grand Master Mu would give some of the profit to the poets whose articles were published.
But many people knew that this was to be used to donate to poor students for their living expenses, so they simply refused it.
As time went by, perhaps Da Jijiu Mu got fed up and simply waved his hand, saying that if anyone wanted the money, they could go to the Imperial College to get it, and if they didn't come to get it, it would be assumed that they didn't want it.
Being able to have an article published is the greatest honor, and it is enough to brag about for a long time.
Who would ask for that money?
Furthermore, even if someone really wants to ask for it, scholars value their reputation the most and cannot bring themselves to ask for it.
Gradually, no one asked for the money anymore.
But not for the few ounces of silver, but just to be published, many people worked hard to send their poems to the publication.
To them, talent and fame are more important than life!
As for today's article, all the bookstores in Beijing had already sold out before noon.
The students even surrounded the library, wanting to request a copy of today's publication.
Some even buy it directly at a high price!
Simply because everyone is waiting to read the poem "A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold" at the early winter poetry gathering.
Many people also want to see the 'sail full of sweet dreams covering the starry sky'.
Even though these poems have already been heard by many readers last night, it is still worth reading them again before the publication.
It really feels like a different feeling in my heart!
But this is not the main reason why today’s article is so popular!
The reason for its authenticity is
Today's publication.
A full issue, except for the poem "A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold" and a few other lines.
Even the articles like 'The clouds resemble clothes, the flowers resemble faces' and 'The colors of the world are like dust', which Su Changan had written for Su Wan'er before, were all published.
And it is not that article, but the poem with five stanzas in total.
Hence.
Readers who initially bought the book just for a night of pleasure were stunned when they saw the articles in this issue.
Those who came to buy it were also dumbfounded when they saw it.
The people who came to buy last were even more dumbfounded. They didn’t see the content of the article, but there was no trace of the article at all!
There is only three words "Su Chang'an" in the whole issue of the article!
Five poems about beauties, six poems including the winning poem "Spring Night", plus two other lines of poetry, and the question and answer with Master Yao at the poetry meeting.
Everyone was stunned!
Because it is unprecedented that only one person wrote poems and articles in the published articles! !
Although Master Yao also appeared in today's article, the protagonist in this question and answer was Su Changan, and everyone could see it clearly.
Especially the five poems about beauties, which are elegant and rich in language, and all of them are excellent works.
The best one is 'The clouds look like clothes, the flowers look like face'!
Hence.
In Luoan City today, many readers hold published articles in their hands, reading them alone, with others, or in groups to savor them carefully.
As for the ones I didn’t buy, I naturally found ways to go and see them.
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"One person's strength is the best in a poetry gathering. Brother Zhang, Miss Chang'an has never done anything like this before at an early winter poetry gathering."
"It's not just this behavior. Compared to this, have you ever seen anyone who can monopolize an entire issue?"
"Hahaha, that's right! But alas!! What a pity that you and I didn't go to that elegant restaurant last night to see Miss Chang'an's face, so that I could truly experience what it means to 'resemble the clothes and the face'!"
"It's too vulgar, Brother Zhang! Beautiful women's poems are wonderful, but I still like 'A spring night is worth a thousand gold, flowers have fragrance and the moon has shadow'. It looks gorgeous and subtle, but if you think about it carefully, it is similar to 'Reading thousands of books, writing like a god'. If you combine the two and taste them carefully, the only meaning of mine is 'encouraging learning'. Time is precious, so we should study!"
"When you just savored the line 'I thought she was a fairy descending from the earth, her smile was brighter than the stars', you didn't feel you were vulgar."
"I heard that Miss Chang'an looked back and smiled yesterday. I read the words earlier and was moved by them. Miss Chang'an is such a fairy from heaven. I said, fairy, tell me, how is this fairy vulgar?"
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"I used to think that Miss Chang'an's 'The Snow is Less Fragrance Than the Plum' was the best, but now after reading today's article, I'm afraid Miss Chang'an is still... Brother Chen, don't be intoxicated by it anymore!"
"That's a gorgeous beauty, Brother Li! You didn't go yesterday. If you had gone, you would have seen these poems praising people today. It must be Miss Chang'an who wrote them for herself. And she is no less beautiful than Chang'e in the moon! The line 'I traveled to the human world for a feast to see the gorgeous beauty of the human world', Miss Chang'an's participation in this poetry gathering made us understand the gorgeous beauty of the human world."
"How does it compare to that Liu Baishi?"
"In the poetry gathering hall last night, someone compared Liu Baishi to Miss Chang'an. That person said how can a goddess in heaven be compared to a fairy on earth? But today I tell you, Brother Li, Miss Chang'an was supposed to be a goddess in heaven, but now she has come to the mortal world to be a fairy on earth. Liu Baishi is a mortal, how can he be compared to a person in heaven!"
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"In terms of talent and talent, and just looking at this question and answer between Master Yao and me, you and I, so-called new science students, are not even one-tenth as good as her."
"Yan Shu, you were at the poetry gathering yesterday. We were drunk last night. Please tell us today what kind of person Miss Chang'an was at the poetry gathering yesterday."
"It's not good to talk about people behind their backs."
"We are not gossiping behind her back. This kind of woman is what scholars like us aspire to be. We just want to know what kind of person she is."
"Then I'll finish my talk. Let's just talk about poetry and not people. I think Miss Chang'an is very beautiful."
"Yan Shu, if you do this again, I won't lend you books. We all know that you are good-looking! You said this!"
"Hey, let's continue discussing poetry and not the person. You'll know when you see him later. I just can't think of any words to describe such a gorgeous person."
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There are many scholars who discuss this in Luoan City.
but
Compared to these educated people, ordinary people are much more direct.
They couldn't understand, and even less could they read, the poems and songs.
But I am happy to listen to those educated people bragging about Su Changan, and then I think, Su Changan is amazing! !
Especially the things that happened in the early winter poetry reading last night, combined with the admiration of the scholars, for the common people, there will be something to talk about in the next few days!
Miss Chang'an, who used the strange-sounding word "allergy" last night to greet the notorious playboy Le Zongjie who had rejected his toast.
Then, the ungrateful Le Zongjie was personally visited by Lord Su Zimu today, and then
Le Zongjie was sent out of the capital and no one knew where he went.
But some people said that they saw that Le Zongjie's legs were broken, and both sides of his handsome face were covered with purple-red slap marks.
Ordinary people don’t understand poetry or songs, but they enjoy listening to this kind of things!
Especially since Le Zongjie was not a clean person to begin with and had done a lot of dirty things, and now he was getting his comeuppance, everyone was naturally very happy.
Which common people don't hate these playboys to death, and which common people don't want those playboys to get their retribution sooner!
And the incident of Miss Su Changan eating chicken legs last night made the common people exclaim, this is a big deal.
What do you mean by chewing slowly and thoroughly while eating properly?
To the common people who are mostly vendors, farmers, or cart drivers, this is the way people should eat!
Especially when eating chicken legs or lamb ribs, you should hold them while eating. Your mouth and hands will be full of oil, which may look unsightly, but it tastes so delicious!
Therefore, everyone thought that the eldest daughter of the Su family must be a down-to-earth girl who was very popular!
Some people even called her "Miss Chicken Legs".
There were other things, such as helping the maids carry plates at poetry meetings, speaking up for the shop assistants who had offended them, etc.
To ordinary people, it sounds very friendly!
There is no such feeling of being out of reach as when talking about the children of other wealthy families.
As for whether it is good-looking or not, the common people don't know how to be picky about words. They just know that the scholars say it is good-looking and that it is like a goddess descending from heaven, so they just believe it.
The eldest lady of the Su family is such a beautiful fairy! !
After all this, no one mentioned the matter of Su Changan being an illegitimate daughter or the village girl becoming the queen.
Even though some people said that Miss Chang'an's eating habits were no different from those of a village girl, others immediately said that if all the village girls in the world were like Miss Chang'an, that would be disastrous!
Then, of course, there was laughter.
certainly
It's not all about Su Chang'an that the common people are talking about. There's also the scholar who jumped into the river and nearly drowned last night, the scholar who was lying in the flower bed and was frozen to his last breath, the scholar who was crying and making a fuss in the red-light district and hugged a girl from a brothel and shouted, "Why aren't you Miss Chang'an?" and so on. These are destined to be the topics of after-dinner gossip among the common people in the capital these days.
but
These things.
Su Changan didn’t know, and didn’t have time to find out.
Because today, Su Changan only did three things!
Make the empress happy!
Let the Empress calm down!
Also, talk to Yan Ruyu about learning martial arts.
All three things involve saving lives, so they are of utmost priority.
And now.
He's working on the first one.
Su Changan, wearing a coat with his sleeves rolled up, squatted under the stove and looked at the small wooden sticks burning inside that he was going to use as charcoal pencils.
Yan Ruyu stood aside, watching Su Changan in confusion.
As for Maomao, he went to the warehouse to help Su Changan get some things.
Looking carefully at the fire, the solid wooden sticks specially found were almost burned.
Su Changan used the iron rack in his hand to move it, then took it out and put it together with the firewood that had been burning for a long time next to it.
Now all we have to do is wait for all the sparks inside to go out.
Su Changan was not going to sit idle either, so he turned around and looked at Yan Ruyu and asked, "Your Majesty, is there anything you should avoid when eating? I just know that she can't eat spicy food."
Yan Ruyu was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it seriously, she shook her head and said, "I'm not sure either. As far as I can remember, your Majesty can't eat spicy food, but he likes everything else."
But just as he finished speaking, Yan Ruyu noticed something and asked, "Are you going to make food for His Majesty?"
Su Changan nodded: "Yeah, isn't she angry? Make something delicious to comfort her."
Yan Ruyu immediately thought of what His Majesty said last night that she had gained weight. Although he didn't say it explicitly, it was obvious that he was a little angry because he didn't get to eat the dishes cooked by Su Changan.
When he heard Su Changan say that he wanted to cook for His Majesty, he naturally nodded and said, "Yes, I will make some. When it's ready, I will rush to send it to the palace."
But after saying that, Yan Ruyu looked at the charcoal and firewood on the ground curiously: "What is this? These things don't seem to be related to food."
Su Changan glanced at the ground and said, "It's for drawing."
Yan Ruyu was puzzled: "Ah?"
Can these two things be used for painting?
Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu and said, "Without some extraordinary means, will our empress be happy?"
Hearing this, Yan Ruyu felt that what Su Changan said made sense.
Su Changan looked at the ingredients in the kitchen and said to himself, "I was told before that I can't eat spicy food, and I didn't say what I like. It seems that I need to make more. In addition to honey grapefruit tea, should I make another dessert and milk and egg fermented glutinous rice wine?"
While talking to himself, Su Changan glanced at the door. Why not wait for Mao Mao to come back and sort out the ingredients before thinking about what to cook.
Anyway, you must draw first.
And the basic materials can be used to make anything with the cat.
Thinking of this, Su Changan glanced at the charcoal that would obviously take some time to use, and then he looked towards the door again, wondering if Maomao would use his name to take the Su Mansion's medicinal herbs for him after not coming for so long.
But that's when it happened.
Su Wan'er's voice came from outside the yard.
“Big sister!!”
When I turned my head, I saw the little girl holding a paper in her hand, jumping and running in happily.
“Look at this!!”
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