My life skills in Daming Liver

The Yu family's reputation is too bad, and it may be difficult to expect Mr. Tuohu to change his mind and go to his house.

Su Ze asked Yu Zongyuan: "Brother Yu, when is Lingtang's birthday?"

Yu Zongyuan said: "July 16th, which is the middle of next month."

Su Ze calculated the time. It is now the end of June, and it is only ten days away from July 16th.

Yu Zongyuan's face was full of sadness. He saw his weeping mother every time he went home these few times, and he was really sad in his heart.

Su Ze still attaches great importance to this number one angel investor.

If it's mid-month, my literary skills should be able to reach Lv5, and I should be able to produce famous works by then.

At that time, it would be a big deal to rehearse a play by myself and wish Yu Zongyuan's mother a birthday.

Su Ze said: "Mr. Tuohu can also be regarded as my teacher, I am afraid it will be difficult to persuade him."

The hope that Yu Zongyuan had just ignited was extinguished, but he heard Su Ze say again: "Does your family have a troupe?"

Yu Zongyuan said: "I have raised one, but it can't be compared with the troupe of Mr. Tuohu's family, and it can't be on the stage. And they can't sing Du Shiniang either."

Su Ze said: "When I go back this time, if brother Yu can be trusted, he will send the theater troupe to Changningwei."

Yu Zongyuan's eyes lit up and he said, "Brother Su also knows how to rehearse plays?"

Then Yu Zongyuan immediately said: "Understood! Brother Su's great kindness, I will remember it forever!"

After saying this, Yu Zongyuan left in a hurry as if he was afraid of Su Ze's repentance.

Su Ze shook his head and led the horse into the city.

Nanping County finally regained its vitality from the cloud of "Xu Shisheng met the Japanese", and the shops on the streets prospered again.

Su Ze led the horse to the county school. Ignoring the eyes of the scholars along the way, Su Ze tied the horse and walked into the dormitory.

As soon as he entered the dormitory, he saw Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai had arrived.

Seeing Su Ze coming in, Lin Qingcai immediately said, "Brother Su!"

All I saw were letters around Chen Chaoyuan, and he was sorting them.

Su Ze asked suspiciously: "Brother Chen, what are these?"

Chen Chaoyuan quickly said: "Brother Su, this is all yours."

"My things?"

Chen Chaoyuan handed a stack of sorted letters to Su Ze and said, "These are all letters for you."

Su Ze opened it and saw that these were letters from readers.

The circle of scholars in Nanping County is so large, and after a little inquiring, they found out that Su Ze was studying at the county school.

This kind of reader exchange was also a very normal thing in the Ming Dynasty. For example, Yang Shen, who was relegated to Yunnan, and Wang Shizhen, who was an official in the Ministry of Punishment, received a load of letters every day. Indicators to measure the status in the literary world.

These letters are basically useless words boasting about Su Ze's articles. Su Ze put it aside, and Chen Chaoyuan took out another stack and said:

"These are sent articles, brother Su please comment."

Contribute?

Isn't this when someone gives you a pillow when you are sleepy? Su Ze was having a headache about the content of the second issue of "Surprise" when someone came up to contribute.

Su Ze opened these letters, read a few articles, rubbed his eyes and said:

"Brother Chen, quickly find some good articles to wash my eyes!"

Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai laughed, Su Ze rubbed his eyes and said, "What are these!"

Chen Chaoyuan smiled and said, "I knew Brother Su didn't like these articles."

Lin Qingcai said: "No way, Brother Su's fame overnight made many people in the county think that writing novels is a good way out. They copied other people's works and wrote them hastily. Naturally, they couldn't catch Brother Su's eyes."

It is not a good thing to have a high level of appreciation. The ancient prose that Su Ze studied in junior high school and high school are all selected into the textbooks.

I didn't find it strange when I was reading, but Su Ze realized the difference between these famous articles and ordinary articles after time travel.

After thinking about it, Su Ze said to Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai solemnly:

"Brother Chen, Brother Lin, I have an errand here, are you two willing to do it?"

Errands?

Chen Chaoyuan took the lead and said: "Brother Su, what did you say? I will help you if Brother Su needs help."

Lin Qingcai also nodded.

Su Ze said: "Of course you can't let the two do it for nothing. I can give you a monthly salary of one tael for this job. It's just a part-time job. What do you two think?"

Part-time job means part-time job, Lin Qingcai and Chen Chaoyuan's eyes lit up.

In fact, strictly speaking, Chen Chaoyuan's job as a litigator's assistant for his cousin is a part-time job, and Lin Qingcai will also do some daily things to supplement the family income.

For the low-level scholars in the Ming Dynasty, it was quite normal to have a part-time job. After all, it was very expensive to study.

One tael of silver a month is actually considered a good salary in Nanping County.

Su Ze said: "My "Surprise" is going to be a newspaper that publishes twice a month. It is impossible for me to run this newspaper alone. I want to solicit contributions from scholars in the city. Once it is published in the newspaper, according to the The number of words is paid for the manuscript."

"I would like to ask two of you to review the manuscript for me."

Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai were stunned for a moment, and Su Ze said again: "Reviewing manuscripts is troublesome. I'm afraid it will delay the two brothers' studies. If you don't want to, forget it."

Chen and Lin immediately said: "Brother Su misunderstood! I am willing!"

Su Ze didn't expect the enthusiasm of the two of them to be so high.

Su Ze didn't know the importance of reputation to low-level scholars like Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai.

Lin Qingcai's article was published in the first issue of "Surprise", the clan congratulated him, and the clan leader donated a set of the Four Treasures of the Study to support him in his studies.

The benefits that Chen Chaoyuan got were even more real. People who asked him to write the deed had lined up in the past few days. These are the effects of reputation.

Both of them have noticed the popularity of "Surprise" and even if the later issues are not as popular as the first issue, they still have a huge influence in the county. Being able to review manuscripts for "Surprise" will give them a good reputation It is about to go to the next level.

What's more, Su Ze also offered a monthly payment of one tael of silver, and he would be a fool if he didn't do it!

Seeing that the two agreed, Su Ze laughed, pushed all the letters addressed to him to Lin and Chen, and said with a smile:

"Then these submissions will bother you two!"

Lin and Chen immediately looked at each other and smiled wryly. They laughed at Su Ze just now, but now the bad luck fell on them.

After a while, Hai Rui came over and called the three of them to class. After arriving in class, Hai Rui said:

"Xiong Yue has something to do at home, so I won't come this time, first hand in the assignment from last time, and start class right away."

The three of them frowned. The last time Xiong Yue came to study, his expression was wrong and absent-minded. They didn't expect to skip class this time.

Hai Rui stroked his beard and said, "Xiong Yue asked me for leave because of something at home, so don't think too much about it."

After one afternoon, the imperial examination gained another 44 experience points, and Hai Rui left with the stereotyped essays written by the three of them.

Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai immediately started to read the manuscripts, while Su Ze picked up the pen and thought about the layout of the second issue.

Since the first issue of "Surprise" was driven by "Du Shiniang Sinks the Treasure Box in Anger", it must still publish light-hearted novels and dramas.

"Fan Jin Zhongju"? No, it's too spicy and ironic, so don't offend all the scholars in the county?

"Dream of Red Mansions", "Journey to the West"? Su Ze wanted to copy, but his mind was empty.

Now Su Ze's literary skills are only Lv4, and the content below Lv5 is prose, short stories and poems, and the content is limited to high school textbooks.

Su Ze guessed that after Lv5, there will be a medium-length article.

But if you want to recall all the long works like the four great masterpieces, it will take at least Lv10 or later.

Su Ze thought for a while, and an article flooded into his mind!

This works!

Su Ze picked up the pen and quickly wrote the story in memory.

Then the background of the story was modified to make the story closer to Nanping.

Putting down his pen, Su Ze read it with satisfaction. He also felt that the wind was chilling, and it was indeed his work!

Lin Qingcai and Chen Chaoyuan, who had read the manuscript for half an hour, were already dizzy. They knew that reviewing manuscripts was painful, but they didn't expect it to be so painful!

Reading these articles is simply torture!

Seeing Su Ze get up, Chen Chaoyuan leaned over and asked:

"Brother Su is writing the next surprise article?"

Su Ze nodded, Chen Chaoyuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Can I borrow Brother Su's article to wash my eyes!"

Su Ze laughed, and knew that Lin and Chen were tortured by those manuscripts, so he said, "It's okay to look at it, it's just that."

"Just what?"

Lin Qingcai hurried over, they all knew about Su Ze's skills, last time they read "Du Shiniang" at night, and when they thought of Su Ze's new work coming out, they were like fans who knew that idols wanted to After publishing the work, my heart is like ants crawling.

Su Ze said: "I'm afraid that watching it now, the two brothers will have nightmares."

"Nightmare? How is it possible!"

Lin Qingcai picked up the wet manuscript and read it together with Chen Chaoyuan.

Su Ze just looked at the two of them with a smile, and as expected, Lin Qingcai uttered a scream after a while, and almost threw the manuscript out of his hand.

And Chen Chaoyuan's condition was not much better, he was trembling with fright, but he was still holding the manuscript, covering his face while looking at the manuscript.

The two were afraid and wanted to watch it again, just like people who watched horror movies with their eyes closed in later generations. They finished watching the whole story with trembling. After watching it, Lin Qingcai asked tremblingly:

"Brother Su, is this, is this true?"

Su Ze laughed and said, "Of course it's true."

Now Lin Qingcai almost fainted from fright, Chen Chaoyuan also said tremblingly: "Brother Su, don't scare me!"

Seeing the appearance of the two classmates, Su Ze remembered the fun of telling ghost stories in the university dormitory, and couldn't help but continued to tease:

"If it's not true, how can it be written?"

Lin Qingcai called out again, and Su Ze said: "Haha, don't worry, both of you, this is all fabricated by Su."

That night, Lin Qingcai and Chen Chaoyuan huddled together on the same bed, and the next day both of them appeared in class with dark circles under their eyes, causing Hai Rui to look at them twice.

Today's lesson was to correct the assignments assigned last time. Hai Rui glanced at the straight-backed Su Ze, and was full of love for talent.

Yesterday, Hai Rui corrected their essays overnight. Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai's stereotyped essays had indeed improved, but they were still a bit behind in the imperial examination.

However, Su Ze's article made Hai Rui's eyes shine. There was no problem whether it was breaking the question or accepting the question. When they met, Hai Rui would definitely sentence him to pass.

Hai Rui was just a little regretful. If Su Ze had learned the Five Classics earlier, he would be able to pass the county examination next year.

I don't know if I can wait until the day when Su Zezhong is a scholar in Nanping County.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty passed the exam every six years, but many officials would be transferred when they were dissatisfied.

If it is really strictly promoted to an official after completing the examination every six years, wouldn't it be necessary to be a hundred years old to become an official of the Six Departments?

And those officials who are not liked by the emperor and Shangguan will also be kicked around.

So what if you get an excellent grade? Promoting you to a remote place to become an official is also a promotion. Some unlucky guys spend their entire lives wandering around the border of the empire. Being an official is almost like exile.

How is Hai Rui's reputation in the prefecture and county? Maybe he will be transferred as a student officer after a year or two.

Putting away these messy thoughts, Hai Rui took out Su Ze's article and began to explain it as a model essay.

This kind of model essay explanation is very valuable for scholars like Lin Qingcai and Chen Chaoyuan who do not have a famous teacher to guide them. They immediately listened attentively.

After listening to Hai Rui's explanation, Su Ze had some other ideas. After the whole morning class, everyone felt that they had benefited a lot.

After class was over, Hai Rui called Su Ze to his study.

"teacher."

"Ru Lin, the imperial examination is the right way, don't be obsessed with dramas and novels."

Su Ze smiled and responded to Hai Rui's usual persuasion.

Hai Rui was just persuading, besides, Su Ze's stereotyped essays were well written, and top students naturally still have privileges, he just didn't want Su Ze to focus all his attention on opera novels.

Hai Rui added:

"Do you have a printing workshop in Changningwei?"

Su Ze nodded, "Surprise" was printed in Changningwei, and now the whole Nanping County knows it.

Hai Rui said, "It's like this. I want to compile and publish the famous prose works of the predecessors into a book, so as to revitalize the culture and education in our county. The prefecture and county also support it, and allocated funds."

"However, the government-run printing office costs a lot. Can Changningwei's printing workshop take on this job? Of course, the county school also pays for printing books, but the funds are limited."

Ancient prose?

"Guwen Guanzhi"!

How could Su Ze forget this!

The literati of the Ming Dynasty admired ancient prose, so compiling and printing such books is the best way to gain reputation!

"Guwen Guanzhi" was written in the Qing Dynasty, and it was the most authoritative compilation of ancient Chinese prose from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. How could I forget this book!

Many famous articles in high school textbooks come from Guwen Guanzhi! Even if you can't compile all the ancient texts, you can still publish them one by one!

It’s okay to publish an article on the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties first!

By the way, Mao Kun, the author of "The Essays of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", is still an official in Guangxi, right? He returned to his hometown after he was dismissed from office to edit "The Essays of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties".

Su Ze discovered once again that the "literature" skill has a lot to offer!

He couldn't help sighing, being a copywriter is really busy! !

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