Cheng Wanwan and Shen Zheng both bought many books in the capital, and the books totaled ten boxes.
She asked Cheng A and Cheng B to come and go several times before finally moving all the boxes to the Reading Pavilion in Dahe Village.
The Reading Pavilion is built next to Dahe Academy. Although there is a lot of land in Dahe Village, there are too few books, so the Reading Pavilion is not very big. The front is a place for reading, and the back is a library. There is only one room with more than ten bookshelves, and books are scattered here and there. If you leave it alone, it will look very shabby.
"Sui Gongren has been of great help." Mr. Zhou, the new husband of Dahe Academy, looked at the ten boxes of books, his eyes straightened, "There is an orphan copy among them, my God, this turned out to be the Historical Records of the Dayu Dynasty, and Biographies of royal figures... Shouldn't these books be in the imperial study room? How did Sui Gongren buy them?"
Cheng Wanwan said with a smile: "There is also a reading pavilion opened in the capital. The Empress selected a thousand books from the imperial study room to donate. I asked people to copy these more precious books and bring them back. Among them, there are also Shen The books we are buying are about 5,000 in ten boxes. Could you please Mr. Zhou to sort them out... Also, here is the one hundred taels of silver donated by Zhao'er to Dahe Village Reading Pavilion. If there are new books on the market, you can Purchase.”
The reading pavilion is currently in the hands of Mr. Zhou. He took the money and said with emotion: "After Mr. Cheng went to the capital to serve as an official, he did not forget his hometown. This character is worthy of admiration."
After chatting with Cheng Wanwan for a few words, he immediately went to sort out the books. It can be said that he has not read 80% of the books here. When a scholar sees a book, it is like seeing a sweet spring in the desert. Traveler, he immediately sank in, hungry and thirsty.
Cheng Wanwan did not bother him. After coming out of the Reading Pavilion, he went to Master Yu's residence.
When Master Yu first came to Dahe Village to teach two years ago, he lived in an adobe house. Later, Dahe Academy raised funds to build it and built a small courtyard for Master Yu and his family. The family of four lived in a simple and clean yard.
When she entered, Master Yu was painting. The landscapes of Dahe Village always took on various forms in his paintings.
"Sui Gong is here." Master Yu put down his brush and stood up to greet him, "Jiaojiao, go get a cup of tea."
Yu Jiao's soft and waxy voice came from the room: "Here we come!"
After a while, the little girl came out with tea and placed it respectfully in front of Cheng Wanwan.
After taking a sip of tea and asking some questions about the daily affairs of Dahe Academy, Cheng Wanwan got straight to the point: "Master Yu should know about the opening of the Reading Pavilion in the capital, right?"
Master Yu smiled bitterly. When Cheng Zhao wrote, he actually refused because his reputation was too bad and he was afraid of affecting Cheng Zhao's bright future.
But the boy was stubborn. When he wrote again, he said that the Reading Pavilion was under preparation and he needed to write a plaque with his own hand. He even gave him a nickname, Dongliu Jushi.
Cheng Zhao was so painstaking that he could no longer refuse, so he could only write the plaque and hurry up and send it to the capital.
He said slowly: "I hope no one will ever know that Dongliu layman is the infamous Yu Qingsheng."
His life has been ruined, he can't ruin Tzuyu.
"If Mr. Yu wants to think this way, I can't help it." Cheng Wanwan said helplessly, "But the Reading Pavilion has been established, and everyone in the capital knows that the Reading Pavilion has contributed to the Dongliu layman, so the name cannot be on the plaque. It appeared once last time, and no one has mentioned it since then. Another thing is that the income from the Reading Pavilion is one-fifth of Master Yu’s. Even for this part of the income, Master Yu should do something.”
She placed a money bag on the table, which contained a few hundred taels of silver from the first profit sharing.
Master Yu pursed his lips.
He is not a person who bows down for five buckets of rice. When he was in the most difficult situation, he did not bow to the powerful. Now he lives a peaceful and prosperous life, and he will not do anything he doesn't want to do for money.
A hand suddenly stretched out from the side, it was Lu Yingxue.
She opened the money bag and smiled exaggeratedly: "I was planning to give Jiaojiao a set of red gold headdresses and save them as a dowry. I have been worried about not having enough money. Now, the money has come. Sister Wanwan, you are ours. The goddess of wealth at home.”
Master Yu frowned slightly: "This money shouldn't be..."
"Lao Yu, you are just pretending to be noble." Lu Yingxue snorted, "Cheng Zhao worked hard to clear your reputation. He wrote to you several times before you were willing to cooperate. If you are willing to live with the stigma for the rest of your life, that is your business. But I don’t want Xiaozhan to be affected all the time. Anyway, I took the money, and you have to do things for the Reading Pavilion, hum!"
She took the silver and went out. Master Yu's beard almost stood up in anger.
Cheng Wanwan held back her smile and said, "If Master Yu really doesn't want to, forget it, it will be the same if you find someone else..."
"Sui Gongren, please don't bother me anymore." Master Yu compromised, "Since the Reading Pavilion has my name on it, I have to do something, whether it's to clear my name or help Tzuyu gain a foothold in the officialdom. This Reading Pavilion It’s all key.”
Cheng Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief, it would be easier for this pedantic person to figure it out.
In fact, the Reading Pavilion does not require Master Yu to do many things. It mainly serves literati. Nowadays, most of the literati in the capital have membership cards in the Reading Pavilion. The Reading Pavilion provides them with various kinds of books, but the books are limited. , resources will always be exhausted, then a steady stream of new resources must be created.
"I want Master Yu to analyze the past imperial examination questions, the capital examination questions, and the provincial examination questions, analyze them in depth and derive new questions." Cheng Wanwan said carefully, "The other one is arithmetic questions, although it accounts for a proportion of It’s not high, but if it is done well, it can also improve the ranking. Master Yu can work more on this aspect... Reading Pavilion holds a class meeting every month, and invites someone to analyze the information specially for Master Yu. The first is to let people know Reading Pavilion attaches great importance to the imperial examination. Secondly, if anyone is interested in the information, they can spend money to purchase it, which can be regarded as an income..."
In fact, there are also previous imperial examination questions on the market, but they are only superficially analyzed, without in-depth analysis, and no other questions are derived. There is much room for improvement in this area.
Master Yu was astonished. He finally understood why Sui Gong could make money and get promoted, because his brain was different from others.
In fact, he also pays attention to the imperial examination questions in various provinces and will analyze them himself, but he has never thought of writing the materials to share with others, let alone making money from it... Although it is shameful for scholars to ask for money, if they don't have money, they can't even rush to take the exam. If you can't even come up with the money and expenses, how can you talk about your future?
He nodded: "Then I will do what Sui Gongren wants."
"Isn't that great?" Lu Yingxue had been standing at the door. Seeing that her man finally figured it out, he came in with a smile on his face, "Sister Wanwan is very powerful. If you follow Sister Wanwan's plan, you will definitely die before you die. If I go back to your old Yu family, maybe I can be buried in the Yu family’s ancestral grave.”
Master Yu: "..."
He is only in his early forties, can you please stop talking about death...
Yu Zhan also followed in and said with determination: "Dad, don't worry, after I pass the Jinshi exam, I will also find a way to clear your name."
He must study hard, work hard to pass the exam as a scholar, pass the exam as a scholar, pass the exam as a tribute scholar, and strive to participate in the palace examination. He must redress his father's grievances in front of the palace...
