"Fourth Senior Brother..."
Song Tuizhi was holding the latest issue of "Da Xuan Min Bao" and repeatedly reading the second chapter of "Swordsman" when he suddenly heard Chen Luo's voice coming from outside the door.
When Song Tui panicked, the great Confucian's magical power "Zixu Nothing" was activated, and the "Da Xuan Min Bao" in his hand was instantly distorted and dissipated, as if it had never existed.
Song Tuizhi then gently adjusted his robes, looked serious, dignified and majestic, and said softly: "Come in!"
Chen Luo pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Song Tuizhi being so upright, he also bowed respectfully: "I've met Fourth Senior Brother. Are Fourth Senior Brother still used to being here?"
Song Tuizhi nodded slightly: "Scholar, with a basket of food and a spoonful of drink, you can live in peace. I came here to take care of you. It's a good place here."
Chen Luo was in awe. That’s right, this is what a great Confucian should look like.
Look at Wei Yan, and then look at Liu Jingzhuang, what they look like!
It’s useless!
Chen Luo also put away his divergent thoughts and said seriously: "I have some questions, and I would like to ask Fourth Senior Brother to clarify them!"
Song Tuizhi's eyes lit up.
"Wait, wait, wait, little junior brother wants me to answer his questions!"
"I can finally show off my senior brother's majesty."
"I must make my junior brother admire me, my fourth senior brother, with all my heart."
"I, the fourth child of Zhulinmang, am finally going to stand up!"
Song Tuizhi's whole body was filled with awe-inspiring righteousness, and the shrine had never been clearer before. The mountains of books and sea of knowledge that he had once climbed through were flashing through his mind, and the phantoms of volumes of saints' classics were disillusioned behind him.
"Junior brother, if you have any doubts, feel free to ask."
Chen Luo admired Song Tuizhi even more when he saw him like this. Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly felt that he was being too rude to be so straightforward.
Wouldn't it be better if we exchanged pleasantries first?
"Well, Fourth Senior Brother, have you eaten?"
"Huh?" Song Tuizhi was stunned and thought to himself, "Have you eaten? What's the problem?"
"No, why would my junior brother ask such a tacky question? There must be a deep meaning in this question."
""Mencius" says that food and sex are also related to sex. My junior brother went to a brothel yesterday and asked me today if I had eaten. It must be because of this sentence. The following sentence says that benevolence is internal, not external; Righteousness is external, not internal. This is the point of view put forward by Gaozi and Mencius in their discussion of the classics."
"Mencius advocates that nature is inherently good, Xunzi advocates that nature is inherently evil, and Gaozi advocates that nature is neither good nor bad."
"This is a question about the great righteousness of the Confucian sect! Do you want to use this question to test the path of the Confucian sect of our Zhulin lineage?"
"Junior brother is worthy of being the master of the Fourth Heavenly Path. A mere temptation has touched the fundamental teachings of my lineage."
"I need to be careful when answering this question, so as not to cause my junior brother to have any misunderstandings about the Bamboo Forest lineage!"
Chen Luo looked at Song Tuizhi, who was thinking hard, with doubts on his face.
Have you just eaten? Do you want to think about it for so long?
When Song Tuizhi saw Chen Luo's expression, his heart trembled: "Sure enough, my junior brother is deeply confused..."
For a moment, the room fell into a deathly silence.
After a long while, Chen Luo couldn't hold it in any longer, so he had to speak again and test it out: "What if you don't have anything to eat? Why don't I order a table of noodles from Man Yue Lou, and we senior brothers can chat while we eat?"
Song Tuizhi: (˘•ω•˘)?
Chen Luo: (〃'▽'〃)
"You just asked me if I had eaten?"
"if not?"
Song Tuizhi's awe-inspiring righteousness collapsed, the mountain of books and the sea of learning were shattered, and the phantoms of the classics turned into foam and dissipated.
Song Tuizhi: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻
…
"Ahem..." Song Tuizhi coughed twice and wiped away everything that had just happened; "I am not hungry for my brother. What are you confused about, but it doesn't matter."
Chen Luo blinked, feeling that this fourth senior brother just wanted to take action.
Is this the coercion of a great scholar with a righteous mind?
But since the other party had no intention of making small talk, Chen Luo stated his thoughts clearly.
"You want to sell the whole story at a low price?" Song Tuizhi also became serious when he heard the business, "How low?"
Chen Luo thought for a while: "It should be affordable to ordinary people. I want to price it at ten taels of silver per volume. For example, "The Swordsman" has about four volumes in total."
Song Tuizhi frowned slightly: "An elegant enlightenment book is priced at a hundred taels of silver. Your complete story is less than half the price?"
Chen Luo shrugged: "There is no way, if it is expensive, ordinary people will not be able to afford it."
Song Tuizhi thought for a moment and said, "Do you know why Yawen books are priced so high?"
Chen Luo thought for a while and said: "It is said that it is because copying elegant texts requires 'writing a thousand words', and Confucian scholars who can 'write a thousand words' will have more ways to make money. Therefore, the price of books can only be increased."
Song Tuizhi shook his head slightly: "That's right, but it's also wrong. What's right is that the Confucian scholars who 'write a thousand words' do have other ways to make money, but do you think I, the Confucian disciple of Shanhai, really care about the gold and silver wealth?"
"Not only our Confucian sect, but also Taoist Buddhist scriptures are also priced at sky-high prices. Since they want to spread the word to the world, why don't they lower the price?"
Chen Luo nodded slightly. If nothing else, Buddhism is famous for being shameless in order to spread religion. Why not start a price war for classics?
Anyway, as long as the human race has the talent to read through and read the classics, they can practice. If Buddhist scriptures can be seen everywhere, then there will naturally be more Buddhist disciples.
Seeing that Chen Luo was distracted by him and no longer thought about what had just happened, Song Tuizhi felt relieved and continued: "Actually, the reason is very simple. Copying classics is a way to get close to the ways of the predecessors."
"But if you copy it for a long time, your own principles will inevitably be assimilated by the principles in the book."
"This is also why our Confucian school has the most "Yi", followed closely by the Four Books and Five Classics. Because they are the fundamental meaning of the classics. There is no worry of assimilation."
"But even for semi-sages, including great Confucian scholars, their classics are actually the path they have taken on their own, and they are not suitable for everyone. Some people will even completely block the world by copying classics that have different principles from their own. The way forward.”
"So the high selling price is to protect the copyists and also to compensate them."
"Buddhist teachings should not be spread to the six ears, and Taoist teachings should not be spread lightly. In the final analysis, this is also the truth."
Chen Luo finally understood. In fact, productivity couldn't keep up, so he had to pay more for things to ensure the total market volume. If productivity increases, prices will actually fall, but the total market volume will remain unchanged.
"But..." Chen Luo suddenly thought, "What's going on with the Copying Department of Wenchang Pavilion? Also, since there is this restriction, why do those academies take away my books for copying?"
"The Transcription Department has always copied the annotations and comments of some great scholars, but has never published the systematic opinions of the great Confucians. Naturally, it will not have any impact on the staff of the Transcription Department."
"As for your book, of course there is something special about it."
Song Tuizhi stroked his beard under his chin and explained: "Your articles are full of literary talent and have a sense of elegance. They are the most similar to our Confucian school. But what is rare is that you do not talk about the debate between great ways and the right and wrong. , it’s just about narrating and writing about people, so naturally it won’t affect the person who wrote it.”
"Secondly, elegant articles must bring the power of heaven. Many people must have sensed your colorful mortal aura. This aura is not exclusive to my Haoran righteousness. It even vaguely wants to harmonize and complement each other. How could those smart people in the academy let it go?"
"Third, if you spread the word to the world through people's newspapers, even if you don't follow our Confucian school's path of establishing immortal virtues, you still have the merits of enlightenment and the blessings of heaven and fortune. They write articles to help you, but they will also gain a trace of virtue with them."
"You can be virtuous without thinking about the impact of articles on yourself. This is a great good thing."
After hearing this, Chen Luo's face turned a little dark. Fortunately, he thought that the academy was a good person, and it turned out that they had been trying to steal his money.
The heart is so dirty!
"However, since my article will not affect the copywriter, can I avoid the drawbacks of high prices and sell them at a low price?" Chen Luo asked again.
Song Tuizhi pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, but I don't recommend it."
"Why?"
"If you publish the full version of your article at a low price, will your newspaper be able to run it? Without the support of your story, the current momentum of development of the newspaper will fall from the sky to the mud in an instant. "
"This reward will be of great use to your future enlightenment! Don't give up!"
Chen Luo frowned. He had indeed thought about it. Anyway, he had many stories in his mind. At worst, he could serialize them all and publish them all in the People's Daily. But he quickly gave up the idea.
Only he can write Yawen stories. He releases multiple stories at the same time, which in turn distracts the audience, but the recycling is still the same. Besides, his articles are not entertainment novels like those in his previous life, which you can forget about after reading them. Instead, they require readers to read them repeatedly to gain strength, and Chen Luo can get feedback. Currently, releasing multiple options at once may reduce efficiency.
Seeing Chen Luo pondering, Song Tuizhi added: "Furthermore, you must also know the allusion of Zigong's redemption of people. If you offer the full text at a low price, what will those moral masters think?"
"If things go on like this, the contribution and income cannot be matched. No one is willing to take out their own scriptures and only circulate them within the family. Wouldn't it harm the foundation of the human race?"
Hearing Song Tuizhi's serious words, Chen Luo also felt a chill in his heart.
He didn't expect this level.
But is there any way to prevent the serialization of Minbao from being affected, to make his articles spread around the world faster, and at the same time, it will not arouse the resentment of other book writers?
Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in Chen Luo's mind: By the way, someone has already figured out the solution, isn't it -
