Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 9 [009] A gentleman has three immortality

Zhou Chengming system, the national policy of the Great Zhou is still emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are at the bottom.

Although the status of merchants has improved after Emperor Chongrui succeeded to the throne, the way of merchants is still regarded as heresy.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high, and only imperial examinations are the right way.

Moreover, if you have business experience, you will be affected to a certain extent during the scientific report examination and political review.

Therefore, Jia Chen will not go into business until he is named on the gold list.

So how can you earn money?
Jia Chen pondered for a long time, and suddenly, a sentence came out of his mind:

"A gentleman has three immortalities: virtue, meritorious service, and speech."

Among them, "Liyan" refers to the articles written with true knowledge and insights, which are broadcast today and recorded in the annals of history, and will be promoted in later generations.

Jia Chen's eyes lit up, he could write a book and talk about making money!
In Dazhou, writing as much as one's body is a great achievement that can last forever.

So, what should I write?

While his thoughts were racing, Jia Chen thought of the four books "Guidelines for Disciples", "Four Lessons of Liao Fan", "Evening Chats Around the Fireplace" and "Tales of Vegetable Roots".

These books have not yet been published, but they can be copied and printed for sale.

Although writing books to make money is also the way of merchants, it is by no means a cheap business. Not only is it respectable and respected, it can even be famous far and wide.

During the scientific examination and political examination, not only will it not be affected, but it will also become a bonus item, which will make the examiner take a high look.

In his previous life, Jia Chen had read four books: "Disciple Regulations", "Four Lessons of Liao Fan", "Night Talks Around the Fireplace" and "Cai Gen Tan".

Strange to say, not only can he have a photographic memory now, but also he can recall every word he read in his previous life.

The reason why I chose to transcribe these four books is because in Dazhou, there were only a few books such as "San Zi Jing", "Hundred Surnames", and "Thousand Characters" for the enlightenment of children.

And "Disciples Regulations" can be used as an effective supplement to elementary school reading materials.

The book is divided into five parts. The first chapter "General Narrative" is adapted from Confucius' words in three-character sentences. There are four parts in "Kindness" and "If you have spare power, learn literature" and give specific and popular explanations.

It mainly lists the etiquette norms that children should have when they are at home, when they go out, when they treat people, meet things, deal with the world, and study.

This book is in line with the etiquette of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and if it is published, it will definitely be popular.

Of course, this book contains a lot of feudal dross, but at one time and another, Da Zhou was still in a feudal society, and this book catered to the mainstream values ​​of Da Zhou.

For some pedantic and paranoid erroneous ideas in the book, Jia Chen deleted and revised, but did not add too radical ideas.

If you criticize Da Zhou's feudal ideology with a sharp writing style, not only will you not be able to sell the book, but you will also be killed.

In the future, if we can change the dynasty, reform our thinking, destroy the old and establish the new.

Except for "Disciples Regulations", the other three books have profound meanings and are suitable for all ages, and they are bound to be bestsellers in the world.

Thinking of this, Jia Chen immediately spread his paper and ink, and began to copy the "Disciple Regulations".

This book has a total of [-] characters, Jia Chen wrote like flying, and he finished it all in less than half a stick of incense.

Due to the small number of words, it is better to say that this is an article than a book.

It is estimated that if it is engraved and sold, each copy will not be able to buy much money.

But Jia Chen didn't expect to make money from this "Guidelines for Disciples", but used it to ask for directions.

After opening up the market and increasing my popularity, I then produced three books, "The Four Lessons of Liao Fan", "Evening Chats Around the Fire" and "Cai Gen Tan".

"I hope this "Guidelines for Disciples" can make me famous at a young age, if I can become famous, the price of writing books in the future will definitely be high.

Not only can I write these four books, but I can also write Jin Gu Liang Wen's martial arts classics, as well as those popular online novels in my previous life.

In this era of lack of entertainment, if these novels can be published, they will be popular all over the country and sell well overseas.

At that time, I will definitely be able to make a lot of money every day, and even be as rich as an enemy! "

The corners of Jia Chen's lips are slightly raised. As a human being in two lifetimes, he has seen too many ups and downs, and experienced several ups and downs.

Facing the huge amount of wealth he might obtain, he was only excited for a moment, and then his mind was as calm as a lake, and he was calm and at ease.

Now, there is still a difficult problem in front of us. The "Disciple Regulations" has been written, but where do we get the money to print it?How to sell it?
Currently, Jia Chen is poor and has no money to print books and no channels to sell them.

While his thoughts were spinning, he suddenly thought about it and thought of a good idea.

In the early morning of the next day, Jia Chen rushed to Jia's school with his paper bag on his back as usual.

Before Jia Chen saluted Jia Dairu, Jia Dairu smiled amiably and said:
"Chen'er, you are here, have you had breakfast yet?"

Facing Jia Dairu's somewhat nasty smiling face, Jia Chen said with a smile:
"Going back to Grandpa, I've already eaten breakfast."

The smile on Jia Dairu's face became wider, and he earnestly exhorted:
"That's good. Now that you are young and strong, you must eat well."

"Thank you, Grandpa, for your concern!" Jia Chen looked at his smiling face shrunken into a walnut, feeling a little toothache, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Seeing this unprecedented scene, the students were all dumbfounded, as if they were dreaming.

You know, Jia Dairu used to always put on the air of a high-ranking strict teacher, and he never took the initiative to say hello to any student.

Did you take the wrong medicine today?Why are you so close to Jia Chen all of a sudden?
Many students suspected that Jia Dairu was old and confused, or that his spirit was stimulated by something, which made him so uncharacteristically.

After the students were all seated, Jia Dairu read a passage from "The Analects" according to the scriptures.

When his eyes fell on Jia Chen, a smile appeared on his stern old face again:

"Chen'er, although you have memorized all of "The Analects of Confucius", do you know the meaning of each passage?"

Jia Chen replied neither humble nor overbearing:
"The sage speaks in a subtle way, concise and to the point, every sentence is profound and important, obscure and difficult to understand, I can only peek at a corner of it, and understand the surface."

Hearing this, some students sneered, some laughed, and joked that Jia Chen had said a lot of nonsense, which actually meant that he didn't understand the words of the sage and could only memorize them by rote.

However, just when they were feeling disdainful and gloating, they heard Jia Chen suddenly change the subject:
"Although the sage's words are profound and unfathomable, I have already glimpsed some of the mysteries. Please feel free to come up with questions for the school."

As soon as these words came out, the students were all stunned, and looked at Jia Chen with questioning and surprised eyes.

Jia Baoyu curled his lips. He had always hated imperial examinations and official careers, so naturally he didn't bother to listen to these sage articles.

Contrary to him, Jia Zhu and Jia Lan wanted to participate in the scientific examination. Yesterday, Jia Chen proved that he could memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, which shocked them deeply.

Unexpectedly, today Jia Chen claimed that he had comprehended the connotation of the sage's words, which made Jia Zhu and Jia Lan both surprised and suspicious, unbelievable, and unwilling to believe it.

Jia Dairu was also a little dubious, but he hoped that what Jia Chen said was true, so he asked full of expectation:
"Courage is commendable, then I will test you.

The Master said: "A gentleman has nothing to eat, nothing to live in, and nothing to live in. He is sensitive to things but cautious in his words, he has the way and is righteous, and he can be said to be eager to learn.

What do you mean by this? "

(End of this chapter)