Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 208 Fame
After hearing Yun Qing's words, Zhu Tao's mind opened up.

That sentence is good, everything depends on human effort. Although the ancients believed in gods and seemed ignorant, it was also beneficial.

Zhu Tao began to think of a way. Many things seem very unscientific to the eyes, but in fact they can be done with scientific methods.

So it didn't take long for that unknown lake to start to have strange things happen frequently. At the beginning, some brave children played by the lake and could pick up some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but no one took it seriously.

A few days later, a medium-sized stone pillar suddenly appeared in the lake, on which was engraved with the words "reading through ten thousand volumes", which shocked the people living around.

There is a lot of discussion. The ancients believed in ghosts and gods. A stone pillar engraved with "Reading Breaks Thousands of Volumes" suddenly appeared in an unlucky lake. When people thought about the things their children picked up recently, some people gradually began to spread the news.

There were three types of people living around, and Zhu Tao pushed behind him, and the news spread in the capital, saying that this lake is a sacred lake, and the surrounding lakes must be able to "write like a god".

The more rumors became more and more mysterious, Zhu Tao took this opportunity to let people spread the word that this lake must be a geomantic treasure.

Naturally, Zhu Tao didn't hide it from Yinzhen, and Yinzhen didn't think there was anything wrong. Seeing this, Zhu Tao asked Yinzhen for help from Qin Tianjian, so Qin Tianjian, under the watchful eyes of everyone, calculated that the lake was really not Ordinary, but if you want to make this place more useful, you must fill it with a lot of books.

So Zhu Tao started his plan to build a bookstore in Tianhu as a matter of course.

Naturally, no one objected at this time. After all, this place is no longer the unlucky lake at the beginning, but a place that was enlightened by Wenquxing.

Moreover, after Zhu Tao promoted the bookstore, everyone who listened to it was even more enthusiastic. What many poor disciples lack most is books. If the bookstore is really as advertised, there will be a place for poor people to study in the future.

The most lacking thing for children from poor families is books. In ancient times, scholars were respected, and books were naturally not affordable by ordinary people. In this way, the existence of bookstores really gave too many opportunities for children from poor families to study.

Therefore, Zhu Tao's behavior has won the support of the majority of poor children. Since he is a scholar, he may be short of money, but it is still easy to use a pen, so soon many articles praising Zhu Tao appeared in the capital. .

The article described Zhu Tao as a fairy, which really made Zhu Tao famous. Of course, Zhu Tao was busy, and he didn't know it yet.

No, one day when I was on business, a subordinate official said, "Congratulations, Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Tao looked confused, where did the joy come from?

Zhu Tao: "What do you mean by that?"

The man saw that Zhu Tao was ignorant of one thing, and thought to himself, this is good, the adults don't know about this, he is now the first person to tell the adults, if the adults are happy, they will definitely look at him differently!

"Back to Your Excellency, I have recently read several articles about praising Your Excellency, so I hereby come here to congratulate Your Excellency."

Zhu Tao: "What article? Can you read it?"

"It's natural, I'll bring it to you, sir."

The man came prepared, and quickly handed the article to Zhu Tao. Zhu Tao's face darkened as he watched it. He didn't think it was a good thing. He didn't have the idea of ​​becoming famous. It is good to get some benefits from the emperor, he is really not blessed to enjoy such "praise".

The man saw Zhu Tao's complexion was a bit wrong, and he started to mutter in his heart, thinking, what's wrong with Mr. Zhu?
"grown ups?"

Zhu Tao returned to his senses, then looked at the man and said: "Don't mention this matter again in the future. The matter of the bookstore is the emperor's intention. If you want to praise it, you should also praise the emperor's sage. I just follow orders. These articles are too untrue , You ordered people to find the source, so people don’t want to pass it on.”

As soon as the man heard it, he knew that he had slapped the horse's ass on the horse's leg.

"The lower official understands, and the lower official will go and investigate."

Zhu Tao thought to himself, and felt that this was still a little inappropriate, so he asked someone to disclose some news, and spread out that the bookstore was built by the emperor.

It's not to blame Zhu Tao for making such a fuss, it's because he is also afraid, you say that he is a courtier, if he wants to live well, he depends on his image in front of the emperor and his status beside the emperor.

A good reputation is for outsiders to see, and too good a reputation is not a good thing.

If the emperor hears about it and keeps it in his heart, and someone chews on him in the end, then he will be the one who will be unlucky.

By the way, just to be on the safe side, he went to the newspaper office, found the official in charge of publicity, and persuaded him to publicize the emperor's building of the bookstore in the next issue.

The Propaganda Department naturally had no objection, and they were naturally very happy to flatter the Emperor.

It's just that they went to the emperor again just to be on the safe side.

Knowing this, Yinzhen knew what Zhu Tao meant, and felt that he was being too careful, but he did not refuse to let people publicize this matter.

In his previous life, he didn't care about such things as good reputation, but in this life he cared about it. It doesn't matter why his reputation lasts forever. When an emperor with a good reputation issues government orders, he can get more support from the people.

Why did he do so much, not to make Daqing a country that will not be bullied.

When Zhu Tao came to report, Yinzhen said: "I have heard about Zhu Aiqing, Zhu Aiqing doesn't need to be so careful, your contribution to the bookstore will never be erased, I believe in Zhu Aiqing's character."

Zhu Tao was not surprised that the emperor would know what he did, because he did it for the emperor to read, as long as the emperor knew that the article praising him outside was not ordered by him.

"The slave is too careful, and I hope the emperor will make amends."

Yinzhen looked at it and said: "It is a good thing to be cautious. You have nothing to do. You have done a good job. I saw that you and Charlie completed the map. I am very satisfied. Work hard. When the bookstore is completed, I will use your name name."

Zhu Tao quickly knelt on the ground and said: "I am ashamed to be a slave, and I hope the emperor will take it back."

What Yinzhen said was the truth: "I didn't joke with you, you deserve it, and I hope you can set an example for the scholars all over the world, just take it easy."

Why can't Yinzhen see Zhu Tao's careful thinking, but he doesn't care, he has selfishness in his heart, Zhu Tao knows the current affairs, and Yinzhen also knows his details, if one day he is dishonest, Yinzhen will have a way to punish him .

Now his ability is indeed what he needs, and it is nothing to make him a role model for scholars. A scholar must have a good example, and this example should be what he expects. Zhu Tao is the example Yinzhen has chosen for scholars all over the world .

In the future, the imperial examination will inevitably be reformed on a large scale. As for what it will be changed to and how it will be reformed, there will inevitably be people who disagree. At that time, with Zhu Tao taking the lead, it will inevitably be easier.

When Zhu Tao went back, he thought carefully about what the emperor meant, and he vaguely understood, but he wasn't quite sure.

But because of the emperor's acquiescence, the articles praising him have not been withdrawn. Of course, articles praising the emperor Yinzhen have also become popular. Yinzhen has done a lot of things that benefit the country and the people over the years. normal.

On the contrary, Zhu Tao started to become famous during this incident, and gained prestige among scholars.

Zhu Tao originally came from a first-class Jinshi, so he was from a poor family. Now he presides over the construction of the bookstore, which is more beneficial to the interests of the children of the poor family, and naturally he is praised by the scholars.

Of course, Zhu Tao's rise to fame also blocked the interests of some people, such as some powerful families.

Children from poor families study hard, in order to change their families, study harder than children from wealthy families, and the reason why children from rich and noble families can widen the gap from children from poor families is because of their superior educational resources, and their families do not lack books and silver taels for studying.

(End of this chapter)