Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading Chapter 84: Meng Lao 4 Godfather
"Four senior brothers..."
Song Tuizhi was holding the latest issue of "Daxuan Minbao", and repeatedly read the second issue of "Swordsman", when he suddenly heard Chen Luo's voice from outside the door.
Song Tuyi panicked, the Great Confucian supernatural power was activated, and the "Daxuan Minbao" in his hand was instantly distorted and dissipated, as if it never existed.
Only then did Song Tuizhi lightly straighten his robes, his face was serious, dignified and dignified, and he said softly, "Come in!"
Chen Luo pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Song Tuizhi so upright, he also bowed respectfully: "I have seen Fourth Senior Brother. Is Fourth Senior Brother still used to being here?"
Song Tuizhi nodded slightly: "Scholar, you can live in peace with just a bowl of food and a scoop of drink. 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 that Wei Yan, and then look at that Liu Jingzhuang, what are they all like!
No way!
Chen Luo also put away his thoughts and said seriously: "I have some questions, I would like to ask the fourth senior brother to clarify the doubts!"
Song Tuizhi's eyes lit up.
"Wait, wait, little brother wants me to solve his puzzles!"
"I can finally show the majesty of my senior brother."
"I must let the younger brother die in admiration for my fourth senior brother."
"I am the fourth child of Zhulin Mang, and finally I have to stand up!"
Song Tuizhi's body was full of uprightness, and the altar had never been clearer than before. That once crossed the mountain of books and the sea of learning flashed in his mind, and the phantoms of the sage's classics were disillusioned behind him.
"If you have any doubts, feel free to tell me."
Chen Luo admired Song Tuizhi even more when he saw Song Tuizhi's appearance. He was about to ask, when he suddenly felt that it was too rude to be so straight to the point.
Wouldn't it be better to greet each other first?
"That, Fourth Senior Brother, have you eaten?"
"Huh?" Song Tuiyi was stunned and thought to himself, "Have you eaten? What's the problem?"
"No, how could the younger brother ask such a vulgar question? There must be a deep meaning in this question."
""Mencius" says that food and color are also sexual. The younger brother went to the brothel yesterday and asked me if I ate it today. It must be to ask this sentence. It is outside; righteousness is outside, not inside. This is the point of view put forward by Gaozi and Mencius.”
"Mencius maintains that nature is inherently good, Xunzi maintains that nature is inherently evil, and Gaozi maintains that there is neither good nor bad in nature."
"This is the question of the righteousness of the Confucian sect! Do you want to use this question to test the Confucian sect of my Bamboo Forest?"
"Little Junior Brother is worthy of being the master of the Fourth Road to Heaven. A mere trial has touched the fundamental teachings of my lineage."
"This question, I need to answer carefully, don't let the younger brother have any misunderstandings about the Zhulin lineage!"
Chen Luo looked at Song Tuizhi, who was thinking hard, with doubts on his face.
Did you just eat it? Does it take so long?
When Song Tuizhi saw Chen Luo's face, he froze in his heart: "Sure enough, the little junior brother has deep doubts in his heart..."
For a time, the room fell into deadly silence.
After a long while, Chen Luo couldn't hold it in any longer, so he had to speak again and tried: "If you don't eat? Why don't I call a table at the Man Yue Lou, and let our senior brothers chat while eating?"
Song Tuizhi: (??ω??)?
Chen Luo: (〃'▽'〃)
"You just asked me if I had eaten?"
"Or else?"
Song Tuizhi's whole body is full of righteousness, the mountains of books and the sea of learning are shattered, and the phantoms of the classics are turned into bubbles and dissipated.
Song Tuizhi: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻
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"Cough, cough..." Song Tuizhi coughed dryly and forcibly wiped away everything that had just happened; "I'm not hungry for my brother. You're confused, but it doesn't matter."
Chen Luo blinked, feeling that this fourth senior brother wanted to do something just now.
Is this the coercion of a righteous Confucian?
But since the other party didn't mean to greet each other, Chen Luo explained his thoughts one by one.
"Do you want to sell the whole story at a low price?" Song Tuizhi became serious when he heard the business, "How low?"
Chen Luo thought for a while: "It should be affordable for ordinary people to buy. I would like to set a price of 10 taels for a volume. For example, "Swordsman", the whole book is about four volumes."
Song Tuizhi frowned slightly: "The price of a Yawen Kaimeng book is one hundred taels of silver. Your entire story is less than half the price?"
Chen Luo shrugged: "No way, no matter how expensive it is, the common 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 transcribing Yawen requires 'writing a thousand words', and Confucian scholars who can 'writing a thousand words' will have a better way to make money. Therefore, the price of books can only be increased. "
Song Tuizhi shook his head slightly: "That's right, but it's not right. What's right is that the Confucian scholar who wrote a thousand words does have other ways to make money, but you think my Confucian scholars really care about the gold and silver. Wealth?"
"Not only my Confucianism, Taoist and Buddhist scriptures are also sky-high prices. Since they want to preach the world, why don't they lower the price?"
Chen Luo nodded slightly. If nothing else, Buddhism is notoriously shameless for preaching, so why don't they fight the price of books?
Anyway, as long as the human race has the talent to read through the scriptures, they can practice. If the Buddhist scriptures can be seen everywhere, then the number of Buddhist disciples will naturally increase.
Seeing that Chen Luo was distracted by himself and stopped thinking about what happened just now, Song Tuizhi felt relieved, and then said: "Actually, the reason is very simple. Copying the classics is a close contact with the way of the predecessors. way."
"But after copying for a long time, your own truth will inevitably be assimilated by the truth in the book."
"This is why my Confucian school has the most "Yi", followed by the Four Books and Five Classics. Because they are the fundamental meaning of the classics. There is no worry of assimilation."
"But even the semi-sages, including the great Confucians of Liyan, their classics are actually their own paths, not suitable for everyone. Some people even transcribe classics that differ from their own. blocked the way forward."
"So the high price is to protect the copyists and to compensate them."
"If Buddhist teachings are not passed on to six ears, Taoist teachings should not be passed on lightly. In the final analysis, this is also the truth."
Chen Luo understood, but in fact, the productivity couldn't keep up, so he had to make things more expensive to ensure the total market volume. If productivity rises, prices will actually fall, but the total market volume will remain unchanged.
"But..." Chen Luo suddenly thought, "What's going on with the copywriting department of Wenchang Pavilion? Also, since there are such restrictions, why did those academies take down my books for copying?"
"The scribes have always transcribed the commentaries of some great Confucians, but they have never published the opinions of the great Confucians. Naturally, it will not affect the transcribers."
"As for your book, of course there is something special about it."
Song Tuizhi stroked his beard under his jaw and explained: "Your article is full of literary talent and has an air of literacy. The difference of righteousness is just narration and writing, and naturally it will not affect the person who transcribes it.”
"Secondly, Yawen's articles must bring the power of heaven. You must have already sensed your colorful red dust energy. Many people have already sensed it. This energy is not exclusive to me, and even vaguely compatible with each other, complementing each other. How could those shrewd people in the academy let it go?"
"Thirdly, you spread the word to the world with the people's newspaper. Even if you don't follow the immortal path of my Confucianism, you will still have the power of enlightenment, and the heaven and the gods will favor you. They transcribe articles to help you, but you will also gain a trace of virtue. Take it with you."
"It is a great thing to be virtuous without considering the impact of the article on yourself."
After Chen Luo heard this, his face turned dark. It's a shame that he thought the academies were good people, but they had been plucking his wool all the time. No wonder it's been a little bit hair loss these two days...
My heart is so dirty!
"However, since my article won't affect the transcription writer~IndoMTL.com~, is it possible to bypass the drawbacks of the high price and sell it 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 text of the article at a low price, will your People's Daily still be out of business? If you don't have the support of your story right now, the People's Daily, which is now in full swing, will fall from the sky in an instant. in the mud."
"This newspaper will be of great use to your future enlightenment! Don't give up!"
Chen Luo frowned. He really thought about it. Anyway, he had a lot of stories in his head. It was a big deal. But he quickly dismissed the idea.
Yawen's stories are only written by him, and he released multiple stories at the same time, which distracted the audience, but the recycling is still the same. Besides, his articles are not the entertainment novels of the previous life, just finish reading them, but need readers to recite them repeatedly to gain strength and Chen Luo to get feedback. At present, releasing multiple options at once may reduce efficiency.
Seeing Chen Luo pondering, Song Tuizhi said again: "Furthermore, you must know the allusions of Zigong Redeemer[1]. If you have a low price for the full text, what will those moral masters think?"
"In the long run, the pay and the income cannot be matched, and no one is willing to take out their own scriptures, and only spread them within the family. Wouldn't it harm the foundation of the human race instead?"
Hearing what Song Tuizhi said was so serious, Chen Luo also froze in his heart.
He didn't expect this level.
But is there any way to not only prevent the serialization of the People's Daily from being affected, but also to make his articles spread more quickly in the world, and at the same time not arouse the disgust of other book writers?
A flash of light flashed in Chen Luo's mind: By the way, someone has come up with a solution for a long time, isn't it——