People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 271 Selfless, written to heal the hearts of the people

In Yingtianfu's bookseller industry, apart from the "Gold List Title" series, there hasn't been a thing called a hit for a long time.

However, the sales volume of Zhang Yi's "Learning with Pictures" and "A Brief History of China" made Zhu Biao himself unable to understand.

In three days, the first edition of [-] copies was sold out, and the second edition of [-] copies was also sold out.

Only then did Zhu Biao realize that the pamphlet that Zhang Yi had edited was so popular that he ordered another [-] copies to be republished.

Although it wasn't sold out this time, two thousand a day was gone...

All of a sudden, in Yingtianfu, these beautiful pamphlets were circulated everywhere.

It was only later that people felt the horror of this thing.

Zhang Yi himself did not expect that the two comic books he wrote by himself would be so popular. The "A Brief History of China" is a historical picture book drawn by him in accordance with the ancient style of comics, and it is not serious in itself. The subject matter, but the content is probably also a history book handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties...

In his previous life, he got inspiration from a person named Hunzi. Although he didn't dare to uglify his style of painting, he was roughly similar to him.

Moreover, Zhang Yi only published one book of this book, and it probably lasted around the Shang and Zhou Dynasties...

When Zhu Biao came to the door, Zhang Yi was still planning how to fool Song Lian.

"It seems that I underestimated the lack of spiritual entertainment of the ancients..."

He thought about it, the way of entertainment itself is also evolving...

Although the essence of eating, drinking and having fun is the same, the forms are varied.

Speaking of entertainment, after all, later generations have also experienced iterations of entertainment methods such as poetry-novels-comics-short videos!
Painting books, which existed in ancient times but were not deeply cultivated, seemed to be a blind spot that he himself, as a traveler, could not see...

"This can be done!"

Zhang Yi clapped his hands and decided to hurry up and draw the second "A Brief History of China".

Now this book is considered exclusive in Daming, and it can also make him a small profit.

But making money is secondary. Since the enlightening effect of comics is so powerful, he might as well bring some private goods...

Especially Song Youyun's sixteen prefectures were lost from Shi Jingtang's hands, this paragraph must be carefully discussed.

In history, the same event, in the hands of different authors, has different characterizations.

This is also a so-called control of the right to speak!

If Zhang Yi is asked to write a history, he does not have that ability, nor will he be recognized by other scholars.

But if it's just a comic, a kind of popular science education, or even an education disguised as entertainment...

That would be different.

"Brother Huang, I will release the second volume in a few days!"

After Zhang Yi agreed, Zhu Biao nodded.

However, he looked at the "A Brief History of China" in his hand and couldn't help feeling:
"This book is beautiful, but I don't quite understand why it sells better than Shiji..."

"Because this book is not a history book in essence, it is a story!"

Zhang Yi said a word, which made Zhu Biao enlightened.

"The information density is low enough, and this book is popular because of it!"

Zhang Yi blinked and said with a smile:
"Reading is learning, but this book is entertainment at best...

By means of drawing, combined with short text, the content of hundreds of words in the historical records is turned into a book...

In fact, this is essentially a method of reducing the way of education, a method of popular science rather than research.

The so-called entertaining and entertaining is probably the case! "

"It would be a good thing if we can turn the obscure content into something interesting!" Zhu Biao smiled slightly:
"By the way, it's been a while, why didn't I see you looking for that Mr. Song?"

Zhang Yi knew that he was talking about monks and Taoists paying taxes, so he replied:
"How do you know that I didn't go, I went to drink tea with him every day recently!
But there has been no entry point to bring the topic out! "

Thinking of this incident, Zhang Yi put away his smile.

This matter is a bit big, and you must be careful.

Monks and Taoists pay taxes. This is a major minefield. If you don't do it well, you will probably blow yourself up.

But he himself is not in a hurry, although he thinks he has to push the matter forward.

Zhu Biao smiled, he turned his head, and listened to the sounds of Xu's girl and Meng Yao playing around in the medicine garden, and laughed:
"This Miss Xu family really likes to come to the Taoist temple..."

"Don't mention it, this little girl is sinister, let's not mention her...

I don't know what Mrs. Xu thinks, and she can do whatever she wants. If the marriage is delayed in the future, what do I think she will do? "

Zhang Yi had a headache for the girl from the Xu family who was entangled.

But there is one thing to say, Xu Miaoyun's work is indeed unique in this era.

He trusted Zhu Biao, so he frankly told Zhu Biao about Xu's girl's little thoughts, Zhu Biao couldn't help it for a while, and laughed while holding his stomach.

"After Cheng Zhu's study became popular, there are too few interesting women like Li Qingzhao. It is the sorrow of Miss Xu's family to be born in this era...

If it was a hundred years ago, she might not have needed to be so entangled! "

Zhu Biao has been with Zhang Yi for a long time, and he is also familiar with his theory.

Hearing about the thoughts of the girl from the Xu family, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The so-called speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention, Zhang Yi was taken aback for a moment.

Although Brother Huang Mu came from a merchant family, he was actually a child of standard Confucian education.

He was able to take the initiative to complain about Cheng Zhuzhixue, and it seemed that he was being tortured by himself.

"People can't escape going with the flow...she will also compromise with life!"

Zhang Yi was noncommittal, as a modern person and a man, he had to compromise with this world...

He didn't think Xu's girl's actions would have any effect.

However, Xu's family's temperament is generally like this, and he doesn't bother to take care of it.

Just like her younger sister Xu Miaojin, who didn't want to marry Zhu Di, would also choose a very drastic way of becoming a monk to cut off Zhu Di's thoughts.

All in all, the Xu family are people who like to make troubles.

It's better not to mess with yourself, and after two years old Zhu finds out about this girl, and then sends her to the palace to cultivate a relationship with Zhu Di, then I can be clean.

"I don't think so, if there is no brother, she may drift with the crowd!

But by your side, there may be variables in this life!

Because you are a variable in yourself! "

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..."

Zhang Yi was startled, this is not a joke, he quickly refuted.

"okay!"

Zhu Biao laughed out loud, every time he saw Zhang Yi deflated, he always felt inexplicable pleasure.

After finishing the business, Zhu Biao stood up and said goodbye.

Zhang Yi and others sent Zhu Biao away and went to the medicine garden, but they saw Xu Miaoyun and Meng Yao squatting and watching people work.

Spring plowing has begun...

It has been more than a year since I came to Nanjing City by myself!

Zhang Yi looked at the tenants in front of him who began to load the fertilizers to their fields, and Zhang Yi nodded happily.

Breeding, planting...

After these things were handed over to Lao Meng and his wife, Zhang Yi didn't need to worry too much.

This year in Nanjing City, or several cities around Nanjing, many people have also learned to make dung pills under the popularity of the belief in the medicine king Taishang.

Can this ancient compound fertilizer increase grain production, and by how much?

This matter can finally be verified.

But Zhang Yi was not very worried.

This year, in addition to indigenous fertilizers, he also has a big weapon like Champa rice.

It is not a problem to complete the agreement with the tenants and keep his reputation as a little landlord.

The manure turned out doesn't taste very good.

Zhang Yi himself felt uncomfortable with the smell of partially fermented fertilizer, but Xu's girl didn't feel it.

He stared at Xu girl, this little girl is really cute.

Being able to maintain curiosity about the world, this strong thirst for knowledge, is the most rare quality.

It's a pity that she is Empress Xu, otherwise she would be a good Taoist companion.

Zhang Yi came to them, and Xiao Mengyao was teaching Xu's girl how to sow seeds and raise seedlings.

With the start of farming work, no matter the farmland outside began to plant seedlings and raise seedlings.

Zhang Yi's medicine garden, the experimental field is about to start...

During the busy farming season, the other tenants probably didn't have time to work for Zhang Yi.

Lao Meng and Li Shi need to be responsible for getting out the experimental field in this medicine garden.

"Rice seeds can also be hybridized...just like men and women..."

"Cough cough!"

Zhang Yi's cough startled the two little girls.

"Meng Yao, remember to watch the house...

Pindao went to Chaotian Palace! "

After explaining a few words to Meng Yao, Zhang Yi left the Taoist temple.

He promised Song Lian to go to Chaotian Palace to chat with him from time to time.

Of course, this chat was not that Song Lian wanted to be lazy, but that Zhang Yi handed over the written history of Yuan Dynasty to him.

In addition to this part of Yuan history, Zhang Yineng actually helped Song Lian a lot.

Because of time constraints, Song Lian began to collect the historical materials of the former dynasty in later generations since last year.

But time is short, and he may not be able to collect all the local annals, county annals and the like.

Not to mention, historical materials such as inferior genealogy found by historians of later generations were things that the Ming history revision team could not collect.

They couldn't find it, but it didn't mean Zhang Yi didn't know about it.

Many details, Zhang Yi can casually say, if Song Lian doesn't believe it, he can also point the other party where to find historical materials.

The key is, you can really find it.

After going back and forth, Song Lian originally doubted whether Zhang Yi wrote "Yuan History" alone, but in the end he was really convinced.

As long as Zhang Yi comes over, he will definitely put down his work and chat with Zhang Yi.

"Elder Song is leisurely..."

When Zhang Yi passed by, he found that Song Lian actually appeared at their resting place on his own initiative today.

Old Master Song, a book, a cup of tea, leisurely and contented.

When Zhang Yi walked in, he naturally rolled up the book.

"Isn't this "Learning by Picture"?"

The first thing Zhang Yi saw was Song Lian's reading and writing.Then he discovered "A Brief History of China" in Song Lian's hands.

The bestseller of this book has been passed on to a great Confucian like Song Lian?
Song Lian blushed when he found Zhang Yi staring at the book in his hand.

Zhang Yi asked: "Old Song, do you also like reading comics?"

"Hmph, the writing is quite interesting, but it's too superficial to be worth reading..."

He pointed to the "Literacy by Pictures" next to it and said, but this book does a good job of literacy by pictures... It is entertaining and educational, and my grandson likes it very much..."

"I remember that my husband's grandson is already in his teens, so he doesn't need to study elementary school?"

Zhang Yi exposed the old guy mercilessly, making Song Lian more and more angry.

"You kid is not attractive at all!"

"It's the same with you, old man. I'll just leave the words here. I painted this thing. If you dare to say it's not good-looking, I'll never end with you..."

"It's you!"

Song Lian was really surprised now, this cartoon was drawn by Zhang Yi?
He looked at the author in the book, whose pen name was Layman Longbow.

Isn't this longbow just a Zhangzi?

There are many people with the surname Zhang in the world, but since Zhang Yi admits it, it is naturally him.

"Give me an opinion, Mr. Song, what do you think?"

Zhang Yi did not continue to embarrass Song Lian, but humbly asked for advice.

Song Lian's self-esteem was greatly satisfied. As the head of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, did he have his own vision for education?

If Zhang Yi and Song Lian were allowed to discuss enlightenment and worldview, it would be good if the two didn't fight.

But only talking about the quality of these two books, he believes that Song Lian can give him an objective evaluation.

"This book, good!"

Song Lian pointed to "Literacy by Reading" and said:

"It's a great act of kindness to let the boy learn to read in an entertaining way, but the old man mentioned a few shortcomings!
First, there is only a simplified Chinese version, and this book is incomplete!

Second, this book puts too much emphasis on fun, but loses the meaning of education...

It should be known that teaching is fun, and the focus is on enlightenment, and simply emphasizing fun will lose the meaning of education itself..."

Zhang Yi nodded. The old man was indeed a great Confucian, and he immediately pointed out the shortcomings of "Looking at Pictures and Literacy". Of course, these were only the shortcomings that Song Lian thought.

He explained:

"Elder Song didn't know something, I did it on purpose!"

"Oh!"

Song Lian showed an expression of listening.

"Let's talk about the first point first, why is there only a simplified version? Because I made this book to promote simplified characters.

I am obeying the imperial edict of the medicine prince to teach the common people farming and other techniques. Later, for the sake of convenience, I simply run a school to promote simplified characters. Should Mr. Song know? "

Song Lian nodded. He was not very interested in the promotion of simplified Chinese characters, but Zhengyi's move was recognized by many people.

"Promoting farming techniques and teaching people to fish is the meaning of my compilation of this book. Simplified characters are more suitable for dissemination, so I have no plan to make another version at all!
And this leads to the second point, which is why the emphasis is on fun?
Because often the people who need this book are not those who seek fame.

The Daoists in our family have already asked grandpa to sue grandma if they could learn a word or two for them, what kind of education can we expect from them?
If you talk to them about the truth, if they don't learn it, isn't that useless? "

"Buddhas are predestined for people, indeed!"

Not everyone wants to seek fame and fame, and the road of imperial examination is still a difficult road.

Mr. Confucius promoted simplified characters in order to reduce the cost of education and lay a solid foundation for the expansion of sacred learning.

But how easy is it to say?

From Song Lian's point of view, if Zhengyi can do this, it's considered pretty good.

Zhang Yi casually prepared 5000 taels of silver for himself to publish and distribute the book "Literacy with Pictures" for free.

Song Lian was immediately in awe.

Monks or Taoist priests, if Buddhist scriptures or Taoist scriptures are published, Song Lian will not think there is any problem.

But Zhang Yi can spend real money just to educate the common people, which is considered a great merit.

He cupped his fists and saluted Zhang Yi as a recognition of his behavior.

"What about this book?"

Song Lian had a flash of inspiration. Since "Looking at Pictures and Literacy" is meaningful, then this "A Brief History of China" must also have its own meaning?

"Have Mr. Song forgotten what His Majesty cares most about recently?"

"Could it be that your book is written to bridge the North and the South?"

It really doesn't take much effort to talk to a smart person, Song Lian guessed what Zhang Yi was thinking right away.

(End of this chapter)