Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 150 No.4

Now there are rumors in the capital that Li Buqi is buying people's hearts.So when Li Buqi entered the palace to check the prince's body, the emperor asked about it again. Li Buqi told the emperor that he had no books to read when he was a child, and said that he wanted to have a public library at that time.Is this wrong?
With the conditions of the Song Dynasty and no copiers, those private collections had to be copied by others. In the spirit of being responsible to the scholars, Li Buqi found some people to copy and collate.Juren's level is higher than that of ordinary scholars. Is there anything wrong with that?
As a result, Li Buqi tricked the emperor into paying [-] yuan a year and sold the naming rights of the library to the emperor.In the future, the library will hang the signboard of "Dasong Public Library", the honorary curator will be His Majesty the Emperor, and Li Buqi will be the executive curator.The result was a happy one. The juren hired by the library were now nominally hired by the emperor, and they were favored by the emperor, and their loyalty to the emperor was guaranteed.

Li Buqi continued to control the operation of the library, which kind of juren he chose and how to use it was completely under his control.And since the library is named "Great Song Dynasty", under the name of the emperor, Li Buqi can now justly go to the nobles in the capital for alms.Let them bleed a little too, and then set up a merit tablet in front of the library and engrave their names on it to get a good reputation.Anyway, these nobles spend a lot of money in the temple every year, and the money is better for Li Buqi to do business.

Li Buqi posted posts from house to house under the banner of the emperor, who dared not to give, so Li Buqi won more than 1 guan.With this money, Li Buqi recruited more than 80 calligraphers at once.

Li Buqi also brazenly extorted a batch of books from the homes of Li Shu and other civil officials, making those civil officials who like to collect books run away with their heads in their hands when they see Li Buqi's shadow.

With the collection of books, the library finally has some appearance.In the first lunar month, the yamen opened, and the "Dasong Public Library" was also listed and opened, which attracted all the scholars who gathered in the capital to watch the excitement, which was more attractive than the ongoing oiran election activity.It was impossible to line up to get a library card, but seeing that they couldn't make it, the students were unwilling to leave, and they all gathered around the dozen or so monuments in front of the library.

These steles are all rubbings of famous inscriptions collected, including Yan Zhenqing's "Duobao Pagoda Stele" and "Yan Family Temple Stele", Liu Gongquan's "Mysterious Pagoda Stele" and "Diamond Sutra Carved Stone", Ouyang Xun's "Ninety percent "Gong Liquan Ming", "Huadu Temple Stele", Chu Suiliang's "Yanta Holy Religion Preface", and calligraphy works by Mi Fu, Wang Xizhi and others.

Many poor people have studied for so long without even a copybook, and suddenly seeing so many ink marks of everyone in front of them, they are immediately intoxicated and unable to control themselves.

Many Juren from other places had heard people say "Li Buqi is a gentle scum" before, and they were somewhat resistant to Li Buqi, but now that little resistance has long since been thrown into the sky.

They don't know whether Li Buqi is a gentle scum, but Li Buqi puts so many masterpieces of great calligraphers here for them to read, and allows them to read so many books for free, but they know that no one has been able to do it before.

Li's family village is very lively now, but Li Buqi is hiding in the yard behind the library, lying on a rocking chair and reading a book quietly.The emperor has already accepted his fate, the Hanlin scholar Sun Jiquan Zhigongju, and the exam is about to take place.

With a light knock on the door, Yinger quickly opened the door, and Zhang Yingniang, who was disguised as a man, came in from the outside and patted Yinger's head lovingly.Li Buqi put down the book and asked, "What's the matter?"

The Escort needed a person in charge in the Daming Mansion, Li Buqi let Xie Yong go, and now there was no suitable person to contact Yang Silang in a single line, so Li Buqi asked Zhang Yingniang to take charge of the matter.This time Yang Silang left a secret note that something happened, so Zhang Yingniang went to the agreed place to meet Yang Silang.

Zhang Yingniang relayed what Yang Silang said to Li Buqi. It turned out that Zheng En, who came to the capital to buy wine, contacted Yang Silang.Zheng En said that because of the popularity of smuggling spirits to the Liao Kingdom, and the smuggling of medicinal materials from the Liao Kingdom, he has earned more than 1 guan for the Maitreya Sect, so now he is very trusted by the Maitreya Sect, but now he only hears about Maitreya. The leader of the teaching is a monk from Huaizhou.

He said that he also found out why the Maitreya Sect tried to kidnap the little lady of the Zhao family.Xu Che told him that it was Hu Sanniang who fled back and said that Li Buqi had a way to make the Zhao family last forever. Therefore, as the leader and protectors of the Maitreya Sect, who are specialized in rebellion, they were afraid that Li Buqi would hinder their cause of rebellion. Abandon this method.The people in Li Buqi's family are now under strict protection, and they can't do anything, so Hu Sanniang wants to kidnap Zhao Min and force Li Buqi to exchange Zhao Min with that method.

Now, after Zheng En's slick tongue for a while, and he taught Maitreya to the Song Dynasty according to Li Buqi's idea, Liao's original contacts made money after a little integration. Maitreya has already believed that he has learned Li Buqi's method of making money, so his interest in Li Buqi has dropped significantly.

Li Buqi also couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't expect that a joke he said to Hu Sanniang could cause such a big mess.

No way, Li Buqi is not a real Song person, and he still can't fully adapt to the Song people's way of thinking.Besides, the group of people taught by Maitreya pretend to be gods and play ghosts all day long, and their way of thinking cannot be judged by common sense.

Yang Silang also said that Zheng En had inquired about the internal situation of the Maitreya Sect, and Li Buqi hurriedly took a paper and wrote it down.

Alas, Yang Silang is indeed a delicate person, and his memory is also very good, but his lack of literacy is a blemish.

It seems that Zheng En is doing well in Maitreya Sect, Li Buqi told Zhang Yingniang to contact Yang Silang again, and asked Yang Silang to tell Zheng En to continue lurking.

The Li family's new house in the city has started cleaning and is ready to move in.My mother was so happy from ear to ear, she told the congratulatory person that she would marry a wife after the exam.Mom is confident, but many people are worried about whether Li Buqi can pass the exam.

Now everyone knows about Li Buqi and Zhao Min, and Zhao Min is too old to marry someone else.Therefore, although the Zhao family is not satisfied with this marriage, they still hope that Li Buqi can make a name for Donghuamen and marry Zhao Min smoothly.However, people in the capital said that the examiner once expressed in public that he was not used to Li Buqi's style of writing.

Daxiangguo Temple is also worried.If Li Buqi can't successfully pass the Jinshi examination, even if Li Buqi can still marry Zhao Min, this good story that happened in Daxiangguo Temple is not complete, and it will affect the great cause of the Buddhas to enlighten sentient beings.This is a problem with the Buddha's wallet, how can they not be in a hurry?So they blew all the wind to the emperor.

In fact, the emperor was also worried.The emperor knew that Li Buqi was not pleasing to the civil officials, he also knew how important this exam was to Li Buqi, and he also knew that Li Buqi was a staunch man, so he was very worried that if Li Buqi gave up, he would cause trouble.The emperor also needed Li Buqi to take care of his two sons.Therefore, although the emperor was not good at directly interfering with the imperial examinations, he still gave Zhi Gong Ju Sun Wei and Tong Zhi Gong Ju Zhang Fangping several times to make them not go too far.

In fact, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were strong and principled. How could people who read the books of sages commit fraud in the national talent promotion ceremony?It's just that the examiners of this subject don't like the straightforward style of writing, and when they see such articles, they all dismiss them.Even those who couldn't be dismissed were all ranked last.

In the end, the selected papers had to be checked again by several examiners, and it was confirmed that even if there were papers written by Li Buqi, the rankings would not be high. Then Zhang Fangping said to Sun Wei: "Let's find out. The delay will not be short. , Your Majesty is still waiting for the result."

After Sun Wei nodded, the petty official began to uncover the blurred names on the test paper and rolled them under the supervision of the examiner: "No.1 Linjiang Liu Chang, No.2 Nanyang Jiaan, No.3 Fuzhou Xie Zhonggong, No.4 ..."

When No.4 was read, the roll call stopped abruptly, and the roll caller had a look of incredulity on his face. Everyone looked at him, and the roll caller woke up from the shock and continued to sing: "Kaifeng Mansion Li Buqi!"

"What?" Everyone was dumbfounded, but the supervising official had a shocked look on his face, but he didn't correct the little official, so he knew that No.4 was really Li Buqi.

(End of this chapter)