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Chen Prefecture, Wuwei, Gu Da, Feng Ming Yu Daming, and Cai Yu, also known as the Four Great Families of the literary world, regardless of whether it was the government or the people, it was widely acknowledged that this was the case. They each represented a faction's doctrine. This time, when the four great families gathered at Hezhou, they naturally could not be underestimated. The conference to explain the scriptures was a gift to the four great families to expand the influence of their own schools of literature.

On behalf of the host, Tang Wenxuan and Li Shuoting welcomed the four great families to Hezhou. The four great families also showed rare modesty. The various shocks they received from coming to Hezhou had made them retract their contemptuous thoughts. Why would a saint create a classic? Isn't it all just to enlighten the four directions? If a servant or servant of a mansion could be trained, then who could do the same to a commoner of a prefecture? Of course, what they saw was only the prefectural city's area. The other counties in Hezhou didn't have much of a change. They never would have thought that anyone would be willing to spend such a large amount of energy, coordinate the two sides, unify the official business, and spend a few months to carry out a facade renovation project! Under the law of iron, how many complaints had been fixed and how many stubbornness had been fixed! The process was arduous, but the effects were astonishing. Everyone was shocked, let alone the others.

Every morning, the sound of books being read could be heard from everywhere in the city, causing many scholars to cry. According to the information gathered, the He Prefecture Academy was free of charge. The children living in the surrounding countryside were given food and lodging. Even in the ten prefectures of Jing Nan, there had never been such a thing! Before the beginning of the conference, more than thirty scholars had already found Li Shuting Ting and were willing to stay in Hezhou as a teacher.

As the large number of beauties arrived at Hezhou, the scholars and shady people all over the city were as if they had been injected with chicken blood. At that moment, all the good things that the He Zhou Prefecture had said about the beauties and scholars were like a spring bamboo shoot after a spring rain. It also filled the entire city with the poetry, poetry, and romance of He Zhou Prefecture! Of course, there would occasionally be people who would get jealous and drink to make trouble. This also allowed everyone to witness Hezhou's security methods. It was slightly exaggerated to say that before the old fist could warm up, the scabbard had already fallen from the sky. Wei Dazhang, who had taken down the troublemaker, said, "The slogan of our Hezhou criminal arrest is: Everywhere, whenever you call for it!" These days, he had taken care of a lot of ruffians, so how hard would it be to deal with a few foreign scholars?

Every corner of Hezhou was filled with surprises for these scholars and beauties. These scholars and beauties would constantly leave their imprints on this capital, complementing each other and loving each other from time to time!

Finally, the first poetry and wine gathering in Hezhou opened as scheduled.

On the first day, the scholars all went to the library where they admired their own school. Normally, it was rare to hear a lecture from a scholar, so this was a chance they could not afford to miss! The architectural styles of the several big libraries were quite similar. The lecture places were arranged in the courtyard, forming a lecture theater. The cleverly designed desk, the enormous blackboard, the spacious and luxurious lecturer's desk, and the comfortable and exquisite chair were all newly built academies, but they had a profound sense of cultural heaviness, which could normally accommodate five hundred people. If they squeezed together, it wouldn't be a problem for a thousand people to sit down. As for those who were late, they could only squeeze into the corridors around the courtyard to avoid seeing anyone and to listen for sounds. He quickly climbed up a big tree outside the academy and was finally arrested by the security officer, who invited him down one by one. In short, all four academies were packed with people.

While the lecturer was reciting the scriptures, someone behind him would use some kind of small white object to write out the main content of the lecture on the blackboard, making everyone understand it at a glance. That exclamation of surprise was something that even the master of the subject could not help but exclaim; it was not because he had a high status, but because he felt that he was attracting everyone's attention to himself, and he explained even more diligently.

This lecture from the four great families could be said to have an unprecedented effect. There was a lecture in the past, and the beneficiaries were usually only a small portion of the people close to them. Most of them did not even have the chance to look at the main lecturer. Today, almost all the scholars who came to Hezhou benefited greatly from this event. Cai Gui even announced that every year at the beginning of October, he would come to Hezhou to start classes for three days! In that era, fame was of utmost importance. Three days of teaching as a master teacher might be the period where a master teacher would hang up his name in high school! You Xiwei, who was on good terms with Cai Gui, also announced that they would be coming to He Zhou to preach for three days as well. This caused countless students to celebrate with each other!

During the debate in the afternoon, Wu Dazming's side gave a little bit of awkwardness. That night, Zhang Zhou heard the whole story. The awkward reason was that a young scholar called Lu Fang Cheng had pointed out that Wu Dazming's essay was too showy and beautiful, and the content was too empty. In short, it was just a piece of gold and jade, and it was just a piece of gold! Then he was dragged out by his companions. Fortunately, Yu Daming quickly forgot about this unhappiness in the midst of his flattery.

The four great venue had all selected outstanding contestants! As for who was outstanding, it all depended on the mood of the four of them. Each of them received a thousand taels of silver on the spot.

Zhang Zhou didn't have a good impression of those sad words. The basic purpose of these activities was for the benefit of others. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the literary and cultural products under the Nine Prefectures' business also appeared in front of the whole world, and all the literary people who came to Hezhou were refreshed. The high-end effect of its items, a great favorite of the literati! Putting aside the fact that the merchants had signed the contracts, just the various literary and educational products purchased by these scholars would leave the stock empty.

Of course, to be able to absorb some useful talent from these scholars was also the most important! As for the identification and roping in of this kind of people, it was mainly because of Li Shuting's appearance, and the Nine Regions' business.

The next day, the poetry meet was held in the reorganized northern part of the city. There were a total of 3300 people who signed up for it, and nearly 50 registrations were held simultaneously: registration, drinking, writing poems, collecting, gathering, and selection. There were dozens of scholars who were drunk without even being able to pick up their pens after drinking a bowl of wine! After repeated selections, a total of four hundred people were selected and entered the second round. After that, a total of eighty people were selected.

During the night when the whole city was celebrating with poems, Zhang Zhou did not have the time to participate in the opening ceremony. Of course, more than two hundred arrests and five hundred patrolling troops were not enough, and the General had to support five hundred soldiers. However, it was reported that Hezhou City was bustling with activity that night. The eight locations were packed with people, and the results were very good! Zhang Zhou was relieved that nothing big had happened.

On the third day, the final eight finalists had been selected.

The four great families were selected, Li Shuting Ting, Chen Huaijin from Su Zhou, and a scholar from Zhang Zhou. It was impossible to advance without a shady plot, and the first five were required to be promoted.

Even though there were some who were not convinced, they could only secretly be angry!

The final victory. The eight people each took a few sentences of their own, using wine as the topic, and wrote a poem to determine their victory. Li Shuting did not know what to feel, because the poem for the top eight was no longer his own work, but given to him by Zhang Zhou. While feeling guilty, he thought of Zhang Zhou's words: Your honor and disgrace is small, but this matter concerns the future of the entire Hezhou region! You've only learned how to be worse than the four great families? No, no one is praising you. Which one is more important than that little bit of literary pride of yours and the century-old education plan of Hezhou? When Zhang Zhou gave him the last poem, he knew that he was already first! Zhang Zhou also said that if he didn't write the poem, he would make it rot forever and not let the world know about it. During this period of time, Li Shuting's mind had changed greatly, and his mind slowly cleared up, and he gradually put down his hesitation.

On the 10th of October, 14th of the year, Li Shuting's name shook the whole world. The four rich men were all willing to admit defeat.

From the beginning of the day, how could any drinker not drink He Zhou Lie? How can it be possible to drink without knowing that the strong men of Hezhou are about to drink?

The 80 scholars who were chosen had personally engraved their own poems on the wall of the new tourist garden, so that they could observe! On the other hand, Li Xiuping's' Enter the Wine 'was engraved on the city walls of Hezhou City. From then on, the name of the He Zhou Prefecture was' Enter the Wine City '.

A few days later, the Emperor of the Great Tang, while tasting the strong He Zhou, read "close to wine" and said three good words in succession. Order: Li Fei, raise your rank by one rank, raise your rank to Imperial Consort! Furthermore, he personally wrote the words "He Zhou Lie" and gave it to the Nine Prefectures.

However, the liveliness of Hezhou was getting stronger and stronger. It was now a hot part of the Hezhou beauty contest.

After several rounds of auditions, the beauty contest held its grand opening ceremony before the finale of the championship. The Jiuzhou Yaotai Song Dance Company, which had met the world for the first time for the first time, solemnly released the first song and dance piece, "Love Rivers and Mountains and Love Beauty More!" Everyone who was watching had their eyes opened wide!

Especially the performance of the lead singer with a feminine accent and the impact of the chorus! He had been intoxicated with countless talented women and Wen family's distinguished guests! Yao Tai's singing and dancing group became famous with a single song!

From the very beginning, the hundred people who had entered the beauty selection competition began to compete with each other in a brilliant and magnificent manner. There were more than 1200 beauties registered this time, and most of them were from the brothel and the Chu Hall. This was also within reason. Of course, there were also many girls from famous and bold families, as well as some women from poor families who wished to change their lives. This group of people made contact with the businesses in the Nine Prefectures. If they wanted to, they would hire them at a high salary because these people generally had good aptitudes. If they dared to participate, it would be a sign of courage. The result made Zhang Zhou very satisfied. The women who were born in poverty didn't give up this opportunity and signed a business contract with the Nine Regions!

There was one thing that he had to admit, the Southern Ten Prefectures not only had a lot of rich and powerful guests, but also famous people who were chosen. Whether it was culture, beauty, figure, zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, or skills, they were all unattainable in the other prefectures! With the aid of the General Assembly of Scholars, many famous people who did not want to participate had come. Who would not know that being able to shine in the eyes of the world's scholars would greatly increase one's worth. What was the purpose of being a famous singer? The two great events this time were filled with guests from the Feudal Lords. The victory of a hedonistic fan was not something that Hua Shen Luo's Courtesan Belle Competition could compare with.

On the third day of the hundred-person competition, thirty to twenty matches began. Every day, those who bought flowers to vote for their goddess became even hotter. Throwing away money like a competition was simply insane. The amount of money earned from the matches reached five hundred thousand taels, and on the fourth day, the amount of money earned from the matches reached twenty to ten. In the end, more than a million silver was spent. In the end, only eight people from the Southern Prefecture and two from the capital made it through. Xixi of Suzhou, Lan Ling of Tongzhou, Water Fairy of Ying Prefecture, and Yu Mancheng of the capital were all well-known throughout the world. On the last day, the competition was more intense than anyone could imagine. Xixi and Yu Mancheng both put in a lot of effort, and in the end, they spent more than 2.1 million taels of silver on Xixi's defeat to Yu Mancheng in the capital! This caused the Southern Domain popinjays, who still had some strength left in them, to be extremely dissatisfied. Under the booing of the rich and poor young masters of the capital, the dozen or so popinjays who were the most unwilling swished their sleeves and left.

However, these ten odd fellows who were burning with anger had yet to find a way to vent it out. He was invited to a courtyard and saw a smiling Zhang Zhou. After hearing Zhang Zhou's identity, if it wasn't for the bear-like guy standing behind him who wanted to tear Zhang Zhou into pieces, he would have already done so. Zhang Zhou was not angry. He asked, "Do you remember the Wealth Hall?" The indignant voices of the dozen or so people quickly died down, and all of them started to feel a lingering fear. Their families were indeed rich, but would they have more money than the Wealth Hall? With just one sentence from the imperial government, the great edifice was toppled! If he won the match, he would inevitably offend the rich young masters of the capital. There were many children of high officials among them; the common people did not fight with the officials!

Only then do I know Zhang Zhou's good intentions, and thus: Thank you, Big Brother Zhang Zhou Quan! Big Brother Zhang Zhou is very kind! Big Brother Zhang, we will be brothers from now on! What happens to Big Brother Zhang in my territory in the future … Because of this, Zhang Zhou gained a lot of connections in the Southern City. However, there was a person who occasionally sighed, causing Zhang Zhou to be at a disadvantage. That person said, "Do you think that stone tablet was forged by some bastard?"

There were still many people who wanted to continue the liveliness and watch the performance of the singing and dancing group. There were also many people who wanted to negotiate business with the Nine Prefectures, and there were also many who were interested in He Zhou. In short, the prefecture had been bustling with noise and excitement for almost a month before the weather gradually cooled down. During this period, there was no lack of beautiful stories about couples, but Zhang Zhou had no time to pay attention to these!

In the room, Zhang Zhou massaged Guan Yuniang's shoulders. Guan Yuniang had already gotten used to his hospitality. Of course, if he had any bad intentions, she would shyly hit his hand away.

"When did you decide to go to the capital?"

Sitting on the chair, Guan Yuiniang comfortably squinted her eyes and asked Zhang Zhou behind her.

I plan to give him a surprise, and then the emperor's birthday. With the singing and dancing group having trained for so long, it's far from enough to show off in Hezhou. The capital is the place where the dancing and singing group will truly become famous.

"Then why did you reject the invitation from Yu Mancheng? Everyone truly hopes for us to perform! "

"Isn't it all for the sake of increasing my value? Our singing and dancing troupes will not lack opportunities to show our faces in the future. The first few times we have to show our faces on a larger platform, after all, we don't have many mature songs, so the first time we go to the capital is very important. Reject her, the first is that I already have a plan, I can't be disrupted! Secondly, this entire city should be King Jing's men, causing me to hesitate! "

"Rich Hall is close to the crown prince, but they all work for the Ping Wang as well?"

"That's reasonable, but I still feel that it's not right!"

"Offending Yu Mancheng, don't tell me …"

"Don't worry, I won't!" Don't forget, if I don't go find the empress, her imperial title of number one beauty would be unreal! She has to curry favor with me! "

"This time, we've found quite a few beautiful seedlings and they've all signed with us. I heard that there's a girl called Hong Xiu. You even went to meet her several times!"

How could Zhang Zhou not see through Guan Yuniang's jealousy? He hurriedly said, "Sister Guan, I swear that I will never have any presumptuous thoughts. It's just that her voice is very good. If I don't check for you personally, I really can't be at ease! "

Guan Yuniang did not continue to tease him, and asked, "Then what do you plan to do about Mei Changqing and Lu Fangcheng?"

"Mei Changqing, I'll let him study under Chen Chaoyin for a while. He has a lot of ambitions and opinions, I feel that he will be a talent in the future!" I plan to have him go to the censor department to try it out. He has always disapproved of matters like keeping a low profile, and after the censors are closed, he should be able to show some of his abilities. That brat, Nan Qi, sometimes, because of his feelings, he won't be able to do anything about it. I'll stay with Li Shuting and prepare for the exam in Hezhou. I'll do my best to prepare for the exam next year. Those who wish to rely on the business of the Nine Prefectures, we'll make arrangements first, and we'll also have to observe and consider them first before making specific arrangements. "

"I heard that Wu Yu's youngest son stayed behind as well. Did you arrange for him to be transferred to the academy?"

"En, Yu Shaofu isn't as famous as Yu Daoming. He is of good quality and is the kind of scholar that I like. If used properly, he would definitely become a character!" He recommended a few talented people to me. I've met them, and they're pretty good! "

"Hehe, and this child, it seems like you're so old!"

Guan Yu-niang teased Zhang Zhou with her words. Zhang Zhou chuckled.

"He is clearly a child, but I am not. I don't believe that elder sister can personally test him!"

Guan YuNiang softly cursed, "Scoundrel!" and continued to ask, "Then what about Taoist Yunfeng?"

"Don't mention it. Being around the infirmary all day long makes me so happy that I can't bear to think of others!" Zhang Zhou suddenly lowered his head and whispered into Guan Yu-niang's ears, "Sis, how are those two experts? Can you use your money to smash it down! "

Guan Yuniang knew that he was trying to make use of this opportunity to cause trouble, so she spoke in a low voice and shyly rebuked him.

"You're so annoying!" After avoiding his thoughts, he said, "To be honest, I don't like it. I'm like two wooden puppets, it's very awkward to stay by my side. Besides, the business of the Nine Regions is not without skills, it's more comfortable to use your own people!"

"He is free and at ease, but he is not an expert! "Liu Qingshan and Chen Chao Ying are of great use and cannot be transferred back. I will definitely not allow you to be careless in your safety. When we have time, let's talk about it after entering the capital!"

Zhang Zhou turned around and squatted down beside her, holding her hand. Guan Yu-niang did not refuse this time, and let him hold her hand. She listened to him continue, "We are growing too fast. Currently, the income of the cultural and cultural products, household goods, wine and sesame seed oil was sufficient for him! We still need to discuss this steadily until we can determine the market before we can start working. According to my calculations, before now, this project will be a huge trap, but we cannot not vote for it. Even if we can only see the benefits after ten years, it would still be worth it. Although the few caravans didn't earn money, they still had to invest more. and how to improve the management system is what we need to do the most right now. "

Guan Yuniang nodded and asked, "What about the Prince?"

"Those few factions will see the truth sooner or later. I want to avoid participating as much as possible. If we choose the wrong person, we will suffer together!" There is still time and opportunity for operation. This time, after entering the capital, I will put in some effort on the empress's side and see if there is any solution. Master Tang means that after the new year, I can be promoted, but I'm still hesitating whether I should give up on the matter of torture! "

Zhang Zhou pondered for a moment and continued, "As long as there are no major changes, our foundation will remain in Hezhou. This is also the reason why I put so much effort into creating a Hezhou image!"

"Mm, I know that!"

Zhang Zhou inched closer and rested his face on Guan Yu-niang's thigh, completely ignoring her sensitive and bashful lips.

"Uncle You has arranged a marriage for Xiao Qi. I heard that Xiao Qi really likes that girl. She'll probably get married next year!"

When Guan Yuniang heard this, her hand suddenly tightened. How could Zhang Zhou not feel it? He raised his head and looked at her, asking, "Sis, what kind of betrothal gift do you need to get married?"

Guan Yuniang did not know how to answer.

"Is it enough to use the business of the Nine Regions as a betrothal gift?"

"That was originally mine. You wish for it to be beautiful!"

He blurted out in a hurry, which made Guan Yuiniang extremely embarrassed. Before she could react, Zhang Zhou, who had already stood up, held her in his arms and said clearly, "Next year, April, I will marry you …"

As for what love words Zhang Zhou said after that, the teary-eyed Guan Yu-niang couldn't hear a single word!