Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Cui Xie entrusted Cui Liangdong with a plate of dried lead cores and the proportioning ingredients he tried out to Cui Liangdong, and asked him to prepare a few more portions and bake them as soon as possible. Today, he went to find an elaborate kiln and baked them with different firepower. .

Cui Liangdong also listened to the work reports of the two shopkeepers, looked at the black lead on the plate, and asked expectantly: "The son is doing this, but the eyeball?"

Paint eyes? Oh, eyeliner... I almost forgot.

But this ore thing can't be applied to the eyes, right? Nowadays, not many people use thrushes to apply eyebrows. It must be bad for the skin and the makeup effect is not good. This kind of stone powder can't stay in the water. What if the powder falls into the eyes after it dries out and damages the eyes?

They do small business, they can't patronize and make money, and they don't take the interests of customers in their hearts.

He waved his hand and said, "These lead...thrush inks are not of good quality, so I insisted on selling them with color pictures. On the contrary, they lowered the value of Ju'anzhai. I tried it on paper yesterday, but I felt I used it to paint. The painting is good, but it's too soft and easy to break, so I want to burn it with the soil, just like burning pottery and porcelain. Isn't it easy to use when it's hardened?"

Cui Liangdong thought for a while holding the plate, squinted his eyes and asked, "The son needs a few ready-made thrush stones? The stone is already strong, and the ink is soft. It is easy to crush and stick the thrush. of."

...

As much as you know!

Cui Xie rolled his eyes secretly, and said, "Which is written with a stone, it must look like a pen? Anyway, let someone follow this to get more ink sticks to burn, and then look for a craftsman to use it. The extremely soft wood is cut into pen-sized lengths, and the ink stick is slotted in the middle. I use it to write."

He urged Cui Liangdong seriously, saying that this thing can be sold if it is done well, and asked him to stare at it several times, and test the effect immediately after it is finished. Note the weight and temperature, and if it does not add or subtract toner, try it out. Easy to color, suitable for writing on soft tissue paper.

He confessed in this way and looked as important as the shop selling southern goods. Cui Liangdong couldn't ignore it, so he asked his nephew Xiao Shen to stare at it.

His nephew is only eighteen or nine years old now. Seeing that he is working with his father in Zhuangzi, he has no chance to enter the house. Now that I have gotten such a serious job, I have to do it tightly. I squatted outside the kiln for several days and stared at it. Finally, I tried three soft and dark formulas that were particularly fluent in writing.

These three kinds of inks are slightly different in shades, but they are all handy to write. A bit harder is too easy to scratch the paper, and a bit softer is easier to scum and look unclean.

When he burned the refill, he also easily tried out paper that matched the pencil.

After all, pencils are not as good as writing brushes. When they rubbed the lead core, the tips of the two ends fell on the paper, and the paper was scratched. Or sometimes it says that it is broken, and the broken edge is like a small blade, and it can also make a big hole in the paper, and the thinner the good paper, the more likely it is to break.

As a young man, he has to use paper well when writing. If you can’t find the paper that matches this ink stick, you can’t write on the ink stick when you burn it. What good is this ink stick? What is the use of him who burns ink?

Brother Xiao Shen could understand, and he naturally refused to do things perfunctorily: burn the ink stick for a while, test the paper for a while, and come back after many days of tossing, and finally researched the result——

Raw hide paper, cotton paper, and rice paper are not easy to use. Bamboo paper is slightly better. It must be paper that has been eaten with alum water and coated with white powder. It would be even better if there is thick paper coated with wax and calendered with stones.

When he went back to talk to his uncle with the things in his hand, Cui Liangdong felt that his nephew was doing things with his heart, and it was very useful. So he also told him to follow him, take those things and the accounts kept these days, and tell him to show his face in front of the son.

Brother Xiao Shen entered the mansion for the first time, and saw the eldest son for the first time, and he dared not lift his eyes. He was half nervous and half agitated. He was a little stuttered. He stumbled and told him how to burn pencils and how to test paper these days.

Cui Xie took the refill and saw that he was entangled with the rope so that he could write when he picked it up. He first praised him for "fine", and then took a written test. The hand feels smooth when writing and the pen is comfortable to hold. It is similar to when using ink sticks, except that the handwriting is lighter in color, about the same as the 5B and 6B pencils.

He was writing comfortably. Little Shen saw his face stretched out, as if he was very satisfied with the pen. He couldn't help adding two more sentences: "This ink stick is best written on thick paper. The thicker the paper, the firmer and more slippery the better. The little one guesses, the paper sold by Ju'anzhai is the best after all, and people in Beijing are vying to buy it. If the son writes with those, wouldn’t it be easy to use and save face ?"

……Finally, their family is not as wide as writing on paper with four silver coins.

Cui Xie shook his head and said with a smile: "Your pencil burns well. I will burn him a few kilos like this when I look back. When I look back, my family will bring one with us. We don't use it for serious things. I usually write something on the wall. You can use it on the table or on the table. You can wipe it off with water. It can be washed even if the clothes are stained. They are not as bad as ink."

But the paper in Kyori is too expensive, so I feel distressed. The paper in Qian'an is still cheap, so just let the people from the hometown bring him some ordinary paper when they bring things.

He took the hand-made pencils that were thick and chubby with twine, and the end of the thread was exposed beside the nib, immediately replaced the usual wicker sticks, and couldn't wait to take them to school.

In the first ten days of August, he would talk more and repeat less. It was the peak of note-taking. He experienced the pleasure of using a new pencil. He copied notes temporarily, borrowed and copied books at Yiluntang, and even threw the shameful stickers PLAY. Behind the head.

He downplayed the matter, but others kept their minds. After the papers were posted this time, his test papers were not compiled into the book, and they were accumulated until the end of autumn and then handed over to the Imperial Academy for storage. Instead, the **** Gao sent someone to take away the imitation book from that month.

The father-in-law Gao himself was taught by the Hanlin small class, and the professional and elegant supervisor of the li supervisor can also be called an insider. He has a good eye for reading articles and ink posts. When I got the paper, I didn't look at the content first, only the large, round, black pavilion body nodded for the emperor. Looking at the words and sentences of the article, it is also profound, thoughtful, and loud, like a eloquent person talking in front of him, which is compelling.

This article is written!

This spirit! This vitality! This grammar!

His response poem was not written by one person!

Gao Gonggong read it over and over again and again, and he can almost see the materialist dialectics submerged in Cui Xie's thinking from the text. The more he reads it, the more he finds his articles are thick and grounded.

The imperial examination articles were originally based on classics. Only if you have a thorough understanding of Confucianism, a clear understanding of Confucianism, and the ability to express your own thoughts, can you have the confidence to write such a powerful article. If there is not enough Confucianism, no matter how much the article is written, there will be no foundation. Even if they try their best to learn from other people's articles, the text is vain and restrictive, and those who are immersed in Neo-Confucianism can see its emptiness and weakness at a glance.

These articles are really not like those who read the scriptures, memorize a few passages, and write things that fool people. Although this Cui Xie was late to study, he is indeed a child prodigy. He has truly understood the scriptures and has some truth in his heart!

It is indeed the gifted man he recommended to the emperor!

Gao Liang couldn't help but recalled the situation since the two met, and felt more and more emotional that his insight was like a torch, and he knew the talents in the humble.

In the future, if Cui Xie is lucky enough to pass the Jinshi exam, he can be regarded as a story of knowledge that can be passed down in the history; if he is an imperial fate... it will be decades later, so let's talk about it at that time.

He jotted down the good lines in those articles, ready to deal with the emperor's entrance examination at any time, and asked his nephew to pay more attention to the Cui family, don't call them orphans...the old and weak are bullied.

Gao Su said in a big way: "Don't worry, my son often goes to take care of his business. The rouge, eyebrows, and scented soaps for his wife and your wife are all theirs. I also ordered his new house with Master Cui. When the toiletry is ready, I will buy more bottles to honor your old man."

The high **** smiled and said, "I am a husband, what kind of flower dew, just give it to your wife." After thinking about it, he said, "I have to go to the palace to serve on the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can spend the festival with your wife at home. Please invite a good theater team. Tell your ladies and children to relax all day, be lively and lively, don't begrudge your money."

Gao Su sighed: "It's hard to book a good theater group now. After I played the beauty pageant in Ju'anzhai, I wanted to book a family who had dressed up as a beauty from the Three Kingdoms. Unfortunately, I was a step late and asked Conductor Wan to book Jinyun in one go. Two teams of Fushou and Fushou. Niang Shao’s family also booked a Xing’an class. I was inquiring that the British father Zhang’s and Liang fathers had also booked it. I don’t know which team it was. And the play was the most stunning at night. They might not Kenyun give it to our family."

The high **** hadn’t seen anything in the palace. He didn’t like these folk tricks at all, and said dismissively: “It’s just a Three Kingdoms opera. Which one doesn’t know how to do it. Do you have to look at them? You decide. Let’s live a lively life in our own house."

Even though he said that, Gao Su didn't dare to neglect the matter. When he picked up the theater group, he first asked if he would have the makeup and acting like Ju'anzhai.

As he asked, he slapped his head and understood: Ju'anzhai hired lesser-known theater troupes, but the new ones he had never had before were released. Couldn't it be their own idea? ?

Just ask their boss to come and ask!

Ju'anzhai’s old boss is in the countryside, but the young boss lives in Cui’s house. He has been to that house. He also talked and laughed with the Cui family’s junior supervising students... He started from the Cui family and asked Cui Jiansheng to help this matter. Did he find a small businessman to save trouble?

He was not afraid of trouble. After the curfew, he quietly took the sedan chair to Cui's house and called him out of the main hall of Cui's second elder.

As soon as Cui Xie saw him, he said apologetically: "My lord, the flower water is not available yet. If you rush to use it at this time, there are some real flower water from foreign countries in my powder shop. I will ask someone to send it to you tomorrow. ?"

Gao Su said: "No need, no, we didn't see that, but came to you for a little favor——

He didn't even drink tea, and couldn't wait to say: "Do you know that they organized a beauty pageant on the Chinese Valentine's Day in Ju'an Zhai? The general actors and vocalists dressed up like fairy daughters, and they acted like fairy daughters. It seems like. My wife is just watching a new play. I also want to honor the two elders. I invite those groups to sing on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Who knows that those groups are called for people. I am worrying about this, and I suddenly want to live in Anzhai. Doesn’t Shaodong live in your house? Can you ask him to find a way for me?"

...Young man, you are looking for the righteous, the director of the party is sitting in front of you!

Cui Xie took a sip of tea and said with restraint: "Master Gao, don't worry. The Three Kingdoms operas have been handed down since the Yuan Dynasty. Where do you want to come and have a group that can't sing? The ones that Ju Anzhai invited are not well-known. The group, adults can find a family at will, and they can sing."

Gao Su shook his head: "You son of the supervising student can't go out to the theater. I don't know how lively the conference is in his house. The opera singers and singers are all dressed up like gods, with eyes so big, mouth so small, and face. It's so red... the light is on to see the painting, and when the light is off, people walk out enchantingly from the painting—"

Thinking of the scene, he couldn't help swallowing. Seeing Cui Xie's plain face, as if he didn't understand anything, he said with a touch of subtle sympathy and pride: "Someone else can't think of that way, nor can they make such a moving scene. I There are also big pictures of beauties at home, and I can make screens, but I just can’t make such a beautiful lady. When I go back and sing with the family raised, they won’t be able to draw those dark circles."

What dark circles, that is called eyeliner...

Cui Xie, the chief director, chief planner and director of the Tanabata Gala, smiled faintly, and said, "This eyeliner is easy to draw. I have newly made a kind of eyeliner in my store. My family is trying it out, saying that it is more convenient than using eyebrow pencils. Color. Just take a very thin pen or wicker, dip a little and rub it on your eyes.

"As for the play...Although Brother Xiaoqi lives in my house, he is young and ignorant. If he wants to come, the adult of his family orders it. Maybe the shopkeeper knows more. I will ask him to go to the store and talk about it tomorrow. Speaking of this, the adults ordered a theater troupe from time to time, and they just told Ju Anzhai to let the people in their store explain the rehearsal to the class leader. After the rehearsal, go to the adult’s house. Wouldn’t it be easier?"

Gao Su nodded: "It's still as thoughtful as you think. I am a man with a wealth of attire and guards who work for the emperor. It is not nice to personally ask about the troupe."

But when I asked the theater troupe, I had to ask about my mother-in-law and my wife: "The'eyeliner' you sell is specially made for eye circles? Don't you use snails and daisies on the outside? Is it easy to apply the cream? ?"

In fact, it is better to color than eyebrow pencil, and healthy. This is what he looked through the chemistry book, and it seems that the Republic of China prescriptions were made with pure natural medicinal material "monkey ginger" into powder. Because the powdery eyeliner was not sticky, he was afraid that it would fall off when he wiped it off. After studying a whole chapter of cosmetics knowledge, he picked up the sesame oil for mouth fat, mixed with the powder, and stirred it into a paste.

Mouth fat will be shiny after adding nails, it is not easy to fall off, and it can be used as nail polish. This Jiajian is fried with medicinal materials and can be applied to the mouth. It is definitely not toxic, but the oil is not as good as eyebrow powder to remove makeup. Anyway, women nowadays put on a white face when putting on make-up. If the foundation is thick, it can be considered as a barrier. Wash the face a few times and then go down.

Cui Xie smiled, and said modestly: "I am not a businessman either. I don't want to deceive Master Gao, who is dedicated to taking care of the cold family, for the goods. Is the eyeliner good? I will look at it for two more days. People send it to adults, and if it’s not good, ask them to look outside."

The tall man patted the table and said loudly: "How can I not believe you, a scholar, a profiteer outside the letter? I will wait for your good news at home!"

He walked away with his head high, and Cui Xie also went back to his study to find Cui Qi, and whispered that the Gao family was going to sing the Three Kingdoms Opera during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and someone from Ju An Zhai had to help.

Cui Qi was depicting Guan Yun Changshui flooding the Seventh Army in the room, causing those waves and light and shadows to make life difficult. After going out for a walk, he still did not wake up. He stared at him in a daze before nodding: "I will go tomorrow morning. Tell the treasurer to tell him to find a guy who arranged the audience to watch this."

Cui Xie looked at him in a daze, people were a little silly, and patted him affectionately on the top of his head and said: "Go back to sleep, don't stay up all night, see if your bones are softened. You are also a bit... …"

Cui Qi compared himself and his body. He was a little shorter, but he didn't feel ashamed. He said frankly: "My father didn't grow up very much. He didn't marry my mother and gave birth to me. It doesn’t matter if a man has a good character, there are so many big men in the world."

Choi Xie refused to drink the chicken soup so dry.

He forced Cui Qi to go back to sleep, locked the door, opened the 2T hard drive in his brain, closed his eyes and studied the eyeliner drawing of beautiful women from all over the world, preparing to draw an eyeliner tutorial for the Gao family's troupe. If it is feasible, it can be printed in a book later to sell cosmetics teaching materials.

Do not……

No...

It is not appropriate to give a makeup tutorial alone. For a study such as Ju’anzhai, it’s best to follow the pure literati route.

This picture is simpler, it is more suitable when the instruction manual is sold with the eyeliner. Anyway, the rouge shop is a place where cosmetics are sold. In order to sell well, it is normal for the store to be a bit more elaborate.