Zhou Shixian said that Gao Hongtu was a pure minister, which was not a false statement, nor was it that Gao Hongtu was particularly proud of him because he was willing to help him.

The so-called pure minister means not being left or right, not forming cliques or standing side by side. The monarch often likes such ministers.

Zhou Shixian felt that Gao Hongtu was really such a person.

When Zhao Nanxing of the Donglin Party offended him, he wrote a memorial to scold Zhao Nanxing. Wei Zhongxian was so happy that he quickly transferred him back to the court, wanting him to help him deal with the Donglin Party, but he turned around to help Zhao Nanxing and impeach Cui Chengxiu of the eunuch party, which made Wei Zhongxian sigh and raised an ungrateful wolf and drove him home.

Zhou Shixian thought to himself that this is the kind of person who helps the people but not the relatives. Later, he was excluded from the court by Ma Shiying and was actually displaced. In the end, he went on a hunger strike and starved to death in a dilapidated temple.

Such a person is not only a pure minister, but also a good person. If the emperor wants to take him into the cabinet, he thinks he is worthy of it.

The next day, Zhuang Yanchao came to report that the 160 bags of raw silk had already issued a letter of release and handed it to Song Yingxing's young fellow villager. Song Yingxing was grateful and kept saying that he would come to thank the prince-consort.

Since he was coming, Zhou Shixian waited only. Sure enough, after dinner, Gu Shiba sent a famous thorn with Song Yingxing's name written on it.

"There are two more swords of rice paper," Gu Shiba raised the gift to the prince-consort to show it, "and a row of wolf hairs produced in Huzhou."

Zhou Shixian nodded, thinking that this gift would cost a few taels of silver, which was already a waste of money for Song Yingxing.

"Please come in."

Gu Shiba was stunned, and quickly lowered his head and said yes, and walked out quickly.

When Song Yingxing, who was waiting at the corner gate of the Hou Mansion, was shocked when he heard that he wanted to invite him in and couldn't help but hesitate.

He had already handed over the position of prefect and was about to go back to his hometown in Nanchang, Jiangxi, but the procedures of the Ministry of Personnel had not been completed. Unexpectedly, his fellow villager cried for help, so he had to take the attitude of treating the dead horse as a living horse and go to Zhuang Yanchao to hit the wooden clock.

There was no hope for this matter, just to give an explanation to the fellow villager. Unexpectedly, when the wooden clock hit, it was extremely loud. The next day, he got the official letter of release and handed it to the fellow villager, and he still thought he was in a dream.

In particular, Commander Zhuang made an announcement that this was the meaning of the governor of Zhou and Prince Zhou, saying that he wanted to take care of you, the prefect of Song, which made Song Yingxing even more confused. But no matter what, after receiving such a great favor from others, he would go to thank him no matter what.

However, according to the rules of the officialdom, because their status is too different, they say they are coming to thank you. In fact, there is no need to meet. Just send the famous sect and gifts in. When the personal soldiers who were notified give a reply, they say, "The prince-in-law is not here, and I will go back to the gift another day." This etiquette of coming to thank you is over.

Now I suddenly said I would invite you in, and I refused to accept the famous sect and returned it intact. This is a practice of expressing respect for people with high official positions or people with high status.

Although Song Yingxing is not an old official, he knows that the prince consort is a popular person in the court now and the prince's grandpa. What is the reason for him to treat himself like this?

He was shocked and suspicious, but now that things have come to this point, he can't just turn around and leave, so he had to follow Gu Shiba through the courtyard, and he was dizzy. Finally, he came to the study room in the backyard and met Zhou Shixian who was waiting here.

"Sir, please see the prince-consort." Song Yingxing bowed and bowed. "Thank you for your care to my fellow townsmen."

"Duke Song doesn't have to be too polite," Zhou Shixian returned the politeness and said with a smile, "I have always heard of Duke Song's name for a long time, and I will only see it today."

"Song's minor official is not worth mentioning," Song Yingxing said in more confusion, "I wonder how the prince-consort knew about the subordinates?"

"The "Natural Works of Bring Things" is well-known, and everyone knows it is written by Song Gong, and I am no exception."

Song Yingxing suddenly realized that the prince-consort knew me from this book. I think it was because a mere fifth-rank prefect in Jiangbei was not enough to attract his eyes. However, this prince-consort actually liked books like "Tiangong" and "I didn't expect it."

"Have you read my works?" Song Yingxing didn't think his book had such a big name.

"This..." Zhou Shixian's tone stagnated. After thinking about it, he decided to tell the truth. "I heard that it was full of great knowledge, but unfortunately I couldn't find a book and I didn't have the chance to read it."

Song Yingxing thought to himself that the prince consort is very realistic.

"The prince-consort made fun of it. This book is nothing more than some practical and practical primary knowledge, and it is not easy to enter the elegant hall." Song Yingxing shook his head and said, "There are not many people I have heard of, and there are even none of them who like to read, and even those who can't even print and publish."

Zhou Shixian nodded in his heart. It was not easy to engrave and print books in this era. Just carving papers could not be made without a few hundred taels of silver. It can also be seen that Song Yingxing was honest as an official and could not even take out this money.

"I am willing to help Mr. Song with one hand, so I will find a book merchant carving in the capital, engraving and printing three thousand sets for the world."

“Ah? Ah?”

Song Yingxing stammered and then realized that the prince-consort was going to publish a book for him. He stood up suddenly, blushed and stunned for a while, and bowed to the ground.

"How can the subordinate officials repay the kindness of the prince-consort?"

"I heard that the creation of things in heaven is about the truth of the world. So if you publish the world and make it convenient for the world, why should you repay it?"

"I will not hide the words of the prince-consort, in which heavenly craftsmanship is the most important thing, and skill is more important than reason." Song Yingxing said excitedly, "I have another book "Qi Sheng" to describe the subtle principles in sound. People in the world feel that it is profound and difficult, and no one can understand the wonderful things."

Speaking of this... Zhou Shixian weighed it in his heart and felt that he could do it.

"Duke Song, what kind of wonderful method is this? I wish to hear it carefully."

Would you like to hear it carefully? Song Yingxing looked at Zhou Shixian in surprise.

The prince-consort had heard of his reputation as "The Work of Heaven" and was willing to support his carving and publishing, which made him overjoyed and deeply grateful. But even the great scholars of the contemporary world may not be able to understand the principles of the sound he discovered, not to mention that the prince-consort is a warrior after all, and if he could understand his own book, there would be no such thing.

But the prince-consort had already spoken and said he would like to hear his good fortune. If he refused to say it, the contempt was inevitably too obvious, and it was not the principle of being a human being.

Song Yingxing decided to try to teach the prince consort.

"Mr. Prince Concubine, look at our speech. It seems that the sound comes from the internal organs, and the tone is determined by the lips and tongue. However, if something is missing, it will not make a sound."

"Yes, there must be harmony between Qi and Qi, which can form sound," Zhou Shixian agreed, "No wonder Song Gong's book is called Qi and Sound."

Song Yingxing was stunned again, looked at Zhou Shixian in surprise, thinking that the prince consort had thought of it all at once.

"The prince-consort is really smart, but the prince-consort knows that not only people speak like this, but all the principles of sounds between heaven and earth are like this."

"Is that true?" Zhou Shixian looked very interested.

"The arrow can make sounds, but not on the arrow, but because the tip of the arrow stimulates the air. The zither can make sounds, but not on the group, but because the strings vibrate the air. This is all a sign of qi."

Zhou Shixian thought that it was amazing that the principles that the ancients who thought were common sense today were summed up hundreds of years ago.

"So that's it." He said sincerely.

"When the prince consort is fighting, you can hear the roar of cannons a hundred steps away, but there is nothing between the prince consort and the cannon, but the sound can be heard. Does the prince consort know what this is?"

Although this sentence is a question, it is actually a matter of trying to promote it and being prepared to teach the prince-consort a great question.

"It's because the sound is like water waves, which is transmitted to my ears through the air." Zhou Shixian said honestly.
Chapter completed!