Time is ticking.
As people from all walks of life gathered, the weather began to get hotter.
For the people of Chang'an, the three years of Xingping were undoubtedly the most lively year, first the Son of Heaven opened a bookstore to sell books, up to the officials and nobles, down to the peddlers and pawns, all of whom could buy books in the bookstore.
Reading, in this era is a very noble thing, but also a very promising thing, in this Chang'an City, as long as there are some wealthy people, most of them will go to the bookstore to buy a book of ten thousand words, it doesn't matter what books, for many people living in this era, literacy is a very luxurious thing, I can't read it, I can let my son read it, my grandson can read it.
The Son of Heaven has already opened a village school, although I heard those scholars say that what is taught in it is only a book of Analects, which is not a profound knowledge, but at least it shows that this is a good start, children can read and write, and after recognizing words, these books that they can't understand will naturally be able to understand.
For these ordinary people, the truth is as simple as that.
But the next thing is a little incomprehensible, in all directions, a large number of scholars came, and after arriving in Chang'an, without saying a word, the palace was besieged.
That's right, although in the eyes of the scholars, they are asking for the life of the Son of Heaven, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is to besiege the palace.
Many of these scholars came from foreign enemies, and to a certain extent, they also drove Chang'an's economy, such as restaurants and inns, but for these people, the people of Chang'an were not welcome.
For the people of Chang'an, Liu Xie is not only an unattainable son of heaven, but also a good emperor who leads them step by step to prosperity, with work for relief, stabilizing grain prices, revitalizing industry, agriculture, commerce, and the development of animal husbandry, so that the people of Chang'an have work to do, food to eat, and the emergence of the soil kang makes many people do not have to suffer from the cold in the cold winter, which thing is not a good thing for the people.
Now, not to mention, at least the people of Chang'an can eat meat every three or five times, the emergence of the Hanxing plough makes the efficiency of cultivated land greater, the cattle snatched back from Xianbei after domestication, now not to mention that every household has a cultivated cattle, but ten households, there will always be a family that can use the cultivated cattle.
The improvement of life can be felt by almost everyone, in such a world, many people have tasted the pain of war, and the Son of Heaven can be said to have single-handedly built a peaceful home for them in this troubled world.
Why are so many people opposed to such an emperor, and the reason for opposition is even more ridiculous in the eyes of many people, because the Son of Heaven opened a bookstore, and those scholars thought that books should not be sold to people in the world, and reading books is not something that everyone can do.
This reason is a bit ridiculous, but it also makes many people take it for granted, even including the people themselves, they know that the Son of Heaven is for their good, but the deep-rooted concept also believes that reading is indeed something that superior people do, and it has nothing to do with them Just when many people in Chang'an thought that the Son of Heaven would compromise with these scholars and close the bookstore, Zhao Huai committed suicide, and the four heads of the family took the blame, and then the vigorous actions of the scholars died down in a few days, and in the eyes of everyone, it was simply a turning point of God.
Ordinary people don't know so much about why, but they might as well guess, plus Liu Xie's arrangement for storytellers in the folk to take things apart from all angles, so that the people gradually come up with some clues.
Oh, it's not that we can't study, it's that these scholars are worried that the noble son of the poor family will affect their status All kinds of public opinion gradually spread to the entire Chang'an through the mouths of the storytellers in a few days, looking at the frosted eggplant-like scholars, there was only one feeling in my heart On this ability, I still want to compete with Your Majesty, when the Hun army came to the city, Your Majesty did not blink an eye to kill the menacing Huns to kill the blood into a river, a group of people who only dared to block the palace gate and shout, but also dared to shout with Your Majesty.
Anyway, in this shouting between the scholars and the Son of Heaven, it seems that the Son of Heaven has won, which makes the people who have been worried about the situation a lot more at ease, and finally there is such an emperor, they don't want this Son of Heaven, who rarely loves the people, to be ousted by the scholars like this.
However, today's events made the people of Chang'an a little incomprehensible, looking at the scholars who ran to tell each other one by one on the street, and seemed to have come back to life like chicken blood, everyone was full of question marks.
"Old Zhangtou, you storytellers are well-informed, what are these scholars crazy today" In the lobby of the Yuelai Inn, a blacksmith stepped on a stool with one foot, knocked some dried fruits in his mouth, and watched several scholars walk by the door with an excited face, looking at the storyteller beside him in puzzlement.
Today's business has not yet opened, the storyteller walks the streets and alleys on weekdays, and is familiar with these people, at this moment, he glanced at the direction in which those people left, tasted the rice wine, smashed it and said: "What else can I do, didn't Your Majesty post the recruitment list three months ago Today is the period of the palace examination, these people are ready to show their hands in front of Your Majesty, show their talents, if they can be valued by Your Majesty, then this career will be there." ” "You said that these scholars are also shameless."
The blacksmith pursed his lips, turned his head to look at the old Zhang Tou beside him and said: "At the beginning, it was these people who clamored for His Majesty to close the bookstore, and even blocked the palace. ” "Later, I don't know how Your Majesty got it, these scholars are all gone, Your Majesty is now recruiting talents, where did you come from with such a big face and embarrassed to come to the list" "Hey, in order to force His Majesty to close the bookstore, ninety percent of the county orders and even county guards under the rule of the imperial court at that time resigned from their official positions, and later His Majesty did not force them to stay, but instead sent a group of new people to take office, which frightened these scholars."
Old Zhang Tou smiled and said: "Don't look at these people who pretend to be high on weekdays, but in fact they have no official position, what is the difference between them and us" "Hearing you say that, these scholars are nothing remarkable."
The blacksmith snorted.
"Well, as long as you can have their skills, you can be like them."
A lean man next to him sat down and said with a smile: "People can make a fuss and help His Majesty govern the world, what can you do?"
"I" The blacksmith smiled and put the hammer on the table on the ground: "Ping craftsmanship, as long as you enter the Ministry of Industry, it may not be worse than them, what you wear and use, you have to rely on us, even Your Majesty has said, the key to the progress of the times is in the hands of our people." ” ", Your Majesty didn't say that, besides, do you know what this sentence means" The thin man glared at him disdainfully.
"I don't understand, but it's exciting to listen to, and besides, as long as the Ministry of Industry expands its staff next year, with my skills, I'm afraid that there will be no place to stand," the blacksmith smiled proudly.
Nowadays, the status of craftsmen, in the Han Xing plough, glass, refined salt, cement over time, gradually into thousands of households, the status has gradually improved, although the blacksmith has no culture, but as soon as these words come out, the people around have no way to deny, now the top group of craftsmen in the court has a title, and I heard that as long as the army has made meritorious service in the future, they will have a credit, for a long time, who knows whether the craftsman will be ranked in the court in the future.
"The words are not coarse."
Lao Zhangtou leisurely took a sip of fruit wine, and shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity, this recruitment is too fast, if you wait for another ten or eight years, my unsuccessful kid may be able to win a career."
"You" The blacksmith and the surrounding people looked at Lao Zhangtou in confusion, and the blacksmith patted Lao Zhangtou's shoulder and said, "Dream it."
"Why not" Lao Zhangtou smiled proudly: "That kid in my family has been in the middle school of Xiangxue for almost half a year now. ” "What is taught in the township school is just the Analects, and I can memorize a few sentences."
The blacksmith smiled disdainfully.
"That's not the same, I heard that the counties have now begun to establish county schools, in order to allow outstanding students in the township schools to enter the county schools and learn more advanced knowledge, if Your Majesty can postpone it for ten or eight years, then my kid will succeed in learning, even if he can't be an official, it is a good thing to be an official."
After Lao Zhangtou finished speaking, he said with some regret.
"There's such a good thing," the blacksmith's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Do you think that Your Majesty's establishment of a township school is just a boring work" Lao Zhangtou sneered: "Your Majesty is afraid that the matter of the scholars surrounding the palace will happen again, so he opened the township school, so that in the future, there will be an endless stream of talents for the use of the imperial court, and there is no need to look at the face of the scholar." ” "Next year, I have to send my little thing to the township school, even if I can't learn something, I can recognize some words, and I will inherit my mantle in the future.
The blacksmith patted his head and said with a look of remorse: "I knew this was the case, as soon as Your Majesty opened the township school, he should have sent my bastard boy in, maybe he could enter the county school in the future." ” For the topics that the people are concerned about, the scholars do not care much, as the old Zhang Tou said, today is the time for Liu Xie to teach the students gathered in Chang'an, early in the morning, the palace doors on both sides of the Weiyang Palace have been opened, to welcome the students into the palace, there are a large number of guards and supervisors on both sides, there are pen, ink, paper and inkstones in the palace, and there is also a sufficient supply of food, these students are forbidden to bring anything into the palace.
For this selection, Liu Xie prepared for three months, that is, to do a good job in this selection, to create a model for the promotion of the three schools in the future, paving the way, but also to attract the attention of scholars, the county school has begun to flow to the people through the mouth of the storyteller, when the county school is established next year, there can be less resistance, and more people support the imperial court to resist possible opposition, if the township school has little to do with the ordinary people before, The establishment of the county school is equivalent to opening a promotion channel for ordinary people, which is closely related to the people, as long as the county school is established, it is equivalent to pulling a large number of people into their own camp, when the time comes, even if the family wants to oppose it, it is not only the imperial power, but the people of the world. t1706231537: