In the palace, Li Er has been waiting for news for a full month. Xiao Rui can do it if he pats his chest. I have arranged the back-up staff to divide the five surnames and seven looks. I am waiting for you to make an agreement and send them immediately. People fanned the flames and started to stir things up. It's better now. Are you telling me that you're going to fail? Just said a harsh word? It’s useless!
If someone refuses to marry their daughter to you, so what if no one dares to marry you even though you are cruel? At worst, they will send their daughter to become a nun and become a nun...
"Go and tell Xiao Rui, this fool, to come to the palace and see me immediately when you come back! Don't even think about hiding in Xiao's Manor."
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hide? Why should I hide? I have spent a month of hard work in Qinghe and traveled thousands of miles back and forth, sleeping and sleeping in the open, just for your son's marriage. How can I not ask for any favors from you?
Xiao Rui took Li Chengqian into the palace with great interest.
"Haha, isn't this Mr. Xiao who pats his chest and says he'll be successful soon? How come he's back so quickly? He's back just after saying harsh words?" the emperor mocked.
Um... Xiao Ruixin said, did you take the wrong medicine?
"Father, my brother-in-law helped get the matter done." Li Chengqian hurriedly helped.
"Is it done?" Li Er looked at Xiao Rui doubtfully.
Xiao Rui looked around, and then said to Li Chengqian: "Chengqian, you go to see your mother first. I have something to say to Your Majesty."
As soon as these words came out, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling present also wisely left the scene, including the chamberlain Lao Gao. There were two people in the small study, the father-in-law and the father-in-law.
Xiao Rui explained: "Father-in-law, Cui Shouzhen agreed to marry his daughter."
"Oh? Agreed? So what's going on with the rumors outside?"
"That was a maze we deliberately set up. Cui Shouzhen agreed to marry his daughter, but he didn't want to break away from the Five Surnames and Qiwang, and he didn't want to be crowded out by other companies, so he had to make this move."
Li Er frowned and said, "What? My prince marries his daughter, and he has to hide it?"
Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Of course not. If I guess correctly, you are already ready. As soon as the marriage is completed, you will start to divide and suppress the five surnames and seven hopes, right?"
Li Er nodded and admitted.
"Cui Shouzhen has also seen this. They don't want to admit defeat yet, so they don't want to be suppressed for this."
Li Er wondered: "If that's the case, why did he agree to marry his daughter?"
"That's because I showed him something and told him clearly that the five surnames, Qiwang, and even the entire gentry class were going to change. It scared him. Marrying a girl is also a bet."
bet?
"Yes, after we defeat Qi Wang of the Five Surnames, we can go and pick up people openly." Xiao Rui said confidently.
Li Er rolled his eyes and said, "What nonsense! It's so easy to defeat Qiwang of the Five Surnames? How can we uproot them in less than ten or twenty years, or even longer? Is it possible to let Cheng Qian wait for decades? Is this how you think about it?”
Xiao Rui had long been used to quarreling with the emperor, and he was not in a hurry. He sat down leisurely and poured water and drank tea by himself. The emperor was so angry that he really wanted to kick him.
"Father-in-law, Xu Jingzong and Cen Wenwen have achieved results."
Um? Li Er was stunned.
"The new papermaking technology has been improved to the third generation, and the cost of papermaking has been reduced again."
real?
"In addition, I improved the printing technology and printed a brand new book. It only takes one day to complete the typesetting and printing."
Hearing this, Li Er's heart beat faster.
It seemed that his throat was a little dry. He swallowed and suppressed the excitement in his heart. Li Er asked in a deep voice, "You mean?"
“Yes, our ten-year literacy plan is ready for implementation.”
real?
Xiao Rui told the emperor what he had done at Cui's house before. Li Er's eyes were filled with brilliance and he couldn't help but cheer.
"So, you told Cui Shouzhen all this? He was scared?"
"Yes, he is a smart man and can understand the situation. The trend is irreversible. Everything we do is a conspiracy, and they cannot stop it."
Li Er stroked his hands and praised: "Okay, very good! My dear son-in-law, you must come to the big meeting tomorrow and tomorrow. Let's discuss this big plan to eliminate illiteracy."
Bah...what a snobbery.
Just now you called me a fool, now you're a good son-in-law? Are you the emperor? Or a chameleon?
At the court meeting the next day, the emperor proposed a national literacy campaign, which was like a nuclear bomb and shocked the civil and military officials of the court. Especially officials from aristocratic families such as the Five Surnames and Qi Wang.
However, they did not dare to stand up and openly oppose it. This was to achieve the lifelong goal of Confucius, to enlighten the people's wisdom and let everyone read. Anyone who dares to stop us is the public enemy of the whole world.
The noble clan is indeed powerful, but compared to the common people all over the world, it is a drop in the bucket. Whoever dares to stop the common people from reading and literacy does not need to be controlled by the court. The common people can gather spontaneously and smash their ancestral temples.
After three days of deliberations at a special court meeting, it was decided to launch two measures first. One was that local governments were responsible for selling three volumes of elementary education for one penny each, and everyone could buy them. Prices are unified across the country, and any private or government increase in price is strictly prohibited. If one is discovered, he will be immediately jailed and severely punished.
In addition, at the gates of various county government offices, Xuanhua books are engraved. On every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, county magistrates from all regions have to go out in person to tell the common people about the engraved elementary school books.
Why were there so few scholars in the Tang Dynasty? Firstly, books are precious, and secondly, there is a shortage of private school teachers. Many ordinary people can buy two books at home, but no one teaches them how to read, which is useless. Moreover, more and more ordinary people come from poor families and have problems with food and clothing. Where do they have spare money and time to become literate?
Now there is a policy that the county magistrate goes out to teach on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, specifically teaching elementary school literacy, which greatly alleviates the problem of not having a elementary school teacher.
Xiao Rui even organized a group of people to compile the three-character sutra into nursery rhymes and spread them all over the world. In this way, while the children recite nursery rhymes and compare them with the stone carvings at the county government office gate, they can gradually recognize many words.
In short, these policies and endless methods have panicked not only the five surnames and seven hopes, but also many wealthy families.
The reason why the gentry clan was able to prosper for a long time was because of literacy. No, it's because he controls the scholars all year round. Every powerful family has its own high-end, secret family tradition. This is the foundation of each family.
Children of ordinary people, no matter how gifted they are but unable to read, still cannot become officials?
But things are getting better now. First, potato grains are being promoted across the country so that everyone can afford to eat. Nowadays, books are so cheap that they cost only a penny each, making it affordable for everyone to read. In a few years, everyone in the world will be literate. Then won’t the court be able to appoint anyone it wants as an official? How can we only use the descendants of noble families? What Xiao Rui and the emperor did was a series of tricks.
"What should I do? What should I do? A book for a penny? Not to mention the children from poor families, even the beggars on the streets can beg for a penny in a day. Xiao Rui, Xiao Rui... This is a real conspiracy. How to break the situation?"
Not only the Zheng family in Xingyang and the Lu family in Fanyang, almost all families are worried.
Of course, many families also applauded. For example, Kong Yingda, a descendant of Saint Kong, personally came to thank him. Descendants of Fu Sheng Yan Hui and Yan Shigu of the Yan family also sent congratulatory gifts...
Xiaojiazhuang was very lively for a while, with many new faces coming.
Xiao Rui couldn't push it away, and he didn't like socializing, so he could only invite his teacher Li Gang.
Kong Yingda mentioned: "Master Hou, since those books cost a penny each, why not just distribute them for free? Wouldn't that lighten the burden on the people and allow more people to read and become literate faster?"
free?
Xiao Rui wants to vomit blood. It costs only a penny for a book, and I have to pay for shipping. You still want me to get it for free? Then you can't pay for it with death? Are you here to congratulate me? Or are you here to cause trouble for me?
However, Zhao Deyan continued with a smile: "People may not cherish the free things like Kongji wine. I once suggested that the Marquis price a volume of ten articles. Only if the people feel that reading and literacy are hard-earned, will they work harder. Cherish the opportunity.”
"It's a pity that the Marquis has a kind heart and doesn't want to earn the people's hard-earned money."
hiss……
Kong Yingda cupped his hands and said, "What Mr. Zhao said is that I am confused. It really shouldn't be free."
Xiao Rui rolled his eyes, and an idea came to him. Since there are so many great Confucian families here, how can we not take advantage of them? Eliminating illiteracy is everyone’s responsibility!
