Today Li Shui gained two more iron fans, one was Shen Lun and the other was Gongzi Gao.
When they were desperate, the two found Li Shui. After seeing Li Shui's ability, they were immediately convinced.
Li Shui felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by the two of them with admiring eyes. After all, he was a humble person and would become proud if he continued like this.
So he patted Mr. Gao on the shoulder and said, "My dear nephew, it's getting late. Let's get on our way as soon as possible."
Young Master Gao agreed, and together with Shen Lun, bowed to Li Shui, and then walked slowly towards the carriage.
Next to the carriage, Xu Yong was still lying there.
Now Xu Yong's identity has been revealed. The guards were busy untying him.
At this time, Xu Yong couldn't care less about the embarrassment. Anyway, he had lost all his face and had nothing to fear.
He struggled to raise his head, glanced at Shen Lun, and said somewhat miserably: "Brother Shen, it was my fault in the past. I hope you will be more generous in view of our long-term friendship."
Shen Lun glanced at Xu Yong, feeling a little unbearable. He is a person who misses old feelings. At this moment, he wants to help Xu Yong up and put an end to the past.
But he only hesitated for a second before slowly shaking his head and getting on the carriage.
Shen Lun thought of banishing immortals.
Ban Xian is a person who hates evil and never forgives his enemies. The enemy can betray himself once, but he can betray himself a second time. Hasn't Wu Yue been banished to the north and sent to the north?
Now that Shen Lun wanted to follow the example of banishing immortals, he naturally couldn't let his temper go, so he hardened his heart and got on the carriage.
Shen Lun's people left in a mighty manner, and the courtiers who came to see him off gradually dispersed. Xianyang City has returned to its former peace.
The rope on Xu Yong's body has been untied, and he stands by the road with a disgraced look, a little at a loss.
At this time, a man in his twenties walked up to Xu Yong and said with a smile: "Master Xu?"
Xu Yong glanced at him and asked: "Are you..."
The man smiled slightly and said, "I am a craftsman from Shangjun Courtyard."
When Xu Yong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, but then his eyes dimmed again: "I'm afraid I have nothing to do with Shang Jun's Courtyard."
He was completely desperate now and was going to go back and inform Xu Subaru to study hard and try to take the imperial examination in ten years.
However, the craftsman said with a smile: "The Exalted Immortal often told us in the past that there is no end to the road. Mr. Xu, please don't despair, things can still turn around."
Xu Yong immediately heard that there was something in these words, and quickly asked: "Is there any change?"
The craftsman said: "Is Master Xu worried about his children not being able to go to school?"
Xu Yong nodded vigorously.
The craftsman then asked, "May I ask who this person who wants to enroll is Master Xu?"
Xu Yong said: "It's a dog named Xu Subaru."
The craftsman asked again: "Is your young master outstanding in Xianyang City? Are there many people who know him?"
Xu Yong said: "The courtiers who are good friends with me naturally know him. But it is not necessarily true for ordinary people."
The craftsman nodded: "At least I don't know the people in Shang Jun's Courtyard."
Xu Yong hummed: "I guess I don't know him."
Then he looked at Takumi with curiosity: "Why are you asking these questions?"
The craftsman said with a smile: "When I signed up a few days ago, there were a few more places. These young men feel stupid and it may be difficult to take the imperial examination. It is more cost-effective to just wait at home and wait for someone to recommend them. So I thought We have to give up our spots.”
"The villain helped them run the operation. As long as Mr. Xu pays three times the price, the quota will be yours."
When Xu Yong heard this, he scratched his head and scratched his head with joy: "Is there such a good thing in the world?"
The craftsman said with a smile: "It happens to be there. If Mr. Xu agrees, we will use this young master's name to enroll in the school. We must be careful and not to be noticed."
Xu Yong nodded vigorously.
Later, Jianghu took Xu Yong to go through the formalities, and he quickly obtained the identity of the young man who dropped out of school.
But after seeing this name, Xu Yong was a little stunned: "This person's name looks so familiar."
The craftsman groaned and said, "This man is the nephew of General Li. He also attended school during the last imperial examination. After attending a few classes, he learned nothing, but his appetite gradually increased. This time he was relegated Xian Kai class, he is here again."
Xu Yong nodded. He still had an impression of Li Xin, his nephew. That guy was a martial artist, he was really good at dancing with spears and clubs, and arranging troops in formations, but it was difficult for him to take the imperial examination.
Xu Yong completed the formalities and paid three times the money, still feeling happy in his heart.
When saying goodbye to the craftsman, Xu Yong asked gratefully: "Excuse me, what is your surname?"
The craftsman turned around and smiled evilly at him: "The villain's surname is Huang, and his last name is the character "ox"."
Xu Yong sighed and said: "He has a huge body and a gentle temper. He works in the fields and works hard without complaining. Xiongtai people are as the name suggests, they are really simple."
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The scalper finished the work according to Li Shui's instructions, then returned to Shangjun Courtyard to resume his duties, and handed all the money to Li Shui.
Li Shui took part of it and gave it to the scalper, who left happily.
Li Shui divided the rest into two parts, keeping one part for himself and giving the other part to Li Xin.
Li Xin put the money in his arms, sighed and said, "Money is like a floating cloud to me. I hope my nephew will study here for a few days and take the imperial examination."
Li Shui rolled his eyes: "Brother Li, are you still hiding it in front of me? Is your nephew the same material? After he came last time, he didn't listen to the class at all. He was only thinking about eating. Short In just a few days, I actually gained more than ten kilograms. You just came here to eat and drink all day long, but now you even brought your nephew?"
Li Xin didn't care. He had been with Li Shui for a long time and had no other skills. He must have developed the skill of being cheeky. He argued: "In the past, when Wang Li wanted to kill you, who saved you? In the past, when Ma Lingshu wanted to harm you, who sent you to the palace to escape? In the past, when you failed in making alchemy, who risked your life to protect you?"
Li Xin's voice was so loud that Li Shui's ears were buzzing and he could only pick out his ears: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, okay? If you want your nephew to come, then come. Let's have a meal." I, Shang Jun, can still take care of the food. Just don't let him go to class. After he goes, he just sleeps and talks in his sleep, which is too disturbing to others."
Li Xin smiled with satisfaction, happily took a dumpling, drank another glass of wine, and felt completely comfortable.
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Nowadays, the atmosphere in Xianyang City has changed. In the past, when people mentioned Huaiguzi, they always looked dissatisfied.
But because of the admission, all the courtiers were honest. No one dared to publicly criticize Huaiguzi. Instead, they had to praise him hypocritically.
For a time, it seemed as if Huaiguzi had become a good person in Xianyang City, and everyone was of the same mind as him. Chunyu Yue, Li Si, Wang Wan and others who had always insisted on rebuking Huaiguzi seemed out of place.
These three important ministers were so depressed. Why were they suddenly isolated?
Are you actually isolated by Huaiguzi? What's going on in this world? It's so incredible.
After Chunyu Yue learned about Li Shui's methods, he was greatly inspired and planned to start a school.
There are many benefits to running a school. First, those who take the imperial examinations came from their own schools. After they enter the court and become officials, they will inevitably have a good impression of their own schools, and naturally they will become their own. people. Secondly, by setting up a school, you can compete with Huaiguzi, so that your colleagues who are miserable and duplicitous will dare to tell the truth again. Third, we can practice Confucius’ ideals.
Chunyu Yue thought a lot about the benefits of running a school, but in the end the school failed. The reason is simple, no one comes.
Shangjun Courtyard is the founder of arithmetic and general knowledge. Writing your own books and teaching them yourself is very convincing. As for Chunyu Yue, he did know ancient classics by heart, but did he have experience in arithmetic and common sense?
In the end, Chunyu Yue had no choice but to get up early every day and go to the palace late at night. The editors are urged to compile two books on literature and current affairs as soon as possible and publish them immediately.
After all, I was involved in these two books. After the books are released, I can follow the example of Huaiguzi in running a school.
In fact, the literature book has been compiled long ago. This book is the simplest. Just select some classics recognized by everyone from hundreds of scholars, piece them together, and it will be a book.
The difficulty is that this book needs to be copied by someone, and this speed cannot be improved.
Judging from the circulation of the arithmetic and common sense books, it is estimated that more than 3,000 copies of the literature book will be enough. This is only for scholars near Guanzhong. In the future, when scholars from the six countries come to Xianyang to buy books, they may have to continue copying.
These days, Chunyu Yue gathered hundreds of literate people and copied books non-stop. These people were already dizzy from exhaustion, but they could never pick up the speed. If you push too hard, there will often be some typos.
In the end, even Ying Zheng came to ask Chunyu Yue: "Why has the book on arithmetic been published for dozens of days, but there has been no movement on the book on literature?"
Chunyu Yue had a bitter look on his face: "Old minister... I don't know either. Maybe what method was used to banish the immortal and cut corners, I don't know."
Ying Zheng smiled.
Chunyu Yue and Li Shui were competing, and he knew this. He did not reject it. Both of them were the prince's masters. They blamed each other and supervised each other, which was beneficial to the emperor's power.
At this time, Si Dou came. He walked carefully to Ying Zheng's ear and whispered something.
After Ying Zheng heard this, his smile became even more mysterious.
He said to Chunyu Yue: "Today, a strange news happened in Xianyang City. Do you want to go and see it with me?"
Chunyu Yue was thinking about copying books, but he also knew that he could not do anything else except make those copying people panic, so he nodded and agreed, and was willing to go out with Ying Zheng to take a look at this matter. anecdote.
Ying Zheng changed into civilian clothes, took a group of guards, and rode in the same car with Chunyu Yue out of the palace.
On the way, Chunyu Yue was very curious and asked Ying Zheng several times what the strange news was.
Ying Zheng always smiled and said, "You'll know when you get there."
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped.
Chunyu Yue jumped off the carriage and unexpectedly discovered that this was the Nei Shi Mansion. Zhao Teng is asking questions inside.
Ying Zheng looked very interested and led Chunyu Yue in.
In fact, Zhao Teng, as an internal historian and in charge of Xianyang City, does not need to personally inquire about cases or manage such trivial matters. But today's matter was related to the banishment of immortals, so he had to intervene.
Chunyu Yue accompanied Ying Zheng and listened for a while, and gradually understood the ins and outs of the matter.
Today in Xianyang City, two scholars got into an argument.
One is called Li Jue. One is named Wang Gu.
Li Jue bought a common sense book at Shangjun Courtyard a few days ago. Just halfway through reading, the book was stolen.
Just when he was looking for books all over the world, he found that the book was in Wang Gu's hand. So he immediately snatched the book back.
As a result, Wang Gu refused to admit it and insisted that the book was bought from Shangjun Courtyard.
The two people couldn't argue, and finally it came to Zhao Teng.
Zhao Teng now has a headache. When he heard the word Huaiguzi, he had a headache.
Zhao Teng didn't know that Ying Zheng had already arrived, so he rubbed his temples and asked Li Jue: "You said this book is yours, do you have any evidence?"
Li Jue said: "When I was studying, I remembered clearly that there was a blank space in the upper left corner of the fifth page."
Zhao Teng turned to the fifth page and found that the book was all written in small regular script. There was indeed a blank space in the upper left corner. It seemed that the person who copied the book had been negligent and had missed a few words here.
Li Jue added: "After I bought this book, I asked several friends to read it, and they can all testify."
Zhao Teng ordered several friends of Li Jue to be brought in. They all admitted that there was indeed a blank space in Li Jue's book, and they had guessed the reason at that time.
At this time, Zhao Teng looked at Wang Gu with something wrong: "Did you steal this book?"
Wang Gu looked innocent: "I bought this book. When I bought the book, my friend was nearby and can vouch for me. There happens to be a blank space on the fifth page of my book."
Wang Gu's friend was brought in, and sure enough he testified that Wang Gu's book was indeed bought, and that he found a blank space on the fifth page on the spot.
Li Jue was dissatisfied and said there was a grease stain on page eight.
Zhao Teng opened it and saw that it was true.
Wang Gu also said that there was a line of writing on the tenth page of his book that was particularly heavy in ink.
Zhao Teng opened it and saw that it was right again.
Finally, he said with a tired look: "There are various signs that your books are the same book. And you all have witnesses to prove that this book was bought from Shangjun Courtyard. Then there seems to be only one possibility. "
When Zhao Teng said this, everyone present understood: Shangjun Biyuan sold the book, stole it back, and then resold it to others.
Chunyu Yue stroked his beard and said, "No wonder Exiled Immortal produced thousands of books within a few days. That's what happened."
Ying Zheng didn't speak, but he felt a little unhappy. If Huaiguzi was playing tricks like this, he would really be at a disadvantage.
I was a magician in the Qin Dynasty
I was a magician in the Qin Dynasty
