Zhang Xiu took Zhang Qian and a few personal guards out of the palace and headed straight for Yuemen Inn along the bustling street. In order to avoid disturbing the people, Zhang Xiu only wore regular clothes, a Huiwen crown on his head, and a long knife on his waist.
This knife is a newly developed infantry combat knife. It adopted Zhang Xiu's suggestion and changed the way of wearing it. It is not the previous one that is directly inserted into the waist. Instead, a hanging loop is made, which can be hung on the belt, and the range of movement is enlarged. It has improved a lot, and it has become more convenient to draw the sword, making it very popular among infantrymen.
When we arrived at Yuemen Inn, the sun had just risen above our heads.
All kinds of people came and went in and out of the inn door, in a hurry. However, every candidate who came in and out of the inn had a look of expectation and curiosity on their face. The endless beauty and goodness of Chang'an deeply attracted them.
"A new candidate?" Li Hui had just finished washing up. He was holding hot tea and watching the people coming and going outside. He glanced at a few people standing at the door. Looking at the attire of Zhang Xiu and others, it looked like they were somewhere else. The disciples from the wealthy family came because Zhang Xiu brought a bodyguard.
"Yes." Zhang Xiu turned around and saw him. He saw that this man had a handsome face, a full body, and a slender figure. Just from the appearance, he felt that this man was not bad, so he asked: "Brother, is he also a candidate?"
Li Hui smiled: "Of course you can come to Yuemen Inn."
Zhang Xiu nodded: "Is there any room available in the inn?"
"Of course there is," Li Hui made a gesture to invite him in, "Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that the emperor's love for the students in the world is unique. The location inside the inn is quite wealthy. Come here How many students can fit in here?”
This job was proposed by Zhang Xiu, with funds allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, raised by the Ministry of Rites, and handled by the Ministry of Works.
After all the procedures were completed, the whole process was given the green light, and the Yuemen Inn was quickly expanded. This is the first time Zhang Xiu has come here since the inn was built. Hearing what Li Hui said, he became interested.
He walked into the inn.
Passing through the front facade and looking inside, your eyes immediately light up.
Behind the inn store is a courtyard that is a hundred steps long. On both sides of the courtyard are three-story zigzag buildings. There are individual guest rooms side by side. Although there are many, it does not seem crowded. The scenery in the yard is good, with trees, flowers, grass and running water, and the environment is excellent.
At this time, there were many candidates in the courtyard holding books, sitting in the shade and studying seriously.
"It's really good!" Zhang Xiu nodded with satisfaction, raised his legs and walked inside.
As soon as I took two steps, the waiter in the store came over with a smile and said, "Master, are you new here? The first and second floors are already full, and now you can only go up to the third floor, but the top floor of the third floor is elegant. You can also see the night view of Chang'an at night, you can go up and have a look."
Zhang Xiu: "How many rooms are there in this inn?"
The child was smiling all over his face: "The courtyard in front of me has three floors, with two hundred guest rooms. There are also such large courtyards on the left and right sides. There can be a total of six hundred rooms. This time our Enke from Dajing was selected. , the flow of people is naturally not that much, these guest rooms are enough to stay in. "
Zhang Xiu nodded.
After the preliminary examination results from various places came out, only more than 500 people were successfully selected. This Yuemen Inn can just accommodate these people.
"Brother, this is really new for you," Li Hui said with a smile, "We are in a hurry to visit Kyoto when we come here. It would be better for you to show the size of the inn with others."
Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "I heard a long time ago that our emperor in Dajing attaches great importance to students, so I came to confirm it first. When I saw it today, it was indeed the case. What did I see brother holding in his hand just now?"
"It's the newspaper from Dajing Residence."
Ma Zhong walked down from the second floor, "You didn't know it when you first came here, but this newspaper contains all the important events happening today. After the emperor issued an order, this newspaper was used to spread throughout Chang'an City. We are planning to spread it all over the country in the future, but I heard it is just the beginning."
Dajingdi Newspaper was specially launched by Zhang Xiu.
Di Bao records important events that happened in the DPRK and China as well as important events in the world. For example, the Dajing Civil Code collection plan that was determined yesterday has been reported in Di Bao today.
This matter was handled by Xu Shu. Only Zhang Xiu read the first edition carefully and corrected many shortcomings. Later, because he was busy with state affairs, he did not read it. Now he read the Di newspaper carefully from Li Hui's hand. .
On the front is state affairs, with the headline "Gathering the voices of all people and gathering the laws of Dajing" written on it. What follows is the power of the world and the recent actions of the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu and Wu.
"This Di newspaper is really good." Zhang Xiu was very satisfied with Xu Shu's job. "You can know the national and foreign affairs at a glance."
Li Hui then said: "Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that the law of Dajing, which is gathered from the mouths of all people, is unique. In the past, the formulation of laws was solely handled by the imperial court, and they did not care about the feelings of the people at all, let alone Talking about fairness to the people. Only I, Dajing, serve the people wholeheartedly, and the emperor’s heart for the people is clearly evident on the paper."
"Brother De'ang is right. We don't have an emperor here, and we can't get close to him even if we pat our beards. We can only tell the truth." Ma Zhong continued, "The convergence of civil laws must be unprecedented and unprecedented." Whoever comes, will have a collection of classic rules that will be passed down through the ages.”
Everyone nodded in praise.
The surrounding students were all interested in this topic and started talking freely, and the atmosphere in the inn suddenly became lively. The waiter at the inn was very discerning and brought tea on a plate for them to talk happily.
After the excitement of the crowd had subsided, Zhang Xiu looked at Li Hui and Ma Zhong and asked: "I think you two are quick-thinking, extraordinary talkers, and ambitious. But now the country promotes large household grain storage, and silk, salt, iron, tea, etc. are implemented as national front lines. Ten thousand households It is a policy to discuss together, but there are many greedy people among them. If the two of you can be transferred to a county from high school, how will it be governed?"
The conversation was in full swing, and the two of them didn't feel at all that this was a test.
Li Hui smiled and said: "This is a good question, brother. I have really thought about this matter seriously." Then he looked at the candidates, "As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. If we want to catch all the corrupt officials in the country, That's wishful thinking, but you can't let it go. My opinion is that small greed will be severely punished, and big greed will be punished. Only in this way, the small greedy will be frightened and will not dare to be greedy anymore, and the bold ones will not dare to reach out."
Ma Zhong said: "That's right! However, this method also has disadvantages, that is, there will be an endless stream of petty corrupt people, which will infect those honest officials. Therefore, the punishment of petty corruption must be strict."
Zhang Xiu nodded.
These two people are talents. If they are cultivated, they will be able to govern the country. Just as they were about to ask their names, they heard someone coming in from the door.
They are Qin Mi and Yi Ji.
Qin Mi is the Minister of Rites, who specializes in managing candidates. He specially asked his friend Yi Ji from the same year to come for an unannounced visit. As soon as he walked in, he was stunned.
All the candidates were also attracted by the two people who came in. Seeing them standing there dumbfounded and motionless, they all became curious.
Li Hui laughed and said, "You two are here too..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw two people coming in and kneeling on the ground respectfully, "I, Qin Mi (Chen Yiji), see you, Your Majesty!"
moment.
There was silence in the inn.
