Pei Ji looked ugly, forced a smile, and said, "Changsun Pushe, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."
Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Is everything really okay? Pei Sikong's face is very pale."
"It just so happens that today, Your Majesty has the foresight and may have known that many officials would be sick, so he dispatched many imperial doctors in advance to facilitate your treatment."
"How about it, Pei Sikong, do you want me to support you like a doctor? I'm afraid of you... I'm so angry that I can't even walk to the doctor alone now."
"You..." Pei Ji was so angry that his face turned livid.
Looking at Changsun Wuji who needed a beating, he was furious.
But Changsun Wuji told the truth.
There were already officials from aristocratic families present, but they were not strong enough to withstand the situation. They fainted on the spot because they were angry and needed to be rescued.
"Haha, Pei Sikong, don't look so ugly. After all, if the imperial examination continues to be carried out, it is a blessing for the court and the world. Pei Sikong should be happy."
Changsun Wuji spoke again.
It was as if he had endless topics to talk about.
Pei Ji's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, it is indeed a blessing. Changsun Pushe, Pei has other things to do. Let's not chat for the time being. Let's say goodbye."
"Hey~Pei Sikong..."
Changsun Wuji quickly caught up, while Pei Ji quickly left, without even waving goodbye, just wanting to leave the place of right and wrong.
After he disappeared from sight, Changsun Wuji could no longer hold back his inner smile and burst into laughter.
at the same time.
dark place.
Wu Ma looked at the smiling and wanton Changsun Wuji and was filled with anger: "Changsun Wuji!!"
Her eyes were filled with hatred.
She remembers it very clearly, too clearly...
This man had too many roles in the affairs of General Xuanwu and His Highness, and he even planned them all.
She hates him more than anyone else!
"Wuma, don't be impulsive."
"Don't ruin our plan."
On the side, Youji warned.
Wu Ma heard the words, took a deep breath, and kept suppressing his anger: "Youji, I know."
"But I can't bear it. Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others are using our things to benefit the people, and the reputation belongs to them."
Youji smiled lightly, his eyes full of softness, but giving people an evil feeling: "What's wrong with giving them something? As His Highness sent a letter to say, these scholars will also be my master in the future. Yan people."
"Although the Tang Dynasty has not yet been conquered, and those scholars also regard Dayan as the enemy, His Highness always thinks that they are the subjects of the Great Yan Empire. Your Highness, Your Highness, he is so arrogant, yes, it is always like this... "
"And I joined because of his arrogance. Haha, Wu Ma, don't be in a hurry, just wait... When His Highness's army is formed and he leads his troops south, he will definitely be able to defeat the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop! Defeat that, the undefeated God of War, General Tiance, Li Shimin!"
"Haha, today Li Shimin is only helping His Highness, and also our Prince Chu's Mansion, to temporarily benefit everyone in the world. His Highness said that these future results will all belong to our Prince Chu's Mansion."
………………
Imperial College.
This is Datang’s top education center and a top academic place.
The Imperial College has a day off today, but it is not peaceful inside.
Yu Shinan looked excited, holding a [Book of Songs] purchased from the Imperial City, and quickly passed through every place.
When he arrived at one of the rooms, he knocked on the door quickly.
"Chongyuan, I'm here! I've brought good news, great news. Open the door quickly!"
Yu Shinan was extremely happy.
"oh?"
Inside, Kong Yingda was a little surprised. He opened the door and said, "You are back from the Imperial City so soon? Your Majesty is going to hold a conference in the Imperial City today, but His Majesty decided to personally publicly explain how to deal with those bookstore owners who do not sell books."
"Whether it's punishment or not, those bookshop owners are all behind them. They are trying to use this method to make our poor family in the Tang Dynasty no longer have scholars, and they all go to Great Yan. It's really abominable!"
"Huh~ The heart of a villain is also the path of a villain, which is why we, the scholars, are not ashamed!"
Kong Yingda snorted coldly, extremely dissatisfied.
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, he has solved the problem of studying, but it is not the way we imagined."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, he hid a bunch of books under everyone's nose, and now he is selling them. The number of those books, wow, you haven't seen it, but if you saw it, you would be amazed."
Yu Shinan clicked his tongue in surprise.
"This... Your Majesty is far-sighted. He must have expected the aristocratic family's step, so he hid the books and caught the aristocratic family off guard. Gao Ye! Gao Ye!"
Kong Yingda admired him sincerely.
Yu Shinan was about to continue the topic, but suddenly realized that this was not the purpose of coming here, so he quickly changed his words: "Hey~ Chongyuan, that's not what I want to say, please read this book first."
Yu Shinan handed the book out.
"Book? What's there to read in a book? You can read this [Book of Songs] not only ten times, but at least eight times, huh? This is..."
As soon as he opened the first page of the book, Kong Yingda's eyes were bright.
There are many symbols.
Kong Yingda thought this was unique and quickly turned over a few more pages.
As a result, everything is possible.
"It's strange, how come there are so many symbols in these books?"
Kong Yingda frowned slightly.
"Hahaha, don't you understand now? I was confused just now, but I checked the book's explanation of these symbols. They are called punctuation marks. All books sold in the Imperial City have such signs."
"It's no use just talking. Run away. Come on, give me the book, and I'll open the page for you to explain."
Taking the book back, Yu Shinan turned to the page with explanations of punctuation marks, and then handed it to Kong Yingda.
Kong Yingda's pupils widened slightly when he saw the introduction in the book.
"This...wonderful, wonderful!"
"How did the author of this book come up with the idea of using punctuation marks? It's so wonderful!"
"Wait a minute, you just said that not only this book has punctuation marks, but also all the books in the Imperial City, and these books are all written by His Majesty. Could it be that they are all His Majesty's masterpieces? Did His Majesty invent them and then have them re-engraved?"
After Kong Yingda admired it, he was extremely shocked.
"How could I know that?"
Yu Shinan was quite helpless, shrugged and said: "Your Majesty is wise, the traces of these books are hidden, even the aristocratic family does not know, you still expect me to know?!"
"But... although I don't know the situation, the appearance of these books can perfectly solve the problems of the next generation of scholars, and there will be no shortage of books."
"And because of the punctuation marks, it will be much easier for the next generation of readers to recite it."
"Speaking of which, these punctuation marks are really amazing! They can easily solve the problem of difficult to understand text and reduce the entry barrier to reading."
"Wonderful! It's really wonderful!"
"Even I have to admire the author who created punctuation marks."
Yu Shinan praised him repeatedly.
He was really amazed by the exquisite design of punctuation marks.
No content in the book was changed, just a few ink dots were added to make everything simple.
When Kong Yingda heard this, he fell into thinking.
Compared to the joy of his friends, he prefers to pursue the essence of things and wants to know who the author of the punctuation marks is.
His Majesty?
It's unlikely. Your Majesty is busy dealing with aristocratic families and appeasing the people. He has no time to delve into studying.
Even before he ascended the throne, His Majesty was an army general, commanding an army. He had time to study, but he had no time to develop a new way of studying.
It is certain that these books are definitely not from His Majesty’s hand.
So…..
Fang Xuanling?
Changsun Wuji?
Du Ruhui?
No, neither of them can.
Relying on his understanding of the three people, Kong Yingda immediately thought that it was not possible.
then.
In an instant.
A rough outline appeared in his mind.
It's not a person, it's... a book!
Kong Yingda seemed to think of something, took a breath, and quickly ran to his room, and then took out a book that Cheng Yaojin brought back from Dayan.
Open it and take a look.
This... there are punctuation marks in it!
And this one is the only one with punctuation marks among the batch of books brought back by Cheng Yaojin.
"This this…."
"How could this be? Is it possible that the books your Majesty announced today were books obtained from Dayan?"
Kong Yingda's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
He didn't want to admit it, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Because punctuation marks and batches of books need to be made by a family as powerful as Wu Xing Qi Wang.
Five-Star Hope has publicly stated that it does not sell books, and others don’t know how many book-making institutions His Majesty has. How can he not know about it as the boss of the Imperial College?
There is no bookmaking organization at all! !
Then it must rely on external forces.
This external force is most likely caused by great inflammation...
Kong Yingda looked at the book in his hand, silently, carefully, and was speechless for a long time.
He still couldn't believe it, or even didn't want to believe that the homeland in his heart, this empire, actually had to rely on barbarian countries like Dayan.
This this….
Kong Yingda despised Dayan, so he tacitly allowed Pei Ji to burn the books Cheng Yaojin brought from Dayan.
But now….
The books that His Majesty brought from Dayan became the mainstream reading materials for scholars in the Tang Dynasty.
this….
Kong Yingda smiled bitterly.
He didn't even know what to say.
"Chongyuan, what are you..."
At this time, Yu Shinan walked over, quite puzzled.
When Kong Yingda saw Yu Shinan, he quickly put away the book in his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay."
He hid the book, not wanting Yu Shinan to know, nor anyone to know, that the books His Majesty brought back were... from the Great Yan Kingdom...
……………………
The main residence of the Li family in Longxi, the backyard.
The head of the Li family in Longxi was still enjoying the sun leisurely.
Today is a rare good weather. You should get some sunshine, otherwise this old bone will rot.
"The head of the family."
At this moment, a relatively low voice came.
The eyes of the head of the Li family in Longxi flickered, and he immediately closed his eyes again, enjoying the sunshine comfortably, and said, "What? The imperial examination has been cancelled?"
"Haha, it's earlier than expected, but fortunately, the house has been prepared in advance, and a lot of good wine has been prepared. If other family members come, please open the wine jar and drink to your heart's content."
The words fell, but there was no reply for a long time.
The head of the Li family in Longxi, who was still waving his feather fan leisurely to catch the wind, realized something was wrong, stopped waving the fan in his hand, stood up, and looked seriously.
"problem occurs?"
The voice was low and a little uneasy.
"Um."
Jiawei nodded and sighed: "Li Shimin, he...he got a batch of books from nowhere. The quantity is huge, enough to supply the scholars in Chang'an City."
"What!" The head of the Li family in Longxi stared wide-eyed.
Aren’t all the books in Chang’an City in their hands?
He personally supervised this matter and was very clear about it.
Why does Li Shimin still have a batch of books in his hand?
Where did this come from?
Damn it!
After more than ten years of planning, the joint efforts of the previous family heads and their current family heads were so easily destroyed by Li Shimin?
Although shocked and unwilling, the head of the Li family in Longxi quickly adjusted. After all, there had been precedents for grain and sweet potatoes in the past, and his ability to accept it had already improved.
He took a deep breath and tried to keep his tone as calm as possible.
"The matter has come to this. Since it cannot be stopped, let's let all Chang'an City bookstores open their doors again."
"Books are durable enough and can be read by generations. If a person buys a book, he or she will not need to buy it for years or even decades. We need to reduce our losses."
The head of the Li family in Longxi issued the order.
Since blocking and physically making the books disappear are no longer effective, let's unblock them. At least the gold and silver will be recovered.
Jiawei sighed again and said: "Master, I'm afraid it won't work. Our books are not competitive and it is already difficult to sell them."
The head of the Li family in Longxi was stunned. He looked like you were kidding me and said: "Books... all the books in Chang'an city are the same. Not to mention Chang'an, the books in the entire Tang Dynasty are the same. Why can't they compete?" force?"
Jiawei said helplessly: "Master, the books released by Li Shimin all have punctuation marks that we can't understand. They can make the content of the books simpler, which is something our bookstore doesn't have. Please take a look, Master."
He took out a copy of [Sun Tzu's Art of War] from his arms.
Open the first page and let the head of the Li family in Longxi watch it.
The head of the Li family in Longxi saw it and understood the meaning of this punctuation mark over a cup of tea.
"This... damn, who is this expert helping Erlang of the Li family?"
The head of the Li family in Longxi had red eyes. With these books, how could the bookstores of their major families still sell books!
He threw the book down hard and gritted his teeth and said: "Immediately ask all the free detectives in Chang'an City to go out and investigate!
"Use all your abilities to investigate. Whatever is needed, the family will support you!"
"I want to know, even the Fifth Surname Qiwang wants to know who is going against us!"
After all, the head of the Li family in Longxi was not as close to the Chu Palace as the Fan Yang Lu family, so he had no idea that those books belonged to the Chu Palace.
Jiawei was startled and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Master, I understand!"
After that, he stood up and left quickly.
After he left, the angry head of the Li family in Longxi began to think about the whole story.
first.
His own family, including the five surnames Qiwang, had been planning for more than ten years. This was something Li Shimin definitely didn't know about.
The former heads of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes spent a lot of money to hide their identities and traces when they were planning the plan, just because they didn't want the current emperor to know about their little moves.
They succeeded and have maintained this routine for more than ten years.
Li Tang definitely didn't know because he kept silent.
Moreover, during the more than ten years since the founding of Li Tang, they had never paid much attention to books. The matter of printing had always been controlled by their five surnames and Qi Wang, and the royal family of Li Tang had not even mentioned it.
So why do a large number of books appear at this juncture?
(End of chapter)
