Zhou Xing was familiar with the situation on the bookshelf of the law, but unexpectedly, something unexpected happened in the library. When he turned his head to look, he found two middle-aged people walking in under the escorts. The middle-aged man with long beard on the right looked older, and Zhou Xing didn't know the other person either. However, he knew the middle-aged man with short beard on the left. The other person was Li Xiu, the son-in-law. When he went to the bank to apply for a job last year, he had seen the other person from a distance. He was also impressed by the son-in-law who was famous in Chang'an, so he recognized it at a glance.

Although He Chujun said before that the library seemed to be proposed by Li Xiu, Zhou Xing never dreamed that the other party would come in person. However, Zhou Xing soon noticed the middle-aged man with long beards next to Li Xiu. Although he and Li Xiu walked side by side, Zhou Xing found that the guards around him were all focusing on the middle-aged man, which indirectly indicated that the identity of the middle-aged man with long beards was higher than that of Li Xiu.

"One of the ministers in the court is only Changsun Wuji who can compare with the prince-consort, but the other party's status seems to be above the prince-consort. Could it be..." Zhou Xing looked at the middle-aged man with long beard beside Li Xiu and murmured to himself. At the end of the day, his face showed a look of shock again, which was higher than Li Xiu's identity, and the only explanation was that person.

Not only Zhou Xing saw it, but many others also saw it. Some of the prison students were originally noble children and had seen Li Shimin at some ceremonies, so they all showed an excited expression at this time. After all, even the elders in their family rarely had the opportunity to be so close to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, please see, it's just opened today, and almost all the students in the Imperial College came here." Li Xiu smiled and whispered to Li Shimin beside him. No noise was allowed in the library, and this was the rule he made himself, so naturally he could not take the lead in violating it.

"It's not bad, these are all talents in the world!" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction at this time, and his eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at the prison students in the museum. When he met some bold prison students who dared to face his eyes, Li Shimin also smiled and nodded, as if he didn't have the air of an emperor. As a result, the other party's face turned red with excitement every time, but no one dared to step forward and could only salute Li Shimin from afar.

"Let's go, take me around and don't disturb them from studying!" Li Shimin saw that the eyes of the people around him were focused on him, and immediately smiled and said to Li Xiu. If he had been standing here, I'm afraid everyone in the museum would not be in the mood to read.

Although the significance of the opening of the library is of great significance, Li Xiu did not intend to make too much noise. He even did not plan to come today. However, Li Shimin kept remembering this incident. He just now specially summoned Li Xiu to the palace and asked him to come to the library with him to take a look. As a result, Li Xiu had no choice but to bring him here. Now, as expected, everyone was staring at them, so how could he be in the mood to read?

However, the king was unable to do anything, and since Empress Changsun passed away, Li Shimin rarely saw a smile on his face. So Li Xiu immediately brought Li Shimin to the library. The layout here was planned by Li Xiu himself, so he was extremely familiar with this place.

In fact, if you don’t like reading books, you may feel that there is nothing good to read when you come to the library, because there are bookshelves and books everywhere. However, Li Shimin is a book lover. He will stop after taking a few steps and take a few books from the bookshelf and flip them out casually. In fact, the books in the library are printed with the books in the palace, and many of them have been read before, but he still reads them with relish.

In contrast, Li Xiu felt a little bored. He didn't like books. If there were a bunch of novels here, he would also read them with relish. Unfortunately, there was no such style of novels in the Tang Dynasty. There were some folk legends, which were called Tang legends by later generations. It is said that they were the predecessors of novels. However, these legendary stories are just vulgar works in the eyes of scholars, and they are not even qualified to be written into books. They can only be passed down by word of mouth by the folk.

Li Shimin was flirting with the book, and Li Xiu turned around the bookshelf boredly. When he came to the bookshelf where the law books were placed, he suddenly saw a teenager standing next to a bookshelf with some timidity, looking at him secretly from time to time, but when he found out that he noticed him, he was so scared that he shrank back, as if he wanted to escape at any time.

Li Xiu also noticed the wooden sign on the other party's waist at this time. He knew that the other party was a choreographer recruited by the library, but the other party was too young, and the other party was still looking at him, which made Li Xiu step forward curiously and said, "What's your name? How old is this year?"

This young man who was being followed by Li Xiu was Zhou Xing, who had just entered the library to work. He didn't expect that Li Xiu would notice him, and came over to ask him. This made him feel at a loss for a moment and said with a very nervous expression: "My name is Zhou Xing, I am ten... fourteen years old this year."

"Fourteen years old, not yet adult, why did you come here to do things?" Li Xiu asked in surprise when he heard this. Zhou Xing in front of him was thin and small, and he looked two years younger than his actual age. He had always thought that the other party was still a child.

Zhou Xing heard that there seemed to be no malice in Li Xiu's tone and no airs, which made him relax a little. After hesitating for a moment, he replied again: "I... both my parents died and I couldn't continue reading books. I originally planned to study myself at home, but I was suffering from having no books to read. It just so happened that a friend of mine knew that he would recruit people here, so I asked me to come. First, I could solve my livelihood and second, I could borrow books here so that I could continue to complete my studies!"

Zhou Xing didn't know what was wrong with him. When facing Li Xiu, he told him all of his situation. In the end, he even felt aggrieved. After all, he was still a minor child and sometimes he couldn't control his feelings.

Li Xiu did not expect Zhou Xing's life to be so miserable, and he didn't know that Zhou Xing was one of the four famous cruel officials in the Wu Zetian period in history. However, this cannot be blamed on Li Xiu. First, the name Zhou Xing is too ordinary, and the name of the duplicate person is probably a lot. Second, Zhou Xing is too young, so Li Xiu could not think of the cruel official decades later.

"It is really a commendable ambition to be able to continue studying after the death of his parents. He has such ambition at a young age and will definitely be able to be popular in the future. I like you!" Li Xiu couldn't help but step forward and patted the other party's thin shoulders and encouraged him, it doesn't matter if the starting point is low, but as long as he has an unyielding heart, he will always change his current predicament in the future.

Hearing Li Xiu's encouragement, Zhou Xing couldn't help feeling excited, and tears suddenly surged, but he was stubborn and forced to keep the tears from falling. Since his parents passed away, except for He Chujun, Li Xiu was the second person to comfort and encourage him like this.

Li Xiu probably never dreamed that what impact these words he said inadvertently would have on Zhou Xing. It was not until decades later that he met Zhou Xing again that he realized that he had inadvertently changed a person's destiny.

At that moment, Li Xiu encouraged Zhou Xing a few more words, and then called the library manager to take care of Zhou Xing more, and then left. However, Zhou Xing finally couldn't help but the tears in his eyes. Maybe Li Xiu was just doing something simple, but it was too important to him.

Li Shimin spent nearly two hours in the library, and then left reluctantly. However, after he left the library gate, he suddenly stopped and turned around to look at the students studying hard in the library. He couldn't help but sigh: "I really envy these young people. If possible, I really hope that I can read and write here as they do."

"Your Majesty is standing outside the door and watching them, why are they also watching your Majesty in the door!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time. Li Shimin envies these students for their youth and hope, but these students also envies Li Shimin for reaching the peak of power, and does not need to study hard for the future like them.

Li Xiu answered wonderfully, and Li Shimin couldn't help laughing after hearing this. After a while, he sighed again and said, "Yes, if you lose something, you will gain something. I am old and can almost see the scene when I am old at a glance. However, these young people still have countless possibilities. Instead of envying them, it is better to make the country more prosperous and make young people in China have a bright future!"

"Your Majesty is wise. It is a blessing for the people of the world if you have an emperor like Your Majesty!" Li Xiu immediately saluted Li Shimin. Although his words were suspected of flattering, it was also his true thoughts. After all, looking at history, an emperor like Li Shimin is indeed a blessing for the people of the world.

The library opened successfully. At first, only the Imperial College students were allowed to borrow books. However, even so, it quickly spread throughout Chang'an City. The scholars were particularly excited. Almost every day, a large number of scholars came to the library, but unfortunately they couldn't get in at all. This made these scholars very angry and jointly hoped that the library would be relaxed. As a result, ten days later, Li Shimin personally ordered that the library be opened to scholars with academic records. The so-called academic records are actually scholars who have registered in public schools, and there is almost no difference between them and those in later generations.

As the library relaxed the borrowing restrictions, countless people flocked to the library every day. With this incident, Li Shimin also established a great reputation among scholars. As the person who built the library, Li Xiu naturally won a lot of praise.

However, as time went by, Li Xiu became more and more worried, because there was no movement in the aristocratic family. With his understanding of the aristocratic family, he watched the library start smoothly!
Chapter completed!