Time is constantly passing by.

As scholars from all walks of life continued to gather, the weather began to gradually become hot.

For the people of Chang'an, the three years of Xingping were undoubtedly the most lively. First, the emperor opened a bookstore and sold books widely. From officials and nobles to peddlers to peddlers, they could buy books from the bookstore.

Reading is a very noble thing in this era and a very promising thing. In this Chang'an City, as long as there are some wealthy people, they will go to the bookstore to buy a ten thousand-word book. It doesn't matter what book it is. For many people living in this era, literacy is a very luxurious thing. If you can't understand it yourself, you can let your son and grandson read it.

The emperor had already opened a rural school. Although the scholars said that what they taught was only an Analects of Confucius, which was not considered a profound knowledge, at least it means that this was a good beginning. Children can recognize words. After they recognize words, these books that they could not understand could naturally be understood.

For these ordinary people, the reason is that simple.

However, what happened next was a little confused. A large number of scholars came from all directions. After arriving in Chang'an, they surrounded the palace without saying a word.

That's right, although in the eyes of scholars, they were asking for the emperor's orders, in the eyes of ordinary people, they were surrounding the palace.

Many of these scholars came from foreign enemies and have also driven Chang'an's economy to a certain extent, such as restaurants and inns, but the people of Chang'an actually did not welcome these people.

For the people of Chang'an, Liu Xie was not only an unattainable emperor, but also a good emperor who led them to a prosperous step by step, using work for relief, calming grain prices, promoting labor, promoting agriculture, commerce, and the development of animal husbandry, so that the people of Chang'an had work and food to eat. The emergence of earthen kangs made countless people no longer have to suffer from the severe cold in the cold winter. Which thing was not a good thing for the people.

Now, not to mention the many, at least the people in Chang'an can eat meat every now and then. The emergence of Hanxing plows makes the farmland more efficient. After the cattle snatched from the Xianbei have been domesticated, now, every household has plowing oxen, but there will always be one family in ten families who can use plowing oxen.

Almost everyone can feel the improvement of life. In such a world, many people have experienced the pain of war. The emperor can say that he has built a peaceful home for them in this chaotic world by his own efforts.

Why did such an emperor have so many people object to it? The reasons for opposition are even more ridiculous in many people's eyes, because the emperor opened a bookstore, and those scholars believed that books should not be sold to the world, and reading is not something that anyone can do.

This reason is a bit ridiculous, but it also makes many people take it for granted, even the people themselves. They know that the emperor is doing their own good, but the deep-rooted concept also believes that studying is indeed something that the superiors do and has nothing to do with them. Although they are angry, Liu Xie is reluctant to let these scholars block outside the palace gate every day for two months. Why are they so stupid?

Just when many people in Chang'an thought that the emperor would compromise with these scholars and closed the bookstore, Zhao Huai committed suicide, and the heads of four aristocratic families apologized for guilt. Then the scholars' vigorous actions stopped in a few days. In the eyes of everyone, it was simply a turning point.

Why is it? Ordinary people don’t know so much, but they might as well guess. In addition, Liu Xie arranged for the storytellers among the people to break things up from various angles, so that the people can gradually figure out some clues.

Oh, it’s not that we can’t study, but that these scholars are worried that a noble son will appear in the poor family and affect their status!

Various public opinion gradually spread to the entire Chang'an through the mouths of the storytellers in a few days. Looking at the scholars who were like frosted eggplant, they only felt that they should!

With this ability, he still wanted to compete with Your Majesty. When the Huns army was at the city, Your Majesty killed the fierce Huns without blinking, and a group of people who only dared to block the palace gate and shouted, dared to challenge Your Majesty.

No matter what, it seems that the emperor won the challenge between the scholars and the emperor. This made the people who were always worried about the court feel much more at ease. Finally, such an emperor appeared. They did not want this emperor who loved the people to be driven off the stage by the scholars.

However, today's events made the people of Chang'an feel a little confused. They watched the scholars running around and telling each other on the street, as if they were alive after being fed, and everyone was full of question marks.

"Old Zhang, you storytellers are well-informed. Why are these scholars going crazy today?" In the lobby of Yuelai Inn, a blacksmith stepped on a stool with one foot and knocked some dried fruits in his mouth. He watched several scholars walk through the door with excitement, and looked at the storytellers beside him in confusion.

Today's business has not yet opened. Storytellers are familiar with these people on weekdays. Hearing this, he glanced at the direction where those people left, tasted rice wine, and said, "What else can you do? Didn't Your Majesty post a list of recruitment three months ago? Today is the palace examination period. These people are planning to show off their skills in front of His Majesty and show their talents. If you can be valued by His Majesty, then this career will be available."

"You said these scholars are too shameless." The blacksmith curled his lips and turned his head to look at Lao Zhang beside him and said, "At the beginning, this group of people clamored to ask His Majesty to close the bookstore, and even blocked the palace. His arrogant look at it seemed annoying."

"Later, I don't know what Your Majesty did. These scholars are all in vain. Now that Your Majesty is recruiting talents, where does he have such a big face and have the nerve to come and respond to the list?"

"Hey, in order to force Your Majesty to close the bookstore, 90% of the county magistrates and even the prefect of the county magistrates under the imperial court resigned and refused to do so. Later, Your Majesty did not force him to stay, but instead sent a group of new people to take office. This scared these scholars." Old Zhang laughed and said, "Don't look at these people who claim to be noble on weekdays, but actually lose their official positions. What's the difference between them and us?"

"After you say that, these scholars are nothing great." The blacksmith said.

"Okay, as long as you have their abilities, you can be like them." A thin man next to him sat down and laughed: "Who can do something and help His Majesty govern the world, what can you do?"

"Me?" The blacksmith smiled and put the hammer thrown on the ground on the table: "As long as you enter the Ministry of Works, it may not be worse than them. You have to rely on us for what you wear and use. Even His Majesty said, the key to the progress of the times is in the hands of our people."

"Bad, Your Majesty didn't say that. Besides, do you understand what this sentence means?" The thin man glared at him disdainfully.

"I don't understand, but it's exciting to hear it. Besides, as long as the Ministry of Works expands its recruitment next year, with my skills, I'm afraid I won't have a foothold?" The blacksmith smiled proudly.

Nowadays, the status of craftsmen is gradually increased after plowing, glass, fine salt and cement in Han Dynasty. Although blacksmiths have no education, the people around them cannot deny that the top group of craftsmen have already had titles in the court. And I heard that as long as the army makes contributions, they will have their contributions. Over time, who knows whether craftsmen will be in the court in the future?

"The words are rough but not rough." Old Zhang took a sip of fruit wine leisurely and shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity that recruiting talents is too fast this time. If I wait for another ten or eight years, my incompetent boy might be able to win a career!"

"You?" The blacksmith and everyone around looked at Lao Zhang's head in confusion. The blacksmith patted Lao Zhang's head on the shoulder and said, "Dream?"

"What's wrong?" Old Zhang said proudly with a smile: "My kid has been studying in the countryside for almost half a year."

"What I teach in the hometown is just the Analects of Confucius, and I can recite a few words." The blacksmith said with disdain.

"That's different. I heard that counties have begun to establish county schools now, in order to allow outstanding students from the township schools to enter county schools and learn more advanced knowledge. If Your Majesty can postpone it for ten or eight years, then my boy will succeed in his studies. Even if he can't become an official, it would be a good thing to be an official." After Lao Zhang finished speaking, he said with some regret.

"Is this a good thing?" The blacksmith widened his eyes incredibly.

"What do you lie to you? Do you think that your Majesty's establishment of a rural school is just a boring work?" Old Zhang sneered: "Your Majesty is afraid that the scholars would surround the palace again, so he opened a rural school so that there will be endless talents to be used by the court in the future, so there is no need to look at the face of the scholar."

"Next year I have to send my little thing to the village school. Even if I can't learn, I can recognize some words and inherit my legacy in the future. When I go to the Ministry of Works, I can be considered a literate person. Maybe I can go further." The blacksmith patted his head and said with regret: "If I had known this, as soon as His Majesty opened a village school, he would have sent my gangster in, and maybe he could also enter the county school in the future."

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The scholars did not care much about the topics that the people were concerned about. As Lao Zhang said, today was when Liu Xie was taking the exam to teach the students gathered in Chang'an. Early in the morning, the palace gates on both sides of the Weiyang Palace were already wide open to welcome the students into the palace. There were a large number of guards and supervisors on both sides. There were pens, ink, paper and inkstones in the palace, and there was also sufficient food supply. These students were forbidden to bring anything into the palace.
Chapter completed!