The selection of wise men in the palace is a major event for many people, especially for scholars, which means that the past recommendation system has been abolished to a certain extent. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, it can be said to be unprecedented, and it is equivalent to taking back the power of talent from scholars.

Although there is a reason for this, perhaps only this time, for many people, once this head is opened, there will inevitably be a second or third time in the future.

But... there is nothing to do. The scene where scholars gather in Chang'an is now gathered, it can be said that they were all promoted. Now Liu Xie is following the trend, and the reasons are sufficient, which makes it difficult for scholars to speak.

However, for Liu Xie, the selection of wise men in the palace is only paving the way for the three studies and even the imperial examinations in the future. With such a beginning, it will be much easier to promote them step by step in the future. For Liu Xie, the most important thing is Cai Yan and his friends' revision and sorting out the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic. It has been almost half a year since they were about to change and revise a book. However, it takes a lot of time for a book to be revised and revised. Even if the top talents gathered in Chang'an now join forces in this field, Liu Xie didn't know if he could drive out the book before the county school was established.

After the inspection by the palace guards, a large number of scholars entered the square outside the Weiyang Palace in groups, where a large number of tables had been set up in advance, with all the pens, inks and papers. This time, Liu Xie was planning to imitate the rules of the examination room in later generations to avoid the occurrence of favoritism and fraud as much as possible. He would also order a special person to seal the test papers and seal the names. If he was to mark the papers, he would also have several respected famous scholars such as Yang Biao and Sima Fang to review them together to avoid fraud and favoritism to the greatest extent.

"The questions I have been tested today have been placed on your desk. Please answer them yourself and do not speak during the answer. Once you find out, you can expel them immediately. Can you understand?" Liu Xie looked at these scholars who came here and said aloud.

"I understand!" The scholars hurriedly bowed and bowed.

"Start!" Liu Xie waved his hand, and the guards who had already prepared had already beaten the gong, which also means that the examination has officially begun.

Just when Chang'an scholars gathered in the Weiyang Palace to conduct the first real exam in this era, Yizhou, which was thousands of miles away, was trapped in dire straits.

Back to March, after the news that the court was stable and the scholars were suppressed by Liu Xie was spread to Guo Jia through special channels of the Secret Guard Mansion, Guo Jia had prepared more than a year of plans and began.

"It's Your Majesty. With these methods, Yang Biao's old thief is probably crying at this moment." Looking at the information sent by the secret guard, Guo Jia couldn't help laughing.

"Sir, then our plan..." Qin Yong looked at Guo Jia, his eyes flashing with excitement.

"Let's start, you are better than me in business. This matter will be fully operated by you. With Shang as the sword, Your Majesty's idea is wild and vain. However, if you can really accomplish something, you have to settle down in Shu without any effort!" Guo Jia raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled.

"Here!" Qin Yong agreed excitedly.

As early as two months ago, Qin Yong had already started to make a secret layout, and various shops began to gradually increase the price of acquiring Shujin.

Shu brocade is a specialty in Shu. It was even sold to the Western Regions at its most glorious time. Although foreign sales have declined due to wars over the years, it is also a symbol of noble people. The Qin family suddenly began to raise prices to acquire Shu brocade, which quickly attracted the attention of interested people. The huge influence of the Qin family played a role at this time, and there was no need for Qin Yong to do anything. The price of Shu brocade began to rise continuously, and even a shortage of supply occurred.

You should know that although Shu brocade is famous, it is a luxury product. The original output of Shu was not high. At this moment, the powerful families of major families began to acquire them in large quantities, and the inventory in the entire market soon bottomed out.

Many workshops specializing in weaving Shu brocade have begun to appear among the people, and families in Shu are also constantly producing them. As long as one Shu brocade is made, it is enough to make a family of three live without worries for a year or even longer. What's even more crazy is that the price of Shu brocade is still rising. In just one month, it has increased ten times more than before. At this time, the people are unwilling to sell Shu brocade, and just wait for some to stock up, and the price of Shu brocade is higher before selling.

However, at this craziest moment, Qin Yong suddenly put Shu Jin, which had been praised for a month, into the market, and a large number of Shu Jin, suddenly entered the market. After the initial crazy purchase storm, many big families also found something wrong and quickly began to sell it. The price of Shu Jin fell again and again in less than three days.

But at this time, the Qin family used the profits they made on Shu brocade to purchase a large amount of grain and transported them to the court in truckloads.

The court is about to fight!

I don’t know who spread this news. At the same time, Guo Jia also released the conflict between the scholars and the court little by little. The court was unstable and needed to dispatch a large amount of food and grass to be consumed by the army. The court had just fought with Yuan Shu, and the treasury had already been exhausted, so it was necessary to purchase food from outside through various channels.

As soon as this news came out, everyone believed it. Although the news in Shuzhong was closed, it had a close contact with the court over the past year due to the salt transportation incident. The recent events of the court and the Battle of Nanyang last year, even the people knew a little, let alone the aristocratic families.

Although the court needed food and grass, what did it have to do with them? Liu Zhang even took the lead in purchasing a large amount of grain, preparing to raise prices on the ground and make huge profits from the court.

Qin Yong was quite gentle and bought grain through commercial means, but the aristocratic families were different. Ninety percent of the land in Shu belonged to them. In previous years, some would be distributed to tenants to make a living and work better for themselves. But this time, Qin Yong did not ask about the price, and as long as he had food, he would collect as much as he could, he would spread hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars every day, as if it was not money at all, but like broken copper and iron. It gave people the feeling that Qin Yong wanted to buy the entire Qin family for grain.

The price of grain rose from the first 300 coins per stone to 3,000 coins per stone in just one month, and many times the Qin shops could not receive grain.

The food in the hands of tenants was limited, and this thing was different from Shu brocade, so the people also had to live. So after collecting more than 100,000 stones of grain at the beginning, the people in Shu had no surplus grain in their hands and then sold it to the Qin shop.

Through his connections he established in Shu during this period, Qin Yong bought another 100,000 stone of grain and grass from several major families at a price ten times higher than the market price, and the two families also increased from the original 3,000 coins per stone to 5,000 coins per stone.

"Lord, you can't let the grain price rise again!" Yizhou, the governor's mansion, Zhang Song knelt in front of Liu Zhang and wailed: "If it rises again, the people in Shu will have no food available!"

At this time, Zhang Song had already discovered something wrong. In just one month, the grain price rose to nearly twenty times the original one, and it was still rising.

"How could there be no food available?" Liu Zhang curled his lips disdainfully: "The food Qin Yong bought is only 300,000 stones."

Shu is a country of Tianfu, and it is caused by the advantage of local advantages. The world has been chaotic in recent years, but Shu has been in good weather. Except for the southern barbarians, they have not suffered from war. A mere 300,000 stones of food cannot affect the people's livelihood in Shu.

"But the remaining grain is gathered in the hands of aristocratic families, and the people have no surplus grain. Now, the high grain prices in the counties in Yizhou and even the southern barbarians are the annual income of ordinary people, which is probably not enough for the family's monthly expenses. If the grain price continues to rise, I am afraid that the people will change!"

"Yongnian is a little overstatement." Wu Yi shook his head and sneered: "My Yizhou is a country of Tianfu. The people are rich, and every household has surplus grain. Now the imperial court is using military strategy. We do this to make our Yizhou richer."

"Not bad." Liu Zhang nodded. He was still waiting for Qin Yong to come to him to buy grain at a higher price. You know, when Liu Yan wanted to give gifts to Liu Xie, Liu Zhang dared to attack here for money. At this moment, the grain price market is so hot. He asked him to calm the grain price. Not to mention whether the aristocratic family would like it or not, even he would never want to suppress the grain price at this time.

"Lord!" Zhang Song knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Qin Yong is a thief who is in trouble with the country. This person is not trustworthy. He used the Shu brocade to cholera for the Shu brocade price in our Shu brocade. The heads of the family suffered a considerable loss on this Shu brocade. Have you forgotten it??"

"Brother Yongnian is such a bad word." A scholar on the side smiled and said, "Qin Yong used Shu brocade to gather funds to raise money for purchasing grain. Now, isn't this money back?"

Before, Qin Yong bought 100,000 stones of food and grass, almost dumped all the benefits he had made on Shu Jin before, and even lost a lot of money. The resentment accumulated from Shu Jin's affairs naturally disappeared. Now everyone is waiting for Qin Yong, the boy who dispersed wealth, to continue dispersing wealth. At this time, no one in Shu would make things difficult for Qin Yong.

"Lord, I think what Brother Yongnian said is right." Wang Fu stood up and bowed to Liu Zhang and said, "Food is the most important thing for the people. Since ancient times, the price of grain has been inflated, followed by the people's riots. Qin Yong is now raising the price of grain, and his heart is punished!"

"No," Zhao Lei also stood up and said, "Although the grain in Shu has not been lost, it has almost been captured in the hands of aristocratic families. If the people have lost their food, civil unrest will inevitably be refusal."

"Enough!" Liu Zhang stood up unhappily, waved his sleeves and said, "Then Qin Yong is still in Chengdu now. If he is really like you expect, he will be arrested at that time. There is no need to discuss this matter."

"Lord!" Zhang Song looked at Liu Zhang in a daze. At this moment, he was completely desperate for Liu Zhang and smiled sadly: "Lord does not listen to the honest advice. This Yizhou will be taken away by others sooner or later!"

"Rareless, drive me out with sticks and don't step into the provincial governor's mansion again!" Liu Zhang couldn't help but be furious when he heard this and shouted sternly.

At that moment, a warrior stepped forward and prepared to drive away Zhang Song.
Chapter completed!