In a moment, the scallion noodles are ready.

Zhou Juan put a bowl of steaming green onion noodles in front of Li Hong and said with a smile, "Mr. Lang, this is your noodles."

Looking at the slender noodles, fragrant soup in the bowl, and the fried chopped green onions, Li Hong's appetite increased greatly, and he couldn't help but say, "Madam, can you add more chopped green onions?"

"Ah—! No problem, wait!" Zhou Juan was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked into the stove, and then quickly walked out and put half a bowl of fried chopped green onion in front of Li Hong, and said happily, "You!"

Seeing that she treated her so well, Li Hong smiled at her. She didn't say anything else, and brought the chopped noodles to the tables of Yanzhuang, Chen Gong and the four guards. After watching Li Hong's noodles for a while, she went back to the kitchen to pack up her things.

After eating the noodles, Li Hong walked straight outside the store and found that the young man was squatting not far away under a poplar tree reading a book. He walked to the young man and saw that the other person was reading a handwritten book "Wudelu", but the handwritten book was obviously a bit ragged, but the young man held it in his hand and regarded it as a treasure.

Because living printing was not invented by Bi Sheng until the Northern Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty still used wood panel carving printing, which was to write the books that needed to be printed on paper according to the required specifications, then put them on the planed wooden board and carve the positive and reverse characters according to the text, then apply ink on the plate, lay paper, print it with a brown brush, and then lift the paper and bind it into books.

Because carving has too high requirements for raw materials, hand-carving technology and printing, and the cost is very high, this printing technology is not very popular in the Tang Dynasty today. Only the officials or the great families have the ability to bear such huge costs. Therefore, it is not a disciple of the great families. It is difficult for ordinary people to afford books. If they want to read books, they can only borrow books from others and copy them themselves. Therefore, Li Hong was not surprised that the young man in front of him regards such a ragged copy of "Wudelu" as a treasure.

When Li Hong saw that he was studying attentively, he did not disturb him, but sat on a stone beside the young man basking in the sun. After a while, the young man who was too tired to read looked up and found Li Hong sitting beside him, with a hint of vigilance on his face.

Seeing that the other party seemed to have misunderstood him, Li Hong smiled and asked, "You are reading books on the law so seriously. Do you want to participate in the Mingfa subject in your imperial examination?"

Candidates in the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty can apply for the subjects according to their selected majors. They are divided into Xiucai, Mingjing, Kaiyuan Li, Sanchuan, History, Jinshi, Bozi, Mingfa, Mathematics, Calligraphy, etc. Among them, the common subjects include: Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, Junshi, Mingfa, Mingzi, Mingzi, Mingzi, Mingzi, First History, Three Historical Sciences, Taoist, Bozi, etc. The requirements for the scholar's subject were extremely high in the early Tang Dynasty, and few people could pass it, and Junshi was not often held.

"Yeah!" When the vigilance in the eyes of the young man in the imperial examination disappeared, he said with a firm look on his face, "Oh! What a pity! This year, because I read too few books, I accidentally failed the exam when I was in the law subject. However, I must pass the exam next year, so I can't let my sister work so hard for me anymore!"

"I have a lot of legal books in my family. If you like it, I can borrow it to you to copy it." Li Hong said calmly.

He liked the impetus of the young man in front of him very much. Because it is really not easy for ordinary people from the Tang Dynasty to study by borrowing books and attending the imperial examination. However, as Li Hong's identity, it is no problem to give hundreds of books to the other party, but he did not do so. He was afraid that when he said that he would scare the other party when he gave the book to the young man, it would make the other party doubt his purpose or intention to send the book to him. After all, books are very precious now, let alone rare books such as the law.

"What you said is true?" When the young man heard Li Hong say he wanted to borrow books for him, his vigilance towards Li Hong had long disappeared, but was very happy. He hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply to Li Hong, and said excitedly, "My name is Zhou Xing, I don't know what the husband calls him?"

Zhou Xing?

When Li Hong heard the introduction of the young man, his eyebrows were slightly moved. He knew that there was a person living in Chang'an City who studied law knowledge when he was young. After he grew up, he entered the officialdom and became a cruel official in the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that the young man in front of him? Is he Zhou Xing, one of the two cruel officials under the empress of Wu in the future when he was in charge of the government?

Li Hong hurriedly turned his gaze to Zhou Xing's face and looked at the other person carefully. Seeing that Zhou Xing was a little nervous about borrowing books, he was waiting for his answer anxiously, but he was a little disappointed as a cruel official. However, when he thought that Zhou Xing was only seventeen or eighteen years old in front of him, he was still a commoner who was devoted to scientific research, he felt relieved, and then withdrew his gaze and replied in a tone that was a bit stiff because he was not used to the title of "I", "My name is Li Hong!"

Seeing that Zhou Xing did not guess that he was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty because he reported his real name, Li Hong continued, "Tonight, I will send someone to send you the book!"

"Then I thank you for your husband! Zhou Xing cannot repay your kindness today. If you have any questions in the future, please give me a command. As long as Zhou Xing can do it, you will definitely refuse!" Zhou Xing bowed excitedly and said again. He was satisfied to be able to borrow books and read them. Moreover, it was a book about the law. How could he not be happy or excited? Because as long as he had more books about the law for him to study and copy, he would be more confident in the imperial examination next year!

"Mr. Lang's family has a collection of books on the law. I guess you are also a child of aristocratic families, right?" Zhou Xing was not as vigilant and restrained as before, and began to talk happily with Li Hong.

"Not counting—!" Li Hong said lightly, and naturally changed the subject and asked, "What do you think of the children of the aristocratic families?"

Since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system officially became the country's official selection system, until the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the gentry and family members always occupied an important position in the court. In addition to controlling the selection and recommendation of officials, they also held high positions to control the government affairs and influenced the replacement of dynasties. Just like Emperor Yang Jian of Sui Yang took the Dugu family of the Northern Wei Dynasty and established Sui Dynasty, it was a typical family to replace the royal family. Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of Tang Dynasty established the Tang Dynasty because of the excessive power of the gentry and family members.

Therefore, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, whether it was Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian or Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, in order to consolidate the state power, they vigorously cracked down on the aristocratic families and promoted poor people without any effort. Therefore, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian pioneered the imperial examination system, which was to break the model of the monopoly of aristocratic families and the selection of officials and talent recommendations.

However, because the shortage of books hindered the spread of knowledge, poor children had no money to buy books and study, and reading became a privilege that only children of aristocratic families enjoyed. Even if Emperor Wen of Sui initiated the imperial examination, Emperor Gaozu of Tang and Emperor Taizong of Tang vigorously promoted it, but it still did not achieve much effect. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the imperial examination was still only part of the selection of officials in the Tang Dynasty. Most officials had to be selected from the children of the gentry or recommended by those in high positions.

Therefore, the aristocratic system blocked the path of the poor family's career. Over time, the opposition between the gentry and the common people and hatred formed!

Zhou Xing is a completely poor family, and naturally has no good feelings for the aristocratic family. Because of the bad behavior of the royal family in the shop just now bullying men and women, he became even more angry with the children of the aristocratic family. In addition, he was young and energetic, and out of his favor for Li Hong's books, he did not have much concern about speaking, so he said angrily, "It's just a group of playboys. Relying on the power of the family, the clan is domineering, and he can be promoted without learning but ignorance. He is just a group of corpses and corpses should be killed!"

Li Hong remained silent after listening to Zhou Xing's words quietly.

Whether it is the children of officials who are "a horse under their crotch and wearing a fur of gold" or the children of aristocratic families who "riding a horse and leaning on a bridge with red sleeves on the building", they have indeed fallen into great use. If the Tang Dynasty wants to become stronger in the future and continue the prosperous scene of the "Zhenguan Governance", they have to solve the big problem of opposition and hatred between the aristocratic families and the poor. Because the gentry of the Tang Dynasty has now hindered the way for the poor to enter the officialdom, the poor children have hatred towards the children of the aristocratic families, and the contradiction between the two has intensified.

This point is vividly exquisite from Zhou Xing's words.

No wonder there was a saying in history when evaluating the achievements of the Martial Arts Empress: She was politically clear when she was in power. It was mainly because she advocated science and was able to use people in an extraordinary way. It was said that during her reign, the scientific system was further developed and the palace examination and martial arts examination were established. Through the imperial examination, self-pick and others' recommendations, a group of outstanding talents were selected and the Wuzhou regime was the mainstay of the Wuzhou regime.

Now that Li Hong has personally experienced the conflict between the soldiers and poor families, he finally understood why Empress Wu won many victories in the battles with Emperor Gaozong and the subsequent Li Tang royal family.

It is precisely because she saw through this point that she took advantage of the conflict between poor families and aristocratic families to vigorously promote poor families, so that they could deal with the aristocratic families who thought she was of a humble background and were unwilling to let her interfere in politics.

No wonder Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, and later Zhou Xinglai Junchen and others were willing to work hard for her, but she obeyed her own lives and could not hesitate to let her hands be covered with the blood of the Li Tang royal family and the children of the aristocratic clan.

Because Empress Wu gave their poor children a road to their career, and gave them hope to climb upward!

After figuring this out, Li Hong suddenly knew what was going on.

He was planning to immediately print a large number of books to print them in a living manner, reduce the price of books, and try to make it as affordable as possible for poor children to buy books. If you can read, reform the existing imperial examination system, gradually improve the imperial examination system, and make the imperial examination system the only standard for the imperial examination to recruit scholars in the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!