"All over the world, haha, it sounds very impressive, but if you check it carefully, you will find that you only need to control a part of the books."

"Since the imperial examination was abandoned more than ten years ago, the common people have realized that studying is useless, and they have thrown away books and burned books. Even if there are onlookers, there has been no movement in the imperial examination for more than ten years, and their psychology will be shaken, and they will continue to be disappointed again and again.

Abandon books."

"For the common people, practicality is the most authentic thing. Reading is useless and has no way out. In their opinion, it is just reading in vain and wasting their time. Naturally, they will not spend huge amounts of money to buy books."

Books were extremely precious in the Tang Dynasty.

A copy requires a lot of money, which is not something ordinary families can afford.

After more than ten years, there have been very few private collections of books, and 90% of the bookstores in Tang Dynasty are controlled by their aristocratic families. As long as they ban them, where can the people buy books from?!

The number of people who know how to read will be greatly reduced!!

In disguise, there will be fewer obstacles for members of their family to gain fame.

"Just wait and see, Pei Ji, and everyone else, let me see how I can show you such a jaw-dropping show!!"

The head of the Li family in Longxi smiled even more.

He immediately drank the tea and walked out quickly.

He wants to arrange everything!!

Logically speaking, all he needs to do is give an order to the people below to do these things.

but……

The imperial examination was a very big matter, and in addition, he had to make a decision in front of many heads of aristocratic families, so he couldn't tolerate any mistakes!!

The majesty and power of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes must be maintained forever!!

…………

When the decision of the head of the Li family in Longxi came out.

In an instant.

The secret guards belonging to their family were dispatched in groups and rushed to bookstores in all directions of Chang'an City.

Zhuque Street.

A certain bookstore.

"Shopkeeper, I want to buy a copy of [Mencius]!!"

"[Book of Songs], I want [Book of Songs]!!"

"I want [Sun Tzu's Art of War] and I want to be a general!!"

The bookstore was packed to the brim, and there were countless calls to buy books.

"Okay, okay, everything is there."

The bookstore owner smiled from ear to ear. Such a grand occasion has not happened for nearly ten years. It is really not easy.

Just as he was about to instruct his assistants to sell books, out of the corner of his vision, he saw the exclusive secret guards of the Longxi Li family walking towards them.

The bookstore owner was shocked.

Immediately put down all actions and wait for that person to arrive.

The secret guard walked into the bookstore, leaned into his ear, whispered a few words and left.

The bookstore owner's eyes widened when he heard the order.

Immediately, as if facing a formidable enemy, he told the shopkeepers not to open the store. No books would be sold today, so the store would be closed.

"What's going on? Why is the shopkeeper closed?!"

"Ah ah ah, I haven't bought my [Book of Songs] yet."

"Shopkeeper, open the door, open the door! The children at home are anxiously waiting for their books to be read!!"

"Why don't you suddenly stop selling books? What did that person say to you just now? Shopkeeper, open the door quickly! Stop making trouble!!"

Countless people banged hard on the bookstore door.

Bang bang sound.

noisy!

anxiety!

Wandering!!

They panicked. The imperial examination decree had just come down and it was already the sprint stage. But why are there no books sold now?!

What is going on!!

The fire that had been dormant in the hearts of these scholars for a long time was ignited again because of this imperial examination, but now it seems as if the wind has been taken away, and the flame will eventually burn out, and they are now in a situation where the fire is constantly fading.

People gathered in front of the bookstore, no one wanted to leave. After all, they had been waiting for this opportunity for all these years!!

The previous dynasty launched the imperial examination, and from that time on, many people began to study, and the term "children from poor families" appeared in the world.

Then, the previous dynasty perished.

The young disciples from a humble family who had just risen suddenly fell back into the ice hole.

From the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, the selection of officials is still based on the principle of filial piety and honesty. However, in the past ten years, although the number of children from poor families among the common people has decreased, they have not disappeared. The seeds of scholars from poor families have always been there.

After all, there are lessons learned from previous dynasties. Many scholars have become prosperous because of their academic achievements, and have led their families to become new aristocratic families. One person is inferior to ten thousand people. How majestic it is!

This ladder leading to the world has been opened before, and countless people are waiting for it to be opened again.

Just like that sentence, if I have never seen the light, I can always endure the darkness, but the light once shined on the world, so naturally, countless people will miss the light.

When that light appears again, I will hold it firmly.

And this time, they finally arrived!!

How can the people not be excited?

But no one thought that such a thing would happen!!

The bookstore is closed!!

It's not just this bookstore.

In just one stick of incense, as if agreed upon together, all the bookstores in Chang'an City were closed.

"The bookstore in An Tianpu is closed, and the one on Zhuque Street is also closed."

"Hey, I just came from Zhili Pu. Is An Tianpu closed too?"

"Damn it! What the hell is going on? Why are all the bookstores closed?"

The people were confused! Angry! Afraid!!

At the same time, he was also extremely shocked.

They couldn't believe that the huge city of Chang'an, with its numerous bookstores, would one day run out of books to buy.

Some people did not believe in evil and ran from the east of the city to the west, from the south to the north, their legs almost broke, hoping to find an open bookstore.

But.

They were all disappointed.

"Ah ah ah, why is this happening! The shopkeeper opens the door!!"

"Hurry up and open the door, I have money! A lot of money!!"

People everywhere were frantically beating on the doors of bookstores.

Some bookstore owners couldn't stand the noise, so they told the people that the books were sold out and asked them to go to other bookstores and not gather in front of his bookstore.

And how could the people believe this statement?!

They saw with their own eyes that there were a lot of poems and books placed in the bookstore, and there were all kinds of books. How could they be gone?!

Totally telling lies with open eyes!!

The people were extremely unwilling.

On the contrary, it was even more fierce to slap the bookstore door.

This side of Zhuque Street.

What's more, they broke into the bookstore directly, but inside there were guards arranged by the Qiwang family of the Five Surnames to protect them. They were tall and powerful, armed with guns and blades, and they were extremely fierce.

In addition, the common people were simple and knew that they were in the wrong for breaking into private houses, so they did not dare to snatch the books in front of them.

"Let's go. The books in my bookstore are sold out as soon as they say they are sold out. Go somewhere else quickly. If you break in and die...then no one will be blamed."

The shopkeeper snorted coldly and ordered people to drive out all the people who broke in. With the violent slamming of the door closing, the people's eyes were completely cut off from looking at the book.

"I can see that those guards are from aristocratic families, and it is aristocratic families that are preventing us from studying!!"

"Damn it, it's them again, do they really think that the Tang Dynasty is theirs!?"

"We finally got the imperial examination, and people from their aristocratic families have books to read, but since we come from poor backgrounds, are we destined to be at the bottom of our lives for the rest of our lives? This is unfair!!"
To be continued...