Chen Zhengtai looked aggrieved.

Li Shimin couldn't help but say: "It's just a school, what is there to see?" ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "Teacher, this school is very unusual and very interesting, if the teacher goes, he will definitely find it interesting." ”

Chen Zhengtai sold a pass.

Li Shimin was suspicious in his heart.

"I'm going now?"

Li Shimin came in civilian clothes, after all, he came to have surgery, and now that the operation is completed, he still needs to wait for the results slowly, and he doesn't know what Qin Qiong's situation is.

At least for today, he is going to stay in Erpigou, after all...... If anything happens after surgery, it is good to deal with it in time.

Li Shimin thought that he couldn't go back to the palace for a while, and seeing Chen Zhengtai's mysterious appearance, he couldn't help but be a little curious, so he said: "In this case, you might as well go and have a look." ”

Downstairs, Cheng Yanjin and the others had been waiting here for a long time, and they stepped forward anxiously one by one: "Your Majesty...... What's going on? ”

"Wait." Li Shimin pretended to be calm and relaxed, but in fact, he was a little uncertain in his own heart, pursed his lips and said: "Let Qin Qing's family raise it first, and I will go out for a walk." ”

"The minister will go too." Cheng Biting Jin said: "Your Majesty and Chen Zhengtai will go together, this Chen Zhengtai is powerless, and the minister is not at ease." ”

Zhang Gongjin and others also said: "The minister is also willing to go." ”

Li Shimin was silent and took the lead in walking out.

Since His Majesty did not refuse, the rest of the people followed suit.

When he left the medical hall, he saw that there were like dragons of cars and horses here, and Li Shimin couldn't help but say to Chen Zhengtai: "I still remember the first time I came, this place was just a barren land, and I couldn't think of it...... Now it's so lively. ”

Chen Zhengtai lowered his voice and said, "Yes, it's all thanks to his teacher. ”

"No, it's all thanks to you." Li Shimin shook his head and walked forward, and it was the street.

There are many shops along the street, waving various flags, and Li Shimin followed Chen Zhengtai all the way to a small temple.

In front of the small temple, there were several beggars sitting cross-legged, unkempt and on the ground...... He even wrote with charcoal.

Li Shimin couldn't help but be surprised, this beggar could still write?

Has my Tang style reached such a point?

But I saw that it was written: The student was originally a family of Zhong Ding and a scholarly family, but his parents died when he was a child, and his uncle in the clan was also neglected, so he lived on the streets, begging for food......

When Li Shimin saw this, he immediately thought of the scene of a certain eunuch who fell into the middle of the road and finally fell to the streets.

It is strange to say that if some people are born beggars, it will be difficult to impress people, after all, there are not 100,000 beggars in the world, but 80,000.

But reading these words actually makes people feel compassion.

Li Shimin said in his heart: A rich and noble little Langjun must have been the same as me, or my son, in the past, he also stretched out his hand to eat to open his mouth, but because of his parents, he fell into this situation, which is really pitiful.

After all, before this temple, it is inevitable that people will begin to sigh about life, thinking that people have good fortune and misfortune, and today's wealth or prosperity, who dares to guarantee that it can last a long time and enjoy thousands of years.

Li Shimin subconsciously glanced at Chen Zhengtai: "What about the money?" ”

Chen Zhengtai immediately understood his teacher's intentions, and immediately took out an IOU of a few dollars from his sleeve and threw it in front of those beggars.

When these beggars saw the IOU, they were immediately excited, and they raised their faces one by one, and then said, "The little prince is Wandai." ”

"Ha ......" Chen Zhengtai smiled, looking at these beggars, he always felt that the other party had a bit of an acting component, it was really strange, I didn't expect that the beggars in Erpigou had also evolved, how did it look like a genetic mutation.

Chen Zhengtai said casually: "Accept your good words." ”

With that, he and Li Shimin continued to move forward.

When the beggars saw the IOU, they danced with joy.

Then...... But two young beggars came, who was not Li Chengqian?

As soon as Li Chengqian saw the IOU, his eyes lit up, and he swooped forward, grabbed the IOU in his hand, and scolded in a low voice: "Wang Liu, this is the rent, do you know the rent?" Such a good location, and I wrote it for you, if I didn't rent it to you, you wouldn't even be able to eat on weekdays! I said that I will be six and you four, and the money will be collected first, and I will distribute it to you later. ”

This beggar called Wang Liu didn't dare to come out, because the other party's fists and feet were powerful, of course...... And most importantly...... The two young beggars in front of him changed his life as a beggar.

If he didn't have them, he was afraid that he would still be able to turn over other people's kitchen waste at the back of the inn at this time?

Since following these two little beggars, not only have they eaten and drunk, but they can fill their stomachs, and they actually have some money coming in every day.

He looked trembling and said in fear: "Yes, yes...... You're going to have to keep track of it. ”

Li Chengqian hid in the alley and continued to lie down.

Now there are more than a dozen stalls in the entire Erpigou, all of which are the best locations, all of which have been rented out by him, and other beggars are certainly dissatisfied with him, but Li Chengqian doesn't care, because everyone finds that the words written in charcoal will disappear in a few days, and without this handwriting, it will inevitably be difficult to beg for money.

Let alone...... Li Chengqian gathered dozens of beggars and set up different positions according to different qualifications and abilities...... Organization is very important, once a gang is set up, there is an organization, if they become the third and fourth masters, they are often the most idle, but the accounts are the most, naturally, they are more willing to maintain the organization!

Therefore, in many cases, Li Chengqian is not needed to come forward, and these big and small masters desperately patrol various stalls to prevent the beggars at the bottom from greedy for what they have begged for.

In order to invite favor in front of Li Chengqian, each leader will also supervise the other masters.

In this way, Li Chengqian has become a big boss and adjudicator, using the identities of different people in this team to manipulate them.

The three masters and the four masters have always been not in harmony, and they often compete to pay more money in order to invite merit. Other masters are obedient to the three masters or the four masters on the surface, but they have a faint desire to replace them in their hearts, and from time to time report some secret things of the three masters and the four masters.

As for the new beggars, they are the most timid at this time, and they will never dare to hide their money easily!

And the beggars are divided into different groups, two or three people staring at each other, those experienced old beggars, although they are alive, do not dare to act rashly, after all, they are old, if they do not want to be replaced, they have to be obedient, if not, there is no need for Li Chengqian to do it, the others rush up, and they will attack it in groups.

Li Chengqian actually didn't care about the begging money anymore, at the end of the day, the income was only six or seven yuan, and he just exchanged the stocks into money, and the stock of the eldest grandson's family skyrocketed, and he got more than 200 yuan at a time.

In his hand at this moment was a large pile of IOUs, which he counted happily, drew one of them, and then held it up in the direction of the sun, observing the ink and paper of the IOU.

From his mouth muttered: "This ten-run IOU won't be fake, the ink and paper are right, but it feels a little inappropriate to the touch, oh, it may have been soaked in water, these bastards, the IOU of ten-run money doesn't know how to cherish it." ”

He kicked the IOU back again, but he looked at Xue Rengui who was stunned on the side, and couldn't help but say, "Why don't you always speak?" ”

Xue Rengui continued not to speak, looking too lazy to pay attention to him.

Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, don't you just not let you eat meat?" What's the point of eating meat, our money is to be kept for big things, isn't the steamed cake fragrant? ”

"Hey...... DID YOU KNOW...... All this money was saved in one penny, how difficult it is. Even if you earn some money now, you can't eat and drink nonsense, think about Wang Liu, he begged on the street in the sun and rain, was looked down upon and ridiculed, you took his hard-earned money, are you embarrassed to eat and drink nonsense? This money has to be saved, and it will be of great use. I've already figured it out, the school next to the temple, have you seen it? That's an interesting place, we can't beg for the rest of our lives, right? ”

Xue Rengui finally couldn't hold back at this time: "Do you really want to not go back for the rest of your life?" ”

He was furious, and the urge to kill Li Chengqian in his stomach was a little unbearable at the moment.

"Yikes." Li Chengqian was surprised: "You don't say it, but I forgot, there are still ten days before this gambling contract, and we should go back then, Rengui reminded us very well, but we can't always be beggars for the next ten days, right, so what...... I came up with a way to do something that had never been done before. ”

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Next to the Buddhist temple, there is indeed a school.

It's just that it is said to be a school, but in fact it is still a teahouse, and in the huge teahouse, there are dozens of square Hu tables, and they are actually all scholars coming in and out.

These scholars all came with books with them, so as soon as they entered, a smell of books overflowed in the school.

Leaning against a wall of the school, there were signs hanging one by one, there were readers who went in, said hello to the front desk, and then took out the books they brought, the front desk checked the books, and then took out a sign, wrote the name of the book on it, and let people hang the sign.

Li Shimin looked strange, and then sat down in the corner......

In fact, there are hidden corners everywhere, and from the design, it gives people a quiet atmosphere.

There are already a lot of people here who read books, some pay for tea, and some are reluctant to pay, so they only go to pick up books to read.

Li Shimin said in a strange whisper: "How can there be so many scholars here? ”

Chen Zhengtai said in a low voice: "Teacher, the interesting thing here is that every reader needs to bring a book, and after coming, he will hang a sign with the title of the book, and you ......can see it, teacher."

He pointed to the wall.

On this wall are a dazzling array of signs, which either read: "Han Analects", or read: "Huainanzi", "Han Shu Kao", "Northern History", "Analysis of Grade 3 Texts" and so on.

A subset of scriptures and histories, and even Erpigou's textual reading notes, as well as comprehension experiences, everything.

"But whoever brings a book, as soon as his book sign is hung, he can come here to borrow a book to read, after all, books are expensive things, even if it is the house of Zhongding, it may not be able to collect books from all over the world, in order to let more people read books, so the readers here ...... They all come here with their own books to read, but if they are interested, they can read whatever they want. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but bow his head, he suddenly understood.

In this era, books are not printed tens of thousands of copies at a time, on the one hand, there is no market demand, and on the other hand, even if printing is produced, the price is still too expensive for the vast majority of people.

But if you only have one book, no matter who you are, you can borrow any other book as you like if you put it in this school!

In this way...... Wouldn't everyone be able to exchange their own books for any book to read?

Li Shimin was in a better mood and nodded: "I am very happy to see that these scholars are so studious. ”

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "At the beginning, the students set up a school here, just to let them study here, but later I found that more and more people came to study, and some people even came every day, rain or shine...... It's noon, so there are fewer people, and when it comes to work, there are hundreds or even thousands. ”

"These scholars get together, not only read, but also occasionally talk about things, over time, they will share their own observations, in fact, the students are rich and poor, and their own experiences are different, and those children in the big family behind closed doors are different from reading, sometimes students occasionally listen to what they say, and occasionally there will be some refreshing insights."

Li Shimin cheered up, this era is ...... There are too few people who can read, and the people who can be used by the imperial court will always be those surnames for Li Shimin, as long as he hears the other party's name, he can probably guess the other party's place of origin.

The Sui Dynasty opened the imperial examination, and those who can be admitted to the official are those people.

Datang also opened the imperial examination, except for Li Shimin, who selected some poor families as officials in an eclectic manner, but why is this not the case?

Li Shimin was interested.

At this time, I saw a person come in, this person was wearing a short clothes, and when he saw that the identity of the scholar was an amateur, he also carried a book, and when he looked closely, this person was very kind.

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai suspiciously: "Do you have any impression of this person?" ”

Chen Zhengtai was also dazzled for a while, and he always felt that he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

saw the man arrive at the counter and greeted the person behind the counter, and the reception guy behind the counter obviously recognized him: "Deng Jian, you got off work today?" ”

At this time, Li Shimin and Chen Zhengtai glanced at each other in unison, and they both saw the same look in each other's eyes.

Deng Jian......

It's familiar.

This Deng Jian was very short, and he still had a thin yellow face, and he smiled and said to the guy: "I transferred Mu Xiu today...... I'll see what books are available today. ”

Then, he stood under the wall and looked for a third-grade text.

After receiving the book, he hid in the corner to read, and soon, the seat next to him was full, apparently there were also people who knew Deng Jian, Deng Jian occasionally looked up and whispered something to them, as if explaining the things in the text.

Sitting on the other side, there were also a few readers, these scholars were obviously more down-to-earth, and as soon as they came in, they spent money to order tea and sip tea, but they were not in a hurry to read, but just said some of their own experiences.

"I heard that His Majesty went to the Affiliated Medical Hall today to treat General Qin Qiong's injuries."

"Now the medical hall is going to be famous, even the Son of Heaven can invite it, dare to ask if there is such a medical hall in the world?"

When Li Shimin heard this, he glanced at Chen Zhengtai, who blinked and pretended not to hear.

"Where did Brother Tai come from, I heard you have a southern accent."

"I came from Yuezhou, and I only came to Beijing last month, and I heard that it was lively here, so I also came here to take a look."

"Yuezhou...... This Yuezhou is said to be a good place. ”

"Isn't it?" The Yuezhou scholar smiled: "Everyone says that Chang'an is good, and when I came here today, I feel that Chang'an City is more temperamental, but it is not as prosperous as Yuezhou's literary style, especially when His Royal Highness the King of Yue arrived in Yangzhou, Du Duyang, and Yue Twenty-one Prefectures, it can be said that he is a corporal of Lixian, and this style of writing is even more prosperous......

They said only a few words, but when Li Shimin heard this, he was attentive.

Seeing the praise of Li Tai from the scholar from Yuezhou, he couldn't help but smile, and there was obvious relief in his eyes.

But at this time...... Two men walked in from the doorway, unkempt but ...... It wasn't ragged, but it was clearly newly bought and not decent.

The first one said: "This is the famous school, come here, come on, come on, give me tea." ”

It's not Li Chengqian, who is it?

Li Chengqian and Xue Rengui went one after the other, and found the most conspicuous place to sit down, but saw Li Chengqian shoot out a few copper plates, and said heroically: "Serve tea." ”

The guy stepped forward and said, "Two guest officers, why don't you bring books?" Our rules here ......"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I'm not here to study......

When Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian, he couldn't help but be stunned, he never expected that he would meet his son who had been missing him for many days here.

The father and son hadn't seen each other for many days, and at the moment they had mixed feelings in their hearts.

Even Chen Zhengtai was excited, and finally looked forward to the appearance of this guy, seeing that these two guys were intact, Chen Zhengtai also silently relieved his mouth, and was about to get up to greet Li Chengqian.

But at this moment...... A scholar on the side suddenly pointed at Li Chengqian and exclaimed, "Ah...... You...... You...... Aren't you the beggar in front of the Buddhist temple? What, you can't beg? ”

When this sentence came out, Li Chengqian immediately attracted all the attention.

Li Chengqian grinned: "If you beg, you can't study?" ”

Li Shimin heard this,...... Suddenly I felt like my heart had been hit hard by a hammer.

He subconsciously touched his waist and found that it was empty, so without hesitation, he touched Cheng Bitingjin's waist on the side and held Cheng Bitingjin's handle.

Chen Zhengtai was startled and hurriedly grabbed Li Shimin's hand, but his strength was far inferior to Li Shimin after all, and Li Shimin's arm did not move at all.

Cheng Yanjin also reacted, his arms sank, grabbed Li Shimin's hand, and refused to let Li Shimin pull out the sword on his waist.