This exam made Chen Zhengtai worry.

Originally, he was quite confident, but people, it was changeable, and he suddenly became depressed again, and he was very worried that these nine guys would make him be slapped in the face by reality.

If in history, they are nine related households, it would be terrible, according to the various messy cheating methods of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty in history, it is not impossible to cheat nine people at one time.

And now, Chen Zhengtai is very desperate to block the cheating methods, which is not considered to be shooting himself in the foot.

But at this moment, Chen Zhengtai didn't have the heart to care about this.

Textbooks for the first grade of Chinese and mathematics were printed.

The cost is high.

Of course...... In the future, as long as there is a steady stream of printing, the cost can be diluted.

The locust plague has quietly passed.

The entire Erpigou is full of fat chickens and fat ducks, Chen Zhengtai can't feed them, and these great heroes of locust extermination will inevitably die of cunning rabbits and cook lackeys. So, Chen Zhengtai decided to name them Han Xin Chicken and Wenzhong Duck, which can be regarded as cultured, and their names determine their fate.

At first, Erpigou also sent them to Chang'an City to sell, but Chang'an City's purchasing power was limited, and in the end, they simply gave them directly to the displaced people in Erpigou to improve their food.

So, the practice of calling the flower chicken suddenly came into play, and the hungry victims who were hungry and yellow-skinned suddenly ate the meat, and many people vomited and diarrhea for a while.

But...... Their faces were filled with happy smiles.

This can even become the capital of their lifelong bragging, uncle, I am also a person who has eaten chicken.

When the chickens and ducks were exhausted, life became the same again, and at this time, the Erpigou County Government began to organize young people between the ages of eight and thirty to receive textbooks.

Textbook......

The homeless people looked confused, it was a book......

As soon as they heard the book, everyone was shocked.

The white paper, with ink on it, was like a ghost drawing in the eyes of the victims, and it was something jerky and difficult to understand.

Just because they can't read doesn't mean they don't know the value of paper and books.

This is something that only the legendary ministers are qualified to see.

There are also people whispering, this paper is worth a lot, I heard that in Chang'an City, there are already businessmen who have made up their minds and began to haunt Erpigou in the name of collecting old books.

The victims are very realistic, books are money, and money can save lives.

There was an endless stream of people who came to collect the books.

Deng Jian was among them, his new clothes had become old clothes, in autumn, the weather was getting colder and colder, he felt a little cold, and after finishing work, he went to get the textbook with others.

Looking at this textbook like a book from heaven, he was a little stunned, but, stroking the pages, Deng Jian was a little in awe of this book.

The people of Erpigou are all passing on all kinds of news to each other.

Books cannot be discarded, occasionally to check the book, if you find that the book is gone, you have to drive people out of Erpigou.

Every year, the school will conduct a small test for the person who receives the book, if the person who has mastered the knowledge in the textbook, he can write down the credits, and then he can receive three catties of fine grain from the county public every month.

Three catties of grain, and it's still fine grain.

The young people are all enthusiastic, and now everyone is just barely making ends meet, even if they are working, they only eat two meals a day, barely eating some yellow rice or steamed cakes without oil.

Hunger is a common memory of all people, if you can have three catties of food more per month, at least, you can eat more full.

As for fine grains, it was something they had never dared to think of before.

So, people began to ask each other how to read this book.

Of course, more people still give up on themselves, who are they, don't they know in their hearts? I'm tired from a day's work, and I can't breathe, studying? I am not a father-in-law, reading is a destiny, we are born like this, and we are different from those fathers-in-law.

Deng Jian returned home with the book in his hand and carried the book in his arms like a baby.

His father, Deng Twelve, saw him stuffy there, holding a book and looking down, and couldn't help but want to come up and kick him.

"What are you doing?"

"Reading, Chen Gongzi said, you have to read." Deng Jian raised his head, revealing a yellow-skinned face.

Deng Twelve was going to be angry: "What do you read, our family is poor for eighteen generations, have you ever read a book?" ”

Deng Jian didn't dare to disobey his father, so he only shook his head and muttered to himself: "But this is what Chen Gongzi said." ”

Then, curled up in the corner of the dilapidated house, so as not to obstruct Deng Twelve's eyes, opened the Chinese textbook, and wondered in his heart, how to read this book?

On the first page of the textbook, Deng Jian found something of interest, a big rooster was drawn on it, and at the bottom of the picture was a 'chicken'...... This...... Is it a chicken?

Thereupon...... He took a stick of wood and made a gesture on the ground.

It's hard at the beginning, but this literacy makes it easier to get started.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Chinese characters are pictographs, Deng Jian felt very incomprehensible at first, but he could see more, and slowly mastered some tricks, isn't this chicken character similar to the chicken in the picture? What is it that has a pointed beak on the front, wings on the back, and four dots on the bottom? Egg?

Thinking of chickens and eggs, he subconsciously licked his shriveled lips, hungry.

When Deng Twelve saw Deng Jian like this, he couldn't help but vomit blood in anger.

Fortunately, although Deng Jian didn't think about tea and dinner, he still went to work when it was time to work.

When the people in the neighborhood saw him carrying a book to work, they couldn't help laughing: "Deng Jian wants to be a minister?" ”

That sounds harsh.

Xianggong is originally an honorific title, but if it is added to a person like Deng Jian, it will be like he is a funny monkey.

Deng Jian ignored it, he only believed in one thing, what Chen Gongzi said was what he said.

……

The imperial examination has been collected, and Fang Xuanling took the examiners to start reading the papers.

This is a major event, and it will take a few days to complete, so the matter of the court and the central government fell on Du Ruhui.

For Li Shimin, in addition to anxiously waiting for the results of the imperial examination, he is trying to share Fang Xuanling's affairs.

In his spare time, Li Shimin remembered something and summoned Princess Sui'an.

Seeing his daughter, slim and elegant, Li Shimin liked it more and more when he looked at it, and said with a pleasant face: "I see that you have been thin recently, you are still young, and when you are growing your body, you should pay more attention to your body, and next time I see you thin, I will punish the eunuchs around you, which is because they do not take good care of you." ”

Princess Sui'an said timidly: "Erchen knows." ”

Li Shimin immediately said with a smile: "You also have to learn some economic ways, although you are a daughter, but you are my daughter, the daughter of the Li royal family, and you must not let the women have their eyebrows." In this way, we can share our worries. ”

When Princess Sui'an heard this, she couldn't help blinking, wondering what her father meant by this. No, I have to take the time to ask my brother.

When Li Shimin saw that she was silent, he couldn't help but think in his heart, why is my blood so stingy, don't you understand what I said? Ay...... I couldn't help but sigh in my heart......

Princess Sui'an said at this time: "Father, when it comes to sharing worries, senior brother is the one who shares worries for his father." ”

Li Shimin smiled reluctantly: "Oh, what has he done recently?" ”

Princess Sui'an blurted out without hesitation.

"He wanted to teach the people of Erpigou to read, and he also printed a book, saying that he wanted everyone in the world to be Yao Shun."

After Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Yao Shun is the Son of Heaven, is it impossible for everyone to be the Son of Heaven?" ”

Princess Sui'an was taken aback, but she didn't expect her father to be more serious, chewing words like this, oops, I'm so stupid, I won't talk nonsense in the future.

Li Shimin's eyes closed slightly: "Printing books, I have only heard of copying books, but I have never heard of printing books." He seemed a little confused, and instructed Zhang Qian: "Send Yushi to investigate." ”

Zhang Qian understood, and he was busy.

………

The one who was ordered to investigate the matter of the printing of Erpigou was to supervise the imperial history Wang Yan.

Wang Yan is from the Taiyuan Wang family, very noble, he walked around Erpigou, looking for a few books, I thought that His Majesty was going to ask what kind of masterpiece, who expected to see it, and couldn't help but be happy: "This book is vulgar and unsightly." Is this also called a book? ”

After only reading the first dozen pages, Wang Yan felt that he couldn't stand it.

For the people of this era, books are sacred things, after all, the cost of writing books is high, and if it is not a classic book, there is no need to copy it.

The most heart-wrenching thing for Wang Yan is only one thing, that is, the font used in this book, which is juanxiu, upright, and comfortable to look at...... Such a good thing was actually made into such a thing, and the book was printed...... What's going on with this seal?

He didn't understand, the only thing he understood was that Chen Zhengtai was simply destroying the heavens.

So he happily repaired a note overnight, and the next day he entered the court on duty, today is the middle of the month, according to the etiquette system, this day requires hundreds of officials and nobles to enter the pilgrimage to see, that is, the so-called great court meeting.

Chen Zhengtai proclaimed himself the county magistrate, and he was qualified to participate in the court.

He dressed up a new one, wore a fish charm, and when he arrived outside the palace, he raised his eyes and saw many people, and it was magnificent for a while, and when the palace gate opened, he was at the end of the procession, and entered with the flow of people.

The grand court meeting was held in the Xuanzheng Palace.

It's just that Chen Zhengtai's status is not enough, so he can only wait outside the hall and other low-level civil and military officials.

Chen Zhengtai stood bored, and said in his heart that this sense of ritual was too abrasive, and it was clear that there was nothing to do with me, so he wanted to call it as a stake.

The Li family's money is not easy to receive.

In the main hall, after the ministers worshipped, Du Ruhui presided over a Qing meeting.

Li Shimin sat behind the imperial case, and seemed to feel a little bored, in fact, the more the court meeting, the more there was nothing to discuss, the real national policy, it had already been discussed with a few ministers of the humerus, only trivial matters were put out for the officials to express their opinions.

At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." ”

Li Shimin raised his eyes and saw that he was supervising Wang Yan, the imperial historian.

"What did you do?"

Wang Yan made a salute, he is supervising the imperial history, chasing the wind and catching shadows, and hearing about the performance, under normal circumstances, the imperial history is out of the class, and the ministers standing here are a little apprehensive in their hearts, who knows who is going to be impeached today? I don't know who is so unlucky that he was impeached.

Wang Yan said solemnly: "What the minister wants to play is the matter of the Erpigou County Duke repairing the book without authorization. “