As King Kang got up, everyone in the Accord also stood up, and their eyes looked over.

The people who can make His Royal Highness King Kang wait, they are also very curious in their hearts.

Among the two people who pushed the door in, the one on the left was no stranger, Xiao Jue Xiao Xiao Grandpa, before this imperial examination, was already a celebrity in Beijing, Xiao Xiao's deeds in the Qinglou, everyone in Beijing knew about it, no one knew it.

But what really made him famous was another thing.

Xiao Jue was born in Jiangmen, and he is a well-known gentleman in Beijing, and he actually won the first class in this palace examination, which has not happened since the founding of Chen Guo.

Because of this, he became the captain of Yulin in one fell swoop, and even Lu Teng, who is known as the most promising son of Jiangmen, is not comparable to him.

The people here are all from the powerful families of the Beijing master, these days, they have not been compared with Xiao Jue by the elders, and when they hear his name, they have long heard their ears calloused.

It's just that the Xiao family used to be low-key and never involved in party disputes, but I don't know if Grandpa Xiao's participation in King Kang's banquet is a sign of something......

These thoughts flashed through everyone's minds, and soon they turned their attention to another person.

This person is as young as Xiao Jue, but he looks extremely raw, and he has never seen it before.

There were only a few people, and their faces showed a sudden look.

Tang Ning pushed the door in, arched his hand to King Kang, and said, "There are some things delayed on the road, and I hope Your Highness will not blame you." ”

"How can you blame?" King Kang smiled and said, "What's more, the appointed time has not yet arrived, and we have come early." ”

He looked at Tang Ning, faced everyone, and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is the champion of this palace examination, Tang Ning, his father has appointed him as Hanlin Xiu, and in the future, everyone will call him Lord Tang." ”

After King Kang's introduction, everyone suddenly realized.

Although they had never met him, everyone had heard his name.

The champion of the palace examination will produce one every three years, which is not unusual, and everyone here may not pay attention to it, but this year's champion is different from previous years.

The most different thing is his identity, the abandoned son of the Tang family more than ten years ago, and now he is a fish leaping into the dragon gate, a champion in high school, and he has severed his relationship with the Tang family, and his jaw is shocked.

The Tang family is a wealthy family in Beijing, and it is the largest force in the hands of King Duan, who is hostile to King Kang.

And this one did not disappoint His Royal Highness King Kang.

The case some time ago not only ruined the face of the Tang family and Duanwang, but also indirectly affected the situation of the confrontation between King Kang and Duanwang, and made Duanwang pay the price of a household servant, which was a rare big victory for His Royal Highness King Kang in the confrontation with Duanwang.

Tang Ning, the new champion, is the source of this matter.

King Kang picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Tonight, this king mainly wants to introduce Master Tang to you, don't talk about miscellaneous things, everyone has a good time!" ”

"Come, Lord Tang, I'll give you a drink."

"I also toast Lord Tang."

"There are so many of you, aren't you bullying people, Lord Tang, you just ignore them, just mean it......"

……

King Kang held a banquet because of Tang Ning, so he naturally regarded it as his own, and everyone was enthusiastic about him.

Tang Ning also did not show any resistance, judging from the current situation, the emperor is either King Duan or King Kang, and it is not the turn of the little fat man of King Run, so he has only one choice.

"Although they broke a household servant this time, the Tang family has a lot of roots in the court, and it can't shake them at all......"

"This can't be helped, the Tang family has been in charge of the imperial examination for many years, and it is quite influential in Shilin, how many of the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government have entered the imperial examination through the imperial examination, who knows how much they have accumulated over the years?"

"If Your Highness can win the hearts of the world's scholars, great things can be accomplished."

"It's easy to say, for no reason, how can Shizi return to his heart?"

……

Although King Kang made it clear at the beginning that he would not talk about miscellaneous matters today, but everyone drank a few glasses of wine, and the topic was naturally inseparable from the dispute between the two kings.

The supporters of King Kang and King Duan are two distinct camps.

King Duan can't compete for the real power in Beijing, King Kang's influence in the civil system is limited, and in Shilin, there is no prestige and achievements, and the two of them fight back and forth, and nothing has changed.

King Kang drank a glass of stuffy wine and sighed: "How easy is it to get the support of those scholars? ”

Tang Ning thought for a while, put down the wine glass, and said: "Your Highness, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, nothing can be done overnight, if Your Highness wants to return to his heart, he might as well get the support of some people first......"

Xiao Jue had just picked up a mouthful of food, and the chopsticks shook and fell down again.

With his understanding of Tang Ning, he would not do anything that was not beneficial to himself, let alone be kind enough to give advice to King Kang, who was not related to him.

King Kang was stunned, looked at Tang Ning, and said, "I would like to listen to the champion Lang's high opinion." ”

"I can't talk about high opinions, just some superficial opinions." Tang Ning looked at King Kang and asked: "I don't know if Your Highness knows, since the imperial examination is a road of glory to the ancestors and the dragon gate, it should be longed for by everyone, why are there so few scholars in this world?" ”

King Kang thought for a while and said: "Zhuang Yuanlang was also a poor student, so he won't be unaware of this reason, although reading is good, but this book is not something that everyone can afford." ”

"Exactly." Tang Ning nodded and said: "Not to mention that the children of the poor can't afford to pay the shackles and can't afford to buy books, even if there are many readers in the world, and most of them are shy and can't afford to buy a book of Jingyi Commentary......"

"What's the use of saying that?" King Kang shook his head and said, "It is impossible for this king to help them buy books, and he cannot lower the price of books......

Tang Ning looked at him and said patiently: "As far as I know, many famous Confucians, who have spent their lives writing books and biographies, are themselves poor, and many students spend a lot of money to buy books, but they only hand over the silver to pirated booksellers, and the genuine bookstores are forced by them to have no way to live, so they can only raise the price of books, so that no one can afford to buy them." ”

King Kang was confused when he heard this, and said, "If Lord Tang has anything to say, let's just say it." ”

Tang Ning looked at him and said: "Your Highness can urge the imperial court to legislate and crack down on pirated booksellers, so that the genuine bookstore will not be forced by them to raise the price of books in exchange for survival, and the reduction of book prices is naturally a good thing for readers, and those famous scholars who write books will not be poor, and they will be grateful to Your Highness in their hearts." ”

King Kang was a little moved by what he said, thought about it, and shook his head again: "My father said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and the laws and decrees cannot be changed at will, this matter is ...... It's hard! ”

Tang Ning didn't expect that he actually dug a pit for himself, thought about it, and said: "If the imperial court protects the genuine books at the same time, it allows other booksellers to pay a certain fee to print genuine books, and part of those fees will be returned to the genuine booksellers, and the other part will be returned to the state treasury ......."

King Kang was stunned, then slapped the table and said, "In this way, my father will definitely agree, my father likes silver the most!" ”

He thought about it carefully, this move could not only win the gratitude of the scholars, but also bring a sum of money to the treasury, and I am afraid that it could also please his father, wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone?

He looked at Tang Ning, smiled, and arched his hand: "Thank you Lord Tang for your advice, if this matter can be done, this king will be grateful!" ”

Tang Ning smiled and said, "Your Highness is polite, as a scholar, I have long wanted to do something for the scholars in this world." ”

King Kang smiled at him, and looked at Tang Ning with more attention in his eyes.

During the banquet, Tang Ning excused himself and walked out of the Accord.

Xiao Jue followed behind him and asked, "What you just said can really reduce the price of books, why do you want to reduce the price of books, do you want to buy a lot of books?" ”

Others Tang Ning didn't know that some of those words just now were nonsense, but if the imperial court really introduced the copyright law, the prices of their bookstore's books would be lowered and they would take the path of small profits and quick turnover.

"It doesn't seem so." Xiao Jue looked at him, shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Is your family going to open a bookstore?" ”