Liu Xun looked at the paper in Chen Wannian's hand that had been made day and night by Shaofu craftsmen, and he felt infinite emotion in his heart, if a nation can continue to exist for thousands of years, it must benefit from civilization, and civilization is the meaning of recording the existence of intelligent life.

Not to mention the unknown outside the sky, as far as the world in which we live, countless lives are born and die, and countless kinds are like stars flickering and disappearing.

From the appearance of the first word of the Chinese race, it has established the unshakable position of this race on the blue planet, and words can record the history of the race, the experience of the ancestors, and the knowledge.

Words are also civilization.

Therefore, when the first piece of paper in the known world appeared in Chen Wannian's hand, Liu Xun stood up from the throne excitedly, walked quickly in front of Chen Wannian, carefully took it in his hand, and looked at it carefully.

The evolution of writing is one of the most important indicators of the evolution of human civilization.

Writing, as the source of civilization that is independent of all things and travels around, was originally written in the brain of the ancestors, relying on word of mouth, but after more and more knowledge and experience that need to be expressed, it has gradually evolved into a record of things, knotting ropes, drawing hexagrams, words, stone slabs, wooden boards, bamboo slips, and then to today's paper.

In the early years of Emperor Xiaohui, Shaofu has made hemp paper, but the paper made, the texture is rough, and the quantity is small, only for the royal family to use, after Liu Xun ordered Shaofu to re-improve the paper material, Shaofu's skilled craftsmen after research and Liu Xun's inspiration to create the straw paper of later generations.

Liu Xun put the paper back into Chen Wannian's hand and said: "Since ancient times, the book deed, mostly woven with bamboo tubes, its use of the silk, called paper, expensive and simple, and not convenient for people, today Shaofu up and down to fulfill their duties, to complete this great achievement of culture and education, Tianhan, merit will be rewarded, the Shaofu ordered Chen Wannian to be the Hongyuan Jun, and gave the Shaofu a first-class official!! ”

Hearing the reward from the Son of Heaven, Chen Wannian immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty will not give up, let the ministers have such a heavy responsibility, the ministers will not fail in their mission, and the officials of the young government will deduct Your Majesty's Longen!! ”

Liu Xun, who looked at the paper with joy, continued: "The examination will start immediately, this matter is the top priority of the Han family, now the paper can be used, Shaofu must create a sufficient amount for the examination, Chen Qing, how much paper does Shaofu have now?" Is it enough for the exam? How did you arrange Aiqing's engraving before?? ”

Hearing the Son of Heaven's inquiry, Chen Wannian did not dare to slack off and immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there are 100,000 pieces of paper stored in the treasury of Shaofu, and now they are still working day and night!! ”

"Han law is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, the four people need to study carefully, Taixue, the officials of Guanlu University, and the students also need to know the Han law, so as to know the way to govern the country and the country, so as not to harm one party, so we must speed up the engraving of the Han law and distribute it to the hands of the ministers of the world!!" Liu Xun nodded and said: "The Queen Mother is about to die, I am a sign of filial piety, and I should let the subjects of the world know that my Han Dynasty governs the country and the people with filial piety, and Shaofu should engrave 10,000 copies of the Book of Filial Piety, and send them to various township schools together with the Han Law, so that everyone in the world can feel the Queen Mother's benevolence and fraternity!! ”

"Whoa!" Chen Wannian replied

"Prime Minister, has the topic of this year's examination been decided?" Liu Xun turned his head to look at Huo Guang and said

Huo Guang hurriedly got up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister and Taichang Huo Yu, Shang Shuling Han Zeng have already discussed a few topics, and are about to ask Your Majesty to preview them!! After speaking, he took out the pre-prepared piece from his arms, held it in his hand and handed it to Huang Xie.

Huang Xie hurriedly took the piece in Huo Guang's hand and presented it to Liu Xun, who took it and looked at it.

I have to say that Huo Guang is unrivaled in the world today, and when the heroes of Zhongxing were announced in the history of later generations, Huo Guang was set as the first.

So no matter how jealous Liu Xun is of Huo Guang, but the same Liu Xun can't do without Huo Guang, as long as Huo Guang doesn't rebel, Liu Xun will give all the rights to Huo Guang, let Huo Guang govern on behalf of the Son of Heaven, rule by himself, and control the court in the general direction.

Just like in history, before the imperial examination, why are there only a handful of scholars, it is not because thousands of horses are common, and Bole is difficult to find, when Emperor Xiaowu Dongfang Shuo was drunk, use it for the dragon, and if you don't use it, it is for the worm, so the selection of materials for the examination is the shortest way for scholars and scholars, you don't need to have a family, and you don't need someone to recommend, you just need to take your bamboo book to the Prime Minister's Mansion and Taichang Temple, as well as Jing Zhaoyin to sign up.

Therefore, when the news of the examination came, scholars from the north and south of the river flocked to Chang'an, just to take this shortcut, and the development of the southeast and the transformation of Hexi into Han required a large number of subordinate officials, and all the scholars who signed up were also gearing up and ready to show their talents.

Thinking of this, Liu Xun continued to speak: "The prime minister's choice of topic goes straight to the point, I think it is feasible, but there are countless techniques in the presented question, and I think it is inappropriate, so choose a few local calculations involved in the calculations and add them to it!! ”

"Minister, obey the edict!!" Huo Guang replied dryly.

If the subordinates do everything well, then what do the bosses do, not to mention that as long as they treat the son of the Liu family as long as they are respectful, they will not cause trouble to future generations.

Emperor Xiaowen used Zhang Shizhi as a whetstone in order to hone Emperor Xiaojing, although he successfully honed Emperor Xiaojing, but also made Emperor Jing hate Zhang Shizhi, and even today, none of Zhang Shizhi's descendants have entered the court as officials, but they are just a rich man at home.

It is already an unspoken rule to treat the son of the Liu family to be submissive.