Walking all the way on the potholed and uneven loess road in Lantian County, the houses on both sides are made of adobe, and the roof is made of rafters, or the thatch is paved on it, or the family conditions are slightly better, and the green tiles are used to cover it.

In the county town of Nuoda, there are not many people who can build houses with all the bricks and tiles, but occasionally you can still see one or two wealthy families with green bricks and tiles.

But most of them are adobe walls, or the foundation is made of green bricks to make a one-meter-high wall, and then the adobe is made on top, and the blue and yellow colors are also very beautiful.

Every household, just like a person, takes the face very seriously, and the gatehouse is basically made of green bricks, and the lacquered gate also looks very solemn.

Now these walls have been painted by Li Hong with lime mortar, and the neat white walls more than one meter high look like the new socialist countryside.

There are also many fenced yards, and if one of the neighbor's walls is laid, and then the other side is alone, a row of fences will be erected to enclose the yard, and the fence will be crawled with withered yellow plants, or only in the summer can it look a little better.

On the contrary, generally in this form of house, whether it is in Lantian or Gaoling and other Zhou counties, the owner's family is still quite respected, because most of such yards are the homes of literati.

Under normal circumstances, the poor and poor scholars would also learn from some scholars and inkmen in the workshop, and after they got married, they would push the adobe courtyard wall to it, and then tie it up with a fence.

As for whether this is beneficial to their careers and whether it can bring them good luck during scientific research, no one knows.

There are many students in Chongwen Hall who have such houses, Li Hong once asked them why they are like this? In exchange, the answer is indeed: "This is the style of the literati, and it is by no means the same as the rich businessman." ”

Li Hong was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, especially if you are poor, it means that you are a cultural person, and it means that you can be respected by the neighbors, so let's wear tree bark and live in a cave together.

But he himself knows that it is not anyone's fault that the literary style is flourishing and the martial arts are declining, if you want to say that it is wrong, it should be the fault of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Under the peaceful and prosperous times, after people solve the problem of food and clothing, without the guidance of public opinion of the imperial court, the vassal elegance and dance and writing will naturally slowly form a climate.

At this time, the literati who had read thousands of books but were powerless naturally looked down on illiterate people who were illiterate in big characters, but turned their homes and outfits them.

With the self-proclaimed literati and the ideal of knowing the world, he is naturally ashamed to do a little businessman-like copper smelly business every day, but he has the power to restrain chickens, and he does not have the ability to work in the fields.

Some people need the knowledge of literati to write a post for the "illiterate" when they are married and funeral between the people, or in the system of marriage customs and funerals, so that the people can strictly follow them.

And this has become a condition for them to be admired, coupled with the daily lupine scarf, Zhihu Ye, and the imperial court's strategy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, it is a little difficult for literati not to be disrespected.

And if every family has any "incurable disease", the first thing that comes to mind is to find a scholar to give them ideas, so that they can make suggestions for themselves, and they just need to follow the implementation.

In this way, the social status of the literati is naturally much higher than that of other industries under the support of the people, not to mention that the imperial court has to rely on their talents and learning, and it is difficult not to be noble.

However, those who can enter the government as officials and benefit one party are difficult to stand out among the poor scholars, and most people still have to rely on the nine-grade Zhongzheng system and rely on the recommendation of five surnames and seven families to be able to make a career together.

Since the creation of the imperial examination in the former Sui Dynasty, to the first year of Xianheng, the Tang Dynasty has spent fifty or sixty years, even with the deliberate suppression of His Majesty today, the five wealthy families are still the biggest source of talent resources for the imperial court.

In the 50 or 60 years since the establishment of the imperial examination system, it has been difficult to move forward step by step, and the vision and height of the poor scholars are insufficient, and even if they become officials in the court, it is difficult to make any proud political achievements.

Coupled with the idea that he likes to imitate and admires the five surnames and seven families in his heart, the imperial examinations in recent years are actually more from the five surnames and seven families.

What's more, in today's examination subjects: Xiucai, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Junshi, Ming Law, Ming Characters, Ming Calculation, etc., Ming Law, Ming Calculation, and Ming Characters are not taken seriously, so most people are from the Ming Jing and Jinshi two subjects.

The imperial court was also unable to limit the serious bias of the literati, so within a few years of effort, basically the Ming Jing followed up the scholars to become a regular subject, and also made the literati sharpen their heads and rush into it.

And this has also caused the Tang Dynasty officials to be seriously biased, and they have seriously dragged themselves on the road of creating social development and progress, but it has also created a large number of poets and poets who have been famous for centuries.

Jinshi is basically a poetry endowment, so Jinshi can and the first (selected) most, not only created a large number of poets, but also created the Tang Dynasty above the overall bias is serious, and the military strength has declined significantly.

The Ming Sutra is divided into two kinds of scriptures and Moyi, the scriptures are like fill-in-the-blank questions in the previous life, "Book of Rites" or "Shangshu", "Spring and Autumn" or "Analects" and other scriptures, open to any page, cover the middle or upper and lower parts, you just need to be able to fill in accurately.

Moyi is to let you annotate one or more sentences of a scripture, and if you do well, you will naturally get a high score, and if you don't do well, you will naturally get a low score, and there is a big artificial loophole, and it completely depends on the subjective thoughts of the judge to score.

Yangwu followed Li Hong all the way, listening to Li Hong talk about the pros and cons of these imperial examination systems along the way, as well as his dissatisfaction with the literati, but as a eunuch, he didn't dare to speak, so he could only listen to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince talking alone.

"Di Renjie is based on the Ming Sutra, right? Zhongshu Province Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan is too, right? There are many people in the three provinces and six departments, anyway, it is either the Ming Jing or the Jinshi and the first, or it is recommended by the five surnames and seven families. Li Hong asked Yangwu thoughtlessly, and began to speak to himself again.

"Yes...... Right. "Yang Wu stammered a little, there is no one in the eunuchs of the inner province who does not know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hates the most is that the eunuchs ask questions and talk about the court.

"Look at my Chongwen Pavilion in two years, there must be a few talents, but I'm afraid that the Ming Jing and Jinshi are out of play, and the other subjects may be okay, Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan may be okay, but from the Ming Jing or Jinshi and the first, can you still expect them to be a little bloody in the future?" Li Hong shook his head painfully, and Sun Simiao's voice sounded behind him.

Li Hong turned his head to look, but he didn't see Pei Wanying's figure, so he couldn't help but look at Sun Simiao a few times with cold eyes, and the meaning of blame was quite obvious.

Sun Simiao walked over with a smile and apologized: "Your Highness, don't be annoyed by the old way, it was Wanying who took the initiative to stay and learn some disinfection and how to deal with wounds." Especially your soldiers, they are all very good, all of them are very talented in curing diseases and saving people, Wanying's girl, was shocked at once, when I left, I was still there intently learning, and we checked, some people have the symptoms you said, some people don't, and now Wanying's girl with a few soldiers, began to divide the people more carefully. All the stakes have been said, and the people are no longer afraid, so you can withdraw the troops from the main roads, so as not to cause the people to panic again. ”

Li Hong nodded lightly, glanced at Yang Wu, and said, "Do you remember the person who ran away?" Was it met by Doctor Sun by the river? ”

"The slave remembers." Yangwu looked at no outsiders, and forgot to call himself.

Li Hong didn't pursue him, put his hands behind his back and said: "Tell Lawless, find someone to watch him, and after fifteen days, if he is not infected with smallpox, he will be sent to the county office." ”

"Why? Which one is this? What crime did he commit? Sun Simiao couldn't understand Li Hong.

Is it because the people have sent the wrong message to themselves? So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to punish the people? To set an example?

Li Hong looked at Sun Simiao with a straight face and said: "If it weren't for him, maybe we would have been in the pasture by now, we have cut off the cowpox, and we have figured out how to use cowpox to cure smallpox." Because of his rumors, I have to take you to Lantian County to see if the imperial court intends to leave them to fend for themselves, so that you can believe what I say that cowpox can cure smallpox. ”

Li Hong looked at Sun Simiao's stunned expression, and continued: "Do you dare to say that when I met you by the river just now, I said that cowpox can cure smallpox and let you go to the pasture immediately, will you agree to the boy's request, and then go?" No, you will definitely see if the people are as I said, and whether the court has given up on them. So by the river, you won't believe what I say, you just didn't suspect it in person because the kid is the prince, and you will definitely insist on coming to Lantian County to take a look first. But saving people is like fighting fires, an hour late, half an hour later, those people who have already contracted smallpox, those who are seriously ill, dying on the verge of death, they are innocent, I can't delay the treatment and save people because of his rumors, let him get away with it, so the kid can only make this decision, to set an example, to give an explanation to the dying people, and at the same time to warn those who still want to escape. ”

After speaking, Li Hong quietly looked at Sun Simiao's even more shocked expression, and Yuan Tiangang also had a solemn face.

Both of them knew in their hearts that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was reasonable to do this, and they couldn't let this person go unpunished because of one person's rumors.

"Okay, Lao Dao will follow the decision of His Royal Highness the Prince, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to lead the way, and we will go to the ranch."

"No need, on the way to Lantian, I have already ordered someone to lead a few cows and are rushing here." If you leave halfway through, press CTRL+D to save the current page to your favorites so you can watch it later!