Chapter 113: The Book of Letters

"King Wu is not martial,

Lost land!

Rejuvenating the country is not prosperous,

The little people are miserable! ”

This simple ballad spread throughout the capital overnight! No one knows where this ballad came from, as if overnight, the children in the city will be all around, jumping and singing everywhere, reaching the ears of the adults in his family, and they are so frightened that they hurriedly lock up the children and beat them!

It's just that in the dead of night, it seems that there are whispers from thousands of households. The www.biquge.info either lamenting that life was not good, or discussing the civil unrest of the past few days.

On the second day, the common people also discussed this matter intentionally or unintentionally, and the timid and cautiously inquired about the rumors, but the sensitive ones had already discovered that something was wrong, and they were afraid that there would be a big chaos, so they packed up their things and planned to go to the countryside to take refuge.

Shi Zhiguang is a student who went to Beijing to take the exam, after his parents died, he didn't know how to be a farmer, he only knew how to read, and the family's fields were not taken care of, and they were soon deserted.

There is still a year before the entrance examination in Beijing, and Shi Zhiguang also has some ideas, he wants to go to Beijing as soon as possible to familiarize himself with the familiar environment, and then go to Beijing to visit a teacher, meet a few classmates, and take care of him during the exam. So he sold all his family property to the neighbors who helped him, and went to Beijing alone.

Who knew that he found out that this capital is not as good as the township, just eating and living every day is a big head, he quickly spent it over, and then he ended up sleeping on the streets, fortunately he met a kind innkeeper to take him in, lodged in the inn's warehouse, and sent some food and drink on weekdays.

But the biggest problem for him who is rushing to take the exam is that he can't read! In this world, most of the books are made of bamboo, and you need to buy bamboo to carve by yourself, a piece of bamboo is not expensive, but you can only write a few words, you can't stand this accumulation, he calculates the wages for the inn, far from enough!

Therefore, this book is the heirloom of each family, not to mention the high value, but also a kind of information monopoly. Unless you are a really good classmate, you will not easily borrow books.

I have copied a few books on weekdays, and I don't know how many times I have turned them over, and it can be said that I am very familiar with them, but this imperial examination is not a fill-in-the-blank question, but more of what I have to write is propositions and theories, and I want to introduce arguments, turn the sage articles into my own thoughts, express my ambitions, and put forward my own political ideas.

Shi Zhiguang thinks that he is a scholar with ideals, ambitions and pursuits, and he wants to write a policy essay and talk about it himself. But this is based on the argument, it is not impossible to do it, but the books that I have read, and only the four books and five classics that students must read, it is far from enough to stand out in the thousands of troops in the exam!

I want to make friends with my classmates, but I have no money, how can I talk? For this reason, Shi Zhiguang turned his hair white.

A few days ago, he was in a state of despair, but a man in fancy clothes came to his dilapidated house and found him, leading him to a noble man who he never dreamed of.

The emperor's favorite little princess! The rumored resourceful and clever little princess!

When the princess saw Shi Zhiguang, she first tested his knowledge, and the questions he came up with made him work hard, but fortunately, he did have real talent and learning, and the princess listened to it and nodded again and again.

Then the princess gave him a hundred taels of silver to cover his expenses before the trial, and had him taken to a small private room where he could live at will.

As soon as he entered, he stood on the spot, not for how splendid and spacious the room was! It's the desk with thick books! And it's not the kind of simple and heavy bamboo slips, but a book made of cloth!

He walked forward quickly and picked up the book gently, only to find that this was not a cloth, but a material as thin as a cicada's wings, with a snow-white body and a soft touch! He smelled the unique ink fragrance on it, and looked at it carefully, each of which was the words of the sages of famous scholars and Confucians! Each one is a unique and independent book! He believed that even the richest squire had none of them in his family's library.

He looked back at the princess, and when she saw her nodding at him with her hands behind her back, she gestured that she could read it as she pleased, and then turned away.

Shi Zhiguang is not a fool, of course he doesn't think that the princess wants to recruit him as a concubine. Combined with the news that some of the elders who were officials in the court chatted about a few days ago, I am afraid that the princess also joined the team competing for the position of the East Palace!

There is no free lunch in the world, Shi Zhiguang understands that from now on, he has become a princess, if he wants to get what he wants, in addition to closely following the steps of the princess, it also depends on how much ability and courage he has.

These are all previous words, and when this ballad spreads all over the streets and alleys, and even the old lady who can't read big characters shouts it out intentionally or unintentionally, Shi Zhiguang knows that the time has come to verify his loyalty and courage, whether it is broken bones or glorious ancestors, just now!

Under this strange atmosphere and the instigation of well-intentioned people, countless Shi Zhiguang, who had received the benefits of the princess, took to the streets and knelt outside the imperial city in unison. Collectively wrote a blood letter, imploring King Xingwu to issue an edict to drum up the spirit of the world, train troops to strengthen the momentum of the world, and change the law into the rule of the world!