"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, today's news, the students of Luoyang Guozi Supervision School protect the war book to the capital of Anxi"

Chen Xiaoer shouted vigorously while looking around, hoping that someone would be attracted by his voice and come to buy his newspaper.

As he expected, the strange news in the newspaper today was too terrifying, and immediately many people surrounded him: "The little newspaper seller, what are you yelling at just now?" ”

"The headline on the front page, the students of Luoyang Guozi supervised the students, and protected the war book to the capital of Anxi" Chen Xiaoer raised the newspaper in his hand, licked his lips, and looked at the young man standing in front of him.

The young man looked like he was about twenty years old, he looked very ugly, and he still stuttered a little when he spoke, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Shame, how is this possible?" ”

"If Lang Jun reads the newspaper and thinks I'm a slander, he will beat me."

"What am I going to do with you," the man laughed.

At this time, many people were attracted and gathered around to buy newspapers. The young man thought for a while, took out three pennies from his arms, and handed it to Chen Xiaoer: "Give me a copy"

Chen Xiaoer handed over the newspaper and said with a smile: "Lang Jun will not regret it after reading it, in this issue of the newspaper, there is also a review of today's famous tea." ”

"Huh?" The young man was not in a hurry to read the newspaper: "Today's famous tea tasting ...... How do you know I'm interested? ”

"Lang Jun has the smell of tea, although the villain is not blessed, to taste the thirty-six springs in the world that Lu Langjun boasted of making thirty-six teas, but he has also heard of it. Lang Jun has such tea on his body, obviously he is an elegant and good tea person"

The man laughed: "You little guy, you have a good life to do, and you have a bright future."

"Xie Langjun has said something."

That person is Lu Yu, Tianya Tea Guest, which is his self-proclaimed. A few years ago, he was a small servant in the Xiangxue Sea in Chang'an, because of his hard work in the tea ceremony, he received Ye Chang's funding in the past two years, and began to travel the world, looking for good tea and water. When he returned to Chang'an a year ago, he was invited by Du Fu to write an article on tasting spring tea and visiting the world for the "Minbao", which is the so-called famous tea tasting review.

Seeing this Chen Xiaoer, Lu Yu thought of himself at the beginning, if it weren't for Ye Chang's help, where would he be as comfortable as he is now, doing what he likes

When he opened the stacked newspapers, he saw the headline on the front page: "War Book - Luoyang Arithmetic Students to Anxi Dadu Huye Gong." ”

"It's really something," Lu Yu said in surprise.

It is indeed a war book, but the content of this war book is arithmetic.

The student of arithmetic is also a scholar, and the article is not badly written, so he first complimented Ye Chang and pulled Ye Chang high. After the middle section, it was a turn of the pen, accusing Ye Chang of not knowing people, being confused by Zhang Xiu and others, believing in heresy and deviating from the right path of arithmetic. Luoyang students repeatedly wrote letters of advice, but Ye Chang not only refused to change his ways, but humiliated these students.

Therefore, these students used what they had learned to send a challenge to Ye Chang, and each side came up with ten questions, and the competition was to solve the problem, and whoever solved more would win, and if the number of solutions was the same, it would take less time to win.

"It's kind of like a city race...... It's good, it's good, it's Yadou after all. Lu Yu was happy in his heart, and said to himself in his heart.

He has full confidence in Ye Chang, and feels that Ye Chang will definitely not lose to those rotten Confucian shafts who are looking for chapters and sentences. However, his mind was calm and simple, after all, he didn't expect that a group of scholars, and students who were far away from the political center of Chang'an, would dare to get involved in such a struggle, and even Lu Yu could see that behind this kind of academic dispute on the surface was still a political struggle.

"Since you have caught up, you should wave the flag and shout for Ye Gong, the world only knows Ye Gong as the God of Wealth, but I don't know that he is also the God of Tea, vulgar and elegant, turbid and clear, how can he be distinguished by metrics"

Lu Yu was thinking about it, when suddenly the crowd around him was chaotic, and when he looked up, he saw more than ten horses riding fresh clothes and angry horses, passing in front of him.

At this time, it was after the snow, and although the snow had been shoveled, there was always some dirty snow on the side of the road, and after these horses splashed the snow with their horses' hooves, the people around them avoided it. The more than ten riders didn't care, and rushed straight over, as if there was something urgent.

"Let them meet Ye Zhongcheng" Someone scolded: "Born in Chang'an as a Weifu, when you go out, you will meet Ye Shihu"

"City Tiger" is another nickname of Ye Chang, which means that he is fierce and fierce, like a tiger to the wicked.

The group also heard the scolding, and some looked back, but did not stop looking for trouble. They went all the way to Jinchengfang and went directly to the house of torture.

"Bad luck, I went into the city today, and I was scolded." After dismounting, someone said.

"It's not a scolding, it's a curse, cursing us when we meet Ye Zhongcheng." The other laughed.

"Gossip is not to say, where is the criminal father, he called us, I don't know what is the matter"

They made a fuss, alarming the Yuan brothers who lived in the other courtyard, Yuan Chao and Yuan Ying came out to see, these people were all fierce faces, and they looked like outlaws.

"There is one thing today, the group of rotten Confucians in Luoyang declared war on Ye Shiyi, we got the news last night, so we summoned you here."

The torturer came out and beckoned these people into the house, and more than a dozen people squeezed in, and the room was suddenly full. The Yuan brothers were not invited, so they could only be in the courtyard, and they wanted to get closer to that side, but they were blocked.

The two had to go back to their own house, and Yuan Ying said angrily: "Brother, these guys don't trust us at all."

"We don't trust them either, and no matter what they tell us to do, we have to deal with it now."

"That big cannibal, you have to find a way to get it out."

"Unfortunately, we don't have anyone available...... By the way, that Shezhou native Fang Qing, don't you have contact with him, see if you can contact this person, this person is also a bold person, if you can contact him, let's have more help. ”

"They don't worry about our brother going out, how can they get in touch?"

"Simple, you go alone, I stay here, they won't suspect the rest when they see me here."

The two brothers discussed secretly, and the torturer over there smiled and said to the new accomplice: "You can still go out to be happy these days, but don't leave Chang'an again, where to go, leave an address, I will invite you to discuss at any time." ”

"Brother Xing, why is this so?"

"What was said in today's newspaper, do you know that those students in Luoyang want to challenge Ye Chang?"

"What is this, and who cares about this?" Someone was surprised.

"You guys, you only know about cockfighting and lackeys all day long, and you don't care about some serious things, you still have to read this newspaper." Xing Lu recounted the matter, and then continued: "This matter has already alarmed the imperial court, and it is said that the Son of Heaven is also extremely interested when he hears the news. ”

Today's "Ming Pao" is not a daily issue, but a five-day issue, so the matter of Luoyang Tai's student challenging Ye Chang was reported to Chang'an five days ago, and it was soon known by Li Longji. Xing Lu had his own source of information, and Li Longji, who knew it, was very interested in this competition, and it is said that he changed his mind and returned to Chang'an from the Hot Spring Palace in advance.

"Therefore, in three or five days at most, the saint will come back, and those Tai students in Luoyang have now set off for Chang'an, maybe they have already arrived at Lishan at this time."

Xing Lu was right, under the leadership of Qu Tanxun, the students of Luoyang Arithmetic had arrived in Lishan. Ironically, they went to Chang'an to challenge Ye Chang, and they took the two rutted rail trains that Ye Chang single-handedly measured. After arriving in Lishan, someone sent the news to Li Longji, who was very interested in them and specially summoned them.

"Ye Qing's calculation technique is one of the best among the important ministers in the court, even Yang Qing, and he may not be able to reach it." Looking at these students in front of him who were so excited that their faces were red, Li Longji smiled and said, "You guys are competing with him...... Can you be confident? ”

These students naturally couldn't take their turn to speak, and Qu Tanxun Shiran on the side stepped forward and saluted: "Now that the Holy Son of Heaven is here, there are a group of virtuous and elegant people in the court, although the ministers are just contempt, they are not afraid of thieves who will bring disaster to the country and the people."

Li Longji's face couldn't help twitching, and Yang Zhao next to him sneered.

Yang Zhao was indeed ready to deal with Ye Chang, and he also prepared more covert means, but this Qu Tanxun was not his person.

He was also very strange, how could this person in Luoyang, who was serving as an assistant teacher of Guozijian, provoke too many students to make such an incident. Now it seems that it is not an academic dispute at all, but a political dispute.

called Ye Chang a thief who brought disaster to the country and the people...... Yang Zhao also wanted to scold like this, but he was a little embarrassed.

Since Ye Chang appeared in Chang'an eleven years ago, he has quickly provoked changes in Datang, and when he started running Liaodong seven years ago, he coined another word: Liaodong speed.

In just six or seven years, Liaodong has changed greatly, and has changed from the chicken ribs of the Tang Dynasty to the first-class rich land of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Zhao had seen a secret report that the income of the people in Lushun City, Liaodong, on average, was about three times the income of the people in Chang'an and two and a half times the income of the people in Luoyang. The income of the people in the countryside of Liaodong is more than five times that of the people in the countryside of Guanzhong

Therefore, in this short period of time in Liaodong, the population of the Han people has increased from the initial 150,000 to 300,000 in Tianbao's eight years, and then to more than 500,000 today. Together with the Murowei, Goryeo, Silla, Nüzhi, Khitan, Xi and other ethnic groups that submitted to the Han people, the total population has reached 900,000.

And the wealth created by these 900,000 people in a year is nearly one-tenth of that of Datang, which has a population of more than 50 million

If this figure is not intuitive, then there are various intuitive, that is, steel production. The steel output of Liaodong alone is ten times that of Datang Iron and Steel except Liaodong

This steel has become nails, shovels, hoes, pots, armor, arrowheads, swords, spears, kitchen knives, scissors...... It has become a common item in the daily life of ordinary people from the Tang Dynasty to Japan, Silla, Annam and other places.

Such a person, it can be said that he has a great plan, it can be said that he is secretly rebellious, but it cannot be said that he has brought disaster to the country and the people, at least so far, Ye Chang has not really brought disaster to the country and the people.

Of course, it will not be the same in the future......

Thinking of this, the sneer on the corner of Yang Zhao's mouth turned into a smile, and he nodded slightly to Qu Tanxun, who looked at him, to express his recognition and approval.

Qu Tanqing is full of confidence, but although Ye Qing has some inappropriate actions, it is not a disaster for the country and the people. In recent years, the treasury has been full, the people have been happy, and Ye Qing has made a great contribution. Li Longji said slowly.

Qu Tanqing Huo Ran said: "In such situations, it is the Son of Heaven Hongfu, the ministers do their best, the soldiers serve their lives, and Ye He Yuchen heard that Ye relied on his crooked reasoning and heresy to collect the people's fat and ointment in Liaodong, so he is rich in the world...... The gold and silver of this generation are all the private collections of His Majesty, and the deeds of this generation are the great rats of the inner library under His Majesty. His Majesty is generous and benevolent, which is rare since ancient times, just because of its luck and connivance. And his people are not evil, they do not think of repaying their kindness, and they are greedy. This generation is the most pretentious and deceitful, so he can ......"

"Alright, alright." Seeing that Qu Tanxun was still going to scold, Yang Zhao coughed and waved his hand to stop: "In front of the saint, don't be so rude."

Just kidding, let this guy really scold all the way like this, and when it reaches Ye Chang's ears, he will definitely think that it is the manpower arranged by him Yang Zhao. Now the news of the fire in the West Racecourse has already reached Yang Zhao, originally Yang Zhao was a little worried, Ye Chang would calculate this account on his head, and he was not completely ready for an endless political battle against him, this kind of political battle can only lose both, so that Chen Xilie and other fishermen can benefit.

"So-and-so is just a sign of loyalty." Qu Tanxun didn't buy his account: "Yang Gong is afraid of him, but a certain is not afraid of him"

"I'm a little tired, this assistant teacher Qu Tan, let's step back first." Li Longji said lightly.

At this moment, no matter how sluggish Qu Tanxun was, he realized that something was wrong: the Son of Heaven was obviously annoyed with him

He was instructed by others, but Ye Chang had lost his holy favor, so he jumped out and wanted to raise the banner of falling leaves. He is cunning, and if he is just impeached, he will definitely not be taken seriously, after all, who cares about a mere teaching assistant? Therefore, he first provoked a dispute with academic disputes, and sure enough, he was summoned by Li Longji, which made him think that his political speculation had succeeded and made up his mind to pursue the victory.

As a result, it was only at this time that he realized that even if Ye Chang's holy family was not as good as before, it was not something that a small person like him could challenge.

The mayfly shakes the tree, which is ridiculous......

This thought flashed through his heart, and then looking at the faces of those Li Longji's close ministers around him, it seemed that they were all laughing at him. There were thousands of thoughts tumbling in his heart, all of which had only one result: this time it was over

The last time he speculated, when he was only seventeen years old, he took advantage of the death of the monk and his party to attack the party in a big way, trying to maintain his family's special status in the Tang Dynasty.

Fail again this time...... What will happen?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble, and then in desperation, he knelt on the ground, and howled: "The minister's family has come to the Tang Dynasty since the time of his great-grandfather, and he has been a minister of the heavenly family for generations, and now it has been more than a hundred years, and the minister is loyal to the Son of Heaven and the Tang Dynasty...... Although the minister is shallow in learning, he is also willing to swear here, if the minister leads the students to lose to Ye Chang, then the minister is a bully, if the minister wins, Ye Chang's pseudo-learning, and ask the sage to reprimand"

"Oh?" Li Longji's brows eased slightly, and Yang Zhao's eyes lit up over there.

"Since this is the case, let this guy fight with Ye Chang for the last time, no matter whether he wins or loses, he can relieve his boredom." This is Li Longji's idea.

"If you want to shake Ye Chang's foundation, you must start with his doctrine, and this person can be used as a stone to throw stones and ask for directions" This is Yang Zhao's idea.