After a pause, Xiao Qian spoke.

"The biggest feeling is that times have changed. Printing and papermaking have a great impact on the family of door valves, and the impact on academics is great, and the family can no longer control the rights of the world by controlling books and reading, and the cold family will rise, not those who are down-and-out of the family, but the poor scholars who really come from the people, and the rise is inevitable. ”

"The biggest temptation for scholars is to leave a name in history, or become an important minister of the imperial court, and realize their ambitions, but the only way to get ahead in the same reading is the imperial examination, and the previous scholars are mainly concentrated in the world's gate valve families, even if they can't get ahead, they don't worry about eating and drinking, and they can live a life that is the worst is a little rich."

"But these scholars from the poor people are different, as long as they have a chance, a chance for them to study and rise, they will inevitably burst out with a hundred times more power than the scholars from the family of the gate valve! The sheer number of people, the degree of hard work, and the strength they put into their work will give birth to true geniuses among these people. ”

"However, there will be a problem, that is, the old gate valve family will decline, but a new force will also be born, and this new force will not be underestimated in the future. That is, with the formation of teachers, students, students' students, etc., a force similar to the gate valve, and even this power is more stubborn than the gate valve family, even if your highness once said, even if your wishes are fully realized, this force may not be able to be eliminated. And they will gradually form their own power in the court. Xiao Qian said with a serious face.

Li Ke didn't have any special expression on his face, but he looked at these people carefully, and he had to say that there was no simple character who could be a bachelor in the Hongwen Pavilion, and in addition to studying knowledge, these people studied more about officialdom, or to use a word in later generations to describe politics.

They dare not say that politics has reached the perspective of later generations, but purely in terms of means, they will not be much different from those politicians of later generations, after all, these methods have not changed for thousands of years.

"You're right. If you regard the court as a party, it is normal for these people to have factions, and there are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. Li Ke nodded: "Then do you know who you are?" ”

Xiao Qian and the others glanced at each other, and then they didn't answer this question, or they also wanted to see what they looked like in Li Ke's eyes.

"There is such a group of people, on the cusp of the alternation of the times, but they are unwilling to admit the arrival of the tide of the times, but they are stubborn but unable to fully control the old era, they want to control the new power, but they can't abandon their so-called traditions, and they are unwilling to abandon the things they have studied all their lives, but now they seem to be useless. They are the remnants of the old era, but they cannot control the ship of the new era. ”

"In layman's terms, they are like stones in the pit, smelly and hard." Li Ke said lightly.

Xiao Qian's faces turned pale all of a sudden, red and white, ashamed and resentful, but they didn't know how to refute it, because they had been in this editorial department for most of the year, they had seen more things, and they were sure that they had seen something different.

Whether they want to admit it or not.

"But, then again, like the poem I wrote, I was born to be useful. Everything in the world has a role, even if it is a stone in a pit, as long as it is placed in the right place, it is still useful. Li Ke said lightly.

"Then the question is, are you stones willing to put yourself in your own position?" Li Ke sat up straight, looked at them again, and asked with a calm face.

Xiao Qian and others were speechless, or rather, this has never been a choice question, just like what Li Ke said before, not everyone has the opportunity to choose a new path, and then choose the opportunity again.

They have this opportunity, it was Li Ke who gave them this opportunity, or Li Ke felt that their "stones" were still useful, otherwise, they would have withdrawn from this era a long time ago.

"Your Highness, this is never an option, is it?" A person to Xiao Qian's left asked with a wry smile.

"It's not a choice, there will always be a choice in life, and everyone has a choice, even if my father is here, you all have a choice, but as long as you bear the consequences of your choice." Li Ke smiled.

A few people were speechless, so what's not, as long as you're not afraid of death, there are a lot of choices, the question is since ancient times, how many people are not afraid of death?

"Actually, Your Highness, you should understand that we have been here for more than half a year and have not left yet, in fact, we have already made a choice." Xiao Qian smiled bitterly and said, it seems that Li Ke seems to want to give them this face, but in fact, is this face needed?

Aren't they still here, so they have already made their choice? Otherwise, what are you doing here?

"In that case, then let's talk openly and honestly, after all, I need you for some things after the year." Li Ke said lightly.

"Your Highness, please tell me what we should do." Xiao Qian took a deep breath, and several other people were similar, and they had already understood one thing at their age, that is, people lived, as long as they were useful.

I'm afraid that you have been completely useless in the hearts of some people.

"As I said, you are the stones in the pit, smelly and hard, but you are also useful, and this stinky and hard, I hope, you are facing the same people as you were, those who are on the same side as you."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that my goal is to completely interrupt the fact that the gate valve family currently controls the power layer of the Tang Dynasty, this is my ultimate goal, so I need some people to help me bite these gate valve families, and these people must also know them very well."

"So, you're the best choice."

"After all, you were abandoned by them, weren't you?" Li Ke looked at them lightly and said.

Xiao Qian and the other five people fell silent.

Li Ke was not in a hurry, picked up the teacup next to him, and took a sip of tea lightly, facing different people, there must be different strategies, some people don't need you to brainwash them, as long as you pinch their veins, it is more effective than brainwashing them.

It's like the saying that everyone has heard in the previous life, if she is not deeply involved in the world, take her through prosperity, and if she has experienced vicissitudes, take her merry-go-round.

In fact, this is a kind of positioning of human nature, and people have weaknesses.