The news that Li Yuanying and others were going to enter the Imperial College spread like wildfire.
Many people were very happy. After all, instead of letting Li Yuanying do things outside, it is better to send him to the Imperial Academy for strict discipline. Otherwise, let him run to His Majesty Li Er every day, who knows what else he will come up with
The happiest among them was naturally Li Tai. During the Chinese New Year, he cheerfully congratulated Li Yuanying on his entry into the Imperial College at the palace banquet.
Li Yuanying himself was very happy. He felt that Li Tai could finally speak human words, so he immediately took Li Tai's hand and discussed with Li Tai: "The "Kuo Di Zhi" edited by you, Qingque, is so beautiful. Brother Huang lent me two volumes, and I was shocked! I never thought that you could write such a good book. Are you interested in printing it? Deng Qing’s newly made paper is thinner than the old paper, isn’t it? At least, you can make your "Kuo Di Zhi" into a book like "Han Zi's Fables", and then you can print a lot of them for people all over the world to read!"
Li Tai didn't expect that his sarcasm could make Li Yuanying say such a thing. The flesh on his face trembled, and he felt that Li Yuanying was so powerless even to ridicule him, he didn't answer the words according to your expectations at all!
Li Tai said, "Isn't that necessary?"
Li Yuanying actively lobbied: "If you want it, I want it. The paper is cheap, and I have a ready-made engraver who can make books for you soon. I don't want your money, I just want to put a batch in the library." , so that scholars all over the world can also understand the customs of various places. In the future, if they enter the court as officials, and are assigned to various places as county magistrates, they will not be caught blind!"
Hearing what Li Yuanying said, Li Tai felt a little moved. He had read Li Yuanying's "Han Zi's Fables". Although the writing was a little superficial, it was really convenient to read, and he could take it with him to share with his friends.
Now that he is walking this path, who wants to gain a good reputation in the scholarly community? Although Li Tai was very moved, he still had to refuse on the face: "How dare you make Uncle Yao pay for it? Otherwise, you can lend me the money and sell me some new paper, and I will ask someone to copy the "Included" "Geography" is printed and sent to the library in batches."
Li Yuanying didn't like rushing to give money to others, so after hearing what Li Tai said, he said, "Okay, I'll say hello to Xiao Li, and you can prepare the manuscript and send it to Xiao Li, let Xiao Li Li will let you figure out how much it will cost, and you can just give the money to Xiao Li."
Li Tai nodded: ""Kuo Di Zhi" has been dedicated to the emperor, I have to ask the emperor what he means first."
What can His Majesty Li Er mean? Of course, he agrees to print a batch of "Kuo Di Zhi" for scholars all over the world to read. He didn't need Li Yuanying and Li Tai to pay for it, he just went through the public printing process, and the paper price was low, which not only made paper affordable for many scholars, but also enriched the originally scarce book resources.
Originally, all kinds of books were extremely expensive, and only aristocratic families could afford them. Now that the cost is low, you can buy them by saving a few meals, and more people can afford them! This point may not be important to Chang'an scholars who own libraries, but it is different for scholars in other places!
This is why His Majesty Li Er agreed to try to print "Kuo Di Zhi".
If this method of printing books is really convenient and cheap, the imperial court can let go of printing more books in the future!
Most of the scholars came from aristocratic families. This has always been a concern of His Majesty Li Er. His Li family was also from the Guanlong family in the past. It was these "big families" who held talents and military power in the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
Because of this, he ordered Fang Xuanling to find a reason to abolish a large number of officials after succeeding to the throne. At one time, there were only more than 600 people left in the huge court center, and then he slowly replenished from the imperial examinations and recommendations from all parties Suitable talents, hoping to dilute the almost monopoly power in the hands of some aristocratic families.
If everyone in the world can afford to buy books and use paper, the threshold for reading will be greatly lowered. In time, many children from humble families will flood into the imperial court!
Perhaps in the future these poor children will become a new aristocratic family, but before that they can continue to attack the original aristocratic family. When they gradually solidify and become stronger, they will be challenged by the latecomers. Only by preventing the opportunity to study from being monopolized in the hands of the aristocratic family, the power of the Li and Tang royal family will not fall into the hands of some people for a long time.
Li Yuanying didn't think as much as His Majesty Li Er, he heard His Majesty Li Er agreed, glanced at Li Tai, and remembered another matter: "There is another matter, I don't know if Cheng Qian told you!"
His Majesty Li Er looked at him and motioned him to talk about it.
Li Yuanying said: "Xiang'er is about to become enlightened. I have recommended a suitable teacher candidate to Chengqian. Have you mentioned Chengqian and Brother Huang?"
His Majesty Li Er said: "Not yet. Who do you think is better?"
Li Tai had an ominous premonition.
Li Yuanying said: "I'm not boasting. Most of the candidates in the court who are suitable to be Xiang'er teachers teach us. I think the best one among them is Master Xiao. Although Master Xiao is old, he is still in good health. I think Master Xiao The teacher is the most suitable! Look, you asked Master Xiao to teach the "Book of Filial Piety", doesn't the pheasant look so filial? Look at me again, I didn't like reading in the past, so I went to ask Master Xiao a few times. I felt the interest in reading. Therefore, I think it is most suitable for Master Xiao to teach Xiang'er!"
The "Master Xiao" mentioned by Li Yuanying is naturally the old scholar Xiao Deyan.
Li Tai knew that Li Yuanying was thinking about Xiao Deyan, but he didn't expect that Li Yuanying would not give up after so long, and this time he used Li Xiang as a raft to help Li Chengqian!
Li Tai wished he could bite Li Yuanying to death.
Li Yuanying noticed Li Tai's angry gaze, and held Li Tai's hand and said, "Qing Que, your "Kuo Di Zhi" has also been finished, so you won't be reluctant to let him go? Hey, I'm also reluctant to let you go, but thank you Er is still young, so you don't need Master Xiao for the time being, you should let Master Xiao out to Xiang'er first. When Xiner reaches the age of enlightenment, you can send Xiner to the palace to study with Xianger, and then they will They are not only cousins, but also senior brothers, the more relationship they have, the closer they get along, how great it is!"
His Majesty Li Er felt that Li Yuanying's proposal was very reasonable, and nodded in agreement. Once he was ill, he liked his children and grandchildren to be respectful and harmonious. What Li Yuanying said when he asked Li Xiang and the others to celebrate his birthday together made sense. They belonged to Li Tang's family. If they can be united, there will be no worries stable
What else could Li Tai say, he could only agree with his breath, wishing he could get rid of Li Yuanying's hand on the spot.
Li Yuanying felt that he had done two good things, so he stopped talking to them, and happily took the children to play. On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the heavy snow in Chang'an has just rested, and everywhere is covered in silver, which is very beautiful.
Li Yuanying took Sizi and the others to play in the sunflower garden, boarded the tall tree house to have fun, ate delicious roasted whole lamb, and took a bunch of radish heads to slide along the cleared mountain road, making a lot of noise sky.
Li Yuanying didn't rest at night, and after having dinner with Liu Baolin, he slipped out of the palace with his friends. There was no curfew at night during the Shangyuan Festival. They watched the lanterns and guessed riddles all the way, played from the West Market to the East Market, and visited all the lively places before returning to the palace before the palace gate was locked.
When he went back, Sizi was very sleepy, but he still held Li Yuanying's hand reluctantly and said, "Uncle Yao, you are going to study in the Imperial College tomorrow, will we not see each other for a long time?"
Li Yuanying was full of confidence: "No, I must find a chance to come back and play with you!"
Si and the others got Li Yuanying's guarantee and went back to sleep in peace. They still complained in their hearts that His Majesty Li Er had arranged Li Yuanying to go to the Imperial College.
Early the next morning, before Li Yuanying woke up, Li Zhi came over to drag him out of bed. They are going to move into the Imperial College today, so they can't be late the first day! Li Yuanying listened to Liu Baolin talking a lot about the Imperial College these days, sat up yawning, and asked Li Zhi, "Can you dress yourself? I heard from my mother that no one is allowed in the Imperial College to serve in it!"
Li Zhi was speechless for a while: "Who doesn't know how to wear clothes?" Although he has been served by others since he was a child, he is not so stupid that he can't even wear clothes!
Li Yuanying was very surprised: "You actually know it? I didn't know it years ago, but I have learned it now!" His tone was quite proud, and he sounded quite proud of his extraordinary intelligence.
Li Zhi was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he pulled Li Yuanying out of the box to look at the things Liu Baolin had packed for him, and said, "The clothes of the Guozijian are distributed uniformly, you can just bring some inner clothes, what are you taking the rest with? So many clothes , enough for you to wear the same clothes for a month."
Li Yuanying said: "My mother said that it rains a lot in spring. If the clothes issued by the Imperial College get wet, you can't replace them with clothes?" Enough for a month."
Li Zhi said: "You only wear these clothes once?"
Li Yuanying looked at him with a "what's wrong" expression. Do you still have to do laundry
Li Zhi: "..."
Li Yuanying planned very carefully: "I don't want to waste it. Everyone can wear the clothes prepared by my mother. I will wear them once and give them to others. They can wear them themselves, or they can wear them for younger brothers and sisters at home." , it will never be that no one is willing to wash the clothes that are given for free."
Li Zhi did the math, even if Li Yuanying stayed in the Guozijian for a year, it would only be about three hundred sets of clothes, this small amount of money was nothing to Li Yuanying. That being the case, Li Zhi didn't say anything. Anyway, he didn't quite believe that Li Yuanying could study there for a year!
Li Zhi didn't question Li Yuanying's dozens of boxes anymore, and went to pick up Chengyang with Li Yuanying to bid farewell to His Majesty Li Er, and reported to the Imperial College with a mighty box-carrying team.
When they got to the place, Li Yuanying was dumbfounded. The place they lived in was too small, and the couch was still a big bunk attached to each other, the kind where a dozen people sleep in one room. There was no room for him to put a dozen big boxes.
Li Yuanying went to the person in charge of housing them to talk about it, and wanted to ask for a vacant room to put the cages, but the other party ruthlessly said that they would carry them back wherever they were brought, and there was no need to do anything special.
This is something that Liu Baolin has been preparing for several days. How could Li Yuanying send it back? He thought about it, and asked someone to find a corner outside the prison cell that could shelter from the wind and rain and build the cage. He would go out when he needed something. Just use it. The Guozijian is full of promising scholars, and they cannot come in and out at will, and they will never steal all these worthless clothes and ink.
Li Yuanying's mighty cage brigade attracted the attention of many people, and many people stopped and discussed along the way. When Li Yuanying was formally arranged into the Datong shop, the others realized that this little devil in the world really wanted to study with them!
Tang Sui has been in the Guozijian for more than a year. He reads very well and is very popular among the masters. When he learned that both Li Yuanying and Di Renjie had passed the exam, he was overjoyed and looked forward to their arrival early. Perhaps Kong Yingda did it on purpose, Li Zhi and the others were arranged in different dormitories, and Li Yuanying lived alone in the room where Tang Sui was.
When Tang Sui got the news, he changed the bed with someone and let Li Yuanying sleep next to him, and he usually takes care of him. Li Yuanying usually sleeps directly after the bed is made by others. It was the first time he saw a bare bed, and he was very excited. He enthusiastically declined Tang Shuang's proposal to help him make the bed, and began to complete the first bed making in his life under Tang Shuang's guidance. big responsibility.
Li Yuanying spread out the warm quilt in a dignified manner, then arranged the small pillows he brought, and said to Tang Zhen proudly: "Making the bed is not difficult at all, I will do it without you teaching me next time." !"
Before Tang Su could respond, someone came in and laughed and said, "You are so proud of making a bed. People who don't know will think you have done something great!"
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