The Yangzhou University Examination, Duke Qiao's annotations, and printing techniques completely set off a wave among the entire Han Dynasty. ☆→,
"Old Li, where are you going!?" A farmer looked at the old Li from the same village over there and asked. But he put down his hoe and put on the only piece of clothing at home that only had five or six patches. This is the rhythm of entering the city.
"What else can you do, go into the city!" Old Li said to the farmer over there.
"What are you doing in the city? Visiting relatives?" The farmer asked suspiciously. If he was visiting relatives, he could wait a few days later.
"Hey, I'm going into the city to buy books for my kid!" Old Li said to the farmer in the same village.
The farmer immediately grinned when he heard the words of the old man Li, "Don't be joking, old man, you still buy books in your family? Can you afford it?" This is not a sarcasm but a kind of persuasion. The value of a book can be as high as several gold. Even if you sell several acres of fertile land in Lao Litou's house, you still don't have that much money.
"I can still lie to you!" Old Li was anxious, and the countryman was also very concerned about face. "I'm going to buy two, no, three books, and give them to our second child, let him study, and do it later. A senior official must at least be like a village chief!" In Old Li's mind, a village chief is a very big official.
"Haha, you're still an official, old man Li, didn't you drink that little wine today, aren't you afraid that your mother-in-law will give you two huhu (slaps) to eat!" There was also a circle of people around, and everyone laughed when they heard Old Li's wishful thinking there.
Old Li Tou was left speechless by several fellow villagers. His face turned red, "I. I. What I said is true! Why don't you believe me, I cheated you and got a lot of money!"
"Haha!" The surrounding villagers already regarded Old Li as a joke.
"What's the matter, what's the matter!" Amidst the clamor of the crowd, a man in official clothes ran over.
"The head of the village is here, the head of the village is here!" This person is the head of the village. He has little power, but he is also in charge of hundreds of households, so he can be regarded as an official. The big guys still respect him very much. Because the grain seeds needed by the big guys for busy farming, as well as the cattle for plowing the land, and farm tools, all have to be obtained from the chief of the village. So it's still very dignified.
"Li Chief, it's this old Li. Maybe he was drunk, but he actually wanted to make their second child an official, and he said that going to the city to buy books is not wishful thinking~!" The person next to him said Old Li took it as a joke and told the village chief.
"Being an official?" The village chief shook his head. It's really hard to be an official. He's just an official, and he's a thousand miles away from being an official.
"Look. I said that Old Li had drunk too much, and he hadn't even heard of it! How could he know!" Looking at the way of the chief. The village name over there felt more and more that this was old Li's wishful thinking.
"I didn't drink!" Old Li's face was terribly red.
"Okay, okay!" Li Chang clapped his hands, "It's not easy to be an official, but what Old Li said is right, there are indeed books for sale in this city, I'm afraid that Old Li really went to buy books !” said the chief to the crowd below.
"Ah, old man Li, you're rich!" Everyone looked at old man Li and their expressions changed. You must know that being able to buy books is something only rich people have. How much is a book worth? In the 1980s, an acre of fertile land was only two thousand dollars.
"Go, go, where did I get rich? My mother-in-law sold a dozen or so eggs laid by my hen together with the hen and collected a hundred dollars for me to buy books!" Old Li said. He said to the folks over there, although the folks were surprised that the old Li Tou sold him the old hen that could lay eggs at home, but they were even more surprised that the old Li Tou only took a hundred dollars to buy books? Isn't this a joke? Everyone couldn't believe it again.
But the chief over there nodded his head, "One hundred coins, if you buy it right, you can buy two or three good books."
The head of the village also bought a lot of books. Although he couldn't read them, the fact that he had a collection of books at home showed that he was from a scholarly family. So the head of the village gritted his teeth cruelly, bought a carload of books and returned them. A yard in the city was sold to him.
With these books installed in the mansion, even if you can't read them, you can still show them off. You must know that there used to be a collection of books at home, it was really a wealthy family.
"No, one hundred cents can buy two or three books?" The common people over there couldn't believe it. Although one hundred cents was a lot for them, it was not enough to buy books. three books.
"I, the chief of the village, can still lie to you!" The chief over there couldn't help but get annoyed when he saw that the dealers under him didn't believe his words.
"Don't dare, dare not!" The common people still looked like they were not fighting with officials. He was very respectful to the head of the village, but his face was still obviously disbelieving.
"You will know when Old Li comes back at night! Old Li, it will take a while to get from our village to the city. You can go in Brother Cheng's bullock cart!" The head of the village waved his hand at Old Li. Said.
"How did this happen? What made this happen? Old Li looked a little apprehensive. Generally, no one would dare to ride in that bullock cart, because there may only be two or three cattle in a village, and every villager is Treat these farm cattle as treasures.
"There's nothing you can't do! It just so happens that Brother Cheng is going to the city, so you just go along!" The village chief was very generous, and with the thanks of Old Li, Brother Cheng's ox cart set off.
"Okay, it's all gone!" the head over there waved his hand and said to the villagers under his hands.
After all, it was busy farming, so everyone worked hard for a while, and then dispersed. No matter how much they joined in the fun, they still needed to finish their own work.
The sky was darkening quickly, and the sun was about to set.
The common people also finished their day's busy farming and were about to pack up and go back.
"You said why this old man Li has not come back yet!" Some people are still thinking about the day's affairs.
"I'm afraid I didn't buy the book, so I dare not come back!" Many people have this idea.
"That's right, this is buying books. Back then I worked for that big family. You know it's the Wu family in the city. Master Wu!" A commoner said to the others.
"Master Wu? But Mr. Wu who is in the tea business?" Some people know this Mr. Wu.
"That's right, Mr. Wu has a lot of money, but Mr. Wu asked his grandpa to worship his grandma if he wanted to buy a book. It took a lot of effort to buy a book. I heard that it cost tens of gold!"
"Oh, so many!" Jin is an astronomical figure for these common people.
"That's right, so old Li, isn't it a joke to buy books this time!"
"Don't say that. Maybe someone misunderstood and gave Lao Li a book! Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter. The ancients didn't have TV and other things for entertainment. These rumors and jokes are their entertainment. , Old Li's topic can keep them talking for half a year.
"Old Li is back, old Li is back!" Just as everyone was laughing, there was a sudden news that Old Li had returned. He came back with Brother Cheng who was driving the ox cart.
"Did Old Li not buy the book?" Someone asked over there, booing.
"I have nothing to say to you!" Old Li turned his head and left, not caring about other people's gossip.
"It must be that old Li didn't buy the book!" Everyone thought so, because if old Li did buy the book. He will still be like this, and he has long been complacent. How could he leave without saying a word.
So those people who used to mock Old Li now became even more mocking. What old Li is a lazy toad, he wants to eat swan meat, what old Li is daydreaming, and so on.
"Hey!" Brother Cheng over there couldn't help it, and couldn't help sneering, "You're laughing at the old man one by one, you guys, you don't know what to say!" I was gloating, but I didn't know that the person who benefited the most was that old Li.
Has Lao Li bought the book yet? He did buy it, not one or two, but three books, but Old Li didn't say anything, and made a fortune in silence.
Because, after buying three books, this old man Li got a benefit, that is, after hearing that he had the books, his family's second child could go to school after two months of busy farming.
That is to enroll, there are a total of three schools in this small county below the Lujiang River. You can start school after the busy season.
The reason why Old Li didn't tell them was that he wanted his second child to enter the school first, so that he would be one step ahead of others.
"This old Li, it's a waste of time for us to live in the same village as him!" Someone next to him immediately resented Cheng Ge'er's words, this old Li was too unkind.
"That's right, that's right, I'm also his brother-in-law. If he doesn't tell others, he should tell me anyway!~"
Brother Cheng looked at these folks with contempt. You, the brother-in-law who was sneering and sarcastic just now, talked a lot.
"Brother Cheng, is this true? This book only costs thirty cents a piece?" Some people still didn't believe it.
"I lied to you to gain a few pennies!" Brother Cheng said disdainfully. "Look, I also bought two copies!"
"Brother Cheng, can you understand books?" Someone beside him laughed.
"If I don't understand, I can learn!" Brother Cheng said a little angrily.
"Haha, brother Cheng, you can still enter school at your age!" There was a lot of laughter, leaving brother Cheng angrily driving the cow back to the cowshed.
Laughing is all about laughing, but the common people are not stupid even though they are a little ignorant. Sending their dolls to the school has only advantages and no disadvantages. Anyway, it is not a busy time for farming. Those who picked up things, all went to the city to buy books the next day.
They don't understand that reading can make them wise. They only know that reading may make them an official.
On the second day, people gathered in various cities, and books were bought and sold unnoticed.
And above each book there is a sentence "Read wisely and open your eyes, what the sages learn, the world thrives—Qiao Xuan."
How old man Qiao Xuan thinks now, Liu Wei thinks it is so pleasing to the eye, as long as there is that sentence, it can be said that more than half of the scholars in the world will respect this Duke Qiao, and even some people have begun to regard Qiao Xuan as Ji Sheng. Saint, another Saint Qiao after Saint Meng.
Qiao Xuan's face was flushed red, and this face was completely earned.
"My lord, this book is sold so cheaply, wouldn't it be too much of a loss!" In the hall, Mi Zhu, the Minister of the Household Department, was in mourning, because there was simply no profit in buying books, not to mention those things. It costs 15 cents for the paper alone, but Liu Mang only sells 30 cents a copy in Yangzhou. If labor and freight are included, it can be said that not only does it not make money, but it also loses a lot.
"Zifang, education is a business that loses money!" Liu Mang can think about it, as long as he can make the people wise, he will lose money if he loses money. This book is not about making money, but about earning talents. There are thousands of children going to school in a county, even if there is only one talent among them, then Liu Mang will make a lot of money, and it is difficult to change a talent.
"My lord, the price in Yangzhou is nothing, but why is it sold at the price in Xudu of Yanzhou?" Mi Zhu didn't understand even more. You said that you were in Yangzhou to open up people's wisdom, and it cost you thirty yuan. It’s fine to sell books at a loss price, why is the price in other states and counties, then Cao Cao in Yanzhou will be your enemy sooner or later, aren’t you an enemy
"Hehe, I wish he Cao Cao would buy all the books!" Liu Wei smiled, the more books sold in other states and counties, the happier Liu Wei was, why, because there is also Liu Wei in it calculation.
Why do people want to be fools? Because they have never read a book, they are easy to be deceived. Once you have read a book, then naturally your vision will be different and your thinking will be different. Maybe a doll in the mountains who has never read a book He only thought about marrying a wife, having children, and herding sheep after he grew up, but once he read the book, he would be infected by the success and fame of those scholar-bureaucrats or scholars in the book, thinking, why can't they do this and I am also a scholar.
There is a big exam in Yangzhou, which can let the children of poor families enter the officialdom and let them jump the dragon's gate, but there is no such thing in other states and counties. It's not that everyone is stupid and can't see the benefits of the big exam.
Taking the big exam is a shuffle for the gentry. The gentry can no longer maintain the superiority of his studies. In the past, they were all the children of the gentry who studied and became officials. As long as they are not fools, they can be filial and honest. Once you pass the big exam, you will offend the gentry.
Liu Mang is not afraid of offending the gentry, because the gentry in Yangzhou basically ran away. The gentry in Jiangdong were killed and suppressed by Liu Mang, and they did not dare to talk too much. The gentry in Xuzhou also migrated to Yanzhou. It can be said that there are three The place completely belongs to the vacuum of gentry rights, which gentry dares to play with Liu Mang uncomfortable
But other princes are different, such as Jingzhou, no matter how much Liu Biao hated Cai Mao, he did not dare to kill Cai Mao, because the Cai family was powerful, and killing Cai Mao's family might be a big turmoil. He still has to rely on these gentry.
How dare they take the big test. To take the big test is to offend the noble family. Isn't this a death sentence!
If the big exam is not held, those poor children who have opened up the wisdom of the people will definitely not agree. There are only two choices left for them. One is to come to Yangzhou to take the big exam. One option is to fight with those gentry and make the local princes suffer. No matter which option is chosen, it will be beneficial to Liu Mang's Yangzhou.
That's why Liu Mang sells books so cheaply. This is the export of a lot of culture, and it is also a cultural war.
A steady stream of books from Yangzhou were printed and dumped towards the land of Han and Kyushu. All of a sudden, books were completely changed from a privilege of the gentry to a thing for ordinary people.
Every household, no matter whether it is poor or rich, you don't have a few books and you are embarrassed to go out to meet people. (to be continued..)