People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 377 Magazine Storm
This young man resigned just like that. Fang Xuanling asked someone to inquire about the situation of the Ministry of Officials, and the reply he received was that he had left Chang'an City.

Fang Xuanling felt a little sorry for missing a young man who could be cultivated, but it was only a young man, and many scholars who came to Chang'an this year also had a lot of talents to cultivate.

After letting go of his thoughts, Fang Xuanling still looked at the roster in his hand.

Du Ruhui came to Zhongshu Province and said: "Duan Lun hasn't been to the court for several days, and he didn't come to do the secretary's errand. It is said that during this period of time, he will be practicing Taoism behind closed doors."

Fang Xuanling's expression didn't change much, and he said in a low voice, "It's not time for the court to use him yet."

Du Ru said with a dark smile: "Recently, a book called a magazine appeared in Chang'an, and it sold very well."

"Magazine?" Fang Xuanling put down the roster in his hand, "What books do you think Li Zheng wrote?"

Du Ruhui took out a booklet and said, "It's not really a book, just read it."

Fang Xuanling took the booklet, looked at the contents above and couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect these Cui family children to still look good in ordinary days, and I didn't expect them to be so unbearable in private."

"That's right, the children of the Cui family in Chang'an are afraid to go out now." Du Ruhui said.

"Do you think what is written in Li Zheng's booklet is true?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"It's not necessarily true, it's half-truth and half-false. If you hit a snake and hit seven inches, that's what Li Zheng made of it, which made them confused."

Du Ruhui sat down and said: "The recruitment of officials in the DPRK and China does not depend on their family background, but they must be of good character."

Fang Xuanling agreed with Du Ruhui's statement, "If you have misbehavior, how can you enter the court and rule the people as an official?"

Li Shimin sat in the Ganlu Hall, holding Jingyang magazine in his hand, and let out a sinister laugh from time to time.

Every time it came, the eunuchs and maids standing outside the palace trembled with fear.

"What do you think is wrong, Your Majesty?" an eunuch asked the maid in a low voice.

"Perhaps His Majesty thought of something happy." The maid replied in a low voice.

"Happy things? Is it like this when His Majesty is happy? It's scary." The little eunuch whispered.

The maid said with emotion: "You don't know that, Your Majesty is a Mingjun, and Mingjun is like this."

Li Shimin put down the Jingyang magazine in his hand and said to Wang Ding, "I didn't expect that these Cui family disciples have such virtues behind their backs."

Wang Ding also nodded, "It's true that you know people and faces but don't know their hearts. Fortunately, we now know their true colors."

"Is everything in the magazine true?" Li Shimin asked.

Wang Ding bowed and said: "I went to check and there are indeed some similar claims, and what was written in the magazines were all things that had been rumored in the market as early as, but it was written down by Li Zheng. Let’s be honest, it’s true, but it’s not known if it’s not as exaggerated as what Li Zheng wrote.”

Li Shimin likes this magazine very much, at least this magazine can disgust the Cui family.

This time, the students of the Cui family were basically selected for the submission of papers from various places in the imperial examination.

If the imperial examination is only for the five surnames to make wedding dresses, it is better not to hold the imperial examination.

If these Cui family's children lack morals, they are not qualified to be officials.

Li Shimin nodded and said to Wang Ding: "Investigate all the people in the magazine, and draw up a list of those who are confirmed and send it to the Ministry of Officials."

"Here!" Wang Ding nodded.

It has nothing to do with Li Zheng that the magazine caused a lot of trouble in Chang'an, and it is still too early for the imperial examination to start.

Li Zheng has been busy in the blacksmith's shop these days with the three brothers of the Tie family.

Nowadays, the craftsmen of Datang are already very proficient in using the method of pouring steel, and the horizontal knife is made by using the method of pouring steel. This is one of the reasons why Datang's military strength has always been able to surpass the Siyi.

Tie Da made a huge stove in the blacksmith's shop according to Li Zheng's request.

Tie Er and Tie San couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva when they saw the iron materials brought by Li Zheng. In terms of quality, the iron materials brought by Li Zheng were the best iron materials they had ever seen since they were blacksmiths. There are very few iron materials in the world. Even those who have been blacksmiths for half their lives have seen such iron materials several times.

This is iron material worth thousands of gold, which is pitifully rare in the world.

Tie asked in a loud voice, "Lord of the county, where do these iron materials come from?"

"What's wrong?" Li Zheng asked Tie Da.

Tie Da said: "The iron materials of the County Marquis are too expensive, and we don't know how to get them."

"You haven't seen such iron material before?"

"I've seen it, but only a few times." Tie Da said, "This kind of red iron material is too expensive, and you can't buy it outside. I just heard that the Supreme Emperor's sword is made of this iron material."

"I haven't seen it because your excavation level is backward. This kind of iron ore is usually buried very deep and it's not easy to dig." Li Zheng explained, not wanting to get too entangled with them about the origin of this iron material.

Li Yifu brought piles of coal with the villagers, "This is what the county lord wants, right?"

Li Zheng picked up a stone and nodded, "It's this kind of coal."

Li Yifu smiled and said, "We found quite a few outside."

Li Zheng picked up a piece of coking coal and asked, "Where did you get this kind of coal?"

Li Yifu glanced at it and said, "We dug this up from the Qinling Mountains."

Coking coal is the best coal, and Li Zheng said to Li Yifu: "In the future, I will bring coal of this quality from there. It doesn't need to be too much, and I will use it first if I bring about [-] catties."

"Okay! Those coal fields can't grow food, they are happy for us to dig." Li Yifu nodded in agreement.

There are still many open-pit coal mines today, and the utilization rate of coal in Datang is very low.

Li Zheng instructed: "Remember, protect your mouth and nose when excavating, and bring more manpower. It is really impossible to recruit manpower from road construction workers. I will need [-] catties of coal in ten days."

"Understood, is it too troublesome just to protect the nose and mouth, and the weather is hot now."

In the middle of speaking, seeing Li Zheng looking at him, Li Yifu changed his words and said: "The county marquis orders me to follow."

Li Zheng stood up and said to Li Yifu: "If I know that you don't follow suit, I will throw you to the Wa Kingdom and let you live with the Wa people."

Frightened by this sentence, Li Yifu immediately bowed his head and saluted, "I will remember the instructions of the county lord."

Li Zheng washed his hands and said: "You listen to my arrangement, and the peasants listen to your arrangement. If someone doesn't listen to the arrangement, we will not use him in Jingyang in the future. After this trip, no one is allowed to dig without permission."

"Here!"

Li Yifu stood nervously, seeing Li Zheng's stern expression for the first time, although he didn't know why he had to protect his mouth and nose, but Li Zheng's attitude seemed to be that he had to do so.

This is the second time I saw Li Zheng with such an expression, the first time was when I was dealing with those monks.

(End of this chapter)