People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 834 They will just sit and watch the clouds rise and fall
Duan Lun smiled and nodded, "That's right, a book only costs three pennies."

crazy?Duan Lun crazy?What is the price of three Wen for a book? Even if you sell a book in Chang'an, it costs ten to Seven Wen, but now it only costs three Wen?
The people on the side who heard this were also a little at a loss.

Duan Lun went on to say: "If you want to do it, do it, don't dawdle."

"understood."

The petty official arranges people to do errands, and sells books for three Wen a volume.

Three days later, Cui Fu, who had just brought old man Xu and Lu Xin to Youzhou, also heard about the three pennies for a book.

Cui Fu immediately bought a book worth three pennies and read it.

This is a book made of paper. Paper is very precious in the hands of aristocratic families. Nowadays, most scholars still use bamboo slips.

Old man Xu said, "Why is this book so cheap?"

Cui Fu looked at the contents of the book and understood, "Jingyang's books are sold in Chang'an for only [-] cents a copy. I heard that Li Zheng is going to print books on a large scale. Now I am afraid that Chang'an's books will be cheaper."

Lu Xinzuo sighed and said: "The five surnames hold the books. If there are more books at this moment, the five surnames may not be able to control the scholars. Cui Fu, you are right. Li Shimin and Li Zheng have great ambitions."

Cui Fu looked at these hurried passers-by in Youzhou, and said with emotion: "If these books are introduced into the territory of Shandong on a large scale, there will be big troubles."

"What's the big mess?" Old man Xu asked curiously.

"How do the five surnames master the scholars?" Cui Fu said with a smile.

"With the fame of the five surnames?" Old man Xu asked.

"If you think this way, then you really underestimate the five surnames. The five surnames can control scholars by more than just relying on fame. How can scholars in the world be talented?"

Old man Xu thought for a while and said, "Study?"

Cui Fu continued, "Where does knowledge come from?"

Old man Xu immediately said: "Books!"

"That's right, the way the five surnames master scholars is to master books, or to use some knowledge of the older generation to control the talents of scholars. An ordinary person can go from being illiterate to being able to write articles and need a master to teach them." , you need to read more books, this is not something you can learn just by reading one or two volumes of books."

Old man Xu nodded after listening.

Cui Fu went on to say: "The five surnames control most of the books and control what kind of books the scholars read. More seriously, what kind of books the aristocratic family wants the scholars to read, the aristocratic family has the final say."

Old man Xu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "Isn't this controlling people's hearts?"

Lu Xinzuo said with some emotion: "Cui Fu is right. This is what the family has been doing all the time. Otherwise, why do you think the scholars in the world support the five surnames so much? How many people want to marry five surname women? That's what the five surnames want to see, people of the five surnames don't want to be the emperor, but they want to control the emperor."

Old man Xu gasped, seeing all kinds of people in Youzhou couldn't help gasping.

Cui Fu glanced at the sky, "It's almost summer, and the weather in Youzhou is still a bit cold."

Lu Xinzuo smiled, "After staying in Youzhou for a long time, you will get used to it."

Old man Xu looked at the two of them and said, "What are we going to do next, are we going to buy land with money?"

Cui Fu looked at old man Xu and said, "You like money very much?"

Old man Xu smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm not smart, old man. I just want to earn more money. I will go wherever I can earn money. The old man thinks that Mr. Cui can lead me to make money, so I will make money."

Cui Fu patted old man Xu on the shoulder and said: "When the matter of the five surnames is over, your identity will no longer be a small pawn merchant."

Old man Xu was a little dazed and puzzled, "Then what am I, old man?"

Cui Fu sneered and said, "Do you want to be a powerful man?"

"A doorman?" Old man Xu laughed loudly. He couldn't stand up straight from the laughter. He supported the city wall of Youzhou for a long time before recovering. Looking at Cui Fu, he said again: "I can also be a doorman?"

Cui Fu said: "There is nothing impossible."

After finishing speaking, Cui Fu straightened his clothes and walked into Youzhou City.

Lu Xinzuo also walked in.

Old man Xu also hurriedly put away his expression and followed into Youzhou City.

Youzhou City is not very big, because it is close to the northern border, and Turkic people come and go here from time to time.

The mutton is also the cheapest here.

When they came to a restaurant, the three of them sat down, and there were quite a few people in the restaurant.

It seems that business is going well.

The store clerk stepped forward and said, "What do you three want to eat?"

Cui Fu glanced at old man Xu.

Old man Xu cleared his throat and said immediately: "The best mutton, the best wine!"

"Okay!" The man smiled and went to work.

The mutton and wine were quickly served, and the old man Xu said with a smile: "When I think that someone like me can be a powerful person, I feel happy. Who are the powerful people? They are all from the rich and powerful, but they have money and wealth." Quan, who has soldiers and horses under his door."

Cui Fu set the chopsticks for old man Xu and poured wine and said: "Don't be happy because you have become a powerful person. After you reach a certain height, you will find that the people you contact are different, and the way you look at things is also different. gone."

Old man Xu asked again: "Then everything is different, what have I become?"

Lu Xin said with a smile: "You have become a beast in clothes."

A well-dressed man came to Cui Fu's desk. At first glance, this man was dressed like a scholar, and his clothes were patched and he didn't look very rich.

He said respectfully: "Young Master Cui, the five surnames went to Daishan to discuss things together before, but it seems that nothing came out, and the five surnames are not acting too strange now."

Cui Fu gave him a small piece of silver cake and said, "Excuse me, I'll go and find out what the other families are doing."

"understood."

The scholar took the silver cake and left again.

Cui Fu watched the two pick up the wine bowls and said, "Let me just say, the five surnames actually don't know how to do anything, they just sit and watch the clouds rise and fall, talking and laughing happily."

Old man Xu raised his wine bowl and said, "For our great plan, and for me to be among the elite!"

Lu Xinzuo also raised his wine bowl.

The three of them clinked bowls and drank in one gulp.

Zhang Liang has already arrived in Chang'an, and has been waiting for His Majesty's summoning recently, but it has been a few days since he came to Chang'an, but His Majesty has not summoned him for a long time.

If I want to ask my friends in Chang'an, those old acquaintances are also silent, or just keep silent.

Zhang Liang is also fidgeting in his own home.

Jingyang
Li Zheng listened to Xu Jingzong's narration, "Duan Lun really did that?"

Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "The news sent is indeed so. Then the old man of the Lu family admitted his mistake to Duan Lun and handed over all the military power to Duan Lun."

(End of this chapter)