Chapter 238 The bookstore is about to open
"What do you think about what happened in the court today?"
Chang'an City, the residence of the Boling Cui family.
There were four people sitting in the study, and the leader was Cui Yan, the head of the Boling Cui family.
What he said just now was also what he asked.
Cui Yan's face looked a little gloomy at this moment, and he glanced at the heads of the aristocratic families in front of him.
Today in the court, the emperor captured more than a dozen of their officials in succession.
This is already sending a very bad message to them.
The emperor is going to take action against these aristocratic families.
The aristocratic family is deeply rooted, and they also contributed a lot when the Li Tang royal family conquered the world.
But today, the emperor is going to take action against them.
They were very unhappy about this.
"The Li family of Zhaojun and the Zheng family of Xingyang have not come, and no official has been taken down by the emperor today. Can we conclude that they are on the emperor's side?" asked the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
Wang Yi is the head of the Wang family, Wang Ji is his uncle, and Wang Tong is his father.
The famous Wang Bo is his son.
"Although the Li family in Zhaojun is also surnamed Li, the emperor probably wants to capture them too. As for the Zheng family in Xingyang, ever since Zheng He was imprisoned and killed, the Zheng family in Xingyang has been under surveillance, and the lives of the entire clan have long been in their hands. If it is in the hands of the emperor, they dare not touch it." The head of the Cui family in Qinghe shook his head.
"What's Brother Lu's opinion?" Cui Yan looked at Fan Yang, the head of the Lu family.
"Although the emperor captured more than a dozen of our officials today, he was too hasty after all. Last time, the emperor threatened to reform the imperial examination system in order to weaken our strength."
"In this autumn examination, the emperor went out of his way to ask Zhao Chen to be the deputy examiner, which will definitely make a big move."
"Since the emperor touches our people, why can't we touch Zhao Chen?"
"Zhao Chen's Wangyou Bookstore will open in a few days. I got the news that he has some fights with several of our shopkeepers."
"This is an opportunity to bring Zhao Chen into disrepute." The head of the Fanyang Lu family said slowly.
"Using Zhao Chen to counter the emperor?" Cui Yan said with a smile.
Zhao Chen is the deputy examiner appointed by the emperor for this autumn examination. Once he is embarrassed in front of the world.
The emperor will also lose face.
And they can also make people question the rationality of this autumn test.
As long as something happened to Zhao Chen, it would be extremely difficult for the emperor to reform the imperial examination system.
"Yes, it's a good idea." Wang Yi nodded.
"Then we'll capture Zhao Chen first." The head of the Cui family in Qinghe also agreed with a smile.
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"Your Majesty, these are two test questions given by the Marquis of Zhao County."
As soon as Yu Shinan and Wei Zheng left the tavern, they hurried to the palace.
The emperor was thinking about what Zhao Chen had told him, and couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw the two of them in such a hurry.
Wei Zheng was used to being in trouble, so forget it.
This Yu Shinan is seventy or eighty years old, and he is actually so anxious today.
That would be strange.
"It's just two test questions, how can it make you two so shocked?" Li Shimin said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, please read these test questions first." Yu Shinan didn't say much nonsense and directly handed the test questions copied by Wei Zheng to the emperor.
Li Shimin smiled and looked at the test questions.
After a quick glance, Li Shimin's expression changed.
By the time he finished reading the last word, his expression was no longer as calm as before.
"Is this really the test question asked by that boy Zhao Chen? It's so profound." Li Shimin seemed to be really talking to himself, and also seemed to be talking to Yu Shinan and others.
They asked questions.
Li Shimin didn't expect Zhao Chen to handle the matter of exam questions.
He told Yu Shinan and others before that it was just that he had not thought about the test questions for a while.
But now...
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhao County asked two test questions in a row without even having time to think in between."
"These two examination questions are very practical. Even I admire them so much that I hurriedly came to see Your Majesty." Yu Shinan and Li Shimin said, cupping their hands.
"You said, Zhao Chen came up with this question in an instant?"
"I have never told him that I asked him to come up with the questions for this autumn exam." Li Shimin looked at Yu Shinan with a somewhat shocked expression. .??.
Even he himself, after thinking about it for a long time, never thought of what kind of test questions would be appropriate.
But Yu Shinan actually told him that Zhao Chen asked two questions in an instant.
Moreover, he had never told Zhao Chen about asking him to come up with test questions.
He could not have prepared in advance.
But……
Li Shimin felt that his head was a little confused.
His IQ seemed to have been severely crushed by Zhao Chen.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhaoxian is a great talent. I feel that the Marquis of Zhaoxian is more suitable to be the examiner than Chen." Yu Shinan said to the emperor.
Yu Shinan has been familiar with various books since he was a child.
He believed that among all the living beings in the world, few could surpass him in knowledge.
Until today he met Zhao Chen.
Only then did Yu Shinan understand what it means that there is heaven outside the sky and there are people outside the world.
Even for the position of examiner, he felt that Zhao Chen was more suitable than him.
Wei Zheng stood aside and felt extremely surprised after hearing what Yu Shinan said.
He knew Yu Shinan's character. If he didn't really admire him, Yu Shinan wouldn't say
If you give up your position as examiner.
"Haha, Yu Qing is mature and prudent, and Zhao Chen is still inexperienced. He still needs your help. This position of examiner belongs to you." Li Shimin said with a smile.
Li Shimin was extremely happy that Zhao Chen could be so praised by Yu Shinan.
"By the way, does Zhao Chen have the answers to these two test questions?" Li Shimin asked again.
He really wanted to know the answers to these two test questions.
This may even affect Datang's national policy.
"I thought that the test questions must be reviewed by Your Majesty first, so I came back in a hurry and forgot to ask." Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said.
"That's all. After the autumn examination, I will ask him personally and ask the Ministry of Rites to take the test questions to the Ministry of Industry for printing." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
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A few days later.
Wangyou Bookstore is located to the north and south of Pingkangfang and Wangyou Tavern.
On the golden signboard, the four characters "Wangyou Bookstore" are written in flying colors.
At a glance, it looks like a golden dragon circling and a phoenix spreading its wings.
Today is the day when Wangyou Bookstore opens.
Pingkangfang is a prosperous place. I heard that the bookstore founded by the deputy examiner of this autumn examination opened today.
I don’t know how many students came to take the exam.
And more of them are the ladies from various families including Yingying and Yanyan.
They all read the book of "The Story of the Stone" from their fathers, brothers, and uncles who were officials at home.
Hearing that Wangyou Bookstore was opening today and there would be follow-up sales of this story book, people came over in sedan chairs early in the morning.
The long street of Pingkangfang was all blocked by various sedan chairs today.
The water is so tight that there is no place to step down.
"What is the origin of these words, and it actually attracts so many people?" The old shopkeeper of Cui Family in Qinghe stood in the crowd and asked the shopkeeper next to him.
