Chang'an.
As dusk approached, Wei Yan returned to the east gate of Chang'an, in the military inn on the north bank of the Wei River.
As the name suggests, the military posthouse is a special inn set up by General Cavalry for middle and senior generals of the military academy.
Although Wei Yan could also live in the Central Army tent on the schoolyard, it was obvious that anyone needed a break. The Central Army tent was obviously not a good place to rest, so the Military Inn seemed very important.
Especially the generals in the middle and upper levels obviously need to be tied to a certain level with the soldiers in the lower levels, just like fighting monsters and upgrading. After the skills are improved, there will always be different colors and radiances. If you upgrade for a long time, just the numbers behind the lv will change and nothing else will change, it will be meaningless, right?
Wei Yan lives in the military inn, a small courtyard just behind. First, it is purified, and second, if there is any emergency, you can leave immediately without going through the restrictions of the fangmen city gate. In addition, there are also side rooms in the courtyard, which can be provided for Wei Yan's guards to live in.
As for the living conditions, I can only say that it is average. It is not very good, but it cannot be said that it is bad.
When Wei Yan arrived outside the yard, he dismounted his horse and asked the guard to take the horses to the stable. He first went to the front yard, spooned some water casually, washed his face by rinsing his mouth, then went into the hall, took off his armor, put it on the weapon stand, and sat at the table.
On the table is the "Young Miracle Doctor" he bought in a bookstore in the city two days ago.
Although it is famous for its big characters at the beginning of the book, not historical books, but novels, Wei Yan still finds it very interesting and enjoys reading it. Especially with the addition of punctuation marks to the book, Wei Yan can read it smoothly. Otherwise, facing a full page of words, you have to make the sentences with guessing from beginning to end, it will not be read but torture.
"The Young Doctor" is very good, at least Wei Yan thought so. He has watched it several times, and he is even familiar with the content inside, but he still finds it interesting.
Wei Yan has read books, but he doesn't read much. He can write, but his handwriting is not good-looking.
On the side of the table, there were some "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Songs" and other things piled up randomly, and there was already a thin layer of gray on it. Of course, Wei Yan not only bought a book in the bookstore, but in addition to "The Young Miracle Doctor", he also sold a lot of "serious" scriptures. He originally thought that he wanted to strengthen his literary literacy, but the result...
I bought a PAD from later generations. At first, I went there for productivity, but later I found that in addition to watching videos and novels, my biggest function is to cover instant noodles.
The instant noodles are covered with a thousand yuan instant noodles, and the stuffed instant noodles are fragrant.
Wei Yan was similar. After turning a few pages, it was difficult to read these "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Songs" and so on. They could not be said to be thrown away. They were just piled in a corner of the table.
In addition to "Young Divine Doctor", the only thing Wei Yan could think about it repeatedly and copy it was "Xiping Stone Classics Stele Rubbing". Although it was not a full text rubbing, this "Stone Classic Rubbing" itself was actually a copybook, which was reprinted by Cai Zhonglang. Wei Yan copied some copybooks in his early years, but those copybooks were not vague, and the fonts were not as calm as these rubbings. Therefore, Wei Yan savored the taste of the brush and ease structure again, and he couldn't help but have a little more experience.
Sometimes when he was intrigued, Wei Yan would write something on paper, copy a short paragraph of articles, or write a poem, and occasionally write a word that he was very satisfied with, and he would place it on the table and enjoy it for a long time.
Once Wei Yan drank a little too much, and then wrote a picture of words with great interest. He remembered that he thought he was writing very well at that time, but for some reason, he went to read it after he woke up, but found that he didn't know what he wrote. If it weren't for the guards in the courtyard, Wei Yan would have doubted whether someone had stolen his "mother treasure"...
So later Wei Yan decided not to touch the pen after drinking.
In his spare time, in addition to reading and practicing calligraphy in the military inn, Wei Yan would also wear casual clothes to go around the city of Chang'an and walk around the cemetery.
Chang'an is the largest city Wei Yan has ever seen.
In Chang'an's city, Wei Yan roughly estimated that at least 100,000 people lived, and the surrounding tombs were large and small, 30,000 to 50,000 to 10,000 to 20,000. In addition, the counties and townships around Chang'an came to do some short-term workers temporarily, and the population in the labor camps was close to 500,000.
In fact, Wei Yan's estimate is slightly wrong. The current population around Chang'an has exceeded 600,000, approaching 700,000.
He had never been to Luoyang. When he was in Jingnan, he thought Changsha was the largest city. Later, when he arrived in Chengdu, he thought Chengdu was very big, not only had a main city, but also a subsidiary city. Then after Wei Yan arrived in Chang'an, he realized that Chang'an was so big that it could not even be built...
If the city is big, it is really difficult to build a city wall. It’s not about artificial or construction problems. After all, the Great Wall can be built. If this Chang'an City really wants to build a city wall, it is not a very difficult thing. The difficulty lies in maintenance and defense.
After the city wall is built, it needs to be maintained regularly. Not only should it be repaired, but it also needs to be dispatched to station fixed personnel, patrol and defend, and then additional labor, allocated materials, etc.
At the same time, without a city wall means there is no so-called "last line of defense".
As the cavalry said, "If you cannot defend the enemy outside the country, it is a shame for the military man; if you cannot settle the people within the country, it is a shame for the literati."
Wei Yan still remembered that when he heard this, he was in a state of great excitement and wished he could carve this sentence on the hilt of the knife. Unfortunately, there was a sentence on the hilt of the knife. Well, it was also a famous quote from the early years of the cavalry, so it was a pity that there was no place on the hilt of the knife, so I could only remember it in my heart.
In the east of Chang'an City, due to the diversion of the civil and military markets, the largest entertainment center is around Wu City, with inns and restaurants of all sizes, high-end and ordinary, almost one by one, and they don't have any business to worry about.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Due to the curfew, these restaurants, restaurants and other entertainment venues are generally open for business and provide corresponding accommodation places. Every night, there are brilliant lights everywhere, and the wines and sings and dances will be lively until the sky is shining.
At the beginning, Wei Yan thought that these places were very expensive, and they were all places where some gentry and wealthy families went. But later he went there, he found that it was different from what he had thought before. In this "entertainment center", there were indeed very expensive places that even Wei Yan felt sorry for and could not bear it, but there were also very cheap places, and it would not cost much money to play for a day.
In the large stage, two copper coins are allowed to enter the venue, and five more coins can be added to have a seat cushion, which can be sat for one day, and there is also free water. Of course, eating dried fruit, tea, wine, and other food is just a different matter. If you don’t even want to spend this money, you will stand directly at the fence outside the venue. Although it is far away, the sound is low, and the vision in the venue is blocked, you can also listen to books, watch operas and juggle. If you bring some food, you won’t even need to pay for the meal. As long as you don’t feel that your legs hurt, you can stay for a day.
The storytellers, the dancing Hu Niang, and the juggling artists on the stage are not like those on the streets. They have to take a dustpan and wooden basin for rewards for a performance. These people on the stage, regardless of gender, don't seem to care much about whether there is an additional reward, because they or they have a fixed salary.
Reward money is an extra. Whether or not you reward is also based on the audience's wishes. Most rewards are the word "thank you", and less rewards are also the word "thank you", and if you don't rewards, they are the word "thank you". It is said that in order to attract more guests, the shopkeepers of these large stages will deliberately choose some better performers, and at the same time, they will also ask special people to cultivate their own team.
Those rewards belong to artists. After all, the shopkeepers are also shameless. They are such a big platform and they have to snatch the artists’ three melons and two dates. This has been spread. It is a trivial matter to be scolded by people that they are shameless and shameless. The ancestors are not at ease underground by so many people.
Wei Yan likes to go to the big stage very much, even more than to go to a restaurant, because the big stage has a more fireworks atmosphere.
Of course, in addition to Wu City, the collection of essays is also very lively.
The bookstore is also in the collection of essays.
By the way, the bookstore...
Wei Yan suddenly felt a little interested and wanted to go to the bookstore to take a look, so he put down the book in his hand, then looked up at the sky, stood up, greeted him and left the courtyard, and took the two of them to the bookstore of the collection.
When I went there last time, the book shop guy said that there would be new books for a while.
So Wei Yan decided to take advantage of the early days and take a walk around and take a look.
The bookstore is diagonally opposite the examination room.
The entrance to the examination room was closed, and there were soldiers on duty outside the gate.
Wei Yan was not wearing military uniforms or sashes, but he had a private seal in his arms, and the guards around him were not wearing armor, and they were all casual clothes, so they did not attract anyone's attention.
No one in the exam room...
There was no exam, of course there was no one.
It is not difficult to let Wei Yan go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but it is quite difficult for Wei Yan to let Wei Yan enter the examination room to test the scriptures. Wei Yan thinks that people who are good at studying are also very powerful, such as the Cavalry. If you say that you fight head-on on the battlefield and fight alone with force, the Cavalry General will basically not be named. Wei Yan can win with both hands, but if you talk about the overall situation and plan, Wei Yan feels that he is still far behind, at least two or three floors away.
The bookstore is very large, and the three storefronts are all from the bookstore.
The shopkeeper at the door of the store did not recognize Wei Yan, nor did he turn him out because Wei Yan did not wear a crown or a essay robe, nor did he look at him because Wei Yan looked dark all year round. He just greeted him and introduced the book he had recently arrived. Then he retreated to the door and waited for the next visitor.
Wei Yan didn't think about what books to buy, so he slowly passed by one bookshelves and one bookshelves.
He also wanted to read books such as scriptures, but those books were quite profound and not easy to understand, so he was a little hesitant to buy them. After all, the Analects of Confucius, the Book of Songs and other things on his desk were just reading a few pages and wanted to sleep. He was not sure what new books, or "Spring and Autumn" and so on could prevent him from falling asleep.
But, it seems that you can buy a copy of "Spring and Autumn"...
Wei Yan took a copy of "Spring and Autumn" in his hand, flipped it out, Zuo's, and then handed it to the guard behind him, asking him to help him carry it.
The guard carefully held it in his hand, as if he was heavier than swords, guns and shields.
The General of the Cavalry is said to be the one who governs the Spring and Autumn Period, so Wei Yan thinks he should also pay more attention to the Spring and Autumn Period. As for whether he can persist for a long time and not get sleepy, well...
Just give it a try.
There are really a lot of books in the bookstore. There are two rooms inside and outside, and there are more than twenty bookshelfs. There are only three or four hundred kinds of books, but most of them are books that Wei Yan couldn't read very much.
There is a bookshelves that are very popular, and there are many people looking through the purchases.
Wei Yan also curiously came over and looked at it, but found that it was a collection of essays in the examination room. That is, since the start of the exam, the first three policy articles of the cavalry were posted, and someone went to copy them and printed them in seal carvings.
Of course, the original author will pay the pen to pay.
This type of book is probably the fastest-selling book in addition to scriptures and classics.
After all, more and more people want to take the scientific exam nowadays. Learning some experience from seniors is of course more efficient than exploring by yourself.
Several students were chattering, as if they were talking about where these articles were written best. Some students were also complaining about why Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu did not introduce this book. Some of his friends asked him to purchase and travel to the post station, the shipping fee was even higher than the price of the book. If they asked the caravan to transfer, they were afraid that they would not take good care of the road, and they would get wet and damage...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wei Yan also came over and took a copy and flipped through it.
Although some newly printed scriptures have already started to have sentence reading marks, it is obvious that this collection of essays containing policy theory does not contain. Perhaps because there is no punctuation when writing this policy theory, there is naturally no sentence reading when copying it down and engraving it.
This gave Wei Yan a headache. He looked at the policy theory and then identified the sentences and paragraphs.
"... Now Chang'an Sanfu Trading Daily Tax Increase should also be changed to differentiate taxes to differentiate taxes in different categories. If the taxes are different, those with high profits are more profitable and less profitable, the people will be able to benefit the people and have a stable income..."
Wei Yan couldn't help but rub his eyes. Although this policy is good, it is quite eye-catching.
Although Wei Yan didn't read much, he was a higher-level general who was close to Fei Qian, so he still had some understanding of politics. In the last government affairs audition, yes, it was just an audition. According to the meaning of the cavalry, Wei Yan could have no idea, but it cannot be said that he was not clear about people's livelihood government affairs at all. Therefore, he knew a little about the refinement of the tax system, which seemed to be the direction of the reform in the next stage.
The officers and generals in the past only needed to be familiar with combat, but now it is different.
At least it is different here. The important meetings of civil servants need to be attended by military officers. When the general discusses important strategic directions, civil servants also need to be attended by. Of course, the expanded audit meeting here is naturally a discussion of public content. Those secret matters will not be taken to the expanded conference for discussion.
According to the General of the Cavalry, this is to strengthen the exchange between civil and military officials, because civil officials do not know what military officials want and what civil officials do, resulting in mutual disunderstanding and distrust, which is very unfavorable to the overall political system. The Cavalry said that there are fewer people now, so they can temporarily communicate with each other and attend meetings. In the future, they will report to each other as needed to reduce unnecessary friction.
Wei Yan looked through it again and saw another article that seemed to be discussing education, "... Let the people have the right to maintain the people's livelihood and keep the four seasons, and it will not hurt the original saints established the Tao to educate the people everywhere, and the various scholars can go to the public to learn the words ", from the old age to the young children, no matter how men and women are..."
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Wei Yan couldn't help but close the book and walked towards the shopkeeper.
The collection of papers is good, and he really wants to read them, but it doesn’t seem like reading them, so it seems really difficult.
The shopkeeper of the bookstore smiled and treated everyone like an old customer. He greeted Wei Yan enthusiastically, nodding, "Is the guest official here? What are the instructions?"
Wei Yan shook the book in his hand, "Can you find someone to copy this collection of papers for me? The kind that needs to be read in sentences."
"Is this collection of papers?" the shopkeeper said.
『There are many books?" Wei Yan asked.
The shopkeeper nodded, "This book is the latest."
"How much does it cost to copy a copy of a sentence?" Wei Yan asked again.
"Ordinary paper, four hundred and sixty cents." The shopkeeper replied quickly.
Wei Yan looked through the price of the books in his hand, "This one costs 600 yuan, why is the hand-written one cheaper?"
The shopkeeper smiled and explained to Wei Yan that a book would cost three people a day, and the salary for those who copied the book was eighty a day, and the cost for a serving of tea and snacks was twenty. The paper used was divided according to the quality and bad. The price of good is naturally high. The general cost of paper is about one hundred and forty cents and other miscellaneous expenses is about one hundred and twenty cents, so the overall cost is four hundred and sixty cents.
The shopkeeper also pointed to Wei Yan at the corner of the bookstore. Those people came to copy books and make money. Judging from their clothes and expressions, they were indeed students from ordinary families. They were sitting next to the desk in the corner and copying books very seriously, and ignored the sounds of the exchanges in the bookstore.
"Well? If you count this way, don't you make any money? You won't get a commission in the bookstore?" Wei Yan said in surprise, "If someone just copied books and didn't buy books, wouldn't you even be able to make any money?"
The shopkeeper said this was a rule.
Bookstores sell books, so it is natural to make money for selling books, but bookstores are not used to make money for copying books. Not only he can't, but all bookstores under the cavalry will not make money for copying books. Copying books for others is one of the few ways for poor students to come from. If they even have to make money, they have to take a commission. Isn't that similar to catching copper coins in a beggar's bowl?
Therefore, the bookstore only provides a place for free so that these poor students can have a place to make some money. If these hard-working students have a promising future, they will just go back and never forget the well digger, and no one will use the manuscript for the rest of their lives...
Wei Yan thought about it and understood.
That's true.
"Interesting. I understand." Wei Yan waved his hand, "That's it, I bought this book, and then I asked someone to copy a book with a sentence... By the way, can there be any official version of the sentences in this "Spring and Autumn"?"
The shopkeeper smiled and replied: "Sorry, the reading of the scriptures has not been decided yet, so there is no... only a private version... If the customer is not in a hurry, you can wait. I heard that it will be settled soon..."
"Qinglong Temple?" Wei Yan asked.
The shopkeeper nodded.
Wei Yan also nodded, took out his wallet to pay the bill, bought a book of Chunqiu and a book of policy theory, but it was not read in sentences. Then the copy of the policy theory would have to wait for three days...
Chapter completed!