The so-called poor children are actually still "children".

Unlike the complete Guizhou class, some ancestors still have officials and have a certain tradition of studying.

Since the Wenjing of the Western Han Dynasty, the literacy rate in China has become lower and lower.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, there was an era of great development in poetry, but this era of clothing in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was mainly an era of prosperous families, and the literacy rate hit a low point.

Later, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the problem of literacy became even more unsightly.

During the peak period of the Sui Dynasty, as the population increased, it is natural that economic conditions were also increasing, and the literacy rate of the people increased to a certain extent.

But it is obvious that it still failed to return to the level of the Han Dynasty.

And now...

Li Er felt like he was dreaming.

Everyone in Chang'an knows how to read, what is this concept?

Once this phenomenon is extended, people in the world may be able to read in the future.

So...this level of culture and governance?

Since ancient times, we have evaluated the abilities of emperors and the civil and military achievements of people's livelihood.

Now there is no need to say much about people's livelihood, how can you say "defying the heavens"?

Wenzhi, I have also grasped this part tightly.

The whole nation can read, but even in the age of Yao and Shun, it cannot be achieved.

But I, Li Er, did it!

This made Li Er not excited.

The title of the Emperor of Eternality seems to be right in front of you!

After thinking this way...

Thinking about all this, it is actually just because of the cheaper paper and pen and the restart of the imperial examination.

And these two things start with Sheng'er.

Li Er felt frightened.

If this brat couldn't become an emperor, he would be scolded to death by future generations.

It’s not that he still has the question of whether he has any idea to change the crown prince and let Li Sheng become the emperor.

But he is in a difficult situation...

But Li Sheng was still easy-going, which was different from the princes and princes who cultivated their party members and people's expectations in history.

This kid had an emperor's appearance completely unintentionally.

Li Er felt so lucky.

Fortunately, this kid is his own son. Although it is not a trivial matter to change his throne, it is not a big deal.

If it weren't for your own child, then things would be difficult to deal with, and this might be abdicating...

In general, this is the case.

Now there is only one martial arts problem. However, Li Er has been bringing troops here personally for so many years, and he is unhurried to know that such a thing is not urgent.

So these days, he made a decision.

Since the morale of scholars has been very high recently, and the trend of everyone in Chang'an is literate... Li Er thinks it is very valuable.

How can I do this without striking the iron while it is hot?

So he pulled a few old guys over for a meeting.

Fang Xuanling's eyes rolled and gave him an idea.

Isn’t there a lot of scholars who had not had time to go long for the imperial examination some time ago?

You might as well use this as an excuse to hold another imperial examination!

This time the imperial examination was special. Because there were not many people who caught up with the first imperial examination, I specially held it again in order to take care of scholars who were far away, which was equivalent to a temporary supplementary imperial examination.

Recently, scholars have been trying hard to learn various scriptures and books, and this trend is obviously good.

The last imperial examination was the most people who screened out of that subject. This time, his Majesty could focus on this part.

Who is the most diligent in studying during this period? It is clear at a glance. Wouldn’t you be able to select more diligent talents?

At the same time, it can win the hearts of scholars, promote the entire cultural and educational atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, and give more people the motivation to read!

Li Er felt good about this strategy.

manage!

It's done!

...

"What?!"

"Your Majesty wants... to take another imperial examination?!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Zhongyuan was completely paralyzed.

There is such a good thing???

Some time ago, he and his friend Gao Ziyang saw the price of pen and ink rising day by day, and the next imperial examination is in no time...

Everyone was desperate.

On the one hand, I naturally regretted it. I didn’t prepare well and came to participate in the imperial examination. As a result, I didn’t catch up with the time and had to wait for next year.

After waiting and calculating, this is not enough money.

I can only save money and take it slowly, and then stay there first.

But then, because of the skyrocketing price of pen, ink and paper, they wouldn't say they were buying new books.

Even if you buy pens and ink and copy them yourself, you can't do it. In this way, you either wait for a year and cannot do any study, and you will be waiting for the next imperial examination to fail; or you can only give up the imperial examination.

The imperial examination incident became a mirage and moon overnight due to the surge in prices of paper, pen and other objects.

However……

Recently, the two heard an amazing news.

A new type of "charcoal pen" has appeared in Chang'an, and this thing costs only two cents a piece!

Of course, the two of them were weak and could not buy them, but... even in the hands of the second dealer, the price of the pen rose to seven or eight or even ten cents, but it was only ten cents!

This is much cheaper than the sky-high price of pens and ink that has suddenly increased recently!

Upon hearing the news, Gao Ziyang and Xie Zhongyuan were so happy that they almost fainted.

If this is true, it would be too exciting!

You can take the imperial examination again!

So the two have been reading very carefully recently. And these days...

Another exciting news is here.

West of the city.

Outside the city wall, at the foot of the wall.

A notice was posted.

A large number of people are watching.

"...Therefore, on April 15th, three days later, the imperial examination will be reopened...the imperial examination?!"

"Look, everyone, Your Majesty is going to hold another imperial examination!"

"Just three days later, there is another imperial examination! There is another imperial examination!"

"Brothers who didn't catch up, hurry up!"

"Wow... I thought I had no chance anymore, so I planned to commit suicide to thank my parents, but it turned out to be opened again!"

"Brothers, we didn't hold on for nothing!"

Gradually the news was confirmed, and everyone understood what was going on.

Your Majesty wants to hold another imperial examination!

On this day, the setting sun outside Chang'an City was as bloody.

It looks very tragic, but the atmosphere is completely irrelevant to the tragic and festive.

Gradually, the night is coming and the stars are shining.

I don’t know which scholar started and held a banquet directly outside the western suburbs of the city.

Countless scholars gathered to celebrate, this incident was so exciting!
To be continued...