As soon as Li Er gave the order, a servant immediately came forward from the side of the hall.
He held a wooden plate in his hand, which was full of chopstick-like things.
That's right, in the past few days, Li Er relied on his status as an old customer and being friends with the owner of Zicheng Zhai, so he got a lot of money just before it went public.
It was the charcoal pencil I saw that day!
"If Fan Yang's ink is no longer needed, why don't the scholars use this?"
All the officials in the court were dumbfounded. Why... could Li Er really conjure a pen out of thin air?!
This is too nonsense!
There were two chamberlains in tandem, one handing out pens to the officials of the court, the other handing out blank sheets of paper to them.
After a while, all the officials got pens and papers.
I wrote and drew on the white paper, and soon everyone looked surprised.
It is true that this pen is not as soft to the touch as the brush, but this way of holding the pen does not require the wrist to be hanging in the air, so it saves effort.
At the same time, the most critical point is still.
When writing this piece, the strokes are extremely delicate, without any signs of ink smearing, and when used, it does not spread ink everywhere like an ink pen.
The most important point is that with this pen, not only can you write extremely fast, but you can also easily write in regular script!
This is the most amazing thing!
Almost all officials realized one thing.
Once this brush comes out, I'm afraid... all the brushes in the world will be on the verge of being eliminated!
For a moment, Xu Jingzong's face turned pale.
Pei Ji's face turned livid.
On the surface, the Pei family does not engage in cliques, but in fact they are very close to the Fan Yang Lu family.
Once this money comes out, I'm afraid Fan Yanglu will be in trouble!
That pen and ink is an extremely huge industry. With the appearance of this pen and ink, it is almost foreseeable that the yesterday of the Cui family of Qinghe will be the tomorrow of the Fan Yang Lu family!
If the Fan Yang Lu family really falls, the Pei family will also be determined to be implicated!
Pei Ji panicked.
He was completely panicked!
Xu Jingzong waited for Xu Jingzong to come to his senses, and immediately stood out from the crowd and said loudly, "Your Majesty!"
"This pen is different from the pens made by ancient methods, and it may violate etiquette and law!"
"This is not the pen of our ancestors. If we use it, wouldn't we be disrespectful to our ancestors?"
"Your Majesty, Pei Ji, please order that this pen be banned!"
Li Er smiled.
Laughing loudly!
Cool!
The hearty and joyful laughter echoed in the Ganlu Hall. Li Er felt that he had never felt so good in eight hundred years!
Aren’t you aristocratic families awesome?
Why, are you asking for mercy now?
Excuse me!
no way!
Li Er smiled at Pei Ji and said, "Wei Guogong, why did you not say that it depends on the wishes of the ancestors when you gave the reward for no reason before? Now, you have to depend on the wishes of the ancestors when you write a pen?"
Pei Ji was speechless and his old face turned red.
He doesn't look even remotely scheming now, he's already panicking to death.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...this...this...the ancients didn't use it, how can we..."
"Wei Guogong!"
Li Er suddenly stopped smiling and shouted sharply!
"The ancients didn't use it. Is this a reason? When Confucius was in the Spring and Autumn Period, rebellious ministers and traitors were afraid. At that time, there were no writing brushes at all!"
"According to your theory, if you want to be the same as your ancestors, then we, the Tang Dynasty, cannot help but ban this brush, and we should ban all brushes!"
"When Yao and Shun were alive in ancient times, the world was for the common good. Do you think I should follow the example of the ancients and simply confiscate all the family assets of your Pei family and other aristocratic families like yours?"
At this moment, all officials reacted.
Especially for Xu Jingzong, after his mind went blank, countless fragments came back to him instantly.
No wonder.
No wonder Li Er keeps laughing. This is not Li Er's bluff, but Li Er really has a way to break through Lu's blockade!
The conditions used to blackmail Li Er no longer exist at this moment.
The situation was reversed in an instant, and the world is still a world of kings!!!
Xu Jingzong's legs went weak and he couldn't hold on any longer, so he fell to his knees on the spot!
"Your Majesty, Xu Jingzong, deserves death! Please have mercy on me!"
"I deserve death for my crime, please show mercy to your majesty!"
"I will die!"
"I will die!"
…
Li Er looked at the ugly behavior of the Manchu family officials indifferently, and looked directly outside the palace.
It wasn't that there was any good scenery outside the palace, but that he really didn't want to take a look at these people.
If he hadn't considered that the elite children of various aristocratic families serving as officials in Chang'an were also hostages, he would have ordered the Xuanjia Army to capture these thieves directly.
But today, the other party directly angered me, and also secretly made him a stumbling block.
Li Er is not a fool, how can we not recover from this situation?
"Ten thousand deaths? All of you are my heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and all of you are loyal to the country. No matter how cowardly I am, there is no way I can execute you."
"But recently, I heard a Taoist priest say that the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the past few days was too high, and I might be jealous of God. So..."
"Starting tomorrow, it will last for one year."
"Today, those who claim to be Wansi will come to court every morning and kneel for an hour outside the Zhuque Gate to comfort God, and then go to the palace to attend court!"
An hour is two hours.
These officials immediately became angry and knelt for two hours early in the morning every day. Wouldn’t this cost people their lives?!
After kneeling for two hours, it was impossible to even stand up without support.
If you kneel down for a whole year, why don’t you just waste your legs?!
This...this Li Er is smiling all over his face, he is also a smiling tiger!
For a moment, everyone really wanted to slap themselves in the face, God, you deserve to die!
Some of the officials were from ordinary backgrounds, but they were not considered poor scholars. They did not come through the imperial examination, but relied on nepotism.
When Xu Jingzong got the chance to stand out, he wanted to follow suit and make a good impression in the eyes of the powerful family.
At this moment, my intestines are so full of regret!
If I had known about this, why on earth would I have given a platform to people from aristocratic families?
After Li Er finished speaking, he shouted proudly, got up and walked towards the back of Ganlu Hall.
"Retreat!"
Vaguely, he seemed to hear the smacking sound of his own palm coming from behind him...
…
The matter of pen and ink seems to be a small matter, but in fact, it has been bothering everyone in Tiance Mansion for more than a day or two.
The resentment of the scholars was almost overwhelming.
Wei Zheng and others are even more worried because they are a few years older, and they are afraid that these scholars will lose their minds and turn to the Turks one after another - which will be a big trouble.
On this day, His Majesty took out a new and strange pen. Even if they didn't know what kind of charcoal pen it was, they also knew that this pen was completely different from ordinary brushes and must be made of other materials.
As long as certain materials are not restricted, the imperial court and even ordinary traders and workshops in Chang'an can start production at any time.
The aristocratic power behind the price increase incident is truly powerful.
But in the face of cheap pens everywhere, they had to bow their heads and sell them at lower prices!
Leaving the Ganlu Hall, go to the streets of Chang'an.
Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were laughing with joy.
It’s such a relief today!
Your Majesty is mighty!
However, several people were also very surprised as to where His Majesty got such a pen.
"Xuanling, Keming, auxiliary machine, what do you think...where did your Majesty's money come from?"