Chapter 729 This is the atmosphere of a prosperous world!
Most ministers are still civil servants after all.
This is not to say that Li Er carried out the Song Dynasty behavior by emphasizing civility over military affairs and not allowing military personnel to show their faces in the court, but because military generals, most of the time, are always out training troops and guarding the border for the country - otherwise, why would the state treasury be needed?
With this kind of expense, of course you have to work when you get a salary.
Most of the ministers were civil servants. When they saw the glory of this junior Changsun Chong, apart from being envious and fascinated in their hearts, they were waiting for Wenbi. Of course, the limelight would take turns.
Soon, following Li Er's order.
The civil servants present also began to go to the desks in the venue and started writing poems.
Poetry fighting was the most popular social activity in the Tang Dynasty, second only to sword fighting and calligraphy. It can even be said that its popularity was not inferior to that of swordsmanship and calligraphy.
Write and recite.
This is equivalent to a literary performance of later generations, and the atmosphere reaches a climax right from the beginning.
Li Er was smiling all over his face and he was in a very comfortable mood.
In the martial arts competition just now, Changsun Chong had dampened the arrogance of the wealthy family, which made him very satisfied. But this time the atmosphere of the martial arts competition was obviously much more harmonious, and Li Er was even more happy.
This time, because the venue is on the palace square, outside the Zhuque Gate are the lights of thousands of families in Chang'an.
Therefore, in the planning stage of the whole event, the scholars in Chang'an City were taken into consideration, and scholars from outside could also come to compose poems and compete in martial arts.
However, although it is said that the poor were rich in literature and rich in military affairs, this was only after the imperial examination system matured.
At this stage, the imperial examination has just begun. In other words, in the hundreds or even tens of millions of years before this, the benefits of studying for poor people among the people were far lower than those of practicing martial arts. This cannot be just because of peace.
The hundreds of years of troubled times have been forgotten.
In that era, martial arts training was the right direction for young people's development, and studying was a luxury for aristocratic families.
For this reason, there were actually more young people who were eager to try martial arts. It was just because it was the first stage of the event, so not many people participated, and they were all quite nervous. This is the palace.
No matter how good your martial arts skills are, there are still countless guards watching you over there. What if you collide with each other?
But it was also because of this that at the stage of the competition, everyone's nervousness gradually subsided. They were all attracted by the wonderful competition just now, and gradually felt a little excited.
This time, although the education ratio of poor people is still very poor, their willingness to participate is much higher. The key is that at this time, those who will be attracted by the Wenbi are the scholars who have gathered in Chang'an to prepare for the exam. It is not that they have no foundation, it is just that
It's just uneven, but in fact they are all literate.
So as the literary competition began, the atmosphere quickly became heated, and scholars continued to register with the guards outside the Zhuque Gate and entered the square in front of the palace to participate in the literary competition.
Peace in the world is hard to come by.
Now that the people's livelihood and civil society have been changed by swords and soldiers everywhere, how can Li Er be unhappy?
It was simply no ordinary pleasure.
And this is not just Li Er's mood.
The other officials present had no such sigh in their hearts.
In hundreds of years of chaos, how many people have died unexpectedly is not only something that is hard to count, but also something that people dare not count. This is where the real horror lies.
And today's China, under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, has finally reappeared somewhat of the prosperous times in the history books...
The literary talent is soaring and passionate.
In a short time, dozens of poems were produced.
You must know that in ancient times, scholars were very rare, and their knowledge was even more difficult to compare with that of later generations in the Internet age.
Among them, the top elites are indeed very powerful, but ordinary scholars are really not that good.
Being able to compose poetry, whether good or bad, is already a rare literary talent.
But now there are dozens of poems in the blink of an eye, which is equivalent to the music festival in later generations. In the official cultural program, dozens of freestyle pure originals appeared in succession, which was completely unprecedented.
The smile on Li Er's face became more and more prosperous.
This is the atmosphere of the prosperous age!
The key point is that many of these poems contain words that are made up of limericks, but most of them are actually quite good.
How could Li Er not be happy with this talent reserve?
but……
In the midst of this commotion, the crowd suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
Li Er was looking at the streets of Chang'an outside Zhuque Gate, when he suddenly heard everyone's exclamation.
I couldn't help but look in the direction of the exclamation, wondering what was going on...
Then, I heard a recitation coming from the crowd.
"You don't need to lead the cattle and sheep to know the way. Come down and drink from the Bixi Spring..."
"Children are riding horses to seek death in Gu, only in the east ditch...the west valley!"
“What a poem!”
After the recitation, the crowd suddenly burst out in exclamation.
And this "good poem" came from the exclamation from the crowd.
And exclamations not only echoed one after another in the crowd, but also echoed in Li Er's heart.
This poem... the level is really amazing.
In just a few words, a sense of leisure and leisure in the countryside suddenly came to my face.
This image is amazing!
Li Er's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately waved.
"Come here, I'll reward you with ten gold coins!"
…
Ten gold is equivalent to hundreds of taels of silver.
It seems that the amount of ten gold is not much.
But in the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang fell ill once and sought out a powerful doctor among the people.
The doctor successfully detected Liu Bang's illness, and with a wave of his hand, Liu Bang rewarded him with fifty gold coins.
Seems like there's more to it than hereafter?
But in fact this is not the case.
The governance logic of the two eras was different. In that era, although there were still remnants of princes and nobles from various countries, they had been almost crushed to pieces by Qin Shihuang.
When it comes to the issues of wealth and poverty, the issue of social division is actually much easier and simpler than it is now. Of course, the solution still depends on the military.
But now it's different.
During the hundreds of years of chaos in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, countless aristocratic families perished, but also countless aristocratic families emerged, all of which were derived from various warlords.
Deep-rooted and difficult to remove.
In view of the characteristics of the aristocratic family's wide network of connections, Li Er would of course use various means to weaken it and destroy its economic foundation - the villain's friendship is a world of fame and fortune, and it will be dispersed without fame and fortune.
At the same time, this group of people also has a special ability, that is, they raise a large number of dead soldiers, and they are basically brainwashed.
In response to this situation, Li Er's strategy was to be frugal and resolutely not provide them with an excuse for their brainwashing project.
I eat what the people eat, and I walk and sit upright, so what can you use to incite the dead?
It is also for this reason that during the Tang Dynasty, or at least during the Zhenguan period when Li Er was in power, rewards were extremely cautious and would not deviate from etiquette in the slightest.
An example is the Changle marriage recorded in later generations.