For people from aristocratic families, they can disobey the emperor, but they cannot disobey their family.
They resigned without salary, and with their previous savings, life was just a little harder.
But if they disobey the family's orders, the family can remove them from the family tree, so that they will not even be able to enter the ancestral temple after their death.
Even more ruthlessly, they can move their dead ancestors out of their ancestral graves.
This is something they cannot accept under any circumstances.
"Your Majesty, isn't there an imperial examination? Although we have only passed the county examination, there is still no problem in selecting some talents. As long as the aristocratic family sees that they are not irreplaceable, they will naturally be afraid." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "I have thought about what you said, but it will definitely cause turmoil. The situation in the grassland is unclear now, and I need the world to be stable. Do you understand?"
Lin Xuan was speechless, but Cui Hao must have known that he came to the palace in a furious manner.
Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I went back in despair?
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and whispered a few words to Li Shimin.
After listening, Li Shimin thought for a moment, nodded, and agreed with Lin Xuan's method.
…
There was a long queue at the entrance of Moxuanzhai.
"The Analects of Confucius only costs fifty cents. Is it true?"
"Since people have released the news, it is still false. I heard that buying the Four Books and Five Classics as a set only costs 1,500 liters."
"I've heard about it too, but that's why I can't believe it. Think about it, you couldn't even buy one of the Four Books and Five Classics for 1,500 yuan before, but now you only have 1,500 yuan for it. How is that possible?
Wouldn’t it be a huge loss to sell it like this?”
"What do you know? I heard that Mo Xuan Zhai was opened by the Marquis of Jingyang County. How could it be false?"
"It turns out it was opened by the Marquis of Jingyang County. No wonder. Since it was opened by the Marquis of Jingyang County, I feel relieved."
Lin Xuan invented the Zhenguan plow and reformed the imperial examination at his suggestion.
He had a deep reputation among the common people and scholars.
Amid the discussion, books began to be sold.
"I want a set of Four Books and Five Classics. I only need 1,500 texts, right?" said the scholar who was first in line.
"That's right, after you pay the money, you can go and get the book." The waiter said.
The scholar quickly paid the money and went to get the book.
When he received the book, he couldn't wait to open it and read it.
Although the words on it were smaller than the books he had read before, they were very clear and did not affect reading.
"How is it? This book is a little thinner than the ones I read. Is there any problem?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"There's nothing wrong with the book. It's thin because the characters are smaller." The scholar came back to his senses and said.
Hearing this from the first scholar who bought the book, the others felt even more relieved.
More and more people are buying books, and everyone is full of praise for the books they buy.
Although the fonts are smaller, it does not affect reading. The most important thing is that it is cheap.
The quality is not bad, and the price of buying one set is cheaper than buying one before. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?
There are not many books, there are less than 2,000 complete sets, and they were sold out in the afternoon, leaving only three kinds of "The Analects of Confucius".
If it weren't for the trouble of counting the money, they would probably be sold out in the morning.
Many people who didn't buy the books were very unhappy. He Xinmin promised that it would be available every day in the future, so that those who wanted to buy books calmed down.
Cui family
Cui Hao looked gloomy after listening to the butler's report.
In just a short time, Lin Xuan has printed so many books. In a few years, there will be an overflow of books.
Although there was woodblock printing before, the cost of woodblock printing was too high and the price of books was not cheap.
Although there is a threat to the family, it is not urgent.
Movable type printing is different. Not only is it fast in printing, it is also so cheap.
Within ten years, a large number of talents will emerge.
The aristocratic family was not that important to the court.
Now that there are no instructions from the family, Cui Hao can't do anything, so he can only let it go.
"What did Lin Xuan do after he left the palace?" Cui Hao asked.
"He left the palace and went home directly," the steward said.
"Pay close attention and tell us the officials of the Cui family in the Sixth Department. If anyone transfers the account books from the Sixth Department, notify me immediately," Cui Hao said.
He felt that Lin Xuan entered the palace probably because of accounting matters.
If Lin Xuan really didn't care about life and death, then he wouldn't care so much.
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The next day, Tai Chi Palace, morning meeting
After the ministers finished their report, Li Shimin said: "The various expenditures of the Six Ministries in the past few years are obviously abnormal. I intend to thoroughly investigate the accounts of the Six Ministries. What do you think?"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, the hall fell into silence.
Many people looked ugly but did not dare to refute.
If you object at this time, don't you clearly tell Li Shimin that he is evil?
"Since there is no objection, I am going to leave this matter to Wei Qing," Li Shimin said.
What! Let Wei Zheng investigate?
Many people are not calm. Who doesn’t know Wei Zheng’s character?
There is no room for sand in my eyes.
If Wei Zheng is asked to investigate, even if they find a way to get Li Shimin to give up the investigation after the disbandment of the dynasty, with Wei Zheng's temperament, if something is found, he will continue the investigation even if Li Shimin asks him to give up.
At this time, many people could not sit still, otherwise it would be too late by the time Li Shimin issued the decree.
"Your Majesty, under His Majesty's rule, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and the officials are running the country in a clear and transparent manner. I feel that there is no need to go to great lengths to thoroughly investigate the accounts."
"Yes, there are so many accounts of the Sixth Department. Not only does the investigation take a lot of time, but once investigated, the accounts need to be sealed, which will also have a great impact on the work of the Sixth Department."
…
For a time, nearly half of the ministers stood up to oppose.
Most of these officials are officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's money and food, and although the Ministry of War only nominally controls the world's soldiers and horses, military supplies such as weapons and armor are still allocated by the Ministry of War.
Compared with other departments, these two departments handle the most money every year.
Although the Ministry of Personnel is the head of the six departments, they are only in charge of the promotion and assessment of officials.
Of course, this does not mean that officials in the Ministry of Personnel are not corrupt.
Most of their corruption comes from officials giving gifts.
There are also rich and poor people between counties and states. Who wouldn't want a rich person to become an official?
Not only is it easier to get promoted this way, it's also easier to make money.
What should I do if I want to go to a good place? I can only bribe officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Therefore, even though they handle less money and are less likely to be greedy for money, the money they take is no less than officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
As for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, it’s okay not to mention them.
"I also think there should be no big problem with the six accounts, but the price of food has risen too fast recently. In order not to cause panic among the people, the court spent a lot of food to appease the people. Now the court has no food, so it needs to spend money to buy food.
"However, the imperial court has no money now. I have no choice but to check the accounts to see if anyone has embezzled money and ransacked the house to get some money." Li Shimin looked like he was helpless too.
Those people almost vomited blood, and the court had no money? How is that possible?
Not to mention that the Ministry of Accounts still has a lot of money, but the Ministry of Commerce also has a lot of money.
It was obvious that Li Shimin was asking them for food.
Not giving?
Then I'll check.
This is a conspiracy, because Li Shimin has already asked for an investigation. If they don't let Li Shimin go down the stairs, Li Shimin will definitely have no choice but to continue the investigation.
This was Lin Xuan's idea for him, to force those people to bring out some food.
A little food will definitely not break their muscles and bones, but it will disgust them.