Li Shimin asked Chang He if he had received advice from an expert. Naturally, Chang He did not dare to hide it and told Li Shimin that these were all Ma Zhou's ideas.
As a result, Ma Zhou came into Li Shimin's sight and gained Li Shimin's attention. He rose through the ranks and finally became prime minister.
Most of the officials in the Tang Dynasty today did not pass the imperial examination, which shows that the imperial examination system in the early Tang Dynasty did not play a big role.
But since Lin Xuan proposed that no one could become an official without taking the imperial examination, ordinary people finally saw an opportunity.
In fact, the imperial examination was simply a matter of thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. The imperial examination was popular in the Song and Ming Dynasties, but there were many examples of people who failed to pass the exam after taking the exam for a lifetime.
But this does not prevent ordinary people from having hope in the imperial examination.
Now I heard that those scholars were boycotting the imperial examination, and these people were filled with indignation.
This scene happened in various teahouses and restaurants in Chang'an.
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After Cui Hao left the court, he took a carriage home. On the way, he heard the call of newspaper sellers and frowned. Every issue of the newspaper came out, and the servants in the house would buy it and send it to his study.
He also remembered when the new issue of the newspaper would be released. It was obviously not the day when the newspaper was released, so how could anyone be selling newspapers?
For some reason Cui Hao had a bad feeling.
Cui Hao stopped the carriage and asked someone to buy a newspaper.
Not long after, I bought the newspaper.
When Cui Hao saw the contents of the newspaper, his expression changed drastically and he shouted: "Go home quickly."
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Baiqi has the most spies in Chang'an. It can be said that if Li Shimin wants to know about any trouble in Chang'an, it won't take long to find out.
Naturally, Li Shimin couldn't hide the fact that the new issue of the newspaper caused such a big stir.
After Li Shimin got the news, he knew that Lin Xuan had done it.
Li Shimin thought for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and asked Bai Qi to pay close attention to the situation but not to interfere.
He wanted to see what Lin Xuan was planning to do next.
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When Cui Hao returned home, he immediately summoned the other principals in Chang'an.
In fact, there was no need for him to call. Those people had received the news and had already rushed to Cui's house.
Wang Liang was the first to arrive. When he saw Cui Hao, he sneered and said, "Brother Cui, it was you who caused this incident. Now that something like this has happened, what's your explanation?"
"What do I need to explain?" Cui Hao said with a cold face.
Wang Liang said: "Brother Cui doesn't know what the people in Chang'an are talking about us now, right?"
"Aren't they just a bunch of untouchables? So what if they criticize me?" Cui Hao said disdainfully.
"Untouchable?" Wang Liang sneered: "Brother Cui, has he forgotten the Yellow Turban Rebellion?"
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was not the first peasant uprising. Since the end of Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had shouted: Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have their own kind.
It also opened the chapter of peasant uprisings. There were many peasant uprisings during the Western Han Dynasty, and they were also not uncommon during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Regarding those peasant uprisings, the aristocratic families just stood aside and watched. Anyway, the world has nothing to do with them.
But the Yellow Turban Rebellion undoubtedly allowed them to see the power of the people.
At that time, the Yellow Turban Army was short of food and chose to attack powerful families from various places.
The aristocratic families felt the threat of the Yellow Turbans and stepped in to help the imperial court, allowing the imperial court to quickly put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Afterwards, the aristocratic families discovered a phenomenon, that is, most of the aristocratic families with better reputations had nothing to do.
The fundamental reason is that the aristocratic family gave rice to relieve the people when there was a local disaster.
And when people can survive, they will naturally not risk their lives to become rebels.
The Yellow Turbans not only rob powerful families, but also ordinary people. In this way, when the Yellow Turbans come, the people will unite as one and help defend the city. The Yellow Turbans have no siege equipment, so when they see that they cannot attack, they will naturally go.
Somewhere else.
As for the people who can't survive, they don't care whether the Yellow Turbans will rob them. Anyway, they have nothing and they can't survive, so naturally they won't help those aristocratic families defend the city.
After summarizing this lesson, the family began to care about reputation very much.
Even though they exploit the people, once there is a natural disaster, they will still pretend to give some porridge.
The people of this era are used to being exploited. If you treat them a little better, they will be grateful.
"Huh!" Cui Hao snorted coldly, unwilling to talk to Wang Liang.
Wang Liang did not continue to ridicule. Although the five surnames did not get along with each other, they were also united. This matter was no longer a matter for the Cui family. It was not a good thing to be too tense with Cui Hao now.
Not long after, several other principals arrived one after another.
Several people sat together and discussed.
"How should you solve this matter now? It has been widely circulated. If it continues to be spread, I am afraid everyone will take it seriously." Wang Liang said.
Lu Yuan said: "The top priority now is to calm down this matter as soon as possible. I think the people kneeling at the gate of the palace should be dispersed as soon as possible, otherwise the people will not believe it no matter how we explain it."
The rest of the people agreed with Lu Yuan's words and asked Cui Hao to let those people withdraw.
Although Cui Hao felt a little unwilling, he also knew that doing so now was the best choice and sent someone to deliver the message.
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Public opinion about the aristocratic family boycotting the imperial examination and wanting to cancel the imperial examination reached its peak.
When their interests are touched, even the literati and Confucian scholars who are usually highly respected will become irreconcilable.
For a time, the whole of Chang'an was filled with abuses against those scholars.
Lin Xuan sat in the carriage, listening to the curses, with a smile on his face.
Those people are afraid that they still don’t know what happened.
Lin Xuan had people sealed off and no one was allowed to come into contact with the kneeling scholars, just to keep them ignorant of what was happening outside.
I'm afraid the Aristocratic Family has already sent someone to notify them, provided they can get in.
A playful smile appeared on Lin Xuan's face. This matter has just begun. It will be fun if it continues to ferment.
The carriage drove all the way to Xuanwu Gate. Eunuch Zhang was already waiting for Lin Xuan at the door.
Lin Xuan got off the carriage, checked, and entered the Xuanwu Gate under the leadership of Eunuch Zhang.
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Just as Lin Xuan thought, Cui Hao sent people to notify the kneeling scholars, but they couldn't get in at all.
Those kneeling scholars were surrounded by the Forbidden Army. If they wanted to enter, they had to break through the blockade of the Forbidden Army.
Unless you break in by force.
But this is the entrance to the palace. If someone breaks in and is given the name of storming the palace, and they kill him directly, his death will be in vain.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do, the young man had to go back and resume his life.
"Does Your Majesty want to break up with our family?" Cui Hao said angrily.
At this time, he didn't know that this was Lin Xuan's doing. After all, only Li Shimin could mobilize the imperial army.
Lu Yuan said: "Now is not the time to talk about this. Since those people have been blocked, it proves that there are other methods behind it. We must solve this matter as soon as possible."
"Solve it? How to solve it? No one can see it now." Cui Hao said angrily.