At night, under the eternal light, Liu Xuan was reading in the study room. To be precise, he was reading in the study room specially set up for him in the provincial school. The emperor has been listening to classes in the provincial school these days. He has been with the imperial guards and only at night can he have time to do his own thing.

The eternal light that can burn overnight is of good brightness, much better than the dim oil lamp and expensive candle. Liu Xuan has become accustomed to reading at night, which makes his daily reading time much more sufficient.

As a result, I became busier and busier.

Although Liu Xuan did not have a single official position or a half-time job, he was very busy every day. In addition to teaching, answering questions and proofreading books, he also had to read books, take notes, and organize books to write books in the state.

After studying hard for more than ten years, Liu Xuan and his classmate Liu Zhuo achieved success in their studies and became famous all over the world for the name of "Two Lius".

After countless debates and countless victory, no one can refute them. Liu Xuan originally thought that his knowledge was beyond his reach, but he never expected that he would lose when he debated with the Huangzhou General Manager Sima Yang Ji.

The Book of Documents, which he always thought was the true version, was actually fake!

The questions raised by Sima Yang were so impeccable that he could not answer at all. He had read the books quoted by the other party when he questioned, but he could not see the flaws that the other party could see.

After debating in public and then losing a lot, Liu Xuan was not discouraged because of this, but was aroused by the incident and felt a strong desire to read. He found that his knowledge was not enough, so he had to read more.

If it were in the past, it would be difficult to read. Only great scholars or families known for their literature would have a large collection of books. They are generally not easily borrowed by outsiders. However, Liu Xuan is now in Xiyang, everything is different.

The Huangzhou Zhouxue Library has an increasing number of books. I dare not say that there are all kinds of books, but it can be said that most of the books with titles in various places in the world have them, which greatly facilitates Liu Xuan to read books and consult materials.

The library has such a collection of books, thanks to the prosperous Huangzhou book "publishing industry", many of the broken and lonely books were tried by book merchants to get hand-made copies, and then proofread and errata were proofread and errata, and printed into exquisite thread-bound books and included in the library for collection.

Liu Xuan basically has any books he wants to read in the library. If he really doesn't have one, he and others will write down the title of the book he wants and hand it over to the bookseller. He can basically get the manuscript back after a period of time.

Of course, some books may be forged, and it doesn’t matter. He likes to distinguish the authenticity the most, and proofreading books for book merchants is also a great pleasure, because at the same time, there is also a considerable "paper fee", so why not do it?

When Liu Xuan thought of "running the pen fee", he put down the book in his hand, closed his eyes and rested, and recalled the huge changes in his life after he came to Xiyang. In short, he no longer had to bow his waist for five dou of rice.

Liu Xuan and Liu Zhuo studied together when they were young. They studied hard for more than ten years and became a teacher after studying. Since then, no one has been able to argue with them during debates. Everyone is dissatisfied with their achievements in classics.

The name of "Two Lius" spread all over the world, and then what?

He was just appointed as a doctorate in the state, constantly showing his knowledge, and in the end he was just a mere assistant to the Taixue School. He was an official, that is, a small official, and with a meager salary, nodded and bowed to those incompetent people who were not as talented as themselves but became a superior official based on their family background!

These people are not good at learning and can't talk about scriptures and scriptures, so they use any means to exclude them in the officialdom, and this method is hard to guard against.

The civil and military officials in the court looked up and saw that most of them were in-laws, brother-in-law, relatives, clans, and old officials. As long as one person attacked, he would attack them. The so-called "multiple words" made of gold. Even if he was full of his mouth, he could not remove the splashed sewage.

From his ambition to the official career and being at a loss everywhere, Liu Xuan, a famous scholar of the classics, was just a small official in the officialdom. He had nowhere to display his ambitions, and no one needed his talent in his heart.

What the emperor needs is a general who can win battles from the outside, but he cannot do it; if he needs Mu Shuo and deal with local officials from local tyrants, he can't even afford to support his troops, and he may be killed on the way to take office, let alone when he is in office, he will be a tyrant and a powerful man.

The emperor does need literary scholars, but there is a premise, that is, a literary scholar who comes from a noble family, a wealthy family, a noble family, and a poor family. Liu Xuan, who is born in a poor family, is nothing more than a corrupt scholar with a false reputation in the emperor's eyes.

In this era, the aristocratic families and gentry that passed down from classics and scholars are the talents needed by the monarchs of various countries. No matter how high the scholars from poor families are, it is difficult for them to further develop their careers in their careers.

He and Liu Zhuo are very famous, so they are most suitable for decoration as feathers to show the reputation of the palace master and the owner in literature. The feathers are just for viewing. Liu Xuan's bumpy career in the past twenty years has allowed him to see this cruel fact clearly.

Another fact is that he can make profits through his knowledge in Xiyang. Although he is a little merciless, Liu Xuan doesn't care because he is already scared of poverty.

Whether in Chang'an or Yecheng, his living expenses were not small, but his income was small and he had the reputation of a famous scholar of classics, but he had to scratch his head for the firewood, rice, oil and salt. For a while, he was even embarrassed to secretly serve as a servant to support his family.

After more than ten years of hard study, he had nowhere to do his best. He wanted to open a school in the capital, and even had no money or food to rent a yard. Every autumn, the local officials in his hometown would urge his family to pay the rent (grain, cloth) in time, and he had to serve and work hard.

He is an official, but he is only a small official and cannot reduce rent and transfer for his "household". In order to exempt him from labor and labor, he can only pay extra cloth service, which is a considerable expense.

I worked hard in the capital, but I couldn't stand it. From the time I came to Xiyang, Huangzhou, I made a lot of money by relying on my knowledge.

Liu Xuan's monthly income is higher than his income in the past ten years. He has real estate and land in Huangzhou, and his family has no worries about food and clothing. He hires many servants to be busy. Compared with his previous difficult life, it is a drastic change.

This is a real change, much more real than the illusory career of officialdom.

All the promises that King Xiyang gave him became reality. As the poem "Lixue" says, "There is a golden house in the book." He has a "golden house" based on his knowledge in the book.

He is no longer shy in his pocket, and can hold a banquet without hesitation to entertain relatives and friends; he can no longer be stern to students just because he has less training; he can buy all the new books published in the bookstore.

In his study, there are exquisitely printed thread-bound books. If you can't put a house, then two rooms will not put a room, then three rooms will not put a room, and there will be servants to take care of it every day, so he doesn't need to worry.

Such a life was something that Liu Xuan, the last little official, dared not expect.

Therefore, when the emperor arrived in Xiyang and went to the state to attend the lecture, many people were full of hope and hoped to be favored by the emperor and then took a shortcut to the career path. Liu Xuan did not have much fluctuation in his heart. Faced with the emperor's enlistment, he politely declined.

Liu Xuan realized that his personality was probably not suitable for being an official, and he was prone to over-invested when debating with others, which led to aggressive speeches. This made it easy to offend villains, and this personality could no longer be changed.

Then even if he enters the official career again, his official career will probably be bumpy. Liu Xuan, who is unmatched in his studies, is just a stray dog ​​in the officialdom and will sooner or later be punished to resign from his post in shame.

So it is better to stay in Xiyang to do research, write books, and complete the trust of King Xiyang.

The clock next to him suddenly rang. It was the time to report at the right time. It was eight o'clock in the evening. The agreed time with others was up.
Chapter completed!