Chapter 20 Unsightly
After putting down the writing, Li Shimin nodded, "It's this man named Gu Qing again, bring him to me immediately."
"Your Majesty, this Gu Qing is Sun Simiao's disciple." Fang Xuanling hurriedly added.
"Invite someone." Li Shimin clenched his fists and looked at Fang Xuanling.
Gu Qing was selling paper, and there were many people buying it! This was the first time I saw such a cheap paper in Chang'an. I was about to reopen the imperial examination. How many people want to write and study?
Yang Sheng lamented that this guy's vision of making money was so vicious.
"Who, have you paid?"
"Don't touch it randomly! If you break it, you will buy it!"
"Where did the doll come from? My saliva dripped onto my paper..."
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Gu Qing was so busy collecting money that he suddenly came with his swords and pushed the crowd away to the stall, "You're just Gu Qing?"
"Several officials." Gu Qing still didn't stop collecting money, "What did I do?"
An eunuch hurriedly ran over and pointed at the officers and soldiers and scolded, "Your Majesty said you want to invite me! What do you guys with swords and people want to do!"
After cursing, he smiled and said to Gu Qing: "This young man, these Qiu Bas don't understand the rules, so I hope you won't be surprised!"
"Don't dare!" Gu Qing waved his hands repeatedly.
The little eunuch smiled and said, "We have bought all the papers here, how much is the money?"
"Don't dare!" Gu Qing still waved his hand.
The little eunuch threw down a few pieces of silver, "It's all your money, we'll buy all the paper!"
"I dare not, I dare not!" Gu Qing still waved his hand!
"It's so hard...will you accept it?" The officers and soldiers beside them were about to draw their swords.
Gu Qing was so scared that he hurriedly accepted the money. The little eunuch cursed to the officers and soldiers angrily: "What do you want to do? Your Majesty said he wanted to invite him. Now your Majesty is kind and kind, don't draw your sword at all."
The knife on Yang Sheng's back was wrapped in a black cloth, and he was nervous when he looked at the group of officers and soldiers.
The little eunuch said again: "Young master, can you go to the palace with our family..."
"I dare not..." Gu Qing was about to say a few officers and soldiers who were about to draw their swords when they saw him, and swallowed his words back, "I'll go with you."
"Please." The little eunuch bowed and said, "These guys don't understand the rules. They are all rough men and young masters, don't be surprised."
"I dare not, I dare not!" Gu Qing said repeatedly, and before leaving, he told Yang Sheng to be optimistic about the stall.
Following the eunuch, he was still very nervous when he saw that the eunuch was so sinister that he wanted to castrate himself, right? He also wanted to chop off his head, what's wrong with selling paper! He felt regretful in his heart.
I walked into the palace in a daze and came to a place that looked like a study. A middle-aged man was observing his new paper, and an old guy was Fang Xuanling at first glance.
"Uncle Fang!" Gu Qing shouted hurriedly. It is the most important time to hug your thighs.
"Cough cough cough..." Fang Xuanling coughed, winked Gu Qing.
"I can't treat you to see Your Majesty now!" the little eunuch said anxiously.
"Ah? Ao..." Gu Qing hurriedly bowed and performed a quarrel of four-dimensional appearance, "Gu Qing, the grass man, have you seen Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin observed Gu Qing and said, "Are you Sun Simiao's disciple?"
"Yes!" Gu Qing answered honestly.
"You made this paper." Li Shimin asked again.
"Yes?..." Gu Qing said a little disgusted.
"What does it mean?" Fang Xuanling jumped anxiously: "Your Majesty asks you, yes, or no!"
"Yes!" Gu Qing didn't dare to look up. This is the current emperor! If this guy had a bad temper, he would probably be in the immortal class.
"You made this paper, but anyone else knows how to make it?" Li Shimin continued.
"Go back to Your Majesty." Gu Qing looked up and said, "This is the guy who eats. This is my family. If someone else learns it, I...I..."
Gu Qing said as he stopped and hurriedly lowered his head again to restore his humble attitude, "If your Majesty wants it, the grass-roots people are willing to offer this method of making new paper."
"Hahaha..." Li Shimin smiled bitterly, "This kid is really bored."
Fang Xuanling also shook his head and smiled bitterly.
A dog's life is important! Gu Qing is sure.
"I heard that your poems are not bad?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "What a sentence that will last for ten years of life and death, and it will be unforgettable if you don't think about it."
"Thank you for your praise." Gu Qing bowed again.
Li Shimin continued: "Gu Qing, do you know how many scholars I am from the Tang Dynasty?"
"It should be quite a lot..." Gu Qing said.
"Boy, I'm going to re-open the imperial examination. Do you know what it is for?"
Li Shimin's eyes were very sharp, as if he could see through people's hearts. Gu Qing did not dare to look directly and said, "The people of Cao can understand that Your Majesty is kind and makes a living for the people. Cao can admire him."
The little eunuch twitched when he heard this, and he was so flattering!
A sensible answer made Fang Xuanling breathe a sigh of relief. The reopening of the imperial examination was to let poor students stand out. Today, there are indeed scholars from the Tang Dynasty. Most of them are in the hands of aristocratic families. Even reading cannot avoid the word "book". If there are cheap paper, the Tang Dynasty can have more books and more scholars.
Li Shimin held the imperial examination to get rid of the control of the aristocratic families over the court. There were too many officials in the court who were children of aristocratic families, which was the emperor's true intention. Did Gu Qing's answer this intentional or intentional?
If Gu Qing had expressed his true intention to reopen the imperial examination, Li Shimin would not have smiled now.
The aristocratic families knew Li Shimin’s intention. Similarly, if Gu Qing approached the aristocratic families, this kid would not be far from death. Being confused has the benefits of being confused, and pretending to be confused is also a kind of cleverness.
"Are you really willing to present the method of making new paper to the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin asked again.
"I'm willing..." Gu Qing hesitated again, "Why... can I get a little bit of it?"
"Rareless! Do you think this is buying vegetables in Dongshi?" Fang Xuanling cursed loudly: "I'll ask for one more time."
"The grass-roots dare not!" Gu Qing lowered his head even lower.
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Boy, I have accepted your new papermaking technique and will open a papermaking workshop in Chang'an. How about 10% of your monthly surplus?"
"Divid dividend?" Gu Qing's eyes lit up. People from the Tang Dynasty could already play this way. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Caomin thinks 30% is OK!"
"You!" Fang Xuanling looked at him and was about to curse again.
Li Shimin waved his hand and raised his new paper and smiled, "Okay, 30%! Gu Qing, I ask you what if there are other papermaking workshops except for my papermaking workshop."
"The head of the grass people fell to the ground!" Gu Qing said, shrinking his neck.
In front of the current emperor, I nervously wrote down the method of making new paper, how to beat and dissipate the raw materials, and left in shame after writing.
Li Shimin looked at the words written by Gu Qing and whispered, "The words written by this kid are really..."
Chapter completed!