The pain and panic brought to the Tang Dynasty by the ecstasy caused by books and papers was wiped out without a trace. The Great Plague of Chang'an is like a history that has been deliberately forgotten and no one mentioned it again. After the people who were hurt by the loss of relatives received compensation and pensions from the court, they also faced their lives again. After the soldiers who lost their comrades cried and sweared to take care of their comrades, they also returned to normal.

Life still has to be lived.

The large-scale sale of books and extremely low prices made all the literati and people of the Tang Dynasty think that this is heaven and a dream, but the real books and ink-scented words, as well as the outrageous papers that are as white as snow but cheap, are truly telling everyone that this is not a dream, this is reality.

Almost everyone is buying books and paper at all costs. If it weren't for the limit on how many books and papers each person could buy, a wealthy businessman would probably be able to buy books in Chang'an. However, they just knew how to buy, but they didn't know how to read, and they didn't even know the words, so how could they read? But they didn't have this consciousness. They only knew to buy books and paper, own books and paper, and have thousands of years of poverty that can be subverted once, and they were crazy. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, as long as they had it, it would be good.

Put it in your arms, hide it in your clothes, sleeping under your pillow, holding a book in your hand, holding your youngest son who had just walked, taking out the book from your arms like a family, and then checking left and right to see if there are anyone, protecting the book like a thief. Then turn a page and tell your children that this thing is called a book, which has not been read by many generations of ancestors. But now you can read it, you have to know that reading can make you a great official. If you read well, the merits of our more than ten generations of farming will come to an end!

Faced with the current situation of crazy buying by the people of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang government finally realized that the people's desire for culture had accumulated to a certain extent, and opened up people's wisdom and made the popularization of culture irreversible. Whoever wants to fight it is seeking death. The aristocratic families have been going against the current. Their demise is destined.

The officials of the only three major families and some of the former officials in the court have turned blue every day, walking with their heads down, and they feel cold on their backs wherever they go. When the court discusses, they don’t say a word. They lower their heads. The arrogant old man of the past is nowhere to be seen. Even when the Tang government talks about how to deal with the privileges of existing aristocratic families that are closely related to them, they just shivered and sweated heavily. They dare not interfere.

His Majesty Li Er feels that his happiness is the sum of all the past happiness. The sales of books by Zhuquemen has been recorded in history by historians and will definitely make a lot of good words. The Qingliu Literary Group and poor scholars led by Kong Yingda were even more excited and shed tears. They wrote articles to praise this historic moment. As an emperor of non-pure Han blood from a soldier, His Majesty Li Er has always been the object of insult and despised by literati. Once he turns over to be a wise lord, it is difficult for him to be a wise lord.

Of course, he also realized the power of public opinion. He began to pay attention to the voices of the people. Every time he did something, he would send people to ask the people for their opinions. If the people responded well, they would be overjoyed, and if the people responded coldly, they would be worried. The 100,000 people sold books by Zhuquemen made him not only excited, but also afraid. For the first time, he truly realized the power of the people. He finally understood that the destruction of the Shandong gentry was not his credit, nor Suning's credit. The Shandong gentry had reached its end and was self-destructed.

At the end of Shang Yang's reform, the nobles were unable to change and could only compromise. Even if Shang Yang was dead, the general trend of the world could not be disobeyed. No matter how powerful the conservative forces were, no matter how powerful they played, they still couldn't fight against the power of the people. This shows that His Majesty Li Er also repeatedly reminded the ministers to pay attention at the court meeting, and did not hesitate to tell the ministers that they had woken up several times in their dreams to warn the ministers that they would oppress the people and would not have a good end.

Seeing that His Majesty Li Er seemed to have overreacted, the ministers submitted a memorial and said everything from all dynasties to relieve His Majesty Li Er's concerns. The Shandong gentry was destroyed by the people. Will the Tang Dynasty be the same? His Majesty Li Er's concerns were like this. His ministers made a series of memorials to comfort the hearts of the frightened people. After that, Suning entered the palace and said the words of water to carry boats or to overturn the boats. That night, a pair of neat words hung on the head of His Majesty Li Er's bed...

The king is a boat, and the people are water. Water can carry a boat or cover it.

His Majesty Li Er regained his confidence. He firmly believed that as long as he was worthy of the people of the world, the people of the world would not be sorry to him. Everything he did was beneficial to the people and all the people would not betray him...

This guy was still afraid, really scared. If he hadn't been afraid, he wouldn't have said the words of Jun Zhou and Minshui. What was the original person and matter in the time and space that made His Majesty Li Er say such words. Suning didn't know, but Suning understood that His Majesty Li Er at that time was the same as His Majesty Li Er at that time, and he felt fear of the people under his rule.

If this sense of fear is well controlled, it is a witness to the birth of a wise lord, and if you are not well grasped, it will only cause bloody storms.

As the Zhenguan reform was once again on track, there were several things to be put on the agenda. The first thing was the reward for merit after the Great Plague of Chang'an. Although the Great Plague of Chang'an did not cause too many casualties, it was the result of the efforts of all the meritorious ministers. In order to block the epidemic area, Chang'an generals went out and guarded from all directions was airtight. The plague never crossed the military blockade circle... Of course, except for the densely populated areas of Chang'an, the sanitation conditions were better. With Suning's advance warning, it was normal that it did not appear.

The generals who participated in the blockade received rewards, all of which were money and no rewards for official positions and titles, which made some people find strange, but this was not military merit, which seemed understandable. Then, the meritorious doctors of the Chang'an General Hospital represented by Sun Simiao went to court to accept the rewards and personal receptions from His Majesty Li Er. This was the first time that the doctors went to court to spread quickly throughout the Tang Dynasty, and the status of doctors was greatly improved invisibly.

However, there is still no reward for official positions and titles. Sun Simiao, who has made the most contribution to the research of special medicines, did not receive the award for titles. This made everyone a little confused. Finally, Suning, who was in charge of Chang'an's public security and proposed epidemic prevention regulations, was also rewarded. As the first hero, he received a large amount of money and goods rewards, but he did not receive the rest of the rewards.

If this plague can be resolved at the lowest cost, Suning and Chang'an General Hospital made great contributions. The plague that affected such a wide range and had such a fierce momentum in the end, only less than 10,000 people died, and the rest of them recovered. It is really hard to say that there is no way out for mountains and rivers. There is another village with dark willows and flowers. Without special rewards, it is really unreasonable.

Just when the ministers were confused, His Majesty Li Er threw out a bombshell - the reform of the title system.

The reform of the title system was proposed at the beginning of the seventh year of Zhenguan, and the ministers responded well. They all thought that this was more security guarantees. Especially a group of dukes. They thought so even more, but they had never been implemented. At this time, His Majesty Li Er finally issued an imperial edict, ordering the reform of the Tang Dynasty title system, and the seventh-class title except the king's title was expanded to the fifteenth-class title. The first level of title was the third-class baron, and the highest first-class title was the first-class duke, with a total of fifteenth-class title, and the king's title remained unchanged. As a result, a group of merits were immediately renamed according to the original merits.

A group of important ministers of the Mesozoic Dynasty led by Li Shiji and Cheng Yaojin were all named second-class dukes. The original name of the Duke remained unchanged, and the treatment was added to 30% as a reward; Suning was named first-class marquis, with a treatment of 30% as a reward; Sun Simiao was named third-class viscount to show rewards. Eleven famous doctors who made the most contributions in the Chang'an General Academy were rewarded by the third-class baron, which was the first time since the founding of the country that it was a great minister and brought a group of doctors.

There are very few people who have been named first-class dukes, either old ministers, or too much credit or cannot bear the drive. For example, Li Jing and Qin Qiong were named first-class dukes, with a half salary as a sign of glory. Everyone knows in their hearts that this is a special reward for the emperor to the ministers. Second-class dukes can still move upward and continue to make meritorious contributions. It is definitely difficult to be a first-class duke. Maybe they have to wait until their death to posthumously, but the victory is to be down-to-earth, and everyone still has the way to continue to make meritorious contributions and continue to make meritorious contributions.

This is a signal. Once you are named first-class duke, it means that the road to ministers is at the top. You can consider going to a military university to spend your life in retirement. For the rest of the ministers, keep working hard. You still have the chance and time.

The fifteenth-class title and feudal system was supported by the ministers, both civil officials and military generals were re-elected. Su Dingfang was named the second-class marquis, Xue Rengui was named the third-class baron, Meng Yu was named the third-class baron, and most of the rest were named the second-class and third-class ranks. As for the first-class ranks of each level, they were considered the next-class reserve army. Suning was a little surprised. He thought he should also be the second-class marquis. Who knew that His Majesty Li Er gave him a first-class marquis. Isn't that the next step is to be a duke?

But this is a happy event, and it is really a happy event. Many ministers who were named second-class duke were happy in their hearts, and they celebrated each other with His Majesty Li Er behind their backs.

To appease the hearts of the ministers and the hearts of the people, His Majesty Li Er suddenly gained a huge reputation, and he was confident to open up a major change that had not been seen in a thousand years in the court, that is, education reform, and issued dozens of education reform laws in one breath, making bold statements that within twenty years, every township in the Tang Dynasty should be established as a primary school; every county should be established as a primary school; every state should be established as a state school and a middle school; the Tang Dynasty capital Chang'an established as the highest institution for the Tang Dynasty, which is an official school.

Reform the imperial examination system, delegate a large number of official positions, hold the imperial examination every three years, and write all required positions clearly. If you are good at any position and want to take the position, you can directly register and take the position specifically. Once you pass the exam and pass the interview, you can get the position. As long as the reference person is a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, there is no other requirement.

This is an educational revolution, an educational revolution that has affected millions of years later. Official education gradually took shape until the Song Dynasty. Before the Tang Dynasty, there was no mention of official schools, and private schools were not prosperous. As soon as the news of official schools came out, it immediately aroused a lot of rogues. The public was widely discussed, and literati rushed to make remarks and discuss the feasibility of the measure. However, no matter what, no one opposed such practices. The court first sold books and paper, and then issued an education reform order and reforming the imperial examination. This is a sign of the great promotion of civil governance, and all literati were happy and encouraged.

Many literati have always believed that the Tang Dynasty was too strong. Take the previous military university for example. The trend of practicing martial arts among the people was prosperous. The Tang Dynasty attached importance to military affairs, and the court attached great importance to it and another path of literati was not working. In this way, it was even more one-sidedly fond of martial arts. The court overthrew the Shandong gentry, and released books, established official schools, reformed the imperial examinations, and recruited talents. This was a sign of the need to promote civil governance and balance between civil and military affairs.

There was a fierce debate in the court about this matter, and everyone supported it, and some people opposed it but dared not say it. This was a great merit. After these things were accomplished, everyone was supreme glory, and everyone rushed to offer suggestions. No one raised objections. But gradually, some people kept asking questions. For example, after the imperial examination was opened, scholars were excited and the number of scholars increased sharply, but who would be a teacher?
Chapter completed!