I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The crowd didn't make a fuss.

Their feelings for Yin Xuan are very deep - logically speaking, for ordinary people, especially those far away from Chang'an City, they basically don't care about these noble marquises, these characters, in Chang'an City In the mouths of the common people, it can also be used as a source of discussion.

Can…

This group of people who were far away from Chang'an city didn't know what happened in Chang'an city today.These noble marquises don't even have the capital to talk about.

Only Yin Xuan is an exception.

No matter how good the other nobles were, no matter how loyal they were, the common people could hardly see the good changes they brought.That is to say, no more wars... but no wars, isn't that the emperor's credit.

But the changes brought about by Yin Xuan are obvious to all.

Some of the young and strong in the family went to work in the workshop, and brought back a large amount of copper coins every month.

Cotton was planted in the field, and the extra money sold for each acre gave them an extra piece of fat in their bowls. The child was greedy and even gave him two slices willfully.

That day was visibly getting better.

Those who can make themselves live a good life are living gods.In the entire Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao counted as one, and this Lord Zhengyang also counted as one. As for Your Majesty... well... if there is no corvee or anything, it will count as one, but if there is, then it can only be counted as half.

The bad guy in black looked at the crowd, tried to recall Yin Xuan's posture, and made a weird smile that could be seen with a hint of gentleness in the ferociousness: "Mr. Zhengyang asked me to bring you a question."

"Do you trust Lord Zhengyang?"

trust?

The crowd nodded without hesitation.

As long as they don't ask them to pay, then they have 100% trust in Yin Xuan.

"Mr. Zhengyang said that most of the expenditures for the imperial government's new policy and the establishment of public schools are paid by the imperial court. Every family and household only needs to pay for their children's books."

Everyone's expressions relaxed a little.

The old man stood up, still frowning: "My lord, although the court has good intentions, but this... reading is nothing more than the cost of buying books."

"That's it, how can our small family afford it."

Paper, ink, brushes and inkstones are fine, but books are precious things.

The black-clothed delinquent smiled again, and the smile became even more ferocious: "Mr. Zhengyang said that the method of cheap paper that he took out earlier has already begun to be applied."

"The books required by the public schools are produced by this method, and the imperial court also bears part of the cost. The books for each grade only need dozens of words."

Dozens of words?
The old man tremblingly raised his hand and touched his ear: "It's text, not text."

The black man nodded and repeated: "Yes, it's text, not text."

The old man was a little excited. At his age, he knew the benefits of reading—but considering the cost-effectiveness, doing it for dozens of pens and doing it for dozens of papers are two different things.

One is the family's income for almost a lifetime, and the other is just a few days' wages in the workshop.

The old man had no objections.

Someone from the crowd stood up and bravely asked the bad guy in black for advice: "I heard that the imperial court forces people to go to public schools. How can this be done? My man has gone to the workshop, and the field is pointing at me." Those kids."

The bad guy in black nodded hesitantly: "It's true."

The crowd erupted.

The man in black held up the brocade box in his hand again, calming down the crowd. He continued, "The imperial court stipulates that anyone who has reached the age of five but is under the age of 12 must go to a public school."

Five to 12 years old.

This made the crowd feel a little more at ease-these children are all half-old, and they don't have much strength, and they used to do trivial work.

They have gone to study, the big deal is that they, who are parents, make those who are older brothers and sisters work harder.

But there are still some people who are unwilling. They are really reluctant to let these laborers go to school.

"What's the use of studying? Are they allowed to study for a few years before taking the imperial examination?" A person said angrily, "Those who have studied for decades are not successful, but they are?"

What is the use of reading?

After raising idlers for a few years, you still have to plan food in the soil in the future.

The bad guy in black chuckled, his thoughts coincided with this person's.In recent days, these delinquents are also preparing to force them to learn to read and write.

He also thinks it's useless, but...he can't say these things, he came here to persuade these people.

"Mr. Zhengyang said that if you believe him and send your children to study, even if you can't pass the imperial examination and high school in the future, even if you just farm at home, the food you grow will be tens of thousands."

The crowd was stunned.

They stared round at the bad guy in black.

Can reading also benefit farming?This... doesn't quite fit their impression.Their impression of scholars farming land only stays in the word "bad".

Where do scholars know how to farm.

"This... I've seen scholars farming the land." A man raised his hand high, frowning, "That's not called farming, just swinging around with a hoe a few times. If the seedlings can survive, it's considered good." gone."

The bad guy in black shrugged his shoulders: "This is the words of Lord Zhengyang, do you believe in Lord Zhengyang?"

The crowd fell silent, and there was some drumming in their hearts.

The bad guy in black went on to say: "Duke Zhengyang said that the content of public school professors is not only the essence of the scriptures, but also some skills of Duke Zhengyang."

"These skills are all helpful in life."

And the ability of Mr. Zhengyang?

Now those people who were still stubbornly resisting before, are now all relaxed. This... they are not happy to read those dead books, but they can learn from Zhengyang Gong's skills, which really moved their hearts.

What is the greatest skill of Duke Zhengyang?
Cook?gunpowder?read?

neither.

In the eyes of these people, Duke Zhengyang's greatest ability is to make money.How many years has it been since I was born in a mere farmer and now I am making a lot of money every day?

If you can learn the skills of Lord Zhengyang, even if it is only one percent, no, one thousandth, you can at least earn a consistent copper coin this month, right?

Who doesn't want to learn this ability to make money and make a lot of money?Now that Yin Xuan's name has been moved out, not to mention sending their own children to public schools, they themselves have such thoughts.

The bad boy in black persuaded the crowd, persuaded them to go back, and asked them to tell their family members to continue to support the imperial court's survey and the establishment of a school.

This kind of thing didn't just happen in Lingwu Township.

Such scenes took place in all the villages and townships near Chang'an, either bad or Jinwu guards, holding cotton and plates, as if Yin Xuan was there in person.

No one dares to disrespect these two things.

The next day, some people actually used these two things as substitutes and enshrined them.It’s just that there is something wrong with the enshrined title. It’s not the God of Cookery or Wenquxing or something, but the God of Wealth.