A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"No." The fat monk shook his fat body, "It's a shame to go on a hot day."

"Then I'll sell your pen." The dwarf said.

"I love you." The fat monk said and went upstairs to sleep.

The dwarf looted all the pens in the pen studio, and went to the door of the pen studio to set up a stall by himself, "Don't miss it when you pass by, it's a good pen, and I used the high school imperial examination."

A young scholar passing by said, "How do you sell this pen?",

"I always pay for a pen." The dwarf said with a smile.

"So expensive?" The other party lost most of his interest, "They only sell ten pennies for a pen, why are yours so expensive?"

"This little brother doesn't know something." The dwarf said with a smile, "Do you know the current Xiangguo? Do you know the youngest minister of the Dali Temple and the Minister of the Ministry of War?"

"Of course I know."

"That's it." The dwarf said, pointing to the pen studio behind him, "I bought their pens back then. Dali Siqing and Di Renjie are regular customers here. If you don't believe me, go ask about them. inquire about."

"Really?" The other party was dubious.

"Let's have fun too." The dwarf said again, "You can get into high school through the imperial examination, so money is nothing."

The guest asked around and found that there was indeed such a thing. Di Renjie and Pei Xingjian would indeed frequent this pen shop. He gritted his teeth and threw a silver cake on the table, "I want twenty."

The dwarf padded and took out twenty pens, "Guests, put them away."

"En!" The other party took the pen lovingly and left step by step.

After more than an hour, more and more people came here to buy pens, and the fat monk couldn't sleep in the attic of the pen studio, "Why is it so noisy outside?"

"Brother Shorty is selling pens." The boy at the side said.

"Does he need to be so noisy to sell a pen?" The fat monk turned from the bed and looked down. I have to say that the dwarf has a really good brain for selling things, no matter what he can get out of it, he can even sell a pen to sell this scene, "This kid won't starve to death, he has got the true biography of Mr. Gu!" .”

"Everyone, everyone!" The dwarf quickly stopped selling and buying, "I'm really sorry, the pens are sold out, if you still want to come back another day."

"Why is it sold out?"

"Why are there so few?"

"It's a pity that I came late, and I must come early tomorrow."

……

Everyone sighed.

The dwarf took the money and smiled, actually there are a lot of pens, but rare things are more expensive. This is learned from Mr. Gu. If you sell too much, the price will fall, but you are thinking about all kinds of pens if you don’t sell others. The only way is to buy a pen from you.

Seeing the crowd dispersed, the fat monk whistled, and the short man looked up and saw the fat man's big face walking into the pen room with something, "Aren't you asleep?"

"How do you want me to sleep when you make such a noise." The fat monk said with a smile, "I have earned a lot."

"That's it." The dwarf took out a pile of silver and handed it to the monk, "My brother is still clear about the account, the pen is yours, and we will pay half a cent."

"If you want money, you can take it yourself. Monk, what do I do with so much money?" The fat monk said.

"Just keep the money, don't worry about it as if someone owes you." The dwarf replied.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​selling it like this? You are not afraid of them going to sue Boss Xiao Di."

"Nothing will happen." The dwarf said with a grin, "Boss Xiao Di, I wish he would admit it."

Dali Temple

Di Renjie, who had just returned to Dali Temple, was going to take a rest, and the petty official came forward to report, "Someone dragged the villain to ask, does the Dali Temple minister often go to the pen studio in Dongshi to buy pens for use?"

"Bizhai?" When someone mentioned Bizhai, Di Renjie immediately became vigilant.

"It's a pen studio opened by a dwarf and a monk."

Chapter 658 The imperial examination is under examination

Seeing that Di Renjie looked a little displeased, the little official quickly explained, "It's the villain who offended me. I hope the Minister of Dali Temple won't take offense. It's the nephew of the villain who bought a pen for ten pennies, saying that the minister of Dali Temple likes to use it." pen, that’s why it’s so expensive.”

It turned out to be the case, Di Renjie suddenly smiled, "It's unreasonable for this stinky monk to use his official name to make money!"

The little official smiled at Di Renjie's tone, it seemed that Dali Siqing was indeed very familiar with Bizhai, and he made the right purchase.

"Actually." Di Renjie spoke thoughtfully, "I have a lot of pens here that I have used. If you go to buy theirs, you might as well ask me directly."

"That's right!" The little official slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "It's better to buy the one used by the minister of Dali Temple, it's hot."

Di Renjie smiled and took out a few writing brushes that were almost empty, "These are all used by me."

The clerk looked at these pens and smiled, very, very awkwardly.

The imperial examination was already in the middle of the process, the students were writing hard and fast, and everything was going smoothly. Cheng Chumo led the officers and soldiers to watch the movement around, and saw a sneaky guy hurriedly stopped him, "Who is it!"

"Officer!" The other party saluted again and again, "My son is writing the test paper inside, it seems that it is already noon today, the child must be hungry."

"Someone will distribute meals, you can't deliver them." Cheng Chumo stopped them, "Go back, your son will come home after it's over."

"Hey."

Cheng Chumo looked around and said loudly, "Keep an eye on everyone, someone deliberately stopped him immediately, the first imperial examination in the new dynasty, if anything happens, you are the only ones to ask!"

"Yes!" A group of officers and soldiers answered loudly.

Halfway through the exam, Xu Jingzong brought some dry food over, "Master Hou, Zhong Shuling, eat some."

Shangguanyi took a piece of cake in Xu Jingzong's hand, rolled it up and ate it by himself.

"Why don't you go buy it yourself." Xu Jingzong looked at Shangguanyi.

"Anyway, you bought it." Shangguanyi said, "What's wrong with eating your cake? See how stingy you are."

"There are still two hours before the end." Chu Suiliang looked at the huge examination room, where hundreds of students were answering questions, "These students should be the most tired. I have read the examination papers this time, and many of the questions are new questions. I think most of the students except the academy students can't answer the question."

"The biggest discrepancy is the difference in numerology." Shangguanyi said, "Last time the academy just added one or two questions to the test paper, which stumped many students, Gu Qing, do you understand what I mean? ?”

"If things go on like this in the long run, the academy can't just be Chang'an's family." Chu Suiliang also nodded pertinently.

"Speaking of the academy, when His Majesty was still the crown prince, he also opened an academy, how is it now?" Xu Jingzong asked.

"You said that academy." Shangguanyi said, "Actually, it's not that good. Gu Qing's academy attracts too much. With such an academy, who wants to go to the prince's academy? The Gu family's academy has become a big trend. Gu Qing even tore his face for this academy and the five surnames back then, and many people died! It is not so simple for the prince to pick up people's teeth. Gu Qing's academy is full of confidence. The academy that was killed from the five surnames is this The reason why the academy is not shaken by wind and rain, the two cannot be compared."

Chu Suiliang also saw what happened back then. The academy was not so large at the time, and it was obstructed by the five surnames one after another. It is of course the best to climb one step at a time, but once the footsteps are unstable, it will fall down. Gu Qing's academy is an experience. Those who have survived the hardships of the five surnames have survived the ups and downs and precipitation, and they are the most practical. They are not plucking green onions from dry land but breaking out of rocks. This is the reason why this academy is recognized and the students yearn for it. It is not easy to change It was difficult, breaking the monopoly of the five surnames on officials in one fell swoop, and breaking the century-old stereotypes in one fell swoop.