This large-scale reform of the imperial examination also officially announced the arrival of the Li Zhi era.

It was like a sudden thunder sounding in the sky, and the whole city of Chang'an was boiling.

Almost everyone is talking about the imperial examination, from the nobles of the palace to the people.

The poor family is happy, and they make friends, restaurants, temples, or fields in the mountains. They raise their glasses and drink and talk about the imperial examinations, as if life is full of hope.

Because many policies in this imperial examination reform were beneficial to poor families, and coupled with the previous struggle between scholars and common people, the court's intentions were quite obvious. This was also the first time since the Wei and Jin Dynasties that the court has stood on the poor families, which is definitely worth celebrating.

However, there was a lot of complaints among the aristocratic class. The abolition of the reform of the rural tribute system must have hurt the interests of the aristocratic class. In the past, the rural tribute was always recommended for students, and 99% of them were children of the big surname, which hurt too deeply.

But the problem is that this is not a policy that Li Zhi was stubborn and determined, and he still received the support of some ministers, and these ministers who supported him were very representative. Han Yuan and Lai Ji represent the Guanlong Group, Cui Yixuan represent the Shandong gentry, Li Ji represents the military, Li Yifu, and Han Yi represent the poor family.

They supported the reform of the imperial examinations mainly based on their own interests. Han Yuan and the Guanlong group represented by Lai Ji had just offended Li Zhi to depose Wang Liwu, and were defeated silently. They were also afraid of Li Zhi's words. Moreover, Li Zhi advocated the spirit of wise people, and everyone had equal opportunities, which was a good thing for the country and the people, and they had no reason to oppose Li Zhi.

The Shandong gentry are also seeking change because Cui Jieren and others are in charge of the family. They will return to the court and place them on the imperial examination. They are firm supporters. Although Li Ji rarely speaks, he must also support the poor family because he has also been excluded by the nobles.

The ones who were most hurt were the big surnames in those places, because in this way, his advantages would be gone.

But Li Zhi would not care about them. He could only get the support of the power center and the people. Moreover, he had long been resentful of these big families who were seeking fame, because for the emperor, the local power would not be too strong, and he had to suppress the gentry in these local areas.

In addition, the nobles in Chang'an City also divided into two sides, supporting Cui Jieren's side, and they all support this. It's fair and good. If you lose, you will never have any excuses. You have put in all your efforts to compete with poor families in the imperial examination. Those who support Pei Qingfeng naturally have many complaints about this and think this is too unfair. Why is the poor families on an equal footing with their aristocratic families?

There are still arguments.

But it can't change anything

After this matter was decided, the dispute between the scholars and the common people came to an end, but the competition would definitely not stop. It was just that the competition was transferred to the imperial examination. But no matter what, Han Yi was able to take a break, but once this person was free, there would be more money to spend. Follow Han Yi's process, and it should be the peak season to pick up girls.

But picking up girls requires money, so.

"This - Xiaoxiao Yisheng's Money."

Han Yi threw a stack of vouchers on the table very low-key.

"Brother is so lucky, I'm still not here."

Brother Xiong covered the poker in front of him, shook his head and said, "I still have to leave some money for business." A pair of black eyes rolled around.

"I'm not here anymore."

Meng Ting pouted her mouth and looked at Han Yi with resentment.

Gu Qingcheng held his delicate chin with one hand and looked at Han Yi shyly, saying, "Han Yi, I have to lose to you even if I have to give you a dowry, you have to be responsible."

"Don't worry, our Fengfeilou is quite humane. When you get married, Fengfeilou will definitely prepare your dowry. But if you marry a high-ranking official, there will be more dowry and fewer farmers. It's probably just such a rule."

Han Yi patted his chest very readily.

But it made Gu Qingcheng roll his eyes and snorted softly.

Han Yiquan pretended not to see it, but looked at the opposite side and said, "Chen Xiao, you are the only one left."

Chen Xiao looked at Han Yi with red eyes, and after a while, he said, "I don't believe you are so evil. You have won almost an hour, and I have bet on all this."

After saying that, he threw all the vouchers in front of him.

"Smile, you know, I appreciate your kindness of helping others the most."

Han Yi smiled and threw all the money on it, then opened his trump card, "Sorry! With three cards, you can't use what your trump card is."

Bang!

The unacceptable smile fell on the table.

Meng Ting said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Xiaoyi, you said that you were enjoying the fun of gambling, but you won all our money away. Are you lying to us?"

Du Zuhua, who had lost all his money early in the morning, said pitifully: "Brother Han, I have lost all my money to you."

Brother Xiong patted his chest and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I am smart and I am not fooled by Brother Han, and I lose the least."

Han Yi said aloud and said, "Sister Mengting, it's wrong for you to say this. I have always been a small gambling. At the beginning, you were a penny and a penny. You gambled harder and stolen all of them at all. I couldn't stop them. Besides, my buddy has been very poor recently, and I'm penniless. The hateful Sang Mu refused to even give me a penny. It's just a relief." As he said, he took out a small stack of vouchers and handed it to Xu Youyou who was dealing with the cards, and said, "Youyou, this is the money you just lent me. Now I'll give you back the capital and profits. Let's clear the two of us."

"Thank you, Brother Xiaoyi!" Xu Youyou took the money with a happy smile. Xu Youyou is good at managing finances and will never spend a penny indiscriminately. She has no interest in this gambling at all.

Chen Xiao suddenly raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "Han Yi, can you give me some? This is the money I have finally saved. You also know who Lao Shen is. He is more stingy than Sang Mu."

Han Yi said, "Come on, you can go to Huayue Tower now and you don't have to spend money."

Gu Qingcheng said: "Then why do you want so much money?"

"Of course it's picking up girls - no! Do good deeds."

Han Yiyi said righteously: "The money won is ill-gotten wealth. I will donate all the money to the people as a good deed. This is also helping you accumulate virtue."

No one believed him and looked at him with contempt.

Han Yi blocked it with his face, put the money in his arms, and said, "I suddenly remembered that there was something else to go out, so you can play slowly."

As he said that, he quickly ran away. After all, he was the only winner. If he stayed there, it would probably arouse public anger.

After leaving the house, Han Yi breathed a light tone and said, "This life is so difficult."

He is really penniless now, so poor that he has no face to ask Sang Mu for money. The main reason is Sang Mu's resentful face, which makes him feel very guilty. When he meets him, he dare not speak, and even dare to see Sang Mu. He is embarrassed to even take credit outside. After all, Sang Mu still has to pay for credit. Not that he plans to go to Yang Feixue today. How can he pick up girls without money? Then there is no way. He can only fool Brother Xiong, Mengting, Chen Xiao and other rich men to gamble and get some pocket money to spend. His capital is still asking Xu Youyou, who has always been very thrifty, who is definitely making money for nothing. Although he is a winner, it is also quite miserable.

"Lao Peng, give me six kilograms of candied fruit."

"Oh! It's Brother Han!"

When Peng Wanjin saw Han Yi coming, he quickly met him, bowed his hand repeatedly, and said, "Brother Han, you are really famous now. Congratulations, congratulations."

The reform of the imperial examination system is a victory for Han Yi to lead a poor family, and Han Yi's prestige among poor families is increasing day by day.

Han Yi sighed: "Old Peng, I'm going to tell you, this looks glorious, but it's all made of money."

Peng Wanjin said oh, "How do you say this?"

"It's hard to describe it, it's hard to describe it!"

Han Yi waved his hand and changed the topic: "By the way, how are your business recently?"

Peng Wanjin felt bored: "It's not that good, it's not bad, but it's not good either."

Han Yi frowned and said, "It's impossible. This year is another bumper year. Your business should be good!"

Peng Wanjin said depressedly: "It is because of the bumper harvest every year that business is difficult to do."

Han Yi said: "Where do you start with this?"

Peng Wanjin said: "What are the people collect? They are all food. Now the food price is so low. People sell it with food and can't exchange it for a few dollars. They don't have to store it at home. But if they keep it, even though the people will not be hungry and freezing, they have no money to buy things. We merchants can't get much better in their business."

Han Yi frowned and said, "Is it true or false?"

Peng Wanjin sighed: "If Brother Han doesn't believe it, you can go to Lao Qian's place to have a look. The rice in his store has been reduced to three cents."

"This is impossible." Han Yi said in surprise.

"He hasn't sold out the rice last year. When the new rice arrives, he doesn't know how to put the old rice, so it's not just selling it at a lower price." Peng Wanjin shook his head and sighed.

Just then, a guy had already wrapped the candied fruit and said, "Brother Han, your candied fruit."

"Oh. How much money?" Han Yi took it and asked.

Peng Wanjin said, "Brother Han, why are you so polite? Just take it for food."

"Okay, I'm not polite." Han Yi said cheerfully.

Peng Wanjin was stunned and looked at Han Yi in surprise. Can't you hear such obvious polite words?

In the past, my buddy was shameless and didn’t have money, but it turned out that I was so poor that I was now so shameless that I could only ask for money and neutralize it. Han Yi pretended to be stupid and said, “What?”

"Ah? No—nothing?"

When Peng Wanjin met such a shameless Han Yi, he had to admit defeat.

"Okay, I still have something to do, so I'll say goodbye first."

Han Yi went out happily with candied fruit. When he came to the street, he couldn't help but look around. Seeing that the number of guests on the street was not increasing, and even decreased a little, he frowned. Now it is the heyday of the small peasant economy. Everyone is farming and weaving cloth. The poor are rice and cloth in their hands, and the rich are rice and cloth in their hands, so the price of rice will definitely drop.

People want to eat some meat, but usually raise some at home. Even if they finish eating, it is not worth it to exchange so much rice for meat. This rice is grown from sweat, and they are reluctant to let it go. What's even more fatal is that some people eat and wear, at least they won't starve to death or freeze to death. If the people have food and clothing problems, they have to live by.

This has led to the entire economy becoming a stagnant pool.

Although this is not a bad thing for farmers and the country, it is the biggest disadvantage of the small peasant economy. If natural disasters occur, the people cannot afford it. If you have a bumper harvest every year, your life will not be much better. This is simply a matter of seeking food and clothing. The market in Chang'an is now so big and there are more people. Otherwise, the market will definitely shrink.

This is extremely unfavorable to Han Yi's plan.

I have to find a way to solve this problem. Han Yi frowned and thought to himself.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Brother Han."

Han Yi looked up and saw three or five poor men coming over and saluted him respectfully, "Xu Shan (Zhang Xiaofei.) Have met Brother Han."

Han Yi said curiously: "Are you guys doing anything?"

The person named Xu Shan said, "We have something to ask Brother Han for advice."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Is it about the imperial examination?"

Several people nodded repeatedly.

Han Yi said: "I don't want to disclose too much to you for the time being. After all, I am a participant, but the next issue of the Datang Daily will explain some details."

"I wonder when the next issue of the Tang Dynasty Daily will be released?" several people asked in unison.
To be continued...