Datang: My private money was exposed by Li Shimin

In just a few days, a large number of books entered the market and were sold to the scholars in need at ridiculously cheap prices. After the whole thing went on the right track, the aristocratic family received an extremely powerful impact.

In their previous plan, the purpose of buying out books was to destroy the emperor's imperial examinations, so as to completely cut off the possibility of humble scholars entering the court.

They paid a huge price for this. They thought that after the whole thing was successful, others would get greater benefits, but they didn't expect that this practice did not affect the implementation of the imperial examination at all.

The key is.

The imperial court now has a large number of books to fill the vacancies, which causes the books they bought at a high price to lose their original value.

Now it has become a luxury to sell these books again.

at this time.

Li Family Mansion.

in the backyard.

Li Yuankai and his son Li Zheng stood here silently, neither of them opened their mouths to speak, they already understood the situation outside.

They were full of confidence at first, but now they are helpless. A large number of books are in their hands. If they don't sell them as soon as possible, their losses will be unimaginable.

It was at this time that the old butler quickly came from outside and stood respectfully behind Li Yuankai.

"master……"

He came in a hurry, but when he saw Li Yuankai, he hesitated to speak.

Today's Li Yuankai is not in good health, and now he has to worry about these things. He really doesn't want to bring bad news.

But the reality is so cruel!
"How's the situation?" Li Yuankai leaned on a cane, turned his head and squinted at the old housekeeper.

Li Zheng also turned around, but he felt an extremely bad feeling in his heart.

"It's been three full days, and we haven't sold even a single book in our hands!" The old butler said after a moment of silence, with a long sigh.

This kind of matter cannot be concealed, and Li Yuankai will know about it sooner or later, not to mention, the current situation is quite critical, and the whole family is in panic.

It was time for Li Yuankai to make up his mind!
"You... what did you say?" Li Yuankai's eyes widened, and he almost fainted on the spot.

Good guy.

They spent a lot of money to buy these books, but now they can't even sell a single one.

Isn't this equivalent to exhausting the family's wealth and buying piles of waste paper?
"Didn't I ask you to reduce the price to the market price? Why can't you sell it?" Li Zheng worked hard for a long time before he realized it.

For him, it was not easy to make such a decision, because every price cut meant that the family would have to bear huge losses.

not to mention.

At the current market price, the loss has already been more than ten times. Li Zheng's idea is actually very simple, that is, to get rid of all these books as soon as possible.

otherwise.

When the imperial court prints more and more books, according to the current situation, if they spend all their efforts to buy those books, they will really be worthless.

"Yeah...why?" Li Yuankai's hands on crutches were shaking violently.

Isn't his heart bleeding?

What is lost now is the lifeblood of their family!
"Master..." The old butler looked gloomy and tried hard for a long time before continuing.

"Now it's no longer a question of whether to lower the price or not. All the scholars don't like our books at all. They say that the sentences are outdated and there are no punctuation marks that are easy for people to recognize. It seems too laborious!"

"But...but these books, aren't they the ones they used often?" Li Zheng's eyes almost popped out.

The books they hoarded with great care were originally books circulating in the market, and they never considered any problems in them.

Li Zhengzheng really couldn't understand why it was so popular and accepted by everyone before, but they bought it for a while, and these people couldn't accept it anymore?
"What did you just say? Punctuation marks?" Li Yuankai looked at the old butler suspiciously.

The butler didn't explain too much. He took out a book from his arms and handed it to Li Yuankai himself. His meaning was very simple, and he understood everything after reading it.

Without any hesitation, Li Yuankai and Li Zheng quickly opened the book, and immediately understood the gap after reading a few paragraphs.

They can also be regarded as beings who have read poetry and books, of course they can feel it.

"How...how is this possible?" Li Yuankai's body was shaken, if Li Zheng hadn't reached out to support him in time, he might have fallen to the ground.

"Creating these sentence patterns and creating so-called punctuation marks is by no means something that can be done overnight. It also requires unimaginable knowledge!"

"But there is no such person in the imperial court. Things have not changed for thousands of years. Why can the emperor do it in such a short period of time?"

He has never been so desperate like now, the current emperor is like an unshakable mountain, no matter how hard he struggles, it will have no effect.

Li Zheng also understands the truth. For the first time, he has no temper...

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With the large-scale circulation of recruiting books, more and more people have seen the benefits.

The major families finally found out in despair that they spent a huge price to control some of the books in their hands, and they had been eliminated by everyone.

now.

The bookstores belonging to the major families in Chang'an are always crowded with scholars, but these people are not here to buy books at all, but to come to see jokes.

Not long ago, they suffered enough uselessness here, and even the clerks in the bookstore told them arrogantly that if they didn't want to buy something, they should get out.

Now that the situation has been completely reversed, all the shops are asking them to buy books, and these people will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.

"Hey...how did you become so enthusiastic today? I still prefer the rebellious look in the past!"

"Are you still keeping these old almanacs? Who will read this kind of broken books now? Let's burn them as soon as possible, at least they can still play a role!"

"If I remember correctly, you have never sold cheap books here. What's going on now? Are you in such a hurry to sell books?"

The vast majority of people seized the opportunity, spared no effort to give full play to their abilities, and laughed at these guys who are usually superior and self-righteous.

Such scenes happened in various stores, and as time went by, not only did not decrease, but it became more and more serious.

The big families have nothing to do about it, they don't even dare to lose their temper.

now.

Only these scholars can help them solve their problems, and ordinary people don't need these books at all.

But they have long been abandoned by scholars!

The major families were extremely desperate to find that the real gold and silver they had exchanged for food from the emperor had now turned into piles of waste paper...

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