Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

Ping An went to the Prison of Rites with her small package.

That day, he couldn't find Xu Wenmei in the end, and he didn't know who to ask. ——He knew Xu Wenmei from Eunuch Ma, but seeing how surprised he was by the arrival of the Chief of Rites, he obviously didn't know the relationship between Xu Wenmei and the emperor.And Ping An was certain that Xu Wenmei's disappearance must have something to do with the emperor.

Ping An had no choice but to keep this matter to himself.Xu Wenmei herself obviously knew what was going on, but she didn't reveal a single word to him, and there were too few people and things he could come into contact with now, so even if he wanted to investigate, he didn't have any clues.

Simply follow the path that Xu Wenmei arranged for herself, and maybe one day, I will be able to know the truth of everything.

In fact, there is no way not to go.Eunuchs have no personal freedom, and of course they do not have the power to decide their own destiny. Everything about them, including their lives, belongs to the royal family and they must obey orders.As for the matter of safety, the supervisor of ceremonies represents the imperial power, so he can only be obedient.

But what even Eunuch Ma didn't expect was that when Ping An came to the Supervisor of Rituals, he was not immediately sent to work as an errand, but was stuffed into the inner school.

When the dynasty was founded, eunuchs were not allowed to read and write. Of course, the supervisors at that time did not have any power at all, and could only do some work to serve the emperor.After all, whether it is reviewing memorials or influencing the emperor in political affairs, one must first be literate.

But those who need eunuchs to be literate are not only the eunuchs themselves, but also the emperor. He has too many things to do by himself, and there are so many helpers he trusts around him, but he just can't help him. How could he not? Infuriating?

So later, the emperor ordered the ceremonial supervisor to set up an inner book hall to teach the eunuchs in the palace to read and write, which changed the fate of the eunuchs.

However, not everyone is eligible to study in the inner school. Specifically, only those selected by the supervisor of ceremonies can enter the inner school to study.After coming out of here, the future is limitless.Because you can learn to read and write, it is impossible to waste it, so naturally you have to do corresponding errands.And none of these errands is a matter of urgency.

Entering Neishutang safely means stepping into the gate of the Supervisor of Rituals in one step.

After settling in the residence, Ping An followed to the place where the inner school gave lectures.The person in charge of arranging him introduced him to the teacher who taught the class, and then left.At present, Ping An does not need to work, as long as it concentrates on studying.

Ping An was arranged to sit in the last row.Sitting in his seat, he was full of emotions: Before coming here, he really didn't expect that eunuchs also need to go to school!And take a look at this classroom, look at the serious teacher holding a ruler in his hand, look at the students who are holding a book in front of them, it is completely a formal school!

The classroom is very quiet, there is no sound.The master walks up and down between the seats with a ruler in hand.Because it was interrupted halfway, Ping An didn't know what to do now, so he lowered his head in a daze.

After a while, he heard the sound of a ruler knocking on the table, looked up, and saw the master began to roll his name.Those who click on the name go up to endorse.

How familiar is this scene!Ping An has seen it countless times in the ancient school where YY came out on TV and books!If you can't recite the book, you just have to eat a ruler and your palms bloom!It is estimated that it is more strict in the palace, maybe they are not allowed to eat or something.

Ping An didn't know that his divergent brains were blinded by the truth all of a sudden.

Including Ping An himself in the classroom, there are a total of sixteen students.What shocked Ping An was that no one was punished for failing to recite the book!

This is simply unbelievable.For Ping An, who has been a student for more than 16 years and has rich experience in school, this is simply impossible. After all, some students are always lazy, some are stupid, and some are absent-minded. Is it strange that they can’t memorize books?

But when he thought about it, he understood more or less.

This is the palace, the people who can come here must be selected from the best!Those who are stupid must have no chance, after all, the most important thing to serve in the imperial court is to be smart and use their brains.When should I say something?When can't disturb the master, and when do you have to take the initiative to talk to the master... These are all based on deliberation, a fool can't do it.

As for the lazy and absent-minded, it is estimated that it is not easy to appear.After all, this place is not for cultivating students, but for cultivating servants, is it unqualified?Just fine it.And if you miss this opportunity, you may spend your whole life in the gangster or the clothing bureau. Who would be willing to give up this ladder to the sky?

Ping An himself was unwilling.So thinking of this, he immediately concentrated on listening to the books they memorized, but unfortunately they were all memorized, and he could only understand a sentence or two occasionally, which vaguely sounded like "Great Learning" in the Four Books.

Hearing this, he was relieved.If you read something that you have never been exposed to, it will be too hard to catch up with other people's progress. At least you know something about Four Books.Moreover, he had memorized it before in college, and now he is doing it again, the progress should be relatively fast, and the interpretation does not need to be too much trouble.

You should have no problem keeping up with the course. ——If she was the only one among the sixteen people who was beaten on the palm, Ping An would die of shame and anger!

After a class, the master asked Ping An to follow him, and then took him to pick up a set of books.The Lijian has a special printing factory, and all the books in the palace are printed by them. In addition, some rare books and treasures will also be re-printed to avoid loss.

By the way, printing a few sets of textbooks for use in the inner school is not a big deal at all.

In addition, there is a quota of pens, inks, papers and inkstones to receive.Ping An had to sigh, after all, the royal family is rich and powerful, not to mention that food, clothing and housing are free, and books and school supplies are also provided, which is much better than the compulsory education of later generations.

But it's only in the palace. In the folk, books are equally expensive, but reading is equally difficult.Ping An heard a joke that in rural villages, whenever people see paper, they must respectfully pick it up and take it home as an offering, not daring to stain it in the slightest.Although funny, it is a true portrayal of the times.

Why are all things inferior, but reading is high?It is because reading is difficult!In this way, once you make it to the top, even if you just win a scholar, the state will be responsible for it, and you can receive granary rice every year, at least to ensure that you will not starve to death.

Ping An can’t say whether he is lucky or unlucky. If he becomes a healthy person but starts very low, for example, he is a beggar without household registration, or he has two meals a day, one is porridge and the other is wild vegetable dumpling. , Half of the crops in the field will be handed over to the landlord for land rent, the other half will be sold to repay the debt borrowed during the spring plowing, and the rest will be kept as rations, will the farmers be better than they are now?

Poverty or Freedom?Although he couldn't help himself to choose, Ping An still couldn't help thinking about it.Maybe he just wanted to find a reason for himself to stay in this palace with peace of mind.

Just when Ping An was studying hard, the New Year passed.

Naturally, the palace was lively again, but it had nothing to do with safety. Apart from receiving a new suit of clothes and a big reward during the Chinese New Year, he didn't even get a bite of the leftovers this time.After all, no one in Neishutang has a position, but food and clothing must be paid by the palace, which is already very annoying.

However, the inspector of ceremonies was well informed, and Ping An had heard a lot of rumors.

The emperor favored another beauty and granted her a title, which made Concubine Zheng unhappy.There are two more concubines in the palace who are pregnant. If they give birth to a prince, they will be enfeoffed.The eldest prince and the second prince were the most outstanding in the upper study, and they were praised by the gentlemen. During the Chinese New Year, the emperor inspected it and was very satisfied.The Seventh Prince personally served the Empress Dowager at the New Year's banquet, and Concubine Zheng praised him for his filial piety... and so on.

Ping An is more concerned about Zhao Can's news.I heard that he is doing well now and has successfully entered the line of the Queen Mother and Concubine Zheng, so I am very happy for him.He was no longer Ah Shun who didn't even know what to do to please the Queen Mother, so he would definitely have no problem dealing with this little disturbance in the palace.

The last time should be regarded as an unhappy breakup. The relationship between him and Zhao Can is probably like this, right?It is estimated that it will be difficult to have any contact in the future.

Ping An didn't know that when he was thinking this way, Zhao Can was also thinking about him.

Now Zhao Can's information is much better.And he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he expressed his concern for Ping An, so the news of Ping An continued to reach him.

Except for the part where he met the emperor, no matter what Ping An did, Zhao Can knew everything.Naturally, it is also known that he suddenly left the Bell and Drum Division, ran to the Supervisor of Rituals, and entered the inner school to study.

The people in Neishutang are selected from various places to enter. On the surface, it is not a problem to be able to enter safely, but if you look closely, there are too many problems.But Zhao Can didn't care too much about these things. To him, he didn't care how Ping An got to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.The things he cares about, how will this matter affect him?

Zhao Can must admit that he was not cautious enough to leak so much information in front of Ping An.But at that time, he was just a little angry, and he didn't really think that Ping An would inform him.Taking a step back, even if he wanted to say it, who could he say it to?A little eunuch of the Bell and Drum Division, who would believe his words?

In the end, after thinking this way, he ran to the Supervisor of Rituals.

Zhao Can found that he couldn't see through this person.

Even if the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies sees it himself, he must be polite.He was the first to not believe that it was good luck to go there in Ping An.That is to say, Ping An still has backers that he does not know about.In this way, who knows if he has told others about himself?

Zhao Can was very unhappy.Whether it is hard to tell whether Ping An has a backer that I don't know about, or whether Ping An may tell its own affairs, or both.

It's like I originally had an inconspicuous toy, and I didn't like it very much at first, but it was not so pleasant when it was suddenly snatched away by others.

He really wanted to go to Ping An again to find out the situation, but Neishutang was no better than other places, and it was almost impossible to see Ping An now.

This made Zhao Can very unhappy.He doesn't like things out of his control.Although so far, he has been able to control very little, but it is just like this that she has to hold it even more firmly.

He didn't even pay much attention to Ping An, but in Zhao Can's view, Ping An was something he could absolutely control.A little eunuch of the Bell and Drum Division... How difficult is it?Moreover, in his dealings with Ping An, Ping An's specialness to him is also clearly discernible.

The result is that such a person he thought would never change, suddenly changed, completely out of his control!

Now it is no longer a question of whether Ping An will inform.In fact, Zhao Can still had some confidence in her heart that Ping An would not betray herself so easily.Besides, in this matter, if he betrayed himself, what good would he gain?Concubine Shu and the third prince are both unlucky, and now they are in a dire situation. Will Ping An take the initiative to stand up for them?

But so what?Ping An will not inform, but will he stand by his side?

Compared with the past, peace is no longer so dispensable.Once you step into the Prison of Rituals, there are infinite possibilities in the future.Maybe it's time to change my mind.

……

The days in Neishutang are very boring, much more boring than going to school before Ping An.Because the homework is multi-tasking, everyone is studying hard.Ping An is because he has to catch up with the progress, but the others are not relaxed at all.In such an environment, he can only hang his head on the beam and stab his ass, working overtime to catch up, for fear of being left behind.

Two months later, Ping An felt that his whole body seemed to have been remodeled from the inside out, and he had become a thoroughly ancient person who spoke "Zi Yue Shi Yun" and closed "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" without any obstacles.Compared with the former self who received modern higher education, he became semi-literate.

They don't expect them to take the exam for scholars when they teach in the palace, so it's almost enough to learn this level.You just need to be able to pick up when the master asks a question, and don't make the master unhappy.If you know too much, you have to worry about it.What kind of history books are forbidden for eunuchs to read.What if someone gets dizzy and wants to follow the example of the treacherous eunuchs in history to control the government and call the wind and rain?

Therefore, Ping An should allocate a new place.

Although most of the people here may not be able to stay in the Lijian after finishing reading, and some will go back to where they came from, but peace is obviously not one of them.He was already a member of the Supervisor of Rituals, and the final job he settled on was to be in charge of the factory.

What kind of job is this?Then let’s talk about the personnel situation of the Supervisor of Rituals first.

There is one eunuch with palm seal, four eunuchs who hold pens, and eight eunuchs who follow the hall.

In addition, there is an admiral who is in charge of the storage of ancient and modern books and paintings, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and there are four people in charge of guarding these things under his name.In addition, Neishutang and Jingchang are both under the control of the admiral, and each has four directors.

Ping'an is the head of the economic factory under the name of the chief inspector and admiral.The main job is to be responsible for the management of "Yi Ying Jing Shu printing plate and printed books, Buddhism, Taoism, and Tibet", which is equivalent to the management personnel of the printing factory.

And how much power does this manager have?

According to the detailed division of labor in the factory, there are more than a dozen processes, and each process has dozens to hundreds of people. There are more than 1000 to 300 people in total.Although there are three colleagues in Ping An, even if they are distributed equally, each person can be divided into [-] people.

It looks promising, but in fact it can't be counted like that.

Because what is the root cause of the detached status of the ceremonial supervisor in the 24 yamen?It was because they were walking in front of the imperial court, whether it was submitting a memorial or conveying an order, they had to go through them for transit.As long as you get stuck here, even if you have great ability, so what?

But the job that Ping An was assigned had no access to the emperor at all.He even wants to live in Jingchang!

As for an economic factory with [-] workers working normally, it is of course impossible to be located inside the imperial city - although those craftsmen belong to the royal artisan household, they are not eunuchs, so of course they cannot enter the palace.

Of course, from another perspective, it was a surprise that he could leave the palace safely?

When he first entered the palace, Ping An once thought that he might not be able to get out in his life.Who would have thought that the fate of fate was so mysterious that in less than a year, he would have the opportunity to leave the palace in a fair and honest manner!

If this day could have come a little earlier, maybe Ping An would be ecstatic now.

Can go out of the palace, who cares whether to climb up or not?He worked hard to climb up, and to put it bluntly, he just wanted to gain more freedom.But can the freedom of being trapped in the deep palace be compared with the vastness of the sea after leaving the palace?

Obviously not.

But it is different now.

Xu Wenmei still doesn't know what's going on.Although Ping An didn't think the emperor would do anything to him, it was hard to say.Haven’t you heard enough of the stories in history where the monarch and his ministers get along well at the beginning, and finally the cunning rabbit dies?Besides, Xu Wenmei's identity is not a courtier, but... the famous Mi Zixia, who was once so favored, so what happened to her in the end?

Ping An actually suspected that Xu Wenmei had been dealt with secretly by the emperor.

As for the emperor's disposal of Xu Wenmei, why did he send himself to the Supervisor of Rituals? The order in which these two things happened, etc., has been automatically ignored by him.

He thought of the song "Farewell" sung by Xu Wenmei at that time, which really foreshadowed parting.He didn't look very good at the time.

So now Ping An doesn't really want to leave the palace.Or at least they should figure out what happened to Xu Wenmei before considering going out of the palace.Although they didn't know each other for a long time, Xu Wenmei regarded him as an apprentice, and he also sincerely regarded him as a master.

So before leaving the palace, Ping An set a goal for himself: come back as soon as possible.

What an evil fate!

Because board and lodging are all in the factory, Ping An still takes the small package when he went to Neishutang to report for duty.

It was a young eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who sent him here, and he slipped away after sending him over.

——This is not a fat place, nor is it easy to be promoted. The other three directors of the factory are all over fifty years old, have failed in the palace struggle, and have some face, so they come here to retire.Ping An was "assigned" here at a young age, so naturally he had no future to speak of, and the little eunuch didn't even bother to flatter her.

Ping An didn't care about this, and greeted the other three managers with a smile.These three people looked about the same age as Eunuch Ma, their hair was slightly gray, and Ping An looked quite friendly.However, compared to Eunuch Ma's kindness, these three people were much colder.

But Ping An didn't care.He didn't know why he was assigned here, but his goal was very certain, and it was completely different from these people.He won't stay here for too long, so it's good if he can make friends, but it's fine if he can't.

Fortunately, although they were not enthusiastic, the three of them did not mean to embarrass him. They sent him to his residence and held a small meeting on the spot. The main purpose was to set a safe and responsible job.There are nearly ten procedures in the work of the factory, and the four directors have always been in charge of their own procedures, so as not to shirk responsibility if there is a mistake-this is working for His Majesty, which seems inconspicuous, but there is no room for ambiguity.

Although there are four people, it is impossible for them to act independently, so among them, headed by Hu Zhangsi, he is in charge of three processes, and the others each have two processes.When Ping An didn't come, a director was vacant, and the two processes were naturally under the control of Hu.Now it is only necessary to fork two from his name.So the other two Zhangsi He and Zhangsi Qin were drinking tea and watching the play leisurely beside them.

Director Hu said politely to Ping An, "Director An..."

The corner of Ping An's mouth twitched, and he quickly corrected, "Director Hu, when I was not in the palace, my family name was Qi." Cough cough, what An Zhangsi, nondescript sounds really uncomfortable.His surname is not Ann.

Hu Zhangsi was not embarrassed, "Qi Zhang Si, I have paper, black ink, painting, printing, and publishing five processes under my name. Which two do you think are more suitable?"

Although Ping An didn't know the way to do it, he also knew that there was no reason for him to pick a newcomer, so he said with a smile, "I don't know anything, you have rich experience, just point me to two."

"This is impossible." Director Hu narrowed his eyes, "It doesn't make people think that I neglected you."

That's what he said, but he didn't mean to introduce Ping An.Ping An had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Then I will take care of the latter two items."

Although I don't know what it is for, but what kind of paper and ink will always involve purchasing. Once this kind of thing is involved, it is a fat job, not to mention whether you can come over, it is coming, and you can hold it Can you live?

Director Hu was really satisfied, "It's so good. Let's rest today, Director Qi. I'll send someone to take you there tomorrow, so that the craftsmen can meet you. But there's someone you can meet today... Little third son!" "Master." Hearing the sound from outside, a handsome young eunuch ran in, probably older than Ping An.Standing respectfully beside Zhang Si, with a serious face.

When Ping An heard the word "Master", a figure could not help appearing in his mind.Looking at the relationship between the master and the apprentice, it can't help being boring.But in fact, Ping An is very clear that this is a normal master-student relationship.The master is strict, and even beats and scolds the apprentice, and the apprentice has to be careful in serving him. Making the bed for the master and serving the footwashing water is considered light.

Maybe it is really a great luck to meet a master like Xu Wenmei in the palace.

Although Ping An usually said that he disliked Xu Wenmei, it was all his fault when he remembered it at this time.It's a pity that this person is like a mystery from his appearance to his disappearance.Even though Ping An used to be so close to him, thinking about it now, nothing was left behind.

Perhaps only the northernmost small courtyard in the thirteenth north and south row can prove that this person existed.

When he was in a daze, Director Hu had asked the third son to come over to pay him respects, "I'm not a good apprentice, and I'm not as good as the young talent of Director Qi. Tell me, and I will teach him a lesson."

These words are very familiar to Ping An.If there is anything wrong, just tell him, which means: this is my person, you can teach me a lesson.

Really overbearing.

But Ping An soon became less surprised.Because he heard a little news the next day.In fact, Director Hu thinks highly of him as an apprentice, and he is in charge of the two processes of printing and publishing on weekdays in the name of cultivating him as the fourth director.

As a result, Ping An was airborne before it could operate.He came out of Neishutang, this news cannot be concealed from others, no matter how jealous he is.Those who came out of Neishutang were all watched from above.

But Director Hu also confirmed one thing, Ping An will not stay here for long.That being the case, he was willing to put his apprentice under Ping An's hands.In Hu's opinion, Ping'an will definitely not interfere with specific affairs, and of course his apprentice will take care of it. In the future, Ping'an will be promoted, and he will naturally go to the top.It's much more justifiable than going to activities by yourself.

It is safe to say whose handwriting this news can reach my ears so quickly.It seems that yesterday's play was not in vain.

Regardless of the intrigue in such a small place as Jingchang, for Ping An, he was greatly relieved to have someone who knew how to print and publish characters.

Ping An did not call nearly 400 craftsmen to meet him as arranged by Director Hu. This kind of welcome ceremony is meaningless, it is just a matter of face.He has his own plans.

In Xiaosanzi's eyes, his new immediate boss was a bit weird.As soon as he asked about the process, he didn't care about what benefits he could get. Instead, he left everything to him and went to mix with the craftsmen by himself.

Because there was no meeting ceremony, naturally no one recognized him.Although it looked strange, but the young man in charge didn't say anything, so everyone pretended not to see it.

Ping An has always been related to elders.It’s just that the people I met after entering the palace didn’t seem to like this trick very much. Except for Eunuch Ma, Eunuch Cao didn’t like him, the Queen Mother didn’t like him, and even the three chiefs didn’t like him. I changed my body, and my charm has been discounted.As a result, here is finally a little improvement.

Craftsmen who can enter the factory are selected from the best and have many years of experience.After all, these things may be previewed, so it is natural to be careful and careful.So these craftsmen are not young.Ping An is such a lively kid, he smiles when he sees everyone, and has a sweet mouth, so naturally he quickly won everyone's love.Even if he asked a few more questions at work, he would be happy to answer him.

The third son once asked Ai Ai expectantly if he planned to steal his teacher?While Ping An grinned, he also felt that this idea seemed good.

Yeduo is not overwhelmed!He has only been in the Bell and Drum Division for a long time, and he has learned a lot of opera.If you come to Jingchang, it is not easy to return empty-handed.

But this is also somewhat difficult: not to mention the published characters, it is the proofreading of later generations, correcting typos, this does not need to be learned, as long as the eyesight is good enough.In addition, I am also occasionally responsible for the engraving work of engraving, that is, engraving characters on wooden boards upside down.And printing is to print ink on the engraving block, and then print it on paper to become characters.

No matter what it is, it's a job that practice makes perfect, and it's not something he can learn in a day or two.

Fortunately, Ping An is not in a hurry, and hangs out with these craftsmen every day.Sometimes he even forgot that he was a eunuch.

The only thing that made Ping An unsatisfied was probably that although he was no longer in the imperial city, he could not leave his post without authorization.The so-called "freedom after leaving the palace" was just a delusion at the beginning.

Of course, there is also operability in this.But Ping An is new here, so of course he will not act rashly.At least after figuring out the situation here.

Ping An did not expect that even after he had left the palace, someone still remembered him.

When Zhao Can appeared in the factory in the uniform of a young eunuch, Ping An was shocked.He hurriedly welcomed the man into his room, blinking his eyes and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I heard that you've changed places, so I came here to have a look." Zhao Can sized him up, "I don't understand you."

"Ah?" Ping An didn't understand.

Zhao Can didn't explain either.In fact, after knowing that Ping An had gone to Neishutang, he always thought that he would soon become the eunuch of the Supervisor of Rituals, and then... gain a firm foothold in the original hall.

He has to admit, it's been good for him.Befriending a close friend in front of the imperial court may save lives in critical times, and even in ordinary times, maybe you can also pass on some news.

So he has been waiting for this day, and then he will appear in front of Ping An and pull people to his side.

Unexpectedly, in the end, Ping An was assigned to the economic factory.

Now Zhao Can couldn't see through it.If there were really other people behind him, they wouldn't have seen him sink to this point.Or was he just lucky after all?

Because he couldn't find the answer, Zhao Can came here in person.

Just wanted to see what happened to Ping An.But to his surprise, Ping An didn't look much different from before.

"It's nothing." Zhao Can said, "Are you still used to it here?"

"It's pretty good." Pingan said, "It's more free than in the Bell and Drum Division, and no one is controlling me."

A black line appeared on Zhao Can's forehead.I know that Ping An has no great ambitions, so why do I have fantasies again and again, thinking that he has a great future?

Zhao Can is really not reconciled to leaving like this after all the time.He thought for a while and said, "It will be my birthday in two days."

"Ah..." Ping'an is a bit silly, so this is here to ask for a gift?

His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, is he missing this humble gift from himself?Also came here to ask for it in person?

Seeing that he didn't understand, Zhao Can was a little discouraged, and said in a cold voice, "I also want to eat a bowl of longevity noodles cooked for me."

Needless to say, this sentence coupled with his depressed appearance, and his appearance took advantage of it, will indeed make people feel distressed.At least Ping An couldn't resist, he quickly raised his hand and surrendered, "Then I'll cook it for you?"

"Okay." Zhao Can immediately cheered up.

Pingan said, "Now?"

Zhao Can said, "I'm afraid someone will come that day."

Ping An finally remembered that he is not a poor little person who is loved by no one.It is said that she has a good relationship with the Queen Mother and Concubine Zheng, and has become the little follower of the eldest prince Zhao Rong.There might be a birthday party or something.

So Ping An had to prepare.Fortunately, after he came here, the factory didn't care about food, and he bought food from outside.And Ping An... ahem, he is tight on money, so he can only eat takeaway occasionally, and cook by himself most of the time.So the house has all kinds of food, oil, rice and noodles. Although there is only a small stove, it is enough.

Knead the noodles, pull the noodles, prepare side dishes... and then a steaming bowl of Changshou noodles comes out of the pan.

Ping An put the noodles in front of Zhao Can, but he didn't move his chopsticks immediately, but said to Ping An, "Make a bowl for yourself, and we will eat together."

So Ping An went to cook another bowl.

The two sat down and ate noodles together.When Ping An ate up the whole bowl of noodles and put down the bowl, he realized that Zhao Can hadn't eaten much at all, and had been staring at himself.

"What's wrong?" He couldn't help but wiped his mouth with his hand, but his hand was greasy.

Ping An hurried out to find a handkerchief to wipe his hands and mouth, and then came back and sat down.

Zhao Can was eating the noodle slowly.His eating posture is unknowingly graceful, more than ten blocks away from Ping An.To Ping An's surprise, he seemed to stick to the principle of "longevity noodles must be a whole stick", mouthful after mouthful of noodles, without any pause in the middle, until a whole noodle was eaten.

Even so, it's still pretty.

Finally, he put down his chopsticks and said softly, "It turns out that Changshou noodles taste like this."

"Have you ever tasted the ones you made yourself?" To be honest, Ping An doesn't care much about birthdays, isn't it just eating noodles when you want?Changshou noodles are just a nice name, what is the difference from ordinary noodles?Not even a taste.

Zhao Can's face was pale, "It's not my birthday, and it wasn't made for me."

In this regard, he has a kind of stubbornness that Ping An hardly understands. ——Perhaps it’s not difficult to understand, it’s just that you lack love too much, so you insist on wanting such a superficial form, right?

His biological mother passed away early, and the emperor didn't value him much. What was missing in the growth process, no matter how much he had in the future, he couldn't make up for it.

A sentence that didn't go through the brain blurted out, "If you want to eat, I will cook a bowl for you every year from now on."

As soon as the words came out of Ping An's heart, he felt a little annoyed.If he really just wants to eat a bowl of noodles, where can he not eat it?It is really enough to catch up like this.It's really strange to say that whenever he was with Zhao Can, he would always do something out of his control.

Zhao Can's reaction was beyond Ping An's expectations.

Ping An originally guessed that he should be happy, but probably not much.Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Zhao Can immediately showed a bright smile.Well, it is a bit more brilliant than the winter jasmine outside the window.

This made him feel better too. ——The kindness he wanted to give was not abandoned like a shoe, but it did achieve the desired effect.

"That's what you said." Zhao Can said.

Ping An nodded vigorously, "Of course. I won't forget."

Probably because Zhao Can's image was too embarrassed when they first met, so he always gave Ping An the same impression.Even though it was overthrown several times later, Ping An couldn't remember the lesson.

He can't help but favor him and take care of him.I don't know what happened, but Pingan thinks it's probably due to fate.

The last time they broke up on bad terms just like that.

Zhao Can was very interested in Ping An's life here, and Ping An took him to visit the "workshop" where the craftsmen were.Everyone greeted Ping An along the way, and they seemed very affectionate. Zhao Can asked curiously, only to find out that he had been hanging out with these people recently.

Zhao Can became upset again.

"Don't you find life like this boring?" he asked.Pingan should have a better future, but why does he seem to have no such thoughts at all, and instead likes to stay here?

"No." Ping An grabbed an engraving block and showed it to him, "I've heard a saying that knowledge is power. Reading more books will never do any harm. The Jingchang may seem inconspicuous, but almost all the books are I can see it here. If these books can be printed and let the people of the world read them, how great would it be?"

For Ping An, that should be the norm.

Don't social progress and civilization development rely on these as the foundation?

Zhao Can was taken aback by his words, "Let everyone in the world read? Who will grow the land? Who will do the other things? Isn't it messed up?"

Ping An couldn't help laughing.I don’t know why the ancients always thought that reading is very noble, and then scholars should take off work, concentrate on studying, and then take the exam for fame and become an official... Anyway, they don’t have to do other things.

"The reading I mentioned is different from what you said." He said, "Scholars can read, of course farmers can also read, craftsmen can also read, and businessmen can also read. Reading makes people sensible and guides people to be kind. You must go to school for the test of fame. Can you imagine?"

"Ridiculous!" Zhao Can frowned, "Everyone can read, isn't everyone the same and equal in status?"

Ping An was surprised.He didn't expect Zhao Can to be able to grasp the core of the problem sharply.

In this era, scholars are the ruling class