Chang'an must be careful not to sleep today. Many people stayed up tonight and turned on the lights to study today's three materials.

These three materials are a newspaper, an article written by Xie Ji, and an article written by someone unknown.

"Which one of these two is trustworthy?"

Someone took two articles and compared them. One said that you should not follow others' opinions, and the other said that Xie Ji was a traitor. Look at the many bad things Xie Ji did in this document.

For example, he was honest about taking bribes, he was also honest about framing ministers, he was slanderous and so on, how he said good things to the emperor, all these evil deeds were written down, and he also wrote about Xie Ji's unfilial piety, and Xie Ji's parents were so angry with him.

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"I think Xie Ji's article is more credible, and that's fair to say."

"What's the explanation?" Someone asked why Xie Ji's writing was credible. He was already a traitor, so how could it be credible?

"Look at what Xie Ji wrote. He didn't deny that he was a traitor. He just said that you can't just look at people from one side. The above is well-founded. Think about it."

"He insulted the sage Confucius." Someone said. Xie Ji said that Confucius' Spring and Autumn writing style was a distortion of the facts.

“But I have to say there are still merits.”

"He insulted Saint Confucius." It doesn't matter whether you have any merits, as long as you insult Saint Confucius, it is wrong.

No wonder he would do such unfilial behavior. It turns out that he has no ethics, no propriety, justice and shame in his heart.

Can the writings written by people like this be trustworthy?

"It's not enough to talk about speculation." After listening to this person's words, the man shook his head. He felt more and more that Xie Ji's article was well written. Isn't this the reality? There is prejudice everywhere.

Once something unusual is done, I will immediately give you a different look, as if you shouldn't have such thoughts.

There is also this sentence. When people mention Confucius, they think of jade, which is so complete. To borrow a sentence from Confucius himself, who is not a sage and sage without faults? No one does not make mistakes, and no one is without shortcomings, including

Confucius. Later generations regard him as a saint, as if everything he said is right, and even if he refutes a word, they will attack him in groups if someone dares to refute it.

I believe that some people with their own ideas will question Confucius' words, but because of the prejudice of the world, they remain silent because he understands that once he speaks out, what will be waiting for him?

If one person's words are regarded as the norm, then other voices will inevitably be cut off. However, civilization and social progress should allow a hundred flowers to bloom. Just like in the pre-Qin period, it was precisely because there was nothing that one dared not say, dared to question, and tolerated other opinions. Even this

The views are incompatible with yours, which is why we have achieved the brilliance of hundreds of schools of thought and achieved the pinnacle of civilization.

This time he really felt that what Xie Ji said made sense, but his tone was a bit arrogant, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

However, this is also not Xie Ji's character.

The next day, literati and poets arrived in front of the Sanwei Bookstore early, waiting for them to open. No, someone waited there all night, and the queue never stopped.

The lights were brightly lit throughout the night, some were there to buy paper, and some were there to buy paper and then sell it. After all, this paper was hard to find.

The sky was still dark and the night was still young. At this time, a car drove slowly from a distance.

The car went from small to large, from far to near. Those people were a little confused until the car arrived in front of them.

The faces of those people all showed surprise. The car was loaded with paper.

No wonder they were surprised, but after the surprise, they were excited. In this way, they could all buy paper.

As a result, surprise turned to excitement, and everyone's eyes lit up.

"That paper... why are there so many?"

Oh my god, why are there so many?

This is what some people think. If these papers were used for writing, they could be enough for the entire Chang'an population to write for a year.

So much paper, how much does it cost? Xie Ji is so rich, he actually got so much paper.

There were more than a dozen people pulling the cart this time. They divided the work and cooperated. Some went to open the door of the bookstore, while others unloaded the paper and packed it in one by one.

This bookstore has a large space, and the interior is also very luxuriously decorated, with some carvings of flowers and plants. But this time, it was filled with papers from the car in a short time. Some of them had no place to put them, so they just put them.

on the ground.

"Today, there is no limit to buying paper. You can buy as much as you want." The shopkeeper walked to the front and said to the long-awaited customers.

This time, there is no limit on the purchase quantity. After hearing this, some people were ecstatic.

When someone heard this, they immediately went to report it to their master.

"What are you talking about? Xie Ji's bookstore does not restrict the purchase of paper? That's easy, just go and have someone buy all the paper." Li Shu laughed when he heard this. Xie Ji's paper was so cheap. He

So I bought them all and then resold them.

But why is Xie Ji’s paper so cheap?

The cost of making paper is not cheap at all.

On the other side, Xiao Yu heard this and immediately got up from the bed, then said, "Go to Sanwei Bookstore and I'll buy all those papers."

No matter what Xie Ji is up to, since he dares to sell, he dares to buy.

He would see how much paper Xie Ji had, and if he had any, he would sell it.

Chang'an was particularly uneasy. The lights in many houses had been turned on, and everyone hurried to Sanwei Bookstore.

However, not only Sanwei Bookstore, but also several shops were opened on the four streets of east, west, north and south. Therefore, before the sky was fully lit, the traffic in Chang'an was paralyzed, and it was impossible to pass people at all.

Therefore, some officials took this opportunity to write to His Majesty, saying that because of Xie Ji's bookstore, the traffic in Chang'an was paralyzed and no one could pass through. Some people were trampled by the dense flow of people and almost died.

What if something unexpected happens? This Xie Ji committed a heinous crime, and those bookstores should be closed immediately, otherwise serious problems will occur.

This document not only reached the emperor, but Xie Ji also had a copy, which was copied by someone.

"Temporarily close the bookstore on the road leading to the palace and let them go elsewhere."

Xie Ji touched his head. He hadn't thought about this yet. He didn't expect that a few bookstores would cause a traffic accident.

However, the roads in Chang'an should be repaired. Although they are wide, once they are blocked, they will be inaccessible just like this time.

After a while, the bookstore on Baihu Street closed and asked them to go to other stores to buy. This road was still open to people.

Although the people were a little aggrieved because they had waited in line for so long, Xie Ji sent troops this time, so the people did not dare to take this opportunity to make a fuss, so they left angrily.

After a while, Baihu Street became empty, and vehicles passed by normally. Due to the recent traffic jam, many people did not dare to ride horse-drawn carriages when going out, because it was simply slower than a turtle.

Over there at Sanwei Bookstore.

Xiao Yu came over this time with the support of several guards.

"Xiao Shangshu arrives, and the idle people stay away."

Many people heard this sentence and looked over, but there were so many of them, and the law does not punish everyone. When they saw that others did not leave, they became courageous and refused to leave. If you leave, wouldn't that be giving up?

Have you bought paper?

The guards looked at this scene and saw that these people were so densely packed that they were worried about hurting Xiao Yu, so they tried their best to clear a path out, but after they passed by, the people got together again.

"Xiao Shangshu, what are you..." The shopkeeper was a little confused. He had not seen many officials buying paper here, or they were just junior officials, so they did not dare to reveal their identity.

As for those officials, they usually ask their servants to come and buy them.

"How much paper do you have here?" Xiao Yu said, he bought all the paper this time.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he knew what he was here for. Although Xiao Yu didn't queue up, which made many people feel a little unhappy, he didn't dare to say anything considering his identity.

Naturally, Xiao Yu didn't expect to queue up.

"Shang Shu, there is a queue here, you are jumping in line..." The shopkeeper is under great pressure, and he is jumping in line. If he sells to you, the people behind him will also want to jump in line.

"I'll give you a thousand taels. How about giving me the quota to buy paper?" Xiao Yu said and asked someone to take out a thousand taels and give it to the person in front. Although the tone said it was a discussion, there was no such thing.

The tone of discussion.

The man was surprised and happy when he saw the banknote in his hand. He was a little complaining at first, but when he saw the banknote, he felt that he was lucky. How many pieces of paper could he buy with these one thousand taels?

, so he immediately said with a smile: "Yes, sir, of course you can."

So he took a thousand taels of silver notes and left happily.

Shopkeeper: Is this still possible?

But he didn't dare to say anything, so he said: "The remaining paper totals ten thousand taels, one knife is twelve taels, and it costs one hundred thousand taels of silver."

"Bought." Take all these papers to the Xiao Mansion.

"In addition to these, there should be more." Xiao Yu said with a smile. These words had to surprise those behind you. You bought it, what should we do?

Why should you buy them all? But because he is a minister, he naturally keeps these words in his heart and doesn't even dare to say a word.

"Shang Shu, there is still more, but I have to tell the Prime Minister. I don't know how many more the Prime Minister has."

The shopkeeper said that he was just a paper seller and didn't know how much paper was left.

"Xiao Shangshu bought them all, it's a bit unreasonable." At this time, Li Shu also walked in. He was going to ask others to go, but he heard that Xiao Yu had gone by himself. He was afraid that those people would not be able to defeat Xiao Yu, and they would all be defeated by Xiao Yu.

Bought.

"Oh, it turns out it's Li Shangshu, and you're here to buy paper too." Xiao Yu saw the man and said with a smile, this Xie Ji's paper is too popular.

When the people saw this scene, they already had a desperate attitude. All the papers were bought by the officials. They couldn't resist them and could only watch.

"Of course I'm here to buy paper. Not only that, the master also asked me to bring some paper back for him."

Just take it if the master asks you to do so? He has no hands.
To be continued...