Satire!

This is definitely a satirical mockery of us!

When the ministers saw Han Yi so crazy, they praised them. One hundred percent of them were weasels greeting the chickens with their New Year's greetings. They were uneasy and kind. They were full of benevolence, righteousness, and even very proud. However, they were not stupid enough to believe Han Yi's nonsense. Everyone puts their interests first. They said that just now, in fact, they just wanted to show themselves in front of the prince, and they were all for the sake of the farmer.

This is clearly a reversal of black and white. If you really want to flatter, don’t be so fake!

Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and others all thought that they had known that you were a man who could not get up early without profit, but they wanted to see what tricks you wanted to play.

"I dare not, I dare not, we are not as noble as Shangshu Han said!"

"Yes! I can't afford to take this from Shangshu Han."

The civil officials expressed their appreciation that they could not afford, and this was not humility.

Han Yi said righteously: "Everyone is so humble."

We are really not humble!

The ministers said in their hearts.

Li Hong said curiously: "Shangshu Han, I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you explain it more clearly?"

Han Yi said: "This ancients said it well, but who knew that every grain of food on the plate was hard to do."

Xu Jingzong wondered: "When did Shangshu Han become an ancient man?"

Oh! Forgot that this is what I copied. Is this the sequelae of plagiarism? Han Yi's face was not covered, so he bowed and said, "Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm studying hard recently. This saint said, "The ancients said that it is inevitable that it is a bit catchy, don't blame me, don't blame me."

Xu Jingzong glanced at him lightly and ignored him.

However, Li Hong's curiosity was aroused by Han Yi and said, "What is the connection between these two?"

Han Yi said: "Report to Your Highness, everyone knows that every grain of food is hard, but they don't know that every word on the paper is sweating! For literati, articles are like the relationship between food and farmers, they are all hard and nurturing with sweat and wisdom. They are not picked up or stolen."

Li Hong nodded and said, "You seem to make some sense."

Xu Jingzong said curiously: "Even so, I don't understand what Shangshu Han wants to explain?"

Li Hong nodded again.

Han Yi smiled and said, "If the nature is the same, then should we bear the same criminal responsibility as stealing other people's food and stealing other people's articles?"

As soon as these words were said, everyone lowered their eyebrows and pondered. This sounded reasonable, but they always felt something was wrong.

Lu Chengqing said, "The stealing of food can be determined according to law, but how do you steal this article? I often copy other people's articles. Is this considered stealing? Is it different from stealing food?"

Han Yi shook his head and said, "I am not referring to the imperial examination. Stealing can also be said to be stealing other people's property. It can generate benefits. If you just copy other people's articles and then study hard, this cannot be considered stealing because it does not generate any benefits. But if you copy other people's articles and sell them to others without authorization, do you think this is considered stealing?"

Li Hong said thoughtfully: "I think this approach is wrong. Why do you sell other people's things?"

"Your Highness is right, that's the reason." Han Yi said: "I think once words cause benefits, then the benefits gained should be owned by the creator of words."

Lu Chengqing said curiously: "What happened?"

Han Yi said: "Shu Lu doesn't know anything. Everyone copied books in the past, and they used bulky bamboo slips. It would be impossible to make money by selling books. But now it's different. Now the printing industry is developing rapidly. Many people print the ministers' articles and poems into books and sell them outside to sell them for money, and benefiting very well. So I just heard that when you were talking about the autumn harvest, you worked hard to fight for the rights and interests of the farmers, but you didn't care about yourself. You felt admiration in your heart arises."

Du Zhenglun suddenly nodded and said, "I have heard of this."

Han Yi smiled and said, "I guess someone is taking Du Zhongshu's article to sell it."

Du Zhenglun nodded slightly, and a little proud flashed in the corners of his eyes.

He doesn't care about this little money, he cares about his reputation, and someone sells his articles for money, which proves that his articles are very awesome. Who is willing to buy rubbish articles?

Xu Jingzong said: "I have never heard of this."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Xu Shizhong is indifferent to fame and fortune, so how could he care about these things? In fact, Xu Shizhong's articles are selling well."

Xu Jingzong said, "Is that true?"

Han Yi said: "I lied to you so much, I still remember a sentence in it, "I will send you a banquet to wait for the morning sun on this night. I wonder if it was written by Shizhong Xu?"

Xu Jingzong smiled and said, "This is indeed written by me."

Li Yifu's eyes flashed when he heard this. Should he ask, or not?

Han Yi said: "Li Zhongshu has a lot of articles!" In fact, he didn't say a word yet, just Li Yifu's articles, usually without signatures, and his reputation is so bad.

Li Yifu nodded with a smile.

The other ministers also wanted to ask if there was mine.

Han Yi said: "But no matter what, I think this behavior is very shameless, especially for scholars and literati. Scholars and literati are always reviewing books and writing articles all day long, and they don't have time to make a living, so scholars with a poor family have to choose between firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea and knowledge. Even if the family is a little richer, the scholars will eat their parents. Their parents work hard outside and are in the wind and rain, but their son sits at home, which is against filial piety. What is even more touching is that women now work outside to earn money to support their families, and the money is still a lot, which will inevitably make literati feel very unfair. They will definitely think that I study so hard and live a life worse than a woman. If this continues, many scholars will give up studying, which is not a good thing for the country and country!"

A minister said sourly: "Isn't this what Shangshu Han hopes to see?"

"Of course not!" Han Yi said: "I know what you mean, but I cut down on official prostitutes and help them find a legitimate thing to do, which has nothing to do with this matter. Making money from women does not affect scholars and literati. It may not be that women do not make this money, and this money will run into the pockets of scholars. The only possibility is to attract the jealousy of those narrow-minded people."

"It makes sense."

Li Hong nodded when he heard this.

The ministers opened their mouths and finally snorted. If they continue to fight, wouldn’t they become narrow-minded people? This is Han Yi’s usual routine.

"but."

Han Yi said: "In ancient times, people regard food as the most important thing, scholars and literati also have to eat. Moreover, if scholars in the world are poor, who would be willing to study? Besides, if things are all poor, then who would be willing to study? Besides, these scholars are far more talented and talented than those mountain village men, but they do not earn more. Isn't this a bit unreasonable? I think we should do something for scholars, let them use their talents and use their knowledge to gain wealth, so that while they are studying, they do not have to worry about their livelihoods. In this way, everyone will think that reading is useful, and more people will read, learn the way of a saint, be a humble gentleman, contribute to the country, and share the worries of the king. I wonder if you think what you said is reasonable?"

After these words, these civil officials nodded one after another. They all said this, how could they not nod? Moreover, they are all civil officials. The goodness of these literati means their interests.

Li Hong said curiously: "Then do you have a way?"

"Report to your highness, I just thought of a solution." Han Yi paused and said, "I wonder if your highness has ever heard of a man in white?"

"But the author of the garden-watching dreams?"

“That’s right.”

"I have heard of it, but my mother didn't allow me to watch the garden and dream. She said I could only see it when I grew up." Li Hong pouted.

"The Queen is right. This book is indeed not suitable for Your Highness to read." Han Yi nodded embarrassedly and quickly turned back to the topic. "This man in white is actually a person who loves reading. Before going to the garden, he had always eaten at home. However, since he wrote about the garden, his parents no longer went out to work, but instead spent their old age at home. Recently, I believe everyone has read the Tang Dynasty Daily. The man in white sold the copyright of the drama "Going Garden" to Feng Feilou, and he made 500 stags of money in one go."

Li Hong said curiously: "What is the copyright of drama?"

Han Yi said: "The so-called copyright of drama is to give Feng Feilou the qualification to rehearse the garden-watching dreams into a drama."

Li Hong said in surprise: "Can this be sold for money?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Your Highness, you have to write scripts in advance when performing a drama. I have also invited many people to write scripts. If you write good scripts, I will also give them money as a reward. If that is the case, if I want to rehearse the garden-scene dreams into a drama, I will naturally give money to the man in white."

Li Hong lit his little head, "I heard that you said, this is also true."

Li Yifu said curiously: "That doesn't require as much as five hundred knots, right?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "The people I invited naturally don't need 500 trump cards to write scripts, and they are very few. However, the garden is different from the garden, and the garden is famous for its reputation. Li Zhongshu can now go outside to listen. When the people in the city hear me rehearsing the garden, how excited it is. What you can meet is that just relying on the garden's reputation, when the garden's dream is staged, many people who love this book will naturally come to see it. The most difficult thing in business is how to attract customers at the beginning. When playing the white life and death love, everyone should know that I exhausted my brains to attract customers. There is no problem in garden's dreams, so it is worth the money."

Lu Chengqing nodded and said, "It's reasonable."

Han Yi also said: "So, now the parents of the man in white do not need to work hard to make a living, but only need to live a leisurely and comfortable life. This man in white uses what he has learned to do what he likes to do, but also can gain wealth and respect filial piety. I think this is something that all literati in the world can learn from."

Cui Yizhong said proudly: "Those books can only be written by those with shallow knowledge, but I can't write them!"

If you don’t have money, you have to do it! It may not be that the literati will not starve to death. Han Yi smiled and said, “Sir Cui certainly disdained to write that kind of book, so I also said that it is a reference, rather than copying it all. Let’s not talk about those scholars and literati, those who sell their articles and poems to give you part of the money they earn from selling books. Let’s not talk about how much money they earn. But this book belongs to your interests, because those poems and articles are written by you. Although literati are honest, gentlemen love money and take it well, and you should take it. Besides, this money may be quite large, and it can also supplement the family’s income. What you do in this way can also gain wealth, but it is elegant. I think this is very consistent with the temperament of a literati.”

Well said!

A group of civil officials nodded while stroking their beards, including Li Yifu. Who doesn’t like this money? Besides, Chang'an is now too rich. Although the price is not high, it can buy more and the cost of living will increase. Writing books is what literati wishes. If they can still make money and sell it more popular, the higher the reputation. For example, the man in white, who in Chang'an now knows the reputation of the man in white. All of this is in line with their integrity, ideals, ambitions, and pursuits. It is really a perfect match.

Choi Yi-jung also made sense, and suddenly glanced at Han Yi and smiled, "When did Han Yi become so kind-hearted, I'm worried about our livelihood."

This sentence immediately awakened everyone.
Chapter completed!