Chen Rongru is in his thirties this year. He seemed mature when he was a teenager. Speaking of which, his luck is not very good. Since he passed the imperial examination, he has tried several more scientific exams, but he failed many times. However, for him, his desire for fame has long been indifferent, and now he only wants to work hard to run his poetry club.

Over the years, with his unremitting efforts, the Taibai Poetry Society he founded has been booming. There are many merchants behind it. Coupled with the huge sales, many scholars have gradually moved closer to the Poetry Society.

However, even so, the implementation of the new policy has gradually brought the exhibition of the poetry club to a trough, because there are many anti-Shanghai people, and many people know that Taibai Poetry Club has a background of merchants, so many people in the local area are not very friendly to the poetry club, and there are even some gentry taking the lead in going to book shops in various places, placing books from the poetry club, and burning them in public.

After careful consideration, Chen Rong had to keep a low profile and let most of the students of the poetry club go underground from the open.

However, the poetry club has always had some contact with outside the pass. Every year, the State of Lu would provide a fund to allow a group of backbones of the poetry club to study and settle in the State of Lu for some time, which can be regarded as deepening their understanding of the new policy.

At this time, when His Majesty summoned him, Chen Rong felt keenly that something was wrong. Her first reaction must be that something was wrong with the new policy.

After hearing the order, he and Zhang Jin naturally did not dare to delay at all. They immediately followed the eunuch who had passed the order into the palace and rushed to the warm house without stopping.

After slowly entering the warm pavilion, the two lowered their heads and saluted Zhu Zaiyao first.

Zhu Zaiyao nodded and looked at the two of them carefully. He felt that the two were quite young. Speaking of which, he was younger than them. But thinking that since Yafu recommended these two people, although it was the first time Zhu Zaiyao had dealt with them, he had a natural trust in them, so he said directly: "How many members are there in Taibai Poetry Society now?"

Chen Rong said truthfully: "Go back to Your Majesty, there are now 100,000 people."

"So many?" Zhu Zaiyao couldn't help but be amazed, and then asked again: "Are they all students?"

"It's not entirely true. In fact, real students are becoming increasingly rare today, but many of them have studied."

Zhu Zaiyao was stunned for a moment and seemed a little confused.

Zhang Jin has always been impatient and couldn't help but explain: "When you go to Your Majesty, promising students in various places dare not join the poetry club, for fear of affecting their reputation and being unfavorable to them, so they often write well, such as first-class students in various places, they have quotas for provincial examinations, so they rarely join the poetry club, and they think about fame and fortune, so they are not interested in this; but if they are second-class students, it is different. Among them, only those with outstanding grades are qualified to add.

When entering the provincial examination, some people have no hope for their careers, so they simply seek a way out. There are also third-class students, so there is no need to mention them. Nowadays, most of the students in the poetry club are second-class and third-class students. They no longer focus on studying, some people also have to do some business, and some people have to go out to make a living and have experienced the world. However, in school, they are mostly people who are teased and are deeply excluded. In addition, there are many children in the poetry club, with a total of around 50,000 or 60,000."

Zhu Zaiyao finally understood.

Oh, it turns out that there are many scholars who have no future in Taibai Poetry Club. After all, they are not well-educated, do not write well enough, and have no hope of future. Such people are actually the easiest to be cynical. Moreover, since they cannot continue to take the exam, many scholars from a family may not be too good have to go to run them. Some go to teaching museums, while others do some financial things and rely on the title of a student to make a living.

They are the true supporters of the poetry club. Although these people have no energy, they do not make any sound in the scholarly circle, and are even more fun by the academic masters. However, they are also scholars after all, and their social status is still incomparable to ordinary people.

Zhu Zaiyao couldn't help frowning. Although he said that, what's the use of relying on these people?

He calmed down and said, "The new policy is difficult now, especially the officials in this place, and the opposition is particularly serious. I have no choice but to do anything. But Yafu compiled a memorial and asked me to come to you for discussion. I wonder what the two beloved ministers have to do?"

The two hurriedly said, "I dare not take responsibility when I see the sect, Your Majesty is so serious."

Chen Rong and Zhang Jin looked at each other, and Chen Rong said first: "Actually, His Highness King Lu had already compiled a book to the students earlier, and said that it was really a last resort, but there was not no way."

Zhu Zaiyao's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Speak up, let me listen."

Chen Rong pondered: "Your Majesty, scholars have never been monolithic. The reason why the new policy was opposed by scholars was not that all scholars in the world opposed it, but that the scholars who gained benefits were increasingly opposed to the new policy. But did scholars in the world gain benefits from the previous ancestors' laws? Students do not agree with this."

"In fact, many scholars, especially those who fail to succeed in their studies, have bad circumstances. They are ignored by others. The Shilin excludes them and looks down on them. They have only read the Four Books and Five Classics. Even if they want to make a living, they cannot pick their shoulders or hold their hands. Many people are very down and outdated, especially after their own success, more and more scholars are. How many people can win the exam and get the title of the list?"

"In the local area, the officials and masters in the government are all scholars who are good at writing. Generally, the great gentry in the local area can have some relationship with the promising children of the clan."

"Your Majesty wants these people who have gained great benefits from the laws of their ancestors to implement the new policy. Wouldn't it be a matter of seeking fish? In fact, His Highness King Lu had discussed this issue with his students a long time ago."

Zhu Zaiyao listened carefully, but nodded repeatedly. Yes, the local people with strength are all those scholars that Chen Rong mentioned, but where are the other scholars?

Zhu Zaiyao said curiously: "Since Father Ya mentioned it to you, what else did he say?"

Chen Rong said, "Your Highness King Lu said that if it is really a last resort, you can only give it a strong dose of medicine."

Zhu Zaiyao knew that Chen Rong's words were the most important, so he looked at Chen Rong solemnly and said, "What kind of powerful medicine?"

"Scale the eight-legged essay!" Chen Rong took a deep breath and uttered three words seriously.

When Zhu Zaiyao heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he became stunned.
Chapter completed!