A book costs about ten cents of money, and a whole set of more than ten books.

If we count the 300,000 scholars in the Tang Dynasty, each person will have one set, and a total of more than 3 million book volumes are required.

For every time the imperial court sells a book, it will have to lose about five cents of money. This is five cents of money, and it will not cost more than one million cents of money a year.

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According to the original tax of the court about 20 million chunks, even if the taxes and fees paid by Junyangfang were nearly 10 million chunks, it would be a waste of money.

How dare Li Er and Yang Fan sell at such a low price? This will not cost all the money and emptiate the treasury?

No wonder Cui Yonghui said that Wu Meiniang secretly hid some money in her parents' home. Yang Fan was so spoiled.

The world of Tang Dynasty is not Yang Fan. Why is this kid working so hard?

Then, everyone listened to Cui Yonghui's analysis: "Brother Lu is just talking about the investment in books. Everyone knows that for us scholars, paper, pen, ink and inkstone are a continuous consumable."

"The sales of brushes, paper and ink and other reading supplies sold by the imperial court, every pen, every piece of paper and every drop of ink are half as low as the manufacturing cost of my Cui family."

"This means that every time the court sells, it will lose at least a few copper coins. This is an astronomical number."

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Cui Yonghui and Lu Shanchen's analysis made the children of the aristocratic families here take a breath.

For books with a cost of ten cents of money, the price of the News Department is only five cents of thread, and paper, pen, ink and inkstone is even a day's number.

Although books can still be used in the second year, paper, pen, ink and inkstone are consumables at once.

In other words, this year, the imperial court not only had to pull out more than 10 million guan to print books, but also had to allocate additional money to subsidize paper, pen, ink and ink.

It shows that the court will pay at least nearly 20 million dan in a year. How is this possible?

Did Li Er ignore other aspects and focus on the reform of the imperial examination?

Everyone's first reaction was unbelievable, and they all opened their mouths and were surprised.

After a while, Zheng Kai couldn't help but confirm, "Brother Cui, Brother Lu, are you sure there is no problem with the analysis just now?"

"If the cost of publishing each book by the court is ten cents, then each book will lose at least five cents."

"I heard that which marquis of Yang's enlightenment, Yang's mathematics, and some paper, pen and ink were produced by."

"If the emperor was saying that the emperor was to make the poor family rise and to balance our aristocratic family, then what was the goal of Zhongyi's loss-making business like this?"

Cui Yonghui sneered and said, "Yang Fan became the Minister of Rites at a young age, and he was not a flatterer for the emperor."

"Although Yang Fan lost money this time, he was able to gain a good reputation, which was a sure profit and no loss."

"What's more, Yang Fan has Jun Yangfang, the hen who lays golden eggs, what's the point of losing some money? Not only can he get Li Er's praise, but he can also gain a good reputation. It's a killing of two birds with one stone!"

"The reason why Li Er did this is definitely because we have increased the prices of imperial examination books, paper, pen, ink and inkstones, so that we can't afford to buy mud legs."

"In order to make the imperial examination reform smoothly, we should pay money and reduce the prices of books, paper, pen, ink and inkstone."

After listening to Cui Yonghui's analysis, everyone nodded as if they suddenly realized it.

In fact, it is not that Cui Yonghui is smarter than others. It is mainly because Cui Yonghui himself operates these school supplies, and he knows the cost of books, paper, pen, ink and inkstones best.

In addition, everyone also knows the dispute between the Cui family and Yang Fan. It can be said that the Cui family knows Yang Fan the best.

After all, as the enemy of the Cui family, Cui Yonghui will of course make great efforts to figure out and analyze.

Speaking of which, Cui Yonghui is definitely not a fool to be the representative of the young generation of the Cui family.

But he was indeed confused by the smoke bombs released by Yang Fan.

Zheng Kai pondered for a while and couldn't help but hesitate and asked: "If the cost of books is so high, why didn't the court print books worse?

This not only reduces costs, but also makes you less money. Of course, the same is true for paper, pen, ink and inkstone."

At this time, Wang Lun smiled and explained: "In fact, this is easy to understand. If the imperial examination books printed by the imperial court were much worse than those printed by us, I am afraid that all the scholars in the world would laugh at Li Er."

"For the sake of the court's face and to gain the support of scholars, Li Er had to break his teeth and swallow it. Who asked him to modify the imperial examination books without authorization?"

"Think about it, there are not many scholars in the entire Tang Dynasty who really count, and not everyone buys one, but only some poor children who need to take the exam."

"Besides, some people who have no money will definitely buy one together in groups, which has happened frequently in the past."

"So, really counting, the money paid by the court is probably not as much as we imagined."

"Over the past year, Junyangfang has paid a lot of taxes to the court, and Li Er has received more than 90% of the share. If it is only about a thousand yuan, they can probably afford to pay."

Everyone analyzed it with their own words and thoughts, and combined with their own understanding, they expressed their opinions one after another.

Everyone is not stupid and can't help but think about it.

They are all outstanding in their respective families. Through layered analysis, they believe that their analysis just now must be correct.

Now, they have to find and formulate corresponding countermeasures through the analysis just now.

After integrating the opinions, Wang Lun said: "Although the court has earned a lot in the past year, the cost in all aspects is also high, not to mention that when expedition to Tubo is a waste of money."

"Everyone says that the treasury has been filled in the past two years, but after all, the time is still short, so how much savings can you have."

"Think about it, Li Er and Yang Fan will lose five coins in a book. Can they really afford to lose?"

Zheng Kai smiled slightly and said confidently: "If there are few people buying, they will naturally lose money. If there are many people buying, they will not have the foundation we have passed on for thousands of years, and even if they sell themselves, they will not be able to lose money!"

These words made everyone laugh!

Cui Yonghui also smiled and said, "Yang Fan is not useless. Although he is reckless, he is not without brains."

"They stipulate that anyone who buys books needs to register and each person is limited to one purchase within three months, which ensures that there is no need to pay much."

"It's a pity that they missed a little, because everyone can buy this set of books, and it's not limited to readers."

"Although the imperial examination reform introduced by His Majesty Li Er provides a good opportunity and channel for poor students, it also leaves fatal loopholes."

"Since you can read mud legs, the court certainly cannot restrict others from purchasing books, paper, pen, ink and ink..."

Hearing this, everyone nodded and praised, showing a sudden enlightenment.

Lu Shanchen narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Brother Cui means that as long as we find more people to buy books, paper, pen, ink and inkstone."

"Just relying on the treasury that the court has not made enough money, it cannot last long. Once the court has no money, printing books and making paper, pen, ink and inkstones can only be a fantasy."

"At that time, the people will not be able to buy books, and the imperial examination reform targeting our aristocratic family will only become a complete joke."

Cui Yonghui smiled and said confidently: "Those mud legs cannot buy school supplies, they will definitely cause trouble for the court. Will Li Er want our aristocratic family to solve the problem at that time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's smug laughter rose in the study.

They had already foreseen that when Li Er and Yang Fan were fighting... The battle between the aristocratic family and Yang Fan was officially begun.

In the following days, although the books, paper, pen, ink and inkstone were drawn from Junyangfang remained unchanged.

However, the books, paper, pen, ink and ink on the market are even more tense, as if they are in short supply.

The school supplies that originally took a whole day to sell out are now sold out in just one or two hours.

Even many common people who cannot buy books, paper, pen, ink and inkstone complain, and conflicts with sales staff often occur.

Although the inventory in Junfang is now sufficient, Yang Fan has not increased the number of sales.

Even if the people cause trouble, Yang Fan still sells it as usual in the original quantity every day, as if this is their greatest production capacity.

As time goes by, the strange phenomenon that sales volume does not decrease but increases has certainly attracted the attention of His Majesty Li Er.

In the Ganlu Palace, His Majesty Li Er looked at the information in his hand and frowned, his face full of murderous aura.

At the bottom, Fang Xuanling looked a little shocked when he lowered his head.

After His Majesty Li Er put down the memorial, Fang Xuanling asked carefully: "Your Majesty, rumors are everywhere now that the court has not distributed so many low-priced books, because many poor students cannot buy them! What should we do now?"

His Majesty Li Er had a blue face and gritted his teeth and said in the back seat: "As expected by the Marquis of Zhongyi, these aristocratic families would not stand by and would definitely use tricks to stop them. I didn't expect that they were too shameless!"

"I didn't expect that these aristocratic families would unite and mobilize ignorant people to help them buy them. Those poor families who really want to learn never bought them."

"The books allocated in all counties of the Tang Dynasty were enough for all scholars. Now books, paper, pen, ink and inkstone have been sold for half a month, and it is simply a family that makes it impossible for those who want to study to buy books."

"Take Xinfeng County near Chang'an City as an example, there are only a thousand scholars in the county at most, but now there are more than 2,000 sets of imperial examination books that are not given to Xinfeng County, and there is still a shortage of supply."

"What's even more disgusting is that according to the Baiqi investigation, many people who bought books were illiterate at all, and the books, paper, pen, ink and inkstone supplied by the court were sold out as soon as they arrived."

"What makes me most angry is that these people who buy books do not have scholars at home. After they buy books, they are secretly taken away. There is no need to guess that it must be the aristocratic family that is secretly doing."

"These aristocratic families are really hateful. Do they really think that this will prevent the imperial examination reform? Do they really think that my sword and axe are not good?"

"If the Marquis of Zhongyi had not given any advice, it was not advisable to act rashly, I would definitely let them know why the flowers were so red."

After a moment of silence, Fang Xuanling comforted and said, "Your Majesty, fortunately, the Marquis of Zhongyi had expected such a day, otherwise we would have been caught off guard."

"However, it's only three months since the spring imperial examination. If the imperial examination books cannot be promoted, it may make poor students feel resentful to the court. All of what we did will be in vain!"

His Majesty Li Er snorted coldly and said unhappily: "It's all the blame for those aristocratic families. If it weren't for them, how could such a problem happen? I really want to cut them all!"

Fang Xuanling raised his eyes and asked, "Does Your Majesty have conclusive evidence pointing to the aristocratic family?"

His Majesty Li Er shouted angrily: "The aristocratic family is very secretive and has not collected conclusive evidence. But who has such a huge amount of funds for this matter, and more so, no one else has the motivation to do such a thing!"

Fang Xuanling advised him kindly: "Your Majesty, the imperial court sells books, and there is no regulation that those who are illiterate cannot buy them, so it is impossible to seize the handle of the aristocratic family."

"Now they are acting completely in the rules. Even if they are a little too much, we can do nothing. How can we cure their sins?"
To be continued...