Zhou Xingzheng was familiar with the situation on the law bookshelf, but he didn't expect that there was something abnormal in the library, when he turned his head to look, he found that two middle-aged people walked in under the support of the guards, among which the middle-aged man with a long beard on the right looked older, Zhou Xing didn't know each other, but the middle-aged man with a short beard on the left he knew, the other party was the horse Li Xiu, when he went to the bank to apply for a job last year, he had seen each other from a distance a few times, and he was also impressed by this famous horse in Chang'an, so he recognized it at a glance.

Although He Chujun said before that the library seemed to be proposed by Li Xiu, Zhou Xing never dreamed that the other party would come in person, but Zhou Xing quickly noticed the long-bearded middle-aged man next to Li Xiu, although he and Li Xiu walked side by side, but Zhou Xing found that the guards around him were all focused on this middle-aged man, which also indirectly showed that the identity of the long-bearded middle-aged man was higher than Li Xiu.

"Among the ministers in the court, only the eldest grandson Wuji can be compared with the concubine, but the other party's status seems to be above the concubine, can it be said that it is ......" Zhou Xing looked at the long-bearded middle-aged man beside Li Xiu and whispered to himself, and when he said the end, his face showed a shocked look again, higher than Li Xiu's identity, and the only explanation was only that person.

Among the people present, not only Zhou Xing saw it, but in fact, many other people also saw it, and even some of the prisoners were originally children of nobles, and they had also seen Li Shimin at some ceremonies, so they all showed excited expressions at this time, after all, even the elders in their family rarely had the opportunity to be so close to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, please see, today has just opened, and almost all the prisoners in the Guozi Prison have come." Li Xiu smiled and whispered to Li Shimin beside him that noise is prohibited in the library, and this is still a rule set by him personally, so naturally he can't take the lead in violating it.

"Yes, yes, these are all the world's talents!" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction at this time, and looked at these prisoners in the hall with admiration in his eyes, and when he encountered some bold prisoners who dared to look at him, Li Shimin also smiled and nodded, and there seemed to be no emperor at all, but every time the other party was blushing with excitement, but no one dared to step forward, so he could only salute Li Shimin from afar.

"Let's go, take me around inside, don't disturb them reading!" Li Shimin saw that the eyes of the people around him were focused on him, and he smiled at Li Xiu at the moment, if he had been standing here, I am afraid that everyone in the museum would not be in the mood to read.

Although the significance of the opening of the library is significant, Li Xiu does not plan to make too much movement, and even he does not plan to come today, but Li Shimin has always remembered this matter, just now he specially summoned Li Xiu to the palace, and then asked him to come to the library with him to have a look, but Li Xiu had no choice, so he had to bring him here, and now as expected, everyone is staring at them, how can they still be in the mood to read?

However, the king's fate is difficult, and since the death of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin's face is rarely seen with a smile, so Li Xiu took Li Shimin to the inside of the library at the moment, and the layout here was all planned by Li Xiu himself, so he is also extremely familiar with this place.

In fact, if you don't like to read, I'm afraid you will feel that there is nothing to see when you come to the library, because there are bookshelves and books everywhere, but Li Shimin is a book lover, he will stop after walking a few steps, take out a few books from the bookshelf and flip through them at will, in fact, the books in the library are printed with the books in the palace, many of which Li Shimin has read before, but he still reads with relish.

In contrast, Li Xiu felt a little bored, it's not that he doesn't like books, if there is a shelf here, he also reads it with relish, but it's a pity that this kind of style has not appeared in this era of the Tang Dynasty, and there are some folk legends among the people, which are called Tang legends by later generations, which are said to be the predecessors, but these legendary stories are just some vulgar works in the eyes of readers, and they are not even qualified to be written into the book, and can only be passed on by folk word of mouth.

Li Shimin was concentrating on flipping through the books, Li Xiu bored and walked around the bookshelf, but when he came to the bookshelf where the law books were placed, he suddenly saw a teenage boy standing next to a bookshelf a little timidly, and secretly glanced at himself from time to time, but when he found that he noticed him, he was frightened and shrank back, as if he wanted to run away at any time.

Li Xiu also noticed the wooden sign on the other party's waist at this time, and knew that the other party was a handyman recruited by the library, but the other party's age was too young, and the other party kept looking at him, which made Li Xiu curious and said, "What is your name, how old are you this year?" ”

This young man who was concerned by Li Xiu was Zhou Xing, who had just entered the library to do things, and he didn't expect Li Xiu to notice him, and he also came over to ask himself, which made him a little at a loss for a while, and he said with a very nervous expression: "I...... My name is Zhou Xing, and I am ...... this year Fourteen years old. ”

"Fourteen years old, not yet an adult, how did you come here to do things?" Li Xiu also asked with some surprise when he heard this, this Zhou Xing in front of him was thin and small, and he looked two years younger than his actual age, just now he always thought that the other party was still a child.

Zhou Xing heard that there seemed to be no malice in Li Xiu's tone, and there was no arrogance, which made him relax a little, hesitated for a moment and replied again: "I...... My parents died, I couldn't read anymore, I was going to study at home, but I had no books to read, and a friend of mine knew that there was a job to take, so he asked me to come, so I could make a living, and I could borrow books here so that I could continue my studies! ”

Zhou Xing didn't know what was wrong with him, facing Li Xiu who told all his situation at once, and even felt a sense of grievance in the end, after all, he was still a minor child, and sometimes he couldn't control his feelings.

Li Xiu didn't expect Zhou Xing's life experience to be so miserable, and he didn't know that the Zhou Xing in front of him was one of the four famous cool officials in the Wu Zetian period in history, but this can't be blamed on Li Xiu, firstly, the name of Zhou Xing is too ordinary, and I am afraid that the duplicate name will catch a lot, and secondly, Zhou Xing's age is too young, and Li Xiu cannot think of the cool official decades later.

"To be able to continue your studies after the death of your parents is really commendable, you have such ambition at a young age, you will definitely be able to go out in the future, I am optimistic about you!" Li Xiu couldn't help but step forward at this time and patted the other party's thin shoulder and encouraged, it doesn't matter if the starting point is low, but as long as you have an unyielding heart, you will always change the current predicament in the future.

Hearing Li Xiu's encouragement, Zhou Xing couldn't help but feel a sense of blood boiling, and tears poured out all of a sudden, but he was stubborn and still held back to not let the tears fall.

Li Xiu probably never dreamed that the words he said inadvertently would have a certain impact on Zhou Xing, and it was not until decades later, when he met Zhou Xing again, that he knew that he had inadvertently changed a person's fate.

At that moment, Li Xiu encouraged Zhou Xing a few more words, and then called the manager of the library and asked him to take care of Zhou Xing more, and then left, but at this time, Zhou Xing finally couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes, maybe Li Xiu was just doing a little bit of effort, but it was too important to him.

Li Shimin soaked in the library for nearly two hours, and then reluctantly left, but just after he left the door of the library, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at the students studying hard in the library, and couldn't help but sigh at the moment: "I really envy these young people, if possible, I really hope that I can be like them, I can read and write here leisurely." ”

"Your Majesty is standing outside the door looking at them, why don't they look at Your Majesty from the door!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, Li Shimin envied these students for being young and hopeful, but how could these students not envy Li Shimin for reaching the pinnacle of power, and they didn't need to study hard for the future like them.

Li Xiu's answer was wonderful, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing after hearing it, and after a long while, he sighed again and said: "Yes, if you lose, you will gain, I am old, and I can almost see the scene of my old age at a glance, but these young people still have countless possibilities, instead of envy them, it is better to govern the country more prosperously, so that the young people in the country have a bright future!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise, having an emperor like Your Majesty is really a blessing for the people of the world!" Li Xiu immediately saluted Li Shimin, although his words were suspicious of sycophancy, but they were also the true thoughts in his heart, after all, throughout history, an emperor like Li Shimin is indeed a blessing for the people of the world.

The library opened smoothly, at first only allowed the inmates of Guozijian to borrow books, but even so, it quickly spread throughout Chang'an City, especially the readers were very excited, almost every day a large number of readers came to the library, but unfortunately they couldn't get in at all, which also made these readers very angry, and they jointly hoped that the library would be released, but after ten days, Li Shimin personally ordered that the library be open to readers with student status, the so-called student status, in fact, is the reader who has registered in the public school, It is almost the same as the school status of later generations.

With the relaxation of borrowing restrictions in the library, countless people come to the library every day to borrow, and through this incident, Li Shimin has also established a great reputation among readers, and Li Xiu, as the person who single-handedly built the library, has naturally won a lot of praise.

However, as time went by, Li Xiu became more and more worried, because there had been no movement on the side of the family, and with his understanding of the family, he just watched the library open smoothly!