Chapter 1417 Duke Rong’s family?

Before Ye Mingsheng and his party reached the gate of Yijing Library, they saw a large crowd of people gathered not far away, and heard some angry shouts:
I saw a young scholar standing on a step, speaking indignantly to the crowd below:

"Your Majesty is willing to open a library for all readers to study for free. This is a first-class act of kindness!"

"But unfortunately, there are treacherous officials in the court who have placed books such as The Book of Cows and Horses, The Complete Guide to Farming, and The Way of Merchants in the library, which teach people how to farm, raise cattle and horses, and do business!"

"Although I am not talented, I have studied poetry and books since I was young and learned the teachings of the saints. I dare to ask the Ministry of Rites and the Yijing government, what is your intention in putting such books and the words of the saints in the library? Who instructed you to do this?"

"You traitors! You will definitely be punished!"

These words of the scholar surnamed Wang immediately aroused great approval from the people around him, and everyone praised the scholar surnamed Wang for his reasonable words!
Amid the praises from the crowd, the scholar surnamed Wang seemed even more proud. He waved his hand to signal the crowd to be quiet and said:
"Although there are treacherous ministers in the court, your majesty is a rare wise and enlightened monarch throughout history. I believe that as long as we gather the voices of justice, we can make your majesty hear our ideas and restore order to the court and scholars all over the world!"

Before the scholar surnamed Wang finished speaking, someone asked:

"Then how can we make His Majesty hear our voices?"

"It's simple! We need to write a joint letter to His Majesty!"

After saying this, the scholar surnamed Wang took out a long letter and said:

"This is a joint letter drafted by me. Now we have gathered the signatures and fingerprints of 315 colleagues. If you are interested, you can also write your names and stamp your fingerprints on this joint letter to let His Majesty hear our voices..."

"I believe that even if there are treacherous officials causing chaos, as long as we remain firm in our beliefs, we will surely achieve ultimate success!"

Amid the inflammatory words of the scholar surnamed Wang, several people immediately stood up to sign the joint letter and put their fingerprints on it. Others were also eager to try and seemed to want to join in. Seeing this scene, Jingren whispered to Ye Mingsheng beside him:

"Dad! He said there are treacherous officials causing chaos in the court, and he wants to write you a letter!"

Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly and asked:
"Jingren, what do you think of what he said?"

Facing his father's question, Jingren hesitated for a moment but still spoke:
"Dad! I think what he said is very good. He looks like a loyal and righteous man!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng shook his head with some uncertainty and continued to walk towards the Yijing Library with Jingren!

Ye Mingsheng would not argue with these scholars. It was not that Ye Mingsheng was disdainful, but that Ye Mingsheng believed that everyone's cognition was affected by their environment, their level of education, and the background of the times.

But human cognition has limits, and anyone can only see things within a certain range!
Therefore, it is very difficult to change a person's cognition through some verbal arguments, so Ye Mingsheng does not want to engage in some meaningless verbal disputes·················
Ye Mingsheng had also been young like this before, and he could understand that young people are full of vigor and enthusiasm, and feel that some things are wrong, so he wanted to make some changes with his own strength!
Ye Mingsheng admired this attitude, but unfortunately, what the scholar surnamed Wang did was based on his inherent cognition. But the reality is that the idea that everything else is inferior except reading is wrong!

Agriculture, animal husbandry, and commerce are all indispensable. If Daqian wants to develop, it must abandon some wrong ideas and establish more correct cognition!
After passing through the crowded crowd, Ye Mingsheng and others arrived at the gate of Yijing Library. However, before they entered the library converted from a hotel, they were stopped by a policeman.

"Excuse me, sir. Our library is full. Why don't you come back another day?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng took a quick look at the situation inside the library. Indeed, just as the officer said, the library was already overcrowded.

But I squeezed out the time for inspection today with great difficulty. If I fail to inspect today, then if I want to inspect again in the future, I am afraid I don’t know when it will be!

At this time, Jingren on the side said with some confusion:
"I heard that your library can accommodate hundreds of people. How come there are only one or two seats left now?"

The officer smiled bitterly and said:
"Sir, our Yijing Library does have 279 seats, but there are too many people coming these days, and our 200 seats are simply not enough!"

"Please come back later. The situation should be better by then..."

As the officer finished speaking, a young man in luxurious clothes, accompanied by two followers, came to the door of the library. Seeing this, the officer quickly stopped him and persuaded him:

"Sir, our library is full. Please come back another day!"

The young master heard this and said calmly:
"What does it matter if it's full? Can't we just kick two people out?"

Hearing the young man's overbearing words, the officer was speechless and didn't know what to say. At this time, the attendant beside him also said:
"Our Master has spoken. What are you still waiting for here? Get rid of them!"

Seeing this, the officer looked even more embarrassed. Another follower also spoke impatiently:
"Our young master is a member of the family of Duke Rong! You should do whatever we ask you to do, or you will end up in big trouble!"

Ye Mingsheng, who was standing by, had a playful look on his face when he heard the words "Duke Rong". The library attendant was also surprised when he heard the words "Duke Rong". He did not dare to be careless and spoke up:
"Excuse me, sir, please wait a moment! I'll go get our supervisor!"

"Go! Go! Don't waste our Master's time!"

"Yes Yes!"

Looking at the arrogant look of this group of people, Jingren lowered his voice and asked his father:
"Dad, are they really my uncle's family? Why haven't I seen them before?"

Ye Mingsheng took a look after hearing this and did not answer directly. Instead, he looked at the arrogant young man and the two followers behind him...
He had met all of Cui Shao's closest family members, and he had no impression of this young man. However, judging from his attire and his fearless look, it was not impossible that he was from the Cui family!

After all, the Cui family is a big family with dozens of direct descendants and hundreds of people including the side descendants. Let alone an outsider like me, even if Cui Shao himself came, he might not be able to recognize every member of the Cui family!

Broadly speaking, every member of the Cui family can be said to be Cui Shao's family!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng also touched Jingren's head and said:

"maybe!"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng and his son talking, the young man next to them glanced over with some curiosity. However, after seeing that Ye Mingsheng and the others were also dressed in extraordinary clothes and had more than a dozen guards, he could also feel that Ye Mingsheng had an extraordinary background, so he didn't say anything!
A moment later, the officer came over with a middle-aged man in a robe. After the officer introduced him, he bowed to the young man and said:
"I'm Wang Jiahui! I'm the director of the Yijing Library. I wonder who this gentleman is?"

The young master said arrogantly upon hearing this:
"My name is Cui Yuankai! I am from the Cui family of Liaoyang!" Upon hearing this, Wang Jiahui also said:

"Excuse me, my dear Mr. Cui, please come in. I will make arrangements for you right away."

After saying that, Wang Jiahui immediately gave the same look to the officer beside him. The officer immediately understood what he meant and hurriedly walked into the library...
After arranging Mr. Cui to enter the library, Wang Jiahui also noticed Ye Mingsheng and others. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng and others had extraordinary appearances and more than ten guards and followers, he also realized that Ye Mingsheng and others might also have a great background. He immediately bowed to Ye Mingsheng and asked:
"I am Wang Jiahui! I am the director of the Yijing Library. I wonder who you are..."

As soon as Wang Jiahui finished speaking, several scholars in cloth clothes walked out of the library angrily and helplessly at the urging of the officers.

Seeing this scene, Jing Ren asked before Ye Mingsheng could speak:
"Didn't they say your library was full? How did Cui Yuankai get in just now?"

In response to the child's question, Wang Jiahui casually replied:

"You will understand this young master when you grow up!"

Jing Ren didn't buy into Director Wang's perfunctory response and said directly:

"Is it because he is from the Cui family?"

Seeing that the child said it directly, Wang Jiahui no longer hid it and nodded helplessly and said:

"This Cui family is not to be trifled with!"

Hearing this answer, Jingren also warned very seriously:

"As an official appointed by the court, you should treat everyone equally! There should be no distinction between high and low!"

Wang Jiahui smiled bitterly and said:

"If you have nothing else to do, please go back!"

After saying this, Director Wang turned around and was about to leave. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng coughed lightly, and Zhang Hu immediately reached out and pulled Wang Jiahui back.

Wang Jiahui, who was threatened by Zhang Hu, panicked and said quickly:
“What are you going to do? This library is opened by the imperial court. I am the director and an official appointed by the imperial court. It is a serious crime for you to hold an official appointed by the imperial court hostage. I advise you to let me go as soon as possible…”

Before Wang Jiahui had finished speaking, Zhang Hu placed a token in front of him and said:

"You bastard! Open your eyes and see what this is!"

Looking at the Qian character token engraved on the token in front of him, surrounded by a five-clawed golden dragon, although Wang Jiahui didn't know what this token was, he could feel the power it represented. He was also very shocked and said in a trembling voice:
"May I ask which gentleman you are?"

Ye Mingsheng said lightly:

"You don't need to know who I am. Next, you will take us around the library!"

"I obey your command! I obey your command!"

As Ye Mingsheng's order was issued, Wang Jiahui immediately took Ye Mingsheng and his party to visit the library.

While visiting, Wang Jiahui also introduced:

"The Yijing Library is divided into two floors, with a total of fifteen areas. The books on the first floor are mainly Confucian classics headed by the Four Books and Five Classics, such as the Analects, the Great Learning, and the Book of Songs. In addition, there are some written historical materials, the Daqian Law, poems, and other works.

"The books on the second floor are more diverse, including books on agriculture, business, and some engineering books. These are all books selected according to your majesty's order!"

"Your Majesty requires that the types of books in our library should be as comprehensive as possible, covering everything in the world!"

After hearing Wang Jiahui's introduction, Jing Cheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
"Your library has so many kinds of books? Are there any books on cooking?"

"Sir, are you talking about the recipe book? We do have a few recipe books here. I think it's called Shandong Cuisine. Do you want me to show it to you?"

Jing Cheng was surprised to see that there was really a recipe, but he shook his head and said:
"I'm just asking. My mother told me that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen..."

After this little episode, Ye Mingsheng led everyone to continue visiting the library, and after a while they came to a quiet room.

Looking at the hundreds of scholars in the quiet room who were studying diligently, Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction. Although some of the current conditions in the library exceeded his expectations, this scene still made Ye Mingsheng deeply gratified. This was also his original intention and purpose of establishing the library!
The two floors of Yijing Library are not big, but not small either. Ye Mingsheng and others finished the tour in about an incense stick of time.

After understanding the basic situation inside Yijing Library, Ye Mingsheng also asked Wang Jiahui:
"I'm going to ask you a few questions, and you have to tell the truth!"

"If you lie, not only will you be fired as the library director, but the court will also hold you accountable!"

After hearing this, Wang Jiahui panicked and said quickly:
"My Lord, whatever you ask me, I will never tell a lie in my answer!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng also spoke directly to the point;

"How do you enforce the rule that the library is free for the poor and charged for the rich?"

Faced with such a sensitive question, Wang Jiahui's expression was inevitably a little hesitant. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng looked at him again.

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Wang Jiahui felt a little scared. He felt that all the secrets in his heart had been seen by Ye Mingsheng...
(End of this chapter)