Chapter 1527: Public Opinion Execution!

The next day.

Golden sunlight shone through the clouds, covering the earth.

Da Qian, Changancheng.

On the Zhu Que Platform.

Wu Zhao, in a golden dragon robe, lit the bamboo paper and said loudly to the officials, "Bamboo paper is pure, reaching the ears of heaven; if bamboo paper attracts ghosts, it damages the literary veins of my Da Qian scholars and stifles their literary fortune, I shall meet the King of Hell first!"

The bamboo paper burned, emitting a wisp of blue smoke.

Subsequently, Wu Zhao burned the mulberry paper, but it emitted billowing thick smoke, black smoke carrying a pungent odor, spreading in all directions.

The Director of the Imperial Observatory immediately changed his expression and hurriedly shouted, "Billowing black smoke, this is a great omen of disaster!"

Wu Zhao also smiled and said to the officials, "This is interesting; the bamboo paper burns with curling smoke, but the Pei family's mulberry paper burns with billowing black smoke."

"Gentlemen, one look and you can tell which is superior and which is inferior!"

As soon as these words were out, the officials were stunned.

But before they could react, Wu Zhao gave another order, summoning the officials to gather in the Imperial Study to discuss matters.

Cui Xinghe, Lu Wen, Yan Zheng, and others all rushed over; soon, almost the core team of Da Qian was gathered in the Imperial Study.

Originally, everyone thought Wu Zhao wanted to talk about the sacrifice to heaven, but only after stepping into the Imperial Study did they realize they were wrong, and wrong in a big way.

Wu Zhao announced two things in total, her voice not loud, but to the ears of the officials, it was like a thunderclap.

First: In one Da Qian, there are dozens of interpretations of the sages' words; if this is not a betrayal of her, what is it?

Therefore, Wu Zhao decided to unify the annotations, especially for sage books involved in the imperial examinations, using the interpretation and annotation of the Han Lin Academy's great Confucian Yan Yu as the standard for the imperial examinations.

Of course, Wu Zhao did not oppose different interpretations of the sages' meaning among the people; that had nothing to do with her, and she even encouraged it.

But these words fell into the ears of the officials, making their mouths twitch; all things are inferior, only reading is high—the fundamental reason behind this is the imperial examination!

Not to mention having multiple interpretations, but who would actually perform multiple interpretations?

Entering officialdom through the imperial examination is the fundamental reason why students are crazy!

Second, Wu Zhao decided to promote the Da Qian Daily, publishing wrongful cases, major events of the world, and gossip news, focusing on being close to the people; she wanted the people of Da Qian to know what major events had happened during this period.

These two orders were like throwing a huge rock into a calm deep pool, stirring up a thousand layers of waves, spreading throughout the entire Changancheng.

The Da Qian Daily... was born!

"..."

Duke of Ding Prefecture.

Gao Yang, in a white robe, stared at the bamboo paper printed with movable type and couldn't help but chuckle.

He looked at his "masterpiece" with satisfaction, his eyes deep as he said, "Head of the Pei family, this gift from this Prime Minister will really be enough for you to drink a pot."

"Hehehe." **CHAPTER 1529**