His Majesty Li Er sighed softly in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he motioned for Li Tai to eat a few pieces of pastries, and then slowly said: "Supporting students from poor families is my father's consistent policy of governing. And this revitalization association, It is also part of a series of 'big cultural' plans, which is particularly important."
"'Big Culture' plan?" Li Tai looked curious.
His father's policy of supporting poor students and suppressing wealthy families has never changed. Li Tai naturally knows, but what is this "big culture" plan? Unheard of.
Princess Changle on the side poured tea for the two of them with bare hands, and then quietly retreated.
His Majesty Li Er glanced at his daughter's slender back and said: "This is actually just a general direction, not a complete plan. It aims to support various schools of thought on the basis of Confucianism, so that we can achieve great success in the Tang Dynasty." Hundreds of cultural schools of thought contend, and flowers blossom. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the responsibility of this 'Revitalization Association' will be the vanguard against the aristocratic families, and fully support students from poor families to break the monopoly of the aristocratic families on officialdom."
The existence of aristocratic families placed too great a restriction on the imperial power, and even posed a great threat to the safety of the imperial power!
How the former Sui Dynasty unified the world and how it fell apart, how the Tang Dynasty rose in troubled times, and how His Majesty Li Er fought against you to seize it, all the figures of the aristocratic family were behind the scenes.
His Majesty Li Er, who came to power with the help of the Guanlong Group, naturally knew the huge power of the aristocratic families, so since he ascended the throne, he has subtly begun to suppress and restrict the aristocratic families.
However, this is destined to be a long and slow process. If you are not careful, you may suffer the consequences...
Li Tai knew that this was Fang Jun's original intention to persuade his father to establish a college outside the city. He was not just a scholar, but also a child of the royal family. He understood the importance of "balance" better than anyone else.
The members of the aristocratic families exchanged interests through complicated marriages and other relationships, and controlled the election and promotion of officials, which broke the balance. Therefore, the father wanted to restrict the aristocratic families and support the poor families. All the students in the world were the children of Confucianism, and all schools were in decline. This also broke the balance. Therefore, the emperor still wants to support various schools of thought and restrict Confucianism...
It's just that both of these are difficult and dangerous undertakings. They are not only difficult, but also dangerous.
No one, not even the emperor, will willingly let go of the vested interests they have gained, so it is foreseeable that with the emperor's suppression and restrictions, there will inevitably be a counterattack.
Li Tai suddenly understood why his father had a hint of guilt and helplessness in his expression...
A face that had been tanned turned pale. Li Tai's lips trembled a few times and asked in a trembling voice: "What does the father mean... that you want your ministers to take on the heavy responsibility of suppressing the clan and restricting Confucianism?"
His Majesty Li Er was silent for a long time before slowly nodding.
Li Tai seemed to hear the sound of something breaking in his heart for an instant. The fragments even penetrated into his heart, causing heartache...
"Father, son and minister... son and minister..."
After saying a few words, Li Tai's tone became more serious, but it was difficult to continue.
What does it mean to suppress clans and restrict Confucianism? It means difficulty and danger, and you have to face the resistance and counterattack of the clans and Confucian sects at any time and at any time. Once those people realize the irreversible danger, it is normal for them to take risks.
However, the deeper meaning means that his father also excluded him from the successors of the crown prince, and he was abandoned...
The purpose of suppressing the clans and restricting Confucianism is to balance the government. However, the emperor cannot do all this personally, otherwise it will be equivalent to eliminating the last buffer barrier between the imperial power, the clans, and Confucianism. If it fails, it will cause The situation where the imperial power, the aristocrats, and the Confucian sect directly faced each other was something that no rational emperor could possibly do.
Now His Majesty Li Er, the sword in his hand is Fang Jun; when the future prince ascends the throne, the sword will become his King Li Tai of Wei...
This is equivalent to indirectly cutting off the possibility of Li Tai becoming the crown prince.
Li Tai, who had always been thinking about the possibility of becoming the crown prince, how could he not be heartbroken when he first heard that His Majesty Li Er had made such a decision?
His Majesty Li Er also felt sympathy in his heart, but it was not a taste.
Li Tai was once the one he valued most among his many sons, and he had thought of establishing him as the heir apparent more than once, but due to various reasons he was never able to do so.
Now that the prince's performance is getting better and better, as a father, how can he abolish one and establish another and cultivate estrangement and hatred among his sons?
He had already reluctantly imprisoned the child slave, and he did not want to exile Li Tai to Qiongzhou one day...
Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.
*****
Li Tai walked out of the Tai Chi Palace in a daze, raised his head, and felt the sun was shining brightly, making him dizzy.
My heart is filled with sadness and despair...
He returned from the Western Regions full of expectations, but he never expected to receive the news that his ambitions were shattered and his ideals were destroyed immediately. This kind of blow came so suddenly that he was not even prepared at all, and it was really difficult to accept it.
In addition to the sadness, an anger rose uncontrollably.
Fang Jun!
It must be that this stick was dedicated to protecting the prince, so he made slanderous remarks in front of his father, which forced his father to make such a painful decision!
It's absolutely disgusting!
This king will never give up with you!
When the imperial guard saw Li Tai coming out with a dejected look, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, are you going back to the palace now?"
Li Tai gritted his teeth: "No hurry, go to the Ministry of War Yamen first!"
If I don't kill that bastard with one knife, how can I get rid of the hatred in his heart!
"Here!"
The guards responded and led the war horse. Li Tai got on the horse and whipped the horse's butt hard with the whip in his hand. The horse neighed, let go of its hooves and galloped across the wide sky street in a blink of an eye. All the guards Following closely behind him, iron hooves stepped on the bluestone on the road for a while, making a thunderous sound. It actually had the momentum of a thousand troops charging into battle!
Arriving at the Yamen of the Ministry of War in a moment, Li Taile immediately stood still and asked sharply: "Where is Fang Jun?"
The doorman of the Ministry of War Yamen shivered with fright. When he saw it was King Li Tai of Wei, he quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "I have seen His Highness the King of Wei... The Chamberlain came to duty in the morning. He just got off duty. He heard that he seemed to have gone to Shanxi." Prince’s Mansion…”
Li Tai didn't say anything, turned his horse's head and headed straight to Prince Jin's Mansion.
The man was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously asked: "When Your Highness returns from the expedition, shouldn't he hand over the seal of approval first and have it reported to the Ministry of War?"
Before and after a military general goes on an expedition, he must report to the Ministry of War or obtain a valid document from the Ministry of War. Otherwise, he will be regarded as going on an expedition without permission, or failing to return after the time limit is a serious crime. It can range from being demoted and given a warning, to being dismissed from office with a heavy responsibility. If a big disaster occurs during this period, it is not impossible to confiscate the house and destroy the family.
Just to restrict the actions of generals...
Li Tai was harboring an evil spirit in his heart. Hearing this, he suddenly became furious. He waved his riding crop on his horse, whipped the man on the head and face, and cursed: "Mother! I can't get along with you." I don’t need you to take care of Seal? Both of you in the Ministry of War are addicted to meddling, right? I’ll beat you to death today, you meddling bastard..."
Poor fellow, he didn't know what mistake he had made, so he was whipped severely. However, he was facing His Highness the King of Wei. He didn't even dare to hide. His face was covered with blood as he kept whining for mercy. .
When the soldiers and officials in the Yamen heard the commotion, they all ran out. They saw that the perpetrator was the King of Wei, but they did not dare to step forward to stop them, so they had to give hard advice.
Facing the likes of Qiu Shenji and Yu Wenjian, it was easy to fight with Fang Jun in charge of the overall situation, but the person in front of him was His Highness the King of Wei, who dared to make a mistake?
Fortunately, Li Tai's obsession today was Fang Jun. After taking a breath to relieve his anger, he spat, cursed "colorless bitches", and led a group of guards away like lightning, leaving only Fang Jun behind. A muffled cry like thunder...
When Li Tai walked away, the soldiers came forward one after another, pulled up the door, and checked. Although the skin was bruised and the head was bleeding, there was nothing serious. They complained one after another: "Are you crazy? That's the King of Wei. It’s okay, why are you provoking him?”
The man almost burst into tears, covering his face with blood, and said: "I am not our chamber servant. I dare to provoke the King of Wei after eating a leopard? You come up and whip out the leopard indiscriminately. I am also very confused..."
The officials came here one after another to breathe a sigh of relief. Could it be that this person came to seek the bad luck of the house servant, and ended up being the one who got the bad luck?
Guo Fushan, the right minister of the Ministry of War, asked curiously: "How can His Majesty the King of Wei be so crazy? As soon as he returned to the capital, he angrily went looking for bad luck from the minister?"
Yuanwailang Liu Xian snorted and said: "Who knows? But having said that, His Highness the King of Wei is usually arrogant and domineering, but in front of the Minister of Housing, he has never found a good person."
Everyone nodded, as the saying goes, one thing will bring another, even in Chang'an City, His Highness King Wei, who no one dared to offend, was repeatedly defeated in front of Fang Jun.
Cui Dunli, the staff doctor, said: "Hurry up and go to the Prince of Jin's Mansion to inform the Chamberlain and ask him to be careful about the King of Wei."
Liu Shi stood behind him and said quietly: "Looking at King Wei's speed, I'm afraid he might not be able to make it in time..."
He is in a very complicated mood now. Although he is very happy to be in charge of the foundry bureau under Fang Jun and admires Fang Jun very much, he can't help but feel depressed when he thinks about how Fang Jun cheated him in the past.
If His Highness King Wei goes to give Fang Jun a good beating in anger, he will be happy to see what happens...
As long as it doesn't kill you, that's fine.
