After returning to the mansion, I washed up and before enjoying dinner, a servant from Lu Guogong's mansion came to deliver an invitation, saying that Princess Qinghe invited Fang Jun to come to the mansion for a banquet.
Naturally, Fang Jun couldn't neglect it, so he changed his clothes and went to the Duke Lu's mansion for the banquet.
When he arrived at Duke Lu's mansion, the servants led him directly to the backyard. The Cheng family had already set up several tables of banquets in the garden. All the guests had arrived, and the atmosphere was lively.
Fang Jun looked around and saw that there were several princes, but he was the only consort...
Speaking of which, the relationship between His Majesty Li Er's children is very strange.
The sons fight overtly and secretly, but no one accepts the other, and the daughters compare with each other and no one likes them. However, the brothers and sisters are close and have a deep love for each other.
Seeing Fang Jun's arrival, the lively atmosphere in the garden suddenly stopped. Everyone who was chatting and laughing now kept their mouths shut.
All the children of aristocratic families and relatives of the emperor who were invited to the banquet quickly stood up to say hello. Even the kings of Wei, Qi, and Shu also nodded in greeting.
There is no way, now Fang Jun is in the limelight, even though he was dismissed as a marquis today, everyone knows his status in the eyes of His Majesty. He sealed the wolf in Xu, restrained Shi Yanran, and made a sudden advance to conquer Xue Yantuo, the overlord of Mobei. Destroyed, these kind of achievements are regarded as the pillars of the empire and the god of war in the army in all dynasties!
What does a mere marquis mean?
It won't take a few days to restore the title, or even to a higher level. It is probably impossible for the Duke of the State to do so. After all, the qualifications are slightly insufficient. Moreover, the Duke of Liang is still alive. It is unreasonable for a father and son to have two Dukes. But it is not impossible to have a founding county official, or even a founding county official.
Wei King Li Tai had not seen Fang Jun for some time, and gave up the idea of fighting for the heirloom. The tension between him and Fang Jun also eased a lot. Although he was not close friends, at least he seemed to be doing well on the surface. He waved: "Erlang, come and sit next to me, let's have a nice chat."
Of course Fang Jun couldn't refuse, he smiled and cupped his hands to everyone in the garden, and came to Li Tai's side.
King Qi Li You, who was originally sitting next to Li Tai, immediately left the table, took Fang Jun's hand attentively, and placed him in the seat where he had just been. He moved back and sat under Fang Jun.
Guests on the scene:…
Mother!
After all, you are also His Royal Highness. How can you be shameless when you lick Fang Jun like a dog?
Li You didn't care about that, turning a blind eye to the contemptuous and disdainful eyes. He diligently served Fang Jun tea and water, and said with a smile: "Erlang has been back in Beijing for a long time, why don't you go out with me to play? Could it be that Erlang has made extraordinary achievements now, and this eye glanced at him Go to heaven and look down on me, a loser like me? That’s not possible, I’ve chosen Fang Er, your friend, and want to get rid of me, there’s no way!”
Guests on the scene:…
This is no longer a matter of shamelessness. Your Highness, King Qi, do you still have integrity?
Even King Li Tai of Wei on the side covered his face with one hand, feeling extremely embarrassed.
I wish I could give Li You a beating, and tell him with my ears: Mother, it doesn’t matter if you are shameless, please don’t make the royal family shameless like this?
However, Li You didn't even look at him.
He is sure that if he pleases Fang Er, he will be able to get rich rewards, and he doesn't care about other people's opinions at all.
The "supermarket" under his name has already become popular in Guanzhong, and "making money every day" can no longer describe the huge profits of the "supermarket". Now, His Highness, Prince Qi, is so extravagant and spends a lot of money. Who in Guanzhong is not envious and jealous? Naturally, not everyone is envious of such a hugely profitable industry, but there is no nationwide purchasing channel, and it cannot withstand Li Xiaogong's strong pressure, let alone Li You's tyranny, so those who are envious can only Watching silently from the side, drooling...
Li You has a perverse temperament, but he is not a fool.
He knew that this "supermarket" was basically given to him by Fang Jun. Otherwise, Fang Jun could run it by himself, and no one would dare to cause trouble. What's particularly important is that Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian County, known as the "first handsome man in the royal family", has always been honest with him, and being able to run the "supermarket" in partnership is entirely because of Fang Jun's face.
With so much profit in hand, who else could he please if he didn't fawn over Fang Jun?
This guy's bottomless flattery not only made the guests present look with disdain, but even Fang Jun was embarrassed...
He picked up the teacup and ignored Li You, who was shameless. He first nodded to the King of Wei, Li Tai, and then raised the teacup to the opposite King of Shu, Li Min, and said in greeting: "Your Highness, please."
Li Min looked indifferent, raised the teacup, made a slight gesture, took a sip, then put the teacup on the table, raised his head and stared at the sky, ignoring Fang Jun.
Fang Jun smiled and didn't take it seriously. He took a sip of tea and turned to talk to Li Tai in a low voice.
As for King Li Min of Shu, he considered him to be a "wonder" on par with Li You. That is, he was born in the royal family and had such a majestic and domineering father as His Majesty Li Er. Otherwise, if he were placed in an ordinary family, he would not know what to do. How many times have people typed out...
Li Min is really stupid, unreasonable, arrogant and domineering.
Li You is really a bastard, shameless and shameless.
Compared with the two of them, Jiang Wang and Li Yun are as pure and well-behaved as little white rabbits...
Fang Jun asked Li Tai: "How is the revitalization meeting going?"
"Exporting the culture of the Tang Dynasty to the world" is his grand blueprint, building a "Cultural Circle of the Tang Dynasty" to spread the influence of the Tang Dynasty, leading all countries in the world in the fields of culture, economy, and even military, and stabilizing the Great Tang Dynasty. The dominance of the Tang Dynasty enhanced the international status of the Tang people.
However, this kind of thing has both advantages and disadvantages for a foreign minister, and can easily arouse the suspicion of the ruler, so Fang Jun pushed this matter to Wei King Li Tai from the beginning.
Li Tai, who had given up fighting for the heirloom, was eager to find a stage to prove his "life value." The two hit it off and prepared the "Datang Culture Promotion Association", determined to spread Datang culture.
When mentioning this, Li Tai naturally looked excited: "The situation is great! According to the original expectations, we cooperated with the Imperial College to set up yamen to manage state schools in all the capitals of the empire, radiating to each county under its jurisdiction, and setting up county schools. It was further subdivided into each township, with township schools. The township schools were enlightened, the county schools were solidified, and the state schools began to systematically divide subjects into cultivating elite students to participate in the imperial examinations. Among them, outstanding students were selected from the state schools and recommended to the Imperial College. Accept a more refined education. At present, the state schools and county schools have been set up. In the next ten years, I will be committed to opening rural schools in every township in the Tang Dynasty!"
Fang Jun nodded happily.
This is almost the national education structure after the imperial examination system matured in the Ming and Qing Dynasties...
Fang Jun warned: "The imperial examinations in the world can provide the empire with a steady stream of talents and ensure that the empire always develops rapidly. But please also keep in mind, Your Highness, that the culture of the Tang Dynasty originated from Shang Zhou and was inherited from the five emperors. It is not just poetry, books, rituals, music, The subset of classics and history, Shushu, wuwu, astronomy, geography, yin and yang, art of war... which one is not accumulated over thousands of years and the essence of the nation? There should be more disciplines in schools at all levels, so as to make every student a comprehensive talent. The Tang Dynasty absolutely does not need nerds who only study and write articles!"
Every Chinese in later generations hated the imperial examination system.
How dazzling is the knowledge of our ancestors? In the end, "hundred schools of thought were deposed and only Confucianism was respected." Except for the Legalists, who had to rely on the "Confucianism and Dharma Bones" to survive, and the Taoists, who advocated immortality and ensured their inheritance, the Mohists, Yin-Yangists, farmers, miscellaneous families, military strategists, and doctors... … All of them have become unpopular theories, and have been either excluded or suppressed. Even the classic theories handed down from generation to generation have been gradually lost, leaving future generations to sigh with regret.
Can Confucianism alone ensure social development and progress?
Do you really think that one copy of "The Analects of Confucius" can rule the world?
Philosophy can cultivate one's moral character and consolidate one's rule, but in the end, natural science is the way to go!
Fang Jun must not allow Confucianism to use the imperial examination as a tool to suppress other schools of thought and dominate the world. From the beginning of the establishment of the imperial examination, in this era when Confucianism has not yet ruled the world, a tone for a hundred schools of thought to contend and advance together must be laid.
For example, the tragedy of being two thousand years ahead of the world in arithmetic, but having to rely on translating foreign mathematical works to spread knowledge in the Ming Dynasty must not be allowed to happen again.
Li Tai naturally knew Fang Jun's intentions. This was also the consensus reached after the two communicated when the "Revitalization Association" was first established. He smiled bitterly and said: "I will do my best, but Erlang should also understand that there is a lot of resistance. ah."
Fang Jun nodded in agreement.
Of course the resistance is great.
Confucianism usually fights among itself, but once there is a foreign country, it will naturally work hard to protect the hegemony of Confucianism...
