Everyone fell silent, and then Li Ke said calmly: "I believe you all know who my Highness is. You are here today to work for His Highness."
"I know you feel uncomfortable, but you may know better than I do who His Highness is. I always say what I say, so the fact that you are here only shows one problem." Li Ke said loudly.
"That is, no one thinks highly of you!" Li Ke's voice raised another level.
The literati below were stunned for a moment, but they immediately fell silent.
"Some of you people come from poor families, some of your families are in trouble, and some of you have offended others. Therefore, no one in the court, Hongwen Hall, various yamen, three provinces and six ministries will look up to you."
"So you can only stay in places like Taixue in the name of studying, but in fact, you are like food dumped in a smelly ditch. No one cares about you anymore."
The expressions of these scholars became ferocious. Do they really have no self-awareness? They all know what their situation is, and they have also read books and know a lot of truths, so they all know that what Li Ke said is true.
"But what is the reality? I don't mean to compare you with those important officials in the court. I will say that those who are about the same age as you but have already held positions in the court may be your former classmates. You are inferior to them. ?"
"Not bad!" Someone in the crowd shouted loudly.
Yes, there are some who praise them. This is the biggest difference between these scholars, who can be said to be students, and soldiers. The methods of mobilizing their passion are also different.
Soldiers would not speak easily without orders, but these young men of letters were different.
The scholars who can come here today are not too old. The oldest is only twenty-six or seventeen years old. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, twenty-six or seven years old was not too young. Many people became grandfathers in their thirties. of.
But these twenty-six or seven-year-old scholars have been studying in places such as Taixue, and have never been beaten in the court and other places. Moreover, they have read books and feel that they are scholars who take the world as their own responsibility.
So you can say they are naive.
"But, you don't have this opportunity. If I, Li Ke, hadn't brought you here today, you would have been living in Taixue and other places in the name of studying and waiting to die. Your ambitions will never be realized in your lifetime. Until you are nearly middle-aged, you suddenly look back and find that your life has been wasted."
"Although you have a lot of knowledge, you have nowhere to put it to use. In the end, due to various reasons, you may only be able to work as an official, or even make a living selling calligraphy and paintings on the street. You can't even support your own wife, children and father."
Li Ke's voice was like a heavy hammer hitting their hearts directly. These people didn't want to believe it before because they thought they had a chance, and no one pointed out the cruel truth to them, but now Li Ke Ke made it clear to them.
Who is Li Ke? His Majesty the Third Prince of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty! What he said was already considered a semi-official attitude.
"Are you willing to do this? I think you are not willing, so His Highness has asked you to come over!"
Hearing this, many literati below who had lowered their heads suddenly raised their heads. Everyone looked at Li Ke expectantly. Yes, His Highness the King of Shu called them here, and he must not be here just to ridicule them. Damn it!
"Whose responsibility is it that the political situation of the Tang Dynasty is what it is today? Whose responsibility is it that there are no scholars from poor families in the world? Today's sages have tried to strengthen the imperial examination system and provide opportunities for scholars from poor families to rise, but they have been repeatedly frustrated. Whose responsibility is it?!" Li Ke asked three questions in a row.
No one answered, but everyone knew.
"But if today's pattern is not broken, the Tang Dynasty, just like all previous dynasties, will eventually decline! I use history as a mirror to know the rise and fall. If you want to build an immortal dynasty, a reasonable replacement system for talents and a recommendation system , reasonable utilization of talents is the most indispensable.”
"What is the most important thing in Datang? Talents! And you are the talents!"
"But is it difficult to establish such a system? It is difficult! And I am recruiting you today just for this great goal! But I am only a prince of the Tang Dynasty, and I have a lot of work from my father. But these jobs may just be trivial tasks in the early stage, and maybe a literate person can do them.”
"But I want you to do it, why? Mencius: When heaven assigns a great task to a person, he must first work hard and work hard for his body and mind. You have read more books than me and are better than me. This truth goes without saying. I think It is said that true knowledge is revealed in the details. How can you sweep the world if you don’t clean one house?! If you can’t even do small things well, how can you implement your ambitions?!”
"So, these tasks? Is there anything you won't do? If you don't do it, you can say it now. Your Highness will not force you!" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"Your Highness, what kind of job are you talking about? Even if it's teaching children elementary education, we will do it!" A scholar said loudly through gritted teeth. Although Li Ke's words were straightforward, they spoke to their hearts, because Li Ke's work is no matter how big or small. , they are using them, but the imperial court... does not use them!
"Very good! If you have such ambition, His Highness will be relieved, because His Highness will have a plan next, a plan that allows you to influence the court and the national policy of the Tang Dynasty even if you are not above the court! "
"My idea is very simple, that is, let all the poor and unsuccessful scholars in the world have books to read, something to say, a way to participate in national policies, a way to go to heaven to listen, and a way to express their opinions directly!"
“The most important thing is to say to those who think they control the ascendant channels of this era: Fuck you!”
Li Ke's voice suddenly raised an octave when he said the last curse word.
All the scholars were shocked, but after they came to their senses, they were inexplicably excited for some reason, because they knew who those people Li Ke was talking about!
"Now you are roaring at these injustices and shouting with me: Go to hell! Do you dare?!"
Li Ke shouted so hard that his face turned red and his neck became thick, but he felt inexplicably energetic.
"Go to hell!" Some scholar in the crowd shouted after Li Ke.
"Go to hell!" Soon, with the first person taking the lead, all the literati became passionate, their faces turned red, and they all shouted loudly: "Go to hell!"
At this time, Li Ke no longer needed to lead the rhythm, and each of them quickly formed a huge noise.
The uniform swear words resounded throughout the sky.
The guards who were on guard outside were all dumbfounded. Have these intellectuals lost their minds? Don’t they usually think we are vulgar? Why do they curse more harshly than us? !
