"If the official family wants to open another house, it is naturally possible."
It was still in the tower of Donghua Gate... It was here last time that the students were beaten by a group of villains.
What happened afterwards...what happened? When the Imperial Guards of the Palace Front Division stopped a group of police officers, Su Fu already knew it.
This matter is probably inseparable from the Zhao Guan family.
But what he didn't expect was that this matter had not yet passed with the emperor.
Today, the official summoned him to discuss the proposal to open a new building in Taixue. It was said to be a suggestion, but the emperor seemed more like informing himself.
"Although I don't know much about your knowledge, I have heard that there is a saying in "The Rites of Zhou": 'To raise a country's sons with the Tao is to teach the six arts', five rituals, six music, five shooting, five control, six books and nine numbers. , are these?"
Su Fu nodded and said, "Exactly."
"But I asked someone to inquire. Except for the six books that have not been left behind, the rest have been more or less ignored or even abandoned... In this way, in the end, we can only teach some bad Confucian students."
As he spoke, the emperor seemed to remember something and kept shaking his head:
"They are all young and vigorous people. If they sit and study rote books all day, they will be suffocated if they have nowhere to use their energy."
"Look, you came to me and behaved wildly last time. Just think about it and you fucking regret it. I should have gone down and sparred with them in person."
Su Fu cleared his throat: "What do you mean by the official, this newly-opened lunch box teaches the Six Arts? So... I have no objection, but I'm afraid it will take some effort to find someone who is also proficient in the Six Arts. .”
Su Shangshu's words are still a bit conservative. When the Neo-Confucianism was at its peak in the Song Dynasty, everyone was focused on the study of classics.
It's really not that simple to find an all-around scholar like Xin Ciying, who is both civil and military.
Moreover, after the emperor injured his head, it was rare for him to focus on serious matters. In order not to dampen his enthusiasm, Su Fu did not say the most important point.
What students learn is not based on what they like or what they are good at.
Rather, it depends on what is tested in the imperial examination.
If this most important part does not change, even if His Majesty the Emperor opens ten more houses, I am afraid that the interest of the students will not be too high.
In the end, the emperor was very interested, but as a result, no students were willing to enroll. Sooner or later, this drama would become a one-man show for the emperor.
But he didn't want Liu Bang to listen to the old man's words, shook his head and said:
"Opening a new house means opening a new house, and teaching six arts means teaching six arts. These are two different things. Don't get confused, kid."
"All students must learn the six arts, and they must learn them well for me."
"Only those who have learned well can enter the newly opened house. Do you understand?"
"The official family..." Su Fu frowned, "The academic system of Taixue has not changed for a hundred years. Now that the system has been temporarily changed, I am worried...worried that the students will become resentful."
Wang Anshi's reform at that time only changed the institution of Taixue. If we talk about fundamental changes, the only change was that during Renzong's reign, Taixue style was changed to Ouyang style.
Moreover, these students have studied hard for many years, and most of their families are from families with lower eighth-rank officials or even commoners. Imperial education is their only way out.
Now the emperor is just talking about temporarily increasing the weight of five subjects. Not to mention what students who have been promoted to inner house and upper house will think, what will those students who have not yet entered Taixue think? .
"Have a grudge?"
Liu Bang sneered: "If you have any complaints, just blame them themselves. Who told them that they are not good at learning?"
"I will put my words here today. I don't want fools who can only read!"
"Is it true that being an official in the imperial court is free for free? How dare you ask me for a salary if you don't show some skills?"
"I have already handed this matter over to you. You can discuss it with Xin Ciying and Lu Zai. You have to come up with an explanation for what will happen in the end."
"Anyway, when the official positions are appointed next year, I will personally come to review them. If they are not qualified, they will get out."
Su Fu sighed deeply in his heart. He thought the emperor paid attention to his students, but he didn't expect it... Oh!
Except for the possibility that the officials were angry about what happened last time and took revenge today, Su Fu couldn't think of any other reason.
With ten thousand words in his mind, Su Shangshu finally accepted the order, but his face did not look good after all.
"You met the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin yesterday. Did you get any useful information?"
I was planning to resign, but I heard the emperor ask about this again.
The old man's beard was blown by him again:
"Officials! The Northern Yi don't know etiquette, so we don't need to treat them separately from envoys from other countries!"
"Those people don't know how to be grateful! Yi Di are like animals, fearing power but not being immoral. The better we treat them, they will only take it for granted and think it was them who caused it!"
"But this time it is clear that we, the Song Dynasty, have won, and it is Wanyan Wushu and Gouyan who came to seek peace. Why should we treat them like the kings above?"
"Especially Prime Minister Qin... Humph, I really miss the days when he was kidnapped and went north. Seeing the Jin Ren is like meeting the ancestors. What a..."
Liu Bang waved his hand and interrupted the old man's speech.
"You kid got angry with the Jin man, why did you come here to throw something at me?"
"I...I don't dare."
"You don't dare. Why don't you dare after you've already done it?"
Rolling his eyes at him, Liu Bang continued:
"I'm asking you if you have any useful information... For example, who are the Jin envoys? What price are they prepared to negotiate? For example, are you prepared to come all the way to see me? Some souvenirs or something like that.”
It’s not that he has never been an emperor, nor that he has never seen envoys from other countries.
According to Liu Bang's idea, no matter how strong you are, when you go to meet the monarchs of other countries, you must at least bring some gifts, like a blue-eyed dancer or something.
Whoever goes to someone else's house as a guest has the nerve to go empty-handed.
Su Fu was a little embarrassed. He was so disgusted by Qin Hui yesterday that he ran away early.
Even the banquet in the evening was accompanied by other officials. He really didn't know the specific situation.
When the emperor asked at this moment, the old man did not dare to show his timidity, so he said:
"This time the leader is Zhang Tonggu, and the two deputy envoys are Xiao Yi, a Khitan man, and Xing Juzhan, a Han man from western Liaoning."
If the emperor was most afraid of the Wanyan clan of the Jin people... then the Han people he was most afraid of was undoubtedly Zhang Tonggu. Everyone knew that Zhang Tonggu came to the Song Dynasty as an envoy.
And according to the Jin State's mentality of using Han to rule Liao and Liao to rule Han, it is reasonable for Xiao Yi to come.
As he spoke, Su Fu began to curse the Jin people again. While cursing, he told the emperor not to agree to negotiate peace.
Anyway, no matter what, the old man just refused to say anything that Liu Bang cared about.
The emperor was a little angry and was about to tell him to get out of here, but he saw that the avenue under Donghua Gate suddenly became lively.
(End of chapter)
