Li Shimin frowned and looked at the picture drawn on the ground. It was just a picture drawn by a child. As for the reason behind it, I, the Khan of Heaven, could not understand it.
Yan Liben said again: "I will go and make preparations according to the arrangements of His Highness the King of Jin. I can give it a try." Li Shimin nodded and said: "The sluice gate here must be repaired before spring plowing."
"I understand." Li Shimin was still very satisfied with the performance of his son and daughter. He continued walking along the Weishui River and said again: "I heard that Yue'er is going to open a mountain gate?"
"Back to my father, the emperor's sister and brother-in-law did talk about this before, but it was just a formality, and there was no real location of the mountain gate. The location is the ninth pine and cypress tree in the northeast corner of Lishan Mountain."
"The ninth pine and cypress tree?" Li Shimin walked slowly, thinking.
"Is there something magical about this tree?"
"Since the imperial sister can choose this tree, there must be something magical about it, but my daughter seems to be just an ordinary tree." Li Lizhi answered, watching Zhimu throwing stones into the Jing River from time to time.
This child seems to have no interest in anything other than learning. Li Shimin stopped and looked at the fields in the distance. At this time, he saw a vast expanse of white.
Nine out of ten sentences the children said were inseparable from the brother-in-law. It seems that I am not as good as Zhang Yang. I am the Khan of Heaven!
You shouldn't argue with people like him. The emperor persuaded himself in his heart, but the more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he became.
This is my son and daughter! Solving the problem of the Jinghe River channel was originally a happy thing, but at this moment Li Shimin couldn't be happy at all.
Especially when he thought that that smiling face should be hanged in front of Chengtian Gate. I feel even more disappointed. Li Shimin said calmly: "It's getting late, let's go back to the palace." Li Junxian, who was following him, replied: "I'll go and prepare the car right now." In the palace, in the East Palace, Li Chengqian was holding a copy of the minister's book I saved the notes I took during the conversation and re-wrote the regulations of the official school.
Officials who inspected local land were just following the rules. What mattered was whether the official school went smoothly. When setting up official schools, the imperial examination was secondary, while teaching and educating talents was primary.
Li Chengqian wrote, and he was busy writing the charter for two days in the East Palace. During this period, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs also walked around.
Then let a few officials from the province under the command come to help with the arrangement, and that's it for a complete strategy for starting an official school.
Li Chengqian picked up some of the volumes and
"Give these two volumes to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials respectively, and go to Shangshu Province alone." These days, Zhang Yang often comes to Shangshu Province to visit. He doesn't stay here for long, and when he has nothing to do, , put together some small models.
Several children were sitting around a sand table. Zhang Yang folded the iron bar in half so that it became a pair of tweezers, and put some pieces of wood into the small house.
These small houses placed on the sand table are the children's favorite toys at the moment. They will also find ways to make a stream on the sand table and cover it with grass seeds to make it lush and green next year.
The children are having fun building a small house and making little figures. As a person who is nearly thirty years old and will be twenty-six after the Chinese New Year, Zhang Yang never expected to play house with the children in Shangshu Province.
Apply some glue to the edge of the board, carefully place it on top, and tap it gently with tweezers to fix it.
Seeing that a small house was about to take shape, the princess and the prince's eyes were filled with stars. An unprecedented sense of happiness and satisfaction echoed in the hearts of the children.
Li Zhi is making a model of a waterwheel. This sandbox has become a small world in the hearts of the children.
"Brother-in-law's craftsmanship is amazing."
"Yes, yes, this house is so beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful house before."
"We will live in a house like this in the future." A group of children looked at the small villa, their eyes gleaming.
Zhang Yang raised his eyes and saw Li Chengqian coming. He adjusted his official uniform.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Li Chengqian took out the document and said,
"This is the strategy I have written again. Do you think it's suitable?" Zhang Yang washed his hands in a basin nearby, then picked up the document and read it carefully.
The Shangshu Province was originally the place where political affairs were handled. There is a huge sandbox here at the moment, and all the children's toys are placed on the sandbox.
Not to mention that it smells like sawdust, and there are even eunuchs and maids sawing wood here. A good Shangshu Province seems to have become a place for children to play.
Seeing that Zhang Yang was reluctant to speak while looking at the document, Li Chengqian asked doubtfully: "Is there something inappropriate in the writing?" The establishment of the official school was naturally inseparable from the support of various ministries in the court. His Royal Highness even had to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel.
Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "If the establishment of the official school involves the six ministries of the court and central government, there will be many constraints, and the opinions of the various ministries will not be unified. Then it will not be the same. When the official school needs to make other measures, the Ministry of Husbandry or the Whenever one of the officials has a left-leaning opinion, it will affect the efficiency of work."
"Now that the court officials are governing the Qingming Festival, everyone is committed to the good of the country, and everyone will pool their wisdom. Isn't this better?" Zhang Yang sighed. If there was a conflict with the six ministries of the court, Li Chengqian would most likely choose to accommodate.
The prince is an honest and kind person. Not everyone is kind. Li Chengqian uses his own character to judge and they will also make decisions based on higher character?
This is too taken for granted. Zhang Yang sat down again,
"I think this matter should be avoided as much as possible."
"How to avoid it?"
"Set up another official residence to host the opening of official schools. In this way, you can have the initiative and don't have to be controlled by the six ministries of the DPRK and Central Government." Li Chengqian asked puzzledly: "Just like you did when you established the Diplomatic Academy before?"
"It can be regarded as a way. This official residence can be attached to the Imperial College and handed over to a trusted person."
"I understand." Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Then I'll give you five thousand strings first. After His Highness the Crown Prince arranges other matters, how about I give you the next seven thousand strings?"
"That's great." After so many days of hard work, Li Chengqian finally smiled. After seeing the prince off, seeing that it was almost getting dark, he asked the children to clean up the place. Zhang Yang packed up the account books and prepared to leave.
Li Lizhi looked at the sand table in front of her with her hands behind her back.
"What will brother-in-law Lishan be like in the future?" Zhang Yang put the account books into the package and said
"The current Lishan is still under construction. In the future, I will also build a sand table that Lishan will look like in the future."
"Well, my brother-in-law's craftsmanship is so good, Lishan will definitely be beautiful in the future." Zhang Yang warned: "It may snow heavily tonight, so you should go to bed early." Li Zhi said loudly: "I understand." Children are always full of energy, and sometimes they can't bear their curiosity about things. They always have to do something to distract their attention, otherwise they will be very noisy.
The fact that the prince's charter was sent to Zhongshu Province was probably inseparable from the emperor's guidance. Li Shimin listened to Fang Xuanling's story,
"So, this official strategy is very cleverly written?" Fang Xuanling bowed and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that this strategy received a lot of guidance from Zhang Shilang." Regardless of whether this strategy was instructed by Zhang Yang or not, it was with the support of the teaching staff You can really try to slowly erode the family's control over the scholars.
Poor students are the cleanest. They have no background or family influence. And these remote places will not be targeted by aristocratic families.
His Majesty and the Prime Minister discussed for a long time, and a plan slowly took shape. When Zhang Yang knew the whole story, it was already the next morning, and Li Shimin agreed to build another official residence to open an official school.
The original Sifang Hall was converted into an official school. In addition, Cen Wenwen was temporarily appointed as the Superintendent of the Official Academy. The prince put the most effort into the official school, because he had been busy for three years since the official school was opened.
In the past three years, Li Chengqian has devoted himself almost wholeheartedly. However, after the official school initially achieved results, Li Shimin still asked someone else to serve as the supervisor of the official school bureau and preside over the establishment of the official school.
The prince only had the right to intervene, and the person who had put in the most effort was excluded. Li Shimin was not a fool, and official education was not a century-old plan of the imperial court and directly affected the imperial examination.
The emperor appointed one of his most trusted ministers. And this most trusted minister took over the power.
Ruthlessly excluded the prince. Zhang Yang was sitting at home drinking tea and listening to Aunt Wang's story, and he couldn't help but feel sad for His Royal Highness.
I worked so hard on my own business that I was so busy that my legs almost broke, and I had to go around asking others and looking up classics.
In the end, this achievement still belongs to His Majesty. Zhang Yang said with emotion: "Your father has his own reasons for doing this. His Royal Highness is still young, and there are many aspects of officialdom and academic affairs. With your father's people in charge, the East Palace does not have such a big burden."
"My husband rarely speaks to my father." Li Yue looked surprised and said, "If it had been in the past, my husband would have been angry."
"Alas... This is the matter between your father and the prince, and I can't get involved in the matters between father and son." Li Yue drank tea and looked at the book in his hand.
"It is not only to take away the achievements of the official school, but also to protect His Highness the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince personally participates in the imperial examination, there will definitely be more trouble in the future." After speaking, she put down the scroll again.
Noticing his wife's gaze, Zhang Yang changed out of his official uniform.
"I'm going to cook." Seeing her husband's appearance, Li Yue smiled again.
"Why are you laughing, Your Highness?"
"It's nothing." Li Yue shook her head and said, "I just think my husband has done something bad again." Aunt Wang stood aside and hesitated to speak, so she simply stopped asking.
Her Royal Highness the Princess has grown up and is now a mother. Little Qingqing is sitting next to the bear and playing with a windmill. She doesn't know how to make the thing spin, so she tears it apart with her little hands.
With the current knowledge of Her Royal Highness, Aunt Wang sometimes cannot understand the words between the couple. The news that the official academy was to be opened spread out from Chang'an City.
The old man who left Chang'an City in embarrassment a few days ago did not go far. They found a village to live outside.
From time to time, he discusses strategies to deal with official studies and considers His Majesty's attitude towards the aristocratic family. Mr. Lu handed over the letter from Chang'an City.
"Guys, let's take a look. This is the intention of the Central Government to open an official academy." Mr. Xu's eyes were dim and he could not see the words clearly, so he just asked the servants around him to read them out.
All the old gentlemen listened quietly. After finishing the book, the room fell into silence again.
"Is this the beginning of the court giving in?"
"maybe."
"In this case, can I go back and resume my life?"
"I've long wanted to go back to my hometown for a visit." Mr. Lu listened to these people's discussions and whispered: "I heard that this Zhang Yang acted insidiously, and the people in Chang'an often called him a monster." Everyone stopped after hearing this. Discussing, thinking of the debate in Tai Chi Hall, he fell silent again.
Another old man said: "Everyone, Zhang Yang joined the Ministry of Rites to stir up the situation in Hexi, and even led Gaochang from afar. This man looks young and his schemes must be guarded against."
"We are worried in our hearts, but others will not consider such a long-term view. The official policy of the imperial court is full of concessions, and we should not underestimate it. There may be some calculation in it, so you should not underestimate it."
"What Mr. Xu said is that we all have worries in our hearts, but the children of the aristocratic family don't think so, so you can't be careless." Everyone looked ugly. Looking at this simple charter for the establishment of the official school, on the surface it seemed... It is to send masters and officials to remote places.
But the content also makes people worry about whether there may be something else involved. We have all lived a long time and have experienced many things.
With such an attitude, how could the DPRK give in so quickly?
"In my opinion, I'm afraid of Chao Zhong." Someone finally spoke. Everyone swept away their previous worries and began to laugh loudly.
Mr. Lu looked at the snowstorm outside the window. It had been snowing heavily in Guanzhong for days. Everyone could only rest here temporarily and wait for the snowstorm to pass before going back.
All the things told by the clan that should be done have been done. The old guys are all tired. They are so old and they just want to go back to their hometown and die of old age.
What do you care about the world? Go back early and have a good morning. Still tired of it. Mr. Lu sighed secretly. The old guys who were against the court had long been powerless, not to mention that Li Shimin had many young leaders in his hands.
Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Li Daozong and others are also famous in the Central Plains. As long as these people are still there, even if the powerful families want to rise up, they still have to weigh their options.
Especially Li Jing, who wiped out the Central Plains and conquered half of the Li Tang Dynasty. There was a fear of having such a person in the family.
The court and the clan have been at odds over the years. Both of them knew their respective weaknesses, and Li Shimin was a tolerant emperor. It was the most terrifying thing for a person like this to be an emperor.
When the Tang Dynasty was first established, after Li Shimin's Xuanwu Sect seized power, he began to hide his power and bide his time, and fought against the Turks to make a name for himself in the Central Plains.
After that, the Tian Khan remained dormant for another three or two years. When the country's strength was restored, Li Shimin purged the court.
After the court was changed, Gao Shilian, Yu Shinan, Lu Chengqing and others left. Most of the people now in power in the court are former members of the Qin Palace.
After Gao Shilian helped Li Shimin rebuild his clan, he retired from the court, and all power fell into the hands of the emperor.
The replacement of the old and new courts is completed. The aristocratic family was old-fashioned and self-contained. The seven-hundred-year-old family was too big and rotten to the core. It was no longer as glorious as the Han Dynasty.
The children of the aristocratic family are inferior to each other from generation to generation.
