On this day, as soon as Li Zhiyun walked to the entrance of the palace, he saw eight or nine people walking in from outside the palace. Except for a protocol officer, they were all Turks. These Turks wore swords and walked arrogantly on the royal road in the palace. According to regulations, foreign ministers are not allowed to carry weapons when entering Taiji Palace, but Abba allows Turks to enter with swords.
When these Turks passed by Li Zhiyun, a guy with a fox-like face glanced at him arrogantly. Li Zhiyun also glared back at him fiercely.
The protocol officer introduced the Turks into Wude Hall. When Li Yuan saw the Turkic envoy arriving, he quickly stood up to greet the guests. The Turks stood in front of the throne, and the protocol officer introduced them one by one: the one at the front was the envoy of Shibi Khan, Gudu Lutele, and the one standing next to him, the one with a fox face, was the deputy envoy Kang Sheoli.
Gu Duolu Tele put a hand on his chest and saluted, and said: "King Tang, Shibi Khan sends his regards to you!" Li Yuan thanked him continuously and said with a smile: "Please also ask Mr. Envoy to pay homage to Shibi Khan on your behalf after you return." say hello!"
Li Yuan invited the Turks to sit down and spoke politely to them with a smile. When the Turks left, they left behind a gift list requesting items.
Li Yuan asked the eunuch to call the official in charge of the treasury and handed him the gift list. The official was startled after reading the gift list, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the Turks always ask for excessive amounts of money every time they come. We can't let them do this anymore!"
Li Yuan waved his hand and said: "Forget it, we'd rather be tighter ourselves and leave it to them!" The official sighed, shook his head and walked away.
That night, Li Yuan held a banquet in the Guangming Hall to entertain the Turkic envoys, and played nine pieces of music including Yan Yue, Qing Shang, and Xiliang.
The next day, Li Zhiyun and a group of young men were strolling in the store when they suddenly noticed that there was chaos in front of them. They ran over and took a look. It turned out that four or five Turks were making trouble, and the leader was the deputy envoy Kang Sheoli. When they see something good, they take it, and when they see something delicious, they eat it without giving anyone any money.
Li Zhiyun stepped forward and asked: "Why don't you pay for food?" Kang Sheoli held a fruit in his hand, took a bite, and said loudly: "We Turks helped the Tang Dynasty conquer Chang'an, and we have done a lot of credit! Of course! You don’t have to pay!”
"fart!"
"You scold me?"
Seeing that they were about to quarrel, the stall owner quickly said: "Forget it, forget it, it's just a few fruits, I don't want the money! You all go away, don't stop me from doing business!"
Liu Shuyi on the side pulled Li Zhiyun away. After the young men and the Turks glared at each other for a few times, they all separated.
After Li Zhiyun and the others walked around, when they walked back, they found a bunch of people gathered in front of them. When they walked over and took a look, they saw an old woman in her fifties kneeling on the ground crying. Li Zhiyun asked the person next to him what was going on? A man wearing a green cloth shirt said: "This lady's daughter was snatched away by the Turks. She said she wanted to take the Turks back to her as her wife!"
"Robbing civilian girls in broad daylight? How outrageous! Where are they?"
"Go forward!" The man pointed with his finger.
Li Zhiyun immediately led people to chase him. They chased for hundreds of feet and finally caught up with the Turks. Kang Sheoli was seen walking proudly in front, with two guards behind him dragging a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. The girl was crying and struggling, but how could she break free?
Li Zhiyun ran a few steps and blocked Kang Sheoli's path. Kang Sheoli saw him, looked back and said, "Is it you again?"
Li Zhiyun took a breath and said, "Why are you robbing people?"
"I'm not robbing her! I'm taking her back to Turks to enjoy her happiness!"
"fart!"
"You scolded me again?"
Li Zhiyun waved his hand and said: "Brothers, take action!" As soon as he ordered, the young men wearing swords immediately drew their swords and stabbed the Turks. Did the two guards really fight when they saw each other? He quickly let go of the girl and used the knife to defend himself. The girl took the opportunity to run away.
Although the young masters are young, they can draw on the strength of the number of people and draw with the Turks. Li Zhiyun let others fight, but he stood aside and watched the fun. He saw Dou Xiaochen and Kang Sheoli fighting together. Kang Sheoli was an adult after all. He held Dou Xiaochen's hand tightly with one hand, and strangled Dou Xiaochen's neck with the other hand, strangling him almost. Out of breath.
Dare you bully my nephew? Li Zhiyun caught a glimpse of a brick on the ground, picked it up, walked over, and pointed it at Kang Sheoli's head. Kang Sheoli immediately collapsed to the ground with a bloody head.
When the other Turks saw the deputy envoy lying on the ground, they stopped fighting and quickly gathered around him. A guard picked him up and shouted: "My lord! My lord!" Kang Sheoli closed his eyes tightly and remained silent. When Lawyer Pei saw it, he was horrified: "Is he dead?"
"Run!" Li Zhiyun said, turned around and ran away...
In the evening, Li Zhiyun swaggered back to Tai Chi Palace with his hands behind his back, humming a tune. As soon as he stepped into the palace gate, he was stopped by two tall and mighty guards.
"What are you going to do?"
Without saying a word, the two guards took him to the Wude Hall like a chicken. Abba was walking back and forth in the temple, his face full of anger. The guard throws him to the floor like a goblin. Abba walked up to him in a few steps, pointed his halberd at him and cursed: "You bastard! How dare you cause trouble on the street! Come on, give me fifty bucks!"
Someone immediately came forward, pressed him on a wooden stool, "kissed" his buttocks with a board, and spanked him until he screamed "ouch"...
My mother came over after hearing the news, but after hearing about his "heroic deeds", she didn't dare to dissuade her, so she could only wipe her tears aside...
Li Zhiyun was beaten hard and could not get out of bed for several days. On this day, the third sister came to visit him with a gift. She sat beside the couch and said with a smile: "You brat, you will always get into trouble. Even if you get a slap in the face, it will make you remember!"
Li Zhiyun said aggrievedly: "Sister, you said that about me too? Can't we stop the Turks from robbing civilian girls?"
"Of course I can, but that has to be done by the government!" said the third sister, "How can there be someone like you who hits someone's head with a brick?"
Seeing that Li Zhiyun was silent, the third sister continued: "You, you still don't know the depth. Our country has been constantly at war in the past few years, and most of the people fleeing the chaos in the Central Plains fled to the Turks. The Turks are powerful, ranging from Khitan and Shiwei in the east to the west. Tuyuhun and Gaochang, all countries surrendered to the Turks. The Turks have more than one million soldiers. If the Turks are angered and they send troops to attack Chang'an, what can we do to resist them?... Yesterday, Abba personally went to the Sifang Pavilion to visit Kang Sheo. Li, the gifts given to the Turks were doubled again, which calmed their anger..."
Abba ordered the establishment of a Guozi school so that all these bastards could go to school to prevent them from causing trouble on Chang'an Avenue. After the injury on Li Zhiyun's butt healed, he obediently went to Guozixue.
Guozi studied in a pavilion in the southeast of Chang'an, next to the Imperial College. Both Guozixue and Taixue are central institutions of higher learning. The difference is that Taixue can recruit civilian children, while Guozixue only recruits children of nobles and foreign students.
Li Zhiyun walked into the school carrying a wooden box containing stationery. He saw that the school was full of sixty or seventy students, including his brothers. At this moment, the doctor has not come to class yet, and the students are whispering among themselves. Seeing him walking in, several brothers stood up to greet him. Liu Shuyi took his wooden box and said to him, "Just sit next to me!"
After Li Zhiyun sat down, he looked around. Liu Shuyi said with a smile: "There are quotes from saints hanging on the walls of the school, and your quotes are also hanging on them. So, you are also a saint!" Li Zhiyun took a look, and sure enough, there were several banners hanging on the four walls of the school, writing letters of advice from the sages. His famous sayings, and his "holy words" are also prominently listed.
After a while, the doctor walked into the school with his books under his arm, sat down and began to teach. This doctor is an old man in his fifties, and he teaches the Four Books and Five Classics. He was following the script completely. Li Zhiyun was not interested at all and soon fell asleep.
Next, as soon as the doctor began to speak, the sage fell asleep. On the third day, the doctor finally couldn't bear it anymore. He walked down from the podium, woke him up with a ruler and said, "If you always sleep, you might as well go home and sleep. It will be more comfortable that way!"
Li Zhiyun stretched, yawned and said, "Sir, you can't always teach these scriptures. Can you teach some practical subjects, such as architecture, agronomy and textiles?"
"I don't understand what you are saying. If you have any objections to the teaching content, you can go to the Imperial College to offer a drink!"
So, Li Zhiyun found the Imperial College to offer wine. Sacrificial wine is equivalent to the university president in later generations. Li Zhiyun remembers that when he was watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", during the burning of Red Cliff, Cao Cao stabbed a wine sacrificer to death with a halberd. The wine maker seemed to be in charge of music, because there was a scene in the play where the wine maker ordered the craftsmen to smash the bell and recast it because he thought the sound quality of the bronze bell was impure.
Li Zhiyun told Mr. Jijiu about his idea of increasing teaching content. Jijiu was embarrassed and said: "This matter is too big for me to make a decision. You should go to the Ministry of Rites!"
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of etiquette, sacrifices, education and foreign affairs in the court. Li Zhiyun had no choice but to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, find Wei Yijie, and said to him: "Students of Guozixue will be officials in the future, and being an official must benefit the people. Only they know how to build houses and can guide the people to cultivate fields and mulberry trees." , Only by raising silkworms and weaving cloth can you be a good official! Right?"
After hearing this, Wei Yijie nodded and said: "Master Li, your idea is very good! I will discuss it with Master Li Gang, the Minister of Finance, and draft a memorial, and then submit it to your Majesty for approval!"
Not long after the opening of Guozixue, the students and disciples were divided into two groups. One faction is headed by Li Zhiyun, who are all descendants of officials who followed Li Yuan in the army; the other faction is headed by Yao Silian and Zhang Xu's sons Yao Kai and Zhang Xiaofan, both of whom are descendants of former officials of the Sui Dynasty.
