Half a month after Li Zhiyun went to see Wei Yijie, the Ministry of Rites issued an edict requiring Guozixue to teach four more practical skills: construction, farming, weaving, and arithmetic.
The first time I took a construction class, a master craftsman from the imperial court came to teach the students in person. However, he just sat there and lectured, and the teaching effect was not ideal. So Li Zhiyun went to the Imperial College to offer wine and told him how to make blackboards and chalk.
With the blackboard and chalk, the instructor can write and draw while talking, making it much easier for the students to learn. During the mulberry farming class, an old farmer came in with his bare feet and rolled up trousers. He brought a lot of plant seedlings, leaving yellow mud everywhere on the podium. The old farmer spoke a dialect, but after one class, many students didn't understand a word.
This is ridiculous. It is simply degrading to let a peasant be a teacher for a student of the Imperial Academy! So, under the instigation of Yao Kai and Zhang Xiaofan, more than a dozen conservative-minded students went on strike. Whenever practical skills classes were being taught, they would leave en masse and sit quietly in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, reciting Confucian classics loudly to express their dissatisfaction.
Li Zhiyun decided to show these guys some color! So, when the group of students came back from the outside, Zhang Xiaofan, who was walking at the front, just pushed open the half-open door of the school, and a dustpan filled with dust hit him on the head, making him look disgraced. The students in the school laughed.
Although they were given a lesson, these guys still went their own way and went to sit in meditation in front of the Rites Yamen from time to time.
Want to sabotage my education reform? no way! On this day, when the students wanted to leave, they were stopped by Li Zhiyun and a group of people. They were not allowed to go out, and a dispute broke out between the two parties. Yao Kai said unconvinced: "It is our freedom to express protest, and you have no right to stop it!"
"The addition of practical subjects was approved by the King of Tang Dynasty," Li Zhiyun said, "If you object, you are bullying the emperor!"
"Deceiving the emperor and disrespecting the emperor? Don't forget, the current emperor is still the Yang family."
"My surname will soon be Li."
"Okay! Your Li family wants to seek power and usurp the throne? What a traitor!"
"Who are you scolding? Are you looking for trouble?" Li Zhiyun said and punched Yao Kai in the face. As a result, the two groups of disciples fought, and several people were beaten to death.
The Imperial College offered wine to his father to complain, saying that Li Zhiyun led the disciples to fight in a group. So, his butt was "kissed" by the board again.
During the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, Taichang Temple will perform a play at Xuanwu Gate. After dinner that day, the sixth sister came to Li Zhiyun and asked him to go to the theater with him. Li Zhiyun just wanted to go out and relax, so he agreed.
Before Abba ascended the throne, he had five sons and six daughters. Li Zhiyun is the youngest son, and the sixth sister is the youngest daughter. The sixth sister is only one year older than him and has not yet left the palace, so she also lives in Tai Chi Palace.
The two of them walked out of the palace gate, took a carriage and circled most of the palace, and came to the Xuanwu Gate. There is a large open space in front of Xuanwu Gate, where a stage is set up. There were many wooden benches placed in front of the stage, and many court officials and people were already sitting there waiting to watch the show.
As soon as the sixth sister arrived, she went to find her playmates, leaving Li Zhiyun there alone. He was looking around when he suddenly saw Liu Hong and Liu Yinglian getting off a carriage. He felt happy and quickly stepped forward to salute his prospective father-in-law.
After the ceremony, Li Zhiyun looked at Liu Yinglian and said, "Are you coming to the show too?"
"I don't like going to the theater, I just want to take my dad out to relax. It's not okay for him to be bored at home all the time!"
"You should go out and relax. But don't worry, I will be crowned king soon. Then I will find a job for your father in the palace, which will keep him busy in the future."
Liu Yinglian glanced at him and said, "Then I'll let you worry about it."
Liu Hong met a few old colleagues and had a great time chatting and laughing with them. Liu Yinglian glanced at it, turned back to him and said, "Let's go for a walk!" So the two of them walked towards the Xuanwu Gate. Li Zhiyun has been in Chang'an for a few months, and this is the first time he saw Xuanwu Gate, and he can't help but feel filled with emotion!
Xuanwu is one of the four groups of animals used to represent the four major directions (north, east, west, east, west) in the sky. Its specific representative content is: East Qinglong, West White Tiger, South Suzaku, and North Xuanwu. Xuanwu is an animal intertwined with tortoises and snakes composed of seven northern stars. In ancient myths and legends, it is the god of the north and represents the north. Therefore, the north gate of the imperial palace is called Xuanwu Gate.
The imperial palaces in Chang'an City are arranged along the central axis from south to north, and are divided into the outer court and the inner court. The outer court is the place where the emperor goes to court to receive ministers, handle government affairs, and hold banquets with ministers and even envoys from various countries. The inner court is where the emperor and his harem concubines live. There is an inner garden of the palace with beautiful scenery.
The most important thing is that the outer court is in the south of the imperial palace and the inner court is in the north of the imperial palace. The Taiji Palace where Li Zhiyun currently lives, as well as the Yeting Palace and the East Palace on the left and right sides of the Taiji Palace, and the Daming Palace in front and right of the East Palace, all belong to the Outer Court, and the Imperial City, which is separated from the Outer Court by a narrow inner lane, is The inner court of the royal palace. Currently, Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty Yang You lives in the imperial city.
Soon, Li Yuan will ascend the throne. After Yang You abdicates and moves back to Prince Dai's Mansion, Li Yuan will officially move into the imperial city. Therefore, the city wall on the north side of the palace and the main entrance of the north wall, Xuanwu Gate, play an extremely important role in the security of the palace and even the emperor himself.
Moreover, the Xuanwu Gate area is also the headquarters of the Imperial Guard, with solid fortifications and strong military strength. Once political rivals control the Xuanwu Gate, they can control the imperial palace and the emperor. It is not difficult to understand why the four coups of the Tang Dynasty all revolved around the Xuanwu Gate (the regulations of the Imperial Palace in Luoyang were exactly the same as those in Chang'an).
When they walked up to it, Li Zhiyun took a look and saw that the Xuanwu Gate was indeed very tall and spectacular. Under the towering tower, three huge gates can pass through for carriages and pedestrians. At this moment, the imperial city has a curfew, and the three city gates have been closed and locked.
Li Zhiyun looked up at the tower and said to Liu Yinglian: "Did you know? A few years later, a bloody massacre will occur here, shocking the world! Change history!"
"How did you know?" Liu Yinglian asked in surprise.
Of course Li Zhiyun can't say that he is a time traveler. Knowing what will happen many years later will definitely scare her!
"I once met an expert who could predict the future. He told me."
"Then did he say why this killing happened?"
"Of course it's for power! Moreover, this killing is related to our Li family. This may be the sadness of our Li family!" Li Zhiyun said, looking at the tower blankly.
Liu Yinglian looked at him and comforted: "Most divination techniques are false. So, you don't have to worry too much!" Li Zhiyun came back to his senses, looked at her, and said with a smile: "There is no way, this is history, who It can’t be changed either!…”
