Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 592
The greatest pursuit of a scholar is nothing more than the three immortals to establish morality, meritorious service, and establish a reputation.

On the surface, morality comes first, meritorious service comes second, and words come third.But which scholar is not a monkey spirit?
Lide depends on the wisdom of different people, and it is difficult for everyone to agree.

To make meritorious deeds, you need to be in the officialdom, which involves the interests of all parties. Even a man as strong as Mr. Di Ge has experienced ups and downs many times, and his merits and demerits are not praised.

Only independent words, written books, can last forever and be admired by future generations.

Therefore, scholars regard establishing words as the first priority in order to seek immortality.

It would be a great feat for Shilin to be responsible for editing an all-encompassing book that synthesizes thousands of years of Chinese classics.

Not to mention the editor-in-chief, even if he participated in it, it would be a beautiful thing for Guangzong Yaozu, and it deserves a special mention on the epitaph.

As for the recompilation of scriptures and history, under such a grand occasion, what is it?
Luo Youdu took a glance, and the many civil servants who were already a little red-eyed felt at ease, and their goals had been achieved.

Perhaps the ministers at this stage were afraid of the harm of the military officials of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and wanted to improve the status of the scholar-bureaucrats and avoid repeating the same mistakes.

But there is no doubt that once the power of scholar-bureaucrats overwhelms military officials, the situation will deteriorate.

How many people can not forget their original intentions after gaining rights?
Not to mention anything else, Luo Youdu couldn't even do it himself.

In order to let them settle down and find something for them to do, a group of people will not be thinking about it.

Originally, Luo Youdu also planned to compile a book similar to "Yongle Dadian", but at this moment, he just proposed to follow the trend.

Of course, his purpose is not to show the prestige of the country and benefit all generations, nor is it to collect the books of the classics and history, but to collect books on astronomy, geography, yin and yang medicine, crafts, and agriculture.

If not for the disastrous literary inquisition, the books of classics and history sub-collections would generally not be lost.

There is no shortage of wealthy literati in this world, and the classics of Jingshiziji are the first classics they collect.

Unless all the literati in the world are extinct, it is difficult for the classics and history subsets to be lost.

Astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, crafts, and agriculture are unpopular, but miscellaneous books that condense the wisdom of the ancients and are closely related to life are the most likely to be lost.

In the eyes of most scholars, these miscellaneous books can even be classified as strange skills and obscenity.

Luo Youdu understands that compared with the classics and history collections, these technologies that are easily lost are the knowledge that can really drive productivity and social progress.

In this way, miscellaneous books are summed up, and professionals are arranged to sort out and study them, extract the essence, discard the dross, and learn and develop, so as to gradually improve the cognition of astronomy and geography, the development of medicine, the improvement of technology, and the improvement of agriculture. improvement.

Luo Youdu wants to let future generations know that Chinese culture is not just Confucianism, let alone a subset of classics and history.

All the civil servants and Confucian scholars in the room wanted to participate in it, but they didn't know what Luo Youdu was really planning.

He didn't explain it, but just said: "This kind of book is tentatively named "Yongjing Dadian". It's just that my Chinese culture is extensive and profound. I decided to announce to the world that book collectors from all over the world are willing to donate their lonely books, and I will have a big reward. I don’t take away people’s favors, I just borrow them to expand and write, and they will return to the original owners afterward. At the end of the "Yongjing Grand Ceremony", thank you for your signature to show his achievements."

He satiated the appetite of the civil servants, and then skipped this topic directly, not talking about it.

Luo Youdu also expressed his attitude today.

He will not give special privileges to generals, but civil servants should not be given special privileges.

As for Song Bai, at this stage, not many people really paid attention to his small role.

Originally, Zhang Zhao and a group of scholar-bureaucrats pleaded for Song Bai not for him, but for the meaning and value he represented.

Luo Youdu has already defined scholar-bureaucrats as meritorious service regardless of civil or martial arts. Song Bai's merits are not enough to enjoy the imperial court's eyes and palms for him.

Luo Youdu's character is known to most officials in the temple.

His majesty made an attack at the beginning, but he just didn't want to make this matter go on.

The current outcome is the best, and no one will say anything more.

Luo Youdu also stopped here, and did not continue to embarrass the civil servants.

After all, it depends on them to rule the world.

No matter how good the decision is, without the cooperation of officials, everything will be useless.

Just like the Ming Dynasty, it’s not that there were no emperors who wanted to rejuvenate. It’s just that they followed a policy, eunuchs took money, and civil officials at all levels took money one by one. In the end, the emperor was poor and the people suffered.

Luo Youdu didn't want to make too much trouble with the civil servants under his command.

In addition to compromise with each other, the political field is to accept as soon as it is good.

Blindly killing them all will only make things out of hand.

Luo Youdu also knew from the bottom of his heart that the Wenchen Group would not let it go.They will look for any opportunity to show up, and all they have to do is hold a hammer and hit whoever comes out to suppress the wind.

Of course Wuchen is the same.

Isn't this the emperor's job?

Without the minister's request for intervention, Song Bai's case was quickly closed.

Song Bai confessed to his crime, and also confessed to those who bribed him.

Other than the two brothers Chen Wenxian and Chen Wenyi, there are Meng Qing from his hometown, as well as Lin Zhinan in Luoyang, Tan Fengyu in Taiyuan, Song An and Song Ren in Daming Mansion.

There are many more people involved than imagined.

Lin Zhinan was an examinee in the same class as Song Bai, and was born as a Jinshi.Knowing that Song Bai is highly regarded by Liu Zai, he deliberately flattered him.

Tan Fengyu, Song An, and Song Ren are all from the same road.

Song Bai became famous at a young age and was sponsored by the Song family.

Tan Fengyu is the son-in-law of the Song family, and Song An and Song Ren are both members of the Song family.

For them, Luo Youdu directly expressed his attitude, killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, and all those involved will be punished.

Song Bai was deprived of his fame, never hired, rode a hundred, and exiled Jiaozhi.

The same was true for Chen Wenxian, Chen Wenyi, and Meng Qing. They received fifty lashes each and were exiled to Jiaozhi.

Those from the Song family involved in this matter will all be exiled to Liangzhou.

According to the law, the amount Song Bai embezzled was enough to be executed.

However, Luo Youdu thought that Jiaozhi and Liangzhou Han people are rare, and they are generally not criminals, so they seldom kill.

Even so, it also gave a warning signal.

For corrupt officials, Luo Youdu did not give any chances, and also deterred many officials with dirty hands and feet.

The salary of the Luoyu court is enough for officials to live a good life.

In this case, the cost of corruption is too high, and the number of corrupt officials can be effectively controlled.

Luo Youdu looked at the closing document sent by Dali Temple in his hand.

Soon his eyes fell on the three words Lu Mengzheng.

Lu Meng's identity in the closing documents is a witness, an eyewitness to Chen Wenxian and Chen Wenyi's gift giving.

Luo Youdu's eyes sparkled: This Lu Mengzheng, could it be the Lu Mengzheng in history?

The first prime minister in Chinese history who was born as a commoner and walked out of a broken cave...

(End of this chapter)