The rise of the prince

Chapter 693 Royal Marriage + Resistance
At the beginning of September, under the suggestion of Li Xingzhou, the emperor issued an edict to confer Yelu Dashi as Prince Qing and his adopted daughter Yelu Yali as Princess Qingping. A grand canonization ceremony was held in the palace, followed by a sacrifice to the ancestors of heaven and earth outside the palace. ceremony.

Yelu Dashi became the first prince with a foreign surname in Jingguo, but the fiefdom was only symbolic. The imperial court allocated a large area of ​​land in the suburbs to Yelu Dashi, Prince Qing, and did not let it go outside. There was no actual fiefdom, only a mansion.

It can be said that the political purpose of this seal is very obvious, which is to stabilize the hearts of the people in the north.

Therefore, the emperor conferred the title of Yelu Dashi on the one hand, and on the other hand issued an official document to the world. Since he was the former king of the South Court of Liao Kingdom and the descendant of the Yelu royal family, he was conferred the title of Prince Qing, in order to appease the hearts of the people in the north.

On the other hand, some of the many dignitaries and beauties captured in the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom were selected as servants in the palace of Yelu Dashi, and the other part were rewarded by Li Xingzhou to soldiers of the new army who performed outstandingly in combat.

The imperial court has rewards, so naturally he also has rewards.

The other last ones are responsible for taking care of Yelu Dun who is under house arrest outside the palace. After all, he is the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.

In addition, He Zhao's son, He Xu, and He Qian's second elder brother were also happy to serve in the new army. He Zhao agreed with what he said, and He Xu was very happy. Happy.

After he arrived in the army, Li Xingzhou appointed him as the commander of the new army capital, and asked the court to add him as the captain of Zhiguo. As soon as his documents were submitted, the official department accepted them very quickly, and the official documents were issued very quickly, because now The king of Jin is really under one person and above ten thousand people, especially after the August [-]th change, the prince died, the East Palace was liquidated, blood flowed like a river, and the king of Jin even killed the prince in the chaos, the emperor was not angry , and also released news that he would be crowned the grandson of King Jin, which shows that King Jin is powerful.

So recently, officials at all levels in the court came to visit one after another, and the emperor often called him into the palace to ask about many important affairs in the world. He was finally able to slowly influence the court situation.

At this point, the old emperor was relieved and told him many things, such as not being kind to a woman, not being able to hold on to the minutiae, not having more officials in the court and central government, and being close and distant.

On the other hand, the queen urged him to marry He Qian next year. The death of the crown prince made the queen very sad, after all, the crown prince was her adopted son.

The queen is old, and she is used to the bloody storms of the royal family. The death of the prince was very indifferent, but after that, he was asked to bring poems and A-Jiao to the palace more frequently, and would prepare a lot of things for the two. girls.

Li Xingzhou doesn't think it's strange when he thinks about it. After all, the queen has experienced the bloody blood of the royal family, such as the prince being killed and the king of Wu's rebellion. It was the blood of tens of thousands of people. The Wuguan battlefield and the lintel of the palace were stained red. She has seen these things a lot. up.

The empress also told him in private that she asked him to marry He Qian and Wei Yubai. The four concubines must be full.

Once when the empress was talking to him alone in the imperial garden, she held him with a somewhat skinny hand and taught him meaningfully, "Think about why the ancestors had one empress and four concubines, and many concubines, nobles. If the emperor really lacks Women, love female sex, it is not better not to have many concubines, no matter how beautiful a woman is, it is inevitable that she will age and fade, it is not better to change a young woman into the palace every few years, why set up so many positions, it is not easy to move up and down, disturbing own interest.

In fact, it is to connect with all parties. When you think about things in the future, you should also think like this.

For example, if you marry Gillian, you will have the support of the royal family in the future. Wang Yue is the backbone of the old ministers, and he is a highly respected person among the old people in the previous dynasty.

But right now, He Qian is more important than Gillian.

Grandma didn't say which of these two girls is better, I can't control who you like, but you have to understand.After all, Wang Yue is getting old, and the people like He Zhao will be the important ministers you will rely on in the future, so He Qian is also important. "

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".As for internal and external matters, you must pay attention to internal security. There are also external aggressions. The Southern Dali Kingdom can't become a climate, and its own internal conflicts continue. At the beginning, they proposed to Jingguo to bow their heads and profess their vassals, but they were not approved. First The concerns of the emperors are that there are many tribes in the country, and they are at odds all the year round, and they are located in a remote place, so it will be a mess.

Jiaozhi (the area of ​​today's Vietnam), the land of Baiyi, and the barren land are also feared by Zhong Daoyu, so there is no need to worry.The troubles of our country mainly come from the north, and the family of generals who guard the northern gate is particularly important.

The Yang family in Shanxi and the Zhending Wei family both guarded the gates of the country. At the beginning, everyone didn't understand why the late emperor married his daughter to the Yang family. Afterwards, the Yang family worked hard and loyally guarded the gates of the country for a hundred years. They must have understood.

In the Wei family in Guanbei, Wei Chaoren is a man who can fight and has seniority. If you marry Wei Yubai, the two families will become closer, and he will be willing to stick to the country for you.
I'm not forcing you, but I'm just telling you the pros and cons, who to marry in the end, how to become a queen in the future, and making a concubine are all your own business. Think about it."

Compared with the family and country affairs that the emperor told him, the empress is obviously more concerned about family affairs, but in the royal family, family affairs are state affairs, and the empress made it very clear.

In addition to being educated in the palace, Li Xing also goes to the school of the palace to give lectures every day, focusing on "Xunzi". In fact, the palace invited some young teachers before, and even Chen Yu, who was relegated next door, taught the children in the school of the palace. .

Regarding what to teach, Li Xingzhou is very broad, but the teaching of cultural courses is bound to be subjective, so Fuzhong Qiuer will teach the children mathematics and simple physics, and Gillian will teach them some poetry, and Zhao Si will also make guest appearances from time to time, but He has a lot of skills but he doesn't know how to teach them. He just takes the children to visit the industrial area of ​​Wangfu to cultivate their interest.

And the essence of Xunzi, "Heaven has permanence, and people can control their destiny and use it" is what Li Xingzhou wants to focus on, but such a big child naturally doesn't understand these things when he tells them, so he needs a little bit. step by step.

Li Xingzhou is also happy to give lectures to the children. These children are his future, the future of the palace, and the future of the country.

Outside the small courtyard, the scenery is beautiful. The children of the palace are sitting below. Li Xingzhou is holding a book, shaking his head and reading: "A gentleman said: You can't stop learning. Green is taken from blue, and green is blue; ice and water are the best." , but colder than water."

"Xunzi" is a book written for adults who can read, read, and think independently, so the opening chapter is "encouraging learning", and the first sentence is this sentence, which is different from other theories.

The first sentence is full of an authoritative challenge. Xunzi first taught that learning is endless, and then he said that blue is better than blue, and ice is colder than water.

In a book, the opening sentence is usually very important.

The reason why Xunzi put this sentence at the beginning is because his views were very "anti-human" at the time. He wanted to say that the laws of nature are constant, and people can use these laws to benefit themselves, and who is the emperor Nothing to do with humans themselves.In the eyes of people at the time, it was simply "heterogeneous" and nonsense.

"This means that a gentleman believes that learning is endless, and the key is the latter. Green is extracted from blue, but it is greener than blue. Water is formed from ice, but it is colder than water. What do you think? What does Xunzi want to say?" Li Xingzhou asked.

"My lord, I think what the master said is wrong!" He just finished speaking, and the 13-year-old Ji Xiaming and Ji Chunsheng's son raised their hands. The little guy was supposed to keep his filial piety and not go to school, but after Li Xingzhou communicated with Mrs. Ji, he changed to Keep filial piety at night and go to school as usual during the day.

"Brother, what the sage said could be wrong." Xia Li, a sensible sister next to him, tugged at his sleeve.

The little guy below started talking noisily, but Li Xingzhou didn't stop him. He tapped the table with a ruler to make them quiet, and then asked Ji Xiaming: "What do you think is wrong?"

"If I knew all the characters and read all the books in the world, wouldn't I have nothing to learn? How can I learn endlessly?" He asked curiously.

Li Xingzhou laughed, and then said: "Last year, someone said that there was a monk who could not eat or drink and survived death in the temple on the other side. At that time, many people believed it and went to visit the holy Buddha. After a few months, they found that The monk is a liar, and everyone changed their minds, saying that the monk is a liar."

The little guy was dumbfounded.

"So Xunzi said that learning is endless. It doesn't mean that you must learn something. It just requires you to be eager to learn, to be curious, to ask questions, and to update your knowledge all the time. What we know and what we know will not last forever. No change, maybe it will be different in a few days, so we must always maintain a studious attitude.”

Everyone nodded half-understood, Li Xingzhou didn't force it, he had to take his time in a lot of things.

"In addition, let me ask everyone, based on what I said earlier, is what I said to you at this time absolutely correct?"

As soon as the words came out, no one spoke. Some children didn't understand, and some couldn't figure it out.

At this time, his nephew Li Si raised his hand and said, "Not necessarily! What we know and know will not change forever."

Li Xingzhou praised him with satisfaction, and then went on to say: "So the following words are very important. Blue is better than blue when it comes from blue. Water is made from ice but colder than water. What Xunzi used was just a metaphor, that is, the teacher gave you some fur. You can’t just be limited to what the teacher taught, even what the teacher taught may be wrong, and you may become more knowledgeable people than the teacher in the future, the premise is to learn endlessly.”

Li Xingzhou can't guarantee that the children can understand. What he hopes is to give some guidance to the children's thinking, so as not to let them be closed and self-contained.

Of course, it is impossible for him to teach children often, but he just chats with these little guys every now and then, and tells them some interesting and meaningful stories, such as "remedy after a dead sheep", "Mr. Dong Guo" and so on.So everyone also likes his class because it is easy.

But it was Chen Yu who spoke the most profoundly. Chen Yu was a great Confucian who majored in Mencius, so the emperor didn't like him. Mencius was an out-and-out "revolutionary", and his theories gave people the impression that they were very fierce. Full of "magnanimity and righteousness", it means that the monarch is not qualified and will be abolished at every turn, saying that the people are more important than the society, and the emperor is less important. He also said that the king's power is bestowed by God, and he listens to the people before God's natural rights.

It's no wonder that the emperor didn't like him. Coincidentally, the later Zhu Yuanzhang also cursed Mencius and wanted to remove him from the list of saints.

Such a theory is naturally not pleasing to the king, but it is no problem to invite him to teach students, but even if he talks about Xunzi, it is inevitable that some of the "magnificent righteousness" in Mencius will be mixed in. Chen Yu's lectures are sonorous and powerful, and his words and arguments All very strong.

This is indeed consistent with Xunzi's study. After all, Xunzi is the third master of Confucianism, inheriting Mencius. For example, Xunzi's self-improvement and Meng Zhi's righteousness have something in common.

Besides, Qiu'er's teaching is too powerful, rigid and drowsy at the same time, only a few students are serious about it, probably because they are really curious.

After settling down, the palace continued to operate in an orderly manner. On October [-]th, Li Xingzhou held a round table meeting and proposed to sell arms.

In the countries of the Central Plains, the best weapons should be the cold-forged weapons of the Xia Kingdom, but Li Xingzhou has bought the cold-forged armor of the Xia Kingdom, and seen the cold-forged swords of the Xia Kingdom, and there is no comparison with the tool steel level weapons of the Wangfu. sex.

Moreover, Xia Guo's technology was also restored by the craftsmen of the palace, that is, cold forging. Cold forging is indeed a leading technology in this era, but it is far from the tool steel grade steel produced by Wangfu's graphite crucible steelmaking.

The palace has a hydraulic forging hammer and a second-generation steam engine that has been put into use one after another. It can produce weapons in batches without interruption for 24 hours. The efficiency is unprecedented, and it is definitely beyond the imagination of the outside world.

But in this era, a good knife and a good gun need to be tempered by craftsmen, and due to material defects, the quality is far inferior to the mass production of the palace.

Therefore, swords, guns and armor are very expensive in this era. A good knife can be sold for the price of two cows, and a good spear head can be exchanged for several sheep.

It can be seen that the huge profits of this industry are limited to productivity, and weapons are difficult to manufacture, and the supply is often in short supply. No country will think about selling weapons.

But the palace can be mass-produced!

When he raised this matter, Yan Kun agreed, but Qifang and Wei Yubai first disagreed.

This is not surprising, Qifang and Wei Yubai went to the army, naturally they did not want to sell weapons to the enemy country.

Yan Kun is a simple businessman. He probably saw the huge profits, so he agreed. As for Zhu Rong, Zhao Si and others, they were just craftsmen, and they didn't know who to support or who was right.

He looked at Shiyu, Shiyu also hesitated, but finally expressed his support for him.

Although it was three to two, the rest of the people did not express their views, but Li Xingzhou knew that it would be difficult not to convince Wei Yubai and Qifang.

His idea is to exchange the weapons and equipment of the palace to Wei Chaoren's Guanbei Army and Lingjie Army, and sell all their equipment to the Mongolian tribes who are fighting, as well as the two sides of the civil strife in the Xia Kingdom. After all, the Xia Kingdom asked for help. Messenger, there are still people living in the capital, asking the imperial court for help every day, this is a great opportunity.

(End of this chapter)