Datang Longya

Chapter 58 The Temptation That Can't Be Refused

Through Yao Silian's words, the Confucian scholars finally understood the meaning of the emperor's move of pushing the wooden sign.

However, among those who can read, how many are willing to be teachers?In Datang, as long as they are literate, the worst can be mixed up as a shopkeeper. Being a shopkeeper is much more lucrative than a teacher.

Although all the seats were full of respected Confucian scholars, none of them had a lot of money, and there were a few who couldn't afford enough food and clothing.

Li Shimin saw that all the great Confucians were contemplating, so he said: "I plan to fund the construction of an academy. Except for the students such as Guozijian and Hongwenguan to be selected by the imperial court, the rest will be sent to the state capitals to serve as "teachers". Salary. State-level academies are established by teachers.

I feel that as long as we work hard from now on, we will definitely be able to open academies in counties within a hundred years! Within 200 years, it can be opened to the village! After 300 years, hum..."

All the great Confucian scholars listened to Li Shimin's words and their saliva flowed down, but they didn't know it. 300 years, only 300 years, even a farmer working in the field can recite beautiful poems!
What a scene that should be!

Han Chongwen asked again: "Your Majesty, do you know how much money is needed to open such an academy? All the official positions in the imperial court have been fixed, how much will the treasury cost to create a new position?"

Li Shimin pointed to his patched dragon robe and said, "I think it's enough to have enough clothes to cover your body, enough to eat enough to fill your stomach, enough to live without being exposed to rain and cold, and it's enough for the emperor to go out and all the people to bow down. I At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he ordered the palace to reduce expenses and save a lot of money and food. On the occasion of the New Year, the landlord of Tianxialou donated another 50 yuan, of which 20 yuan was used for the poor to build houses, and the remaining 30 yuan! Such a heavy investment, Can it be used?"

Han Chongwen stood up, bowed to Li Shimin with five body bows, lay down on the ground and said: "Your Majesty is wise! Although the grassroots are old and frail, they can still be used for three to five years. Your Majesty opens an academy, please leave a place for the grassroots!"

All the great Confucians followed Han Chongwen's example and shouted to join the academy.

Li Shimin was very satisfied with the reactions of these great Confucians. In the Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming's words of "not bowing for five buckets of rice" and "seeing Nanshan leisurely" were widely praised by scholars. There are not many folks among the high-ranking officials and dignitaries!
This made him very uncomfortable!Well now, more than 100 great Confucian scholars in Chang'an have been lured to the ground by the "education of the people" candy, and the talented people in the countryside are not far from being caught!
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian, saying that Li Chengqian now holds the title of "Vice President"!
Li Chengqian understood, stepped forward to help the great Confucians one by one, and said: "Chengqian is not talented, he is the vice president of the academy. The academy was founded, and there is an urgent need for teachers. You are all great scholars with high morals. The academy must sweep the couch." Waiting! It’s just that the academy is still under construction, and it will take another year to complete. Before that, I hope everyone can participate in the printing of books..."

When it comes to printing books, it seems to grab the heartstrings of these great Confucian scholars. Some expressed that they would donate their treasured books and print a few more copies, while others implicitly proposed to print the books they wrote.

Li Chengqian naturally agreed one by one.

When you great Confucian scholars saw the printing press in the backyard of Tianxia Building, they wished they could rush to get close to it.

Yao Silian shook his head even more: "It's really hard to invigorate the sandalwood carving, but the dead wood can bloom!"

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Whenever something happy happens, Li Shimin wants to tell the queen that as long as he hasn't seen the queen for a long time, he will feel bad.

Today, when he came to the queen's bedroom as usual, he was stopped by the maid outside!

This is really unprecedented!

The queen's personal maid hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the empress is receiving female guests inside, and I told you to notify before entering."

"There is no need to report."

The queen pushed open the door of the palace and walked out with Liu Shuwen.

Liu Shuwen saw Li Shimin hastily squatted down to salute.

"Oh, it's Shuwen, why did you come to the palace today?"

The queen gave the emperor a blank look: "It wasn't your bad idea. A few days ago, you directly talked about marriage with Mr. Leng, which forced Mr. Leng to leave the border. I heard that you and Wei Zheng conspired to find Shuwen a husband who stepped in. You, worry about it!"

Li Shimin rubbed his nose: "After all, I and Wei Zheng couldn't bear to see the Liu family die. I thought before that Shuwen and Leng Feng would be very comfortable in this life. But then Wei Zheng told me that he didn't want the Liu family to die. After summing it up, I think it is indeed the case! Who is Leng Feng? How can he tolerate his child changing his surname? It would be better to recruit a new one."

Liu Shuwen knelt down and bowed: "My servant thanked His Majesty for your kindness, but Shuwen has made an oath that she will be a slave and a servant in this life in order to repay the kindness of the Patriarch's help. If this is the case, it is not allowed to be another wife."

Li Shimin sighed and said: "Forget it, since that's the case, you can decide for yourself!"

At this moment, a man with a black cloak and a mask on his face appeared behind the colonnade. The queen just glanced at it, and hurriedly dragged Liu Shuwen back into the room.

Dressed like this in the palace, it could only be an offering from Baiqisi, and the appearance of a general offering must be a big event.Even the queen must avoid it at this time.

Li Shimin also saw this person, waved his hand, and led him to the side hall.

Walking into the side hall, the black cloak took off the mask.

Under the mask was a ferocious face like a ghost, and the scars seemed to have been burned.

It was indeed a burn. If it wasn't for this person who blocked the flames for Li Shimin at the beginning, it should be Li Shimin with this face now, so Li Shimin never set up defenses against this person.

"Zhongqing, didn't you decide to hand over Baiqisi to Zhang Wen gradually, and then retire? Why do you have time to see me?"

Zhang Zhongqing took out a letter from his bosom, threw it casually, and the letter flew towards Li Shimin like a Frisbee.

Li Shimin took it and looked at the envelope. It turned out to be an urgent secret letter from Baiqisi.

This kind of secret letter is the highest level, and what is conveyed is the big event of the general's rebellion and the enemy's invasion.Even the news of Luo Yi's rebellion is not qualified to go through the channel of Baiqisi's secret letter.

Li Shimin hurriedly opened it, only to see that it was written in a mess:

"My lord, my lord, came downstairs today carrying something big like a fist, made of fine iron, attached to an arrow, and hit the middle man, bursting, sounding like thunder, Mo Tu and a dozen of his subordinates died here Things. Li Jing begged to promote it in the army, and the landlord responded..."

Zhang Wen is the only one who can write such shabby characters, thunder with big fists?I don't know what it is that has such power!

Zhang Zhongqing cupped his hands and said: "Although Zhang Wen has a rough temper, he will definitely not exaggerate in the secret letter."

(End of this chapter)