Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 304

Ministry of Rites, South Courtyard, Gongyuan Courtyard

Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji were sitting in the teahouse across the street, tasting tea while watching the students enter the tribute courtyard in an orderly manner. The reason why they didn’t look like the emperor standing at the west inner gate was because they couldn’t bear it, and secondly, I don't want to be too ostentatious.

"Uncle, looking at these young students, you know that the prosperity of the country is just around the corner." Li Chengqian leaned against the window, holding a teacup in one hand, while pointing to his eldest grandson Wuji.

Hehehe..., after a few chuckles, Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and smiled and replied: "Shenzhen, national security, and world governance, there must be sages. If you get a sage, the country will be safe and famous. If you lose a sage, the country Everything is in danger, and the name is not without shame.

All the sages of the former kings are extremely humble, extremely humble, extremely far away and extremely laborious.I have the same love for all the scholars in the world. This talent, naturally, is like a crucian carp crossing the river. "

Changsun Wuji has always advocated the reuse of children from poor families, so all along, no matter whether it is with the emperor or Li Chengqian, his recommenders are all from the bottom of society.

These people feel the pain of the people's sufferings, so they naturally have many taboos when they are officials, and they do their best when they are on official missions, at least those who go to the East Palace are like this.

Just when Li Chengqian was about to sit down and have a hand-to-hand conversation with Changsun Wuji, there were voices of cursing from next door, cursing that the Jinshi selected by the imperial court were all incompetent idiots and sour mediocrities. Those old people who came to fool the imperial court with old sesame seed and rotten millet are all short-sighted people.

Hearing this, Changsun Wuji shrugged his shoulders helplessly. There are people like this every year. It’s nothing more than a failure in the last exam. Seeing that other people’s articles are better than his own, he became jealous, so he came here It's nothing strange to drink and scold classmates while drinking.

But Li Chengqian's attitude is to beat the child on a rainy day, and he is idle when he is idle, and he will not be tired after walking a few steps. Let's see, what if it is a legacy of the sea in the examination room? pole.

After a while, what caught Li Chengqian's eyes was a plainly dressed young man in his 20s who was drinking heavily with a wine jar. The most eye-catching thing on the table was an ancient long sword, which could be seen to be some years old.

"You, who are you?" The young man asked Li Chengqian and Li Chengqian, holding the jug in one hand and touching the sword on the table with the other.

Yo, I've already drunk like this, and my vigilance is good, then I don't care about Changsun Wuji poking his hand in the back, and sit directly opposite the young man: "Brother, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean anything malicious, I just heard you from the next door. It is very strange for me to wait for the scholars who scold the reference.

So I wanted to come here to find out. It is said that everything is low-grade but only studies are high. Is there anything wrong with this student taking the imperial examination to become an official? "

After looking Li Chengqian up and down, the young man took his hand away from the sword, took two more gulps from the wine jar, and then stood up unsteadily: "Little brother is dressed luxuriously. He looks like he belongs to a wealthy family. If you think about it, you must read it." I have read many books.

However, judging from the question you asked, you are the same as them, you only know what it is, and you don't know why it is.Such an ordinary person really can't bring up any interest, so let's go. " After finishing speaking, he waved his hands to let Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji go out quickly, with a disgusted expression on his face.

He raised his hand to stop the eldest grandson Wuji who wanted to teach him a few words, Li Chengqian pointed to the wine jar in his hand: "I am also a student of Liu Ling, and I usually have a few drinks. If you can help my younger brother, I will drink it today." How about drinking two altars with you!"

The provocative look on Li Chengqian's face made the young man quite surprised. This kid is quite courageous, and he dared to challenge himself. Okay, very good, I will give your teacher a good lesson today.

Thinking of this, the young man put down the wine jar in his hand, and said with a straight face: "There are two kinds of books, one is written books, just like you usually read, if you want to know the past, you have to read those books. Books with words.

If you want to know the current situation of the country and the sufferings of the people, you have to read books without words, go to Xiazhou, county towns, and go to rural cottages to read.

Look at the scholars who come and go below, those people who didn't try their best to get in for a green robe, how can such a person have the energy to think about the future of the country and the suffering of the people. "

Hearing the young man speak so loudly, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but shook his head, he had seen many people talking about sour grapes like this when he was Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Such people have read a few books, but they don't like this or that. They feel that they are better than everyone else, but they don't know that their articles may not be able to be sold.

"According to the young master, you must have the talents and knowledge that are practical in the world after all, so why don't you go down and compete with these contemptible guys in the examination room."

As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, the young man looked at him with contempt: "Could it be that he betrayed his conscience for the Usha on his head like them? Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although some laws and regulations have been formulated, these laws are not enough As perfect as it is, the imperial court is not strict enough to supervise the subordinates.

Therefore, low-level officials also rely on loopholes to make a fortune, or to flatter, and those with a little conscience are alone. "

After finishing speaking, he picked up the wine jar and took another two sips, and continued: "The source of the matter is the problem of the court itself. According to the Tang law, only [-]% of the rent is charged a year. But the court, in order to fight the war, didn't it happen once or twice? In the third year of Zhenguan, for the Northern Expedition to the Turks, rent was levied three times a year, and labor was imposed five times a year."

The young man was right, the imperial court enacted laws and regulations to establish a stable social order, not only for the common people, but also for the imperial court itself.

Although the court obtained some materials by raising taxes, it lost the dignity of the law. Li Chengqian is much more aware of this shortcoming than he is, but in order to complete the country's established strategy, it is imperative to make some appropriate adjustments.

But some of the officials below are obviously out of shape when they are on business, and they make a big fuss about it.If the imperial court collects even a little more, they dare to snatch a horse and exploit it layer by layer. How can the common people bear it, and how can the people of the Li people not feel resentment?

The over-collected taxes either made up for the shortfall over the years, or repaired the government office. Anyway, they have plenty of reasons to prevaricate the Shangguan.And many of these mediocre and cool officials have passed today's exam and embarked on official careers, which is why the young man in front of him is ashamed to be with them.

"Since Xiongtai sees it so clearly, then you should go down and fight for an official robe, and rectify the gains and losses of the court above the temple. Isn't this the wish of our generation of scholars?"

Li Chengqian's words made the young man chuckle, and then he took out a document from his sleeve and slapped it on the table: "I want to enter the officialdom normally, but there are always so many hateful shortcuts in this world, which make those talentless and moral above the temple."

(End of this chapter)