The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1378 Conversation
"This arrangement is interesting." After entering the reception room, His Majesty Li Er smiled and said, "It seems that sitting together can shorten the distance between each other."

Xuan Shijing smiled and explained: "Your Majesty, this academy is full of learned gentlemen. On weekdays, there are gentlemen who come to visit the academy, or gentlemen from their own academy gather here for a drink. Pot of tea and chat, there is no need to be unfamiliar, and I never thought that your majesty would come to the academy in private, this arrangement made your majesty laugh."

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand: "No, this is very good."

After speaking, His Majesty Li Er found a place to sit down.

Although the sofa is made of solid wood, it has cushions on it, so it is quite comfortable to sit on. As for the sponge, Xuan Shijing is powerless. The curve is made by the craftsman through repeated measurements and experiments, and it is carved out of the most comfortable angle leaning on it.

This is probably the earliest ergonomics.

"What are you doing standing up, sit down." His Majesty Li Er motioned Xuan Shijing to sit down.

After all, it is the emperor, wherever he sits, it is the same as in his own palace.

Xuan Shijing sat down opposite His Majesty Li Er. The guards waiting outside had already gone to prepare tea. Now that the two of them were seated, the guard came in with the tea and put the tea bowl on the table between His Majesty Li Er and In front of Xuan Shijing.

"I came here rashly today, and I didn't say hello to you in advance, but I have seen many things that I have never seen before." His Majesty Li Er said with emotion: "Your Zhuangzi, I It's not the first time I've been here, but the time between the two visits to this village is quite long, when I came last time, this village was still full of devastation, after so many years, it looks brand new."

Xuan Shijing thought that the last time His Majesty Li Er came to Zhuangzi, it should have been shortly after he came to the throne, about two or three years in Zhenguan. Well, other honorable villages also look like this. The entire suburb of Chang'an is full of refugees from outside, who want to come to Chang'an to seek a living.

In the entire Guanzhong, Chang'an is not the most miserable, after all, it is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, at the foot of the emperor.

"I'm very curious, how did you turn a devastated Zhuangzi into the bustling and prosperous one it is today?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

Xuan Shijing lowered his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, if you can make money, you are willing to spend money. The people in Zhuangzi are diligent, and the time and place are favorable for people. All three are there. How can Zhuangzi not prosper?"

"I want to see that every Zhuangzi in the Tang Dynasty can prosper. In this way, the Tang Dynasty will be prosperous." His Majesty Li Er said with emotion: "But it's not that every Zhuangzi is on the list, and there is a boy who spreads money like you."

Not to mention anything else, how much manpower and material resources did Xuan Shijing spend digging an artificial lake on Zhuangzi, which is today's Dongshan Lake?Then go to Zhuangzi to build a market and an academy. In addition to the academy, there are also mansions for the gentlemen.Calculated and added together, it is estimated that it can catch up with half of the cost of the new palace on Longshouyuan.After all, the new palace is a conscripted corvee, and the imperial court does not need to pay wages, but Xuan Shijing's Zhuangzi does have to pay wages.

"If you are willing to give up, you will gain if you have to give up." Xuan Shijing said: "I believe in a word, if you are poor, you will be alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. Back then, the minister's house was poor. Perhaps, at that time, not only was the minister's mansion poor, but if the minister said something disrespectful, the Tang Dynasty was also poor, and the people's life was not good. Now, the minister's mansion is not short of money, so how can they let Zhuangzi go to those poor people? People who share weal and woe with their ministers live that kind of life again? Similarly, now that the Tang Dynasty is not poor, how can the Tang Dynasty allow its own people to live that kind of life again? Your Majesty is the master of the world and the father of all surnames , and help the whole world, and the minister is only the lord of this small Zhuangzi, and it is the duty of the minister to be able to help the village households who follow the minister in the Zhuangzi."

His Majesty Li Er heard the words and nodded again and again: "Well said, if there are more people like you in the Tang Dynasty, why should the Tang Dynasty be unhappy? What I want to see most in my lifetime is the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. The population of the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, all industries of the Great Tang are prosperous, and the scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce of the Great Tang are all prosperous."

How greedy, but as a king, such greed is not excessive at all.

"Your Majesty, everything must be done step by step. Take your time. The Great Tang Dynasty is different from this little Zhuangzi. The difference between the Great Tang Dynasty and this little Zhuangzi is like the difference between an emperor and a county magistrate." Xuan Shi Jing said: "Since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, Great Tang has undergone earth-shaking changes. This is all due to the contributions of Your Majesty and many officials in the court. In the early years of Zhenguan, there were many shortcomings in the court. It was bought by Xu Guan. Until the reign of Wude, the court regulations were chaotic. After His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he got rid of the disadvantages and helped Datang step by step to the present. Following this pace, Datang can still be better. Go up a floor."

"Yes, it's not the same, but it's not completely different. The Tang Dynasty was built by thousands of Zhuangzi like you, from small to big." Speaking of which, just outside the gate of the academy, I saw an old man bringing his grandson to sign up for the academy, holding a government-issued household registration certificate in his hand, what is the meaning of this?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is a last resort to let these children hold the government's household registration certificate. The academy's regulations are to recruit students between the ages of twelve and 14, and the age is set within a certain range, which is also convenient for the academy to manage. Furthermore, the students between classmates Getting along, the age difference is too big, although they are sitting in the same place to study, but I am always afraid that they will not be able to play together. The age group of twelve to 14 years old is just right. If they are younger and have unstable tempers, the academy is not easy to discipline. After all The academy is not a place for people to look after children, and when you are older, it is too late to come to the academy to learn."

"Aspirations do not depend on age. Although some children are old, but want to study, but you reject them?" His Majesty Li Er said dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, most Tang men are already married at the age of 16, right? A 16-year-old man has already supported a family, right? Most of the fifteen- and sixteen-year-old children are engaged, and some 16-year-old dolls are even married. They are all fathers. Although the government has improved this in the past two years, it is not mandatory. Isn’t it still according to the wishes of the people? A 16-year-old baby, becoming a father, is it possible to let them let go of their own? Wife and children, go to the bookstore to study? Who will support the family?"

(End of this chapter)