Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 474 The BUG of Etiquette
Mingyue Tower is on the square in front of the Imperial College, and Wang Chengwei's "Pipa Xing" soon spread to the Imperial College.

Now the war has not subsided, and many students have not returned to Guozijian.

But at this time, nearly [-] students have returned to the Imperial College, and the education center of Datang is gradually recovering.

Guozijian is the academic leading institution and comprehensive university of Datang.

It is equivalent to the combination of the Ministry of Education of later generations and Qingbei universities.

From the third rank, Guozijian Jijiu is the highest official of Guozijian, and governs the Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, etc. under it, each of which has a doctorate.

Those who study in the Imperial College are called superintendents, and those who study in the Imperial College have to take the imperial examination, but superintendents can automatically obtain the qualifications for candidates, and do not need to occupy the recommended places in prefectures and counties, so many students from outside Chang'an will also find ways to enter Guozijian, first obtain the qualifications of candidates.

It is also because of the high level of education and the good source of students of the Guozijian, so the number of people admitted to the Guozijian is also quite large.

This time, there are ten people from the Jinshi section of the imperial examination from the Imperial College, so there are a lot of scholars studying.

It is said that during the prosperous Kaiyuan period, there were 8000 students studying in the Imperial College!

But now after the war, there are only 1000 people left in the Imperial College.

But these 1000 people are also the seeds of scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and it is the place with the strongest learning atmosphere.

Among the Guozijian, Guozixue has the highest threshold, and only the children of officials of the third grade or above are eligible to enter Guozixue.

Next is Taixue, the children of outstanding honorable officials, as well as some poor scholars who have been recommended by the local government and enjoy a talent name, can also go to Taixue to study.

Simenxue is miscellaneous studies other than Confucian classics such as arithmetic, equestrianism, and archery. This is a place for training military generals or officials.

However, the education of the Tang Dynasty still pays more attention to all-round development. Even students of Guozixue and Taixue still need to learn these subjects, but they are not required for assessment.

In addition to educational institutions, Guozijian is also the management institution of official colleges across the country, and it also undertakes a lot of academic work.

There is also a library in the Guozijian, which is the second largest library in the Tang Dynasty after the Secretaryjian Library.

Although the puppet swallows destroyed Chang'an, they still respected the Guozijian and did not destroy the library of the Guozijian.

At this moment in the library, a young man in his 20s was holding a book and reading it with great interest.

"Junqing, you are indeed here!"

Another young man walked into the library and said to the young man:
"What's the use of this kind of thing, do you want to test "Tang Hui Yao" in the imperial examination?"

"Don't look at it, don't look at it, I heard that Zhuangyuangong wrote a famous poem in Mingyue Tower yesterday, and the boss of Mingyuelou let people go upstairs to read the poem for free today, let's go over and have a look!"

The young man named Junqing shook his head and said: "Didn't the poem of the champion of the Scholar spread all over the Imperial College yesterday? It is indeed a great poem, but the poem was tasted yesterday, so what are you going to read today?"

Another young man said: "Look at the real work of Duke Zhuangyuan!"

"Zhuangyuan Gong is not famous for his calligraphy. Looking at his authentic works, why not copy Yan Shilang's original works?"

"This!?"

"I still want to continue reading, go and see for yourself."

At this moment, another supervisor ran over:

"Du Junqing, the supervisor is looking for you!"

Supervising students is the second-ranked official of the Guozijian, and the official ranks up to the fourth rank.

Now Yan Zhenqing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, is also in charge of offering wine to the Guozijian. The Ministry of Rites has many things to do, so Yan Zhenqing doesn't come to the Guozijian very often.

It is Liu Zhi, a student of the Imperial College, who presides over the daily affairs of the Imperial College.

This Liu Zhi is also a source of family education. His father is Liu Zhiji, a famous historian.

Liu Zhi became an official on the recommendation of Fang Guan. Later, after Fang Guan was demoted to Hexi Jiedu envoy, he was also demoted and released.

However, he has a good official voice and good knowledge, so he was recalled by the emperor to serve as the supervisor of the Imperial Academy.

Liu Zhi, like his historian father, is a person who likes to study history books.

However, unlike his father's "Shi Tong", which is a historical theory book, Liu Zhi prefers the part of the history book about the political system.

Liu Zhi likes to study the political systems of various dynasties. He once wrote a "Government Code" with 35 volumes, discussing in detail the national political system from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Emperor's period, as well as the changes in the power of various official positions.

And this young supervisor named Du Junqing, whose real name is Du You, is also a scholar who likes to study political systems.

He and Liu Zhi were Wangnian friends, but both of them were personal friends, and it was the first time that they were summoned to meet each other.

Du You came to Liu Zhi's office suspiciously, only to see a middle-aged official writing official documents behind a desk full of books.

"Junqing, wait until I finish writing this."

Du You honestly waited for Liu Zhi to finish his official duties.

Only then did Liu Zhi raise his head and said, "Junqing, there is really a tricky thing to call here this time."

"Pei Shangshu, let the Ministry of Rites and Guozijian discuss what kind of etiquette should be used to welcome the emperor."

As soon as Du You heard it, he knew that this was indeed a troublesome thing, and it was the most troublesome thing.

After all, the emperor was the son of heaven who had ruled the world for more than 40 years, and he was also the emperor's own father. The Tang Dynasty also advocated filial piety. If the emperor was allowed to enter Chang'an City through the main entrance, and the emperor entered Chang'an City through the side entrance, it would be against the words of the saints.

All in all, this is a BUG in the etiquette, and the sages did not expect that there would be such a situation as the living Supreme Emperor.

But if both the emperor and the emperor were allowed to enter Chang'an City through the main entrance, the emperor would definitely be unhappy.

If the emperor is unhappy, those officials like himself will definitely have a hard time.

Liu Zhi, as a great Confucian who once wrote the "Government Code", did his part to take over this job.

Although Du You is only a student supervisor, he has read through ancient and modern classics, and has a deep research on the Confucian etiquette system.

Although Pei Mian's order was for the Ministry of Rites and Guozijian to discuss how to organize the ceremony to welcome the emperor and the emperor.

But Liu Zhi still called Du You over first, and set the tone of the Guozijian first.

Du You pondered for a while and said:

"How about the story of Yi Ruizong and the Emperor?"

Liu Zhi shook his head and said, "After Ruizong abdicated, he didn't ask about state affairs, and he didn't participate in state ceremonies. There are no rules to follow."

Liu Zhi added another sentence: "The same is true of Taizong and Gaozu, Junqing, you also know it."

Du You said with a bitter face: "This father's surviving son is the only one who succeeds me the most in the Tang Dynasty. Now there are no rules to follow. Which dynasty should we follow?"

This time Liu Zhi was also embarrassed. The fine tradition of "Father's kindness and son's filial piety" in the Tang Dynasty gave these officials a headache.

Ruizong was the emperor's father, Li Dan, and Gaozu was Li Shimin's father, Li Yuan.

It would be fine if the emperor had the same "knowledge" as these two abdicated emperors, but if the emperor didn't, then the life of the Ministry of Rites would be difficult.

Du You held back for a long time and said: "Based on the old story of King Zhao Wuling, the two saints are side by side, how about entering the main gate of Mingde Gate together?"

Liu Zhi said with a bitter face: "Hey, but King Zhao Wuling was starved to death in the Dune Palace, it's ominous."

"That's all, according to the wishes of the Ministry of Rites, everyone discusses the result together, and then submit it to the emperor for a decision."

After discussing for a long time in the Imperial College, they finally came up with a plan of "two sages side by side".

The Ministry of Rites had no choice but to make a decision to the emperor who was on his way back to Chang'an.

Fortunately, the emperor did not make it difficult for the Ministry of Rites. The emperor said that the emperor was also the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. When the emperor returned to Taiji Palace, he entered Chang'an City through the main gate of Mingde Gate, and entered Taiji Palace through the main bridge of Zhuque Bridge.

Now the officials of the Ministry of Rites breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor is so sensible, then things will be much easier to handle.

At the same time, the emperor also issued instructions, agreeing with Cui Qi, the censor Zhongcheng, to order all the criminals who surrendered to the puppet Yan waiting for questioning to stand outside the Mingde Gate to welcome the emperor's carriage back to Luan, wearing rags and bare feet. Chang'an.

After the emperor returned to Chang'an, the crime was finally judged according to the crimes determined by the three courts.

For this result, Dali Temple Minister Li Xian expressed strong dissatisfaction. He wrote to the emperor: "If you are guilty, you should be sentenced to death. How can you humiliate officials like this? flat!"

After the performance, Li Xian, Minister of Dali Temple, submitted his resignation to the emperor.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this time Cui Qi, who advocates severely punishing rebellious officials, won a complete victory.

During the period when the emperor returned to Chang'an, Wang Chengwei led the Xinke Scholars to start the reconstruction of old houses in Chang'an City.

First, as the number one scholar in the new department, he raised funds from many court ministers. When the court ministers heard about his actions, they generously donated money.

Prime Minister Pei Mian donated [-] yuan, and Yan Zhenqing, a poor servant of the Ministry of Rites, also took out a few manuscripts he was proud of and asked him to sell them for charity.

Wang Chengwei and the rest of the Scholars simply organized a charity sale, and the major commercial firms in Chang'an City also contributed money one after another, and finally used the funds raised to build houses for many people in Chang'an.

This kind of behavior can be considered as a prestige in Chang'an, and these new scholars followed Wang Chengwei to organize charity sales, build houses, and get a lot of money in the process of handling these practical tasks. Such a small matter can encounter so many problems , How much trouble will you encounter in becoming a people-friendly official in the future?
Gu Kuang finally understood why the teacher Li Mi said, "It is difficult to do things, but it is even more difficult to do practical things for the common people." He was clearly doing something good for the common people, but he also encountered various difficulties, and even made trouble in Beijing Zhaofu, finally Jingzhaofu's judicial officer Shan Tao came forward, and only then did these disturbances be quelled.

After doing practical things for the common people and leading the Xinke Scholars to build up their reputation, Wang Chengwei handed over the rest of the donation to Jingzhaoyin Cui Guangyuan, and waited behind closed doors for the imperial examination after the emperor returned to Chang'an.

At the beginning of December, the emperor's convoy finally arrived at Chang'an City, and the history of the Tang Dynasty finally turned a new page.

　In the transitional chapter, the explanation of the characters is a bit long-winded, sorry.

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