Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 21 The Problem of Confucianism

Facing Du Ruhui's sudden inquiry, the entire government affairs hall suddenly fell silent.

Everyone couldn't help looking at Li Tai. If their gazes could be turned into sharp swords, Li Tai might be torn apart now.

"All the money is naturally invested in the agricultural college!" Li Tai said frankly when faced with such a question,

"The Agricultural Institute recruited refugees this year to reclaim the fields, and adopted [-] students at the same time.

These people have been fed and clothed with money earned from boiling water bathhouses and duck farms.

This year, I plan to take advantage of the winter to gather in Chang'an, and plan to recruit some students to teach them.

And for Juzi to be able to look up to the agricultural college, the only way is to increase the monthly payment and provide them with more pens, inks, papers and inkstones. "

For Li Tai, there is nothing to hide about these things, every cent of the money he earns is clearly spent.

If you want to check, just check it carefully. Naturally, you have no fear, because you really want to do something.

Hearing Li Tai's confident answer, everyone present could naturally recognize Li Tai and Chen Ken among them.

Even Du Ruhui didn't pursue the matter of money anymore, because they could all hear Li Tai's self-confidence.

Instead, Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words and said, "Agronomy is about to start? Are you planning to recruit candidates for the Chang'an scientific examination!?"

Li Tai heard Li Shimin's words, but felt a little helpless, and couldn't help affirming:
"Aye, what I want is not a group of farmers who only know how to farm, but a group of agronomists who can delve into agricultural knowledge and spread agricultural knowledge.

If they are illiterate, how can they write books and biographies and spread agronomy! "

"You're still writing a biography!" Li Shimin couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Tai's words, and said, "Then you have to work hard, I'm still waiting for you to write a biography!"

When the surrounding officials heard Li Tai's words, they couldn't help laughing, even feeling the arrogance of King Yue, they also had some anticipation.

They want to see the Haikou that Li Tai boasted and wonder if it will be realized in the future.

"Aye, don't laugh!" Li Tai couldn't help but pouted, and said, "In the future, the agronomy masters from my agricultural school will become the pillars of the country. Now you have an opportunity in front of you, Aye. Do you want to be the leader of the country in the future? Let the pillars add strength!"

"Okay, okay, tell me, how do you contribute?" Li Shimin asked after hearing Li Tai's words.

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin's appearance, at this moment, Zire asked Li Shimin unceremoniously:
"The disciplines in the College of Agriculture are divided into six subjects: Literature, Mathematics, Agriculture, Medicine, Mok, and Music. Among them, I have already found the head of the two departments of Mr. Management.

But there is still no one in the four departments of agriculture, medicine and ink. Can you find the chiefs of the departments of mathematics and medicine from the Taishi Bureau and Tai Hospital. "

To be honest, Li Tai's idea is very simple, he established such a school, as long as Li Shimin's head is normal, he will definitely put a few people in.

It's not that he has any doubts about himself, but a normal emperor's protection and restriction on his son.

If no one is really sent in, then Li Tai has to be careful if he has been abandoned by Li Shimin.

So instead of complicating the situation, Li Tai felt that his IQ was not high enough, so he tried to simplify the situation as much as possible.

What I am going to do is to accumulate a lot of money and rely on the increase in productivity to overwhelm the king.

If you don't know how to play conspiracies and tricks, and you are not good at playing, then let yourself do things openly.

I had Li Shimin as my protective umbrella in the early stage, and no one would think that Li Tai could change anything by establishing such a school.

But after everyone has seen the power of this school, Li Tai can be said to be full-fledged at that time.

So in turn, the power generated by this school will become Li Tai's biggest political foundation.

Now that the school is short of people, even if Li Shimin didn't ask him to come here this time, Li Tai would find an opportunity to cry poorly with Li Shimin, and then let Li Shimin put people in.

Those who can be spies these days are all talented people. Don’t you see that the Hong Kong underworld, Japanese breweries, and the American SHIELD are all supported by a bunch of [-]-year-olds.

These days, whoever is doing their job is not just fishing for fish, only Erwuzi has truly dedicated himself and fulfilled his duties.

And as long as I don't rebel, when I continue to receive the glory of Zhenguan, these two or five boys will not all be my loyal dog legs.

Therefore, Li Tai was not afraid that Li Shimin would not insert anyone, but he was afraid that Li Shimin would not insert anyone.

"Moke?" Fang Xuanling thought when he heard the word, "Why isn't it called Jiangke!"

"Without ink, you are only a craftsman!" Li Taidao, "An ink person is not a public, but also loves Mingzhi and respects the virtuous!"

"The King of Yue wants to reproduce the Baijia?" Fang Xuanling asked again after hearing Li Tai's words.

And Li Tai shook his head and said, "Kong Yingda once asked me in the incident, who will destroy the great man?"

Hearing this, everyone present was slightly taken aback, even Li Shimin couldn't help but tighten his hands when he heard this.

At that time, he had just proclaimed himself emperor and signed the Weishui Alliance. As a result, Kong Yingda, a great Confucian, was stunned by his son Li Tai.

In order to calm things down as quickly as possible, I asked Li Tai to open the house quickly, and then sent Yan Qinli to give private education.

Unexpectedly, Li Tai still didn't really let go of this matter.

And all the ministers present knew more or less about this matter, and also knew how much the Confucian scholars had slighted Li Tai since then.

But when officials reach their level, they are more pragmatic. Even if they have a good impression of Confucianism, it is not enough to look down on Li Tai or suppress Li Tai because of Confucianism.

Because they are politicians or politicians first, not Confucian scholars.

"I answer that since the great Han deposed all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, all the problems of the demise of the great Han must be Confucianism.

And now, I still have this answer! "

Li Tai looked around everyone, as if there was no way out!

Li Tai said to Fang Xuanling, "Mr. Fang Guo asked me, do you want to reproduce Baijia?

My answer is that the big Han and the strong will encounter problems that Confucianism can't solve, so what about our Tang Dynasty?

Will one day in the future also encounter problems that Confucianism cannot solve.

So I want to use Baijia as a reference to find this problem, and then solve this problem! "

Hearing Li Tai's words, everyone present could hear the firmness in Li Tai's mouth, and there was an indescribable shock in their hearts.

The way they looked at Li Tai changed.

In Li Shimin's eyes, there is only pride and gratification, proud of his son's genius, and gratified that he has such a son.

But the ministers looked at Li Tai with amazement. Is this something an eight-year-old child should think about?

More importantly, as the son of Li Shimin, Prince Yipin of Datang has more resources to promote this matter.

Since Li Tai moved out of the East Palace when he opened the mansion, he has been walking step by step to the present, sticking to his thoughts.

Not to mention far away, at least he solved the plague of locusts and started to build an agricultural school. The so-called natural saint is nothing more than that.

However, thinking that this is Li Shimin's son, it seems that the setting of a born saint is not unacceptable.

Thinking about it further, it's okay for Li Tai to fail, but if he succeeds, it would be tantamount to breaking the foundation of Confucianism.

Being an enemy of Confucianism, almost everyone dare not even think about it, but Li Tai seems to have such an ambition, and there are still actions and resources to advance step by step. How big a hole is it? !

For a moment, the people present were somewhat at a loss as to what to say.

At this time, Du Ruhui stood up and brought everyone back to reality, and said:

"Your Majesty, my minister Du Ruhui impeached the King of Yue for harming the public and enriching the private interests.

A minister of the imperial court is the pillar of the country, how can he give up his rank and official position just because of a word, and make him the section chief of a school that has no shadow yet.

Such contempt, where do you put the court officials! "

Hearing this, Li Tai felt that his school would definitely become an important force in the future, but now Li Tai could only respectfully talk to Du Ruhui,

"Tai got it wrong, thank you Du Gongjiao, Tai didn't mean to belittle the ministers of the court."

Du Ruhui watched Li Tai admit his mistake decisively, then nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to talk to Li Shimin,
"His Royal Highness, it is a good thing to build a farm school after all, and it is inconvenient for court officials to undertake it because of their responsibilities.

But the younger brother of the minister, Du Chuke, who seldom worships strange festivals, is quite talented and famous. He likes the remains of the Mohists. Now he is living in seclusion in Songshan Mountain.

He has no position and no official position, and he wants to be the leader of Mo Ke, which is just right for him! "

The ministers in the internal affairs hall saw Du Ruhui recommending himself as his younger brother, and returned to their seats in a dignified manner.

As if what you reprimanded just now was not from you, Du Ruhui, how can there be such a shameless person like you these days!

But Du Ruhui did this decisively. Although he didn't know what Li Tai's real purpose was, based on Li Tai's ambition and wisdom, Du Ruhui felt that Li Tai needed someone to guide him.

Otherwise, Li Tai will definitely pose a great threat to the prince Li Chengqian. One kind of threat does not mean that Li Tai can become the prince because of this.

It means that as long as Li Tai establishes this school, and there are a few talents from the school, they will naturally entangle Li Tai's side and become Li Tai's political group.

So Du Ruhui asked Du Chuke to be by Li Tai's side, so that one day, when Li Tai did something wrong, Du Chuke could restrain Li Tai's actions, so that Li Tai would not have the capital to do stupid things.

In fact, at least after hearing today's words, no one felt that Li Tai could ascend to the throne of emperor.

From their point of view, Li Taiyi is not the eldest son, so it is natural that Li Tai cannot be the son of heaven, and there is Li Chengqian in front of him!
And the second point is also the most deadly, that is, Li Tai thinks there is a problem with Confucianism, which is tantamount to completely offending Confucian scholars.

It can be said that anyone of Li Shimin's sons may become Li Shimin's heir, but Li Tai is the least likely.

Because as long as Li Tai reveals the possibility of seizing the heir, Confucian scholars all over the world will gather towards Li Tai's opponent.

And when the prince added the support of Confucian scholars all over the world, everyone present did not think that Li Tai had any possibility of turning the tables.

After all, Li Tai took the lead to make a comeback, it would be better to expect Li Chengqian, who has always been smart and benevolent, to go crazy, and to make Li Shimin's rebellion!

Therefore, they also wanted to see what Li Tai could research.

Maybe I can take the opportunity to reap a wave of background, and in the future I will no longer be a family of officials and officials, but a top family similar to the five families and seven wangs.

It's just that Du Ruhui's decision-making was really quick, and he didn't even think about choosing Du Chuke.

When Li Shimin heard Du Ruhui's words, he glanced at Du Ruhui in surprise. It was obvious that Du Ruhui's decision was sharper when it came to bigger issues.

Originally, Li Shimin wanted to just give Li Tai a verbal order, asking Li Tai to go to the Taishi Bureau or the Taiyi Bureau to get someone.

But now, Li Shimin felt that he had to think about it carefully.

"Qingque, you go back first, and I will make up for the remaining chiefs of agriculture, medicine, and three departments in a few days!" Li Shimin said to Li Tai.

And Li Tai saw that Li Shimin was seriously thinking about arranging personnel, so he couldn't help but say,

"Aye, the head of the agricultural department will be in charge of the whole school's subjects in the future, so I plan to keep it for the time being. I will let him lead the agricultural department when I can really produce a master of agriculture in the future who can convince everyone in the school."

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but chuckled, and said, "I see."

With Li Shimin's guarantee, Li Tai left with peace of mind. After all, he had achieved his two goals this time.

One is to reasonably incorporate the Zheng family's textile industry into its own system, at least in the future there will be no censors who don't have a good eye to sue.

Now everyone is concerned about Li Tai's ambition to dig Confucius' wall. Comparing the trivial matter of the Zheng family's weaving industry, it feels vulgar to compare.

The second is whether I can detain some people from Li Shimin's hands.

Originally, Li Shimin was bored with Li Tai's desire to establish an agricultural school, so if he wanted to establish an agricultural school, he regarded it as literacy for people, so why should he care about it.

But after listening to Li Tai's words, and hearing that Li Tai wants to find out the problem of a strong man but perishing, and it is likely to be a problem that no empire can avoid, then the intention of this school is instantly raised.

Whether he can find it is another matter, but it is undeniable that this matter is worthy of attention for Li Shimin.

Of course, Li Tai's agricultural school is not even considered as a flame, at most Li Tai intends to create a kindling. As for whether it will be blown down by the strong wind or started by wildfire, only history can decide. thing.

As for now, with Li Tai absorbing the people living in Chang'an, and at the same time introducing boiled water that can be bought and sold for a penny, it has to be said that the ministers in Chang'an don't need to worry about the fact that some people in Chang'an will freeze to death this year.

And their attention, with the arrival of winter, began to enter the preparations for the Great Court Meeting and the regular exams in the first month of each year.

They also want to select outstanding candidates and absorb outstanding talents to enter the court.

As for Li Tai's agricultural school, it is all for Li Tai's sake to send someone to pay attention to it.

After all, a school, can it really turn the sky upside down?

(End of this chapter)