I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Li Shimin smiled.

"Then what do you think it is?"

He asked back, spreading his hands and saying,
"It is difficult for people from poor families to study, let alone ordinary people. How can they read and write when they are still running around in order to have enough to eat?"

"Only the wealthy families and those aristocratic families can provide for the clansmen to study and select good seedlings to cultivate."

"So, [-]% of the first batch of scholars who took the imperial examination came from aristocratic and prominent families, [-]% came from poor families, and the remaining few folk geniuses were almost negligible."

"This is the status quo."

Holding the memorial, Xu Fenglei was silent for a long time before he let out a soft sigh.

"The examination is also conducted from the gentry, and the selection is also made from them. Now when it comes to the imperial examination, they have to be selected."

He couldn't help saying,
"Then what's the point of the imperial examination? It's the same every time you choose!"

"This world will still be controlled by them!"

Li Shimin laughed.

"That's not all. Aren't there still [-]% of the children from poor families and a few scattered folk wizards?"

He was more optimistic, waved his hand and said,

"It's not bad! It used to be ten to ten of them! This time it's a tear."

Xu Fenglei shook his head.

"If the proportion of gentry officials does not decrease, His Majesty's imperial power will not be so supreme."

He pointed out sharply,
"This world is not the Li family's world, but the Li family and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world!"

This remark was originally made in the Song Dynasty.

But when applied to the Tang Dynasty, it is even more applicable!

At any rate, the Song Dynasty's imperial examination system was perfected, and among the officials selected, the proportion of children of officials who were not rich and powerful was not low.

Datang is still in the exploratory stage, and the first imperial examination...is useless!
"Share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats..."

Li Shimin's face darkened slightly, and he said displeasedly,
"Your words are ugly...but they are indeed true."

"I have another item here, take a look."

As he spoke, he handed another brochure to Xu Fenglei.

wow.

Xu Fenglei took it apart and looked at it, and suddenly couldn't hold back.

"Awesome, the family that ranks first is actually the Boling Cui family."

he laughed,
"Where is the Li family... Let me see, oh, here it is!"

"Ranked third! It's not bad hahaha, at least it didn't fall out of the top three."

When Li Er heard this, his face turned dark.

"If you dare to ridicule again, I will beat you!"

he rebuked,
"I asked someone to prepare for the compilation of "Clan Records", but they were lucky. When the first draft was submitted, the Cui family was ranked first, and my royal family was ranked third!"

"What is this? To put it lightly, it's contempt; to put it more seriously, it's bullying!"

"The Cui family is number one... They are so powerful, why don't they become the royal family? What a joke!"

Xu Fenglei touched his chin.

"It's reasonable, if it's not the royal family, it must be powerful."

He said seriously,

"From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, dynasties have changed, and the lifespan of the royal family is not long."

"On the contrary, these gentry clans have continued to grow in the troubled times. For hundreds of years, capable people have emerged in large numbers and have endured for a long time. It may not be as high as the royal family, but if it is compared to the long-term and the background, it is really better."

Li Shimin's eyes twitched.

"Come on!" He waved his hand.

"Oh, it's alright, it's alright!"

Xu Fenglei saw that Li Erzhen was about to lose his temper, so he didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and said,
"I'm not finished yet!"

"Over the past hundreds of years, the Li family in Longxi has its heritage and strength, and at the same time, His Majesty has ruled the world, making the Li family a royal family, and has gained heights!"

"It's tall and hard! No matter how you rank it, it should be number one in Longxi's Li family! There is no doubt about it! The person who wrote the first draft should be the board, the eighty board!"

Li Shimin's expression softened after hearing these words.

"You are also an untidy master, and you will not cry when you see the coffin." He waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat, and snorted coldly.

Xu Fenglei chuckled.

He just skinned it, and he was very happy when he skinned it.

"This incident also reminded me."

Li Shimin pointed to the "Clan Records" and said in a deep voice,
"The aristocratic family is powerful, you must guard against it, and you must cut it!"

"I want to be arbitrary, and I don't want to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats! Otherwise, if they are dissatisfied with my royal family one day, wouldn't they want to overthrow my royal family?"

"This is absolutely unacceptable to me!"

"Do you have any ideas? Give me an idea, and I plan to free up my hands to suppress their arrogance!"

Xu Fenglei spread his hands.

"The aristocratic family has a profound background, and they are intertwined with each other. Rushing to suppress and weaken them will definitely arouse their vigilance."

he said,

"Once these people form a group, their strength can definitely fight against the imperial court!"

"Your Majesty, you should know the reason for the demise of the Sui Dynasty, right?"

Li Shimin's expression turned serious.

Of course he knew.

It was because the aristocratic families were dissatisfied with Emperor Sui Yang's excessive expropriation and punishment. Starting with Yang Xuangan, they directly rebelled.

The Li family also came from a big family, so they naturally knew how profound the heritage accumulated by these big families over hundreds of years was!

The family is okay, if they join forces...it can definitely be described as horror!Even the royal family is hard to resist!
"So, all we can do is boil the frog in warm water."

Xu Fenglei said again,
"Slowly and imperceptibly weaken them, and when they react, they have already been cooked, unable to resist anymore, and can only become a dish."

Li Shimin frowned.

"Details." He lowered his voice.

There is no one on duty in the south study, which is suitable for 'conspiracy'.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what is the greatest advantage of the gentry?"

Xu Fenglei asked.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and replied:
"Talent? Money? Assets?"

Xu Fenglei shook his head.

"No, no, neither."

he said,

"These are indeed advantages and important, but not the core."

"The most important thing is knowledge and cultural level!"

"If you want to be an official, you must at least have some culture. You can understand those classic books, right? The most basic thing is to be literate, right?"

"If you don't even know the words, you are absolutely not qualified to be an official and govern a party!"

"So, ordinary people have no chance of being an official. On the contrary, those children of the gentry will be taught to read and write. As long as they are not too stupid, they can have a decent level of education."

"This is the qualification to be an official."

Li Shimin looked serious and listened attentively.

Xu Fenglei continued:

"In this way, among the general public, there are very few who can choose officials; but among those families with a small number of people, there are very many who can choose officials."

"This has also resulted in the fact that the imperial court can only select officials from the children of the gentry and let them help govern the world. This is what His Majesty finds ugly, 'Share the world with the gentry'."

"It sounds ugly, but it is a fact, and it is a fact that cannot be changed in the short term."

According to the original historical trajectory, the influence of the gentry will gradually disappear until the end of the Tang Dynasty. The key point is naturally that Huang Chao "traveled all the bones of the public in the sky", launched a riot, and wiped out all these guys...

"So, we're going to start with the long term."

Xu Fenglei said,

"First of all, we must increase the literacy rate of the common people, especially the literacy rate of children! Because children always learn things the fastest, as long as they get a good education, they can catalyze a large number of educated young people."

"But education is very expensive. Those private schools are not accessible to ordinary peasant children. Therefore, I propose that Datang should open a public school."

Li Shimin's pupils shrank.

"Public school?"

he asked,
"You mean, the imperial court set up schools to let ordinary children go to school?"

Xu Fenglei nodded firmly.

"Correct."

he said,

"Public schools, you can use my soon-to-open 'Chang'an School' as a template to set up in various provinces, prefectures, and states,"

"The imperial court allocates funds to recruit teachers to improve the educational level of children. In this way, in just a dozen years, the average educational level of the people in the Tang Dynasty will be raised."

"When knowledge is no longer monopolized, the advantages of aristocratic families will naturally gradually decrease. Maybe they can still maintain the lead through high-quality education, but after all, the base is too small, and one day they will be surpassed by the children of the common people with a large base."

Li Shimin touched his chin.

"Appropriation, see also Appropriation..."

He said helplessly,

"It's easy for you to think. If you really follow what you said, the court doesn't know how much more expenses will be added."

"How about you call?"

Hearing this, Xu Fenglei nodded without hesitation.

"can."

he said,

"If the imperial court is in difficulty, I can lend a helping hand and provide financial support."

"In the next few years, Fenglei Bank's profits should be very considerable. Of course, His Majesty's dividends must not be taken out. I don't mind using my own dividends to subsidize the public school."

Li Shimin looked slightly embarrassed.

"You're saying it... as if I'm so stubborn."

he said,

"You can pay this money even as a courtier, so naturally I won't be stingy!"

"The matter of the public school, I think it can be done, but this can only be a plan, and it has to be done slowly... Now that the construction is rash, the teachers who teach have nowhere to raise money."

Xu Fenglei smiled slightly.

He knew that, if he said that, Li Er would not have the cheek to ask him to pay the full amount.

"You have to take your time. This is a 30-year, 50-year, or even a hundred-year plan!"

Xu Fenglei said seriously,

"First of all, I have to run Chang'an Academy well and cultivate a group of talents first!"

"Among these talents, the slightly weaker group can be used as a reserve of future public school teachers. As for the strong ones, they can pass the imperial examination, enter the officialdom, and compete with the children of the gentry."

"Speaking of which, I would like your Majesty's permission. I want the most outstanding graduates of Chang'an Academy to directly obtain the qualifications for the imperial examination. Do you think it is possible?"

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

"It's impossible."

he said,

"You are in charge of the imperial examination, you just have to make trouble. I believe in you."

"However, the name of this Chang'an Academy is not very good, it is a bit too petty... Since it is a place for cultivating talents, it simply imitates the 'Jixia Academy' of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and changes its name to 'Da Tang Academy'! How about it?"

"In this way, it is also a benchmark."

When Xu Fenglei heard this, he was overjoyed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"

he said,

"Your Majesty, please also write down the words 'Da Tang Academy', so that I can frame it and use it as a signboard for the Academy!"

Since Li Er said so, then this wave of wool must be squeezed out!
Li Shimin: "..."

"You boy, you know how to see stitches."

He rolled his eyes and said,

"Okay! I'll write you a pen!"

"Bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone!"

Xu Fenglei laughed, and slapped Li Shimin in a hurry, and nodded in satisfaction when he saw that he wrote the four elegant characters of "Datang Academy" with his own hand.

"Your Majesty's font is elegant and flexible. Even if you cover your name and sell it in the market, it can sell a lot of money."

He carefully put away the words, and said with a smile,

"In exchange for me, I would be willing to buy even ten taels of silver!"

pat.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin threw down his pen, wiped his hands with a towel, and hummed softly,

"My Feibai body has a high artistic content! Is it worth ten taels of silver?"

"At least 100 taels!"

"Uh...then you may have to sell it for a while, you have to wait for someone who is destined..." Xu Fenglei touched his nose.

"Come on!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said,

"Stop fooling around with me! I'm already preparing for the Zen ceremony, and I plan to leave in half a month. The route has already been set, avoiding the two that Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi took back then. If I want to go, I have to go out of my own. Emperor Road!"

"When will your funds be in place? As soon as this team starts, they will get 20 taels of silver!"

Xu Fenglei was secretly startled.

Just start-up capital, 20 taels of silver?
It costs more than fighting a war!
Fortunately, it's still within his tolerance... As long as he can be named and spread his fame, this little money is not a loss!

"You don't have to worry, I'll greet Qingquan tomorrow and ask her to bring the money."

Xu Fenglei laughed,
"Of course, it's the public account."

Li Shimin frowned.

"What? What do you mean... In this money, there are still dividends that originally belonged to me?"

he shouted,
"You didn't tell me sooner!"

This is like traveling at public expense, but now it suddenly becomes half public expense and half self-funded. Of course, Li Er feels a little unhappy.

My money!
"Your Majesty, accept your miser's taste."

Xu Fenglei rolled his eyes and said angrily,

"Originally, the money was paid by the bank, and it was also for the development of the bank. It was an investment."

"You can't refuse to invest just because some of the money in the investment belongs to you? This is too short-sighted!"

"This year's dividend may be less, but it will be more in the future! Don't worry about it."

This Li Er is too picky!

"What nonsense!"

Li Er was slightly embarrassed, and reprimanded,
"I'm not short-sighted, I just... just want to ask clearly!"

"Okay, okay, let's do it like this! After half a month, go to Mount Tai with me!"

"Go back!"

The corners of Xu Fenglei's mouth rose slightly, but he stopped mocking Li Er.

After all, His Majesty is a person with a good face, and never bothered to be a miser.

If you continue to get serious with him, if you can't guarantee that he will become angry, you will have to be punished.

See you, I have to accept it!
"My minister retire."