A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 223 Promoting to the Master of the Pavilion
East Palace.

In Chongwen Palace, Emperor Li Shimin brought the Empress and Prince over to watch after hearing the actions of the Bureau of Economics and Economics.The Chongwen Hall, which was originally evacuated by the emperor, has now gathered many books.

"Huaiyu, I heard that you have collected books all over Chang'an recently. The relatives of the emperor, the prime ministers and princes have all been visited by you one by one. How many books have you bought?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Jowan Juan."

"Wan Juan?" Li Shimin was surprised.

"Before I called for books from all over the country, and emptied the Secretary's Department, the Department of Economics and Economics, etc., I only collected more than [-] volumes in four volumes of the History of Classics in the Hongwen Palace in Menxia Province. You have collected more than [-] volumes in such a short period of time?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I was transferred to the Bureau of Economics and Economics, and found that there were no books in the Bureau of Economics and Economics, and the Chongwen Hall was empty. I went to seek books from various families with my subordinates. Everyone heard that they were asking for books for the Eastern Palace, and they all rushed to offer books, just like your majesty. The eighteen scholar families of the original Qiandi Qin Wang's mansion, as many as Fang Xuanling, the Duke of Xing, and Du Ruhui, the Duke of Lai, presented two or three hundred volumes of books, and some of them presented a hundred volumes of books. He said that he also immediately presented three hundred volumes of the four books in his collection, as well as Shangshu Zuocheng Wei Zheng, who also dedicated three hundred volumes this time, and also presented a set of historical notes written by himself
Even the warriors who lead the army in battle, such as the family of Zhou Guogong's warrior Yi, Qi Guogong Qin Qiong's family, Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin's family, Yingguo Gong Fan Xing's family, Yongkang Duke Li Jing's family, Xuancheng Duke's warrior Leng's family, etc., also paid a lot of money to buy books and donate them to the East Palace.

Other relatives of the emperor, such as Sun Wuji, the Duke of Zhao, Gao Shilian, the Duke of Xu, Sun Shunde, the General, and Li Daozong, the King of Rencheng, all contributed books.

I didn't dare to bother everyone too much, so the family only accepted one or two hundred volumes of books at most. For example, Wei Zuocheng, Du Shangshu, and Xu Xiancheng had many books in their families, and they were all very exquisite, so I only accepted three hundred volumes.

If the books offered by many families were not duplicated, and the minister did not accept them, I am afraid that there would be hundreds of thousands of books. "

"These are the wise and wise sons of heaven, and the crown prince has a good reputation, that's why everyone is so active..."

Li Shimin looked left and right, and the empty bookshelves began to be filled with books again, and he looked at them and found that they were well organized.

"What are your plans next?" Li Shimin asked.

"I plan to sort and classify these ten thousand volumes of books according to the sub-collections of classics and history, divide them into libraries according to A, B, C, and D, and then copy several copies. The original copy will be kept in Chongwen Palace, and the copied copy will be stored in Donggongsijing Bureau, and given to Hongwen Museum. Send copies to the secretary province, and if there are more, send them to the Guozijian, local prefectures and counties, etc."

Li Shimin was very interested.

"Then this project is not small. The Hongwen Museum has collected 20 volumes of books, and the imperial court dispatched more than 100 regular script writers and many cooked paper decorators to classify, collate, and then copy and bind.

Unexpectedly, the Bureau of Economics and Economics also has such ambitions, okay. "

After the emperor ascended the throne, he renamed the original Xiuwenguan in Menxia Province as Hongwenguan, and collected 20 volumes of books. He also selected scholars from all over the world, such as Yu Shinan, Chu Liang, Yao Silian, Ouyang Xun, Cai Yungong, Xiao Deyan, etc., as his official and Hongwenguan. Bachelor,
Not only correcting and writing books, but also in charge of teaching the students of the royal clan and princes' children in Hongwen Museum. In addition, these bachelors are also on duty every day. Consultant staff.

Li Shimin has always attached great importance to literature and education. When he was king of Qin, he set up a literature museum to recruit famous scholars from all over the world.

The emperor looked at the re-gathered books in the palace, then at Wu Huaiyu and the officials of the Economic and Economic Bureau in the palace, and then at the young prince.

Before Li Gang punished the prince, Li Shimin did not favor the prince when he found out, but instead rewarded Li Gang.

"In the Tang Dynasty, the central official school now has six schools and one hall, Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Law, Calligraphy, Mathematical Sciences, and Hongwen Hall.

In my opinion, the East Palace can also set up another literary library, Guanyin Maid, what do you think? "

The queen just accompanied the emperor from the beginning to the end, and did not make a sound, "Your Majesty can decide."

"Then set up the Chongwen Museum to handle the classics and books of the Eastern Palace, and recruit the children of the third rank and above, the princes and marquises, tentatively appoint [-] students from the library, and send them to the Hongwen Library for class examinations.

Huaiyu, you come to be the owner of the museum. "

Li Shimin pointed out Huaiyu's name, and decided to follow Hongwenguan's example and select a group of talented civil servants to be Chongwenguan's bachelors.

In addition to the official part-time bachelor of the library and the direct bachelor, there are also two school scribes, Zhengzi, Lingshi and so on.

The owner of the library is in charge of the daily affairs of the library, and Wu Huaiyu, the owner of the library, also holds a bachelor's degree from the Chongwen Museum.

The owner of the Hongwen Museum is Chu Suiliang, the son of the scholar Chu Liang. As early as the period of the Literature Museum of the Prince of Qin, this son of Chu Liang was also a disciple of Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan. Daily affairs in the museum.

Now he is also the owner of the Hongwen Museum.

Wu Huaiyu, the owner of the newly established Chongwen Museum, is higher than Chu Suiliang, a direct scholar, in terms of rank and title.

Although in terms of literary attainments or calligraphy level, it is definitely far inferior to Xiao Chu.

But the purpose of setting up the Chongwen Museum is also very simple, that is, to invite a group of well-educated people to teach the prince to study, and then to recruit a large number of children from the royal family, the empress dowager, the queen's family, and the prime ministers, princes and ministers to accompany the prince to study.

There is no need for many people, just a class of 30 people will do.

In this way, the prince will no longer have to go to Hongwen Hall to study, but will study directly in the East Palace.

The emperor even thought that the Chongwen Museum would recruit a group of younger officials and bachelors, and they would also be the crown prince's assistant team in the future, and those young princes' children would also become the prince's loyal subordinates in the future.

Cultivate princes from childhood.

Good.

Li Shimin didn't let Li Gang or Pei Ju be the owners of the Chongwen Museum, and he didn't even plan to let them serve as bachelors, because they were too old. He hoped to choose a group of young people to assist the prince, so that he could always assist the prince.

This result was beyond Wu Huaiyu's expectations. Although he was indeed working hard in this direction, he only regarded it as a long-term goal, but now he has suddenly achieved it.

He remembered that the Chongwen Hall should be called the Chongxian Hall. It seemed that it was only set up in Zhenguan more than ten years ago, and it was set up in advance now. Is the butterfly's wings flapping a little too violently?
He glanced at the young prince.

Can you save this prince?

As soon as this idea came up, he hesitated again. He felt that his arms were too thin for such a fate-defying matter.

Some things are not completely caused by accident, but must be dominated by a very powerful force.

He thinks it's better not to think so far ahead.

Wu Huaiyu thanked the emperor, and then made a small suggestion, that is, the current conditions are insufficient. It is better to have two brands in one yamen of the Bureau of Economics and Economics. Errands.

Li Shimin's remonstrance flowed like a stream, and Huaiyu took advantage of the situation to ask for more cooked paper decorators, pen makers, etc., as well as more regular script writers, etc., and officials such as pavilion chiefs and palm guards were also added, as well as public money, etc. I also hope to pull some.

"I agree."

The emperor not only agreed with the Bureau of Economics and Economics, but also gave the Bureau of Economics and Economics more corporate money, and even added part-time salaries to the officials of the Bureau of Economics and Economics.

Take a double salary.

It also asked Yousi to solve the problem of the division of land for the officials of the Bureau of Economics and Economics, and specially allocated land for the Bureau of Economics and Economics to cover office expenses, public kitchen meals, etc.

"Reward a pair of silver bottles to the martial arts master!"

When Li Shimin was happy, he gave Huaiyu another pair of silver vases.

Now Huaiyu's family has seven or eight silver vases, which can be displayed in a row to show off.

On the same day, Huaiyu took the imperial decree to seek money, people, food and land with the imperial decree, all the way was smooth, and no one dared to say nothing to the emperor's imperial decree.

30 regular script writers, four Lingshi, nine Shulingshi, eight Dianshu, six pavilion chiefs, eight palm guards, ten Tuoshu hands, ten paper makers, ten decorators each, and six pen makers people.

In addition, there are three writers, four school scribes, two orthographic writers, and two scribes.

There are also 18 people in the history of catching money.

There is no quota for bachelor and direct bachelor.

There are 20 bachelors in the museum.

It is very simple to transfer this group of people to the Baisi in the capital, and they will be all together soon. As for the problems of the company's money, the company's land, etc., no one dares to neglect, and they should be resolved first.

Ten hectares of public land were pulled out, and nine hundred guan coins were pulled out. This is the benefit of two brands in one yamen, and the emperor specially ordered that they be given double shares.

This is a school specially set up for the prince's study and education, no one dares to neglect.

In the future, there will be 7 yuan in interest for Yueguang Gongyi, plus the rent of [-] mu of public land will be [-] shi a year, and [-] shi a month. Officials have a free lunch, enough monthly salaries, daily necessities, and miscellaneous expenses, and they can even save a small treasury to distribute welfare bonuses to everyone on New Year's Day.

Even with so much money and food, there will definitely be surplus. You can use the craftsmen and public money in this yamen, and you can also open a paper shop, bookstore and pen shop to sell paper and pen books, and a virtuous circle will start.

Anyway, as soon as the money was brought back, Wu Huaiyu immediately announced to everyone that lunch will be provided by the public kitchen for free in the future, and in addition, they will immediately reissue the previously suspended salary and daily miscellaneous items.

Just say it.

Even the newly transferred officials and craftsmen were paid for a month, which is equivalent to the settling expenses for everyone.

The sudden availability of money and food made everyone both excited and a little uneasy.

Zhang Chengde wept with his salary that had been suspended for more than a year.

The monthly salary is two thousand, miscellaneous materials, and daily expenses are four hundred. Over the past year, the sum totaled thirty-six thousand coins. The strings of Kaiyuan Tongbao coins were all just taken out of the treasury, and they were brand new.

Thirty-six thousand coins weighed 220 catties. Even a scholar like him couldn't carry it on his back. Such a big pile was placed under his feet.

"Marquis Wu, I will return these 36 guan to Marquis Wu directly, and I will pay back the remaining ten guan in the future." After reissued the money, Zhang Chengde immediately thought of using Huaiyu to help him repay the Beijing debt. Paid money back.

"You take it and use it first. I'm not in a hurry for the money. I'll talk about it later when I have more money. I'm not in a hurry. Take the money back and improve the family's life. Buy some mutton and some cloth."

"Don't worry, we will definitely have a better life in the Economic and Economic Bureau in the future."

Zhang Chengde was very moved, but he also suggested to Huaiyu, "We have just received the company's money, and we sent so much, will we be impeached?"

"Impeachment, have we been corrupted? Isn't this because there was no public money before, and everyone didn't even pay their salaries, let alone welfare subsidies. , who has the face to impeach us?

We want to do some business, but if we can't even provide for everyone's food and clothing, and we can't even take care of our wives and children, how can we have the heart to do things?

Sending the next sum of money, but everyone's enthusiasm has also been raised. In the future, doing things will get twice the result with half the effort, isn't it? "

Zhang Chengde nodded.

"I'll give everyone a half-day off today. After receiving the money, everyone hastened to go home and rejoice with their wives, children and parents. Tomorrow, come to the yamen to work on time."

"Yes, the curator."

"Thank you, the host!"

"Xie Wuhou,"

"Thank you, Scholar Wu!"

Everyone thanked him one after another. After receiving the money and food, everyone's thanks were sincere and full of sincerity. Whether they were old people from the Department of Economics and Economics or new ones, everyone was full of love for the boss and the Yamen.

Huaiyu also gave himself three thousand six hundred, three thousand for salary, and six hundred for miscellaneous food and materials.

If his leader doesn't take it, his subordinates won't take it either.

In the Bureau of Economics and Economics, everyone happily carried, carried, and carried the money and went out. People from the other five bureaus in Zuochunfang watched this scene and salivated enviously.

Look at the people's hot and happy appearance, and then look at their deserted and sour bureau.

(End of this chapter)