Ji Tang

Chapter 949
The movements in the court have always attracted people's attention. The emperor suddenly issued an order to the major protective offices, and even selected officials and college students to go to various places to be responsible for the relocation and resettlement of the people.

It didn't matter at first, but when I learned that I would only go there for three years and I would be able to come back, I was the first to hire him.If they stay locally, any gathering place with more than [-] people under their jurisdiction will be managed by the county, and they will be the first county magistrate.

This completely ignited the enthusiasm of the students in the academy. It didn't matter whether they were county magistrates or not. What was important was that they could finally show their talents.

Where are the major protective offices?
People who don't know think it is under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but as elites of this era, of course they know the inside story of the Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, which is the Jisi Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty.

What's going on in Jizhou?
That is, the Han population is sparse and there are many foreigners, making it difficult for the court to manage.Most of the time it was local autonomy, as long as they recognized that they were under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

In a place like this, although the Tang Dynasty would station troops, the civil affairs were a complete mess, with everything happening.There are many small countries under the rule. They are nominally dominated by the Tang Dynasty. They still fully manage their own countries while maintaining a certain army. They are no different from a country within a country.

In the past, no one would have thought that counties would be established there. Most of them were under military control. As long as the local forces paid annual tribute on a regular basis, the two parties would be in peace.

But now, especially in the past year, there has been a sudden influx of young and strong Han men from all over the country.Under the arrangement of the local garrison, he married a foreign woman, started a family, divided the land, and settled in the place.

In a short period of time, 50 young people entered Jisi Prefecture.After these people got married, they all married at least three more women, and these women naturally became Datang household registrations after they got married.

As a result, nearly 200 million people have appeared in various places in one year, and they are still registered in the Tang Dynasty.

Although the government only cares about young Han men and foreign men who have surrendered for many years when making statistics.But even so, the management of millions of people still made all the major governors very anxious.

Now, His Majesty selects officials and college students to go to various places just to govern these people.

Many officials had just learned about this matter, even though they knew that many people from the Tang Dynasty had flocked to the border areas within this year.But no one expected so many people to come in all at once?They are all young and strong men.

These people are the backbone of the family. They marry local wives and have children. After taking root, they will multiply within a few years.

If nothing unexpected happens, in 20 years, with these young and strong men, the major governorates will have at least a Han population of more than 300 million, and in 50 years, they will have a population of nearly [-] million.This is without increasing the immigrant population.

If there is still an influx of people every year
Don't worry, let me do the math first!
But after everyone calculated it, they were all f*cking shocked.

With this 50 young and strong Han population, as long as there is no war and a large number of casualties.Jisuzhou?Go to fucking Jizhou.

In 20 years, this place will completely become a border prefecture and county of the Tang Dynasty, and it will be able to be governed in 50 years. What is the difference between a hundred years and the mainland of the Tang Dynasty?
Aliens?Haha, how can there be any foreigners in a place with a large Han population?

But aren't these Protectorate's being a little cruel?

There are 50 young and strong Han people, and each of them has at least three women of appropriate age from foreign races?Did this damn guy kill all the foreign men or how?
Aren't you afraid of rebellion if this continues?Will there still be alien races in a hundred years?

Anyway, everyone is aware of it.

As long as you go to the major protective palaces, you will definitely be able to show your ambitions.What's more, His Majesty also appointed the Chief Shifu of the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty to take charge of the overall situation.

Each major military governor's office also established the governor's office to take over the people's livelihood and government affairs, which was regarded as a complete separation of the military and government.

Officials just want to pay it off. After all, they are doing a good job as officials. Who wants to go to that remote place?
But the students were different. After Fang Xuanling showed up and gave his explanation, they were all teased like monkeys, jumping up and down and shouting that they were going to the border to serve the country.

If you don't let me go, why are you looking down on me?
Can't compare?Literary, martial, whatever you want!

Li Gang was almost angry to death when he found out, but the students had been incited. Although he offered wine to the academy, he could not completely appease the students.

In the end, he said it was good or bad, and he made it clear that all students who had not graduated would not even think about it.Only students who are about to graduate, or who have already graduated and are working at home but want a future can go.

In other words, this time it is not limited to students currently studying in the academy, but all students who have graduated from the academy have the opportunity.

Although some people are unwilling to do so, it can only be so. After all, they have not graduated yet. Even if the academy agrees, it is impossible for their family to agree.It is not easy for me to enter the academy. If I drop out because of this, I am afraid that my family will beat me to death.

After that, I can only watch the senior students who are about to graduate happily, and they can only be envious and jealous!

But that doesn’t mean that everyone can go. If you want to go, you have to go through an assessment. After all, the court wants a lot of people. If everyone rushes over, and the court cannot fulfill its promise, wouldn’t it be a slap in the face of the court and His Majesty? ?

The court wants to save face, so for the sake of fairness and justice, it can only take exams, and those who pass will go. If you fail, don't blame anyone but yourself.

Originally, the matter was settled like this, but as the news spread, the local authorities were not happy.

Why not?

Of course it is absolutely unfair. What happened to the academy?Well, we admit that Taibai Academy is the first academy in the Tang Dynasty.But you can’t bully people like this!
Are local academies no longer academies?He was also a diligent student of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court had such good things, but he only thought about Taibai Academy?How is this possible?

We disagree!
So, with the emperor and court officials dumbfounded, the memorial of petition flew to Tai Chi Hall like snowflakes.In less than a month, petitions were posted wherever there were academies in the Tang Dynasty.

It didn't say anything else, it just asked the court, are these students from the Tang Dynasty?Are they the common people of the Tang Dynasty?Why did the imperial court favor one over the other, only thinking about Taibai Academy in Guanzhong, but leaving out the local students?
This is still a soft-spoken one. Some senior or staunch officials directly scolded the prime ministers of the day, do they know how to govern the country?If not, they can do it!
This made Fang Xuanling and others' noses crooked with anger. Who are these people?If that doesn't work, why don't you come?Is it that easy to be a prime minister?So with a stroke of a pen, you should just stay where you are, so as not to see the consequences.

But this matter has to be dealt with. After all, what they said is right. We can't exclude local students, right?What has become of this?It might even lead to conflict between the local government and Chang'an, which is not a good thing.

"You all tell me what to do! This matter must be resolved immediately. The longer it takes, the easier it will be to cause trouble. If those old guys come to Chang'an, my face and the court's face will be completely lost."

As the emperor, Li Shimin also had a lot of headaches.

I had never thought of this incident before. Who would have thought that there would be such a huge response at the local level?Wouldn't it be better to go to Jisuzhou, where there are only a few people, to become an official?Are all of them affected?

If the local government knew the emperor's voice, they would nod with certainty and say: As for that, of course it doesn't matter.

Those with connections, money, and status, as long as they had a chance and their sons were not too stupid, were basically sent to Taibai Academy to study.

Of course these people don't care, because the starting point is different.But things are different at the local level. The teaching staff and hardware conditions are simply not comparable to Taibai Academy.

As the imperial court vigorously promoted education in recent years, in order to compete for talents, aristocratic families also joined forces with the local government to fund the establishment of local academies.

Although their scale is not comparable to that of Taibai Academy, with the support of aristocratic families and the support of their collection of books, some local academies are still doing well.

This is especially true in the more prosperous places. The Five Surnames Qiwang and many aristocratic families worked together to build a Luohe Academy in Luoyang, gathering the efforts of all the major aristocratic families, with money and talents.

Not to mention, the aristocratic family still has a solid foundation. There are four great Confucians. There are also many teachers in other fields teaching at Luoshui Academy. Many talented students have emerged in recent years. This can be achieved in every imperial examination. Discover.

But generally speaking, most of the local students are common people. Most of them are recommended to local academies by local officials and people with some prestige who find they have promising talents.

The students can't be said to be poor, but they are certainly not rich.

If they fail to pass the imperial examination, the most likely possibility is to become a teacher in the countryside, or to join a wealthy family and manage their property to make a living.

But now there is such a decree from the court that he may become a county magistrate in the next three years.Although he is the county magistrate of the sixth grade, as long as the population grows, becoming the county magistrate of the seventh grade is an ironclad matter.

What's more, without this imperial edict, except for a very small number of them who could pass the imperial examination and become officials, the others would have no chance at all.

If they can't seize this opportunity, they don't know how long it will take for them to have such an opportunity again.

Isn’t it just Jisuzhou? What’s the big deal?
Although life is difficult, they are all farm children. Who has not grown up through hardship?

What's more, this is just the initial hardship. They believe that they will be able to lead the people to build the local area well, and the days will only get better and better.

Therefore, without any connection, all academies from all over the country jointly signed a petition, hoping that the imperial court would give him and others a chance, and give a chance to all the students in the world.

The local officials almost cried when they saw it. This is the people's support!
They burst into tears, and they finally had the opportunity to plead for the people.They have waited for so many years, and finally have the opportunity to loudly accuse His Majesty and all the other princes in the dynasty.

"Don't worry. Even if I don't do this as an official, I still want the court to give you an explanation."

This is the voice of officials from various places, and it is not just a matter of persuading everyone to go back.Rather, we must truly match our words with our actions, every spit and every nail.

So, in unison, documents from various places went to Chang'an as if they were free of charge.The one who was close to him directly handed over the government affairs to his deputy, took the petitions from the students alone, and set off boldly and proudly under the envious and jealous eyes of many colleagues.
This is just a microcosm of the world. Fang Yiai, Changsun Chong, Yuchi Baolin, Wei Shuyu, etc., even if they were far away, they would go to Chang'an with students' petitions.

When they thought about it, how could they be left out of such a limelight?
If the silence continues, the people of Chang'an will forget the four young masters (four pests) of Chang'an.

What is the highest pursuit of a scholar?
Are they the three immortals of establishing virtue, meritorious service, and establishing words?

Or the four sentences from Hengqu that shocked the world?
To establish a mind for heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the living people, to carry on the unique teachings of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations?

Or why sweep the world if you don’t sweep one house?

Or do you sacrifice your life for justice and dare to be the first in the world?

But there is no doubt that asking for orders for the people is something that every aspiring scholar cannot avoid.

But now that there is such an opportunity in front of them, do you think they will give up?

Since ancient times, scholars have never been short of those who are not afraid of death for the sake of fame and the faith in their hearts.Even if they succeed this time, they will definitely be hated by the big shots in the court, but if they don't go, they will regret it.

Are Fang Yiai and others really just joining in the fun?

If they really think so, all these years of experience will be wasted. If they find out, their legs will be broken!

Because they know that they have to go.All important officials in the world will write petitions even if they don't go there in person.

But if they don't go, they're screwed, and they will definitely be the public enemies of scholars in the world from now on.Colleagues don't want to see you. Although they can't do anything to you, they look down on you just because they look down on you. What can you do?If you have the guts to bite me!

Therefore, whether it is for fame or for their future future, they must go.

Even if I don't get promoted in the next ten years, I still have to go.

This is a prosperous age for scholars in the world, and it is also the aspiration of the people. At this time, they are the representatives of scholars in the world, and they are the ones who go to Chang'an and the court to discuss important matters.

"Crazy, crazy, all crazy!"

Li Shimin had been sitting blankly on the dragon chair for almost an hour. Every time he read a document, his heart twitched. After doing it so many times, he felt strong even if he didn't die suddenly.

He never thought that just an imperial edict could cause such a big commotion?
Some officials from Shandong, Hebei, Jiangdong, Jingxiang, Shuzhong, Longxi, Hedong, and even Liaodong and Lingnan began to join in the fun.

The world is boiling these days!
When this scholar went crazy, it really didn't matter to anyone else.

They have knowledge, ability, connections, and crucially, determination.If such a group of people goes crazy, no one can do anything about them.

"Bastard, what do these little bastards want to do? Force a baby? Look at the good sons you gave birth to. What business do they have here? What are they doing here?"

Immediately, the historian threw down a few documents. When Fang Xuanling took a look, his face turned green when he thought of what the emperor had just said.Are you scolding yourself?
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others looked at each other and saw the smile in each other's eyes, but the emperor immediately put away his smile and looked sad, as if he was really worried.

Li Shimin glanced down, saw this scene, and cursed secretly: "These old foxes."

(End of this chapter)