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Chapter 63 The Queen Mother is immortal (63)

As the contents of the impeachment were confirmed one by one, Emperor Jianyuan could only enforce the law according to the law no matter how unwilling he was, and imprisoned those officials who violated the law and enriched themselves.

At the same time, the content of the reform was urgently revised.

It is also commonly known as patching.

For example, some supervision agencies have been added, and many production tools are required to have the names of craftsmen on them.

But even so, Emperor Jianyuan and the Confucians still suffered heavy losses, especially the Confucians, because most of the officials who were imprisoned were Confucian disciples. After all, they proposed the reform and they were the ones who implemented it. Of course, they had to use their own people. Now there is a problem Sometimes you will be punished.

Of course it's them.

However, this was only the beginning of Bai Sheng's revenge, because immediately afterwards, Bai Sheng began to build elementary schools in large and small cities across the country and officially began literacy education.

Enlightenment books are all written by the Huang-Lao school.

The basic content of hundreds of schools of thought has been added to the junior school.

Intermediate schools can choose a certain faction for in-depth study, but Confucianism is not included. Confucianism is an elective, and you only need to understand it by analogy.

The high-end academy is Jixia Academy, which not only teaches all kinds of latest knowledge but also provides research funds and so on.

Previously, Bai Sheng had actually carried out education and popularization for the children of workers in his workshop and the children of relatives of the armed forces. At that time, it was only limited to his own people.

Mainly because there are not enough teachers and insufficient funds.

So of course you have to give priority to your own people.

No one who wants to do good things should first think about strangers who have nothing to do with them. As long as they don't have any deep hatred towards each other, they must give priority to relatives and friends, or else they must be their confidants.

But now that the scope has been expanded to the whole country, revenge on the Confucianists is just a very inconspicuous point. Even if she does not take revenge on the Confucians, she will do it one or two years later at most.

After all, if a theory wants to last forever, it must be spread and have a sufficient audience. The more people who know it, the less likely it will be lost. I am afraid that no one will know about it in less than a hundred years, or it will be distorted into a mess. No matter how it develops in the future, anyway, at this stage, if you want to maintain the status of Huang-Lao theory and suppress Confucianism, spreading them is the best way. Best choice.

It can be said that compared with this operation, Bai Sheng's previous actions can really be described as gentle and polite.

And now the operation.

It can only be said to be a direct stab at the main artery of Confucianism.

While the Confucian side broke through the defense, they were still a little confused, because they didn't know where the Queen Mother got the money and where did she get so many teachers?

It's obvious that most of the Empress Dowager's financial resources have been cut off by them, but why can she still have the money to build so many schools, even free of charge, and provide two meals a day to provide free enlightenment to all school-age children?

"What should we do? If this continues, in just three years, the next generation of Daqian will be enlightened by Huang Lao's teachings. By then, our Confucianism will have no future, and we can't just rely on the disciples we have accepted. , compete with everyone in the world, right?"

"Where did the Empress Dowager get the money?" "She must have some other sources of money that we don't know about, otherwise it would be impossible to support such a huge consumption. What should I do? I have no clue!"

"Have you noticed that the Empress Dowager doesn't seem to use copper coins very much recently, and the ones she takes out are all high-end coins, gold and silver. Is it possible that the Empress Dowager found a gold and silver mine somewhere and mined it secretly, so Only then can you still have money to use after your income is gone.

If this is the case, although it is still difficult to completely defeat the Empress Dowager, it is still possible to completely cut off her source of income and weaken her power. "

"That's right. The biggest crisis now is that the Empress Dowager has money. As long as she has no money, these private schools will naturally not be able to continue. It will be difficult to end by then. Not only will they not have a good reputation, but they will also be scolded. , we are going to report to Your Majesty, and at the same time, we will also investigate privately, and try to find out where the Queen Mother’s gold and silver were stolen, and then we can catch them all.”

"good!"

The Confucians are not stupid. They have always known that the reason why the Empress Dowager is difficult to deal with is that she has money and power. Her power may be relatively frivolous, but the money is real and is enough to stabilize her frivolous attitude. Quan, only by cutting off the financial resources of the Empress Dowager can she be completely suppressed.

Coupled with a careful observation of Bai Sheng's funds.

It is easy to judge that Bai Sheng may have some channels to obtain gold and silver on a large scale. But if he is not doing business at this time, what channels can he use to obtain gold and silver.

It's nothing more than mining and smelting by yourself.

But Confucians are not the only ones who are smart. Emperor Jianyuan also made a similar guess after thinking about it for a while.

And began to actively explore the location of gold and silver mines.

But no matter how they checked, they never found out where Bai Sheng was mining gold and silver mines. They only found out that she seemed to have transported a lot of people overseas. If the gold and silver mines that the Empress Dowager secretly mined were overseas gold and silver mines, , then they have no choice. After all, no matter how long their hands are, they cannot control places that do not belong to their Daqian territory.

Even the minerals in the territories of some princes and kings.

They are not easy to manage.

It was at this time that the ancient Yin and Shang Kingdom sent diplomats to Honglu Temple to request submission. This was a kind of vassal that was more free than the princes and kings. Every year, they paid a symbolic tribute of special products and recognized you as the boss. Others were managed by themselves. The sovereign state has no right to interfere.

Originally, it was not a big deal for small countries to vassalize. Since Daqian defeated the Xiongnu several times and destroyed the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, timid countries have been coming over to vassalize them in recent years. The ancient Yin and Shang countries claim to be the survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. It's not too outrageous. Emperor Jianyuan didn't even plan to see them, let alone care about them.

But what is outrageous is that the king of the ancient Yin and Shang Kingdom came in person, and they hit it off when they met with the Empress Dowager in Changxin Palace. One said that meeting the Empress Dowager was like meeting his long-dead grandmother, and the other said that meeting the Empress Dowager was like meeting his long-dead grandmother. Feeling that the king of the small country was considerate and lovable, the Empress Dowager went directly to the Changxin Palace to recognize the king of the ancient Yin and Shang countries as her godson and worshiped him in the ancestral temple.

After all, there is no need to be crowned king or anything like that.

So there was no need for Emperor Jianyuan to agree.

Then something even more outrageous happened. Zi Xin, a nobleman of the ancient Yin and Shang kingdom, whose original name was Dou Zixin, but was known as a survivor of the Yin and Shang dynasties, surnamed Zi, said that he was grateful for the kindness of the Empress Dowager in accepting him as his godson, and specially offered gold to him. Three million taels and ten million taels of silver are considered a birthday gift.

Then the Empress Dowager immediately expressed that she was very moved. She had never seen such a filial grandson. She immediately ordered all her workshops to start working, preparing to produce everything from now until her godson Zixin leaves. , are all considered as return gifts.

Sun Xiao is really kind to his grandmother!
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