Wentang

Chapter 172 Li Gang (third update)

Because of teaching Li Lizhi to write, Yue Shan had to stay in the city for an extra day.Fearing that there would be another moth, he took his people back to Sixingping early in the morning.

At the same time, a minor incident also happened in the court. Pei Ju begged for bones on the grounds that he was old and frail and unable to do anything.At first, everyone thought that this was Li Shimin's start to liquidate Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng's cronies, so many people were terrified and trembling.

However, Li Shimin did not agree to his resignation, but allowed him to recuperate at home as a school servant.He was also granted the title of Duke of Dao and five hundred households in Jin Dynasty.

It can be said that this was beyond everyone's expectations, and even Pei Ju didn't expect this result.The restless hearts of many Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng's confidantes finally settled down.

Pei Ju is Li Jiancheng's confidant, even if he can be promoted to the Duke of the State, if he is a real duke of five hundred households, wouldn't they be safer.

When the news reached Yue Shan's ears, he was also very surprised. Li Shimin actually made Pei Ju the Duke of the State?History has been changed again.

Moreover, in the original history, the Duke of Dao was Feng Deyi's title, but he didn't expect that Feng Deyi would fall on Pei Ju's head after his death.Is this called a drink, a peck, a destiny?
But anyway, it's always a good thing.

But now he didn't have the time to take care of these things. Not long after he got home, Zhu Wuneng brought the construction team to find him.

"According to your requirements, the library can't be too far away from the place where the students attend classes, but it can't be too close either. I think the north of the center of the academy is the most suitable place." Zhu Wuneng pointed to a campus map to Yue Shan Introduce your own design.

"No, the lower terrain here will accumulate rainwater, and the air is too humid to preserve books. Move a little further to the east...it's here," Yue Shan said.

"No problem. You also asked the library to have the function of preventing moths and bites. I plan to use rosewood as the beams and camphor wood for the doors and windows." Zhu Wuneng drew a circle at the place designated by Yueshan and continued.

"Not enough. Make sure there is a camphor board in each shelf of the bookshelf. It is also necessary to ensure ventilation and moisture resistance... Also, the library you designed is too small. It is built on three floors, and the area is doubling. Don't give it to me. To save money, the library can be built as good as it can be. Books are the most important." Yue Shan said.

"Okay, I understand." Zhu Wuneng was very happy. He likes such an employer who is not short of money. If you don't care about money, I can earn more.

"There is nothing wrong with the building next to the library. I will build it according to what you said... The small house must have water, and it must be running water. A canal is dug to bring water from the big river..."

"Another academy is the same size as this one. There are rooms for teaching... rooms for accommodation... the library doesn't need to be too big, a small two-story building is enough... The key is the training ground. It must be built according to the requirements and cannot be left out any problem……"

The two kept discussing and finalized the overall design bit by bit.After getting the design drawings, Zhu Wuneng summoned his subordinates to calculate various data and plan the construction plan... The academy soon became a construction site.

Yue Shan was not idle either. He had just discussed the construction issue with Zhu Wuneng, and he was going to give lessons to the teachers over there to teach them the content of the new textbook.

On the other hand, Pei Ju was not idle either. After the emperor approved him to rest, the next day he went from house to house to visit the great Confucians he was familiar with.

The first person Pei Ju visited was Li Gang, a famous Confucian scholar in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Li Gang is also a legend. Of course, he has another name that is more resounding than the master of Confucian classics: Prince Killer.

He taught two dynasties and three princes in his life, namely Yang Yong, the Sui prince, Li Jiancheng, the Tang prince, and Li Chengqian, the Tang prince. As a result, two of them were deposed and the other was killed.So it was dubbed the prince killer by later generations.

But does the failure of the three princes really have anything to do with him?

From a scientific point of view, it's not all his fault.

He is indeed to blame for Yang Yong's failure, after all, as a teacher, he failed to teach his apprentices well.

Li Jiancheng and Li Chengqian really have nothing to do with him.

When Li Jiancheng was the prince, he basically never adopted the good strategy that his subordinates planned for him.

For example, Wei Zheng advised several times to either kill Li Shimin or drive him out of the center, but Li Jiancheng refused to listen and was killed by Li Shimin.

Li Gang also persuaded him several times, but Li Jiancheng didn't listen at all. Li Gang was completely disappointed in him and resigned in the second year of Wude.In other words, he only served as Li Jiancheng's teacher for one year.What does Li Jiancheng's failure have to do with him?
When he was Li Chengqian's teacher, he was already 84 years old, he couldn't walk, he couldn't speak clearly, what could he teach?And died the next year.It's less than a year at full capacity.What does Li Chengqian's bad learning have to do with him?
But sometimes things just don't make sense.

From a metaphysical point of view, he is indeed the prince's killer, born to defeat the prince.As long as the prince has been taught by him, even if he has only taught him for a few days, he will end up miserable in the end.

At this time, Li Gang was not the prince killer later, he was a famous Confucianist all over the world, and was revered by people all over the world.Especially Li Yuan respected him from the bottom of his heart.

Li Yuan never called him by his first name directly, even if he wrote an imperial decree, he would always use his honorific title.It's incredible for an emperor to use honorific titles when he gives imperial edicts to his officials.

In the second year of Wude, he was completely disappointed with Li Jiancheng, and planned to resign from the position of Prince Zhan Shi, but Li Yuan tried every means to retain him but refused, and finally named him the Prince Shaobao, allowing him not to come to work.

That is to say, from the second year of Wude to the present, he has been studying at home and teaching his disciples.

Ordinary people may ignore this old man who is at home, how can Pei Ju, who is the same age as him, forget it.The two held official positions in the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties at the same time, so it can be said that they are old acquaintances.

When Pei Ju wanted to compile a great dictionary, the first thing he thought of was this great Confucian.Moreover, Li Gang's reputation in the academic world is several times greater than him. With Li Gang joining, more famous teachers and scholars can be attracted to participate.

So on the second day after resigning from office, Pei Ju couldn't wait to visit him.

When the prime minister visits, he will generally greet him warmly, at least superficial work must be done.But Li Gang didn't do that. He sat in the lobby and saw Pei Ju didn't even lift his butt, and asked coldly:
"I don't know what Mr. Pei came to see the old man for?"

Pei Ju smiled wryly, he knew why Li Gang hated him so much.Li Gang is a well-known upright and strong person, and he is the most tolerant of fluffy dogs.Even if the emperor made a mistake, he dared to take it back face to face, let alone others.

And Pei Ju is exactly the kind of person who is full of tricks, especially in the last years of Sui Yang, he can be called Yang Guang's accomplice.Li Gang can only have a good attitude towards him.

Pei Ju knew that Li Gang didn't like him, and he didn't usually interact with him, but today he had to save face and come begging for help because of the dictionary.

"Li Gong read this book first, and then I will talk about the purpose of this trip."

Pei Ju took out the book with the word "Chinese" from his pocket and handed it to Li Gang.

　Facts have proved that my coding speed is really not good.

　　I got up early in the morning and coded a chapter, and then used up all the spare time between work and meals. I have only written three chapters until now.

　　I really envy those codeword machines that are better than tens of thousands of words every day.

　　There should be another chapter later...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)