Wentang

Chapter 683 Untitled
The establishment of the Shrine of the Sages and the list of some of them immediately caused an uproar. The aristocratic family knew that this must be another knife stabbed at them by the imperial court, but there was nothing they could do about it.We can only question the list made by the imperial court.

The great sages of the human race in ancient times did not dare to have opinions, and the Yellow Emperor, Laozi, and Confucius did not dare to have opinions.

What they have an opinion on is why military strategists and legalists can consecrate saints?Why are Mozi from the Mohist family, Xu Xing from the farmer’s family, and Bian Que from the medical family’s family canonized as saints?Why should people like Zhang Heng and Jia Sixie seal their titles?
After these objections sounded, military strategists responded first. They took the army out for a walk in the name of training.Then there are the officials of the Criminal Prosecution Division, who visit the homes of those who oppose it every now and then in the name of visiting...

Then, the matter of Li Kui and Sun Wu's canonization was confirmed, and no one objected.

Those people started to stick to Mozi, Xu Xing, Bian Que, Zhang Heng, Jia Sixie and others.

Zhang Heng is the most famous astronomer in ancient China. His theory of the sky is definitely beyond the times. However, Chinese people do not pay attention to this aspect so that his theory was buried.

It was Yue Shan's proposal that he could be sealed, and there was basically no opposition to this proposal - everyone didn't value his knowledge, but everyone was superstitious, astronomy and superstition were linked and no one wanted to offend a great astronomer.

Don't think that because there are few people who study astronomy, they are easy to bully.

But not everyone thought so, for example those who jumped out to accuse Zhang Heng of being unworthy of seal, so they were retaliated against.

Some people who don't know where they came from made up some doggerel jingles near where they lived.

There are also many children whose fortunes have been calculated out of nowhere by a fortune teller who suddenly appeared...

Those people were scared to pee immediately, and quickly changed their words and said that Zhang Heng had made great contributions to astronomy, enough to seal the case, and this matter was considered to be over.

But this is not the end, and soon those people found that their family members were sick and could not find a doctor to treat them.As soon as they heard that it was a patient of their family, all the doctors immediately declared that they were also sick and it was inconvenient to treat them.

In the original history, the status of doctors was very low, and the internal system was not organized and they all worked their own way. Naturally, they dared not go against the aristocratic family and dignitaries.

It is different now, the medical school has established a large number of doctors, Changsun Wugou vigorously promotes the construction of the medical system, and almost every Taoist temple is a large medical center.

Although many of these doctors are disguised as monks and priests, it does not prevent them from calling themselves doctors.

Moreover, these doctors are basically trained by medical schools and have a unified management organization.People are most afraid of grouping together. We all know that unity is strength, and the medical team is like this.

Although everyone usually has such and such conflicts among each other, but now this matter is related to the status of the industry and the social status of each doctor, so they naturally cannot bear it.

When everyone sums it up, those people will naturally not be able to find a doctor to see a doctor.And they are not afraid of those powerful families making trouble, there are also people above us, let's see who can make trouble.

Then the voices against Bian Que's canonization also disappeared.

Although the Mohist school has perished, Mozi has no support from believers, and the power of the peasant family is not organized, but the opponents who have been slapped in the face one after another have no face to jump out to oppose.

If you think about it, you know that since the imperial court consecrated these people, they will definitely support them.When the imperial court played out the cards in their hands, it was another wave of slaps in the face.

So stop making trouble, and accept this reality honestly.Rather than objecting to this list, it is better to think of a way how to carry one's own ancestors or the founders of one's own culture into the Sanctuary.

The family elders of the ancient school or the sages of the school are basically not included in the list. Everyone understands the reason. The court is using this matter to cut their flesh.

If you don't pay enough price, don't let your own sages enter the holy shrine to enjoy the world's incense.

Yue Shan also wrote articles to fight with those people. The Weishui Journal is his own. With this sharp weapon, he thinks he can spray 1 by himself.It made him regain the feeling of being a keyboard warrior on the Internet in his previous life.

In addition to these, he also went to Gewuyuan to check Ma Cong's sulfuric acid production work from time to time.

Ma Cong, who knew how to make sulfuric acid, didn't waste a moment. He burned those pyrite ores day and night, and his whole body was burned red by the fire.

Originally, Yue Shan wanted to discuss with him about the research work of the steam engine, but now it seems that he has to wait, or form another group of people to study.But right now this matter is not in a hurry, wait for the sulfuric acid to be produced.

Apart from these things, Yue Shan was not idle at work. It was impossible for him to be idle for such a big reform. In addition to his job, he had to go to the palace to help Li Shimin make suggestions.

Fortunately, his actual position is only the commander of the six gates, and he has relatively few affairs.It's relatively leisurely with other important officials like Zaifu who are like cows.

But he is not going to continue to be in charge of the six doors, this position itself is used as a springboard for him.In addition, this is an unprecedented new department, no one else understands its functions, and Yue Shan is at the helm.

A new department is not just a matter of recruiting a few people to build a yamen. It must find its own position and be accepted by other officials.

For example, if the local yamen does not recognize you, they will ignore you when you go to handle the case.what to do?The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Every place is in charge of a local emperor. You really can't do anything in other people's territory.

At this time, a boss with enough right to speak is needed to deter those local officials so that they dare not obey the law.

As the saying goes, once you are born and you are familiar with each other, if you deal with them a few more times, everyone will naturally recognize the existence of the six doors.

Moreover, Yue Shan also seized the opportunities brought about by the two major events of "National Anti-Trafficking" and "Census", and used the fastest speed to make the government and the public recognize the role of the six gates.

It is for cross-regional cases.

After more than a year of construction, Six Doors has almost found its place in this administrative system, the only thing missing is the final embedding.

But with Yueshan in it, it cannot be truly embedded in the administrative system.The reason is very simple, who dares to direct Yueshan to work except Zaifu of the three provinces?To have a subordinate like this is really bad luck in his previous life.

So in fact, the Six Doors is now a semi-independent organization outside the current system, only under the jurisdiction of Yue Shan, and no other departments have the right to intervene.

You must know that the Six Gates is also a violent institution, a semi-military institution, and it is very dangerous to be in the hands of one person.

In the past, it was in the construction stage and everyone kept silent, but now the system is functioning normally, and you are domineering and refusing to leave.Not only will you not get credit for it, but you will also be jealous.

Therefore, it is also time for Yueshan to move and hand over the six doors to the court.

But there are still several tasks to be done before moving, such as ordering products.Determine which level of organization the six doors belong to, assign products to all personnel, and so on.

He had thought about these things a long time ago, and had communicated with Li Shimin and other ministers. He already had a complete plan, and now he just wrote the plan into a memorial and took it to the court to go through the motions.

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In the morning, Yue Shan walked out of the house in a panic, and just as he got on his horse, he heard Li Lizhi's gentle voice: "Brother, I will personally cook your favorite big plate chicken tonight, come back early."

Yue Shan swallowed, under her affectionate eyes, the sentence "I have something to do not come back" was finally unable to utter.

When he galloped all the way to the entrance of Yong'an Palace, the palace gate had not yet opened. Yue Shan handed over the horse to Xu Shanying, and walked through the crowd to the gate of the palace by himself, where he met the ministers and ministers.

After meeting each other, Yue Shan found Changsun Wuji, and the two came to the side and whispered, not knowing what to talk about.

At the beginning, the attitudes of both sides were very friendly, and the more they chatted, the more excited they became, as if they were about to fight.A lot of people are watching jokes in secret, it's better to fight, I've seen you guys upset a long time ago.

To their disappointment, however, the two didn't fight, and soon returned to normal, and then all laughs seemed to come to an agreement.

Good guy, isn't this going to be another big move?Many people began to worry.There is no way, the innovations of the imperial court continue to make people dizzy.

Every innovation seems to be innocuous and does not affect the structure of the court, but it is only after it is implemented that it is closely related to everyone's life.

These innovations are changing Datang in subtle ways.

These changes scare a lot of people because they don't know if they will be left behind and they want to object.

Especially those aristocratic families who have been slashed again and again have long been restless.

But Li Shimin's personal prestige has reached its peak, especially his control over the army is very high.After the end of the Eastern Turkic War, all the main forces of the imperial court were transferred back to the country to rest.

It is said to be a rest, but in fact everyone understands that it is to prevent people from making trouble. More than 20 iron cavalry and hundreds of thousands of infantry ammunition suppressed everyone, so that they did not dare to act rashly and could only accept reforms.

If Li Shimin resorted to military force to oppress the people, they might have a way to make the people miserable.

But in fact, the lives of the people are getting better day by day. The imperial court has also reduced and exempted taxes in various ways to reduce the burden on the people. Last year, it directly exempted the world from poll tax for ten years.

Although Datang has not collected much poll tax since its establishment, it still exists in name.Now the meaning of exempting directly is different, and it has bought a wave of people's hearts again.

Under such circumstances, even if the aristocratic family wanted to follow the example of the former Sui Dynasty and encourage the world to rebel, it became unrealistic.

In particular, the establishment of the academic and political system and the imperial examination system gave poor scholars the same starting point and opportunities to become officials as children from aristocratic families.

The humble scholars have become the most staunch supporters of the Tang court. With them, the aristocratic family can no longer rely on local prestige to confuse the people like before.

In this case, those conservatives and aristocratic families can only be forced to accept innovation. In order not to be abandoned by the times, they have to take the initiative to learn new knowledge.

Some people may say that the family of the Tang Dynasty is so hot, how come you have become a cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.

As mentioned above, the strength of the cultural gentry lies in their soft power, and they are nothing if they encounter a powerful force that dares to overthrow the table.

Zhu Wen sank all the members of the aristocratic families represented by the five surnames and Qiwang into the Yellow River, and killed them almost to the point of cutting off the ancestral hall, but he did not see any waves caused by them.

Compared with Zhu Wen, Li Shimin was countless times stronger and had more cards in his hands. They were so cruel that they had no other choice but to stretch their necks and get hacked.

As for the wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty... to be clear, the wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty were more caused by the internal struggles of the Guanlong military group, and the rebellion of the Dugu family, the Li family and other military dignitaries.At most, the Shandong cultural gentry are fanning the flames behind their backs, not even the main force.

Up to now, facing the Tang Dynasty that was transformed by Yueshan, the cultural gentry was not only reduced to scum in hard power, but also had less and less advantage in cultural power.

They either wait to die, or take the initiative to integrate themselves into the new era, there is no other way.

The palace gate opened quickly, and everyone lined up to enter the Xuanzheng Hall.

Yue Shan didn't speak in a hurry, but waited for others to report on their work first.

First, the Political Affairs Hall reported several important plans. These were things that had been discussed a long time ago, and I just went through the motions to inform everyone in the court.

After the affairs of the Zhengshitang were over, several officials immediately stood up to report, saying that the list of sages was incomplete and there were many omissions, so they recommended several sages and hoped to be included in it.

You can tell by their names that they are all sages respected by the ancient school. Purely based on their achievements, these people can indeed enter the Sanctuary, but whoever makes their descendants or inheritors go against the imperial court can only temporarily wrong them.

Everyone knows that this list is a temptation.To test the attitude of the court, or to put it bluntly, to see the appetite of the court and how much meat they are going to cut.

Li Shimin didn't know what to do with this list, so he just found an excuse that someone would go to the assessment and dismissed it... Bargaining should not be discussed in the court.

The few people who played did not say anything, and obviously understood this in their hearts.

Afterwards, Li Ji from the military department stood up and reported something: "Sage, the king of Jiaodong sent an official document from Fanyang, saying that the water control river has been widened and ships can reach Youzhou directly from the sea."

Li Shimin said happily: "Okay, okay, with the advantage of sea transportation, the development of Youzhou can be put on the agenda."

The Zhishui River is the Yongding River in later generations. At this time, its water flow was still very large, and the river channel was widened enough to drive large ships.

The so-called development of Youzhou is just an excuse. The real reason is that military supplies and even the army can be shipped directly to the front line of Youzhou.At that time, the crusade against Goguryeo will not have so much logistical pressure.

Li Ji was not so happy, and said with a serious face: "However, the water flow of the Zhishui River varies greatly from season to season. During the wet season, the dikes often burst and cause disasters to the local area. In the dry season, the water level may drop, and it may not be possible to use large ships."

Li Shimin frowned. In this case, it would be worthless for the court to spend a lot of money and material resources to widen the water control river.

The key is that the strategic goal cannot be achieved, which is the most unacceptable.

He asked unwillingly: "Is there any remedy?"

Just when Li Ji was about to shake his head and say no, Yue Shan stood up and said, "I have a way to solve this problem."

(End of this chapter)