Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 51 On Politics
On the first day of May, the Great Court Meeting

After the celebration, Feng Daiwen shut himself in his study for two consecutive days and wrote three excerpts, detailing various details. On this day, Feng Daiwen planned to go to court to present the excerpts to Li Shimin and explain them in detail.

It was the first time for Feng Daiwen to put on a purple robe, and he came to wait outside the Taiji Hall. He was led by the ceremony officer and lined up among a group of half a hundred people, which was particularly eye-catching. Because of his ability, Feng Daiwen quickly chatted with the people around him.

Following the eunuch Shili shouted: "The servants are going to court!" Everyone entered the Taiji Hall one by one.

Feng Daiwen watched the people discuss political affairs with great interest at first, and then he realized that there were indeed many Tang officials, and many of them were Confucian bastards. They had to argue about everything, and they argued for the sake of argument.

Feng Daiwen saw that the matter was almost over, and he didn't want to hear these Confucianists argue, so he went out of the class and played loudly: "My minister Feng Daiwen has a book to play!"

Li Shimin himself was drowsy from listening to it, and he had to cheer up to listen. He suddenly heard Feng Daiwen's voice, and suddenly he was shocked and said, "Aiqing, what's the matter?"

"Reporting to the sage, until the war in the Qin and Han dynasties, the land of China has gone through vicissitudes. Since the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the dynasty has not long been established, and many classics have been lost in confusion. Now I ask the sage to arrange for today's great scholars to lead people to sort out my Chinese classics. Agriculture, water, soil, mining, forging, etc. are divided into different categories, and are divided into Qing Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Law, Ming, novels and other theories." Feng Daiwen explained.

"In order to show that the sage attaches great importance to it, and that those who sort out the books must not be biased, they can only sort them out, and cannot modify them. I ask the saints to issue an order to erect a stele for the place where the classics are sorted out. Books are collected at home, and those who contribute to the collection can copy as many rewards as they want in the royal library." Feng Daiwen took a breath and continued:
For a moment, Man Chao's quiet needle dropping could be heard.

It took a while for Li Shimin to speak: "Feng Aiqing's words are reasonable, do you have any opinions?"

"General Feng's words are very kind. I am willing to donate the books in my home and lead my students to sort out ancient books." Li Gang, the former prince's teacher and great scholar, first agreed.

"I am willing to donate the books at home and lead the students of Guozijian to participate in it." Kong Yida, who offered sacrifices to Guozijian, also joined the class.

"I agree with General Feng's suggestion, and on behalf of the Yan family, we are willing to participate in the grand event together." The great scholar Yan Shigu also came out and seconded.All of a sudden, many discerning civil servants and military generals in the court expressed their willingness to contribute.

"Okay, that's great. All the gentlemen's family is the heart of the country. I am very relieved. I decided to use the former Qin Palace as the place where the ancient books will be sorted out. I will give it the name of Bogu Lunjintang. Li Gang will be the head of the hall. Kong Yida, Yan Shi Gu is the deputy, and in front of the door is a monument for all the people who contributed this time."

The ancient literati had the same name, and the emperor asked someone to engrave a stele to set up a biography. This will be recorded in the history books, not to mention that erecting a stele is also a thing that has been passed down through the ages. Be desperate.

"Feng Aiqing, since you proposed it, you will assist Master Li and the others." Li Shimin said happily.

"My minister complies, I still have this performance." Feng Daiwen cupped his hands and continued.

"What's the matter with Aiqing, come here!" Li Shimin asked with great interest now that he was in good spirits.

"Returning to the sage, submit to my Great Tang Fanbang. There are many foreign races. I ask the sage to decree that everyone who belongs to my Tang Dynasty must learn my Tang dialect no matter what nationality or foreign country. All ethnic groups in the country can send Confucian disciples to teach. Learn from me the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty," Feng Daiwen said.

The Confucianists were naturally overjoyed when they heard the words. Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "This matter is of great importance and involves a lot. We will discuss a safe solution later."

"The sage is wise, and I still have a book to play." Feng Daiwen flattered me.

"Haha, this is the first time that Weiguo played the book at the court meeting, and it gave me a pleasant surprise. I look forward to your book." Li Shimin looked at his son-in-law and said happily with a smile.

"The sage is too much, I ask the sage to issue an order that all the prisoners of the Tang Dynasty and foreigners will be slaves, as coolies..." Feng Daiwen said.

"No, no sage, General Feng's words are really inappropriate. How can we practice such injustice in our vast country, a country of etiquette, and slavery has long been abolished." The great Confucian Wang Gui immediately objected before Feng Daiwen finished speaking. road.

"The way of injustice, what is injustice, there is an old saying that those who are barbarians who enter China will belong to China; , the others are all barbarians, people who are not of our race must have different hearts, this is not the benevolence and morality of people of our same race!" Feng Daiwen retorted with a frown.

"If you can't speak, we can teach it. Just now General Feng himself said that he would teach the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty to foreigners, but now he is back on his word." Wang Gui immediately retorted with Feng Daiwen's words just now.

"I'm not taking my word for it. There is no conflict between teaching and being demoted to a slave. Before I finished speaking just now, Mr. Wang refuted it. Although we demoted captives to slaves, it's not that we don't give them a way to survive. Those who know Chinese characters and Tang dialects will serve for three years." If you become a member of the Tang Dynasty in one year, you will be the first class, and others will become the second class after five years. Those who have children must learn the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty from primary school, and those who have learned the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty will be the first class. If you can learn from my Tang poetry, rites and music, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhist classics, other Mohists, Legalists, workers and peasants forging, etc. have been found to be treason, and those who teach are equally guilty." Feng Daiwen continued to explain.

"Fang Yao! General Feng's words mean that our Confucianism is inferior to the French, Mohist, workers and peasants!" Wang Gui angrily shouted with his hands trembling.

"Can Confucianism teach people to farm?" Feng Daiwen asked, rolling his eyes.

"My Confucianism knows how to govern the country, and I just need to manage it as an official. Besides, if you treat foreigners like this, in the future when the Tang Dynasty will fight, there will still be people there who will surrender. If they don't fight to the death, it will increase the casualties of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty." Wang Gui retorted with reasons:

"Hmph, so what about a death battle, my Tang army who refuses to accept it will naturally teach him to be a man, and I will not be afraid of a death battle. Only when the foreign race is hurt, and if you beat it hard, you will naturally see my Tang army fleeing!" Feng Daiwen said loudly and confidently. Said.

"Okay! Okay! There are many warriors in Tang Dynasty who dare to fight, so why not be afraid of fighting to the death!" Feng Daiwen's words drew applause from the generals, and Qin Qiong spoke loudly in support.

"Then Confucianism can teach people to forge weapons and armor, can they teach people to build cities, no, not at all," Feng Daiwen continued angrily.Thinking of a dynasty in later generations who advocated Confucianism and castrated Feng Daiwen, the backbone of the general, he was very angry.

"In my opinion, the Ministry of Industry should be handed over to the Mohists, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple should be handed over to the Legalists, and agriculture should be handed over to the peasants. Confucianism can only teach people to read and write. If professionals do it, Master Wang can't lead the army to charge," Feng Daiwen said passionately.

"You,,, you,,,, children can't be taught!" Wang Gui dropped a sentence and turned around speechless.

"Haha, General Feng's words are reasonable, but they are too biased. My Confucianism also has six arts, Gewu!".Yan Shigu laughed and said.

Yan Shigu, a veteran of the three dynasties, a generation of great Confucianists, has seen many things thoroughly, so he doesn't care about Feng Daiwen's radical words.

"What Elder Yan said is that Dai Wen was too radical. In fact, I also agree with Confucianism. Confucianism can cultivate a person's righteousness. In the eyes of the younger generation, the most suitable for Confucianism is to supervise the censor and teach and educate people. The younger generation just means It means that Confucianism teaches etiquette and poetry to foreigners, Taoism and Buddhism teach people to be kind to others, and others don’t." Feng Daiwen realized that he had gone too far, and immediately apologized sincerely to Yan Shigu.

"I agree with General Feng's point of view. Foreign races can only be conquered before they can be educated. In the past, various ethnic groups in the grasslands have surrendered to the Central Plains many times, but when we are weak, it is when they set foot on the Central Plains. Therefore, I think that dealing with foreign races can only be done. Fight, all those who are higher than the chariot will be reduced to slaves, and they will only consider becoming Tang people after three generations!" Wei Zheng spoke out in support of Feng Daiwen, and said viciously.

Let me go, this Wei Zheng is also a ruthless person, Feng Daiwen couldn't help but have black lines all over his head when he heard what Wei Zheng said, this is even more ruthless than himself.

Li Shimin quickly smoothed things over and said, "Okay, do you have any suggestions about the alien Weiguo?"

"Wei Chen suggested using barbarians to control barbarians. As long as they can speak Tang, they can be treated better and promoted to managers to manage other captives. They should be divided into groups of 10 or [-] people. One group of rebels should be put to death for the purpose of building canals, roads, garrisoning fields, and grazing. , can be sold, but everything is under the management of officials. For foreigners who surrender, they are all treated as citizens of the Tang Dynasty and enjoy the treatment of citizens of the Tang Dynasty, but they must learn the words and etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, and send people to join the army of the Tang Dynasty. The country will go to war." Feng Daiwen said analytically.

"At this time, let's do it this way. The three provinces will list the provisions as soon as possible, treat them as laws, and pass them on to the world. The chief officials of the six departments of the three provinces, Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Li Ji, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji...Feng Daiwen Leave the imperial study room to discuss matters and leave the court!" Li Shimin called out the names of more than 10 people in a row, obviously leaving behind either important ministers or confidantes, things that other people are not qualified to know first, naturally need to be a little more concealed!
(End of this chapter)