webnovelvip Chapter 697 The Real Intention
Chapter 697 The Real Intention
Chapter 697 The Real Intention
Li Lizhi sensed that something was wrong with Lin Xuan's face, and asked, "Husband, what's wrong?"
Lin Xuan came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "It's okay, I'm thinking about the competition."
No matter who succeeds him, even according to historical development, Li Shimin can still live for more than ten years.
At worst, when Li Shimin is about to die, he will take his family to sail to sea.
He advocated going to sea. Apart from wanting Datang to set his sights overseas, he also had the idea of leaving a way out for himself.
Li Lizhi didn't think much about it, and thought that Lin Xuan was really worried about the competition, so she comforted her softly: "Don't worry, my husband, even if my father doesn't go, if my husband can invite the prime minister or Zheng Guogong to go, those people will restrain themselves Be restrained. It would be even better if my husband could invite Dr. Kong."
Lin Xuan smiled wryly in his heart. Although he had met Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng several times, he had no friendship.
Civil servants know the best way to protect themselves, so there is no such thing as easy to invite.
Among other things, those academies have trained many literati. Some of these people are officials and some are scholars. Once Fang Xuanling and the others stand for him, they will undoubtedly offend those people.
He has no friendship with him, why should he offend others for him?
As for Kong Yingda, it is a good choice.
Ever since Dong Zhongshu proposed to depose all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone, which pushed Confucianism to its peak, every dynasty since then has rewarded the Confucian family in order to win the hearts of literati from all over the world.
Therefore, the Kong family can be regarded as the leader of the literati in the world. If Kong Yingda came forward, those people would really dare not mess around.
They may not be afraid of Li Shimin, but if the Kong family says a few bad things about them, scholars all over the world will spurn them. This is the influence of the Kong family.
But Lin Xuan thought about it, and gave up. Although Kong Yingda and him had some intersections, most of the people in those academies were Confucian students. Maybe some people and Kong Yingda were still old friends. If you really go to Kong Yingda, who will he help? Certainly.
"Don't worry, lady, I can handle these, don't worry." Lin Xuan said.
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At night, Lin Xuan slept with Guo Caiyue.
Li Lizhi is more introverted, and often feels a little reluctant to let go, but Guo Caiyue treats him with whatever she wants.
The taste is not enough for outsiders.
But Lin Xuan also likes Li Lizhi's way of holding the pipa and half covering her face, which has a different feeling.
In the morning, Lin Xuan got up refreshed, and Guo Caiyue had a trace of sleepiness on her face, which showed how hard Lin Xuan was tormenting her yesterday.
Lin Xuan put on his clothes lightly and left the room.
The maid had already been waiting outside. Seeing Lin Xuan coming out, she was about to salute, but was stopped by Lin Xuan.
After Lin Xuan washed up under the service of the maid, he went to practice martial arts in the yard.
Before Lin Xuan practiced martial arts, it was to have the power to protect himself.
Now Lin Xuan is used to getting up and practicing every morning. If he doesn't practice, he will feel uncomfortable.
After Lin Xuan finished practicing martial arts, Guo Caiyue was already up, and the two of them had breakfast together before Lin Xuan left.
Lin Xuan went to pay his respects to his parents, and had some breakfast with them.
That is to say, Lin Xuan has a big appetite, and for ordinary people, he really can't eat it.
After dinner, Lin Xuan felt that it was almost time, so he set off for the palace.
When he came to the palace, the morning court was over. After being notified, Lin Xuan was taken to the Ganlu Hall.
"I see Your Majesty." Lin Xuan bowed.
"Exemption."
Li Shimin's complexion was a bit uneasy, he didn't know if it was because of Princess Gao Yang's matter, or something that disturbed him early in the morning.
"Your Majesty, I don't know why those academies are going crazy. More than a dozen academies have issued a letter of war to my Boyuan Academy. Your Majesty wants to make the decision for me." Lin Xuan said with an aggrieved face.
Li Shimin naturally knew about the challenge from Taihe Academy to Boyuan Academy, so he pondered for a while and said, "Why do you think they suddenly challenged Boyuan Academy?"
"I heard that it seems that the common people say that Boyuan Academy is the number one academy in the Tang Dynasty, and those academies are not convinced, that's why they signed the gauntlet." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin said indifferently: "Although those academies do not restrict children from poor families to study, they do not recruit many children from poor families. Even if the people say that Boyuan Academy is Datang Academy, it will not affect them. Why do they want to fight against Boyuan Academy? Book?"
"Ah." Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Please make it clear, Your Majesty."
What Li Shimin said made Lin Xuan realize that this challenge was not that simple.
But he couldn't think of any other reason.
"Do you know where Taihe Academy is?" Li Shimin asked.
"I heard that Taihe Academy is in Shandong."
By the way, Shandong.
Lin Xuan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean is that Taihe Academy is related to the five surnames and Qiwang?"
Li Shimin sneered and said, "Shandong is the headquarters of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. Do you think if it has nothing to do with them, Taihe Academy can continue to operate?"
"Then other academies are also related to the family?" Lin Xuan asked.
Since Taihe Academy has something to do with the family, if other academies say that it has nothing to do with the family, even if they kill Lin Xuan, they won't believe it.
Although there were not as many academies in the early Tang Dynasty as in the Song Dynasty, no matter what, there should have been dozens of them. Why did only a dozen of them challenge Boyuan Academy?
"That's right, there are aristocratic families behind those academies. Rather than academies, it is better to say that they are places where aristocratic families train their retainers. Although they recruit children from poor families, if they do not join them, they will not pay attention to teaching them at all." Li Shimin said.
This is also the reason why he fears the aristocratic family, which not only monopolizes books, but also monopolizes education.
Even if some children from poor families emerge, they will be excluded by the aristocratic family, so there are few real children from poor families in the court.
Fortunately, the aristocratic family is not united, and there are also fights among them.
But what if?
This is also the reason why Li Shimin has been deliberately suppressing people from big families to occupy high positions.
Once the members of those aristocratic families occupy high positions and form a group, he, the emperor, will be emptied.
"Your Majesty, if those academies are here for the ministers, why are they doing it now?" Lin Xuan said strangely.
It's normal for the aristocratic family to trouble him, but why didn't they choose the present when the academy first opened?
If the aristocratic family had just opened the academies, it would undoubtedly be the best opportunity for those academies to challenge them.
Li Shimin sneered, "That's because they didn't take your academy seriously at first."
Well, I was underestimated.
Seeing the threat of Boyuan Academy now, the aristocratic family will naturally not let it go.
The intention of the aristocratic family is very simple. Didn't Li Shimin say that the selection of officials in the future must pass the imperial examination?
Didn't you come up with movable type printing?
It doesn't matter, we can't monopolize books, but we can monopolize education.
With only books and pinyin, literacy has become easier, but if you want to take the imperial examination, literacy alone is useless.
Those subsets of classics and history have no one to explain them, and they can't understand even if they are literate.
Although the imperial court has an official school, Guozijian, Guozijian is equivalent to the university of later generations, and it is impossible to get into it without certain talents or family background.
Grassroots education still depends on these academies.
(End of this chapter)