Chapter 40

"I thank the people of Chang'an for their kindness!" Seeing Long Yan was very happy, Lu Qi bowed down and thanked him, and then laughed and said with apologies: "Your Majesty, I think it is absolutely impossible to do about Cui Po, the Minister of Rites, taking over the Imperial College!"

"Oh! Cui Qing was a natural act as the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Rites, so what's wrong with it? Furthermore, since the end of Tianbao, the official school of this dynasty has declined, and it is time to rectify it. Humph, since I ascended the throne, I have only won the three of them. It seems that the court still raised them, but it was just waste of money and food." Li Shi said disapprovingly when he mentioned the Imperial College, he couldn't help but feel angry.

Seeing that the emperor looked bad, Lu Qi hesitated slightly, but he was still unwilling to give up this good opportunity. He immediately spoke: "Shilarious Minister Cui is now a full-time official. If he is also a member of the Imperial College, I am afraid that all the officials selected by our dynasty will come out in the future. In the long run, it is not a blessing for the court, and it will inevitably lead to material discussions. In order to protect Shilar Cui, I think this is not feasible. What's more, during this scientific examination, Lord Cui even won the tribute student in Heyang Township who was only seventeen years old. It can be said that it is the first time for our dynasty to win the gentry of Jinshi. Now, the government and the government are all discussing this matter. More people who question the ability of Shilar Cui to select talents will be asked to be the only one of the Imperial College. At this time, I will be unable to convince the public." In a quiet manner, Lu Xiang studied another book.

"You are talking about the tribute student in Han surname!" A faint smile appeared on the corner of your lips. Li Shi said lightly: "This person was my own. Cui Qing is just acting on his order! I see that this person is loyal, literary talent, and many ministers in the court are not as good as you. What should I discuss? Besides, every subject is discussed in the public. It is really impossible to care about and it is difficult to care about." At this point, Li Shi handed the book on the imperial desk and said: "You are going to look at the poetry collection of new Jinshi's undergraduates and then make a statement. In my opinion, none of these people are stupid. If it weren't for the limited number of places in Hanlin Garden, I would love to put these twenty-five people in Hanyuan together. Hum! Look at these poems and essays, the current academic qualifications are the most famous and true since the customization of the Jinshi test in this dynasty. Hum! What else can I discuss? This time, Mr. Cui was very close to my heart. The Imperial College was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. It was just right for such a capable official like Cui Qing to go and rectify it to cooperate with the next year's scientific and technological reform and select truly suitable talents for the court. I have decided this matter, so I don't need to say anything more. But my family should pay more attention to the celebrations of these five years."

"That kid from the Han family is just a broken-down child. I haven't heard of such great skills! Could it be that day..." When he heard that Han Yu was actually the emperor himself, Lu Qi's heart skipped a beat. After cursing himself as "stupid", he didn't dare to say too much about this matter. After gritting his teeth and recognizing Cui Po and taking charge of the Imperial College, he bowed and left the cabinet.

At the same time, in the Cui Mansion of Chang'an, Lord Cui Po, the Minister of Rites, also faced a person who advised him, but this person was much more stubborn than the Xianggong Lu who was accustomed to observing words and expressions in Qifeng Pavilion.

"Students really dare not agree with the teacher's reform of the subject test. If they really want to change it, in the foolish opinion, they should abolish the current "postscript" of the subject test, repeat the Han system, establish Confucianism to win scholars, rather than comprehensively compiling the current miscellaneous studies. Only in this way can our dynasty be able to truly get the right person, and we can use this to reverse the decline of Confucianism in this dynasty in one fell swoop." In the chief hall of Cui Fu, Han Yu, a young Jinshi who was only seventeen years old, was as solemn as if he was facing Dabin's smile on his face. When he talked about the "revival of Confucianism", there was an uncontrollable craze in his stubborn and clear eyes.

"Give me aside! I always say this every time, for four consecutive days. Do you want someone to live? Why didn't I think I would put you in a local official at the beginning? This is really a sin, I can't live!" Lord Cui thought so "viciously" in his heart. It's also a grievance. After the Ministry of Personnel's examination, Xiao Han Yu, who was placed in Hanlin Garden, fully understood the imperial examination reform regulations of the imperial examination, and no other thoughts. He got up early every day and was fixed on the Cui Mansion to advise him, open his mouth to Confucianism, and shut up.

The words were revived, but when he came, his words and deeds must be righteous and acted, which made Cui Po, a teacher, have to sit upright. His life was really miserable. Although he could avoid it temporarily through official business, when he returned to his house, he saw that this person must still be like an old monk entering a meditation and waiting for him to continue to "bombard the bombing". Every time at this time, Lord Cui thought about the rules he had set when he was appointed as Hanlin to receive the order - "The Hanlin Garden will not be on duty except on duty", and he really felt like he was bound by himself.

He gritted his teeth and picked up Xiangming beside him and took a sip. The Minister, who was inseparable from the side, raised his spirits suddenly, adjusted his "debate" mentality and said, "Ayu! In your opinion, what is the original intention of the court to open a statutory quota and win a scholar?"

Seeing that the teacher put aside his perfunctory attitude, Han Yu, who was stubborn by nature, was very excited and immediately replied: "The court has opened a statutory examination to recruit talents, so that he can help the emperor to guard the world and govern the world."

"This is a good thing," Cui Po smiled faintly when he heard this, and then followed and asked, "What kind of talent does Mu need to guard the four directions and govern the world?"

Seeing that it was such a great question to explain his own point of view, Han Yu said without hesitation: "Keep the integrity as one, love the people as one, and govern the world with public heart. With these points, he can basically be considered a good official." As for this, seeing that the master had no intention of interrupting, he took the opportunity to say: "Speaking of it, being an official is like being a human being, the first priority is to govern the heart and cultivate oneself. This is indeed what the Master said: "Rectify the heart, sincerity, cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country, and pacify the world."

!, In the Three Emperors, the people in the world were the public, and the world was peaceful and the people were happy! Later generations of rituals and music were broken, and selfish desires arose, so the world was more clever and the hearts of the people were not as good as ever. The three emperors were no longer prosperous. The same was true for the dynasty. If this is the case, if you want the world to be peaceful, you must first cleanse people's hearts. If you want to win the hearts of others, you must rely on the learning of Confucius and Mencius. The people are like this, and officials should be more like this. In view of this, students think that the subject test

All the current miscellaneous subjects should be abolished, and the method of selecting talents by Confucianism is purely used to select talents, and the method of examining them should be eliminated from the current "post-test" and replaced by the "classic meaning". Only in this way can the scholars eliminate the disadvantages of memorizing scriptures by rote and not interpreting the meaning of scriptures. To select real talents; furthermore, once the court changes the method of scientific examinations in this way, the scholars in the world will definitely return to the practice of Confucian classics and abandon the beautiful and useless learning of current poetry and essays. In the long run, from scholars to the world, so why

Worry that Confucianism in our dynasty is not strong? Confucianism boosts people's hearts, and people's hearts governs will lead to a clear world. In the near future, my Tang Dynasty is expected to be prosperous!" Han Yu is worthy of being a very motivated generation of "Wenzong". Although he was still young and had no surprises in his views, these words were really passionate. And these short words also revealed the "saint" view of the "saint" who was strongly aligned with Buddhism and old and reinforcing Confucius and Mencius when Confucianism was in decline in the Tang Dynasty.

"Stealing concepts is a typical skewed concept!" Cui Po said this in his heart, but his smile remained unabated: "Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the Master established Confucianism and the hundreds of schools of thought rose. Later, the Qin Dynasty used Shangjun to practice Legalism to govern the country, practiced defense and war, and worked hard to farm and weaving, making the people afraid of private fighting and bravely fighting. The country's strength became stronger and stronger, and it unified the six worlds after several generations. However, the Legalism ruled the country, and the Qin Dynasty died in only two generations. At the beginning of the Later Han Dynasty, the Taoist Huang-Lao studied the country, and then the rule of Wen and Jing was the rule of Wen and Jing. When Emperor Wu came out, he abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism. For a time, Confucian scholars such as Dong Zhongshu in the court were like Confucian scholars such as Dong Zhongshu in the court.

After all the students gathered together, Confucianism was the only one who was prosperous in the Han Dynasty. However, in such a prosperous era, it was still unavoidable to avoid the decline of the Han Dynasty and the world was divided into three parts. How should Ayu understand these all these? Although the people's hearts can be governed by the world, the world will be clear, but Confucianism can definitely be governed by the revitalization of Confucianism? It seems that when there was a Han Dynasty, the sutras and the officials were judged and reported, who was not acquainted with the scriptures? However, what should be greedy is still greedy, and what should be corrupt is still corrupt. Human hearts are the most unpredictable thing in this world. Times and things change, and people's hearts also change. How can it be cured by a family's study and a few classics?"

Cui Po suddenly took out the fall of Han and said something about it, and immediately knocked Han Yu, who was only seventeen years old. After all, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, not only governed the country with Confucianism, but Confucianism was also popular in the world, and it also derived the "confucianism" that had a profound impact on later generations. In this way, the Han Dynasty was still unavoidable, which made him refute it, which had not yet achieved great academic thoughts. Han Yu, who had a slightly red face, said angrily: "Although Confucianism cannot be followed, it seems to be a clear method. Can it be followed by a wise calculation? In other words, Confucianism is a saint inheritance and orthodox knowledge. Now the teacher has put it along with such mixed subjects. This... is too insulting to be too unconventional!" Speaking of this, Han Yu was excited and couldn't help but say such contemptuous words.

"If you don't take advantage of this, you are not strong and bullying you when you are not a scholar, where can you find opportunities in the future?" He said in his heart. Cui Po looked at Han Yu's slightly blushing face with interest, and continued to say with a smile: "What is orthodox? For example, in the Qin Dynasty, the Legalists were orthodox; for example, in the Han Dynasty, the Confucianists were orthodox; for example, in the dynasty, Taoism was orthodox; this orthodox theory was originally moved with the world, so Ayu should not be too persistent. The reform and examination of this official was just to absorb all the same, but he was not neglected, so that the officials who were promoted to our dynasty would understand the meaning of the classics and sit in the hall.

When examining cases, he can be familiar with laws and principles; when distributing one area, he can also understand the way of economic calculation... In short, what the teacher does is to use the strengths of each family so that the officials of this dynasty will not be neglected, and only be an ignorant official, and also to guide the scholars of the world to not stick to a corner and learn to have a rigid mind. In the long run, why worry that the talents of the Tang Dynasty will not flourish. Ayu, governing the country is just like studying, especially when selecting materials for the court, it is more important to absorb the strengths of each family and not be too paranoid." Just looking at the voice of Lord Cui at this time, he is really good at temptation and serious.

Han Yu stood with a blushing face for a long time. He was the one who could stick to his own opinions. Otherwise, he would not have insisted on the "Ship to Welcome the Buddha's Bone" and was exiled to the distant place, writing such famous sayings as "I want to be a saint and clear to eliminate evil things; please collect my bones by the Zhangjiang River". At this time, he was still young. Although he did not give up his old proposition because of a few words from the teacher, he felt that this statement was actually somewhat reasonable. The two thoughts in his heart were entangled with each other. For a moment, he couldn't answer. Cui Po waited with a smile and savored the tea for a long time before he saw the stubborn student bowing and saying, "Thank you for your teachings. The student is confused and confused at the moment. Please say goodbye first, and come to the teacher for help next day."

After slapping his shoulder, he sent off this troubled disciple. The Minister Cui felt extremely relaxed when he breathed a sigh of relief. He shouted: "Disi Shi, go to Guo's Mansion and report to the prince-consort. Today, the young master is happy. Please invite him to Qingge Manwu Tower to listen to the new song..."

Hebei Road, Weizhou, Tian Xifu

In the beautifully decorated mansion, Tian Xi, who had just won the victory of cockfighting, received a greeting and inviting tea. He looked at the Taoist fairy style in front of him, and his face was full of dust.

"The immortal master has come from afar, and I have never met you. Please do not blame me." Tian Xi, who was named a "military ration envoy", said so, but he was not far away. After saying a polite word, he put down the teacup in his hand, and then he laughed and asked, "I just heard Mr. Tong's words, and the immortal master's magical powers, but I don't know if I can demonstrate it briefly, so that I can pay attention to the great master's magical actions?" As he spoke, he did not forget to wink at the butler standing on the lower right.

As if he had expected this move, the expression on the high road surface did not change at all, and he only smiled and said lightly: "Oh! But I don't know what sir should look at?"

"I don't know what magical powers can be shown by the immortal master?" Tian Xishi couldn't believe in others rashly when facing a person who came to the door to say "watch the king's spirit".

"I don't dare to underestimate myself when fighting cocks and burning pills and refining mercury. Today I came to the door and gave it to you, so I refine a furnace of red gold for the adults. What do you think?" As soon as the Taoist priest said, the butler who had long been winked then stepped forward and sneered, "I don't know how many Taoist priests who claim to be able to refine stones into gold, even the old slave, but in the end... hum!"

Tian Xi just pretended to scold him, but saw the Gao Dao smiled faintly and said, "Oh! Then what should I do if I want to honor the butler?"

"I heard that if anyone who has achieved the Taoist immortality is mostly someone who can be axe and halberd without any injury, Dao Master is so fairy-like and Taoist, I think he must have such ability." After saying that, seeing that the Taoist priest had no intention of changing color and refusing, the butler gave an order, and then a servant who served the servant held a shiny steel knife outside the hall.

"Master Taoist, I've offended you!" He walked a few steps closer. After the butler claimed the crime, he swung his sword and slashed straight into the Taoist priest's chest. The blade had just arrived. Master Tian Xi's voice stopped him.

The Taoist priest still had a smile and warm expression on his face, and the heavy sword slashed at his extremely ordinary robe, which could not be damaged at all. The butler was shocked and retreated. When he looked at his chest with the eyes of the people in the hall, he was stunned for a moment before he suddenly let out a terrified scream: "Master, magic, this Taoist priest knows magic!" It turned out that a long knife mark was showing on his clothes on his chest at this time. Looking at the knife part, it was clearly no different from the sword he slashed at the Taoist priest.

Seeing the strange scene in front of him, Tian Xi suddenly stood up. After the horror in his eyes retreated, there was a red ecstasy. After waiting for a while, he heard him shouting: "Come on! Please come to the study to offer tea. No one can approach the door unless the instructions are given!" Looking at the Taoist priest like a true immortal in front of him, a long-lasting flame was burning and becoming stronger in the heart of Master Tian...

"You really want to change the Imperial College?" In a closed wing room of Qingge Manwu Tower, the son-in-law of the dynasty looked at Guan Panpan who was performing a song on the high platform below, and then drank the cup of wine in one go. Then he turned around and asked Cui Po.

"I haven't seen you for a while, Guan Panpan's singing skills have made great progress!", co-organized the song "Qingpingle" and gently hit the beat. Cui Po praised it in his mouth, turned his head and smiled at Guo Yan: "The imperial examination has been changed. Imperial College will always change sooner or later. It is better to change now than to change it in the future. Speaking of which, you must also ask the National People's Republic of China to give you more wine and help you."

"I said you would kindly invite me to listen to Qu'er for wine. It turns out that you are still thinking about it." He smiled and reached out and pointed Cui Po, and Guo Yan drank another cup when he raised his hand.

It turned out that the Imperial College was different from the Zhenguan period of the early Tang Dynasty that "supremeted the world's Confucian scholars and thought they were academic officials." Since Emperor Gaozong's reign, Confucianism has gradually diminished. "The Imperial College gave wine to many princes and grandsons and princesses." The current Imperial College was the Lord Guo Yan and Guo. It was only God knows how long he would go to "sacrifice" once.

After slowly pouring a cup of three pulp for himself, Guo Yan said again: "Since the Anshi Rebellion, the students in China were unable to eat food, and all the students were dispersed. It was not until the previous years that it gradually recovered, but it was incomparable to the Xuanzong Dynasty. Speaking of which, the Imperial College includes Imperial College, Imperial College, and four schools. The simplified selection criteria are the third, fifth, and seventh ranks and above officials. But how can these third, fifth, and fifth ranks and other children really come to Imperial College? Now they can't recruit people from all over the country to choose the best.

Just to be a good family, you, the Minister of Rites, have their future in your hands, and are you afraid that they will not be able to rebel? As long as you don’t move Hongwen and Chongwen, there will be no one in the court to make things difficult for you. However, these two places are now Cui Xiang and Lu Qi are in charge. You can’t do anything if you want to move. Even if you don’t know what you are at ease, you will not be targeted by your actions.”

Since the decline of the Imperial College, the "Scholars" in Chongwen and Hongwen Pavilions have become the best place for the children of Wang Sunxungui. There are fewer admissions here, but they can avoid regular imperial examinations and take separate exams. The so-called "because his cuteness and high school entrance examinations are not limited to common practices, those who have been added to Scholars will naturally be ranked." Cui Po naturally knew these situations, but he could only sigh helplessly that these disadvantages are not something he can control now.

After a moment of silence, Guo Yan was drinking while drinking, and said indifferently: "When the fifth year celebration is approaching, the military generals in the court decided to take this opportunity to write a letter to pacify the four towns. Lu Qi is in the middle of this matter. You should take this opportunity to do your own thing. Don't force yourself to come forward, otherwise you will offend these group of Eight Masters Qiu, which is not easy to play."

"What, send troops to pacify the four towns?" Hearing this, Cui Po was shocked and said in shock...
Chapter completed!