For Li Er's needs, a better and more suitable book would be something even more evil for Wu Xing Qi Wang.
Even if we could find a literacy book that was better than that weird book, this... what's the use of it? Wouldn't the family still suffer?
When you think about it this way, it’s definitely not an ordinary scam!
This line of thinking leads directly to a dead end.
However, while Wang Jing's face was full of anxiety, Lu Changgeng's expression remained as usual, "No, no, Brother Wang, you have misunderstood. What I mean is that we are not looking for a better book."
"ah?"
Wang Jing and Pei Ji were stunned when Lu Changgeng said this. They didn't necessarily want to find a better one?
If you can't find anything better, isn't this still a problem?
However, Lu Changgeng obviously still had something to say, and continued, "Brothers, don't worry. In fact, you might as well think about it... we, the poetry and calligraphy family, all rose up in the Eastern Han Dynasty. And in the Eastern Han Dynasty..."
"How could the Yuan family, the Yang family, etc. gain authority by doing things like teaching and literacy?"
Lu Changgeng smiled slightly.
Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others were startled, but then they all understood.
This group of people got into the position of public officials by interpreting scriptures!
And even in the Western Han Dynasty, although a large number of intellectuals, mainly intellectuals from poor families who emerged overnight due to the invention of paper, were deeply influenced by the brainwashing of famous people from aristocratic families, this effect was actually realized very late. It really took effect.
When it took effect, it was already in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty - and the stage when this force really took effect would have to be calculated further back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty much later, that is, the time of the Dou Wu Chen Fan Rebellion.
But before that, this part of the power actually had little impact on the rise of celebrities like Yang and Yuan. It was mainly used to charge and seize power.
And at this stage...it is necessary to deceive the superiors to engage Li Er, not to mention whether the deception can be successful, even if the deception is successful...Li Er's rich martial virtues are rare and rare in the ages, and I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed.
This does not take into account the fact that Li Sheng, a traitor, also helped Li Er, which is even more difficult to say. What's more, among the scholars in the country, who doesn't regard Li Sheng as their idol?
However, although all of this is of course very stressful, if you think about it carefully... if you follow Yang and Yuan's scene, it doesn't seem to be very serious.
Because after all, in the final analysis, you must first stand in the court and gain status. As the saying goes, the emperor's duty is greater than etiquette. If you can occupy a famous position, you have the possibility of controlling the wind and rain. As for whether the wind and rain must be done by yourself,
After all, there is a difference between creating storms and guiding trends.
As long as you can control the interpretation of political and military affairs of the Tang Dynasty, you will naturally have more possibilities for manipulation...
"So according to Brother Lu, we don't actually need to stick to Li Er's great cultural and educational undertakings, but we should..."
Wang Jing guessed and looked at Lu Changgeng curiously.
Lu Changgeng only saw a bitter smile, "How can we not be rigid? After all, our family is going to end the road... But compared with confronting Li Er head-on, we obviously have more important things to do!"
When Lu Changgeng said this, Wang Jing and Pei Ji were both a little embarrassed... It was still too early to be happy.
But the idea is indeed clear, that is, now, first of all, we should...
"So my top priority is to make plans early. It's hard for me to match such a wonderful book, so why not start thinking about the things behind literacy..."
Lu Changgeng finally mentioned the end of this topic.
Yes, the key is the latter part.
Since you want to promote culture and education, you, Mr. Li, can't just make the people literate and not let them read.
Nowadays, literacy education is hard to beat, but what follows...
Don’t these guys still have a lot of room for maneuver?
And think about this carefully...
Pei Ji thought for a while and even smiled.
"Brothers, this matter should be easy to handle!"
"Since Li Er wants to take care of literacy, let's take care of something else. After you become literate, you have to read the Four Books and Five Classics, right?"
"In my opinion, why don't we come here to compile history? When the time comes, the people of the world will be literate, and they will still act based on my eyes!"
Pei Ji said excitedly, in fact, this has been the most common method used by great scholars to fight for power since ancient times. Or rather, it is almost the only way for this group to survive.
But now if we look at it this way, things are much simpler.
Pei Ji's words clarified Lu Changgeng's thoughts, and everyone immediately started thinking.
Since there are many more classics that literate people must read, it makes sense to seize the opportunity to seize the right to interpret them.
Besides, you, Li Er, want to spread the emperor's favor and promote culture and education. Everyone is a minister, so you have nothing to say to do some voluntary labor for you.
Looking at it this way, Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others immediately realized that the forefathers of the Eastern Han Dynasty were really far-sighted and started playing this trick back then.
The decision was made, and everyone quickly started taking action.
but……
Halfway through this, Mr. Zheng Taishan, who had not spoken much, suddenly frowned.
To say that aristocratic families are all similar, they rely on monopolizing educational resources to seize power because only their own children are intellectuals in the world, and then seek family interests. However, there are some subtle differences between various aristocratic families.
For example, most aristocratic families like to make friends with celebrities and cultivate dead men. However, the Zheng family in Xingyang belongs to the route of spending a lot of money to cultivate individual elite children. The gameplay is more advanced but also relatively unpopular. It is rare to expand the power by casting a wide net, but the overall approach is the same.
In short, Mr. Zheng Taishan doesn't care about other people's business.
but……
"...Everyone, I seem to have remembered something..."
Zheng Taishan suddenly spoke, and Wang Jing and others who were happily discussing how to revise history and seize power fell silent.
After all, the current situation is unfavorable and any opinion is important. What's more, Mr. Zheng Taishan doesn't speak easily, so there must be circumstances behind his words.
"I heard recently that Changsun Chong, the son of Changsun Fuji, seems to be running some kind of 'magazine'..."
"Magazine? What is this?"
"Never heard of that..."
Wang Jing and others all shook their heads. Not only had they not heard of this, but...
Isn't this Changsun Chong a junior? What can a junior do?
Besides, it’s just a “magazine”. It’s just some official and unofficial history. What’s the use of it? It’s not worth mentioning at all.
But then, Zheng Taishan added, "This magazine is nothing special. It is said to be published on January 1st. It not only contains many unofficial histories of officials, but also many other folk anecdotes and allusions. It is said to be all-encompassing."
When Zheng Taishan said this, Wang Jing and the others became even more confused.
Since it's clearly a miscellaneous book... doesn't that mean it's completely useless?