On the twentieth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Yonglong in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong suffered from a headache due to his old problem and was unable to handle political affairs. Queen Wu took the initiative to take charge of government affairs.
Bao, deposed political affairs, Empress Wu continued to win over Liu Rengui in the process, but took the opportunity to attack Hao Chujun. On the grounds of his age, although he was given the second-class treatment of a prince, Shaobao, he was finally dismissed from the position. Later,
After some controversy, Pei Yan, the assistant minister of Huangmen, was quickly appointed as the minister and the prince's concubine. He also appointed Cui Zhiwen, the assistant minister of Huangmen, and Xue Yuanchao, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, as the minister of Zhongshu and the guest of the prince.
In addition, Empress Wu also appointed Fan Lubing as the Prince Zhanshi (the third rank) to unify the three temples in the East Palace and lead the government orders, and Liu Jingxian was the guest of the crown prince.
As a result, a large number of the important people around Li Xian were actually members of Empress Wu's party, and these people were all high officials of the imperial court. Their great power and high status attracted the attention of Li Xian, the crown prince.
Coupled with the fact that Zhang Wenguan and Dai Zhide, two prime ministers whom Li Xian had tried so hard to win over, died of illness one after another, Li Xian's control over the court was significantly weakened, even worse than when he was the king of Zhou.
However, Li Xian seemed to be fine. After all, it was Empress Wu's inertia to deploy people. It would have been weird if he had not deployed people.
Li Xian did not question Empress Wu's actions at all, but accepted the "assistance" of these people very calmly. In fact, for him, although these constraints on the surface were indeed constraints, for him
But it's not a big deal.
Because his Tang Sect has now risen secretly, although his foundation among the prime ministers is not deep enough, or even has almost no foundation, among the middle and low-level courtiers, Li Xian's power has actually surpassed Empress Wu's power.
Six months after taking over the East Palace, Li Xian finally made his first big move. His big move was to write a letter to the emperor, requesting to expand education in various states and counties, expand schools, and cultivate talents. This letter immediately caused an uproar.
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In the court hall, a discussion was held because of a memorandum from Crown Prince Li Xian requesting the expansion of state and county schools.
Empress Wu, who was sitting on the throne with Gaozong, first spoke: "My dear friends, the prince went to court yesterday and asked to expand prefectural and county schools, cultivate talents, and contribute to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. The prince has such good intentions.
This is a blessing to our great Tang Dynasty, and all of you who love your country must cooperate fully to make this matter a success."
As soon as Empress Wu said these words, she was immediately opposed by her ministers. Yang Sixuan, the son of the emperor, was the first to come out of the class and said: "The empress is generous. Expanding the school and cultivating talents can allow more people to be taught by saints.
The prince's intention is good, but why have the ministers failed to implement it in this way for so many years? There are actually many reasons for this. First of all, there are aristocratic families everywhere, and their families have their own schools, even the families of small wealthy people.
You can afford a private school, so the effect of opening a school is not great..."
"Otherwise, I don't agree with what Yang Jijiu said, Queen Mother of Heaven. Although a lot of what Yang Jijiu said is true, this does not mean that opening a school will not be effective, because except for the rich and wealthy families,
There are still many poor children in the world who have not gone to school, not because they are unwilling, but because their families are poor and cannot afford to study. If the prefecture and county schools can admit outstanding students like Taixue, and exempt them from tuition fees, study
, Presumably schools in prefectures and counties will definitely flourish, and the talent in our dynasty will flourish, won’t it further demonstrate our prosperity in the Tang Dynasty?”
The speaker was King Luo Bin, the imperial censor. He himself came from a poor background. Naturally, he sincerely appreciated Li Xian's proposal. After hearing what Yang Sixuan, the prince of the country, said about offering wine, he immediately refuted it.
When Yang Sixuan saw that someone actually denied his point of view, he immediately said displeasedly: "Luo Yushi said it lightly. Even if a poor person wants to go to school, how much extra manpower and material resources will the local government need to spend? Even excluding the cost of food, accommodation and housing for the students.
, how much does it cost to hire a doctoral assistant? Even this can be ignored, and how many scriptures need to be copied to meet the needs of school? Students studying without scriptures are like cooking without rice, water without a source, and water without a source.
How can a tree last long?"
"The matter of doctoral teaching assistants is actually not difficult to solve. As long as the local government can arrange food and accommodation for the failed people and pay a certain monthly salary, a large number of literati will come to apply. This will not only solve the problem of local teachers
, it can also solve the life problems of fallen scholars. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
Wang Bo, the son of the State, was worthy of being a smart man. He solved a big problem with a little thought, and also solved another social problem that troubled the imperial court.
But Yang Sixuan still smiled disdainfully, and then raised his hands and said: "Wang Siye, you are also an official of our Imperial Academy, so naturally you know everything about the school. Let me ask Wang Siye, even if the problems you mentioned are solved, but this official
How should we solve the problem of scriptures that we just mentioned? How many people do you want to use to copy the scriptures?"
"This..." Both King Luo Bin and Wang Bo were speechless after hearing this rhetorical question, because neither of them had thought of a solution to this problem.
At this moment, Li Xian suddenly said calmly: "Yang Aiqing, I can solve this matter."
"Oh? I wonder if His Highness the Prince has any clever plan to solve such a big problem? I would like to hear the details." Yang Sixuan couldn't help being slightly stunned when he saw that Li Xian actually stood up in person, and then there was a burst of ecstasy, because the only people in Empress Wu's camp were dispatched
In order to save him, he forced out the head coach of the prince's party. It can be seen that the other party is already at the end of his game. If he can silence Li Xian again in his refutation, then this time Li Xian's grand gesture can only declare
Had a miscarriage.
This is the first confrontation between the Crown Prince and the Queen of Heaven after Li Xian became the Crown Prince. If he wins the first battle and makes great achievements, he will naturally be promoted to an official position and be favored for a while.
However, Yang Sixuan still calmed down and looked at Li Xian calmly to see what kind of clever plan he could come up with.
But I heard Li Xian say calmly: "Luo Yushi and Wang Siye have actually had a countermeasure for this matter for a long time, but they are unwilling to say it directly because the method to solve this problem is too simple. If these two talents are allowed to
Speaking of which, it is undoubtedly an insult to their IQ, but it is such a simple method. I wonder if Yang Jijiu has thought of it? Haha, I estimate that Yang Jijiu would naturally not have thought of it, otherwise he would not have such a confused look on his face.
, well, seeing that you are so thirsty for knowledge, I will ask a humble servant to come to the main hall to give you some guidance." (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!
