Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 172 What is fatherly love like a mountain...
The Imperial Examination Scholars sit on horses, surrounded by elite imperial guards.Facing the flowers and cheers that the people kept throwing, I couldn't help but feel a little flustered.Even Hai Rui, who was always upright among Jinshi, also smiled at this time.

Above the roadside restaurant, several young people gathered by the window on the second floor to watch the excitement.Seeing the scenery and appearance of the imperial examination scholars, I couldn't help showing envy.

"The emperor of Yunguo honored and favored these imperial examination scholars so much, he showed his desire to seek talents and respect them."

A young man by the window heard what his junior brother said at this time, but subconsciously retorted:

"Wrong! Junior brother made a mistake! The emperor of Yunguo favored these imperial examination scholars so much for the sake of showing to the world. Scholars at the bottom of the world want to be officials, but Yunguo does not rely on their background, but on Ability and learning are all about superiority. In the future, many scholars in the world, if they feel that their talents cannot be used to their full potential, they will definitely think of going to Yunguo!"

"Well, what's wrong with me? Even though the emperor of Yunguo wanted to make the scholars work, he really showed his desire to seek talents. Don't you think that the emperor of Yunguo should treat these imperial examination scholars with courtesy, and then in order to show I just drove them away out of respect for the virtuous, and didn't put them in the court of Yunguo for reuse?"

During the debate, the eyes of several young disciples around immediately lit up, and they refuted one by one:

"What senior brother said just now meant that the emperor of Yunguo didn't sincerely respect sages and talented people, not others!"

"If a king respects talented people, but he can't reuse them. Then I would like to ask this brother, is this really respectful, or is it really just for others to see?"

"I'm just refuting that the emperor of Yun Kingdom did not come out of the heart of respecting the virtuous and loving scholars, and he did not intend to criticize the imperial examination system of the Yun Kingdom!"

"This is a dispute between 'Lunxin' and 'Lunji'. When I debated with Confucianism, I have already reached a conclusion! No one is perfect in the world when talking about traces regardless of heart!"

When the group of young disciples were arguing, their voices became louder and their expressions became more excited, causing many diners in the restaurant to turn their eyes over.

But these young disciples didn't feel uncomfortable at all at this moment. On the contrary, their fighting spirit became more and more high-spirited. During the debate, their expressions were excited, their hands and feet were dancing, and they were very conspicuous.

"Shut up!" A shout suddenly rang out in the restaurant.

On a table by the window, a handsome middle-aged man wearing a splendid robe, with a refined and easy-going demeanor, looked at the group of young disciples with a pale face.

The young disciples who were still arguing just now quickly shrank their heads, and dared not say anything more.

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, hating iron for being weak, and taught:
"Could it be that the emperor of the Yun Kingdom didn't give these imperial examination scholars the kind of honor and honor they are now, so no one came to the Yun Kingdom to serve? Nowadays, all countries in the world have a recommendation system, and low-level scholars cannot be officials without connections. Can't I just go to Yunguo to work?"

He paused, gritted his teeth and cursed:
"A group of embarrassing things. They didn't even understand the key points, so they imitated the elders of the teacher and started a debate? In the end, they only knew how to play strange words, pick up the wisdom of their ancestors, and look for mistakes and omissions in other people's words , It's useless to argue!"

Under the teaching of the middle-aged man, a group of famous disciples bowed their heads in shame and dared not say much.

The middle-aged man taught him a lesson for a long time, and finally saw the appearance of the disciples, but his words froze.

Over the years, the debate topics studied by famous scholars have become more and more obscure.Disciples in the sect often argue endlessly over the meaning of every word.The debate among disciples has also changed from clarifying the logic and explaining the truth to each other, to focusing on finding out the other party's language mistakes and forcing the debate.

It's useless to argue.The ethos among famous families has been like this all these years, so how can it be that only these disciples have been affected?
Over the years, famous artists have shown signs of decline.If things go on like this, the famous scholars in the world at the beginning, one of the nine famous masters, will definitely not be able to escape the fate of disappearing!

The middle-aged man looked at the group of disciples, sighed worriedly, then waved his hands weakly, and said:
"That's all! Sit down and eat, and settle down early today!"

"Yes!"

The middle-aged man sighed again, turned his head and looked out of the window, his eyes revealed deep meaning.

I only hope that the Jixia Academy in Yunguo can help revive the style of study in my school! ——
Xia Kingdom Capital, Jinling City, Xia Kingdom Palace, Fengtian Hall.

An old man in a dragon robe, with an old face and white hair, looks about 70 years old, with a tired expression, resting on the dragon chair with one hand on his forehead, his eyes are slightly closed, as if he is closing his eyes. The eyes are generally refreshed.

To be able to sit in this position, his identity needless to say, the current emperor of Xia, Yu Qingxuan.

After resting for a while, the old man slowly opened his eyes and opened his mouth to ask:
"King Qi has been in his mansion for a while, but is he still honest?"

The old eunuch on the side heard the words, bowed slightly, and said:
"His Royal Highness King Qi is here, shutting himself out in the study in Prince Qi's mansion all day long!"

Emperor Xia frowned and said in surprise:
"It's been two months, and he can still hold his temper? This doesn't look like him!"

Hearing this, the old eunuch pursed his lips and smiled, saying:
"His Royal Highness King Qi, perhaps after this setback, he has been sharpened, and he will definitely restrain his temper in the future."

Hearing this, Emperor Xia snorted coldly and said:
"If he can really subdue his tough temper, that would be great! Ever since he was a child, he has never made me feel at ease!"

Although what he said was so, but just looking at Emperor Xia's expression at this time, he knew that he probably felt so in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Xia gritted his teeth again and said:

"If he hadn't been so impulsive this time, the court would have had a better way to deal with those southwestern generals! It was a pleasure for him to kill people, but he had to force the court to deal with the remaining generals in the southwestern frontier army. As a result, most of the southwestern frontier army's combat power was crippled. In the end, I had to bow my head to the little emperor of Yunguo and ask for compensation!"

The old eunuch next to him secretly looked at Emperor Xia's appearance of hating iron and steel, and after a little thought in his heart, he knew that he didn't really blame King Qi for his action this time.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qi is also, in order to appease the anger of the people in the southwestern states and counties! These Southwestern generals have sent troops to plunder the people's property, and they have the cheek to ask the court to help the people who suffered from the war, so that the court will give them a backing for their greed. It's really deadly!" The old eunuch remonstrated in a gentle voice.

Emperor Xia frowned, suddenly raised his head to look at the old eunuch, and said with a half-smile:
"Sixi, did you take advantage of that kid? Or did you put the treasure on him?"

Speaking of which, the court of Xia Kingdom is extremely chaotic now. Apart from the fact that there are officials from hundreds of families attacking each other, the Emperor Xia has allowed many princes to practice in the court. Everyone has their hands.

The matter of the princes seizing the heir has already intensified the struggle between the court and the court, and it has gradually become a matter of publicity.

The old lady Sixi listened to Xia Huang's words at this time, and she couldn't tell how flustered she was, she just bent down and lowered her head, and said with a wry smile:

"Your Majesty, don't make such a joke! The slaves have served His Majesty for most of their lives, and now they are in this position, and there is no room for promotion among the eunuchs. The slaves have no relatives, and there is nothing to expect in this life except to serve His Majesty's kindness." ..."

Xia Huanglang laughed, shook his head and said:
"The princes are surrounded by young and capable loyal eunuchs assigned since childhood. Hmph, they naturally look down on you as an old man!"

The old eunuch bowed and nodded, and said in harmony:
"Your Majesty said..."

"If King Qi can have a long memory in the future, the more than 200 million taels of silver will not be considered a splash!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia suddenly withdrew his smile and said in a deep voice:
"I pass on my will. During the period of King Qi's confinement, he should keep his own place and think about his mistakes behind closed doors. He has already realized his mistakes. Order him to serve as an envoy to Yunguo, to preside over our Great Xia Mission, to conclude a peace treaty with Yunguo, and to make meritorious deeds!"

Hearing this, the old eunuch was slightly taken aback, and said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, is there something wrong..."

It was King Qi who led the troops to attack Yunguo, and it was King Qi who led the mission to conclude the peace treaty at this time.

To Yun Guo, this was a little provocative.And for King Qi, it would be a great shame and humiliation for him to meet the Emperor Yun as a general of the defeated army.

Emperor Xia's face became even colder, and he said in a deep voice:

"The fourteenth princess, Yu Yingyao, is the same age as the Emperor Yun. She is elegant and dignified, with a gentle nature. She was granted the imperial concubine of Rouning, and accompanied the mission to the Kingdom of Yun to make peace. The ties between the two countries will be established so that there will be no more wars between Xia and Yun! "

Emperor Xia paused, then said coldly:
"He has lost, and I can give him the bottom line. But I also want to teach him a lesson, let him know, because of his underestimation of the enemy and his reckless actions, what a price he will pay right now!"

The fourteenth princess, Yu Yingyao, is the younger sister of King Qi.This time, Emperor Xia not only asked King Qi Yu Zhaoling to go to Yunguo in person, but also asked his younger sister to go to marry him.

Rao, eunuch Sixi had served Emperor Xia for most of his life and was used to the emperor's ruthlessness. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel trembling in his heart because of Emperor Xia's cruel methods against his own children.

Emperor Xia's fatherly love is really like a landslide...

He didn't dare to say anything more, he quickly bent down to salute, turned around and was about to go down to deliver the decree.

"and many more!"

Emperor Xia stopped him again, and with a calm and indifferent expression, said softly:
"If you want to be an emperor, you need to know forbearance, and know how to give up something for the sake of the overall situation. If he is stubborn and refuses to accept the order, just tell him that you don't have to leave Qi Wang's mansion again..."

Eunuch Sixi's lips trembled, he quickly bowed in response, and left quickly.

When the old eunuch left, Emperor Xia leaned on the dragon chair again, closed his eyes and meditated.

A moment later, in Fengtian Hall, there was a faint sigh suddenly.
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Xiao Cheng looked at the Dongchang report handed over by Feng Bao in his hand, but suddenly laughed, shook his head and said:
"Hahaha, this family member of this famous family is really a good guy. This family member of his own brother can fight with each other after chatting... Hey, so you said, is this famous family member because of me from Yunguo? The Jixia Academy can provide them with a place to argue with other schools of thought, and they are not accused of crimes by speech, so why did they come so quickly?"

Dongchang's intelligence agency, because it didn't take long to develop, couldn't be said to be very powerful.But Zhongqing City is the capital of Yunguo, even if the East Factory cannot be controlled by other places, it is impossible not to deploy people here.

Disciples of famous families entered Zhongqing City in such a conspicuous and high-profile way, without even making a show of concealing it, they would naturally be targeted by spies all over the city.

The controversy in the restaurant just happened, within an hour, it had already been placed on Xiao Cheng's imperial table.

Feng Bao couldn't comprehend the meaning of what Xiao Cheng said, so he couldn't help being a little dazed.pondered for a long time,
He also failed to understand the meaning, so he could only echo vaguely:

"Famous family members like to debate the most, and are also known for debating. If you think that the school has such a learning style, you don't have to be too surprised to do these things."

Xiao Cheng nodded and asked again:
"The three Taoists who entered the city together, have you ever found out their identities?"

Since the three of them entered the city, although they acted in a low-key manner, they never concealed their identities. Dongchang had already received a reminder from the sticky pole.

When Feng Bao heard this, he immediately said:

"The servants have already sent people to investigate, and it went smoothly unexpectedly. These three people seem to have no preparations to hide their identities at all. The information obtained from Taoist priests, these three people do not know them. When Longhushan was about to leave, Zhang Zhengqing, the head teacher of Taoism, stuffed it in."

When Feng Bao said this, he couldn't help but paused, and then continued:
"My servant feels that until the identities of these three people are found out, Your Majesty should not summon Taoists for the time being!"

Xiao Cheng chuckled lightly, waved his hands, and said:

"It doesn't need to be like this. You can let the Taoist head teacher temporarily plug in people, and then combine the temperament and martial arts of the three people. I think there is no other than people from the Taoist family."

When Feng Bao heard this, he hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, the servants can naturally guess that these three people are likely to be from Taoism. But your Majesty's safety is more important than anything else, so you should investigate carefully!"

Xiao Cheng smiled, shook his head and said:

"I also know that if these three people are dangerous, Zhang Zhengqing, the head teacher of Taoism, would not dare to let people bring them. If I am not wrong, this Taoist is not planning to go to Jixia Academy to debate, but wants to meet with me directly. , to expound the Taoist philosophy, in order to make Taoism stand out from the hundreds of schools of thought in Yunguo."

Of course, the most important thing is Xiao Cheng's self-confidence.

After wearing the Fury Dragon Sword, Xiao Cheng is able to compete with the top nine masters.There is a ninth-level master guard like Nan Jiyun beside him, and in the forbidden palace, there are guards from the forbidden army.Unless there are masters in the land gods and wonderlands among the Taoist disciples, it is impossible to hurt Xiao Cheng half a point.

Xiao Cheng paused, then continued:
"Decree, I have heard for a long time that Taoism in the Central Plains is prosperous, and I am quite curious. Tomorrow, I will invite someone from Taoism to enter the palace to explain this Taoist scripture to me! I want to see how this Taoist intends to persuade me to respect Taoism. of!"

Hearing this, Feng Bao saw that Xiao Cheng's attitude was firm and he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he could only bow his head and agree.

　This is to make up for yesterday's [-] words.

　　It's so cold, the air conditioner is on and the nose bleeds, it's too difficult...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)