Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 339 Controversy between the government-run academy and a hundred schools of thought

After the court meeting dispersed, Xiao Cheng returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

But after a while, Zhang Zhao, Minister of the Ministry of Rites who was summoned by someone temporarily sent by Xiao Cheng, rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, bowed down and said:
"His Majesty!"

Xiao Cheng signaled Feng Bao to take off the pendant for him, and said:

"Give a seat!"

Then a little eunuch quickly brought Dengzi and brought it to Zhang Zhao.Zhang Zhao first bowed and thanked him, and then sat down.

Xiao Cheng moved his neck, looked at Zhang Zhao who was sitting respectfully on the stool, and suddenly said in a deep voice:
"Zhang Qing, what do you think of the debate at the court meeting just now?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao quickly stood up from the stool, pondered for a moment before opening his mouth and said:

"Returning to Your Majesty, the formulation of new laws is related to the stability of the country for more than ten years or even hundreds of years. I am afraid that we still need to..."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Xiao Cheng immediately interrupted:

"I'm not talking about this matter... Sit down and talk!"

Zhang Zhao sat on the stool, frowned slightly, and said:
"Your Majesty didn't ask about the new law...then Your Majesty meant the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism that was just involved?"

Xiao Cheng nodded and said:

"Today's controversies above the court, although on the surface it is about dealing with local clan affairs. But in the final analysis, it is the difference in the governance philosophy of the two schools of Confucianism and Legalism."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao nodded in agreement and said:

"Confucianism uses 'rule of benevolence' and emphasizes human relations. Legalism uses 'rule of law' and emphasizes strict laws and regulations. There are fundamental conflicts between the two ideas. When two disciples are officials, conflicts are inevitable! "

Xiao Cheng looked serious, and continued:

"I don't know what I'm worried about. It's Confucianism and Legalism. A hundred schools of thought often confront each other. Confucianism and Legalism, Confucianism and Mohism, Taoism and Law, Fa and Mohism, Yin-Yang School and Taoism... several schools of thought There is no selfish enmity, it is all a dispute of ideas, but after many years of fighting, it is inevitable to accumulate grievances. Most of the party disputes in Xia Guo's court are because of this, and everyone in the world knows it, and it can be said that the lessons are not far away!"

At the beginning of the birth of the Hundred Schools of Schools, they had no personal grievances because of their different ideas, and they even had a close relationship with each other, absorbing each other's essence and learning from each other's strengths.

For example, Yin-Yang School comes from Taoism, Mohism comes from Confucianism, and the founder of Legalism learned from Confucian masters...

But after hundreds of years, as the ideas of various schools matured, the original academic debates gradually developed into mutual struggles.Entering Xia Guochaotang, finally formed a trend of party struggle.

Everyone in the world is watching the chaotic images of Xia Guochao, so Xiao Cheng can't help but not pay attention!
Zhang Zhao frowned at this time, and said with a heavy heart:
"Your Majesty's meaning, I know... But in the world, the theory of the Hundred Schools prevailed. It was my Dayun when Buddhism was prosperous, and the folk scholars also learned more about the classics of the Hundred Schools. But at that time, the Hundred Schools of Thought Not entering my Dayun court, which makes the court appear stable. But now that His Majesty is in the world, the power of the hundred families cannot be used!"

At the beginning, Yunguo lived in a remote corner, and there were Buddhist sects in the country to suppress everything, so the chaos of the dispute between a hundred schools of thought could not extend to the court of Yunguo.

But now that Xiao Chengzhi is in the world, he needs a hundred scholars to work in order to get enough talents to govern the country!

The establishment of the Jixia Academy certainly called for talents from hundreds of schools to join the Yun Kingdom, but it also inevitably brought the struggles among the hundreds of schools into the Cloud Country, which was unavoidable at all.

Now the faction conflict among each other is not too serious, this time Xiao Cheng can rely on his own prestige to subdue them with one word.

Xiao Cheng nodded, then suddenly asked:

"I called you here today because I want to ask, how are the preparations for the government-run colleges in various counties and counties?"

Zhang Zhao was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

The matter of government-run colleges began at the beginning, when Xiao Cheng allocated funds from the internal treasury to build Lumen Academy.After that, it was convenient for the counties to set up academic administration to supervise this matter.

In the imperial examination last year, there were more than 100 students who were exempted by government schools in various places and directly entered the second round of imperial examination.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao's eyes flashed with astonishment, and he suddenly realized:

"It turns out that His Majesty allocated more than 80 silver to establish government schools for this purpose?"

In the official school, although they still study the classics of a hundred schools of thought, they follow a path similar to that of miscellaneous schools of thought and a hundred schools of thought.

Therefore, although scholars from government schools still have a certain emphasis on a certain theory based on their temperament and ability, they are not born with opinions on the ideas of other schools like disciples from hundreds of schools.

Xiao Cheng continued to say in a deep voice:
"Last year, although only more than 100 people were expelled from official schools across the country, it was because they were established not long ago. If they develop in the future, they may not be able to replace hundreds of disciples in the court. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of civil affairs, so you need to be careful about official schools. stand up!"

In fact, party struggles are unavoidable. If there are no hundreds of schools to classify, some people will classify according to the government-run college where they were born and the region of their hometown.

But compared to the nearly irreconcilable battles caused by different ideas among hundreds of schools, other forms of party struggle are still more acceptable!
Hearing this, Zhang Zhao finally understood the reason why Xiao Cheng summoned him here today.

At this time, he immediately got up and bowed, solemnly said:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely pay more attention to matters of government and education in the future!"

Xiao Cheng nodded and continued:

"This year's taxes have been escorted to Beijing, and I will personally order that another 30 taels will be allocated to your Ministry of Rites, and all of them will be used for government schools in various places!"

"Yes!"

After saying this, Zhang Zhao bowed to salute, and then slowly exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
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Outside the county town of Xiangzhou County, thousands of Yunguo troops are lining up to enter the city. Under the earnest eyes of the people in the city, they officially take over the defense of Xiangzhou County.

The land of Xia Kingdom in the past has now officially surrendered to Yun Kingdom, and the flags on the city walls have changed, symbolizing the Yunlong flag of Yun Kingdom has been erected.

Of the two leaders who lead the army, one wears a fifth-rank civil official mansion, and the other wears a standard armor.

This article and one martial arts are obviously Shi Chengwen and Jiang Wei who were ordered by Anbei General Cheng Bushi to lead the army to take over Xiangzhou County.

At this time, the two of them were riding on war horses and talking.

Shi Chengwen said:

"Just now, the first-class bodyguard at the sticky pole in Xiangzhou County came to pass on His Majesty's secret decree. His Majesty has made arrangements for Tubo, and I don't have to worry about other things!"

Hearing this, Jiang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said:

"That's good!"

Tubo borders on Yunguo, and the borderline is extremely long.Now that Yunguo is fighting against Xiaguo again, it is really difficult to spare soldiers and horses to guard against Tubo.So it stands to reason that one should be more cautious when dealing with Tubo soldiers and horses.

But now Jiang Wei already knew that Tubo had committed many crimes after entering Xiangzhou County, if he were to cast a taboo, and just sit back and watch the people being harmed by Tubo soldiers, he would really feel good about it.

But now, when they heard His Majesty's secret decree and asked them to let go, Jiang Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

When the two were discussing how to deal with the Tubo soldiers, they saw a number of people in brocade robes, with a demeanor that was either rich or noble, leading a group of people to greet them with drums and gongs.

Seeing the two leaders in the army, they were all excited and said with tears in their eyes:

"I waited for the villagers to look forward to it, and today I finally look forward to the arrival of the Dayun Heavenly Soldiers!"

"In the past few days, we have been devoting ourselves to protecting our homeland. When the general arrives, we will be at ease!"

"Tubo is young, and he deceived me that there are no soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou County to protect him, so he dared to enter the country without permission, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil. But today Dayun's soldiers and horses are coming, so he must look good!"

Among the people's words, they were very excited.

Since the entry of Tubo soldiers and horses, they have slaughtered the people wantonly, captured the land of three counties, plundered gold, silver and goods, raped and plundered everything.

Chongde County, which was captured by Tubo, is not too far from Xiangzhou County.After this period of time, it really put a lot of pressure on them!
Dayun's soldiers and horses arrived and officially settled in the city. Although there are not many soldiers and horses, no matter what, they can always keep the county without losing it!So the excitement and uncontrollable emotions of these people in front of them are not fake.

Seeing the powerful gentry from Xiangzhou County who came to welcome them, Shi Chengwen and Jiang Wei looked at each other, then stepped forward and slightly cupped their hands, saying:

"The former military governor's mansion, the five-rank experience is written in time, and I have met all the squires!"

"The former military governor's mansion, Jiang Wei, the lieutenant officer from the seventh-rank school, has met all of you!"

The leading middle-aged man saw this and hurriedly saluted and replied:

"Caomin Shenggan, I have seen two adults."

Having said that, he quickly introduced the next few people.

"This is Mr. Zeng Jing, Mr. Peng Lesheng, Mr. Qu Ruiqu, and Mr. Xi Fangxi..."

"These people are all well-known people in Xiangzhou County. They were recommended by the people to preside over the affairs of Xiangzhou County temporarily!"

Speaking of this, several people immediately bowed and said:
"Meet the two adults!"

Shi Chengwen looked at several people, with a smile on his face, and said:
"When Xiangzhou County was in crisis, you stepped forward to protect the environment and the people, and expelled Xia Guo officials. Now you are able to lead the villagers to submit to my Dayun, and we really admire it!"

"Although His Majesty is far away in the capital, after learning about your deeds, his heart is even more moved. Although the imperial decree of rewards has not yet been issued, it is said that even the titles for you have been prepared."

Hearing this, Sheng Gan and the others had expressions of surprise on their faces.

At the beginning, they led the people of Xiangzhou County to expel Xia Guo officials, of course they had a heart to protect the environment and the people.

But from the fact that it was just expelling Xia Guo officials, rather than killing officials and rebelling, it can be seen that in their hearts, they never had the idea of ​​taking advantage of Xia Guo's court to win glory and wealth.

However, due to the sudden invasion of Tubo soldiers and horses, Xia Guo was too busy to take care of himself, so the people in Shenggan had no choice but to join Yun Guo.

Under the situation that Xiangzhou County asked for help on its own initiative, Yunguo was still able to offer a title reward, which was already beyond everyone's original expectations, and naturally it was difficult to restrain their joy at this time.

When Shi Chengwen saw the happy expressions of several people, his eyes rolled, and he said immediately:
"Just wait for you to set off for Zhongqing City, and when we meet in the future, we will call you Lords. I really envy you!"

After the implementation of the new system in the court, there are only three levels of titles: Duke, Marquis, Bo, and so on, which can be said to be more precious.

Wu Zixu wiped out tens of thousands of Xia State's army in the first battle, causing the situation in the southwest of Xia State to completely collapse. Such a great achievement cannot be rewarded for a while, and it is nothing more than being made an earl.

As for the Shenggan people, they only contributed to Xiangzhou County, which was not enough to confer titles.

The reason why they plan to reward them so much is because they are not like Wu Zixu, and they will definitely have no merit to be promoted in the future.Secondly, it also has the intention of selling horse bones with thousands of pieces of gold, telling the people of the world that there will be great rewards for donating the city, and preparing for sweeping the world in the future!
When everyone heard this, their faces were filled with joy, and they hurriedly bowed to Shi Chengwen and said:
"Don't dare, Master Shi's words made us a little scared!"

"Since we are honored to be rewarded by His Majesty Dayun, we are really ashamed to receive it, and we are ashamed to receive it!"

Among these few people, only Sheng Gan who was the leader at this time, frowned slightly, and said in a strange way:

"Now I'm waiting, shall I rush to Zhongqing City?"

Shi Chengwen looked at him, smiled slightly, and said:
"nature!"

"Mr. Sheng, don't you want to go?"

Although the words were smiling, Shi Chengwen looked at Sheng Gan with inexplicable deep eyes.

Sheng Gan felt his heart skip a beat, subconsciously froze in place, forced a smile and said:
"I have been in Xiangzhou County since I was a child, and I rarely leave my hometown..."

With the title of honor, Sheng Gan is naturally willing to go.It's just that he has deep thoughts and always thinks a little more than others.

The reason why the few of us were able to take advantage of this opportunity to gain wealth is because of our deep roots in Xiangzhou County.

It's a good idea, the title awarded by the Emperor of Yun Kingdom this time is in Xiangzhou County!Only in this way can they rely on their foundation and run the family as a local emperor, instead of becoming an empty lord with only a title.

But just looking at the attitude of the Yun Jun who hurriedly let them go to Zhongqing City as soon as they entered the city, Sheng Gan thought something was wrong.

I'm afraid that what I consciously think in my heart is impossible to realize!

Shi Chengwen looked at Sheng Gan, then laughed again:

"The land in the south of the sky has beautiful scenery and the four seasons are like spring. I don't know how much more comfortable it is than Xiangzhou County! I can ask Your Majesty to choose a good fief for a few of you."

Jiang Wei on the side didn't know why, and suddenly answered a sentence, saying:

"The land in the south of the sky is rich and prosperous, and the joy in it is far from comparable to this place. It will surely make you forget the hometown of Xiangzhou!"

Sheng Gan's face suddenly became a little ugly.

When Shi Chengwen and Jiang Wei sang together, it was like a basin of cold water poured on his heart.

Sure enough, how could Yunguo let them stay in Xiangzhou County?Back then they were able to lead the people to expel the officials of the Xia Kingdom, so they must be able to expel the officials of the Yun Kingdom in the future!

At this time, the rest of the people also vaguely figured out a little smell.There were two or three of them, and their complexions became like Sheng Gan, a little ugly.

But there were still a few people who subconsciously looked at the army of Yunguo who was constantly stationed in the city beside them, and looked at the people who were cheering and welcoming the army of Yun into the city after the worries and fears in the city for the past few days. A decision was made immediately.

"Hahaha, although Xiangzhou is our hometown, it has always been a place of bitter cold. How can it be as prosperous and prosperous as the land in the south of the sky?"

"The land in Tiannan is only under the Central Plains. If you can have a fief in Tiannan, you really have to thank His Majesty the Emperor for your kindness!"

"That's it!"

The rest of the people, either because of their sense of humor, or because they really cared about the people of Xiangzhou County, or because they really envied the wealth of Tiannan, nodded their heads in agreement.

Even though the two or three people headed by Sheng Gan were extremely unwilling, they looked at Shi Chengwen, Jiang Wei, and the elite army of Yunguo behind them who were staring straight at themselves, and at the betrayed comrades behind them, they could only I feel cold in my heart.

In desperation, the few people could only sigh in their hearts, and said bitterly:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

"I'll wait, I'd like to go to the capital!"

"..."

When Shi Chengwen and Jiang Wei heard the words, they immediately looked at each other and smiled.

Xiangzhou County, the overall situation has been decided!

(End of this chapter)