People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1382 Wu Sansi’s provocation
In the Mingde Hall, Liu Rengui read "The Biography of Zi Ren" and nodded in approval. He also handed the article to Xue Yuanchao, Yao Lingzhang and so on.

Those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others.

While the ministers were surprised and admired, they were also curious about what other articles Li Xuan had in his hand, no less than this.

Li Xuan solemnly held up her hands and said in deep thought: "On New Year's Eve, His Majesty issued an order to recruit talents. Most of the skilled workers are found in the countryside and in the city. However, the government of the world, the further down the country goes, the more skilled people are needed. In governance, how to discover people is the key, just like a thousand-mile horse is to Bole."

"Uncle Wang, please." Li Xian immediately sat upright and listened carefully to what Li Xuan said.

"Yes." Li Xuan cupped his hands, then stood up, stood in the hall with his hands tied, and slowly said: "There are bo le men in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses..."

At this point, Li Xuan paused slightly and savored this sentence carefully, which seemed to have a subtle meaning.

The ministers in the palace also calmed down and savored it carefully.

After gathering her thoughts, Li Xuan continued: "Thousand-mile horses often exist, but Bole does not always exist.

Therefore, even though there is a thousand-mile horse, it will be carelessly grown and be dead in a stall, never being called as a thousand-mile horse.

A horse that travels a thousand miles can eat as much grain or stone as it eats.

Those who eat horses don’t know that they can travel thousands of miles and eat.

Although this horse can run a thousand-mile, it is not full of food, lacks strength, and its talent and beauty are not visible, and it is impossible to be as good as an ordinary horse. How can you expect it to be able to run a thousand-mile?

If the horse is not driven according to the right way, if the horse cannot feed it to its full potential, if the horse is singing but cannot understand its meaning, then it will come to him with the horse in hand and say: "There is no horse in the world!"

Alas!

Is there really no horse evil? In fact, I really don’t know about horses. "

……

Li Xuan raised her head and looked around.

Liu Rengui, Xue Yuanchao, Yao Lingzhang, Ouyang Tong and others looked calm, but after others reacted, the lower the official position, the more expectant and excited they looked at Li Xuan.

Full of excitement, ready to come out.

Li Xuan took everything in his eyes, then turned to look at Li Xian and said: "Your Majesty's order to recruit talents, recruit talents, thousand-mile horses, and humble horses, run and test them."

Li Xian nodded slowly, his face solemn.

While Li Xuan looked solemn, she couldn't help but feel slightly relieved.

Han Yu's article contains a vivid sense of sadness and indignation. It should have been written when he was at the bottom of his official career and depressed.

Li Xuan very cleverly brought it into the perspective of ordinary folk technicians.

In particular, the previous piece "The Biography of Zi Ren" serves as a foreshadowing, and can even be implicated in the earlier "On the History of the First Emperor of Qin", as well as the emperor's recruitment order.

Of course, the emperor's recruitment order was more aimed at ordinary craftsmen and technicians rather than talented scholars, which would be inappropriate.

Only in this way can everything go smoothly.

The reason why Li Xuan was able to do this right now was mainly because the construction period for Songshan Fengchan's siege was somewhat tight, so he began to need to recruit more craftsmen.

Li Xuan also began to make her own arrangements.

This year the Luohe and Weihe rivers will inevitably rise, so the Du Water Supervisor will be able to play a more important role. Many people will be admitted to the Du Water Supervisor and then travel around the world.

Luohe, Weihe.

Canal, Yangtze River.

Li Xuan raised her eyes and looked at Li Xian.

Li Xian nodded lightly. This matter would also be of great benefit to him. He would not be involved in the upper levels, but only in the lower levels.

Li Xian can win more people's hearts without arousing the emperor's fear, which is not a bad thing.

Li Xian raised his head to look at the ministers in the palace and asked softly: "Everyone, please tell me what you think."

In an instant, all the eyes of the officials in the palace fell on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan originally wanted officials from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Punishment to teach Li Xian more about the political theory and practical aspects of the DPRK.

The officials of the East Palace don't know much about these things, so whether they ask questions or find faults, they can better help Li Xian understand these things.

It's just that Li Xuan didn't expect that the first person to be criticized would be himself, and now he is also waiting for others to criticize him.

Everyone in the hall wanted to speak, but for a moment they didn't know where to start.

Liu Zongyuan's "Zi Ren Zhuan" and Han Yu's "Horse Theory" are both famous works through the ages, and not everyone has the ability to question them.

What's more, these two articles can be passed down to future generations, and even if there are loopholes, they have been filled.

The article written by Li Xuan is not necessarily the original appearance of the article.

Nowadays, it is difficult for everyone to find fault and question.

Even more people are still considering the deeper meaning and impact of this article on the world.

At this moment, Liu Rengui spoke.

"A hero must meet a confidant, respect him with a noble title, support him with generous salary, and give him a lot of power, so that he can display his talent. Otherwise, many heroes and heroes will be buried."

But it is said that there is no talent in the world, is that true? No! What's more, it's a person who knows the difficulties he encounters. "Liu Rengui raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and asked: "The matter of articles is to select scholars through the imperial examination; is there any way to imitate the way of craftsman? "

Although Li Xuan's article is based on the shell of a craftsman with a hundred skills, the core is still the issue of the legacy of the ruling and opposition parties.

Especially not long ago, Li Xuan and Liu Rengui discussed increasing the number of places in the imperial examination.

Nowadays, everything is about craftsmen. Today’s recruitment order cannot recruit all talents. So in the future, should we follow the example of the imperial examination?

"The art of craftsman involves many things. Although there are many people, there are only a few talents." Li Xuan shook his head gently and said: "What the government and the public ask for is nothing more than using it. They seek talents and then open a hospital to teach. After that, it is nothing more than It will be considered gradually if it is used by everyone.”

After all, Baigong is not passed down much, and it is difficult to cultivate truly outstanding talents. That is to say, the imperial court did not pay much attention to it for decades, which allowed Li Xuan to make a fortune.

But after this time, it will be decades before we want to select talents again.

For the rest, if the court wants to employ people, it has to open its own academy to slowly train them, and then send them to the Ministry of Industry for a little bit of experience.

Not to mention that the imperial court itself has its own talents, such as the Ministry of Works, general supervisors, and water supervisors, whose abilities are even better than those of outsiders. But now because the imperial court employs people everywhere, it needs to use outsiders.

Liu Rengui nodded lightly. What he wanted to know was whether Li Xuan would use this to do anything in the imperial examination.

After all, Li Xuan had just said before that he would expand the admission quota for the imperial examination, and now that something like this happened again, who knows what he was thinking.

After confirming that Li Xuan would not do this, Liu Rengui nodded and stopped asking, looking at the others.

Xue Yuanchao and Ouyang Tong, as well as Cen Changqian and Wei Xuantong, are all literary masters. Li Xuan's articles are indeed very high-level, but if you insist on finding faults, it is not impossible to find faults.

Xue Yuanchao noticed Liu Rengui's gaze and shook his head slightly. He could indeed see some problems, but the purpose of this article was very high, and it was not inferior to everyone in the world. As for the things that were not said, it was all Li Xuan There is no need to dig it out now if it was deliberately hidden.

Opposite, Ouyang Tong and Cen Changqian also shook their heads at the same time.

This article is now limited to the skills of craftsmen by Li Xuan, and has not risen to the broader situation of the court. It can be seen that Li Xuan is trying to restrain himself.

If this relationship is really broken, Li Xuan will inevitably look ugly.

Ouyang Tong and Cen Changqian would not do such a thing.

Several prime ministers and ministers in the palace did not speak. Others also wanted something, so they all stopped.

At this time, Wu Sansi suddenly stood up, looked at Li Xuan, cupped his hands and said: "I have met Prince Peng, dare to ask the prince, there are thousands of scholars in the world, and there are countless capable people in the government and the public..."

Li Xuan looked at Wu Sansi in surprise. Is this guy crazy today? Even Li Xuan didn't dare to mention these words, but Wu Sansi actually said them directly.

The prime ministers, ministers, ministers, and officials from various ministries above all stared at Wu Sansi, and their breathing stopped for a moment.

Could it be that Duke Dang really wanted to criticize the imperial court's system of recruiting scholars?

"...However, there are many learned people in different places who are trapped in the mountains and fields, bound in the mud, and have no money to travel to Chang'an. Should those 'thousand-mile horses' use all their wealth?" Wu Sansi thought. The conversation changed slightly and turned to an angle where the problem was small, but it brought a lot of trouble to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at Wu Sansi. Although this guy changed his direction at key points, to be honest, he was still speaking out for the world's scholars, and even proposed solutions and used all his wealth.

Whose wealth is used, of course it is the wealth of the official.

Use the government's money to send those "thousand-mile horses" who are "trapped in the mountains and fields, bound in the mud" to rush to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination.

He sold the favor, but left the problem to Li Xuan.

If Li Xuan really goes ahead and does this, then he may not only offend the local government, but also more scholars who participated in the scientific examination and the aristocratic families behind him.

If Li Xuan was in charge, he would do what he did, but now, he was pushed out by Wu Sansi to be these people. Wu Sansi got all the benefits, but Li Xuan did everything that offended others.

Li Xuan smiled, looked at Wu Sansi and said, "What the Secretary and the Young Supervisor said is indeed true. There are many sages and hermits in this place. If they can serve the imperial court, it will be a blessing to the Tang Dynasty."

Wu Sansi raised his eyebrows. In one sentence, Li Xuan expanded the range of capable people who were "trapped in the mountains and fields, bound in the mud" by half, including those hermits.

The so-called hermits, those who can be hermits, are all people from well-off families, or even direct descendants of aristocratic families.

Li Xuan's words completely eliminated the family's hostility towards him, leaving the family in poverty.

"Mountains are difficult to travel and muddy is difficult. This is indeed the responsibility of local states and counties. Large villages are connected naturally, and the rest are small towns and villages. They are connected by hard roads. Whether it is for personnel exchanges or trade, it is their responsibility, so it should be assessed It has become a rule for state and county officials." Li Xuan looked at Wei Xuantong, the minister of official affairs.

Wei Xuantong nodded lightly, this matter could be used as a requirement for the Ministry of Personnel to assess officials.

Li Xuan nodded in gratitude, then looked at the ministers in the palace and said: "For virtuous people traveling from local prefectures and counties to Chang'an, the government should indeed appropriately reduce taxes and labor, and even provide them with a way to go to Chang'an."

Li Xuan said categorically that the government should indeed provide subsidies for talents.

But these things cannot be paid for directly. Tax exemptions and reductions in labor are the best ways.

Even between states and counties, there should be a duty to send people to Chang'an.

This amount of money is not a small expense.

Li Xuan directly confirmed the money.

Wu Sansi's eyes suddenly dimmed. With this extra expense, the local government's opinion of Li Xuan would immediately decline. No matter what he did in the future, it would be much more difficult.

For a moment, a trace of pride flashed through Wu Sansi's heart.

The talented people in the clan, the generals in the army, and the guests in the East Palace are just children.

At this moment, Li Xuan looked up at Wu Sansi.

(End of this chapter)