Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 246 Li Chengqian went crazy and killed!

Li Chengqian's words continued to echo in the Taiji Hall.

Like a gong, it kept knocking on the doors of Cui Junsu and others' hearts.

The prince's dominance is sealed!

Gao Shilian looked at Li Chengqian with a smile, feeling more and more relieved, and a mist gradually appeared in his eyes.

Wuque, did you see it?
Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded repeatedly. Changsun Wuji silently glanced at Li Tai and Li You who were standing over there like horses.

How can you two fight him?

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

The first person to speak was Changsun Wuji. This time, Changsun Wuji took the lead in stating his position.

Afterwards, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling and other ministers expressed their approval of Li Chengqian's decision.

At this point, all the ministers in the court took sides, and even those officials from aristocratic families were helpless at this point.

They won, but they lost even more miserably.

"Where is the Minister of Industry?"

"The minister is here."

"Immediately mobilize 1,000 craftsmen to set up a school in Chang'an City, and ask Jingzhao Prefecture Governor Lu Chengqing to assist!"

"I obey the prince's order!"

The Minister of Works Duan Lun and the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture Lu Chengqing received orders in succession.

At this time.

Li Tai asked a question, "Your Highness, I understand that setting up a school to promote the enlightenment program will benefit the scholars of the world."

"However, at present, only Cui Junsu and two others have mastered the new school, and there are not enough people to open a school..."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai with a smile, "Second brother, you have been concentrating on compiling the Comprehensive Geography these days, and I am afraid you have not heard the voices of the people."

Li Tai frowned, "Why do you say that, Your Highness?"

Li Chengqian: "Those with insight in the private sector have already conducted research on new learning such as pinyin, and many teachers have already been teaching this."

Li Tai was stunned, and Lu Hui and others were also in disbelief.

Li Chengqian continued, "I heard that there are many teachers in Shannan Road who think that Pinyin is extremely useful for teaching. They were already studying it when Cui Junsu and his two companions were teaching 500 students."

"And these pinyins have been taught to students. A large number of students of appropriate age have already learned pinyin!"

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"I would like to issue an edict, ordering all teachers who study and comprehend Pinyin to gather in Chang'an City to study together!"

hiss!
Good guy!
In this way, there will be no shortage of teachers!
As for children of appropriate age for enlightenment, there is no shortage of them in Chang'an City!

"Let the Ministry of Personnel take care of this matter."

Li Chengqian said in a deep voice, "Where is the Minister of Personnel?"

"Chen is here!"

Hou Junji strode out.

Li Chengqian: "Anyone who has learned Pinyin by himself and is ready to be a teacher can come to Chang'an to teach. We can provide him with a place to stay and put him on the list of teachers!"

"inappropriate!"

"Your Highness, this is inappropriate!"

"How can a group of teachers be employed by the court?"

Li Chengqian's words immediately aroused opposition from many ministers.

Li Chengqian said lightly: "When a man recommends someone from outside, he will not abandon his enemies; when he recommends someone from within, he will not avoid his relatives."

"My dear relatives, if there are people who are proficient in this art and can be teachers, they can also be employed in the court."

"This……"

"But Your Highness, they haven't taken any imperial examinations, haven't gone through any selection process, and they were directly admitted on the list. Isn't that an overstep?"

"This is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty. Putting aside worldly prejudices, it is reasonable."

Li Chengqian said calmly, "I only told them to put their names on the list for recruitment, but I didn't say to directly recruit them."

"If you want to serve as an official in the court, you still need to be examined."

"But they already have a status like the scholars in the Imperial Academy!"

"This is a privilege I give them!"

Li Chengqian was clearly abusing public resources for personal gain, which left everyone speechless.

It was he who proposed the Enlightenment Program and it was he who proposed to promote it. Now he wants to promote those teachers who agree with his program. What's wrong with that?
An official from the Ministry of Rites stepped out and said, "Your Highness, this action is against etiquette. I cannot agree with it!"

"Then keep your opinions to yourself!"

Li Chengqian had a blank expression on his face. "All matters in the court are presided over by the Crown Prince!"

"If you have different opinions, you can go to Jiucheng Palace to report to the emperor, but this matter is settled here!"

This……

Everyone was a little confused.

Since Li Chengqian took over as regent, everything has always been harmonious and everyone discusses things together.

Especially Fang Xuanling and the other two, Li Chengqian often asked for their opinions.

But now, Li Chengqian suddenly became extremely domineering and did not give them a chance to refute, which was really hard for them to accept.

Dai Zhou from the Ministry of Revenue stepped out and said, "Your Highness, are all the schools funded by the court?"

Li Chengqian was well prepared and said calmly: "This is something that will benefit the people of the world and concerns everyone."

"The national treasury will allocate a portion of its funds to support this matter, and we will also invite people of insight from all over the world to work together on this matter."

"Anyone who is willing to contribute can mark the donor on the side of the school door!"

Dai Zhou widened his eyes in astonishment. Is it possible to do this?
The official from the Ministry of Rites once again stood up and said, "Your Highness, this is a major national event. How can it be funded by ordinary people..."

"I said, if you have different opinions, keep them!"

Li Chengqian looked over coldly, "Master Shao, is it because you are too old to understand what I mean?"

Lord Shao's eyes twitched, "As an official of the Ministry of Rites, I should remind the Crown Prince. I just think that Your Highness has gone too far. Please take back your order."

"I have made up my mind."

"I am incompetent, I am ashamed of my failure to live up to your majesty's expectations, and I have violated the laws of propriety. I beg to retire and return home."

"allow!"

Li Chengqian waved his hand, glanced coldly at the astonished Lord Shao, then turned his gaze to Lu Hui and others, and continued: "Do any of you want to resign? I will approve all of them!"

Faced with such a strong Li Chengqian, many people gasped.

Is this to make an example of someone, or to simply fall out?

Some people gritted their teeth and prepared to step forward, but were quickly pulled back by the people around them. Some people lowered their heads and sighed secretly.

"Your Highness, Lord Shao is just doing his duty. Please, Your Highness..."

Li Chengqian waved his hand to interrupt, "I only want to ask you, who else wants to retire and return home, don't say anything else!"

"If the prince insists on doing this, I will retire and return home!"

"allow!"

"I beg to retire and return home!"

"allow!"

"Your Highness is unwise and has violated the law of propriety. I beg to retire and return home!"

"allow!"

Three consecutive and resounding responses stunned the ministers present.

Cui Junsu and the other two were even more stunned.

Is the prince so strong?
"Who else?!"

After looking around and seeing no one speaking, Li Chengqian said in a cold voice: "Shao Yiren is too old to be a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. Lu Hui and Yuan Chen are trying to force the emperor to abdicate. We are ashamed of your majesty's trust. The Ministry of Personnel will draft the decree and I will sign it!"

"I obey the prince's order."

The officials of the Menxia Province looked at Lord Shao and his men helplessly. They had clearly walked into a trap.

Shao Yiren sighed, silently put down his tablet, took off his court robes, and turned away.

Lu Hui and the other two gritted their teeth, took off their court robes and left.

Li Chengqian: "Do you have any other opinions?"

Everyone remained silent.

Li Chengqian: "In that case, then act according to my will!"

"I obey the prince's order!"

……

"Crazy, crazy!"

"What happened to the prince today? Why did he become so tough?"

"The last time I saw something like this was on His Majesty!"

"Yes, the prince seems like a different person today!"

"..."

After the court session ended, the ministers walked together in twos and threes, talking in low voices.

They never expected that in the face of everyone's pressure, Li Chengqian would actually allow them to resign and retire!

It's unbelievable!

In the carriage of Duke Shen, Gao Shilian stroked his beard happily, looking at Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling who were sitting next to him.

"What do you think of Gao Ming's performance today?"

"overbearing!"

Changsun Wuji spoke silently.

Fang Xuanling smiled and shook his head. "How can a monarch be controlled by his subjects? I think the prince did a good job!"

Gao Shilian clapped his hands and laughed, "I knew you would say that."

Fang Xuanling: "Congratulations, Duke Shen."

Gao Shilian waved his hand and said, "I'm happy for you." "However."

Gao Shilian changed the subject and said, "Gao Ming's overbearing behavior this time is likely to cause a lot of trouble. You and I should pay close attention to it."

"nature."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "If that old bastard Wei Zheng was in the court today, he would have jumped out and pointed at those people and cursed them."

"Hahaha, that makes sense."

Gao Shilian stroked his beard and laughed, "Come on, let's go to my house. Let's tell him what happened today and make him happy."

The prince acts in a domineering manner, which makes some people happy and others sad.

Lu Mansion.

After learning from Lu Chengqing what happened in the court today, Lu Chengsi was completely dumbfounded.

The prince is so tough?

"What about Kong Shaoxin and the others?"

"The prince said that they won this time."

"Since I won..."

Lu Chengsi spoke subconsciously, but then he reacted.

It seems to have won, but actually lost.

Lu Chengqing said meaningfully: "I told you a long time ago, don't get involved, don't get involved, look at it now."

Lu Chengsi did not give up. "Once the news of today's court events spreads, the noble families in the world will be in an uproar, and countless people will also feel uneasy. We may not lose!"

Lu Chengqing shook his head. "It's up to you. I have something else to do."

Done.

Lu Chengqing got up and left.

Lu Chengsi frowned and thought, no, no, if Li Chengqian and the others had already had a chance of winning, why would Su Chen be so humble?

What exactly do they want to do?
……

County Prince's Mansion.

Li Tai slumped in the chair, constantly wiping the sweat from his face.

Wei Ting and Du Chuke, who were sitting opposite him, were both silent.

They knew very well what consequences Li Chengqian's tough stance today would bring.

But what puzzled them even more was why Li Chengqian was so tough today.

Wei Ting sighed, "It seems that they have already set up the plan without us knowing it!"

Du Chuke nodded silently, agreeing with Wei Ting's words.

"I thought Kong Shaoxin had brought a group of geniuses who could severely hit the prestige and morale of the crown prince, but I didn't expect that it would help him instead!"

"After this incident, the Enlightenment Project is considered a complete success."

"wrong."

Du Chuke suddenly spoke up, "What happened in the court today will spread quickly, but the enlightenment plan cannot be considered a complete success!"

Wei Ting frowned and looked over. "You mean, Cui Junsu and his men were defeated?"

Du Chuke nodded, "We're still missing something!"

"Not bad."

Li Tai sighed, took out a newspaper from his sleeve and threw it to Du Chuke.

"Su Chen has already completed it for him."

Du Chuke and the other man picked up the newspaper and looked at it in confusion.

Big news.

A group of enlightenment students from Shannan Road arrived in Chang'an City today, intending to verify their academic achievements with the students from Chang'an. All enlightenment students can participate. Those who are more knowledgeable than the students from Shannan Road can receive 100 taels of silver provided by the newspaper!

hiss!
Wei Ting and the other man gasped and felt their scalps tingling!
This is not only to complete Li Chengqian's plan, but also to trample Kong Shaoxin and others underfoot!

Everyone has seen how knowledgeable the students taught by Cui Junsu and his colleagues are.

Although their academic performance was inferior to that of the students brought by Kong Shaoxin, they were a real crusher compared to ordinary students.

If the students from Shannan Road win this competition, there will inevitably be a lot of speculation and talk about the students brought by Kong Shaoxin and others!
They are all enlightenment students, and they can crush other students, so why did they lose to the students brought by Kong Shaoxin and others?
Did we really fall into their hands, or did we fall into their plan?
"Su Chen is so cruel!"

Du Chuke spoke slowly, "From this point of view, Lu Chengsi, who accepted his money, is probably in a difficult situation!"

Wei Ting: "This boy has already become a big shot, and he is in sync with the Crown Prince... Terrible!"

Li Tai smiled bitterly and said, "I thought Kong Shaoxin and the others would embarrass the Crown Prince today, but I didn't expect that the Crown Prince was confident and showed no fear even when facing Shao Yiren and the others' resignation."

"The rest depends on whether they have any backup plan. If not..."

Du Chuke and Wei Ting were both silent.

……

"Haha, look at this newspaper. It actually says that students from Shannan Road are competing with students from our Chang'an City?"

"Isn't this obviously asking for trouble?"

"No, no, no, did you see those 500 students the Cui family brought yesterday? I heard that all these kids can recite it!"

"Have you memorized them all?"

"Yes."

"That's really amazing. My third uncle's grandson is still learning the Three Character Classic!"

"So, the so-called new pinyin learning still has its merits?"

“Oh shit.”

At this time, a man sat down with a wine pot and whispered, "I heard that today in the court, the 500 students brought by the Cui family were defeated by the students taught by the Kong family."

"impossible?"

"He can recite all three hundred and thousand. This is more than many students."

"The Kong family is the descendant of Confucius. Is there any need to doubt their ability to study? The disciples they teach are naturally extraordinary."

"Well, if that's what you mean, then why was it Lord Sun Fujia who passed the imperial examination as the top scholar during the Wude period?"

"This... victory and defeat are common in the military. I just lost once. Look, didn't I win today?"

"Hey, what do you think? If the students brought by Kong family participate in this competition, wouldn't they be picking up money for free?"

"Look at your memory. Didn't I just say that the students from Shannan Road came here to compete with the students from Chang'an City? They are not students taught by the Kong family."

"That's right. If they were to compete, the students from Shannan Road would definitely lose."

"..."

In the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, people were talking endlessly about what was in the newspaper.

Some people also compared the students brought by Kong with the students from Shannan Road. However, the 500 students taught by Cui Junsu and the other two were no match for them. So, could these students from Shannan Road be their match?

Of course this is not possible.

However, the competition proposed by the newspaper was not between the students of Shannan Road and Cui Junsu, or the students taught by the Kong family, but between them and the students of Chang'an City.

In other words, the newspaper believed that the students sent from Shannan Road had literacy abilities that were superior to those of the students in Chang'an City.

This clearly shows that they do not take the students in Chang'an City seriously!

After all, they are students under the emperor. Those who can enter school and learn to read and write are all descendants of powerful gentry. Those who are a little bit younger are also children of wealthy families.

These people have been studying since they were young, so how can they not be better than those students in Shannan Road?

Yes.

When the newspaper office set up the competition arena in Chang'an City, countless curious people gathered to watch.

"This is going to be an open competition in front of the people of Chang'an City."

"It would be embarrassing if we lose this."

"Hey, how can you think like that? This is a great opportunity for us to communicate with each other. We can also use this competition to encourage our studies."

"Supervise academic studies?"

"Think about it, if our students from Chang'an City were defeated by the students from Shannan Road, wouldn't they be ashamed and then brave enough to fight?"

"What if I win?"

"We are the emperor's students. Isn't it natural for us to win?"

"Hey, who is that anxious official? He hasn't even taken off his official uniform."

"I heard someone say that it was a school official from Shannan Road, and his name seemed to be Liu Mu. He came here after the students from Shannan Road arrived in Chang'an City."

"You didn't come together?"

"Who knows."

Liu Mu was sweating profusely, not because of the heat but because of anxiety.

If he hadn't heard that Cen Wenzhao had arranged some students to come to Chang'an City to study, how could he have ridden his horse in such a hurry to catch up?

He is the school official of Shannan Road!
What is a school official?
Of course it’s the person in charge of education in the state government!

Of course, although he was an official in charge of academic research, he still had to listen to the prefect in Shannan Road.

This time, it was an opportunity to give Taoist Shannan face, so how could he miss it?

When he learned about this from the prefect, he immediately said that he wanted to come to Chang'an City to take a look. The prefect did not hesitate and immediately gave him the green light.

If these students become famous in Chang'an City, that would be real political achievements!
Even if two horses died from running, he didn't care and he had to catch up.

What he didn't expect was that he was taught a lesson as soon as he arrived in Chang'an City!
Students from Shannan Road compete with students from Chang'an City!
If he wins, as a school official, he can naturally hold his head high and tell others that this is a student from their Shannan Road.

Even if the credit does not lie with him, as a school official, he should be proud of it.

Shannan Dao became famous because of this.

If you lose, isn't that normal?
If the students from Shannan Road are better than those from Chang'an City, what are the academic officials in Chang'an City doing?

Regardless of winning or losing, it is a sure win for Shannan Road!
Why not?
"I heard that the boss of your newspaper is Young Master Su Chen? Can you introduce him to me?"

"What do you want to do with the young master?"

"I want to thank him very much!"

ps: There was no education administration in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the education was done by officials from the Ministry of Rites in various places, headed by the highest local official.

(End of this chapter)