The Leisurely Life of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 559 Indivisible
Shangguan Yi was the prince's attendant. He used to accompany the prince in his studies, and now he often accompanies the current emperor fishing.

The emperor always said he was busy, but in Shangguan Yi's eyes, His Majesty was only busy fishing.

Of course, Your Majesty would not just focus on fishing, but would also look at state affairs. However, when these state affairs came into Your Majesty's hands, most of them would be approved by Your Majesty in less than half an hour.

Then Your Majesty continued to fish. It seemed as if Your Majesty had solved the state affairs easily, just by writing a few words in the memorial.

Seeing that the memorial that His Majesty had just approved had not yet been taken away by the eunuch, the memorial was opened and placed on the stone table. Shangguan Yi took a quick look at it. In fact, His Majesty's approval was very insightful. There were many students with excellent academic performance who submitted memorials to Chongwenguan, but they could not afford to live in Chang'an city.

Nowadays, the cost of living in Chang'an City is actually not low. Food costs eight cents a dou. Even if you live in the villages and counties around Chang'an, it will cost at least twenty cents a day, which means six hundred cents a month. This is also a considerable expense.

His Majesty's approval is to allow these poor students to teach in remote areas for two years. After two years, the poor students who have completed the teaching mission will be exempted from the three years of rent in Chang'an City in the future.

Using teaching as a substitute for the housing period, as long as they complete two years of teaching, they can return to Chang'an City to study for another three years without worries.

While promoting teaching in remote areas, the government did not give money directly, but instead used teaching in exchange for housing in Chang'an City.

Shangguan Yi thought of the present Anyifang, where most of the houses were in the hands of the emperor.

As long as someone can contribute to the country, it would be a piece of cake for the emperor to give them a house to live in.

Li Chengqian, who was fishing, noticed Shangguan Yi's gaze and asked, "Why, do you think my writing is not good?"

Hearing this, Shangguan Yi turned his head back, somewhat embarrassed.

The eunuch came hurriedly and took away the memorial approved by His Majesty.

People cannot be compared, Shangguan Yi sighed secretly. For some problems that seem very troublesome, His Majesty can always find solutions from other places.

These methods have never been thought of before, or it can be said that Your Majesty has reached a certain level in the utilization and use of resources.

In order to help poor students, I originally thought that Your Majesty would ask the court to pay, because Your Majesty will never give up on students with excellent academic performance. Your Majesty also hopes that everyone in the world can join in the construction of the country.

To this end, Your Majesty has vigorously carried out teaching support for decades.

In fact, a long time ago, when Your Majesty was still the crown prince and handled court affairs, there were rumors in the court that Your Majesty could spend a penny.

"How old is Yu Tu compared to your granddaughter?"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yi quickly came to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, Wan'er is twelve years old this year, four years younger than the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Four years apart..."

Hearing His Majesty's words, Shangguan Yi sat upright with a very serious expression.

Li Chengqian added: "Recently, people in the court have often discussed Xu Jingzong, and in the memorial sent today, someone advised me again."

Shangguan Yi still sat upright, looking into the distance. He did not dare to speak and remained silent until His Majesty opened his mouth to ask a question.

"They said that even though Xu Jingzong was an old minister of my palace, I shouldn't let him be too presumptuous or give him too much power. They thought that if the Nanzhao affairs were handed over to the Ministry of Rites, Xu Jingzong would go too far."

It was well known to the court and the public that the Ministry of Rites had evil intentions towards Nanzhao. The Minister of Rites Xu Jingzong was determined to incorporate Nanzhao into the Tang Dynasty. His ambition was almost written on his face, and it was known to everyone.

If Xu Jingzong had military power, he would most likely lead his troops to Nanzhao in person.

In order to obtain Nanzhao, Xu Jingzong sent three capable men from the Ministry of Rites: Guo Daiju, Li Jingxuan, and Cen Changqian.

The Xu Jingzong of today cannot be compared with the one in the past. The current Xu Jingzong serves as the Minister of Rites, and under his command are five people: Guo Zhengyi, Lu Zhaolin, Guo Daiju, Li Jingxuan, and Cen Changqian.

Among these five people, Guo Zhengyi served as the Minister of Rites and also served as the Minister of the Honglu Temple.

Lu Zhaolin served as the Minister of Rites and also served as the editor of Chongwenguan. The next three doctors were Guo Daiju, Li Jingxuan, and Cen Changqian.

These five people are the five most capable men under Xu Jingzong. Some people also say that Xu Jingzong is also the teacher of Prince Jin, but he just lacks the title of teacher.

When Xu Jingzong was in Jingzhao Prefecture, he was very close to Prince of Jin, Prince of Ji, and Di Renjie.

Shangguan Yi recalled that when he first came to Chang'an City, he was so poor that he could only live in Hongwenguan, and it was Xu Jingzong who helped him.

Now, Xu Jingzong is one of the ministers of six ministries, but he is already very old, with a head full of white hair.

From the Zhenguan period to the present, the court of the Tang Dynasty, including the six ministers, has been replaced by a group of people. All the old ministers from the Zhenguan period have left, and now only these few are left, and Xu Jingzong is one of them.

Shangguan Yi whispered, "Whether to appoint Xu Jingzong is entirely up to your majesty. If your majesty appoints me, I dare not say more."

Li Chengqian put away his fishing rod and said with a smile, "We didn't catch much today, so you should go back early."

"Here."

Shangguan Yi stood up slowly, first saluted to His Majesty, then picked up his own fish basket, and turned around very slowly, his heart in his throat. Every step he took was waiting for His Majesty's words. If His Majesty said anything at this time, he would stop and stand still at any time.

After walking for more than ten steps, I didn't see His Majesty summoning me. I looked back and saw that His Majesty was no longer in the fishing pavilion, nor was he on the shore of Taiye Pond. I looked again and found that His Majesty had walked far away in another direction.

The eunuch asked, "But is there anything else you haven't told Your Majesty?"

Shangguan Yi came to his senses, shook his head and quickened his pace.

June of the fifteenth year of Qianqing, before the summer holiday.

At today's morning court session, Li Chengqian was still thinking about where to go to escape the summer heat this year.

Only after all the departments had reported did Li Chengqian announce the adjournment of the court and asked the ministers of various departments to go back and rest. The hot summer season in Guanzhong had arrived.

After the morning court session and just leaving the Taiji Hall, Li Chengqian felt the scorching sun on his body. Walking in the sun felt like his skin was being burned, and even the air he breathed was hot.

Only when I arrived at the Taiye Lake did I feel a little cool.

Li Chengqian took the sour plum soup handed to him by Ning'er, and looked at Su Wan who was teaching Meng Ji how to write.

Occasionally there is a gust of wind or two, and you can feel a moment of coolness.

Under the scorching heat, even the water level of Taiye Lake has dropped a lot.

Ning Er sat aside and whispered, "I heard that Chang'an City is almost a deserted city, and many people have gone out to escape the summer heat."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Si Zi said that this year's hot summer is abnormal. I have asked all counties to adjust the operation of workshops and not let villagers work during the hot summer."

"Your Majesty cares about the people's livelihood, and I congratulate them on their behalf."

Li Chengqian picked up the pen and began to write, and the first thing he saw was congratulations.

Celebrate the inseparable blood connection between the Western Regions, the Turks, and Tibet and the Central Plains Tang Dynasty.

Su Wan saw His Majesty start writing and looked at His Majesty's handwriting. The running script could not be said to be beautiful, but it was extremely neat, which was the same as His Majesty's daily life.

Su Wan asked, "Your Majesty, is the Tang Dynasty going to have another festival?"

Li Chengqian only wrote these few words, then put down his pen and said, "If the Tang Dynasty can have such a festival and pass it down from generation to generation, it will be a beautiful story."

(End of this chapter)