Chapter 168        The Lord is very stupid!

"this……"

Wei Zheng stammered and didn't know how to refute it.

Xu Tian rolled his eyes a big shot and said, "Old Wei, you don't have to refute it. What do you say about this? Confucianism has its shortcomings!"

"However, I will admit Confucianism. It is indeed the mainstream of the world and everyone should learn it!"

"However, what those gentry and literati do are shameful, and they actually add many restrictions to learning and learning!"

In ancient times, not everyone could learn and learn. Without a status, no one would accept you even if you had money!

Those scholars with fame and fortune are even more jealous than the top. In their eyes, the descendants of the people are lowly and should not learn from them.

"You...is not right."

Wei Zheng was criticized by Xu Tian at this time, and he only dared to reply weakly.

"Haha! Not right?

You can go out and take a look. Will the academies and palaces opened by scholars and juren take care of children from poor people to learn words?"

Xu Tian asked with a sneer.

Wei Zheng kept silent. He didn't need to go out to see this. If he opened a college or academy, he would not accept it.

This is not because he thinks that the people are lowly, but in his perception, the people should not learn words.

"Ahem! In fact, the number of literati in the world should be controlled at a certain level, because literati have broad vision. If there are many, the world will be very easy to be confused!"

Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but nod.

Xu Tian said in a deep voice: "It's so small! Your situation is really too small. There are too many literati. It seems that the world will be in chaos, but in fact it's just that you are short-sighted!"

"There are so few literati now, why are there still dynasties changing?"

"Have you ever thought about a question: few literati, so the ignorant people are more likely to be bewitched and instigated to rebel!"

"If everyone can read and read, and the court can use words to make the people have a sense of identity with the country and the royal family, the country will be more stable!"

"The views of the fooling people raised by the aristocrats are just to facilitate them to maintain the status of the nobles. In fact, there is no benefit to the stability of the country!"

"On the contrary, it will make it difficult for the country to produce real talents. The later the dynasty, the more this happens!"

Xu Tian's statement made Li Shimin fall into deep thought. In his mind, he thought about the changes in the dynasties of all dynasties.

It was indeed discovered that as Xu Tian said, in the early days of the dynasty, it was really an era of many talents, but in the late dynasty, almost no talents appeared.

This leads to the fact that once a person with real talent wants to rebel, the dynasty will immediately overturn and have no resistance at all.

The same was true when the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty was seriously corrupt, not only did it lose the hearts of the people, but it didn't even have a single soldier in the army.

"Haha! This is not simple, it is because Yang Guang is cruel. All loyal ministers were brutally killed by Yang Guang, and capable ministers were also brutally killed by Yang Guang!"

Wei Zheng said with a sneer.

However, after saying this, Wei Zheng was also stunned. You must know that he was once a minister of Yang Guang and was loyal to Yang Guang.

Moreover, this loyalty moved Li Shimin and made himself a minister of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Wei Zheng said this to Yang Guang, and no matter how he heard it, he felt like he was slapping himself in the face. Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji looked at each other and all showed meaningful smiles.

"Old Wei, you think things too simple! Although Yang Guang was cruel, there was not a single talent in the court. The reason was that the gentry controlled the books and even controlled the recommendations of officials."

"In order to stabilize their status, the gentry naturally would not recommend people who do not belong to them. Over time, there will be many factions in the court."

"In the early days of a country's establishment, the royal family had a very high prestige. Even if those gentry wanted to completely control books and control the recommendations of officials, they would not be able to do it!"

"This is the reason why there were many talents in the early dynasty. Lao Wei, I said that, you probably won't refute it, right?"

Xu Tian said in a deep voice.

this……

Wei Zheng wanted to say no, but he could not refute it because this was the fact. Now the Tang Dynasty court coexists with the recommendation system and the imperial examination system.

However, the imperial examination system rarely selects talents. Even those who gain fame through the imperial examination must find an official to recommend him to obtain an official position.

Moreover, at this time, there was a vague situation of factions in the court. Even if Wei Zheng did not want to admit it, he had to face this point.

"this……"

Wei Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

In the past, he had never lost the fight with others. Today he met Xu Tian, ​​and he even lost the confidence to say a word.

"Haha! Tian'er, what you said today is really right. The decision of the emperor to abolish the recommendation system is simply too wise!"

Li Shimin said with a smile.

He abolished the recommendation system before, but Wei Zheng took the lead in opposing it and forcibly issued a decree. Wei Zheng now knows how stupid he is.

However, Xu Tian said, "Haha! Father-in-law, the emperor's decision is very wise, but his approach is very stupid!"

kindness!

When he heard Xu Tian say that the emperor was stupid, Wei Zheng stared at Li Shimin with his eyes wide open, and his eyes looked like he was talking about it again, Your Majesty, get angry quickly and kill this little boy!

Li Shimin looked at Xu Tian with a puzzled look and asked, "Tian'er, why do you say that?"

"Father-in-law, have you not noticed that the Lord has only issued a decree but has not made any changes to the six ministries?

The system of imperial officials has not been reformed either!”

"In this way, wouldn't it be a change of soup or a change of medicine?

The emperor hopes that officials will be conscious, but will those officials be conscious for their own interests?"

Xu Tian asked back.

this!

Li Shimin woke up in an instant!

Yes!

I just issued a decree and did not make any changes to the officials in the court. Wouldn't it mean that those people are still doing the recommendations behind their backs?

"Generally speaking, only the appointment of officials above the fifth rank in the court will let the emperor know that the appointment of officials above the third rank must be personally approved by the emperor."

"Since you are below the third grade, you only need to know the Master. Then, will Master ask how these people were selected?

Is he the top scorer in the imperial examination?"

Immediately afterwards, Xu Tian said again.

Now, Li Shimin was completely panicked. He had done something stupid. He just issued a decree, but did not restrict or change the officials in the court!
Chapter completed!