Chapter Four Hundred and Sixteenth: Looking Ahead
"Not now, but it doesn't mean there will be no in the future." Xuan Shijing responded: "Don't be too busy refusing. The road ahead of the academy is still long, and it will definitely be good for you."
Li Chengqian was stunned and then reacted: "I knew that you would definitely not be so simple to do things. A college believed in your evil deeds and really made the academy accept the children in your village. For more than half a year, he has been paying money in it. No matter how you think about it, it is not your style of doing things. Now it seems that you have a lot of plans."
"The academy has just started. If you want to mature, it will take more than ten or twenty years. After such a long time, who knows what happened?" Xuan Shijing said: "So I'll find a big shot to protect the academy. After thinking about it, you are the right one."
"Have you asked my father about this?" Li Chengqian asked.
Although he is the prince, no matter what he does, he will let His Majesty Li Er know that this is the safest way.
"I haven't had time to tell Your Majesty that the village in Dongshan County is just a small academy now. Your Highness also said that apart from the days when the academy was completed, no one would pay attention to Chang'an City." Xuan Shijing said: "The teacher said that if the prince was willing, then the position of the chief of the academy will be kept for Your Highness."
Li Chengqian shook his head: "No, no, no, it's better for the teacher to sit in the seat of this mountain leader. You are the student of the Taifu, and I am also the student of the Taifu."
"That's your highness..." Xuan Shijing looked at Li Chengqian and asked.
"I will just say verbally to you. After I report this to my father, I will give you a clear answer." Li Chengqian said.
Maybe it's just a trivial matter now, but as the prince, Li Chengqian must be cautious no matter what he does. Even if the court has not caused any storm against him, he still has to worry about His Majesty Li Er's side. If His Majesty Li Er is unhappy, he will not be able to sit steadily as the prince.
"Okay." Xuan Shijing said.
As Gao Shilian said, Li Chengqian will naturally weigh the pros and cons of this after returning. Behind the academy is Xuan Shijing, the rich man behind it, and his future development is limitless. If such a great benefit falls in front of Li Chengqian, he will not be moved.
If Li Chengqian succeeds the throne in the future, the talents trained by the academy will enter the court and become officials, and he will be the direct descendants of the new emperor. Li Chengqian needs new nobles to confront the old nobles in the court. Otherwise, if Li Chengqian becomes emperor in the future, he will be tied up by the Guanzhong family.
Ten or twenty years, this time sounds long, but it is like a flash of time. Xuan Shijing's planning for the academy is grand, and it may not even be a generation.
Ten years of nurturing trees and a hundred years of nurturing people, Mingde Academy is the century-old plan of the entire Dongshan County and the entire Xuan family!
The Tang Dynasty officials did not pay attention to academies, and the nobles of the court could not make the royal family pay attention to academies, because once a large number of civil talents poured into the court, the noble forces would be diluted by these people, which was something they did not want to see.
The Xuan family did not have this concern. Xuan Shijing could barely bear the four words "foresight", so under his influence, the entire Xuan family understood why Xuan Shijing valued the academy so much.
No family can last for thousands of years. Even if these nobles are trying their best to maintain their status and prevent the rise of new forces in various courts from the rise, the final result will still be the same, so it is better to be a little open-minded.
But even if Xuan Shijing said these words, who would believe it?
Xuan Shijing himself didn't think the Xuan family would flourish for hundreds of years... If we say that the most powerful family in the world is now, it is the Li Tang royal family. But how many generations of the Li Tang royal family have been strong in history? What's more, those high-ranking families, so it's right to be long-term, but at least it's up to the best of our ability. Who knows what kind of descendants you will have when you live in the present? So how long can you plan for this generation? How many changes will there be in the long river of time?
There is a saying that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. The older generation can lay the foundation for them, but they cannot care about them for the rest of their lives.
After the family banquet in the palace was over, Xuan Shijing returned alone. Jinyang stayed in the palace and had to stay in the palace for at least ten days and half a month. Xuan Shijing returned to the princess's mansion in Daozhengfang first and waited until tomorrow to return to the village.
There is one thing to do in Xuan Shijing in Chang'an, that is, to meet the Yan brothers and go to Longshouyuan. After all, His Majesty Li Er asked him to supervise the construction of a new palace, so he must at least understand the current progress.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and now it is time to build a new palace.
After the labor service on Longshouyuan stopped working for one day on the Mid-Autumn Festival, it returned to Longshouyuan again and began to build the ground around Yong'an Palace. Although there were no specific drawings, the Ministry of Works has planned the general scope, and the construction of the new palace is within this scope.
Xuan Shijing went to Longshouyuan first, and then went to the Ministry of Works.
During the day, Yan Lide and Yan Liben were both in the Ministry of Works, and the two were planning to draw drawings of the new palace. Therefore, as soon as Xuan Shijing arrived at the Ministry of Works, officials from the Ministry of Works led Xuan Shijing to meet the two.
Because of the previous price reduction of the merchant, the two people in charge of this matter were dismissed by His Majesty Li Er. Although the reason was not mentioned, since they were dismissed from office, others may have thought that the tricks in this matter were already like a mirror.
Until Xuan Shijing entered the door, the two brothers were still lying on the table and outlining lines.
"Two sirs." Xuan Shijing entered the room and saw that the two of them were so focused, so he had to speak to remind them.
At this time, the two brothers raised their heads and saw Xuan Shijing coming in, and hurriedly bowed: "Duke Xuan."
"Two sirs." Xuan Shijing bowed and returned the favor. He and Yan Lide were both first-class and third-rank, but Xuan Shijing's title was higher than Yan Lide, so the Yan brothers had to pay tribute when they saw Xuan Shijing.
"I came to the Ministry of Works today, and I wanted to see how the drawings were going." Xuan Shijing explained his purpose.
Yan Lide smiled: "My brother and I have been studying the drawings of this new palace these days. In two days, we will be able to come up with the second set of drawings."
"The second set? Is it possible that the first set of drawings is not in line with Your Majesty's wishes?" Xuan Shijing asked.
He didn't expect that the Yan brothers were so efficient, but judging from the expressions of the brothers, he did not neglect this matter these days. Both of them had their faces turned pale, probably because they often stayed up late.
Yan Lide shook his head: "It's not the case. It's just that two sets of drawings are sent to His Majesty. At least there is a choice. After all, the new palace is not a trivial matter. It consumes so much people's strength. This drawing is the top priority, and there is no need to make any mistakes."
Chapter completed!