Chapter 0827: There are completely different things between having talents and not using them.
The war between Jie Li and Sunis was on the 'right track', and Li Yuanji began to solve the remaining problems.
On an evening when the sky was filled with sunset, Li Yuanji met Li Gaoqian in the Tanshan Literary Museum.
Since Li Gaoqian has been hiding in the dark, not many people know that he has arrived in Chang'an City, so if you want to see Li Gaoqian, you must do it in secret.
It was the most appropriate excuse to go to the Tanshan Library to meet Li Gaoqian on the grounds of inspecting the teaching results of the Tanshan Library.
At least this is what Dou Dan, the new director of the Tanshan Library, thinks so.
Since Li Yuan retired and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fell one after another, Dou Dan has become particularly low-key. Not only did he voluntarily resign from all official positions in the palace, but he also took the initiative to serve as the director of the Tanshan Literary Museum.
Nowadays, besides Di Xiaoxu, he has the highest official position and status in Tanshan Literary Museum.
After being taught a lesson by Li Yuan in the palace about water and sea transportation, he became even more low-key. Except for seeing him at the Tanshan Literary Hall, he was nowhere to be seen on weekdays.
When Li Yuanji rushed to the Tanshan Literary Hall with his entourage, he saw him wearing a white gown, standing there with a smile. Next to him were Di Xiaoxu, Xue Wanbei and other teachers.
When Xue Wanbei was working as an assistant to Di Xiaoxu, he studied with Di Xiaoxu a lot, and also consulted other great scholars in Tanshan Literary Hall. Now he has finally accomplished something, and Di Xiaoxu is very comfortable with him.
, so he stayed at Tanshan Literary Library and asked him to teach a subject.
Although the teachers in Tanshan Literary Hall do not have high official positions, and the highest ones do not exceed the fifth rank, their social status is frighteningly high.
After all, those who could come to the Tanshan Literary Museum were all famous Confucian scholars of the Tang Dynasty, and the teachers were a group of relatives of the emperor.
With a reputation among scholars and a group of disciples from the second generation of Ziquan, no one dared to neglect them after they left.
Therefore, although Xue Wanbei's current official position is not high and there is no possibility of promotion in a short time, his background and foundation are getting stronger and stronger.
After leaving Tanshan Literary Hall, I will definitely be able to achieve success.
"Chen Doudan..."
"Chen Di Xiaoxu..."
"..."
"Your Majesty Xue Wanbei..."
"See His Highness King Yong!"
When Li Yuanji walked to the entrance of Tanshan Literary Museum, Dou Dan and others took the initiative to come forward and salute.
Li Yuanji nodded and encouraged: "There is no need to be too polite. You have worked hard to cultivate talents for our Tang Dynasty. It can be said that your hard work has paid off. I have ordered the Minister of Internal Affairs to prepare rewards, and I will send them to you when I get back."
When Dou Dan and others heard about the benefits, they were all beaming with joy, except for a few who were relatively noble and did not show any pretense about it.
However, Li Yuanji didn't care. As a scholar, to put it nicely, he is proud, to put it harshly, he loves to show off. If he can't even tolerate this, then what kind of person is he in power? He should go to sea to bully him as soon as possible.
The savages got it.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Please come in."
After Dou Dan happily thanked him, he led Li Yuanji to the Tanshan Library. As he walked, he explained to Li Yuanji all the buildings and scenery in the Tanshan Library, as well as the contents of these buildings and scenery.
Interesting things that happened.
For example, when the supervisor was building the Tanshan Literary Museum, in order to facilitate the teachers in the library to get water, they opened a waterway from Jiulongtan at the foot of Jiulongtan Mountain and introduced a stream of running water into the museum.
The running water circulated in the library and flowed into the middle of the library, forming a pond for teachers to get water for washing.
A certain descendant of the Xiangyi County Prince who did not want to be named was angry after being slapped by his instructors, so he teamed up with a certain descendant of the Princess of Changsha who did not want to be named, and a certain stepson of the Xinxing County Prince who did not want to be named.
A whole bucket of children's urine was poured into the drain in the library, which made the teachers in the library sick for several days.
The culprit was hung up by a certain consort who did not want to be named, and was beaten with a board and played with the evil object several times.
When Dou Dan told this as a joke, a large number of people laughed. Even the teachers at Tanshan Literary School who had known the whole process started laughing.
While laughing, Di Xiaoxu looked at Dou Dan and joked: "You have a bad taste."
Dou Dan retorted confidently: "How could it be a bad taste? I was teaching them how to behave."
Di Xiaoxu smiled bitterly and shook his head without saying anything more.
Now in the Tanshan Literary Museum, he is the only one who can barely chat with Dou Dan. He is the only one who can talk to Dou Dan on a relatively equal footing without being afraid of Dou Dan's identity.
Although the other teachers were all very knowledgeable, their status was not nearly as good as Dou Dan's, and they couldn't hold their breath in front of Dou Dan.
Xue Wanbei could barely talk to Dou Dan, but that was only through the help of his four brothers. His own status was not enough to get along with Dou Dan on an equal footing.
While chatting, laughing, bickering, and making jokes along the way, Li Yuanji visited the Tanshan Library and got a general understanding of the teaching achievements of the Tanshan Library since its establishment until now.
Currently, except for one instructor and four students who have graduated long ago, there are no other teaching results in the library.
However, the teachers in the library are very confident in the students currently studying in the library, and firmly believe that in one or two years, all the students in the library will be able to be trained into talents useful to Datang.
Li Yuanji didn't believe this at all.
Let’s not talk about what the students in the library were like before they entered school. Just looking at their performance after they entered school is enough to tell that not many of them can become talents.
In the future, the vast majority of them will be doomed to rest on the merits of their fathers and wait to die, while only a small number will become talented.
Even if these people are successful in their studies, it will be difficult for them to enter the center of power of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Because there are enough royal families in the power center of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty has given enough power to the royal family. If the Tang Dynasty still wants to develop and grow in the future, it can no longer give the royal family the power to share profits. Not only
In this case, we have to find ways to take back part of the power in the hands of the royal family.
Otherwise, if the royal family is allowed to expand unscrupulously, the Tang Dynasty will be dragged down by these royal families sooner or later.
Historically, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he decisively began to consolidate the power in the hands of the royal family. This prevented the royal family from becoming a scourge to the Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Yunwen also did this, but he failed to do it and ruined the empire passed down to him by his grandfather. Therefore, by the late Ming Dynasty, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty completely became a big burden to the Ming Dynasty.
How big is it?
It was so big that the taxes of the Ming Dynasty could hardly support it.
If a country's taxes are not enough to support the royal family, what kind of strength and development can you expect from this country?
Although there is some water in this, and some people blame their greedy money on the royal family, but even so, it can still reflect the influence that the royal family has on a country when it becomes powerful and becomes a burden.
Therefore, Li Yuanji said that he would not allow the royal family to have too much power in the local area and the ethnic group to become too large.
Therefore, even if the relatives of the emperor in Tanshan Literary Hall become prominent in the future, it will be difficult for them to become generals or prime ministers, ranking among the three nobles and nine ministers.
However, judging from the intentions of the teachers in the library, they seem to be very confident, so let them go.
Anyway, people are doing good deeds and teaching people to become talents. This kind of thing should not only be discouraged but also encouraged.
It was not what Li Yuanji wanted to see, raising the children of important ministers into useless people, or forcing the important ministers to personally raise their children to be useless.
In Li Yuanji's view, doing so would not only breed a group of dead worms, but would also be tantamount to abolishing martial arts and would be of no benefit to a country.
The Song Dynasty has helped to verify this. After coercing and luring the important ministers to raise their children into useless people, the final result will be that they meet the enemy. No one is willing to attack, no one dares to attack, and everyone hides.
In order to save his life, even if he is forced to go up, he will only try his best to save his life instead of killing the enemy.
When new people show up, they will try their best to win over and corrupt them.
If they fail to win over and corrupt each other, they will find ways to destroy each other.
As a result, a huge country will never have new people available, nor will there be anyone with particularly outstanding abilities.
This country is destined to be bullied until it dies.
Therefore, Li Yuanji felt that the person in power of a country did not need to coerce and induce the important ministers to raise their children as useless. If he wanted to suppress the important ministers, prevent them from monopolizing the government, and prevent the emergence of aristocratic families like the Four Generations and Three Dukes, he only needed to
Just do it by recognizing people, employing them, and not reusing them.
As long as the promotion channels for the heirs of important ministers are suppressed, and reasons and excuses are constantly found to promote them and demote them, so that they always linger among middle-level officials, how can they, together with their father, grandfather and others, monopolize the government?
During this period, no matter how vigorously we screen out capable newcomers and allow them to quickly come forward to compete with the elders, we can further restrain the elders from monopolizing the government.
Another advantage of doing so is that it can ensure that both the upper and middle levels of the court are staffed by capable people.
It also ensures that the court is always available.
Don't let a civil servant become a military general, or let a military general become a civil servant under forced circumstances.
Although there is no shortage of people with both civil and military talents in this era, this type of people is still a minority, and even those who are versatile in both civil and military fields have their focus on civil and military aspects. Very few people can have outstanding abilities in both areas.
Therefore, the imperial court can only ensure that there are people available in both areas, so as not to catch someone blind at the critical moment.
Li Yuanji encouraged the teachers a few more words, expressed condolences to the teachers about their lives, and helped the teachers solve some of their life difficulties. Then, with the bright smiles of the teachers, he rushed to a private room in the library.
