Chapter 201 Remember to write it yourself next time
The Taixue we are talking about now is not a purely educational institution.
Taixue existed very early. It was responsible for administering government affairs, offering sacrifices, studying, and carrying out various activities. Its functions were diverse and were not limited to the field of education.
When the Queen Mother wanted to establish the Imperial Academy, her purpose was not to establish a new institution with many functions, nor to cultivate talents, but to educate the world's scholars.
Bao Qin did not have the concept of raising scholars. Only military merit had the final say. And the Han Dynasty, which inherited a series of policies of Bao Qin, did not have an institution to raise scholars like in the past. Scholars were outside but not inside. These scholars were among the princes.
Domestically, he received great attention from the princes and kings, and returned to the princely countries. Just like a certain minister who did not want to reveal his name, he only felt that his monarch was the princes and kings, not the emperor.
His problem is not a special case. In various vassal states, there are countless scholars like him shouting slogans of loyalty to the emperor and preparing to support the vassal kings to rebel.
Therefore, the Empress Dowager wanted to gather all the people from the world to Chang'an, and Chang'an would recommend them and appoint and remove them to various places, even to the princes' countries. In this way, the first king they must loyal to is naturally the emperor, and self-identification is the emperor.
I am a minister of the Han Dynasty, not a minister of the princes.
Therefore, the Empress Dowager wanted to abolish the matter of raising scholars in the princes' countries and only allowed Chang'an to raise them. This was in order to achieve true unification.
Liu Changming knew this, but when he knew that he was going to be ripped off, he couldn't help but jump up.
"Mom!!"
"Our country in the Tang Dynasty is poor. The people have no clothes to wear and no food to eat! There are not many talents who can help govern the place, and you still want to take away them? Why did the people of the Tang country lose their love and their mother?!"
Liu Chang said sadly and angrily.
Queen Lu was unmoved. She said seriously: "You already have enough officials. If you raise more scholars, the scholars you raise will bring you great disaster sooner or later."
"I am an honest person from the Tang Dynasty, how could I cause such a big trouble? Mother, why don't we abolish the cultivation of scholars in other vassal states first? The custom of fostering scholars in the Chu State is more popular than that in the Tang State. My Zhongfu is known as
There are three thousand guests, and he has the reputation of Lord Xinling of the Han Dynasty...Why not first abolish the Academy of Chu?"
When Empress Lu was about to speak, Fuqiu Bo said: "Your Majesty is right... Queen Mother, this matter still needs to be discussed seriously. The foundation of the country is Shi Nai, so we can't be anxious."
Queen Lu nodded, and then she stopped talking about the matter. Instead, she talked about the requirements for scholars.
"I have previously asked various localities to recommend filial brothers to work in the fields, reward them, and exempt them from servitude... To raise scholars, naturally we must first raise these moral people. We can ask various localities to recommend moral scholars to go to Chang'an and enter the Imperial College.
..." At this moment, the embryonic form of the inspection and examination system has appeared, but it is not as comprehensive as it was during the time of Emperor Wu.
These great sages discussed this matter with Empress Lu, and they were quite friendly. However, when it came to Shusun Tong, Shusun Tong suddenly said: "Be loyal to the emperor, do moral things, and advocate for unity. There are no schools like my Confucianism."
... Taixue can recruit more Confucian scholars and send them to various places..."
His words certainly aroused the approval of the Confucian bigwigs.
However, several of Huang Lao's scholars did not think so and immediately shouted: "Shu Sun Tong's words are just ridiculous!"
The two sides quickly started fighting. With each other's words, the conflict suddenly became fierce. Empress Lu looked at this scene thoughtfully. If all the scholars were summoned, maybe this scene would become the epitome of the future of Taixue?
Liu Chang yawned. He was not interested in these academic disputes. While they were having a heated argument, Liu Chang quietly said goodbye to the Queen Mother and escaped.
Just as he was about to leave, someone stopped him.
Liu Chang turned around and saw Uncle Fuqiu walking out of the hall with a cane. Liu Chang still had a good impression of the old man. He walked to the old man with a smile, supported him, and walked out, "
Father Zhong! As a great Confucian sage, why don’t you stay in the palace to refute those Huang and Lao scholars?”
Uncle Fuqiu was old enough to be Liu Chang's eldest father. When faced with his address, he was not angry at all. He just blinked at Liu Chang and said, "Shusun Tong is very cunning! What he said
, causing everyone to argue, just to let the Queen Mother see the contradiction... Why should I follow him and mess around? "
"Oh? You're not hostile to Mr. Huang at all?"
"Which sect is Zhongfu the scoundrel of... ahem, which sect is the great scholar?"
"If you straighten your clothes and colors, but say nothing all day long, you are a despicable Confucian of the Zixia family."
Fuqiubo smiled and said this sentence naturally.
Liu Chang was delighted and shouted: "Then you and Luan Bu are the same! You are much better than him, and he dare not say that about himself!"
Fu Qiu Bo smiled and said: "Although they are Zixia, they are different. They are based on Gongyang Gao's theory, while we are based on Gu Liangchi's theory."
"Oh, that's it! I've learned a lesson!" Liu Chang looked like he suddenly understood, as if he really understood.
"Your Majesty... In the Tang Dynasty, you gathered people from hundreds of schools and allowed them to debate with each other. This is a very good thing... but what the Queen Mother considered is not wrong. I have been to many places, in the kingdoms of the princes.
, there are many people who only know their king but not the emperor... The people are fine, but if even the scholars are like this, sooner or later there will be chaos."
"Your Majesty Shenwu, with your Majesty here now, naturally no one dares to cause trouble, but what about a hundred years from now?"
"Well, I will think about it carefully."
"Hahaha, I'm not worried. Your Majesty is a virtuous and wise king, and he will definitely make the right decision!"
Liu Chang smiled stupidly and held Fu Qiubo's hand tightly, "Father Zhong, someone told me about your virtue before, but I didn't quite believe it. Now it seems that you are indeed a great sage worthy of the name! Maybe you are worthy of the name.
Shall I go to Tang Dynasty?"
"I am still willing to go to the Tang Kingdom... I heard that the sheep in the Tang Kingdom are delicious."
When the two people walked out of the palace with a smile, the people were still waiting anxiously. They were afraid that the king would be rude to those great sages. But now when they saw an old man and a young man walking out of the palace with cheerful faces, they were all worried.
Somewhat surprised, Luan Bu looked at the old man for a few times, his expression changed drastically, and he hurried forward to bow to him, and other people in the house also came to see him.
Liu Chang said happily: "Father Zhong must go to the Tang Dynasty! I am willing to worship him as a country!"
After sending this man away, Liu Chang just sighed: "Among the great scholars I have encountered, this man is the most virtuous!"
The people looked at each other in astonishment. This was the first time they saw the king praising someone so much.
"Your Majesty, why did the Queen Mother summon you?"
"It is said that the Tang State's academic palaces are to be abolished, the princes are not allowed to raise scholars, and scholars must be raised in Chang'an... Alas, if the Tang State is not allowed to raise scholars, the talent of our Tang Kingdom is already insufficient, and there will be no one to use it in the future."
"Go back to the mansion first. We must come up with a reasonable solution to this matter!"
Liu Chang said, leading everyone back to Tang Prince's Mansion.
"Everyone, tell me, what should we do?"
Liu Chang looked at his servants. Everyone was deep in thought, but Zhao Ping said: "Your Majesty... In fact, this matter is just that the temple wants to turn all the talents in the world into talents of the Han Dynasty. The Qin State
Officials are selected based on military merit, and if they achieve military merit and gain a title, they will get the corresponding official position."
"But now, there are not as many enemies as there were in the Qin State, and the Han Dynasty cannot expedition to the Huns and South Vietnam. Therefore, they can only adopt the method of world officials. Zhao people have been officials in Zhao State for generations, but they don't know that there are Han people, and Qi people have been serving the king in Qi State for generations.
, but I don’t know my loyalty.”
"This is a situation that the Queen Mother wants to change, and it should be changed. Although it is not good for the vassal states, it is good for the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty can take the lead in doing this."
The purpose of the academy at this moment is not to educate talents, but to concentrate talents as official reserve forces. Just like Jixia Academy, it is a typical example. The Queen Mother wants to prohibit local areas from raising these official reserve personnel and bring them all back to Chang'an.
Let them become the official reserve of the Han Dynasty.
"No! This move will cause the Tang State to lose its talents. If the Tang State expands its territory in the future, won't it need scholars?"
Zhang Buyi was the first to refute Zhao Ping. He said angrily: "Zhao Ping, you are eating the king's salary, why do you do things that are not good for us, the Tang Dynasty?!"
Zhao Ping did not quarrel with Zhang Buyi this time. He just looked at Liu Chang calmly and pointed at Zhang Buyi, "Your Majesty, did you see this? This is what the Queen Mother is worried about."
Liu Chang glanced at Zhang Buyi, and then looked at Luan Bu.
"Your Majesty, I think it can be abolished. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty cannot appoint and remove officials without permission. They all need the permission of the temple. If there is a lack of talents, just go to the temple and let them appoint and remove them."
Liu Chang looked at Jia Yi again.
Jia Yi seemed a little hesitant at this moment and hesitated to speak.
"It's okay, just say whatever comes to your mind, don't worry."
Jia Yi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the problem still arises in the selection of officials. If we can find a better selection method, let the temple get talents from all over the world, and turn our academy in the Tang Dynasty into an enlightenment teaching
Wouldn’t it be a better place?”
When Jia Yi finished speaking, several people around him looked at him in surprise.
Liu Chang hurriedly shouted: "Please be more detailed!"
Jia Yi then said: "It is better to educate scholars than to raise them. I think we can set up schools in the county, not to raise scholars, but to educate them. We will recruit young scholars and have great sages teach them. After they have completed their studies,
An assessment will be conducted, and the outstanding ones will go to the Imperial College in Chang'an, where the Imperial College will nurture scholars, and the Chinese studies will educate talents... In this way, talents will be available in the prefecture and the country, and the temples will be able to recruit all the talented people from all over the world for their own use, killing two birds with one stone."
"Of course, we have to change the current official selection system and conduct assessments in Taixue, just like the Qin State. Most officials in the Qin State have to pass the corresponding legal assessment before they can serve as officials. Of course, we can also set up corresponding
Examination, the imperial scholars who pass the examination will be appointed as officials, and local officials will no longer be allowed to run rampant..."
"When talented people from all over the world arrive in Chang'an, they can adopt an avoidance system. If they are from Nanyang County, they cannot hold office in Nanyang, and they are not allowed to serve as officials in their hometown. In this way, the current situation can be well curbed... and
There will be more and more talents in various places, and people from poor families can also become officials."
Jia Yi spoke his thoughts seriously, and Liu Chang became more and more surprised the more he listened.
"Luan Bu! Get a pen! Come on, write down everything you just said!"
Liu Chang spoke hurriedly, Jia Yi was stunned, and then started writing seriously.
Liu Chang smiled and said to the hostesses: "Today we know Yi's talent!" However, the hostesses were not as optimistic as Liu Chang. Luan Bu said hesitantly: "Yi's idea is very good, but if you want to implement it concretely,
I'm afraid it won't be easy... First of all, choosing the candidates to teach scholars is a big problem."
"You can educate talents, but what should they learn? Should they study law, or study Confucian classics? Or arithmetic?"
"What should be tested in the assessment? Do disciples of different schools need to use different assessment methods?"
When Jia Yi heard this, he immediately began to hesitate, frowning, and probably couldn't think of any solution.
Liu Chang didn't care, he waved his little hand and said: "These things are just a headache for the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty! We are just a small vassal state, and we are not a group of sages in the temple. What do we want to do? We should let them do it.
Do something!”
When Jia Yi finished writing, Liu Chang took it and hurried towards the palace.
When Liu Chang returned to the palace, they were still arguing.
Liu Chang ignored them, walked quickly to the Queen Mother, put the book in front of her, raised his head, and said proudly: "This is the way I thought of! Please take a look at it!!"
Liu Chang's words immediately interrupted everyone's quarrel.
Everyone looked at Liu Chang and the Queen Mother.
Empress Lu took the book and read it carefully. Jia Yi didn't write much. Empress Lu finished reading it quickly. She looked at Liu Chang with some surprise. Liu Chang smiled and asked: "How is it? Mother,
What do you think of this method?"
"Jia Yi's approach is indeed good."
"Huh?? How does my mother know?"
"Next time, you can try to write it yourself."
"oh..."
Queen Lu looked at everyone, "Everyone, take a look at this."
.........
Liu Chang tiptoed into the circle, looked around, stretched out his hand, hugged a lamb, and cautiously walked out accompanied by everyone.
As soon as they walked out of the door, they saw Lu Shizhi standing in front of them, staring at them with a straight face.
"Hahaha, uncle!"
Liu Chang walked forward with a smile, "Long time no see! Uncle, how are you doing?!"
Lu Shizhi let out a long sigh, "Put down the sheep first and follow me to the inner room."
"oh."
Liu Chang put down the sheep, signaled to Lu Lu, and then followed Lu Shizhi. The two walked into the inner room together and sat facing each other.
"Chang...I heard that Chang'an is about to establish an imperial college to recruit talented people from all over the world...Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. Not only do we need to set up imperial studies, but we also need to set up Chinese studies in local places. This is all my plan!"
Liu Chang said proudly.
Lu Shizhi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I am old, and I don't know how much time I have left... But I really can't worry about these arrogant people in my family... If I can let them follow us...
If Xian learns the principles of governing a country and can make some progress, I will have no regrets..."
"Hahaha, uncle, don't worry. The people we associate with are all the wisest people in Chang'an. We often gather together to debate classics and exchange knowledge, and we gain a lot..."
"Chief... Just tell me, can you send Ze, Lu and Zhong to the Imperial Academy?"
"Uncle! I am just a small vassal king. I am the youngest among the princes. The Tang State is also the poorest among the princes. How can I make the decision? Why don't you go to the Queen Mother? Maybe we can get this done."
"Chief, they have been playing with you until they grow up... If you don't help them, who will?"
"My uncle has said so, so what else can I do? I'll go talk to my mother. I don't know if it will work or not."
"Okay, okay, Chang, don't leave in a hurry, you may not have been here for a long time..."
The Queen Mother is a person who does what she says. She doesn't care whether the policy is mature or feasible. She has proposed the policy anyway, and the improvement of the policy has nothing to do with her. She will directly leave the implementation to the ministers and give a few instructions.
, I have already put forward the idea. If it is not handled well, it is your business.
Then, relatives in Chang'an came to see Liu Chang for business.
They all had the same idea, they all wanted to send their children to the Imperial Academy. Lu Shizhi was not the first one, Xia Houying, Guan Ying and others had also approached him.
Regarding their request, Liu Chang did not refuse, but said that he would tell the Queen Mother. Whether it would succeed or not was none of Liu Chang's business.
The influence of non-worldly officials is still too great. In the past, the children of powerful people like Lu Shizhi, regardless of their talents and learning, could directly become officials, just like Zhou Shengzhi, who was still sneaking around not long ago. His father said
It was just a matter of one sentence to directly join the Southern Army. But now, the Queen Mother proposed to focus on Taixue and use assessment to appoint officials.
This has no impact on those powerful people whose children have already become officials, but for those whose children have not yet become officials, it will cause a big problem.
If Zhou Bo now wants to directly arrange Zhou Yafu to join the Southern Army, he may still be able to do it. After all, he has too much power, but it will be somewhat difficult for those who have gradually moved away from the core of the temple.
When Liu Chang walked out of the Jiancheng Hou Mansion, all the wise men were waiting for him.
Liu Chang sighed helplessly.
"Why does your Majesty sigh??"
Lu Lu asked hurriedly.
"It's not because of you! If you had some talent, your father wouldn't be in such a hurry!"
Liu Chang cursed, and at this moment, Mr. Fan suddenly came forward, "Your Majesty, my father wants you to go to the mansion." Liu Chang looked at him and the city people, shook his head helplessly, and came again.
Got one.
Things turned out just as Liu Chang expected. Fan Kuai also wanted his two sons to enter Imperial College.
But Fan Kuai didn't say it explicitly. Instead, his aunt smiled and talked about it.
Liu Chang made a bitter face and said helplessly: "Actually, you don't have to worry... My mother will certainly not be too harsh on the founding ministers... Besides, they are all my brothers, and I will not let them die.
The future doesn’t have to be like this at all.”
"Hey, if you say this, I feel relieved!"
Lu Yu said with a smile, and diligently brought Liu Chang food.
For some reason, Liu Chang's recent meals were not very tasty. It seemed as if there was something in them that made him uncomfortable. He no longer had the same appetite as before. After just a few bites, Liu Chang stood up and said goodbye to them.
.
"Stop!"
Liu Chang was about to leave when he suddenly heard a scolding.
He turned around and saw Fan Qing standing not far away, gritting his teeth and glaring angrily.
"I can't help you if you're angry. Taixue probably doesn't want women..."
"Why are you doing this to me?!"
Liu Chang was confused and continued to pretend to be dumbfounded, "This is not what I stipulated, and going to Imperial College is not necessarily a good thing..."
Just when Liu Chang was about to continue messing around, Fan Qing suddenly started crying, tears kept falling, and he started crying loudly.