In the huge warehouse, Li Shimin patted Xiao Han on the shoulder, almost laughing with tears in his eyes.
Although Xiao Han's metaphor was not so elegant, what he said undoubtedly spoke to Li Shimin's own heart.
Unlike Xiao Han who was angry at those scholars who failed to achieve high and low standards, as the king of a country, Li Shimin had no prejudice against scholars.
In fact, at most he was filled with hatred for those censors who were always finding fault with each other, and he never really took revenge on anyone afterwards.
This is because he knows that if you want to govern the world well, you cannot do without scholars!
And checking for deficiencies and filling them up is inseparable from those censors who dare to speak out.
However, he can tolerate these people's disobedience and even accusations against him, and that is only on the premise that they are dedicated to serving the public good!
Once someone pretends to be righteous, but secretly does something that harms the public and benefits the private life! This is his reverse scale!
According to legend, dragons have reverse scales, which will make them angry if they touch them!
If you are not angry, you must be... untouchable.
So as the emperor, can Li Shimin afford to offend those scholars?
This question is somewhat difficult to answer.
Logically speaking, the emperor is the most unreasonable being in the world, because he himself is the reason!
But even so, Li Shimin still needs to think twice before trying to seduce some scholars.
Because these scholars are not simple and independent individuals.
Since ancient times, chivalrous men have used force to break the law, and Confucianism has used literature to break the law!
For the previous one, it’s easy to handle!
Just catch one and chop him to death! Anyway, the main character of a knight-errant is a loner. Even if he chops wrongly, few people will challenge the emperor for it.
But the latter one is completely different.
Because of the scarcity of knowledge at this time and the difficulty of supporting scholars, only some wealthy families, or simply aristocratic families, could spend decades cultivating a scholar with only input and no output.
Therefore, behind this scholar, there must be an entire family! And this family often does not support just one scholar. In addition, it also associates with other families, forms alliances, and forms relationships with each other.
The final result is: those scholars appear to be aboveboard and clear on the surface, but in fact, they are intricate and colluding!
If you touch one of these people, it will be like poking a hornet's nest! Others who are related to each other or are afraid of ending up in the same fate will all jump out and accuse you!
In addition, scholars may not be good at anything else, but as far as swearing is concerned, there is absolutely no problem!
You only need to look at the way Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages, was scolded by those scholars!
Under the pens of their bald pens, everyone in the world knew that the First Emperor was cruel and tyrannical! But how many of them knew that the First Emperor's talents were enough to illuminate the great achievements of the ages?
Therefore, as Li Shimin, who also dreams of becoming an emperor throughout the ages, he never wants to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor!
Even if those aristocratic families go too far, and he wants to wipe out all the wealthy aristocratic families! He can't use too radical methods, he can only try to suppress and suppress them through some other methods.
But the effect of this is obviously not very good. The ministers who were previously sent to Shandong, Henan and other places were either bribed and corrupted by the aristocratic families, or they were forcibly suppressed and turned into decorations through their court connections.
Even if he gritted his teeth this time and sent out the divine sword Ma Zhou! But under the current situation, due to the collusion between the aristocratic family and the local government, this divine sword is still restricted in every way and cannot be used at all!
Just when Li Shimin was troubled by this, Xiao Han's words finally gave him a little comfort.
These so-called thousand-year-old families are able to remain standing. To put it bluntly, it is because they have mastered talents, that is, scholars, that they can achieve a transcendent and otherworldly status.
They are sure that even if you are the emperor, as long as you leave them, you will never find a suitable scholar!
Therefore, they can be unscrupulous.
But as Xiao Han said, when there are more and more scholars in the future, and with the help of the imperial examination system, scholars from poor families can also join the court! Then the aristocratic families who have lost their transcendent status will be allowed to be rounded and flattened.
At will?
"You are indeed right. When the world is full of scholars, let's see who will still get used to their shortcomings!"
Li Shimin, who laughed for a long time until his cheeks were sore, finally stopped laughing. He let out a long breath and said, "I just don't know how long this day will last."
"It shouldn't take too long." Xiao Han chuckled, cupped his hands to Li Shimin and said: "Just look at Jiangnan now. There are academies and workshops everywhere in Jiangnan! This shows that as long as the people are richer,
, you don’t have to worry about food every day, you will naturally think of ways to send your children to study!”
"Yes, we must first make the people rich!"
Li Shimin nodded with deep feeling. At this time, he remembered that in recent days, although the Tang Dynasty court was still harmonious on the surface, there were always undercurrents in private.
In the year of great calamity, there will be great chaos!
At first, in order to cope with the catastrophe, he wanted to move the conflict abroad by conquering Goguryeo, but soon he found that this was not feasible at all.
Because first, most people in the court, except for those generals who were worried about the world being in chaos, were afraid that the conquest of Goguryeo would cause the Tang Dynasty to follow in the footsteps of the Sui Dynasty, so they had a natural resistance to this matter.
Secondly, this natural disaster far exceeded Li Shimin’s expectations!
He never thought that this natural disaster would be so serious! From Hebei Province to Jiangnan Province, more than half of the state capitals in the country were affected by natural disasters. Under such circumstances, any reckless use of weapons would definitely be a real act of subjugation.
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As for the third point, there is no doubt that it is the drag of the aristocratic families in Hebei Province, Shandong.
They should also be aware that the emperor's so-called Eastern Expedition's fundamental intention is to target them.
Therefore, since the Chinese New Year, they have tried every means to hinder Li Shimin's plan! The impact of this natural disaster was so great that the refugee team appeared early, and many of them were involved!
"It's better not to rush. You have to take your time, don't fiddle with it, fiddle with it, and fiddle with it. The people will suffer the most."
With a slight sigh, Li Shimin actually forgot to tell Liu Hongji that it was not Xiao Han's intention to keep Xiao Han's firearms camp in Chang'an, but his intention.
The family members want to use natural disasters to force him to give in! And Xiao Lizi wants to use natural disasters to achieve the goal of destroying the family in one fell swoop?
For this reason, he sent all the generals out, leaving only an empty Chang'an city. However, he did not expect that those people could do some small tricks in private, but if he really let them rebel, they would not be so brave.
