His Majesty Li Er attaches great importance to this academy.
According to the idea described by Fang Jun, this academy will continue to provide the empire with talents in people's livelihood, arithmetic, research, etc. in the future. When these students have completed their studies, they will flood into all levels of the empire, "
"Professional matters are handled by professional people", the empire's national power will surely usher in a blowout, and will further consolidate its hegemonic status as "the lord of the world".
What is particularly important is that in the future, countless students from poor families will enter the academy and become grassroots officials of the empire after completing their studies. This will be a huge blow to breaking the monopoly of political resources by aristocratic families...
It’s not that the aristocratic families cannot see the crisis, they have also launched a counterattack.
Their method was not to boycott the academy roughly, because they also saw the advantages of the academy in cultivating talents, so they fought in a roundabout way and directly penetrated into the academy, from officials to scribes to students, slowly taking over the families.
The outside forces gradually pushed out, and then took over the entire academy as their own layer by layer.
His Majesty Li Er is very satisfied with the actions of the family members.
It is normal for everyone to compete for power. As long as the scope of influence can be controlled internally, without causing turmoil in the court, unrest in people's hearts, and without destroying the great situation of Zhenguan's prosperous age, His Majesty Li Er is willing to adopt the same gentle approach to deal with it.
Everyone fights with each other through intrigues, and whoever wins and who loses can remain calm, which is good.
He ascended to the throne by overturning the rules, and he has already realized how harmful it is to flout the rules, so now he is very happy that everyone can abide by certain rules and not try to break the rules and overturn the table.
Of course, who dares to flip the table regardless of the rules? He, Li Er, is not a vegetarian. I relied on flipping the table to gain this splendid country. When it comes to flipping the table, who of you can do it better than me?
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The meeting in the academy had just ended, and His Majesty Li Er had already learned about the proceedings of the meeting and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
He originally wanted to praise Chu Suiliang. After all, he had been with him for so many years and he didn't have any great abilities. However, he was very knowledgeable in calligraphy and painting, which was always to his liking, and he got along very harmoniously. So even if he knew that Chu Suiliang and
The noble Guanlong came closer, but still allowed him to enter the academy.
In his opinion, people like Chu Suiliang don't have much ability. No matter how ambitious they are, they don't have that earth-shattering ability...
Now it seems that not only is it impossible to change the situation, but it is also difficult to live a stable life.
Chu Suiliang thought that the academy was a good place to gain political achievements, but he never thought that it was basically about grabbing food from the tiger's mouth. With a tiger like Fang Jun here, the academy almost became a solid beast. It would be fine if Chu Suiliang was more honest.
If you insist on being tough, you may be ruined if you fail...
At this moment, in a side hall of Shenlong Palace, Shangshu's left servant shot Li Ji, Zhao Guogong's eldest son Sun Wuji, and Song Guogong Xiao Yu knelt down opposite His Majesty Li Er, watching His Majesty Li Er's number one "eagle dog" Li Junxian standing beside them.
The second fat man muttered, and after a long while, Li Junxian bowed and bowed before retreating.
Seeing the confused and helpless look on His Majesty Li Er's face, Xiao Yu asked curiously: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
His Majesty Li Er clicked his tongue, pondered for a moment, and said, "It's nothing."
It's not that he deliberately hid it, and it wasn't a big deal, but Chu Suiliang's situation was really miserable, and that guy Fang Jun was also hateful, so he just pressed Chu Suiliang hard. This front foot pressed him hard.
On the ground, Houji led the officials and doctors from all the other academies to Songhe Tower for drinking...
This is not saving any face for Chu Suiliang.
Although Chu Suiliang was forcibly promoted by the Guanlong nobles, he also acquiesced to it. To a certain extent, he was Li Er's man. As a result, he ended up in such a miserable end. He, the emperor, had no shame in his face, even if he said it.
Excuse me.
The three bosses were even more surprised.
As we all know, His Majesty Li Er has always shown an open-minded and aboveboard image to others. This is not a show off, nor is it a show. This emperor has such an open-minded and open-minded temperament. Under normal circumstances, he can tell people everything he wants. Everyone has followed him for many years.
I have long been accustomed to the fact that the emperor does not hide anything in his heart.
At this moment, he hesitated to speak, and his words flickered. What happened?
They looked at each other and couldn't figure it out.
His Majesty Li Er coughed and said: "Where were we just discussing? Oh...Xue Wanche asked himself to go to Liaodong to serve as the governor of Yingzhou, right? My dear friends, please tell me what you think about this matter."
Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty is ill, which has caused the delay of the Eastern Expedition. At this moment, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers gathered in Youying and two states. They are waiting to survive this winter and follow His Majesty Jiwei in the spring of next year.
Goguryeo. At this moment, Liaodong should be quiet and should not be moved. Xue Wanche is hot-tempered and brave but has no plans. I am afraid it will be difficult to appease the hundreds of thousands of garrison troops."
At this time, the most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty gathered in Liaodong. Even though the Eastern Expedition was delayed because of His Majesty Li Er's illness, they did not return to their original stations. They were still stationed in Liaodong and waited for the next spring to conquer Goguryeo in one go. Now Zhou Daowu, the governor of Youzhou, is also serving as the second officer of Youying.
In the military affairs of the state, it can be said that the power of the state can be said to be overwhelming. No surprise, as long as the Eastern Campaign is victorious, he will definitely be promoted to the nobility.
Zhou Daowu was a young general carefully trained by the Guanlong nobles. Seeing that the merits of the Eastern Campaign were easily available, how could he be willing to let Xue Wanche go and share the merits?
Xiao Yu also said: "At present, hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered in Liaodong. These soldiers and horses come from all over the country. The longer they stay, the more unstable the morale of the troops will be. Your Majesty should send a steady minister to comfort the soldiers, appease the morale of the troops, and assist
Zhou Daowu, the governor of Youzhou, is in control of the situation, not ambitious generals like Xue Wanche."
This is a fair statement.
With so many soldiers gathered in Liaodong, it was a small matter to spend countless money and food every day. Anyway, the warehouses of the Tang Dynasty were abundant at the moment, and rice from Nanyang was constantly transported to Youzhou by sea. It was not a worry for a year and a half. But.
The morale of the military must be stabilized. Sending civilian officials is far more able to calm the situation than a military general.
His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Ji who was silent, tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, and said, "Maogong, please tell me about it."
In fact, His Majesty Li Er was deeply dissatisfied with Li Ji.
He naturally understands Li Ji's boring gourd-like character, but in the past, as a minister, you wanted to protect yourself wisely and did not want to offend anyone. We can rely on you, but now you are the chief minister of the dynasty, the head of all officials, and you are still like this
Cherishing feathers, what does this mean?
To be serious, you are ignoring the grace of God...
That is to say, we are broad-minded. If it were the grumpy Emperor Sui Yang, I would send you on your way with a glass of poisonous wine and three feet of white silk...
Li Ji seemed to have sensed the emperor's displeasure. He thought for a moment and said, "I disagree with what you two said. The most radical among the army is that hundreds of thousands of soldiers gather together. I don't know how many problems arise every day.
No matter how capable the civil servants were, they were helpless in the face of those rough-and-tumble killers. They had to have strong figures to suppress them. Xue Wanche had just returned from northern Xinjiang with the power of victory, and his reputation shocked the world. With him in charge of Liaodong,
He will definitely be able to suppress those arrogant and arrogant generals, stabilize the situation in Liaodong, and wait for next spring, when His Majesty will lead the expedition in person. In fact, Fang Jun is the best candidate, with "Fenglang Juxu", "Le Shi Yanran" and other unparalleled achievements.
It’s enough to scare the entire army, but...Xue Wanche is not bad either.”
The unfinished meaning of his words was naturally understood by everyone present.
Since ancient times, the most vexing problem has been "high achievements that shock the emperor". Naturally, the ministers will not end well, and the emperor's prestige will also be severely damaged.
At a young age, Fang Jun swept through Mobei, destroyed Xue Yantuo, and his military achievements were close to those of Wei Qing. If Huo Qubing were to let him go to Liaodong to take charge, he would wait until next year to gain another military achievement during the Eastern Expedition...
Blossoming flowers and brocade is a good story, but cooking oil in a fierce fire may cause a disaster.
His Majesty Li Er pondered for a while, nodded slightly, and said: "In that case, let Xue Wanche take the post of governor of Yingzhou, and then rush to Liaodong to take charge. On the one hand, he can stabilize the morale of the army, and on the other hand, he must be wary of Goguryeo."
"Here!"
Li Ji quickly agreed.
Changsun Wuji sighed slightly.
Not surprisingly, during the Eastern Expedition next year, the current governor of Yingzhou will definitely be the vanguard of the army. He will attack cities, plunder territory and destroy cities and villages, and his achievements are unparalleled. However, Zhou Daowu is far inferior to Xue Wanche in terms of qualifications and military achievements.
, but there is nothing we can do about it...
When Xue Wanche's matter came to an end, His Majesty Li Er said again: "Fang Jun submitted a transfer order to the Ministry of War the day before yesterday, intending to transfer General Xue Rengui of Youtun Guard to the Anxi Protectorate to serve as Sima... Do you think you will agree to it?