Xu Jingzong is so old, how can he be so careless that he can even knock over cakes?
Fang Jun cursed in his heart. When he saw the water boiling, he picked up the teapot and looked for tea leaves. He opened the tea jar and poured it out, but it was empty...
The cakes were spilled and the tea leaves were lost. How could we not guess that it was Xu Jingzong who caused the trouble?
Fang Jun was immediately furious. This old guy was really doing it under the hood. His methods were even worse than those of a child!
Angrily, he left the pavilion and went straight to the academy to check in. He pushed the door open, grabbed Xu Jingzong and asked, "I provoked you, and you actually resorted to such evil tactics?"
Xu Jingzong spread his hands and pushed 256: "I wonder what Erlang said?"
Fang Jun said angrily: "Did you throw away the pastries, and did you steal the tea?"
Xu Jingzong said: "Xiaoguan saw that the pastries were delicious, so he ate a piece, but accidentally knocked over the plate. It was indeed Xiaguan's fault. But in the end, it was just a plate of pastries. Erlang was so angry that he wanted to punish him.
Isn’t it a bit too much?”
Fang Jun choked and felt uncomfortable, and asked again: "Where did the tea go?"
Xu Jingzong looked calm: "Xiaguan took it away...Xiaguan is also a tea lover, but it's a pity that his salary is meager and he can't afford the top-quality Longjing. He was very happy when he saw it, so he took it for himself. But Xiaguan
Guan only cares about good tea, so he doesn’t even bother with that priceless tea can.”
Fang Jun sneered: "It sounds nice, but taking it without asking is a thief!"
"The official asked!"
"Who did you ask?"
"I asked Erlang about you!"
Fang Jun said angrily: "I was sleeping at the time, how could I hear that?"
Xu Jingzong looked innocent: "If you don't ask, you are considered a thief. Although the subordinates dare not call themselves gentlemen, they are also unwilling to be thief. They must have asked Erlang before taking the tea away."
I asked before taking it away. As for whether you heard it and whether you agreed, that is your business and what does it have to do with me?
Anyway, you can't call me a thief.
Fang Jun laughed angrily: "So, if you want to blame me, I have to blame myself for falling asleep and not refusing?"
Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "That's true, but even if you refuse, Erlang, the official will take the tea away."
Fang Jun pointed at Xu Jingzong's nose. There was absolutely nothing he could do to deal with this old bastard. "A man is old and a horse is slippery, and a rabbit is hard to handle when it is old." This was not just talk.
Fang Jun's check-in room was in the innermost room. It was very spacious. The layout was exactly like that of an office in later generations, with an exaggeratedly large rosewood desk, and rows of bookcases on the walls, with all kinds of unique classics.
Everything is available. The reception area is equipped with a complete set of official chairs with obvious characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, coffee tables, and large and bright glass windows. It has both Chinese classical charm and a sense of modernity from later generations.
It is worth mentioning that the entire floor of the hotel is paved with a newly developed ceramic tile.
This kind of square ceramic tile has a light yellow glaze, is crystal clear under the sun, and is luxurious and elegant. It was recently made by the Fang family's kiln factory. It was first used by Fang Jun in the academy's duty room. Kong Yingda, Li Jing, and Li Ji
After the others saw it, they immediately offered to buy it. Fang Jun gave everyone some of the first batch of ceramic tiles produced. He was embarrassed to accept the money, but it became the best advertisement. These are all big guys in the party.
At home, the blue bricks in the living room or study room were removed and these luxurious ceramic tiles were laid. Everyone who came to visit was so impressed that they all asked Fangjia Kiln Factory to buy them.
For a time, it became popular in Chang'an, and even spread to Jiangnan with the Jiangnan gentry...
Entering the duty room, Fang Jun sat behind the large desk. Xu Jingzong also followed in. He took a large look at the furnishings in the duty room and his eyes twitched.
Almost all the furniture in this room is made of high-quality rosewood. In the past, such high-quality rosewood was rarely found in the palace. The bookcase in front of Fang Jun alone is probably worth more than ten thousand yuan.
, because rosewood is so rare.
Everyone now knows that the navy discovered the origin of red sandalwood in Nanyang, but the price of red sandalwood in the Tang Dynasty remained high.
In Fang Jun’s words, red sandalwood is not a daily necessity like rice, but a luxury product. Luxury goods must be expensive to be popular. The price of cabbage is as low as that on the street, so who still cares about it?
As a result, the wealthy people in the Tang Dynasty spent a lot of money in pursuit of a top-quality piece of rosewood, which gradually became a trend.
More and more officials who had a good relationship with Fang Jun would ask the ruler, who actually controlled the Tang Dynasty's rosewood market, for two pieces of high-quality wood to take back to their hometown when they left their official posts.
And the excuses are very neat. You can make tables and chairs because it hurts your heart and be reluctant to give them to you, but if I take them back to my colleagues and use them as longevity gifts, you are embarrassed not to give them to me, right?
As a result, Fang Jun didn't know how much red sandalwood he had to give away...
The key is that he can't keep an eye on everyone to see if they want to go back to make birthday cakes. As a result, many people want to go back and collect them as family heirlooms...
Sitting on the chair opposite Fang Jun, Xu Jingzong smelled the scent of red sandalwood in the room and asked: "Now that everything is almost ready, and the start of school is getting closer, I wonder what Erlang thinks about the start of school?"
What are your thoughts on the ceremony?”
As the most important academy outside the Imperial Academy of the Tang Dynasty, and even in the foreseeable future, it will become the cradle of countless military and political officials of the Tang Dynasty. The opening of "Zhenguan Academy" has already attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of people throughout the Tang Dynasty.
The opening ceremony attracted much attention.
According to past practice, a unique ceremony is needed to highlight the status of the academy.
Even His Majesty Li Er asked several times in private...
In fact, Fang Jun himself was troubled by this.
The best ceremony is naturally to have a military parade like that of later generations.
The Tang Dynasty did not have the bad habit of "literary nobles and military officials humble". Regardless of whether they were descendants of high-ranking ministers from aristocratic families or students from poor families, they focused on "knowing the Five Classics and the Six Arts", and what they emphasized was "literary skills can bring order to the world with pens, and martial arts can mount horses to determine the world."
No matter how knowledgeable a weak scholar is, he will usually not be put into great use. Civil servants such as Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling can still jump on horseback to kill the enemy with a sword in hand. The martial arts have been cultivated since the beginning of Guanzhong men.
It has been flowing through my body for thousands of years, and now it has been spread all over the world.
A military parade is enough to shock the whole world, causing countless students to flock to the "Zhenguan Academy", establishing the status of the academy in one fell swoop.
However, he planned to wait until His Majesty Li Er's triumphant expedition to Goguryeo to take out the military parade as a big killer, and give His Majesty Li Er's "dragon fart" a good pat.
By then, Liaodong has been pacified and the world has been unified. His Majesty Li Er will return to the court with the power of victory. His troops will march past the Chengtian Gate in a formation. Their majestic and high-spirited spirit will definitely explode their morale and majesty. In one fell swoop, His Majesty Li Er will be promoted to the "Eternal Palace".
"Emperor" status.
How happy will His Majesty Li Er be then?
For him, a "loyal minister" who offers advice and suggestions, he will naturally not hesitate to reward him...
If the military parade is held now, what else will happen in the future?
Seeing Fang Jun pondering undecided, Xu Jingzong asked again: "Those bastards and second sons of various families have caused a lot of trouble in the family. Now no one can stop these people from entering the academy. But really,
Don't you give those eldest sons and direct grandchildren a chance? There are many people who come to me to intercede. Some offer bribes with money, some are moved by affection, and some threaten with words... We can't control the world's elites all at once.
Have you all been offended?"
Speaking of this, Xu Jingzong was frightened.
It is the emperor's will to suppress the clans, and as the emperor's close ministers, they should follow closely. This is true. However, after all, this world is still a world of clans, and the power of clans is intricately intertwined. Even the emperor can only slowly pursue it and dare not
The persecution is too much.
Nowadays, the eldest sons and grandsons of all the noble families are excluded from the academy, while the bastards and second sons of each family are admitted. This is tantamount to offending all the noble families.
What if the situation forces him to throw them out as scapegoats in the future to appease the anger of the family members?
Fang Jun leaned back on the chair and said nonchalantly: "We are all His Majesty's eagle dogs, and we should protect His Majesty from wind and rain. How can we prepare a retreat halfway? You can rest assured, we will
All we need to do is hold on to this barrier and leave everything to your Majesty's decision. Your Majesty said that even the eldest son and direct grandson cannot enter the academy, so we will stick to the gate of the academy. If your Majesty says that the net is wide open, we will naturally follow your words.
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The aristocratic families must be suppressed and weakened, otherwise if they are allowed to expand unchecked, play with the country and the country in their hands, and use the rise and fall of the empire as a bargaining chip to seize their own interests, the country will not be a country.
On the contrary, if all the members of aristocratic families are eliminated in one fell swoop, there will be a vacuum in the power structure, and the landlord and gentry class will take advantage of the situation to fill it.
It is true that members of aristocratic families only care about family interests and ignore national interests and national interests, but are the landlords and gentry good people?
The example of the late Ming Dynasty is there. They and the aristocratic families are basically the same. For the benefit of the family, they can make enemies. For the continuation of the family, they open the city gate and happily welcome the barbarians into the city, even if they are killed with heads and blood flowing.
Chenghe...
People die for wealth and birds die for food. There is no justice or evil in politics. If you want political stability, you can only have balance.