Wang Ying, the head of the Wang family, was vomited three liters of blood by the prince's uprightness, and almost died with a whimper, and the news immediately spread all over Chang'an. The people and businessmen applauded one after another, feeling that the prince's move was particularly relieved. What's more, the Prince Shop has started selling cinders again, which are small pieces of coal that have fallen from the coal stored in the warehouse. Even though it's cinders, it's not free, and even though it's ridiculously low, it's not free. This is what the common people care about the most, and I paid for it, that is, to buy it, instead of accepting the prince's kindness.

This time, the sale of cinders was made by ordinary people, and even if the merchants sacrificed their money for profit, they still did not get in.

The whole city is raising the prestige of the crown prince and belittling the royal family.

But when it comes to the noble circle and officialdom, everyone is related. The prince is famous this time, the purpose is to retaliate against the Wang family for spreading rumors during his recuperation, think about it, even if the prince does a little too much, it should be.

This time, the prince's counterattack was so fierce that many people with ghosts in their hearts were shocked. It is terrifying to deal with people not from officialdom, but directly to fame. Don't even think about it, when the news spreads from Chang'an, from now on, the Wang family's coal will be given away for nothing, and no one will ask for it. In this era when face is more important than life, it is the consensus of everyone not to drink the water of the stolen spring.

Although a huge family like the Wang family will not be yellow because of a coal business, the reputation is ruined gradually, and when a family stinks in the whole Tang Dynasty, it will only slowly wither in the long river of history.

The affairs of the Wang family frightened the rest of the family. Above the court, the officials belonging to wealthy families did not dare to speak out when facing the emperor, and almost all government decrees would no longer be obstructed. So, during the Great Dynasty Meeting, Li Shimin did not hesitate to take this opportunity to implement many decrees that were blocked by the family. Among them, the most important thing is that the family's fields are also included in the scope of tax collection, and the imperial history team represented by Wei Zheng will begin to check the family's fields to let the court know their details.

After all, land is the foundation of the dynasty, and the family's land is a muddled account.

Seven days passed in a blink of an eye, Li Chengqian's request, the emperor also agreed, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, except for those who are really lacking in skills, can take a two-day break and participate in the college's parent-teacher meeting.

As soon as the period of rest arrived, countless carriages set off from Chang'an, and the wheels crushed the sunshine of the early sun, heading towards Zhenguan College.

It is not the time to open the workshop, nor the time to open the city gate, but this time, as long as there is an invitation to the college's parent-teacher meeting in hand, whether it is an official or an ordinary person, the fang officials and the city gate officials will let them go.

Naturally, there is no carriage for small civilian households, but this time the ministers and nobles did not dare to put on a show, as long as they met civilians walking on the road, they would ask if they were going to have a parent-teacher meeting, and if so, they would invite them to take the car.

The sequelae of the Wang family's affairs are still very big, at least the noble officials have discovered that their impression in the eyes of the people is the so-called reputation, if their own family stinks in the eyes of the people, it really stinks.

Because of this, many families who are arrogant on weekdays have died down, for fear that their own families will be the same as the Wang family.

Wang Ying was abolished, and the head of the big family is actually a sad one, because they are not the emperor who is the master, but a puppet-like existence, and many times the prestige of the family cannot protect them, and the first to become a victim is the head of the family.

Not only was Wang Ying sent back to the family to be punished, but the Wang family's forces in Chang'an were withdrawn, and even the forces in Luoyang and other places were retracted back to Taiyuan. After all, even if you stay in the world now, it is only a shame; After all, being pointed at by others is that even ordinary people can't stand it, let alone the Wang family, who pretend to be scholars; After all, as a family, they have a rich background, and the failure of the struggle for a while is only for a while, and what they have is time and so on. Whether the rumors dissipate or the royal family is finished, they can make a comeback.

Essence is the most powerful thing left by the ancestors to their descendants.

Because of the parent-teacher meeting, Li Chengqian could only return to the college one day earlier and plan various matters.

As for the list, it is not public, only the individual results of the students, except for the top ten, the scores of the remaining students are hidden. In the end, Li Chengqian knows very well how ashamed it is for people who are not good at studying to be named in public. At this time, there is no stubbornness among students, only talent and effort can reflect the gap.

As soon as the order was in hand, Li Chengqian made the reforms he had wanted to do a long time ago in the Tang Dynasty.

As for the old gentlemen, they felt that this was very in line with the gentleman's behavior, concealing the evil and promoting the good, so they naturally agreed with it.

After the carriages drove to the gate of the academy, the owner and the passengers got out of the carriage, and the groom hurriedly drove the carts out into the field, for fear that the horses' feces would defile the sacred place of the academy.

"Your Highness, these are the gift lists given to you by the ministers and nobles, do you want to see if you accept or return the gift?"

After taking the gift list handed over by Zhang Yun and reading the luxurious gifts on it, Li Chengqian was just puzzled for a while, and then he understood what was going on.

"Take it, this time, many ministers of the Wang family's faction have fallen one after another, and the places cleared out are cheaper for the new nobles."

If he was grateful to the academy for cultivating the children of their family, he would not accept it.

The ministers with heads and faces entered the academy in their regular clothes, they had already visited the ring before, and naturally knew the environment of the academy, as for those ordinary farmers who were timid, they needed to be guided by students to find the conference hall.

"Brother Xuanling, I heard that Ling Lang's grades in the academy are among the best, and even His Majesty intends to marry the princess, I really envy others!"

"Keming, your kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp, his grades are worse, it's just that he is not as old as his beloved, after three or two years, who is strong and who is weak, it may not be known!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui joked with each other, walked into the conference hall with a high spirit, and sat in the first row. Not to mention that their status is high enough, this time their own children also have long faces, making themselves more face-saving in front of their colleagues.

The Tang people are very orderly, and there are only whispers in the lobby, and there is no loud noise. Although the newly renovated conference lobby is simple, it can be seen from the workmanship of the tables and chairs that it is a famous craft. The general supervisor originally only carried some of the manufacturing of the palace, although the subordinates also had shops, but they were far from the fineness of the royal production. But such an arrogant general will be a prisoner, but he was called by the prince as a donkey without regrets, which has to be amazing.

As the host of today's parent-teacher meeting, Li Chengqian deliberately put on the crown prince's skin to emphasize his identity. After all, this academy is Zhenguan Academy, and although it is the East Palace that builds it, it can also be regarded as a royal contribution.

In the past few years, the prince's career has trained him out, so he can be calm and comfortable in the face of surging people.

Seeing that the students guarding the door closed the door, Li Chengqian walked up to the stage and coughed lightly, and the hall was instantly silent.

"Thank you parents for coming today, as the vice president of Zhenguan Academy, instead of my father, and all the gentlemen, thank you for entrusting your children here, this is our greatest trust."

After speaking, Li Chengqian bowed.

The audience instantly fried the pot, and the officials and nobles got up one after another to return the salute, and their upper bodies were about to lie on the table. It must be such a courtesy to treat the prince in formal clothes in regular clothes. As for those people, when they saw that the big officials had saluted, they bowed their heads and bowed their heads.

At the end of the ceremony, Li Chengqian opened the speech that the emperor had prepared for him early in the morning and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me say a few words..."

A few words.

A few words...

In a nutshell...

A few words....

There is no way, although the emperor wrote something, although it was not sealed, he still had to read it all. The appearance of Zhenguan College is too abrupt, starting from the purpose of the construction, and then there are a lot of bars, lala, lala. The most frustrating thing is that many of them still call themselves "me".

At this time, listening to people's speeches, they didn't fall asleep, and after hearing the word "I", the eldest grandson Wuji and others knew that this speech was actually written by the emperor.

As a new aristocrat, as long as it is something related to the emperor, they have to study it carefully, who knows if there is a little Jiujiu hidden in the emperor between the lines?

After speaking for half an hour, Li Chengqian took the tea handed by the students and moistened his throat.

Only then did everyone realize that they also had a teacup in front of them, and when they saw that the prince had already drunk tea, they moved their mouths.

After there was no noise, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The main purpose of calling you to the parent-teacher conference today is actually to show the achievements of the college all along. Now that we've said that, the next step is to commend the students who have excelled in their studies. The top 10 students in this semester will receive a certificate stamped by their father himself, and each of them will receive a scholarship of 100 yuan. ”

The paragraph "Certificate of Merit stamped by the emperor himself" made the officials in the front row extremely moved, this thing is a rare thing, and taking it home is equivalent to receiving the emperor's reward. Since ancient times, what the emperor has rewarded has been a treasure for officials.

As for Li Chengqian, he also had to sigh at the novelty of his father's methods, just making a chapter on the award certificate, and showing his identity as the dean in an earth-shattering way, so that he, the vice dean, was directly bleak.

And "one hundred guan", let the parents of the people in the back row moved, although Chang'an is the capital, but the surrounding people are only good for food and clothing, one hundred guan, just like a student in the future to get a million scholarship.

Seeing the crown prince unfold the first certificate, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

"First place, Changsun Chong."

Below, the eldest grandson Wuji laughed arrogantly. I have long heard my cub say that this time I sacrificed my life to get the first, and now that my son has won the first, he, the father, is also like a leader.

He walked leisurely onto the stage with official steps, received the award certificate and a hundred yuan of withdrawal notes from Li Chengqian's hand, and after confirming that the award certificate was the jade seal of the country that read "Ordered by Heaven and Longevity", he walked down with his head held high. 's arrogant behavior made many people curse him for stepping on the air and falling to his death.

"Second place, Fang Yiai."

Compared with the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling is much more personable, he didn't laugh, and he was very weak throughout the whole process. I just don't know what it will be like when the first place is his son.

"Third place, Duhe."

"Fourth place, Tang Shanzhi."

....

"Eighth place, Qiu Haiqing."

The top seven are all children of the Xungui family, except for the first one of the eldest grandson Chong, who was exchanged for humiliation and jumping, the rest are all based on their own skills. After all, compared with the illiterate children of the poor family, they were enlightened earlier, and even many people almost recognized the words.

"Eighth place, Qiu Haiqing."

The eighth place was Qiu Haiqing, but Li Chengqian asked twice, and no parents came out to claim it.

In desperation, Li Chengqian could only ask loudly: "Whose child is Qiu Haiqing?" It is the one whose ancestor was a maritime merchant and moved from Yangzhou! ”

So, at last, someone answered.

A fat businessman stood up, surprised and inexplicable, and said again and again: "Your Highness, Qiu Yue, the grass people, Qiu Haiqing is the child of the grass people, but this kid really took the eighth exam?" ”

Seeing the prince nodding, Qiu Yue immediately danced with his hands, thinking that he had the same name and surname, who would have thought that it was really his own son!

When he ran forward on his little short legs, he also fell and rolled two steps of stairs, if it wasn't for Wei Chigong's quick hand to reach out and grab him, it is estimated that he would have choked enough.

Embarrassed to come to the stage and get the award certificate and bills, Qiu Yue even slapped himself in disbelief before he dared to be sure that this was not a dream.

"Damn, it's not a dream to come down after taking something and whip yourself to death!"

Cheng Biting Jin's words immediately attracted laughter.

In the laughter, Qiu Yue was not embarrassed at all, holding the award certificate, as gentle as holding a child, for fear of getting dirty.

He used to think that even if the children of businessmen had the opportunity to go to school, they would be looked down upon, but he didn't expect that his own children were competitive enough to win the eighth place in the same period. His Majesty the Emperor has stamped the certificate of the imperial seal, this is a treasure that can be enshrined in the ancestral ancestral hall!

At this moment, he felt that even if he burped, this life was worth it.

"Ninth place, Jiang Dashu."

"Ninth, Jiang Dashu, what about Jiang Dashu's parents?"

After calling twice, no one answered, and Li Chengqian could only call the third time: "Jiang Dashu's parents, don't think about the same name and surname, it's your baby!" ”

Or does no one answer?

Li Chengqian was about to ask the students to call Jiang Dashu over, when he saw an old farmer pushing the villagers around him, he was shocked, but he couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Lao Jiangtou has fainted!" ”

In desperation, Li Chengqian could only instruct the students to take Lao Jiangtou to the medical school to have a look.

"Tenth place, Chai Zhewei."

Hearing his son's name, Chai Shao didn't know whether to smile or frown. Now that only the top ten have been announced, it is naturally a good thing that this kid can appear in it. However, it is still the same sentence, and now only the top ten are announced, but this kid is the last one.

Sadly, he received the certificate and bills, and when he stepped down, Chai Shao still didn't know what to say.

The award ceremony was also over, and Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Today, the college has prepared lunch for you, and parents are not allowed to come to visit the college on weekdays, but today is an exception, you can take your children to visit the college." Today, of course. ”

After speaking, while everyone in the audience gave them their hands, Li Chengqian stepped down from the stage in a few steps.

Although there was no abnormality in his upper body, his legs were shivering for a long time, and his back was wet.

Damn, speaking in front of so many people is really tiring. I just don't know how my father went to court with a blank face all the time, and he still has time to dig a pit for others.

The meeting was disbanded, and several bigwigs whose sons won awards naturally got together, and every sentence was "dog" and "inferior", and the arrogant behavior made others pout.

As for the child who did not get the reward, he was ready to teach the child a lesson.

Li Chengqian still guessed wrong, Datang's parents did not have the idea of "more than the top is less than the bottom", and announced the top ten, hoping that their children would strive for the top ten!

After the parent-teacher conference, there is a big holiday, and I don't know how many people will be beaten.

"Hehe, be nervous, just go through it a few more times. His Majesty's certificate of merit and your 100-guan scholarship are indeed good, and in this way, the name of our college can be regarded as completely out. But, Your Highness, how are you going to solve the problem of the lack of gentlemen? Now we have more than 200 gentlemen, but it will take a lot of effort for so many people to cope with more than 4,000 people. ”

Yang Du has been behind the stage, and naturally saw Li Chengqian's trembling legs.

After a long sigh of relief, Li Chengqian said: "In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of the college, I discussed the issue of scale with Master Li. In fact, the college is only building a foundation for the future now. The students who are taught are to be delegated to the junior school. In this way, what the academy wants to teach is the top knowledge, and the work of teaching literacy is all handed over to the school below. As the highest university, we only need to recruit a group of top students every year. ”

Yang Du stroked his beard and said: "This arrangement is really good, the gentlemen of the academy's subordinate schools can also join the official system, and there will still be many people who are willing to do it." But Your Highness, are you still ready to do the same now, the tuition is free of charge, and the expenses of the gentleman and the academy are all paid by the East Palace? No matter how rich you are, you can't afford it. ”

"Of course, it must be free, and the people around Chang'an have a hard time providing for their children to go to school, let alone from other places. Instead of suffering from a small number of people, we will suffer from unevenness, and this should naturally be the case in other places. It's just that it is really hard for Donggong to bear all the expenses of such a large expense, so ah, the College of Engineering, the School of Medicine, and the cornucopia I prepared for the college, I don't believe you wait and see, in two years, the speed of making money in these two places will rise in a straight line. ”

Yang Du nodded, although he didn't know what this meant, but considering the wealth and goods, the prince was simply the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, so he believed it.