Since the academy is the focus of the new selection of talents, His Majesty will definitely pay attention to the entire academy, including the chief and every gentleman.

So when the people of the Xu family were receiving guests outside, Xu Ling hid in his big study and tasted tea with great interest.

It is said that there is also a story in this study, which is the place where Li Xinchen wrote "Ai Lian Said" and met Lechang.

With a flick of his fingers, thinking of what happened at the beginning, Xu Ling couldn't help but smile.

The little men and women at the beginning have now become the queens of the holy and motherly world, and this study room can really be regarded as witnessing an interesting history.

"It's a New Year's greeting to Xiao Mugong!" The voice suddenly sounded, pulling Xu Ling back from his memories.

Although Xu Ling didn't see any guests, some people still couldn't see them.

Raising his eyes slightly, Xu Ling nodded: "Ji Gao, don't come unharmed." ”

When this sentence came out, Shen Jungao couldn't help but be moved.

Don't come unharmed······ The last time I met Xu Ling was when Li Xinchen first entered Jiankang Mansion to praise his merits, at that time, the emperor sitting on the throne of Jiankang Mansion was still Chen Xu, and Shen Jungao was in charge of the East Palace at that time.

And Xu Ling himself is in the position of the left servant, even if he is separated from Chen Ji, but the name of "filial piety" cannot be underestimated by anyone.

Who knew that in just a few years, the situation has changed, Shen Jungao has gone from being demoted to becoming a prisoner, and now returning to the court, it can be said that he has experienced ups and downs that he never thought of before, and it has also completely made him completely mature from a child of a family who thinks highly of himself after going through the big waves.

After all, Shen Jungao went from inheriting his brother's mantle to taking charge of the East Palace, and it was so smooth that he actually lacked a lot of ability to deal with setbacks. And now after these tribulations, Shen Jungao, who is standing in front of Xu Ling again, has gorgeous temples, but the bright flashes in his eyes are still full of heroism.

Looking at Shen Jungao, who had not been seen for many years, Xu Ling was also in a trance for a while.

It seems that this is still the white-clothed Linquan hermit on the stone mountain.

However······ Xu Ling subconsciously reached out and touched more age spots and wrinkles on his hands, and smiled to himself.

The years are unforgiving.

"Filial piety, don't come unharmed." Shen Jungao's words still carried similar feelings, but more with anger.

Xu Ling did not follow Li Xinchen from Bashu to Jiangnan, but stayed in Chengdu to teach students until the end of last year, and after coming back, he also closed his door and did not see any guests. Therefore, Shen Jungao, who had already had questions to ask Xu Ling, even if today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, he still came with great momentum.

"Is there something wrong with coming to the old man?" Xu Ling got up slowly.

Shen Jungao subconsciously wanted to step forward to help, but when he thought of something, the movements in his hands stopped in an instant. Xu Ling, who noticed this detail, just smiled, but didn't say anything.

And Shen Jun said in a deep voice: "Yu wants to ask Xiao Mugong about His Majesty's views on the establishment of the academy and the gradual use of the academy as the fundamental basis for selecting talents and talents. ”

Xu Ling glanced at him, this question was obviously expected by him: "The old man doesn't have any opinions, there is nothing wrong with teaching and educating people, the ancient sage takes teaching knowledge as his own responsibility, the old man is already this age, and he can't compare with the ancient sages and sages, but he still has some ink, and he can pass on this full of knowledge, and the old man will be satisfied." ”

As he spoke, Xu Ling stretched out his hand to look at the half-hidden window and looked at the snow scene outside the window.

In the wind and snow, several plum trees are blooming in the wind, exuding a faint fragrance from time to time, while the strong branches, white and yellow flowers, and the white walls and black tiles behind form a perfect picture. It seems that the daiwa is the picture frame, and the white wall is the drawing paper, and after splashing ink, the flowers and branches come to life.

Shen Jungao was obviously very dissatisfied with Xu Ling's ambiguous and even directly evasive answer, he raised his sleeves and strode around Xu Ling's front: "Xiao Mugong, even if you are satisfied, but have you ever thought about what to do after the huge Xu family?" Can everyone use the academy as a way to enter the body, Your Majesty is just stuck in the path of our families directly providing talents, who knows if it will be ······ after this"

"What will happen?" Xu Ling asked directly.

The old man squinted slightly, his gaze very sharp.

And Shen Jungao almost subconsciously shuddered, as if standing in front of him was still the young official who scolded Chen Ji in the court, and Shen Jungao didn't dare to say anything for a while.

Xu Ling turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Ji Gao, the old man knows what you are worried about, for three hundred years, the family has always been the foundation that supports a dynasty to move forward, in fact, many people don't realize that if there is no family in the continuous supply of talents and wealth, no matter which dynasty it is, it will not last long." ”

Shen Jungao was stunned for a moment.

It is indeed not wrong to say this, the reason why the Northern and Southern Dynasties have been able to maintain such an evenly matched confrontation for a long time has a lot to do with the existence of the family, if a dynasty suddenly does not have the support of the family, it will not be able to confront any enemy by relying only on the people who have barely received any education and the soldiers who have no so-called national and national consciousness.

The monarch of the dynasty can only unite all the forces of the whole country into a whole through the family, and of course, the monarch must also ensure the existence of the family.

It is not so much that the family is grabbing power, but that they coexist with the dynasty and the imperial power, they rely on the imperial power for profit, and at the same time they also feed back the power of growth and progress to the dynasty and the monarch.

"In that case······ Shen Jungao's eyes widened.

"But everything needs to change." Xu Ling said lightly, "Your Majesty is extremely talented, it is impossible not to understand that in fact, the existence of the family does not pose much threat to his rule, but he understands that if it is not changed, then it will never be possible to really make this dynasty a whole like the Qin and Han dynasties back then." ”

Each family has its own interests, they collude with each other, unite with each other and confront each other, under this system of checks and balances, in fact, the last thing to worry about their position is His Majesty the Emperor, such as the Wang Xie family, which seemed to be a whole and balanced each other, it is because of the existence of this confrontation that they must need an emperor to stand in the middle.

This is also why one family after another has risen and fallen, but the change of dynasty will not be purely related to the change of family.

As a consequence, most of the power of this dynasty was consumed in internal friction, so it was never possible to move forward.

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