Li Xin's soldiers and horses only arrived in Xingyang at the end of April, and Li Jing was in Xingyang, of course, when he arrived in Xingyang, he knew that there was a man named Wang Ji waiting for him.

Who is Wang Ji, he is known as Mr. Wudou, Dong Gaozi, he is a native of Longmen in Jiangzhou, and more importantly, he is the younger brother of the Great Confucian Wang Tong, and enjoys a wide reputation in Shilin, and today I don't know how many scholars are from his disciples, whether he is in Li Yuan's territory or Li Xin's territory, he can be unimpeded, because he is not only the younger brother of the Great Confucian, but also the Great Confucian himself, and he is respected by the political leaders of the dynasty. This time I came to Xingyang, when Li Xin returned to the army, so I came to Xingyang.

"Brother Jing, why did this Donggaozi come to Xingyang?" Li Jing came fifty miles away to greet Li Xin, and Li Xin couldn't wait.

"Your Majesty, Donggaozi's predecessors are not good!" Li Jing said seriously: "Your Majesty still remembers the female school? Although Dong Gaozi didn't mention it, Chen still guessed that Dong Gaozi came here for the sake of female studies, and now the government and the opposition are talking about it. ”

"Is it necessary for a female student to be so nervous? That Dong Gaozi hasn't been out of Longmen for a long time, and this time he came out just for this matter, this is to give me a dismount! Li Xin said with a cold snort.

"Your Majesty, this person has a good reputation in the court and the opposition, and he concentrates on teaching, and the minister has heard that many literati and writers are from the disciples of the Wang Tong brothers." Li Jing said with some worry.

"Even so, how can he discuss the affairs of the court casually?" Li Xin said with some dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, do you think that no one in the government and the opposition will discuss this matter? Now it's a Donggaozi, and it won't be a Donggaozi in a few days. Li Jing said in a low voice.

In fact, both of them understand very well that the matter of Shangyuan Night is just an introduction, and the more important thing is the women's school, although the Sui Dynasty has a relatively open atmosphere until now, but no matter what, the status of women is still very low, and now the eldest grandson has opened a women's school. When a woman has culture, what will happen, Dong Gaozi came this time not for anything else, but for women's studies.

"I didn't expect a little female student to make such a big storm." Li Xin said disdainfully.

"What does Your Highness think?" Li Jing glanced at Li Xin deeply and said, "Your Majesty, some people even say that Your Majesty is also preparing to let women be officials and increase women's power!" ”

"It's not impossible." Li Xin snorted coldly and said: "Why can't women be officials, if they are in a hurry, this kind of thing." It's not like I can't do it. ”

Li Xin was very angry, and said coldly: "In the imperial court, there are Taixue and Guozijian, and there are also schools at all levels in the local area, and the imperial court can study for free for school-age students, for which the imperial court spends a lot of money, and learned students can participate in the imperial examination, isn't it a good thing?" But in the eyes of these people, although the court has done many things, it has harmed the interests of these people. Many people think that they are great Confucian masters, and the students must be their disciples, and they run private schools and academies, and I support them. But if I threaten the court because of this, I will not allow it. ”

Li Xin remembers that there were many schools in history, and how these schools came to be were formed by private schools and academies. There were great Confucians who gave lectures together, and many students came to visit, and gradually teachers, students, classmates, and so on formed a group. Raise your strength and voice in the political arena. For example, the later Donglin Academy and so on, in essence, are such a group of people.

There were also the later Zhejiang Party, Jiangxi Party, etc., all of which were composed of private academies, or some merchants funded them, so that the scholars opened their eyes for these merchants in the court. In history, the Jin Party in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and the Donglin Party at the end of the Ming Dynasty were like this. Private schools and seowon schools are most likely to form such interest groups.

They may have started out because of a good thing, but in the end, they had a common purpose and common interests. For example, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the great Confucian Wang Tong, when he was lecturing, there were thousands of disciples, forming a strong force, even if he was sitting in Longmen, Li Xin and Li Yuan were helpless, from the point of view of spreading and edification, they played a positive role, but sometimes, it became a disadvantage.

Li Xin used to hope that this kind of Confucianism would speak for himself and open his eyes, but now it is different, such a person will have an adverse impact on his country, you are lecturing here, will people in the world still go to the academy opened by the imperial court to study?

"General, what is that place?" Li Xin suddenly saw that there were green mountains in the distance, although it was relatively far away, he could still feel that the scenery was good, and he liked it very much, and immediately asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, that is Huancuiyu, is the scenery of Xingyang, every year a large number of students go here, play in the mountains and rivers, write poems and paintings. Chen also visited this place before, and couldn't help but be attracted by the scenery in it. Li Jing said honestly.

"Okay, Dengshan, let's go, you and the general will accompany me to meet Huancuiyu." Li Xin suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile.

"Your Highness, Xingyang civil and military forces are waiting for Your Majesty!" Li Jing said with some hesitation.

"Yuanqing, go and greet them and let them come to Huancuiyu as well. By the way, where is Dong Gaozi? Li Xin suddenly smiled and said, "He's old, let him go back and rest!" I'll see him again tomorrow. ”

"Your Majesty, the predecessors of Donggaozi are in Huancuiyu." Li Jing's face suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment, and he said in a low voice: "Donggaozi came, and the students of Xingyang heard the wind and moved, and they came to the door to ask for guidance, so that they can show their skills in the imperial examination next year!" ”

With Li Xin's invincibility on the battlefield, Li Xin's territory is getting bigger and bigger, and his own officials are simply not enough, so he will open Enke every year, although the number of people admitted every year is not much, but it is much better than the triennial.

"Huh! Learning is learned, can Dong Gaozi's predecessors guess what kind of topic I will come up with next year? Or is it that the school I opened teaches not to be learned? Li Xin's eyes showed a cold snort.

"The school established by His Majesty is just a place for people in the world to read and write, but if you want to take the imperial examination and enter the officialdom, you must not only be literate, but also have a chest and abdomen, and it is the right way to write splendid articles." Chu Suiliang saw that Li Xin was dissatisfied with Dong Gaozi, and hurriedly explained.

"The one who can write a splendid article is a talent, and the person I need who can govern the world." Li Xin shook his head and said: "There are many people who will be full of money, but in the same way, these people are also male thieves and prostitutes. ”

Chu Suiliang didn't speak, he had already heard it, His Majesty the Emperor not only wanted to defend women's schools, but even disgusted with the world's private schools and academies.

But then again, those who can set up private schools and academies, such private schools, are all big families, they have a huge amount of money, and they maintain the consumption of these things, so the poems and books are in the hands of the big families, and even many officials in the court are also from the names of the big families, isn't Wang Ji of Donggaozi also a member of the Wang family? Unlike Li Zhao's Wang Qi and others, Wang Tong, Wang Ji and others all passed down their poems and books and earned enough fame in the world, while Wang Qi and others made comments in the court and made a name for Wang Tong and others.

This is not an example, in fact, those families are doing this, the method is basically the same, these famous families claim that no matter the poor, or rich, as long as they can have a good heart, understand poetry and writing, they can worship under their doors, but this is different from the ancient period of Confucius's teaching, what is taught is also Yangchun and white snow, there is no white ding, talk and laugh and have Confucianism. If you want to enter the Wang family, you are not an ordinary person, and the Wang family subsidizes for free people who have the opportunity to enter the officialdom.

Li Jing and the others didn't speak, at this time, they were also a little dissatisfied with Dong Gaozi, Li Xin might not have this opinion just now, but what Li Xin didn't expect was that Dong Gaozi didn't greet him at the city gate, and hid in Huancuiyu to give a lecture, to put it nicely, this is called educating the world, although Li Xin is the lord of the world, but it is not as important as these scholars, but to put it bluntly, Dong Gaozi did not put Li Xin in his eyes, so he will not go to the gate of Xingyang City. This is an insult to Datang.

"Let's go!" Li Xin said with a smile: "Dong Gaozi is a master in the world, now that he is old, he still wants to educate the scholars, I am very grateful in my heart, don't go up to meet Dong Gaozi in person." ”

Suddenly a historian recorded next to him: "On April 28, the second year of Zhenguan, the emperor deigned to Xingyang Huancuiyu, and met Wang Ji, the king of Donggaozi in Longmen, and the entourage was Cao Guogong Chu Suiliang, a scholar of Wudedian University, and Li Jing, a general of Wuyingdian University. ”

"Your Majesty, shouldn't you notify Huancuiyu?" Shen Qianqiu stepped forward and whispered.

"Your Majesty, if Dong Gaozi knows that His Majesty has arrived, he will definitely be happy in his heart. His Majesty's personal visit will also be a good story in Shilin. Chu Suiliang stepped forward and persuaded.

"No, there is no need to inform you, Senior Wang is a person who is dedicated to studying, how can he spoil the other party's interest because of my arrival." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "Not only that, I'll change all the clothes on my body, since I'm going to meet Shilin Lingxiu, what's the point of putting on an official robe?" Let's change it! ”

"Obey." Chu Suiliang heard a wry smile in his heart, Li Xin definitely did this on purpose. He glanced at Li Jing, and now he was afraid that only Li Jing could persuade Li Xin, but he never thought that Li Jing was touching the silver beard, standing there quietly, and not speaking at all. (To be continued.) )