Chapter 21: Worrying about the Country and Not Forgetting to Get Rich (I)
The martial arts world is undoubtedly colorful, but anyone who has seen the magnificent martial arts stories written by masters such as Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng will always have a yearning for martial arts in their hearts. But Li Zhen has never seen those masters play light skills or the like, even the so-called internal skills, and I have never heard of anyone who can do two strokes, after a long time, he has died in this regard, but since he got the book given by Yuan Tiangang, Li Zhen has been a little confused.
The book is very old, the ink has faded a little, the book is not thick, just about ten pages, there is no name, the inside is full of people who look like scholars making sword patterns, the painting skills are good, each picture is lifelike, there are some notes on the side of each picture, but the problem is in those notes - Li Zhen can understand, nothing more than a sword book and the like, but Li Zhen didn't know a word of those annotations, it was completely like a book from heaven, and he had no clue after thinking about it for a long time, so he took it and asked Li Jing, I didn't think that Li Jing didn't answer at all, but just said that it was self-evident over time.
Only time will tell? Li Zhen was stunned and couldn't see where this "self-evident" came from, but Li Jing didn't say it, and Li Zhen was helpless, so he had to put this "Book of Heaven" aside first - since Yuan Tiangang met him, Li Jing's homework suddenly increased several times, not only the progress of Confucianism was much faster, but also the knowledge of astronomy, geography and other things was not less taught, Rao is Li Zhen has the ability to never forget and is extremely difficult to deal with, not to mention that Qin Qiong's martial arts course is also very heavy, Li Zhen has little free time to take care of his own business, Not to mention the book of heaven that I don't know where it came from.
The days just go by day by day, in the blink of an eye is the second month of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Zhen, who has followed Li and Qin for more than a year, has grown a lot taller, and his small body is extremely strong, not to mention his knowledge, and his kung fu also has some appearance, although he can't pull a hard bow yet, play some tricks of a hundred steps through Yang, but he can make do with a few marksmanship on a horse, Li Zhen's "prodigy" name is therefore confirmed, and the Manjing division knows that His Royal Highness the King of Han is heroic and intelligent, and the legend about Li Zhen is not old or young in the market, When people were educating their children, they took Li Zhen as an example, which made Li Zhen proud, but also a little scared - people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, God knows if the "cute" brothers will take action because of their own fame, helpless, Li Zhen can only be careful, never hook up with that group of brothers, in addition to practicing martial arts every day, he is busy with business, and his small life is also very fulfilling.
Li Zhen was very busy, and the brothers were not idle, during this period of time, although there was no head-to-head confrontation with each other, they all stepped up their efforts to win over the courtiers and accumulate strength, and the occurrence of a major event finally made the undercurrent that had always been hidden begin to surface, and the secret struggle between the brothers began to transform into open contention, which is like this:
On February 21, the seventh year of Zhenguan, the imperial examination that had been postponed for more than a month was finally released, and the reason why it was delayed for so long was not because the candidates gathered and were too busy, but in fact, because the candidates were pitiful, and the quality was very poor, so that the examiner did not know how to choose - a big comparison, Ming Jing, Junshi, Ming Law, Ming Calculation, Ming Zi, Jinshi, a total of six subjects, but the total number of candidates added up was only a pitiful 300 people, not to mention, Zhen'er can only pass the Ming Jing Department less than ten people, None of the remaining five subjects passed, and such a humiliating result really made the examiners a little overwhelmed - although the results of the imperial examination in previous years were not much better, but after all, there were still some winners in each subject, at least there were one or two talented people who stood out in the Jinshi department, but this subject was completely wiped out, which made Li Shimin, who had always advocated educating the people and choosing the talents of the world for his own use, was extremely annoyed.
If the imperial court wants to educate the people, this is naturally a good thing, but if you want to educate the people, you must have books, right? In this way, the problem arises - all the books at this time are handwritten, after the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there are not many surviving books, most of them are in the hands of the family gatekeepers, and the folk books are pitiful, because they are copied, there are still many fallacies, and since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been any effort to govern the code, which leads to the fact that there is no model for educating the people, and God knows how those sub-magistrates should obey the edict to carry it out, who will rule the code, together the princes are fighting.
The first to shoot was Li Tai, the king of Yue, the first day Li Shimin just issued an edict to persuade learning, the next morning Li Tai on the chapter, in the hype of his own Lao Tzu's wise decision-making, put forward to compile classics, Ming Confucianism, and Mao recommended himself to act as the editor-in-chief; Li Tai's recital was written impassionedly and quite literati, so that after Li Shimin read it, he was very happy, but before Li Shimin gave the edict to go, the prince who got the news stopped doing it, and also went to this chapter, claiming that the Hongwen Pavilion was in the East Palace, and the collection of books was rich in not to mention, the bachelors of the Hongwen Pavilion were all people who were rich in learning and five cars, and since they wanted to repair the classics, it should be appropriate for the East Palace to come forward; Li Chengqian's words in this chapter are scorching and reasonable, which makes Li Shimin very embarrassed, but before Li Shimin can make a decision, Li Ke, the king of Shu, is also on the book, and he also proposes to govern the classics, the difference is that Li Ke's text not only contains how to govern the canons and what to govern the canons, but even the corresponding canonical plans are listed in detail. That's it, the three princes are on the front bar, and they are all quite reasonable, this time Li Shimin will be in trouble, and he can't decide who should lead the revision of the canon for a while, so he simply issued an edict to let the courtiers go to this meeting, heh, this time it will be lively, and the guests under the prince's door are busy jumping up and down, and when the court is neutral, the wolf smoke is everywhere, and there is no one in peace.
The brothers don't fight, Li Zhen doesn't care, if it's other things, Li Zhen doesn't bother to pay attention to it at all, but this time the matter of governing the canon makes Li Zhen see the business opportunities - after nearly two years of preparation, Li Zhen's printing factory is close to completion, and even the sample book has been printed, it's time to make a lot of money, but technology alone is not enough, there must be an opportunity, right? If you don't have a famous name, you print and distribute books and periodicals privately, and if you are ginseng, then something big will happen, right? is not interested in seizing Li Zhen, but for making a lot of money, Li Zhen is something she dreams of, and naturally she doesn't want such a good opportunity to make money in her hands, but how to make a profit still has to be calculated, right? Li Zhen thought about it repeatedly for several days, and finally came up with a way, no, she was immediately busy.
On February 24, the seventh year of Zhenguan, it was the day of the early dynasty again, the old man had just gone to court, and his ass was not sitting, and a group of princes made a fuss, at the beginning they expressed their opinions, and at the end they became quarrels with each other, and the quarrels were red-faced, and the courtiers who were attached to the princes were also busy helping their masters, and the hall was full of chaos, which was no different from the vegetable market, and it was no wonder that the princes were so enthusiastic - this presiding over the rule of the ceremony is not only a good thing to be famous in the world and leave a name in history, It also has great benefits for attracting the morale of the people, not to mention the sweetness of the big cake allocated by the imperial court. The princes fought hard, but Li Shimin had a headache, and in desperation, he had to announce the dissolution of the dynasty early, and summoned Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, the eldest grandson Wuji and other important ministers to the Ganlu Hall to discuss matters.
The deliberations are on the agenda, in front of Li Shimin, a cadre of ministers spoke enthusiastically around the matter of governing the code, all of them spoke impassionedly, there is something to say, but it can be analyzed carefully, but it is all falsehood, not even a real one, no one will express which prince should be supported, without him, the big guys are all old rivers and lakes, how can they not know the small abacus in the hearts of the princes, in the case of not knowing what the holy will is, no one will be stupid enough to put an oolong on their own, this time it's good, On the surface, it seems that there is a vigorous discussion in the Ganlu Palace, but it is all slogan-like things, and it can't solve the problem at all, which makes Li Shimin's face a little blue with anger. Li Shimin's anger is not tight, the important ministers in the hall are all some people, when they saw that the situation was not good, they all immediately fell silent, everyone stood with their hands down, and they all became Buddha statues, and the hall was so quiet that only Li Shimin's heavy wheezing sound was ringing.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Han asks to see you." Just as Li Shimin was about to attack, Gao Yao, the inner attendant, walked in from outside the hall, hurriedly stepped forward, and reported respectfully.
"Xuan." Li Shimin was angry, his face was cold, and he was silent for a while before waving his hand and saying.
"The son knocks on his father." As soon as Li Zhen entered the hall, he immediately found that the atmosphere was a little wrong, but this was originally expected, except for the matter of governing the canon, I am afraid that there will be no other things that can make the old man angry like this, if it is possible, Li Zhen really does not want to come out at this time, but it is a pity that Li Zhen is eager to make money, and secondly, only Li Zhen can be free on the days when Li Jing went to court, and if you want to go to the capital, you can only take advantage of this opportunity, right?
"Excuse me, Zhen'er, why are you so anxious to see me?" Although Li Shimin was in a bad mood, he was not a faint gentleman after all, and he couldn't do anything like that to anger people, so he groaned for a while and asked as gently as possible.
What's the matter? Hey, it's a good thing to make money, your old man is famous, and we'll be good. Li Zhen was proud in her heart, but she said very calmly on her face: "Enlighten your father, and your sons have a book to play, which is about governing the canon......"
Before Li Zhen finished speaking, Li Shimin's face immediately drooped - the three sons were fighting for each other, and another Li Zhen appeared at this end, which really made Li Shimin angry, waved his hand hatefully, snorted coldly, and interrupted Li Zhen's words, and the temperature in the hall suddenly seemed to drop by a few degrees, and it was so cold that people shivered......