"Please burn this article immediately!" Xiao Song didn't give up, still kneeling on the ground.

Li Mao asked suspiciously, "Is this necessary?" ”

"Your Majesty, this article can be written by anyone in the world, but it must not be written by Your Majesty!" Xiao Song was heartbroken.

Li Mao touched her nose, walked over to the candle, and lit the manuscript.

Xiao Song breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Your Majesty, I, Datang, founded the country with Taoism, and this article is shaking the foundation of Datang!" ”

Li Mao didn't expect the problem to be so serious, and asked suspiciously, "The Han Dynasty also founded the country with the Taoist Huang Lao doctrine, didn't it finally change to Confucianism?" ”

Only then did Xiao Song know that the emperor really wanted to change the academic guiding ideology of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, what you want to do, the emperor is already doing."

In the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan, the emperor personally annotated the Tao Te Ching and the Book of Filial Piety, and ordered everyone in the world to keep a volume. I wonder if you've read it, Your Majesty? ”

Li Mao shook her head, "I haven't read it. ”

"It doesn't matter whether Your Majesty has read it or not, the important thing is that the people don't accept it." Xiao Song said in a heavy tone.

Li Mao immediately understood.

The scholars of the Tang Dynasty did not buy Confucianism at all.

"Isn't there a Confucianism or scripture among the people?" Li Mao continued to ask.

Xiao Song shook his head and said helplessly, "Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty crossed to the south, there have been constant disputes among various countries, and they all rely on force to fight for the world, which ruler will care about the development of academics?" ”

"Alas!"

Li Mao sighed deeply, "I still want to emulate the story of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and hold a meeting in the Hongwen Palace!" ”

He was talking about the Shiqu Pavilion meeting.

This was the most important academic conference of the Han Dynasty after Dong Zhongshu proposed to depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone.

At that time, in order to further unify Confucianism and strengthen ideological rule, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty ordered Xiao Wangzhi, Liu Xiang, Wei Xuancheng, Xue Guangde, Shi Yun, Liang Qiulin, Lin Zun, Zhou Kan, Zhang Shanqian and other Confucian scholars in the third year of Ganlu (51 BC) to lecture on the similarities and differences of the Five Classics in the Shiqu Pavilion in the north of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an.

Finally, after the meeting, the guiding ideology of "internal Confucianism and external law" in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty was determined.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once said to the crown prince: "The Han family has its own system, and it is supposed to be a tyrant. ”

Among them, hegemony is Legalism, and royal is Confucianism.

Li Mao thinks deeply of it.

Therefore, I also want to hold the Tang version of the "Shiqu Pavilion Conference".

Xiao Song also guessed what the emperor meant.

He also went further, thinking that the emperor wanted to exclude people of other races.

After all, Confucianism is to look down on Yidi, and the slogan has always been to respect the king.

Xiao Song advised: "Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, far better than the Han Dynasty. ”

"During the Taizong period, Sun Shunde, the prince of Pi, Chi Gong, the prince of Eguo, Gao Shilian, and Sun Wuji, the prince of Zhao, who made great contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty during the Taizong period, are all Xianbei people, Liu Wenjing, Liu Hongji, and Liu Zhenghui are from the Southern Huns, and Qu Tutong is one of the Xi people from the Five Hus."

Li Mao probably counted that half of the twenty-four heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion were aliens.

Xiao Song continued: "Even now, there are still many foreign generals in my Datang. ”

"Gao Xianzhi, a native of Goguryeo, is now locked up in a prison by His Majesty."

"Ge Shuhan, a Western Turk, is currently the general of the Left Guard, and is in the Northern Ya Forbidden Army after His Majesty's reconstruction."

"Servant Gu Huai'en, a member of the Tiele Servant Bone Department, is currently the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu."

"Li Guangbi, a member of the Khitan tribe, was appointed by His Majesty as the deputy general of Tongguan."

"Shi Siming, a Turkic from Ningyi Prefecture, is currently the military of Zhiping Lu."

"An Lushan, a native of the Western Regions, is currently the soldier and horse envoy of the Pinglu Army, and the governor of Yingzhou!"

One by one, familiar names came out of Xiao Song's mouth, and these people were all famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mao also knew that Li Guangbi was actually a Khitan, and Shi Siming was not a Tang person.

The Tang Dynasty is really an inclusive dynasty, from the princes and nobles to the border generals, there are people of different races.

"I didn't think about setting off a Huayi debate in the DPRK!" Li Mao explained, "I am just preparing for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to convene famous Confucians from all over the world to establish the future academic ideas of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Xiao Song hesitated for a moment before answering, "Your Majesty, after more than two hundred years of war in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the folk classics have been completely lost. ”

Li Mao smiled and said: "That's easy to do, you go back and sort out a list, I will give them a conquest order, and the positions in the Guozijian and Hanlin Academy are up to them!" ”

Xiao Song said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid that they don't want to go out, especially the Gaomen in Shandong." ”

Li Mao understood the meaning as soon as she heard it.

The positions in the Guozijian and the Hanlin Academy could not attract those in the hometown of Confucius and Mencius.

After all, those people can't even look down on intermarriage with the Li Tang royal family.

"Without Butcher Zhang, do I have to eat pigs with hair?" Li Mao snorted coldly, "Isn't the Hongwen Hall of your cabinet office the largest library in our Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Your Majesty, the collection of books in the Hongwen Hall is not as rich as the five surnames and seven hopes, and there are many unique books!" Xiao Song explained.

He still didn't say a word, the collection of books in the Hongwen Hall is not as many as that of the Lanling Xiao family.

Li Mao didn't care when he heard this, "As long as there are four books and five classics and annotations by well-known scholars." ”

When the time comes, find a more talented person and let him take out the "Original Dao", and those unconvinced Confucians will naturally jump out to oppose it.

"By the way, I've invented a gadget in my spare time these days."

As she spoke, Li Mao turned around and walked towards the bookshelf.

Xiao Song looked at the two-foot-square wooden box in front of him and couldn't laugh.

The very smooth surface must have been carefully polished.

He also thought that the emperor had fallen in love with the carpenter's trade, so he was ready to give a false advice.

"This is my new invention of movable type printing!"

As Li Mao spoke, he picked up the movable type that had been carved a long time ago and arranged them according to the article in "The Original Dao".

Half a quarter of an hour later, a piece of paper that exuded the smell of ink and was full of block letters was handed over to Xiao Song.

"Your Majesty......"

Xiao Song looked at the brand-new article in his hand, and his heart was full of thoughts.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, why did the family rise?

There are only two reasons.

First, the local clans have land, grain and soldiers in their hands.

Second, the big clan has what the emperor needs most, that is, cultural people who can become officials.

After all, it is impossible for the emperor to find someone who does not know how to manage the place.

And the most important way that the big clan can monopolize culture is through the books passed down by the family.

Before the Song Dynasty, books were disseminated by hand.

Even if the emperor wanted everyone in the world to read, he couldn't find so many copyists.

And after the printing technology, there is a chance for the humble scholars.

This is also the reason why the imperial examination system was only fully promoted in the Song Dynasty.