"I'm ashamed. As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I can't even find the thief who stole wealth and killed people" Li Shimin's expression was a little depressed. In his opinion, as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he should be able to find it easily. There was a thief, but now things are backfired. The difference between what I thought and the actual situation is too big.
Although Huang Junming was also a little depressed, looking at Li Shimin's appearance, he also felt a little pity. Being in the Tang Dynasty, Huang Junming realized that Li Shimin did not control the entire Tang Dynasty with a flick of his wrist like in the history books, and the court was not monolithic. As for why the Tang Dynasty seemed to be peaceful in the early years of Zhenguan, it was simply because Li Shimin had military power in his hands and everyone was waiting and watching. Therefore, Li Shimin, who had just ascended the throne, was walking on thin ice when doing things, for fear that if he did not do well, his statement would be affected. The robbery of charity funds from the Immortal Palace today is a big deal, and maybe the people don't know about it. But the upper-class officials and families of the Tang Dynasty were indeed quite clear about this.
The fact that the charity money was robbed can be said to be a matter of face for Li Shimin. If it is handled properly, Li Shimin may not be able to gain much prestige among aristocratic families and upper class society, but if it is not handled properly, things will be unfavorable. It will definitely be criticized. As for Li Shimin, he is not afraid of fighting with real swords and guns, but what he is afraid of is the rumors that have been circulated in the market. Three people become tigers, and people's words are to be feared.
"Since you can't find it, let's check it slowly. I don't believe that this person who killed people and robbed money has always kept his feet hidden! As the saying goes, the sky is vast and there are no omissions. One day those thieves will be punished." Huang Junming didn't know whether he was giving himself a comfort or giving another comfort to Li Shimin. Or both? Fortunately, these three donations were intercepted, and one of them has already been identified, which somewhat relieved Huang Junming's anger. These two processes took a little time, and Huang Junming was not too disgusted.
"I hope so." Li Shimin said with a sigh. "By the way, Master Immortal, I have something to tell you. Those aristocratic families will no longer help you find the murderer!"
"Huh?" Huang Junming was stunned when he heard this. The person who killed people and robbed people of wealth was not from their wealthy family, and he had financial interests with the wealthy family. Why wouldn't this powerful family help Tianxian Palace find the murderer?
"Master Immortal, this is all my fault. I went to Fang Xuanling's house a few days ago to have a conversation and talked about the education reform that Master Immortal mentioned. Unexpectedly, Fang Xuanling's brother-in-law listened to him. . The Immortal Master is the Tao. It is not a big deal for the aristocratic families, the Immortal Master helps the people. Although it has affected the reputation of some aristocratic families, the Immortal Master¡¯s proposal to reform education is a huge annoyance to the aristocratic families. Since At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families gradually grew stronger and gradually monopolized the culture of the past few hundred years. The scholars were all led by the aristocratic families. And these educational reforms suggested by you, Master Immortal, are just an arrow to break the educational monopoly of the aristocratic families. It is a real threat to the interests of the aristocratic family. Therefore, the aristocratic family regards you as the enemy. I am afraid they will not participate in finding the murderer. However, they still have to get involved in the glass business of Tianxian Palace. This is rich. It is not the character of the family to not make money. However, apart from business, please be careful about the actions of the family."
Li Shimin and Huang Junming described the preface and consequences of this incident. However, given Huang Junming's character, he seems to feel that there is a trace of falsehood in Li Shimin's words. Although every word is so logical, are Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling's words just allowed to be heard in public? Everyone knows that Fang Xuanling's wife came from Fan Yanglu's family, and the famous jealous allusion comes from here. Obviously knowing that this education reform matter is harmful to the family, then why Li Shimin did not go to the inner courtyard of the palace to discuss with Fang Xuanling but went to Fang Xuanling's house to discuss it and was listened to. I'm afraid this needs to be carefully considered. .
This is the early Tang Dynasty. In addition to the contradiction between countries, the biggest contradiction is the contradiction between imperial power and aristocratic families. As for land conflicts, population conflicts, etc., since the Tang Dynasty is still relatively vast and sparsely populated, and it was only established not long ago, It's not that serious. Conflicts between countries Huang Junming and the people of the country are naturally on the side of the Tang Dynasty, but what about the conflicts between imperial power and aristocratic families? Not to mention the influence of aristocratic families among scholars. Just because this one lasted for hundreds of years, and the other only took over the world immediately for more than ten years, this is not something Li Shimin can compare with. Although Li Shimin's Guanlong Li family can be considered an aristocratic family. But after all, the foundation is relatively thin. Still can't compete with those established aristocratic families.
Although Li Shimin took advantage of his status as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he could dispatch troops and generals at any time. There are many people at the bottom who support him, but the aristocratic family cannot rebel. For hundreds of years, the aristocratic family has had disciples and disciples who are not put in the same basket during wartime. In this way, no matter which warlord wins the world in the end, they can protect their family's rights and interests from being infringed. If accumulated over the years, they will naturally have a profound foundation. Furthermore, in this feudal society, the social classes were divided into scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants.?This means that Confucian scholars ranked first. It can be seen how much the rulers pay attention to the scholars, and most of the scholars are attached to the aristocratic families, so the contradiction is quite big.
Even though the imperial examination system was established during the Sui Dynasty to curb aristocratic families, although this imperial examination system gave the children of poor families a chance to rise to the top, the children of aristocratic families have been exposed to it since childhood, and most of their own cultural knowledge is deeper than that of children from poor families. Most of the children are confined to one city or one place for their livelihood, and will not go out to take the exam until it is time for the scientific examination. Their horizons are far less broad than those of children from aristocratic families who have experienced various upper-class societies since childhood and have rich experience imparted to them. Therefore, it can be said that there are very few children from poor families who pass the scientific examination.
This can be seen from the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty had suppressed aristocratic families during Wu Zetian's period, among the sixteen prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, only two came from poor families. It can be seen that aristocratic families were definitely top-notch among ancient scholars, and most scholars worshiped culture, so each aristocratic family had a large number of scholars with foreign surnames. In this way, it effectively monopolizes the cultural aspect of the country.
Both Li Shimin and Li Yuan wanted to suppress the aristocratic family. One of the big reasons why the Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties wanted to be in chaos was that the aristocratic family was in trouble. Furthermore, the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, as the founding emperor, was originally a talented and strategic monarch, and the Sui Dynasty indeed embarked on the road of prosperity under his leadership. Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had few personality flaws, he could not Deny that every major thing Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did was beneficial to the country and the people, from the Grand Canal to the opening of the imperial examination, from taking over the empire of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to unifying the country. In some aspects, it can even be said that the territory of the Sui Dynasty was larger than the The Tang Dynasty was a little bigger. It's just that Emperor Sui Yang was too radical, doing what a dynasty should do by himself. Two more campaigns against Goryeo failed, causing the people to feel a little tired. At this time, the powerful family stood up again. With one sentence, Yang Guang started to overthrow the Sui Dynasty by extorting money and wasting money and people. Even in Wagangzhai, which is known as the peasant army, how many generals are not related to aristocratic families? Not to mention Wang Shichong and Du Fuwei, who were originally from their own families. Even Li Yuan himself is the same. Therefore, after experiencing the demise of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were quite afraid of the aristocratic family.
Precisely because of fear, we want to suppress them at all costs, and precisely because of fear, we want to win over allies. Needless to say, the children of poor families, the common people, and the army. After Huang Junming came to Datang, Taoism also had a high popularity among various social classes in Datang. Moreover, Li Shimin's disciple Jin Chanzi had a lot of gaps with the family. In this way, Li Shimin had a good answer to the question of Huang Junming's proposed education reform at Fang Xuanling's house.
Taoism is very popular, and the aristocratic family is doing business with Tianxian Palace. When things were not safe, the Taoists went to the aristocratic family. And the education reform proposed by Huang Junming is the sharpest spear to break the monopoly culture of the Aristocratic Family. If Li Shimin reveals this news to the Aristocratic Family, can the Aristocratic Family still get closer to Huang Junming? Absolutely not. In this way, Taoism will be alienated from the aristocratic family. With Huang Junming's connection with the royal family, the Taoism will probably side with the royal family in the future battle between the aristocratic family and the royal family. Even if it does not side with the royal family, the two will not help each other. Also a good thing. And this is politics.
Although Huang Junming has never participated in political affairs, he can still clearly distinguish the simple interests. Although Huang Junming is slightly unhappy with Li Shimin's actions, he has no intention of walking away. Li Shimin is the emperor. , he should consider these things, just like he developed Taoism through Li Shimin's hands, taking advantage of the situation to strengthen himself. Only by knowing how to take advantage of the situation can he get closer to his predetermined goal faster. Everyone is like this and there is no resentment. Besides, Huang Junming didn't have much favorable impression of the family in the last time regarding Jin Chanzi. Therefore, Li Shimin's actions would do no harm to Huang Junming. As for the sales of glass, merchants in the Tang Dynasty were not limited to aristocratic families. The original glass making technology was lost after the Sui Dynasty, and now only Tianxian Palace has this technology. Things are rare and expensive, and they are exclusively produced. If you don't want them, there are plenty of people who want them. Maybe the final profit will be more than selling the glass to the family.
"Furthermore, the profits from this glass are used to develop Taoism. More is good, but there is no harm in less. Taoism has already gone on the right track and is becoming more and more popular with people as time goes by.
? Southwest will take the train home tomorrow, whether there will be any updates is to be determined. I'll try to write as quickly as possible today. I still have two thousand words left. I'll pack up after I've finished (
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