Don't be a prince

"Meet the Empress!"

Li Mengyu, who was sitting on the seat, only felt that his companions were teasing him, and he had no intention of turning back at all.

Put the lunch box on the table and open it, and there is another crab inside.Several lunch boxes were sent in a row, all of which were crabs.

It's just a crab, and the majestic royal family can't even share a crab with a few little guys.The reason for this arrangement is just because Li Chengqian wanted to see the character of these children.

Judging from the results, it's not bad. Li Mengyu's filial piety, honesty, Li Xian's fairness, and the calmness of the children are all pretty good qualities.

Taking the cold crab claw from Su Yuan's hand, and carrying a crab, Li Chengqian sat beside Li Mengyu, handed the crab claw to his eyes and shook it.

After all, Li Mengyu still wanted to eat crab claws. When he saw the crab claws, he was immediately attracted.

Turning his head, Li Mengyu was very surprised when he found his father, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Father, why are you here?"

Li Chengqian said cheekily: "You left too fast. There are still some crabs in the kitchen next door. You didn't bring them with you, so I brought them here. Your mother told me what you did. Very good, yes." Filial piety is a good boy. A good boy should be rewarded, so now, you can enjoy a crab and an extra claw."

After speaking, Li Chengqian opened the lunch box and handed Su Yuan's crab claw to Li Mengyu.

In Li Mengyu's pure mind, he didn't realize that this was the test set up by his father. His mind was completely occupied by a whole crab and an extra claw, and he immediately cheered.

Patting Li Mengyu on the shoulder, Li Chengqian got up and walked in front of Li Xian and said: "As the oldest of these children, it is right for you to take care of the young ones, but it is wrong to flatter Mengyu. The reason why I don't make a crown prince now is because Meng Yu is not qualified yet. As for whether he will be qualified in the future, no one knows. Now, he is just your brother and does not need special treatment. By the way, when you go back, tell your father that when you rest another day, Remember to come into the palace and have a drink with me."

Li Xian, who is already eight years old, can naturally bear the responsibility of delivering the message, squatting down and saluting, promising to bring the message to her.

Without disturbing the children for lunch, Li Chengqian took Su Yuan and left Yiqiu Palace.

Now that children are born, they are responsible for them, not only to raise them, but also to ensure that they can walk on the right path and not make mistakes.

In the summary of Li Shimin's children's education, Li Chengqian found that this old guy just trusted the outsiders such as the husband, subordinate officials, and long history he assigned to his children too much.

At least, apart from him, the crown prince, Li Shimin has never, never, ever taught anything in person.Even for him, the crown prince, education is usually a three-and-a-half-fifth degree.

If you don't handle your children's education by yourself, no matter how many elite professors you find, there is no way to avoid the risk of being wronged!

Chapter 545 The Great Tang Mention Division

Li Chengqian, who is completely free, just wanders around, except for a fixed few days a month, when he needs to set aside an hour to deal with government affairs.

All the palaces in the Tai Chi Palace were shattered into pieces in a bang of explosions.

Like the Daming Palace, the new Taiji Palace also uses a concrete body, with wooden boards for the exterior walls, and white plaster walls and sandalwood floors for the interior.Because the construction of the Taiji Palace was costly, from Chengtianmen to Suzakumen to Mingdemen, it was completely occupied by the transportation teams coming and going.

And without the Tai Chi Hall, the new court meeting place is set in the Mingde Hall of the East Palace.Although the Hanyuan Hall in Daming Palace was bigger and more luxurious, Li Chengqian still didn't choose it.

You can't choose, even if you just borrow it, it won't work.Thinking about it in his own shoes, Li Chengqian also knows what it feels like to have his territory occupied. The emperor after the Zen throne lives on a little face.

Li Yifu and Zhang Jianzhi are the stewards of the Ministry of Industry in charge of the craftsmen.Unlike Zhao Yi and others, they have no notable achievements, even if they are directly adjusted from a county magistrate to a position in the Ministry of Industry, it is considered a high promotion.

Li Yi's mansion, which has been traveling abroad for several years, has been completely smoothed out.The work at the bottom made him learn to be down-to-earth, and now he manages the craftsmen in an orderly manner, and there is no sign of anxiety.

As for Zhang Jianzhi, he also learned to settle down.

After standing on the city wall and watching the construction site for a while, Li Chengqian ordered Zhang Yun to call Zhang Jianzhi and Li Yifu over.

Seeing the emperor, both of them saluted respectfully.

Walking in front of Li Yi's mansion, Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Do you know why you were assigned to be the magistrate of the poorest county as soon as you graduated?"

Li Yifu cupped his hands and said: "I understand that I was too impatient back then. As soon as I graduated, I planned to keep climbing, and even thought of a series of ways to bribe my boss and manage relationships. I have made a plan for how long to advance to the next level. Looking back now, the humble minister at the beginning was just thinking about making meritorious deeds and being a high-ranking official, and he completely forgot the original intention of entering the academy."

"Then what have you learned during your travels abroad?"

"Do things in a down-to-earth manner. Your Majesty, through some travels, I understand the truth that doing things can only be down-to-earth. If you want high officials and rich salary, you can only rely on your own efforts to win them, and use your merits to exchange them. The goal of this minister is still not clear. However, the minister now chooses to take the right path instead of taking shortcuts."

Hearing his words, Li Chengqian laughed immediately.Who said that human nature is immutable?At least Li Yifu, a treacherous official, learned to keep his feet on the ground because of his travels in other places.

Looking at Zhang Jianzhi again, Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Zhang Jianzhi, what experience have you had during the years you have been an official in Wannian County?"

Zhang Jianzhi cupped his hands and said: "To tell you the truth, when I graduated, I still felt that I was a dragon and a phoenix because of your majesty's blue eyes when I graduated. However, during the time when I was an official in Wannian County, I was surprised. He found that it is not enough to govern a county with the talents of a humble minister, let alone the major events in the court.

Compared with the princes in the court, Wei Chen deeply understands his own shortcomings, so Wei Chen no longer has extravagant hopes for soaring to the sky, and is willing to steadily and slowly promote. "

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "It's good to know, it's not in vain that I and a few old gentlemen worry about your affairs together. Li Yifu, Zhang Jianzhi, I can tell you clearly now that compared with your peers, you are indeed geniuses. But ah, the starting point of a genius is high, which may not be a good thing.

Perhaps you also know that among the graduates of Zhenguan College, Zhao Yi and Fang Yu are the highest-ranked officials, one is Shangshu Pushe and the other is Shangshucheng.The two of them can be regarded as geniuses, but when they graduated, they gave up the court and chose a place.One is in Dengzhou and the other is in Yanzhou, and they made achievements that shocked the government and the public.

Because of their experience as local officials, they can make safe decisions even if they are in high positions.To tell you the truth, there are not one or two people waiting for the two of them to make jokes in the court.However, these people were all disappointed without exception.Because, a real genius, coupled with a real vision experience, is invincible.

I am very optimistic about you, and I believe that you are in a high position and can do better than many people.However, what I want is not a genius beyond ordinary people, but a perfect genius.So, you still have to endure.When will you be promoted to the top with your own accumulation, I believe that you will be worthy of the evaluation of "the talent of the prime minister", understand? "

Both Li Yifu and Zhang Jianzhi fell to their knees: "I understand!"

Li Chengqian nodded, ordered the two of them to level up, then turned around and went down the city wall.

The project of the Taiji Palace, because it started with all its strength, could be completed almost before the beginning of autumn.After the Taiji Palace, the East Palace was renovated.Li Chengqian doesn't believe in a set of education methods that "work his muscles and bones". Excessive harshness and excessive doting are not good for children's education.And how to grasp the middle degree is really difficult.

Just about to go to the yamen of the six ministries of the three provinces to have a look, an eunuch came to report that it was Yang Du, the college's sacrificial wine, asking to see him.

Hearing this news, Li Chengqian immediately turned back to the East Palace.

At the entrance of the East Palace, Yang Du was sitting on the chair brought by the eunuch, and there was a young man standing beside him, it was Di Renjie.

Seeing the emperor, Yang Du wanted to stand up and salute, but was supported by Li Chengqian who took a few quick steps.

"Master Yang has something to do. Please send me a letter. I will come to visit. Why do I need to trouble you to come to the palace in person. Besides, didn't I tell you that at your advanced age, you don't need to treat me To salute, on the contrary, I should salute you."

What Li Chengqian said was the truth. Now that Yang Du is over 90 years old, taking a car from the academy to Chang'an is no less than a torture.

Yang Du opened his toothless mouth and smiled and said, "How can a courtier let the emperor come to visit him? It's not in keeping with etiquette."

Although I don't know how much he lost and lost all his teeth, Yang Du is in good spirits and even walks relatively steadily.

But to be on the safe side, Li Chengqian ordered the old man to be carried to the Lizheng Hall with a shoulder car.

After taking his seat, Li Chengqian greeted him: "Master Yang, are you in good health?"

Yang Du smiled and said: "Except for not being able to eat hard food, there is nothing serious about it. Before Lao Li Gang left, he asked the old man to go down to see him later and help him see Datang more. Now it seems that it really needs to be delayed for two more days. Two years. Fang Xiaoquan and Chen Sidao also live in the cemetery of the college, and every time I go to worship them, the old man feels how time flies."

After finishing speaking, Yang Du changed the subject: "Your Majesty, the old man came to visit you today because he wanted to talk to you about the academy. Jin Wang said these things, he can't decide, he has to come to you."

Can only find the emperor?Li Chengqian sat up straight and asked, "I don't know what it is that requires you to make a special trip?"

Yang Du took out something that looked like a memorial from his pocket, and handed it over with both hands.

After opening it, Li Chengqian was stunned.

Different from right to left and top to bottom, Yang Du's report was written from left to right and top to bottom.

Seeing that the emperor was very surprised, Yang Du smiled and said, "I learned this writing method from Your Majesty. When Your Majesty practiced calligraphy, it was done in this order. I tried it later and found that it was printed in this way. There is no difference between reading books and vertical layout. And when writing, it is not easy to erase the words written before. It can be said that there are many benefits."

Li Chengqian nodded. That's true. The way of writing vertically from right to left actually evolved from the bamboo slip era.Because the bamboo slips are vertical, it is more convenient to engrave vertically.And because you have to scroll while reading, right-hand scrolling is definitely more convenient than left-hand scrolling, so this writing method also appeared.

But now, with the research of some guys who specialize in people's livelihood in the scientific research institute, while the quality of paper is constantly increasing, the output is also constantly increasing.The popularity of paper is not far away.It is necessary to change the way of writing.

However, this is obviously not the most important.

Seeing the second column of the report, Li Chengqian laughed immediately.

Popular Mandarin!

He had realized this problem a long time ago.There are different pronunciations in three miles. When you go to a foreign state capital, especially to deal with the local people, you must bring a translator.The popularization of Mandarin is really necessary.

Although Datang's official language is still far from Putonghua, to be honest, Li Chengqian himself almost forgot what Putonghua is like.After all, no matter what, he has lived in Datang for more than ten years.

but....

Looking at Di Renjie, Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Di Renjie, you should graduate this year!"

Di Renjie smiled wryly and said with relief: "Finally, I have been approved by the gentlemen to graduate. In the history of the college, the students are probably the ones who have studied for the longest time."

"That's good. I have already thought out the topic of your thesis for you. From tomorrow, you can live in the palace. I have a method to promote Mandarin. I want to give it to you. As long as you sort it out, it will be a special Papers on the Internet!"

"This...."

Di Renjie hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, the students want to write their own papers. However, there is still time for His Majesty to sort out and promote the methods. Please allow Your Majesty."

Geniuses have their own pride, so Li Chengqian agreed.

The change in writing style and the popularization of Mandarin are not trivial matters, and such matters must be addressed by the court.

After Yang Du was sent away and Di Renjie was left behind, Li Chengqian stuck to the desk and began to draw up various unified matters.Not only the official language, but also weights and measures must be re-unified.Since Qin Shihuang unified weights and measures, the world has been divided and united, and the weights and measures that were not completely unified have become scattered again.Now that the Tang Dynasty is so stable, it is necessary to fully implement the things that the First Emperor did not implement.

Soon, the order to the Ministry of Industry and other departments was written, and after ordering Zhang Yun to send out the order, Li Chengqian finally had time to talk to Di Renjie.

Normally, it takes four years to graduate from the academy.But Di Renjie, who entered school at the age of eight, was delayed for two years, and was not approved to graduate until now at the age of 14.

The reason why Di Renjie was dragged and not allowed to graduate is naturally that Yang Du and other old gentlemen have the same worries as Li Chengqian, and they all hope that Di Renjie can settle down and accumulate a lot of money.A real genius should not be a blockbuster and hoarse again, but should maintain a superhuman mind for a long time.Graduating too early will easily make Di Renjie become smug due to external praise, too satisfied with the present, and lose the strength to fight for the future.

Smiling and pointing to the chair, Li Chengqian said, "Sit down. Although I have ascended the throne and become the emperor, there is no need for you to be so afraid of me. Tell me, what do you want to say now?"

Di Renjie sat on the chair and said with a long sigh of relief: "It can be regarded as graduation, which means that the students are young, otherwise they will be suspected by the people around them. Your Majesty, what are you going to sort out? Why don't you just follow Students talk?"

Li Chengqian pointed to the table in front of him and said, "Of course, come and sit down. The thing I want to organize is called Pinyin..."

After all, Di Renjie is smart, but in just one afternoon, he thoroughly learned how to mark words with pinyin.

Seeing that Di Renjie had sorted out the pinyin, Li Chengqian asked: "Di Renjie, can you tell me what you plan to write in your thesis? You seem very confident!"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the thesis that the student is going to write is not so much a thesis, it is more like a letter of advice. Unlike others, the student has traveled in the Tang Dynasty for three years. The most insecure thing for students is the prison. Especially the death penalty, the loopholes in it are really too big.”

Li Chengqian asked curiously: "Since Zhang Yun's ancient case, Datang has adopted the form of quintuple for the death penalty. Do you still think it's inappropriate to be so harsh?"

Di Renjie said without hesitation: "That's not right, Your Majesty, what you see is the case compiled by the subordinate officials after all. What if these people are also making fakes? What if they themselves don't have sufficient investigation of the facts?"

Hearing Di Renjie's words, Li Chengqian laughed immediately, and said seductively, "But, I am the lord of the world, so I can't just investigate the situation myself just because of a small case."

Di Renjie said anxiously: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so of course you can't, but your minister can. Your Majesty, the student's suggestion is to set up a special department for reviewing cases in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It's not just waiting for the case to be reported by the county government in the lower state, but to go there in person. Investigate and collect evidence. And if the common people have grievances, they don’t have to go to Chang’an to go to Beijing to face the saint, and they can also get appeals, wouldn’t it be great?”

Seeing Di Renjie's earnest expression, Li Chengqian laughed out loud.

That's true, but there's no need for Di Renjie to remind him. This year, he himself plans to set up a criminal prosecution division in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. "The Great Song Mentions the Criminal Officer", no matter what, I have seen it.This kind of review and censorship of official organizations should not appear until the Song Dynasty.

However, no matter what, Di Renjie thought of an idea, which is worthy of encouragement.

Standing up and patting Di Renjie on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Then write your thesis, not only you, college students, but anyone who has any opinions on politics can write the thesis as a letter of advice. From now on, the academy A student's thesis, if it is a letter of advice, should be directly in front of me."

Di Renjie was overjoyed, knelt down on the ground and said in admiration: "Your Majesty is truly a wise king!"

Pulling up Di Renjie, Li Chengqian said: "I am going to set up a punishment department in the Ministry of Criminal Justice to review and review cases across the country. Of course, the punishment department is not a Beijing official, but should be set up in each province. The first step can only do so much , and then spread to the state capital, it will take a while, and wait for the Taoist criminal justice to gain a firm foothold. Di Renjie, with your talent, I originally thought of arranging you directly to the court. But today you have Speaking of which, I am going to send you to the local criminal court, what do you think?"

Di Renjie said with a smile: "You put the students directly in the court, and the students have headaches. Students can't do things in the local area, and they can do things in a practical way. Students can't wish for it! There is no shortage of talents in the Tang Dynasty to criticize Fang Qiu, but the lack of People who are willing to bend down to do things, Zhao Yi, Fang Yu and other seniors have deeds before, how can we not follow?"

5Chapter 16 Rise and fall can be determined by one word

Li Chengqian was very happy with Di Renjie's unpretentious remarks.

Yes, no matter in the past, future or present, people's eyesight will always only look up, aiming at one of the highest positions.

Being pretentious is a stupid thing that everyone does.So there are "unrecognized talents" and "sit and look at Nanshan". However, the reality is that perhaps some people are indeed envied by envy, but more people are really nothing. (Nanshan Giant Forgiveness)

"With" a heart of pity for the common people, but avoiding the work at the grassroots level and focusing on climbing up, this is a bad habit that the talents of the land of China have not been able to get rid of for thousands of years.

Nodding to Di Renjie, Li Chengqian said: "It's very good to have such an idea. Indeed, our Tang Dynasty does not lack talents who criticize Fang Qiu, but what we lack is people who are willing to do things in a down-to-earth manner. Since you have such thoughts, I I will reserve an official position for you, after graduation, come directly to report to me."

Di Renjie was naturally overjoyed, and after bowing, he said goodbye and left.

Seeing the back of Di Renjie leaving, Li Chengqian recalled the official positions of the various ministries of the Tang Dynasty, and said to Zhang Yun: "The Ministry of Officials, was promoted to Liangzhou Governor's Mansion and joined the army. Di Zhixun is the county magistrate of Wannian County. Di Xiaoxu's age He's grown up too, so it's inappropriate to accompany his grandson on a trip to Tang Dynasty, let Di Zhixun go back to Beijing to fulfill his filial piety."

Zhang Yun agreed and went to deliver the order.

Although it is only an oral oracle, the officials will still carry it out after hearing it.Because the reason Di Zhixun was transferred was out of filial piety, and Di Xiaoxu was originally a baron, so he should be treated preferentially.

In the past, when rice was scarce, it was known as "polished rice", but now with the popularity of Champa rice and the expansion of rice fields, rice is no longer scarce. Some street restaurants have gradually begun to serve white rice as a staple food. .

Same thing, just in reverse.At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were a lot of titles, and there were hundreds of dukes alone.But after Emperor Gaozu and Taishanghuang cut it down, the title of duke finally began to appreciate.And now, not to mention the Duke, even the Earl of the Marquis, they are already very high titles.In other words, as long as there is a title, it is directly superior to others, and no one considers where this title ranks.

With the retirement of the older generation of dukes, their titles were passed on to the next generation without the prefix "founding the country".Founding Duke, when the title is passed on, there is no need to decrement one level.And starting from the generation of Li Chongyi and others, every time it is passed down, it will be weakened by one level.

This is still a normal situation, and if the person who has won the title is not well-known, or has committed a felony, it may not be able to continue to pass on.

Controlling the title, this is what Li Shimin has been doing all along, and Li Chengqian also decided to continue this matter.

When midsummer came, the Tai Chi Hall was finally rebuilt.The newly built Tai Chi Hall looks imposing.From the outside, it looks like the original Tai Chi Hall, an expanded version.

However, after formally entering, it was discovered that the changes had been huge.

Entering from the Taiji Hall, you can see a brand new meeting place at a glance.However, to the astonishment of all civil and military officials, there are actually many chairs and tables here, unlike the previous Taiji Hall furnishings.Quantitatively, it appears that...

Is it for courtiers?