I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

Early the next morning, Gu Yuanbai passed on the breakfast in Xue Yuan's room in a low-key manner.After Old General Xue heard about it, he still felt disrespectful after much deliberation, so he went to Xue Yuan's courtyard early in the morning, waiting in front of him to ask for an interview.

After a while, the servant was ordered to bring Old General Xue into the courtyard.Before Old General Xue took a few steps, he saw the Maxima that the mansion's servant had mentioned yesterday.

The horse was tied to a tree without a single hair on its body.This is a good horse, but it is not the horse that Xue Yuan bought. The horse that Xue Yuan bought has a circle of dark hair on the four hooves, which is as eye-catching as a black rope, and is extremely heroic. .Old General Xue took a second look at the horse and walked to the door.

The door creaked, and the smell of rice followed.Gu Yuanbai was sitting behind the table, pointing to the seat in front of him, "Xue Qing, sit down."

Old General Xue stepped forward to sit down respectfully, and Xue Yuan handed the bowl and chopsticks to the old father.Old General Xue felt annoyed when he saw him, but in front of the Holy Master, he just kept his face down.

Xue Yuan glanced lightly at his father, then put all his attention on the Holy Majesty's body, and quietly supported the Holy Majesty's waist with his hands from behind, giving the Majesty the strength to sit up straight.

Gu Yuanbai relaxed a little.

Breakfast should be light, but the meals used by the Holy Majesty are too light.Old General Xue tasted two mouthfuls, but he couldn't finish it. He said worriedly: "The servants in the mansion are really lazy, how can the Holy Majesty eat these things?"

Gu Yuanbai took a mouthful of the tasteless clear soup, and smiled, "Xue Qing, it's not bad to try the clear porridge by chance. Don't talk about it, you just happened to be here this morning, so let's take a walk with me. I have some things for you to do."

General Xue immediately said: "The minister accepts the order."

After the meal, Xue Yuan carefully supported the Holy Majesty and walked outside.

The carriage of Xue's mansion has been prepared outside the mansion, Xue Yuan went up to have a look, frowned and jumped down to run to the mansion, "Your Majesty, wait for me."

After a while, he brought three cotton quilts and spread them in the carriage.

Gu Yuan stood beside the carriage without changing his face, his figure was straight, but his waist was sore and weak, and his calves could not stand up straight.

With Xue Yuan not by his side, no one dared to approach the incomparably majestic Holy Majesty.Under the neat robes, all these powerlessness were firmly covered.

General Xue stood aside and muttered to himself doubtfully, "Where do you need three quilts?"

Gu Yuanbai was filled with embarrassment. Fortunately, after a while, Xue Yuan spread the quilt, got out of the car and held the hand of the Holy Majesty: "My Majesty, I will help you get into the car."

He was cautious and walked slowly, and asked from time to time: "Is the minister walking fast? You can first check if you are comfortable. Is the Holy One thirsty? Are your feet tired?"

The voice gradually became lower, and the Holy One said: "Shut up."

Old General Xue was stunned for a while, and then rode up to follow.

The place Gu Yuanbai went to was the residence of his crown prince Taifu Li Bao.

Li House.

There was a guqin in the pavilion, and everyone was sitting in the pavilion, warm tea was brought by the servant girl, Li Bao stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to pour a cup of warm tea for the Holy One himself.

The Holy One stopped him gently, "Teacher is old, how can you let him do such trivial things?"

As soon as the Holy Majesty finished speaking, Xue Yuan got up in time, picked up the teapot and quickly poured four cups of tea.

He poured the tea as if he was chewing peonies, he didn't know how to drink tea, Gu Yuan's eyelids twitched, he took the tea bowl with a smile, and took a sip.

But no one at the table paid attention to Xue Yuan's movement of pouring tea.

Li Bao was a little uneasy, but also a little anxious.However, the Holy Majesty told him about the scenery in the courtyard slowly and leisurely, and read two more lines of poem: "This poem has been spread from south to south across the whole country. .”

Li Baodao: "Yes, this child is full of aura and indeed has some talent in poetry."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, "The Taifu has taught and educated people for ten years, and there are many peaches and plums in the world, and everyone has extraordinary knowledge. Those who are praised by the Taifu must be talents."

"Your Majesty," Li Bao was moved by His Majesty's words, "I am ashamed, my youngest son... Your Majesty, you trust me so much, I am truly ashamed."

"Teacher, don't be too modest." The Holy One smiled, "Your son made a mistake when he was young and ignorant. As long as he knows his mistake and corrects it, I don't have to worry about it."

Xue Yuan looked thoughtfully at the Holy Majesty and the Crown Prince Taifu with deep eyes.

Has the youngest son of the crown prince ever offended His Majesty?

Li Bao was overjoyed and immediately knelt down to thank him.Gu Yuanbai stopped him, took out an envelope from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Teacher, come and take a look at this first."

On the letter paper is an article called "Cao Gui's Controversy" that uses punctuation to break sentences.

After Li Bao read the first sentence, he noticed the small things between the words. He looked up at the Holy One in surprise, and the Holy One nodded and said, "Read on."

The great Confucianist at the time restrained his mind and continued to read.

After Li Bao finished reading it, he was silent for a long time. Gu Yuanbai took a sip of tea without haste, and then asked, "What do you think of this article?"

Li Bao couldn't say anything, and said in an extremely complicated way: "This..."

"This is called punctuation," Gu Yuanbai said slowly, "After reading this article, the Taifu should know its function."

After Gu Yuanbai finished writing this article last night, when he showed it to Xue Yuan, Xue Yuan, a "literate person", could see the general effect of these punctuation marks, not to mention the famous emperor Li Bao.

Li Bao opened his mouth several times, "Your Majesty, I—"

Gu Yuanbai shook his head, and only asked with a smile: "Teacher, you just need to tell me, is this a good thing?"

Li Bao's face trembled, for a long time, he said with difficulty: "This is a good thing."

Gu Yuanbai took the article over, "I'm afraid the Grand Tutor may not understand it, so I'll explain it to the Grand Tutor again. This curved symbol is called a 'comma', and it's used to separate short sentences that don't end in sentences... "

After talking one by one, Li Bao's hand holding the crutch was trembling. Gu Yuanbai pretended not to see it, and after he finished speaking, he smiled and said to Li Bao: "The Taifu, like me, thinks this is a good thing. Since it is Good things, I have to spread them all over the world and benefit the common people, right?"

Li Bao: "..."

He suddenly opened his eyes.

In this world, those who have gained power and money are most afraid of someone coming up to share the money and someone coming up to share the power.

The imperial examination is a truly heavenly way to the upper class to change one's background.People who have already become officials cannot cut off this road, and they cannot prevent them from spreading their power. They can only find another way, using the most basic thing of the imperial examination—sentence reading, to cut off the road to heaven for some people. .

The theory of sentence reading is the key to reading. If you don't understand sentence reading, you can't read.Disciples and schools use various sentences to strengthen themselves.Scholars devoted themselves to learning sentences and reading to become officials, and they formed a school of their own in the court.Great Confucianists and imperial teachers like Li Bao are behind the famous "Shangxue" school.

These punctuation marks used by the Holy Majesty have basically touched the cakes of all the officials and upper-level figures of various schools.

Everyone is following this unspoken rule, no matter how the power is divided, it will grow among the schools. I am willing to give you power because you are mine.Officials no longer reject imperial examinations, and the rich money will eventually return to their own hands, but such a result will only make the emperor dangerous in the long run.

Forming cliques for private interests and holding groups, such things are endless even in modern times.From small student classes to large international worlds, such things cannot be avoided anywhere.

Li Bao couldn't answer, so Gu Yuanbai turned his gaze to Old General Xue, and asked with a smile: "Xue Qing, you said something that is useful to the country and the people, should I promote it to the world?"

Old General Xue didn't know why, but he still nodded forcefully, "I think it should be so!"

On Li Bao's old forehead, a drop of cold sweat ran deep into the temples along the wrinkles.

"My lord, this thing is a good thing." He hesitated to speak, and said in a reserved manner, "I'm just afraid that a talented person...can't accept such a novelty."

Gu Yuanbai took a deep look at him, put down his teacup, "Teacher is right, if this is the case, then I will call some talented people, and I will ask them personally to see if they think they can accept it or not. "

"Come here," Gu Yuanbai said without waiting for Li Bao to stop him, "Call Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan to come."

Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan, firstly, gained their reputations by relying on their own talents, and secondly, they were praised by the Holy Spirit, and their talents were even more resounding in Xixia.When the two of them stood in front of Li Bao, Li Bao felt bad and kept wiping the cold sweat off his brow.

Two tall and handsome young men passed this article back and forth, their expressions were either puzzled, or suddenly realized, and then fell into deep thought.

As the talents that Gu Yuanbai valued, these two people are naturally clean behind them.When Gu Yuanbai asked the two of them what they thought about punctuation marks, Chu Wei took the lead in bluntly saying, "For poor people in the world, it is a natural moat to change the way."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but said: "It's a good thing to distinguish the sentence and reading like this."

Chang Yuyan put down the article, it was rare to stand on the same line with Chu Wei, and quickly continued: "My lord, I think so too."

Gu Yuanbai turned his head to look at Li Bao, although he was smiling, but there seemed to be a sword hidden in his eyes, "Teacher, we talented people in Daheng all think this is a good thing."

Li Bao sighed dejectedly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I am not afraid to tell you directly that this thing is indeed a good thing, but it cannot be used."

"I can use it if I say it can be used," Gu Yuanbai said, "Teacher has peaches and plums all over the world, as long as Taifu thinks it is good, it is really good."

Li Bao instantly understood that this was the meaning of His Majesty's desire to push him out to become a leader.

His face was pale, and he subconsciously wanted to refuse.But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he met His Majesty's eyes.

His Majesty's eyes were dark, and he looked at him quietly.

Li Bao's mind flashed, and he suddenly thought of what the Holy Majesty said earlier, and thought of his youngest son.

It is a capital offense for the youngest son to break into the palace, and it is not too much to steal the house.But the Holy Majesty sent the youngest son back with great fanfare. Everyone in the world knows the Holy Majesty's benevolence and tolerance towards him. Can he really refuse the Holy Majesty?

Or if the Holy Majesty was at that time, today is already counted.

The more Li Bao thought about it, the more dizzy and frightened he became.The Holy Majesty asked with concern: "What's wrong with Taifu?"

"It's nothing." Li Bao shook his head palely, his lips trembling, "I'm nothing."

Those young people, including Old General Xue, had been dismissed by Gu Yuanbai. They were talking under the pavilion, and there were only Gu Yuanbai and Li Bao in the pavilion.

Gu Yuanbai smiled lightly, "What is the Grand Tutor afraid of? This thing is a good thing for the convenience of all people and future generations. As a disciple of Qiankun, your achievements are destined to be famous in history and highly respected."

"Li Qing, you are a great Confucian known to everyone in the world." Gu Yuanbai lowered his voice, "You learned the words of Confucius and the words of a sage, but have you done what the sage said? You are called a great Confucian , is my Taifu, are you worthy of the title of Emperor Master?"

Li Bao leaned on a cane and was about to kneel down.

Gu Yuanbai said: "Sit down properly."

Li Bao could only stop.

Gu Yuanbai snorted coldly, "Impoverished people in the world want to read books but don't know how to read sentences. Do you know how difficult it is for them to learn how to read sentences? Once this method of punctuation marks is popularized, poor scholars will no longer have to try their best to read." Learn to read the sentence, there will be more talents in the world, and Daheng will be better. I know what you are afraid of, so I will tell you this, if you have the people of the world in your heart, I will protect you behind you. My mediocre sons, I can allow you to stay in the Li family for three generations. If you only use the words of a saint as a means of gaining fame and fortune..."

Intimidation, temptation.

Li Bao's mind turned in a hurry, in fact, there was only one outcome for him to choose.In the hearts of the people in the world, the Li Manor owed their debt to the Holy Majesty, and it was the Holy Majesty who bypassed the Li Mansion because of Li Bao. Because of this, they died without words.

All the officials in the court, all the schools... Li Bao finally lowered his head, "I understand what the sage said. I have learned the words of the sage for most of my life, so naturally I should... use it for the people."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, "Okay, this is my good tutor."