In the end, the statue of Confucius was not left to the Imperial College, and of course not to the Chongwenguan and Hongwenguan.
In Lu Chen's words, the Master is the Master of the world, not the Master of a certain academy, so the Master's statue should be placed in a more conspicuous place so that the people can admire it.
Children of ordinary people are also ambitious. The teacher said that there is no distinction between people in education. The Imperial College and the Second Academy already have too many educational resources. This time, let's give more opportunities to children of ordinary people.
After Lu Chen said this, what else could Sun Jijiu and the others say?
If they still don't agree, it means they want to monopolize educational resources and become the elite in the field.
Although they thought so, they couldn't say such things directly.
Why did the imperial examination come into being? It was to break the monopoly of aristocratic families on knowledge.
Lu Chen was not quite sure about the history of this world, but he knew that on Earth, before the Tang Dynasty, the Shandong clans could compete with the imperial court by relying on the knowledge they possessed.
At that time, even someone as powerful as Li Shimin did not have a good way to deal with these aristocratic families.
Later, it was known that after Wu Zhao became emperor, the only female emperor in history took ruthless measures to sweep these aristocratic families into the dustbin of history.
Although Li Zhuo has a good temper, he will not give in when it comes to issues of principle.
If there really were such a group of people in the Great Qi Dynasty who possessed knowledge and wanted to do whatever they wanted, he would dare to take ruthless action.
He was very satisfied with Lu Chen's approach, especially since Lu Chen said that a stele should be erected next to the statue of Confucius, mainly introducing how Confucius felt that Li Zhuo loved the people like his own son and had outstanding achievements. Under his governance, there were more and more scholars in the world, and everyone pursued culture and education, which led to the scene of his divine manifestation.
In short, the reason why everyone can worship the Master here, live a good life, and have books to read is all because Emperor Li Zhuo is a good emperor.
Anyone could see that Lu Chen was obviously trying to flatter Li Zhuo, and he was being very direct, without a trace of euphemism. Many ministers expressed their disdain for such behavior, saying it was too unskillful.
But Jiang Tao didn't think so. He felt that Lu Chen had reached the pinnacle of flattery.
Is this something that can be achieved by simply putting up a sign and praising it? Of course not!
If you want to photograph Li Zhuo to make him happy and comfortable, the prerequisite is to have a statue of the Master first.
Let me ask you, did the statue of the Master grow by itself?
Only when this is achieved can the following words be true.
With the Master's statue in this place, even those who are dissatisfied with Li Zhuo must bow their heads in this matter.
As for the six ministers, they look at the long term.
Lu Chen's move seemed like flattery, but in fact it solved many hidden dangers for the Great Qi Dynasty.
The current trend among scholars is to criticize the government. No matter what government policy is not carried out properly, there will always be scholars who comment on it and make a few criticisms.
So Li Zhuo was an emperor with a good temper. He humbly accepted the discussions and criticisms from the scholars.
Although I get angry sometimes when I get scolded, I have never said that I don’t allow people to discuss it.
Over time, some scholars always felt that the civil and military officials in the court, and even the emperor, were stupid, and only they, the scholars in the literati circle, were talented in governing the country.
Over time, some scholars felt that the emperor only needed to sit on the dragon throne and watch, and that it was up to them, the scholars, to govern the country.
If these people met Li Zhuo, although they would be respectful in words, they would definitely be disdainful in their hearts. Most of these people came from aristocratic families.
Once you have this kind of mentality, it will be easy to develop other mentalities over time, and then the world will be unstable.
But if a stone tablet like this is erected next to the statue of the Master, it would be very different. At least when children from ordinary families come to worship the Master, they will thank Li Zhuo at the same time.
Over time, more and more scholars became grateful to Li Zhuo, and the trend naturally changed.
Li Zhuo also looked at Lu Chen with some excitement. How to get along with the literati and scholars has always been a headache for him.
These scholars are really dogs. You can't be too mean to them, nor can you be too nice to them.
As the emperor, how could he not know what the scholars and intellectuals thought of him? Especially after the successive defeats on the border in recent years, some of them were even emotional and had begun to criticize him.
Now, when children from ordinary families study for the imperial examinations, as long as they have paid homage to the teacher, they will have to accept his kindness. At least the relationship between them will no longer be so antagonistic.
So on the way back, Li Zhuo looked behind him curiously and asked, "Where does Master Lu plan to place the Master's statue? And why not bring it back now?"
"If we don't bring it back now, we naturally need to let the people come forward to pay their respects and inspect it to see if we are playing any tricks on us."
"What method did Master Lu use? I'm truly curious. How could a stone statue truly grow out of the earth? Could it really be a manifestation of the Master's spirit?"
Lu Chen looked around and saw some guards hurriedly move aside. When following the emperor, one must be discerning and know what to listen to and what not to listen to. Only in this way can one live long.
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