When Li Shimin learned that the aristocratic families and even some nobles had already divided up all the people who had received the magic bestowed by the fairy, he flew into a rage.
"How dare these people be so bold! Aren't they afraid of being blamed by the immortal?"
"Your Majesty." Zhangsun Wuji and the other two were still summoned to the palace, but their expressions were slightly awkward. "Although the actions of the noble families were selfish, they did not violate the orders of the fairy. They did not even force those who received the fairy's magic. They just won over the people's hearts."
The fairy ordered that those who had gained knowledge should not keep it to themselves, but should select talented people to spread the knowledge they had gained.
But it didn't say who it was passed to first and who it was passed to later.
This is exactly what people from aristocratic families do today.
After all, all the talented people in the world come from aristocratic families.
Even if this knowledge has nothing to do with Confucianism, the disciples of the aristocratic families are at least able to read and write, have quick thinking, and their horizons are not constrained by the daily necessities of life. What's more, the knowledge bestowed by the fairies is actually not complicated.
For example, the method of making salt.
From mining to salt refining, every step is clearly documented.
Another example is weaving.
A skilled craftsman only needs to learn for a period of time to make a textile machine, and once it is made, any woman can become familiar with its use after just a short period of training.
When Li Shimin saw Zhangsun Wuji's expression, he was so angry that he laughed, "I almost forgot that your Zhangsun family is also a noble family. Tell me, how many people are in your family now?"
"Your Majesty, there are three people." Zhang Sun Wuji actually admitted it directly, and then said with a folded hand, "One of them has a method for making salt, one has a method for weaving cloth, and one has a method for breeding seeds."
"Good, good!" Li Shimin's expression was somewhat stern, staring at Zhangsun Wuji, "With these three methods, your Zhangsun family's wealth will be rich enough to rival a country?"
This is already a serious statement.
It is enough to see Li Shimin's anger.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Zhangsun Wuji showed a panic expression, but still lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, if this method is the secret method of the Changsun family, then within ten years, the Changsun family can be the richest in the world. However, this method does not belong to the Changsun family alone. The immortal has ordered that it cannot be kept privately. If Your Majesty wants it, who dares not give it to you?"
Every piece of technology that Ding Xiang provides this time can bring huge benefits.
Normally, such technology could even become the foundation for the rise of a family and should be a secret that should not be passed on.
However, the fairy has ordered that it cannot be kept privately.
No matter how courageous the noble families are, they cannot disobey the fairy's orders.
So what they are fighting for is people.
He is a person who studies the ultimate principles of the world.
Anyone with a little bit of intelligence can see that craftsmen, blacksmiths, farmers, those people who originally had a low status, will see their status rise from now on, because they are studying the ultimate principles of the world and can benefit the country and the people.
If the aristocratic families want to maintain their advantages, they must cultivate more talents who study the ultimate principles of the world before the common people actually start to learn. Therefore, they compete for people not for technology, but to cultivate talents for their own family.
Li Shimin also calmed down at this time.
When it comes to educating people, aristocratic families really have unparalleled advantages.
They can easily gather a large number of students who don't have to work.
And educating people is an important part of the path that the fairy pointed out.
but--
Even if the imperial power was destined to decline, Li Shimin did not want to see the aristocratic families become even stronger, because he knew the habits of the aristocratic families well.
In the eyes of the aristocratic families, there is only family, but no country, and even less people. To benefit the country and the people, they want to take all the benefits that can be obtained, and they are insatiable.
"Draft an edict." Li Shimin turned around and came to the table. He picked up the pen and ink, and wrote while reading, "The fairy has ordered that the truth of the mortal world should not be kept privately, but should be passed on to solve doubts and benefit the country and the people. Therefore, I will build an academy, named Xianci, with talented people as teachers, and people from all over the world can enroll!"
For a moment, Changsun Wuji and others were stunned.
This move is undoubtedly aimed at the aristocratic families.
Fairy, do you want me to keep it privately? Then I will build a school for people all over the world to study. Do you dare not come? If you don't come, I will say that you have the intention to keep it privately! "Your Majesty, this is a move." Fang Xuanling thought for a moment, and finally shook his head. "When the academy was first established, it must be full of students, all of whom are talents from aristocratic families. After all, there are very few students from poor families."
"Hahaha." Li Shimin laughed a few times, then sneered, "Lord Fang, with your talent, can't you see the meaning of my move? I don't care about the people from the aristocratic families getting their knowledge. What I care about is where the students will go after they have completed their studies."
In one word, Fang Xuanling and others suddenly became enlightened.
Establish a school, even if all the students are from aristocratic families.
But there is one thing that is completely different.
That is, the entire teaching process will be under the eyes of Li Shimin, and even all those who have achieved academic success will be under the jurisdiction of the court on the grounds of benefiting the country and the people.
in other words.
The talent may belong to your family, but he must be used by me.
"Your Majesty has great talents and strategies in his mind, and Xuanling sometimes feels inferior to you." Fang Xuanling bowed and complimented, but he also sighed in his heart.
To put it bluntly, this is the relationship between imperial power and aristocratic families.
Aristocratic families provide talents to serve as officials. If the imperial power is dominant, all these officials and talents will obey the emperor's orders. But if the imperial power is weak, the situation will be completely the opposite. These officials will undermine the emperor's power, and it will be difficult for the emperor to do anything he wants to do.
Li Shimin's method of establishing schools seemed to be a temporary turnaround, gathering together talented people from aristocratic families.
But in the end.
We still have to compete in strength.
To be honest, Fang Xuanling and others were not optimistic about Li Shimin in this competition.
Even if outstanding talents continue to emerge from the poor families in the next hundred years, the aristocratic families have enough means to keep all the elites from the poor families in their hands, just like what they are doing now. Those talented people who are recognized by the fairies, or even blessed by the fairies, are willing to work for the aristocratic families.
Unless - the creation of an ideological doctrine can truly suppress the aristocratic families from the root.
Fang Xuanling and others all had flickering eyes.
Since that day, after the fairy's sermon, many people have truly begun to search for and face their own "self". Some people have realized that what they want in life is the prosperity of their family, but there are also some people who are determined to devote their lives to truly serving the country and the people. There is no doubt that the creation of ideological doctrines will be the real battlefield for these people.
Shen Yi was also thinking.
The system can only be left to them to choose the path that suits them best.
only……
The association still has certain basic requirements for the overall spiritual character of civilization.
Being selfish is not good.
(End of this chapter)