After Li Shiming threw a big bomb in the court, he patted his butt and went to the harem to talk about life ideals and philosophy with the concubines. He did not care about what the ministers would think, nor did he care about how the world would react if they knew.
He just wanted to see what the world would think of him after he published new papers, new books, and newspapers. Now was not the time for the aristocratic families to cover the sky with one hand. Li Shiming had newspapers in his hands, so he could spread his views to the world without being misunderstood.
The next day, when the newspaper published Li Shimin's words in the court yesterday, everyone was stunned. Some people clamored that Li Shimin did not respect Confucius and Mencius, while others felt that Li Shimin's words were very reasonable.
Due to the use of new book labels, many of the original messy annotations of the Confucian classics could not be justified. Li Shimin's new books were the most accurate annotations after being marked by experts and scholars of later generations.
Through these books, many scholars understood that the ancient books they understood were not like that at all. Reading shouldn't be the same as reading. For example, the saying that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen wasn't the literal meaning of staying away from the kitchen. It was just an excuse given by lazy people. It was about benevolence and righteousness.
When the newspaper was published, although they couldn't accept what Li Shimin said, they calmed down and thought it made sense. It was indeed the case. You can't keep saying that there is no discrimination in education, and on the other hand, exclude women. This doesn't make sense. Look at the primary school run by His Majesty, girls can also study.
Furthermore, he placed women and villains on the same level. Everyone had parents. Confucius had parents, and so did these scholars. When Confucius said this, he also placed the mothers of these scholars on the same level as villains.
In the past, because of the status of Sage Kong, no scholar dared to question him. But this time, it was different. Li Shiming's status was too high now. What Li Shiming said was right. Sage Kong could come out of the stone, but everyone else had a mother.
After reading the newspaper that day, Li Shimin had almost become a woman's friend. All the women in the world had a good impression of him. This was simply a big flat. Rebel.
Li Shimin also wrote an article on the same day, introducing Confucius 'life story. He was a great teacher and a sage, worthy of respect from future generations. However, no one was perfect, so he should not be deified.
He also listed the titles given to Confucius by the previous emperors in the newspaper, such as:
Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty granted Confucius the title of "Duke of Baocheng and Xuanni"."Baocheng" was the name of the country,"Xuanni" was the posthumous title, and "Gong" was the title of nobility.
Emperor Tai Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty called Confucius the "Saint of Literature and Nifu". "Wen Sheng" was the honorific title, and "Ni Fu" was the honorific title.
Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty granted Confucius the title of Duke of Zou." Zou " was the name of the country and " Duke " was the title of nobility.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty referred to Confucius as the "First Teacher Nifu".
Just like what Li Shimin said in the imperial court, who was the one who conferred the title of Saint? In the past, only the Emperor of Northern Wei had called him the Saint of Literature and the Father of Nirman. You scholars are using the title given by the Emperor of Northern Wei to talk to me, the Emperor of Great Tang?
Li Shimin felt that Confucius was indeed very impressive, but he would definitely not give him the title of saint. What a joke. Did he have to talk about saints every day in the imperial court? In Li Shimin's eyes, Confucianism was good for improving one's moral standards, but it was useless for governing the country and dealing with specific government affairs.
According to the later generations, Confucianism was not pragmatic.
Li Shimin would promote Confucianism, but only together with other doctrines. It would never rise to its former dominant position. For example, in the upcoming imperial examination, there would be different questions according to the position, and Confucian classics would only take up a small part of it.
In response, Li Shimin issued a decree to confer Confucius the title of Duke of Lu in recognition of his contribution to education. It clearly stated that Confucius 'status was that of Duke of Lu, below the emperor. In the future, scholars like you should not talk about saints all day long.
Those who were clamoring about Li Shiming disrespecting the teachings of Confucius and Mencius were completely ignored. It was clearly written in the newspapers that the title of sage was only given by the Emperor of Northern Wei, but what dynasty was it now? This was the Great Tang. Could it be that the Emperor of the Great Tang was inferior to the Emperor of Northern Wei?
Didn't you see those monks using the imperial edict of the previous dynasty, Great Sui, to claim that they were exempted from taxes and almost lost their lives? One emperor, one courtier. This was what they said. Don't bring things from the previous dynasty to this dynasty.
Li Shimin was very satisfied with the positive reaction of the whole society towards the debate about Confucius.
Li Xiaogong's fleet had returned to Shandong from Linyi with a large amount of grain and gold and silver. He also sent people to escort back more than 200,000 taels of gold and more than 3 million taels of silver. Then, he continued to go to Linyi because Li Shimin told him to do everything possible to transport grain back. New ships were constantly being built to join the grain transport team.
Li Xiaogong followed the sea map provided by Li Shimin and went all the way south. On the way, he sent people to erect a stone tablet on every island he encountered. In the end, he also erected a stone tablet in Linyi. The official in charge of reception in Linyi saw this and wanted to say something but did not dare to say it. Li Xiaogong saw it and asked," What do you want to say?" This place seems to be the homeland of the former Sui Dynasty?"
Everyone knew that Lin Yi was Xiang County or Xiang Lin County during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It was also the territory of the former Sui Dynasty. It was only because the civil strife in the former Sui Dynasty was blocked that Fan Fanzhi broke away from the Sui Dynasty and established himself as a country. Now, he was asking the obvious that this place seemed to be the homeland of the former Sui Dynasty.
The Tang Empire was the natural successor of the Sui Dynasty, and it was obvious that Lin Yi would not be able to do it.
Didn't they see that the Great Tang had just destroyed the Country of Liang?
Although Li Shimin did not tell Li Xiaogong that he wanted to bring Linyi into the Tang Empire, Li Shimin could not be bothered at that time. At that time, the first thing to do was to solve the locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan, so the first thing was to transport food back.
However, this did not affect Li Xiaogong's understanding of Li Shiming. He knew that Lin Yi would eventually be incorporated into the Tang Empire.
This was because when Li Xiaogong received the map from Li Shimin, he had seen the future size of the Great Tang. The homeland of the Central Plains would be included in the Great Tang's territory.
Therefore, Li Xiaogong blatantly erected the monument on Linyi's land.
Li Shimin couldn't be more satisfied with Li Xiaogong's overbearing behavior. He really won my heart. I also asked him to allocate a small part of his transportation capacity to Feng Ang in Minnan to trade food. Because Minnan has more mountains and less land, Feng Ang also needs food to trade with the Liao people.
At the same time, they also sent the royal caravan to increase the trade of goods to Minnan through the fleet, and to Yazhou, which was also the Li tribe in Hainan, to carry out trade and deliver basic living materials.
When Li Shimin was doing these things, he felt that the Han population was too small. Some time ago, when he recovered Shanzhou, the homeland of the Sui Dynasty, he had rescued more than 300,000 Han people. However, these 300,000 Han people could not be moved. They had to stay in Shanzhou to consolidate the rule of the Tang Empire.
After the Great Tang recovered Shanzhou with lightning speed, Murong Fuyun Khan of Tuyuhun no longer harass the border like he did when the Great Tang was just established. He immediately sent ten thousand warhorses and three hundred thousand cattle and sheep to the Great Tang to ask for peace. The gifts were so generous that it could be seen how frightened Fuyun Khan was.
After Li Shimin learned of this, he immediately asked Tuyuhun to release the Han people he had captured over the years. Otherwise, the Tang Empire would not let the soldiers enter the treasury and the horses leave Nanshan.
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