"If the official family wants to open another house, it is naturally possible."

It was still on the tower of Donghua Gate... It was here last time that the students were beaten by a group of villains.

What happened afterwards... What happened? When the Imperial Guards of the Palace Front Division stopped a group of police officers, Su Fu already knew about it.

This matter is probably closely related to the Zhao Guan family.

But what he didn't expect was that this matter had not yet passed with the emperor.

Today, the official summoned me to talk about the proposal to open a new building in Taixue. It was said to be a suggestion, but the emperor seemed more like informing himself.

"Although I don't know much about your knowledge, I have heard that it is said in "Zhou Rites": 'To raise a country's sons with the Tao is the teaching of the six arts', five rituals and six music, five shooting and five controlling, six books and nine numbers.

,are these?"

Su Fu nodded and said: "Exactly."

"But I asked someone to inquire. Except for the six books that have not been left behind, the rest have been more or less ignored or even abandoned... In this way, in the end, we can only teach some bad Confucian students."

While talking, the emperor seemed to remember something and kept shaking his head:

"They are all young and vigorous people. If they sit and study rote books all day long, they will be suffocated if they have nowhere to use their energy."

"Look, last time they came to me and behaved wildly. Just thinking about it makes me fucking regret it. I should have gone down and sparred with them in person."

Su Fu cleared his throat: "What do you mean by the official, this newly-opened lunch box teaches the Six Arts? So... I have no objection, but I'm afraid it will take some effort to find someone who is also proficient in the Six Arts.

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Su Shangshu's words are still a bit conservative. When the Chinese Neo-Confucianism was at its peak in the Song Dynasty, everyone was focused on the study of classics.

It's really not that simple to find an all-around scholar like Xin Ciying, who is both civil and military.

Moreover, after the emperor injured his head, it was rare for him to focus on serious matters. In order not to dampen his enthusiasm, Su Fu did not say the most important point.

What students learn is not based on what they like or what they are good at.

Rather, it depends on what is tested in the imperial examination.

If this most important part does not change, even if His Majesty the Emperor opens ten more houses, I am afraid that the interest of the students will not be too high.

In the end, the emperor was very interested, but as a result, no students were willing to enroll. Sooner or later, this drama would become a one-man show for the emperor.

But he didn't want Liu Bang to listen to the old man's words, shook his head and said:

"Opening a new house means opening a new house, and teaching six arts means teaching six arts. These are two different things. Don't get confused, kid."

"All students must learn the six arts, and they must learn them well from me."

"Only those who have learned well can enter the newly opened house. Do you understand?"

"The official family..." Su Fu frowned, "The academic system of Taixue has not changed for a hundred years. Now that it has been temporarily reorganized, I am worried...worried that the students will become resentful."

Wang Anshi's reform at that time only changed the institution of Taixue. If we talk about fundamental changes, the only change was that during Renzong's reign, Taixue style was changed to Ouyang style.

Moreover, these students have studied hard for many years, and most of their families are from families with lower eighth-rank officials or even commoners. Taixue is their only way out.

Now the emperor is just talking about temporarily increasing the weight of five subjects. Not to mention what the students who have been promoted to the inner house and the upper house will think, what will those students who have not yet entered the Imperial College think?

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"Have a grudge?"

Liu Bang sneered: "If you have any complaints, just blame them themselves. Who told them that they were not good at learning?"

"I'll put my words here today. I don't want fools who can only read!"

"Is it true that being an official in the imperial court is free and free of charge? How dare you ask me for a salary if you don't show some skills?"

"I have already handed this matter over to you. You can discuss it with Xin Ciying and Lu Zai. You have to come up with an explanation for what it will look like in the end."

"Anyway, when the official positions are appointed next year, I will personally come to review them. If they are not qualified, all of them will get out."

Su Fu sighed deeply in his heart. He thought the emperor paid attention to the students, but he didn't expect it... Alas!

Except for the possibility that the officials were grudged about what happened last time and took revenge today, Su Fu couldn't think of any other reason.

With ten thousand words in mind, Su Shangshu finally accepted the order, but his face did not look good after all.

"You met the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin yesterday. Did you get any useful information?"

I was planning to resign, but then I heard the emperor ask about this.

The old man's beard was blown by him again:

"Officials! The Northern Yi don't know etiquette, so we don't need to treat them separately from envoys from other countries!"

"Those people don't know how to be grateful! Yi Di are like animals, fearing power but not being immoral. The better we treat them, they will only take it for granted and think it was them who caused it!"

"But this time it is clear that our Song Dynasty has won, and it is Wanyan Wushu and Gouyan who came to seek peace. Why should we treat them like the superior country?"

"Especially Prime Minister Qin...Humph, I really miss the days when he was kidnapped and went north. Seeing the Jin Ren is like meeting the ancestors, so..."

Liu Bang waved his hand and interrupted the old man.

"You kid got angry with the golden man, why did you come here to throw something at me?"

"I...I don't dare."

"You don't dare. Why don't you dare after you've already done it?"

Liu Bang rolled his eyes at him and continued:

"I'm asking you if you have any useful information... For example, who are the Jin envoys, what price are they prepared to negotiate with, and are you prepared to come all the way to see me?

Something like souvenirs."

It’s not that I have never been an emperor, nor that I have never seen envoys from other countries.

According to Liu Bang's idea, no matter how strong you are, when you go to meet the monarchs of other countries, you must at least bring some gifts, like a blue-eyed dancer or something.

Whoever goes to someone else’s house to be a guest has the nerve to go empty-handed.

Su Fu was a little embarrassed. He was so disgusted by Qin Hui yesterday that he ran away early.

Even the banquet in the evening was attended by other officials. He really didn't know the specific situation.

When the emperor asked at this moment, the old man did not dare to show his timidity, so he said:

"This time the leader was Zhang Tonggu, and the two deputy envoys were Xiao Yi, a Khitan man, and Xing Juzhan, a Han man from western Liaoning."

If the emperor was most afraid of the Wanyan clan of the Jin people...then the Han Chinese he was most afraid of was undoubtedly Zhang Tonggu. Everyone knew that Zhang Tonggu came to the Song Dynasty as an envoy.

And according to the Jin State's mentality of using Han to rule Liao and Liao to rule Han, it is reasonable for Xiao Yi to come.

As he said this, Su Fu began to curse the Jin people again. While cursing, he told the emperor not to agree to negotiate peace.

Anyway, no matter what, the old man just refused to say anything that Liu Bang cared about.
Chapter completed!