Li Yuanying soon got the outside news. Knowing that Li Tai had already entered the domain, Li Yuanying sat quietly for a while.
He didn't know if it was right for him to intervene in these matters, but he couldn't help but talk about it when he saw him. Thinking of Liu Baolin who was still in the palace, thinking of the friends he made, thinking of Dai Ting and others who followed him, Li Yuanying sighed. He was also betting that Brother Huang cared more about the stability of the country than the fourth child, and he was betting that Brother Huang also had some preference for his younger brother. Fortunately, he won the bet.
It's just that the winner of this matter is not very happy, and there is no happy person in the whole matter. But no matter what, the fourth child has already passed away, and there should be no such storms in the future.
Li Yuanying was in a better mood, and waited with his friends to see the results of the monthly exam.
The Guozijian exams this year are good, and the doctors are stricter on their studies. They are afraid that the next year's exams will not be as good as this year, and they will lose the reputation of the Guozijian!
Fengtai Building now uses the Imperial College as its brand name. Li Yuanying is very concerned about the academics of the Imperial College students. He not only actively supervises them to have a good rest and exercise, but also tricks the Superintendent Association into taking the lead in organizing a study group. Every day, except for class and meals A group of people engage in a special discussion together.
The Guozijian is full of young people under the age of 20. At the age of youth, they naturally speak freely and express their opinions. Needless to say, after these two months of discussions, there have been a lot of innovative views and opinions.
The most powerful thing about Li Yuanying is that he knows all the students, those who study the classics, those who study characters, those who study writing and arithmetic, and those who study law, he can pull them all together. It can be easily solved. Different ideas and thinking blended with each other, creating a new way of thinking for everyone involved.
Wei Shu and the others also participated in Li Yuanying's discussion every day, but they spent less time speaking and more time recording, recording various new ideas for Li Yuanying by category.
Li Yuanying and his group gradually formed a big circle. In this circle, there are officials' children like Tang Guan, and there are also many children from poor families who came from poor families. They even took over the only four girls in the Imperial College. conspicuous.
As soon as the results of the monthly exam were announced that day, almost all the top positions on the list were occupied by Li Yuanying and his group. The main reason is that His Majesty Li Er likes practical talents who can be used at first hand, but anyone who can only read books and express some old-fashioned opinions, all of them have to go to the back row to make way for people with ideas. And Li Yuanying and his group just happened to be like a pool of running water, their minds were extremely lively!
Of course, there are also those who fall behind, for example, Li Yuanying fell behind this time, because his ideas are too deviant. He wrote eloquently, saying that men and women are the same, and suggested that girls should also be allowed to take the imperial examination, especially women from aristocratic families who have already studied.
Li Yuanying was still unconvinced when he got the bottom class, so he ran to Dr. Ma to argue: "What's wrong with my article? Are people as smart as Mei Niang and the others, shouldn't they be given the same chance? How many men in the world can do it?" Are you better at reading books than them, and have more accurate ideas?"
Dr. Ma told him: "They are a minority after all."
Li Yuanying said: "I still think that there are only a few smart boys. One or two smart boys like Mei Niang and Shu sister will be enough!"
Dr. Ma asked him back: "Can one or two come out a year?"
Li Yuanying thought about it, he has lived for twelve years, and he has only met these few, which are really not many. Li Yuanying was still not reconciled: "Anyway, this is a legacy from the wild, no good!"
Dr. Ma stroked his beard and said, "Even if girls are allowed to participate, it's useless, not to mention girls from poor families, they don't even have the opportunity to read and write; how can the daughters of those aristocratic families you mentioned come out to take the imperial examination? The betrothal gifts are at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they live a leisurely life every day. Why do they come out to suffer? To get into the imperial examination, you start from the bottom of the ranks. I don’t know if there is a way to be promoted. Let them give up their good life and show their faces?"
Li Yuanying and Dr. Ma muttered: "Sister Shu and the others are willing. What's the fun of staying in a small back house for a lifetime? The outside world is so big, can only boys see it, but girls can't?"
Dr. Ma shook his head and said, "It has been like this since ancient times, how can it be changed lightly?"
After much deliberation, Li Yuanying couldn't figure out a good way to persuade Dr. Ma, so he could only go back with the article he had rated last.
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Just when Li Tai left Chang'an, Dai Ting and his party finally returned from Tubo. They brought back a lot of cattle, horses, spices, and medicinal herbs. The team was mighty and mighty, which was very eye-catching. Before the person arrived, the news had already been sent back to Chang'an, Luoyang, saying that the tea was selling very well, and a lot of cattle and horses had been exchanged. That cow can be strong, that horse can be tall! The most surprising thing is that this team also drove several yaks back. The yaks have very thick hair and majestic horns. It is very rare to look at them!
When the caravan went there, it brought a hundred or so monks, but half of them were missing when they came back. It was not an accident, but they stayed in Tubo temporarily to teach scriptures, and they planned to return east with them on the next trip. When Dai Ting came back this time, besides cattle and horses exchanged for tea and various Tubo specialties, he brought back news about Wencheng. He handed over the proceeds to Dong Xiaoyi and passed the news to Li Yuanying in the Imperial College.
When Li Yuanying learned that Dai Ting was back, he and Kong Yingda reported their leave, and went to the Imperial Academy to meet Dai Ting. Tubo is a long journey, and it takes half a year to go back and forth, and Dai Ting spends a lot of time doing business there and inquiring about news, so the farewell lasts nearly a year.
Li Yuanying asked Dai Ting to sit down and elaborate on what he had seen and heard during his trip to Tubo.
Dai Ting first picked out the good ones and said: When we set off, there was a rebellion in Tuyuhun, and Princess Honghua was shocked. After receiving the condolences from Chang'an, I got better; there was no major problem on the way to Tubo, and I encountered several waves They were bandits in Tubo, but they were well-armed and well-trained, and many of the monks accompanying them were monks, who were able to fight and carry, so there were no casualties due to the attack.
Then it's time to talk about the problems encountered. It is reasonable to say that all of them are in good health, and the journey should not be unbearable even though the distance is long. Fatigue, shortness of breath, and even fainting, even though there were several doctors borrowed from Sun Simiao in the accompanying people, two of them almost died suddenly in Tubo.
At the beginning, Wei Shu guessed that there might be a way to alleviate it in Tubo, Dai Ting also inquired carefully, and indeed found the herbs that the local people often take. It is also very useful to enter Tubo. Dai Ting collected a batch of seeds, some rhizomes and soil and brought them back.
After listening patiently, Li Yuanying pursued, "What about Wencheng?"
Dai Ting deliberately put the matter related to Princess Wencheng at the end. Hearing Li Yuanying's question, Dai Ting paused, and said his own judgment: "Songtsan Gampo and Lu Dongzan are both ambitious people." Of these two people, one succeeded to the throne at a young age, and the other won the position by self-made. If there is no ambition, how can it be possible to stabilize the tribes of Tubo
Ambitious people will always show their signs in their actions. Dai Ting took people to Luoxie City and waited for a few days before seeing Princess Wencheng. At this time, Princess Wencheng had been in Luoxi City for almost half a year. She had lost some weight, but she was still in good spirits.
According to Princess Wencheng, Songtsan Gampo was not obsessed with women, and he didn't see her often at first. Later, the craftsmen, doctors, and embroiderers she brought showed their usefulness, so Songtsan Gampo came to talk to her from time to time. . The two of them did not speak the same language. Although she had learned a lot of Tubo along the way, it was still a bit difficult for her to communicate. However, after Princess Wencheng arrived last year, she found a place to plant the sunflower seeds that Li Yuanying gave her. On weekdays, she often used the excuse of looking after the sunflowers to talk to the waiters. life in these cities.
Li Yuanying said: "This is very good."
Dai Ting continued to speak.
After receiving the long gift list from Chang'an, Princess Wencheng burst into tears. She missed her relatives in Chang'an very much, and wrote a poem to express her thoughts. He has already brought back the poem, along with some news from the city: Before Songtsan Gampo asked to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, he had already married the princess of the Niboluo Kingdom at the beginning of his succession. The relationship is not bad, but he has no children; in addition, Songtsan Gampo married women from various tribes in Tubo.
From the point of view of marriage alone, one can know what kind of person Songtsan Gampo is: it is useful for him to marry a wife, whether it is seeking to marry Princess Datang, Princess Nivalo, or accepting women donated by various tribes, All to establish his absolute authority in Tubo!
Li Yuanying grew up in the palace, and the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty Li Er both had a bunch of beauties in the harem, so he didn't feel much about Songtsan Gampo's many women, he only cared about how Wencheng was doing. Hearing that Songtsan Gampo married a wife early, Li Yuanying raised his eyebrows: "Is there someone who makes things difficult for Wen Cheng?"
Dai Ting said: "No, I just miss Chang'an."
Even with a group of dowries, it would be too cruel for a carefree daughter of the clan to learn to adapt to a completely strange environment and accept a completely strange husband.
Li Yuanying took the poem brought back by Dai Ting and fixedly looked at the beautiful handwriting on it, whether it was such a good thing, just reading it could feel the deep feeling of longing.
Looking at the letter that Wencheng asked Dai Ting to bring back, it didn't mention how homesick he was, he just said that everything was fine, no one neglected her, and treated her husband with respect as a guest, so that Uncle Yao and his family should not worry. Among the gifts in return, some were prepared for Gao Yang and the others, please pass them on to him.
Li Yuanying sighed.
It's not good when people grow up, there are always so many unpleasant things, whether it's disputes or partings, there will be more and more.
Li Yuanying put away the letters and poems brought back by Dai Ting, and asked Dai Ting, "Will you go out this time?"
Dai Ting nodded.
Li Yuanying thought for a while and said, "Have you found someone who can stand alone on the road?"
Dai Ting reported several names to Li Yuanying.
Li Yuanying said: "Next time we can split up the journey. If there are other caravans who are willing to go together, you pick people to take them away, tell them what is lacking in Tubo, what goods are good for sale, and the tea business will give them a share. You take it yourself. People go the other way, and after a few more trips, we will be able to get familiar with Tubo. When the caravans of the Tang Dynasty go to Tubo, it will be like going to their own place. If there is any news in Luoxi City, we will spread it as soon as possible. Come back." After he finished talking about his next step, he told Dai Ting, "But don't be brave, you should give money when you encounter danger, you should admit your counsel, don't be stingy with your belongings, people are the most important thing."
Dai Ting nodded in response.
Dong Xiaoyi was in charge of planting the medicinal materials brought back from Tubo. Dong Xiaoyi was clever and good at growing things. Dai Ting also brought back a few Tubo people who were responsible for researching how to make these medicinal materials grow well in Chang'an.
Li Yuanying thought that since he had been on leave for a day, he was not in a hurry to return to the Imperial College, so he took the gifts brought back by Dai Ting and sent them out according to the gift list. Probably Li Yuanying sent very rich gifts, and the gifts prepared by Tubo in return were not light, they were all high-quality jade and spices, as well as wild and good horses.
His Majesty Li Er also received a gift, and Li Yuanying personally sent it over, and asked His Majesty Li Er if he would like to go to Li Jing's mansion to see the yaks.
His Majesty Li Er saw Li Yuanying running over happily as usual, he could not help but look at him and asked, "Why didn't I know that the Imperial College is resting today?"
Li Yuanying said: "I came here on leave. I can ask for leave when I go to court. Why can't the Guozijian take leave?" He urged His Majesty Li Er, "You must be tired after working for a long time. Take advantage of Lao Wei and the others not looking for something. Come to trouble you, let's go see the yaks!"
His Majesty Li Er was listening to him.
Li Yuanying continued his efforts: "I heard from Dai Ting that the yak is very strong and fierce, and its hair is very long. I have never seen a cow with long hair. Dai Ting brought two back to Chang'an because he thought it was a bit dangerous. , I sent it to Lao Li’s house, Lao Li can raise everything, and raising a yak should be no problem.”
His Majesty Li Er was annoyed by his reading, and agreed to take a walk with him.
His Majesty Li Er agreed, and Li Yuanying mobilized immediately, and brought his son, Hengshan Gaoyangquan, along with Li Chengqian and Li Xiang. After leaving the palace and passing by Prince Wei's mansion, Li Yuanying suggested again: "Let's go and connect the little balls!"
When His Majesty Li Er saw Wei Wangfu from a distance, he thought of his fourth son, and his mood was a little gloomy. Hearing Li Yuanying call him "Little Ball" again, His Majesty Li Er lost all sadness and turned his head to give Li Yuanying a sideways glance. Has he buried his nephew like this
Li Yuanying didn't care whether His Majesty Li Er stared at him or not, seeing that His Majesty Li Er didn't say no to pick him up, he assumed that His Majesty Li Er agreed to pick him up, and ran into Wei Wangfu to find Yan Shi to beg for her son.
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