Chapter 73: Long Yan's Fury
Wang Yan's voice was loud and full of energy, and his voice echoed throughout the hall.
Li Shimin frowned: "Without authorization?" He looked at Wang Yan and said seriously: "But I have not prohibited studying books privately."
At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Wang Yan. Wang Yan realized that this time was the highest moment in his life. He said with integrity: "Your Majesty, I have no thousand books, but eight hundred. So many books are all classics that have been passed down from generation to generation. Today, I saw the book compiled by Chen Zhengtai for the first time, and I realized that there are such inferior works in this world. The poor quality and low style of this book are unprecedented. Such books are still circulated..."
"Create is a collection. Once such books are circulated, I am afraid that they will be laughed at by the people of the world in the future. This book... is unbearable. Those who write books are not upright and should not stop them to serve as a warning to others."
His words have two meanings. The first meaning is that he has a high level, and the second meaning is that Chen Zhengtai’s writing skills are very poor.
The civil and military ministers in the palace were all confused. They became curious and wanted to know how inferior this poor book could be.
Among the crowd, all the martial officials such as Cheng Yaojin were stern, and they were secretly happy. In the past, those high-ranking surnames always despise us martial artists who were not aware of books. Now, we finally have a sloppy place.
Li Shimin was surprised when he heard this. He originally wanted Wang Yan to check how this book was. After all, it was written by his disciples. Unexpectedly, Wang Yan discussed and criticized his disciples' books as worthless. This made him lose face and he looked gloomy: "Go and summon Chen Zhengtai."
"Chen Zhengtai is waiting outside the hall."
"Prince."
The eunuch called Chen Zhengtai's name at the top of his throat.
When Chen Zhengtai heard the call from the hall call him, the low-level civil and military ministers outside looked around and saw who the Erpigou County Duke was. When Chen Zhengtai walked out, countless people's eyes focused on Chen Zhengtai.
Chen Zhengtai was happy, haha, although I was standing outside with you just now, so what? Now I have to go in, you can continue standing.
Chen Zhengtai rushed into the hall.
But they found that everyone in this hall was looking at him, and they all looked at him strangely.
A group of civil officials all had stern faces.
The group of martial officials on the other side were big and round, but they all grinned at themselves.
Um?
I, Chen, have such a good reputation, why are all the martial officials very interested in themselves?
Chen Zhengtai saluted.
Li Shimin glanced at Chen Zhengtai with a complicated look and said lightly: "Chen Qing, someone sued you for writing a book, which is a bad intention, but is there any?"
Chen Zhengtai has been preparing for printing textbooks for a long time, after all, this educational philosophy is too trendy.
But he never expected that someone would go to Li Shimin to sue him.
The ancients' concepts... are they so old-fashioned?
Chen Zhengtai couldn't feel happy at all and said with a grievance: "Mr. I don't know which one sued the student."
Li Shimin comforted the case and said, "You don't need to ask about these things for now. Come and pick up the books compiled by Chen Zhengtai. I will naturally know after reading them."
Wang Yan had a happy look on his face. He wanted His Majesty to read this book. Anyone who had a little discernment ability would know how inferior this book was.
He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this book... I have brought it."
The Inner General Zhang Qiankun stepped forward, took the book and sent it to Li Shimin's imperial case.
Li Shimin looked calm, but hesitated in his heart. His disciples would not be so inferior. However, Wang Yan, I heard that he was a great scholar before, and he was from the Wang family in Taiyuan. He has a deep family background. He wanted to come...
then……
The first page of the book was revealed.
What Li Shimin was the first to feel was that this book was a bit strange. Every word seemed to be the same, just like a word copied from a monument.
But then, he didn't have time to think about these things, but was shocked by the text and graphics on the first page.
The first thing that came into his eyes was a big rooster painted, and the character "龙" at the bottom was a chicken. Then there was a duck, a goose, a father, a mother, a man, a woman, and then one, two, three, four, and five...
Li Shimin took a deep breath. It was really not wronged Chen Zhengtai. This... is also called "revising books"?
For people of this era, books are sacred things. After all, the cost of writing is high. If it is not for classics and historical books, there is no need to copy them.
Although Li Shimin knew that this paper was worthless, even so, books should not be compiled casually unless they were classic books.
Especially in this book, Li Shimin could not see any profound things, and it was extremely crude. Practicing such a crude book would be a waste of money and food.
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Li Shimin's face.
I am also considered to be a man of men and women. If my personal disciples only learn such books, I am afraid they will be a joke.
He complained repeatedly in his heart, afraid that I would be laughed at by the people of the world. He raised his eyes and couldn't help but look at Chen Zhengtai.
Then he continued to bow his head, and then he looked like a song, including one, two, three, four, five, pear, persimmon, date, orange and melon.
The more Li Shimin looked at it, the more incredible he felt.
At this time, he felt extremely embarrassed, but he couldn't look up and greet the ministers' gaze full of curiosity.
So, he looked down and read it with a calm look. At the sixteenth page, Li Shimin was suddenly stunned.
Um?
There is also a poem here.
But this poem...
It's indescribable familiarity.
The cold changes with the law of poverty, the sound of birds blooms in spring, the first wind brings willows, and the eyebrows of flowers in the evening snow...
this……
Isn't this my poem?
This kid Chen Zhengtai actually put my poems in the book.
Interestingly, there is a special interpretation of this poem below, which is very simple to express the mood of the person who wrote the poem at this moment.
There is also a special interpretation of the beauty of this poem.
Even... and later, there is also the following about how this poem fits the rhythm just right.
At the end of this page, there is a special bracket with two words noted on it - a must-have exam.
What does a must-take exam mean?
Li Shimin stared at his poem, which was his proud work.
I have been busy recently and I am not in the mood to write poems. Today, this old poem is placed in front of me. I read it again and feel like I am bathed in spring breeze.
Unfortunately... it is autumn now, and I no longer have the mood of spring, but once I read this poem, I can still think of the beginning of spring this year.
Li Shimin slowly raised his eyes and looked at Wang Yan with an extremely complicated look: "Wang Qing's family, according to my reading, this book is not useless, right?"
As soon as this statement was spoken, the officials immediately started to whisper.
The Tang Dynasty was relatively open, and there were not many rules even in court meetings. Wang Yan was a great scholar and a censor. Since he impeached, he would definitely have some foundation.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty's words were not useless and directly pushed Wang Yan back.
Wang Yan had a stern face and suddenly felt that he had been seriously insulted. Who is he? He is a great scholar. He was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan. How could he be wrong with this book? Doesn’t this mean that I am not of high quality?
He said seriously: "Your Majesty... I have asserted that this book is useless, and the contents of it are simply unsightly. I have never seen a book, which is so vulgar. Not to mention that I cannot enter the elegant hall, even if I read it, it will be dirty."
Wang Yan's attitude is very tough.
Li Shimin's face changed.
Where is my poem vulgar?
You won't appreciate such a good poem.
But after all, he had a decent attitude. He resisted the attack and only smiled and said, "But I read... this book... is acceptable."
No one expected that His Majesty would stand up for Erpigou County Duke in front of all the officials.
Wang Yan's expression also changed slightly. He was silent for a moment. He wanted to just let it go, but he felt that the public was watching. If the censor retreated, he would be blind. So he raved and said: "I heard that Your Majesty and Erpigou County have private ownership, this is not a blessing for the country."
The officials didn't think anything was abnormal when they listened to it. After all, this was the news of the censors.
But as soon as this statement came out, Li Shimin's tiger eyes suddenly opened. He glanced at Chen Zhengtai and said, "Chen Qing, what do you have to say?"
Chen Zhengtai knew these things in his heart, and those great scholars looked down upon: "Mr., this book is a work that students worked hard for, and was to teach and educate people. There is no other idea. In this book, it lists the methods of teaching people to read, and it also collects many excellent works of poetry, and there are many excellent articles. If the Imperial Master Wang cannot appreciate it, it is because the Imperial Master Wang is well-versed in ancient and modern times. This is a book that is open to me, and it is natural that Wang Yushi is not favored. Of course, although this book is open to me, some of the poems and essays collected by the students are excellent and can be regarded as excellent works."
Wang Yan didn't dare to provoke Li Shimin, but when Chen Zhengtai defended his book, he was happy and said with a smile: "You yellow-haired child, how dare you discuss poetry?"
Chen Zhengtai looked confused... He had seen the arrogance of the Qingliu of this Qing family.
Many people couldn't help but smile.
The Chen family in Mengjin has been very active recently. In this era when family status is measured, even if Chen Zhengtai recently became the county duke and became the emperor's disciple, they realized that this person was just a sensationalist. Therefore, when Wang Yan said this, someone nodded secretly.
Some people frowned. One of them had a scheming face, a bad face, and wanted to speak but stopped. He was also a censor.
Cheng Yaojinren and others also became less beautiful. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with killing the young man's majesty and having one more cushion, but now... people despise Chen Zhengtai, who is the last, so much that this second-to-last, third- and fourth-tier people suddenly felt a sad feeling of a dead rabbit and a fox.
The hall became surprisingly quiet.
But suddenly, a loud bang broke the silence.
Bang...
Li Shimin slapped the desk hard, and the desk made a clanging sound. The memorials and inkstones on the imperial desk, and the pen holder were scattered all over the floor. The inkstone rolled down the desk and directly broke a corner.
Li Shimin was furious. His tiger's eyes were covered with blood, and his face was indescribable.
Li Shimin, who used to be kind to others, was now like a tiger descending the mountain. His body leaned forward slightly and said sternly: "The court appointed the censor to defend Dali, and he suspected that he would assist him to make up for the deceased and resigned the remains. You are the censor who is not doing his job properly. He is complacent and arrogant all day long?"
The hall suddenly became quiet.
Chapter completed!