In addition to the three provinces and six ministries, Li Yang had established six academies. Most of the academies were still empty, but there were already more than twenty people who entered the academies one after another. Their status was almost comparable to that of the Hanlin Academy's Yellow Gate Scholar. Among them was Dong Juran, a rising star in calligraphy who was commented by Old Tan Tantanweng that 'his writing is divine, bright and open, and has the most refreshing'. There was also the young painter Huang Quan, who was adept at drawing ghosts, gods and dragon water. These two people, together with the tenth duan national master Fan Changhou, as well as after returning from the Guan Zheng border, wrote a poem that was recommended by many of the capital's scholars and scholars to be second place on the list of 'Seven Absolute Poems of Yong Hui' for the last twenty years', 'Gao Tingshu'. Other than that, there was Du Ming, whose father used to be the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He was a nobody in the Ministry of Justice for six years, but he really made a name for himself. He and his father, who had retired many years ago, wrote a total of seven volumes of the "Tangyin Collection of Surprises and Doubts". Not long after Song Keli entered the Hanlin Academy, he submitted an even more brilliant work, the "County Annals of Xiangfu County". The content was rich and the narration was methodical, making people gasp in amazement. It was rumored that His Majesty the Emperor would read it at night and personally wrote the preface. Yan Chiji, who was also in the Hanlin Academy, and the other three Huangmen were also extraordinary. Under the guidance of Qi Yanglong, Yao Baifeng, and other literary giants, they successfully corrected the twelve Confucian classics. The court, who attached great importance to this, quickly made eighty-one stone tablets and placed them in front of the Imperial College. The tablets were connected so that scholars could copy them. For a time, the outside of the Imperial College was brightly lit every night. At the same time, the court officially announced the new calendar created by the Imperial Astronomer. It created the first deduction method of first loss, second loss, and second circle, which was said to be the most precise calendar. As spring and summer turned, the Liyang Emperor held a banquet in the palace. He invited all the old people in the capital who were over seventy years old, and half of them were the survivors of the Eight Kingdoms.
All of the people of Liyang in Tai 'an City would probably have mixed feelings about such a flourishing literary style. Many of the old West Chu survivors who had lived in the capital for many years would shed tears. Their withered fingers trembled as they took off the West Chu crown on their heads that had never been banned by the Liyang imperial court.
Everyone knew that the Emperor's children and grandchildren studied in the Diligent Room. However, apart from the officials in the capital, very few people knew that not far from the Diligent Room, there was a place to worship the Confucian Sage Zhang. Here, there was a plaque with the words "Heaven and Earth Together" written by the late Emperor. The Sage was worshipped there, as well as the Secondary Sage, Secondary Sage, and previous Confucian sages. At this time, the young Emperor of Liyang raised his head to look at the three divine positions and eight memorial tablets. There were three people standing beside the Emperor: Chen Wang, who was already a purple-clothed official; Song Keli, who had once had two teachers, but unfortunately couldn't keep his integrity anymore; and a middle-aged Confucian scholar who was very unfamiliar to most people in the capital. The Emperor said softly, "Song Keli, your family originally had hopes of marrying two people here, but your grandfather and father both disappointed the late Emperor. I don't want you to disappoint me again."
Song Keli bowed his head and said slowly, "I can only do my best."
The Emperor didn't say anything else. Song Keli just kept his head down until Chen Wang gently tugged on his sleeve. The two of them walked out of the room quietly. Chen Wang turned around and walked forward, while Song Keli kept his back to the door. After Chen Wang and Song Keli left, the head eunuch of the Ceremony Directorate, Song Tanglu, quietly closed the door.
The young Emperor finally showed a hint of exhaustion. The middle-aged Confucian scholar who was qualified to meet the Emperor since birth couldn't help but sigh, "Your Majesty, you shouldn't have indulged that woman from Mount Hui. Although I'm not a member of the Imperial Court, I know that being an official is, in the end, accumulating reputation. Reputation is a sound that reaches the ears of the Emperor. Once the matter is done, it's in the Emperor's heart. From top to bottom, it's just a matter of time before you reach the highest position. Then there's the reputation of the people, which has always been valued by the officials verbally but looked down on in their hearts. From the bottom to the top, the person who's the most successful is Qi Yanglong, who has persisted in Jianghu for seventy years. Tantanon and Huan Wen are close behind him. Yao Baifeng, who's only suitable for learning and not being an official, is slightly inferior. The assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, Jin Lanting, has the heart but is powerless. The person who can surpass Yonghui as an official is Chen Wang, who just left with Song Keli. The father and son of the Xu family aren't official officials of the Zhao family. The more this is the case, the more popular Hsu Fengnian will be. I'm afraid that one day, he'll have a harder time than the late Emperor suppressing Xu Xiao. "
Zhao Zhuan calmly said, "Are you saying that Hsu Fengnian has the intention to rebel?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I've never thought that the father and son of the Xu family would rebel. After the Battle of the Western Fortress, it was like this. Now that the Battle of Liang Mang has begun, no matter how the situation changes, it's still the same."
Zhao Zhuan frowned and said, "Isn't that self-contradictory?"
The only scholar in the world who could be "born as a saint" because of his family name and family background, this middle-aged scholar who was respectfully called Duke Yansheng by the Emperor of Liyang sighed again, "It's not contradictory. Your Majesty shouldn't set your sights on the next ten or ten years, but should look further. Your Majesty, what's the origin of the rise and fall of each dynasty? "
Zhao Zhuan smiled bitterly and said, "Duke Yansheng's test is so big, I really don't know how to solve the problem from the small. If I say some empty words, not to mention Duke Yansheng, even I would find it ridiculous. "
The scholar shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is wrong, very wrong."
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