Kong Yingda, the Chancellor of the Imperial College, went to invite the Professor of Law back to teach three times, but he was rejected three times.
Thus, a new Professor of Law came to the Imperial College. After all, there were many people eyeing the position of the Imperial College's Professor of Law, and the Tang dynasty did not lack law talents.
The new Professor of Law was much younger, and the sentence he explained the most was that law was nothing more than human feelings.
Every time he would talk about Li Shimin's pardon of death row prisoners, and every time he talked about something exciting, many Imperial College students would cheer.
After Meton listened a few times, he did not listen anymore, but focused on collecting the laws of various dynasties and carefully studied them. He promised the Professor of Law that he would write good laws, so he naturally could not slack off.
Time was the best way to make people forget. Not long after, the resignation of the Professor of Law was not mentioned in the Imperial College. When the clothing leave began, all the students left the school. Perhaps after a month, no one would remember it anymore.
The clothing leave was the same as the field leave, and it was also the most important leave for the students of the Tang dynasty. The duration was one month.
As the name implied, the main purpose of the clothing holiday was to allow some students to go home and buy winter clothes. September was already close to late autumn, and the weather could change at any time. Once the weather suddenly dropped, it would be impossible to rely on thin summer clothes to keep out the cold.
In the Mo Mansion.
Meton, who was on vacation at home, was carefully reading law books.
"Rule by people."
Meton could not help but shake his head and close the Law of Martial Virtue.
According to the concept of Meton's later generation, the Law of Martial Virtue was so harsh that it made people's hair stand up in anger, and it was full of loopholes. If Meton wanted to commit a crime, he would not be able to be punished in his lifetime.
The Law of Martial Virtue was copied by Li Yuan according to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, and Li Shimin had already ordered Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling to make the Law of Zhenguan. It was said that it had been made for five or six years, and it was more or less finished.
If things went as expected, the Law of Zhenguan would probably be like the Law of Wushu, where the Confucian ideology of virtue being the primary source of punishment would be fully reflected.
The foundation of the School of Mo was still shallow. Naturally, he was unable to change Li Shimin's decision. However, perhaps the Year-end Assessment was his only chance to change the unformed Law of Zhenguan.
"Young Master, bad news!" Uncle Fu hurried over.
Meton frowned slightly. He put down the book in his hand and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Tuyuhun has invaded the border. The flames of war have already broken out in Hexi and Longyou." Uncle Fu said worriedly. As someone who had experienced the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he naturally knew the cruelty of war.
"How dare Tuyuhun invade our Tang dynasty?" Meton frowned.
Uncle Fu smiled bitterly and said, "Tuyuhun was attacked and occupied by Emperor Yang of Sui in the previous dynasty. After the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun took the opportunity to establish themselves and occupied the fortress. Our Tang dynasty could only defend passively. Every autumn, Tuyuhun would send out troops and take the opportunity to plunder."
"If that's the case, won't the Hexi and Longyou regions be engulfed in the flames of war?" Meton said worriedly.
Uncle Fu said, "That's right. Now that the trade route to the Western Region has been cut off, the Village of Mo's Stuffy Horses that were sold to the Western Region countries are all unsold."
The Stuffy Horses were exclusively sold to the northern countries. Moreover, the northern region was bitterly cold, and the demand for the Stuffy Horses was even greater in winter. At this moment, it was the hot season. Every day the war lasted, the Village of Mo's Village would suffer more losses.
Meton frowned and asked, "What about the White Fold Cotton that we ordered from the barbarian merchants?"
Uncle Fu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that they are also blocked by the flames of war. So far, none of them have arrived."
Since he got the news about the cotton, Meton had ordered a large number of White Fold Cotton from the Gao Chang Kingdom. The main reason was to get cotton seeds.
Secondly, he was going to take this opportunity to buy cotton-padded clothes for the Village of Mo's Village. Last winter, the Village of Mo's Village was still starving. Except for Meton, there were few decent winter clothes to get through the cold winter.
Now that the flames of war had broken out, the cotton seeds would be fine as long as they arrived in the spring of next year. However, Brother Mo Jiazi's winter clothes were almost gone.
"Young master, don't worry! Even without the White Fold Cotton, the people of the Village of Mo's Village will not have to worry about the cold. Brother Mo Jiazi can afford a fur coat. " Uncle Fu persuaded. Now the Village of Mo's Village was not as poor as before. It was possible to buy a fur coat.
Meton shook his head. Of course, he knew that the Village of Mo's Village had become rich. It was not difficult to buy fur coats for everyone.
But his real purpose was to set an example for the people of the Tang Dynasty to find a way to get through the winter through Brother Mo Jiazi's cotton-padded clothes. As long as the people of the Tang Dynasty realized the role of cotton, it would be much easier to promote cotton.
In fact, in the future, there was a kind of warm weapon, which was the down jacket. Logically speaking, with the artificial incubation technology, the production of duck down in the Tang Dynasty was enough. However, Meton knew that it was impossible to make down jackets in the Tang Dynasty in a short time.
Because to solve the biggest problems of down jackets, one was to sterilize the down with high temperature, and the other was the fabric. In this age of pure handwork, even the best Sichuan brocade could not hide the down.
At this moment, Qin Huaiyu and the other two walked into the Mo Mansion angrily.
"What's wrong with you?" Meton asked.
"Who else can it be? It's Fu Yun, that old bastard! "Qin Huaiyu said angrily.
"Fu Yun? The King of Tuyuhun? "Meton suddenly realized who Fu Yun was.
"Meton, you don't know! Tuyuhun's army plundered Shanzhou. All the people in Shanzhou are under the iron hooves of Tuyuhun. "Cheng Chumo said.
"Really?" Meton was shocked. Shanzhou was an important town in Longyou. If it was plundered by Tuyuhun, it was obvious that Tuyuhun's invasion of the border was on a large scale.
Yuchi Baolin nodded heavily. The three of them were all sons of generals. They got the news from the military much faster.
"It's really hateful! Fu Yun, that old bastard, is simply courting death. He dares to bully our Tang dynasty like this. "Cheng Chumo said angrily.
As a son of a general, all he had learned in his life was to fight on the battlefield. He was naturally furious when he encountered such a thing.
Meton shook his head and said, "Tuyuhun is just a clown. They have the advantage for the time being. Even the mighty Turks of the grassland were defeated by the iron hooves of the Tang dynasty. How long can Tuyuhun jump?"
Meton clearly remembered that the Tang dynasty had sent troops to attack Tuyuhun the next year. However, they did not succeed. The next year, the Tang dynasty's War God, Li Jing, personally sent troops to wipe out Tuyuhun.
After the Western Regions Conference, the value of the Silk Road had been revealed. Li Shimin not only cherished his reputation, but also had a great desire to expand his territory. How could he tolerate Tuyuhun threatening the Silk Road?
As Meton expected, Li Shimin did mobilize a large number of troops to gather in Longyou. However, Tuyuhun had already plundered everything around Shanzhou, leaving behind a mess.
When the news reached Chang 'an, it could be said that the whole city was in an uproar. Everyone was filled with righteous indignation.
Along with this news came the messengers of Tuyuhun and Tubo. Their purpose was not to negotiate and apologize, but to let their king and prince marry the princess of the Tang dynasty.
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