C364 Layered factor

On the other side, Xiao Wen and Li Gang chatted all the way back to Li Gang's office.

Tang is an important turning point in Chinese history. In the habit of life, there were no chairs in the country before the Don, and people usually just sat on their knees. The difference between kneeling and sitting was actually to see if the butt was stuck to the heel.

Stick close to the heel, and you're sitting.

If your ass is off your heel, you're on your knees.

However, nobles and the rich were more particular, so when they sat down, they would prepare a soft praying mat.

A small aristocrat without money could be rather shabby. They used ordinary cloth to make a praying mat, which was filled with something like thatch.

As for the rich and particular aristocrats, they might use silk as a cushion to fill it up with goose feathers.

However, was speechless when he saw how shabby it was to use a straw cushion to weave directly.

"Here in the Tang, although the imperial examination system has been gradually developed. However, before Empress Wu's reign, the imperial examinations and the Nine Pins of Harmony were still a system that complemented each other. Therefore, although the Imperial examinations were also a way up, it was far from the level of concern that the future generations had. Presumably, this is also the reason why the Songyang Academy, as a holy land of the Confucians, does not have enough funds to maintain it! " Xiao Wen thought.

As for why did Li Shimin not personally provide the funds to raise the level of the Songyang Academy s?

Xiao Wen was not surprised. After all, Li Shimin was the emperor. Although in the early days of feudal age, there weren't as many licking dogs as in Zhu Yuanzhang's era, as long as people weren't stupid, they would still try to guess at the emperor's thoughts. After all, this thing was a weather vane on the political scene.

Therefore, if Li Shimin rashly spent money on the Songyang Academy, not only would he want the Songyang Academy to do better, he would also leak out a piece of information to the entire nation — — He, Li Shimin, wanted to support the Confucian clan by supporting the Songyang Academy. On this basis, he fought against the aristocratic family, who was originally in control of talent education.

However, in this world, although the An Xi Capital Residence had already been established, the process of establishment had already included the shadow of too many aristocratic family s.

As a result, before he could defend against the attacks from the aristocratic family, even Li Shimin did not dare to help him rashly.

However, as the emperor, Li Shimin might have this difficulty. But this kind of difficulty wouldn't affect someone like Xiao Wen.

Maybe in the future, Xiao Wen's name would become famous. However, at this point in time, even though Xiao Wen was the burly man's good deed, he was not actually very famous among the various kingdoms.

So much so that even the first friend he had met in Great Tang Dynasty, Cheng Huaimo, was much stronger than him.

At least when people from other nations brought up Cheng Huaimo, there were still people who knew that Cheng Huaimo was the son of this famous general of the Great Tang Dynasty.

There were benefits to being able to make a name for oneself and making a name for yourself. He could let you go anywhere, and with a shake of the tiger's body, a group of subordinates would come over and kowtow to you.

However, there were benefits to having a low reputation and not having a high reputation at all. That was freedom of doing things, so there was no need to think too much about it.

Therefore, when Xiao Wen saw that the facilities of the Songyang Academy were so simple and crude, and that they seemed to be short on funds, he immediately understood their difficult situation.

So he went straight to the point, "It seems that even if Principal Li is hot-blooded and wants to do a good job on this Songyang Academy. However, if we do not have enough money to support them, I'm afraid there will still be some trouble! "

Hearing that, Li Gang laughed bitterly: "The situation in the Great Tang Dynasty is complicated. There are many methods that can be used in other countries, but not in this country. Otherwise, we wouldn't be so poor. "

Li Gang didn't say why, but he was clear. Other than being unable to ask the Emperor for money, Li Gang was also unable to ask for money from his foreign friends through his Confucian relationship.

Although Song Ming and his son were not born in the aristocratic family, they still had a lot of money.

Furthermore, since they were both part of the Confucian School, if Li Gang really wanted to ask for their help, they wouldn't be able to refuse.

However, the problem was that he had received money from the foreign Confucian Humble Class families. This also caused troublesome political problems in the Great Tang Dynasty. It would make the aristocratic family suspect that Li Gang wanted to destroy the position of an influential families outside the United Nations in the Great Tang Dynasty. From then on, the Great Tang Dynasty would become like Song Ming, the old master Top Scorer who only knew how to read and the old master of the aristocratic family who had only known about it for a thousand years.

But Xiao Wen was different. After all, he had put on a layer of miscellaneous skin. If he invested in the Songyang Academy, it would at most cause people to suspect whether he was trying to make a killing like Lv Buwei.

When Lv Buwei was in Qin Kingdom, although he was Prime Minister, Guest was 3000. However, he did not change the structure of the country's rule.

Therefore, when they saw Xiao Wen making his move, if they really met with a conflict, they would only treat it as a conflict between classes. They would not treat it like how they treated foreign scholars, as a contradiction between classes that had subverted their very existence.

At this time, Li Gang and Xiao Wen clearly understood this relationship.

However, Li Gang only knew a few stories about Lv Buwei.

He was not sure about the clown's claims, the clown's brain circuits, or even the clown's specific details.

Therefore, he could only go straight to the point: "Indeed, Songyang Academy does need money. And I, Li Jun, am not one of those people who would give up on the academy's difficulties for the sake of face. I can't do that kind of self-serving and deceitful behavior. However, I, Li Jun, will absolutely not extend my hand to ask for food. "

"So, little brother Xiao, tell me what your motive is. As long as it is not a violation of the moral and Confucian fundamentals, everything can be discussed. "

In fact, although there was a problem with the political structure of the Tang Kingdom, his social connections could not change into his current strength.

But as long as he was willing, he could totally exchange these things with Xiao Wen.

Maybe the aristocratic family was worried that he would take the money from a foreign scholar. But they were definitely not worried that they would take Xiao Wen's money.

Furthermore, they were not worried that Li Gang would use his relationship with a foreign Confucian sect to return the money to Xiao Wen.

Although they knew that this was essentially the same situation. But the political purpose revealed in it was also two different things.

And that was enough.

Both sides understood this point, so Xiao Wen did not continue to be courteous with Li Gang.

He sat upright, clasped his hands at Li Gang and said: "This time, I will provide Songyang Academy with a hundred thousand silver. Don't worry, I can't cash in. I have countless assets in the big man's possession. This money is not a problem for me. "

"And my purpose! Simple. I want Brother Li to do two things for me … "