Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Looking at Li Shimin's expression, Li Xin knew that his goal had been achieved, and the effect seemed to be better than expected. He put the paper back in his hand and said: "Your Majesty has also seen that the talent in poetry and essays does not represent everything. No matter how good the poems of Mr. Dong are, even if it is a hundred times better than me, at least he is checking the accounts. In this matter, it is impossible to compare to me who has mastered the double-entry bookkeeping method and the essay writing. This is the power of professionalism."

He sternly said: "My Datang has a vast territory, and there are so many government affairs generated every day. The fields involved are even more diverse and countless. How can I only use officials who can write beautiful articles? Of course, I should be assigned to have different fields. Talents with professional knowledge go to work in the corresponding fields, so that they can make the best use of their talents, and they will naturally be more handy in handling government affairs, so as to better promote the prosperity of our Datang, right?"

All these words and sentences are from the bottom of the heart.

As a young patriotic young man from later generations, what makes Li Xin sad every time he thinks about it, is that since Dong Zhongshu proposed to "deactivate a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism", Confucianism, a thing that people love and hate, has really taken over. The position of the mainstream Chinese thoughts lasted for thousands of years.

It cannot be denied that Confucianism is the reason why China has become the most powerful country in the world in its long history. But afterwards, all kinds of humiliation suffered by China in modern history, is it not the evil result of Confucianism?

Confucianism is certainly its merits. At least its starting point is good. Starting from the theory of good nature, that naive Mr. Kong tried to use the relationship between people as a thread to weave an unbreakable dense net, thus constructing a stable society that will never be easy.

To some extent, it has indeed achieved its original purpose. China’s long feudal history is proof. No wonder the historical materialist Hegel once said that China has no history. In his view, only the trajectory of forward development is history, and China has stayed in place for thousands of years, so it is not history.

Such remarks are of course biased, after all, Hegel will inevitably make the error of partiality. But this point of view can still explain a problem to some extent: Confucianism has accomplished the task of stabilizing society very well, but at the same time it has also greatly imprisoned social development.

This is the most important point that Confucius overlooked-stability is not always good, things are moving forward.

In the West during the Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, and Scientific Revolution, China’s smartest group of people with the time and ability to learn was shaking their heads and reading "Zi Yue" and "Poetry Cloud"! My God, what a tragedy is this? Could it be that Master Kong could jump out of the coffin to protect my China when the ship was bombarded and the country opened?

The answer is obvious. In the modern history of humiliation, the almost devastated Huaxia Earth silently gave a clear and irrefutable answer.

Confucianism has too strong exclusivity. In a land where Confucianism thrives, science can never be born, nor can the future be born.

Although Li Xin had no ambitions and never thought of making any earth-shattering undertakings, at this point, if possible, he was willing to do his best to try to inject new strength into this ancient and powerful empire. Perhaps his meager power alone is not enough to establish that huge system called "science", but at least, he may be able to leave a seed.

Who knows what this seed will become in the future?

Of course, this matter must be done one step at a time. In an vain attempt to fight against the entire Confucian world with one's own power and against the process of history, it will inevitably end up being crushed by the wheels of history. Li Xin knows this very well.

Therefore, he didn't mention science at all at this moment. He just wanted to leave a little thought in Li Shimin's mind first: Confucianism is not omnipotent.

Don't underestimate this sentence. Maybe this is the most important fulcrum that will move the Confucian world in the future!

Li Shimin obviously did not fully agree with Li Xin's words. He shook his head and said to Li: "You, you, dare to underestimate the Confucian scholars in the world after mastering a little trick. It's a bit too rampant."

Upon hearing this, Li Xin simply bowed his head to admit defeat and said: "Your Majesty has taught you right."

He knew that human cognition has historical limitations. It is impossible for him to say this to Li Shimin casually, and Li Shimin really changed his trust in Confucianism. All in all, take your time, he still has a lot of time to demonstrate the power of technology. Perhaps one day, Li Shimin's thinking will change. But this day is obviously not today.

Li Shimin knew that Li Xin was dissatisfied, but after all he had just watched Li Xin's near-perfect performance in the audit matter, and he hadn't learned much, so he shook his head helplessly. His gaze fell on the paper full of words in front of Li Xin, and asked: "This so-called double-entry bookkeeping and big eclipse writing... is it difficult to learn?"

Li Xin raised the corners of his lips and smiled, and said, "It's not difficult. You can learn it in three or five days if you are smarter, and you can learn it in three or five days if you are a little clever, it will be about the same in ten and a half months if you are stupid."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words, and said, "Let's do it. Tomorrow I will send two household officials to learn this double-entry bookkeeping and eclipse writing from you. You must teach with your heart, and you must teach!"

Li Xin smiled and said, "That's natural. Of course, I will take care of the things your Majesty confessed. There is just one thing that I must make clear to your Majesty."

"You said." Li Shimin said.

"Although double-entry bookkeeping and big food writing are convenient and not easy to be faked, they are not omnipotent. I know that your majesty wants to promote it throughout the country to eliminate the financial and administrative affairs of the Tang Dynasty. In a short time, this may be possible. Corrupt officials will be restrained, but after a long time, naturally there will be smart people who will understand the principles and methods of this account. Then, there will still be people who will embezzle finances.” Li Xin said honestly.

I won’t mention the eclipse text. Double-entry bookkeeping is not a panacea in the first place, otherwise future generations will not be able to have so many people who take advantage of the loopholes to embezzle public funds.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Of course I know the truth that the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high. But even if this new accounting method can only reduce corrupt officials a little, the savings across the country may be hundreds of thousands. A huge sum of money, even millions of dollars! This is no small sum."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Your Majesty has a good idea. In addition, I have one more request, that is, I hope that your Majesty can send young officials to learn from me as much as possible."

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