Hearing Xia Hongsheng's sudden request to build an academy in Jingyang, Li Shimin was slightly stunned and said, "Teach the way of learning things?" Xia Hongsheng's way of learning things is superb, if you want to teach it, why not teach it in the Guozi Prison first? ”

"Your Majesty, do you think that the students in the Guozijian will be willing to learn those things of the ministers?" Xia Hongsheng said: "Wechen intends to build and operate this academy in the name of Wechen himself. First, the imperial court is a place to coordinate the overall situation, not only the new Weichen, but also the old Confucian scholars, these are all places where the imperial court needs to be coordinated, and one cannot favor one over the other. If His Majesty established students to teach Gewu in the name of running schools in the imperial court, it would inevitably make Confucian scholars all over the world dissatisfied with the imperial court. This is not what Weichen wants to see, let alone what His Majesty wants to see. Therefore, Weichen intends to leave this academy out, even if it causes dissatisfaction among Confucian students all over the world, it is only for Weichen alone, for the academy, but not for the court and His Majesty. Moreover, it is also convenient for Weichen to make arrangements by himself when he is left out of the imperial court. There are many things that outsiders do not understand, and if they are not removed from the court, they will be exhausted if they only deal with the impeachment of the officials. Your Majesty does not need to worry about the students in the academy who will be difficult to control after learning the katsu, and your majesty can send officials to the academy to supervise and report the situation of the academy to your majesty at all times. Wechen will also invite teachers from military academies to offer ideological and political education courses in academies. Your Majesty does not need to worry about this. ”

What Xia Hongsheng said seemed to be thinking about the imperial court, and he didn't want to put the pressure on the imperial court attracted by the academy. Behind the high-sounding reason, it is actually Xia Hongsheng's desire to let the hand of politics into the school. The administration can guide education, but it must not control it. Xia Hongsheng wants Datang to open a comprehensive university, and the university should be an academic community. As an academic community, universities must aim at academics and take the spirit of science as the core cohesion. And there should be some kind of pursuit of the absolute spirit. This requires the school to have the authority to manage and arrange according to academic needs.

However, the administrative schools, whose functions are not clear, are still the responsibility of the imperial court, and the status of the academy as the main body of running the school is not prominent, and the autonomy of running the school is not guaranteed, and everything revolves around the planning instructions of the imperial court. The management style is bureaucratic and the hierarchy is strict. It is very different from the academic priority, equality and harmony that Xia Hongsheng wants to make the college should have. In addition, the administrative running of schools has concentrated a large number of resources in the hands of the imperial court officials, and the academy needs these resources, so in order to strive for limited resources, it is inevitable to run schools around the administrative instructions of the imperial court, and ignore the scientificity and correctness of the administrative instructions. The performance needs, knowledge level and cognitive structure of the court officials who provided resources would also affect the direction of resource allocation, and thus the development of the academy. "Administrative". It is mainly manifested in the control and intervention of administrative power over academic power. The administrative power often interferes in academic affairs, weakens or even replaces academic power, and academic power also constantly tries to influence non-academic affairs, resulting in the role of academic power is not prominent, and the administrative power determines the daily trend and academic trend of colleges and universities, resulting in the idea of "learning and excellence" to influence the development ideas of scholars, and the academic has lost its due detachment and independence, and thus has lost its advanced.

The consequences of administrative control of education. That is, "there will be no master after the Republic of China".

Of course, these can't be said to Li Laoer, the emperor with a super controlling desire. What Xia Hongsheng actually wants is autonomy in running a school.

Seeing Li Shimin thrown in contemplation. Xia Hongsheng then said: "There are so many Confucians in the world! Since the Han Dynasty 'deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone', the sons of the pre-Qin Dynasty have never had the glory of the original hundred schools of thought. There are four people in the world, and the scholars are respected, but you can hold the four people at the same time. Your Majesty, you are an enlightened monarch. It can be seen that while respecting Confucianism, we cannot ignore other aspects, and we can see the role of Gewu in promoting the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Not everyone can be as wise as you. And those who are not as wise as you are, on the contrary, are the majority. Confucianism teaches benevolence and righteousness, which is good. Confucians like Master Li and Master Yan are often able to make the sea a hundred rivers and have tolerance. But how many such Confucians? Wechen can foresee that after the academy is established, Wechen will rarely be criticized by Confucian scholars all over the world. Weichen can ignore it and ignore it, but His Majesty cannot, and the imperial court cannot, because Confucianism is the mainstream after all. Moreover, Confucianism does play a huge role, even if it is a micro-minister's character, it must be constrained by Confucian morality, so that it can be used in the benefit of the people. Wechen believes that in the long run, Confucianism and Gewu, or others, can complement each other. And in the beginning, it didn't go so well. Therefore, Weichen will leave the academy out of the imperial court, and the pressure of Confucianism in the world will be borne by Weichen! ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, raised his head and said, "Listening to Xia Qing's words, it seems to be in conflict with Confucianism?" ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty, where is the conflict? It's fusion! Xia Hongsheng said: "The academic battle, in the end, is probably integrated with each other. For there is a right and a wrong to each one, and there is a good and a bad to each one. However, no matter how academics argue with each other, the minister thinks that what His Majesty has to do is to jump out of it, control the overall situation and watch it coldly. ”

"Oh? What does this mean? Li Shimin's eyes were bright, and he looked at Xia Hongsheng.

"In the eyes of the Holy Monarch, the military generals are all horses. The difference is that one is a light rider and the other is a Humvee. And the king is the one who controls the world. Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Whether it is Confucianism, law, ink, Taoism, yin and yang, or vertical and horizontal, these are all chess pieces under His Majesty." His Majesty's goal is to win the chess game, if the rook is organic, then use the rook, if the horse is available, then change the horse, use the rook or the horse alone, and not use other chess pieces, how can you win the whole game? ”

Li Shimin's eyes froze, then he laughed, looked at Xia Hongsheng, and said, "Although Xia Qing is small, his heart is very big!" ”

"Yes, the minister's ambition is indeed not small. This land is so vast and fertile, there are too many places waiting for the Tang Dynasty to conquer. The minister wants to see this His Majesty's Tang Dynasty forever, and people can always be proud of being a Tang person. Xia Hongsheng said: "Dong Zhongshu takes Confucianism as a good daughter and dedicates it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Gewu is another good daughter that Weichen dedicated to His Majesty. It's just that this good woman is more tolerant than the good daughter of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and she won't be jealous of His Majesty's other women. ”

Li Shimin laughed loudly, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "Okay, Xia Qing's request, I have approved." Let's see if this good girl that Xia Qing dedicated to me can become a virtuous person in the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )