Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

"Your Majesty, you are too fond of the King of Wei!

"Now that the King of Wei is gaining more and more power, it is inevitable that he will have the intention of competing for the throne. Isn't this forcing the Crown Prince and the King of Wei to fight to the death?"

"I think this is inappropriate. Please take back your order!"

Li Baiyao, the Prince's Secretary of the Eastern Palace, immediately stepped forward to advise.

He was really anxious this time, so he had no choice but to risk being demoted and bite the bullet and say these words that could not be made public.

Wei Ting, the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, immediately responded: "What nonsense is Li Zhanshi talking about?"

"Kong Jijiu is a famous scholar. Wouldn't it be a great loss if he was not used? What's wrong with letting Kong Jijiu teach the studious King Wei?"

Immediately afterwards, the prince's guest Chu Suiliang also stood up and gave advice.

"Your Majesty, Kong Jijiu has taught the crown prince. Now that he is appointed as the Grand Tutor of the Prince of Wei's Palace, I am afraid that it will attract criticism."

"Since the King of Wei is studious and Kong Jijiu is a famous scholar, why not let Kong Jijiu be the teacher of the King of Wei, the King of Jin, the King of Shu and others at the same time?"

"As a teacher to all the princes, I can avoid controversy."

Chu Suiliang was not as upright as Li Baiyao, the Prince's Secretary, but instead proposed a compromise.

"I think Chu Suiliang's proposal is good."

Ma Zhou, Liu Li, Cen Wenben and other people who taught the prince came out to respond.

They knew that given His Majesty's temper, it would be impossible not to allow Kong Yingda to teach the King of Wei.

Without waiting for Li Shimin's answer, the followers of Prince Wei's Mansion began to make their move again.

Du Chuke, the Minister of Works and Chief of the Prince of Wei's Palace, said, "Your Majesty, I think Li Baiyao, Chu Suiliang and others are overly complicated."

"The King of Wei simply wants to learn from Kong Jijiu, there is no way he has so many messy ideas."

Chai Lingwu, the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household, followed closely behind him and said, "Your Majesty, Kong Jijiu is not suitable to teach the Crown Prince, but he is suitable to teach the King of Wei who has a desire for progress. The court officials are obstructing him in every possible way, and I'm afraid they have ulterior motives."

Li Baiyao roared: "Bullshit, you are the ones with ulterior motives!"

"Putting the King of Wei on the opposite side of the Crown Prince, are you trying to disrupt the stability of the court?"

Li Baiyao has a very straightforward personality and his words are not at all tactful.

The officials looked at him with eyes full of worry.

Du He, who was sitting at the back of the hall, did not come out to stop it. He even wanted Kong Yingda to harm Li Tai as soon as possible.

Kong Yingda, who inherited the thoughts of his ancestor Confucius, would not support the King of Wei to become the crown prince even though he served as a teacher in the Prince of Wei's palace.

There is a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and an order of superiority and inferiority; this is the orthodox Confucian thought.

It was impossible for Kong Yingda to make a decision that went against his ancestors and destroy the Kong family's golden signboard with his own hands.

As for the King of Wei threatening the Crown Prince, it is impossible for the time being. As long as the Crown Prince is alive, the King of Wei will always be the prince.

As long as Li Chengqian becomes better and better, his position will be more stable.

The court officials argued endlessly, and Li Shimin, who was in a high position, looked annoyed.

"Okay, there's no need to discuss this matter any further. It's settled."

"Retreat!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he shook his sleeves and left the Taiji Hall.

When it came to favoring Li Tai, Li Shimin knew very well what he was doing.

Seeing His Majesty being so arbitrary, the officials who were still arguing looked at each other in confusion and stood there in a daze.

After a while, Situ Zhangsun Wuji, Sikong Fang Xuanling, Tejin Li Jing, Shangshu You Pushe Gao Shilian and others left with expressionless faces.

Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

Only the ministers who supported Li Chengqian and those who supported Li Tai were left staring at each other.

Fang Yiai walked out of the Taiji Hall and stopped when he passed by Du He.

He taunted under his breath.

"Du He, you have poor ability and poor eyesight."

"When the King of Wei comes to power, forget about getting into the court!"

"Hahaha..."

After Fang Yiai finished speaking, he threw his head back and laughed as he left.

It was a great pleasure to satisfy my craving for food.

"No brains." Du He smiled and shook his head, then left the Tai Chi Hall.

Shortly after the court meeting ended, Prince of Wei Li Tai personally brought a sedan chair carried by eight people to the Imperial College to take Kong Yingda to the Wude Hall.

The event was so grand and gave Kong Yingda enough face.

This move also made all the officials envious.

Look at the King of Wei, his attitude of respecting the wise and humble. Then look at the Crown Prince.

There really is no comparison, there is no harm.

...

East Palace.

Du Heru was like an old monk in meditation, bending over the desk, writing and drawing.

On the side, Li Chengqian said with a worried look on his face: "Du He, father appointed Kong Yingda as the teacher of the Prince of Wei's Palace, what does this mean?"

"Do you really want the King of Wei to replace me as the Crown Prince?"

Now it was Li Chengqian's turn to worry, and he even had no time to deal with government affairs.

Du He raised his head and comforted him: "Your Highness, you should be more relieved now."

"Li Tai's power is growing stronger, and the ministers will be watching him. You can take this opportunity to take a breath."

Li Chengqian's mood did not improve. He sat on the cushion absent-mindedly, muttering to himself.

"Having said that, I still feel uneasy."

He had been the crown prince for eighteen years and had never had any rivals. As he was getting closer to ascending the throne, his father suddenly supported Li Tai.

How could he feel balanced?

Du He waved at him and said, "Your Highness, since you are feeling uneasy, I will find you something to do."

Li Chengqian approached with confusion and saw densely written symbols on the paper, so he asked curiously.

"Du He, what kind of ghost drawing is this?"

"Don't be ridiculous. I'm really upset right now."

Li Chengqian couldn't understand the symbols above and thought Du He was just fooling around.

Du He raised his lips and said, "Your Highness, this is not some kind of ghost painting. I call it Chinese Pinyin!"

"Hanyu Pinyin? What's that for?"

“It can accurately annotate Chinese characters with Chinese pronunciation, allowing people to recognize characters quickly!”

Seeing that Li Chengqian was still confused, Du He explained it to him in detail.

"Your Highness, the way children learn to read and write nowadays is by rote memorization, so it is extremely difficult for them to learn to read."

"This also raises the threshold for children's enlightenment. Students from poor families and with average talent simply cannot get started."

"Now that we have Chinese pinyin, children can quickly learn Chinese characters based on the pinyin. Even without years of learning, they can recognize Chinese characters in the world."

After talking about the role of Pinyin, Du He taught him Pinyin like teaching an enlightenment child.

"Your Highness, there are 23 initial consonants and 24 finals in Chinese Pinyin."

"..."

More than an hour passed.

"Du He, is the pinyin of 承 (cheng)? Is the pinyin of 乾 (qian)?"

"That's right." Du He nodded with a smile.

Li Chengqian, who had a solid foundation in writing, had a very quick learning ability and had already gained a basic understanding of Chinese pinyin.

"Great! This is a truly amazing invention!"

"Du He, let's go find our father now and tell him about this magical object!"

Li Chengqian was extremely excited and dragged Du He's hand to go see his father.

The emergence of Pinyin will change the imperial examination education in the Tang Dynasty, and its impact will be far greater than the "Guodi Zhi" created by Li Tai.

By then, his father and all the civil and military officials will definitely look at him and Du He with new eyes!