Great Tang princess

Chapter 120 Team Building or Blind Date
April had just started, and Li Zhi suddenly issued an order to let Liu Rengui be in charge of revising the national history, because there were many inaccuracies in Xu Jingzong's records.

This order made Li Yuechen couldn't help but sweat for his master, this job can be described as extremely troublesome.

Because copying is not prohibited in the national history of the Tang Dynasty, if it has already been written, it is almost impossible to completely revise it.

However, the national history generally uses daily life notes as important data, and it is handed over every three months. Including compilation and other steps, there is still a big time gap.

But I am afraid that it will be extremely troublesome to revise the book that has already been written, because it has been copied by countless people and how many times.

As for the reason behind the revision of the national history, Li Yuechen is not interested at all. After all, the water is deep here, and I can't grasp it!
And as a princess of the royal family, it is natural to take the interests of the royal family as the highest goal, so I will not get involved in this matter.

According to the progress of two letters per month, he wrote another letter to his eldest brother Li Hong. Li Yuechen, who had nothing to do, went to find some brothers to play after he went to court.

The only ones who could come out to play today were Li Xian and Li Lun. As for the second child, Li Xian, he was the one who had been watched the most closely since his eldest brother left, and he didn't dare to overdo it at all.

So recently, I have been reading and practicing calligraphy in Prince Yong's Mansion every day. Only when I feel that I can't hold it anymore, I will come out for activities and play with my brothers and sisters for a while.

Although Li Yuechen said that he didn't have to go to work every day, the time he spent playing seemed to be decreasing.

First of all, I have to go to the Royal Farm to teach the children every few days, and second, I have to go to the household department to check the accounts every month.

That is to say, the person sent by Sinong Shaoqing has not returned yet, otherwise there will be a new round of food experiments waiting for her.

But at that time, the people from the household department and the people from the royal farm should be able to take responsibility.

After playing with his two elder brothers until dusk, Li Yuechen returned to the palace, and went to the Hall of Renshou to say hello to his parents.

Hearing that she went to play with her two elder brothers, Li Zhi waved her to sit beside her: "Chen'er, speaking of which, do you know any female family members well?"

Li Yuechen shook his head: "The child is not familiar with the female relatives of the ministers, so I don't know what Grandpa means?"

Wu Zetian next to him took up the conversation: "I was thinking that your elder brothers are all about the same age, so it's time to think about marriage."

Well, it is not small.The oldest, Li Hong, is only 11 years old this year, and the youngest, Li Lun, is [-] years old, which is really not young.

"Aniang, do you have any unspeakable secrets?" Li Yuechen asked.

Wu Zetian sighed: "Originally there were many candidates, but now that blood relatives within three generations are not allowed to marry, there are suddenly fewer candidates."

Li Zhi also nodded: "If you don't investigate these things, you really don't know. But it's only three generations from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to my place. It seems that people related to the royal family can't think about it."

"Originally, I thought the daughter of Princess Chang Le was as beautiful as a flower, and also knowledgeable and sensible. She was suitable to be Princess Xian'er. But now, I have to find someone else." Wu Zetian nodded.

Li Yuechen grinned: "Actually, my child thinks that the eldest brother and the second brother may consider this matter now. But the third and fourth brothers are not very old, it seems a bit...too early?"

Wu Zetian patted her head: "As a parent, how can you not worry about this matter? And this person, he said that he will grow up soon!"

Li Zhi agreed with these words: "Yes, in a blink of an eye, Chen'er is so big that he can't even hug him!"

This is indeed a problem. As a child of the royal family, especially the emperor's direct son, it is absolutely impossible to marry an ordinary person.

This kind of thing, although it is not written in the law, is a rule recognized by everyone in this country since ancient times.

Originally, it was normal for cousins ​​to marry, but now that they know that three generations of blood relatives cannot marry, they must find a way to find a way from outsiders.

But to be honest, the ones who are suitable for marrying the emperor cannot be small officials of the seventh or eighth rank, at least they must be of the fifth rank or above, right?
In this way, there are really not many places to choose from.

But now many big families disdain to marry the royal family, so there is a very embarrassing problem, the emperor's son, I am afraid that he will not be able to find a wife!
Li Yuechen thought for a while: "Then why don't you lower your standards? For example, other officials in the capital? Or those in remote counties..."

Wu Zetian shook his head: "My mother does not deny that there may be good women in these families, but the chances are too small..."

"Then why don't we arrange it so that a few elder brothers and their juniors, regardless of gender, go out to build a team?" Li Yuechen replied helplessly.

"What is this team building?"

Li Yuechen realized that he had slipped the tongue, but it wasn't a big deal, so he concentrated on explaining: "I just asked them to go out for an outing together and get to know each other. After seeing each other, I feel that it's almost time to come back and tell my parents, and then get married. "

"Nonsense!" Li Zhi said with a smile, "How can we let a group of juniors gather together regardless of gender?"

But Wu Zetian turned his head suddenly: "It's not a bad idea! It's like holding a poetry meeting among the people now. Get together to talk, compare poetry, calligraphy or riding and shooting skills. It's good to get to know each other."

Well, now it's your turn to be more open-minded... Li Yuechen complained in his heart.

It's just that judging from the expression on my mother's face, I guess she also has the intention of watching the fun.

In fact, Li Zhi didn't care about this. The culture of the Tang Dynasty was open and inclusive, and it was acceptable for unmarried men and women to play together.

But the key is whether the ministers can accept it, this is a question.

Even the emperor can't directly force them to bring all the unmarried girls in the family to participate in the team building, right?
Seeing Li Zhi's troubled face, Li Yuechen said: "Then why don't you ask the ministers for their opinions when you go back to court. Just say that this matter is my child's idea. Even if they don't want to, they won't say more After all, isn’t Tongyan Wuji?”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing suddenly: "Hahaha... What a childish nonsense!"

Wu Zetian also laughed beside him and said: "Yes, children don't have to be taboo about speaking. Your Majesty's move is nothing more than pampering my daughter."

"En!" Li Zhi nodded, "This move is indeed feasible! Chen'er is so smart!"

Hearing his father's praise, Li Yuechen opened his arms: "Then give me a hug!"

"Come!" Li Zhi opened his arms, embraced his daughter and his wife next to him, and laughed loudly.

……

Two days later, Fulai ran over to inform Li Yuechen that he had found a group of craftsmen and asked if he needed to go and have a look.

Li Yuechen hadn't planned to see him at first, but Fulai said that one of the old men had worked as a paper maker, but the boss had been implicated in some cases, so he went home.

"This so-called being implicated is a big case?" Li Yuechen asked.

"According to the servants' inquiries, it seems to be a battle between nobles." Fulai replied.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Then go and have a look tomorrow afternoon, the location should be in Jixianfang."

"Here!"

Fulai agreed, and immediately turned around to do it.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Yuechen came to Jixianfang in a carriage. The recruited workers all looked nervously at Li Yuechen who jumped off the carriage easily.

When they came here, they had already heard that they were working for Her Royal Highness, and some of them immediately regretted it.

But looking at the heavily armed soldiers next to him, he still didn't say what he regretted in the end.

They secretly looked up at the little princess in a big red round neck gown.

Although she was beautiful, like a porcelain doll, she couldn't hide her royal aura.

Li Yuechen looked at the twenty or so people in front of him, and saw an old man with gray hair standing in front of him, over half a century old.

Seeing that they were still saluting, Li Yuechen raised his hand: "Don't bother to salute! You used to be a paper craftsman?"

"Return to Your Highness, that's right!"

"Can you have a name?"

"My little old man's surname is Du, he has no name, and he is the second child in the family!"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Then I will call you Du Er Er. I plan to use bamboo to make paper, do you think it is feasible?"

"I haven't tried it, so I can't guarantee it." Du Er Er replied respectfully.

"Then try it." Li Yuechen said, "Not only bamboo, but also reeds and the like. It doesn't matter if you can't make it. But if you make new paper, I will reward you a lot!"

Now that it's all said and done, Du Erer naturally agrees.

Li Yuechen, on the other hand, was thinking about whether he could make toilet paper. Even if the quality was not as good as the future one, at least it would save many people from using bamboo chips when going to the toilet.

Of course, as a member of the royal family, she doesn't use bamboo to go to the toilet, but silk.

But not everyone can afford to use silk to go to the toilet. Even many wealthy families still use bamboo.

Speaking of this, it is worth mentioning that Datang has a law to respect words and cherish paper, and paper cannot be used to go to the toilet.

But to be honest, since it has been legislated, it means that someone must have done this, and there are quite a few of them.

From this, we can draw a conclusion: using paper to go to the toilet is the instinct of people at this stage of development.

If toilet paper can be made, even if it is just the kind of straw paper used in rural areas, it can make a lot of money.

……

A few days later, it was time to go to court again.

Li Yuechen got up early, put a couple of bites on the bar after practicing yoga, and ran into the hallway.

From the beginning, it was the same as usual, and the various officials reported their recent work summaries, and it was no big deal.

Instead, only the faction that supports my mother Wu Zetian on weekdays came out and asked Li Zhi directly, saying that this year only less than three people were admitted to the imperial examination. Considering the future talent selection model, should women be allowed to participate in the imperial examination?

Although there is already an example of Princess Taiping, the princess is a princess, and she cannot be summed up in a word with ordinary women.

So immediately a new round of violence was triggered in the court, but Li Zhi didn't care, he just sat on the dragon chair and watched them tearing apart expressionlessly.

The following ministers quarreled for nearly 10 minutes, but there was no result.

Seeing Li Zhiyi's expressionless face and not speaking, they knew that there was no point in arguing any longer, so they tidied up their appearances and returned to their seats.

Li Zhi nodded, and suddenly said loudly: "Speaking of which, a few days ago, I was thinking about the prince. King Yong and King Ying are not too young, and it is almost time to consider marriage."

When the ministers heard this, they nodded in agreement.

The prince is actually okay to say, but as the crown prince of a country, the marriage is indeed something they should care about.

Li Zhi nodded: "Now we all know that blood relatives within three generations are not suitable for marriage, so the number of candidates has decreased a lot. A few days ago, my daughter Taiping suggested that the juniors should go out for an outing together in groups. Fan..."

In the court hall, Li Zhi spoke out Li Yuechen's proposal that day very slowly and rhythmically.

Then he asked seemingly inadvertently: "I thought about it, children's thinking is different from my parents' thinking... What do you think about this method?"

Li Yuechen behind the screen couldn't help but want to give Li Zhi a thumbs up.

This is the art of speaking!
In one sentence, I pointed out that I didn't think of this matter, it was said by a child, and I just used it to discuss with you.

Well, as the emperor's daughter, she can naturally have a good reputation.

No, the princess is still young, and she speaks childishly, so naturally no one will take it to heart!
When the ministers heard such a proposal, except for the few from Yushitai who wanted to spray it out of instinct, the rest also began to think carefully.

Although there are still things like the three cardinal principles and five constant principles in this era, it is an open era after all.

The emperor's wives were already sitting behind the bead curtain and following the court, as the saying goes, it seems that it is not impossible to let the children go out for an outing together.

In this day and age, it is normal for friends to travel together during the Shangsi Festival and the like.

It's just that it's basically men with men, women with women.

The method proposed by the emperor is not much different from this one. It is nothing more than men and women together, but it is not alone, but a large group of people.

As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, if an unmarried couple go out for an outing alone, it will definitely have a bad reputation.

But a group of people is different, everyone participated, it is impossible for everyone's reputation to be ruined because of this, right?
After almost half an hour of discussion, the ministers surprisingly agreed to this idea.

Except for a few symbolic sprays from Yushitai, there were hardly many voices of opposition.

Even the ministers from the great families did not express any objection.

But this is quite normal. After all, these big aristocratic families, maybe they can take this opportunity to see if there is a suitable marriage partner?
Now that this kind of activity has been carried out, it is impossible to only look at the royal family. Whether there is a suitable son-in-law or daughter-in-law in other families is naturally also considered.

Li Zhi was also very satisfied with the result, and nodded with a smile: "Since that's the case, the Ministry of Rites will choose a good day to hold this event! All unmarried men and women of the right age in Aiqing's family can participate!"

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