Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1655 Appearance
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, it was cold and windy.

Chang'an City, which hadn't snowed for several days, unexpectedly snowed again.

The snowflakes were flying one after another, as if they were going to cover the whole world.

In the palace hall, the atmosphere seemed a bit dignified, and everyone felt an indescribable tension.

Li Shimin discussed two things with the officials, and the officials were a little absent-minded. Obviously, they are all thinking about the imperial examination.

When Li Shimin saw this situation, he didn't say anything else. After glancing at the crowd, he said: "Dear dears, someone suggested that the matter of the imperial examination be resolved as soon as possible. I also agree. I don't know the position of the chief examiner of the imperial examination. Do you think that Aiqing is more suitable?"

Under such circumstances, Li Shimin brought up the matter of selecting the chief examiner. Everyone was a little surprised, but also felt that it should be taken for granted.

And just after Li Shimin finished speaking, someone from the court jumped out.

"Your Majesty, I think Cen Wenwen is more suitable. Cen Wenwen is knowledgeable and talented, and has made outstanding achievements. There is absolutely no problem in letting him take charge of this year's imperial examination."

The official who stood up was from Li Ke. Li Ke knew that their Cen Wenwen was a bit behind Qin Tian and Kong Yingda, so he wanted to preemptively help Cen Wenwen get the upper hand.

And this was also instructed by Li Ke.

After this official stood up, some people from Chaozhong immediately stood up, and among these people, there were many Dukes of the State and people from the Six Departments.

"My lord, I also think Cen Wenwen is more suitable."

"Your Majesty, Cen Wenwen has been an official in the court for many years, and he can easily deal with all kinds of things. He should be in charge of an imperial examination."

"My lord, I also feel that Cen Wenwen should be in charge of this matter."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, Cen Wenwen is really suitable."

"........."

There are a lot of people who support Cen Wenwen among the officials in the DPRK and China, and based on some of the reasons they said, such as seniority and knowledge, Cen Wenwen is indeed suitable.

However, just as they supported, another official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is more appropriate for the Hanlin Academy to sacrifice wine to Kong Yingda. In terms of knowledge, how can Cen Wenwen compare to Kong Yingda?"

After the official finished speaking, some people from Li Tai also stood up.

"My lord, I also think that Kong Yingda is suitable. As a descendant of the Kong family, this kind of thing should have been left to him."

"That's right, that's right, Your Majesty, the imperial examination depends on knowledge. Kong Yingda is very suitable."

"........."

As a descendant of the Kong family, Kong Yingda is a very cold person. It is not easy for ordinary people to win over a person like him. Under normal circumstances, the Kong family is rarely involved in the struggle for imperial power.

Because no matter who gets the position of the Son of Heaven in the end, they will try to win over the Kong family. After all, winning over the Kong family is equivalent to winning over all the scholars in the world.

The prestige of their Kong family is by no means comparable to others.

However, the Kong family, who seldom participated in the struggle for imperial power, took refuge in Li Tai this time.

Because of Li Tai, Kong Yingda liked him very much.

These words sounded strange, after all, Kong Yingda was Li Chengqian's teacher in the past, he didn't like Prince Li Chengqian but liked Li Tai, it was a bit unreasonable.

But in comparison, he just likes Li Tai.

Among Li Shimin's sons, the prince is not as good as Li Ke in terms of bravery, and Li Tai is not as good as the prince in terms of talent and knowledge. What Kong Yingda likes is Li Tai's knowledge.

Of course, what's more important is that Kong Yingda's granddaughter fell in love with Li Tai for some reason. If so, Kong Yingda couldn't help Li Tai if he didn't help him.

After all, his precious granddaughter loved Li Tai so desperately, even he himself felt puzzled, how about a fat man like Li Tai?
Maybe it's because he's fat.

With Kong Yingda's support, Li Tai felt that he was bound to win this matter.

Now, both Li Ke and Li Tai have named the people they support, but Li Shimin is not in a hurry to make a conclusion, and the two groups are arguing non-stop.

"Hmph, why is Kong Yingda's knowledge higher than Cen Wenwen's? So what if he is higher, then Kong Yingda is just studying hard. In terms of political achievements, Kong Yingda is not as good as Cen Wenwen."

"Hehe, this is an imperial examination. It's not about political performance. In the imperial examination, whoever has the most talent will be the chief examiner."

When he heard these words, Li Tai's eyes narrowed slightly, showing a faint murderous intent. This official is digging a hole for himself. Whoever has the highest talent will be the examiner. If you want to say this , then if Qin Tian wants to become one, no one can stop him, right?

In terms of talent, who can compare to Qin Tian?
But now, only the two groups of them participated, but Qin Tian never opened his mouth. This is very strange. If Qin Tian is not interested in this, he believes it, but if the crown prince is interested, Qin Tian must be interested. .

Therefore, he did not allow his own people to make mistakes, but what he just said could really become a stepping stone for Qin Tian.

And the two sides are still talking non-stop.

"Hey, what only depends on knowledge, it also depends on ability, otherwise, if you can't distinguish between good and bad policies proposed by some candidates, what's the use?"

"That's right, that's right, it still depends on ability. It only depends on knowledge. What's more, Cen Wenwen may not lose to Kong Yingda in knowledge. Apart from being a descendant of the Kong family, what else does Kong Yingda have? Shot?"

In order to defeat each other, the two sides used their own means, and how to say some words were ugly, after Kong Yingda heard the words of Li Ke and others, his cheeks were already flushed with anger.

What does it mean that he has nothing else to do except his identity as a descendant of Confucius?
There are too many things he can sell.

And when the two sides were arguing endlessly, Li Chengqian suddenly stood up and said: "Father, my minister recommended Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou's conditions are very good. Let him be in charge of the imperial examination. Very good."

When Li Chengqian opened his mouth, no matter whether it was Li Keyi or Li Tai in the court, they all froze for a moment, especially Cen Wenwen. After his mouth grew, he couldn't close his mouth anymore.

He couldn't believe it was true, Li Chengqian actually gave up Qin Tian, ​​who had a high status and supported him, and chose Ma Zhou?

Of course, it doesn't mean that Ma Zhou has no talents, but that compared with Qin Tian, ​​this Ma Zhou is not a star and a half behind.

Li Chengqian gave up the most competitive Qin Tian, ​​and chose Ma Zhou instead, what was he thinking?

What puzzled everyone was that after Li Chengqian stood up to express his support for Ma Zhou, no one in the entire hall spoke for Ma Zhou.

The scene seemed awkward for a moment.

(End of this chapter)