Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 565 Belongs to the Gaoming Early Dynasty
The person who stood up at this time was none other than Gao Shilian. Seeing this scene, a smile flashed across Gao Ming's eyes.

"To be the first to stand up, you really deserve to be a relative!"

Gao Shilian and Gao Ming are indeed relatives, because he is the uncle of Empress Changsun, that is, Gao Ming's uncle.

It stands to reason that Gao Shilian is almost 70 years old now, and it is fine for Gao Ming to call him uncle, but his son Gao Shili married Li Shimin's daughter Princess Dongyang, who is also Gao Ming's younger sister, so naturally Gao Ming can no longer call him uncle. male.

The royal family in the Han Dynasty had a lot of foundations, and the relationship between the royal family in the Tang Dynasty was particularly chaotic. It is no wonder that later generations commented on the Han and Tang Dynasties as "dirty Tang people".

Gao Ming has also been here, so he is not surprised by the situation of Gao Shilian's family. Since he doesn't know what to call it, then it is a good way to simply avoid this relationship and directly call him the title.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming bowed his hands towards Gao Shilian.

"Shen Guogong has such a heart to serve the country, which is really admirable. Originally, I couldn't bear to let you work hard, but now the sage has personally conquered the Western Regions, and I can't fully shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Tang Dynasty. I can only ask you for help. !"

If it was someone else, Gao Ming would not say such good things, but Gao Xing is different. He is nearly seventy years old, and he has already applied to Li Shimin for an official post a year ago, and Li Shimin also removed him from the official position of Shangshu Youpushe. And let him act as the third secretary of Kaifu Yitong on behalf of Zhongshumen.

For Gao Shilian at this time, he is no longer so keen on power, so it is not surprising that he rejects Gao Ming.

However, he did not do this. Instead, he was the first to stand up and support Gao Ming, with a feeling of "I am a brick of the revolution, and I can move it wherever it is needed".

Gao Ming understood this, that's why he sent a lot of good words. Anyway, good words don't cost money, and they can make Gao Shilian happy, so why not do it?

After Gao Shilian heard Gao Ming's words, he was really happy, and immediately bowed deeply to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness is serious. His Highness thinks highly of the old minister so much. The old minister can only bow down and die!"

As soon as Gao Shilian finished speaking, Fang Xuanling also stood up and bowed to Gao Ming with a smile.

"Since Shen Guogong has made a decision, how can the old minister fall behind? Your Royal Highness, please let the old minister do his best in this matter!"

After Fang Xuanling stood up, Xiao Yu and Wang Gui also stood up.

"The same is true for the old minister!"

"And the old minister!"

Seeing that several people stood up, Gao Ming smiled and nodded again.

"Since you all agree, from now on, until the sage's class teacher returns to the dynasty, all the papers will be screened by a few of you, please!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming bowed to several people and saluted. Seeing this scene, several people quickly returned the salute to Gao Ming.

After Gao Ming straightened up, he immediately turned around again and cast his eyes on the other officials in the court.

"All the officials present should have heard what I said just now, so I will remind you one more thing."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming's expression immediately became serious, and his eyes were full of fierceness.

"Starting today, in order to reduce mistakes and speed up the efficiency of government affairs, punctuation marks must be added to the notes of officials in the DPRK and China. If anyone fails to follow, the notes will be rejected for the first time and dismissed directly for the second time. Datang does not need to write all the notes Bad people!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, many people immediately lowered their heads, obviously unwilling to have a conflict with Gao Ming.

However, there are also people who can't understand Gao Ming's behavior and plan to scold him, such as Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu is a "tough bone", which can be seen from the fact that he was dismissed six times in history. Li Shimin even tolerated Wei Zheng, but he couldn't help Xiao Yu, which shows how "tough" he is.

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, he stood up and bowed his hands to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness's words are ridiculous. Does not add punctuation marks mean that you can't write a good script? You can only blame him for his lack of academic skills if you make a mistake in sentence punctuation. How can you blame others?"

It can be said that Xiao Yu's words are not showing any affection at all, it's almost like calling Gao Ming an idiot.

Gao Ming also knew Xiao Yu's temper, so he was not angry after hearing his words, but just smiled at him.

"From what Song Guogong said, you seem to have a lot of experience in punctuating sentences?"

"That's natural!"

Obviously, Xiao Yu is confident in her literary talents, so she doesn't hesitate to answer Gao Ming's question.

After hearing his words, Gao Ming laughed even more happily.

"Hahahaha, it seems that Song Guogong is really confident, so I will show off a couplet, and ask Song Guogong to help you break the sentence, how about it?"

"couplet?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment.

The couplets were created by Gao Ming, and now they have been spread in the Tang Dynasty, so Xiao Yu naturally knows about the couplets.

But at this time Gao Ming suddenly mentioned the couplet, and Xiao Yu immediately realized that Gao Ming planned to use the couplet to challenge him.

Military generals rely on force to win or lose, while literati rely on literary talents to decide the outcome. Xiao Yu does not dislike this method, and more importantly, although Xiao Yu has no confidence to surpass Gao Ming in couplets, if he only divides sentences in couplets, Xiao Yu is still very confident.

So as soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, he nodded immediately.

"His Royal Highness, please come out with couplets!"

Hearing that Xiao Yu agreed, Gao Ming immediately laughed, and then waved his hand.

"Hahahaha, okay, come here, get a pen and paper!"

"Yes!"

Under Gao Ming's order, rice paper and a writing brush were soon delivered. The writing brush was dipped in ink. Gao Ming took the pen and wrote two lines directly on the rice paper.

"Pigs are as heady as mice and they die; wine-making altars are good for making vinegar and vats of acid."

After finishing writing, Gao Ming handed the piece of paper to Xiao Yu, and smiled at him.

"The couplet has already been written. After Song Guogong breaks it up, write a copy. Take it back and let the people of your farm stick it on the door. It is my gift to them!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Xiao Yu frowned immediately.

He didn't think Gao Ming would be so kind, so he took the rice paper from Gao Ming's hand with a vigilant face. When he saw the content on Gao Ming's paper, his expression changed immediately.

"His Royal Highness, how can such vicious words be given to the farmer? This is not a gentleman's action!"

Seeing Xiao Yu's angry look, Gao Ming was not angry, but smiled at him again.

"Then tell me, why is this couplet not a good thing? Why is it vicious?"

"Humph!"

Seeing that Gao Ming refused to admit it, Xiao Yu snorted coldly, then pointed to the sentence on the rice paper and began to read.

"The prince's couplet is, 'The head of a pig is like a mouse, and it only dies; the wine-making altar is good for making vinegar, and the vat is sour'. Everyone, is this a good word?"

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, many ministers present began to whisper, only Fang Xuanling's eyes flashed a strange color.

Seeing Xiao Yu's angry face and the officials whispering, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Hahahaha, Song Guogong's sentence is wrong. What I wrote is clearly 'If you raise pigs and elephants, the mice will die; the altar for making wine is good, but the vat for making vinegar is sour.' Everyone, tell me, is this a good thing?"

"Uh……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Xiao Yu and many ministers here were dumbfounded.

And this kind of operation?

(End of this chapter)