Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 67 Follow me, Li Kuan, and look forward to the future together!
next moment,
As if thinking of something, the guard of Chu Palace said: "By the way, Miss Lingqi, the wind and snow outside are more violent than yesterday, or even a few days ago. If you go out, you should bring something to keep out the cold."

Lu Lingqi's heart shuddered.

Is the snowstorm getting stronger? !

Is it true or false?

She is worried.

It's not that I'm worried about the heavy wind and snow, but that when His Highness went out today, he didn't bring warm clothes, he only went out in dark clothes.

Quickly opened the tent.

Almond eyes looked out.

Today's weather is not good.

It was snowing heavily, the wind was howling, and the clouds were thick.

The howling cold wind blew across Lu Lingqi's small face, and she felt pain on her face, as if being cut by a knife.

A head of beautiful silver waist-length hair fluttered in the cold wind, like a group of demons dancing wildly.

Lu Lingqi narrowed her eyes.

The weather was indeed colder than yesterday. If she hadn't practiced martial arts since she was a child, she might not have survived for a month.

Calculate the time.

This is around August in the Tang calendar, and the snow-capped mountains here are already like this.

It will naturally be colder when it enters November and December.

And they will continue to stay on this snow mountain for many days with His Highness.

at this time.

Lu Lingqi finally understood why His Highness asked those literati to leave the team first and break them up on the way.

It turned out to be because of the snow mountain.

"Your Highness... what are you looking for?!"

"What is there in this snow, it is worth making you so motivating?!"

As Li Kuan's personal bodyguard, Lu Lingqi did not understand His Highness's thoughts.

His Highness is too mysterious, so mysterious that even if he has followed him for many years, he still has no way to see what is going on in his heart.

Although she couldn't see it, Lu Lingqi knew that it was absolutely impossible for His Highness to come to such a ghostly place for no reason.

Turn around and go back to the tent.

Lu Lingqi came to the shelf and took out two cloaks.

"Next time the weather is getting colder, please remind me. Your Highness always likes to dress lightly. We need to arrange for him to prepare warm clothes for him."

The guards of Prince Chu's Mansion nodded, expressing that he would keep it in mind.

Pinning the two large cloaks in her hands, Lu Lingqi put her halberd in the tent and hid two daggers in her lap as she was carrying two overcoats.

After that, Lu Lingqi took the letter.

The letter is thick overall.

With the temperament of a Taoist leader, he will not report anything that is not important.

even so.

The letter is still as thick as a fingernail.

Imagine.

There must have been a lot of sudden changes in Chang'an City recently.

Open the tent again.

The cold wind is howling, even if you exhale a breath, it can cool your heart.

And in such a ghostly weather.

Outside, there are a lot of personal guards of the Chu Palace, armed with guns everywhere.

This is just a defensive force on the surface.

500 meters away from the camp, there are still many guards of Chu Wangfu, who turned into spies, lurking around, investigating whether there is any danger before approaching them.

The reason why all this was done was because Fan Yang, the Patriarch of the Lu family, pushed too hard.

He leads his people, like a dog skin plaster, sticking to it all the time, no matter how much you shake it, you can't get rid of it.

Facing the cold wind.

Lu Lingqi went out so quickly.

Going around.

When we came to a dead corner, there was a steep wall as high as five meters in front of us.

this steep wall.

It is also the reason why Lu Lingqi is determined not to bring the eucalyptus, bringing it will only increase the burden of climbing.

And because of the wind and snow, ordinary warriors couldn't climb up the steep wall at all, which is why Lu Lingqi insisted on coming here by herself.

"Your Highness, it will really add trouble to people."

Lu Lingqi rubbed her head with a headache.

next moment.

Putting two large cloaks on her body, and her cloud-patterned combat boots exerting force quickly, like a flying person, Lu Lingqi jumped into the air, her two jade hands firmly grasping the stones exposed by the steep wall.

Do the same, jump again, and grab the upper stone again.

After a few times, she climbed up the steep wall here.

The scenery above the steep wall is only the gray snow.

But at the extremes of the snow,

It was a cliff, and beside the cliff was a young man in black, sitting cross-legged, with his arms folded over his chest, sitting there with his spine straight.

At this moment.

The boy's clothes were thin, his body was almost covered by heavy snow, and his tied black hair danced wildly with the wind and snow.

but.

Even though the wind and snow danced wildly, the boy remained motionless, just sitting there quietly.

People who don't know may think that this person's clothes are so thin, and there is no movement, he has been frozen to death.

But Lu Lingqi is clear.

It's just that His Royal Highness is thinking about something with his eyes closed.

"Your Highness, it's snowing heavily."

Lu Lingqi stepped forward, half knelt on one knee, and put a cloak on the young man.

The boy remained silent.

Seeing this, Lu Lingqi didn't do anything else, she just knelt quietly and waited.

waiting……

The boy's mouth.

At this time, the wind and snow were a little bit heavier, and the cold wind was biting, but the master and slave kept their postures all the time, as if the two had separated from the original world and had nothing to contend with.

half an hour.

The boy opened his eyes.

"It's Lingqi, what are you doing here? Is it time for dinner?!"

The boy spoke.

This young man was naturally the King of Chu, Li Kuan, who had been disappearing all this time.

inaccurate words.

Obviously, Li Kuan fell asleep just now.

In this bitingly cold weather, meditating outside and falling asleep is really outrageous.

But Lu Lingqi took it for granted, took out the letter, and said, "Your Highness, there is still some time for dinner."

"I came here this time because of a letter from the Taoist chief of Chang'an City. They should have summarized in the letter what happened in Chang'an City recently."

"I know you're too lazy to read it, so I'll open it for you and read it out for you."

Lu Lingqi made a gesture to open the letter and chant.

However, Li Kuan stopped her.

"No, you don't have to."

Lu Lingqi was slightly taken aback, her hands froze when she unwrapped the letter, she said in surprise: "Your Highness, what do you mean..."

Li Kuan laughed, his voice full of magnetism.

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, and don't use suspicious people."

"When we left, since everything was left to the Taoist priest, he should naturally make the decision."

"Wait, it's thousands of miles away from Chang'an City, if you judge what to do for the Taoist priest based on a few words in the letter, there will be a mistake."

Lu Lingqi thought for a while, then continued: "Then, Your Highness, I can't make a judgment, so you can take a look, how about it?!"

Li Kuan still shook his head.

"No need."

"After reading the letter, I'm afraid..."

Having said that,

Li Kuan turned his eyes to the distance with deep eyes, and said in an extremely melancholy voice, "I, Li Kuan, will miss Chang'an City and my little Sizi."

Lu Lingqi was slightly taken aback when she heard this, and then smiled bitterly.

She also wants Chang'an City.

this broken place

It's freezing cold, and there's still nothing, and it's incomparable with Chang'an City.

"Then Your Highness, why do you insist on coming here?!"

"If we were in Chang'an City, we would have a geographical advantage, and we would never be at a disadvantage in a few rounds of fights with that Fan Yang Lu family. Since we left Chang'an City, we have no geographical advantage, nor do we have personnel and intelligence advantages. Being chased away by that Fan Yang Lu family like a bereaved dog."

"Your Highness, forgive Lingqi for asking boldly, why do you insist on doing this?!"

Finally, there was an appropriate time to ask about this matter, and Lu Lingqi said it all at once.

The voice fell.

Li Kuan was silent for a while.

Smile.

"You will know about this later."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, Ling Qi, looking down from this angle, what can you see?!"

Li Kuan asked.

They were on the side of a cliff, and there was an abyss at their feet.

Lu Lingqi saw that her Highness didn't intend to answer her question, so she had no choice but to give up. She came to the cliff and looked down. She could see the endless wind and snow, as well as the vast land.

"Is it... the earth?"

Lu Lingqi was not sure.

"No, it's the eyes."

"vision?!"

"That's right, vision! Standing at the highest position, you can see the big picture below and the smallness below."

Li Kuan laughed, looked up at the sky, and continued: "In the past, I was in Chang'an City, in the center of the whirlpool, and many things in Chang'an City limited my vision."

"We, etc., can't see things outside Chang'an City clearly. After coming out this time... I passed through various places and saw the customs and life of each place. Since then, I, Li Kuan, have also seen clearly some things that I hadn't seen clearly before."

"Fan Yang Lu, Big Dipper..."

"They did some strange things before, so I, Li Kuan, can see some of them, and I can understand some of the things Mr. Liu arranged."

"The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. Only by jumping out... can you see farther and clearer."

Li Kuan couldn't stop feeling emotional.

At this time, he was caught in some kind of reminiscence, and Lu Lingqi who was beside him didn't hear what Li Kuan said clearly, because she was fascinated by watching Li Kuan halfway through his words, and she was fascinated by the seriousness of his highness.

"Um?!"

half an hour.

After reacting, his face became slightly hot.

Lu Lingqi turned her head away, not daring to look directly at Li Kuan, and asked, "Then Your Highness, what shall I do next?!"

"Continue to search the snow mountain. The thing you are looking for should be on this higher snow."

Li Kuan already had an idea.

Then, something seemed to come to mind.

Keep talking.

"By the way, Ling Qi, what's going on in Xuzhou?!"

Talking about the business, Lu Lingqi became more serious, and replied: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Mr. Yu has already taken people to Xuzhou, and the two tasks you gave him are to protect that gentleman and establish a Damascus steel factory. Finish."

"Ah."

Li Kuan nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to ask: "So, what about Youzhou?!"

"After Mr. Lan left Chang'an City with us, he took advantage of Fan Yanglu's surprise and left the team to lead people there."

Lu Lingqi continued to respond, pursed her red lips for a while, and continued: "His Royal Highness, don't worry, except for these two gentlemen, all the other gentlemen have also followed the plan, separated from us on the road, and headed to the states and counties of the Tang Dynasty. .”

"Under Mr. Liu's strategy, the Patriarch of the Lu family of Fan Yang did not notice that the gentlemen who had left led the team to leave. He always thought that we were the only army, so...we attracted all the firepower."

Li Kuan understood.

"Your Highness, forgive Lingqi for questioning. Mr. Liu seems to have fooled the Patriarch of the Fanyang Lu family with this plan, but... this plan is to use you as bait, and now we have too few people available, isn't it yours? How much more dangerous is it?"

The voice fell.

Li Kuan's face was calm, and he still maintained his sitting posture, looking at another snow mountain in the distance.

"My self, Li Kuan, is being targeted by the Big Dipper, so he is in danger all the time. He just acts as a bait, but it's nothing."

"It's Lingqi. A few days ago, Mr. Liu asked you to bring some people to protect Mr. Sun and leave for Yizhou. Why did you refuse?"

Done.

Then she looked at the heroic Lu Lingqi.

Lu Lingqi turned around quickly, met Li Kuan's eyes briefly, then hurriedly lowered her eyes, and then knelt down towards Li Kuan.

"Your Highness, Ling Qi will only put your safety first!!"

"You... are also the backbone of our big guys. If you are in too much danger, all the gentlemen will also miss your comfort, and they will not be able to complete the task you assigned wholeheartedly."

"With Ling Qi here, they can rest assured!!"

Li Kuan looked at Lu Lingqi, because she lowered her head, she could only see silver hair, and said, "Is it not your selfish intention?"

Lu Lingqi's eyes flashed with panic.

But fortunately, he kept his head down so he wouldn't be noticed.

"It's definitely not Ling Qi's selfishness!!"

Li Kuan smiled and said, "Ling Qi, just ask casually, don't be nervous."

"But... let me tell you the truth. You know that it is extremely dangerous to be with me, Li Kuan. You still have a lot of leisure time when you go to Yizhou with Mr. Sun, but with me, Li Kuan, in the future There are only endless wind and snow and the threat from Fan Yang Lu, you have to think about it."

"It's not too late to turn around now. At night, you can ride a horse alone, leave the snow mountain, and go to Yizhou. This is what Mr. Liu and I meant."

Lu Lingqi heard the words and said seriously: "Your Highness, Ling Qi will not return."

"Why, are you not afraid of death?"

"What fear is there in death? Ling Qi is willing to swear to death to protect His Highness' safety!!"

See Lu Lingqi's serious attitude.

Li Kuan is no longer sticking to his own opinion.

Proudly speak out.

"Okay! If that's the case, then you will stay with me and watch carefully. The overall situation after leaving Chang'an City is destined to be a war without gunpowder. Is it because I, Li Kuan, died and died for everyone, or... General trend! Punish, the Big Dipper!!"

Say it.

Standing up, she stepped forward to help Lu Lingqi who was half kneeling.

Together with her, watch the snowflakes falling all over the sky.

Snowflakes are like people.

Is it because he is pulled down in the future, and the remnants fall like snowflakes and no longer live in a fixed place, or... the enemy of the future will be like this.

........................

at the same time.

Chang'an City.

Yin time at midnight.

The entire city of Chang'an was paused, and every household was asleep. In order to prevent people from making trouble late at night, many Jinwu guards would patrol the road at night.

And on Suzaku Street.

There is a restaurant called Wangfeng Restaurant. This restaurant is not very impressive. Like the previous Chuhe Restaurant, it opened a shop casually for business.

but.

The entire Wangfeng Restaurant has existed for nearly ten years, longer than the Chuhe Restaurant.

For more than ten years, Wangfeng Restaurant has been open for more than ten years because of its casual opening, so the whole restaurant cannot make ends meet.

Recently, the hot pot of Chuhe Restaurant has become popular, taking away a large number of diners from Zhuque Street, and the business of Wangfeng Restaurant has plummeted. The number of customers on weekdays has reached the lowest point in more than ten years.

Even so, it continued to open as usual, rain or shine, and was not affected by various changes in Chang'an City.

tonight.

Yin Shi.

For tonight's guests, Wangfeng Restaurant only has room Tianzi No. [-], there are guests staying, and they only stay for one night.

at this time.

There is a servant girl in the Wangfeng Restaurant, and she walked into the Tianzi No. [-] room.

tiptoe in,

With a "creak", the Tianzi No. [-] room was closed.

inside.

The servant girl lowered her head and half-kneeled, "Miss, something interesting happened at the Chang'an City Poetry Fair tonight. At the poetry meeting, the King of Chu's identity as a layman in Jinyang has already been revealed to the public, and it has been completely exposed."

In front of her was a screen, with candles burning on the other end of the screen, which greatly enlarged the shadow of the woman in the bath, completely covering the entire room.

"Oh? That guy, King Chu, likes to hide things. I thought he was planning to stammer and hide things for the rest of his life."

There was great surprise in the woman's voice.

The maid raised her head, and now she could see her mask with a smiling face.

"Yes, miss, maybe it wasn't the king of Chu who signaled it, but his sister, Princess Changle, was outraged, so she helped him expose it."

"As for the method of exposure, it is still the key person, Her Royal Highness Princess Xiaosi. The King of Chu has a lot of trust in her. Before leaving Chang'an City, it seems that many things were placed with Her Highness Princess Xiaosi."

"According to our dormant people, all the belongings of the King of Chu, Princess Xiaosi, are hidden in some tattered treasure bags."

The voice fell.

There was a clattering sound, and the woman inside poured water down to wash her body.

Immediately.

She said, "Hehehe, it's really interesting. The Jinyang Layman was exposed because of the people around him."

"The King of Chu, the King of Chu, should I say that you were smart and confused for a while, or that... your defense against the people around you is really too low."

The servant girl smiled and said: "Miss, maybe this is also the weakness of the King of Chu. Now we know that many of his things are hidden in the body of His Royal Highness, Princess Xiaosi. Should we... use a dark chess?!"

"No need."

The woman's voice inside was full of jokes: "In this matter, someone will help us find the way."

The servant girl lowered her head and said, "Yes, Miss."

Say it.

She was about to step back and leave.

But it was stopped by the woman there.

"Wait, now... there is no need to go back to pack your clothes. This lady has changed her mind. Although the King of Chu is not in Chang'an City, I don't need to leave. Just stay in Chang'an City."

The servant girl was stunned, and couldn't help asking: "Miss, what are you..."

The voice of the woman inside was full of jokes again, and she said, "Chang'an City, something interesting is about to happen, hehe, to use the Chu king's catchphrase, it's not shabby to watch a play."

"Let's see if this play in Chang'an City can be applauded, cluck, cluck..."

The woman's wanton and unrestrained laughter echoed throughout the Tianzi No. [-] room.

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vertical sun
Chang'an City goes up and down.

Up to the honored nobles, down to ordinary people!
Almost everyone knows that in the royal family of Li and Tang in the Tang Dynasty, there was a fairy in poetry. In his notes, he can read thirty famous poems through the ages at will! !
Li Kuan, king of Chu, layman of Jinyang, and the name of a poet, resounded throughout the Tang Dynasty! .!

Sure enough, in the peaceful age, after the entertainment has made achievements, it is always much faster than the scientific research.

And the spread of the students was even more terrifying. After just one night, the name of King Chu was spread all over the world.

After this night, all the people in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty were proud of the king of Chu and the Jinyang layman who came from the royal family of Li and Tang.

There are even countless scribes who regard him as the Wenqu star descending from the fairy world, hang the portrait of Li Kuan, the king of Chu, on the wall, and visit him day and night for his blessing! !

The king of Chu is completely popular, exploded, and completely famous! !
On Chang'an Avenue, people who recite the poems of the King of Chu can be seen everywhere, and they even greet each other with the poems of the King of Chu.

A trend has completely formed.

It seems that after this night, if you don't know the two lines of the poem of the King of Chu, I'm sorry, but if you say something bad, you are ashamed to say that you are a scholar.

Even many ordinary people who can't read big characters can recite a few sentences.

It can be seen from this that the reputation of the King of Chu and how popular his poems were in the Tang Dynasty! !
As the saying goes: The name of the poet fairy is passed down to the Tang Dynasty, and no one in the world knows the king! ! !
King Chu has become an untouchable and unsurpassable myth in the poetry world.

Along with the spread of the name of Chu Wangshixian, what happened at the Wangjianglou Poetry Fair at that time also spread to the ears of countless people in Datang along with the students.

At the same time, there are stories about this deed, which are also spread from the mouths of storytellers.

At that time, the Zheng family in Xingyang did not have such bad deeds, but their storytellers seemed to be marketing accounts, crazily smearing the Zheng family in Xingyang, portraying them in the story as extremely vicious, and they were the biggest villains blocking the king of Chu.

The people listened to it and believed it was true.

This also made the Zheng family in Xingyang despised by thousands of people and literati who did not participate in the Chang'an Poetry Association at that time.

Even many disciples who joined the Zheng family in Xingyang left one after another.

There are also many scribes who respect the king of Chu extremely and regard him as a god, and wrote countless proclamations to denounce the Zheng family.

This time, the Zheng family in Xingyang offended the wrath of scholars all over the world! !

On the street, anyone who mentions the Zheng family in Xingyang is disgusted with it, and some people even speak ill of him and beat and kick him.

The wealthy and aristocratic family that flourished for a while suddenly turned into street rats that everyone shouted and beat, and provoked scholars. The speed of their decline was so fast.

It is precisely because of the anger of the scholars that countless members of the Zheng family in Xingyang dare not go out.

Even if he had to go out, he didn't dare to claim that he was a member of the Zheng family.

Otherwise, disaster will happen! !

If there are two people, ten or eight people, the Zheng family in Xingyang still doesn't pay attention to them at all.

But now, almost everyone in the world is hostile to them, the Zheng family! !

No matter how awesome their Zheng family is, it is impossible for them to be enemies of the world.

Not to mention a mere Zheng family, even Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, dare not say that he offended the public and became an enemy of the people of the world! !

Although one common people, ten common people, and a hundred common people seem insignificant, but the common people of the world gather together, and that will be an unshakable force.

Whether it is a family or an imperial power, since ancient times, those who get the right way get more help, and those who lose the way get little help, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

At this time, the Zheng family in Xingyang offended the anger of the public and lost the hearts of the people, which led to the betrayal of relatives.

This time, their impact was simply too great.

It had completely exploded to the point of being uncontrollable, and the anger of being bullied by the family for countless years all broke out at this moment.

Like landslides and tsunamis, but also like volcanic eruptions! !
Faced with this situation, except for the five surnames and Qiwang, many other families naturally dare not continue to stand on the same front with the Zheng family in Xingyang.

The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Once it comes to self-interest, no friendship, no relationship becomes as fragile as paper.

The Zheng family in Xingyang had no choice but to stand up and speak out under the denunciation of tens of thousands of scholars, students, and common people.

Claiming that everything was done by Zheng Hongyun and Zheng Yiyan, they framed and plagiarized the poems of the King of Chu on their own initiative, and their Zheng family knew nothing about it.

And directly expelled Zheng Yiyan from the Zheng family, kicked out of the genealogy, and not to be buried in the Zheng family's ancestral grave after death! !
However, doing so cannot remedy the impression of the Zheng family in the hearts of the world.

They are still condemned by many scholars.

"The impact this time is really huge."

In the main mansion of the Zheng family in Xingyang, a senior member of the Zheng family was extremely emotional.

"Yeah, it's good to survive this period of time. Everything is time-sensitive. Now it's just the Chang'an City Poetry Fair, which has just ended, so these damn bastards will come to trouble us. In a few days and a half month, or a month, this matter will be closed.”

Another elder of the Zheng family spoke.

He has a lot of experience in dealing with such things.

People.

It is for the people of the world, each with their own ideas, to use a bad word, it is a mess.

When they condensed, the condensed power was extremely terrifying.

But as time goes by, people from all over the world with different thoughts will leave this cohesive stage one by one, and return to their individual lives.

Until then, there is nothing to fear.

and so.

He didn't panic at all.

"but……"

At this time, the eyes of the senior Zheng's family were slightly narrowed, with a dangerous gleam in his eyes, and he continued: "After this poetry meeting, it took only half a day, and countless scholars in Chang'an City belittled my Zheng family."

"In just half a day, just because of the Chang'an Poetry Fair, do they dare to stop being afraid of my Zheng family? Is it true, or..."

"Behind the scenes, someone has ulterior motives?!"

The voice fell.

A person next to him said: "You mean, someone is planning everything behind?!"

"That's right!" Zheng's elders nodded, their eyes narrowed slightly: "And this person, I may already know who it is, that is, Li Jiaerlang!!"

………………

Imperial City.

Tai Chi Palace.

The court retreated early this morning, and since Li Shimin returned to Taiji Palace, he has not dealt with government affairs.

worry! !

He is worried! !

Worry to death! !
I am so sad that my heart is depressed! !
"Auxiliary machine, do you mean that most of the top [-] students in the Chang'an Poetry Association last night have joined the aristocratic camp?!"

Li Shimin's voice was low, as if he was suppressing endless anger.

According to what Changsun Wuji said.

After the imperial court announced the names of the top [-] students last night, they sent someone to the door this morning to ask them if they had any intention of becoming an official.

Because they are some newcomers, and because of natural disasters such as the victims, the imperial court temporarily gave them official positions, which are very small and very bitter.

But after all, it is an official position.

So Li Shimin still has great expectations, hoping to get a large number of talents through poetry.

result……

The results of it?
The officials who returned from the imperial court reported to Changsun Wuji that most of their students were moved by the family's money and became their family's followers.

Most of the students joined the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs.

This is a development that Li Shimin never thought of.

"Yes, Your Majesty, they have all joined the family, and besides..."

"Oh, forget it, I'd better let the person concerned talk about it."

Changsun Wuji sighed.

Then, after obtaining Li Shimin's consent, he asked the eunuch next to him to invite a young man outside.

The young man is as gentle as jade and a gentleman, but the clothes on his body are a little tattered.

"Who are you?!"

Li Shimin asked.

The young man bowed to Li Shimin, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Xiaomin is a student ranked in the Chang'an Poetry Association last night, confirmed by Master Kong Yingda himself, and is the No. 11 student of the conference."

"Oh?" Li Shimin's eyes flickered, and he looked at his eldest grandson Wuji.

Changsun Wuji immediately bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this student was also going to join the Qiwang family with five surnames last night, specifically to join the Boling Cui family, but after that he abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and turned to our court."

Li Shimin suddenly realized.

"Student Lin, please tell His Majesty what happened last night."

Changsun Wuji looked at the young student Lin.

Xuezi Lin nodded and replied, "Your Majesty, after the poetry meeting last night, Xiaomin originally wanted to go back to his room in the restaurant, sleep for a night, and return to his hometown in Zhongmou County in the south after spending a day in Chang'an."

"But on the way back, Xiaomin was stopped by people from the family. They promised that Xiaomin would get a lot of things as long as he joined the Boling Cui family."

"They...promised Xiaomin irresistible gold and silver, and also gave a present value. The degree of freedom is great, allowing Xiaomin to have a lot of time to travel around the mountains and rivers. In addition...they also promised Xiaomin, As long as there is an opportunity to recommend officials in the future, I will help recommend Xiaomin to enter the official career."

"Xiaomin... lost his mind for a while, agreed to Cui's family, and then realized that we students should work hard to become Jinyang Layman, and Jinyang Layman is His Majesty's child. Xiaomin has an uncle as an official, saying that it is His Majesty. Not in harmony with the family."

"If you don't get along with the aristocratic family, that's the enemy of the Jinyang layman, so Xiaomin rejected the Cui family in the end."

Listening to Lin Xuezi's narration, Li Shimin finally understood why he couldn't compete for talents and aristocratic families.

First of all,

The first point, that is speed! !
Those aristocratic families, after the poetry meeting ended, sent people to go to the residences of the university students, and even talk to them on the road.

There is a strong advantage.

second.

That's the substantive benefit on all sides.

Join the family, you can get easy jobs, you can also recommend them to be officials, and there is a lot of gold and silver.

But joining the imperial court, all you get is a small official, and...you have to immediately devote yourself to serving the people.

Joining the imperial court is impossible for them to relax. After all, even Li Shimin himself has worked so hard and has to deal with a lot of government affairs every day.

How could the officials under him relax?

Compared with the two, the imperial court has no advantage at all.

"This is really...difficult, harder than going to the blue sky."

Li Shimin felt a terrible sense of powerlessness.

these aristocratic families,

In every way, the pressure on him was simply too great.

See Your Majesty meditating,
Changsun Wuji made Lin Xuezi back down with his eyes, and then said: "Your Majesty, are you all right?"

Li Shimin lay on the chair, shook his head and said, "I'm fine."

He stood up and took a deep breath.

Look carefully at Changsun Wuji.

"Auxiliary machine, tell me the truth, how many of the top [-] students nominated last night joined the family of five surnames and seven wangs."

"This..." Changsun Wuji hesitated, as if there was something hidden, but seeing Li Shimin's firm eyes, he could only sigh helplessly: "A total of 23 students have joined the family."

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes widened instantly.

This……

This, this, this! !

There are too many to join! !
The talents he got were few and far between.

So what is the significance of holding this poetry meeting? !

After co-authoring and preparing for a long time, after the event, they directly made wedding dresses for the five surnames Qiwang! !

He only got seven talents, and among the seven talents, like the Lin student just now, he lost his way because of Jinyang Layman, and maybe the remaining six are more or less because of Jinyang Layman, that is, his own family. Kuan'er, that's why he joined the court of the Li family.

If the Jinyang layman was not Kuan'er last night, but a member of a family, does that mean...he, Li Shimin, can't get a single talent! !

anger! !

Furious! !

But there is no way, this is already the only way for him to get talents, the other way is to recommend, and the recommendation is most family officials, nominations come and go, and finally the family inherits the official position.

"Your Majesty, it's all right."

"Thinking about it better, among the 23 students who joined the Qiwang family with five surnames in this poetry meeting, only two joined the Zheng family, and the Zheng family's vitality has been weakened."

"And we got seven students, and new forces have joined in. The gaps in official positions in various places will not be as serious as before."

The eldest grandson Wugou took the initiative to throw away those bad troubles, which seemed to be deception.

Li Shimin glanced at him with a complex expression, and said seriously: "Auxiliary machine, this is not acceptable."

"One goes up and down, the Li Tang royal family will eventually become the puppets of the family, I must break this situation!!"

"It must also be my generation that breaks the situation, because only my generation has an absolute advantage in the military, and can slowly plan to suppress the aristocratic family. If my generation fails or does nothing, then the next generation, Whether Chengqian or... Kuan'er still have the power to suppress the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs, I don't know."

The voice fell.

Changsun Wuji was stunned.

It wasn't because Li Shimin was stunned by his determination, but because he heard... Chu King Li Kuan? !

When His Majesty was telling about the emperor's generation and the suppression of the family, the name of the King of Chu appeared. Could it be that... His Majesty has already begun preparations to re-designate the next emperor! ?

Thriller! !
fear! !

Shock! !
Can't believe it! !
This incident was so shocking that even Changsun Wuji froze in place.

"Auxiliary machine, auxiliary machine, what's wrong with you?"

Li Shimin saw that the elder Sun Wuji was silent for a long time, so he kept talking.

"Oh, oh, oh, Your Majesty, I'm really sorry that the old minister was thinking wildly just now."

Changsun Wuji cupped his hands full of apology.

Regarding the re-establishment of the emperor, this matter is too horrifying and terrifying, Changsun Wuji dare not think about it, maybe... His Majesty just slipped the tongue for a while?

It may also be that you are too sensitive.

"Well, it's okay."

Li Shimin waved his hand and didn't care.

Immediately, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Auxiliary machine, I must solve the danger of the family in this generation."

"I plan to reopen the imperial examinations!!"

what! !

Re-open the imperial examination! !

Changsun Wuji's eyes widened instantly, what did he hear?The imperial examination must be re-opened. Is it because my old eyes are dim and my ears are hard to hear? !

"Your Majesty, you... what did you just say? The old minister didn't hear clearly!!"

Changsun Wuji's voice trembled extremely.

Can't stand him not being shocked.

Imperial Examination, these two characters seem to have nothing wrong with them, but when they are combined, they represent a big earthquake! !
In the former Sui Dynasty, most of the reasons were due to the imperial examination system! !

The imperial examination, which is a form of relying on people's knowledge and talent to become an official, broke the traditional practice of relying on blood and family status to become an official.

It really moved the cakes of those aristocratic families.

Because of this,

In the Sui Dynasty, the aristocratic families did not like to see Yang Guang very much. When the Sui Dynasty was threatened with the collapse of the dynasty, they had no national concept in their hearts.

What's more, maybe before the end of the Sui Dynasty, many opponents of the Sui Dynasty received assistance from the aristocratic family! !
Changsun Wuji can predict.

If His Majesty really holds the imperial examination, who knows what kind of crazy actions those impatient aristocratic families will make.

"Auxiliary machine, you heard me right, I really plan to hold the imperial examination system again."

"I'm afraid... only the imperial examination system can truly break the monopoly of the five surnames and seven vassals, so that I can get truly usable talents!!"

Li Shimin looked up at the sky outside the study, his eyes were burning, full of great wishes.

"Your Majesty, this... this is impossible!!"

"There are all kinds of natural disasters and disaster victims. Our court has not finished dealing with these disasters. If the imperial examination is being held at this time, then...that...that...wouldn't be more disasters?!"

"If not, Your Majesty, please listen to my advice. I believe that we should first deal with the disaster victims and the natural disasters in the north."

"After the processing is completed, I will hold the imperial examination without any worries, and use all my strength to fight against the five surnames, Qiwang and other aristocratic families. What do you think?"

Li Shimin didn't even think about it, he just shook his head and said, "No."

"Although this plan is safe, it takes too long, and the reason why I have the heart to need talents now is because of the lack of officials. Chang'an City is too short of officials!!"

"There are papers every day, telling that there are vacancies in the official position, and those officials also recommend the next official by the way, but most of them are people from aristocratic families, so I withhold them and put them aside without dealing with them."

"There are so many vacancies in official positions, so I originally wanted to use this poetry fair to get some available talents, but I didn't expect... Most of them were cut off by aristocratic families. To be able to gather talents in a short period of time, they had to be from poor families, except for the imperial examinations. , I cannot affect other methods."

Changsun Wuji can understand Li Shimin's difficulties, but this matter is too terrible. The imperial examination method is a double-edged sword, which depends on how it is used.

If it is used properly, it can certainly weaken the heritage of the family.

And if it is not applied well, and if you think about it from the worst angle, then the entire Great Tang... will be in danger of being destroyed! !

(End of this chapter)