People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1202: Emperor’s Test

The singing and dancing resumed, and Li Xuan returned to his seat with the kings.

Liu Jinyu carefully approached Li Xuan and raised her eyes, feeling a little envious. He looked at Li Xuan with some admiration and curiosity, and couldn't help but scratch the corner of his clothes.

If she remembers correctly, this article was already completed when Li Xuan was at home.

Li Xuan shook her head slightly, with a wry smile in her eyes.

Do you want him to be here, in front of the emperor, talking about the hostility between the emperor and his ministers, the great chaos in the world, the decline of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang's theft of power, the chaos of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor's running away, the traitorous Cao family, the weakening of the public house, and the lack of justice in the world?

Turning her head, Li Xuan wondered in her heart whether she should go back and revise this article carefully.

Some things cannot be mapped too much.

Ouyang on the side has already pulled Liu Jinyu to ask.

Was this article really written by Li Xuan?

Liu Jinyu nodded slightly and whispered the time when Li Xuan wrote this article.

She watched Li Xuan write the article stroke by stroke with her own eyes.

The officials in the palace looked at Li Xuan with the same curiosity.

You know, for many years, although Li Xuan fought on the battlefield and was famous for his poetry, he had many shortcomings in long poems.

Of course, the current article cannot be regarded as a long poem, but as a policy statement.

This is an extremely excellent policy essay.

Even Ouyang Tong, Cen Changqian, Wang Dezhen and others may not be able to write it.

Xue Yuanchao himself was a little ashamed. He even believed that this article was no less than that of Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling.

On the other hand, Liu Rengui, Li Jingxuan, Liu Shenli and others nodded with calm eyes.

This article is actually written with much thought in mind.

More importantly, Li Xuan is actually talking about himself.

I am willing to be a benevolent gentleman, a warrior and a warrior under the emperor's command, and be loyal to the emperor.

This is a self-report.

Again, this is a teaching.

The imperial art he taught Li Xian was magnificent and spectacular, and he had the style of a famous person in the world.

Pei Yan raised his head and his eyes fell on Li Xuan with doubts in his eyes.

This article was indeed amazing enough, but he always felt a little strange. The King of Nanchang was really willing to dedicate his loyalty to the emperor without any selfish motives.

Is there something wrong with this?

Wu Chengsi's eyes flickered. If this article was really Li Xuan's personal thoughts, then he would no longer be a threat to the emperor or Empress Wu.

Empress Wu glanced at the emperor, who seemed to have been immersed in that article.

Empress Wu sighed in her heart. With this article and Li Xuan's actions in the East Palace during this period, there is no doubt that no one will doubt Li Xuan's loyalty for a long time.

Likewise, no one will touch Li Xuan easily for a long time.

This article is his talisman.

Likewise, once Li Xuan has a change of heart, this article will become his fatal noose.

Broken.

Make the world laugh.

Behind them, Cui Can, Pei Jingxian, Dou Xiwan, Yang Zhi and others were already bowing their heads and memorizing silently.

They are all people with clever minds and outstanding memories.

The article Li Xuan just wrote didn't have many words, and they had enough ability to memorize it all.

After returning home, invite relatives and friends to savor it carefully.

They have a feeling that this article will definitely allow them to recite it all the time... It would be enough if they could see the whole picture.

Princess Taiping looked at all this curiously. Among the people, she was the one who knew the least about these things because she didn't have much interest in them.

But even so, she could see that at this time, the way everyone looked at Li Xuan had changed greatly.

But so what.

Princess Taiping didn't care, because in her eyes, Li Xuan was already dazzling enough, but now he was just more eye-catching, and there wasn't much change.

The drums are playing softly, and the graceful dancer's figure has gradually become more relaxed.

Le stopped dancing and retreated, and everyone's eyes fell on the emperor again.

The kings retreated, and the princesses and their children came forward to wish the emperor a happy new year.

Xue Shao, Pei Jingxian, and Dou Xiwan followed.

Others Wei Su, Cui Can, Yang Zhiyi, Zheng Liangwen, Lu Yuan, Du Pengju and others can only watch from behind. They have no chance to get closer now.

……

Li Xuan sat behind the table and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was sensitively aware that the focus of everyone in the Liangyi Palace gradually fell on Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping also began to feel restless.

All the kings, princesses, prime ministers, and ministers saluted the emperor one after another and wished him good health in the new year.

The emperor also had his own rewards, and Li Xuan had received another handful of imperial money before.

This time he didn't have to worry about going back to give gifts to the children of relatives and friends.

Li Xuan raised her head and her eyes fell on Princess Taiping opposite. Princess Taiping noticed Li Xuan's gaze and looked up.

Li Xuan's eyes had become gentle and encouraging, and Princess Taiping breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor was present, and they restrained themselves from drinking. They could only raise their glasses to the left and right. As for those further away, they could only nod their heads, but could not shout.

When the singing and dancing stopped completely and no one came forward to congratulate him, Li Zhi gently placed the wine glass on the table.

Looking up at the crowd, everyone in the hall had fallen silent.

Li Zhi looked at Princess Taiping with a doting look, and then said: "Today, all the young talents are here, and they will take part in the imperial examination next year. I will take the test today. If I can achieve something, I will definitely make the two capitals famous." Remarkable."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." The ministers bowed their hands. At the same time, Cui Chu, Lu Yuan, Zheng Liangwen, Wei Shu, Pei Jingxian, Xue Shao, Yang Zhiyi, Du Pengju, Dou Xiwan and others stood up one after another. Boling Cui family, Fan Yang Lu family, Xingyang Zheng family, Jingzhao Wei family, Hedong Pei family, Hedong Xue family, Hongnong Yang family, Fufeng Dou family, most of the top families in the Tang Dynasty are here.

Someone from the Li family of Zhao County also came, but in order to avoid misunderstanding, they did not come forward.

After all, the emperor was choosing a son-in-law, and neither the Longxi Li family nor the Zhaojun Li family would move forward.

As for the Taiyuan Wang family and the Hedong Liu family, they are now not qualified to move forward, and no one is even qualified to appear at today's banquet.

Li Zhi waved his hand behind him, and a housekeeper had already brought a gold tray over.

Li Xuan took out a sachet with red background and gold thread from the tray, opened it, took out the note inside, took a look at it, and then said musingly: "There is a saying in "Guanzi Herdsman", etiquette, justice, integrity, and the four dimensions of the country. If it is not maintained, the country will perish. Today we talk about the four-dimensional eight virtues, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, trust, righteousness, peace, and peace."

After a slight pause, Li Zhi's eyes fell on Li Xuan, nodded, and said: "The King of Nanchang wrote a "Han Theory" with loyalty as the foundation. Now I use filial piety as the title, hoping that all the ministers can have a collision of ideas. , each write a poem to express filial piety. Well, come, wait for me with pen and ink, and light incense. I want to see your excellent works in one stick of incense."

"Here!" Cui Wei, Lu Yuan, Zheng Liangwen, Wei Shu, Pei Jingxian, Xue Shao, Yang Zhiyi, Du Pengju and Dou Xiwan handed over their hands at the same time.

Some of them looked calm, while others had slightly changed expressions.

This round is not easy.

It is not difficult to write a poem in one stick of incense, but what is difficult is to satisfy the emperor, the ministers, and the princess.

When the ministers' eyes fell on the nine people, they couldn't help but look at Princess Taiping.

Everyone can see that the question asked by the emperor was actually asked by Princess Taiping.

Not limited to the love and affection of children, but focusing on filial piety, Princess Taiping is indeed a royal model.

……

Empress Wu's eyes fell from Princess Taiping to Li Xuan, and she nodded with satisfaction.

She asked Princess Taiping to find Li Xuan about this matter. Li Xuan gave her advice, but the right to make the decision fell into Princess Taiping's hands.

Empress Wu was deeply satisfied with Li Xuan's response.

If Princess Taiping is sensitive enough, she can be keenly aware of the way of being a minister contained in this.

But unfortunately, Taiping is still very immature and does not see many things deeply enough.

Empress Wu's eyes fell back on the nine people in the center of the hall. If we were looking at appearance alone, Xue Shao, who was tall and handsome, was undoubtedly the most outstanding.

Moreover, he is the cousin of Princess Taiping and the emperor's nephew. He is the most familiar to the emperor among everyone.

After all, Princess Chengyang died of illness in recent years, and the emperor was very concerned about Princess Chengyang's sons.

Every New Year's Eve, people would send gifts.

Now he does have a good chance of becoming the royal son-in-law.

But his appearance is outstanding, but his knowledge is unknown.

Those words in the past were all hearsay and useless. Today’s article is where the real skills can be seen.

Both Empress Wu and Li Zhi were the most outstanding figures in the world. They considered many aspects when choosing husbands for their daughters.

If there is even the slightest mistake, you will be kicked out immediately.

Just as Empress Wu was thinking, a person had already stood up, tall and straight, with a handsome posture. It was Xue Shao.

While others were still writing, Xue Shao had already achieved success.

A poem was sent to the imperial court.

The emperor and Empress Wu bowed their heads at the same time and saw the words above:

My mother taught me step by step, and Sanyuan Chang sent down the pot.

The rhymes and customs of Yun Shao stop and the Yao harp stops, and the luan and crane fly low to brush the treasure furnace.

The emperor's hand paused slightly. Empress Wu turned her head and frowned, looking at the emperor with concern on her face.

Xue Shao's poem is not very profound, but it describes the feelings and scenes, and it is eloquently told, and the memories are overwhelming, which is even more unbearable for relatives.

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Pass it on."

"Here!" Wang Fulai took the paper and passed it on quickly.

Li Xuan glanced at it and frowned slightly. This poem was not very clever, but it just hit the emperor's heart.

And Xue Shao's movements were fast enough, and he had already accomplished it before anyone else could react.

Those with unstable mentality, like Du Pengju, were already panicking.

Even other people were distracted.

The only ones who can truly stabilize their mood and not be distracted are Cui Wei and Lu Yuan.

Soon, several poems were completed, among which the most outstanding ones, besides Xue Shao, were Cui Can and Lu Yuan.

The paper is in front of Li Xuan, with Cui Can's poem on it:

Leave the mother in the ditch and leave her home in the shade.

Yueming hears Du Yu, and North and South are always concerned.

Next is Lu Yuan:

My love is endless, and I am happy to come home.

The fine clothes are densely stitched, and the ink marks on family letters are new.

Seeing Lian Qingtian, Hu'er asked hard.

I feel ashamed of the Son of Man and dare not lament the ups and downs.

Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the emperor. She couldn't help but shake her head slightly in her heart. The writing was good, but the only poems that could touch the emperor's mood were Xue Shao's poems.

Li Xuan had to admit that this Xue Shao still had some abilities.

Li Xuan turned sideways and landed on Xue Shao, and could not help but see pride on his face.

Looking up, Li Xuan saw Princess Taiping looking at him pleadingly.

Please help, please solve the problem.

Before Li Xuan could think of a way, a figure had already stood up.

(End of this chapter)