This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

With the support of the noble clan, Li Ke's strength instantly became much greater.

Of course, Li Er's approach did give Li Ke an illusion.

If given the opportunity, who wouldn't want to get involved in the realm of the Nine-Five Master?
People are all greedy, no one is exception, especially princes like them. Don't think that he is the only one who has this idea. If Fang Yiai and others hadn't wiped out Yin Hongzhi's family quietly, this would have been the case. Later, that kid Li You also had to jump up and down.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that many people are actually unwilling to confront Li Chengqian head-on. Where is his strength, what can he do?
Li Ke is just a knife pushed out by Li Er.

Speaking of this, we have to say that Li Er is actually not a thing.

Why recommend Li Ke? There is actually something to be said for it.

Could it be that Li Tai really can't push it?

What kind of leg disease? If Li Er really wants to push him out and rub Li Chengqian, let alone the leg disease, then even if it is a fucking brain disease, you have to stand up and be at the forefront.

The reason why there isn't is simply because of Li Tai's direct relationship, and since his eldest grandson is still alive, Li Er can't go too far.

This is the main reason why Li Tai is free.

Li Ke is different. Firstly, he is the head of the concubines, and secondly, he has a certain team. It is undoubtedly the best result to push him out and use him as this sword.

As for the other sons, Li You will not talk about it. Now he is well protected by Concubine Yin, and he will not be allowed to leave the palace easily. The rest of them are not qualified to be whetstones, let alone swordsmen.

Without him, today's Li Chengqian is really not something anyone can touch.

Even he, Li Er, must be cautious when facing Li Chengqian's problem now?
At this time, Li Ke and his team were really full of joy.

For them, no one's support can compare to Li Er's support. No matter what Li Er's purpose is, for them, this is the best opportunity. At least in the balance of victory and defeat, their chips are again A little heavier.

Especially when those old and famous families extended a hand of friendship, they were only two points sure at first, but in an instant they were more than three points.

Even if it only adds one point, they are satisfied.

To conquer the world, let alone a three-point certainty, even if there is only one point, it is still worth a lot of people's efforts.

There are countless such examples in history.

In July of the 13th year of Zhenguan, there was another day of great court meetings.

Li Ke had been waiting outside the palace gate early in the morning. Although he did not look as proud as a spring breeze, he was a little more proud. As far as the current situation is concerned, among the princes of the entire Tang Dynasty, except for Li Chengqian who was far away in the Western Regions, He was the most popular.

When everyone saw Li Ke, no matter what they thought in their hearts, their faces were still extremely respectful.

Even people like Changsun Wuji looked respectful.

"I heard that the eldest grandson Pushe also visited the King of Shu a few days ago?" Some officials who were still wavering whispered to the people around them.

"That's true, but it's hard to say that the eldest grandson Pushe supports the King of Shu."

Indeed, Changsun Wuji has three nephews, so there is no reason to support Li Ke.

"What is there to talk about?" someone said, "Anyway, I heard that when Changsun Pushe came out of the Prince of Shu's palace, he was smiling happily. The King of Shu even personally sent Changsun Pushe to the door of the palace to ask for Said that the two of them did not..."

"Hundred officials come to court..."

Just when everyone was making random suspicions, a chamberlain shouted in a high voice.

After hearing this, everyone immediately fell silent, subconsciously arranged their clothes, and filed in.

Soon, when they arrived at Tai Chi Hall, Li Er had been waiting for him for a long time.

After completing the formalities, Fang Xuanling left the office and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

As he spoke, he took out a memorial from his sleeve and said, "This is the draft of the Standing Committee revised by the old minister after your Majesty's review. I would like to ask your Majesty to read it."

Li Er nodded when he heard the words, and immediately asked a chamberlain to bring up the memorial. After examining it carefully, Li Er said: "Fang Qing is worthy of being the pillar of the Tang Dynasty. Chang Ke can do such a complicated thing." Fang Qing can clarify it in a short time.

In this way, Fang Qing might as well explain it briefly to all the ministers. If there is anything you don't understand, you can clarify it now.

Of course, if there are better suggestions, everyone can discuss them now. "

Chang Ke, how could he not pay attention to Li Er's greatest weapon in dismantling various factions?

The reason why Fang Xuanling was asked to take charge of this work in the first place was to make room for Zhang Sun Wuji, and secondly, it was also because Fang Xuanling did this with the greatest care.

No matter from which perspective, as a courtier, Fang Xuanling has always been the most worry-free and reassuring.

As soon as he said these words, the faces of the officials from the old gentry family turned dark.

In fact, they are the last thing to hear the word Chang Ke. Everyone is not a fool. Chang Ke is a weapon specially designed to deal with them and disrupt their monopoly on knowledge and rights.

How could they support it?

Of course, if it were in the past, it would not be that easy for Li Er to get hold of Chang Ke. There is no doubt that the established nobles would counterattack.

But with Li Chengqian's strong rise, the nobles who had already offended Li Chengqian did not dare to disobey Li Er too much. If they offended both father and son to death, haha, the nobles would have died.

This is also their helplessness.

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he immediately smiled and nodded, then turned around and cupped his hands to everyone, saying: "After all, this is just my family's opinion. If there are any mistakes, please correct me."

"The Duke of Liang made serious remarks. In the entire Tang Dynasty, no one can understand Chang Ke better than him." Zheng Xu immediately raised his hands and said with a smile.

Although they were very dissatisfied with what Fang Xuanling did, they were unable to change anything.

The rest of the people also smiled and said a few words of modesty.

Of course, some people really want to hear the specific details of Chang Ke.

After a while, the hall became quiet.

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling said: "As mentioned before, Chang Ke is divided into three levels.

Township examination, government examination, palace examination.

The rural examination is placed in each county and starts in March every year. The top twenty candidates will enter the government examination. If they fail the government examination, they can be used as reserve talents in the county and be allowed to join the subordinate staff of various ministries.

The government examination is placed in each state's capital and starts in September every year. The top [-] candidates from each county and township examination in the prefecture compete together. The top [-] officials will also be selected to participate in the palace examination in March of the following year.

In the same way, if the candidates fail in the palace examination, they should return to their respective prefectures, where they can be used as reserve talents for the prefecture and are allowed to join low-level officials of the prefecture, such as county Wei, county magistrate, etc.

The Imperial Examination is held in Chang'an and starts in March every year. 99 candidates are selected, which is the same as in previous years...

In addition, off-site reference is strictly prohibited. If found out, the exam will be banned for three generations..."

It took Fang Xuanling only half an hour to introduce everything to everyone, almost in detail.

When the noble officials in the main hall heard this, their faces turned dark.

They don't care about anything else. What really matters to them is that if you fail the government examination, you can become a subordinate official, and if you fail the imperial examination, you can become the county magistrate!
To be honest, Chang Ke and the others can accept it. After all, knowledge is in the hands of people like them.

There are so many people in the world, but they account for [-]% of the scholars!

Even if the imperial examination is held, how can others compete with them?

They are even confident that among those who take the imperial examination every year, their respective noble families can account for [-]%.

But if Fang Xuanling does this, haha, it doesn't matter how much they can occupy, the important thing is that those poor ghosts will go crazy!As long as you pass the provincial examination, you have a ticket to enter officialdom.

After passing the county examination, I was even qualified to be an official!

Although the subordinate officials and county magistrates are just petty officials at most, you must know that in the past, these positions, especially the positions of county magistrate and county Wei, were basically occupied by their various ethnic groups!
Not to mention the big families like King Cui, Lu and Zheng, but also the Guanzhong gentry like Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, and Du. Which family doesn't have thousands of descendants?

And in Guanzhong, how many county magistrates and county Wei you can hear are not from these families?
This is their basic plan!
But with Chang Ke's opening, their fundamentals were basically exposed!
There are also those inconspicuous subordinates, haha, three or two may not matter, but what if there are more people?

Don’t forget, they are the people closest to the people!

Do you really think that the major noble families have relied on their monopoly of knowledge to pass on for countless years?
Shit, they relied on these intricate relationships and interests to firmly root their family in that place!
"Liang Guogong, this is inappropriate." Shaoyin of the Chang'an Prefecture immediately stood up and said, "Since they have failed, it means that they are not good at studying. How can they still get such preferential treatment? Will this make some people who are ignorant and incompetent Senior, you sneaked into the public sect and brought trouble to others?"

His surname was Wei, and he was the one who had a nasty relationship with Li Ke. Of course, in the end, with the mediation of the Cui family and others, his relationship with Li Ke eased a lot.

At this moment, after hearing Fang Xuanling's words and someone's instructions, wouldn't he become a standout?

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he smiled and said: "Wei Shaoyin's words are wrong. The provincial examination has actually helped us screen out those uneducated and unskilled people. Of course, we do not rule out that a certain county has [-] people in a row." Even the most remote county in the Tang Dynasty has more than [-] scholars, right?

If such a place really appears, I don’t know how many people will move there with their families. After all, I don’t need to explain what it means in detail, right? "

……

After he finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

At first, Wei Shaoyin was ready to argue, but now, he really couldn't say a word.

He got it.

Fang Xuanling created an opportunity for everyone.

The Guanzhong gentry, the Shandong gentry like the Cui family, and the Guanlong gentry like the Changsun family have been operating in these places for too long.

The cultural and educational level of these places is naturally much higher than that of other places. After all, not to mention their own family, but their branch families, there are more than a few dozen scholars.

In this case, they might be competing for the provincial examination.

But there are only so many places, what if you can’t compete for them?
Of course it’s migration!

Migrate to a place where culture and education are backward!

"No, didn't Liang Guogong say that off-site reference is not allowed?" Someone suddenly asked.

Seeing the person asking the question, Fang Xuanling smiled: "You must have not heard clearly. I just said that if your family moves to a certain county and lives for more than three years, you can settle there and you are allowed to participate. The local township examination. In the same way, if he has passed the township examination and meets the requirements for settlement, he can also take the local government examination."

He had said this before, but obviously some people didn't hear it clearly.

When they heard Fang Xuanling's explanation again, everyone finally understood that this was a disguised form of grace order!
The reason why the gentry clan is so large is because they live in groups, are united, and everyone takes care of each other.

If you move everywhere just for a quota, haha, distance not only creates beauty, it can also make brothers become strangers!

After a few generations, it really depends on who still remembers whom.

But if you don't do this, haha, they will have no choice but to be crucified here. No matter how prosperous their culture and education are, the number of places is limited, and you can't change the world!

And when culture and education gradually flourished in various places, they would be boiled to death by boiling frogs in warm water.

After all, what is their population base worth mentioning when compared with the rest of the world?
On the throne, Li Er looked at this scene and was extremely satisfied.

It's this effect.

When he first saw Fang Xuanling's move, he was extremely excited.

In the past, the nobles always made trouble for him, but today it's better, you can take care of it yourself!

This tone finally came out.

Of course, the nobles couldn't give up so quickly.

I default to Chang Ke and that is impossible, but you, Fang Xuanling, are trying to dig up our roots. This cannot be tolerated.

For a time, many gentry officials began to find fault with what Fang Xuanling proposed.

Things in the world are like this. As long as you are determined to find trouble, you can pick out the bones from the eggs. This is not surprising.

Fang Xuanling was not impatient, he was waiting.

The memorial had been written a long time ago, why do you think he chose today?

Isn't it just that I received a message?

Just as a group of nobles were picking at each other, the chamberlain came in and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Dequan, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and the Minister of Rites, would like to see you."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xuanling smiled and came.

Li Er vaguely heard some rumors, and smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Xuan."

"Announcement, Wang Dequan, the Ming Dynasty's envoy to the Tang Dynasty and minister of the Ministry of Rites, comes to see you!" As Li Er announced, the chamberlain shouted loudly.

The officials under the main hall were also a little surprised. Why did an old guy like Wang Dequan come to join in the fun at this time?
Soon, Wang Dequan came in holding a certificate of credence, bowed and said: "Foreign Minister Wang Dequan, I see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"Without courtesy." Li Er raised his hand slightly and then said, "I wonder what important matters your envoy has when he comes to the palace today."

Wang Dequan held his credentials and said: "To His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not long ago, our king sent a message that the Ming Dynasty will officially send envoys to the Tang Dynasty at the end of this month to highlight the friendship between the two countries."

Having said this, Wang Dequan raised the credential in his hand high above his head and continued, "This is the credential written by my king himself. I would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to read it."

Li Er actually knew it. Of course, he would not show it at this moment. He just nodded slightly, and naturally a chamberlain brought the credentials.

But all the courtiers were stunned.

Ming Dynasty sent envoys to visit Tang Dynasty?

This is out of season, what kind of Tang Dynasty are you visiting?
But they all had a bad feeling.

The Ming Dynasty and Li Chengqian cannot be underestimated in anything they do.

"Your Highness is interested." After looking at the credentials, Li Er said with a smile, "Speaking of the fact that the Tang and Ming Dynasties have established diplomatic relations for several years, the Ming Dynasty has never officially sent an envoy to visit the Tang Dynasty. I thought I could not wait for this day. I didn’t expect it to come so suddenly.”

What Li Er said is interesting.

After hearing this, everyone looked at Li Er with interest.

Is it a reproach?

Still dissatisfied?
Wang Dequan has been in Chang'an for so many years, and he has matured a lot, especially when he often dealt with the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, and he also learned a lot. After hearing this, he also smiled and said: "Please forgive me, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty started in the twilight years, and it was difficult all the way.

There are both internal and external worries. There have been many shortcomings in previous years. I ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to forgive me.

Now, our Ming Dynasty has put down the rebels, and has the intention to prosper. Sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible is the greatest sincerity of our Ming Dynasty. "

"It doesn't matter." Li Er smiled and waved his hand and said, "I just mentioned it casually. After all, today's Ming Dynasty has strong soldiers and strong horses, and its industrial manufacturing industry is unparalleled. Sometimes, even the Tang Dynasty has to It depends on one or two.”

Facing Li Er, Wang Dequan was still a little confused after all. After all, he was also an old hermaphrodite.