There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 208 Prince: Su Xian must come to my East Palace!
With a thought in her mind, the Crown Princess immediately waved away the three little palace maids, then squatted down, gently hugged the Prince's calf that was hanging naturally on the chair, looked up and asked softly:

"Is there anything on your mind, Your Highness? Now there are only two of us, husband and wife. Your Highness might as well say, I may not be able to relieve your worries, but it might be better for Your Highness to speak out."

"..."

Hearing this, the prince finally changed his face, looked down at the dignified and charming face of the princess, and sighed long.

The princess, who knew the prince's temperament, knew that the prince had taken off his disguise.

"My beloved, I don't know, but recently a talented man with excellent poetry appeared in the city of God!" The prince began to tell, his tone full of helplessness and melancholy.

"That talented man had excellent poetry, and it only took him a few days to spread his name throughout the city... Such a talented person, Gu naturally couldn't let him go, so he sent someone to extend an olive branch to him early on."

"Even Gu still pretended to be a scholar, and had a private meeting with that gifted scholar. They had a good conversation, and he also promised that he would go to the East Palace!"

"But! He only accepted it on the surface, but secretly contacted the people in Lanling Mansion... In the end, he still chose Lanling..."

"Eh!"

"..."

His Highness the Crown Prince shook his head with a melancholy look on his face, and there was a sense of frustration in his whole person from the inside out.

In today's world, when the queen is in charge of the country, the queen loves and values ​​Princess Lanling very much, even surpassing her own son's crown prince!
Princess Lanling vigorously cultivated her power in the court and installed people and spies. Most of the current prime ministers came from Lanling's disciples, and even Princess Lanling herself took the position of "Shang Shu Zuopushe".

Compared with Lan Ling's "expanding territory" in the court, His Highness the Crown Prince, as the legal heir to the throne, cannot contact any courtiers due to the restrictions of the court regulations...

Naturally, there is no way to talk about cultivating power.

The prince's prestige in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty was far less than that of Princess Lanling.

His Royal Highness, who was keeping a low profile, did not go to the court to compete with Princess Lanling, but started competing in another field -

That’s the competition for talent!

Talent, in the eyes of the common people nowadays, literary talent is equivalent to personal talent, especially poetic talent, if the poems are good, it means that this person must be a talent!
This notion runs deep.

More than ten years ago, a large number of scholars became officials because of their poetic talents.

Later, when the current queen ascended the throne and proclaimed herself emperor, she began to abolish the bad policy of "poems being included in official positions" and clearly stipulated that all officials must be from the imperial examination...

But even so, the concept that poetry is equivalent to talent is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and His Royal Highness is one of its "hardcore supporters".

For this reason, the prince sent people to search for people with excellent poetic talents, and brought them to the East Palace to raise them as guests to play a huge role in the future...

However, over the past few years, His Highness the Crown Prince's reputation has never been as prestigious as Princess Lanling's.

Many people with excellent poetic talents chose Princess Lanling...

In fact, this is not a problem. The prince is very open-minded. Those who choose Princess Lanling may have good poetic talents but definitely have a problem with their vision, so they don't want her.

But this time, the main reason was that the talented man was really good at poetry. The prince even pretended to be a scholar and met him in person... But in the end he chose Princess Lanling...

This was a huge blow to the prince.

This incident aroused his anxiety about the future.

He also became more and more afraid of the power in the hands of Princess Lanling.

Although he is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the heir to the throne, no one can guarantee that Princess Lanling will not have ambitions. After all, the person sitting on the throne today is a woman!
With this thought in his mind, the prince was really worried.

Even my favorite music, singing and dancing in the past were lacking in interest and were done perfunctorily.

……

After hearing this, the Crown Princess comforted her softly. After the Crown Prince's mood improved, she immediately suggested:
"Your Highness is kind-hearted, which is a good thing, but in some aspects, you still need to use some strong methods!"

"Aifei, you..."

The prince stared at the princess in disbelief, feeling that what the princess said was simply against the way of a saint.

This is seriously inconsistent with the education he received since childhood.

If someone doesn't want to, why force it?
"Your Highness, does he know why Lanling has been able to recruit so many talents?" The Crown Princess followed suit.

"This……"

The prince suddenly frowned, thinking about it in his mind, and found that he really hadn't thought about this problem.

In terms of material conditions, the East Palace is no worse than Princess Lanling's Mansion. The prince even marries wives for the guests, and even the birth of children is all-inclusive, one-stop service.

No, the problem shouldn't be that simple!
Fortunately, the prince was not stupid. He quickly figured out two clues and said:
"First, most of the scholars admire Lanling and aspire to become Lanling's husband-in-law. If they go to Lanling Princess Mansion, they may be able to get what they want."

"Secondly, this is something that Gu cannot do. Scholars who enter Lanling Mansion can indeed be reused by the court very quickly. Most of today's prime ministers come from Lanling's sect..."

"..."

Speaking of this, the prince felt quite melancholy.

The Crown Princess said a few words of relief, and then said: "But this is only the situation after Lan Ling gained power. I remember that when Lan Ling just opened the palace, no one went to seek refuge."

"Hiss... Hearing what Ai Fei said, I remembered that no one defected to Lanling at that time. Does Ai Fei know why so many people defected to her later?"

The Crown Princess followed the instructions and said slowly:

"Your Highness, that's because Lan Ling is unscrupulous! She used shady means to forcefully recruit several talents, and then used other methods to let others see that those few people were indeed reused. This made a good start... "

"..."

His Royal Highness was silent.

The Crown Princess struck while the iron was hot and said:
"Your Highness's current situation is quite similar to Lan Ling's situation back then. For the sake of the throne, Your Highness should also take the initiative and do everything possible to recruit useful talents, otherwise the future will be unimaginable!"

"..."

When the prince heard the word "throne", his eyes suddenly lit up, bursts of light shot out, and then he slowly nodded and said: "What my concubine said makes sense, I hate that I didn't understand this truth earlier!"

"Your Highness understands now that it is not too late. When the next talent appears, Your Highness should go all out to fight for the talent and use it for yourself!"

The princess said.

"..."

At this time, a little palace maid announced outside the door:
"Reporting to His Royal Highness, Yingzhou sent a letter with a sentence attached."

"Oh? A letter from Yingzhou? What is it?" The prince communicated with the maid through the door.

"The person who sent the message said: Princess Lanling has recruited a new talent in Yingzhou, named Su Xian, and please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to do everything possible to recruit this person into the East Palace..."

"..."

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