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Chapter 130 Li Longji is really hopeless
Tang Dynasty, the ninth year of Zhenguan.

Inside the Manna Hall.

Li Shimin was looking through the "Clan Records" that he had asked others to revise, one by one, to decide which new nobles and branches to use.

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji also came to the palace and sat down to watch. However, Li Jing was at the frontier, and Cheng Yaojin had no suggestions on this matter, so only two civil servants came.

A palace servant came over and whispered something in Li Shimin's ear. The two people below clearly saw that Emperor Li II looked a little surprised, but they thought that the jealous wife of Fang Xuanling had done something again, so they didn't dare to ask.

but……

After all the palace people in the hall had left in an orderly manner, Li Shimin took the initiative to speak.

"You all still remember the Wu Zetian that Mr. Song mentioned before, right?"

He looked at Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji, and seeing that they both had serious expressions on their faces, he knew that they had not forgotten at all.

This is normal. After all, the first and only female emperor in history came from the Tang Dynasty, so it is natural that she left a deep impression on people.

Zhang Sun Wuji is the elder brother-in-law of Li Er and his wife, so he is naturally more informed. Upon hearing this, he hesitated and said:

"I heard that she was not only summoned to the palace to work, but also in front of the Queen?"

"Could it be that she has shown some evil ambitions at such a young age? Are you going to take action? But this... this is impossible..."

Normally, how could a girl of ten years old think of usurping the throne and becoming an empress when she first entered the palace as a female official? Even if someone dared to think and dream, it was impossible for them to think in this direction right away.

Sure enough, Li Shimin shook his head and said with a smile:

"Think too much!"

"I mentioned her only because Guanyin had a chat with her just now. What do you think she thinks of what we are doing now?"

"Haha, Guanyin asked her if she was willing to take on this overwhelming wealth for the Wu family. She said of course she would, and that Jingzhou is a long and remote place, so it would be best not to call her father back to Chang'an for discussion, but to directly send the printing technique and the imperial edict, along with her letter, to Jingzhou!"

"This little girl didn't hold back at all when it came to dealing with her own family members!"

Fang Xuanling's eyelids twitched when he heard this.

——You also know that printing is a hot potato and is used to deal with people? Although everyone knows this, is it appropriate for you to say this in front of my old house? ? ?

Fang Xuanling struggled to smooth things over for himself:

"You can't say that, Your Majesty. You said she is just a little girl. What if she is short-sighted and has never seen the world? She only sees the benefits and wants to find a future for her family? Who knows?"

"Let's take a step back and say that Wu Shigui is in Jingzhou. Even if this matter is troublesome, if we can really handle it, wouldn't it be a great fortune?"

Li Shimin slapped his thigh:
"Oh, you're really wrong."

"She is indeed only in her teens, but she clearly knows the pros and cons of this matter, and it is clear that she wants to kill the other members of the Wu family in Jingzhou."

"There is one thing you may not know. At the beginning of this year, Wu Shigui said that his health was failing and he wanted to retire, but I rejected him. I don't know how bad his health is, but this girl from the Wu family knows better than us. Since she dared to do this, when the imperial edict and letter are sent back, even if Wu Shigui is still alive, he will probably die of anger."

"Moreover, I have also carefully investigated the Wu family. Except for her, her two brothers treated her and her very harshly. They are also idiots. Their brains put together are not as smart as a single hair of hers... You say, if such a family with no successors gets the printing technology, wouldn't it be like a child carrying gold in a busy market?"

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji looked at each other.

Good guy.

They still underestimated the brain of the only empress.

She is only eleven or twelve years old, but she has such a mentality and means. The most terrifying thing is that she has a good appearance. No one would think there is anything wrong with her at first glance.

It’s not that the descendants of the Li family are rubbish, it’s just that Wu Zetian - no, the girl from the Wu family - is too powerful.

When talking about Wu Zetian, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of someone.

Wu Zetian's grandson, Li Longji.

He frowned and thought for a while, then asked:
"Do you think Li Longji can hand in his test paper in this exam?"

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji both shook their heads this time:

"I don't think so!"

Li Shimin frowned even deeper.

Because he had been troubled by headaches for many years, he already had a deep hanging needle line on his forehead. Now when he frowned, the line became more obvious.

"Why are you so sure? Although Li Sanlang is a worthless person, he was a wise ruler who could create a prosperous era when he was young. Many emperors were inevitably stupid in their later years. If he could wake up in time, he might be able to avoid a catastrophe."

Fang Xuanling felt a little embarrassed when he heard the question from Emperor Li II.

This is a bit of a life-threatening question...it's not easy for him to open his mouth.

So he looked at Changsun Wuji and signaled to him that brother-in-law is brother-in-law after all, and Fang Xuanling had a clear understanding of each other's status.

Zhang Sun Wuji did not refuse and thought for a while before speaking:
"Your Majesty, you also said that he became confused in his later years. Many emperors in history were like this. If you read the history books, you will find that emperors who became confused in their later years often fail to realize that they are old, and do not know what they have done wrong. Some even go as far as to act stubbornly and self-righteously."

"Our classmate, Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, may be considered foolish in his later years in the eyes of some people. After the death of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, he gave the Xiongnu time to recuperate, which led to the tiger raising a threat and causing the witchcraft disaster, which caused the crown prince Liu Ju to commit suicide. But if there were no famous generals like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, it would be unknown whether the Xiongnu could be defeated. As for Liu Ju's incident, it is hard to say whether he really wanted the crown prince to die or was just taking advantage of the issue."

"In short, no matter what Liu Che himself thought, the final result was that he issued the Luntai Self-Criticism Edict and took the blame on himself."

"Think about it, is Li Longji a man who can issue an edict of repentance? He can't even pretend."

"Li Longji was already in his fifties or nearly sixties when he entered the classroom, almost the oldest emperor there. Judging from his appearance, he should have been a handsome man with high spirits when he was young, but he had been drained of his body by drinking and sex for many years, and it was not something that could be changed overnight. He no longer had the ambition."

Li Shimin nodded and shook his head as he listened.

He knew that what Changsun Wuji said was the truth and that Li Longji was probably beyond saving.

But originally, there were only two emperors in the Li Tang Dynasty, himself and Li Longji, which could not compare with the many emperors in the Zhu family. The Zhu family had emperors such as Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Biao, who was half an emperor. If the Li Tang lost another one, they would be even less comparable.

Ying Zheng and Liu Che seemed to be indifferent. After all, they were both extremely confident. There were no emperors in the Qin Dynasty, and as for the Han Dynasty... Firstly, Liu Che might have met his ancestor, and secondly, no one seemed to be able to match Liu Che's achievements in civil and military affairs. So, the two of them were obsessed with beating up the ministers of their same dynasty.

But Li Shimin was different. He was not afraid of meeting his ancestors, and his left and right arms were here. He really wanted a future emperor to help him!

Just as he was worrying, a notification came from outside the Ganlu Palace.

Hearing the name of the visitor, Li Shimin was puzzled:

"Zhijie wants to see you? Why did he come here suddenly?"

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji both shook their heads.

How would they know where to go?

According to Mr. Song's calculation, today is Saturday. Zhijie can finally have a good sleep at home, and it is rare for him to come to the palace.

Li Shimin was also curious, so he simply called the person in to see what this guy was up to.

As Cheng Yaojin entered the room, he grinned. Just as he was about to speak, he looked back at the open palace door and made faces at Emperor Li II, making Li Shimin laugh and cry at the same time. He had to let all the palace people leave and close the door.

After all the palace people left, Cheng Yaojin rushed to the middle of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji in two or three steps, and said in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, Xuanling, Wuji, guess what I, Old Cheng, saw?"

Li Shimin was speechless, but still cooperated and asked:

"What did you see?"

Cheng Yaojin grinned:
"I saw that Li Longji had just woken up and was listening to music in the garden again!"

"He is so lucky. He is surrounded by a group of beauties, each one more beautiful than the other. He doesn't even have to attend court. He can just leave everything to the court officials. Even gods wouldn't want to have such a life!"

The other three stood up at the same time and exclaimed in astonishment:

"What did you say?!"

Cheng Yaojin was shocked by their reaction.

When Li Shimin grabbed his collar with his palm as big as a palm fan and insisted that he explain himself, Cheng Yaojin finally understood why they were like this.

"Ouch, Your Majesty, please let me go first--"

When it comes to martial arts and fighting with strength, Cheng Yaojin asked himself if he could be on equal terms with His Majesty, but that was His Majesty, how could he really fight!

So now he could only keep bowing, hoping that His Majesty would relax and speak properly.

But Li Shimin had no intention of letting go, he just stared at him:
"Tell me what happened, and I'll let you go!"

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji were also watching with eager eyes.

Although they were civil officials, they were civil officials who had followed the young King of Qin through thick and thin. Apart from other things, they were proficient in all six arts of a gentleman and could draw their swords and kill people when necessary. Now, as long as Cheng Yaojin broke free, the two of them would dare to pounce on him and suppress him!

Cheng Yaojin was scared and raised his hands in surrender:
"I said, I said it's not okay?"

"The thing is like this..."

It turned out that Cheng Yaojin was quite aware of his own strengths and weaknesses. He knew that he could not help at all with things like exams, so he turned his attention to other people.

Since Song Shen had said in class on Friday that all students could communicate with each other as long as they could hand in their answer sheets before the next class, Cheng Yaojin began to have evil ideas and tried to contact people from other dynasties in order to get some information out of them so that he could take it to Emperor Li II to seek credit.

He also asked the Laoshi subsystem, and the answer he got was that only when the emperors and generals of other dynasties also realized this rule could they communicate with each other, otherwise it would be a one-sided view.

Cheng Yaojin started using the system to secretly watch what other people were doing from the afternoon before, which was after the class on Friday. However, the system automatically shut down at night and he could not see anything. He relied on the basic qualities of a military general to survive until dawn. He searched around again but did not find that people from other dynasties were aware of this rule.

During the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Qin Shi Huang was discussing with a group of people how to establish the county-kingdom system. One of them looked a bit like Zhang Liang, Marquis of Liu. The group of people argued until their faces turned red and their final product was quite realistic.

In the early Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang did not discuss things with anyone. He stayed alone in his study, writing furiously, and occasionally scraping the bamboo slips with a knife.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, summoned Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, expressed his cordial condolences to them, and summoned a group of people to speak freely, asking them about everything from military to political affairs, and then asked people to organize all their opinions.

In the Ming Dynasty, no one knew what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were doing. The perspective was very strange. One could only see them sitting behind a screen, playing riddles and writing. Nothing else could be seen.

During the Yongle period, Zhu Di hastily appointed Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince. His other two sons were very noisy and were all beaten with sticks. Then Zhu Di discussed with the crown prince how to change the feudal system.

Zhu Qizhen...Zhu Qizhen he was too lazy to look at.

According to the order of dynasties, Li Longji, who should have been in the middle, was put last by Cheng Yaojin because Cheng Yaojin said that he could not see anything from Li Longji earlier. After he came back after watching a circle, he saw that this guy was being served by a bunch of beauties, eating, drinking, and having fun, and was not attending court, but listening to music in the opera garden.

There was really no other way, Cheng Yaojin could only take this information into the palace for the time being.

He originally thought that his Majesty, together with his two think tanks Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, should have been aware of the loophole in the rules. He just wanted to go to the palace to exchange with them to see if he could find out anything valuable. But who would have thought that out of a class of more than a dozen people, he, Old Cheng, was the only one who discovered it.

There are also emperors, generals, and think tanks and strategists!

Not as good as a leg hair of Old Cheng!
——Of course, it is impossible for Cheng Yaojin to say such words in front of these three people who are eyeing him covetously.

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, but he finally kept his promise and loosened Cheng Yaojin's collar.

"Not to mention the exam that's right around the corner, so many people, including Mr. Song, have talked about the An-Shi Rebellion. Li Longji knew what was going to happen, but he still had the mind to listen to music and enjoy himself. It's simply..."

"It's really hopeless!"

He clenched his fists tightly and said angrily:

"What a jerk! How could my Li family have such an unfilial descendant? He is not even as good as Wu Zetian!"

Cheng, Fang and Changsun lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Although they felt that there was no need to compare Li Longji with Wu Zetian...

But no one dared to face the furious Emperor Li II.

"He will be a discarded pawn in the future."

After a long time, Li Shimin finally woke up from his anger.

He said coldly:
"Since there is a loophole in this rule, if there is a chance, try to kick him out."

"It's better not to have such a person who has neither moral integrity nor ambition. It's a pity to keep him!"

(End of this chapter)