Artai said: "According to our inside information from the DPRK, General Tiance went to Chuhe Village, and he was not the only one to go, including Fang Xuanling."
"Oh?" The head of the Li family in Longxi was extremely surprised and said with a smile: "He... went to Chuhe Village to recuperate? What? He felt that the weather was getting colder, so he went to Chuhe Village to avoid the cold?"
It's summer now, it can't be cold.
The head of the Li family in Longxi meant that Li Shimin felt cold because his family turned against him.
but…
As soon as these words were spoken.
The head of the Li family in Longxi fell into deep thought.
According to previous information, Quyuanli and pork were all brought out by Fang Xuanling from Chuhe Village.
His five surnames and seven disciples are the best in the world, and his intelligence system is also extremely good, so as long as you pay attention, it is easy to know the origin of those divine objects.
Could it be….
At this time, Li Shimin also went to Chuhe Village to seek help, right? However, the books are all controlled by aristocratic families, so what can Chuhe Village do to help?
The head of the Li family in Longxi felt that he had thought too much.
However, Chuhe Village is the product of that man after all.
It's his product...
Suddenly, the eyes of the head of the Li family in Longxi became solemn.
When it comes to the King of Chu, he dare not be careless and cannot be careless.
Because half a month ago.
Zheng Jibo, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang with the fifth surname Qiwang, wrote to him personally, inviting him to help the King of Chu.
Yes, that’s right, King Chu!
When the head of the Li family in Longxi heard the news, not to mention how shocked he was, and when he learned that King Chu was the mysterious leader of the Dayan Kingdom, he was even more... dumbfounded.
Really dumbfounded!
People get old.
He has been cultivating his temper for more than ten years, and there are few things that can cause him to have mood swings. But this incident made him unable to eat for a whole day.
Why?
Why on earth is this?
A hostage sent to the Turks not only escaped from the Turks, but also became the leader of a country. This is such an incredible thing.
Gou Jian, the king of Yue in history, was not so outrageous!
this matter.
The head of the Li family in Longxi couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for several days, but what he was sure of was that the King of Chu would definitely come back to fight Li Shimin to avenge his past!
As the head of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes family, it was time for him to choose his side.
Originally, the head of the Li family in Longxi chose Li Shimin, mainly because Li Shimin had black spots for them to catch and could be blackmailed.
And that man, King Chu...
He can go from being a medium to establishing a country. Can they control such a person?
Moreover, the news from the Great Yan Kingdom that came from outside shocked their family.
there.
They are gathering a group of losers, slaves captured by the Turks, refugees who were about to starve to death last year, slaves who have been slaves for many years, refugees, etc.
The people who formed it all hated their aristocratic families, just because their aristocratic families had made them like this.
Most of them are not direct effects, but there are basically indirect effects.
Those people are looked down upon by their family, but they are... the core people of the Great Yan Empire!
Those people have gained power once. If they come back, how can they easily let go of their family?
This is the main reason.
There are other reasons, such as the news from Cheng Yaojin, about men and women studying together, land distribution, etc. Isn't every measure taken by Dayan detrimental to their family?
so.
If he really had to choose between Li Shimin and Li Kuan, he would definitely choose Li Shimin.
But recently, Li Shimin has become more and more out of control. He seems to... want to get rid of their family more and more. It's not a thought in his mind. If he wants it in his mind, it doesn't matter. After all, which emperor in history didn't want to get rid of them? Aristocratic family?
But have those emperors been eliminated?
No!
I just think about it, I just dare to think about it!
That's why the famous saying of "a thousand-year-old family and a hundred-year-old court" was created.
But Li Shimin is different. He has already... made moves to get rid of them in all aspects of his actions...
"Haha, Li Shimin, I hope you don't push our family to death. Otherwise, we still have the option of taking a step back and choosing Li Kuan to help him overthrow you."
"Just like Yang Guang in the Sui Dynasty, he wanted to use the imperial examination to get rid of us, but our family directly supported your Li family to usurp the throne."
"The Li family can't be successful today without the help of our family. I hope you... can remember the lessons learned by your predecessor."
The head of the Li family in Longxi looked gloomy.
Although he doesn't want to vote for Li Kuan, at least he will vote for Li Kuan. Li Kuan will not be as extreme as Li Shimin, and his family will not be exterminated. At most, his power will not be as strong as before.
Comparing the two, everyone knows how to choose.
Just as the head of the Li family in Longxi was thinking about it, a guard hurried in.
"Master, something big happened! Something big happened!!"
The head of the Li family in Longxi looked back, snorted coldly, and said: "How unbecoming is it to be in a panic!"
The guard was immediately frightened.
The head of the Li family in Longxi glanced at him, so he taught him a lesson. After all, the family guards were all carefully selected, so it was not a big deal and would not be that outrageous.
"Tell me, what happened to make you so panicked?"
"Yes...yes." Jiawei was kneeling down and lowered his head and said: "It's the imperial list! Li Shimin sent out the imperial list! He said he would show up at the gate of the imperial city at 12 noon tomorrow. What he said was the imperial list. It says it’s related to the imperial examination!”
"What!" The head of the Li family in Longxi stared wide-eyed.
Shocked, shocked!
He couldn't believe this was true.
This, this, this, this, this, this, this, how long will it take to issue the imperial examination?
How many days? Ten days? Let him survive for ten days!
Li Shimin is about to make a public statement about the imperial examination?
But now, the whole city's books have been banned, and there are no books on the market to circulate. Li Shimin's intention to summon all the people at this time is obvious. Needless to say, he must announce the suspension of the imperial examination.
"This! Hahaha, Erlang of the Li family is really capable of bending and stretching."
"I knew that if I continued, I wouldn't be able to help those scholars get books, so I cut off my wrist without hesitation and announced the suspension of the imperial examination on the spot."
"Tsk tsk tsk, the national policy of imperial examination lasted for at most ten days. This time... is really [long] enough."
"The imperial court is changing its orders day and night. I wonder what the people think of the imperial court, and how they think of you, Erlang of the Li family."
The head of the Li family in Longxi was amazed.
The more I think about it, the more comfortable I feel.
Comfortable!
Very comfortable!
It had been a long time since he had seen Li Shimin give in so quickly.
After all, that was General Tiance! The god of war on horseback who has spent his life as a soldier!
Now it seems that Li Shimin is only good at fighting, but he is still far behind in governing the country.
At this moment.
Regarding Li Shimin's sacrifice at the gate of the imperial city at noon tomorrow, he will be spread like crazy in Chang'an City with wings.
Suzaku Street.
It has been about ten days since bookstores across the city closed.
Nowadays, Zhuque Street is full of scholars with distracted eyes.
Many people who had just arrived in Chang'an and did not know the truth also learned through inquiries that the imperial examination had just been announced some time ago, but all the bookstores in the city were closed.
It’s all the aristocratic families in the city who are bullying these humble men!
Feeling the same, I am extremely angry!
"What the hell, these sons of bitches from aristocratic families and those old immortals are just relying on the little power they have to bully us scholars with no background! They even bully us!!"
"Yeah, this shit...none of these officials are good. Last time I passed by, I heard an official say that they wrote a letter to Your Majesty, saying that farming makes the people happy. What the hell...I I really want to slap him, I’ve been reduced to the lowest level of farming, am I still happy?”
"You can't say that. There are many bad officials, but there are also good ones. I have inside information. Last time there was a locust plague, the families refused to give them food. It was His Majesty who opened the treasury to distribute food widely and saved the victims in the north. I want to come here. We must waste a lot of effort on His Majesty, as long as His Majesty is here, we, the Tang Dynasty, cannot be in chaos!"
"Damn it! Damn it! These families all deserve to die!"
"Yes, they are all vampires! They suck the blood of us people and scholars!"
"The fact that His Majesty can promulgate the imperial examination policy at this time shows that he is thinking about us common people and scholars. Finally, there is a fair and competitive imperial examination that allows people like us to become officials, but they are all cut off! Damn it, aristocratic families Damn it! Now I just hope that Your Majesty can find a solution."
"Is it true that my low status, poor family, and meaningless life day after day... will last my whole life?!"
The people were talking a lot.
Negativity is everywhere.
The aristocratic family and the common people are two groups that can never be reconciled.
It's like.
The children of the aristocratic family are in the palace, protected from the wind and sun, and are used to enjoying the support from the poor people outside. No one can bear it if they move out of the palace and live in poverty.
The common people have been working outside the palace, enviing the palace life inside and eager to enter the palace life.
But resources are always limited.
If you break away from class and enjoy a better life, it means that someone must be pulled down by you to live a life of poverty.
This resulted in the people in the palace always increasing the city defenses to protect their existing lives, while the people outside also tried their best and tried every means to live inside.
Therefore, it is impossible for the aristocratic family and the people to reconcile.
From the Warring States Period to the present, ancient and modern, both at home and abroad.
The same is true.
The only lesson that mankind has learned from history is that mankind has not learned any lessons from history and will always repeat the same mistakes, because human nature has not changed since ancient times.
Negative emotions spread among common people and scholars.
The children of aristocratic families who were lucky enough to be in a nearby restaurant or other nearby places couldn't help but smile when they saw the resentful people and scholars.
At the same time, I am glad,
I came from a noble family, not from the humble families in front of me.
Nothing changes.
The negativity persisted.
Until it was close to Shen Shi in the afternoon [3-4 p.m.], a group of Jinwu guardsmen walked into Suzaku Street with a sound of moving from far to near in military posture.
Everyone watched them, wondering why the Jinwu Guards in the palace appeared outside the imperial city.
"Your Majesty has an order! Your Majesty is fully aware of the changes in bookstores in Chang'an City today and will give an explanation to all the scholars in the world at noon tomorrow!"
The leader of the Jinwu Guard general held the imperial list high in the sky, spoke loudly, and after speaking, posted the imperial list at the entrance of Chuhe Restaurant.
The words fell.
In an instant.
stunned!
Shock!
Excited!
Some people even laughed boldly!
All the people and scholars were so excited that they almost danced when they heard that the emperor knew about the bookstore.
"Hahaha, Your Majesty knows! Your Majesty knows that there are no books for sale in our city!"
"Yes, yes, this means that those traitorous ministers did not deceive His Majesty, or... they could not deceive such a wise Majesty!"
"His Majesty will explain it to us. Based on His Majesty's attitude towards us, he can definitely give us a solution! We will have books to read!"
"Hahaha, the whole world is celebrating, the whole world is celebrating!"
The people were extremely excited.
Although they are in a low status, they have eyes to see what those in power do.
Just like the former emperor Yang Guang, the common people did not see the other party with their own eyes, but they could know from his decrees that he was cruel and unkind.
As for Li Shimin, all kinds of government orders were biased towards the people. Now he spoke out about the imperial examination. How could they not be happy?
but….
They are indeed sharp-eyed, but at the same time there are many things they don't know. For example, the plow and pork were both made by the King of Chu. It was General Tiance who stole his achievements and distributed them to the people of the world.
General Tiance….
He was so powerful in their hearts and he thought about them, but who could really know that he was a thief?
This is a complex person. Perhaps everyone is complex and is never as simple as they appear on the surface.
"Humph, a bunch of idiots."
"Just living in my own fantasy world."
At the same time, the children of the aristocratic family who owned the restaurant snorted disdainfully and looked down upon him.
Those people didn't know the truth, but they knew that all the books in Chang'an City were in the hands of the major families. Where did Li Shimin get the books? Even if the sky falls, there must be a sound! But now there is no sound!
Li Shimin promulgated the imperial list and will give an explanation tomorrow. The only possibility is to cancel the imperial examination.
This is the different result brought about by the information gap.
The common people do not know the truth and that all the books in Chang'an City are controlled by aristocratic families. They only know that His Majesty's voice means that good policies have come out for them, because it has been like this before.
The children of the aristocratic families knew that all the books were in the hands of the major families. Even if Li Shimin got the books from other cities, it would take time. It was impossible to get them tomorrow. The only possibility was to make fun of the imperial examination.
Different information differences bring different ideas.
But both groups of people were all smiling.
"Haha, I really want to see the expressions of these stupid people tomorrow when they hear that Li Shimin, whom they have the highest hopes for, says that the imperial examination has been cancelled."
A member of the aristocratic family smiled cheerfully, narrowed his eyes slightly, and continued: "What kind of expression will there be then? Disappointment? Helplessness? Frustration? Haha, that is really an interesting scene."
"Yes, yes, these unscrupulous people still want to be on equal footing with our family elders by virtue of breaking the imperial examination. Go ahead and dream! Our major families, such as the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, have existed for thousands of years, and some of the shorter ones have a few Generations, why have we lost so many generations of efforts to you with just a piece of paper?"
Some children of aristocratic families also spoke out, believing that their family's current status is the result of the efforts of their ancestors. They cannot be defeated by a piece of paper, both emotionally and rationally.
The excitement and chaos continued.
At this time, there were people everywhere who were happy and crying with joy.
General Jinwuwei couldn't help but smile knowingly when he looked at these people.
At this time, a subordinate came up to remind him.
"General, it's time for us to go to the next location and post the imperial list."
General Jinwuwei regained his serious expression, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Let's go!"
He waved his hand and led the team away.
Only two Jinwu guards were left to maintain order and protect the imperial list from being torn up by interested parties.
After they left, the people completely let go and were extremely excited. People they didn't know were everywhere hugging each other and dancing.
Tianlin Restaurant, second floor.
A silver-haired woman looked at this scene from the window and sighed: "How come the royal list of the imperial court is posted in our restaurant? It's really scary."
If any senior officials of the Chu Palace were to look at this silver-haired woman, they would definitely recognize her as one of the Twelve Nights, Wu Ma!
Wu Ma still has that stunning appearance, but her appearance is far different from before. This is mainly because she has changed her appearance.
Looking at the people around her, Green Mule and the remnants of the Chu Prince's Palace were all among them. This restaurant was opened by the Chu Prince's Department! !
Back then, the chief asked everyone to leave Chang'an City as quickly as possible, but now they are turning back again, mainly because the intelligence network has been restored.
At that time, the King of Chu lost the King of Chu, and the group of dragons became leaderless and became a crippled body. At the same time, it lost its intelligence network. It was like this crippled body had no eyes. How could it not gather strength?
But now that they have returned, the intelligence network has almost been restored with the help of the Zheng family.
As long as there is any trouble, the intelligence agency will pass the information to them so that they can retreat safely.
Therefore.
Chang'an City regained the eyes of the King of Chu.
at this time.
An elegant woman came up with a guqin in her hand and said with a smile: "Wuma, this move by Admiral Tiance has brought popularity to our Tianlin Restaurant. It's Shenshi now, and I just saw that there are not many customers in the restaurant. At this time, there are not many guests in the restaurant." A swarm of bees came in."
Although the woman behaves elegantly, if you look closely, you will feel that she is both good and evil, as if she is a double-faced person written on her face.
And she is one of the new Twelve Nighters who has been in office for nearly three months, codenamed Youji!
And before she became Youji, she had a reputation in the world, and was called a semi-evil piano player by people in the world.
This time I joined the King of Chu tribe...
Or because that man, the King of Chu, has such great personality charm that there are too many people who want to follow him, accompany him to conquer the world, and accompany him... willing to die!
That was a legendary man, just like there are still people in later generations who are fans of celebrities such as Huo Qubing and Qin Shihuang, who can't bear to see their idols humiliated. The King of Chu is also among them, and he is also a celebrity.
The difference is that he is...a living legend!
Green Mule came over at this time, touched his head, and said with emotion: "Youji, it's just because there are more guests, so I'm worried. I haven't had much rest now, and I have to be busy again, and I'm exhausted. "
Youji's beautiful eyes twinkled and he asked tentatively: "Then, do you need my help?"
Green Mule shook his head with a smile and said: "No need, I'm just complaining. You have a good rest today and have enough energy. Maybe tomorrow or the next few days will be your time to show off."
Youji pursed her red lips, nodded and lowered her eyebrows, "Okay, I understand."
………………
Changsun Mansion.
Since the imperial examination was restrained by the family.
Changsun Wuji summoned Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui and many pro-Li officials to discuss ways to break the situation from that day on, but to date, there has been no result.
One word, sad.
Their own interests can be said to be tied to His Majesty, and they will both prosper and suffer.
If the imperial examination cannot be carried out, it will be a failure for them and His Majesty.
"Damn it, really, there is nothing you can do?"
"Yes... there is nothing we can do. All the books are controlled by the family. It's all the books. How can we make a comeback?"
"Indeed, turning the tables requires some attention to possibility. Apart from the books at home and books from some scholars outside, where else can we get books? With the current stock of books in our hands, There is simply no supply for the scholars in Chang'an City. Even if we scrape together thousands of books here and there, and continue to distribute them, those scholars will still think that our court is strangled by aristocratic families and can only obtain these thousands of books. Those aristocratic families will also It’s better not to make fun of us endlessly.”
"My opponent, for the current plan, it seems that... it is possible that the only option left is to cancel the imperial examination. Although I am very unwilling to do so, we... have really failed."
Looking at the unfavorable officials, Changsun Wuji didn't know what to say.
after all.
Even he himself had already thought of persuading His Majesty to cancel the imperial examination.
Right now.
A servant of Changsun walked into the door and whispered a few words into Changsun Wuji's ear.
Changsun Wuji's eyes widened in an instant and he said quickly: "Quickly, invite Commander Li in."
"Understood, sir."
The servant quickly bowed and left.
At this time, many officials were surprised.
Wei Zheng asked: "Changsun Pushe, what happened?"
Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I only know that Li Junxian is coming."
Li Junxian!
Although his official position is not high, he is the commander of the Jinwu Guard!
The arrival of Li Junxian often represents His Majesty's orders.
All the officials’ eyes flashed.
soon.
Li Junxian, who was wearing elite armor, walked in. When he saw many officials here, he was slightly startled and then laughed.
"Changsun Pushe, I really didn't expect that there are so many officials in your house. This way, it saves Li Mou from running around."
Changsun Wuji was a little surprised.
"Oh? Your Majesty is not the only one looking for me?!"
Li Junxian nodded and said, "Yes, your Majesty wants to find all the officials present, all the officials from the aristocratic families, and even more, all the people in Chang'an City!"
"Your Majesty, you will be notified of the results of this imperial examination at noon tomorrow!"
The words fell.
All the officials' eyes widened instantly.
Not willing to give in!
have no choice!
Powerless!
What was supposed to come, has it come yet?
At this juncture, they have not found a solution to the issue of the imperial examination. The only way His Majesty can find is to cancel it.
in this way,
That’s fine, that’s fine!
The province should be constantly cut off, but it will be disrupted.
It's not like this imperial examination has been delayed for so long. It's time to end it.
(End of chapter)
