In the afternoon, Li Xuan walked out of the east courtyard. The cold air immediately woke him up from his gentle home.
After glancing at Li Zhu who was waiting on one side, Li Xuan calmly looked forward and said, "Let's go."
"Here!" Li Zhu immediately followed behind Li Xuan. There were also countless people moving in the shadows around him.
Li Xuan nodded and asked as he walked: "How are the arrangements for today?"
"They are all watching. Song Zhiwen, King Luo Bin, Yang Jiong and others, as well as many of the descendants of the Wei family, the Du family, the Yang family, the Wang family, the Cui family, the Lu family, the Zheng family, and the Qianniu Guards are all watching in secret. Watch, our people are on the periphery, watching those who are trying to contact them." Li Zhu explained today's arrangements in detail.
In this hunt for the King of East China Sea, all parties have their own duties, and Li Xuan's task is to keep an eye on people.
Everyone who appeared in Li Jingye's Courtyard in the first place, who is in Chang'an, or who re-enters Chang'an within this month, will be under their surveillance.
But what Li Xuan really cares about are the people who contact them on the periphery.
Li Xuan nodded lightly and said: "Ignore the people of Qianniuwei for now, our people need to hide deeper."
"Here!" Li Zhu immediately handed over his hand, and then said: "The Tibetan envoys are also being watched from top to bottom."
Li Xuan stopped, raised his head, looked at the clear sky today, and said softly: "Today, only the Tubo people have not taken action. This time, we are the best to dig out all their spies in Chang'an." The timing is right, the next time they resettle, I’m afraid it will be a few months later.”
A few months later, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo went to war. Even if they wanted to do anything, it was too late.
"Also, Silla and Japan are also watching, don't let them take advantage of the loopholes."
"Here!"
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Li Xuan walked to the front yard, raised his eyes, and saw Zhuge Minghui, dressed in a green robe, standing in the yard, reading the "Book of Rites" carefully.
Hearing the footsteps approaching from behind, Zhuge Minghui came back to his senses. He cupped his hands and said to Li Xuan, who was already behind him, "Minghui has met the king."
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Li Xuan looked at Zhuge Minghui's frozen and white hands and said to Li Zhu, "Go get a pair of gloves."
"Here!" Li Zhu immediately turned around and went back to the house.
Zhuge Minghui wanted to stop him, but he didn't have time to speak. He had to bow slightly and said: "Return to the prince, Minghui has only been here for a quarter of an hour, and it is not long."
"Did you only wait in the front yard for half a quarter of an hour, or did you only wait in the courtyard for half a quarter of an hour?" Li Xuan saw through what Zhuge Minghui was hiding at a glance.
Zhuge Minghui must have gone out very early today, but he had been studying elsewhere. He only arrived here half a quarter of an hour ago.
Zhuge Minghui lowered his head in embarrassment.
Li Xuan glanced at the gate of the west courtyard, and there was a lot of faint sounds of reading coming from inside.
"The first test is on February 9th, the second test is on February 12th, and the third test is on February 15th. After that, it's the road to Jinshi." Li Xuan took the leather gloves from Li Zhu's hand and handed them to Zhuge Ming. Hui, then said: "Now there are only more than twenty days. Studying hard is only one aspect, but on the other hand, we must adapt to the time of the scientific examination. Some candidates are used to active thinking at night, while others are used to active thinking during the day. But scientific research is mainly during the day.”
Zhuge Minghui took the Jinshi examination, covering current affairs, classics, and essays. The papers were sent out at Mao hour and collected at You hour, which lasted for six hours, all in the daytime.
If you are often used to reading at night, it will be difficult for your thinking to be fully active during exams during the day, and it will be difficult for you to perform at your best.
"So, starting from today, work, rest, food and accommodation, everything must be developed according to the time of the scientific examination." Li Xuan sighed softly: "There are thousands of exams, only twenty or thirty people...many people are not good at it. Like, if you want to stand out, you have to rely on details.”
Although the Tang Dynasty held scientific examinations every year, there were only twenty or thirty people in each scientific examination.
Although the exam was held every three years in the later Song Dynasty, more than 300 people passed the exam each time, and the difference was obvious.
While speaking, several people had already left the palace. Li Xuan got on his horse and slowly urged the horse forward. At the same time, he said to Zhuge Minghui who was riding behind: "You know why I went to attend the banquet of Honglu Temple today? Take you, but not Ji Zhen?"
"It's because of a past involvement in his family." Zhuge Minghui nodded slightly. He didn't know much about that matter, but he also knew that it was so troublesome that even Li Xuan couldn't solve it.
Li Xuan continued to move forward and sighed softly: "Among you, Brother Ji Zhen is the number one scholar. This time he failed in the imperial examination. It is not a bad thing to do more preparation. But it is you. Although you are also talented, you are not as good as There are many Ji Zhens. Apart from Ji Zhen, among everyone, you are the only one who is absolutely sure of passing the Jinshi exam this time. The difference is just the ranking. Except this time, the rankings in the future may not be like this."
Zhuge Minghui lowered his head slightly, knowing that his qualifications were only above average.
When he was in Wuzhou or even Jiangnan, he could still be proud of being the number one scholar, but after coming to Chang'an, he had seen too many geniuses.
This year, and those from previous years, there are even those in their forties and fifties who are experienced and talented, and the competition is extremely cruel.
Especially knowing the secret behind the top pick made him almost despair.
For example, Zheng Yi, the number one scholar in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, may not have outstanding literary talent, but he was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang, which has laid a path for him to the top.
If you have a little talent, you will be the number one scholar.
Li Xuan glanced at Zhuge Minghui who was a little sad, stopped his horse at the gate of the square, and said softly: "Brother Ji Zhen failed this time. If he comes back a few years later, he will definitely be the number one scholar, but he is a simple and naive person." , if you don't change, I'm afraid you will just be a noble minister for the rest of your life.
But you are different. You are a stable person. This time, you have been elected as county captain, county magistrate, state army officer, state Sima, chief historian, governor, six ministers, and even prime minister.
Minghui, although your talent is poor, your upper limit is extremely high. "
Zhuge Minghui suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.
Li Xuan smiled faintly, then clapped her horse and moved forward. Outside the door, a group of Jinwu guards patrolling nearby came up to them immediately. The leader was none other than Cui Ding, who was hanging two watermelon hammers.
"Your Majesty!" Cui Ding saluted Li Xuan with his hands raised.
Li Xuan waved her hands and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, they are all family members, let's go."
"Here!" Cui Ding immediately handed over his hand, then led his people to guard Li Xuan's side and moved forward cautiously.
Cui Ding was born in the Cui family of Longyou, but after being introduced by Li Xuan's aunt and the wife of Chaoyi Lang Zhao Gong, he was already connected to the Cui family in Qinghe.
In name, he is still Li Xuan's cousin.
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Longqingfang, Longqing Hubei, towering tower.
Li Xuan took Zhuge Minghui, Cui Ding, and a group of Qianniu Guards, and slowly stopped at the towering building.
The entire towering tower is eighteen stories high and can overlook most of Chang'an City. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter this place at all.
There were rumors that the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven were going to tear down and rebuild the towering tower to the 33rd floor. However, it happened to be a war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, so this matter was temporarily postponed.
But it seems that the Ministry of Industry has already begun preparing drawings for a new towering building.
As soon as Li Xuan arrived, an official from Honglu Temple wearing a green robe came directly to greet him.
Zuocheng Mawei, the Diankesi of Honglu Temple, is on the sixth rank.
"I have met the prince." Ma Wei stepped forward and raised his hand directly to Li Xuan, saying: "Return to the prince, everything on the seventh floor has been arranged properly, just wait for the arrival of the troops at Youshi."
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded, looked sideways at Cui Ding and said, "Brother Cui, take the brothers in, and then set up defenses everywhere in the towering tower. If my guess is correct, I'm afraid there will be many people here tonight. Stare here."
Ma Wei on the side suddenly looked solemn.
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Although the Tang Dynasty was prosperous and the country was governed, the coming of thousands of kingdoms to the dynasty was somewhat illusory, but the number of them was hundreds, but it was also true and pragmatic.
However, very few people from various countries, big or small, are actually invited to come to Towering Tower to admire the moon.
Turks, Dashi, Persia, Tianzhu, Tubo, Kang, Silla, Japan, Khotan, Kucha, Yanqi, Shule, Ryukyu, Annan, Chenla, Java, Uighur, Tiele, etc., a total of more than 40 countries make,
Li Xuan stood on the high platform of the main hall, and every foreign envoy who came came forward to salute Li Xuan.
Li Xuan's expression was extremely calm, and there was no change in expression on his face.
A middle-aged envoy wearing a white round hat was led up. He looked quite tall and had a beard. He bowed slightly to Li Xuan and said: "The Persian envoy Belus has met the prince of Nanchang. "
Li Xuan nodded gently and said, "Prince, please take a seat."
Perus, the prince of Persia, has been in Chang'an for decades. However, Persia was destroyed by the Great Eclipse. The Tang Dynasty tried to help Persia recover several times but failed. Now Tubo has risen. The Persian homeland is located to the west of Tubo. There is a section between the two sides. border.
Since Li Xuan took over as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, although he has not been able to participate in central decision-making, he can still see some abnormalities.
The Prince of Persia had to go in and out of the military headquarters much more often than he expected.
Li Xuan could also get a glimpse of what the Ministry of War wanted to do behind this.
If Prince Bei Lu of Persia is the most popular envoy from the Ministry of War today, then the most popular envoy from Chang'an Bixing is undoubtedly Kang Liancheng, the envoy from Kang State.
The most popular Hu Xuan dance in Chang'an today, the most beautiful dance is performed by the women of Kang State.
The twisted and slender waist was so white and soft that it made people mad.
"Envoy Kang, please sit down." Li Xuan stretched out his hand to invite Kang Liancheng to sit down, then swept past the countless foreign envoys in the hall, and then sat on the high seat at the top of the hall in full view of everyone.
Just as Li Xuan sat down, dozens of foreign envoys present stood up at the same time and raised their hands: "I have met the King of Nanchang, and I congratulate the King of Nanchang for a long life and a long life of the Tang Dynasty."
"Ten Thousand Years of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xuan cupped her hands slightly, then extended her hand: "Everyone, please sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Watching the many envoys descending, Li Xuan said calmly: "Today is the day of the Yuan Dynasty, when toads are spitting out their glory and their hair is blooming. I, under the orders of His Majesty and Dahonglu, lay out the imperial music and set up incense to burn the dust. I am hosting the banquet for all the envoys. I wish you all to celebrate and have a good time, and I would like to present you to Zi Min."
Most of the envoys present could not understand Li Xuan's eloquent words, but they all acted as if they were listening attentively, with extremely envious expressions on their faces.
Li Xuan smiled, stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said to the many envoys: "Everyone, drink up, celebrate the festival, and share the joy."
"Celebrate the festival and share the joy." Many envoys stood up at the same time and drank wine with Li Xuan.
Li Xuan drank the wine in one gulp, then looked at Mawei Zuo, the prime minister of the Dian Ke Office, on the side, and said, "Okay, let's get started."
"Here!" Ma Wei immediately took a step forward and shouted at the same time: "Let's have fun, let's dance."
Ten pieces of music played, and countless beautiful maids rushed in at the same time and began to dance.
(End of chapter)
