The imperial examination events touched people's hearts.

After the new system was promulgated, there was an order to order each county to conduct a county examination and pass the examination of the child.

These measures are like lightning speed.

It’s not that Li Shimin is impatient, but that Li Shimin knows better than anyone else. At this time, many measures must be implemented as soon as possible while many ministers have not yet recovered.

When a new group of children appeared, the state examination was next, and a group of scholars with fame began to stand out.

Then... these people who have achieved fame will quickly become the basis of the new system.

After all, it is impossible for a scholar who has been admitted by his ability to oppose it.

Li Shimin is a person who is well versed in the world. Any new system that maintains it must be someone who can gain benefits from the new system.

Otherwise, no matter how good morals sound, no matter how good you speak of righteousness, it will be useless.

This is just like the Emperor and Li Jiancheng at the time. They thought they had the advantage of etiquette and law, and could drive Li Shimin out of the core of power with an edict.

But I don’t know that when these things were full of doubts from the heroes, the so-called edict was simply a piece of waste paper, and no one was willing to support such edicts.

On the contrary, everyone felt the threat and consciously surrounded Li Shimin, persuading him to launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident immediately, kill the prince and the King of Qi, and force the Supreme Emperor to abdicate.

The fundamental reason for everything is that Li Shimin has such a foundation, and everyone will consciously safeguard Li Shimin's interests.

Because everyone was tied up, even with their heads on their backs and risking the extermination of the clan, they would not hesitate to follow Li Shimin to kill his brother and force his father.

At this time in the Secretariat, Fang Xuanling ordered people to send the latest edict to the Secretariat for execution.

He revived his muscles and bones, and then a clerk came in and said, "Mr. Fang, Shangsun, asked for a visit."

Among the six ministers, Changsun Wuji had the most authority. Li Shimin tried to send him to the province several times to make him the prime minister, but Empress Changsun refused on the grounds that the Changsun family received too much favor.

Therefore, although as the prime minister, Fang Xuanling did not dare to neglect Changsun Wuji.

He first ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked someone to invite Changsun Wuji in.

Changsun Wuji entered, sat down, then looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Mr. Fang has improved a lot recently."

Fang Xuanling smiled on his face, but the unhappiness on his face flashed in a flash.

Are you sure it wasn't intentional? Didn't you see that the wound on the corner of my eyebrows had not healed yet? Is it really a pot that doesn't open and pick up? Is Changsun Wuji ridiculed me?

Fang Xuanling said without saying a word: "At a lot of age, where is there any difference between good and bad? The rest of his life is just to die for Your Majesty. As for the appearance of a person, it doesn't matter. Everyone has their own luck. This is the destiny of heaven. Why do ordinary people need to seek trouble for themselves..."

He talked a lot and was confused. In fact, just saying it means not saying it.

Only then did Changsun Wuji realize that he seemed to have violated Fang Xuanling's taboo, and it was not easy to point it out at this time, because the more he pointed out this, the more embarrassing it would be.

So he said sincerely: "What Mr. Fang said so much has benefited a lot. It can be seen that the saying of destiny is by no means groundless. We must not force it. You and I have achieved success and fame, and God has treated him well. But... I want to ask some of the words."

Fang Xuanling touched the case and said with a smile: "What do you mean?"

Changsun Wuji coughed: "Your Majesty suddenly changed the imperial examination, and the reform was as fast as the wind. It really makes people feel a little confused. At this time, the road is already done, but I don't know if it's time to choose an official in the future, everything is decided by the imperial examination?"

Fang Xuanling looked at him with a smile and said, "What do you think your grandson think?"

Changsun Wuji sighed: "If you are grateful in the future, you will be afraid that you will be able to achieve success."

Speaking of this, it seems that Fang Xuanling's pain point was also touched.

There are only so many useful official titles in the court. Once they are occupied by the imperial examination candidates, naturally, there will be no other way to enter the court.

But if any family wants to remain evergreen, they must have children who can occupy such a prominent position.

Which of those aristocratic races claims to be the three ministers of the four generations? Isn’t it because of this?

Once no one among the children can occupy a high position, there may be nothing to see in ten or twenty years, but what about thirty years or forty years?

Even if your ancestors are prominent, after such a long time, there is still a possibility of family failure.

What's more, once there are no children in the court, they will gradually become alienated from the emperor over time. But the family has such a large family business. If someone is interested in it, can their descendants really protect it?

Perhaps for those aristocratic families with countless children, they are not worried about this now, after all... they are good at providing talents to the court.

But the Changsun family is different from Fang Xuanling. They do not have much family background and the family's population is also very thin, especially the direct descendants, which are even pitifully few.

To put it bluntly, they are upstarts and have not deep enough. Don’t look at the current high-ranking ministers, who are in high positions and call for wind and rain, but once power cannot be replaced, what will happen in the future?

The two looked at each other without saying a word.

After a long time, Fang Xuanling took the lead and sighed: "Your Majesty has made up his mind and cannot be changed. We are ministers, so we can only follow us. Others can object to this strategy. Can we be favored by Your Majesty? The descendants will have their own blessings. Oh, don't care, don't care."

Changsun Wuji didn't see this way. He seemed very worried and frowned and said, "Is it too late to let the children study now?"

In fact, he was still unwilling to give up. He couldn't bear to be defeated one day. After finally reaching this day, he could be proud. How could he bear to let his descendants look at people's faces?

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said, "Did you think Changsun still have time now? You must know what kind of Chong'er in your family are? Mr. Changsun thinks he is better than the fortune teller on the street?"

When Changsun Wuji heard this, he suddenly felt harsh. What does this mean? He said that my son cannot do it?

He pulled his face down, and at this moment he felt angry, and couldn't help but retorted: "Isn't your house Yiai Ai not so good, everyone knows that he is a fool."

Changsun Wuji's words became even more straightforward. Fang Xuanling's face changed slightly, which was poking at his most painful point.

However, he still smiled reluctantly and said, "Yi Ai is naughty, but after all, he is still young and has made some friends."

Changsun Wuji didn't know where the four words "Fox Friend" refer to his own son. He felt as if he was insulted, so he said shyly and angrily: "If you don't dare to teach your son, how can you blame others?"

Fang Xuanling could no longer hold on to the smile on his face.

The key to the problem lies in that sentence. If you dare not teach your son, you can tolerate anything. Could your Changsun Wuji be a sarcastic act of me for being afraid of my husband?

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and stretched his face and said, "Send out the guests."

"Hehe..." Changsun Wuji sneered and only spit out two words: "Goodbye."

The clerk outside heard the movement inside and his face changed suddenly. He hurriedly leaned over his head. Then he saw Changsun Wuji with his hands behind his back and came out in anger, muttering something: "He is a monk, and he is worthy of scolding someone a bald donkey, which is outrageous."

No matter how much he scolded, Changsun Wuji's own eyes couldn't help but turn red.

If it weren't for the fact that my son was really not good, why would he have such concerns?

He was so obscene as the Minister of Personnel. He was so disobedient. He was still concerned about it. After all, he was confused. It was not his own business. He could maintain a transcendent attitude. But once it involved his descendants and was truly related to each other, he found that... the so-called cultivation and so-called demeanor were nothing more than clouds.

Shaking his head, his heart became irritated. Even though he was so smart, there was only one thing that was entangled in his heart at this moment...what should I do?

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"Mr. Fang...Mr. Changsun's grandson is gone." The clerk walked in lightly and said.

"I understand." After saying that, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little bit self-blame. What did he do with someone in such a quarrel? It's just...

At this time, he looked up and said, "What do you teach in Erpigou University?"

"Ah..." The clerk was stunned: "This, the students don't know much, so they know that many poor children have applied for the exam and recruited some students. They also heard that they teach people knowledge and set up school rules are just like military law. No, I heard that they are even more severe than military law. As for the others, I don't know."

Fang Xuanling was speechless for a moment. He felt that he could not explain to his wife.

Although His Majesty asked Fang Yiai to study with her companion, and the wife agreed, but how could she know that the prince also went to school to study. Isn’t this a scam?

Fang Yiai has been in for many days, but there is no news at all. He wants to inquire about it, but he is called back by the prince's secret. He doesn't know what happened to his son. If he suffers any loss, he will definitely be in trouble in the end.

I also thought that this child was used to being spoiled by his mother, and was ignorant of learning and being confused all day long. Now the court has begun to innovate the imperial examinations. This is clearly... If he wants to squeeze out the space for grace in the future, he can still be the prime minister. How far can his sons in the future?

Fang Xuanling shook his head and sighed: "I understand, you go down."

The clerk had long felt that Fang Xuanling's complexion was wrong. When he heard Fang Xuanling let him leave, he sang a nagging sound like he was given a general amnesty and hurried out.

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On this cold day, a letter was sent to Erpigou.

Chen Zhengtai’s good brother, Natuli Khan, finally got an echo.

Chen Zhengtai couldn't wait to pick up the letter and read it.

As he expected, Tuli responded warmly to Chen Zhengtai's request, saying that he would lead his headquarters to station on the front line of Shuofang and would protect the safety of Shuofang's military and civilians in any case.

The only request made is that there were also some disasters in the desert this year. I hope Chen Zhengtai can provide some food so that the Turks can have a good winter.

Of course, Chen Zhengtai knew that this brother had food.

As expected, with the attitude of being able to cheat brothers, he could trick some food from him before talking about it.

Seeing this, Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but sigh to Ma Zhou and others around him: "Sure enough, in this world, there are no brothers who are really unreliable at all. I made friends with my heart and soul. He actually wanted to cheat me of food. People's hearts are full of flesh, but this brother Tuli is actually a heart of iron."

Ma Zhou was embarrassed for a long time before saying, "Mr. The Turks fear power but do not have virtue. They are the most cunning. The Master negotiates with them, but they must be careful."

Chen Zhengtai waved his hand, smiled on his lips, and said, "Well, prepare some grain and send it to Brother Tuli. After all, he is his own brother. He can be ruthless. I, Chen Zhengtai, cannot be unrighteous. However... the grain needs to be given in installments, so it is said that transportation is not easy, and I will send two thousand stones a month. Besides, the price of wine should rise. Now the inflation is so strong and it is always so cheap, it is not a matter of a matter of increasing my money per catty. In addition, reduce the purchase of cattle and horses and suppress the price of cattle and horses. Now building a city is an urgent matter, and the Chen family is also short of money."

Ma Zhou hurriedly said yes.

Then, Chen Zhengtai changed his subject and said, "There is still the Tieler man, call him here."

The Tiel tribe has been completely defeated.

The leader Qi Mi Heli was as anxious as a dog that was strayed from his family, and escaped with dozens of personal guards.

He originally wanted to seek refuge in Tuli, after all, Tuli was the leader of the Turks. If he wanted to avenge his revenge, the Turks were a good choice.

But soon, he saw a man who called himself Chen and was willing to take him to the Tang Dynasty.

Qi Mi He Li has reached the end of his life, and of course he has no choice. He knows that the Tang Dynasty had defeated the Turks at the beginning, so he came to Erpigou without hesitation with the merchants of the Chen family.
To be continued...