The eunuch respectfully put a piece of information from Luoyang on Li Yuan's imperial case, and Li Yuan opened it and was shocked.

Luoyang Wang Shichong was also taking a bachelor's seat a few days ago, but the result was a collective disturbance by the Hanshi, the reason is exactly the same as what Liu Wenjing said, the Hanshi candidates can't pass the family children, and among the top 100, there is no Hanshi on the list, which makes the Hanshi think that the scientific examination is unfair and makes a big fuss.

Li Yuan was very suspicious that someone was secretly agitating, could it be his own people? He handed the information to the eunuch: "Let the prince see!" ”

After reading the content of the information, he immediately understood what his father meant, bowed and saluted: "Father, the ministers don't know about this matter, maybe it was Yang Dong, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande!" Maybe it was the Luoyang scholars who did it spontaneously. However, Erchen thought that Li Mi's agitation was very likely, because the Luoyang Imperial Examination absorbed the most talents under Li Mi's rule. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said to Li Jiancheng: "Let all the ministers take a look." ”

The content is clear at a glance, that is, more than 20,000 scholars marched in Luoyang, and even surrounded Ziwei Palace, and more than a dozen important ministers quickly passed it on, and everyone showed a look of shock in their eyes. Everyone has the same thoughts, is it really Li Mi behind the scenes?

Liu Wenjing came out again and arched his hand: "Holy Lord, this matter confirms the minister's worries, the imperial examination is not a simple matter, it involves the interests of too many people. Wang Shichong obviously failed to deal with the entanglement of interests, which led to tens of thousands of scholars marching and making trouble! The political environment of my Datang is a hundred times more complicated than that of Wang Shichong, and before the system is perfected, the imperial examination should not be held. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Dugu Quan, Dou Wei, Xiao Yu and others responded one after another.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of the imperial examination is put on hold for the time being! We will discuss it later and retreat. Although Liu Wenjing's words made Li Yuan extremely uncomfortable, now that he had an unintentional attack, this information made him realize that rushing the imperial examination would only bring great trouble.

After Li Yuan returned to his imperial study, he tried to calm down the turmoil in his heart, since Yang Tong burned the palace city, he has been very depressed, the name Yang Dong is like a heavy mountain, so that he can't breathe. The situation in Datang also made him feel depressed and anxious, and he no longer had the spirit of founding the country. He really needed a big event to boost the low morale of Datang, in the past, he wanted to launch a quick victory nearby, but the battle of Hexi was always in a stalemate, which made him very disappointed.

Li Yuan also understands Li Shimin's difficulties, the morale of the Tang army is already low, and it is necessary to prevent Wuwei and Huining Sui troops from stabbing in the back, so that Li Shimin is also tied up when he fights, if he ignores the front and rear to launch a big war, once he is defeated by the Sui army again, the consequences will be very serious, and even the whole army will collapse.

Now it's hard to think about using the imperial examination to reverse the disadvantage and boost morale, but the Luoyang Scholars Parade poured a basin of cold water on him, Li Yuan looked at the sky and white clouds, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Li Yuan has agreed to Li Shimin's suggestion that he will launch an attack on the Xue Liang coalition army this year, but the situation of being restrained and powerless everywhere makes Li Yuan go crazy, and this situation of looking at the face of the Sui Dynasty everywhere. made him think back to the feeling of walking on thin ice and trembling when facing Yang Guang.

He is now abusing Yang Guang and belittleing Yang Guang as worthless, but those of them who know Yang Guang know that Yang Guang's ability is not only not bad, but quite terrifying, otherwise, Li Yuan would not pretend to be a grandson for decades! It was precisely because of fear that he said that he was unbearable, which was also a way to vent his fear, I thought that after Yang Guang's death, Li Yuan felt that the world would change to the surname Li, but someone stronger than Yang Guang appeared, Yang Tong's methods were more ruthless than Yang Guang, and there was no Yang Guang's characteristics of being eager for quick success and quick profit, so ambitious, this can be called the perfect version of Yang Guang, which made Li Yuan breathless. The successive failures and disappointments also made the long-lost fear of the Yang family come to my heart again.

"Holy Lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you." The voice of a eunuch came from the door.

"Announce him in!"

Li Yuan slowly returned to the imperial couch and sat down, trying to maintain a calm appearance, and after a while, Li Jiancheng hurriedly walked in, and he gave a deep salute, "Sons and daughters see their father!" ”

Li Yuan's tone was indifferent: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Erchen has some ideas about the imperial examination."

"Say it."

Li Jiancheng said: "Father, on the issue of the imperial examination, many Guanlong nobles and important ministers are silent, which can explain their attitude. If it is implemented rashly, it will inevitably touch the vital interests of the Guanlong nobles, and the risk is extremely high. ”

Li Yuan also considered this problem, in fact, not only the Guanlong nobles were resistant, but also the attitude of the Kwantung and Southern scholars towards the imperial examination was the same, and only Liu Wenjing looked at the problem from the perspective of the Li Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan also knew that the imperial examination would inevitably cause resistance from the Guanlong aristocracy, so he did not consider the imperial examination at first, and he would not implement it before the unification of the world, so as to ensure the interests of the Guanlong nobles, so as to obtain their full support! But a large number of talents flocked to Yecheng, but gave Li Yuan a huge pressure, if he didn't open a branch to take scholars, the Han Shi ran out, the Tang Dynasty's large and small official positions will all fall into the hands of the family, even if it really dominates the world in the end, the Li Tang Dynasty will also become a plaything in the hands of the Guanlong nobles. Such a consequence made Li Yuan have to test one or two things at the court meeting, but the result made him depressed and frightened! Because of the indifference of the Guanlong nobles, it shows that they are not willing to give up even a very small position to the Han scholars.

"I know that everyone in the court and China does not like the imperial examination, hates it, and I also know that this is not the time to hold the imperial examination...... But the situation is dominated by Yang Tong, my Tang Dynasty does not divide the land equally, and has lost the support of the people, if even the imperial examination is not held, the Han scholars will be lost sooner or later, and I can't help it. Li Yuan sighed.

Li Jiancheng said: "Father, the reason why Yang Tong's imperial examination was successful was that there were only candidates at the level of Hanshi under his rule, so there was no problem. And Wang Shichong's imperial examination had to follow the general trend, but there were many Kwantung scholars under his command, and he had to consider the interests of the Kwantung clan, and he had to make a fair and just gesture, but in fact he did not do it fairly, so there was a Hanshi march. This incident inspired Erchen a lot, in fact, we can follow Wang Shichong's imperial examination. ”

Li Yuan was moved by his son's words: "How can we follow Wang Shichong's example? ”

Li Jiancheng said: "Before holding the imperial examination, my father first communicated and negotiated with the Guanlong nobles, Guanlong scholars, Dongguanshi, and Southern scholars, as long as their interests were guaranteed, and only threw out an inconsequential position to the Hanshi, and the ministers thought that the imperial examination could be held. ”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "I'm afraid that their appetite is too big, and I can't satisfy the excessive demand." ”

"That's why we need to communicate!" Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "They are both prosperous and lossy with Datang, even if they don't give face to their father, they have to consider their own interests, and now, they have no way out." ”

"Well said! I'll think about it, and I'll talk to them again. Li Jiancheng's words made Li Yuan feel better, and said with a smile: "The emperor's suggestion is very good, and I will make more such suggestions in the future." ”

"Whoa!"

Li Jiancheng responded excitedly, he had two things today, the imperial examination was only the first thing, and he was very happy to see that his father had adopted his suggestion.

He grew up in his hometown in Hedong since he was a child, and it was not until after Li Yuan rebelled that he came to Li Yuan's side as an assistant, and his status in Li Yuan's mind was far inferior to Li Shimin, who had always followed Li Yuan. He rarely has unique opinions, and he usually only follows his father's instructions, and because of this, he has won Li Yuan's trust.

This is Li Jiancheng's way of behaving in the world, covering up his personality and showing his obedient side, he hopes to take over his father's throne smoothly and peacefully. However, because of Li Shimin's strength and his father's strong support and support, Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince was greatly threatened.

Li Jiancheng realized that if he blindly obeyed, his future would be even worse, and he had to show his talent as a prince in order to redeem his mediocre image. He knew that his father urgently needed to get rid of the unfavorable situation, so Li Jiancheng seized this opportunity to put forward his own opinions and won the praise of his father.

But the strength of a imperial examination is obviously not enough, because it is based on Liu Wenjing's proposition, and he can't show his own knowledge, so he needs to put forward a more powerful suggestion, and he said unhurriedly: "Father, the son has a second suggestion." ”

"Say it!"

"The reason why the family is noble is that they despise the Hanshi. The first is the nine-product Zhongzheng system, the family not only has people above, but also has rich cultural reserves, and the Hanshi get the opportunity to learn are fortunate, so the talents of the family are far beyond the Hanmen. If there is no support from the family, the court simply does not have enough talents to manage the world, so the emperors of all dynasties knew that if this continued, sooner or later the officialdom would be controlled by the family, but they had to use it. And now that the books are out at a good price, the biggest advantage of the family no longer exists! ”

"After some booksellers introduced books to Datang, they made a lot of money on the difference! But after all, it is smuggled into the country, and the quantity is far from enough. Erchen's second suggestion was to secretly form a caravan and buy a large number of books from the Sui Dynasty openly, one is to keep the price down, and the other is to popularize books all over the world, so that everyone under his rule can have books to read. In a few years, my Datang's dependence on the family will be greatly reduced, and even if there is a loss, the Hanshi will be able to hold up. ”

Li Jiancheng thought about this suggestion for a long time, and he wanted to put it forward several times, but it involved the interests of too many people, and he didn't dare to put it forward at all. Now that with the passage of time, books have poured in, either explicitly or secretly, and Li Jiancheng thinks that the time is ripe.

Li Yuan was also frightened by Li Jiancheng's astonishing suggestion, but he also knew that it would be beneficial to the consolidation of imperial power, but this decision had too much influence. He thought for a long time with a solemn expression before he said slowly: "Our Li family is also a big family. ”

"Father, we are no longer a member of the family, let alone a member of the Guanlong nobles, we are a royal family, since the day you ascended the throne, my Li family has drawn an irreparable trace with the family. My Li family is like this, and so is the original Yang family! Between the royal family and the big family, there will only be endless fighting. The sooner we introduce books and popularize the world, the sooner we can get rid of our dependence on the family. Otherwise, even if my Tang Dynasty dominates the world, this world is still the same as the previous Sui Dynasty, which is the world of the big family and the scholar family. In a sense, all of Yang Tong's policies are applicable to any force, and Erchen also approves of all of Yang Tong's policies, but we have too many concerns to implement them one by one. ”

"The Imperial Father's suggestion is very good, but there are two problems!" Li Yuan's voice was very low, although he didn't want to admit it, but Yang Tong's series of policies were indeed beneficial to the policies of the imperial power, and it was precisely because of this that he thought about implementing one or two from time to time.

"Father, please speak." Li Jiancheng saw that Li Yuan agreed with his suggestion, and said very excitedly.

"First, will Yang Tong sell us books; Second, if the imperial examination only makes the family feel a trace of crisis, then the high-quality and inexpensive books are like a guillotine, completely destroying the advantages of the world's harmful family, we can't come forward, who can be trusted? ”

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "All the systems of Yang Tong are to consolidate the imperial power and weaken the family, on this issue, we have the same goal, and he will not stop it." As for the second question, it is also simple, just reopen the trade, and the books will be transported into the customs by their own merchants! For the sake of their own interests, the family repeatedly asked for renewed trade with the Sui Dynasty, and the father and emperor might as well use this as a condition. Let's talk about the imperial examination. ”

"Great idea!" Li Yuan's eyes lit up.

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