Since defeating the Turks, Datang has become the real overlord of the grassland, even if there is a regional overlord like Xue Yantuo later, but it is still far inferior to Datang in terms of prestige, and the tribes on the grassland are also proud of their association with Datang, if the leader of a tribe can get the canonization of Datang, his prestige will immediately increase, and it will even attract many tribes to take refuge.

Of course, it is very good that these grassland tribal leaders can get rewards, as for many people still want to marry Datang, but this road has been blocked by Li Xiu half, they can choose beautiful women to send to Li Shimin's harem, as for wanting to marry the princess of Datang as a wife, there is no door, which is very different from history, and it is also one of the biggest changes that Li Xiu brought to Datang.

Now that Xue Yantuo is rising on the Mobei grassland, there is no power around him that can compete with them, speaking of which Yi Nan can be regarded as a generation of grassland heroes, but unfortunately the grassland people have a big shortcoming, that is, they never study, for example, now he divides the military power to his two sons, it may be that he feels more at ease that the military power is handed over to his son.

However, Li Xiu, who was thousands of miles away, was very keenly aware of this opportunity, so he smiled and spoke to Li Shimin, telling him that he only needed a holy decree now to make Xue Yantuo mess up himself.

Li Shimin also understood when he heard this, and immediately slapped his thigh and said: "Yes, how can I forget this method, as long as I canonize the holy decree, I am afraid that Yi Nan and his two sons will immediately have a gap, at least they can't be as united as before, and when the time comes, we will provoke it again, and then ...... Hey! ”

When Li Shimin said the end, he couldn't help but show a little sneer, Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji also looked at each other and smiled at this time, in fact, the reason why Li Shimin didn't think of this method before was mainly because Yi Nan gave the military power to his son, but in front of interests, father and son cannibalism is not a new thing, for example, Li Shimin in front of him is a good example.

thought of a way, Li Shimin also immediately began to improve, the first thing was to draw up a canonized holy decree, originally Li Shimin was going to write a holy decree, directly sent to Yi Nan to read it in public, but considering that Yi Nan may block the news, in case the two sons do not know, Datang's calculation will be in vain, so in the end, Li Shimin decided to issue three holy decrees, respectively to Yi Nan's father and son, and also to send envoys, as much as possible to make a big noise.

Speaking of which, although Xue Yantuo's strength has expanded rapidly, he is still nominally dependent on Datang, after all, they also need to do business with Datang and exchange food, cloth, tea and other necessities from Datang, so now Xue Yantuo does not dare to really turn his face with Datang, of course, the filth in the secret must be indispensable, for example, this time Li Shimin canonized Yi Nan's son, on the surface it is a reward for Yi Nan, but in fact it is to separate their father and son.

After Xue Yantuo's matter was discussed, Li Shimin was obviously relieved, and then the three of them discussed other things, and finally Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji were also ready to leave, but at this moment, they suddenly saw Li Shimin stop them and said: "By the way, after the summer harvest, Zhongnan Academy will start recruiting students, and then you can also go there for a walk, which can be regarded as adding some popularity to the academy!" ”

Li Xiu is rarely famous, even if there are no new poems flowing out now, but he is still very prestigious among scholars, and the same is true for the eldest grandson Wuji, maybe his achievements in literature are not very famous, but as the first important minister of the Tang Dynasty, many scholars who are interested in their careers take him as a role model, so if the two of them go to the academy, they will definitely attract the attention of many people.

"Whoa!" Li Xiu and Eldest Sun Wuji also agreed almost without hesitation, after all, although the academy may not have any effect in a short period of time, but in the long run, it is the key to the imperial court to gather talents from all over the world, and it is also a weapon against the family, and with their identity, they may be able to recruit a few talents in the academy, so they have no reason to refuse.

At the same time, there were also a few people in Nanshan Academy who gathered together to discuss things, but the atmosphere was not as harmonious as in the Liangyi Palace, for example, now I saw a middle-aged man slapping the table with an angry face and saying: "It's too much of a deception, look at what name they have called, it's just going to ride on our heads!" ”

This middle-aged man's surname is Lu Mingding, born in Fan Yang Lu's family, originally he had no intention of officialdom, so he has been staying in Fan Yang's side to teach the children of the clan to study, some time ago Nanshan Academy needed manpower, so he was sent over, and now he is Cui Gan's deputy, usually responsible for the discipline of the academy, supervising the students of the academy to study, etc.

"Brother Lu doesn't have to be angry, this kind of method of not being on the stage is actually exposing the weakness of the imperial court, as long as we recruit students according to the original plan and completely suppress the so-called Zhongnan Academy, then people will know who is the end of whom!" At this time, another tall and thin middle-aged man also spoke.

"Guangxing is right, the imperial court gave its academy this name, it is nothing more than disgusting us, if we really keep this matter in mind, then we will fall into the court's plan!" At this moment, Cui Gan, who was sitting at the top, finally spoke, the tall and thin middle-aged man who spoke just now was named Zheng Dai, the word Guangxing, he was also Zheng Zhong's cousin, and this time, like Lu Ding, he was sent by the clan to assist him in building the academy.

"The imperial court is indeed trying to disgust us, but what I'm worried about now is how much energy the imperial court will spend on Zhongnan Academy, in case they are determined to compete with us for students, I'm afraid we will also suffer!" At this moment, I suddenly saw a black-bearded middle-aged man sitting next to Cui Gan speak, only to see that this middle-aged man has fair skin and handsome facial features, even if he is old, he is also a handsome uncle type, and when he was young, he must have been a beautiful boy who was seen by everyone.

"Daogu, your worries are also reasonable, the imperial court sent Xiao Yu, an old stubborn, to be in charge of the affairs of the academy, and also changed the palace in Nanshan into a academy, so it can be seen that the imperial court still attaches great importance to this Zhongnan Academy, and now someone has released a rumor that the students of Zhongnan Academy will be taken care of during the imperial examination next year, which makes me very worried, so I summoned everyone to discuss!" Cui Gan also nodded in agreement when he heard the words of the black-bearded middle-aged man.

The black-bearded middle-aged man surnamed Cui Mingli, the word is solid, and Cui Fu'an was born in the Qinghe Cui family, speaking of which Cui Fu'an's official position is high, but he is not from the Qinghe Changfang, and his knowledge and talent are not particularly prominent, in contrast, the Cui Li in front of him was born in the Qinghe Changfang, and as early as 20 years ago, he was famous for his talent and learning, and many erudite Confucians praised him.

Originally, Cui Li had held an official position in the imperial court before, and he achieved the position of a household lang in his thirties, and seeing that he was a waiter one step further, he could already be called extremely amazing to achieve the official position of a waiter at the age of less than forty. However, at that time, Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate seized the throne, and as a result, Cui Li disdained to assist people like Li Shimin, so he resigned and returned to his hometown, and he has been teaching his children to study in the clan all these years.

Although Cui Li resigned and returned to his hometown, he was famous, and this time he was also Cui Gan's deputy, it can be said that in addition to Cui Gan, Nanshan Academy has the highest position, and his words are to the point at once, which makes everyone in Nanshan Academy also show a contemplative expression.

"Gong Cui, if we don't start recruiting students in advance, the academy of the imperial court has just released the news, and it has not been completely disseminated, we can take this opportunity to enroll students first, so that we can seize the opportunity!" At this time, someone stood up and proposed that Zhongnan Academy was next to them, and they also chose to release the news at this time, making it clear that they were going to rob them of their students, which was also what they were most worried about.

"No!" As soon as the other party's words fell, Cui Li objected without hesitation, "Our academy is not only open for a year or two, but for a long time, so the reputation of the academy must be established, if we use this method to grab students from Zhongnan Academy in the first year, even if we can grab some students, but it will damage our reputation, and if the imperial court does some tricks and feet during the imperial examination next year, it really favors Zhongnan Academy, causing our students to be unable to be admitted, I'm afraid we will end up infamy!" ”

"Dao Gu is reasonable, this method is not a long-term solution, on the surface, Zhongnan Academy is to compete with us for students, but the root of the competition for students is actually for the future imperial examination, and whichever college wins the other party in the imperial examination, it will overwhelm the other party in prestige, so as to attract more talents to study in the academy!" Cui Gan also spoke at this time.

"But the imperial court controls the imperial examination, although we can also influence the imperial examination to a certain extent, but after all, it is not convenient for the imperial court, and even His Majesty can completely shield all officials from the family from the imperial examination, so that our influence on the imperial examination will be even smaller!" Lu Ding was also a little unwilling at this time, if there was only their Nanshan Academy, then the imperial examination would not be able to favor anyone, but now there is one more Zhongnan Academy, and there is still the imperial court behind it, and a fool can guess who the imperial examination will favor at that time, which is simply an incomprehensible question for them.

Cui Gan and the others also thought of the above point, and they all had gloomy faces at the moment, after all, in the face of this situation, no one had any good way, even if Nanshan Academy taught well, in the future, they would not be able to compare with Zhongnan Academy in the imperial examination, and I am afraid that their efforts would be in vain in the end.

"Actually, it's not that there is no way, but it involves a lot, but I don't know if you have the courage to do it!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Cui Li suddenly speak with an indifferent face.