For Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance, today's night is actually similar to the night before the students of the Celestial Empire before the results of the college entrance examination were announced, and those who have experienced it understand that kind of feeling is really worse than death, all kinds of suffering, all kinds of impatience, all kinds of heartbeats, all kinds of longing has never appeared......

To be honest, Suning hates this feeling, this feeling of being held in the hands of others, this feeling of waiting for the results to appear, after the results, or ecstatic, or not sad or happy, or like mourning for the exam, this is simply the true portrayal of those candidates at present, standing on the tall building with Li Ermaxi and looking at the vivid facial expressions of the candidates who saw the results of the exam below, Suning suddenly felt mixed feelings.

or jumping wildly in ecstasy, hugging relatives and friends around you to celebrate wildly, and venting their feelings; Or those candidates who have long expected and are confident, without the gaffes of those ecstatic candidates, but they are also overflowing with joy, and generally speaking, they are relatively calm, as for the rest, there are more than 600 candidates who have not passed guò, in fact, there are still so many candidates who have been recognized by everyone, they can pass guò, but compared with the sons of Xungui, they are insignificant.

Some of these people, Suning even has an impression, but, but they are not as good as the candidates who were very good before them, maybe they are much better than the sons of the gentlemen, but, but this era is not an era of meritocracy, not an era regardless of origin, Suning himself is an outlier, but it is also the relationship between Tong Guò and Li Jing that made great contributions before he was named a nobleman. But their own background is still far from enough, competing with those people, they have no good fruit to eat, and there is no need for that, they also belong to the category of people who are fought for after all.

Therefore, these regretful losers can only wait for the next time, or for the change of the times.

The Suzaku Gate was full of people. There are candidates. There are also people watching the excitement, the entire Suzaku Gate is surrounded by water, and a thousand soldiers are guarding the safety of the palace and maintaining order at the same time. The number of people in Suzaku Gate is obviously in the tens of thousands. In contrast, the number of candidates is negligible. However, even so, the candidates are in charge of all the emotions.

For example, once someone sees their name on the red list. Immediately danced happily, yelled, shouted that I passed guò, and then the surrounding people immediately smiled and said hello, and entered the military university, that is destined to be the future military officer, the status of the military in the early Tang Dynasty was relatively high, let alone an officer, so everyone hurried Daoxi, whether people know it or not, Daoxi is, who will not be the icing on the cake?

But if there is a person in the crowd who suddenly looks dull and mutters how it is possible, how is it possible, and so on, and then there are tears and a face of frustration, and even more so, there is a person who collapses on the ground and cannot hold himself, then there must be a candidate who has no guò......

Ouch, it's a pity, the first exam a few days ago, hey, so many people were eliminated, right? Seventy or eighty thousand! There are more than 10,000 left, and then I heard that there are only more than 1,000 people in the second exam, but it's a pity, and it was eliminated in the end, which is a pity, and this can be regarded as standing out from more than 100,000 people, right? It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity, Xiao Langjun, don't be discouraged, you can do this, you have done your best.

A group of elderly people stepped forward to comfort this candidate who did not pass the guò exam, bringing him spiritual comfort and physical comfort, and then a group of people surrounded him to comfort him, embarrassed appearance, all kinds of sadness with him, making people sigh the simplicity of the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty, witnessing the scenes here, Li Ermajesty Xià felt and said: "The world is full of all kinds of things, it is in it, it is really not easy to see this scene!" ”

Suning said: "That's true, seeing this scene, you can feel the simplicity of the people of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the aspirations of the people, everyone has a good impression and envy of the students of the Military University, which is also the successful impact of the Military University's examination, only 1,000 people are taken from 100,000 people, we really did it, so the reputation of the Military University has begun, and what we have to do is to make persistent efforts."

Also, Your Majesty, tonight, can the curfew in Chang'an City be temporarily lifted? Candidates for the Guò exam will definitely party all night, singing and dancing, including many local Chang'an people, and it is normal for people to celebrate with three or two friends. ”

Li Erqi nodded and said: "That's it, tonight's curfew in Chang'an City will be temporarily canceled, and immediately go and order Wuhou and the forbidden army, although the curfew has been canceled, but the guard must not be relaxed, Suning, tonight, your kid's Wei Xianju is going to make a lot of money, right?" I have gained a little weight these days, and I was impeached by Wei Zheng for this, saying that I don't care about the people's suffering, and the people can't even eat, but I have gained weight, which is also a sin? Why not eat better?

I usually deal with government affairs from morning to night, and I eat some good food at noon and evening, this food is delicious and the dishes are varied, and I eat more naturally, and if I eat more, I will be healthy and I will naturally become fat, what's wrong? Do I have to be thin to a handful of bones to care about the people's suffering? What a bastard! These people can't be beaten and beaten, scolded and scolded, degraded and degraded, if they continue like this, sooner or later they will be angry! Hum! ”

It was still pleasant just now, but now it immediately turned into a heavy rain, and he even looked aggrieved, probably because Wei Zheng's group of officials were very injured, this is his own rule, who is he to blame? Besides, it's a good thing to have courtiers to advise, and you yourself said that you can see the gains and losses by using people as a mirror, but in the end, it's one thing to understand, and another thing to accept, people, it's all like this.

"In fact, Dr. Wei is also thinking about Datang, but he thinks about things a little simply, but it is undeniable that being diligent in government affairs makes it easier for people to think that His Majesty will become thinner, and the only understanding that His Majesty will become fat is that His Majesty's life is a little extravagant, and once he thinks of this, he will naturally think that His Majesty has been slacking off in government affairs recently, so Dr. Wei will make some progress." Suning said with a smile.

Li Erqi looked at Suning, and then said with a smile: "I naturally understand this kind of thing." But you seem to admire Wei Zheng very much, and often say good things for him, do you know how Wei Zheng thinks of you? ”

Suning was really a little curious, and said: "The minister is right about things and not people, Dr. Wei is upright, and he often admonishes, this integrity and courage make the minister very admirable, as for the rest, the minister has not thought about it, and I don't know how Dr. Wei views the minister." But. It doesn't matter, right? ”

Li Erqi smiled and said, "It's not important? Wei Zheng doesn't have a good impression of you, of course, he also agrees with your talent and ability, but he is very dissatisfied with your way of dealing with people, especially the fact that you opened Weixian Ju to make money on a large scale. I am even more dissatisfied with the fact that you like to eat, pay attention to food, and even drive the palace and the people of Chang'an to eat together. bluntly said that you will bring bad Tang folk customs. Let the people and officials be immersed in the appetite of the mouth, thus forgetting that the current fundamental form is still severe.

It should not be forgotten that although there is a high yield of grain. However, it is still in the experimental stage, and it will take a long time to promote it to the rest of the region, and the shortage of food in Datang will not be changed in a short period of time, and it is obviously inappropriate for the people to start paying attention to their appetites at this time; He doesn't have a small opinion about you. ”

Li Erma smiled inexplicably, wanting to see how Suning reacted, Suning felt that Wei Zheng was right, at this time, he couldn't even eat enough basic food, let alone anything else, what needs to be met at this time is people's survival needs, and only after the most basic survival needs are met can other things be considered, otherwise what to consider? Directly surpassing the millennium of the creation of zào to run to the well-off? This is clearly out of place.

But......

Suning said: "Your Majesty, what the minister wants to say is that what Dr. Wei said is very true, the people of the Tang Dynasty are indeed not even able to eat at present, and it is indeed not good to start paying attention to the appetite at this time, but the minister also wants to say that this food, clothing, housing and transportation are the most important things that people need to pay attention to, and they cannot be lacking or missing."

The main customers are all wealthy gentlemen, and they don't earn the people's money, and every income has paid full taxes, and there is no arrears, not to mention that the income of Weixianju is not obtained by the minister alone, but shared by everyone, and even includes, Your Majesty, how can this be the minister's mistake? Eating better is just a personal hobby of the minister, this is a personal hobby, and Dr. Wei will not blame the minister on this point, right? ”

Suning's words Li Erma's old face flushed, indeed, the income in Weixianju and white sugar has a part of his Li family, which cannot be concealed, and this income is also very huge, although Empress Changsun collects a considerable part of it and prepares to use it in state affairs, but this money still inevitably becomes Li Erma's private property, and a large part of Li Erma's recent improvement in food is also due to this, but Li Erma's Xià also said, that is, because of this income, The expenses of the royal family can already be exempted from a large part of the tax expenditure.

The taxes paid by the people do not need to be used to support the royal family, and this money will fall on the income of Wei Xianju, and where does the income of Wei Xianju come from? The wealthy gentry, the noble family, these richest people in the Tang Dynasty, that is to say, these rich people provide for the royal family and nobles, and do not rely on the people's taxes, the people's taxes can really be used to pay attention to state affairs, and do not need to be consumed in building palaces.

You must know that in the first year of Zhenguan, Jieli Khan went south to Chang'an, Li Er Majesty Xià gave him the treasury of Chang'an, for which the Tang royal family was destitute, and Li Er Majesty Xià became a poor egg, although the future victory brought countless wealth, and now the inner treasury is also full of money, but those treasures have not been recovered much, for which Li Er Majesty Xià is very depressed, those treasures are estimated to have been squandered by the profits.

In any case, a large part of the tax originally used for the royal family has been canceled by Li Erma, and that large part has been used for government affairs and various necessary expenditures. Tired of being alive? If they don't investigate, the emperor won't explain, the dignified emperor is actually in business? Is it scared to death when you say it?

Everyone turns a blind eye and turns a blind eye, no one will be more serious, in this matter, you will lose if you are serious.

Li Erqi coughed and said, "Nonsense, when have I ever done something like that?" I am the emperor, the emperor does not need money, all the wealth in the world belongs to the emperor! It's all mine! ”

You are Li Shimin and the emperor, but are you Li Shimin or the emperor, when is Li Shimin and when is the emperor? If you are Li Shimin, then this money is yours, and if you are the emperor, this money is not yours......

"Yes, this thing will not be done by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and this money does not belong to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but belongs to, well, the contemporary head of the Li family in Longxi." Suning rolled his eyes and said this sentence against his will very helplessly...... (To be continued......)