Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 455
After reading Wang Chengwei's article, Li Heng only felt comfortable all over his body.

In particular, Wang Chengwei's last suggestion, to change the yuan, hit Li Heng's mind.

The year name of Zhide was set by Li Heng back then, but later he learned that "Zhide" was once used by the empress of the Southern Chen Dynasty, and the counter-insurgency war has not been going smoothly. Li Heng, who has always been feudal and superstitious, also felt a little unlucky .

What's more, Lingwu ascended to the throne in a hurry, which always made Li Heng feel that it was not formal enough, and the change of Yuan could just follow his achievements in recovering the two capitals.

As long as he welcomes the emperor who returns to Sichuan, then his throne will be truly secure.

Wang Chengwei's article captured what Li Heng needed most.

And this article's remonstrance on the national line is also secretly consistent with the balance of yin and yang that monks pay attention to, and it even hits Li Heng's mind.

"Bring the ink brush!"

Pei Mian deliberately put Wang Chengwei's examination paper last, and the emperor was really satisfied after reading it.

Li Fuguo immediately asked someone to bring a vermilion pen. Li Heng mentioned the vermilion pen and tapped it on Wang Chengwei's examination paper, and then asked Li Fuguo to stamp it with his seal.

Li Fuguo jokingly said: "Congratulations to the sage, congratulations to the sage, my Tang Dynasty has gained a batch of talents!"

Li Heng smiled with satisfaction and said: "General, last time I have ordered that no one in the palace should be called a saint anymore. How dare you call yourself a saint."

When Li Longji was in court, all the officials called him a saint, which is also Li Longji's original title.

Li Heng has been called a saint for half his life, and he is a little ptsd about these two words. A while ago, he decreed that he is the emperor of the world, and he dare not call himself a saint.

Li Fuguo just came back from below, he immediately understood Li Heng's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty calmed down the troubled times and restored the two capitals, can such credit be called a saint?"

"A sage is a man."

"It is difficult to create the world, and it is even more difficult to rejuvenate the world. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty can be called the ancestor of Taoism, so what if His Majesty calls him a saint?"

After this flattery, Li Heng's mood improved a lot.

It seems that being called a saint feels good too?
After hearing this, Li Heng didn't bother with the address, and said directly to Li Fuguo:

"Let's publish the list according to the nouns drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. I think this Wang Chengwei's native place is Longyou. I'm afraid he is a son of a poor family. Let the inner government allocate some money. It's too shabby to hold a wedding banquet."

"The sage is thinking about thousands of miles, and the champion of the new division will definitely be grateful when he receives the decree!"

Li Fuguo walked towards the outside of the hall holding the sealed box again.

After walking out of the palace, Li Fuguo suddenly said to the eunuch beside him: "Isn't Sun Gongling too busy these days when I'm not here?"

Sun Gongling was the middle-level eunuch who took credit for the little eunuch just now. The eunuch next to Li Fuguo immediately understood, and said with a smile:
"Godfather, you little ones understand, today I will relieve Sun's errand and let him go to Yeting to work for the emperor."

"Let him do more work if he can, understand?"

"understand!"

Eunuch Sun, who had just been in the limelight, didn't know that he was about to experience the feeling of a roller coaster.

Li Fuguo walked to the door and greeted the two godsons who had been robbed of credit just now.

"Godfather, the child is incompetent!"

The two eunuchs knelt on the ground, Li Fuguo sneered and said:

"You two are incompetent! In this place in the palace, if you don't rob you, you will be robbed. It's better to understand this truth earlier than before you die."

"You two get up, the emperor has named Longyou Wang Chengwei as the number one scholar, you guys send this news to the queen and Princess Yanguang, and the two nobles will naturally reward you."

"Be smarter next time!"

"Thank you godfather! Thank you godfather!"

The two eunuchs kowtowed quickly, and the Ministry of Rites hadn't announced the list yet, so the news of who the champion is is naturally very valuable.

Both Empress Zhang and Princess Yanguang were famous for giving generous rewards to their servants, and this was Li Fuguo's compensation for the two godsons.

The two young eunuchs happily delivered the letter, Li Fuguo handed over the box to the envoy, and rushed to Chang'an.

However, the emperor wanted to change the yuan, but Li Fuguo did not tell Queen Zhang about this more important news.

Although he and Empress Zhang were political allies, Li Fuguo had other ideas about electing Nanyang King to win the heir apparent.

Li Chu, the king of Guangping, had already participated in government affairs when the emperor was still in the East Palace.

Donggong is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, a kind of military generals including Guo Ziyi, all support Donggong.

The king of Nanyang and the king of Guangping are competing for the heir, and Li Fuguo is really not optimistic about the king of Nanyang.

More important is the identity of Nanyang King.

Empress Zhang accepted King Nanyang as her son, but after all, King Nanyang is not Queen Zhang's own son, and the mother of King Nanyang's age may not be able to cultivate any mother-child relationship.

Smart people understand that the reason why Queen Zhang carried King Nanyang out was only because her son was too young and needed a transition.

In other words, this is a game of grabbing seats. King Nanyang just pushed to occupy the seat, and Queen Zhang's ultimate goal is to push her own son to the throne.

For a political veteran like Li Fuguo, Queen Zhang's idea is a bit whimsical.

The throne of Emperor Li Tang, can you play casually?

Not to mention that King Nanyang was originally an adult prince, and he had ambitions himself.

The relationship between him and Queen Zhang is just a relationship of mutual use, and the two sides are not of the same mind.

Even if he helped the King of Nanyang succeed in seizing the heir, he would have to seize the heir again when Empress Zhang's own son grew up.

This difficulty is not that one plus one equals two, but that if you are not careful, you will be doomed.

Li Fuguo is not a fool, and it's not that he has no choice. He cooperated with Queen Zhang just because Queen Zhang offered a higher price.

Li Fuguo called the little eunuch beside him, and ordered in a low voice:

"Go to the East Palace and pass on the news that His Majesty wants to change Yuan."

This little eunuch was even more obedient, he quietly left the team beside Li Fuguo without asking any more questions, and headed towards the Donggong Mansion in Fengxiang Mansion.

At the princess mansion, Princess Yanguang received the eunuch's information, and immediately ordered Wan'er beside her to give the little eunuch a gold cake as a reward.

The little eunuch smiled happily and said some auspicious words before leaving happily.

Princess Yanguang said to her maid Wan'er:

"You ask someone to inform the Shangliu envoy in the backyard of the Dudu Mansion and tell him the good news."

Wan'er immediately found a servant who could do things properly and asked him to notify Shangbo.

During this period of time, under the management of Shangbo, the Princess Mansion was even tied to the chariot of Longyou.

Shangbo first handed over the best-selling Longyou goods to Princess Yanguang's Huangzhuang for management.

On the one hand, Huangzhuang can be exempted from tax in the first place, and through a preferential policy offered by Princess Yanguang, they dare not buy things on credit when they meet nobles and nobles.

In addition, through benefit sharing, Princess Yanguang and Longyou were also bound together.

Specializing in several types of Longyou goods made Princess Yanguang a fortune.

Now the Princess Mansion spends a lot of money, and is well-known in the entire Fengxiang Mansion.

Held various banquets, funded poor officials, and cultivated his own influence.

These all need money, and it is precisely because of the money that Princess Yanguang has become the most favored among the many daughters of the current emperor.

Princess Yanguang is not an ignorant girl, so she naturally knows the truth about using money to do things.

She will pay attention to collect the information in the palace and the dynamics of the court, and then ask people to send the news to Liu's backyard.

Queen Zhang also got the news of the new champion from the eunuch, and Queen Zhang frowned and said, "Does General Fuguo have anything else to say?"

The little eunuch said in a daze: "The General Fuguo only asked the slave to report the news, and has no other orders."

Empress Zhang nodded, and the maid beside her brought a piece of silver cake and handed it to the little eunuch.

The little eunuch happily took the silver cake, and then retreated step by step.

Empress Zhang frowned, the alliance between Li Fuguo and herself was not as strong as it appeared on the surface.

The news of the new top scholar is indeed important, but even if it is the most valuable Jinshi and rank, it will take more than ten years of ups and downs in the officialdom to go from Jinshi and rank to an important minister who can influence the court.

How can Queen Zhang wait for more than ten or twenty years? What she needs is an important minister who can serve her immediately.

Queen Zhang sighed, the biggest card now is still the emperor.

As a pillow person, Queen Zhang also realized the emperor's dissatisfaction with the prince.

It's not that the prince did something wrong, on the contrary, the prince didn't do anything wrong, which made the emperor dissatisfied.

This year, the emperor's health is not as good as before. When he was young, he was suppressed by the emperor, and he worked hard to manage the court, which made the emperor's health poor.

When Changan rushed to Lingwu, the long-distance hunger and fatigue also made Li Heng's health worse.

Recently, he became obsessed with alchemy in Fengxiang Mansion, which also made the originally honest and honest emperor become moody.

The emperor who had been the strongest supporter of giving power to the prince and did not want his son to repeat his mistakes, on the contrary understood the emperor's feelings better.

After cleaning up Wei Jiansu, the prime minister who most supported the prince, the emperor became more and more wary of the East Palace.

Empress Zhang also took this opportunity to promote Nanyang King to be crowned King Qi, creating the current situation.

Li Fuguo, the most powerful eunuch, was also Queen Zhang's biggest partner.

However, Li Fuguo took the initiative to pass this news to himself, which also explained his attitude. Empress Zhang felt relieved, and called the maid again:

"Let someone inform the king of Nanyang, oh, the news about King Qi, just say that His Majesty has selected Longyou Wang Chengwei as the champion of the new division."

Two days later, the box containing the results of the imperial examination was sent to the Ministry of Rites in Chang'an.

Under the witness of all the examiners, Pei Mian, the chief examiner, opened the box.

He took out the imperial examination paper with a vermilion pen, stamped the seal on the examination paper, and said to the crowd:

"The champion handpicked by His Majesty, Longyou Wang Chengwei!"

"Now copy the imperial list!"

(End of this chapter)