People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1379: Imperial Examination Reform, Princess Taiping
"The late emperor, Your Majesty, two generations of heroes." Li Xuan looked at Liu Rengui calmly but firmly and said, "But after years of conquest, it is time for the people to recuperate."

Liu Rengui nodded, walked to the stone bench in the pavilion, sat down, and looked around. The whole courtyard was quiet.

The frozen lake water in winter is so cold that it penetrates people.

"The people need to rest and recuperate. What about the army? There are so many arrogant soldiers and strong generals. How can they be promoted if there is no war?" Liu Rengui gently knocked on the stone table.

Li Xuan sat down opposite Liu Rengui, and then said seriously: "There are not so many arrogant and strong generals, and there are only a few who are willing to stay in the army and abandon their parents, wives and children to fight in front of the army.

Now that Tubo has been pacified and the grasslands are stable, if you want military glory, then go to the Western Regions and Andong. As for the place, hasn't your Majesty already started settling in Fanzhou? There should be no worries within ten years. "

Liu Rengui looked sideways at Li Xuan and asked softly: "The wise son-in-law seems to have a lot to say?"

"To stabilize the government and the public, in the final analysis, it is just official positions. If it can make the people rich, maybe it is feasible to add one or two official positions." Li Xuan said her words carefully.

"Imperial examination?" Liu Rengui could tell at a glance what Li Xuan's true purpose was.

"Nowadays, the imperial court only recruits twenty or thirty scholars every year. If it is fixed at more than forty, a large number of people will join." Li Xuan's eyes were still wary.

This is something that only Asong would do, using his official position in the imperial court to support the world's scholars.

But once a certain limit is exceeded, the departure of so many scholars will become an obstacle to the world.

"Ten every year, that's 300 in ten years. There are 300 states in the world. Adding a sixth- or seventh-level soldier to each state to join the army is indeed the least expensive way to win people's hearts."

Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan and asked: "But where does the money and food come from? You should know that adding one more official is not an extra salary."

"So the world needs stability and the emperor is kind." Li Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "The only thing left for the prince is kindness."

"Mercy." Liu Rengui sighed and said, "With this kind of kindness, it will take less than ten years to cultivate a powerful minister."

Li Xuan glanced sideways at Liu Rengui, knowing in her heart that Liu Rengui probably had never thought that Empress Wu would live until ten years later.

This powerful minister is Pei Yan.

Once Pei Yan becomes a powerful minister, Li Xian will lose control of the government.

A powerful official in the Tang Dynasty was named Li Yifu.

"Powerful minister, as long as you don't taint military power and don't bully the people, you can be a powerful minister." Li Xuan looked calm.

He would rather have a powerful minister than sit in Li Xian's position as emperor.

"Is it worth it?" Liu Rengui sighed.

"You can be a powerful minister, but you can't come from a noble family." Li Xuan clearly drew her own bottom line.

He can accept powerful ministers, but not Pei Yan.

"Just like Li Yifu." Liu Rengui couldn't help but laugh, then shook his head and said: "The reason why Li Yifu was able to gain power back then was because His Majesty first contracted wind disease. Later, although Li Yifu was demoted and killed, there was no progress in the government for ten years. The subsequent defeat of Dafeichuan was probably due to this reason."

"The difference in national power is another matter." Li Xuan shook her head calmly, as if she had no confidence.

Liu Rengui looked sideways at Li Xuan and said, "Aren't you afraid that others will focus on you?"

"Afraid." Li Xuan nodded and said, "So, the clan still needs someone else to check and balance?"

"Who, you don't want the Prime Minister?" Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan curiously.

"Your Highness Princess." Li Xuan looked solemn.

At this moment, Princess Taiping was pushed out by him again.

Liu Rengui fell silent and said softly: "What about ten years from now?"

"It's time for the grandson of the Emperor to grow up." Li Xuan finally brought out his trump card.

Liu Rengui understood that what Li Xuan said was not to cultivate the emperor's grandson to clean up the government in the future, but actually to support a number of new power groups with the emperor's grandson as the core.

With the Wei family backing him, the emperor's grandson was able to bring order to the chaos.

"What a pity." Liu Rengui finally sighed softly. He could see that there were many unclear aspects of Li Xuan's layout, but that was already the biggest struggle in the current situation.

Li Xian and Li Dan, Li Dan seems to be a heroic man, quite similar to the useless prince Xian, but he is surrounded by people from the North Gate Bachelor's degree. At the critical moment, there is no need to ask who these candidates are.

The emperor chose Li Xian for this reason.

Li Xuan and the children of the aristocratic family chose Li Xian because Li Xian would have a chance to compete with Empress Wu in the future.

Empress Wu chose Li Xian because she did not want to waste another son of hers.

At least not now.

Therefore, Li Dan, who had basically no support, could not make it.

……

The carriage swayed and headed towards Kaihuafang.

Li Xuan sat back and closed her eyes in meditation. She had a conversation with Liu Rengui today. In fact, she was talking about things after the emperor's death. There was always only one real core.

That is Empress Wu.

Now, the knowledgeable people in the court have begun to spy on the changes in the court situation after the emperor's death.

Here, whether they belong to a clan or a poor family, they all begin to feel that Empress Wu will be an obstacle that they cannot overcome.

To put it mildly, Empress Wu is Empress Dowager Dou. To be more serious, just say Empress Wu is Empress Lu.

Under such circumstances, he would win over the hearts and minds of the people of the world with kindness to compete with Empress Wu, even if he creates a huge political monster.

Li Xuan sighed lightly. He knew that even Liu Rengui could not imagine that Empress Wu would join forces with Pei Yan to depose Li Xian.

The root of the matter turned out to be that Li Xian's ears were too soft, which eventually led to the situation getting out of control.

Li Dan's subsequent accession to the throne was nothing more than a temporary measure.

But at that time, Liu Rengui was already in his nineties and no longer cared about those things.

He never imagined that everything Li Xuan said today was just an excuse.

Under the emperor's gaze, he struggled with all his strength, but never expected to win the battle with Empress Wu.

In a daze, Li Xuan fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but Li Xuan vaguely seemed to hear what Liu Jinyu and Liu Shubi were talking about.

Li Xuan opened her eyes, looked at Liu Jinyu and Liu Shubi, stretched and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing, it's Wu Niang's matter." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan and said slightly worriedly: "The family was already discussing Wu Niang's marriage with the Cui family, but since the news that Aweng was going to become an official came out, Cui The family's movements have slowed down, especially after Aweng resigned as Minister Zuopushe yesterday, they became even more silent. "

Li Xuan frowned: "Cui family, who are you with?"

"Cui Riwei, the third eldest son of the Boling Cui family, and the third son of Shi Cui Yi, the governor of Cang." Liu Jinyu smiled bitterly and said, "Bo Ling Cui family, the threshold is really high!"

Li Xuan fell silent. There were many things that Li Xuan could discuss with Cui's people, including political transactions. Only regarding marriage, even Li Xuan was helpless.

There are five surnames and seven families, which form their own system based on family status.

If others want to integrate into it, they must pay more than ten times the price.

It was not without reason that the emperor suppressed the Hebei family.

Fortunately for Li Jingxuan, at least Li Xuan and Liu Rengui mentioned it, but Wu Sansi and Liu Rengui didn't mention a word at all.

The Li family of Zhaojun has such ability, but the Cui family of Qinghe is even better in this regard.

Cui Yi is a direct descendant of the third family of the Cui family in Boling. His legitimate son, even if he is not the eldest son, will have priority in choosing a wife from the five surnames and seven families. The reason why he married the Liu family is because of Liu Rengui's position as Minister Zuopshe.

Perhaps in their eyes, Liu Rengui's minister Zuopushe could still sit for a few more years.

But yesterday, His Majesty suddenly dismissed Liu Rengui's Shangshu Zuopushe. Although he was promoted to the position of Crown Prince and Tutor, he understood that it was just a prestigious position.

In other words, he was still involved in political affairs, and with his second-grade official position, he could barely hold the dignity of being the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.

But in the eyes of the Cui family, Liu Rengui's position is far worse than before.

Wu Niang Liu Qiongyu also wants to marry into the Bolingcui family, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy.

"Wait a minute, maybe there will be good results in the future." Li Xuan sighed softly. He didn't have a good solution for this matter.

Except for Liu Rengui, who can still stand out in the family, the next generation of the Liu family basically has no outstanding talents.

When choosing a son-in-law, not only the grandfather's generation but also the father's generation must be looked at. When and where they can give enough political support, these are the things that top aristocratic families really consider, and the Liu family is far from adequate in this regard. .

Although in the third generation, Liu Jinyu married Li Xuan, Li Xuan was Li Xuan, and the Li family in Longxi had its own set of rules.

And even if a woman from the Li family in Longxi wants to join the Bolingcui family, she has to be picked over and over again.

The arrogant top sects are horribly arrogant in this regard, because that is one of their greatest weapons that has continued to hold the greatest time advantage for hundreds of years.

Why didn't Liu Jinyu understand this? If her uncle was willing to let go of his pride and try a lower courtyard, even the Li family in Longxi, she could also find a way to get it.

But unfortunately, her uncle was a direct descendant of the Bolingcui family's third family, so her uncle was unwilling to let this opportunity go.

"Let uncle worry about Wu Niang's affairs, but husband, you have to worry about Xia'er and Zhao'er." Liu Jinyu turned around and looked at Li Xuan, with a hint of danger in her eyes.

Li Xuan sat up slightly and said, "Don't worry, my daughter will never marry a child of the Bolingcui family. Moreover, Xia'er is a princess, not a princess, so she has advantages in marriage over the princess."

Liu Jinyu nodded in agreement. Although the princess's consort was directly a fifth-grade consort, his future was very limited. At least he would not have a position as prime minister.

But the princess is different. The prince's consort can become the prime minister.

"By the way, speaking of which, Princess Taiping is coming to visit tomorrow. Apart from etiquette, is there something else that needs to be done?" Liu Jinyu had completely sobered up.

"What else can there be, it's nothing more than Xue Shao's business." Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Xue Shao seems to be a cool and elegant man, but his political ability is extremely lacking. To say that he is not familiar with the world, it is all in Praise him."

Very low emotional intelligence.

In other words, the downward emotional intelligence is extremely low.

After all, Xue Shao is a disciple of our family. He still has some experience in thinking about the upper level, but he is far behind when it comes to the lower level.

This year he worked as Zuo Chunfang Si Nao Lang in the East Palace and did a complete mess.

Originally, Dong Palace hoped that he could obtain more decision-making information from Zhongshu Province based on his family background, but unfortunately, Xue Shao could come up with too little useful information.

As time passed, everyone in the East Palace realized that he was an embroidered pillow.

"It seems that the princess wants to change him to a suitable position. Husband, what are you going to do?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile. There was a reason why Princess Taiping came to Li Xuan for this kind of thing.

(End of this chapter)