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

Chapter 660

In the afternoon, Li Xuan walked out of the east courtyard. The cold air immediately woke him up from the gentleness.

After glancing at Li Zhu who was waiting on the side, Li Xuan calmly looked forward and said, "Let's go."

"Here!" Li Zhu immediately followed behind Li Xuan, and in the shadows all around, there were also countless people moving.

Li Xuan nodded, and asked as she walked, "How is today's arrangement?"

"They're all staring, Song Zhiwen, Luo Binwang, Yang Jiong and others, as well as many children of Wei Shi, Du Shi, Yang Shi, Wang Shi, Cui Shi, Lu Shi, and Zheng Shi, and Qianniuwei are all secretly watching. Watch, our people are on the periphery, watching those who try to contact them." Li Zhu explained today's arrangements in detail.

This time to hunt the king of the East China Sea, all parties have their own duties, and Li Xuan's task is to keep an eye on the man.

All the people who appeared in Li Jingye's other courtyard at the beginning, as long as they were in Chang'an, or re-entered Chang'an within this month, they would be under their surveillance.

But what Li Xuan really cares about is those people who contact them on the outside.

Li Xuan nodded lightly, and said: "The Qianniuwei people don't care for now, our people need to hide deeper."

"Here!" Li Zhu cupped his hands immediately, and then said immediately, "As for the Tubo Mission, they have all been staring at them to death."

Li Xuan stopped, raised her head, looked at the clear sky today, and said softly: "Now there are only Tubo people who have not moved yet. This time, it is our best to dig out all their eyeliners in Chang'an." Timing, wait until the next time they resettle, I'm afraid it will be a few months later."

A few months later, Datang and Tubo fought, and even if they wanted to do anything, it was too late.

"Also, Silla and Wa are also watching, don't let them take advantage of it."

"Here!"

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Li Xuan walked to the front yard, looked up, and suddenly saw Zhuge Minghui in a green robe, standing in the yard, carefully reading the "Book of Rites".

Hearing the approaching footsteps behind him, Zhuge Minghui came back to his senses, facing Li Xuan who had come behind him, cupped his hands and said: "Minghui has seen the king."

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Li Xuan looked at Zhuge Minghui's pale hands, and said to Li Zhu, "Go get a pair of gloves."

"Here!" Li Zhu immediately turned and went back to the room.

Zhuge Minghui wanted to stop him, but he didn't have time to speak, so he had to bow slightly and said: "Reporting to the lord, Minghui has only been here for a quarter of an hour, not a long time."

"Did you only wait in the front yard for half a quarter of an hour, or did you only study in the yard for half a quarter of an hour?" Li Xuan saw through what Zhuge Minghui was hiding at a glance.

Zhuge Minghui must have gone out very early today, but he has been studying elsewhere, and he only arrived here half a quarter of an hour ago.

Zhuge Minghui bowed his head in embarrassment.

Li Xuan glanced at the gate of the west courtyard, and there were a lot of faint reading sounds from inside.

"The first test on the ninth day of February, the second test on February [-]th, and the third test on February [-]th. After that, you will be on the way to Jinshi." Li Xuan took the leather glove from Li Zhu and handed it to Zhuge Ming. Hui, and then said: "Nowadays there are only [-] days. Studying hard is only one aspect, but on the other hand, we must adapt to the time of the scientific examination. Some candidates are used to active thinking at night, while others are used to it during the day. But scientific research is mainly during the day."

Zhuge Minghui took the Jinshi examination, current affairs, post scriptures, and essays. The papers were issued at Maoshi and collected at Youshi. It lasted six hours, all during the day.

If you are often used to reading at night, it will be difficult for you to fully activate your thinking and perform at your best during the daytime exam.

"So, work and rest, board and lodging, from today onwards, everything must be cultivated according to the time of the scientific examination." Li Xuan sighed softly: "Thousands of candidates, only 30 to [-] people... Many people have different levels It seems that if you want to stand out, you have to rely on details."

Although Datang conducts scientific examinations every year, there are only 30 people in each scientific examination.

Although the later Song Dynasty took the exam every three years, more than 300 people were selected each time, and the difference was obvious.

During the conversation, several people had already left the palace. Li Xuan got on his horse and slowly urged the horse forward. At the same time, he said to Zhuge Minghui who was riding behind: "You know that you are going to participate in the banquet at Honglu Temple today. Is it true to take you instead of Ji?"

"It's because of some past involvement in his family." Zhuge Minghui nodded slightly. He didn't know much about that matter, but he also knew that it was so troublesome that even Li Xuan couldn't solve it.

Li Xuan continued to move forward, and sighed softly: "Among you people, Brother Ji Zhenxian has the appearance of the number one scholar. It is not a good thing to do a lot of precipitation this time. There are so many seasons. Apart from Ji Zhen, among the others, you are the only one who is absolutely sure of being admitted to Jinshi this time. The difference is only in the ranking. Except this time, the ranking in the future may not be the same."

Zhuge Minghui lowered his head slightly, he knew that his aptitude was not above average.

In Wuzhou, or even in Jiangnan, he could be proud of being the No. [-] scholar, but after coming to Chang'an, he has seen too many geniuses.

This year, previous ones, and even those in their 50s and [-]s who are experienced and talented, the competition is extremely cruel.

Especially knowing the secret behind the champion made him almost desperate.

For example, Zheng Yi, the No. [-] scholar in the second year of Shangyuan, may not be very talented in writing, but he was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, which has already laid a path for him to the top.

A little bit of talent is the number one scholar.

Li Xuan took a look at Zhuge Minghui, who was a little sad, stopped the horse under the gate of the workshop, and said softly: "Brother Ji Zhenxian was not selected this time. If he comes back in a few years, he will definitely be the champion, but he has a pure personality and is innocent. If you don't change it, I'm afraid you will be just a noble minister for the rest of your life.

But you are different, you are a prudent person, this time you won the election, county lieutenant, county magistrate, state join the army, state Sima, long history, governor, six ministers, and even the prime minister.

Minghui, although your talent is poor, your upper limit is extremely high. "

Zhuge Minghui raised his head sharply, and looked at Li Xuan with disbelief.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, then patted his horse forward, outside the door, a group of Jinwu guards patrolling nearby immediately greeted them, and the leader was Cui Ding with two watermelon hammers hanging on them.

"Your Majesty!" Cui Ding bowed his hands to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan waved her hands and said with a smile: "There's no need to be too polite, we're all from my family, let's go."

"Here!" Cui Ding immediately cupped his hands, then led his men to guard Li Xuan's side, and proceeded cautiously.

Cui Ding was born in the Cui family of Longyou, but through the introduction of Li Xuanbiao's aunt, Chao Yilang Zhao Gong's wife, he has joined the Cui family of Qinghe.

In name, he is also Li Xuan's cousin.

……

Longqingfang, Longqing Hubei, towering tower.

Li Xuan brought Zhuge Minghui, Cui Ding, and a group of Qianniuwei, and slowly stopped at the towering building.

The entire towering building is as high as eighteen floors, overlooking most of Chang'an City, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter here.

There were rumors that the emperor and the Queen of Heaven were going to tear down and rebuild the towering tower to the 33rd floor, but it just happened to coincide with the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, so this matter was temporarily postponed.

However, it seems that the Ministry of Industry is already preparing the blueprints for the new towering building.

As soon as Li Xuan arrived, a Honglu Temple official in a green robe greeted him directly.

Zuo Cheng Ma Wei, Dianke Division of Honglu Temple, is on the sixth rank.

"I've seen the prince." Ma Wei stepped forward and directly cupped his hands to Li Xuan, saying: "Report to the prince, everything on the seventh floor has been properly arranged, and we can just wait for the arrival of youshi."

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded, looked sideways at Cui Ding and said, "Brother Cui, take the brothers in, and then set up defenses everywhere in the towering tower. Stare here."

Ma Wei's expression on the side suddenly became serious.

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The Great Tang Wansheng ruled the country, although the coming of all nations to court is a bit illusory, but there are hundreds of them, but it is also true and pragmatic.

But in Fanguo, big and small, there are very few people who are really invited to come to watch the moon in the tower.

Turkic, Dashi, Persia, Tianzhu, Tubo, Kang, Silla, Wa, Khotan, Kucha, Yanqi, Shule, Ryukyu, Annan, Chenla, Java, Huihe, Tiele and other more than [-] countries make,
Li Xuan stood on the high platform of the main hall, and every foreign envoy came forward to salute Li Xuan.

Li Xuan's expression was extremely calm, and there was no change in his expression.

A middle-aged envoy wearing a white round cap was ushered up. The tall, bearded envoy bowed slightly to Li Xuan and said, "Persian envoy Belus has seen Nanchang County King. "

Li Xuan nodded gently and said, "Prince, please take a seat."

The Persian prince Belus has been in Chang'an for decades, but Persia was destroyed by the Great Food, and the Tang Dynasty tried several times to help Persia restore the country but failed. border.

Since Li Xuan took over as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, although he was unable to participate in the central decision-making, he could still see some abnormalities.

The number of times the Prince of Persia, Bei Silu, entered and exited the military department was much more than he expected.

Li Xuan could also get a glimpse of what the military department wanted to do behind this.

If the Prince of Persia, Bei Silu, is the most popular envoy of the Ministry of War, then the most popular envoy of Chang'an Bixing is undoubtedly Kang Liancheng, the envoy of the Kingdom of Kang.

Hu Xuanwu is the most practiced in Chang'an today, and the most beautiful dancers are women from Kangguo.

The slender waist that twisted was so white and soft that it was maddening.

"Emissary Kang, please sit down." Li Xuan stretched out his hand to invite Kang Liancheng to sit down, then swept across the countless foreign envoys in the hall, and sat on the high seat at the top of the hall under the eyes of everyone.

Just as Li Xuan sat down, dozens of foreign envoys stood up and cupped their hands at the same time, saying: "I have seen the Nanchang County King, congratulations to the Nanchang County King for thousands of years, and the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years."

"Wannian of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xuan cupped his hands slightly, and then stretched out: "Everyone, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Seeing many envoys descending, Li Xuan said calmly: "Today, on the day of Shangyuan, the toad spit out the light, and the hanju condensed the flowers. This king is ordered by His Majesty and Dahonglu to spread the imperial music and set up incense to burn the dust. Accepting the banquet for all the envoys, I wish you all a happy celebration and honor Zimin."

Most of the envoys present couldn't understand Li Xuan's polite words, but they all pretended to be listening carefully, with envy on their faces at the same time.

Li Xuan smiled, stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said to many envoys: "Everyone, drink up, celebrate the festive season, and celebrate together."

"Celebrate the festive season and share the celebration." Many envoys stood up at the same time, drinking wine with Li Xuan.

Li Xuan drank the wine in the glass, then looked at Ma Wei, Zuo Cheng, who was at the Dian Ke Department, and said, "Okay, let's start."

"Here!" Ma Wei immediately took a step forward, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Let's have fun, let's dance."

Ten pieces of music played, and countless beautiful maids rushed in at the same time, and began to dance lightly.

(End of this chapter)