Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

There is no doubt that the princes and princes who have just returned are in an uproar. They know that there will most likely be some changes after coming back, but the change they think is the restoration of the Supreme Emperor. As the son of the prince, he should be able to get more benefits, and even become a prince. The possibility of a prince.

The prince born to Li Shimin was demoted to the title of county prince.

And the current situation was something no one expected.

It was so good when I arrived, I can’t go back.

When they came here, they were all princes, and they were all nominally governors in charge of a certain state. However, in the last dynasty, they all became ordinary princes. Even if they failed to pass the examination, their sons and grandchildren would become idle clan members.

How to describe it, there is no ability. If you have the ability, most people would probably want to do the Xuanwu Sect Change.

In addition, more people began to suspect that the current situation was a joint effort between the Supreme Emperor and Li Shimin. It is estimated that Li Shimin had wanted to take action against the clan for a long time, just because he was not in the right position and needed the support of the clan. , there is really no way to treat the clan harshly.

But when the Supreme Emperor comes back to power, it will undoubtedly be more legitimate to deal with the clans. After all, most of the clans are basically the sons and grandsons of the Supreme Emperor.

The few who are not children and grandchildren are also his juniors.

Moreover, he is still the founder of the country. Even if there is an ancestral system, it will start from him, and there will be much less resistance in all aspects.

The smart one even analyzed that the person with the greatest merit should be the prince or grandson specially proposed by the Supreme Emperor, and analyzed that the candidate for the prince or grandson may have been decided long ago, and even the merits have been prepared. Maybe these new clan rules will be adopted. It was a meal of dumplings specially made in order to promote the prince or grandson recognized by the emperor to the throne.

I specially made dumplings for the dish vinegar.

Although everyone had many ideas and thoughts, fortunately Li Shimin was still able to keep things under control. In addition, these changes were mainly aimed at the clan and had basically no impact on the family members and officials, so the resistance was very weak.

So it was quickly implemented smoothly.

Next, each of the former princes and county princes took a copy of the exam syllabus and went back. They read it carefully and memorized it carefully.

And take the exam ten days later.

As for the results, they weren't too bad. Most of the scores were barely passable, but there were still some who failed, such as Li Ke's half-brother Li Min.

There are also relatively few excellent ones.

Including Li Ke, there are only four.

The questions mainly involve some psychological questions and ability questions. Those who fail are basically those who cannot pass the psychological questions and ability questions. A little indulgence of power may cause harm to the people, and there is a high probability of certain psychological defects.

This undoubtedly cannot give power.

Giving some money to support it is the best choice!

If both are qualified, no matter whether he answers the question from his heart or not, as long as both are qualified, at least on the surface he appears to be a person with good intentions and ability.

People's hearts are unpredictable. A set of questions cannot truly test whether someone is a good person or a bad person. Some people are good people at this time, but they may not always be good people in the future. Some people are bad people at this time, and they may not always be good people in the future. You don’t have to be a bad person all the time, that’s hard to say.

But as long as the score reaches excellent, it at least means that he knows what kind of behavior is right and what kind of behavior is wrong, and he also has ability. Good and evil can be disguised, but ability cannot be faked.

Naturally, they should be allowed to display their abilities, so those who achieve excellence can be awarded official positions and given real power.

In fact, it is equivalent to conducting an imperial examination within the clan. Those who pass can get a title, and those who are excellent can get a certain amount of real power while getting the title. And there is not only one chance. Bai Sheng plans to take the exam once every three years. As long as he doesn't die, he will I can continue taking the exam.

At least it's not a hope for those who failed the exam.

It also gives hope to those who think well!

With the exam over, the next step is to re-confer titles to the princes and grandsons who passed the test. Those who pass are all county princes. Whether they are Li Shimin's son or Bai Sheng's son, they are just county princes, and the outstanding ones are princes. For example, Li Ke, for example Li Yuanjia.

Li Shimin's son is only outstanding, Li Ke.

Li Chengqian may also be able to get excellent, but after all, he tried to rebel. At the same time, he is only the crown prince of King Qin. According to the new regulations, he must wait until his father, King Qin Li Shimin, passes away before he can take the assessment. If he passes the assessment, he will get the title of King of Qin. If he fails, he will be the king of Qin. Decrease rank.

On the contrary, Li Ke, Li Tai and the others received the White Saint's charter because they were not the crown prince of King Qin and were originally princes. They were now qualified to compete for the position of grandson.

Participated in this assessment.

It was not until the end of the assessment that Bai Sheng realized that Li Tai's chubby belly was full of water and his talent was also very high. The book he compiled probably only had a name on it, and the work was all done by his subordinates.

You really can't do anything, bragging about being number one.

Bai Sheng could neither praise his bad feet nor cover up for him, so naturally the consequences would be whatever they were supposed to be.

A virtual prince sent him away directly.

And all the guys who got excellent scores were sent to Li Shimin to do odd jobs for him.

At the same time, let him teach by words and deeds.

Then no matter how much Li Shimin disliked Li Ke, he had no choice but to value him at this time, and privately gave him a small chance to improve his abilities as much as possible. There was no way, among the four princes sent to him by Bai Sheng, Li Ke was the only one Son, the rest are all his younger brothers. No matter how much he dislikes this son, he is still closer than his younger brother!

And he can feel that this should be a warning from his father. If he does not accept Li Ke as the emperor's grandson and teaches him more, his father may have to choose another son to be the prince. .

After all, his father really has no shortage of sons.

Not only are there more than a dozen adults, but there are also three who have achieved excellent scores in the clan examination. At this time, if he doesn't take care of Li Ke more or give Li Ke a small stove, who knows if his father will change his mind later.

I really give up on Li Ke.

Choose one of the other three sons to succeed you!

Just when the ministers were guessing which one of the four outstanding princes the Emperor had chosen.

Li Ke had already begun to offer treasures under Bai Sheng's hint.

High-efficiency agricultural tools, new farming methods to increase yields, soil fertilizers and high-yield improved seeds, methods to remove impurities and dry salt, methods to wash coal to make carbon, and new steel-making methods.

Such a combination of punches comes out.

Li Ke's contribution and credit are directly earned.

At the same time, there is no need for anyone to guess. Anyone who is not a fool can see that the Supreme Emperor values ​​Li Ke more. It doesn’t even matter how much of these achievements were done by Li Ke and how much of them were done by the forces controlled by the Supreme Emperor with the help of him. It's easy to say, but no matter what, these achievements are enough to convince the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.

In addition, according to the new method of selecting princes and grandsons.

At this time, Li Ke was also the most qualified to be the emperor's grandson.

……

In the Changsun family, in the ancestral hall, almost all the powerful people of the Changsun family, headed by Changsun Wuji, gathered together. Changsun Wuji looked at the people around him and said firmly:

"I think you all know the current situation. It can be said that the Supreme Emperor is openly supporting Li Ke to become the emperor's grandson. In fact, everything is ready for Li Ke to become the emperor's grandson. He only needs a formal canonization.

According to my estimation, this canonization will not be too late.

Once this happens, although the current power of our eldest grandson family will not collapse directly, it will definitely suffer great losses. Now the intention of King Qin is quite clear, that is, as long as we can help him reset, he will definitely succeed from Li Tai or Li Choose one of them to be the prince.

The position of uncle who protects my eldest son’s family will not be shaken. What do you think? How many forces can be mobilized? "

Although he was asking other people what they thought, Changsun Wuji's meaning was already clear, that is, he would definitely be more willing to support Li Shimin's return to the throne, bring order to the chaos and get everything back on track, so as to stabilize his family's status.

“Brother, can you tell us the truth.

For example, what happened to make King Qin compromise directly without fighting. To be honest, I can’t understand the current situation. Obviously King Qin can still freely enter and leave the Tai Chi Palace, and at the same time, many guards in the Tai Chi Palace can also They are all under his control, and many of the Emperor's orders even need to be executed through him.

No matter how you look at it, the Supreme Emperor looks like a puppet, like a puppet he pushed out, but he is still the actual person in power of the Tang Dynasty. Are you sure it is not the father and son who are responsible for this, or that the King of Qin has something unspeakable?

At this time, the key information is still hidden.

Brother, you are a bit unkind! "

Compared with Changsun Wuji and others who have a closer relationship with Li Shimin, Changsun Wuyi and the others do not know much about the actual situation. They can only rely on some of the information that has been made public to make some calculations and speculations.

But because there were too many unreasonable things and too many things that were difficult to explain, they really didn't dare to act rashly. At this time, Changsun Wuji wanted to use all the power of the family to deal with the Supreme Emperor. Although they were willing to support it in terms of interests, they did not Willing to be vaguely supportive. No matter what, they have to figure out what the specific situation is now, and whether the relationship between King Qin and the Supreme Emperor is hostile, or they are playing a double act or something.

Seeing that everyone else present had this attitude, Changsun Wuji could only choose to tell the truth, which was to repeat the information revealed by Li Shimin in more detail.

Then everyone looked at each other in shock.

I didn’t know if I should believe it for a moment.

After a long time, Changsun Wuyi finally thought it through and said: "Assuming all this is true, the biggest problem now is that the Supreme Emperor has the ability to kill King Qin at any time, just because he still needs King Qin and does not want the situation to be chaotic, or maybe He was reluctant to kill his son, and he was unwilling to kill his son, so he deliberately spared King Qin's life.

King Qin was worried that his father might be able to tolerate him once or twice, but he would never tolerate him three times.

He didn't dare to personally come forward to cause palace coup.

So hopefully we will come forward.

If it succeeds, we will count it as the first achievement. If it fails, King Qin can help and intercede, and he can also test the capabilities of the Supreme Emperor. That's probably what it means.

So you want to use us to test the Emperor? "

"I still think this is too outrageous. How could the Supreme Emperor succeed in cultivating immortality? Is it because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not as good as the Supreme Emperor, or Qin Shihuang was not as good as the Supreme Emperor.

Even Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in some respects, was much stronger than the Supreme Emperor. If King Qin hadn't been good at conquering and fighting, it would have been a question whether the Tang Dynasty could have been established!

It is impossible to regard Laojun as the Holy Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty.

Then I really got Laojun’s blessing! "

Changsun Wuxian was still a little unable to accept it, but his rants woke up the others around him, and they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts. Isn't it possible that the Old Li family really has anything to do with Taishang Daozu? If you click, it doesn't seem to be something difficult to accept.

"I really can't say..."

"His~ Indeed, it doesn't matter whether the Li family is of Taishang Daozu's bloodline or not, as long as Taishang Daozu is willing to recognize it.

No, that’s not the case either…”

"No, I'm just talking nonsense!"

"Prince Qin should not be fooled by some magic tricks. If the Supreme Emperor is not really successful in cultivating immortals, but just does some magic tricks, it would be a joke. The credit will not be in vain!"

"Wait, don't be too optimistic. Haven't you noticed the things and technologies that Li Ke has contributed during this time? You know that those things can never be developed by Li Ke himself. There is a high probability that they were developed and handed over by the Supreme Emperor. What was given to him may have been researched by the power controlled by the Supreme Emperor, or even by the forces behind it.

The purpose is to push Li Ke to the top...

Therefore, the Supreme Emperor is definitely not as powerful as it seems on the surface. I think we still need to take a long-term approach. Anyway, Li Ke has not been canonized as the prince yet. Even if he is canonized as the prince, so what, he will not directly ascend the throne.

Cheng Qian was a good prince at the beginning, and he had been the prince for many years, but he was pulled down by others too! "

"No, Li Ke has the blood of Emperor Sui Yang. Could it be that the Supreme Emperor has joined forces with the remaining forces of the previous royal family? Only with the help of the remaining forces of the previous royal family can he be restored, and the price is to promote Li Ke to the throne. Do you think this is possible?"

"No way……"

"There's nothing he can't do. Anyway, Li Ke also has the blood of the Li family, so it's impossible to change his surname to Yang, so it doesn't make any difference to the Supreme Emperor which grandson ascends the throne."

"No, what I mean is that there should be no remaining forces from the previous dynasty. Not to mention the remaining forces from the previous dynasty, the remaining forces of the former crown prince Li Jiancheng and the remaining forces of the old ministers of Wude have been basically wiped out."

"You can't say for sure, the Hongnong Yang family should not be underestimated!"

"The situation is getting more and more complicated!"

"Is it possible that we think too much, if we simply believe that the Supreme Emperor is truly successful in cultivating immortality?

Is everything quite reasonable?

There are not so many conspiracies and calculations at all..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. The world was in chaos before. Many Taoist temples were burned down and monks and Taoists were killed. None of them had real abilities. Moreover, martial arts training also focused on boy's skills, which had to be practiced from an early age. In the years after the Supreme Emperor abdicated, almost Lingering in the harem every day.

How can he be so old and be close to women every day?

Can you still succeed in cultivation? "

"Stop discussing this, let's vote. Do you agree to be a vanguard for King Qin and test the Emperor?"

"I think it's okay, I agree!"

"Why don't we find some dead soldiers and use assassination to test it. Although it may be possible to alert the snake, it is just in case. What do you think?"

"It's more troublesome to scare the snake away. It's better to do it all at once. There are many liars who claim that they are invulnerable, but I have never seen anyone who can really withstand the sword. I'm afraid the same is true for so-called immortals!"

"Let's take a gamble. It makes no sense that so many wise and wise kings can't cultivate immortality, but this one of us can cultivate immortality. Anyway, I don't believe it. Maybe King Qin was just bluffed."

"How can you give up on such a great achievement?"

"Then should we kill the Supreme Emperor?"

"This... the last one who killed the king for the Sima family was defeated by the three tribes, so we should be cautious!"

"The Emperor must die, but he cannot be killed!"

"Understood, you can't die in our hands."