All the articles of the admitted candidates are posted outside the Gongyuan, as well as the comments of the examiners, the examiners of the imperial examination, in order to show fairness and justice, headed by the King of Qin Changqing, supplemented by the seven phases, and the six Shangshu and the famous scholars serve as the examiners, and the comments of the examiners on the articles are on the side of the article, some are a sentence, and some will be longer than the article, pointing directly to the merits of the article.

Not to mention that the clans have gained knowledge, and the candidates who were not admitted also opened their eyes from these articles and comments.

Even the imperial examination officials are so fair and just, which makes students all over the world see hope. A mountain call for the saint clearly shows that the Li family has gathered more than half of the people's hearts.

The clans gritted their teeth at this, and what they hated the most was Yan Yuan, who came up with such a way to win people's hearts.

Three hundred and seventy-one people were tested in the palace together, and the emperor personally named the first, second, and third class people. Of course, this is still proposed by Yan Yuan, the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty was originally not divided into armor, and there was no so-called palace examination, the reason for Yan Yuan's proposal was very simple, these jinshi were all ordered by the emperor himself, that is, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and they will all be emperors in the future.

Is Li Yuan short of people now? Lacking, and very short!

"The content of the palace exam is not restricted, the emperor will ask questions, and the rest of the adults can also ask questions. "Three hundred and seventy-one people, and dozens of civil officials, there are not so many people sitting in the palace, just in the spring, a hundred flowers are blooming, and the palace test will be held in the garden.

Li Yuan had just recovered from a serious illness, and his face was still a little pale. However, seeing the young talents in the garden, Li Yuan smiled, this will be the pillar of Datang, and it will support Datang for him in the future.

"Have a drink, everyone drinks. Li Yuan happily raised his glass, and everyone toasted the glass and said in unison: "It's a great fortune to drink with you." ”

"Drink!" Li Yuan raised his head and took a drink, and everyone followed suit. Li Yuan put down his wine glass, "On this occasion of the spring flowers, the Tang Dynasty is stable, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, but does anyone know the next step, what should the court do, and how to do it?"

As soon as the exam questions came out, someone immediately stood up, "We should recuperate and recuperate, stabilize the people, and develop agriculture." so that the people may be able to eat and wrap their stomachs, and their clothes may be wrapped in their bodies. The people are in peace. ”

Li Yuan's smile deepened, "Then according to what you think, how can the people be fed and clothed?"

"Open up the wasteland and reclaim the land, and divert water into the canal. Due to the war in the former Sui Dynasty, the population has dropped dramatically, and since the world has decided, it is necessary to implement benevolent government, pay taxes leniently, open up wasteland, and promote agriculture......" The young man in his twenties talked eloquently, and Li Yuan nodded when he listened to his pragmatic words.

"Your Majesty, if the minister has a question, please answer it. Seeing that the young man was speaking in a positive way, and that it resonated with many people present, the clansmen who refused to show weakness got up and asked for questions.

Li Yuan said: "Yuwen Aiqing just needs to solve the question!"

"The emperor is making great efforts to promote the imperial examination, what do you think is good or bad?" This Mr. Yuwen said in a difficult tone, Yan Yuan observed the students sitting below, the young man who was talking eloquently just now had already sat down, and no one spoke for a while.

"What's the matter, no one can tell why?" Mr. Yuwen saw that no one answered, but he was a little proud, and sneered, "King Changqing, this is the person you proposed to be selected for the imperial examination system?"

The spearhead was pointed at Yan Yuan, but Yan Yuan said indifferently: "Lord Yuwen, you are too anxious. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Yan Yuan's words fell, a young man stood up and arched his hand: "The prosperity of the imperial examination is intended to break the monopoly of the world clan in the officialdom, and deny a person's talent without relying on his family or background, but to win an opportunity for students all over the world to serve the country and dedicate himself to the people." ”

"The imperial examination is prosperous, the family will not like it, but there are capable people to live, worthy of this Lang Lang Qiankun, the family has both famous teachers to teach, and hundreds of years of ancient books handed down, the family but there is no tolerance, if not afraid of us poor children?"

"Okay, that's a good point!" Yan Yuan applauded very vigorously, and the young man made a gesture with Yan Yuan again, Yan Yuan motioned for him to sit down, "Everyone else can express their opinions, it was originally a matter of the imperial examination, and the court and China have already quarreled, I also want to know, in your view, is the imperial examination worth it?"

Okay, someone took the lead, and the students spoke freely, compared to the civil and military discussions of the Manchu Dynasty, there were more people this time, but this Lord Yuwen is really stupid, why are these students sitting here?

Because of the imperial examination, he would ask such a question, and the cliff was slapped in the face by himself. Yan Yuan called the palace people to serve tea to the students, especially those who spoke impassionedly.

Li Shimin, who was sitting opposite Yan Yuan, saw the smile on her face, and was also worried about Lord Yuwen's IQ, how could he ask such a stupid question? Isn't that a chance for these students to behave? It was a shame that he was still proud at the beginning, it was really ......

The brother and sister didn't let outsiders listen to this slander, and an afternoon passed, and Li Yuan set the first class fifteen, the second class one hundred and thirty, and the third class two hundred and twenty-six.

According to the strengths of each department, it is distributed to all prefectures and counties, and the first 15 people stay in the capital and are requisitioned by each department.

And Yan Yuan and Li Shimin have already asked for two from each of the fifteen, and there are only eleven of the fifteen at once, and half of the six Shangshu hands are stretched out, so they want to snatch everyone back, but they don't dare.

The first scientific expedition was successfully concluded, and 371 people were obtained at once, which greatly supplemented the phenomenon of lack of people in Datang.

In June, Li Yuan's fifty-six-year-old birthday, fifty-six years old, that is also a high life, and it is an opportunity for the world to be unified.

Yan Yuan's gift had already been prepared, and Li Yuan must be happy to see it.

The gift began with the crown prince, followed by Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, and Li Yuanba in turn, although Yan Yuan is not Li Yuan's eldest daughter, but she is a concubine, among the women, Yan Yuan is the leader, Yan Yuan is holding three boxes, Li Yuan smiled and said: "What gift do I want to give me?"

"My father will know when he sees it. Yan Yuan winked playfully, and asked Li Yuan to open the box, it was a few rice plants with full grains, and Li Yuan saw that the pole was not dry, "This is new rice?"

"It is the new rice seeds that were introduced in Tang County last year, which were harvested in early October, and the children went south for two crops a year, which is the rice that has just been harvested. ”

"Two crops a year!" Li Yuan took a few grains and peeled them, the white rice was crystal clear, no worse than the previous rice seeds. When you put it in your mouth and chew it carefully, the taste is more fragrant than the previous rice.

"If we can implement it all in the south, then our food will be doubled. Yan Yuan said the unspoken words of Li Yuan very calmly, and Li Yuan's eyes had already widened in surprise, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

"Let the eldest brother do the work of promoting grain seeds. Yan Yuan added, Li Yuanzheng was happy, and agreed without thinking: "Okay, good!"

Li Jiancheng didn't know that this matter was related to the people's livelihood, it was a great credit, Yan Yuan had already tested it in the early stage, and now he only let him implement it, which is equivalent to giving him the credit in vain!

"Then, Father, look at my second gift. Yan Yuan reminded Li Yuan to continue, Li Yuan opened the second box, saw a book, picked it up and saw that it was a teaching book, the paper length was better than the previous one, and the binding was very special, Li Yuan explained to Yan Yuan.

"Since we want to run a school, we must prepare textbooks, I have printed fifty copies, exactly the same as this one, my father will see if there is anything to revise, if not, then I will print and promote the whole country. Explain to my father that this is a new printing technique, called movable type printing, and the paper is more delicate and white than the previous paper, which is the latest research I have made. The so-called movable type printing technology is to be able to flexibly adjust and replace these words, and there are mistakes that can be changed at any time, which is much more convenient than the previous fixed printing. Yan Yuan took the printing plate and showed it to Li Yuan, and also pressed the printing plate to show Li Yuan.

"Yes, yes, it's a lot more convenient than before. I'll reply to Yuan'er after reading this textbook. Li Yuan accepted the gift. His eyes looked at Yan Yuan's third gift.

Yan Yuanzuo, "Whether it is rice or movable type printing, as well as the previous mirror, I have collected talents in the early years to study with great effort, I want to ask my father to collect these people for national use, set up a special research department, gather talents from all sides, and develop all kinds of weapons, agriculture, people's livelihood and so on for the Tang Dynasty in the future." Customized, anyone who can study the results of benefiting the country and the people will be rewarded with 10,000 gold to the mansion and supported by Datang for life. ”

From these achievements, it can be seen that the group of people under Yan Yuan is not simple, but Yan Yuan invited this group of people to be sacrificed, and the people present were not shocked, Li Yuan said: "Since it is my son's people, it is better to stay in Changqing Mansion." ”

Li Yuan didn't want to take Yan Yuan's credit, his first reaction was to refuse, but Yan Yuan shook his head, "Father, it is not the luck of the country to hold such a large number of capable people privately, and for the sake of the long run, there are capable people in the court to come forward to collect the snares for the country, which is necessary for the court and the peace of the people in the world." With me first, this system is just set, and whoever has the ability to use it for the state will have nothing to say in the future. ”

Indeed, Yan Yuan is the emperor's daughter and the prince, she is dedicated to the world and the Tang Dynasty, without any selfishness, and Li Yuan and Li Shimin have long heard of the huge profits obtained by the mirror.

Yan Yuan handed over all these things without blinking his brows, how could this not move Li Yuan. also made Li Shimin awe-inspired,

"Father, when I accepted these people, it was for our Li family, and now the world is decided, these people are hired for national use, and it is not in vain that they follow me, my father just accepts it, if you think you take advantage of me, you will hurt me more in the future." "Yan Yuan didn't know the reason why Li Yuan was reluctant to accept these people, but these people must be incorporated into the state, and only in this way can the interests of Datang be ensured.

"Your father doesn't love you now?" Dou added on the side.

"It hurts a little more!" Yan Yuan received it very smoothly, and Li Yuan reached out to help her up, "Okay, my father will promise you." ”

Isn't this promise just agreeing to accept the person, Yan Yuan smiled, and Li Yuan said: "You go to the last book, write down everything that happened, and always let those families take a look, my Li Yuan's daughter has the world in her heart, and she has no selfishness, so she will not pick your thorns in the future." ”

Support her, of course Yan Yuan is willing, "Father Xie." ”

Compared with Yan Yuan's gifts, even Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's birthday gifts are a little out of their hands, and they can give away what they can't get, Li Yuan's mood is good, there are always people who can't see it, Li Yuanji said: "The third sister's gift is the most in line with my father's wishes, the third sister has done so many things, is it possible that she still wants to replace the eldest brother?"

"Shut up!" Dou snorted, and Li Yuanji replied: "Don't always protect the third sister, the queen mother." It is said that the second brother is highly meritorious and wants to replace the eldest brother, I don't think the second brother will be, but the third sister is doing it step by step, and she wants to go further when she becomes a prince. ”

"Yuanji, I know better than you what kind of person your third sister is, she is now the Khan of the Eastern Turks, and she can't look down on me as the crown prince. Li Jiancheng spoke for Yan Yuan very firmly.

Li Yuanji said: "I said it wrong, the third sister doesn't look down on the eldest brother's crown prince, she wants her father's throne." ”

"Shut up!" This time it was Li Yuan who spoke, and Yan Yuan stood up, "Yuanji, you are wrong about one thing, I will take what I want, including my father's throne." If I really want to be in power and sit on the world, it is better to go back to the Turks directly, take the Western Turks and Goryeo, and be my king, isn't it easier than grabbing this throne with my father? Don't guess me with your little care, you can't guess. ”

"Yes, the third sister is very capable, but I forgot that the third sister is already the Khan of the Eastern Turks, so why don't you go back to your Eastern Turks to be your Khan, you have to stay in Datang. If you are not of my race, you must have different intentions, and you may have the idea of annexing the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuanji's words became more and more unreasonable.

Dou suddenly stood up and walked over, one ear hit him, "If you want to kill your own brother, everyone in the world is just like you." ”

"The queen mother has not liked me since she was a child, naturally everything I do is wrong, the third sister, the eldest brother and the second brother, and Yuanba are all right. Li Yuanji covered his beaten face and said hatefully at Dou.

Dou said: "I gave birth to so few, only you tricked your brother into raising a hammer to scold the sky, and almost caused him to be killed by thunder; ”

At first glance, in the first half of the story, Li Yuan, Yan Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were all shocked, how could the Dou family know about this?

"If it weren't for Mr. Sun telling me that Yan Yuan's ribs were broken, I wouldn't have thought of sending someone to find out what happened to you in Tang County, and I knew that I actually gave birth to a ruthless thing that is not even as good as a beast. Dou obviously suppressed this fire for a long time, and pointed at Li Yuanji and scolded.

"Even if I tricked Yuan Ba into doing that stupid thing, isn't he fine?

"You have to have an accident with Yuanba to be considered ruthless? Yuanba didn't have an accident, your third sister almost died, in your opinion, it's not a problem, is it?"

"Get out of here, as long as I live for a day, you won't be allowed to enter the palace again." Li Yuan was furious, and casually copied the things on the case and smashed them at Li Yuanji and said, angry that his chest rose and fell, and he was busy coughing.