Li Yuan was full of doubts and picked up this piece of rice paper to read. And just when he could finish reading the contents of the paper, the rice paper spontaneously combusted without fire and turned into ashes.

And Li Yuan also changed color slightly, and his eyes looked at the two opposites with awe-inspiring eyes: "The ink armor of the whole four armies, you two, you are so bold!"

His voice was dry and full of chills: "Hu Shilang is so bold and reckless, he is not afraid of Duan Shangshu noticing?" Or do you think that Yu Shi and Si Li Ertai are blind?"

"Duan Shangshu's side, there's no need to worry. ”

Hu Sizheng straightened up: "Lord Guogong may not know that Lord Duan Wenzhen fell ill on the way, and it is said that the imperial doctor accompanying him has always been helpless. So in the past month, most of all the affairs in the military department have come from Hu. ”

When he said this, he glanced at Li Yuan with a different color in his eyes: "Some people say that Duan Laoshangshu has actually died of illness for many days. It's just that His Majesty didn't prevent the Liao Revolution, so he didn't mourn secretly. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, and his eyes were horrified: "Duan Laoshangshu has actually died of illness?

"It's just that there are rumors like this, and it's not yet confirmed. However, Lao Shangshu is seventy years old, and with countless old injuries, his credibility is extremely high. ”

Yang Xuangan finally put down the teacup in his hand: "So Duan Laoshangshu has nothing to worry about, but the only ones to worry about are Yushi and Si Li. That's why I asked Brother Shude, the prince of the country is the captain of the guard, and he is in charge of all matters of the armor arsenal. As long as you join forces with Hu Shilang, it will be easy to smooth this matter. ”

But Li Yuan frowned tightly and remained silent for a long time,

He thought that this Duke of Chu wanted to swallow these ink armors in a scrapped way, what was the purpose?

It is necessary to know that there is an army in the border town of Dasui, or a guard of the government army, with a total of more than 60,000 people. The ink armor that can equip four armies requires at least 36,000 non-commissioned ink armors, in addition to a large number of captain-level and general-level ink armor.

If the armor rate is relaxed slightly, then these armor tools are enough to arm an army of 180,000 people!

Besides, this one is easy to say, but how easy is it to wipe out these more than 30,000 ink armors from various arsenals?

"I know that Shude must have doubts, but there is really no need to worry. ”

Yang Xuangan flicked his sleeves slightly: "This prince can guarantee that this batch of ink armor will never appear in the territory of the Great Sui." ”

Li Yuan knew what he said when he heard this: "In other words, are these Mojia buyers outside the country? I don't know if it's Tuyuhun or the Eastern and Western Turks?"

But when he saw the two people opposite, they were both smiling and not smiling, and they didn't intend to answer. Li Yuan was not surprised, and then said in a slightly admonishing tone: "As far as I know, your family has been noble for generations, and the family has hundreds of millions of dollars, so why do you need to take the risk of doing such a thing of personal fraud, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country? In the future, if the Son of Heaven learns about it, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to afford to bear the crime, and it will cause disaster to the family." ”

"If it is not a last resort, what can I do with my father, who will take this kind of risk? But Tang Guogong, you only see my Chu State Mansion, and the surface scenery is infinite. But I don't know that my family's expenses in recent years are like rivers and seas, and if it goes on like this, even if there are mountains of gold and silver at home, they can't support it. ”

Yang Xuangan smiled bitterly and sighed: "I admit that you are talking about personal fraud, but Yang does not dare to take the four words of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country." The buyers of these ink armors are from the southwest, and they are not the enemies of my Great Sui. And the same thing, Xu Guogong's family is also doing it, why can't I do it? Shude, do you know that in recent years, Yu Wenhua, the son of Yuwenshu, has sold how many ink armors have been sold to the Eastern and Western Turks?

When he said this, his eyes shimmered again: "Brother Shude, you might as well listen to my conditions again? Once this transaction is completed, Xuan Gan will not only give one percent of the proceeds." And promise that within five years, you will serve as the master of the first guard. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, his heart was already shaken.

The so-called lord of the first guard, that is, the post of the general of the guard, is in charge of one of the sixteen guards, not only in charge of the forbidden army of 30,000 people near the capital, but also can control hundreds of Yingyang mansions in the world.

And the income of more than 20,000 ink armors will also be calculated in millions.

Yang Xuangan's conditions are not low. But Li Yuan only thought about it for a while, and then forcibly extinguished the greed that welled up in his chest.

A general of the Wei Mansion, with Yang Xuangan's ability, it is not difficult to do the difference of the Duke of Chu. But now this one is also deeply jealous of today's son.

Regarding Yang Xuangan's statement that Chu Guofu was in financial difficulties, Li Yuan also refused to believe it. Yang Su, the father of Yang Xuangan, although he gradually lost his authority during his lifetime, Yang Guang showed his trust and gave him many treasures, including 18,000 acres of land alone, and the rest of the gold and silver things are countless. Coupled with Yang Su's management ability, the wealth of this Duke of Chu can be called the first in the dynasty.

This can equip the ink armor of the two armies, and if it can be sold, it can earn tens of millions of silver dollars. Compared with the wealth of the Duke of Chu, there are possible risks in the future, but it is not worth mentioning.

So he simply and neatly, and his words were euphemistically refused: "Therefore, I am kind to the Duke of Chu in martial arts and the Li family, if it is an ordinary thing, Li Yuan will not dare to postpone it." But now what Hu Shilang asked for is very important, and I ask the Duke of Chu to let me think about it for a while. ”

But in fact, what kind of kindness can the late Duke of Chu have to their Li family? He, Li Yuan, has moved and moved over the years, and he has been the governor of the state and the duty of the Taishou.

Since Yang Su took power, there are few people in the Li clan who can rank third in the court.

Only his cousin Li An, the prince of Zhao County, was deeply loved by the first emperor because of his beautiful posture and good riding and archery, and he worshiped the general of the Zhu Kingdom, but this one also died as early as the Renshou year.

And now the reason why he, Li Yuan, was able to return to the court as a young eunuch in the palace, was more dependent on the help of Yuwenshu and the Dugu clan, rather than the Duke of Chu in front of him.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to stake the fate and future of himself and the entire martial arts Li clan to help Yang Xuangan do such a thing, which is to take advantage of the fire of others, not the actions of a wise man.

When Yang Xuan heard this, he suddenly sighed slightly, and his eyes showed disappointment. Hu Sizheng showed unwillingness on his face, and continued to persuade: "Tang Guogong, I'll wait—"

It was only before he started to speak that he was stopped by Yang Xuangan raising his hand: "Hu Shilang doesn't need to rap, I, Yang Xuangan, have never been strong." It doesn't hurt to let Brother Shude think about it for a day or two. ”

Speaking of this, he stood up again, and then walked to the window, looking down with great interest: "And this prince is here to review your qualifications for the Weishan Hall's national examination, and I can't let the following students wait for a long time." ”

Li Yuan's expression changed slightly, his eyes were like torches, and he looked at the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

During the Kaihuang period, the first emperor had built schools in various states and counties, but in his later years, the first emperor thought that there were many schools but not fine, so he ordered the abolition of all local schools, and only kept the Jingshi Guozi School.

Today, he also obeyed the policy of the previous emperor, and has not resumed the local school administration. Therefore, the number of students in Guozi Temple and Taixue is generally selected from the private schools of each county and state.

But the number of students in Guozi Temple and Taixue is limited after all, and the number of students is less than 800 every year. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites divided the private schools into three, six, nine and so on. Depending on the level of each private school, the number of places guaranteed to participate in the national sub-examination is also different.

This led to the prosperity of local private learning, and also made the Shandong gate valve headed by Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Fan Yanglu, Taiyuan Wang, Xingyang Zheng and other five surnames and seven sects, Jing Zhaowei, Hedong Pei, Hongnong Yang, Jing Zhaodu and other Guanzhong clans, growing stronger and stronger.

These high-ranking families, known as literary heirlooms, naturally have an advantage that is difficult for others to reach in terms of private learning.

And the martial arts Li clan, as a branch recognized by the Li clan in Longxi, although it is a lineage of the Kansai Jiangmen, the private learning in the clan is not bad. Especially after Li Xiaoji took over, Weishantang has been promoted to the second class.

But now this Yang Xuangan said that he would review their qualifications for the Weishan Hall's national examination?

"So that Tang Guogong will know!"

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man who had been standing behind Yang Xuangan before, wearing a six-grade light crimson robe. At this time, this body bowed down, and his voice was calm: "Because the aristocratic Eastern Capital Weishan Hall is newly built, and the Ministry of Rites is about to try." Xiaguan and others came on the order of Lord Shangshu to survey the school rank for the noble Weishan Hall. ”

At this time, Li Yuan's face was already cold. He recognized this person, named Du Congxu, who was serving as a member of the Ministry of Rites at this time. Although he was born in the side line of Jingzhao Du, he is in the same party as Yang Xuangan and is close to the latter.

But Weishantang has been inherited for more than 30 years, how did it become a new building?

Thinking of this, he let out a heavy 'snort' and rose from his seat.

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The matter of Weishantang wanting to revisit the school level was soon learned by Li Shimin and others on the school grounds. This caused the 300 students here to be in an uproar, some were puzzled, some were indignant, some were at a loss, and some were remorseful.

"Isn't our Weishan Hall already second-class? This Yang Xuangan is too deceitful!"

Li Yuanji glared angrily, although he was not yet old, he was not yet the time to enter the Guozi Temple, but he was also indignant.

Li Shimin and Li Xuanba glanced at each other, and they both felt that this person who was the Duke of Chu was not good. It's just that what puzzles Li Shimin is that although the Li family was not close to the Hongnong Yang family in the past, they didn't have any grudges, why did this Duke of Chu suddenly attack their academy?

At this time, fortunately, the mountain chief Li Xiaoji was suppressing, and although everyone was in a commotion, they could barely maintain order.

Soon after, another member of the Ministry of Rites named Du Congxu came to the school, first informed many students here of the intention, and then announced the rules of the literary and martial arts examinations. According to the overall results of all students, the final assessment of the academic level of Weishantang Academy.

The martial arts test is martial arts, archery, royal armor, riding and the art of war, while the literary test is slightly complicated, you need to test the four books of "Analects", "Mencius", "University" and "The Mean", and the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn" These five classics of the scriptures and Moyi, as well as nine chapters of arithmetic, poetry and so on. The Five Classics were originally called the Six Classics, but the "Book of Music" among them has long been lost at the end of the Qin Dynasty.