Yang Tong's response to Confucianism caused some controversy, but Confucianism also knew that Emperor Shengwu was a ruthless person, and he was annoyed that there was absolutely no good fruit to eat. The key is that the test taker riot will not end in a few days, and if everyone gathers to make trouble, I am afraid it will not only be as simple as banning the exam. However, the Great Sui has never forbidden speech, so it is still okay to gather in one place to discuss.

When Yang Tong and Wei Fengwu took Yang Hui and Yang Zheng to go shopping in disguise, they found that those Confucian students were talking about it.

The mood of these people is very similar to the trend of thinking of no distribution after graduation and reemployment after layoff, but after all, they have not touched the real interests of Confucianism, so the impact on the country and individuals is far less than that of no distribution after graduation and reemployment after layoff, as long as they find that life is the same as before, they will naturally calm down. So Yang Tong is not worried. It's just that the people in the dazed are the most irrational, so Yang Tong took his two wives and two sons to avoid the Confucian students.

"Father, father, why are you afraid of them?" As the son of Yang Tong, Yang Zheng almost grew up listening to the story of his father, and admired his father very much, but now he saw that his father, the upright lord of the world and the supreme of the Ninety-Five, actually avoided Confucianism, he was not only disappointed, but also felt faceless.

"What do you think I should do if they recognize me and gather around to demand exclusive respect for Confucianism?" Yang Tong asked.

"If they surround me and my mother protects me and my sister to retreat, you, the world's number one military god and the world's number one war god, can let go of your hands and feet and beat you." Yang Zheng is not very old and arrogant, he and those second-generation officials fight in the military camp from time to time, and they also know the art of fighting when the weak flee first.

Yang Tong couldn't help but shake his head: "Silly boy, fighting won't solve the problem, it will only further deepen the hatred." ”

"Wasn't Li Mi just beaten by his father?" Yang Hui, who was gnawing on the sugar gourd, said.

Yang Zheng nodded vigorously and agreed: "That's right." ”

"Li Mi wants to kill our enemy, so naturally he must suppress it by force. These people are different. Yang Tong also had a headache and explained: "These people and us, just like you and your sister, your sister and brother usually have disputes, but after the dispute, they are still happy to eat together, if my sister is bullied, will you help her?" ”

"Of course I want to help." Yang Zheng said without hesitation.

"When you quarreled with your sister, did you think about beating her?" Yang Tong dug a pit for his son.

Seeing his father, queen mother, and sister staring at him together, Yang Zheng's desire to survive increased greatly, and he hurriedly said: "Definitely not." ”

"That's right." Yang Tong said with a smile: "You remember, you remember that subduing the enemy is called ability, and being rude to one's own people will only make the relatives and enemies happy." ”

"Oh." The two sisters and brothers nodded as if they didn't understand, Yang Hui blinked her big black and white eyes, and asked, "Father, then when you argue with your mother, do you beat her?" ”

"Nonsense!" Yang Tong's face suddenly turned pale, and he said solemnly: "Xiao Wu is the meat of my heart, how can I beat her, how can I be willing to fight?" ”

Wei Fengwu was originally amused looking at the father and son, father and daughter digging holes with each other, who would have thought that disaster would fall from the sky, when he heard Yang Tong say this, his face was blushing, and he said sweetly in his heart: "The ghost believes you." ”

"Cut, I was so happy in my heart that I wanted to die, but I still didn't admit it." Yang Zheng shook his head and said with the appearance of a little adult: "Woman, it's really hypocritical. ”

Her mind was broken by her son, and when she saw her husband looking at her with a smile, Wei Fengwu was ashamed and annoyed, and changed the topic and said: "These Confucian students, will the husband just let them go?" ”

"As long as they do things and talk within the scope of the law, the court had better leave it alone. Banning speech is not only an impossible thing to do, but it also stifles dissenting thinking. If the various schools of thought had debates from time to time, it would have been a blessing for the Great Sui. ”

"My husband's ideas are always different from others." Wei Fengwu shook his head with a smile and said.

Yang Tong traveled, although he did not hug the front and back, but there were also a lot of Xuanjia troops and Shura guards in the open and secret, a large group of people walked like this, it was inevitable to attract people's attention, seeing some Confucian students looking this way, Yang Tong picked up his daughter, took them to walk in another direction, and said with a smile: "Today I invite you to eat outside, Hui'er just open your mouth if you want to eat." ”

"Yes, yes." Yang Hui said excitedly. She is a girl and rarely goes out of the palace, and everything outside makes her feel novel.

It's not a secret that his father values daughters over men, Yang Zheng has long been used to it, he doesn't fight, he doesn't rob or be jealous, he walks with his father and sister to the wine shop, and Wei Fengwu falls last.

When the family of four entered the winery, a bartender beckoned them to sit down by the door and window, while dozens of Xuanjia soldiers stood outside the door and window, and several others followed.

Yang Tong and the others hadn't ordered yet, when a familiar girl's voice came from outside, "Grandma, I'm hungry, let's go shopping after dinner." ”

Yang Tong's personal soldiers all hid behind the door at once, Yang Hui and Yang Zheng's eyes lit up, and they shrank under the table with a heart.

I saw two girls walking in outside, the older girl was tall, a luxurious white robe looked chic and elegant, her face was radiant, and she wore a simple sword around her waist, giving people a heroic and heroic feeling.

And the other skin is crystal pink, beautiful and cute, although she is also very tall, but she is obviously a little girl, she is about ten years old, these two people are Yang Qinfang, the princess of Lujiang, and Yang Xifang, the eldest daughter of Yang Dong.

Yang Xianfang is the child of Yang Tong and Lu Qinghua in the Xifang Palace, only seven years old this year, and was named the eldest princess of Jiangxia. Today, the queen mother is not here, the mother and Aunt Eldest Sun and Aunt Li are pregnant and sleepy, Aunt Shui and Aunt Yin are leading the troops again, and Yang Xifang, who is no one cares, begged Yang Qinfang to take her out to play.

It was noon, Yang Xifang's stomach was grumbling with hunger, so she wanted to have lunch first and then go shopping, as soon as they entered the wine shop, they saw Yang Tong and Wei Fengwu in front of them.

Yang Xifang glanced at it and said in a low voice: "Grandma, this person looks like my father." ”

When Xuanjiajun saw them, he had already hidden, Yang Hui and Yang Zheng shrank under the table, and Wei Fengwu had his back to them, so Yang Xifang never dreamed that this familiar man was her father.

Yang Qinfang also felt a little similar, but she glanced at it and said disdainfully: "Although the clothes are good, he has no temperament, he is obviously an upstart, how can he be your father." ”

"Poof" Wei Fengwu couldn't hold back, and a mouthful of tea was sprayed on Yang Tong's face.

She had already heard well, and she deliberately eavesdropped, and she heard the conversations of the princesses clearly.

Yang Tong waved his sleeves to wipe away the water stains on his face, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that if you have to speak for me, you will know the truth or falsehood." ”

"Father's ......"

Yang Xianfang heard it at once, she shouted in surprise, and jumped up like a deer, grabbed her father's arm excitedly and shook it vigorously, and said coquettishly with a smile: "Father, why are you here?" ”

"Of course it's to catch you girl!" Wei Fengwu's voice was not loud or harsh, but it had a kind of awe-inspiring majesty.

"Mother, mother......" Yang Xifang is not afraid of her father and concubine, she is most afraid of her mother and eldest grandson, she really thought that her mother was here to arrest her, and she was so frightened that she almost cried for a while.

Wei Fengwu saw that her face turned white with fright, tears rolled around in her eyes, her heart softened, and she said lovingly: "Okay, don't take it as an example." ”

Yang Xianfang knew that she had escaped, so she stepped forward and hugged Wei Fengwu's neck and said coquettishly: "Mother is so good." ”

Wei Fengwu couldn't help her, so she had to say: "The imperial capital is quite uneasy these days, what if you meet a bad person?" ”

"I'm not alone, don't I have an aunt?"

"Big sister." At this time, Yang Hui and Yang Zheng came out from under the table with a grin, and got into a mess with the eldest sister.

Yang Tong glared at Yang Qinfang, "Am I like a nouveau riche?" What is it like......"

Yang Qinfang looked at Yang Tong with those bright eyes, "You are dressed like an outstart businessman, who is to blame." ”

Wei Fengwu said with a smile: "This is really true. ”

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Yang Tong saw that the table was not big enough, so he stood up and carried Yang Hui on his shoulder, "Let's go, go to the private room on the second floor." ”

When they got to the second floor, they asked for a private room, and when they were seated, the bartender bowed down and asked, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Yang Tong looked at Yang Xifang and said with a smile: "I said I was hungry outside the door as early as now, what do you want to eat, you say it yourself." ”

"I want to eat steamed white eel, purse loin, and if only there was sea cucumber soup." Yang Xifang reported the heart of eating a big family and ordered three of his favorite dishes.

"The girl really knows how to choose, and the white eel was only caught this morning, and it is very fresh; In addition, the shop only bought some sea cucumbers yesterday, but by the time they got here, many of them had died. Very few survive, but enough for your family, but it's very expensive, costing five dollars. ”

Sea cucumbers usually burrow into the crevices of the reef, and it is extremely difficult to catch them, even in the palace.

Yang Tong knew that his wife advocated frugality, but sea cucumbers could not be eaten in the palace, so he felt sorry for his daughter, so he said: "The sea cucumbers are all ready." ”

He glanced at Wei Fengwu again and said with a smile: "Another plate of roasted hump, three hot deer tongues, a deer breast meat, a brocade wrapped goose, and a red silk cake dumpling, it's okay." ”

"Guest, are you sure?" The bartender stammered a little.

Deer tongue is an extremely valuable dish, and the deer tongue referred to here is naturally a grassland red deer, which is very crispy due to eating fresh pasture grass for a long time. And the hump is the meat saddle on the camel's back, because of the abundant cream, delicate and sweet fat, the roasted hump is the most delicious, one of the eight treasures of the ancients, these two dishes have always been a tribute to the palace, to the troubled times will flow into the people, only the high-end winery will prepare some in the ice cellar, in order to make the town store dishes, the price is no less than the sea cucumber.

"Wait a minute." When the bartender saw that a little girl could eat sea cucumbers, he knew that they were not bad for money, but the hump and the deer's tongue were extraordinary, so he hesitated and went to call the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper Shi Li said: "Guest, there are only two wild deer tongue shops, one is three-run, and the roasted hump is also extremely expensive..."

"No, no." Wei Fengwu knew that her husband was ordering it for herself, and when she heard such a high price, she refused again and again.

"Does you look like a man with no money?" Yang Tong took out a handful of gold coins, spread them on the table, and said in a nouveau riche manner, "Get it for me." ”

When the shopkeeper saw the golden light, he was immediately relieved, and ordered: "Why don't you prepare quickly?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The bartender left in a hurry.

"Lujiang, you are a nouveau riche, it's not false at all." Wei Fengwu looked at Yang Tong with a smile, as the Emperor of the Great Sui, these dishes were nothing to her, and they were not hypocritical.

"I don't understand you." Yang Tong shook his head.

Wei Fengwu understood that he was referring to her frugality, but she didn't bother to argue, otherwise she would say that 'wealth must be circulated in order to produce social ......value' and other extravagant and reasonable, thrifty and wrong crookedness, and it would not be good to lead the children crookedly.

"Husband, eldest sister." However, before the dishes were served, Yin Mingyue came to find them.

"Mingyue, why are you here too?" Wei Feng danced, "Sit down and eat together." ”

"Thank you, eldest sister, but I'm afraid not." Yin Mingyue touched Yang Hui's head who greeted her, and said in a low voice: "Yang Servant shoots that they have important matters to discuss with their husbands. ”

"I can't eat this meal." Yang Tong shook his head, rubbed his eyebrows with a wry smile, he planned to spend a day with his wife and children, but who would have thought that it would be interrupted so soon.

"The husband should put state affairs first." Wei Fengwu nodded obediently, but her husband is the emperor, or the emperor who has not yet unified the world, she knows that once many fighters are delayed, they will be gone forever, and they must not be delayed, so even if they can't help their husband, they shouldn't let him worry about it, in this regard, Wei Fengwu has always been a woman who knows how to be very atmospheric. In fact, she was already very satisfied with her husband's intention to put down state affairs to accompany their mother and son.

"National affairs, family affairs, world affairs, everything is important." Yang Tong shook his head and instructed Yang Qinfang: "After dinner, you take everyone for a walk, be careful." ”

"Got it." Yang Qinfang looked weak, this guy didn't order her favorite dishes, she was angry.

Yang Tong now wants two pancakes, one for each person and Yin Mingyue, and the two of them gnaw while walking, which makes Wei Fengwu funny and distressed, although she is also a Jiangmen woman, but she has never suffered anything in her life, and she is happier than Shui Tianji and Yin Mingyue, who have been running around with Yang Tong.

Back in the Tongming Palace, which was specially talking to individual ministers, Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, Li Jing, Huangfu Wuyi and Du Ruhui had been waiting for a long time, and Yang Tong asked, "What happened?" ”

"Holy Lord, Zero Zero One sent an urgent message through the Xiangyang Chic Pavilion." Wei Yunqi handed over a letter to Yang Tong, since Ling Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce who was also in charge of the Black Ice Terrace, was his mentor Liu Xuan Shouxiao, the servant Wei Yunqi was in charge of the Black Ice Terrace, because he was mainly responsible for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Commerce, he was no stranger to the affairs of the Black Ice Terrace, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was seamless.

Yang Tong unfolded the letter, and the lines of Juanxiu small characters jumped on the paper, and after reading the ten lines at a glance, his brows couldn't help frowning.

Open a business? Didn't Li Yuanmo think that the pseudo-Tang Dynasty died completely enough? And Li Jiancheng, who has stronger political ability and insight than Li Yuan, even agreed.

But today's puppet Tang Dynasty is very similar to the middle and late stages of the great cause, not only about the rebellion of the Long aristocracy, but also about the Eastern Shi clan, the southern Shi clan, the Shi clan has been married to each other for hundreds of years, and the Shi clan between various regions has formed a group of Shi clans that are both prosperous and lossy, although they are not the most powerful Shi clan of the north and south, nor are they the Shi clan of the Sui Dynasty, but for the puppet Tang Dynasty that is in a corner of peace and turmoil, it is still strong.

The chaos of the Sui Dynasty was because the imperial examination touched the interests of the Guanlong nobles and scholars, but when Li Yuan did not pacify the Guanlong nobles, he used the imperial examination to engage the scholars, which was completely following the old path that Yang Guang was eager to achieve, and the rhythm of death was too obvious, right?

Studied but cannot comprehend.

Yang Tong raised the letter and asked: "Li Yuan is stupid, but it is so difficult that Li Jiancheng has become stupid?" even agreed to die at a life-or-death juncture. ”

Yang Gongren smiled bitterly and said: "Holy Lord, Weichen doesn't think Li Yuan is stupid, his scheming has always been very deep. ”

"Why did you say that?" Hearing Yang Gongren say this, Yang Tong suddenly became interested, and felt that he seemed to understand Li Yuan's true intentions.

"Holy." Yang Gongren said: "The real purpose of Fang Du's envoy to Xiangyang is to instigate the Guanlong nobles to turn against Li Yuan, and finally use Li Yuan's hand to get rid of the Guanlong nobles. At present, the seeds that were sown have now blossomed. Finish. ”

Yang Tong asked, "What does this have to do with Kaike?" ”

"The Guanlong nobles fully supported Li Yuan's anti-Sui, and they were also rewarded handsomely afterwards, seventy or eighty percent of the court officials, county guards, and county orders were all protégés of the children of the Guanlong nobles, and Li Yuan would definitely purge the pseudo-Tang officialdom next, and these seventy or eighty percent official positions would naturally be vacant. Kaike can not only get the talents he urgently needs, but also make the subordinates sing praises and make a good name for Li Yuan, so that the rule will be much more stable. ”

Yang Tong pondered for a while, and then asked: "But the implementation of the imperial examination is undoubtedly an infringement on the interests of scholars, isn't Li Yuan afraid that the scholars will also oppose it?" ”

"The saint is still young, and he can understand that there are three stages of the imperial examination." Yang Gongren said with a smile.

"This ......" The corners of Yang Tong's mouth twitched a few times, and he opened his mouth and said, "I really don't know that there are other imperial examinations. ”

"The original imperial examination was a system of selecting officials produced by a compromise between the emperor and the scholars, which combined the selection and examination, and each county could recommend many people, the upper county recommended 250 people, the middle county recommended 200 people, and the lower county recommended 150 people, and then these scholars were concentrated in Kyoto for the examination. This was the first stage of the execution of the reign of Emperor Wen, which at that time was known as the 'Zhongzheng Imperial Examination System'...... Hehe, to put it bluntly, it is a contest between the scholars. By the way, Du Shangshu and Fang Shangshu became alternate officials at that time, and Gao Xiaoji, who was the secretary of the ministry at the time, said to the two: 'The two sages should be the king of Xing's life, and they are extremely ministers'. Yang Gongren said very introductoryly.

Yang Tong smiled knowingly, the scheming Yang is really powerful, this 'Zhongzheng Imperial Examination System' is obviously a conspiracy used to divide the various scholar camps, if it is done more than ten or twenty times in a row, one by one seems to be unbreakable scholar groups, there will definitely be cracks because of the competition for high positions. Yang Jian's path is paved quite well, but who made the heir Yang Guang, who is eager for quick success?

Yang Gongrenshuang said: "The second stage is the beginning of the Great Cause year, and what has changed is that Emperor Wu requires that among the students recommended by the counties, thirty percent must be Han scholars; The third stage is the current imperial examination. ”

Yang Tong said suddenly: "Zuo Servant shot is saying that Li Yuan's imperial examination is either the first stage or the second stage?" ”

Yang Gongren nodded and said: "Yizhou is Li Yuan's last territory, and he needs the support of the local heroes, so Weichen thinks that it is the second stage of the imperial examination, but the proportion of Hanshi should be much lower than thirty percent, maybe not even one percent." In the end, his imperial examination was a lively gimmick. ”

"What does it have to do with us?"

"The real purpose of Fang Du's two Shangshu envoys to Xiangyang should have been seen through by Li Yuan." Yang Gongren said with a smile: "From this, Li Yuan can deduce that the reconciliation between the Holy Lord and the Shi Clan is fake, and the real intention is to let the Shi Clan betray the pseudo-Tang, and then use Li Yuan's hand to get rid of them." So he launched the pseudo-imperial examination in a calculated manner, so that the saint mistakenly thought that the scholars would turn against Li Yuan, so he continued to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and finally gave Li Yuan a chance to breathe. ”

Yang Tong didn't know how to answer for a while, and it took a long time before he said: "In order to survive, Li Yuan also fought hard." ”

"If he doesn't fight, he'll die."

"That's just as well." Yang Tong nodded understandingly: "Li Jiancheng will be here tomorrow, but I want to see what kind of reputation he makes." ”