Seeing that his few comments made Chen Ziang react so violently, Li Tong also felt his strong desire to be recognized.

It is no wonder that, despite the current political circumstances, although Chen Ziang has a pivotal position in the entire literary history of the Tang Dynasty, this position was not established during his lifetime.

A person is not awesome, and it doesn't count if he says it himself. In the cultural atmosphere of the early Tang Dynasty, the poems admired Shen and Song, and the texts were dominated by Su and Li. Compared with these mainstream literati, Chen Ziang is more like a marginal person who is outside the mainstream circle, and all he can get is the recognition of the small circle.

Taking poetry alone, Chen Ziang's thirty-eight "Feelings" poems can be said to be unique in the entire early Tang Dynasty poetry circle. As Li Tong said, his words are profound and ancient, in other words, the writing is really not beautiful enough, although the degree of inheritance is not high, but it greatly expands the theme, style and artistic conception of early Tang Dynasty poetry.

The poetry style of the early Tang Dynasty is deeply inherited from Qi Liang Jing's ingenuity, and there is almost no wind to boast of, although the early Tang Dynasty poets led by the four sons of the early Tang Dynasty have their own explorations, but they are not as far as Chen Ziang, a Sichuan Yankee. In other words, Chen Ziang has not been completed in the mainstream cultural circle since the beginning of his enlightenment, so as soon as he came out, he gave people a refreshing feeling.

If you have a little dabbling in the poetry of the early Tang Dynasty, you can clearly feel that Chen Ziang is simply a lone knight in the field of poetry and literature, and he has created a new world with his talent. His poems inspired Li Du, Wen Fa Han Liu, and Li Tong said that his generation of precedents is indeed not an exaggeration.

Li Tong, a great literary thief who deceived the world and stole his reputation, was already highly respected in the world, and had close interaction with the current cultural circle. Li Qiao and Shen Yanqi are his old friends, and Su Wei is directly attached to the office. As for Zhang Shuo, who was admired by Yan Xu in the Tang Dynasty, this little slippery head was even better at communicating, going in and out of his door.

Even so, his sense of expectation for Chen Ziang is still undiminished, just because Chen Ziang does have an irreplaceable position. Chen Ziang's poems and words have a kind of heroic pioneering atmosphere, which is beyond the reach of others.

It's just that this style and this kind of character may not be recognized by the rulers. Li Tong still remembers that even Wu Zetian, who appreciated and promoted Chen Ziang, when Li Tong wanted to summon Chen Ziang into the mansion, his grandmother's evaluation of Chen Ziang was that the Shu people were good at fighting and unworthy of being guests and friends.

Now that Li Tong is in charge of his own affairs, he naturally has a lot less scruples in employing people. But in fact, even his appreciation for Chen Ziang is limited to personal feelings, and he will not give him a cardinal because he loves his poems.

Qiao Zhizhi saw that King Yong's evaluation of Chen Ziang was so positive, his appreciation was overflowing, and he was happy for his friend in his heart, so he hurriedly said: "What Chen Boyu called is not only poetry, but also politics and affairs. In the old years, the comrades marched, and the military aircraft dabbled, or there was no trace of a big weapon to be called, but it was used and there was no loss in everything. ”

Li Tong nodded after hearing this, but still said: "It's a pity that Chen Boyu was convicted for his words. However, the government of Shaanxi is not a foreign state. Although he has the responsibility of picking up the missing and making up for the shortcomings, the envoys of the herdsmen do not dare to go against the emperor's orders. ”

After hearing this, Chen Ziang bowed his head and bowed again: "Ziang is talented, withdrawn, and elegant." I can get His Royal Highness's words of encouragement and gratitude. Don't dare to rely on this mistake, but fall into the injustice of His Highness. can get a piece of tile to accommodate this five-foot body, and the official does not dare to look forward to it. ”

His Majesty the Emperor Shendu's sentence against Chen Ziang was so serious that it reached the level of the masses' attention, so that Li Tong had to be a little taboo. At present, although each other's characters are not in circulation, the imperial court has no suitable excuse to prohibit people-to-people exchanges.

But if Li Tong ignores the emperor's accusations against Chen Ziang and makes great use of his people, this is a blatant provocation. Based on this alone, many of the original imperial court's containment measures that could not be done openly could be directly prohibited, and even directly interfered in the personnel appointments of Xingtai.

Li Tong naturally wouldn't take such a risk, and hearing Chen Ziang's statement like this, he was also quite satisfied, so he smiled and said: "The Tang family is majestic, and the four poles in the universe are not allowed to be one or two talented people." If you really want to donate, you will hand the calendar to the line desk on a certain day for admission. ”

Chen Ziang was overjoyed after hearing this, and repeatedly thanked His Royal Highness King Yong for knowing the grace of the misfortune.

After talking about this matter, the atmosphere was much more harmonious, and before I knew it, it was getting late.

If there were no special circumstances, Li Tong would basically not stay outside, seeing that it was not early, Yu apologized to Li Qianli in the middle of the banquet, and arranged for Qiao Zhizhi to be responsible for entertaining him for the next few days, and then got up to say goodbye.

In the next few days, under Qiao Zhizhi's arrangement, Li Qianli's schedule was full, either watching the opera in Qujiangchi or listening to music in Pingkangfang, and he was quite in a state of being unhappy.

The tribute from the prefectures and counties of Shaanxi Province is definitely a huge amount of money, and the imperial court will never forget to send people to urge it, so it is naturally impossible to make Li Qianli alone. But Li Qianli traveled happily in Chang'an City every day under the arrangement of Xingtai, completely leaving this matter behind, and those subordinate officials could hardly find him.

Just because the envoy doesn't ask about the right thing, even if those subordinate officials contact and negotiate with Xingtai, it is conceivable what Xingtai's attitude is towards it, which is nothing more than extremely perfunctory, and they can't even see the serious ministers, and the matter of tribute and replenishment is naturally even more impossible to talk about.

If they fail to complete the tasks assigned by the imperial court, these people will naturally be reprimanded and even belittled after returning to the capital.

Li Qianli naturally has nothing to fear about this, what he is experiencing in the court now can be said to have fallen to the bottom, and there is almost no room for decline, otherwise he would not have offered a plan to King Yong to welcome back King Luling as soon as he entered Beijing. Even if it doesn't work this time, it's a big deal to continue to recuperate.

The emperor now treats his clan relatives preferentially to show his kindness, and Li Qianli is close by blood in the sect, as long as there is no conclusive crime of rebellion, it is inconvenient for the emperor to directly punish him severely. Now that he is on the line with King Yong, he is even more confused, and the east capital is not allowed to live in Xijing, what a big deal.

Li Qianli has the confidence to break the jar, but the officials who followed him to Xijing did not.

When the emperor was not yet out of the palace, he was known for his benevolence, but as he took power, he acted in a way that was contrary to his previous reputation.

The most significant is what happened to the former prime minister Li Zhaode, Wei Yuanzhong and other old ministers, and in the purge of officials related to King Yong, the determination of the monarch shown is even more awe-inspiring. A large number of officials were demoted for no reason, but it was Xu Junchen and others who had the name of cool officials in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, but they could still enjoy favors.

It is conceivable that they returned in vain this time, at the very least, the court will reprimand them for doing things unfavorably, and at the big one, they may be suspected of secretly communicating with the Xingtai, conspiring to perfunctory the court, and even going to Luoyang to push the court.

Therefore, the anxiety in the hearts of these people can be imagined.

However, no matter what the mood of these people is, they have their own rules for doing things, and they will not have any sympathy for their respective futures.

After the Shangshi Festival, Li Tong made a special trip to take a day to receive Li Qianli, and then returned to Xingtai to be busy with government affairs. At present, in addition to the basic military and political affairs, there is also a relatively important task, that is, to recruit as many scholars as possible from the Shendu to Chang'an.

Nowadays, although the framework of the platform is complete, the more the merrier in terms of talents. Especially in last year's Winter Election, the imperial court did not include the members of the prefectures and counties of Shaanxi Province in the supplementary list of the selection.

This is not that the court is stingy, but just to avoid many personnel disputes with Xingtai, after all, on the eve of the election, the queen mother stretched her legs, which made the government and the opposition vigilant and vigilant, and I really didn't want to have any more troubles because of this.

Although the personnel power of Xingtai has risen sharply, the corresponding talent selection channels are difficult to match, and there is no major improvement.

Moreover, the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province have complicated people's feelings, and there are still many border prefectures among them, and those who are hired to appoint officials have higher requirements for talent, not only politics. If you really want to encounter a foreign enemy entering the army, or the Hu people are making trouble, you even need to wear armor to fight.

At present, the shortage of officials in the prefectures and counties of Shaanxi Province has reached as many as 100, and in the future, the government will gradually ban some of the prefectures and counties, and set up formal prefectures and counties for household jurisdiction.

So recently, Li Tong, including some senior members of the industry, has also been discussing this recently. Xingtai is not like the imperial court, which has a complete constitution and institution for the selection of officials, and there is no such a talent selection plan as the imperial examination to replenish fresh blood on a large scale. It is far from enough to make up for this gap by the recommendation of the incumbent and the incumbent officials.

Recently, there have been many electors from Shendu to Chang'an. But how many of them are interested in joining the industry, and how to judge the talents of those who are interested in it, this is a big headache.

If you want to recruit qualified talents on a large scale, the examination is the fairest and most convincing way. Although the imperial court has a selection of people, there is a imperial examination for the selection of people, and there is also a system for all scholars. However, Xingtai is not without loopholes in this regard, and it is nothing more than a different name.

The question now is, how many people are interested in participating in the selection examination held by Xingtai? This question seems simple, but it is very complicated to figure out, not that I must have the idea of joining Xingtai when I arrive in Chang'an.

If the Xingtai rashly holds a selection test, but the number of candidates for the election is not as expected, there is no guarantee for the level of talent selected, and once the appointment is rash, it will be tiring and tiring for oneself.

If the number of candidates is too small, the ambition of the scholars is clearly visible, which will have a great negative impact on the development of Xingtai, and will also make the imperial court leave more room in dealing with Xingtai affairs.

Therefore, the main issue that Li Tong discussed with his wingmen during this period was how to conduct a poll without showing his face, or strengthen the scholars' sense of identity with Xingtai through some events, so that they could hold a selection of candidates.

Originally, Chen Ziang's literary reputation was not low, and his encounters were bizarre, but because he was too bizarre, it was not good to publicize it as a flaunt of King Yong's love for talent.

In the early morning of this day, Li Tong left the palace under the bow of his own soldiers and returned to Xingtai. But when he passed by the household office, Daozuo suddenly rushed out of a person and came straight to them.

"Stop coming!"

Guo Da, the personal guard who was close to him, saw that the person who came was a fresh face, drew his knife and shouted angrily, and the rest of the guards also showed their blades to protect King Yong.