When I heard that there were no perfume hairpins, I was depressed, but when I heard that something new would appear, I became excited.

Nowadays, in the circle of women, being able to get something at auction is already a status symbol. The man couldn't figure it out at all, it was just jewelry and incense, why was he so excited.

But.... When I bid for the jade pendant by myself, the feeling of getting something from the auction is really cool.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the housekeepers and maids of the Guogong family turned around and left, leaving only a few housekeepers of the palace to unrelentingly inquire whether there was any inventory.

Zhang Yun, who had been forbearing, finally broke out and drove them away mercilessly.

"Your Highness, it's just some money, why are you giving them face so much, daring to block the prince's way, just this one, they should be punished."

Li Chengqian glanced at Zhang Yun and said, "Idiot, don't learn from those masters who put copper-smelling words on their lips." Just money? There is no silver, no copper coins, what do so many servants in the East Palace eat and drink? If there is no silver and no copper coins, how can the military salary led by the prince be paid? You have to eat two roast chickens in one meal, isn't it still in exchange for silver and copper coins? ”

In a word, Zhang Yun blushed. When he was by the emperor's side, he was not treated well in the East Palace, except for trying dishes for the emperor, he could hardly eat meat, and now in the East Palace, he is almost tired of eating meat.

Which palace in the palace is not as good as the East Palace, but fortunately, the harem and the East Palace are two independent places, and a palace wall turns them into two worlds, otherwise, after knowing the good days of the East Palace, I don't know what the palace maids and eunuchs in the harem will think.

The New Year is coming soon, and at this time, it is important to stop killing after the New Year, so if you want to stock up on meat for the New Year, you can only catch up with the New Year. However, Donggong does not need to buy poultry and livestock as usual, and the farm now not only sells it for profit, but also covers the meat supply of the academy and Donggong.

Chickens, ducks and geese, such poultry are very common, castrated pork, and now it is highly sought after by ordinary people.

The worst thing is that with all kinds of meat delivered today, there is also meat the weight of a cow.

"Gong Wei, this cow is a beef cattle on the grassland, it is either lame, or there are defects elsewhere that cannot be cultivated. When you pass the customs, you can do the record, and the only use it is to kill and eat meat, and you can't impeach Lone. ”

At the gate of the East Palace, Wei Zheng was dazzled by the carload of meat, and in order not to be sprayed by the old guy, Li Chengqian could only jump off the horse to explain the matter.

"The old man is not thinking about impeaching His Royal Highness, although the East Palace is luxurious, but there is a way to get rich, and the old man is not a person who hates the rich, but he just sighs, when can the people of the world eat meat occasionally, and it is enough to miss a lifetime if they don't open a meat meal."

As he spoke, he walked into the East Palace, and now Wei Zheng is also one of the important ministers designated to come to the East Palace to assist. The official office has been sealed, and he has not put down his work yet, so Li Chengqian is very suspicious, this old thing came here today to eat and drink, and by the way, he mixed some meat and went home.

After returning to the room and changing clothes, Li Chengqian walked into the study, ready to see what Wei Zheng meant when he came over.

Speculation is just speculation, judging from the meticulousness he wears in an official uniform, most of them are talking about business.

Sure enough, after greeting each other, they sat down, Wei Zheng said: "A few days ago, Your Majesty ordered a hundred officials to play speeches, and there was a guest named Ma Zhou, who expounded his views on the court by means of Chang He's recital, many places are very unique, to be honest, even if it is an old man, he may not be able to see it thoroughly."

Ma Zhou was unhappy in his early years, and he traveled to many places, but he was not reused. He is a son of a poor family, and he has no way to be an official, so he can only join Chang He's door as a doorman in the end. His Majesty summoned the old man and others to discuss the matter, and he was talking about the election of talents in the imperial court. Your Highness, what do you think about this matter? ”

What do I think? I look at it with my eyes.

Faced with Wei Zheng's question, Li Chengqian didn't know what to say for a while. The recommendation system, since the Han Dynasty, has always had problems, but even if there is a problem, it has not been completely abandoned until now. The reason for this is that the abandonment of the recommendation threatens the overall interests of the noble class, and even if the emperor insists on going his own way, it is impossible to completely abolish it.

For a family, money and power are the two most important things in any era. The new aristocracy can unite with the royal family in such a thing as attacking the wealthy families with the five surnames, but if they are deprived of their power, they will be blatantly opposed.

Why did Wei Zheng ask this question? Although he began to participate in politics, the scope of his participation in politics is still limited to money and goods, because Hubu Shangshu is the eldest grandson Wuji, his own uncle, even if something goes wrong, it will not evolve into a big mistake. Now it is a little wrong to ask such a question concerning class interests!

You must know that although Wei Zheng is a little poorer, the Wei family is a little smaller. But he was also one of the emerging aristocracy.

"The old man told you about this, it's just a chat, Your Highness doesn't need to be so vigilant."

Seeing the prince looking at him vigilantly, Wei Zheng was depressed and could only laugh dryly.

"I'm afraid that the princes of the court have already come to a conclusion about this matter, why do you still ask me? Although Lone is said to be a wise man by you, because of experience, he is still not as good as all of you in the court. ”

"Your Highness, the old man said that it was just a chat, just tell me your opinion, out of this door, the old man will not talk about it to the third person, otherwise the sky will thunder, how about it?"

The words of thunder and thunder have been spoken, what else can I do?

Li Chengqian sighed, and could only say: "I think there are advantages and disadvantages to this kind of thing. For example, if the people today have not been educated, let alone ordinary people, even among businessmen, they can't find many literate people. To be an official, you always need to be literate. In this regard, the big families, including the noble families, have an advantage. At the very least, they don't recommend illiterate fools.

However, it is also for this reason that if the source of the officials is a noble family, it is easy to give rise to the emergence of a powerful family. Just like the dictatorship of foreign relatives keeps inserting the hands of people in the clan into the court, the same is true for the recommendation of honors.

If you want to solve this problem, you need to start with the root cause. If there is a lack of literate people in the poor family, then it is enough to teach. Zhenguan College now has nearly 2,000 students, and more than 1,500 are civilian students. If some talents are selected from these people through assessment, then won't such a problem be solved?

To put it irreverently, although I opened the imperial examination, it was almost no different from not opening it. Guozijian and Hongwenguan, the selected students are all children of officials, and even children of nobles. In the imperial examination, those selected by the state government are all elites of local clans. In this way, what is the difference between opening the imperial examination and not opening the imperial examination? ”

This is what Li Chengqian criticized the most, whether it is the later generations or the Tang Dynasty, it is the same, many times it is said on the surface how many places there are, so that many people flock to it, but when the final result comes out, it seems that it is useless to work hard.

Wei Zheng nodded and continued to ask, "Then the prince thinks that the recommendation should be abolished?" ”

"It is the same whether it is abolished or not, as long as the protection of the family is removed, the capable are promoted, and the weak resign. As long as there is a person with real talent and real learning, it doesn't matter if he is from a big family! The privileges of the noble group are what they have exchanged for meritorious service, which can only be restricted, but cannot be stripped away. ”

Hearing this, Wei Zheng immediately smiled. What the prince said was also the result of discussions among their ministers.

The emperor also hoped that a few of them could let the crown prince gain a long insight and quickly familiarize himself with government affairs, but now it seems that it is actually very unnecessary. The prince saw things very thoroughly, and he didn't need to find someone to teach. As for experience, it always takes two losses in exchange for memory.

"Your Majesty's order, the old man has done it. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the old man should go home and prepare for the New Year. ”

After speaking, Wei Zheng stood up.

"Duke Wei is leaving, so it's better to bring some meat to the family by the way, so as not to buy it yourself. Donggong has its own farm, which is produced for its own use and does not cost much money. ”

Despite saying that, Wei Zheng still refused.

got up and sent Wei Zheng to the door, and it was not until the old guy left and the door was closed that Li Chengqian clenched his fists and waved.

It is good that the attention of the imperial court is shifted to the academy, although the main purpose of the establishment of the academy was to open up the wisdom of the people, but after graduation, the students still go back to the land to eat, which is ugly.

The best way to crack down on the old family and restrict the new family is to select officials from among the common people, although there will still be some people who are not familiar with the world and are recruited by the family, but in the end, it can still play its original role.

Li Shimin is Li Shimin, and when he needs it, he will not turn a blind eye to what he can use.

When Li Chengqian was secretly happy in the study, Wei Zheng, who had left a few butchers, was worried.

Approaching the end of the year, the price of goods does not fall but increases, and if you want to buy some meat stew to eat, you have to shop around.

It can be said that it is miserable to be mixed up to this extent. But Wei Zheng didn't care at all, thinking of what the prince said today, he was full of confidence in the future.

Although the emperor was not properly seated, what he did after he ascended the throne can be regarded as worthy of his name. There is no war on the border, there is no internal strife, and the Central Plains, which was devastated by the conquest at the end of the Sui Dynasty, can always slowly heal the wounds. Prosperous times, can be expected. Now that the prince is smart to this extent, the most important thing is that his mind is also on the people, and the continuation of the prosperous era can also be expected.

What about being poor? What about being feared by the officials and disgusted by the emperor? As long as it is beneficial to the people and the community, Wei Zheng will not care about this.

Expressionlessly, he walked out of the third store, rejected the store's idea of "sending it to Zheng Guogong's Mansion for free", sighed, and could only go to the fourth store. Now Wei Zheng already regrets refusing what the prince sent.

The beef of a whole cow can't be digested in the East Palace, and as a bird's nest in later generations, the palace maids and eunuchs don't dare to eat it at all.

Li Tai has sent a letter, and the empty mouth and white teeth are going to leave a large piece, and Li Ke is coming to the letter, and he is also going to leave a large piece.

Now Li Chengqian regrets telling them a little bit about "telling the truth" and letting go of the gap in status, and these two people are a bit of a trend of developing in the direction of sluts.

The palace can't help but send it, but the meat is only sent over, and the will of the reprimand is issued.

The rest of the meat of the cow's hind leg is all Donggong's own.

Ignoring Fang Sheng's excuses, Li Chengqian still ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace to eat dumplings stuffed with beef. In the East Palace, the prince still has the final say, so the palace maids and eunuchs can only accept it.

"I only found out now that you, the crown prince, have failed very much, the servant of the East Palace, you don't seem to have punished anyone. The old eunuch who broke your cup, you just punished him for not eating for a day, what kind of punishment is this? ”

When Li Chengqian was reading the information in the study, Ashina Xue, who was also teasing the black charcoal head in the study, finally said his thoughts.

"In our Western Turks, there must be punishment for those who do wrong."

He glanced at her irritably, and then said: "My understanding of this kind of thing is different from yours, and the temperament of the superior is innate, not drawn by a whip." The superior pities the inferior, this already reflects the gap, as for the punishment or something? Don't look at me, I rarely punish the subordinates of the East Palace, believe it or not, they are the most loyal. ”

Ashina Xue sneered, but didn't say anything more. In her opinion, it is simply impossible to gain loyalty without heavy punishment.

Li Chengqian also ignored Ashina Xue and began to read the information of the secret guard seriously.

The secret guard collects a lot of information, and it is also very miscellaneous, and more of it is actually just read as a newspaper, but who knows if there will be something important in it?

For example, in this one, Zhiya Sili moved from Tongjifang to Xuanyangfang. It seems that it is just a move, but it means that Zhiya Sili has completely changed from the identity of a "demoted general" to one of the important generals of the Tang Dynasty. In October, the emperor chased rabbits in the back garden to have fun, but he lost his thoughts and admonished: "Your Majesty is the Mandate of Heaven for China and Yi's parents, so why take it lightly!" Seeing that the emperor still did not listen to the persuasion, he untied his belt and hat and knelt down.

This kind of thing is usually done by people like Wei Zheng, and it is actually very unnecessary for Zhi Ya Sili to do this, with his wisdom, he would not know that this would attract the emperor's disgust, but he still did it. This can only show that he really regards himself as a "Tang man" and looks at the problem from the perspective of a courtier.

It's just chasing the rabbit, and he completely tested the mind of a general, and I have to say that the emperor's father's methods are extremely clever. Because Li Chengqian knew that the emperor would not chase rabbits to play, he would only take out a bow and arrow and send the rabbit back to the west with an arrow.

As for Ying Guogong Wushi Yan, this unlucky guy actually had the heart to ask the emperor for guilt and asked the emperor to issue a decree for punishment, but he was reprimanded by the emperor and fined a lot of copper coins.

Kete Niang's fines, not a single child in the East Palace fell, damn the samurai, it really won't happen.

After all the information was over, Li Chengqian took out a letter and opened it.

During this time, in order to quickly get together a complete set of perfumes, Changle did errands very diligently. will not only send things to Su Mansion, but also help my brother and sister-in-law deliver letters.

After exchanging a few letters, Li Chengqian found that Su was very literary and could be called a talented woman.

Although the marriage has been decided, Li Chengqian still wants to play with pen love. When two people who don't know anything about each other get together, it's a disaster.

After reading the letter, Li Chengqian picked up his pen again and began to write a reply. As soon as the new year passes, there is no chance to send a letter to the past.

It wasn't until he finished writing the reply that Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, and when he raised his head, he saw Zhang Yun's constipated expression.

"What is holding you back like this? If you have something to say, you won't be able to say it well? ”

Zhang Yun saw that the prince had finished writing, so he said: "Your Highness, Taichang Temple sent a group of music boys, saying that the skills are extraordinary, Taichang Temple Qing Gao Yuanshan also said that there is a superb among them, and the slave maid saw it, only to find that it was..."

Taijoji Temple?

Li Chengqian then remembered that before the old gentleman died, Taichang Temple came to the East Palace to ask for the guitar, saying that this instrument must be very good if it was combined with the Qin King's Breaking Array Music.

Li Chengqian also wanted this product of the emperor's narcissism to be born as soon as possible, so as to see how the famous King of Qin broke the array, so he agreed.

As for what Letong, what the best....

"Gross! Lao Zhang, don't tell Lao Tzu that there is a person called Chengxin! ”

"How does Your Highness know that what the slave and maid say is satisfied?"

"Is this guy a man, but he looks quite charming?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the slave maid has seen it, this child has been tortured by the palace since he was a child, and he has been educated by the palace maid, if he hadn't taken off his pants, I'm afraid no one would know that he was a man."

couldn't bear it anymore, Li Chengqian slammed his head on the table, not knowing what to say.

It's okay to be idle in the emotional Taichang Temple.,It's really a mess! Gratified? It doesn't work out if you want to, Lao Tzu is not married now because his body has not grown, not because he is not interested in women. This damn high mountain definitely understands Lao Tzu as a back mountain!

"Your Highness, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Yun's teeth were sore when he heard this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not an ordinary small action, but he was really hitting his head.

Under Zhang Yun's persuasion, Li Chengqian stopped self-harm, gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Zhang, you can go and ask me now where Gao Yuanshan of Taichang Temple lives, Lao Tzu will bring someone to beat him!" ”

It was definitely appalling for the prince to beat the minister personally, but Zhang Yun could see that the prince was really angry now.

"The slave maid is going to ask the address of the Gao family, Your Highness, don't be angry."

After speaking, Zhang Yun turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a while, send those happy boys to Lao Tzu's house! Especially the one called Satisfactory, I don't want to see it alone! ”

After getting angry, I realized that I was very thirsty.

Xiuxiu is always so understanding, and sent the teapot in time.

In order to make sure that his sexual orientation was indeed fine, Li Chengqian, who had never moved his hands and feet, couldn't help but reach out and pinch her face.

"Well, it's really a good girl."