The sun was about to set, Li Shimin wiped the sweat on his face, and said to Du Ruhui while receiving a massage from Li Chengqian: "I have been working hard all day in the case, although I can also ride a horse and dance a sword every day, but my physical strength is still getting worse and worse. ”

Du Ruhui said with a smile: "Your Majesty has been farming all day, but he sweats a lot, and his waist is still straight!" ”

Li Shimin took the gourd from Du Ruhui's waist, opened it and smelled it, but found that it was sugar water, and couldn't help but be dissatisfied: "On such a tiring day, you don't bring a gourd of wine." ”

Du Ruhui saw that the emperor didn't drink this, so he took it back and drank it himself, and said while drinking: "This rock sugar pear is a good thing, it is the most moisturizing heart and lungs, and the minister exercises for a long time after leaving home every day." Now that the lung disease is not only gone, but his strength has risen a lot, look at Fang Qiao's old horseman, he can't grow it himself, and he has to help him! ”

Li Shimin's three sentences are inseparable from official affairs: "Keming, what do you think about the fact that many officials who Xuan Ling said before jointly signed a table to ask the imperial court to hold a conference on the scriptures?" ”

Du Ruhui sneered: "Most of them are ghosts made by the five surnames, and the matter of Anmin County has made the Boling Cui family lose face, and the other families are also disgraced." I thought they would be honest with their tails between them, but they made a fuss again. ”

Li Shimin was puzzled: "Xuan Ling said that if you agree to this matter, it will be easy for the court to suffer, and if you don't agree to the court, you will still suffer, and it will be difficult to ride a tiger." ”

Fang Xuanling also planted his own piece of land, dusting off the soil on his body and walking over and said: "The five surnames not only have the prestige and influence of the court and the locality, but they also occupy the commanding heights academically!" If we don't agree to hold a conference on the scriptures, we will be called cowardly, and if we hold it, it will also increase their prestige. That's why the minister said that this is a difficult situation to ride a tiger! ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui "Fang conspired to make a decision", such a trivial matter, Fang Xuanling can analyze it thoroughly, and informing Du Ruhui at this time is obviously to make Du Ruhui decide.

Although Du Ruhui has the ability to make decisions, he also has a headache when he encounters this situation.

Li Chengqian stopped the massage and said to his emperor's father: "Father, I don't know if the sons and daughters can express their opinions." ”

This matter belongs to the government, and Li Chengqian should not have interfered in the first place, but Li Shimin knows his son very well, and when he interjected at this time, it was most likely that this child had a countermeasure. So he nodded: "If you have something to say, don't stop!" ”

Li Chengqian could only continue to massage his father's shoulder, and then turned his head to Fang Xuanling: "Fang Xiang, I don't know what reason those officials used to put on the table?" ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Naturally, it is used for reasons such as 'cultivating sentiment and magnificently enriching the elegant atmosphere of Tang scholars'." ”

Li Chengqian thought for a while before saying: "In that case, why do you have to dig into the old paper pile to discuss the scriptures? When it comes to reading and elegance, it is nothing more than 'poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting'. Eight competitions are much more lively than one commentary! Our Datang is full of talents, and we can't compare to them in terms of drilling paper piles, but when it comes to these eight items...... Hum! ”

Fang Xuanling is also suddenly, yes! Why bother with the lower donkey? Aren't they under the banner of "elegance"? Isn't poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting the embodiment of elegance?

"Huh! The prince has a good plan! Play one chess, one counts as a minister! ”

Don't dare to say anything else, Fang Xuanling is very confident in his chess skills, and many ministers in the court have talked to him, but none of them can win.

Du Ruhui also said: "After writing articles, ministers are not left behind, a few days ago, when the ministers exercised, they climbed the dragon head in the morning, and also wrote a "Morning Tang Fu", "Fu" This item, the minister participated! ”

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "In this case, after spring ploughing, let's have an eight-event competition!" Let the people with the five surnames see how talented our court is! ”

……

In the morning, it was not Liu Shuwen who served Leng Feng to wash, but Li Chengqian......

For breakfast, it was not Liu Shuwen who served Leng Feng, but Li Chengqian......

When Leng Feng wanted to go to see how the chicken farm was built, Li Chengqian was already waiting for him with his horse......

Leng Feng, who couldn't bear it, slapped Li Chengqian for a moment: "Other apprentices are all defending the reputation of the master, you are good!" Let Master be ashamed! ”

Li Chengqian covered his neck and looked flattering: "Isn't the apprentice worried!" What to do if they lose! If you have an old man's town, you can definitely beat the crowd! ”

Today, spring and Jingming, the willow branches have pulled out the buds, in this cheerful day when everything is reviving and the spring rain is coming, the room on the side of the gambling house upstairs is a solemn scene.

Originally, such a solemn event should have been held in the main hall of Taiji Palace, but since it is necessary to discuss victory or defeat, it is better to have a notary.

It just so happens that the world's upstairs gambling house is very fair, and it is the most suitable place to bet in the eyes of scholars and literati.

Fortunately, at this time, the two world towers have been opened, and the side of the gambling can open the door and extend to the Scholar Pavilion, otherwise it would really not be able to entertain so many people.

The room was full of people who were brilliant in writing and well-educated.

In the competition of Shilin, knowledge and prestige are the elements that determine status, so the first person who sits in the first place is Han Chongwen, who bows down to preach the world, and the second is the head of the family of Qiwang, Wang Qi, Kong Yingda, Xiao Yu, etc., although Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are both national princes, one is the prime minister and the other is the secretary of the military department, they can only sit at the last seat.

Li Shimin and Leng Feng sat in the tent and couldn't see their faces clearly. The two of them are only in charge of the town, and it is Lao Yuan who is the host.

In the past, many literary gambles were presided over by Lao Yuan, so this kind of scene couldn't scare him.

After kneeling down to greet the emperor, Lao Yuan bowed down and saluted the full house: "Today's cultural gambling meeting is a grand event initiated by His Majesty.

Such a grand event is favored by His Majesty and all of you, and is witnessed by the world's high-end gambling house. The world upstairs promises that all poems and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting will be the winner of any item. Free consumption bills for 3 years in the world! As long as there is a banquet at home in Chang'an City, I can also provide wine and food downstairs! ”

The five surnames and the seven wang family heads are all family wealth, although there are mansions in Chang'an, but most of the time they preside over things in the local clan, and they don't care about this item.

However, the people who settled in Chang'an City are very yearning, and now there are distinguished guests at home, and it is already a fashion to invite distinguished guests to the world to drink and feast. Guests will also consider this the greatest courtesy.

However, the wine and food downstairs in the world are claimed to never be taken out, and if the wine banquet downstairs in the world can also be delivered to the home...... Tsk, that's more face!

Lu Zhengyang, the head of the Fan Yang Lu family, slowly spoke: "I know the intention of the world, but I don't know when this gambling meeting will start?" ”

This is the behavior of "taking the lead from the crowd", but Lao Yuan didn't even look at Lu Zhengyang, and continued: "Today's cultural gambling meeting was convened by Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has prepared prizes for the eight winners. The first is a 'poem' competition, and the prize is—"

Speaking of the prize set up by the emperor, even the heads of the Qiwang family were very interested, and they stretched their necks together and waited for Lao Yuan to announce it.