Chapter 449: Identification of Physiognomy

When Li Shimin asked about this, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but feel speechless.

If it was replaced by the previous Zhang Yunwen, he would definitely say something about promoting the Han clan, suppressing the Shi clan, and even splitting and weakening the Shi clan in some ways, just like he did with the Taiyuan Wang family at the beginning.

However, after he combined with Wang Yan, he gradually stepped into the circle of scholars, and found that the role of this scholar clan was far beyond his imagination, and it can even be said that today's Zhenguan Dynasty is jointly governed by the Guanlong nobles, Shandong scholars and Jiangnan Chinese. Therefore, nowadays, Zhang Yunwen's attitude towards these scholars has changed somewhat.

"This ......" Zhang Yunwen hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Your Majesty, the affairs of this family are complicated, and they affect the whole body, and may even cause turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, and the situation is different between places, and it is difficult to explain clearly." So the minister thought that it was better to think long-term and plan slowly! ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but show disappointment, and only heard him say in a low voice: "Plan slowly, I have passed the age of not being confused, and my health is gradually getting worse!" When I am alive, I can still suppress these scholars, but when the young slave succeeds to the throne, I am afraid that he will not have so much prestige and ability! Therefore, I want to solve all the problems existing in the Tang Dynasty in my lifetime and give him a clear empire! ”

When Zhang Yunwen just heard Li Shimin say that his health was gradually deteriorating, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, obviously there was a spring breeze last night, but now he said that his body is not good, could it be that the woman is a fox, and she can suck people dry in one night? However, when he heard what happened after Li Shimin put it away, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart. After Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, his reputation was indeed inferior to Li Shimin, but Li Zhi had a super strong wife, and under Wu Meiniang's means, those scholars had been suppressed. And the most important means for her to suppress the scholars is to recruit the poor through the imperial examination system.

However, this Hanmen official was still in a weak position in the imperial court, and it was not until the late Tang Dynasty that the Hanmen officials were able to compete with the scholars in the imperial court, and the result of this division was the emergence of party strife. One of the most notable is the Niu Li Party dispute.

However, the party struggle was the most obvious in the late Tang Dynasty, and it is estimated that he had already become a pile of bones at that time, and the things at that time had nothing to do with him.

"Ahem, Your Majesty is thoughtful and far-sighted, and Weichen admires it, but if you are eager for quick success and quick profit, it may backfire! Besides, the prince is smart, as long as he can teach well, he will definitely become a generation of Ming monarchs. Zhang Yunwen persuaded.

Li Shimin sighed lightly: "Alas, I hope it can be as you say!" ”

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Zhang Yunwen was about to say goodbye and leave. Li Shimin stopped him and said, "Yunwen, you don't have to leave in a hurry, I will go to the Cui family and the Zhang family later, and you can bring some guards and me together!" ”

Zhang Yunwen was stunned for a moment, then bowed down and said, "Oh! ”

Suddenly remembering something, Zhang Yunwen said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, last night Weichen seemed to have dreamed of the queen's mother!" ”

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yunwen suspiciously: "What? How can you dream of a queen? ”

Zhang Yunwen said seriously: "Weichen dreamed that the queen mother was taking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Jinyang to frolic in the garden!" ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen talk about Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang, Li Shimin's face couldn't help but show a trace of kindness, this is not long after the kindness appeared, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed, and then showed a trace of annoyance: "Zhang Yunwen, did you hear that I brought a woman back yesterday, so I pretended to dream of the name of the queen to admonish me?" ”

Of course, Zhang Yunwen would not admit it, and bit his mouth and said that he dreamed of the eldest grandson queen.

Li Shimin finally sighed and waved his hand: "Forget it, this matter doesn't matter." You go out and prepare first, and then follow me to Cui's house later! ”

After finding five guards outside, Zhang Yunwen waited outside the courtyard for Li Shimin to come out.

It didn't take long for Li Shimin to come out in gorgeous casual clothes. After Zhang Yunwen took the middle guards to salute, he followed Li Shimin out.

Along the way, the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Ji and others joined the team.

The first to go is the Cui family, after all, this Cui family is the first family in the world, uh, although Li Shimin does not admit it, and in the "Clan Chronicles" compiled by Gao Shilian and others, his surname Li is counted as the first surname in the world, and the eldest grandson is counted as the second surname, and the Cui family ranks third. However, in the eyes of the scholars, the surname Qinghe Cui is the first in the world.

When I came to the courtyard where I went to the banquet last night, I saw from a distance that the patriarch of the Cui family was greeting him at the door with a group of people.

Li Shimin, Eldest Sun Wuji and others immediately walked up with smiles on their faces. This kind of smile seems so hypocritical in Zhang Yunwen's eyes. He had never liked these social things, so he walked behind with his head down.

In a harmonious atmosphere, Li Shimin and the patriarch of the Cui family entered the hall of the Cui family together.

Next, except for the conversation between Li Shimin and the patriarch of the Cui family, and the echoes and laughter of the Cui family people below from time to time, this harmonious hall was extraordinarily quiet. And Li Shimin and the patriarch of the Na Cui family are both time-tested veterans, and they will not let the scene appear cold. Therefore, during the time when drinking two teas at Cui's house and chatting with everyone, there was a harmonious atmosphere between the two sides.

For this kind of conversation, Zhang Yunwen has always been grateful for Bumin, so he has been staying in the back in a daze. I don't know how long later, someone touched him, looked up, but saw a guard giving him a fierce look, and said softly: "Your Majesty called you!" ”。 Zhang Yunwen looked at Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin and the others looking at him in surprise, but they didn't know what was going on.

However, he stepped forward without changing his face and saluted Li Shimin and the others: "I don't know why Your Majesty called Weichen up?" ”

Li Shimin coughed lightly in embarrassment: "Ahem, it's not a big deal, this Cui patriarch wants to meet our General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly waved to the patriarch of the Cui family: "I have seen the patriarch below!" ”

The patriarch of the Cui family stroked his beard and smiled: "Sure enough, he is a hero and a young man, General Zhang is not more than thirty years old, and he is in the position of a general at this age, tsk, that Wang Qu Lao'er of the Wang family is really lucky, he can find you as a son-in-law!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately burst into laughter.

Zhang Yunwen laughed embarrassedly, and was about to retreat, when the patriarch of the Cui family said again: "I don't know who General Zhang is?" The old man's face looks like General Zhang's face, which is a little similar to the old man of the Zhang family! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall who was originally chuckling was stunned at the same time. Everyone looked at Zhang Yunwen.

There are not many people who can make the head of the Cui family the "elder of the Zhang family", and there is only the youngest one in the second generation of the Zhang family in the entire Qinghe. At that moment, those Cui family members who were familiar with the old man of the Zhang family stared at Zhang Yunwen fiercely, and sure enough, they found that this Zhang Yunwen was similar to the old man of the Zhang family.

"Look at General Zhang's nose, it's really similar to the nose of the Zhang family!"

"Yes, yes, look at those two eyebrows again, when they are raised, they are exactly the same as the old man of the Zhang family!"

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Seeing that these people were getting more and more outrageous, almost saying that the eldest of the Zhang family was Zhang Yunwen's twin brother, the patriarch of the Cui family coughed lightly, and those Cui family members immediately stopped talking and stopped talking.

Zhang Yunwen looked at the patriarch of the Cui family and said with a smile: "I am from Luoyang, and when His Majesty besieged Luoyang, he followed His Majesty until now. Looks like the old man of the Zhang family? This old man of the Zhang family must be the same as below, the elder has a pair of eyes, a nose, and a mouth! ”

"Haha, since General Zhang is from Luoyang, it is the old man who is dizzy, and he is wrong!" The patriarch of the Cui family said with a haha.

Seeing the nonchalant look on the face of the Cui family patriarch, and then looking at Li Shimin's somewhat uncertain face, Zhang Yunwen scolded this Cui family patriarch in his heart, Lao Tzu and you, a dead old man, have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, why do you want to provoke a misunderstanding between Your Majesty and me? He said lightly: "Since Patriarch Cui is wrong, then please don't mention this matter again!" ”

Patriarch Cui smiled kindly: "Hehe, definitely, definitely!" ”

Zhang Yunwen snorted lightly and returned to Li Shimin.

After this incident, Li Shimin was not in the mood to stay in the Cui family, and after a perfunctory conversation with the head of the Cui family, he hurriedly left the Cui family with everyone and went to the Zhang family.

"Your Majesty, this Cui Lao'er's words are just one-sided words, how can you be gullible? Besides, if His Majesty trusts Yunwen, what kind of background is Yunwen, whether he is from the Zhang family, and what can he do? His Majesty used him as a person, is it because he was born in the Zhang family? On the way, the eldest grandson Wuji gently persuaded Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's face was still gloomy, and he stopped the eldest grandson Wuji's words: "Auxiliary, this matter will be discussed later, go to Zhang's house to meet the old man of the Zhang family first!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji had no choice but to keep silent, turned his head, and glanced at Zhang Yunwen helplessly.

When he arrived at Zhang's house, Li Shimin's face was already full of smiles, which was very different from the gloomy face he had had a moment ago.

The patriarch of the Zhang family also stood outside the door with his family to welcome Li Shimin's arrival.

It's still a while, and then go to the Zhang's hall to drink tea. This is quite a bit like what it was like when the leaders of later generations were at the grassroots level.

While talking and laughing, Li Shimin suddenly said: "I heard that all the sons of the Zhang family are talents, Uncle Zhang, please introduce me to the talents of the Zhang family!" ”

When the patriarch of the Zhang family heard this, his heart suddenly rejoiced, could it be that Li Shimin wanted to promote the children of the Zhang family? At that time, he called all the children of his family and the side branches who could be called handsome, and saw Li Shimin. In case any of the children are taken by Li Shimin, wouldn't the Zhang family have added another official.

However, these people are all the third generation of the Zhang family, except for the third generation of several direct descendants, many people are not qualified to appear in this hall, and now there is a sentence from Li Shimin, and they all appear in this hall.

These people ranged from fifteen or sixteen to twenty**, ranging in age, and even a twelve-year-old child, but as soon as he appeared in the hall, he was asked by the patriarch of the Zhang family to take him down. A young woman sitting behind the patriarch of the Zhang family suddenly pursed her mouth.

These nearly twenty people stood in the hall and saluted Li Shimin and the ministers in unison: "The grass people see Your Majesty, see your lords!" ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Hehe, what a group of energetic little guys! Standing in front of you, I feel a little old! ”

Then, Li Shimin listened with great interest as the patriarch of the Zhang family introduced these people one by one. After the patriarch of the Zhang family introduced these talents, Li Shimin suddenly said: "I heard the patriarch of the Cui family talk about the eldest of the Zhang family in the Cui family, I don't know what the elder of the Zhang family is capable of, and he can make the old man Cui so worried?" ”

Hearing Li Shimin's culture, a hint of smugness suddenly flashed on the face of the patriarch of the Zhang family: "Haha, that old guy actually mentioned my Zhang family boss, it's also rare!" The eldest son of the Zhang family is the third brother of the old man, and he is twenty-two this year, when it comes to reading and writing, he is indeed a little worse, but when it comes to the matter of the businessman, he is very powerful, and not long ago the Cui family suffered a big loss. Therefore, the old son of the Cui family will mention my old man! ”

Since Li Shimin promulgated the pro-business order, the status of this businessman has also improved a lot, so the patriarch of the Zhang family is not ashamed to talk about business.

"Oh? Can you still make the Cui family patriarch suffer a big loss? Li Shimin immediately became interested, "Uncle Zhang, then please bring that old man of the Zhang family up so that I can see, what kind of young talent is he?" ”

The patriarch of the Zhang family immediately waved his hand to the crowd behind him, and saw a man in a dark blue brocade robe come out of the crowd, came to Li Shimin, saluted Li Shimin first, and shouted: "The grass people see Your Majesty and all the adults!" Then he saluted the patriarch and said, "See the patriarch!" ”

Li Shimin and the ministers stared at the young man's face as early as when he came out. Feeling everyone's gaze, although the young man was a little puzzled, he still puffed up his chest and raised his head.

Li Shimin glanced at this young man a few times, and concluded that the old son of the Cui family was talking about it, and this young man's eyebrows and eyes were very different from Zhang Yunwen's. This young man has a sharp mouth and long cheekbones, while Zhang Yunwen has a Chinese face, and the only thing that the two have a little similarity is the pair of sword eyebrows.

Seeing the appearance of the eldest child of the Zhang family, a big stone in Li Shimin's heart finally landed.

Next, it was another not salty, but it seemed to be very warm and polite.

stayed at Zhang's house for a while, and finally had lunch at Zhang's house before leaving Zhang's house.

When he returned to the courtyard, Li Shimin dismissed the ministers, but left Zhang Yunwen behind. Zhang Yunwen knew that this was Li Shimin who had something to say to himself.