Just when Liu Renliang was preparing to play the sparse, Li Chengqian personally presided over the palace examination in the Jiade Palace, this time in the name of the Chongxian Pavilion to recruit scholars, but at that time Li Chengqian also recruited people through the edict issued by the imperial court.

Strictly speaking, this is a system of examinations, the examination is a kind of examination by the imperial court to recruit special talents, the emperor of the early years of the Western Han Dynasty often issued an edict to make an examination, such as the imperial court to recruit talents who understand arithmetic, to recruit scribes, etc., and later such an edict is less than what the imperial court needs to have people recommended to the imperial court.

Because the relationship between Li Chengqian and Li Shimin is too stiff now, this examination was presided over by the East Palace from beginning to end, and most of the candidates who came to take the exam were from the southeast, because after the collapse of the Southern Dynasty centered on Jinling, although some officials and eunuchs came to Chang'an to continue to be officials, most of the literati had fewer opportunities to become officials, and the southeast scholars never rose again in the entire Tang Dynasty in history.

This time, the Guan sergeant clan refused to cooperate with Li Chengqian, so most of the people in the first examination were scholars from the southeast and Shandong.

Li Chengqian watched hundreds of scholars walk into the Jiade Hall and salute him, and said with a smile: "Flat!" ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

Li Chengqian looked at these people and asked lightly: "Now there are a lot of rumors about the Lonely King in Chang'an City, aren't you afraid?"

I also dared to come to the East Palace to take the exam"

The scholars were stunned at first when they heard this, and after a while, a scholar bowed down and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, most of the ministers and others only came to Chang'an City this year, although I often hear rumors and rumors slandering His Royal Highness the Prince, but the ministers see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves the people like a son and wins the hearts of the people."

Zi said: Those who are not as good as the villagers are good, and those who are not good are evil.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has won the hearts of the people, and is naturally jealous of the thieves of the remnants of the people. ”

Li Chengqian nodded with great satisfaction when he heard this: "It's rare that you all understand the reason, today's exam is very simple, it is a practical policy of 'On the Selection of Tang Dynasty Officials', and now I will start writing and submit the paper at noon." ”

At noon, all the candidates handed in their papers, and Li Chengqian asked Zhu Suiliang, Yan Shigu, Xu Jingzong, and Zhang Shiheng to read the papers in the Jiade Hall according to the examination and marking procedures of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and he walked out of the Jiade Hall to see how the preparations for the things he arranged yesterday were going.

As soon as Li Chengqian walked out of the Jiade Palace, he saw Qiu Shenji, who was anxious, waiting for him in front of the hall, and when he saw him come out, he hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not good!" ”

Li Chengqian hurriedly stretched out a hand to signal him not to be in a hurry, and asked lightly while walking forward slowly: "What's wrong?"

"Nearly a thousand gentry knelt down in front of Chengtian Gate and begged Your Majesty to abolish the prince." Qiu Shenji followed behind Li Chengqian and said quickly.

In the end, the people of the Tang Dynasty would take the opinions of the gentry more seriously than the opinions of the common people.

Li Chengqian's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this, he took a deep breath and slowly spit it out, and then said angrily: "Go, call everyone to the Chongjiao Palace." ”

Li Chengqian said that he walked directly to the chariot, and asked people to carry him to the Chongjiao Hall quickly, along the way Li Chengqian's face was gloomy, and he secretly said in his heart: I just wanted to lower the tenant rent, but I forgot that there were still people who were worried about his position as the crown prince.

When he entered the Chongjiao Gate, Li Chengqian saw thousands of guards of the East Palace, one by one, in the square in front of the Chongjiao Palace.

Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui were both riding war horses, and saw Li Chengqian sitting on a chariot and coming in and hurriedly carrying a horse to meet him.

The two sat on their horses and hugged their fists to Li Chengqian and said, "The last general will see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Chengqian raised his hand with a gloomy face and said, "Go to the Chongjiao Palace." ”

As soon as Li Chengqian's foot entered the military formation, the soldiers in the square knelt on one knee under the leadership of Wang Fangyi and said loudly: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The voices of thousands of people were together, and Li Chengqian only felt a murderous aura coming towards him, and he couldn't help but sit up straight, and said loudly: "All the soldiers are flat!" ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

Li Chengqian knew all this, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui made preparations just in case, and did not say anything, and when everyone entered the Chongjiao Palace, Li Chengqian was in the Chongjiao Hall except for the four people who had read the papers in the Jiade Hall and Pei Xingjian, Xue Dading, Du He, and Zhao Jie, who were preparing to blast on the Longshou Plain.

Li Chengqian walked up to the throne and sat down, and without waiting for everyone to speak, he said domineeringly: "Send some old and weak women and children to take wooden sticks and give those bastard things to King Gu to beat out of the imperial city." ”

Everyone in the hall was in high spirits when they heard this, only Li Yifu opened his mouth a little worried and wanted to say something, but Li Chengqian raised his hand to stop him.

Li Chengqian looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "King Lone wants to see what the forbidden army of Taiji Palace can do with these old and weak women and children."

Everyone nodded thoughtfully when they heard this, and then they understood the benefits of doing so.

"But it can't be cheaper, though." Li Chengqian said and looked at Xue Rengui and said, "Find some reliable people, pretend to be ordinary people, mix in the crowd, and kill a few of the lonely kings so that they can see some blood." ”

"The last general commands!" When Xue Rengui heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and took his life.

Seeing this, Qiu Shenji also went out to make arrangements.

Everyone in the hall knew that Li Chengqian was really angry, so they didn't dare to say anything, and secretly said in their hearts: Sure enough, he is a person who has something to do with Qin Shihuang.

Li Chengqian watched Xue Rengui and Qiu Shenji go out, and said to Su Dingfang: "Su Qing's family asked the soldiers outside to go back to the camp to standby. ”

"The last will obey." Su Dingfang saluted and took the order.

Li Chengqian watched Su Dingfang go out, and said to the old ghost: "Go and let the Dining Department prepare a meal, after lunch, the Lone King will leave the palace and go to Longshouyuan......"

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Li Shimin in the Liangyi Hall was already driven crazy.

Yesterday, Li Shimin returned to the Liangyi Hall and came up with an idea for himself, and issued an edict to reduce the tenant rent to 40% or 5, so that the interests of the gentry would not be excessively harmed, and the tenant farmers could also be explained.

It's just that the young official standing in front of the Liangyi Gate still didn't go back to handle official business after hearing about it, and as soon as this edict arrived in Menxia Province, it was detained by Li Anren in the matter.

Because Zhang Chengxing, a provincial servant under his door, did not agree to refute this edict, Li Anren knelt in front of the door of the Liangyi Hall with this edict and asked Li Shimin to take back his order.

Of course, the most disturbing thing for Li Shimin is the nearly 1,000 gentry kneeling in front of Chengtian Gate, these gentry actually asked him to abolish the prince, can you people put their beaks on such a thing

Li Shimin was irritated and circled in the Liangyi Palace, and all the attendants in the hall knelt on the ground and did not dare to move a little.

I don't know how long he walked, Li Shimin seemed to be tired of walking, sat on Luo Zhi's bed, grabbed a cup of tea and drank it violently, then smashed the cup on the ground, and shouted at the door: "Why hasn't Fang Xuanling arrived yet?"

A chamberlain's voice trembled: "Your Majesty Liang Guogong lives in Jiucheng Palace, three hundred miles away from Chang'an......" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shimin.

"Bastard! Bastard! ”

"It's all bastards!"

Li Shimin now knows very well that the people in Chang'an City except Li Chengqian are the people who want to overthrow Li Chengqian, and he doesn't believe in any of the people on the current side for the sake of the stability of the imperial court.

So he had to send someone to invite Fang Xuanling, who was far away in Jiucheng Palace.

……

"Your Majesty, outside-" Li Daliang, who was wearing a helmet and armor, knelt on one knee at the entrance of the hall to perform to Li Shimin.

Hearing this, Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the door calmly, "What's going on outside?"

"Your Majesty, thousands of old and weak women and children came from outside the Chengtian Gate, holding wooden sticks to break up the gentry kneeling outside the Chengtian Gate." Li Daliang didn't know that some people began to kill some gentry after chasing them out of the imperial city, and dozens of people had already been killed.

Li Shimin heard the words and said loudly: "Good fight!" ”

Li Daliang looked up at Li Shimin's face and continued: "But those old and weak women and children also knelt outside the Chengtian Gate and asked the imperial court to issue an order to reduce the tenant rent. ”

"Bastard!" Li Shimin kicked over the small table in front of him and sat there panting.

"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson Taibao asks to see you."