After Li Ke sent someone to send Wang Dezhi away, he ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous banquet. and called Xiao Rui over to wash the dust for Yuan Tiangang together.

Originally, Xiao Rui was supposed to stay in Dengzhou to help Kong Huiyuan. But since Li Ke handed over the matter of compiling it into the Tang Dynasty Treasure Book to Kong Huiyuan, Kong Huiyuan also stayed in the Qi Palace.

And Xiao Rui, who was compiled into the Tang Dynasty Treasure Book with Kong Yuanhui, naturally stayed in the Qi Palace. Besides, Xiao Rui still has to command the Thousand Buddha Mountain Ironclad Army and the Blood Wolf Forbidden Army.

And Kong Huiyuan also informed his father Kong Zhixuan of this matter. When Kong Zhixuan learned of this, he immediately summoned a lot of Confucian students to Qizhou in the name of the young master of Confucianism.

And Kong Zhixuan actually came in person, after all, what Kong Huiyuan said in the letter. The thirty-second grandson of Confucius was very shocked.

But what Kong Zhixuan didn't expect was that as soon as he arrived in Qizhou City, he was caught by his uncle as a coolie. went to Dengzhou to serve as the assassin of Dengzhou.

Because Li Shimin has handed over all the power to appoint civil and military officials in the fief to Li Ke. Therefore, Li Ke transferred Gao Kan to Dengzhou to serve as the governor of Dengzhou.

The Blood Wolf Forbidden Army was led by the original lieutenant general. However, this lieutenant general was not originally a person in the 2000 forbidden army. It was a new general specially recruited by Li Ke's order.

This family lives in Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Shanxi, was born in the ancestral house of the Xue family in Hedong, and is the sixth grandson of Xue Andu, the king of Hedong in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Now that Li Ke has come to the Tang Dynasty Zhenguan period, how can he miss Xue Rengui, a tiger general. Therefore, not long after Li Ke arrived in Qizhou, he ordered someone to go to Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Shanxi, and recruited this deified general to his side.

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At the banquet, Li Ke said: "Dao Chief, this is Xiao Rui, the concubine of Princess Xiangcheng, the brother-in-law of this king, and the eldest grandson of the Xiao family in Lanling. After that, the inheritance of this king will be handed over to the two. ”

"Poor Dao Yuan Tiangang see the master of the horse." Hearing that the person sitting opposite him turned out to be the concubine of Princess Xiangcheng, Yuan Tiangang hurriedly got up and saluted and said.

"Why do you have to see the outside like this, in the future, you and I will be the subordinate officials of the prince. There are so many places where we need to support each other, so why care about these rituals? Xiao Rui said to Yuan Tiangang with a smile.

Li Ke also said with a smile on his face: "The Taoist may not know much, this king doesn't care about those vulgar rites here. What I care about is whether I can solve problems for the people of the world. ”

Yuan Tiangang nodded after hearing this, and said to Li Ke: "I don't know how the prince views the people of the world, and how he views the Tang Dynasty. ”

"My father once said that the king is the boat and the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat and capsize the boat. Therefore, the people are the foundation of the country, and the king is only the lord of the country. ”

"What is the use of the main thing of the state if it no longer exists?" Li Ke opened his mouth and said to Yuan Tiangang.

Hearing Li Ke's answer, Yuan Tiangang couldn't help but nodded. He spoke again: "Then I don't know what the prince thinks, among the princes after the emperor is a hundred years old, who is more suitable to inherit the throne?" ”

This is definitely a sensitive question, and I'm afraid no one really wants to answer it. Even the answer may not be sincere.

However, Li Ke said with a smile: "For example, the people have just lived a stable life today, but they can't escape the fate of being exploited by the family. ”

"Although my father recruited poor talents through the imperial examination, how many poor scholars could go on an official career through the imperial examination?"

"Therefore, this king thinks that the person who is suitable to inherit the Tang Dynasty is not a prince. It should be a person who can really make a humble scholar have a bright future. ”

"Only by allowing the scholars of the poor family to get ahead can we truly weaken the heritage of the family. Without the exploitation of the family, the people of the world can truly live a stable life. ”

Hearing Li Ke's words, Yuan Tiangang's face couldn't help but smile. And asked Li Ke with a smile: "Even if the scientific examination system can allow the scholars of the Hanmen to become officials in the court, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will become a new family." ”

"Then I don't know how the prince is going to deal with it, what about these rising new families? Moreover, these emerging families may be even more greedy than the original family chefs when they exploit the people. Because they don't have enough underground. ”

"What the Taoist chief said is right, this is also the reason why the great clans of the family have been destroyed and reborn, born and destroyed from ancient times to the present. Therefore, this king naturally will not ignore this matter. ”

"This king thinks that only by civilizing the people of the world is the real way to resist the family. Other approaches are only palliative, not curative. Li Ke said.

"Just now, the prince said that those who inherit the world of the Tang Dynasty should be able to benefit the people of the world. Able to truly resist the development of the Maison's chefs. ”

"If this person is not a member of the Li family, does the prince also think that he is also qualified to inherit the Tang Dynasty?" Yuan Tiangang opened his mouth and asked Li Ke.

The questions raised by Yuan Tiangang can be said to be sharper than the other, and each one is more difficult for Li Ke to answer. Even Xiao Rui, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

However, Li Ke said with a calm face: "The world is not the world of one family and one surname, but the world of the people of the world." As long as this person can bring happiness to the people of the world, he is qualified to be the lord of the people. ”

"The prince's words are from the bottom of his heart, he can't be prevaricating the poor road, right?" Yuan Tiangang said to Li Ke in disbelief.

Li Ke smiled and said: "Whether this king is prevaricating the Taoist or not, the Taoist will naturally be able to see it in the future." However, this king has a question that he also wants to ask the chief, and I don't know if the chief can solve the king's doubts. ”

"Since the prince has something to ask the poor Dao, the poor Dao is naturally knowing everything and saying everything. Don't dare to hide it from the prince in the slightest. Yuan Tiangang opened his mouth and said to Li Ke.

"If one day, a person will appear who can make the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment. But this person is not the crown prince of the Great Tang, and even his identity is not accepted by the military generals of the Chinese court. ”

"In this case, I wonder if the chief is willing to help him achieve great things?" Li Ke looked directly into Yuan Tiangang's eyes and asked.

Li Ke's question was already very explicit, and Xiao Rui on the side also heard what Li Ke meant. I'm afraid that person is Li Ke himself.

So Xiao Rui couldn't help but look at Yuan Tiangang, wondering how Yuan Tiangang would answer Li Ke. Of course, if Li Ke asked Xiao Rui this question.

Xiao Rui naturally replied without hesitation, willing to break his bones for Li Ke. But this Yuan Tiangang is not necessarily, after all, this Yuan Tiangang and Li Ke only get along for half a day.

At this time, Yuan Tiangang had already stood up, and said: "How many Ming monarchs have been produced from ancient times to the present. But how many kings can see as clearly as the king. ”

"I, Yuan Tiangang, am willing to follow the prince to give it a try, even if I am ruined. Try to change the world that remains the same. ”