After serving Li Shimin a "sycophancy feast", Gao Ming returned to the East Palace with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, if it weren't for your bad mood, Lao Tzu wouldn't be too lazy to pat you on the back, Lao Tzu is a human being in two lives, and there are not many people who can be slapped by Lao Tzu, so you can steal the fun!"

People say that the gift of roses has a lingering fragrance, and when it comes to Gaoming, it becomes "patting people's horses, legs and feet", and it took less than a cup of tea for him to return to the East Palace.

As soon as Gao Ming entered the door, he saw a familiar figure, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Why is he here?"

At this time, it was no one else who was sitting in the courtyard, it was Kong Yingda, the doctor of the Shiguo Zijian, who saw that Gao Ming was back, he immediately stood up and arched his hand towards Gao Ming.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming hurriedly walked over and saluted him back.

"Confucius is polite, how long have you been here?"

"Hehe, the old man is here."

Hearing Kong Yingda's words, Gao Ming immediately showed a look of surprise.

"It turns out that Confucius has been here for so long, and you haven't eaten yet, right? Wan'er, go get ready for dinner. ”

"Yes!"

Su Wan'er agreed and went down, while Kong Yingda smiled and waved her hand at Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to be polite, the old man came after dinner, and the reason why the old man came today is just that I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about something."

Hearing Kong Yingda's words, Gao Ming was stunned again.

"What do you mean? What's going on? ”

Seeing Gao Ming's surprised look, the smile on Kong Yingda's face was even worse.

"That's the case, the old man plans to use 'What is ugly' as the topic of the children's department, what does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think?"

After listening to Kong Yingda's words, Gao Ming immediately understood why he came to find him.

The sentence "What an ugly thing you have" is from the article "Analects of Zihan", and the original words are like this-

"The son wants to live in Jiuyi, or say;' Ugly, as it is? The son said: "Where does a gentleman live, what is ugly?" ’”

The meaning of this sentence is that Confucius wanted to live in a remote place, and some people said, "It's very simple, what should I do?" Confucius said, "What is the simplicity of the virtuous people who live there?" ”

This sentence can be called the finishing touch of the whole text, showing the gentleman's noble sentiment and the taste of poverty and happiness, and Liu Yuxi's "Burrow Ming" can be said to understand and extend the sentence of Confucius.

However, now that this "Burrow Ming" has become a clever one, Kong Yingda thought of using "He Ugly" as the topic of the children's exam, so he needed to ask Gao Ming, which was regarded as a respect for the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Kong Yingda didn't know, even if he didn't tell Gao Ming about this, Gao Ming wouldn't blame him, after all, this is not an ordinary exam, this is a child subject!

The selection of officials in the Tang Dynasty followed the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty, and the Tongzi Section, as an entry examination for cultural people, only after passing the examination can it be regarded as a meritorious person and be qualified to be called a "Xiucai"!

In other words, if Kong Yingda really used this "He Ugly" as the exam question for the children's subject, then all those who passed this exam this year and became Xiucai would remember "The Burrow", and they would also remember Gao Ming.

This is a good opportunity to increase his prestige, so Gao Ming agreed without hesitation.

"Since you have come to me, Confucius, how can I not agree, I agree to this matter, don't say that you will use it this year, even if you use it every year in the future, I have no opinion!"

Hearing Gao Ming's agreement, Kong Yingda also laughed.

"Hahahaha, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has agreed, the old man will leave."

After speaking, Kong Yingda left, and when he left, he was still smiling and brushing his beard, and it seemed that he was in a good mood.

And Gao Ming's mood is also very good, this feeling is like an essay written by himself, but it was personally taken by the big man of the Ministry of Education and put it in the textbook.

Gao Ming, who was in a happy mood, ate two more bowls of face dinner at night, and even shouted loudly to "fight ten" when he slept at night, but the result was very sad, and before he could fight with Su Wan'er, he had already been "KO" by the little goblin of Shi Jian.

Gao Ming suddenly felt that he was quite a failure, he had been in Datang for so long, and more than sixty women in the East Palace were waiting for him to pamper him, but now he only got two people, the crown princess Su Wan'er and the waiter.

"No, I'm going to exercise, I'm going to be fierce!"

So, Gao Ming, who had made up his mind, did not sit on the chariot the next morning, but ran to the court.

Although Gao Ming usually doesn't go to the court, there is a big event today, so he thinks it's better to go.

This so-called "major event" naturally refers to Li You's affairs, and when Li Shimin announced the news of Li You's rebellion in Qizhou, there was an uproar in the court.

But before everyone could speak, Li Shimin took another edict, which was to the effect that Li You was bewitched by the villain, so he made a rebellion in Qizhou, although he had returned to Beijing to confess his guilt, but the selfless Li Shimin still decided to demote him to a commoner.

At the same time, in order to reward the meritorious ministers who escorted Li You back to Chang'an all the way, Li Shimin specially decreed that Li Goudan was the inner scholar, and Zhang Sizheng was also named the prince's middle house, and the rest of the people were rewarded with some money.

This edict immediately confused the ministers, and the discussion in the court suddenly became louder.

The reason why everyone was so shocked was mainly because the amount of information about Li Shimin's two news was too large, so many ministers were stunned at that time.

"King Qi rebelled, and then ran back to admit his mistake, is he sick in the brain? And that Zhang Sizheng and Li Goudan seem to be the princes, right? Why did they run to escort King Qi, and why did they get a reward? ”

They couldn't figure it out, so they didn't speak, but there were also many people in the court who understood, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Li Ji and others, and they all guessed some clues from Li Shimin's edict.

"King Qi, what is it that he ran back to confess? Bacheng was arrested by the prince by the prince, and in order to save his life, His Majesty said that he ran back to confess his guilt. ”

But this amount of information is not small, not to mention anything else, just say that you will arrest a rebellious vassal king back to Chang'an quietly, this is not something that ordinary people can do, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really not simple!

Thinking of this, these ministers immediately set their eyes on Gao Ming.

Their eyes were also noticed, but he didn't care, after all, he came to listen to the reward given by Li Shimin today, and now he is satisfied when he hears it.

Gao Ming glanced at the outside of the main hall and muttered in his heart.

"If Zhang Sizheng and Li Goudan knew that they had been promoted, they might be so happy, but speaking of which, they had a celebration banquet yesterday, and they should still be sleeping now, right?"

It turns out that Gao Ming was wrong, although Zhang Sizheng and the others held a celebration banquet in the barracks yesterday, but it was only last night, and the barracks returned to its previous state early the next morning, and everyone began to train desperately.

Except, of course, Li Goudan and Li You.

Li Goudan didn't train because he didn't belong to Zhang Sizheng and their barracks, the reason why he was here was just to carry out a clever mission, and now that the mission is over, he just needs to wait for the court's commendation, he will flash people.

And Li You didn't train because he had just arrived, not only was he not familiar with the barracks, but he couldn't keep up with his physical strength or anything, and he was tired and lay down directly after he first practiced.

Zhang Sizheng also knew that this matter could not be rushed, and besides, Gao Ming gave him a year, so he just urged Li You a few words, and then said no more.

When the decree arrived at the barracks, it was already noon, and as soon as Zhang Sizheng and the others heard that the decree was coming, they hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran out to receive the decree.

After receiving the holy decree, Zhang Sizheng and Li Goudan also understood why Gao Ming said that Li You was no longer the king of Qi before, but what surprised them was that they were really promoted!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really didn't lie to us!"

Got the official position of a prince in the house, Zhang Sizheng can be said to be satisfied and couldn't be more satisfied, you must know that he was just a Zhenwei lieutenant from the sixth grade, and he was promoted to the prince in the middle house, but he was promoted to five levels in a row!

From a dead man to a five-grade official within half a year, Zhang Sizheng felt that he really didn't follow the wrong person.

The most important thing is that the official position of the crown prince is responsible for the guard of the East Palace, which is a real power official position, that is to say, he is now the head of the guard of the East Palace!

"To be so trusted by His Royal Highness the Prince, I will have to work harder in the future to repay His Royal Highness the Prince's cultivation grace!"

Just when Zhang Sizheng sighed with emotion, Li Goudan's appointment also came down, and when he heard Li Goudan's official position, Zhang Sizheng was stunned.

"Inner scholars? Just by virtue of his Li Goudan, he can also be a scholar in the inner house? ”

The inner scholar is the close subordinate official of the monarch and the prince, and it is dedicated to helping the emperor or the prince to pass the word, and many times the emperor gives an edict, or the prince gives an edict, and it needs to be conveyed by the inner scholar, which can be said to be a powerful official position.

What's more, the prince Zhongsheren is an official position under the Zhengwupin, while the inner scholar is an official position on the Zhengwupin, and the difference between the two is one level, that is to say, now Li Goudan has climbed on his head, which makes Zhang Sizheng quite unhappy.

After the eunuch who delivered the decree left, Li Goudan walked next to Zhang Sizheng and smiled at him.

"Hey, hey, Lord Zhang, can you tell me what kind of official this inner scholar is?"

Hearing Li Goudan's words, Zhang Sizheng suddenly snorted coldly.

"Hmph, you're just going to have shit luck, and in the future, you can stay by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and be a dogleg!"

After speaking, Zhang Sizheng turned around and left, but before he could take a few steps, he heard Li Goudan's wild laughter behind him.

"Seeing your jealous face, I know that my official is older than you, Ah Zheng, come and salute me, hahahaha......"

Hearing Li Goudan's rampant laughter, Zhang Sizheng immediately stumbled, and his steps back suddenly became faster.

After Zhang Sizheng walked away, Li Goudan returned to the barracks with a shake, and when he saw Li You eating there with a bowl, he immediately reached out and patted Li You's head.

"Hehe, I said the king, I didn't expect you to become a commoner now, but I'm an official, come, call me an adult!"

“……”

At this time, Li You suddenly had a feeling that he was being bullied by dogs in Pingyang, and what was even more terrifying was that he knew that such days would last for another year!

Thinking of this, the sadness in Li You's heart once again flowed into a river.