Cheng'en Palace, located in the northernmost part of the East Palace, among the two harems, is Li Shimin's favorite palace on weekdays, and it is also the palace where he holds a small meeting.

The Turkic army is getting closer and closer to Chang'an, and there are more and more displaced people coming from the north, and the news that the Turks are coming over has also begun to circulate among the people.

Wei Chi Jingde was halfway through the attack, and was chased back by the fast horse sent by Li Shimin, and was replaced by Duan Zhixuan.

And Duan Zhixuan is from Qu Tutong's command, he is famous for being able to fight well, which once gave Li Yuan a headache, although his personal strength is not as good as Wei Chi Jingde, but at this moment, there is no more suitable candidate except him.

It's just that what Li Shimin didn't expect was that before the insurance matter was discussed, Li Yuanji did a new thing, and this new thing was more troublesome than the insurance thing.

As the secretary of the ministry, the eldest grandson Wuji directly intercepted the notice ordered by Li Yuanji and reported the matter to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin, who was in a bad mood, was naturally furious and once again ordered Li Yuanji to enter the palace.

Li Shimin, who was huffing, sat in the hall, looking at Li Yuanji, who looked as usual and unscrupulous, and couldn't wait to go down and kick a few times.

"The imperial examination is such a grand event, how can it be done by you?" After a long time, Li Shimin finally calmed down and rebuked Li Yuanji.

"Such a thing that benefits the country and the people, how can you talk nonsense?" Li Yuanji asked without panic.

"All walks of life, no need to be literate, no need to be familiar with the Confucian classics, this is the way to choose officials? I've never seen or heard anything so ridiculous in all my history, isn't it ridiculous? Li Shimin continued to ask.

The pressure from many parties has gathered together, but now that Li Yuanji is still out to make trouble, Li Shimin feels that he can't bear it anymore, and if it goes on like this, he will definitely go crazy.

"The imperial examination has never existed before the former Sui Dynasty, isn't it also ridiculous?" Li Yuanji smiled slightly and retorted without hesitation.

"Your Royal Highness may also have a good intention, but the imperial examination is a move that has gone through decades of experience in the former Sui Dynasty, and throughout the ages, officials are illiterate, how to read official documents? How do I access a civil complaint? The eldest grandson Wuji said with a displeased face.

In his opinion, Li Yuanji is simply messing around, no matter his background, no matter the industry, he doesn't need to be familiar with the Confucian classics, if this is the case for all dynasties and generations, the world will be chaotic a long time ago.

The Confucian classics in this era imply personal conduct, and the examination of personal conduct is partly determined by how many sage books are read, and the other part is judged by daily behavior.

Don't say that ordinary people don't read the books of the sages, aren't they good? This set corresponds to the official system, if ordinary people become officials, then it is basically guaranteed that more than eight out of ten people will have bad conduct.

To put it bluntly, the Confucian classics of this era are equivalent to the party constitution of later generations, but they are slightly lax than the party constitution and have a larger scope of responsibility, which is why Confucianism was able to win the championship in one fell swoop and suppress the hundred schools of thought without a future.

"The scientific expedition is in charge of the ministry, you better concentrate on your insurance!" Li Shimin made the final decision, originally handed over the scientific expedition, which was not valued for the time being, to Li Yuanji to be responsible, in order to consume his energy and make him have no time to take care of other things, but who knew that in such a short period of time, Li Yuanji would come to such a show.

Even if the imperial examination is not taken seriously in a short period of time, Li Shimin will never dare to hand over the imperial examination to Li Yuanji to be in charge, who knows what kind of ghost idea this guy will come up with later?

But you must not let Li Yuanji be so idle, don't you like to make money? Then I will agree to the insurance thing, you can toss it yourself, and in the end I will pay you to death.

Li Yuanji chuckled and shook his head, his eyes were bright! However, it doesn't matter if the imperial examination is in charge of itself, anyway, the Datang Academy of Sciences has done it by itself, it is nothing more than a change of name.

"How do you divide the shares?"

'Poof......'

Caught off guard, Li Shimin spit out a sip of tea, aren't you good at arguing? Why don't you come and fight with me?

Li Yuanji's original intention was that the imperial court occupied the majority, and he only occupied two or three percent of the shares, anyway, the follow-up plan was to put all the money in the money bank to eat interest, so if you calculate it, although the insurance makes money, after all, it can only earn a few, far less than the money bank to invest to earn more.

But Li Shimin refused to agree, and finally the shares were set at five or five points, Li Shimin always thought that insurance was a money-losing goods, the more shares, the more losses, and he was not stupid, if Li Yuanji agreed, Li Shimin even wanted Li Yuanji to occupy the majority.

Then there is the issue of money, the court is short of money, this is not just talking, it is really short of money, and the excess money cannot be taken out.

The final result of the negotiation was to repay the debt with funds, that is, all the money was paid by Li Yuanji, and the imperial court set aside fifty mountains for Li Yuanji, and these fifty mountains included the capital of the imperial court, as well as the funds that the imperial court officials should be responsible for in the first year.

Of course, regarding the allocation of mountains, Li Yuanji needs to propose in advance, and then the imperial court is responsible for reviewing and approving before it can be allocated to Li Yuanji, and Li Yuanji requires that as long as it is not a strategic mineral such as copper ore and iron ore, the imperial court must immediately allocate it to himself.

After some arguing between the two sides, they finally reached an agreement, and Li Yuanji left the East Palace satisfied, he never wanted to come to this place again, and he never wanted to come for the rest of his life.

"Why do I always feel that he is trying to disturb my Tang Dynasty?" Looking at Li Yuanji's figure far away, Li Shimin wondered.

"This ......" Eldest Sun Wuji was also a little confused, it felt like that, but who could say for sure?

"Yichen may not see this matter!" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but speak.

"What? Does Xuan Ling still think that this move is beneficial to Datang? Li Shimin frowned slightly and looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling nodded solemnly and said, "If the minister is not mistaken, I am afraid that King Qi will soon issue a notice in his own capacity to recruit elite ...... from all walks of life in the world."

"He dares!" Li Shimin couldn't help but say angrily.

Recruiting elite people from all walks of life in the world is a big taboo, even those clans will never dare to do this, if they are not careful, they may be planted by the whole clan.

Li Shimin can endure letting Li Yuanji jump around under his eyes, but he can't bear him recruiting these people, what if he secretly recruits killers?

"Why should Your Majesty be angry? King Qi's move is beneficial to the country and the people for the Tang Dynasty, and to publicize this matter through the imperial examination, it will appear that the court lacks stability, but it may not be possible to do it through the King of Qi, what if it achieves results? Besides, in the minister's opinion, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry at all, King Qi has Jingde by his side, and every move is in Jingde's sight, why doesn't Your Majesty privately find some capable people and join them? Fang Xuanling continued to persuade.

In his opinion, Li Shimin's reaction is completely unnecessary, and the King of Qi himself is difficult to protect, how dare he do those disobedient actions?

But Li Shimin doesn't seem to want to believe his own advice, so Fang Xuanling doesn't want to say too much, anyway, he has already said what he should say, and let you leave the rest.

"The minister also feels that Xuan Ling's proposal has merit, but the matter of choosing a concubine for King Qi must also be paid attention to." Du Ruhui followed and said.