Just when Li Xiu and Li Shimin were talking about the affairs of the family, they suddenly saw Yuechan running in to interrupt him, and then handed him a large stack of big paper, which made Li Xiu also stunned, only to see that there was still ink on the paper, which was the paper that Princess Pingyang usually used to practice calligraphy, but she didn't know what was written on the paper?

At that moment, Li Xiu gently opened the paper, but when he saw the content on the paper, he couldn't help but show a helpless wry smile on his face, and at this time, he saw Yuechan turn her head again and look at Li Shimin next to her, Li Shimin had not gone to Li Xiu before, so she naturally recognized it, and then spoke again: "Master, the princess said that she would make the words on the paper into a stone tablet, and then put it at the door of our house!" ”

"Alright, I got it!" Li Xiu waved his hand with a wry smile, and Yuechan immediately retreated. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What did the third sister write?" Li Shimin also seemed to poke his head over at this time, wanting to see the content of the paper, but Li Xiu closed the paper all of a sudden, and then waved his hand with a smile and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the few words written by the princess are very beautiful, so you want me to see it!" ”

"Then why do you have to engrave it on a stone tablet?" Li Shimin asked rhetorically, his face was also full of suspicion, and he didn't seem to believe Li Xiu's words at all.

"Ah, this...... Didn't I say that the princess wrote these words very well, so she had to engrave them on the stone tablet as a souvenir! Li Xiu smiled and covered up the past, and casually stuffed the paper into his sleeve.

Seeing that Li Xiu didn't say anything, Li Shimin didn't want to ask again, so he had to discuss the issue of dealing with the family with him again, but Li Xiu was also very cautious about this issue, so he didn't rush to express his opinion, but asked: "The existence of the family will indeed affect the stability of the imperial court, I don't know what you think about King Qin?" ”

Li Shimin heard Li Xiu's words and pondered for a moment, and quickly spoke: "The reason why the family can affect all aspects of the Tang Dynasty is that the most important thing is that almost all of the ministers in the court have the shadow of the family, and if you want to solve this problem, the best way is to promote some officials from civilian backgrounds who have little to do with the family. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's above words, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head gently, Li Shimin's thinking is very correct, at first glance it feels very reasonable, if it is another person, he may agree very much, but for Li Xiu, who is familiar with history, Li Shimin's method is really full of loopholes.

"Why, you don't think this is feasible?" Li Shimin also noticed that Li Xiu was shaking his head, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise at the moment, this is one of the best methods he can think of, although the effect is a little slower, but at least it is very effective, and it can even completely break the monopoly of the family on court officials.

"It's not impossible, His Highness's thinking is correct, but it's easy for the family to take advantage of the loophole when it is operated, and then not only will it not work, but it will make the family's power even bigger!" Li Xiu unceremoniously pointed out the shortcomings of Li Shimin's thoughts.

Don't think that the imperial examination is omnipotent, in fact, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty is not even a real imperial examination, which can be seen from the background of the successive prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, most of these prime ministers are related to the family, even after experiencing the blows of Li Shimin and Wu Zetian, the prime minister of the middle and late Tang Dynasty is still controlled by the family, so the imperial examination has not played his due effect at all.

"Exploiting loopholes? I know that there are indeed many loopholes to exploit in the imperial examination, but as long as you pay attention to it in the future, it shouldn't affect the overall situation, right? Li Shimin still doesn't believe it, although he is no stranger to government affairs, he is indeed still a little unfamiliar, and he is not very thoughtful, after all, he cannot be omnipotent.

"Okay, then I'll give you two examples, the first is that when the imperial examination is held, who will His Highness send to preside over it? And how many of these people are related to the family? In addition, I heard that when the imperial examination was held before, the examiners needed to submit papers to the magnates in Chang'an City, and only with the support of these magnates could these exams be successful, after all, they could all see the names during the imperial examination, and they only needed to read the examiner's heart a little bias, and they could be on the high school gold list! ”

Everyone is not mistaken, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty did not have a vague name, but the examiner can directly see the candidate's name, which is why there is such an act of submitting papers, only need to get the support of some powerful people, and these powerful people say hello to the examiner, then the probability of this candidate being able to pass the exam is almost more than half, and there are even some particularly famous candidates who don't need to submit papers at all, and the examiner will hit when he sees his name, which also makes the imperial examination of Datang rampant, and there is no fairness at all.

"This ......" Li Shimin couldn't help but be silent for a moment when he heard Li Xiu put forward the first shortcoming of the imperial examination, but quickly raised his head and said, "This is indeed a big problem, but it is not impossible to solve it, such as promulgating a decree strictly prohibiting the submission of papers, and selecting some officials who have little to do with the family as examiners, etc., although there will be great resistance to doing so, but it can always correct the unhealthy trend in the imperial examination little by little!" ”

When Li Shimin talked about the back, he felt that he was lacking in confidence, because the above things are easy to say, but if you really want to do it, I am afraid it is not just a matter of resistance, after all, if you want to change the rules of an officialdom, the price you need to pay is simply too great.

However, Li Xiu did not refute Li Shimin, but spoke again: "Okay, even if His Royal Highness King Qin can solve the loopholes in the imperial examination system in the future, but where do those commoners come from, you must know that reading is not something that ordinary people can afford, in addition to the big families, I am afraid that only some businessmen and rich families can afford to let their children afford to read, and a person must be erudite, he must be apprenticed, and those erudite Confucians are from the big families, and those commoners become their students, The relationship between teacher and student alone is enough for them to make a mark on the family! ”

After listening to Li Xiu's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but close his eyes and sigh, in fact, he didn't think of these things, but in addition to restricting the family with the imperial examination, he really couldn't think of any too useful methods, and he couldn't directly raise troops to slaughter all the people from various families, right?

Seeing Li Shimin's depressed look, Li Xiu smiled, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again: "Actually, Your Highness doesn't have to be too anxious, when the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, it took ten years of life and ten years of lessons, Your Highness is so young, but you don't have to worry about lack of time, for example, now corn and sweet potatoes are slowly being promoted, and after they are promoted, most of the people no longer have to worry about the problem of food, and then they can vigorously promote the lessons, establish village schools and county schools, etc., only the education is in the hands of the imperial court, in order to slowly weaken the influence of the family! ”

"That's a good point!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard Li Xiu's words, but then he suddenly sighed and said, "I actually thought the same way before, but compared to the imperial examination, your method is to let me lay the foundation from scratch, until most of the people have enough to eat and have the ability to send their children to village school or county school, and then the imperial court will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to train them to become talents, and finally select a group of people from them to participate in the imperial examination, and then wait until they can replace the ministers from those families, but I am afraid that when I die, it will be difficult to see that day." ”

Li Shimin is a military general, he has always been vigorous and resolute in doing things, and of course he is sometimes very patient, but if he is asked to spend his whole life doing one thing, I am afraid he will feel unbearable.

"Your Highness, I don't know much about the affairs of the court, let alone the way to be a king, but I think there are some things that I can't rush to, not to mention that those families have existed for hundreds of years, how can they be eliminated so easily?" Li Xiu also smiled bitterly at this time, in fact, he had a few immature ideas to deal with those families, but he didn't know if it was effective, and it might have an impact on Datang, Li Shimin might not agree at all after hearing it, so he simply didn't say it.

"Well, anyway, this matter is not in a hurry, and it is nothing if you can't think of a way for the time being, but if you have any ideas in the future, you must tell me!" Li Shimin finally nodded when he heard this.

Li Xiu naturally nodded and agreed when he heard Li Shimin's words, and then the two chatted a few more words, and Li Shimin said goodbye and left, after all, he couldn't leave the palace for too long, so as not to be discovered, but just after Li Shimin walked a few steps, he suddenly turned around again and said: "By the way, I just received the news today, Ma Sanbao and they seem to be coming back?" ”

"Yes, two days ago, Uncle Ma sent someone to deliver the news, saying that he would be able to reach Chang'an in five or six days." Li Xiu also nodded.

"Well, when he comes back, don't forget about the Women's Army!" Li Shimin spoke again at this time, and there was no expression on his face, at this time he was very similar to the princess when he was on the battlefield, and he didn't seem to have any feelings.

"Don't worry, the Women's Army will be adapted according to your requirements when they come back, but when they leave, you can't stop them!" When Li Xiu heard this, he immediately replied, at the beginning, Li Shimin promised to let Li Chengdao and them leave, and there were some additional conditions, such as Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang staying in Chang'an as hostages, and the question of the Women's Army going to stay in the future, after all, in the Xuanwumen Change, the Women's Army brought great trouble to Li Shimin, so it is definitely impossible to keep it in the future.

"Of course, as long as they are willing to stay in the army, I will give them better treatment, and I will definitely not embarrass them because of what happened at the beginning, as for those who don't want to stay in the army, I will naturally not stop them!" Li Shimin also nodded, and only then turned around and left after speaking.

After seeing Li Shimin leave, Li Xiu took out the piece of paper that Princess Pingyang had just given him from his arms, and saw a few big characters written on it: Those surnamed Li Shimin are not allowed to enter!

It is estimated that this is the next time someone in the family told her the news of Li Shimin's coming, so she wrote such a word, and it was also engraved on the stone tablet to stand in front of the house, so I am afraid that Li Shimin will not have the face to come again next time.

Yuechan had been guarding outside the hall, and only came in when she saw Li Shimin going out, and then looked at Li Xiu and asked cautiously: "Master, the princess said that she wanted to engrave the letter, but if this word is put out, will it anger the King of Qin?" ”

Yuechan is not an ordinary maid, she has read books and is knowledgeable, and she is no stranger to royal affairs, so she naturally knows that Li Shimin will definitely be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future, although Princess Pingyang is Li Shimin's sister, but the royal family has never had family affection, so she is also worried that if Li Shimin is angered, it will bring disaster to the family.

I saw Li Xiu thinking for a moment at this time, but finally smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the matter between their sister and brother is only clear to them, I will have the stone tablet carved, you don't have to worry about this matter!" ”

"Yes!" When Yuechan heard Li Xiu say this, she also agreed obediently at the moment, and then retreated.

In the next few days, the news of Li Shimin's serious injury continued to ferment, causing an undercurrent to rise and fall in the court, but at this critical moment, Li Shimin suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and then issued one order after another, Changle Young King was given death, Wang Junkuo was escorted back to Chang'an, etc., each order caused a great shock in the court, but no one dared to object, and for a time the opposition to Li Shimin in the court was empty.

Li Xiu didn't pay attention to Li Shimin's actions in the court at all, anyway, he had already guessed it before, and he only did two things in the past few days, the first was to engrave the stone tablet requested by Princess Pingyang, and then stand outside the door of the princess's courtyard, I don't know what kind of expression Li Shimin will have when he sees it next time he comes?

Another thing is to prepare for Ma Ye and others to pick up the wind, they are sending Li Chengdao and others to Dengzhou, and then watch them and Zhang Shiyi's people go to sea and leave the Tang Dynasty, and then they begin to return to Chang'an, but when they come back, the army of the women's army will also come to an end, which makes Princess Pingyang also very sad, so Li Xiu took over most of the things for her on the grounds that she was pregnant, so as not to hurt her body with her hard work.

This afternoon, the women's army led by Ma Ye finally returned to Chang'an, when Li Xiu stood on the side of the official road and saw the head of Ma Ye, he couldn't help laughing and greeted him, Princess Pingyang came at this time, followed by Li Xiu and greeted Ma Ye and others with a smile, like the image of a little woman, which also made Ma Ye and others surprised and relieved.

After the greetings, Li Xiu immediately asked Ma Ye and them to command the army to enter the military camp that had been prepared a long time ago, and the hundreds of guards around the princess had already prepared wine and meat to wash the dust for them, but at this moment, Ma Ye suddenly pulled Li Xiu aside and said with a serious face: "Boy, there is something you must be mentally prepared for!" (To be continued.) )