Being an official in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be a good livelihood, the welfare is not bad at all compared to later generations, as long as it is an official, you can enjoy one day off every ten days, called "Xun leave" treatment, in addition, there are various festival holidays (such as the Spring Festival holiday of seven days), the provincial festival (visit parents once in three years, a total of 35 days), marriage leave (nine days), bereavement leave (depending on the relationship with the deceased), sick leave (the longest is not more than 100 days, more than 100 days will be dismissed). Officials who are in poor health or over seventy years old can retire, called Zhishi, and the retirement of officials above the fifth rank is approved by the emperor, and the retirement of officials below the sixth rank is approved by the Shangshu Province. Officials above the fifth grade retire and enjoy half a salary, meritorious ministers can get full money because of the emperor's special favor, if they use their hands and feet in office again, take advantage of a loophole in the law, and when they are old, they must be the work of a rich man, and they will live a lot of nourishment.

Look, don't you think it's cool to be an official, isn't it? But Li Zhen doesn't see it that way, for Li Zhen, being an official is a chore, and if you don't pay attention, it's a miserable situation to the end, every time you think of this, Li Zhen is always upset, without him, there must be an ambush waiting for the prince, and it's enough to be troublesome, even if everything is safe and sound, the early dynasty is also a heavy burden, isn't it? Whenever the morning day, the third watch has to be afforded, and the fifth watch has to rush to the court room in the palace, if you accidentally miss the hour, you have to pay a fine or a trivial matter, I am afraid that the old man will remember, when should the scene throw it out is a big crime, so the fun is not small? No, today is the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, the cold day, Li Zhen got up early in the morning, fortunately, in the past, he was also used to getting up early to practice martial arts, so there was no big fork, he hurriedly got on the big sedan chair with some white porridge at will, and hurried all the way to the courtroom.

"Your Highness, there's nothing wrong with the lower officials, right?" Zhu Suiliang glanced at the strange smile on Li Zhen's face, thought he was laughing at himself, and hurriedly looked down at his court clothes, and was stunned that he didn't find anything wrong with the other party, and suddenly asked with a somewhat wry smile.

Hey, misunderstanding, isn't it? As soon as Li Zhen saw Zhu Suiliang's behavior, she knew that this buddy would be wrong, but she didn't bother to explain, so she just smiled and said: "It's okay, this king is just enjoying himself, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

"Oh, I see, His Royal Highness King Yue is a new official, and the young man is ambitious, it is when the spring breeze is proud, you can understand, haha......" Zhu Suiliang is a funny person, and when he saw that the matter had nothing to do with him, he immediately turned his head and ridiculed Li Zhen.

Li Zhen knows very well that Zhu Suiliang is a good person, knowing that this guy can get along with anyone on the surface, but in fact he is a smiling tiger, of course, a handful of regular script is really well written, is the only remaining calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty after Yu Shinan, and won the appreciation of the old man, as far as Li Zhen knows, this old gentleman will soon enter the cabinet, as the right servant of Shangshu Province to shoot such a high position as the deputy prime minister, naturally he doesn't want to make trouble with this person, seeing that the other party is ridiculing himself, Li Zhen didn't speak, so he simply acquiesced and laughed.

"Eighth brother, if there is something so funny, you might as well talk about it and listen to it with the third brother." Just as Li Zhen and Zhu Suiliang were smiling happily, Li Ke, the king of Wu, walked in from outside and asked with a smile on his face.

"No, it's nothing, it's just a little thing." At this critical period, Li Zhen really didn't want to have anything to do with Li Ke, so naturally she didn't want to say anything, so she responded casually and planned to slip away.

"What? Can't you say it with my brother? Li Ke didn't plan to let Li Zhen leave like this, and asked reluctantly.

The third child of the dog day, what do you do without shitting Lao Tzu? Li Zhen was very impatient in her heart, but at this time, the important ministers of the court were rushing in, Li Zhen really didn't want to have a conflict with Li Ke in front of people, and was thinking about how to get rid of it, when she saw Li Tai, the king of Wei, also hurriedly walked in, walked to Li Zhen's side in a few strides, and said with a smile: "Eighth brother, dare you come so early, yes, my brother is looking for you in something." ”

Hah, there's a! Li Zhen naturally understood that Li Tai didn't want to let himself get close to Li Ke too much, and deliberately gag, but he didn't want to break it, but said in a serious way: "The fourth brother has something to order, and the younger brother listens." ”

"Okay, refreshed, let's go, while talking." As soon as Li Tai's voice fell, he pulled Li Zhen and walked to the corner, and the brothers talked casually as they walked.

Li Ke looked at the intimacy between Li Zhen and Li Tai, and his handsome face suddenly became a little crooked, but he had no choice but to laugh at himself, and walked to his own henchmen, and did not speak, but from time to time he aimed at the two brothers in the corner, with a suspicious look on his face, just when he was going to go to Li Zhen's side desperately to find out, the morning drum in the palace sounded, and the sound of the eunuchs shouting for the court came into the court room far away, and the courtiers in the room rushed out of the court room. Seeing the Li Zhen brothers coming over, Li Ke smiled to himself, didn't say anything more, and hurriedly lined up in front of Li Tai, and the courtiers walked all the way straight to the magnificent Taiji Palace.

Excited, Li Zhen is really a little excited, without him, although he has not been to the Taiji Hall over the years, but it is the first time to come here as a courtier, Li Zhen, who is in the queue of military generals, took advantage of Li Shimin's car has not yet arrived, relying on his own height, looking around for a while, but well, speaking of which, he doesn't know what he is looking at, and he just takes this opportunity to relieve the tension in his heart.

"The emperor has arrived!" With the sound of the thin voice of the inner chamberlain Gao Yao, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty dressed in the costume of the Ming Emperor, strode out of the harem, walked straight to the dragon chair with a solemn face, took off his robe, and sat down. Seeing this, all the courtiers immediately fell to their knees and shouted long live.

"Zhong Aiqing's life." Li Shimin raised his hand in vain, signaled the civil and military forces in the palace to return to their original positions, and said with a smile: "Today is the first dynasty of the new year, and the new year should have a new atmosphere. ”

Ha, we're just waiting for your old words! As soon as Li Zhen heard the old man call the big guy to go to the book, he immediately flashed out of the ranks of military generals, knelt down in front of the hall, raised the music in his hand above his head, and said loudly: "Enlighten the father and the emperor, and the sons and ministers have this chapter to play: the soldier is a soldier, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, you must not ignore it." Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, the school is calculated, and the situation is asked: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law. Erchen has been aware of the army since he led the army to go out - although my Tang Dynasty soldiers are prosperous, although the generals are brave, however, the follow-up is weak, not no one, it is really not out of the ear, the sons think that there should be a good strategy to select talents to protect the foundation of my Tang Dynasty forever, and the fourth brother also thinks so, therefore, the sons and others implore their father to open a scientific examination of martial arts, and choose the general of my Tang Dynasty. ”

As soon as Li Zhen's words fell, Li Tai, the king of Wei, immediately stood up and echoed loudly: "Father Emperor Mingjian, Erchen thinks that what the eighth brother said is actually the way to seek the country, and Erchen implores his father and emperor to take this matter through so that there is one more way for the world's talents." ”

Li Shimin neither expected that the first person to go to the book would be Li Zhen, nor did he expect that Li Zhen would pull Li Tai in the book, and some of them didn't react for a while, and they were silent for a while before waving their hands and saying, "Hand it over." Gao Yao, who was waiting beside Li Shimin, hurriedly trotted down the front pier, took the piece in Li Zhen's hand, turned around and ran back without touching his feet, and handed the fold to Li Shimin.

Li Zhen's recital is written in a very orderly manner, not only listing the necessity of martial arts, together with the relevant selection methods are all set out, all kinds of selection rules and regulations are readily available, that is, how to award officials, what kind of officials should be awarded, also clearly understood, not to mention the outstanding literary style, that is, the regular script is pleasing to the eye, and Li Shimin is very happy, but this matter is important, Li Shimin did not dare to make a decision easily, pondered for a while, looked at the two sons who knelt down, and said calmly: " What are your opinions on the matter of martial arts, I want to hear Zhu Aiqing's opinions. ”

At this time, the imperial examination is not as magical as that of later generations, even if it is a Jinshi background, it may not be possible to have a bright future in the court, not to mention anything else, there have been more than 40 Jinshi in the past 16 years, but there is really no one who is qualified to go to the palace to discuss matters, and all the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are the same group of people who fought the world in the Tang Dynasty, or after the meritorious heroes, those officials who were born in the imperial examinations such as Jinshi and Ming Jing can only be under the head, the division is beaten, or they go to the local government as officials, therefore, the imperial examination is not the imperial examination, The Manchu Dynasty civil and military actually didn't care at all, moreover, this fold was put forward by the two popular princes, unless it was really intended to say goodbye to these two princes, otherwise who dared to step forward and say a "no", but if the big guy stepped forward to say yes, but it was impossible, without him, the holy will was not clear at this time, and no one knew whether Li Shimin would agree to this fold, in case the horse's fart was slapped on the horse's feet, wouldn't it be wronged, the hall was quiet for a while, and everyone was silent.

Li Ke glanced at Li Zhen and Li Tai who were kneeling in front of him, and his heart moved, and he generally guessed that the two of them must have colluded with each other a long time ago, although he wanted to come out and oppose it, but the problem was that he was not very familiar with military affairs at all, how could he find out the flaw of this fold in a short period of time, and when he was anxious, he suddenly saw that the prince was fiercely looking at the envoy Hou Junji who was standing in front of the generals, and his uneasy heart immediately settled, smiled at the prince, and nodded by the way.

The prince glanced at Li Ke and nodded noncommittally, the meaning of which was only clear to the two of them......