Zhenguan six years of the annual summary meeting is very lively, this year the treasury is finally a little better, and there is no natural disaster, it can be said that the wind and rain are smooth, the Ministry of Civil Affairs can be regarded as a good year, as for other departments are also doing well, all eyebrows to the second emperor Li and the ministers to report this performance, and our hero is at the back of the team, leaning on the pillar to sleep, like him a small official, there is no business with him at all, because there are too many people, he is about to line up outside the entrance of the main hall, he can't hear what he said before, Just when he was really sleeping, someone stabbed his waist, Li Yong instinctively shot a cupola, but only hit the air, he suddenly remembered that he was in the Taiji Palace, he quickly looked at it, fortunately no one noticed him, but he looked at a few black faces and old faces, it turned out to be Cheng Yanjin, Duan Zhixuan, Niu Jinda and Qin Qiong, several veterans, and even saw Zhang Shigui, who was deficient in kidneys, Li Yong whispered.

"Damn, what are you doing here?"

"Good boy, you dare to hide and sleep on this occasion, and the whole Datang can't find a second one."

"It is worthy of being the enemy of 10,000 people, Captain Li, Niu."

"Stop, why did you second-grade ministers come here? Don't you need to report? ”

"We are all military generals, and everything is said by the marshal, and we will come to accompany us."

"Move it and let Lao Tzu lean on."

So a few people gathered together and chatted quietly, very much like Li Yong's annual meeting that year, the leaders above said, the employees below chatted by themselves, a few just a few short of a deck of playing cards to play, the huge Taiji Hall was too big, Li Er didn't find his son-in-law and a few generals hiding to talk about their own affairs, as for the six or seven officials next to them saw them these few national princes and county dukes, where did they dare to speak, they were curious about who this teenage six-grade official was, and he was so familiar with a few second-grade officials, and a few people chatted and chatted. Talking about eating and drinking, talking about women, it was a lot of fun, not a small obscene laughter, but after chatting for a while, they were attracted by the quarrel of the few red-purple robed ministers in front of them, and they peeked together, it turned out that Tang Jian and Wei Zheng were the main people and the Yushitai quarreled, as for what they were arguing about, a few people were too far away to hear clearly, but they knew that a few of them were arguing, and Li Er on the golden chair couldn't see what his expression was, so a few people didn't care, and continued to talk about their own, this situation was already too familiar, Cheng Yanjin is an old man in the court, so he naturally knows what to quarrel with, and Li Yong thinks that it is nothing more than like later generations, the two departments criticize each other.

"Li Yong, don't worry about those guys, you know that you are noisy when you have something to do, and you can't make any noise."

"Well, I know, so I've always said, don't beep if you can do it, just do it if you don't accept it."

"It's still your kid who has a temper with us, just these civil officials Rory, it's annoying to watch."

"Don't talk about them, kid, your Yinchuan wolfberry is really good, I'm almost finished, do you still have a pharmacy?"

"What Yinchuan wolfberry?"

"It's ......"

"It's nothing, when I was in Songzhou, I wasn't feeling well, didn't this kid know how to order the Qihuang technique, and prescribed some medicine."

"Bah~Bah~ Uncle Zhang, you haven't washed your hands again? Gott~"

"I washed it last night."

", vomit~"

A few of them were in front of the storm, they were sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai chatting, but Li Er's face on the golden chair was already very bad, just now the reports of various departments were fine, and the thousand-year-old mountain cannon suddenly fired, and it was directly bombarded by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, why? Because he thinks that the tax revenue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs this year should not be so small, there must be something greasy in it, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will not be happy to hear it, and the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs headed by Tang Jian began to counteract, saying that Wei Zheng is messing around and making false accusations or something, and then Li Yong They saw that scene, don't look at Tang Jian's usual Sven Wen, but he is a ruthless person, a ruthless character who is not afraid of the Weishui Alliance and the Turks, how can he be afraid of Wei Zheng's old cannon, and Wei Zheng is the first artillery king in the ages, the lord of the emperor, he is still afraid of Tang Jian? What are you kidding, don't make you Tang Jian stupid, he Wei Zheng wrote the two words back, originally he was talking about things, but later he began to attack personally, and now Li Er couldn't listen to it anymore, and slapped a dragon claw on the dragon chair.

"That's enough, what kind of system is it, Wei Zheng, you said that the accounts of the Ministry of Civil Affairs are false, so what evidence do you have?"

"Sage, of course there is evidence in the minister, this year's wind and rain are smooth, and there is no war, agricultural tax and commercial tax should be increased, especially commercial tax, this year's commerce in the cities is booming, commodity caravans are more than in previous years, and the taxes paid by various places should not be given by the Ministry of Civil Affairs to give such figures, which is really convincing."

"Wei Zheng, you fart, what do you know, my tax mainly depends on agricultural tax, the tax rate of commercial tax is originally low, looking at the good development of business, but the actual commercial tax is not much, in addition to most of the tax revenue in various places to be handed over to the treasury, but also to retain a part of it for local use, the money seems to be a lot, but the actual receipt of the treasury is only so much silver, you imperial history do not understand to pretend to understand."

Wei Zheng and other ministers don't choke when they hear it, they really don't understand Tang Jian in this area, Tang Jian's words are justified and there is no problem at all, so the old mountain cannon is very aggrieved, but how can Wei Zheng's character easily admit defeat, otherwise he will leave his last words to scold Li Er after his death, and finally the marriage between his son and the princess will be disturbed, and the grave will be dug up, this is a classic character of death, Wei Zheng insisted on checking the accounts, but tomorrow will be a holiday for the New Year, who wants to check the accounts for the New Year, and finally Li Er really has no choice, and he came to close the account, Check the accounts again next year, and he still wants to have a good New Year. The other departments and ministers were fine, and the year-end meeting was held for more than three hours, and the previous spittle was dry, and Li Yong was also dry in the following conversation.

"Saint, the minister has the right thing to play."

Li Eryi saw that it was Du Ruhui who stood up, so he asked the eunuch to collect his recital, he read the above content, and looked at Du Ruhui with a strange face, and Du Ruhui talked eloquently.

"Sage, our dynasty has experienced many wars and disasters, and the imperial examination has been stagnant for many years, and now most of the imperial examinations are recommended systems, in order for our dynasty to absorb more useful talents, the minister suggested reopening the imperial examination."

Du Ruhui's words are like a bombshell, those family lords are immediately reluctant to listen to it, for so many years, why can they control the court, that is, all the talents are in their hands, under the recommendation system, they can arrange their people to enter the court as officials all the time, as long as the talents in the world are in their hands, then no matter what dynasty and year or who is the emperor, all the affairs of the world are in their hands, this is a hundred years of the dynasty, a thousand years of family, Li Er has long realized this, Du Ruhui's twist and turn was also secretly discussed with Du Ruhui and several other ministers, because Li Yong's printing technology had been handed over to him, when he saw movable type printing that day, he praised it as a celestial man, which gave him the confidence to reopen the imperial examination.

"The minister objected, what Lord Du said was against the ancestral family law, when I founded the Tang Dynasty, the emperor abolished the imperial examination system and implemented the recommendation system, because the former Sui tyrant Yang Guang used the imperial examination system, which made the heavens angry and resentful, and in the end, the world was in turmoil, and the people were not able to make a living, and the country was ruined, so I implore the saint not to agree."

Li Er looked at this opponent and immediately recognized who it was, Xiao Yu, the diehard loyalist of his father Li Yuan, and also the leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan, Li Er did not say anything, because he was definitely not the only one who objected, sure enough, several of his father's diehards jumped out, Qu Tutong and Yu Shinan all stood up, and then Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fanyang Lu, Xingyang Zheng, and Taiyuan Wang all ran out to oppose unanimous opposition, which was also expected by Li Er, these people did not run out to oppose, Then there are really ghosts, but Li Er already has a strategy, and after patiently listening to their words, he gave Du Ruhui a look, and the latter said with understanding.

"What your lords said is no longer a problem, our Xishan Bo Li Yong Li has developed a new type of printing technology, which can print tens of thousands of books a day, and then the world's readers will not be without books to read."

"What? Du Xiang, are you telling the truth? ”

The first thing that reacted the most was not those family gate valves, but the old mountain cannon Wei Zheng and another old minister who was about fifty years old.

"On the top of the main hall, how dare I, Du Ruhui, do something to deceive the king in front of the ministers and saints."

This is all discussed by Li Er and Du Ruhui, that day he and Fang Xuanling under the leadership of Li Er, watched the breathtaking movable type printing, and the excitement in their hearts, so Li Er acted in this play with them, and as the main person who attracted firepower, he was still chatting with a few veterans who were not ashamed below.

"What about Li Yong?"

"Yes, what about Master Li?"

"Li Yong~"

Everyone in front of them began to look for the inventor, but no one responded after shouting a few times, Li Er turned around and asked Huang Yan.

"Didn't you tell that kid that he was in court today? Didn't you come? ”

Huang Yan was sweating profusely, he personally went to give Li Yong an order that day, although Li Yong was reluctant, he still agreed, and Huang Yan replied with a feeling.

"Sage, he must be here, it should be that his official position is too small, and he didn't hear it in the back, so the slave and maid will go down to find him."

Huang Yan took a few eunuchs and hurriedly went down to find Li Yong, and sure enough, he found Li Yong behind the pillar at the rear, they were chatting enthusiastically, and they didn't just call him in front of him, Huang Yan felt like he grabbed Li Yong and said.

"My Lord Li, Uncle Li, my ancestor, didn't you hear you shouted from above? Get me up there. ”

Li Yong looked confused, just now Cheng Biting Jin also told him that he seemed to be calling him, and he joked about how could it be, a few of them also thought they had heard it wrong, so they continued to chat, who knew that they were really looking for him, Li Yong was pulled by Huang Yan and trotted to the front, and then he saw a lot of ministers in purple robes and red robes looking at him, and the one on the golden chair was also expressionless, and he couldn't see joy or anger, Li Yong tidied up his clothes and hugged his fists and saluted Li Er, and then looked at everyone in a daze, but it was the old minister in his fifties who asked him.

"You are Li Yong?"

A few question marks came down on Li Yong's head, but in the face of the old man, he still respected the old and loved the young, and hurriedly saluted the old man.

"Xiaguan Li Yong, I don't know what the old gentleman is called?"

"This official Kong Yingda, this official just wants to ask you, is the printing technique that Du Xiang said true?"

The art of printing? Kong Yingda? , I'm not a good person, no wonder I called Lao Tzu to go to court, Li Yong glanced at Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, the two of them looked up at the sky, looking like it was none of my business, Li Yong was stupid and guessed that it was the idea of the one sitting on it, his old man was really black-hearted, he didn't take such a pit person, but also pit his son-in-law, Li Yong probably guessed what was going on, it was nothing more than that he, the old man, launched the movable type printing technology he handed over to him, and now he was going to put pressure on those family valves, he was the best target, Li Yong was very helpless.

"He's right."

"Great, so that people who read in the world will have books to read."

Li Yong is not interested in Kong Yingda's sour Confucianism, their thinking is to use Confucianism to imprison everyone in the world, as for those family lords, they oppose the imperial examination, but they can't oppose movable type printing, because this thing is controlled by the emperor, and it can't be said that it is witchcraft, and it should be destroyed, right? At least now this Kong Yingda has openly supported this thing, and they are not good at making any more moves, but if they want to destroy this thing, they must destroy Li Yong, because this thing was invented by him, and their hatred for Li Yong is directly filled at once.

"Sage, the aspect of books has been solved, so there will be more people who will read in the future, and the minister implores to reopen the imperial examination."

"The minister is opposed, even if there is a new printing technique, which can increase the number of people in the world who are reading, but the recommendation system is the ancestral family law, and it must not be changed."

"Please sage Mingjian~"

Those Li Yuan's diehards and those family lords couldn't deal with Li Yong's printing skills, but they still used what ancestral family law to bite the imperial examination, so Li Yong felt that Li Er, the emperor, deserved enough money, but Li Shimin in history was such a person, if it wasn't for his benevolence, even courtiers like Wei Zheng were tolerant, and even during his reign, he didn't kill a single old minister, Li Yong felt uncomfortable when he looked at his father-in-law, so he decided to help him.

"Shut up, are you forcing the palace like this? Do you want to rebel? Where are the generals in the army? ”

Li Yong burst into a shout, which frightened the ministers who put pressure on Li Er, Cheng Yanjin and others returned to their original positions after Li Yong was pulled away, and when they heard that Li Yong shook people, several of them who liked to be lively and troublesome immediately responded and stood up.

"Uncle Xishan, I am biting the gold."

"Yo he, I see who dares to rebel, Captain Li, we just finished fighting the Tubo, here are a few rebels, okay, Lao Tzu's knife hasn't drunk blood for a long time."

"Who dares to rebel, when my Zuo Wuwei is not here?"

"Damn, it looks like some of us veterans don't have sharp knives enough."

Xiao Yu and the others were suddenly frightened by these murderous generals, Li Er also saw this scene and was happy, thinking that his son-in-law was reliable, Li Yong looked at the scene and continued.

"You, and you, keep talking about the family law of your ancestors, but in fact, you are for your own interests, trapping the emperor and the saint in injustice, and provoking the relationship between their father and son. What kind of ancestral family law, my dynasty has only been established for decades, could it be that the emperor and his old man said that farting is not good, so will everyone not be allowed to fart in the future? Are you still afraid that those who pass the imperial examination will deal with you in the future? ”

Li Yong's words made Xiao Yu choke them half to death, some of the words were said by everyone who knew that they were not said on the surface, but Li Yong was stunned and didn't care so much, he directly made his words clear in person, so Cheng Biting Jin and the others all gave a thumbs up.

"Presumptuous, you are a small six-grade petty official, dare to discuss the government and politics?"

"Hahaha~ But I can't say that I talk about the government in vain? Do you really think of yourself as a good piece? Let me tell you, I, Li Yong, want to get you and kill you, and you still ask to say thank you to me, don't believe it, I can make those readers who are bargaining chips in your hands worthless. ”

Li Yong's threat made these people feel afraid, because Li Yong's previous economic war made them see Li Yong's ability, don't look at him as a teenager, but when he does things, he is even more ruthless than them, this time the whole scene is cold, those people are staring at Li Yong with gritted teeth, and Li Yong directly ignores them, the more Li Er looks at it, the more he likes his son-in-law, and today's goal has been achieved, so he spoke.

"Okay, the matter of the imperial examination, we will discuss it after the year, Li Yong, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and your parents have brought Chang'an, right?"

"Hui Sheng, I have arrived in Chang'an."

"Okay, let's have dinner with your parents tonight with X, the queen, and Changle, and you and Changle's family affairs, X should also discuss it with your parents."

"Yes."

"If there's nothing to do, let's retreat."

Everyone in the Taiji Hall was surprised at this, in the past thirty years of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Er would set up a banquet to entertain some princes and ministers, but since the Weishui Alliance with the Turks, the treasury and Li Er are both neku can run horses, the queen weaves cloth for the princess and the prince to wear, Li Er and the harem are two meals a day, each meal is two dishes and one soup, where is there such a banquet, and the princess's marriage has always been decreed by the emperor, but when will the marriage of Princess Changle be discussed by both parents like civilians, It can be seen that Li Er attaches great importance to Li Yong, many ministers and officials silently wrote down Li Yong, and Li Yong didn't look at those who wanted to be eaten alive, Cheng Yanjin and several generals walked up, put his arm around Li Yong's shoulders and glanced at them, and then said to Li Yong lightly.

"Don't worry, some people don't open their eyes, and those of us in the army are not easy to bully."

Li Yong also glanced at them and said.

"A dog that barks doesn't bite, a dog that bites doesn't bark, if you dare to bite, you will be killed with a stick, let's go, uncles and uncles, let's go home."

"You're right, go home."

Xiao Yu and a few people watched Li Yong and several generals swagger out of the Taiji Hall, angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.