Tang Gaozong Li Zhi's fourth son was born to Concubine Xiao Shu, who was Li Sujie, the king of Xu, and was hanged at the age of forty-three. Nine of Li Sujie's thirteen sons were killed, and of the remaining four, the eleventh son, Li Huang, attacked the king of Xu.

Li Huang was still not satisfied after the attack, and helped his brother to pass on other descendants of Emperor Gaozong, and robbed his uncle of the title of the youngest son, so he was once degraded by Emperor Zhongzong.

Heavenly Dao cycle, now Li Huang is dying, the limit is not far away, but the two sons are still young, and the sage intends to choose one of his nephews to inherit his title.

Under such circumstances, yesterday, the secretary Jiang Jiangming visited with a school scrivener and gave him an idea that could demonstrate the merits of the sage's human governance, and he was immediately overjoyed and agreed to the book.

The only problem is that he, the secretary and supervisor, is a false leader, and he has to inform the secretary and young eunuch Chen Xilie and sign it together.

Therefore, today, Li Huang ignored his old age, and personally went to the secretary provincial yamen who had never been here, first appeased his subordinates with kind words, and sent people to invite Chen Xilie to come to discuss the matter.

While waiting, he couldn't say anything else, and he was talking about the brutal story of Empress Wu's treatment of the Li clan.

"The old man's nine brothers were killed, and the seven sons of King Sanbeze were exiled to Xianzhou, and none of them were spared, who knew that King Ze also had a son who survived......."

The secretaries and provincial officials did not like to listen to these old things, and they were patient to hear the time of eating.

Finally, Li Qiang's entourage hurried back, but it was reported: "Supervisor Li, it's not good! ”

"What's the alarm?" Li Qian has seen the big scene of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and he is still calm.

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"Left Prime Minister....... Left Prime Minister came out of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and immediately went to Miyagi to go to the book first!

"How dare he?!" Li Qian took the crutches and knocked on the floor tiles angrily, stood up, and said loudly: "Don't worry, the old man will come to the palace to promote great things!"

"Good!

This result was not expected by Xue Bai, according to his original plan, he just used Li Huang to scare Chen Xilie and let the two sign the recital together.

Now it seems that Chen Xilie is more meritorious than he imagined, and he does not leave any face for Li Qiang.

It's okay, let these hyenas fight.

"King Xu is gone, it's done!

As Li Qiang's back went away, Chao Heng immediately screamed excitedly.

"It's a champion! What a solution!

Xue Bai did not forget his promise to the craftsmen and regular calligraphers, and the first thing he did was to rush to the Sewing Academy, saying: "All the gentlemen are at ease, the sages are generous and magnificent, and the gentlemen will be rewarded for their brilliant deeds for the saints with their literary and beautiful deeds." ”

"Rising moon?"

"Up."

"More people to listen to our assignments?"

"Of course."

"Hey, don't listen to him talk nonsense...... We will vow to revitalize Lantai and pass on the fragrance of books! ”

"Yes, yes, revitalize Lantai, and the fragrance of books will be passed on!"

Xue Bai smiled, knowing that forcing the officials to write was only the first step.

He turned and walked out of the secretary's province and went to the prison.

The general prison is located in the northwest of the imperial city, and it is the largest of all the government offices in the imperial city.

In each courtyard, craftsmen are busy making different utensils. In this open Datang, their skills can be fully developed.

"I've seen Uncle Guo."

"Young Eunuch Li is here?"

"Uncle Guo, please."

Yang Yan was dressed in a purple robe, led a group of officials behind him, walked through the instrument gate majestically, entered the central hall, and sat down unceremoniously on the main seat in the center, with the momentum of being a prime minister.

After a while, Li Xiu, who was the young eunuch, hurriedly came, frowned imperceptibly, and saluted: "I have seen Uncle Guo, but I don't know that Uncle Guo is coming, what are you doing?" ”

Before Yang Yan could speak, he couldn't help but raise his head and smile.

The old man is the same as the middle book, and the right minister performs his duties, and the general affairs are handed over to the right minister, and the old man is mediocre, and he can only do some stupid things. Papermaking, book publications, that's all.

"Uncle Guo is too humble."

"Speaking of publishing books, the old man and the champion of the current department presented the 'movable type printing', and the saint will be the supervising engraving, but it is effective?"

"Uncle back to China, the craftsman tried wood carving and clay blanks, wood carvings are easy to deform and difficult to typeset, and clay blanks are fragile, this method is not practical."

"Whether it's practical or not, it depends on where." Yang said, "If there is a set of copperplate movable type in the secretary province, it can be of great use. ”

Li Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said tentatively: "I don't know what Uncle Guo means by this?" ”

Yang Yun smiled and said nothing, and Yuan Zai, who was standing behind him, was about to speak, but was stopped by him waving his hand.

After waiting for a while, a small official came over and said, "Supervisor Li, the secretary of the provincial school secretary Xue Bai asks to see you." ”

Li Xiu smiled, shook his head and said, "Uncle Guo and Xue Bai came to persecute me, why don't you ask my grandfather if he agrees?" ”

"It's not too late for you to hear what Champion Yuan Lang said."

"It's fine."

Li Xiu looked outside the hall and saw that Xue Bai had not changed into an official robe, which showed how vigorous and resolute he was.

The two had a dispute over private matters not long ago, but when they met at this time, they only talked about business.

"Shiro, please see, this is the secretary of the ministry, and there will be three initiatives soon."

"You are so bold, don't ask my grandfather ........"

"The secretary and young eunuch is the left minister, does Shiro think he will hide it from the right minister?"

Li Xiu frowned slightly, looked at those measures, and understood what Xue Bai meant.

Acting according to the holy will, Li Linfu will not object, so as long as he acquiesces in this matter, everyone will do things directly, and it will be much easier.

"Zuo Xiang has already been in the book?"

"Yes, King Xu also entered the palace at the same time."

Li Xiu frowned and said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

"Cooperate and share the benefits."

Xue Bai said: "These measures, the first to benefit is the right minister, the left minister, and the uncle of the country, and then the famous Confucians in the world, the children of the country's eunuchs, Shilang should be able to see that it is beneficial to all parties." If you support it vigorously, one will win the favor of the saints, the second will spread the good name to the scholars, and the third will save the reputation of the Prime Minister's House....... Shilang Imagine, the secretary province is the most literate craftsman in the world, if there is a set of copperplate movable type publication Di Bao, the world is ruined or reputation? ”

Speaking of this third point, Li Xiu's brows moved.

He knew what Xue Bai was doing, but these moves were indeed the first to benefit him.

"Are you going to work with the cast of movable type?

"More than that, more craftsmen, more bamboo paper, more pen and ink...... There is more money, not the small money that the supervisor can come up with, but the right minister himself to allocate it to the secretary of the province, to hire thousands of Confucians, to employ hundreds of officials, to motivate craftsmen and regular calligraphers, and to make the money and food issued by the newspaper spent. ”

"You are delusional!"

Li Xiu stood up and said, "This cost is worth setting up another general as a prisoner!" How could my grandfather have allocated so much money and food to you? ”

Xue Bai said: "If the sage agrees to repair the giant compilation, he is more or less willing to cut some of the palace expenses, and I am also willing to donate the mansion of Xuanyangfang." ”

"You ....."

Li Xiu didn't know what to say, and said, "If you donate or not, what does it have to do with me?" ”

"It's simple, just ask Shiro to convince the right minister.

"I convinced Grandpa? You might as well persuade Grandpa directly and let the general cooperate with the prison. ”

As if Xue Bai hadn't heard, he said, "The pros and cons have been clearly stated, please consider it." ”

With that, he looked at Yang Chen.

Yang Yunlang laughed, stood up, and walked straight away.

What is his merit in this? In fact, after the Zhongshu Province changed the annotation, Yang Qian had already said his advice to the sage, saying that he had considered the reason why he sent Xue Bai to the secretary province to serve as the school secretary.

——"The minister has recently popularized bamboo paper, and he can't help but think that the sage has governed such a prosperous world, and when the compilation of a masterpiece is not officially played, Yang Zhen will not be considered overstepping his authority, but in the sage's heart, this credit is still recorded on his head. ”

And this matter turned out to be Xue Bai's idea, and he had his own way to bring him more talents and prestige.

In fact, before Chen Xilie went to the book, Yang Dang had already made up his mind as a saint.

Li Xiu was not persuaded by Xue Bai in a few words, he still sat there, and said in his heart: "The Yang Party is too crazy, and the saints may not approve it, so they dare to come and suppress people with power." ”

However, after not sitting for long, a servant hurriedly came to report.

"Shiro, Ah Lang asked you to go home immediately."

It was already evening when he returned to the right minister's mansion in Pingkangfang, but Li Linfu did not see him immediately.

He asked Cangbi what had happened, and the answer he got was that Li Linfu was talking to Chen Xilie, and Chen Xilie had just come out of the palace.

Obviously, the saint is so happy, he should have reviewed Chen Xilie's recital.

Li Xiu couldn't help but think about how to say that Grandpa would follow the trend, and he couldn't say that "Xue Bai has calculated the benefits of the world, and things cannot be stopped."

After thinking about it, it was night, and when Li Xiu saw Li Linfu, he said: "Grandpa, the child has an idea, instead of stopping the saint to displease him, it is better for the child to snatch their credit......"

"Under the door, the holy king rules the world, cultivates rituals and music and enlightens education, expounds the truth and preaches humanity. I am under the mandate of heaven, inheriting the imperial industry, there is only the prosperity of the people's peace and things, there will be a masterpiece of unification, Qi politics and customs, the preface of the legend of the hundred kings, and the code of the general dynasties. As for astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical divination, monkhood, and skills, he searched and collected from ancient and modern, and compiled them into a book, which is not tired of being huge...... The seventh year of Tianbao, March 24.

Secretary of the province, Li Qian stepped forward and received the holy decree, but then handed it to Chen Xilie.

"The old man only asks for the satisfaction of the saint, and now he is dying of old age, and he can't afford too many heavy affairs, so he has to ask the left minister for everything."

"I will live up to the trust of Supervisor Li."

Chen Xilie also realized that he didn't give Li Huang face when he grabbed merit in front of the emperor, after all, he had not had the opportunity to be in power for many years, so he was inevitably excited for a while. At this time, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile and maintained a harmonious atmosphere.

From today, the Ministry of Secretaries will usher in new changes...

And just when the two chief officials were still hypocritical and pretentious, in the West Courtyard, Xiao Yingshi had already handed a list to Xue Bai.

"Look at it, these are the scholars recommended by the old man."

Xue Bai took it and looked at it, the list was very long, and he only knew a few of them, such as Wei Shu, Su Mingyuan, Li Hua, Wang Wei and others, and then looked down and saw a few people who didn't know him but had heard of them for a long time, such as Wang Changling and Chu Guangxi.

"Brother Wang, Changling is still in Jiangning, right?"

"Yes, can you recall Chang'an?

Xue Bai said: "I'll ask Zuo Xiang to try, if it doesn't work, I will ask Uncle Guo to try it again." ”

Xiao Yingshi trusted him to do things, and couldn't help but say, "Your move today allows me to take the opportunity to help a lot of down-and-out friends." ”

Xue Bai couldn't help but laugh and said, "Since the secretary Lang has taken advantage of this matter, he has to work hard, and he is no longer as idle as before." ”

Xiao Yingshi avoided answering, pointed to the list and sighed: "When these people come, they can recommend more scholars, and then the world's heroes will gather, what a grand occasion." ”

"Why is there no Li Bai?

"I'm not familiar with Li Bai, but I don't know if Li Bai's wild temperament can withstand the rules of this secretary province?"

Xue Bai didn't know whether Li Bai was suitable or not, and this matter was not in a hurry, he first picked up the pen and added the candidate he wanted, and first wrote down the word "Li Yu"...

After that day, the secretary quickly began to get busy.

Although the specific affairs have not yet begun, one by one the officials have been transferred.

First up was Wei Shu.

When Wei Shu was young, he once edited the "Four Records of the Group Book" with Ma Huaisu, and now he has returned to the secretary province, and his friends Yin Jianyou, Yu Qin, Wu and others who compiled the bibliography together are no longer there, so why not teach him to sigh.

Shedding a handful of old tears in the West Courtyard, Wei Shu quickly collected his emotions, pointed to the two halls in the south, and said to Xue Bai: That year, Yushitai bullied us into having no power and occupied our hall. ”

Xue Bai said: "Does Duke Wei know? Now the place of our secretary province will soon be insufficient. ”

Wei Shu was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "In this case, I have to ask Yu Shitai to 'help my colleagues'." ”

After talking about gossip, my mind turned back to business, and to repair a complete book, it is not just to compile all the books in the catalog of "Four Books of the Group", but to sort out and revise on this basis, which is an extremely complicated thing.

Xue Bai expected that there would be thousands of scholars, but Wei Shu waved his hand and said: "At least two thousand bachelors are needed, and the old man is not worried, only the household." ”

"Wei Gong rest assured, after all, this matter also has the credit of the right minister, and he will not be deducted."

"Speaking of which, how much credit do you have for that?"

Xue Bai said: "I just served as a Jiupin official, and the official robe has not yet been put on, as long as the matter is done, there can be a little credit, that is, with his official position and qualifications, it is indeed not the presiding officer of such a big matter as compiling a book, in fact, it is indeed responsible for several prime ministers and Confucians."

But it doesn't matter, he can move his official position with a little credit, and more importantly, he can slightly save the outflow of some Datang talents from the center, and buy time for him to accumulate strength.

Wei Shu has written books and repaired history all his life, and he is very confident about this, and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to really be an official, but you are so restrained." First take the old man to see the food, I have been famous for a long time for the secretary province's food, and I will have to arrange two meals in the future. ”

"Gong Wei can't even get on the horse, so it's better to be restrained in eating........

After the secretary's provincial capital dinner, Xue Bai stepped on the last twilight drum and returned to the Du Mansion in Shengpingfang.

I live here these days in order to go to Dunhuafang to get official robes, after all, if you want to sew clothes, you will inevitably have to measure the size occasionally.

"Xue Lang is back." Quan Ford intended to greet him at the side door, even with words like "back".

Du Wulang was arranging for someone to arrange red silk in the front yard, and when he saw Xue Bai, he said: "My grandfather is in the ministry, and he will come back before feeding every day, why do you go to dusk every day." ”

"Because after dark, it's not good to work in the secretary's province, otherwise it's easy to catch fire."

Is this still what a living person should say?

Xue Bai smiled and said, "You are only a secretary and the province is busier than the ministry." ”

He was not in a hurry to go to sleep, and stood there watching Du Goro prepare for the wedding.

"Look at it, do you envy?"

"Not really."

"And what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, if my light cyan official robe hasn't been sewn yet, I'm afraid I'll have to change to a dark cyan one." Xue Bai really has such worries.

"I shouldn't have asked you." Du Wulang sighed helplessly, "Then you have to go over and tell your master, don't sew the robe in autumn and winter, lest you be promoted or grow taller." ”

"Makes sense, it'll be over tomorrow morning.

In the early morning of the next day, at the Yan Mansion in Dunhuafang, Xue Bai finally put on his official robe.

He put on the stone belt, straightened his sleeves, walked out of the room, and arrived in the lobby, when a sound of praise rang out.

"Really handsome."

Several elders and aunts of the Yan family liked Xue Bai very much and praised it one after another.

"It's Zhuangyuanlang again, it's the school book again, and it's still so young and handsome, I really don't know whose daughter is lucky enough to marry you."

Xue Bai said: "I have been unhappy since I was a child, and the teacher is the parent, and the marriage should be decided by the teacher." ”

"This kid." Wei Yun nodded again and again when she heard this.

In this piece of peace, Xue Bai also glanced at Yan Yan, only to see that Yan Yan happened to turn her head, but she pouted rather unhappily.

When he said goodbye, Xue Bai looked down at the fine stitches on the official robe, and realized that this was not the level of needlework that Yan Yan could have...... Maybe I misunderstood.

It was rare for him to have such a confused time, so he shook his head to dispel these emotions, and his heart was still serious about seeking a future.

It wasn't until the secretary's province that Xue Bai suddenly found a strange pattern embroidered on the placket.

He walked to the no-man's land and took a closer look, and the pattern was ugly, and the stitches were a mess.

After looking at it for a long time, he realized that it was probably a monkey....... so he couldn't help laughing.

On this day, after returning home in the evening, Xue Bai inadvertently glanced at himself in the bronze mirror, and was suddenly surprised that he still had a smile on his face.

And it turned out to be the kind of silly smile of a young man......