The Nine Emperors boasted that they had figured out the deep meaning of the Great Prince's words, and they didn't even have the time to rest for a while, so they left the palace directly, and then went to the Prime Minister's Mansion in disguise.

Li Xiang is a poor disciple of the Eight Classics, through ten years of hard study and hard work, more than ten years of struggle in the official career, like a rocket to the current position, behind it, it is undeniable that there is the current Great Wei Emperor to help the trouble.

The reason is the same, all because Li Xiangbi has no family, and he can be a pawn of the Great Wei Emperor to contain the development of the scholar clan.

And Li Xiang, who boasted of his greatest political achievement in this life, was to improve the probability that the children of the poor family could enter the court, and help the Great Wei Emperor to develop the imperial examination and cloth the academy, which was used to solve the problem of the poor family having no seeds to study.

Emperor Wei and Li Xiang both had a vision, that is, to make everyone who is interested in reading in the world can study, so that everyone in the world can participate in the imperial examination, so that the poor family is stable, the scholars are stable, and the world is equivalent to half of the peace.

The more noble sons of the poor families are, the less rampant those families will become.

Through the report of the subordinates, Li Xiang learned that the Nine Emperors were here, and saw that he was dressed in disguise, and he did not dare to meet with himself, so he opened the middle door with great fanfare, for fear that others would not know that the Prime Minister's Mansion had a distinguished guest, and this distinguished guest was the Nine Emperor Princes.

The two gathered in the middle hall, and the Nine Emperor Princes specially signaled to let the subordinates in the Prime Minister's Mansion retreat, Li Xiang nodded lightly, waved his hand to those subordinates and signaled them to retreat, and immediately asked:

"I don't know why the Nine Emperor Princes are here today?"

The Nine Emperors got straight to the point and said: "Li Xiang, you are always known as a tumbler in the court, and you have a clear mind, so I won't hide it from you, and I came here to be a lobbyist for my eldest brother." ”

The Nine Emperors deliberately did not use the words 'His Royal Highness' to refer to themselves in front of Li Xiang.

"Your eldest brother?" Li Xiang blurted out without thinking about it, and then said in surprise: "The eldest prince?"

The Nine Emperor Princes said, "Exactly." ”

Li Xiang smiled and said, "Nine Emperor Princes, I don't know the word lobbyist, where to start?"

The Nine Emperor Princes spoke: "Li Xiang, when you come here today, you and I don't have to hide between us, to tell you the truth, what do you think of the current situation in the court?"

Li Xiang twisted his beard and pretended to think: "Now the court can be roughly divided into two factions, one is headed by the old man, who assists His Majesty in changing the law and implementing the new policy, which can be a reform faction.

The second is that Prime Minister Zhong is the leader, who believes that the law of the ancestors is immutable and unfilial, so he does not want His Majesty the Emperor to give a new policy, which can be a conservative faction. ”

The Nine Emperors shook their heads, "I'm not referring to this, Li Xiang, to put it bluntly, now above the court, it can be divided into three factions, the princelings headed by the crown prince Zhong Xiang, the martial arts faction headed by the three princes, the military department, the criminal department, the Ministry of Industry and the military town forces, and the four princes faction backed by the three major families.

Who do you think is the most likely candidate for the throne among these three factions?"

When Li Xiang heard this, he was taken aback, pretended to be angry, slapped the wooden table, and said sharply: "Your Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor Prince, be cautious! Now that Your Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the country has been established for six or seven years, how can you compete for the throne?"

I hope that the Nine Emperor Princes will remember that the four words of misfortune come out of their mouths in the future! The old man is tired and wants to rest, and he will have to annotate His Majesty Zhanggong for approval later, so he will not leave the Nine Emperor Princes more!"

Seeing that Li Xiang was about to leave, the Nine Emperor Princes were not in a hurry, but took a leisurely sip of tea, and after seeing Li Ziyuan take a step or two, he stopped and said:

"Li Xiang is slow, there is a sentence in the next, don't vomit and don't be happy. You and I actually know that my father and the emperor will also be old one day, and if the crown prince succeeds to the throne, according to Zhong Xiang's temperament, how do you think you should deal with yourself?

If the third brother trips His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and then succeeds to the throne, according to the third brother's temperament, he will inevitably emphasize military force and suppress literature, and even recklessly provoke wars against neighboring countries.

And the prime minister's generation of civil ministers, who advocate efforts to develop national strength, will definitely not agree to the third brother's great achievements, what should you do then? Silent seclusion? The change has not yet succeeded, are you unwilling?

In addition, when the fourth brother succeeds to the throne, he will definitely reuse the power of the family, and the prime minister is a child of a poor family, once the fourth brother becomes the emperor, will there still be a way for the children of the poor family in the world to live? I am afraid that there will be no more noble sons from the poor family in the future, right? Moreover, Li Xiang has already offended many family forces in order to give a new policy and change the law of Great Wei, right?

The five surnamed Qiwang clans with the thickest background in the Great Wei Dynasty have long wanted to divide Li Xiang's five horses, right? Throughout the ages, those who failed to change the law had no good end, either resigned and retired and were depressed for the rest of their lives, or they were cut by a thousand knives and let the wild animals eat them.

So at present, the best way for the prime minister is to be concentric with my eldest brother, and the rest have no choice. ”

The Nine Emperors don't care whether they are taboo or not, the only thing he wants to do now is to complete the 'Great Prince's Test' to prove his worth.

And Li Xiang was surprised by the remarks of the Nine Emperors, but quickly recovered his emotions, because he had not thought about these problems, but the loyal monarch and patriotism taught him in the books of the sages he had read since he was a child did not allow him to think about anything wrong.

And what really made Prime Minister Li sit down quietly was the Nine Emperors' words, 'Is there still a way for the disciples of the world's poor sects to live?' Li Xiang ignored the tea cold, took a sip lightly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's comment on the Nine Emperors is really just right." ”

The Nine Emperor Princes asked, "What words?"

Li Xiangdao: "Although it is wise but not wise, although it is forbearant but not measured, it is good at planning but not conspiring with it, and it is also a bad plan." ”

The Nine Emperor Princes frowned, "What's the meaning of the last sentence?"

Li Xiang said with a smile: "Your Majesty is saying that although the Nine Emperor Princes have a secret strategy in their chest and abdomen, they are too clever and smart, and if they are strategists for others, they will definitely die early." ”

The Nine Emperor Princes laughed twice and said, "If you haven't met the Ming Lord, why are you doing this?"

Li Xiang pretended to be curious and said: "Oh, the old man wants to know, what kind of virtue does this great prince have, how can he make the Nine Emperor Princes follow willingly, and also act as a lobbyist for the eldest prince?"

The Nine Emperor Princes said without thinking: "Just because the eldest brother has been willing to defile himself and hide it for many years, this is the heart of a saint, if the eldest brother is the emperor, he will become an emperor through the ages, and the Great Wei can achieve the hegemony among the five countries!"

"So confident?"

"That's it!"

The two of them asked and answered, and there was no figure around the entire central hall, and it should be Li Xiang who secretly ordered through gestures.

If Zhao Changqing knew about this, he would definitely spurt out a bloody scolding: "Lao Tzu is going to be a faint king! What is the emperor of eternity? Who wants to be the one who wants to be the one who is going to be the one who wants to be, and besides, is the eternity enough for Lao Tzu to live? At least for eternity!"

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Xiang asked again: "Why did the Nine Emperor Princes come to be lobbyists today, but the Great Prince was missing?"

The Nine Emperor Princes said: "The eldest brother shined in the court meeting, and he was a blockbuster, and he must be stared at by countless pairs of eyes at this moment, and there is a lot of inconvenience in his actions, so please don't mind Li Xiang, I also came to meet with the prime minister quietly after the hint of the eldest brother." ”

Li Xiang asked again: "If the old man is willing to follow the eldest prince to share weal and woe, what can you promise me?"

This question made the Nine Emperor Princes speechless for a moment!

For a while, I didn't know how to reply.

Li Xiang smiled and shook his head, poured himself a cup of warm tea, and tasted it.

And at this time, the Nine Emperors' eyes suddenly lit up, and they seemed to think of something:

What I said in the eldest brother's palace was full of great rebellion, but the eldest brother did not shy away from it, and still let General Zhao, who took the general's first enemy among the ten thousand armies, by his side, and when he left, General Zhao also followed closely behind the eldest brother.

Such an act must have its deep meaning!

This Zhao Zilong, I heard that it was a poor child who was rescued by his eldest brother. Poor...... Cold!

That's right!

It turns out that this is what Big Brother wants to express!

Why am I so stupid, I only thought about it now!

The eldest brother let a noble son from a poor family stay by his side, and hinted that I was trying to win over Li Xiang, and it was not difficult to guess what he thought! I am so stupid! If only I had one-ten-thousandth of the intelligence of the eldest brother!

Big brother is really a god and a man!

has long analyzed the situation, and the reason for being able to impress Li Xiang is nothing other than the word Hanmen.

Big brother is really wise!

Admire!

After the Nine Emperors figured it out, they were overjoyed.

At this time, the tea had already passed, and the voice of the prime minister was heard in the ears of the Nine Emperor Princes, "His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes, it's not too early, it's time to go back to dinner, and the old man won't leave His Royal Highness." ”

"Wait!" The Nine Emperor Princes stood up excitedly and said: "If the prime minister agrees to follow my eldest brother to live and die with the tribulation, then from today onwards, the Great Wei Dynasty will have a place in the cold family, and even reuse the children of the poor family in the world, in order to inherit the will of Li Xiang's transformation law, so that the world will be clear, and will never be affected by the family, everyone in the people will have a book to read, and the cold family will produce a noble son from generation to generation!"

Li Xiang's body trembled slightly, he didn't know what he was thinking, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "These words, but the eldest prince said them himself?"

The Nine Emperor Princes nodded.

Although this was not said by the eldest brother, it must have been the meaning of the eldest brother.

Otherwise, why would the eldest brother deliberately bring General Zhao, who was born in a poor family, with him to talk to me?

Right!

It must be so!

It seems that I am also quite smart, I have guessed what the eldest brother wants to express vaguely, so I will say, how can the eldest brother, an immortal who can hide himself for many years, not want to fight for the throne? How can it be that what he said to me was only literal?

It's all meaningful!

Such a big brother is worth following me!

Who knew that after Li Xiang saw the Nine Emperors nodding without any hesitation, he suddenly burst into tears in his heart, and thought: "Great Wei, there is finally going to be a bold emperor through the ages." ”

He slowly left here, and said as he walked: "Nine Emperor Princes, let's go back, the old man will give an explanation to the eldest prince and the Nine Emperor Princes in two days." ”

The Nine Emperors were overjoyed!

There's a play!

In the past, several brothers deliberately wooed Li Xiang, but they all asked him to refuse sternly in person.

And this time there is no play!

It's not in vain that the eldest brother has tested my cultivation and spoken seriously!

The Nine Emperor Princes went back with excitement.

It is estimated that if Zhao Changqing knew the magical thinking of the Nine Emperor Princes, he would definitely want to strangle his heart, so that everyone in the world could have a book to read? Isn't that a great literacy? This is what Ming Jun does, and Lao Tzu doesn't do it!

And late that night, in the dead of night, Li Xiang entered the palace to face the saint.

The name is good: send your own annotated folds to Your Majesty for review!