"When Da Lang comes out of the palace, have you decided how to canonize him?"
"I haven't had time to think about it carefully yet. I'll discuss it with Wen Dalin and the others in two days. The prince always has to be conferred first. Do you think King Yong is better, or King Qin?"
"It's almost the same. It's a little late for Dalang to be crowned king. Your ministers must think that you don't like him, so you won't be disadvantageous to him, right?"
Li Bi's worries are not unreasonable. It is normal for ministers from other dynasties to try to figure out the king's intentions. It was too late for Li Yuan to be crowned king, so some people who think they are smart may guess something.
It's okay now, but when the second son of the emperor is older, it will be hard to say.
No matter when the battle for the throne comes, it is always a big drama. If you are not careful, even the emperor himself will be involved.
"You are blaming me again... It's okay. You and I are in good health. If anyone dares to ignore our son, I will let him never have to ignore anyone again."
Seeing that her husband was speaking carelessly, Li Bi punched her husband in annoyance, "You don't have to deal with me like this. If that's the case, I can make those people feel powerful without your husband having to do anything."
Li Po rolled his eyelids, "I mean, how big of a deal is it to say something special? Those people in the outer court have so many minds, how can they still rush into your hand like a fool?"
Li Bidao: "I'm just afraid that they have too many evil intentions, so I have to find one of them to scare the monkeys..."
Hearing her say that she was more cruel than him, as if someone was really careless and came to harm her son, Li Po couldn't help but laugh, "You can save it... After you said that, I really want to send a few people there."
It will be interesting to tease Yuan'er and see what he will do."
Li Bi immediately opened her eyes after hearing this. After thinking about it for a while, she burst out laughing, slapping her husband's hand and saying: "My husband, another person would never be able to think of such a method.
It's okay to say it's harmless. My son has been raised in the palace all year round and no one dares to offend him. His heart may be softer. It's not impossible to let him know that people's hearts are sinister."
"God's Coming"
Li Po couldn't help but laugh. His wife was really in tune with him on some things, and she was very receptive to his weird ideas that often came up. Sometimes she could even make suggestions.
The two couples gathered together to think about it for a long time, and they both felt that this matter was not very reliable, and the slightest mistake could easily ruin their son's reputation.
If someone provokes someone, what should he do as the eldest son of the emperor? No matter whether he is cruel or soft-hearted, it is hard to say what the result will be.
Moreover, Li Yuan was only nine years old, so he couldn't make any big decisions. The people around him had to make the decision. So, who was going to be tested in school, his son's temperament or the incompetence of the people around him?
Therefore, if the emperor deliberately wanted to dig a hole for his son, generally speaking, it would not be to take the exam. It would be because he was really dissatisfied with his son and wanted to give him a stick.
So the couple lazily drank the tea soup again, feeling a little unsatisfied.
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"This time I'm going to make an alliance with Yang Huan, but you have to take the trouble to show me the next one. You were very clever last time and made Xiao Shiwen and Li Gang very embarrassed, haha."
Li Bi lightly patted his wife's butt, and her eyes narrowed as expected, "It's your husband who has taken control of them. Otherwise, how could I, a womanly woman, make people like them obey me?"
By the way, how long will it take to make an alliance with the Turks this time?"
Li Po said: "I'll go back as soon as possible. The Turks are also in a hurry. Everything is almost ready, all they need is the east wind.
Once the negotiations are settled, the Turks will be able to show off their minions again."
Li Bi didn't know much about this matter. She just heard about the alliance. When her husband said it, she couldn't help but said with some doubts: "Did your husband say that the Turks are going to launch an army? Where do they want to attack? Where do they want to attack?"
Are you going to completely eradicate Ashina Dawen?"
Li Po shook his head and said with a smile: "You must underestimate her. Ashina is just a dying person. She is now interested in the Western Regions and wants to restore the glory of the Turkic Great Khan."
Li Bi said with great fascination: "Princess Yicheng has been in the Turks for more than thirty years, right? What kind of woman is she? I really want to see her with my own eyes..."
Li Po hugged his wife's shoulders and said, "What's the matter? Compared with you, she has only been born a few more years, and she is in Turks, married to both father and son. How can she be open to outsiders in such a desolate place?
?
Now that she has been a Turkic Khan for many years, she has not massacred Ashina's people. Just for this reason, you should know how powerful she is.
But don’t think that since her surname is Yang, everything will be safe. Look after her house so that I can deal with her with peace of mind. You must know that this time the Turks launch an army to the west, they will definitely not let the Tang Dynasty have any trouble.
Multiplyable...
Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Bi rolled her eyes at her husband and leaned on her husband's shoulder with regret, "What's so clear about that? Isn't it that I can't go with you?"
Li Po laughed. His wife had been staying in Chang'an for six years. Last year, she went to Luoyang with him for a walk, and she was in a very good mood.
In fact, comparing his feelings, Li Po stayed in Chang'an for a year or two and wanted to go out and relax. His wife had not been raised in a boudoir since she was a child. She must have been tired of staying in the palace all the time.
What he said just now revealed that he wanted to go to the north together. If he thought it was a joke and coaxed him verbally, maybe he would agree to it.
If he dares to go back on his word, he will probably be kicked out of Qingning Palace again, and it will take a long time to coax him.
We are an old husband and wife, and each of us knows the basics of what we say, and sometimes we know what it means when we start talking. At best, there is a tacit understanding, and at worst, it is boring.
It's just that both husband and wife are people who do big things and know the importance of mutual tolerance.
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"The results of the imperial examination will be released in early May. I have a lot of things to do here, so I'll do as I did last time. You go and take care of it. The Xinglin Banquet cannot be stopped and must continue."
"The trouble last time was not very good. It was the debate between North and South, and the exam questions were leaked. It's not over yet, right?"
"Scholars have many things to worry about, and literature is not the first. The dispute between the North and the South cannot be settled. The last debate seemed to have been handled properly. In fact, after this debate, the southerners and the northerners could be considered to have formed a lasting friendship.
Get rid of hatred.
You see, those Jinshi selected last time, when they enter the court and serve as officials, they will definitely have to compete with each other, and that will be a lively time.
As for leaking exam questions, it is estimated that it will be inevitable in the future. If you can benefit from it, there are people who are willing to take risks. The better your department is, the greater the benefits will be visible to others, and the more inevitable the disadvantages will be."
"Isn't everything in the world like this? My husband has said before that everything has pros and cons. As long as the pros outweigh the cons, you might as well do it."
"Yes, that's what I'm saying. All we have to do is get started, and the rest is just a matter of time and effort to prevent the slightest glitches. You can't stop eating because of choking.
Therefore, it is normal for the imperial examination to have its ups and downs. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Now that the situation has opened up a little bit, we need to pay more attention.
When you serve snacks, you are not afraid of luxury. The purpose of establishing the reputation of the Xinglin Banquet is to let people know that only the most talented and learned people in the world can enter the banquet."
"My husband is trying to win over people's hearts again. Why don't all the scholars shed tears of gratitude for receiving this kind treatment? Are you asking to be my husband's lackey?"
Li Po laughed, hugged his wife tightly and said, "The word running dog is not used well. If I say it, he is the hero of the world. He will be put into my jar."
Li Bi smiled and said: "My husband is very courageous, but it's a pity that heroes are hard to find among scholars. Look at those people back then, who of them looked like scholars? In other words, Li Xuansui was still a bit of a scholar."
"Li Xuansu?"
Seeing that her husband showed his ignorance again, Li Bi couldn't stop giggling, "Li Mi, whose courtesy name is Xuan Sui. That man should be considered an authentic scholar, right?"
Li Po touched his beard in embarrassment. Li Mi was famous for his killing skills, but he really didn't know Li Mi's cousin, and few people mentioned it. Many people in Henan Province called Li Mi Duke Wei, and Wang Shichong's side
Some people call him Thief Li.
So he started to make excuses, "You can't say that, right? Li Yuan, Xiao Xian and the people they used, how many people really can't read a single word?"
That is to say, when we were in Yunnei, we couldn't recruit many talents, and we only had many illiterate people under our command."
This sentence made Li Bi amused, "That's not bad. I think back then, I was my husband's teacher. I read half of the Buddhist scriptures and didn't even turn a few pages of the book, but I was still able to write a good poem for Li Sanniang."
, my husband is so naturally wise, it is really enviable."
At this point, the mother-in-law suddenly said, "Ah, if you forget where your husband is from, you must be pretending to be a concubine. Unfortunately for your husband, I didn't realize anything about your husband's cunningness."
, Hehe, he does look like a scholar."
Li Po grinned. He had incurred a lot of debts in his early years, especially regarding his origins. Even he himself was not sure about it, so he could only pretend to deal with it.
However, the information obtained from various aspects over the years can generally prove that he is indeed the bloodline of the Hongnong Yang family, and this point no longer requires precise research.
Those who know know it, and those who don’t know may never know it. His own attitude is neither to deny nor to admit it.
At this stage in the early Tang Dynasty, some conveniences could be given to him.
For example, if there was no such secret relationship with the Turks, Ashina Yang Huan would have regarded him as a rebellious official and a traitor, and the two families would have started fighting long ago.
Another example is the Hongnong Yang family. As a remnant of the previous dynasty, he will probably not be as honest as he is now. He will take care of the Yang family intentionally or unintentionally. The implicit meaning is also very obvious. We are a family, and you are all
You have to be more honest with me.
Yang Gongren and others understood this very well and had done many things for him in recent years. They all hoped that for the sake of his bloodline, he could help the Yang family of Hongnong, which had been severely damaged, to revive its family name.