The atmosphere in the Exorcist Tower was high, and Li Bai, who had gained a lot of face, introduced his friends to Li Yunze.
"This is King Zhihuan of Jinyang, a man of great chivalry and loyalty."
"This is Meng Haoran from Xiangyang, who is famous all over the world."
"This is Jiangling Cen Shen. He is a rare talent and is called a child prodigy."
"Gongxian Du Zimei is so heroic and courageous that she can conquer the sky"
"Who is this"
After some introduction, Li Yunze had seen several of them in the textbook.
"You are all great sages in the world." Li Yunze smiled and surrounded him with his hands. "It is really a great blessing to be able to gather together today."
His official official status in Luoyang this time was to supervise the imperial examination.
In other words, he is the one who ultimately decides who gets admitted and who fails.
This is because the Tang Dynasty did not attach much importance to the imperial examination, so this assignment fell into his hands easily.
In the Song and Ming dynasties, they were all disciples of the emperor. How could they be handed over to the prince to be taken under his disciples?
Unlike in later generations, when you get help and fall out, friendship is valued in this era. Anyone who helps you owes you a favor. If you don't repay it or fall out, you will be regarded as a shameful person and ridiculed by the world, and no one will dare to believe it in the future.
You use you.
Li Yunze tied up Li Linfu to help him do things because Li Linfu came to the throne through Concubine Wu Hui's family.
If he comes to Luoyang this time and selects these people to be admitted as Jinshi, then these people will definitely be regarded as the people of the longevity king.
If you don't work for the Shou King, or join the prince or other people's disciples, if you don't have a justifiable reason, such as your sister marrying the prince, then you will only become the laughing stock of the world in this life.
Nature is also subject to quality
suspect.
And this is the rule of this era.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this kind of thing would only become more serious.
During the imperial examination, there was a teacher, and when he entered the official court, he was regarded as a figure of the same school as the teacher.
But for Li Yunze now, this is a good thing.
"You are all talented people, and it is a blessing to meet you today."
For Li Yunze, such things as talking nonsense are completely easy for him. He picked up the wine glass and signaled, "Today I will have a drink with you all to make friends. Come, come, drink~~~"
These famous officials who came to the imperial examination to seek official positions were very excited and nervous in front of Li Yunze, the person who could ultimately decide their fate. They felt a little unable to let go when they spoke.
Li Yunze saw it, and looked at Li Bai who had already landed ashore: "Taibai, it is fate that we all get together to drink together. At this time, don't talk about your status, just enjoy yourself and entertain all the talents on my behalf."
Li Bai, who didn't realize that he was already the leader of the atmosphere team, stood up happily holding the wine glass to liven up the atmosphere.
Most of the people here are famous officials, and one of the synonyms of famous officials is wild and unrestrained.
I drank a lot at first, but after the atmosphere became lively, I drank a lot of Dong family's famous wine, and soon started to live a wild life.
Li Yunze, who was sitting on the main seat, was smiling and drinking and eating food, while silently observing these people.
They are talented but cannot be pragmatic, so let them be the atmosphere team to boast about the prosperous times and leave their names in the history books.
Be low-key and prudent, arrange practical matters and work conscientiously if you can.
If you can neither blow nor do it, then you have to give up.
The wine table is naturally a time to look at character, after all, you speak the truth after drinking.
How they behave after being drunk and what they say after being drunk will directly affect their weight in Li Yunze's heart and also affect their future destiny.
But at this time, there are very few people who can see this.
When the atmosphere became heated, Li Yunze, who was eating his food, would bring up a few topics from time to time to test everyone in the school.
The general ones are like what strategy the Tang Dynasty will use to govern the world, and the specific affairs are like what should be done if a peasant woman comes to complain that her chickens have been stolen if Er and others become local parents.
If this kind of topic appears on the examination paper, it will naturally be interesting to write about it.
Even at the beginning of the banquet, everyone will talk very beautifully.
But now, with Li Bai as the leader of the atmosphere group taking the lead, everyone wanted to show off in front of Li Yunze. In addition, the alcohol in the Dong family's wine was indeed quite high, so they were all drunk and uncontrollable.
Keep your emotions and mouth in check.
What they said at this time was truly what they were thinking.
Yang Hui on the side looked at the scene in front of him in amazement.
This brother-in-law is really not simple.
For him, this is a good thing.
The stronger Li Yunze's ability, the greater the possibility of success.
If it succeeds, he, as a brother-in-law who helps a lot, will naturally benefit from it.
If it doesn't happen, it must happen, otherwise his brother-in-law will inevitably suffer the same fate.
Thinking of this, Yang Hui, who couldn't sit still, began to seriously look at the people in front of him, hoping to find some capable helpers for Li Yunze.
After some investigation, it was found that Du Fu, who advocated benevolent government, was more in line with Li Yunze's wishes. The Tang Dynasty looked bright and beautiful, but inside it was already burning with fire and sparks flying everywhere.
At this time, excessive taxation will only ignite the fire, and implementing benevolent government to reduce the burden on the people is the right choice.
Meng Haoran's character is too plain and somewhat self-centered, he only cares about his own physical and mental happiness and doesn't care about other things.
With this kind of mentality, if you were doing practical work, you would probably not care about anything.
As for Cen Shen, his character is a bit radical.
In words, he longed for the military and was very interested in opening up territories in the Western Regions.
Wang Zhihuan is pretty good. Although the Young Ranger was a street kid when he was young, he is quite steady in his speech and can give reasonable responses to the pragmatic questions raised by Li Yunze.
In addition, Li Yunze made another unexpected discovery.
There was a man named Gao Shi who was steady, upright and upright. He dared to criticize unfair things in front of Li Yunze, and even bluntly said that the emperor spent too much money and favored barbarians. This kind of talent was very suitable to be a censor.
As for the rest of the people, there are mixed reviews.
Generally speaking, the abilities of these famous officials are relatively good.
After all, there were not as many scholars in the Tang Dynasty as there were in later generations, and those who could participate in the imperial examination were the elite among the elite.
Since we are elites, it goes without saying much about their character. Of course, there is a bottom line in terms of ability.
Li Yunze, who remained calm and collected, learned a lot about famous officials through a banquet.
Although he is not even a prince now, he is already thinking about how to arrange things after he ascends to the throne.
No matter how powerful Li Yunze is, he can't handle everything by himself.
This huge Tang Dynasty needs many talents to assist in its governance.
Li Yunze despised the popular recommendation system from the bottom of his heart. Isn't this the so-called three generations of ancestral system?
Apart from seducing women to show off their wealth and humiliate the people, what else can he do?
After he takes office, he will definitely pay attention to the imperial examination.
For example, in the current imperial examination, only three or five people have to be selected as Jinshi, and they have to be occupied by noble families. This must be changed.
A banquet was enjoyed by everyone.
When Li Bai and others got drunk, Li Yunze, who already knew them well, called on his entourage to send everyone away.
Yang Hui then smiled and asked, "Who do you like?"
Li Yunze smiled without saying a word and picked up the wine glass.
These people are pretty good. If they have good character and good character and practice, they can basically be regarded as talents.
It's just that he seems to be a prince now, but the power in his hands is still too weak, and it is difficult to give these people huge room for advancement.
Therefore, important things must be carried out quickly.
Thinking of this, Li Yunze turned his head and looked at Yang Hui and said, "Brother-in-law, you and Sister Eighteen should go back to Chang'an City after the New Year."
Yang Hui wondered, "Why is this?"
"I need your help in the palace."
Concubine Wu Hui was already fanning the flames and constantly speaking ill of the prince in Li Sanlang's ears.
Li Linfu was much smarter. He started from political affairs and continuously passed on some matters that were sensitive to Li Sanlang to Zhang Jiuling.
Zhang Jiuling was a famous minister of his generation, and he was also an upright person.
He vigorously promoted those things that made Li Sanlang unhappy, which naturally made Li Sanlang very disgusted.
Gao Lishi, who seized the opportunity, inadvertently and lightly applied eye drops to Zhang Jiuling.
The prime ministers here in the Tang Dynasty were extremely powerful, and even the emperor had to give way to them.
In order to limit the power of the prime minister, Li Sanlang even introduced eunuchs to compete with the prime ministers. The most direct consequence of this incident was that the eunuch group in the late Tang Dynasty had great power and could even dethrone the emperor.
The rise of eunuchs in later generations basically originated from the strategy promoted by Li Sanlang of using eunuchs to check and balance the power of the prime minister.
The operation progressed relatively smoothly, but the fundamental reason was that Li Sanlang himself was already dissatisfied with the prince and Zhang Jiuling.
If the prince reigns for too long, he will gradually develop his own power. After all, he has the title of prince.
By the same token, if a prime minister has been in office for a long time, he will also have his own power, which will affect the emperor's control over the court.
What made Li Sanlang even more dissatisfied was that Zhang Jiuling firmly supported Prince Li Ying.
Since the prince and the prime minister stood together, the emperor was naturally worried.
Therefore, changing the status of the prince every once in a while was a kind of strategy for Li Sanlang to control the overall situation.
It is not like what the history books say, everything was framed by Concubine Wu Hui, Li Linfu and others.
If you really trust Li Ying and Zhang Jiuling, all kinds of false accusations will be useless.
The truth is that Li Sanlang, out of consideration for consolidating his own power, already had the idea of exchanging things for the prince.
The actions of Concubine Wu Hui, Li Linfu and even Gao Lishi only gave him an excuse to follow the trend.
Of course, this matter still lacks a crucial step, which is the last straw that breaks the camel's back and gives Li Sanlang a legitimate reason to take action.
Li Yunze couldn't do the job of giving reasons because he couldn't bear the stain.
Therefore, Yang Hui and Wu Huifei must take the blame for this matter.
For Li Yunze, who is extremely experienced, he has already seen everything clearly.
After all, in essence, no matter how many postures are used to toss and turn, the root and ultimate goal is to penetrate deep into the enemy's nest and blast out hundreds of millions of elite soldiers!