The First Family of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2604: What is Lao Cheng doing? I'm here to sha

What does this mean, Your Majesty? Could it be, because the good plan he came up with on a brainwave was blocked by a group of ministers.

Feeling annoyed, ready to find someone to tidy up and vent your anger?

A group of vulgar warriors, from the very beginning to now, have been making up mud-bodied woodcarvings.

There is no way, the imperial examination to select scholars is the jurisdiction of those civil servants who talk like sparrows.

Even if they want to make trouble, they can't do it, but there are people who make trouble out of nothing.

Yu Chigong stared at Changsun Wuji with disgust on his face, and complained in a low voice.

"What's the matter with that fat man? He's so close to His Majesty, and now he actually refuses His Majesty's wishes. How could it be so?"

The voice was not loud, but all the rough men could hear it clearly, and they didn't care too much, after all, Changsun Wuji was already fat.

In private, this group of vulgar old men would call this eldest grandson official in such a cryptic way.

"Does it need to be said? I'm afraid it's someone who has other ideas in his heart..."

Li Ji chuckled, his eyes bright like an old fox.

Cheng, who was so idle in the courtroom, heard the old brother beside him squeaking, and couldn't help but elbow him.

"Brother, you are also one of the six ministers. Since the official department is so busy, why don't you just volunteer to take this job?"

"...Old Cheng, can you stop making trouble, what's the matter if you leave me with the job done by the official department?"

Li Ji's face turned dark immediately. I'm the Ministry of War, and I'm in charge of you guys who are vulgar warriors, okay?

Although Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji's murmurs were not loud, they were not small, and all of their heads turned towards that side in an instant.

Pairs of eyes full of disgust and contempt fell on General Cheng's cheeky face.

"Look at what old Cheng is doing?" Cheng Yaojin's eyeballs bulged, and he suddenly became excited.

"Old Cheng, I am here to share your majesty's worries. Your majesty is willing to improve the methods of imperial examinations for the sake of talented people in the world. This is a great thing."

"As a result, hehe... it's like this, it's so embarrassing.

If His Majesty makes Lao Cheng Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Lao Cheng dares to accept this job, who of you would dare? "

"!!" A group of civil servants full of distorted stomachs, all brushed the ground as black as a pot.

Changsun Wuji, who bears the brunt of the blow, was almost so angry that he had an **** fissure, and he was so angry that hemorrhoids recurred.

His mouth was trembling, and he didn't know how to refute this vulgar warrior.

Li Shimin stared at Cheng Yaojin in a daze, his eyelids twitched wildly, but the words of this dung stirrer made his heart very bright.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Changsun Wuji, whose face was darkened and his mouth was trembling.

Li Shimin knew very well what kind of tactic Changsun Wuji was playing, it was delaying, and the reason for the delay was that he didn't want the system of anonymous transcription to be passed.

At least during the period when he presided over the Ministry of Officials, he continued to be able to secretly make friends with those aristocratic families through the loopholes in the imperial examination.

This made Li Shimin very upset, but he didn't want to explode on the spot, and there was a rift with his uncle in this situation.

Therefore, Li Shimin was thinking about whether he should change to a minister of the official department, but then, those ministers would understand that he was not satisfied with Changsun Wuji's answer.

I still remember that Cheng Sanlang once made a crooked sentence before, thinking that the Ministry of Officials already had great power, and such a major matter as selecting scholars through the imperial examination should not continue to be in the Ministry of Officials.

Cheng Sanlang's father suddenly confronted those ministers here, which provided Li Shimin with a new way of thinking.

I don't even need to replace the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to solve this problem.

While Li Shimin was in deep thought, Cheng Yaojin quarreled with those guys.

"That's enough, shut up!" Li Shimin, who had made up his mind, suddenly slapped the desk and shouted loudly.

General Cheng, who was besieged but was still able to remain unharmed, complacently pleaded guilty to His Majesty, and then retreated back to his position.

Those sub-wenchens all looked disgruntled, after all, they and others were once again made into the background board by Cheng Yaojin's thick-skinned.

Li Shimin stroked his long beard, slightly nodded at the eldest grandson Wuji and spoke softly.

"Wuji, what you said is true. Indeed, the Ministry of Officials is the head of the six ministries, and it is in charge of important matters such as the appointment, dismissal, examination, promotion, honor, and transfer of civil servants in the world."

"Originally, the work is heavy, but the method of reforming the imperial examination system really needs a lot of thought to make it happen."

Hearing this, Changsun Wuji felt relieved, and hurried out to salute Li Shimin in gratitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for being considerate of the officials of the Ministry of Officials..."

Changsun Wuji was about to continue praising the wisdom and generosity of this old friend, but he heard Li Shimin speak again.

"Let's get on with it. It's because I didn't think carefully. The official department has the most important tasks and is the head of all the departments. Therefore, I think that among the six departments in the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, one of them is just right to take the task of selecting scholars through the imperial examination."

"???" Changsun Wuji raised his head in astonishment, and looked at the smiling Li Shimin.

My brain is a little bit troubled, and I don't understand what this brother-in-law means at all.

As for the other officials, they all looked stunned in shock, and then all of them turned their eyes on Li Ji.

Li Ji himself was also dazed, standing on the spot with his mouth slanted and his eyes slanting, careful to bump his belly like a deer.

Is it possible that His Majesty is really willing to listen to Lao Cheng's coquettish words, and why does he actually leave the work of literati to our Ministry of War?

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"..." Li Shimin did not expect that after he uttered such a sentence, everyone would look at Li Ji instead of continuing to look at himself who is wise and mighty.

He coughed twice unwillingly, and then opened his mouth in a deep voice, breaking the awkward silence. ;

"Douluqing~lightnovelpub.net~I intend to entrust the imperial examination to the Ministry of Rites, what do you think?"

Li Ji, who had a heart like a deer, had black lines on his face, opened and closed his mouth silently, and rolled his eyes resentfully.

And the rest of the ministers all looked at the Minister of Rites, Dou Lukuan, who was also dumbfounded.

The son of Dou Lutong, the Duke of Nanchen County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the nephew of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, and his mother was Princess Changle.

The Doulu family was originally a branch of the Murong family of the Xianbei tribe. Murong Chang, the king of Houyanbeidi, surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty, was granted the prefect of Changle, and was given the **** Doulu. Since then, he has been using Doulu as his surname.

Dou Lukuan, who finally recovered from the shock, hurriedly saluted Li Shimin and replied loudly.

"Your Majesty has an order, and there is no reason for me not to obey. The old minister is willing to do his best."

Seeing Dou Lukuan like this, the ministers whose faces changed drastically couldn't help feeling cold, and Changsun Wuji's face was also faintly blue, but he couldn't speak. 12330/10548326