Datang: My identity as prince was exposed by Li Er

The Spring Festival of the fourth year of Zhenguan.

Inside Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat on the throne, and at the foot of the steps were Li Shimin's biological children.

Daughters of the feudal clan were not allowed to participate in the family banquet.

So Tan'er didn't come.

Plate after plate of food was brought out one after another by Shang Shanjian.

Prince Li Chengqian took the lead and gave blessings to Li Shimin and Queen Changsun.

They were all shocked to find that Li Shimin and Queen Changsun were not in high spirits, but they couldn't figure out why.

After a long time, Li Shimin sighed quietly:"This New Year is a day of reunion, but I feel guilty."

"You must also know that in the second year of Wude, the eldest prince Li Yi, who was born together with Gao Ming, was lost for no reason."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he paused, raised his head, and glanced at the prince who sat down. He found that Li Chengqian and Li Tai swayed unconsciously.

Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment and said cautiously:"Father, don't you mean that the eldest prince is already here? Died in infancy?"

Li Shimin used the word 'lost for no reason' and did not use the word"dead young" to describe Li Yi.

This is very intriguing.

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Li Tai also raised his head nervously.

Li Tai had been holding back. He regarded Li Chengqian as his successor. The only stumbling block for the prince.

Now his father suddenly mentioned another former eldest prince who appeared inexplicably.

How could this not make Li Tai nervous?

Everyone was waiting for Li Shimin's answer.

Li Shimin said calmly:"Yi'er is not in good health. Suffering from brain disease, when I was about to inherit the throne, Zuo servant Fang Xuanling did not want me to be criticized by all the officials, so he announced to the public that the eldest prince Li Yi had died young."

"but! What I want to tell you, the eldest prince Li Yi, he is still alive!"

When Li Shimin said these words, the scene suddenly fell into a brief silence.

Li Chengqian hurriedly said:"Okay! My eldest brother is still alive, so great!"

Subsequently, Li Tai and others also echoed with excited expressions:"Great!"

The cold light in Li Chengqian's eyes disappeared in a flash, and he respectfully asked Li Shimin:"Father, where is eldest brother now? Li

Shimin looked at him and asked,"Are you planning to find out the true identity of the eldest prince, and then what will you do?" Li

Chengqian's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly bowed his head:"Father, what are you talking about!" If the eldest brother is alive, this crown prince should belong to the eldest brother!

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian:"Do you really think so?"

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth:"Seriously!""

Li Shimin smiled and said,"I don't know where the eldest prince Li Yi is, and neither does Fang Xuanling. Maybe... he has wandered outside the Great Wall. I just sighed like this, okay, let's have a banquet!"

Li Chengqian and Li Tai breathed a long sigh of relief, and then gradually relaxed their worries.

Externally and to all officials, Li Shimin's chessboard has been deployed.

Now he will start to pave the way for Li Yi internally.

Since he was in Li Mansion Seeing Li Yi's excited and lonely look,

Li Shimin was determined to pave the way for Li Yi. At first, Li Shimin just felt indebted to Li Yi, his eldest son.

But Li Yi did all these things.

Li Shimin believed from the bottom of his heart that Li Yi was a qualified successor to the throne. In some aspects, Li Yi was exactly the same as Li Shimin. The same ruthlessness. The same strong desire to serve. The same emotional weakness. Those who achieve great things never stick to trivial matters.. Of course, these are not enough to support Li Yi as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. What Li Shimin appreciates most is Li Yi's incredible wisdom and political sense. Although he did not participate in politics, if you think about it carefully, he Li Yi did Which one of them did not save Li Shimin and save the Tang Dynasty from fire and water? Li Shimin had many sons, but most of them were icing on the cake. When they encountered difficulties, they could not solve them. When they encountered meritorious deeds, they echoed and said a few words about their father's wisdom..Li Shimin didn’t lack people who could make the cake better, but he lacked people who could help him in times of need. The dinner was eaten very quickly. Li Chengqian and Li Tai were talking about the same thing. After the banquet, the two of them went back home in a daze. Li Shimin did not continue to care about these things.. After the Spring Festival. Next, he will plunge into the intense Zhenguan Five Years. Next, Li Shimin has two things to deal with first. The first is the opening of the Jinshi College in the upcoming Zhenguan Five Years. The second Two, sorting out and accounting for all the accounts of the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Zhenguan. After a ten-day break, the eldest grandson Sun De and Xiao Yu found Li Shimin. They began to negotiate with Li Shimin about the examination questions for the Jinshi subjects. The Jinshi subjects and the Ming Jing subjects are different. It The scope of coverage is very wide. The first comprehensive test involves classics and meanings, laws, arithmetic, etc. This test covers a wide range of topics, but most of them are objective questions, mostly fill-in-the-blank and short-answer questions, and the answers are fixed. , there is not much room for free expression. The second test on poetry, according to the practice of previous years, is usually one poem with one word, with a prescribed rhythm or theme, and other candidates can freely express themselves. The third test on policy theory

……

Inside the Li Mansion.

Shangguan Yi informed Li Yi one by one about the contents of the Jinshi Department.

Li Yi suddenly became enlightened.

He touched his chin and said uncertainly:"In this case, wouldn't there be a lot of questions in the exam?"

Shangguan Yi nodded and said:"It's because the questions in the Jinshi subject are complicated and difficult, so generally speaking, those who can answer 70% to 80% of the answers correctly are Already available for employment"

"But it is a pity that the scope of Jinshi subjects is too wide, including astronomy, geography, military, arithmetic, etc. It can be said that the six books of the Tang Dynasty will have questions filled in. As a result, few people can answer 50% of the answers correctly in previous years. Very few."

Li Yi listened to Shangguan Yi's words and said:"These are really test questions carefully prepared by the imperial court for prospective officials of the Tang Dynasty. If you can answer these things, becoming an official... will be really easy!"

No wonder people say that the Jinshi examination in the Tang Dynasty is very valuable.

If you don't have a huge knowledge reserve, it would be really difficult to pass the exam.

No wonder Wang Xingbang of the Wang family in Taiyuan is so arrogant. I am so arrogant. How arrogant!

These days, Shangguan Yi is reviewing books.

Li Yi is not idle either.

Although he only knows the topic of strategy.

But the other two days are nothing more than dabbling in the knowledge of the Six Parts of the Tang Dynasty. He has some historical materials about the Six Parts of the Tang Dynasty.

He went through these days carefully and took notes on some knowledge points that he thought were good.

In other words... Li Yi was guessing!

As for how high the hit rate is, Li Yi had no idea.

He put his hands behind his back, looked at Shangguan Yi, and said for no reason:"Don't be nervous, it doesn't matter even if you fail the exam, don't put pressure on yourself."

Shangguanyi was a little touched.

At first, my mentor was so mad at Di Renjie. Now it's my turn, and my mentor's attitude has changed so quickly?

It seems that my mentor still loves me!

Fortunately, Di Renjie is not around, otherwise he would be jealous to death

Li Yi took out a booklet from his arms and said,"These are some notes I took in my spare time. You have to read them when you have time."

Shangguan Yi nodded heavily:"Teacher!" I will definitely pass the exam!"

"It doesn’t matter if you fail the exam."Li Yidao

"No! I'm going to pass the exam!"

"It really doesn't matter, I won't blame you as a teacher."

Shangguanyi said with a sad face:"I made a bet with Wu Yuanqing……"

"What bet?"Li Yi was a little wary.

"It's just...that's it, a bet of 10,000 yuan. Li

Yi nodded:"Oh... eh, that's not right. How can you have money?""

Shangguanyi looked at Li Yi weakly.

"Shangguan Yi! You evildoer! Why are you gambling with my money? You, you... you can't pass the exam, I can't beat you to death! Let me read a book! Now! immediately! roll!"