Datang: Get a god-level selection system at the beginning

The imperial decree passed through Zhongshu and Menxia Province quickly, and was sent to the Prince Qin's residence. After receiving the imperial decree, Li Wenbin fumbled for the words on the imperial decree and let out a long sigh.

No matter what, this poor woman can finally feel at ease, and I am worthy of her kindness.

The imperial decree also stated that after the completion of Li Shimin's tomb, Li's family will be attached to the tomb, which is a complete recognition of her identity.

Since then, no one can say that Li Wenbin is an adulterer, and the last obstacle to his becoming the real prince has been removed.

"My lord's holy family is flourishing."

Xu Jingzong, the chief secretary of the palace, looked at Li Wenbin with a look of emotion, and expressed his admiration.

Originally, he was just an ordinary bachelor in Qin Wangfu. The young Xu Jingzong didn't show his knowledge all at once, and he seemed a little unknown under the aura of many famous officials.

Until Li Wenbin was named King of Qin, he discovered Xu Jingzong's name when he looked through the list of officials in the Qin Palace.

It was only during Gaozong's period that he made great progress, and his official career was prosperous in the Wuzhou Zhou Dynasty, and he finally had a good death. This made Li Wenbin very interested in this famous "treacherous official" in history.

If it was a cruel official like Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, Li Wenbin would kill him without even thinking about it, but Xu Jingzong himself is very talented and can be used as a sharp knife.

As for whether the direction the sharp blade is pointing at will be counterattacked, it still depends on the ability of the person holding the knife—and Li Wenbin has such confidence.

Li Wenbin, who was proclaimed King of Qin by Li Shimin, felt a sense of crisis after careful consideration. He felt that his emperor's father would continue to sharpen him, and even use the method of raising Gu to sharpen him into a true generation of Mingjun.

Li Wenbin even suspected that Li Shimin's method is what he learned from Li Yuan...

Belonging to family history.

Li Wenbin didn't know if such an idea was true, it was just his intuition.

For this reason, Li Wenbin urgently needs to build up his own team, the kind that can be devoted to him.

And Xu Jingzong is a very suitable person, as long as he can be mastered thoroughly, then he can play a great role.

But if it is not used well, or if the person holding the knife is weak, then it is possible to suffer backlash.

"Old Xu, come and sit down."

Li Wenbin waved to Xu Jingzong who was not far away: "Don't always hide in the shadows and watch people, you will scare the children, don't you know that? Even if you can't scare the children, it's not good to scare those flowers and plants."

Having been in contact with Li Wenbin a lot, Xu Jingzong already knew that the King of Qin was actually very easy-going towards his own people, and he rarely put on airs as a prince.

"My lord, do you want to ask me if there is any deep meaning in His Majesty's move?"

"That's right, Old Xu. Until today, Emperor Father was willing to chase after me as the king's biological mother, but at such a good time. So I want to ask you what you think."

Holding his chin and thinking for a while, Xu Jingzong said uncertainly: "I think that His Majesty's doing this is to let the lord attack those aristocratic families."

"Do you think so too?"

"Then I would like to ask the lord first, what are your thoughts?"

"This king thinks that my father did this to see if this king will be controlled by the aristocratic family and will reproduce the past of the Sui Dynasty."

Sui Wendi's wife, Dugu, was the daughter of a powerful family. She bullied the emperor's husband so badly. Yang Jian didn't know how many times he was angry and "run away from home", but in the end he went back obediently.

And the reason why Emperor Sui Yang was able to cause chaos in the world within a few years was also because of the powerful family - but he did not follow the powerful family, but did it to eradicate the powerful family.

When Li Wenbin was reading Sui history, he always had a feeling that Yang Guang wanted to die with the clan. In order to consume the power of the clan, he did not hesitate to conquest Goguryeo, which made people resentful.

In the end, the doorman did not fall, but he fell first.

Although it also greatly consumed the strength of the clan, it was indeed a bit too expensive to do so.

"My lord, if His Majesty really entrusts you with the task of dealing with the powerful, what will you do?"

"This king thinks that to hit a snake, you have to hit seven inches. The most powerful thing about the gentry is their heirlooms of poetry and books. Almost all the scholars come from their families. Even if the imperial court wants to be brave and poor, there are no scholars at all. , so we can only rely on them.”

"If I let this king do it, it will break the monopoly of the elite on culture, and truly make reading and literacy accessible to ordinary people, instead of being out of reach as before."

"My lord, if you really do this, what you will face is the wrath of the gentry in the world. And even I am actually a member of the gentry. Does the lord really trust me, Xu Jingzong?"

"Believe it, because we have the same goal at the moment."

"Oh? Does the lord know what the minister's goal is?"

"Reinvigorate the Xu family and make the Xu family a top-notch family, is that right?"

"..." Xu Jingzong was silent for a moment, then nodded, "My lord is right. If I really helped him achieve this step, he will definitely reward me. Then won't my Xu family become a new family? Isn't the prince afraid of backlash?"

"Don't be afraid, because this king has insights that the two former Sui emperors didn't have!"

As the two talked, they drank wine, and the more they chatted, the happier they became. Later, they even started talking about how Xu Jingzong would rebel in the future, how he would control the court, and how he would evade Li Wenbin.

But it was such a rebellious topic that made the two of them chat more excitedly, as if they were conducting a war game.

This discussion continued until late at night, until Xu Jingzong was too drunk to drink.

Although Li Wenbin had already drank a lot of wine now, he couldn't even stand upright—you don't need to play tricks when drinking with his own people, and Li Wenbin didn't let Ruyue mix the wine with water.

Although he was staggering at this time, his mind was extremely clear, and he had a clear idea of ​​how to deal with the powerful and powerful.

Sure enough, a few days after Li Wenbin and Xu Jingzong had a long talk all night, the opportunity came.

The governor of Jingzhou, Li Yi, the king of Yanjun, rebelled.

This Li Yi is the Luo Yi in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty that Wu De surrendered to for three years, because of his repeated great achievements, he was named the king of the county and given the surname Li.

Li Yi and the former prince Jiancheng had a good relationship, although Li Shimin showed generosity and did not pursue Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's remnants too much, but he was still anxious.

In the end, under the bewitchment of Li's daughter, a rebellious flag was set up to rebel against Datang.