The backbone of the current dynasty is also centered on Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, all civil servants who are around forty years old and in their forties.

Most of these people are also former ministers of the Qin Palace in the early years.

The court needs new people to replenish its vitality. Old people like Wang Gui do not have so much energy to deal with government affairs in the court.

After Li Shimin opened the imperial examination, more and more veterans left.

When important ministers like Gao Shilian left the court, Wang Gui was the second one, and he didn't know who was next.

Wang Gui said that he was going to Liaodong to recuperate and take a post in Liaodong as the county governor. Everyone could see that His Majesty wanted to keep him, so he agreed half-heartedly.

At this moment, Zhang Yang was wearing a patched coarse cloth and a bamboo hat on his head. He looked like a farmer standing on the roadside.

A carriage came slowly, Zhang Yang greeted: "Mr. Wang, please stay."

The carriage stopped, and Wang Gui stepped out of the carriage with an unhappy expression, "Who stopped me from driving?"

The person in front of me took off his bamboo hat and saw that it was Zhang Yang.

Wang Gui couldn't help but said: "What else do you want?"

Zhang Yang was holding a basket of salted duck eggs in his hand, "The salted duck eggs made at home can be eaten by the old man on the road."

I’ve also heard of salted duck eggs in Chang’an City, and His Majesty in the Palace also likes to eat them.

Wang Gui was still confused, "You just want to give me salted duck eggs?"

"Yes." Zhang Yang handed over the salted duck eggs with a harmless smile on his face, "I don't have much to give at home. I still have some salted duck eggs, so I'll bring them to you."

While he was talking, there were passers-by walking towards here on the official road. Zhang Yang put on his bamboo hat again and lowered his voice, "Have a safe trip, old gentleman."

Wang Gui looked at a basket of salted duck eggs, there were more than thirty eggs, and said: "I heard that Lishan is rich, why don't you give me this?"

"There are often banquets in the village recently, but there are still a lot of salted duck eggs left. I am afraid that the old gentleman will not accept the valuable items as a gift, and I am also afraid of attracting criticism from the DPRK and China. Now the Yushitai is investigating closely."

Seeing the passers-by in the distance approaching, Zhang Yang saluted again before walking towards the wasteland on the other side of the official road.

Wang Gui looked at the young man with strange eyes. He didn't know what to say for a while. After thinking for a long time, he handed the salted duck egg to the servant beside him and said, "Continue on your way."

"Here."

This is the third time I have talked with Zhang Yang. The first time was in court because of impeachment, the second time was at home because of Zhang Gongjin’s letter, and now we are on the road again.

I have lived a lifetime and am already a sixty-year-old man. I have made plans to be buried and my funeral arrangements have been made.

The carriage continued to move forward. Wang Gui was still looking at Zhang Yang's back and whispered to his servants, "I recall that when I became an official and Yang Jian was still in power, the world was in chaos. Li Yuan invaded Chang'an City, and I took up a post in Li Jiancheng's mansion. I don't know.

I don’t realize that so many years have passed.”

To say that the Xuanwu Gate incident happened too quickly, after Li Jiancheng died, Wang Gui was blamed by Li Yuan for not persuading him properly, which led to this situation.

At that time, Li Yuan rebuked Wang Gui and dismissed him.

After several twists and turns, Li Shimin recalled him after he ascended the throne and has remained in the government until now.

The servant sat on the shaft of the carriage and sighed, "Sir, he is a man who has experienced strong winds and waves."

I have looked past the ups and downs of life, and I should be satisfied at this point in my life.

Wang Gui sat in the carriage and remained silent. He had known a lot of people in his life. He had seen flattering villains and upright people.

Zhang Yang, a young man, looks slippery and has some sense of justice in his words.

Wang Gui smiled bitterly and said: "Some people seem to be upright, but they dare not go against the aristocratic family, but instead obey the aristocratic family. These people are often talented. In the face of power, they don't even consider whether their situation is unfair, and they can flatter villains.

, be it a gentleman, there are too few people who can stand up."

At this age, Wang Gui just wanted to find a quiet place to spend the rest of his life, and he even thought about dying in Chang'an City.

He had already given up resistance to the aristocratic family.

Only those born into aristocratic families understand the dangers involved. In one hand, they hold power and money that ordinary people cannot look up to, and in the other hand, they hold the threshold of becoming an official.

They are a big mountain that weighs on countless scholars.

From my high-spirited youth to my twilight years, I have seen so many poor students who gave up their talents and studies because they were unable to become officials and could only continue to farm the land, and how many people who deceived the world and stole their fame entered the court.

Born into a family with five surnames and seven hopes, the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Every time I think about this, I feel a sense of humiliation.

No one has ever said that they would oppose the aristocratic family. In the former Sui Dynasty, the imperial examination was launched because the aristocratic family was in trouble. Li Shimin wanted to launch the imperial examination, and the establishment of official schools stalled.

Stifling enlightenment is the deepest abhorrence.

These people just hold supreme power and wield a butcher knife to separate one party from another.

However, an eccentric prince-in-law stepped forward. Regardless of whether he could fulfill his previous bold words, at least he had the courage.

The servant asked again: "Sir, can you trust this Zhang Yang?"

Wang Gui smiled and said: "Believe it or not, I don't want to stay in Chang'an City, so I should repay the favor of this old fox Zhang Gongjin."

The servant smiled and nodded.

After walking on the official road for a long time, Wang Gui said again: "Stop at the restaurant in front and ask the restaurant to help you steam two salted duck eggs. I want to try them."

"Here." The servant took the two salted duck eggs and left quickly.

In the palace, an old eunuch walked into the palace, and Li Shimin said, "Is Wang Gui gone?"

"Back to Your Majesty, he has already left. He left at dawn." The old eunuch said again: "But Yongning County Lord, he met someone on the official road."

Li Shimin looked at the memorial and frowned: "Who did you meet?"

"Our people didn't come close, and the other party left as if they were deliberately dodging."

"I know, and I sent someone to secretly protect Wang Gui."

"Here."

After reading the memorial in his hand, Li Shimin stood up and walked out of the Ganlu Hall.

The old eunuch followed beside him.

"What have Ke'er been busy with these days?"

"Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has been doing the same thing recently. He has been practicing with a group of soldiers all day long. General Yuchi often looks on. The news from the Wei Mansion says that apart from practicing the spirit and spirit of the people, no results can be seen."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shimin walked all the way to the Lizheng Hall.

Li Zhi and a group of children from Gaoyang are still studying the relationship between basins, cups and candles.

When they have nothing to do, the children will discuss the principles.

Li Li asked: "Judging from the reason for the water coming out of the well before, it is probably the change in air pressure that my brother-in-law mentioned."

Li Zhi puzzled: "How can the air pressure change without any squeezing of the air?"

This made Li Lizhi also fall silent.

A group of children in Gaoyang and Dongyang also became quiet.

Li Shimin walked to the hall. Didn't these children notice that I was coming? He felt a little annoyed in his heart.

We walked outside the Li Zheng Hall again.

Queen Changsun followed out, "Your Majesty, what's going on? Why are you so restless?"

Li Shimin turned back and glanced at the children in the hall, "If it had been in the past, all these children would have gathered around me when I came to Li Zheng Hall, calling me father."

Hearing this, Empress Changsun smiled again and said, "The children are very studious."

Li Shimin looked unhappy, "If you want to learn, you should read more. Look at them studying these things taught by Zhang Yang all day long. It's been a long time since they have read the classics of saints."

"I think your Majesty's words are wrong."

If other concubines didn't dare to refute His Majesty's few words.

Only Queen Changsun, His Majesty's wife, can say some words that other concubines dare not say.

Empress Changsun had a smile on her face, "What Your Majesty didn't realize is that these children's understanding ability improved very quickly."

"Comprehension?"

"If this is what Yue'er said, after being taught by Zhang Yang and Yue'er, Lizhi learned the Book of Songs and mathematics much faster than ordinary children compared to other students of the same age. This is understanding ability. In other words

The reason is that the way of thinking is different from that of ordinary children."

Empress Changsun picked up a stone and threw it out again, "Your Majesty, what do you think I have just done?"

"I saw it. Avalokitesvara threw a stone."

Empress Changsun threw another stone, "Does your Majesty see anything else now?"

Li Shimin took a breath and asked in confusion: "Are you teasing me?"

"I'm not teasing Your Majesty. For children, the same person throws a stone with the same force. The distance is related to the weight and cross-section of the stone. This is the difference from other children."

Li Shimin calmed down and asked, "Is this the way to think?"

Empress Changsun nodded, "It seems to be a very simple matter. If you think about it in another way, you can quickly find the answer. It is like a complex math problem. Children of the same age may have to think for a long time, but Li Zhi can solve it quickly."

A complex arithmetic operation can be broken down to calculate the result more conveniently."
To be continued...