Chapter 77: The disaster in Chang'an, the disaster for everyone!
Although Wei Zheng believed that Li Shimin valued talents and would not fight with Qin Wenyuan.
But it is better to be safe than sorry. It was not easy to produce a talent of all kinds, and Wei Zheng did not want such a great talent to be ruined because of himself.
But Changsun Wuji remained silent and dared not speak.
After all, if you don't know other people's affairs, you can't make any comments casually.
He didn't know the candidate's character, habits, or even family situation, so he didn't dare to make any comments.
Changsun Wuji frowned at this time. He had just been confused by the divine strategy for governing the country.
Now that he thought about it carefully, he realized that neither he nor His Majesty knew who the candidate was!
"Lord Wei, I wonder... where this great talent is now?" asked Changsun Wuji.
Wei Zheng smiled and replied, "The identity of this candidate cannot be disclosed for the time being."
Li Shimin was stunned and asked in confusion: "Even I can't know?"
Wei Zheng nodded, sighed, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, this is also to protect him."
"Your Majesty, Lord Changsun, you only see the prosperity that will come from the implementation of this divine policy, but you don't know the threat to the court."
Upon hearing this, the two of them frowned and began to think.
They were the highest decision-makers of the entire Tang Dynasty. After Wei Zheng's reminder, they naturally thought about what was hindering them.
That is the Five Surnames and Seven Families!!
They are hindering the progress of the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty cannot exist without them.
The relationship is like the Five Surnames and Seven Families who cannot leave the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty, also cannot leave them, and an implicit dependent relationship has quietly formed.
At least Li Shimin has no way to resolve this kind of relationship now.
Even if there was a way, he would not dare to touch the Five Surnames and Seven Families when the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty was just established.
After all, the lesson of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is still fresh in our minds.
When Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty founded the imperial examination system, he completely cut off the foundation of the aristocratic families, and then he was faced with a frenzied counterattack from the aristocratic families.
Li Shimin didn't want to become the second Yang Guang.
So recently, Wei Zheng has been suggesting abolishing the power of aristocratic families to recommend candidates for the imperial examinations, but Li Shimin would not agree.
He was afraid of becoming the second Yang Guang!
Yang Guang, who was crushed to death by the wheels of aristocratic families!
"Then in your opinion, what should I do? Should I just sit back and do nothing?" Li Shimin frowned.
Wei Zheng then told Qin Wenyuan about his plan.
For example, supporting a new family, and so on.
Li Shimin and Zhangsun Wuji were shocked after hearing this, thinking that he was indeed a genius with rare talent!
"Okay, Lord Wei, I allow you to hide the identity of this candidate."
"Moreover, this year's top scholar..."
Li Shimin smiled lightly and said, "Give it to this candidate."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng's mouth corners trembled.
You know, the top scholar is a very prestigious person.
Even when royal princesses choose their prince consorts, the top scholar is always the first choice.
Because if you become the top scholar, it means you are one of the best young talents in the world.
With such status and ability, he is totally worthy of being a princess.
"Your Majesty, I would like to thank you on behalf of this candidate!" Wei Zheng said excitedly.
At this moment, an untimely voice sounded.
"Report!!!"
A guard barged in without even notifying anyone.
What's even more bizarre is that he was not stopped.
Now, Li Shimin and the other two in the court knew the seriousness of the problem.
This situation would only occur in extremely urgent matters.
The guard stumbled into the court and said in panic, "Your Majesty, a few days ago, an old man escaped from a team from Wuwei in the north!"
"Old man? North..."
Li Shimin murmured, and then his face changed drastically.
He stood up in an instant and said angrily, "Didn't they say that that place has been completely blocked? How could someone escape?"
"Yesterday, I received a letter from Shubao saying that his army of 100,000 soldiers had completely blocked Wuwei. How could someone still escape?"
The guard's face turned pale and he trembled as he said, "This... This subordinate doesn't know. I only know that the old man has been confirmed to have that symptom, and now... now he has disappeared!"
The words fell.
With a loud bang!
Li Shimin felt as if he had been struck hard in the heart, and sat on the dragon throne in a daze.
He looked at the ceiling of the court, which was magnificent and extremely beautiful.
But at this moment, he felt extremely desperate and said with a sense of loss: "It's over, Chang'an, it's over."
…
Two days later.
In the past two days, the people of Chang'an City have been in a panic and basically live in fear.
Because the Imperial City Guards, who are rarely seen at ordinary times, are all out! !
At first, no one cared about the guards leaving the palace, thinking that it was just the prince or princesses leaving the palace and they were just escorting them.
In the past, people who lived in Chang'an for a long time would also see this situation.
And in the following time, they were terrified!
Because those guards have never returned since they left the palace!
They were always stationed outside the palace, frantically searching everyone's home morning, afternoon, and night.
At this moment, Qin Mansion.
Qin Wenyuan also sent away the guards who came to search again.
He greeted them with a smile, and looked increasingly uneasy as he watched the guards walking further away.
This was the fourth time in two days that the guards had searched his and Changle's home.
Qin Wenyuan also found out that his family was not the only exception.
I'm afraid that an unpredictable horrific disaster has already occurred in Chang'an.
Qin Wenyuan sighed, turned around and went back home.
In the past two days, in addition to the matter of the Chang'an Guards, there was also something wrong with his wife Changle.
He has been lying in bed for two days, his face is red, as if he is sick.
He also consulted doctors, and more than one, but all the doctors said that Changle was not sick.
Qin Wenyuan felt that they were just a bunch of quacks. If he was not really sick, why would he lie in bed for so long?
Therefore, he planned to go to the west of the city to see a famous doctor later.
"Master, Master!"
At this moment, a servant came running over in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" Qin Wenyuan said indifferently.
The servant was a little flustered. He waved to Qin Wenyuan, as if to signal Qin Wenyuan to listen more closely.
Qin Wenyuan frowned slightly, "What's going on? Why is it so mysterious?"
Although he was muttering something, his body still walked over honestly.
These servants are all supervised by Xu Gou himself, and he can trust them.
When Qin Wenyuan got close to his ear, the servant trembled and said, "Master...Master, this morning, I...I heard some news that the young lady...said that the young lady had smallpox."
