Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

It is customary for Li Xin to visit Li Shimin in the palace every ten days, and to greet His Majesty Li Er.

When Li Xin came to the Taiji Hall to see Li Shimin, Li Shimin was sitting at the table working with a stack of documents. He stepped forward two steps, knelt down and said: "The minister pays homage to your majesty."

"Get up." Li Shimin said casually.

Li Xin got up and knelt down beside His Majesty Li Er.

This is a very anti-ergonomic sitting posture, but in the Tang Dynasty it was the most formal sitting posture in line with etiquette. Therefore, Li Xin had to force himself to accept, silently thinking of the existence of the desk and office chair in his heart.

In order to match the height of kneeling, the tables and chairs familiar to later generations did not appear in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the tables are as low and low as the pear wood table used by Li Shimin now.

Seeing Li Xin sitting crookedly, Li Shimin laughed and cursed: "Isn't sitting down, where is there a prince?"

Li Xin smiled and said, "Even if I look like a prince, I dare not take it out before your Majesty!"

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head, and said, "Where is the glib tongue that I learned!"

Li Xin smiled without saying a word.

Li Shimin lowered his head again and wrote a few lines on the memorial in his hand, without any intention of avoiding Li Xin. Of course, Li Xin didn't want to read what was written on it. If possible, Li Xin hopes that he will never get involved with these political affairs in the court. He feels that he must not be able to play these old fritters that have been immersed in officialdom for many years.

"After this year, are you 18 years old, Xin'er?" Li Shimin said slowly.

Li Xin nodded and said, "Yes."

"It's all this old.........it's almost time to take an official position and start working for the country, right?" Li Shimin smiled and glanced at Li Xin.

Li Xin was stunned.

In Datang, titles and official positions are two independent systems. Li Xin's title is the King of Chu, but his official position is blank. This is not common. The vast majority of noble children will enter the official position early through the door-yin method, and first get a mixed seniority. If there is any merit in the future, it will not be criticized on the point of seniority.

For example, Qin Huaiyu took an official position in Youqianniuwei at the age of fourteen. Although not very big, just a small rank seven military officer, but after all, he is a close attendant of the emperor, and he is very honorable. If it is not for the face of Qin Qiong, ordinary people don't even think about it.

Like Li Xin, who is nearly adult at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he still doesn't have a full-time official or a half-post, and only has a knighthood. This is definitely the only one in Datang. In Li Xin's memory, Li Shimin wanted to give him an official position several times, but was rejected by the original Li Xin.

It seems that being able to possess this person is not entirely accidental. At least when he is full of minds only thinking about eating and waiting to die, Li Xin and the original owner of this body have reached a complete agreement on this point.

Li Xin immediately said to Li Shimin with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not very talented and can't carry them on their shoulders or carry them with their hands. What can I do for the country? I don't know how to do anything."

Li Shimin smiled softly and said: "Don't tell me, can you think that I am blind?" After speaking, he said casually: "Yanxiao, Weiyuetan, the sky, Yinhan, autumn is the same forever. There is a lot of love and hatred. , Every year and in the middle of the night... what kind of talented and less educated person can write such poems? If your words are heard by the civilian officials in the DPRK, I am afraid that there will be no face to see others. There are a few."

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "It's just a crooked poem for self-entertainment. It's not worth mentioning. How come you are alarmed by your Majesty?"

Only then did he remember that Li Shimin had a spy department called Baiqisi, and everything that happened in the city of Chang'an could hardly be hidden from Li Shimin's eyes and ears.

Li Shimin said; "Why don't you know? This morning there were two Yushi impeaching you and the kid Qin Huaiyu, saying that you made troubles maliciously and hurt people. Isn't it true?"

"It's true." Li Xin had no choice but to admit it honestly. He didn't believe that Baiqisi's spies only found out his poems, but didn't find out that he and Qin Huaiyu were beating people together. Anyway, Li Shimin wouldn't pursue such trivial matters, and it was more straightforward to honestly admit it.

Li Shimin snorted and said, "Look at you. You are out to make trouble all day long. If you don't find something serious for you, you may be able to poke me out of something!"

Li Xin quickly said: "I will stay at the house honestly in the future, and never come out to cause trouble. If you are an official or something, let me go! I really can't do anything!"

Li Shimin sighed when Li Xin insisted on refusing to be judged; "You lazy temperament...It's a pity that you have a great talent!"

Knowing his family affairs, Li Xin knows exactly how many so-called talents he has. He smiled bitterly and said to Li Shimin: "It's just writing a crooked poem, what kind of talent can it be called? Poetry is just a trail. He can write a beautiful poem, and he can handle government affairs without proof!"

Li Shimin laughed and said, "It's really a kid who doesn't know the heights of the sky, and dare to say that the poems are just a trail. If you are heard by those ministers, the memorial impeaching you may fill the entire Tai Chi Hall!"

Li Xin smiled and said: "So, the minister only dared to complain before your majesty."

Li Shimin shook his head and smiled, and then said: "In fact, you are also biased. The imperial examinations of this dynasty attached importance to poetry, and indeed many useful talents were selected." He raised his hand and threw a memorial to show Li Xin, saying: "This Dong Gui came from a scholarly background. He wrote well in poems and did a beautiful job. In ten days, he found out the corruption accounts of the governor of Qianzhou, and he can be regarded as a competent official."

Since Li Shimin let it be seen, Li Xin couldn't refuse, so he picked up the memorial and scanned it a few times. After putting down the memorial, he asked, "Where is the original account? Can I see it?"

It is rare to see that Li Xin is interested in official affairs. Li Shimin also took a look at his views on this matter, and motioned to the waiter on the side to fetch something. Not long after, the waiter came back with a thick stack of notebooks.

Li Xin took a copy at will, flipped through it in his hand, and said with a smile: "On this account, I can check it out in three days. It takes ten days for Master Dong to be a competent official. !"

Li Shimin heard this and scolded angrily: "Nonsense! Dong Gui led two household officials to check the accounts day and night for ten days before finding out that the accounts were wrong. How dare you say that you can check them out in three days? Want to hit the board again?"

When he heard the board, Li Xin cried out: "I'm wrong, this account is really not that difficult!"

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