The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

When Wang Jing heard this, he was slightly stunned, and an embarrassed and apologetic smile appeared on his face, "Brother Pei doesn't know that Li Er's tyrannical and absurd behavior is not an accident. For example, recently, he followed the example of Emperor Yang of Sui to implement the imperial examination system and open up official careers for ordinary people, which in the eyes of some people is regarded as an act that shakes the country's foundation. "

"Although Li Er is so stupid, this person has a certain ability to lead troops in combat, and our current strength is not enough to compete with him, so we can only take it step by step and wait for the opportunity to move. "

Pei Xiao sighed earnestly.

If we blindly delay, cede five cities today, lose ten more tomorrow, and the Qin army is even stronger, when will this be the end?".

Pei Lin was very worried, "I'm afraid that in a few years, the court will be full of ordinary people from poor families who have risen to prominence through the imperial examination, and at that time, they will ride on the heads of nobles such as us, and the order and ethics of the world will often fall into chaos!"

Although Confucianism has always emphasized the ethics of kings and ministers, and did not explicitly mention the difference between scholars and people, Pei Lian's bitter words still deeply touched Wang Jing's heartstrings. He also sighed lightly and nodded in agreement: "What Brother Pei said is true and reasonable!".

"Although the country may perish, the code of ethics must not be disordered! Li Er used witchcraft to confuse the people and induce them to pursue ill-gotten gains

Wang Jing was deeply resonant, but he was a little hesitant about the current strategy against Li Er, "Regarding the matter of salt and iron, we originally planned to secretly hoard iron tools, raise the official price of iron, and then sell them at a low price, so as to declare to the people that Li Er was exploiting the people, and at the same time attack his weapon-making ability, forcing him to spend more financial resources. However, it took time to brew and it was difficult to work out in a hurry. Brother Pei, do you have a better plan?".

Pei Lian's words once again aroused the blood boiling in Wang Jing's heart. The way of heaven advocated by Confucius is to maintain the honor of the superior, and the common people are not allowed to challenge the authority. Now that Li Er has destroyed this ethical order, Wang Jing is anxious in his heart, and he frankly told Pei Lin that he is not passive and slacking off, but because of the urgency of the situation, it is difficult to immediately implement the established plan.

Pei Lin thought for a while, and then looked at Wang Jing with a blazing gaze: "Brother Wang, in fact, why should we only limit ourselves to hoarding iron tools?"

Wang Jing was puzzled for a moment after hearing this, they chose to start with the problem of iron, because the increase in grain production may be controlled by Li Er, but the growth of iron production is by no means easy, and controlling the iron market is their key strategy.

Faced with Pei Lian's new proposal, Wang Jing was full of questions, waiting for his further explanation.

Pei Lin smiled and continued: "Brother Wang, why should we stick to the market price?"

"Do you remember the Weishui Alliance that Li Er signed with the Turks?"

"The Weishui Alliance?" naturally knows...... Wang Jing responded, his brows furrowed slightly, and he vaguely felt that Pei Lin seemed to have a plan.

But this matter is known to the world, although Li Jiancheng, Luo Yi and others are not talented, they are also among them. If we directly hype Li Er's betrayal, I am afraid that it will be thankless and too deliberate. Wang Jing analyzed, feeling that this strategy does not seem to be very safe.

"What does it have to do with iron?" he wondered.

The smile on Pei Lian's face became brighter and brighter: "Brother Wang, why do you need to buy all kinds of iron tools?"

"Li Er wants to cast new weapons and change the Xuanjia system, which is inseparable from iron. "

"Then we might as well hoard the fine iron on the market and leave only the inferior iron for them!".

As soon as these words came out, Wang Jing was suddenly stunned, and he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

"Brother Pei, do you want to ...... Leave the inferior iron to Li Er, let him lose in the foreign war, and thus ruin his reputation?...... I'm afraid this is not appropriate!" Wang Jing worried.

Pei Lin sneered: "Is the world the private property of the Li family? Couldn't the Tang Dynasty be dominated by the Turkic wolf lord? No matter who enters the Central Plains, don't they all have to rely on famous scholars like us to govern the country? What is the difference?"

"Brother Wang only needs to act according to this plan, not only can Li Er make a big mistake, but also sell the price of the refined iron hoarded in our hands several times higher, such a benefit, isn't Brother Wang tempted?"

Wang Jing was moved, but he still had some concerns: "The five surnames and seven hopes join forces, and they can indeed monopolize the fine iron on the market." But if this causes the Tang Dynasty to lose the conflict with the Turks......

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After some struggle, Wang Jing finally nodded: "I understand, Brother Pei." The world can change hands, but ethics must not be lost. From now on, Li Er will definitely fall!".

When Pei Lin heard this, he stroked his palms and laughed: "Father Qing is not dead, and it is difficult to do it! Brother Wang understands the righteousness, I am very pleased!"

At the same time, ...... in the secret realm of the deep palace

Li Erzheng was engrossed in studying a concise tutorial on fertilizer preparation written by his son Li Changge.

In the name of "concise", this tutorial is intended to simplify the complex, even in the era to which Li Changge belongs, it should be a basic knowledge of chemistry that junior high school students can understand. However, after Li Er was engaged in reading for ten minutes, he felt drowsy and sleepy.

"What is this writing! It's really confusing!" Li Er secretly complained to himself, "Where did Ge'er learn these magical skills like a book from heaven? This knowledge of chemistry is too profound!" He frowned, and glanced at the formulas and terms written in the Taixiyi script, and his heart became even more anxious: "This crooked character is longer after being replaced with Chinese characters, who has the patience to understand it!"

Li Er was so helpless that he almost burst into tears. It is gratifying that his own son is extremely intelligent, but as a father, he can't understand and follow up, and this embarrassment makes him feel powerless. Especially when Li Changge gave him this booklet, he also deliberately said: "If you can understand it, just read it as a popular science book, and it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, you don't have to force it to understand." This made Li Er even more speechless, and he could only acquiesce that it was indeed difficult for him to understand the mystery.

At this moment, the eldest grandson queen on the side was also holding a stack of pamphlets in her hand, but she was completely different from Li Er, flipping through it with interest, ignoring Li Er's irritability due to his inability to understand scientific knowledge.

After a while, Empress Changsun whispered about another family matter: "Erlang, our child is sixteen years old, and he has not yet married a wife, this is not a long-term solution." "

As soon as these words came out, Li Er paused slightly, and smiled bitterly in his heart: What other opinion can he have on this? Just beg him not to include the daughters of all the officials in the imperial court into the palace.

Just as Li Er was thinking, Empress Eldest Sun continued: "Which girl do you think is suitable for our song?Xuan'er, Lian'er, Ming'er...... These girls are not only from famous families, and they are a good match with Ge'er, but they are all as beautiful as flowers, which can be called the best in the world. Although they may be slightly inferior to Ge'er in terms of talent, they can't be too demanding, after all, if they are too good, I'm afraid Ge'er will have to be lonely for the rest of his life. "

"In addition, I also consider matching Ge'er with a few ...... maids."

Before the words of the eldest grandson queen ended, Li Er was already dizzy when he heard it, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: Sure enough, it is the mother-in-law, and the child's marriage has not yet been skimmed, and the maids in the connecting room have begun to choose.