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Text Chapter 585: Wen¡¯s old friend

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    Li Min was walking in the Kshatriya residential area of ??Chola City, admiring the beauty of the Hu and Han women on the streets, and found it quite interesting.  Moreover, in this area, some young Brahmin men and women can be seen playing here from time to time, especially the Central Plains goods in the shops on both sides, which makes them linger.

    Li Zhen and Li Yun next to them also kept helping Li Min introduce the buildings on both sides. Some restaurants and famous shops were the focus of the introduction. The place they were walking in now was similar to a commercial street, with various shops on both sides.  There is a lot of traffic, but after crossing this street, there are residential areas one after another.

    After passing through the houses, Li Min and the others came to a street with few people. On the east side of the street, there was a huge house. The whole house was mainly made of Tang-style buildings, with some local Tianzhu buildings mixed in.  The decorative style is unique.

    At this time, Li Yun pointed to the big house and introduced: "Sixth brother, this is Wang Xuance's home. Last year, he and others moved his family from Datang. Now, in addition to their husband and wife, there are also other people in the house.  There is an old mother, three children, and some old servants brought from the Tang Dynasty."

    "Oh?" Li Min was moved when he heard that it was Wang Xuance's home. He immediately said, "I don't know if Xuance is at home. If so, we can go and visit?"

    "Xuance asked for leave today and said that a friend is visiting, so he should be at home now. In addition, let's ask for a cup of tea. The weather in Tianzhu is really terrible!" Li Zhen said while fanning fiercely with a folding fan.  Seeing that his forehead was covered with sweat, after all, this place happened to be in the tropics, and they had been walking around the street for a long time, so naturally they felt unbearably hot.

    Li Zhen¡¯s attendants knocked on the door, and an old servant came out.  This person saw Li Zhen and Li Yun next to Li Min at a glance. He was also startled at that time. He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then welcomed Li Min and the others into the front hall to drink tea. At the same time, someone also went to report Wang Xuance.

    Wang Xuance was having a drink with some visiting friends in the front garden. He was even more shocked when he heard that Li Zhen and Li Yun were coming together, and they were also accompanied by a young man, although he didn't know Li Yun.  The news of arrival can only be accompanied by Li Zhen and Li Yun in person.  Is there anyone else besides Li Min?

    Thinking of this, Wang Xuance immediately stood up and rushed to the front hall, but there was a man next to him wearing a blue robe.  But the elegant young man grabbed him and said, "Xuance, why are you drinking so well, but you want to run away?"

    The servant just whispered in Wang Xuance¡¯s ear. After all, not everyone knew about the arrival of Li Zhen and Li Yun.  However, when Wang Xuance saw that he was stopped by the young man next to him, he was also stunned.  Then he patted his forehead and said: "Look, I'm confused. Brother Cui, don't you want to see King Jiang and His Royal Highness King Yue? They are now in the front hall of my house, and there is a young man who came with them."  , I guess it¡¯s probably His Highness King Qi, and I happen to be my brother who can help introduce you to him!¡±

    The young man named Cui heard that Li Zhen and Li Yun were coming.  There was joy on his face at that time, but when he heard that Li Min might come, he was shocked.  Then he looked at each other with the other three people sitting there. Except for one of the young men with two beards who looked happy, the other two people had the same complex expressions on their faces as the young man named Cui.

    Wang Xuance didn't notice the strange expressions on the faces of his friends, so he immediately pulled them towards the front hall.  As a result, they soon saw Li Min and three others drinking tea.  And when Wang Xuance saw that it was really Li Min, he immediately stepped forward to pay homage very excitedly and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Xuance. Meet His Highness King Qi, and meet the two popes!"

    Li Min almost laughed out loud when he heard Wang Xuance's name for Li Zhen and Li Yun. Li Zhen and Li Zhen chose the name Pope themselves. At first, he suggested that they all call themselves Pope, but they felt that it was not powerful enough.  He had a little selfishness in his heart, so he changed the name of Pope to Pope.

    However, when Li Min saw the few people behind Wang Xuance, he was stunned because he always felt that one of them was a tall and thin young man about the same age as him. He seemed to have seen it somewhere, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't seem to  What an impression.

    At this time, Li Zhen smiled and said: "Xuan Ce, are the friends behind you the friends you want to entertain today? Why don't you introduce them to us?"

    When Wang Xuance heard this, he also pulled over the elegant young man named Cui and introduced him: "Your Highness, these are all my friends when I was in Chang'an, and all of them are from aristocratic families. Among them, this  Brother Cui Jing is from the Boling Cui family, and he is the most talented and learned among us."

    Then Wang Xuance pointed to a handsome black-faced guy behind him and introduced: "This is Brother Li Bing, from the Li family in Zhao County. He is not only good at writing, but also good at martial arts. He just graduated from the military academy this year, and he is the junior brother of two popes!  "

      Li Zhen and Li Yun's eyes lit up when they heard this. They came from a wealthy family and graduated from a military academy. This alone can make them look at him differently.

    Next, Wang Xuance introduced the other two people, and it turned out that they were all from aristocratic families. Among them, the one with a double beard was Zheng Xiao, who was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the young man who looked very familiar to Li Min was named Cui Huang.  Born in the Cui family of Qinghe, he is the cousin of Cui Yu and Cui Mengxue.

    As soon as he heard Cui Huang's identity, Li Min suddenly thought about it. No wonder he saw that the other person looked familiar. When he was pursuing Cui Mengxue, he had a conflict with Lu Hong from the Fanyang Lu family. It was this Cui Huang who was with Lu Hong at that time.  Later, Li Min once suspected that the reason why Lu Hong went there was probably Cui Huang. However, because there was no evidence and Cui Yu wanted to solve the internal problems of the Cui family in Qinghe by himself, he ignored this.  I didn't expect to meet each other here in Tianzhu.

    Thinking of Cui Huang's identity, he also remembered the identities of Cui Jing and Li Bing. When he and Qiwang of the fifth surname had a conflict over the suppression of industry and commerce, these young people among them saw the public opinion in the newspaper.  Because of the role of tools, they started a Confucian newspaper, hoping to compete with their own Datang Daily. Unfortunately, they failed miserably in the end, but they did not give up and still struggled to support the publication of the Confucian newspaper.  Although the influence of Ru Bao is still not comparable to that of Datang Daily, it is still considered one of the most influential newspapers in Datang. This shows the abilities of these young people.

    He had never heard of Zheng Xiao, but if he could hang out with young people like Cui Jing, he must not be an ordinary person.

    Although these people were in an opposing position to him at the beginning, with Li Min's current status, he naturally would not have any revenge on them. Instead, he admired the abilities of these people, so he laughed and said: "It turns out  These are the founders of Ru Bao. I have only heard of the names of a few young masters, but it is only today that I have the chance to meet them. It is really gratifying and congratulatory!"

    Cui Jing and others were quite embarrassed when they heard Li Min mentioning what happened back then.  Especially Cui Huang, whose father took over the position of head of the Cui clan in Qinghe from Cui Yu, but now Cui Yu's sister is one of Li Min's scholars, Cui Yu herself also holds an important position in Li Min's hands, and then Cui Yu's sister is one of Li Min's scholars.  Coupled with what happened back then, he felt very embarrassed when facing Li Min.

    As soon as Li Zhen and Li Yun heard Li Min's words, they both understood immediately. They looked at Cui Jing and the others with some amusement. Wang Xuance was stunned at first, but quickly realized what he said. He also frowned and felt a little regretful.  Grab some friends over.

    However, Cui Jing and others were worthy of being from aristocratic families, and they quickly recovered. Cui Jing, the leader, stepped forward and said: "The grassroots people didn't know the heights of the world back then, and if they have offended me, please forgive me, Your Highness the King of Qi!  "

    When Li Min heard this, he laughed again and said: "Don't get me wrong. We all had different positions back then, so there was no one who was right or wrong. But now that we are all overseas, we naturally have to unite as one, otherwise we won't make those aliens laugh.  ?¡±

    Hearing that there was no blame in Li Min's words, Cui Jing and others were relieved. Even Zheng Xiao, who had nothing to do with it, was the same. Although he was not involved in the Confucian newspaper incident, he was from a wealthy family.  The Zheng family was also involved in the fight with Li Min, so from now on, he was also worried about being blamed by Li Min.

    In fact, the reason why Cui Jing and others were so cautious in front of Li Min was mainly because in recent years, the life of the aristocratic families in Datang has become increasingly difficult. With the rise of industry and commerce, they can no longer control some  As a result, the clan's finances have been greatly reduced, and the land alone is simply not enough to support all the clan members.

    So under this situation, these aristocratic families had to put aside their so-called face and began to actively participate in some business activities in order to make profits.

    In addition, after the domestic commerce in the Tang Dynasty prospered, the revenue of the treasury also increased day by day. Li Shimin immediately increased investment in the education of the poor and built many libraries, so that more and more people had the conditions to study.  , as a result, the young generation of aristocratic families faced more and more competition, and the road to the imperial examination became more and more difficult.

    It is also under this situation that the influence of the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty has dropped sharply, which has also made the children of aristocratic families like Cui Jing and Li Bing no longer as proud as before.  For example, for someone like Li Min, if Cui Jing and others had seen him back then, they would definitely not have taken the initiative to apologize like they do now.

    Of course, there is another reason why Cui Jing and the others lowered their posture to ask for Li Min's forgiveness, and this is also the main purpose of their visit to Wang Xuance today.
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