"This is simply forcing us to do something we can't do."
On the 12th of January, there were still three days to the Lantern Festival.
In the Honglu Temple, Isinba, Bozhu, and the others were working hard. There was a glass half-filled with water in front of them.
Li Yi gave them a question and sent them a glass quilt and half-filled glass of water.
He demanded that the Tubo people could only use these two things to create a rainbow. Otherwise, they would have to compensate him with 2,500 horses, not one less.
The Tubo people started to try. They tried to change the angle of the sun, but they couldn't create a rainbow.
"Try dripping a few drops of oil in it?" A Tubo person suggested.
"We can only use the glass and half-filled glass of water. We can't use anything else. How can this be possible? "Isinba was depressed.
The competition hadn't started yet, but Li Yi had casually thrown things and questions at them, and they couldn't do anything about it.
"I don't think it's a psychological attack. He is doing this on purpose to tell us that the competition questions are more difficult than this and to make us back off."
Another Tubo envoy guessed.
"Two thousand five hundred horses is the compensation for the failed assassination attempt on the Turkic Khaganate. Does this mean that as long as I have two thousand five hundred horses, I can assassinate him once, and if I fail, I will have to compensate him with horses?"
"2,500 horses that haven't been castrated."
"Where can we find them? He even asked us to send 200 people over as hostages. He just doesn't want to compete. "
"Can we see a rainbow with half-filled glass of water?"
"He even said that we can compete with him with money before the hostages arrive. He will pay for it."
"We can't take out our questions casually. Why don't we think of some questions specifically for exchanging techniques? He will only compensate us with money."
The Tubo people were vexed and said that they could see a rainbow with half-filled glass of water but couldn't see it.
More importantly, they knew that Li Yi was angry and had started to make a move. With the Tujue and other foreigners' actions, it seemed reasonable for them to ask for horses.
"Ask him if we can change to other animals. If it's okay, we will take out money to buy them in Chang 'an."
Isinba decided to compromise for the sake of the overall plan and his life.
He hated those people who acted on their own initiative. Why didn't they all die? Thirty-four of them were captured alive.
The people of the Tang dynasty, especially the people of Chang 'an, were waiting for this year's lanterns.
The people in the 20 counties who had participated in the greenhouse planting cooperation had money. They formed a small team in their respective counties and came to Chang 'an to watch the fun.
They chose to settle down in the Zhang Clan's village. Cars arrived one after another. The poor people who were originally wearing new clothes had joyful and timid expressions on their faces.
In the past, they didn't dare to come to Chang 'an because they didn't have enough money. Although some counties were less than 100 miles away from Chang' an, they didn't dare to come here.
As soon as they arrived at the Zhang Family's village and found a good place, they took out two memorial tablets from their luggage. One was for Emperor Li Longji, and the other was for Li Yi.
He placed the memorial tablets on the table and lit two sticks of incense.
Seeing the incense stick rise, they felt that they had completed the most important task.
The people in the Zhang Family's village felt very warm because they also burned incense for Li Yi and His Majesty every day.
"I won't go to Chang 'an this year. The guards are too busy." Li Yi was arranging things for the festival in Zhuangzi.
He didn't dare to go to Chang 'an. Like last year, he took the children there. If someone took a risk and killed them, it would be useless.
Since he couldn't go to the city, he took out the water curtain device that he had used once before.
No matter how gorgeous the lantern scene in Chang 'an was, it couldn't be compared with the water curtain device.
The "masters" of Xinyan came here two days ago to rehearse in Zhuangzi.
Other "masters" of Nanqu wanted to perform in the Imperial City, but they knew that the performance in Li Family Zhuangzi was more important.
Seeing that the arrangement was almost done, Li Yi found 220 students who were also rehearsing.
"I'll give you a question. Don't spread it outside. For example, what will be tested in the imperial examination this year? If you don't test poetry, you'll test Fu.
Now that the year is good, everyone is happy. So practice Fu. Don't be the same as everyone else. "
Li Yi said the name of a Fu.
The two words "Fu" in "Fu" meant a good harvest year. To write a Fu with "Fu" as the topic, there was a requirement in the rhyme.
The rhyme of "Fu" must be "a good harvest year". First, write the rhyme of the word "country", followed by the word "good harvest year".
He didn't know if it was right or wrong. Anyway, according to the information, the first person in 716 was called Fan Chongkai.
During the imperial examination, Fan Chongkai answered the question "Fu".
Later, when Li Longji built the Tower of Petal and Sepal in the eighth year of Kaiyuan, Fan Chongkai also wrote a Fu for the Tower of Petal and Sepal.
He said how good and how powerful it was. It was the best Fu in the world. It was as awesome as Zhang Ruoxu's Fu.
However, Li Yi didn't find any information. He didn't think there would be another Tower of Petal and Sepal.
The Tower of Petal and Sepal was built by Li Longji at the corner of Xingqing Palace to see his brothers. From upstairs, one could see the 5th Prince's Mansion.
Unsurprisingly, this year's imperial examination was Fu. The current situation was different.
"Think about the business tax collection, the economic and cultural exchange between Li Family Zhuangzi and Khitan, the development of the navy, and the military reform to promote advanced weapons.
Just casually learn about Tubo. It's useless. You took the exam last year. You can't take it every year. "
Li Yi said a few more words and turned to find something to do.
The students' eyes lit up. It's coming. It's coming.
Last year, Li Dongzhu gave the 42 "seniors" special treatment. This year, there were two months before the imperial examination. He gave the questions.
After the fifteenth day of the lunar month, they quickly practiced.
It was a pity that Li Dongzhu didn't give the questions that required memorization. It would be great if he gave the questions.
All of a sudden, the 220 students became mysterious. They looked like bad guys who wanted to steal their questions.
In the Political Affairs Hall of the Imperial City, Yao Chong also took a glass cup. He borrowed it from Li Longji.
He filled half the cup with water and found a place with sunlight to adjust the angle.
Zhang Shuo and Lu Huaishen watched from the side and gave ideas.
"Does it have to be shaken? I remember that sometimes when there was water in the basin and the light shone on the roof, there would be a rainbow. "
Zhang Shuo recalled the things in his life. He thought about it again and didn't have any impression.
Yao Chong listened to him and shook the glass cup. There was no rainbow.
"Li Yi said it was a rainbow. It might work if we put another glass in the glass cup. But he said we can only use these two things and nothing else."
Lu Huaishen thought of the lenses of reading glasses. He also had one. If others needed to buy it, he would get it for free.
"Take a big glass cup and put this in. Is it against the rules?"
Yao Chong thought of adding other things. If it could be put on the windowsill, why couldn't it be put in other things?
"Li Yi wouldn't have thought of something you can think of. I guarantee it won't work." Zhang Shuo shook his head and put his hand in front of the glass cup.
"Pick up the glass cup. It's diagonal. The bottom of the glass cup is tilted backwards." Lu Huaishen went forward to help.
The water had been spilled, but there was still no rainbow.
"Such a good question should be kept as a last resort. Why did you throw it out so casually?" Yao Chong still didn't give up.
He believed that if he gave the item to Li Yi, Li Yi would immediately let them see a rainbow.
Such a difficult question, why not keep it?
"Because he can come up with more difficult questions. Others take a long time to think of a question, but he just did it casually." Zhang Shuo sighed.
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