Yuchi Jingde was absolutely right. If it were really according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, as the Commandant of the Vanguard, would have been beheaded at least ten or eight times.

Since the Tian family usurped the throne of Qi, emperors of all dynasties have been extremely strict about their ministers' attempts to win people's hearts.

Li Jue's act of providing food and lodging was seen by traditional Tang Dynasty people as a typical attempt to win people's hearts.

If it weren't for the presence of two powerful figures, Yuchi Jingde and Li Jing, and the fact that he was Li Shimin's grandson, countless people would have impeached him long ago.

While the soldiers were returning home to reunite with their wives, Li Jue, a single man, was miserably doing accounts at the Zhechong Prefecture with Master Mu.

They need to use these three days to score everyone based on their usual performance during this period and today's assessment.

This was the first time Li Jing had ever given a score, and he was filled with curiosity about it.

He realized that this might be a new set of selection criteria. If he and Li Jue perfected it, its historical significance would be no less than that of the Nine-Rank System and the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty!

"Apprentice, how did you come up with the scoring method?"

"Isn't this the obvious way to do it?"

"Uh... never mind!"

It's true what they say: comparisons are odious.

He was a military genius of the Tang Dynasty, yet he couldn't even come up with a method for selecting generals!

Li Jing was annoyed by the statistics, which calculated the daily performance scores for each class. Only then did he stretch comfortably.

However, just as he was thinking of taking a break, he saw His Majesty the Emperor leading Princess Jinyang in, carrying two huge food boxes.

"Your Majesty..."

Li Jing was about to address His Majesty when he suddenly realized that he had to call His Majesty "Old Li" here, so he jokingly called Li Shimin "Old Li".

"Old Li, you're here now, why did you bring anything?"

As Li Jing spoke, he reached out to grab him, but Li Shimin dodged him.

"roll!"

"I brought this for my grandson. If you want to eat it, go home and eat it yourself!"

Li Jing was unwilling to miss the opportunity to tease Li Shimin, so he immediately complained to Li Jue.

"Apprentice, your grandfather isn't feeding me!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue immediately stepped forward, snatched the food box, and casually handed it to Old Wood. Old Wood took the food box, gave Li Shimin a defiant look, as if to say, "If Your Majesty won't give me any, my disciple will!"

Seeing this, Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kick the guy to death, but he had to suppress his anger because he couldn't reveal his identity.

"Da Sun, the assessment is all over, why aren't you going back to live in the village yet?"

"yes!"

"Auntie's little kitten misses you so much, it can't sleep!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue glanced at the little panda who was almost as fat as a ball and said with a helpless expression.

"Auntie, are you sure this little thing misses me? Is it missing the cake I made?"

"You guessed it! Hehe..."

"But your cakes are really delicious. Not only does the kitten love them, but I love them too. When can you make me a batch?"

Li Jue shook his head upon hearing this.

"No time!"

"I'm so busy right now I don't even have time to eat, how could I have time to make that for you!"

"Also, red pandas love sweets, but you can't just feed them sweets all the time. If you keep doing that, their teeth will rot, and then they'll just have to wait to die!"

"ah?"

"Yeah?"

Upon hearing this, Sizi quickly picked up the kitten and forcibly pried open its mouth to take a look. Seeing that its teeth were intact, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmph, you lied to me again!"

"Auntie, I'm not lying to you. You should eat less sweets, and remember to brush your teeth afterwards, otherwise you'll become a toothless old lady sooner or later!"

"How dare you call me an old woman!"

Upon hearing this, Si Zi was about to grab Li Jue's ear, but his father stopped him.

"Don't disturb your nephew while he's doing his work!"

"oh……"

Li Shimin stood aside and watched for a while, then suddenly asked with a look of shock on his face.

"Is this the method you designed for selecting people?"

"What selection method? This is nothing more than scoring..."

Seeing that Li Jue had no idea how important the scores he had come up with were, Li Jing immediately interrupted to explain.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"This is the method for selecting people that my apprentice developed!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue immediately felt embarrassed and left with the food box. If this could be called a method of selecting people, then wouldn't all elementary school homeroom teachers in later generations be human resources masters?

Seeing Li Jue leave, Li Jing became even more unrestrained in his boasting.

"Old Li, look at this. This is a breakdown of their overall performance over the past month, organized by work group."

After looking at it, Li Shimin frowned and asked.

What is the purpose of this table?

"Although this table represents the whole, it also clearly shows the role each person plays in the group!"

"For example, in Shan Daozhen's class, it was precisely because Shan Daozhen focused so hard on literacy that each student in their class learned an average of 400 characters within a month. This earned each student an extra 10 points, propelling their class to become the number one among the 60 classes!"

Li Shimin nodded upon hearing this.

"good!"

"This method seems to treat the entire class as a whole, but in reality, it requires the joint efforts of everyone in the class. Anyone who doesn't work hard, or who slacks off and doesn't strive for improvement, will be despised by everyone!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jing laughed heartily.

"Yes!"

"Men in the military care a lot about their reputation. If the whole squad looks down on you for this, you'll be incredibly embarrassed!"

"You must still remember Shan Daozhen, right?"

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