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The emperor also lowered his face and said: "If Mr. has an opinion on Wang Wenxian, he can write to impeach." ”

Yan Shenggong naturally didn't want to publicly offend the head of the dynasty, and said calmly and gently: "The old Wang Ge is in power, I have never heard of it, but the state affairs are hard, and if you don't advance, you will retreat, so that the old minister misses his ancestor Li Gong a little, who is the most important person in the world, and has the ability to be a safe society." ”

Li Tai, from the fifth year of Yuan You to the beginning of the tenth year of Yuan You, served as the first assistant of the cabinet and the head of the household department.

"The gentleman said it anyway. ”

The emperor did not look angry.

In the twenty years after Li Tai, there were seven people who served as the secretary of the household department, and over the years, the silver of the imperial court gathered like a river, and went away like a lap on the shore, It was really a ups and downs, so that the emperor was always uneasy, and every time the silver did not come together, the emperor himself would also think of Li Tai's good come.

This is not to say that Li Tai did not lack silver when he was in office, he encountered a serious financial crisis as soon as he came to power, and in the fifth year of Yuan You, a flood broke out in the Taihu Lake area, which is rare in a century. That year, the Liangjiang tax that was the money bag of the imperial court was not enough to fill in, where did the silver come from, or where could the silver be saved, that is, that year, under Li Tai's tough hand, the treatment formulated by the clan to Taizu since the founding of the country began to be reduced, and how much he hated back then, King Su even released a crazy horse on Li Tai's way to the court, trying to put him to death.

Under such pressure, the treatment of clan personnel at all levels has been reduced by at least half, and this matter can be regarded as benefiting future generations, otherwise according to the Taizu custom, the eldest son of the prince is the son of the prince, the prince of the army, and the remaining son is the king of the county; the eldest son of the prince of the county is the son of the prince, the king of the county, and the son of the prince of the town is the general of the Zhenguo; the generals of the Zhenguo are the generals of the auxiliary state, and after the auxiliary country, there are also the generals of Fengguo, the lieutenants of the auxiliary country, the lieutenants of Fengguo, the female dependents, the princesses, the county lords, the county lords, the county monarchs, the township monarchs at all levels, the population of the clan exploded, and all the taxes of the Chengdu government could not afford to support, like rabbits, giving birth to litters of Shu kings and descendants。

Li Tai is a prescient and prepared person to prevent small problems, he can do it, he dares to do it, even if there are many people who want to get rid of him quickly, he still does whatever he wants, the emperor thought, three years ago, if another Hubu Shangshu like Li Tai came out, seeing that the treasury silver was drying up day by day, he himself would find a way to hold the silver, then there would be no need for him and Lao Liu, like a philistine businessman, to move the idea of Guozijian.

Then let the people outside scold him, saying that he, the emperor, had ruined the holy land of Guozijian.

Yan Shenggong cautiously looked at the emperor not angry, but showed some remembrance, and let go of his feelings more and more, and said: "The old decay is in the twilight, the loess is buried in the throat, if some words are not said again, the old decay will have no face to face the old friend after death." ”

It's not because of King Xiang, it's not because of Li Yue, in his early twenties, when he was young, Yan Shenggong and Li Tai were both officials in the Hanlin Academy, and they were both good at calligraphy.

The emperor was vigilant, his expression of remembrance was instantly shattered, and he preemptively attacked: "Ren has great merit, and there are two sins, I will never forgive, one is treason and collaboration with the enemy, and the other is murder and rebellion." ”

Yan Shenggong was already an old man with goosebumps, his withered body curled up slightly, his cloudy eyes shed tears, and said: "The old minister is convinced that Li Tai is not such a person, and I implore the emperor to investigate this case thoroughly." ”

The emperor snorted heavily, expressing his displeasure.

Yan Shenggong shouted sadly: "Your Majesty, the killing of auxiliary ministers began with Li Tai, and after Li Tai, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and who could do their best to achieve a grand royal cause." ”

Compared with the heartache of the Holy Prince, the emperor was numb and cold, he slowly stood up, turned around, turned his back on his hand, and said, "Sir, drunk." ”

The two of them ate and didn't drink, because the emperor didn't want to hear Yan Shenggong speak anymore.

Yan Shenggong stood up with a slight tremble, and Feng Chengen stuffed the cane into Yan Shenggong's hand and asked him to go out.

Yan Shenggong squirmed his toothless lips, Feng Chengen supported Yan Shenggong strongly, bent down and lowered his head and said softly: "Old Kong, I'd rather eat too much than talk too much." ”

After that, Feng Chengen smoothly carried Yan Shenggong out.

On the way out of the palace, the sedan chair taken by Yan Shenggong saw Zhao Yanheng coming from a distance, the sedan chair fell early on the side of the road, Yan Shenggong gave Zhao Yanheng a lonely look, and the two walked back.

The remnants of the seat were removed, and the emperor was half-lying on the throne on the pillow, his eyes revealed a trace of remorse, but this trace of remorse was invisibly eliminated by the strong light that came in obliquely at the door when Zhao Yanheng came in.

Zhao Yanheng himself did not hide his personal contact with Yan Shenggong, he said calmly: "Father, just take Kong Lao's words and power as a human being, and his words are good." ”

This winter, Yan Shenggong is going to die of old age, and he himself has a hunch, so the person who has been cautious and smooth all his life, before he died, made a blunt admonition.

The emperor lifted his eyelids and said: "I have been the king for nearly 30 years, how many people have been executed, if the rebellious people have been wronged and rehabilitated, then other cases, is there also the possibility of a wrongful sentence? ”

Zhao Yanheng and the emperor are indeed father and son, and the Bo Liang of the person in power is surging in his veins, and he said: "For the sake of the peace of the world, those who die will die when they die." ”

The emperor's tense body relaxed slightly, and said: "After a hundred years, those who have contributed to the country will be justified." ”

There will be wronged people, so every time there is a change of dynasty, there are always some officials who do not die well or are embarrassed and far away, who are pardoned and mourned, reinstated and sacrificed, posthumously increased their names, and chatted with comfort.

Zhao Yanheng took a step closer to the imperial front, his dark eyes were unwavering, and said, "So, can Li Tai get a correct name?"

Zhao Yanheng's question is about the past that has been sealed for more than 20 years, and the cruelty of the comparison of the rights of monarchs and ministers. The emperor said slowly: "The Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together, I sit in this position, and I am destined to be separated and united with those scholars. You are the grandson-in-law of the Li family, and you know both ends, you can tell me, my moves, I and Li Tai, which is better or worse?"

Li Tai's reform of the clan has not yet been finished, Li Tai's reform to the end, is the gentleman's Ze, the fifth and beheaded, is to reduce the children of the clan who have five suits with the emperor to the squire, and pay taxes and grain together with ordinary squires, of course, as a kind of feedback, the children of the clan can also be like ordinary innocent children, through the imperial examination and change the court, or join the army, the marquis.

In order not to let the children of the clan disturb the fairness of the imperial examination, and in order not to let the children of the clan threaten the orthodoxy by supporting too many troops, Li Tai imitated the way the Confucian family restrained the clansmen.

The Confucian family has a family rule: the descendants of the Confucian family, men are not slaves, women are not concubines, if they are forced to be slaves and concubines because of the living situation, they must change their surnames, and they must no longer call themselves Confucian people.

Changed to the royal clan, it is those who have obtained meritorious officials, and those who have been reincarnated as generals, have since been erased from the clan genealogy, and can no longer claim to be the Zhao family.

Regarding Annam, Li Tai did not agree to the establishment of the Jiaozhi Buzheng Division, and opposed the establishment of the central government of prefectures, prefectures, and counties, preventing the imperial court from sending a large number of officials to Annam, but the local wealthy clans in Annam were autonomous and completely eliminated the royal power of Annam.

Regarding the ban on the sea, Li Tai strongly refuted it, and he advocated opening the sea.

Zhao Yanheng said with a straight face: "Li Tai's mind and insight are extraordinary, but his mind and insight are too extraordinary, but they are not tolerated by the world. ”

The emperor still has the truth that he insists on, and he said: "The heavens and the earth are vast and rich, and what do you want, and what you want in the overseas wilderness? Every year, a large amount of rice, wheat, tea, and silk are exchanged for a large amount of gold, silver, and precious stones, what is the use? Can you eat, drink, or wear? A large amount of gold and silver poured in, on the contrary, the copper money in the hands of the people was worthless, and affected the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people. ”

"As for Annam, the land that the imperial court conquered three times before it fell, and returned it to the local Hao autonomy in vain, so how can the consumption of the three campaigns be compensated?"

"And the clan. The emperor snorted coldly: "Thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young jinshi, one will become famous and ten thousand bones, after a hundred turns and thousands of times, life and death will get ahead, not only can not glorify the ancestors, but also the fate of the clan, who can accept it?"

Finally, the emperor closed his eyes and sighed: "He was born at the wrong time, and he died before he left the school." ”

Zhao Yanheng didn't talk to the emperor like this in his previous life, he didn't care about this, so he didn't know how ruthless the emperor was to Li Tai, and now, when he thought of Li Fei, he was a little apprehensive, and said: "Father killed him because of these knots?"

"The killing of the auxiliary ministers began with Li Tai. The emperor's eyelids rolled upward, revealing a stunned look, and said: "I ask myself, I am not a person who kills everything. It's just that the raging fire of the year occupied all my sight. ”

Injured tigers are most aggressive when they struggle.

Think about it for the emperor, the emperor is also a pampered person, physically and psychologically has not been tortured inhumanely, suddenly one day, he was in the prime of his life was attacked by a surprise, he became a piece of rotten meat, burns and bone injuries tortured him to death, to live or not, for a month, he was in a state of kicking his legs at any time; he was pampered and cared for for 20 years of women, personally sent to the crematorium, that kind of betrayal made the emperor constantly reflect, who else in this world can be trusted?

Without.

He became suspicious, this one was going to kill me, that one was going to kill me. As the first assistant of the current dynasty and a generation of powerful ministers, did he want to support a young prince and control the emperor in his hands to buy time for his own political ambitions?

The powerful ministers of all dynasties have done this kind of thing.

At the moment, Li Tai has this ability, and he is in danger. In addition, ordinary people who wanted Li Tai to die added fuel to the fire, and for a moment, the emperor was convinced that Li Tai knew the prince's rebellion and did not report it, and Li Tai sat back and watched the prince's rebellion, which is a capital crime! 166 Reading Network