Tai Chi Temple.

Li Shimin lived behind the case, watched people come in one by one, and waved his hand to let Gonggong Gao take the palace people down.

Tang Jian bowed down, and before he could speak, Li Shimin said: "I don't want to talk about trivial matters today, I called you here to discuss the matter of mineral deposits, and the rest of the matters will be put aside for the time being!" ”

Tang Jian was helpless, so he had to stand back again.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Mu again and glared at her warningly, Li Mu just looked down at the ground, didn't say a word, and didn't respond to him. Li Shimin was so angry that he choked, stinky boy, he even showed me a face, it's really ......

But in front of so many important ministers, Li Shimin couldn't say anything, so he could only pretend not to see it, cleared his throat, and said, "I'm very angry today!" The day before yesterday, yesterday, I discussed the matter of the resource law with my prime ministers and the scholars of the six departments, what did you say? This one said it was good, and that one said it was full support, why didn't everyone say a word today? What the hell do you mean?! ”

This is to force a statement.

The three prime ministers lowered their heads and kept silent, the six Shangshu, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, it was Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, who was the first to speak, he was Zongzheng Siqing, and now he is also the secretary of the criminal department.

"Your Majesty, the minister is a clan, and he supports His Majesty."

Tang Jian was still hesitant about this matter, but today such a thing happened in the Liangyi Palace, Tang Jian had to give Li Mu an explanation, and also said: "Your Majesty, the collection of mineral deposits to the imperial court can make the treasury full. ”

The third person to stand up is Li Daliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Li Shimin has already talked to him, Li Mu is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and now this plan is Li Mu's plan, since Li Shimin has taken it out for discussion, he must also support it in his heart, how else can Li Daliang choose, naturally it is also in favor.

Three of the six Shangshu have already expressed their position, and Li Shimin has set his sights on Li Jing, the Shangshu of the Military Department. After Li Jing returned to the court as a teacher, unless Li Shimin summoned him, he would not go to the court because he was sick, and Li Shimin specially called him here today, but Li Jing still looked lifeless, as if he hadn't woken up. Feeling Li Shimin's gaze, Li Jing opened his eyes and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, the matter of mineral deposits has little to do with the Ministry of War, and the minister is the secretary of the Ministry of War, so I will not comment on this." ”

The implication is that it can be done no matter what.

Li Shimin was not surprised, and looked at Yu Shinan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty......" Yu Shinan sighed and said, "In this matter, if Your Majesty asks the minister what he really thinks in his heart, the minister thinks ...... It is still up to discussion. ”

"Okay." Li Shimin glanced at Yu Shinan deeply, turned his gaze to the eldest grandson Wuji, and said, "Auxiliary, you haven't talked much in the past two days, do you also think that it still needs to be discussed?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are supportive, as Ju Guogong said, now the treasury is empty, and money is needed everywhere, so the move to fill the treasury is supported by the ministers." The minister's lack of words in the past few days is because the minister is thinking about how to implement it. This matter is widely implicated, and if it is not done carefully, the impact will not be small. The minister's strategy is shallow, and he has not yet thought of a good plan. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is smarter, I support it, but I don't know how to do it, I still don't support it, but if you want to say that he doesn't support it, he has already said that he supports it, which can be described as more than enough, in fact, it is just nonsense.

Li Shimin didn't expect the eldest grandson Wuji to be shaken at the critical moment, and he was so unhappy in his heart, his eyes did not stop at him, and looked at the three prime ministers closest to him.

Above the court of the Tang Dynasty, only the governors of the three provinces can be called 'phases'. High-ranking officials under the door, in the middle of the service, Wang Jue. Zhongshu high-ranking officials, Zhongshu Order, Cen text. Originally, there was a Shangshu Order, but because Li Shimin had served as a Shangshu Order, he abolished the Shangshu Order in the Zhenguan Dynasty and replaced it with two servants. The left servant of Shangshu shoots the three affairs of the officials, the rites, and the people, while the right servant of the Shangshu shoots the three ministries of the soldiers, the criminals, and the workers. The left and right servants can be called 'phase', and now the right servant of Shangshu shoots Du Ruhui who is seriously ill in bed, and the affairs of Shangshu Province are all under the judgment of Fang Xuanling, so there are a total of three prime ministers who participated in the court today.

Among the three, if you have the right to speak, it should be Shangshu's left servant Fang Xuanling is the most, Wang Qi is second, and Cen Wenwen is the last. Now Li Shimin asked the prime minister to express his position, and the first person to bear the brunt was naturally Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin was forced to express his position, thought for a while, and said: "The minister and Zhao Guogong have the same idea. ”

After saying this, he was silent.

Next comes to Wang Jue, if you take a standpoint, Wang Jue is a typical representative of the gate valve family, if the imperial court recovers the mineral deposits, the gate valve family bears the brunt, he should express his opposition. But from the day before yesterday to the present, Wang Qi's attitude is very vague. Because after the benefits of coal and stone gradually became clear, the Taiyuan Wang family in this turmoil, not only will not be damaged, but will become rich.

After all, Wang Jue is the representative of the gate valve, and he is embarrassed to jump out to support it, but he really doesn't want to oppose it, and he has the intention to confuse the past, but now he can't express his position. Wang Jue gritted his teeth and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers support." ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin was surprised, he thought that Wang Jue was determined to oppose it, and among the people present, there was no more pure representative of the gate valve than Wang Jue, but he actually agreed...... After thinking about it, Li Shimin understood that it was for money. After thinking about this section, Li Shimin was very disdainful in his heart, and he had a comprehension of what Li Mu said that day, and sure enough, in the face of interests, no covenant is solid.

Wei Zheng stood at the end, and when he heard Wang Jue's expression, he immediately showed anger. Li Mu stood next to him and glanced at him, even more disdainful in his heart.

"Cen Xiang, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks...... It's better to choose a place and try it, if you suddenly retreat into the world, I'm afraid of accidents. ”

Cen Wenwen is above this court, he is a pure minister, and he never expresses his opinions at will, but if Li Shimin asks him, he will answer truthfully, judge things by facts, and never favor any party. Li Shimin also trusted him very much, seeing that he put forward a point of view that was different from others, his heart moved, and he felt that it was feasible, and just about to speak, Wei Zheng couldn't help it, and came out of the crowd and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this matter is not allowed!" ”

Wei Zheng is thin, but his voice is loud, and his words are round, when he speaks, it is like opening the halo of justice, as if he is always standing on the commanding heights of morality and looking down, there are ghosts or timid people in his heart, and when he hears his voice, he has already weakened his momentum before he can argue.

Li Shimin's most annoying voice is this voice, since he summoned Wei Zheng into the court, Wei Zheng has to contradict him more than ten times a month on average, basically what you want to do, he won't let you do anything, and specifically pick you uncomfortable. If the two of them argue, you and I will say a word, this is nothing, but Wei Zheng's tone and attitude are always the feeling of educating people, how can Li Shimin, as an emperor, like to be educated.

But Wei Zheng is famous, and has a lot of prestige among the Shandong clans, after the Xuanwumen Incident, the Shandong clans once said that Li Shimin killed his brother and killed his brother, and the throne was not right, as long as he was the king one day, the Shandong Shi clan would never enter the scholars. The Tang Dynasty defined Shandong, but not the Shandong of later generations, referring to all the areas east of Mount Kunshan or Huashan, including the three major gates of Fanyang Lu's family, Boling Cui's family, and Xingyang Zheng family, as well as more than 30 small scholar clans, accounting for about half of the Tang dynasty.

During the Wude period, Li Jiancheng pacified Shandong Haoqiang and rescued the scholars in Shandong, so he got the supporters of the Shandong scholars, Wei Zheng was his adviser at that time, and Li Jiancheng was the prince, of course, he could not bow down to himself, so the Shandong scholars contacted Li Jiancheng, most of them were in contact with Wei Zheng.

Li Shimin was afraid of accidents, so in order to stabilize the court, he appointed Wei Zheng, but he didn't dare to put Wei Zheng in an important position, so he only gave him the position of secretary and supervisor, similar to the secretariat of later generations.

But because of the huge power behind it, Wei Zheng's speech in the court is also very weighty, and hundreds of officials privately call him Wei Xiang, because Shangshu's right servant shoots Du Ruhui is seriously ill, and it seems that it will not happen, and it is rumored between the government and the opposition that Wei Zheng must be the next Shangshu's right servant. But Li Shimin had never made such a promise, he knew that Wei Zheng was the representative of the Shandong clan, and how could he easily grant such an important position as Shangshu's right servant.

Li Shimin had already thought that the biggest obstacle to the passage of the Datang Resources Law was this Wei Zheng. Therefore, in the first two discussions, he did not call Wei Zhenglai. Today is the official of the fifth grade or above to participate in the court meeting, according to the rules, the secretary and supervisor have to make records, Wei Zheng came uninvited, and this is a scene on the Liangyi Palace.

Hearing Wei Zheng speak at this time, Li Shimin had to respond to him and said, "Xuan Cheng, why do you think it's impossible?" ”

"Your Majesty, just now in the Liangyi Palace, when the Marquis of Zhulu spoke, the minister already wanted to say it. Hou Zhongjun is patriotic and has good ideas, but he thinks things too simply. The family of gate valves, the surname of Gaomen, why has it been inherited for thousands of years? There's a reason for that. ”

When Wei Zheng spoke, he didn't even look at Li Mu, as if he didn't put him in his eyes at all, and said to Li Shimin: "Zhuluhou gave two examples, one is a disaster year, and the other is a flood. In the disaster year, there were many displaced people, so why was it wrong for the high-ranking family to close their homes? The outcasts do not know benevolence and righteousness, and do not know the number of etiquette. Do you let the homeless people rush into the house, burn and loot? In the disaster year, the surname Gaomen has sheltered many people, and it is naturally good if he can spare the strength to help the imperial court, but if he does not have this spare strength, the imperial court should not be blamed for this. ”

"And in the year of the flood, the world was initially decided, and the people of the seven cities on both sides of the Yellow River were very bitter, but where was the surplus everywhere in the world? The Queen's family donated 100,000 yuan, which is certainly admirable, but the person who donated the money is not guilty, and the Hou of Zhulu put all the responsibility on the surname of Gaomen, and the minister thinks that it is biased! ”