Chapter 52: Shocking
"What do you say? Who are you? β
The eyes of the hundred officials gathered here, and a pair of eyes as wide as copper bells stared at Li Yun deadly, as if they had seen a monster. The courtiers all read his advice.
Why Ping Southwest!
The context of the article is clear, and the strategy of pacifying the southwest in the title is unheard of, but it is really feasible, everyone knows that King Yun's poetry is outstanding, but they didn't expect that his policy of governing the country is also so good.
You must know that the prince is in the court to listen to the government, and he can't do it, and Li Yun is just a boy from the mountains and fields, from a humble background, how can he have the opportunity to enter the court and listen to the government? But now you can write such an article, unless you are a genius.
Of course, all this is based on Li Yun not lying, he is indeed Wang Xiaoer.
However, most people still don't believe that Li Yun can write such an article alone?
Li Chengqian didn't believe that Li Yun was Wang Xiaoer, so he immediately stood up and stepped on it fiercely: "Father, King Yun knew that the court couldn't find Wang Xiaoer, so he came forward to pretend to be someone else and begged his father to surrender. β
The prince's words are all reasonable, many people are puzzled, and even Li Shimin muttered in his heart, as Li Chengqian said, Wang Xiaoer can't find it, and no one can confirm that Li Yun is fake anyway.
"King Yun, do you know that it is a great sin to impersonate other people's names." Li Shimin asked.
"Father, the son is not lying, the son is Wang Xiaoer." Facing King Tang's questioning, Li Yun was neither humble nor arrogant, and said calmly.
Just when Li Shimin was in trouble, Wei Zheng stood up and admonished: "Your Majesty, since King Yun said that he is Wang Xiaoer, why not let King Yun recite the article written by Wang Xiaoer, so that the authenticity can be confirmed." β
A word to wake up the person in the dream, Li Shimin only felt that he was confused, just as Wei Zheng said, if Li Yun could recite the article, wouldn't it prove whether he was lying.
Immediately, Li Shimin sat down and looked at him squarely: "King Yun, you are sure that you are Wang Xiaoer, then you will recite the article you wrote in the question in public." β
"Okay."
Li Yun didn't feel flustered, and only replied with the word 'good'.
After that, he walked to the center of the main hall, this scene was very similar to the scene of a hundred poems fighting in the Liangyi Hall that night, but now it is a recitation of the question, a little different.
"Emperor Yang was tyrannical, Sui declined and Tang Xing, Emperor Taizong acted in heaven, followed the people's hearts, and finally unified the hot summer; It is the blessing of the world to create a prosperous era of Zhenguan and open up the way of speech. However, the southwest is tired, and this sincerity is in danger of survival. β
"However, the ministers are unremitting inside, and the loyal people forget themselves outside, covering the special encounter of chasing Taizong, and there is nothing to do to repay it, and the monarch and ministers are worried. I am a scholar of the empire, I have the courage to speak out, I offer a special strategy, and I am willing to do my best to share the worries of the king. β
"There are three suggestions from the people, one of which is to raze and raze; The other two, the Push Grace Order; Third, change the land and return to the stream. All three of these have, and the troubles of the southwest can be expected to calm down the sun and the moon. β¦β¦β
Next, what Li Yun said was to explain the three strategies written in his questioning one by one, his mouth was like a river, the spittle in his mouth flew sideways, and he never stopped for a moment to speak, and everyone who listened to it widened their eyes and stared at each other.
This question has thousands of words, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu even took out the exam paper of "Wang Xiaoer" to check word by word whether what Li Yun said was the same.
In the main hall, Li Yun's sonorous and powerful, neither humble nor arrogant voice echoed, and when he recited the entire article, Li Shimin was dumbfounded.
So much so that after Li Yun finished reciting, he didn't come back to his senses, if it weren't for Fang Xuanling's reminder, Li Shimin would still be immersed here.
After coming back to his senses, Li Shimin immediately asked the Ministry of Rites: "Is there a mistake in what he said?" β
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Back to Your Majesty, the article that King Yun just recited is almost exactly the same as the question and answer paper of Wang Xiaoer, the champion Lang. β
"Word for word?"
"Yes, word for word." The reply determined by the Ministry of Rites.
Now everyone believes that Li Yun is Wang Xiaoer, if it weren't for him, how could Li Yun recite the answer sheet of Zhuangyuanlang? And it's word for word.
Especially Li Shimin, who confirmed that Wang Xiaoer was Li Yun, he was overjoyed, his original face was full of mist, and his drooping face was also glowing with new glory.
"Haha!!"
Suddenly, Li Shimin's wild laughter sounded in the hall, as an emperor, it should not be like this, but the joy in his heart was difficult to hide in his heart, and he still laughed after all.
And Shang Xingzhou also silently cast a relieved expression, he really didn't misunderstand Li Yun, this son is really the lucky star of the Tang Dynasty.
Originally, Li Shimin was still sad and angry about the fact that the princes only had King Jin in high school, but suddenly, he learned that Li Yun had won the top prize in the examination, and he overwhelmed the students in the world, which really won face for himself.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly asked again: "I remember that Wu Zhuangyuan is also called Wang Xiaoer, King Yun?" Is this person you? β
"Back to my father, it is my son."
Wow!!
Now everyone is no longer calm, the court is boiling, one person has two champions, literary champions and martial champions, both civil and military are the best in the world, so it's really terrifying.
"The champion of civil and military affairs, worthy of being my son, haha!!"
Li Shimin laughed again, this time, it couldn't help but him, even many courtiers also laughed, and Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde and others gave a thumbs up.
"King Yun, it's good, my old Cheng really didn't misunderstand you." Cheng Zhijie shouted loudly with that thick voice, quite heroic.
"Wenzhi martial arts, King Yun is really a dragon and phoenix among people."
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The scene was almost full of praise, on the other hand, Li Chengqian was more like a clown who jumped off the beam, and once again became Li Yun's foil.
Originally, it was good to summon Bangyan and Tanhua to erect a typical model, but now under the brilliance of Li Yun, the two of them seem really insignificant.
However, Luo Bingwang and Xu Song didn't care, but understood the gap between themselves and Li Yun, and only then did they listen to his strategy of pacifying the southwest, and what they admired was that they were throwing themselves to the ground.
Originally, it was good to reprimand the princes in public and give them an ideological education lesson, but now it seems that the theme is changing, and it has become a court of asking about politics.
I only heard Li Shimin ask: "King Yun, I will ask you, in your questioning, there are a few points that I still don't understand, you can explain." β
"Father, please speak."
"In the questioning, you mentioned changing the land and returning it to the stream, but you thought that once the imperial court implemented it, it would inevitably trigger a backlash from the local officials in the southwest, and the chaos would also occur.
Yes, the so-called change of land and return to the stream is like cutting the domain, throughout the ancient and modern times, the king wants to cut the domain, where is not the outbreak of war. For example: Ming Huizong Zhu Yunwen intended to cut the domain, and as a result, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebelled, and the famous Jingyan Rebellion occurred in history, and finally Zhu Di became emperor.
Another example: During the Kangxi period, Aixinjue Luo Xuanye cut down Wu Sangui, causing Wu Sangui to rebel, although the war subsided, the court also paid a heavy price.
In the face of Li Shimin's questioning, Li Yun replied: "That's why Erchen mentioned in the question, first use razing to control razing, the imperial court will allocate military households to the southwest, check and balance the southwest domains, and use the local razor people instead of Tusi, and use this to reward meritorious deeds, and use the method of tui'en to divide the two-pronged approach. β
"Why is that?"
Li Shimin's puzzlement lies in this, why use the people instead of the toast, in contrast, the strength of the toast is greater, but it is more conducive to the fact that the policy.
And Li Yun also saw the doubts in Li Shimin's heart, and said: "Erchen understands what his father meant, but has his father found a problem?" β
"What's the problem?"
"The source of the rebellion in the southwest lies in Tusi, although the imperial court is benevolent, but they are still dissatisfied, no matter how enlightened the emperor is, the rebellion will not be fundamentally eradicated."
As Li Yun said, the rebellion in the southwest lies in the Tusi, no matter how good the policy of the imperial court is, the Tusi will always rebel from time to time and find a sense of existence from the imperial court.
"Tusi rebellion is commonplace, Rao is the imperial court sent troops to suppress it, but it always treats the symptoms but not the root cause, today may put down the rebellion, tomorrow they may be able to make a comeback. Therefore, the counterinsurgency is not about the Tusi, but about the people. Li Yun said eloquently, "If Tusi doesn't have the Yimin in his hands, how can they rebel?" β
This truth is like fighting a war without soldiers, even if the general has the ability to reach the sky, after all, he is powerless, and this truth can be described as general.
Li Shimin suddenly woke up, patted the case and said: "Yes, if Tusi's subordinates have no people available, what will they do to rebel?" β
"Erchen thinks that the reason why my father and the adults feel that the southwest is difficult to calm is because of your inherent thoughts, and you regard Tusi and Yimin as one and inseparable. As everyone knows, the two are very different, the imperial court rewarded the local officials and compassionate the people, but in fact, the Tusi was rewarded and received the money allocated by the imperial court, but they may not separate the money from the people. β
"Even if they give it to the Yimin, the Yimin will thank the Tusi, not the court. In this case, why not send the occupants of the imperial court to directly divide the money and raze the people, so as to buy people's hearts, why not? β
I have to say that Li Yun's answers to questions and doubts are very reasonable, Tang King Li Shimin listened carefully and listened carefully, at this moment he is like a student, he has to be taught by the teacher, and there is no emperor's frame.
"Erchen also said in the policy that the core of the order is to divide and rule, and formulate different methods according to different groups, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."
The last policy, change the land and return to the stream, after the successful completion of the current two, this third strategy is the way to trace the source, and it will also be understood in the policy questioning that the flow of officials replaces the local officials, so as to strengthen the centralization of power, there is no need to ask more.
After Li Yun analyzed it clearly, everyone really realized that it was originally a big problem, which was too complicated for everyone to think about, and essentially ignored the most fundamental things.
"Brilliant Strategy!"
Li Shimin applauded the case, and the southwest political affairs that plagued the imperial court were solved by Li Yun in this way, which is really very happy.
"King Yun's strategy is wonderful, what do you ministers think?" Li Shimin asked.
"The minister thinks that this method is feasible."
Wei Zheng stepped forward one step ahead, where did he think that the murderous prince in the past was actually a hidden genius.
"What Lord Wei said is extremely true, and the minister seconded it."
"The minister also seconded the proposal."
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But anyone who is not stupid seconded the proposal, Li Shimin's words have reached this point, and if there are still people who dare to oppose it, wouldn't they be looking for death.
After finalizing Li Yun's policy, Li Shimin officially announced: "Yunwang's policy of changing the land and returning to the river is very feasible, and the specific implementation policy will be formulated on the same day." β
Subsequently, Li Shimin assigned the task in court: "The left servant shoots Fang Xuanling, the right servant shoots Du Ruhui, the middle book orders Gao Shilian, and the servant Wei Zheng steps forward to listen to the order!" β
"The minister is here!"
The four of them came out at the same time and shouted in unison, they were the humerus ministers of the imperial court, and they were inferior to the military attachΓ©s compared to leading troops to fight, but when it came to formulating policies, the military attachΓ©s could only look at them.
"You and the other four will formulate a specific strategy as soon as possible in accordance with the strategy of King Yun, and remember not to delay."
"Obey the order!"
"Retreat!"
A court government that reprimanded the princes turned into a political meeting, and Li Yun won everyone's applause with his talent, especially his policy of changing the land and returning to the river, which was unheard of for a long time, which made people admire.
Not only that, Li Yun's civil and military champions are beyond his reach, how heroic he is.
Out of the palace gate, the merchant boat stayed outside the door and waited for a long time, after seeing Li Yun come out, the old man came forward, Li Yun saw it, and immediately performed the teacher-student salute.
"I've seen the headmaster!" Li Yun bowed slightly.
"Your Royal Highness is infinitely beautiful, one person has two champions, it is really unprecedented, and there is no one in the future." Shang Xingzhou released this bold statement.
"The headmaster has an overreputation, but it's just a fluke."
"Don't be modest, above the court, you are like a fluent answer, even the old man sighs, it is really a talented person, it seems that the old man is indeed old."
"What do you mean?"
"The old man has taught students all his life, and now he is in his twilight years, and he wants to go out for a walk and see the outside world."
When Li Yun heard this, he meant to prepare for retirement.
"I don't want to ...... the headmaster here"
"Haha! His Royal Highness is talented, and it is more than enough to be qualified for the position of principal, and the old man is ready to write to His Majesty, and wants to give this position to you, what do you think? β
Li Yun's eyes widened, and he felt as if he was hallucinating.
"I'm afraid this is not appropriate, I am still young, how can I assume the position of the principal of the country?"
Shang Xingzhou shook his head and said: "Ambition is not old, no plan is a hundred years old; Today, His Royal Highness replied to the court, his cultural attainments have surpassed the old man, if he does not hand over this position to you, the old man will not rest assured. β
Just as he was saying this, Lawyer Pei suddenly walked over and said sneeringly: "The principal wants to give this position to Li Yun, but I'm afraid it will be in vain." β
"Lawyer Pei, what do you mean by that?"
"I just received a hot news, Li Yun is about to finish."
"Huh?"
Lawyer Pei put his hands behind his back, faced the blue sky, and laughed: "Li Yun, Li Yun, let you shine, this time you are destined to die, haha!" β
After speaking, only the two of them left with a puzzled back.