Li Cheng looked at a minister below.

It is the Ministry of Rites Shangshu 'Liao Yun'.

An old man in his forties.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book. ”

"Quasi-play."

Li Cheng waved his hand, very casually.

Liao Yun immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, according to the process, there are still a few days left for the annual sacrifice, this year's sacrifice, will Your Majesty personally preside over it, or will it be replaced by ministers?" ”

Sacrifice!

In the Tang Empire, it is also a relatively formal ceremony, which needs to be held at least once a year, and the emperor worships heaven and earth, praying for good weather and no disasters this year.

However, due to the period of the first emperor, he had no intention of making sacrifices.

Therefore, there is a method of substitution by courtiers to carry out sacrifices.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu didn't know what the emperor would choose, so he could only look at the emperor and wait for an answer.

Li Cheng touched his chin, frowned slightly, and asked, "I ask you, what will happen if you don't hold a sacrifice?" ”

Sacrifices or something, he remembered it......

It's troublesome, there are too many ceremonies or something, and it's a day to go down.

If it must be held, he can only choose to let this *** minister go to hold it, or it is good to embezzle one or two and consume the treasury of the Tang Dynasty.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu said without thinking: "Your Majesty, if you don't hold a sacrifice, don't say that you will provoke the anger of the heavens, just say that the people of the world are afraid that they will blame Your Majesty, and the people's hearts will be lost. ”

"Even if Your Majesty doesn't want to participate, then you can be replaced by ministers and other ministers to hold a sacrifice."

He folded his hands and spoke sincerely.

Li Cheng didn't care about these at all, his eyes lit up when he heard the words 'people in the world'.

He asked, "You say, if you don't hold sacrifices, you will lose the hearts of the people of the world?" ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu couldn't hear the emperor's meaning, nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the sacrifice is a first-class event, if it causes public resentment, it will be difficult to do." ”

Grievances?

It's good to provoke people's resentment!

This is something that can make the entire Datang world lose the hearts of the people, but it is hard to find!

Li Cheng squinted his eyes and said, "Well, the people of the world...... The order of the herald, this year's sacrifice was cancelled. ”

Before the Ministry of Rites could react, he said, "Obey Your Majesty's ......"

His words stopped abruptly, his eyes widened and he couldn't react.

What did the emperor say just now......

Cancellation of the festival this year?

Or did the emperor know the price of the sacrifice cancellation, and then insisted on canceling it?

"Please think twice!!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting loudly.

He just knelt down and found that none of his colleagues around him had moved, and his heart was suddenly depressed.

At a time like before, shouldn't all the civil and military officials come out to persuade His Majesty to think twice?

He lowered his head and looked at the civil and military officials next to him.

found that the civil and military officials looked at each other one by one, and they all frowned, as if they were thinking about something, and no one stood up to accompany him to dissuade the emperor.

Ministry of Rites: "??? ”

You sell me?

Li Cheng looked at the kneeling Ministry of Rites, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "I have made up my mind, so I don't need to say more." ”

He didn't bother to say anything more to this cramped head of the Ministry of Rites.

Isn't it just that the sacrifice has been canceled, and you have less embezzlement of silver? As for shouting so loudly to stop him......

He turned his head and glanced at Gonggong Xu.

It's time to go down.

Gonggong Xu nodded, understood what the emperor meant, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Although this early dynasty is a bit long, Li Cheng is quite satisfied.

This year's festival has been cancelled.

The people of the world will rebuke him.

Popular sentiment has decreased.

Well done!

……

Prime Minister's Office.

Those ministers who had been 'trained' by Zhuge Wuming came here one after another.

Zhuge Wuming sat on a chair in the lobby and asked with a light smile: "The prime minister saw that the civil and military officials were thinking this morning, and you taught everything that the prime minister taught you to the civil and military officials?" ”

Several ministers glanced at each other.

One of them walked out, gritted his teeth and said: "Prime Minister, I think this kind of thing should be taught to the civil and military officials, so that the civil and military officials can understand His Majesty's meaning, so as not to hinder His Majesty every day, if the Prime Minister feels that something is wrong, I am willing to suffer!" ”

And so it was.

In the morning, when he saw so many civil and military officials thinking, he felt that something was wrong.

Zhuge Wuming shook his head and smiled, poured himself a cup of tea, and said while drinking: "What's the blame for this, it's just that I'm very curious, why doesn't Liao Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites understand anything?" ”

As soon as this statement came out.

Everyone on the field was a little embarrassed.

One of the ministers coughed a few times and said, "Liao Shangshu is too stubborn, he pays attention to etiquette every day, I don't really want to go, and besides, I thought a few of you would go, so I didn't go." ”

The eyes of the others widened.

"I thought you would have someone to go......"

"Lao Chen, aren't you quite familiar with Liao Shangshu, why didn't you go? I thought you'd go. ”

"Ahem, I'm familiar with Liao Shangshu, but I'm afraid that he will talk about my etiquette or something, and if I am familiar, he will be embarrassed to say anything about me......"

"Okay, okay, it's been a long time, and everyone hasn't been there......"

Zhuge Wuming also couldn't laugh and cry watching the conversation of these people, but he didn't expect it to be so dramatic.

"Okay, okay, Liao Shangshu's matter, delay it for a while, but Your Majesty's decision this time is a big challenge for us, you should have guessed what Your Majesty meant, right?"

His tone became a little solemn.

Several ministers glanced at each other.

One of the younger ministers said, "I don't know, I'm right, and I'm asking the prime minister for advice......"

"I feel that Your Majesty's cancellation of the sacrifice is to make a move against the generals who control the military power in various places in the whole world, and these generals have been listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement over the years, and it is also a thorn in Your Majesty's heart."

"Now that I have my hands free, I naturally want to make a move on those generals, and the cancellation of the sacrifice is to lower the morale of the people in the world, so that the ambitions of those generals can be exposed and do something out of the ordinary, so that Your Majesty will have a reason to clean them up."

The courtier spoke very proudly, as if he was proud that he could guess His Majesty's meaning.

When Zhuge Wuming heard this, his eyes lit up, he nodded with satisfaction, and said: "It's really better than blue, you guessed, that's right, Your Majesty must think so, so next, our task is a bit big." ”

The faces of several ministers were also solemn.

These generals have been away all the year round, and they have long developed ambitions, and if His Majesty wants to do it this time, it will inevitably cause some backlash.

As courtiers, they naturally have to share one or two for His Majesty.

A minister asked: "Dare to ask the Prime Minister, His Majesty hasn't said anything yet, wouldn't it be good if we make a move?" ”

Zhuge Wuming stood up, squinted his eyes, and said, "What you think is still too rigid, if it is a normal situation, how can Your Majesty not give orders?" ”

"Now there is no command, it is precisely because we want to play freely, and it is also to consider what step we can achieve......

Several ministers all looked at Zhuge Wuming with admiration.

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy.

Prime Minister Zhuge is Prime Minister Zhuge Prime Minister.

There is no one who knows His Majesty best!