Chapter 307: Appeasement (Three Watches)
"Why don't you make trouble?"
Seeing these scholars who suddenly quieted down, Li Ye looked dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty..."
"Shut up!"
Seeing the scholar who was about to speak, Li Ye interrupted mercilessly, "I thought you were the pillars of the country, but when I looked at it today, I realized that you were not worthy at all. A small thing will make you lose your mind, do I dare to put hope in you? β
"Your Majesty, the ministers are also angry at Li Keyong's contempt for His Majesty and the court, not on the spur of the moment." Kong Chongbi, who was dressed in white, stood up and saluted Li Ye and said respectfully.
"Kong Chongbi?" Li Ye stared at the other party for a moment, and then looked at the other scholars, "I still have state affairs to deal with, you elect a few representatives, I want to see what you have in your head." β
Soon, six people stood up, without exception, all of them were from the Jinshi Branch, including Zheng Gu, the champion of the new department.
"Zheng Gu, are you forty today? My children may be older than me.
Before, I thought you were a stable person, but I didn't expect to be so reckless, which was so disappointing to me. Tell me, what do you want to do today? Forced palace? Looking at Zheng Gu, whose sideburns had turned white, Li Ye's tone was very bad.
"Don't dare!" Hearing the word 'forcing the palace', Zheng Gu was so frightened that he hurriedly bent over, and then kept it like that, "The ministers are just angry that Li Keyong is so disrespectful to the court. β
"According to you, I should send troops against him?" Li Ye asked rhetorically.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should crusade against Li Keyong. As long as His Majesty issued an edict of crusade, the feudal towns in various places were bound to respond. Li Keyong ignores the majesty of the imperial court, and only the head used by Li Ke can show the majesty of the imperial court, so that all the towns in the world will surrender. Kong Chongbi said righteously.
"Fool, did I let you speak?" Li Ye didn't save face for Kong Chongbi at all, the other party was just a courtier, so what if he came from the Kong family.
Let's not say that the other party does not represent the Kong family, even if it is a representative, Li Ye wants to clean up the Kong family, and there is a way.
"Your Majesty..."
Kong Chongbi didn't expect his righteous words to suffer such a result, he was a little surprised and a little frightened.
Li Ye didn't care about the other party's reaction, but looked at the scholars, "Do you think the imperial court is very powerful now?" Can you crusade against these powerful feudal clans at any time?
I'm here to tell you how strong Li Keyong is.
At present, Li Keyong has a total of 130,000 troops, including 60,000 cavalry.
Do you know what these 60,000 cavalry means? At present, the imperial court cannot come up with any army to deal with these 60,000 cavalry.
What do you think the court is going to do with this cavalry? Relying on you powerless soldiers? β
Li Ye's words can be said to have hurt the self-esteem of these people present a lot, and some people stood up to refute, "Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, we are willing to put on armor and go into battle, even if it is a horse leather shroud, we will never regret it." β
"Stupid! What can you do when you go to war? A group of people who don't know how to soldier, you are not as good as an ordinary soldier on the battlefield! Do you have paste in your head?
Smart people know that they can play up their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, but it's better for you to put your strengths and don't use them, but you want to expose your weaknesses, do you say that this is done by smart people, or by stupid people? β
Although Li Ye's words were harsh, they made the scholars present speechless, and they were a little angry at first, but after Li Ye's cold water was poured up, their minds began to clear up.
Zheng Gu hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, isn't there any reaction from the imperial court?" β
"Is this your business? Do you really think that if you win a move, you think you can do anything? Don't forget that you people, even if you have the highest starting point, are only seventh-rank officials. didn't even do his part well, and began to be ambitious?
You may also know my attitude towards the feudal town. In my opinion, the feudal town is a sore on the body of the imperial court, a stubborn disease, and a parasite.
However, if the affairs of the feudal town were to be resolved, the current situation would not have arisen. At present, the place under the actual jurisdiction of the imperial court is less than one-fifth of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the place is divided by large and small feudal towns, like a small kingdom.
I also want to eradicate the feudal towns, but the current strength of the imperial court is not strong. Perhaps, with the current strength of the imperial court, Li Keyong in Hedong can be pacified, but after pacification, the imperial court is bound to be greatly damaged.
What if the other feudal towns rebelled at this time? Have you thought about it?
I don't want to investigate who instigated you to come to the palace to make trouble. But if you think about it carefully, if the real court and Li Keyong fight to lose both, what will be the consequences? So what is the intention of those who instigate the crusade?
When the rebellion resumes, or even the Tang Dynasty perishes, you people are all sinners of the Tang Dynasty. β
"Boom!"
Li Ye's words made Zheng Gu more and more frightened the more he listened, and finally couldn't help but kneel on the ground and cry loudly, "Please Your Majesty to condemn the crime, the minister is extremely stupid, don't believe the words of others, and almost caused trouble." The minister is guilty! β
"The minister is also guilty, please surrender your majesty!"
"The minister is guilty!"
Hearing this, these scholars knelt down one after another, and many of them were crying, blaming themselves, and feeling annoyed!
The Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers did not kneel among themselves, and these scholars knelt down one after another at this time, which shows that they realized that they had done something stupid.
Li Ye came to Zheng Gu and helped the other party up, "Get up!" β
"The minister is guilty, please ask Your Majesty to surrender!" Zheng Gu said with tears as he wiped his tears.
"Stupid.
I don't want to delve too much into today's events. But I hope you must remember to do your part when you take office.
You stand out in the examination room, but it doesn't mean that your career is going well. Officials should keep in mind three points, one is to be responsible, two is hardworking, and three is honest.
Just because you can write poetry and write about current affairs does not mean that you will be a good official.
I just want to say, do your own thing, ask more, learn more, and apply what you have learned reasonably.
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Maybe it was because he was interested, or maybe he felt something, Li Ye said a lot to these scholars, and in the end, these people felt ashamed of themselves. They thought they were heroes, but after Li Ye's words, they realized that they were still far from them.
However, there is one point, the hearts of these people have been condensed by Li Ye.
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In the end, these scholars left Daming Palace honestly, and even Pei Rong couldn't help but pat himself after these people left, "Your Majesty is really a capable person, I didn't expect to solve the trouble of these scholars in a few words, and also make these scholars happy and convinced." β
"A bunch of people who are stupid to read." Li Ye shook his head, "As for Li Keyong's matter, I will do what I just discussed." Since Li Keyong wants to find unhappiness, let him know what the price of jumping too hard is. β
Speaking of the back, Li Ye's expression was very cold, or very angry.
Can you not get angry? Li Ke used a county king, and actually appointed a festival envoy privately, where did he put the court?
Since Li Keyong couldn't help jumping out, he also had to be polite.
(End of chapter)