Xu Jingzong looked at Cai Cong with some admiration, such a person is a god when he reaches the top, and he is a demon when he falls into the abyss. No matter which one it is, it is not comparable to a mortal like him Xu Jingzong, so he admires it a lot.

"Since the prince said so, then the lower official will never be polite in the future, and at that time, don't blame the lower official for not being kind."

Xu Jingzong clenched his fists and said respectfully, and asked cautiously at the end, "Such a grand territory, but I don't know how many generations the saint and the prince plan to complete the work?" ”

"This king wants to include the universe within 20 years, and only the Tang Dynasty exists alone in the world. His Majesty said that he would make a plan for a hundred years and gather the strength of several generations to complete this move. ”

Cai Cong said a little unwillingly, he planned to conquer the countries of the Western Regions within five years, and then take down the Great Food and other powerful countries in fifteen years, and then build the sea road, and he would not worry about the matter of including those wild lands in the Tang Dynasty.

It is a pity that Li Chengqian resolutely rejected his suggestion, and within 20 years he continued to fight wars, but he was afraid that the people would suffer unspeakably, and there would be countless rebels who exposed the rebellion.

Xu Jingzong pinched his palms in a cold sweat, no wonder he wanted his own people to go against him, this crazy idea was simply to drag Datang into the bottomless abyss!

"The prince must not, the world will not be peaceful for a long time, if you are so reckless, I am afraid that the country will be ruined in front of you. The lower official is now in charge of the household department, if the prince plans like this, he doesn't want to get any grain and grass from the household department. ”

Xu Jingzong shouted excitedly, he had experienced the most turbulent era, and he had also seen that eloquent madman, Cai Cong in front of him actually overlapped with the king of the dead country in his memory at this moment, and he almost turned around and fled without being scared.

"Why are you looking at this king like this?"

Cai Cong asked with a frown, anyone who is looked at with a hellish expression will feel unhappy.

"No, no, Xiaguan was just crazy by the prince... Ambition was shocked. ”

An old fritter like Xu Jingzong almost said the wrong thing, which shows how much pressure Cai Cong gave him.

"If you speak so incoherently, be careful that I let Longchen entertain you. The battle of Tubo will be long for many years, consuming not only time, but also countless money and food, and your household department needs to be prepared, not to let the front-line logistics problems, let alone let the country cause turmoil because of materials. ”

Cai Cong's words behind him were very harsh, after all, in the Xiaoice era, natural disasters are frequent, and the storage and dispatch of grain must be more and faster.

"Don't worry! Nowadays, every household who does not reserve one or two thousand catties of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the people themselves can resist the famine year, such as floods, plagues, etc., the state capital can arrive at the rescue within three days, and the imperial court can send inspection envoys in less than half a month. In terms of government affairs, the imperial court has its own set of mature rules. ”

Xu Jingzong said respectfully, he is in charge of the government, and he is from a background in dealing with government affairs, and he is clear about the new rules of the imperial court.

"It's the best. Go back first! After staying with me for so long, I'm afraid that the two auxiliary ministers are thinking about how to kick you out of Chang'an. ”

Cai Cong said with a smile, Xu Jingzong had another headache, saying that he was also an important member, and the taxes contributed to the Tang Dynasty accounted for one-third of the taxes in the early days, but why did these rotten Confucians look down on him?

"Retire!"

Xu Jingzong said and turned around to leave, and when he was about to step out of the study, he turned to Cai Cong and said, "Persistence and greed are the root of the scourge, and the great cause of the territory is the best policy, think twice about the prince." ”

Cai Cong waved his hand, Xu Jingzong didn't bother to speak, he didn't think that he could move Cai Cong, but he just said what was in his heart and felt much better.

Xu Jingzong didn't sigh for long, and as soon as the sedan chair turned around the corner, he was stopped by a few people dressed as small officials.

Then he went to Zhongshu Province to see Fang Xuanling, and as soon as he stepped in, he heard Wei Zheng's mocking voice.

"Did you visit your master? It's not easy to see Xu Shangshu! ”

"As an official in the same dynasty, why should Wei Ge Lao say hurtful words!" Xu Jingzong smiled bitterly, he really can't afford to provoke this big guy, and he dares to crash to death at your door if he is in a hurry.

"Don't be surprised by Jingzong, this old man has been waiting for you for a long time, and it's normal to be a little resentful. Have you seen the town king? ”

Fang Xuanling stopped Wei Zheng, who was still talking, and said to Xu Jingzong with a smile.

"I've seen it, when I left the palace, the officials were trembling and sweating!"

Xu Jingzong said with a sigh, Wei Zheng's eyes glared and he wanted to scold, are you really the king of the town is the emperor? I'm afraid you weren't so afraid when you saw the emperor!

Xu Jingzong turned a blind eye to Wei Zheng's anger, and said to Fang Xuanling with a straight face, "Listening to the words of His Royal Highness King Zhen, the lower officials have the illusion of facing Emperor Yang of Sui, just like seeing Emperor Yang of Sui who raised millions of troops to conquer Goguryeo. ”

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng's faces changed at the same time, could it be that Cai Cong already has a heart of disobedience?

"The prince is just like Emperor Yang of Sui, and he is just as radical. He and His Majesty are plotting to swallow all the countries of the world, His Majesty wants to achieve great things in a hundred years, but the prince wants to set foot on the countries of the world in just twenty years, although the lower officials are not talented, but they also know the Great Food Country, Tianzhu Kingdom, they are not smaller than the Tang Dynasty! ”

"It's not okay to break it, how long has it been since the world was peaceful, and he wants to make a big swordsman? Besides, what is the use of this barbaric land? But he asked me to exchange my life for my Tang Haoerlang. The old man went to them. ”

After listening to Xu Jingzong's words, Wei Zheng jumped to his feet and was about to go to find Li Chengqian and Cai Cong, but Fang Xuanling hurriedly stopped him.

From the time Li Chengqian hung Lu Dongzan's body on the city wall, he knew that this young emperor was never willing to be a king, but he didn't expect his ambition to be so big.

"Now that you are in charge of the household department, then Cai Cong wants you to do logistics for him?"

"At first, I thought this was the case, but the truth is that he wants me to work with you to contain him, and the prince said that he is likely to swell, so he wants us to pour cold water on him when he is hot-headed."

After Xu Jingzong's words were finished, the other two were more uneasy in addition to being shocked. The fact that a person like Cai Cong would take the initiative to find someone to suppress himself shows how determined he is.

Thinking about the fact that Chai Shao's army had already marched to Tibet, their hearts were even more cold, and the prestige of carrying a great victory was enough to encourage the young people in the country to plunge into one war after another without hesitation.

"Let's go face the saint! The gate valve has been cultivated for seven years, and the former household department is crying that the household registration is not more than seven years ago, and now it has experienced the rebellion of the King of Jin, although the casualties are not heavy, but Yangzhou in the rich world has been hit hard, and the people's livelihood has not recovered, and now Cai Cong is competing with Buddhism, and he must persuade His Majesty to take a light conscription, reduce taxes, and let the people in the country recuperate. ”

Fang Xuanling let go of Wei Zheng's hand, and said with a bitter face, the current saint trusts Cai Cong too much, and he is left to toss everything, and he is helpless with this old bone.

"Although the lower officials were supported by the prince, but now they are really panicking, why don't we gather other important ministers and ask Your Majesty for their lives?"

Xu Jingzong has never hidden his backstage, but this time it not only has to go against his own backstage, but also summons others to persuade Li Chengqian, which makes Fang and Wei look at him well, and it seems that this person is not as weak and incompetent as the legend.

"It's getting late, I'm here to gather all the ministers, and after tomorrow morning, we'll go and ask to see Your Majesty."

Fang Xuanling frowned and said, this matter is really not good to discuss in the court, so he can only talk to Li Chengqian in private.

After the three of them summed it up again, they acted separately, this incident scared the ministers for a day, they discussed the people's livelihood here every day, thinking about how to build water conservancy, how to develop local industries to increase the income of the people, Cai Cong actually wanted to fight? This must not be promised.

The atmosphere of the next morning was very strange, and the things that were discussed in the past were one after another, but today it was just more than half an hour before there was nothing to do, and the world was too peaceful? Nothing to do? Li Chengqian felt a little strange in his heart, but he could only announce his retirement from the dynasty, thinking that he would go and check it.

As soon as he returned to the imperial study, he knew that he was wrong, and the chamberlain came in with a few mountains of books, all of which needed his approval.

"Why did Your Majesty come back so early today?" Chu Yao held a cup of tea and put it in front of Li Chengqian, and that action seemed to be still angry.

"Today, this group of ministers doesn't know what's going on, and none of them will do anything, so I will order to retire from the court."

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and picked up a copy of the fold and handed it to Chu Yao, who casually threw it back into the fold pile.

"I haven't forgiven you yet, you want me to help you, don't even think about it!"

Chu Yao said coldly, Li Chengqian shook his head and reviewed the folds, without Chu Yao's help, he was afraid that he would have to review it from morning to late at night.

Chu Yao was in a daze with one hand on his cheek, Li Chengqian sometimes pondered, sometimes frowned, this pile, one by one, is related to people's livelihood and even life and death, morality, and it is not easy to make a decision.

"Your Majesty, Fang Xuanling, Uncle Eldest Sun, Wei Zheng and a number of ministers ask to see."

A little eunuch walked in and whispered, Concubine Xian was in a bad mood at first glance, he didn't want to touch his head.

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes, he didn't say anything earlier, he had to go to the study to say, could it be something unseemly?

"Announce that they will wait in the Hongwen Palace, and I will come over after reading these books."

"Slave obeys!"

Li Chengqian's performance was half an hour, and when a group of ministers were impatient, he entered the Hongwen Palace.

"Your Majesty!"

"Everyone, I am exempt from courtesy, and it is really my fault that I have unknowingly forgotten the time when I review and read the recital."

Li Chengqian said a little embarrassed, Wei Zheng hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty has reviewed the chapter, forgot to sleep and eat, this is the appearance of the Ming monarch, the ministers just waited for a while, so why feel guilty." ”

Wei Zheng had a trace of impatience on his face, knowing that the emperor was reviewing the chapters, he was overjoyed, the emperor's diligence was a great thing for the world.

"You Aiqing have done it, I noticed that something was wrong this morning, I don't know what happened?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile, but his words were a little unhappy, all the important ministers in the court and the central government knew about it, but he, the emperor, didn't know, so wouldn't he become a puppet emperor?

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