Chapter 154: Li Chengqian's Goal
Although the eldest grandson Wuji was calm and light at this time, he was actually very excited in his heart, and many people probably felt that as long as Li Shimin didn't like Li Chengqian, he could be abolished, so every time he saw Li Chengqian's little awesomeness, he felt that he was dying.
It is a big mistake to think like this, living in this era can not pay attention to etiquette, but Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty cannot ignore the etiquette, although he ascended to the throne through the Xuanwumen coup, but this does not mean that Li Shimin hopes that his children and grandchildren will ascend to the throne through mutiny.
Therefore, before the 16th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin had always been cautious about the issue of abolishing Li Chengqian, and even if Li Chengqian made so many mistakes, he did not dare to directly abolish him, but kept forcing Li Chengqian to make a bigger mistake or give Li Chengqian a chance.
Of course, this is also because Li Chengqian at that time had no ability to govern the country, and he did not compete with Li Shimin for power, so Li Shimin could still tolerate him.
Now Li Chengqian has not made a small mistake, but he has his own political views and has begun to compete with Li Shimin for power.
Li Shimin is naturally extremely taboo about this, but what can he do?
The next 'chaotic life' abolished Li Chengqian? Not to mention Li Shimin's own reputation in history, can this 'chaotic order' be executed?
Li Shimin doesn't pay attention to etiquette and law, and the minister also attaches importance to it?
And don't forget that Li Chengqian's popularity among the people is extremely high, and both Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji have a deep experience.
Therefore, in the original plan of the eldest grandson Wuji, it will take at least a few years to abolish Li Chengqian, which is very risky, if Li Shimin dies halfway, with Li Chengqian's current power, he can succeed to the throne steadily, once Li Chengqian succeeds to the throne, can they still have a way to live?
The eldest grandson Wuji sometimes thought that if Li Chengqian hadn't targeted him several times, maybe he wouldn't dare to go against Li Chengqian.
But today's incident suddenly made the eldest grandson Wuji overjoyed, and Li Chengshi and Buddhism were facing each other, so the eldest grandson Wuji made up his mind to start an offensive to abolish Li Chengqian.
When the eldest grandson Wuji was discussing with Linghu Dedi, the eldest grandson was also discussing with Yu Zhining about launching officials to impeach Li Chengqian.
In the Liangyi Hall of the East Palace, Li Chengqian was on the throne, and all the henchmen of the East Palace below were sitting with serious faces, and Qiu Shenji was standing in the middle of the main hall to report to Li Chengqian on the movements in Chang'an City.
After Qiu Shenjie finished speaking, the breathing sound of everyone in the hall couldn't help but become much heavier, and they were all shocked and angry. A group of monks dared to bewitch the people to fight against the crown prince, and it was a major event involving the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people.
"These monks really don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, not only do they want to confuse the people with evil words, but they also want to fight against the court, so the minister will go and ask His Majesty to issue an order to arrest the demon monks." Zhu Suiliang listened to Qiu Shenji's words, and was filled with indignation, and wanted to go to Taiji Palace to see Li Shimin.
Li Chengqian was silently analyzing the matter, and when he heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Mr. Zhu, don't worry, I still have a way to deal with monks, but I am just thinking about what these monks are doing when they suddenly oppose the Lonely King?" When all the people in the temple heard this, they also began to think about this question.
Li Chengqian continued: "There must be someone behind these monks, Mr. Zhu should wait first, let him jump out and reason." ”
The other people in the hall also nodded secretly when they heard Li Chengqian's words, and Zhu Suiliang thought about it and felt that Li Chengqian's words made sense, but he was still a little unconvinced: "Then let those monks confuse people's hearts now?"
When Li Chengqian heard this, a cold light appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Xue Rengui and said, "Rengui heard those temples clearly just now, right?"
Xue Rengui said with a straight face when he heard this: "The ministers have heard it clearly!" In the end, there was a cold light in his eyes.
Li Chengqian turned his head and said, "Have all the crops on Longshou Yuan been planted now?"
Zhao Jie replied with a little smugness when he heard this: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the spring seeds have been planted, and now it's time to hoe the grass and repair the canal." ”
"Good! Tomorrow, arrange for the strong man on the dragon head to cooperate with the guards of the East Palace to copy all the temples in Chang'an City to King Lone. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince, if you want to raid Buddhist temples in large quantities, you have to ask Your Majesty to issue an edict before you can act!" As soon as Xu Jingzong spoke, several other scholars of the Chongjiao Hall also looked at Li Chengqian with concern.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian just smiled incomprehensibly and said: "When they are thunderbolted tonight, the Lone King will copy them again, and there is no need to ask His Majesty to give an edict." ”
Everyone was chilled when they heard this, what Qiu Shenji said just now is that dozens of temples in Chang'an City are involved, are they all going to be thunderbolted tonight?
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian's eyes changed, and he secretly said in his heart What kind of magic does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have?
Li Chengqian looked at them and didn't explain anything, the gunpowder matter is still kept secret for the time being, if people know that the lightning strikes in the temple are all caused by the East Palace, it will not be able to play a deterrent role.
Everyone saw that Li Chengqian refused to say anything and didn't say much, after all, when it comes to the lightning strike Buddhist temple, who knows what gods and demons have something to do with it.
Su Dingfang saw that Li Chengqian only said that he wanted to deal with the monk, but did not mention the person behind the monk, and couldn't help but be a little worried: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is easy to deal with, and the people behind them may have other backs, after all, the people who can mobilize such a monk must also be able to mobilize other forces, and they must be prepared as soon as possible." ”
In fact, everyone in the hall knows that it is Xiao Yu and the eldest grandson Wuji who can't get along with the East Palace now, and there is Li Shimin behind them, but these people are reluctant to find out their identities without evidence.
Li Chengqian thought to himself that this is something that everyone knows, but I have the will of the people, what flowers can they turn up?
However, he thought that it was time to make public the performance of Yan Lide's decision to reduce the tenant rent in Guanzhong, and this time he had to beat them hard, otherwise the tenant rent would not be reduced.
Originally, Li Chengqian asked the people to pray for him outside the Changlin Gate, and sent people to surround the mansion of the eldest grandson Wuji, which was to show his strength to win the hearts and minds of the people, and then he took out the rent reduction and forced the court to issue a decree to reduce the tenant rent, and finally he sent people to publicize the policies of the imperial court everywhere, and cleaned up the local tyrants and inferior gentry who were unwilling to reduce the tenant rent by retrying the unjust cases of the people for the people.
In this way, the people of Guanzhong must be grateful to him, and his foundation in Guanzhong is also solid, but he didn't expect to kill a group of monks along the way, and now he can only clean them up together.
Li Chengqian thought of this, so he took out the recital written by Yan Lide and let the old ghost pass it on.
Zhu Suiliang took it and opened it, then nodded: "In the event of a catastrophe in the middle of the year, the tenant rent should indeed be reduced, and the minister went back and asked his family to reduce the tenant rent of the minister's field to thirty percent." ”
Li Chengqian nodded and motioned for him to pass on the others to see, but everyone in the hall didn't speak again after reading it, they all looked at Li Chengqian, and they didn't know what Li Chengqian meant?
Among them, Zhao Jie, Du He, and Wang Fangyi needless to say are rich and noble.
Zhu Suiliang and Hao Chujun belong to the second generation of officials, and Yan Shigu and Xu Jingzong also ruled some industries earlier with Li Shimin, and the others basically have no property in Guanzhong.
I don't know what Li Chengqian means by taking this recital?
"I wonder what would happen if all the tenants in the whole pass were only paid 30%?" Li Chengqian looked at them and said.
Everyone was stunned at first, and then felt incredible, now the tenant rent collected in many places has reached sixty percent, how can it be that all of them have been reduced to thirty percent?
Li Chengqian looked at everyone, the hall was quiet, this was the first time he took out the things to be done in advance to discuss with the ministers, he wanted to see what these famous ministers in history were.
I'm really sorry that I was speechless in the face of criticism.
But I can't help it, the nameless low-grade fever is too harmful, that's all for today, take medicine and sleep now, I hope it will be better when I get up tomorrow.
(End of chapter)