In early summer, the Hibiscus Garden is full of green.

Standing on the shore of Qujiang Pond, through a few clusters of green willow swaying softly in the wind, I can see the new grass near the shore of the river, and a few leaves of duckweed floating on the rippling clear waves with the water waves.

There are also newborn tender lotus leaves, showing a little sharp corners, quietly reflecting in the water, like a beauty who is waterfront makeup.

Li Cheng took the people who came to Chang'an to participate in the political banquet of Qiansuo, and walked slowly along the curved bank of the Qujiang River, swimming on the surface of the river to enjoy the pleasant scenery of the Qujiang River.

couldn't help but groan: "The spring is silent and cherishes the trickle, and the shade of the tree shines on the water and loves the sunshine." The little lotus showed its sharp corners, and a dragonfly had already stood on its head. ”

"Good poetry, good poetry...... Haha......"

Li Chengqian looked back and saw a group of gentry standing behind him with a smile on their faces and praise, and then looked at the bored veterans and farmers in the distance, smiled awkwardly and continued to walk forward.

Furong Garden has been vacant since Li Tai's rebellion, a few days ago Li Chengqian asked the imperial historian to ask Li Zhi to move out of the Taiji Palace to live in Furong Garden, and Li Zhi, who had just gone up and was shameless, ran to Li Shimin and cried and pleaded with snot and tears.

Although Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with Li Zhi in those days, he thought that Li Chengqian was even more annoying, and Cui Dunli and others who had already been exiled by Yu Zhining and deposed by the eldest grandson Wuji.

Therefore, Li Shimin just calmly warned Li Zhi not to collude with foreign ministers in the future, and then demoted Shangshu's imperial history to Taizhou as a farewell.

This time, the people who came to Chang'an City to participate in the Qiansuo political banquet were all arranged in Qujiangchi, and Li Chengqian was supposed to come to see these guests he invited yesterday, but he was stopped by Li Shimin and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs at that time.

Today, Li Shimin took hundreds of civil and military officials and Li Chengqian to hold a banquet in Furong Garden to entertain these people, but no matter how Li Shimin showed his pro-people side, neither the gentry, nor the peasants, nor even the honored soldiers dared to approach him.

In the end, Li Shimin could only watch depressedly as Li Chengqian led these people to Qujiangchi.

In fact, it is difficult for Li Chengqian to talk to these people, these people think of the emperor and the crown prince too sacredly.

That's why there was a matter of Li Chengqian chanting poems against Qujiang, since they couldn't go together, Li Chengqian directly asked the imperial doctor to check his pulse, and then someone would take them to watch the play, and arrange for these Li Chengqian to go back to the East Palace directly.

Li Chengqian's hope that he could only understand the people's feelings would be pinned on the group discussion tomorrow afternoon, and the history of the East Palace would be able to ask something useful.

The next day was the first day of the Qiansuo political banquet, Li Shimin and the entire imperial court attached great importance to it, Li Shimin even wanted to move the political banquet to the Taiji Palace to be held, but because of the tight time and many people, the Taiji Palace was not prepared, and the East Palace had already made various preparations, so Li Shimin had to stop.

It's just that what Li Chengqian didn't expect was that Li Shimin drove to the Jiade Hall of the East Palace at the end of the day, and actually held a court meeting directly in the Jiade Palace.

Li Shimin sat on the throne that Li Chengqian usually sits, and Li Chengqian could only temporarily add a small throne to himself in accordance with the regulations of the Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin sat on the throne and looked at the ministers below who were just as excited: "When Emperor Xiaozhao of the former Han Dynasty held a salt and iron meeting, he invited virtuous scholars to enter Beijing to discuss the country's rights and interests with the ministers of the imperial court.

Since I ascended the throne, I have exterminated the Turks in the north, Xiping Gaochang, dreamed of sleeping at night, and had a day of leisure, and now the Tang Dynasty is rich in money and food, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Li Shimin was very excited when he said this, and he almost said loudly to the ministers: The four Yi have all called me the Heavenly Khan.

The ministers below naturally had fun, and they all bowed down and said: "Datang can have today thanks to the blessing of the heavens and the wisdom of His Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin laughed when he heard this, and after a while, he waved his hand reservedly and said: "Despite this, I am still often worried that the people of the country will be in trouble for a long time, so the special prince invited the East Palace to hold a political banquet for thousands of people, and invited the people and elders to come to the court to discuss the country."

Today's banquet is held on the first day, and I hope that Zhuqing and I will listen to the voices of the people together, and I will work together with Zhuqing to organize this eternal event. ”

The ministers bowed again and said, "Your Majesty! ”

Li Chengqian can see that the main purpose of Li Shimin and this group of ministers to be so active in organizing the banquet is to boast about their achievements.

Li Shimin has always wanted to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen in the past few years, but he has never succeeded, this time there is such an opportunity, he must be to boast about his achievements.

However, Li Chengqian convened such a meeting for a practical purpose, and Li Shimin and these ministers could not be allowed to turn this meeting into a ceremonial ceremony in the style of a Kangxi Qiansuo banquet.

When Li Shimin's excitement came to an end, Li Chengqian slowly stood up, looked at the ministers in the hall with an expressionless face, and said, "Where is the history of the conference arranged yesterday?"

Xu Jingzong hurriedly walked out of the train and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the history of the conference is waiting outside the hall at this time for the conference to start." ”

"Xuan come in!"

"Yes!"

After a while, Li Chengqian selected 200 scholars from the seven or eight hundred Jinshi taken in by the East Palace and lined up into the main hall.

Li Chengqian looked at these people and took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Just now His Majesty said that he would listen to the voices of the people with this palace minister, but through yesterday's events, King Gu knows that the voice of the people is not easy to hear. ”

Li Shimin sat on the throne with a cloudy face, not knowing what Li Chengqian was going to say in this tone, and the ministers below were also a little at a loss when they heard this.

Li Chengqian ignored them and paused just to give the following two hundred books and histories a little time to react, and then continued: "Many of them dare not speak or are afraid that they will not speak well, and they are even scared when they see this splendid palace with golden walls, and they dare not say anything...... Li Chengqian said this, and some ministers below couldn't help but nod their heads, and very much agreed with Li Chengqian's statement, but they didn't know how Li Chengqian planned to solve such a problem.

"Therefore be patient when you talk to them, and do not be emaciated, and do not look down on them.

King Gu knows that you are all scholars, and some of you have read a few sentences in your heart, and you play nonsense all day long, as if neither Your Majesty nor King Gu have ever read a book. Li Chengqian couldn't help but use the topic to play, and the faces of Gao Jifu and several other ministers immediately became unnatural.

Li Chengqian looked at them and said quietly: "If someone wants to persuade and interfere in the government affairs, first of all, you must know how the people of the Tang Dynasty live, and only when you know how the people of the Tang Dynasty live can you know what the court should do?"

But the problem is that many people don't know how to deal with the common people, and the common people sitting across from him can't ask why, so the lonely king wants to teach you how to ask the common people what they really think. ”

Li Chengqian said that after a pause here, he saw Li Yifu come out and said: "The ministers are stupid, and I also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give advice." ”

The two hundred Shushi who were listening to it in a daze also bowed down and said, "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for advice." ”

Li Chengqian looked at Li Yifu with great satisfaction, and was about to speak when he heard Li Shimin on the throne snort, and he found that Li Shimin had turned his face to that side.

Li Chengqian didn't bother to pay attention to him, he directly took two steps forward, looked at the ministers below and Shushi, and said loudly: "There are two hundred of you, and there are one thousand people who participate in the banquet of the Thousand Scholars, so each of you can be divided into five people.

In the beginning, you have to tell them what your name is, who sent you, and then tell them about your family.

Ask them what they call them, how many people are in the family, and what they are......

When he gradually relaxes and is no longer afraid of you, he will ask them about the local affairs, whether the officials are good or bad, whether the gentry are good or bad, and the customs and customs......

After asking these questions clearly, we can tell them about the 'first ten-year plan' of the imperial court. ”

Although Li Shimin was sitting behind Li Chengqian, he was still the closest person to Li Chengqian, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised to hear Li Chengqian say it in such detail.

Li Shimin was born in a war with soldiers, so he naturally knew how the chief general should communicate with the soldiers, although it was not as systematic as Li Chengqian said, but it was almost the same.

But the more this is the case, the more surprised Li Shimin becomes; although he has been impressed with Li Chengqian in the past few months, he has seen more that Li Chengqian has used his wisdom and talents to deal with ministers. This once made him very worried that Li Chengqian would follow the old path of Emperor Yang of Sui and would die because he was too smart.

But today, I heard that Li Chengqian was patient with the people......

Just thinking about it, Li Shimin heard Li Chengqian's voice again.

"Did you hear what the Lone King said? If the people in the back are not clear, they can ask the people in front, and then find a pen and paper to write down what the lonely king said, and then follow this order step by step. ”

"Wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give advice!" The ministers and scholars in the hall all bowed to Li Chengqian.

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