After nightfall that day, Han Yi was ordered to come to the Liangyi Hall to face the saint.

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, sit down."

Li Zhi pointed to the seat next to him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Han Yi bowed, and then sat down.

Li Zhi first glanced at Han Yi with squinted eyes, and seemed to think for a while before asking, "Han Yi, do you know why I summoned you alone today." ”

Han Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "The minister doesn't dare to speculate on the holy will, but... But the minister may know. ”

Li Zhi sighed and asked, "Then tell me why I summoned you?" ”

Han Yi said: "Someone should have impeached the minister for the art exhibition. ”

Li Zhi smiled and asked again, "Then do you know why they impeached you?" ”

Han Yi nodded and said: "The minister guesses that they are impeaching the minister, and holding this art exhibition is actually harboring all kinds of evil intentions, for example, let everyone remember that the crisis was survived by relying on the minister's change, and for example, the impeachment of the minister is aimed at the queen, probably something like that." ”

Li Zhi laughed when he heard this, and asked, "Since you know that someone will impeach you for this, why do you still do this?" Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "Do you know that I think they are right, because I can't think of it, and besides, what is the purpose of your art exhibition?" That Wang Yuntu was born in the Langya Wang family, and he has nothing to do with you, you are dignified and orderly, and you can't work hard for him, and you don't lack that money. ”

Han Yi smiled and said, "The minister is afraid to tell the real reason, His Majesty will laugh at the minister." ”

"Really?" Li Zhi said: "Then you can talk about it." ”

"Because of art." Han Yi is serious.

Li Zhi didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked, "Because of what?" ”

"Art!" Han Yi said again, his expression was extremely serious.

Li Zhi was stunned for a while, and suddenly laughed.

Han Yi smiled bitterly: "The minister knows that His Majesty will definitely laugh at the minister." ”

Li Zhi is laughing and waving his hand, the more he waved his hand, the more he couldn't help it, laughed for a long time, and then stopped, and said, "I didn't mean to laugh at you, it's just... Hehe, this art is really easy to make people laugh when it comes out of your mouth, and I don't know why. ”

I don't know why? Isn't it just laughing at me for being uneducated? Really. Han Yi said seriously: "Your Majesty, although the minister is born in Tian Sheer, but the minister has always had a soft spot for art, the first business that the minister came to Chang'an to do, isn't it a drama, the couplet, the Grand Theater, and the symphony, aren't they all made by the minister, and the minister will also fill in the words and paint, Your Majesty has forgotten that the minister also helped Your Majesty paint one." ”

Li Zhi was stunned and said, "Hearing you say that, it's really true!" ”

Han Yi said: "The reason why the minister likes art is mainly because the minister didn't have the opportunity to read when he was a child, and he could only learn from some lyrics, poems, and paintings when he was running business, but the minister really understood a lot of truths from it, so this also made the minister understand that many arts are easy to understand, and you can get a good education from art, and art can educate people." ”

As soon as these words changed, the originally funny atmosphere immediately became serious.

Li Zhi nodded slightly, in fact, he also likes art very much, he can also write lyrics and compose music, and he is very artistic, and he agrees with this point of view very much.

Han Yi continued: "And Wang Yuntu's painting is even more eye-catching, because it records history, and in the minister's view, his painting has a permanent and super-historical value." Don't hide it from Your Majesty, when the minister happened to meet Wang Yuntu in Weizhou, and appreciated his paintings, the minister thought that these paintings of his were all priceless treasures of my Tang Dynasty, and they were the only ones, and they could not be born again, which must be taken out for everyone to enjoy, and these paintings must not be buried.

Although the minister considered being impeached for some of these paintings, the minister thought that time would give the answer, because not too many people would mention the minister's merits because of this exhibition, and they would not mention the queen much, because this is art, which can infect everyone, educate the public, and give people reflection and thinking, and not against anyone, if it is only for a certain person, then it is not art, but politics. ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "It's impossible." ”

Han Yi said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, when Your Majesty sees the actions of some traitors and powerful ministers from the history books, does he reflect a lot, or will he blindly blame them, or will he blindly think of those loyal ministers before?" ”

Li Zhi was thoughtful and did not answer.

Han Yi said: "In fact, when people see the mistakes made by people in the past and present, or the painful lessons, it is more of a reflection, especially when Datang has survived the crisis and the national strength is still thriving, everyone will not pursue anything anymore, because it has passed." However, the minister believes that many people who are not in it are still unable to understand how much harm the crisis has brought to His Majesty and the country, and only by truly understanding the pain can they not make the same mistakes again, and only then will they reflect thoroughly enough, and if they can express these things in an artistic way, it will not have any political significance, more education. Therefore, those paintings are far more beneficial than disadvantageous to my Datang. The officials who came to impeach him have actually made this clear. ”

Li Zhi asked, "Where do you start with this?" ”

Han Yi said: "Why do they want to impeach the ministers, in fact, they are not for the ministers, but worried about themselves, they are afraid that this will teach the people badly, and when they make the same mistake in the future, the people will treat them like this, it can be seen that they already know that they may make the same mistake, that is, they have not learned from the crisis to reflect deeply." However, this is a potential threat to His Majesty, and it is also a potential threat to the Tang Dynasty, which is actually one of the reasons why the minister insists on holding an art exhibition. ”

Li Zhi asked, "What is the threat to me?" ”

Han Yi asked: "Your Majesty, if you hadn't stopped that crisis at that time, does Your Majesty think Your Majesty would be able to stay out of the matter?" ”

Li Zhi said: "This is my country, how can I stay out of it." ”

Han Yi nodded and said: "That's the truth, Datang is Your Majesty's country, and any way to destroy the society of the country is actually very unfavorable to Your Majesty." And the crisis at the beginning was not caused by the queen's policy, but because of the deception of the officials below, deceived the subordinates, and played right and wrong, which led to the outbreak of the crisis.

But after the crisis broke out, those officials blocked the news for a time in order to protect themselves, and if they had known about it earlier, it would not have spread so quickly and caused the country to suffer unbearable losses. However, after the crisis broke out, those officials could flee with their money, but His Majesty could not escape, and it was His Majesty, the country, and the people who were really hurt by it. Although the crisis has passed, this hidden danger still exists, and it is this hidden danger that led the ministers to impeach the ministers. ”

Li Zhi sighed and said, "What hidden danger?" ”

"Cover-up."

Han Yi said: "Actually, before the crisis broke out, there were already a lot of signs, but they were covered up by Li Yifu and them, if you let Your Majesty know earlier, it wouldn't have been to that point at all." This is all because the minister is afraid of being punished, so he keeps hiding the truth until he can't hide it anymore, but by then it's too late. Those paintings are real, but the ministers feel that they can't take it out, and their motives are the same as those of Li Yifu at that time, if this is not a painting, and it is a sign of a crisis, then if their first reaction is to hide it, the consequences are very terrible, and the ministers don't want us to repeat the same mistakes.

The minister hopes to use those paintings to tell everyone that the imperial court can face failures and mistakes very directly, and admit all this, but this does not mean that it will lose all this, but it will give people confidence, after experiencing such a big crisis, I am high-spirited, and more powerful than before the crisis, at this time, the people see those paintings, not only will not lose confidence in the court, but will be full of confidence. Only those who are cowardly and weak-hearted will be afraid of this, and their fear, their attempt to conceal it, will only harm others and themselves, and will eventually cause harm to Your Majesty, and it will be of no benefit. ”

After hearing this, Li Zhi pondered for a long time, suddenly nodded, and said with emotion: "What you say!" Concealment will only make things worse, the courage to face failure and admit mistakes, and correct mistakes, will only make Datang stronger and stronger, as the so-called shame and courage, and the facts have been placed in front of them, the crisis did not shake the people to lose confidence in the court, but made them trust the court more, on the contrary, the consequences are really unimaginable. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "Actually, I have never doubted you, if I really don't dare to make more decisions because of other things, and they just use that crisis to impeach you, it is really too foolish." Because if you harbor evil intentions, you can't wait until today, when I entrusted you with a heavy responsibility and made you a scholar, then the opportunity was much better than now! It's just that I was also very curious at the time, why are you holding this exhibition, oh, I also asked the prince to ask about it earlier, and at that time, I vaguely understood why you did this, and it is precisely because of this that I want to hear your thoughts. ”

Han Yi hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really kind-hearted, and his words at the art exhibition were very gratifying to the ministers, Zhongshu Ling, and other ministers present. Your Highness is really like Your Majesty. ”

Li Zhi laughed and said, "Among my princes, the prince is indeed the most like me. Rest assured, I will severely punish those ministers who impeach you, and I can't understand their selfishness. ”

Han Yi hurriedly said, "I beg Your Majesty not to punish them. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why? When they impeach you, they are not necessarily just defending their rights, but they still have the intention of targeting you to a greater or lesser extent. ”

"Wechen understands." Han Yi said: "But if Your Majesty does this, it will actually harm Weichen." ”

Li Zhi was curious: "How do you say this?" ”

Han Yidao: "Li Yifu made so many mistakes at the beginning, it's not that no one knows, it's just that no one dares to impeach Li Yifu, so that Li Yifu is becoming more and more arrogant to make such a big mistake." As ministers, they impeach the ministers to His Majesty, in fact, it is also their business, whether it is malicious or benign, but if Your Majesty punishes them because of this, no one may dare to impeach the ministers in the future, and the ministers may become like Li Yifu and become arrogant, and the ministers are now Shang Shu Ling, which is even more terrifying, which is why the minister has never wanted to be this Shang Shu Ling. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered, it seems that Han Yi really never said which minister to deal with, and there are not a few ministers who impeached him, but he never said that he would retaliate against the other party, and this is not pretending, because he is not the first day to be an official, nor is it the first time he has been impeached, he is often impeached, if it is the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Yifu and others, then the plan will not be easily stopped, although Han Yi used to often scold Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, it was just a character, it was purely a war of words, It's not a life-and-death struggle, he suddenly laughed and said: "If you want to say that this is the way of a minister, throughout the ages, I don't think anyone can figure it out more thoroughly than you Han Yi." Speaking of this, he paused, and then said: "If you want to talk about your mind, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to beat you." ”

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty has won the award." ”

Li Zhi said: "Then what do you think I should do with this matter?" ”

Han Yi said: "Do nothing. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "What a rule of inaction." After a pause, he added, "Actually, I would like to see the ...... of the exhibition. ”

Han Yi hurriedly said: "If Your Majesty believes in Weichen, Weichen can send some scrolls that Weichen thinks are of historical significance to Your Majesty." ”

Li Zhi's eyes are not blind, but they are sometimes good and sometimes bad, and he can't look at them for a long time, so he can only send the paintings to the palace for Li Zhi's appreciation at any time.

Li Zhi nodded with a smile and said, "Then according to what Aiqing said." ”

"Thank you for your understanding."