No one in the house thought he was talking nonsense, because the British duke really had a blister bulging in his mouth, and it seemed that this evil fire was not small.

A hairy boy, as soon as he made a Shangshu order, he took a Guogong's subordinates to open the knife, as long as Li Shiyun thought about it, he couldn't wait for people to whip himself a few big-eared scrapers.

What's the matter, the dignified British public has always been stable in his work, and he has been relied on very much by His Majesty.

Could it be that when I met Gao Jun, my brain became so unbearable, and I was stunned, making people feel like the first to go!

……

The crown prince is in Cuiwei Palace, with the emperor.

According to his father's general policy, Li Zhi has been resolutely supporting Shang Shuling's proposition. But this time, even the crown prince was a little surprised, surprised by Gao Jun's resolute and decisive actions.

However, the emperor's handling of several recent major events was still very simple, and Shang Shuling's suggestions were quickly agreed, so Li Zhi believed that things had not yet reached the point of intolerability.

"Father, Shang Shuling's intention is clear to me, and it is necessary to weaken the power of the British Duke in Liaodong. But Erchen is worried about the rise of one and the other, and Shang Shuling's move is more terrifying than how many cronies he has installed in the court. The prince said with a smile.

The emperor said, "Shang Shu Ling, the word 'order' is not added randomly, how to establish authority by always twisting an ant and tickling it?" Besides, the British public is also inadequate! ”

In order to dispel the prince's doubts, the emperor ordered a banquet in Cuiwei Palace, and the father and son had a good chat with each other, "In my opinion, Gao Jun is not a reckless person, his carefulness and caution are far beyond what ordinary people have seen. ”

Li Zhi asked, "Father, what do you say?" ”

The emperor drank a cup and told his son about the last time he asked Gao Jun:

In the southwest of Tibet, across the mountains, there was a vast country of the Ring of the Sun, which was reunited after the collapse of the Mauryan Empire.

I heard that the king of the ring of the sun, Ho Lisha, is very good at fighting, and after setting the capital of Qunu City, Ho Lisha has a lot of intentions towards the Tang Dynasty.

From the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Holisha sent envoys to Chang'an, bringing tributes such as fire beads, tulips, and Bodhi trees, expressing his willingness to further strengthen the relationship between Tang and Jie.

A few days ago, the Tang Emperor sent Shi Wang Xuance, the governor of the right command, to lead a delegation of 30 people to the country of the Japanese Ring and sent a seal to express condolences.

The last time the emperor came to Cuiwei Palace with Gao Jun and Su Yin, he asked Gao Jun's opinion on this matter, and Gao Jun didn't say anything at that time on the grounds that he didn't know the country.

The crown prince said, "Father, can you see Gao Jun's caution? ”

The emperor shook his head and said, "It's much more than that, because one day later, Zhao Guogong came to Cuiwei Palace to see me." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is the emperor's brother-in-law, because of the empress, and because of the merits he has always made, the eldest grandson has always been deeply relied on and trusted by the emperor, and he does not distract himself from speaking.

Sometimes the eldest grandson is anxious, and he has exposed the emperor's shortcomings in person.

After a few words, the eldest grandson Wuji talked about his opinion on contacting the Ring of the Sun Empire.

Zhao Guogong said that between the country of the day and the Tang Dynasty, there is a Tubo that is good friends with Chang'an, and now we are separated from the mountains and mountains of Tibet, and then we go to the country of the day of the war, there is always the meaning of containing the Tibetan.

In the future, if we make friends with the country of the Ring of the Sun, it is possible that we will alienate Tibet, and we will not be able to borrow the power of the Ring of the Sun at all. Zhao Guogong said that it is okay to borrow it, but it is necessary to cross the Tibetan.

But that's a bit more than worth the cost.

The eldest grandson said, "The method of long-distance friendship and close attack, when applied to the powerful Tubo, will lose the balance that Your Majesty has always had." ”

The emperor said to the crown prince, "After listening to Zhao Guogong's words, I think that my communication strategy with the Ring of the Sun Kingdom is a bit hasty!" But I am also a person, and I also want to be recognized by the world for my martial arts."

The prince asked, "Then what does this have to do with Gao Jun?" ”

The emperor said with a smile, with my understanding of Zhao Guogong, he was not good at analyzing such problems. But after I asked Gao Jun, he ran over and said this, don't you think it's a little strange?

The emperor analyzed, in fact, when Gao Jun first heard this question, he had the above thoughts.

But he did not say it at the time, because he must have feared that his sworn to the Tibetan leader Songtsen would not convince me of his views.

At the same time, Gao Jun didn't want to hide his attitude on this matter.

So he turned a corner and begged Zhao Guogong to come over and state it.

The emperor said, "From this matter, I saw Gao Jun's prudence, and second, I saw that this person had no selfish intentions in major matters...... This person's gaze is far from being comparable to Li Shiyun. ”

"And Shang Shu's move to withdraw the salary from the bottom of the kettle and replace Li Zhien, the governor of Liaozhou, is only very similar to the last time I lifted the British prince!"

He said, "You must know that there are many things in the court that are inconvenient for the emperor or the crown prince to bring up directly, such as replacing Li Zhien, for what reason? But if there is no such thing as a scholar's order, how can the decree be unimpeded? He is no longer worthy of sitting in Shang Shuling's seat. ”

Li Zhidao, "Only then did the sons realize the reason why their father had not served as Shang Shuling for a long time. Being able to do something like Gao Jun is rare among the previous prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Father and son, you have a cup and I have a cup, and then talked about Shang Shuling's problem.

"Tang because of the Sui system, with the Zhongshu Order, the Shizhong, and the Shangshu Order to discuss the state affairs, called the prime minister, but later, with me as the Shangshu Order, the ministers avoided and did not dare to live, so the left servant shot as the governor of Shangshu Province, in fact,"

The emperor said, "This is just a pretext, the real reason is that Shang Shuling's taste is too high, and the power is too heavy, and I have no suitable candidate, so I will not give it easily." ”

Li Zhi pondered the meaning of the emperor's words.

"Since the Zhou Dynasty, 'Auxiliary Son of Heaven' has been an unpublished method for successive dynasties to set up prime ministers. A good prime minister is the arm of the Son of Heaven. However, the power of the prime minister and the hot power violated the heavenly rule of 'servant and obstruction of the master'. ”

The prince said, "Yes, don't talk about it, Yang Su, the Shangshu of the former Sui Dynasty, directed the change of the throne." If it weren't for him in the position to make trouble, Former Sui would not have died so quickly. ”

"You read the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the power of the Later Han Dynasty Shangshu Order was several out of the right of the emperor, the three dukes and the Lieqing cars and horses were on the road, and when they met the Shangshu Ling, they had to go back to the car to avoid, and they did not dare to go over without the guards. Shangshu orders the weight is like this, how can the government not have a big event! ”

The prince said, "The Sui Dynasty Shangshu Ling commanded the affairs of the six ministries, and the dual roles of power and politics and governance, and had a unique position among the prime ministers of the three provinces, and was called the 'true prime minister', and such an important position really cannot be easily given to others." ”

When Gaozu raised troops to capture Chang'an and supported the Sui Emperor Yang Yu, he once appointed himself as Shang Shuling.

The following year, Gaozu was promoted to the king of Tang, and his eldest son Jiancheng was appointed as Shang Shuling.

After the founding of the country, Jiancheng was canonized as the crown prince, and was succeeded by the king of Qin.

In this way, the father and son successively monopolized the position of Shang Shuling, and always refused to grant this position to ministers with different surnames.

This practice is easy to give people the illusion that the status of Shangshuling in the early Tang Dynasty has been strengthened. In fact, this is an illusion, and behind the royal family's personal appointment of Shangshu Ling, there is an implicit intention to seize the power of Shangshu Province.

The fact that the crown prince Li Zhi contacted Shang Shuling for many years after that, it is not difficult to understand the mystery in the middle.

On the surface, it is also unreliable to say that the emperor once appointed him in his own position and did not appoint Shang Shuling.

Since ancient times, sons have avoided their fathers and ministers.

Since Gaozu has already made a Shangshu order, Emperor Zhenguan, as a son, should avoid it according to etiquette and no longer serve as a son. In fact, the emperor succeeded his father when he was the king of Qin, isn't it against the etiquette system?

Zhenguan Dynasty, almost at the same time that the Shangshu Order was abolished, the left and right servants also lost the qualifications of the prime minister that they took for granted in the past, and the servants had to increase their titles before they could exercise the power of the prime minister.

For example, add the titles of "Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin and Pingzhang Affairs", "Governor Affairs", and "Consulting and Knowing Machine Affairs", so that he can be regarded as the prime minister.

The emperor said, "Shangshu Province is the leader among the three provinces, and it must be suppressed!" Therefore, since Gaozu, the privy matters have always been entrusted to the Zhongshu Province, and the officials of the eight seats only follow the agreed regulations and carry them out. ”

The officials of the eight seats refer to the left and right servants of Shangshu Province, as well as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Works.

"As my father said, we have been suppressing the power of Shang Shuling, and we have not had this position for a long time. So does Gao Jun's appointment mean that his father has completely seen this person? ”

Emperor Zhenguan drank another glass of wine, pondering how to say this.

It has always been that if the monarch is strong, the prime minister must be weak, and if the monarch is weak, the prime minister must be strong.

The prince was more than filial piety, but not enough decision, which was the reason why he decided to reappoint Shang Shuling.

But how could the emperor say it in front of the crown prince?

"Well, I'm pretty much on it! Every time this man acts, he is very good...... I believe that if a person has to pretend deliberately, it is impossible to pretend to be good in everything, but Gao Jun has done everything since his debut, no matter how big or small, I am still satisfied! ”

What he didn't say was that while he was still in good health, the investigation of Shang Shuling Gao Jun could naturally continue.

Major events must be done early, which is why he was in a hurry to appoint Shang Shuling and retreat to Cuiwei Palace.

If unfortunately, Gao Jun is found to be misbehaving in the future, then, even if he sits in Cuiwei Palace for a year or two without asking about the government, the emperor believes that no one can have the ability to turn out the palm of his hand.

In case you look at the wrong person, there is always time to correct it.

Fortunately, I didn't look at the wrong person, didn't I have more time to let the young Shang Shuling further mature? And let the prince achieve a good story of the past and present, the monarch and the minister are of one heart and one mind.

Well, the prosperity has a basis!

The crown prince said, "The minister there will not doubt the Shang Shuling according to what his father said before. ”

The Emperor said, "At least you should do it right now!" ”

It had not been a long time since the father and son had talked so heartily, and the Emperor's wine was quite good tonight, and he had already drunk two jars himself.

"Shang Shuling just did something the day before yesterday, do you know what it is?"

Li Zhi didn't know what the emperor was talking about, Gao Jun had done a lot these days. He shook his head, expecting the emperor not to sell off the guanzi and to continue directly.

The Emperor said calmly, "He has divorced his Seventh Lady. ”

"Oh?!" Li Zhi really didn't know, "For what reason?" His seventh lady and son are known and seen, a very delicate person, and they are also very clever, and they are sisters with Shang Shuling's ninth lady, what is the reason? ”

"Hehe, Dongyang has come to Cuiwei Palace and told me that the seventh lady of Shang Shuling participated in the dog fighting in Dongshi and occupied one hundred and seventy acres of land in the south of the Meridian Valley for free!"

Li Zhi didn't speak for a while, this kind of thing is in the minister's family, is Gao Jun too cruel to his wife?

However, it is always a good thing for Shang Shuling to do this, and the "wind of opening six parts" that his father talked about really has a foothold.

There is another reason that makes him secretly relieved and can't be explained to the emperor, that is, Wu Meiniang did not leave the palace according to the "edict".

Until now, Li Zhi couldn't be sure whether the emperor's intention to order Wu Meiniang to stay in the prince's palace during the rain was a temporary or long-term effect.

He always felt that the emperor's decree in the rain was due to the situation of the rainy day and was short-term.

But he didn't dare to inquire or believe it, and his relationship with this woman was irreversible.

And what prompted Wu Meiniang to stay was precisely Gao Jun's Seventh Lady who did it behind Shang Shuling's back!

Now that the Seventh Lady has left Chang'an, there are almost no people who know.

Except for that "Wu Son-in-law".

The four ineffective chamberlains of the prince's East Palace, who secretly went to Xiazhou, almost ruined the prince's major affairs, and the four of them couldn't even hold down a palace person chopping wood, so it was really better not to go.

Before you know it, the long night is coming to an end.

The emperor was full of interest, and originally wanted to talk to the crown prince about Gao Jun's request to divide Dengzhou into states.

This matter was said by Gao Jun, and it was a wide township and a narrow township, and it was better in the north and less in the south, but the emperor guessed that the core meaning of Shang Shuling in the chapter was only one - the trouble of the Juntian system.

Gao Jun was very smart and didn't ask this question directly, but the emperor was not stupid, and he would not know that it was similar to the mountains, hydrology, and forests of Lingnan, and it was by no means the first to recommend Dengzhou, Qianzhou, Langzhou, Chenzhou and other places abound.

The emperor is not far from Dengzhou, and it is clear that he only needs to send someone to Qinling and Dengzhou to inquire, and the biggest problem there is the enclosure of Cheng Tingshi.

But the enclosure is by no means done by Cheng Tingshi alone, and there is a tendency for the court to gradually evolve into a trend, and princes, ministers, and princesses have it.

The emperor didn't think about how to deal with it for a while and where to start, and Gao Jun proposed it after taking office.

And the handling of this matter is very instructive, called the method of "collecting eggs and driving chickens". You've circled the place to lay eggs, and I just need an official document from the ministry to make room for you! Hum!

And Gao Jun's recital also reminded him of ignoring his son for a long time, Li Tai, the king of Shunyang, whose situation was not good, and it was actually related to this Cheng assassin history.

But the emperor didn't think that Li Tai's matter was also the reason for Gao Jun's performance, because he had never heard of any dealings between the two people.