Chapter 131: Visiting Zhou Zheng (Part II)
When Gao Ming told Zhou Zheng everything about his encounter with Zhou Hong, Zhou Zheng couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. Mobile phone users are invited to browse M. for a better reading experience.
"Hong'er, I'm sorry for her, woo woo woo woo ......"
Zhou Zheng seemed to feel guilty about Zhou Hong, or thought of his unknown fate, and suddenly felt sad and cried.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming also sighed.
"Alas, cry, cry, cry, maybe you feel better after crying, when your daughter asked me to save you, I also said that as long as you are a good official, then I will ensure that you are reinstated, but I didn't expect that I would have to break my promise now."
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng, who was crying, suddenly shook his head, then wiped away his tears and looked up at Gao Ming.
"My Zhou Zheng has to eat Junlu, so I have to do my duty, I Zhou Zheng asked himself to be worthy of the Jiangshan Sheji, and the next is worthy of the people of Limin, the only one who is sorry is my poor daughter, I have this end, I only hate the injustice of the world, the traitorous minister is the way, I hate it......"
Zhou Zheng's voice was very loud, and seeing that he started howling again, Gao Ming hurriedly covered his ears, waited for him to finish yelling before putting down his hands, and then shook his head at him.
"Zhou Zheng, if I say something that I don't like, this time you will end up like this, don't complain about the injustice of the world, you touch your conscience and ask yourself, when you offended the Zheng family to death, are you really for the Tang Dynasty?"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng immediately replied without hesitation.
"That's nature!"
Looking at Zhou Zheng's arrogant appearance, Gao Ming suddenly sneered, and then spat on the ground.
"Are you too embarrassed to say? Phew! ”
Zhou Zheng was immediately angry when he saw Gao Ming's movements.
"You ......"
But before he could say anything, Gao Ming suddenly interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
"My Datang can have today, the power of the family gate valve that I rely on, now that the country has been established for less than 30 years, do you know what will happen to Datang if the Zheng family is moved now?"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng immediately frowned.
"This ......"
Looking at his expression, Gao Ming suddenly sneered again.
"You can't tell, can you? Zhou Zheng, you are from a poor family, so you cherish the people, you are not wrong about this, you are right to deal with the Zheng family for the sake of the people, but you must know that politics is about interests, not right or wrong! ”
Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly let out a long sigh.
"Alas...... People say that rabbits die and dogs cook, but rabbits bite when they are in a hurry, let alone dogs? If my Li family really went to the other party's Zheng family for you, then what was waiting for the Tang Dynasty might be the war, at the beginning, my Li family was able to rely on the strength of the other four families to oppose the Sui Dynasty, and now the Zheng family is rebelling with the help of the other three families, what's so strange? ”
After listening to Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng suddenly showed a shocked face, he suddenly stood unsteadily, and fell to his knees with a "poof". For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.
"Am I wrong? Am I really wrong? ”
He muttered to himself, and after a while, when he raised his head to look at Gao Ming, two lines of tears suddenly flowed down his cheeks.
"Last year, there was a great drought in Jinzhou, the people almost did not harvest, and the disaster relief grain given by the imperial court was collected by the Zheng family nearly sixty percent, and there were several heavy snowfalls at the end of the year, and there were more than 100 people who froze to death in Jinzhou, but the Jingzhao Mansion reported that there was no word, Your Highness, among the children who froze to death, the youngest was only three years old, Your Highness...... Woowoowoo......"
Speaking of this, Zhou Zheng couldn't help kneeling on the ground and holding his head and crying, seeing this scene, Gao Ming's eyes also had tears flickering.
"There are more than 100 families in Jinzhou who have froze to death, but do you know how many people there are in Datang? Tell you, it's three million households! If there was a war, how many of the three million households do you think would be left? ”
Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately held on to the wooden fence of the prison and stared at Zhou Zheng who was crying with wide eyes.
"I know better than you the dangers of the family gate valve, but you can't move them at this time, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will be in chaos, and more people will die by then, do you think that after reading a few science lecture notes, you can guide the country and save the people of Limin? You are dreaming, you not only ruined your own home, but also ruined this Datang! Zhou Zheng, are you guilty? ”
With Gao Ming's roar, Zhou Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly trembled, and kowtowed three times towards Gao Ming.
"The sinner is guilty, the sinner is guilty, woo woo woo woo ......"
After speaking, Zhou Zheng suddenly cried even more miserably, looking at this scene, Gao Ming's tears finally couldn't help flowing, in order not to let Zhou Zheng see it, he immediately turned around.
"The rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the people were displaced, the population was sharply reduced, and now what the people of my Tang Dynasty need is to recuperate, they can no longer withstand the toss, Zhou Zheng, although you are unintentional, but this is also a big mistake, I will kill you, to correct the hearts of the people, and appease the world!"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng kowtowed to Gao Ming again.
"Sinner, Prince Xie will die!"
Gao Ming didn't turn around, but nodded with his back to him.
"Your daughter, you don't have to worry, I will let the crown princess recognize her as a righteous sister, and then find a suitable husband for her, she will not be bullied, you can rest assured!"
"Sinner, thank you for the great grace of the prince!"
Gao Ming didn't say anything more, but walked directly towards the outside of the cell, but when he reached the door, he was stunned.
"Old man, why are you here?"
At this time, it was Li Shimin who was standing at the door of the prison, and when he saw Gao Ming, whose face was full of tears, he immediately sighed, and then patted him on the shoulder.
"Let's take a trip to the Imperial Study."
After speaking, Li Shimin turned around and got into the sedan chair and left, and after Gao Ming was slightly stunned, he also got on the chariot and followed Li Shimin's sedan chair.
After entering the Forbidden Garden, Gao Ming stepped down, and then entered Li Shimin's imperial study, looking at Li Shimin with his back to him, Gao Ming immediately bowed to him.
"Erchen has seen his father!"
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin, who was originally facing away from him, suddenly turned around with a smile, and then gently patted him on the shoulder.
"Gao Ming, I think that when you call me my father, you are not as close as when you called me old man, why is this?"
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming suddenly showed a reluctant smile.
"Then I don't know, I guess it's your own problem, old man, this is a disease, you have to be cured!"
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin immediately reached out and knocked on his head.
"Rude!"
Seeing Li Shimin's angry appearance, Gao Ming suddenly touched his head and smiled.
"Hey, hey!"
Seeing Gao Ming's hippie smiling face, Li Shimin smiled and nodded.
"Gao Ming, I heard what you and Zhou Zheng said just now, in fact, I also knew about the people you sent to Jinzhou, but what I didn't expect was that you would see from this, Gao Ming, you didn't disappoint me!"
If Gao Ming heard Li Shimin's praise before, he might have been happy, but now that he has experienced Zhou Zheng's affairs, he feels heavy in his heart, and he can't be happy, so in order not to be cold, he can only show a reluctant smile to Li Shimin.
Seeing this scene, Li Shimin immediately shook his head.
"Gao Ming, I want to ask you, what do you think of the family gate valve?"
Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming suddenly let out a long sigh.
"Old man, why do you think Yang Guang ended up ruining the country and his family?"
Gao Ming's question seemed to be a little incorrect, but Li Shimin narrowed his eyes after hearing his question.
"Since you have this question, you must have your own opinion, so let's talk about it!"
This time, Gao Ming was not ambiguous, nodded and began to speak.
"Yang Guang's biggest mistake is that he wants to be both Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but he took too big a step, so he pulled the egg."
“……”
Hearing Gao Ming's statement, Li Shimin's face suddenly twitched twice.
"Speak human words."
"Okay!"
Gao Ming shrugged his shoulders, then spread his hands.
"Yang Guang is actually a guy with low eyes, what he did is actually right, the fault is that he is too anxious, such as the Grand Canal, if he doesn't rush and spend decades digging it, then the treasury of the Sui Dynasty will not be empty, and the people's power will not be so seriously depleted, and when the Grand Canal is successfully dug up, this is enough to show off the achievements of several generations."
Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly looked at Li Shimin.
"But his character of rejoicing in his achievements made him go to extremes, the excavation of the Grand Canal was exhausted by the bones of the people, this is not a merit but a fault, and the three expeditions to Goguryeo have hollowed out the old bottom of the Sui Dynasty, so our Tang Dynasty has become the last straw that crushed the camel of the Sui Dynasty, old man, am I right?"
Listening to Song Gaoming's words, Li Shimin immediately nodded approvingly.
"Well, yes, our Datang is indeed the last straw that crushed the camel of the Sui Dynasty, if Yang Jian is here, it will never be successful, so what does this have to do with my Datang family?"
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Gao Ming suddenly gave him a blank look.
"Old man, you are so naughty, I just said it so clearly, I don't believe you can't understand ......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin glared at him.
"Huh?"
Looking at Li Shimin's threatening eyes, Gao Ming suddenly didn't dare to make a mistake, and quickly answered his question honestly.
"I mean, let's deal with those family valves, just like the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal, we can't rush, we have to take it slowly, and use one or even two generations of time, just like boiling frogs in warm water, to slowly suppress and disintegrate them."
Hearing Gao Ming say this, Li Shimin showed a satisfied smile this time.
"Well, that's a good point, so how do you want to suppress and disintegrate them?"
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Gao Ming immediately looked at him in surprise.
"Hey, what's the matter with me? That's something you should be thinking about, okay? Who is the emperor? ”
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes again.
"Huh?"
Looking at this familiar threatening look, Gao Ming once again showed a look of helplessness.
"Okay, I say ......"