Chapter 132: Li Shi

Wei Renshi stood outside the hall, the cold wind like a knife.

Even though he was wrapped in a beast fur, he was still so cold that Wei Renshi shivered, and his hands and feet hurt.

The guards outside the temple are afraid that it is even colder.

The armor on their bodies was like ice cubes in winter, but they were not as good as Wei Renshi. Wei Renshi could still tremble, rub his hands and feet, or stuff his two hands into his sleeves and pick up his hands, but they could only stand motionless.

Wei Renshi looked at their guards, and they were also looking at Wei Renshi.

They were in the forbidden area, and naturally they had heard of a prodigy who had been knighted at the age of twelve.

Although he didn't recognize Wei Renshi, he must be the only one who appeared in this kind of place at this time.

From time to time, there was a sound like a quarrel in the court, and sometimes it would be buzzing and messy, like a vegetable market. Often, at this time, the sound of someone stopping is heard, and then the temple is quiet again.

This situation occurred repeatedly, Wei Renshi secretly listened outside the hall, and listened to Zhile a few times.

However, the guards outside the hall were already accustomed to the scene inside, and they had no expressions.

Wei Renshi stood outside the hall for a long time, cold and sleepy, and wanted to simply sit down on the stone platform next to him. But I held back. If you sit down on this ass, you will be accused of losing your honor in front of the palace, and you won't be able to draw it.

Wait, wait, wait, until the sky is bright, I finally heard a majestic voice suddenly from the hall, shouting: "It is rumored that the new Weinan County male Wei Renshi has come to the palace to meet him!" ”

The voice of the last word supported the elder, and when the voice fell, the guard next to him came over and pushed open the door of the hall and let Wei Renshi walk in.

It's a palace in a palace, and the threshold is really high.

This was Wei Renshi's first thought after spanning more than 1,200 years and entering the palace hall.

This design is really anti-human, buddies are about to ride it!

The Chinese martial arts officials of the hall are arranged on both sides, and the ranks are in order from high to low, standing in two columns from the inside to the outside.

At this moment, the eyes of the ministers in the court and the central government all focused on Wei Renshi.

According to what Master Zhang taught him yesterday, Wei Renshi walked forward quickly, stopped in the middle of the hall, bent down and saluted, and shouted: "Wei Renshi, the new man of Weinan County, meet Your Majesty!" ”

"Hmm...... Flat. A slightly old voice came from above, and said with a smile: "It's really a little doll!" ”

A few people in the court hurriedly laughed, but none of them made a sound.

Wei Renshi straightened up and looked up.

Sitting on it sat a slightly fat old man, half-leaning and half-leaning on the dragon chair.

He is Li Shi.

After his death, the temple was called Tang Dezong, the eleventh emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

One of the typical representatives of a good hand to play a sparse hand.

In the early period of Li Shi's reign, he took charge of himself with a strong mind, insisted on the credit of civil and military officials, strictly forbade eunuchs from interfering in politics, used Yang Yan as a phase, abolished rent and modulation, and changed to the "two tax laws", which was quite a Zhongxing atmosphere. Later, Lu Qi and other traitors were appointed, and the political situation took a turn for the worse. In the fourth year of Jianzhong, the Jingyuan Mutiny broke out, Li Shi fled to Fengtian, and later relied on the general Li Sheng and others to quell the chaos.

In the later period of his reign, Li Shi appointed eunuchs as commanders of the forbidden army, and increased miscellaneous taxes such as shelves and tea throughout the country, which led to deepening public resentment.

He also tolerated many troubles in the feudal towns, so that his power increased day by day.

During his reign, he united with the foreign countries to return to the Hui and Nanzhao, attacked Tibet, successfully reversed the strategic disadvantage against Tibet, and created a relatively favorable external environment for the subsequent "Yuan and Zhongxing".

However, it also made the feudal towns arbitrary, and it became difficult to return. and made the eunuchs dictatorial. It became the two major sources of turmoil in the subsequent dynasties.

Li Shi, who was in power in the early stage, knew the value of stability, and after he ascended the throne, he had great ambitions for rejuvenation.

However, many of the measures taken by Li Shi had little effect because of the accumulation of difficulties in the Tang Empire after the Anshi Rebellion, and some of them paid a heavy price despite the initial results.

Coupled with Li Shi's character flaw of giving up immediately after a slight setback, when Li Shi's reform encountered a setback, his ambition disappeared.

Li Shi's life, both in character and in action, is full of contradictions and tragedy.

Wei Renshi looked at him, and the emperor was also staring at Wei Renshi.

After a while, Li Shi asked, "You told me, where did you come up with the method of damming and silting the land, and the method of improving the barren land?" Where did you come up with the idea of nailing horseshoes to horseshoe? Also, where did you come up with the idea of covering the meat and throwing it into the water of the thieves? You're just a twelve-year-old doll. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, when I was a child, I liked to play with mud and sand by the river, digging trenches by hand as ditches, and diverting water into them. Sometimes the water will dry up, leaving the sediment there. Sometimes, when children dig pits, the water overflows from the pits one by one, and when it flows too much, it does not continue to flow. When the water dries, there will be any sediment left in each pit. It is the prototype of damming and silting. Wei Renshi replied: "As for the horseshoe." Why can't horses wear shoes on their feet to prevent abrasion? The horse's hooves are strong, and since wooden shoes are not strong, why not try to change them to iron? That's where the horseshoe comes in. As for the last one, everyone knows that carrion is inedible. ”

"It's so simple, so why hasn't anyone been able to come up with it until now, but let you figure it out?" Li Shi asked again.

"Many things in the world are just so simple, and all that is missing is just a 'thought'." Wei Renshi replied: "Once you think of it, there is nothing special. ”

Li Shi didn't know what he remembered, so he was a little distracted, and after a long time, he said, "That's right." It's just a 'thought', which sounds easy, but most of the time it's probably 'unthinkable'......"

Li Shi didn't seem to be in good spirits, and he looked a little tired. He didn't seem to care too much about Wei Renshi, and the palace summoned him and said a few words, which was like a routine, after all, the new recruits wanted to visit the wasteland to thank the saints, and the emperor also wanted to show his affinity for the nobles.

Wei Renshi looked at the front of the hundred officials. The first person in front of the head stood there solemnly, but there was a kind of righteousness. But there was always a feeling of sickness.

Looking at the clothes on his body, coupled with this sick look, this should be Li Yu.

On the throne, Li Shi was no longer interested in asking Wei Renshi anything.

He said: "Qing was young and promising, and at a young age, he offered the strategy of damming and silting the land and improving the barren land. Sealing you in Weinan is also to see how well these two strategies are doing well in Weinan. When Qing arrived in Weinan, he had to ask more about it. In the future, I should also think about reimbursement and contribute to the court. ”

"Obey the order!" Wei Renshi knew that this was the end, so he bowed and replied.

Li Shi sat up straight, glanced down again, and said, "Do you still have something to play?" If it's okay, just retreat. ”

Wei Renshi was disappointed in this Li Shi ruler. When I saw it today, it was true.

After retreating from the dynasty, the hundred officials dispersed.

Wei Renshi walked out of the hall, waited for a while, and saw Liu Yuxi walking towards him.