Li Shimin's shamelessness frightened the courtiers.

Those who do not have a high political consciousness may only see the matter of Li Shimin marrying a daughter to win over Wei Chigong, but Zai Fu and the big men are all human beings.

From it, I not only saw the emperor's shamelessness, but the key was to see why the emperor was shameless.

They saw from the emperor's actions that he began to be a little worried about the founding heroes and was not at ease. In order to win over or appease Wei Chigong, he can put down his face and marry his daughter to Wei Chigong, who is more than ten years older than himself and can be his father, as his wife, which shows how much he is afraid and worried.

In his words, he first told Yu Chigong that some people said that you were rebelling, this was beating Wei Chigong, and marrying a daughter was appeasing and wooing, and the emperor's mind was nothing. But the emperor who had just ascended the throne more than ten years ago couldn't do that.

He can reward high-ranking officials, but he will never marry his daughter to a courtier without shame, and it is okay to marry the son of a courtier.

The emperor is anxious, this is the rhythm of cleaning the old courtiers and paving the way for the prince.

In the first two years, more than a dozen Zaifu and important ministers were to be divided into localities, and now that such a thing has been done, it seems that the emperor is speeding up the pace of purging.

Such an emperor, the ministers are afraid, because once the emperor's worries accumulate to a certain extent, the important ministers are cut to a certain extent, and it is likely to be a big bloody storm.

Just look at how Liu Bang killed the heroes after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, that is a lesson from the past.

Liu Bang was the prince with a different surname before he ascended the throne, so after he ascended the throne, he killed all the princes and kings with different surnames, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbu, Zang Di and others did not escape.

Now Li Shimin is doing this, dividing the history of the thorn, it looks like giving a fief and a feudal country, but you must know that when you get to the place, you will always govern first, and develop first before you can be considered to have strength.

Which is as powerful as it is now in the DPRK.

In case he is driven to the fiefdom, the authority in his hand is gone, and the fief has just been in charge, without the slightest strength, and the emperor is not as simple as crushing an ant.

This is a very likely thing, and none of the ministers dares to take this risk, not only the ministers who have been divided, but also other important ministers do not want to see this, because once it becomes a fact, who knows who will be implicated in the end.

Li Shimin's somewhat urgent actions also put a lot of pressure on the ministers.

A few days later, the emperor once again talked about the matter of dividing the history of the assassination, this time the edict was about the descendants of the ministers of the clan to seal the history of the assassination. It is to tell the more than ten important ministers who have been divided into the history of the assassination, you see how good I am to you, the history of the division of the assassin is not only your generation, but future generations can attack the history of the assassin. That fief is the land of each of your families, and you are the kings there, and it is up to you to decide. What a good thing, you quickly agreed, get out of here and go to the fiefdom.

The subtext of the emperor is like this.

However, this time the emperor was not able to carry it out smoothly, not only did the matter of the descendants raid the history of the assassination not be decided, but the matter of dividing the history of the assassination decided in the eleventh year of Zhenguan was jointly opposed by the ministers who felt the pressure and danger.

Yu Zhining, the son of Zuo, believes that ancient and modern affairs are different, and it is not a long-term policy for peace and stability.

Ma Zhou also said: "Fathers like Yao and Shun, and sons like Danzhu and Shangjun. If a minor son is allowed to inherit his father's position, in case of arrogance and stupidity, the people will suffer, and the country will suffer as a result. If you want to cancel his succession, the credit of his ancestors is still there; If he wants to keep the raid, his sins have been revealed. It is obvious that it is better to give up the emperor's favor to a minister who has died, rather than poison all living beings. In this way, what has always been called the practice of loving them is actually harming them. I believe that they should only be given food and fiefdoms, and if they are truly talented, they should be given official positions, so that they can honor the emperor's favor and their children and grandchildren enjoy blessings. ”

There are as many as 14 important ministers who have been divided into assassin history, the eldest grandson Wuji Zhaozhou Assassin History, Fang Xuanling Song Zhou Assassin History, Du Ru Obscure Mizhou Assassin History, and others include Li Jing, Gao Shilian, Hou Junji, Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong, Wei Chigong, Li Ji, Duan Zhixuan, Cheng Yanjin, Liu Hongji, Zhang Liang,.

It can be seen from the people who are divided into feuds that these fourteen are all important ministers in the court, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui are the prime ministers who are really powerful, and they are very influential in the army.

The eleven people in the back, except for Gao Shilian, are all generals in the army, and the army led by these few people can be said to be about 80% of the elite of the Tang Dynasty.

As for Gao Shilian, this person has been the prime minister for many years, and the key is that he is a relative like the eldest grandson Wuji, such a person staying in the court will definitely be very unfavorable to the new monarch who will succeed to the throne in the future, and the dictatorship of relatives is something that almost every generation has.

Li Shimin wanted to get rid of these people, but these people were not wood, Yu Zhining, after Ma Zhou took the lead, these people also began to oppose one after another.

Fang Xuanling brought up the old matter again when he went out of work, and asked to be relieved of his position and retired. The meaning is very clear, you don't need to rush me to retire by myself, okay, I won't do it. Obviously, I was going to retire before and you stopped me, and you said that you were talking about not letting you, and at the same time, what did you mean?

Come on, I don't need you to do so many things, I'd better get rid of each other.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty at this time, especially the important ministers in the court, are very courageous. At this time, he did not enslave the Han people to the point of kneeling at every turn.

At this time, when the ministers went to the court, they did not kneel, and they bowed deeply and shouted three times, even if they saw the driver.

The relationship between the minister and the emperor is more like a partnership relationship, the emperor is the chairman who holds an absolute controlling stake, and the other ministers are minority shareholders.

Although in many cases it is the chairman who has the final say, the chairman cannot take other shareholders as improper decorations.

Now the chairman wants to clear several shareholders with more shares from the management, and the shareholders naturally do not show weakness at all.

Mencius told King Qi Xuan: "The king regards his ministers as his siblings, and the ministers regard him as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. ”

Confucius said: "The king makes the ministers courteous, and the ministers are loyal".

Gentlemanly and loyal.

This was the real relationship between the courtier and the emperor at this time.

What courtesy do you give me, what do I give you in return, if you don't give face, I'm embarrassed, I won't get used to you.

Fang Xuanling was about to resign, and his good brother and good partner Du Ruhui also spoke: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, no one can say anything about future generations, and I dare not guarantee that if there are ignorant and ignorant descendants who violate the laws of the state and kill themselves, or because of the reward of the attack, it will be really pitiful." If that's the case, it's better to be an idle nobleman honestly. Just in case, the minister begged His Majesty to stop giving the hereditary assassination decree and give us the hope of saving our lives. “

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