Chapter 993: Heart-to-heart
Zhao Ziliang said what Li Yu was thinking, since he ascended the throne for many years, there have been one or several rebellions almost every year, not only the remnants of the original Anshi Rebellion, but also the envoys appointed by the imperial court. Pen & fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Sichuan happened to take a long time, serious damage, huge impact of the Cui Ning rebellion, originally thought that the Anshi Rebellion was over, but did not expect that the disaster had been left in the process of quelling the chaos, to solve these disasters are too difficult and too difficult, the local feudal towns are becoming more and more arrogant, without the court, which makes him hurt his brain.
Li Yu sighed: "Uncle is right, I have already made mistakes in the Anshi Rebellion, which led to such an uncontrollable situation!" ”
Zhao Ziliang also knew that it was definitely not Li Yu's fault that the situation in the Tang Dynasty had evolved into today's situation, could it be that Xuanzong and Suzong were not wrong? In general, this is definitely not a person's mistake, this is a historical mistake, the social development of the Tang Dynasty to the present, there have been problems in the system, and the successive emperors have led to this situation because they did not carry out reforms in time.
The lack of supervision of the right leads to the expansion of the loopholes in the system, and it is used by the ministers, and the ministers are just that, the key is that the selfishness of the ministers is too heavy, if it is a minister like Cao Cao, the Tang Dynasty will become better and better, but Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others are too selfish, and they have no concept of national supremacy at all, and they govern with their personal likes and dislikes, of course, they will make a mess of the Tang Dynasty. Blatant buying and selling of officials and forming parties for personal gain, excluding dissidents, blocking the way of speech, blinding the Holy Hearing, and other ugly behaviors led to the lower and lower quality of the court officials, first the corruption of the court officials intensified, and then spread to the local government, the local officials in order to keep their positions or want to climb up, the main way is to rely on the ministers of the court, and later this kind of thing formed an officialdom atmosphere, if not relying on this means can not be promoted at all, which also led to the local officials have to rely on the people as bribes for money. Coupled with the collusion between the clans and local officials to annex the land of homesteaders, this led to the emergence of a large number of landless peasants, and with the occurrence of natural disasters, the landless peasants became homeless, and the entire Tang society became more and more chaotic.
Therefore, the root cause of all social unrest is the corruption of officialdom.
Zhao Ziliang comforted Li Yu: "Your Majesty, since the matter has happened, no matter how much regret it is, it will be useless, and now the minister is trying to find a way to reverse the situation, but there is one thing that Your Majesty still needs to decree, in order to save some reputation and prestige for the court and the royal family!" ”
Hearing this, Li Yu hurriedly said: "Uncle, please say, as long as it is conducive to reversing the situation, I can do whatever I want!" ”
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said: "From the beginning of the Tianbao period to the present, there are many civil and military generals who died with grievances, Your Majesty as the descendants of the two first emperors, ministers and courtiers, we are naturally not good to comment on the merits and demerits of the two first emperors, but there is one thing that can be done, that is, to rehabilitate Zhaoxue for these wronged and aggrieved civil and military generals. Didn't the generals and envoys of the various feudal towns or their fathers serve under these two? Even the ministers served under the account of Huangfu Weiming for a period of time. In addition, the servant Gu Huaien won't talk about him, he is the opposite after all, even if he has grievances, he is still innocent, and he can't be included in the list of rehabilitated Zhaoxue, but Lai Yao didn't pull the flag and rebel, right? He is indeed a little arrogant, but who is not arrogant and arrogant with talent and military achievements? Your Majesty, as a superior person, how can they deny their lifelong contributions to the Tang Dynasty because of their fault? ”
These words made Li Yu ashamed and regretful: "Uncle, speaking of which, I actually regretted it afterwards!" But it's too late to regret it. My uncle is right, I can't resurrect these civil and military ministers who died unjustly, and the only thing I can do is to rehabilitate Zhaoxue for them. I'm going to make an order······"
Zhao Ziliang hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, wait for the ministers to discuss with the ministers of the court and the central government, draft a list of civil ministers and military generals who need to rehabilitate Zhaoxue, and let Zhao Hanlin present it to His Majesty after he has prepared the edict, and Your Majesty will not be too late to use the seal!" ”
"Yes, yes, I'm too eager, this kind of thing always has to be discussed with the ministers! By the way, didn't my uncle just say that he would report to me on the process and resolution of this court meeting? ”
"Yes, the minister will tell His Majesty in detail!"
“······ Mainly these two points, holding a scientific examination and sending troops to rescue Xiangyang, Liu Yan, the secretary of the household department, said that the household department has no money, and he can't even get the money to hold a imperial examination, which makes the minister not very convinced, and the minister has to send someone to check the accounts of the household department, and His Royal Highness the prince also agrees, and the father-in-law and others around His Majesty also agree; In addition, the minister decided to send the Shence army around His Majesty to Xiangyang to rescue Ge Shuyao, and the safety of the palace ban was temporarily taken care of by Zuo Jin Wuwei, and Wu Cao, the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei, was His Majesty's uncle, so His Majesty should still be at ease with him, right? ”
Li Yu nodded and said, "It is also feasible to let Zuo Jinwu guard guard the safety of the palace ban, of course I can rest assured that Wu Miao, this uncle!" It's just ······ Uncle, why do you have to let the Shence Army go to quell the chaos? There aren't many cronies around me, so if you transfer one, you will have one less! ”
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Your Majesty, how did the Shence Army perform when the rebels came to Chang'an these times?" I'm afraid it's not satisfactory, right? These ruffians have stayed in the capital for too long, and if you leave them with Your Majesty, Your Majesty's safety is worrying! ”
Li Yu thought about it and agreed: "You have a point, okay, it's decided!" Wu Miao, do you want me to send someone to say something? ”
Zhao Ziliang said: "There is no need to trouble Your Majesty, since Your Majesty has retired to the deep palace, it is best not to meddle in specific affairs, so as not to be caught by some people and make a fuss!" ”
During the period when Zhao Ziliang and Li Yu were talking, Dugu Guifei always sat and listened, never interjected, but kept adding tea and water to them, always with a smile, which made Zhao Ziliang look at this woman with admiration, and it is no wonder that Li Yu loves her very much.
Li Yu originally wanted to leave Zhao Ziliang to eat in the palace, but Zhao Ziliang shirked it on the grounds that he was busy with government affairs, and said to Li Yu before leaving: "Your Majesty, the courtiers and concubines are dignified, virtuous and virtuous, do not interfere in government affairs, and do not have relatives, which is enough to honor the world!" ”
Li Yu said with a smile: "I have thought about this matter before, and I have also proposed to test the reaction of the ministers, but I was opposed by the ministers, why······ Forget it, we'll talk about it later! ”
The gossip of the royal family is naturally discussed, and of course Zhao Ziliang has heard about the Dugu family, who was the concubine of the eunuch Li Fuguo more than ten years ago, and it was this experience that made the ministers think that she was not qualified to be the queen.
Zhao Ziliang said: "The minister has heard some people talk about the past of Dugu Guifei, but the minister doesn't think it's an obstacle, just take the minister as an example, the minister's queen Chen already had an eleven-year-old daughter when she married the minister, didn't the minister make her the queen?" When it was first established, the ministers of Western Qin also strongly objected, but the ministers did not withstand the pressure! As long as you don't violate basic morality and etiquette! If Your Majesty really wants to make the noble concubine Niangniang the queen, the minister will definitely support it! Of course, there is the problem of the prince here, if Dugu Guifei is appointed as the queen, the prince will not be a concubine, and it is understandable that His Majesty hesitates in this matter! ”
"Yes, uncle, in fact, I am bitter and wronged, I like two women in my life, one is Dugu, and the other is Shen, the prince's biological mother, but the Shen family is now nowhere to be found, I want to establish Dugu as the queen but I am still hindered by the ministers, and I am threatened by the rebels outside······"
Zhao Ziliang left the palace with sympathy for Li Yu, and today's conversation with Li Yu made him think about Li Yu a great change.
After returning to the regent palace, Zhao Ziliang immediately began to devote himself to the heavy work of dealing with a large number of court recitals, one by one he used a blue brush to review and put aside, after dealing with a bunch of recitals, Zhao Ziliang found that there were two recitals that were written to the Shi, so the Zhishi was to retire, and the Shangshu Zhishi was to apply for retirement. One is Liu Zhutong, a member of the Zhongshu House, and the other is Han Bizhao, a regular attendant of the left scattered cavalry.
As soon as the review was completed, the guards walked in and reported: "King, Bai Xiuqi, Zhang Xiancheng and Luo Yuanguang have arrived!" ”
Zhao Ziliang put down the brush and said to the guards: "Let Bai Xiuqi come in first!" ”
"Yes, King!"
After a while, a middle-aged civil official with a solemn face walked in and bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Sinong Shaoqing Bai Xiuqi has come to see the king!" ”
Zhao Ziliang got up and said with a smile: "Xiu Jue, come on, come on, accompany this king!" ”
"Yes, King!"
The two walked out of the main hall and came to the courtyard garden, followed by several guards from a distance. Zhao Ziliang asked, "When were you transferred from Xuzhou to Chang'an?" ”
Bai Xiuqi said: "The second year of Guangde! At that time, the imperial court summoned Li Gongguang to come to Chang'an to serve, but at that time, the emperor was surrounded by many ministers, Li Gong was worried about being persecuted, so he wrote a letter on the grounds of poor health, and later the emperor ordered Li Gong to stay in the eastern capital, Li Gong was also afraid of the strength of the traitors in the DPRK and did not dare to set off, because of the long-term worry about the traitors in the DPRK and the situation in the world and accumulated hard work, and soon died of a whimper, after which the court requisitioned the lower officials to Chang'an as Sinong Shaoqing, and the lower officials thought that this was also an inconsequential position, I think those traitors won't care about me as a petty official, so they brought their families here, after all, this is an official official of the imperial court."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned, he didn't expect Bai Xiuqi to say such a thing, but thinking about Bai Xiuqi's background, he understood.