Zhao Ziliang saw that the emperor recognized his words, and his confidence in his heart increased greatly, and he continued: "Wechen summarized what Lord Zuo just said, there are three main points: first, Wechen is too strict in law enforcement, so that many generals, captains, and soldiers under the Zuo prison guards complain; Second, because of the establishment of the prison guard, the generals, captains and soldiers under the guards of the left prison no longer dare to relax the inspection of the road guidance and door registration of passing pedestrians, and the captains and soldiers of the prison gate naturally had to be careful and careful in their investigations, lest they make mistakes, which also slowed down the entry and exit speed of the common people and officials, delayed time, and there were scorching suns and torrential rains in summer, and heavy snow and cold winds in winter; Third, because of the strict implementation of the door registration system, the prison captains and gatekeepers are not flexible enough in law enforcement, which delays the official affairs of some people!

Next, Weichen will express his views and solutions to these three problems for His Majesty and the lords and generals. First of all, let's talk about the first question, Lord Zuo said that Weichen's law enforcement is too strict, and the generals, captains and soldiers below are complaining, I want to ask Lord Zuo? Why do they complain? ”

"・・・・・・" Zuo Shizong was speechless, but he quickly reacted and immediately said: "No matter why they complained, General Zhao's actions did cause dissatisfaction among many generals, captains and sergeants, in case General Zhao's actions caused these people to cause a mutiny, can General Zhao afford to be offended?" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked rhetorically: "Is this what Lord Zuo should be in charge of and ask?" Lord Zuo is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, there are a lot of things in your Ministry of Rites, you don't deal with what you should do, but the dog takes the mouse to meddle in things, the court has nothing to do, and the mediocrity disturbs itself, that is, there are officials like Lord Zuo in the court, so there are more troubles, if everyone works hard to do their own things, each performs its own duties and takes its own responsibility. The court will be calm, and His Majesty the Emperor will be much more relaxed and leisurely! ”

"You ・・・・・・"

"Zhao came to tell Lord Zuo, why are those people complaining!" Zhao Ziliang interrupted Zuo Shizong's words and continued: "Because the eunuchs established by His Majesty's will have harmed their interests and made them very uncomfortable, strengthening the implementation of the door registration system has made these people have no oil and water to fish, so that they have to get up and practice every morning in the early hours of the morning, so that they can no longer go to the Qinglou and Goolan Courtyard to drink flower wine as usual, so that they can't go to the street to molest women from good families, oppress the kind, and make their bodies sore every day because of the drills." All of them complained・・・・・・"

"Flutter-" Some officials couldn't help laughing out loud when they heard Zhao Ziliang's words.

Li Longji couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he heard this, but finally couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Ziliang looked left and right, and continued: "The entire Central Army Twelve Guards, the Prince's East Palace Six Guards and Six Rates, and the Left and Right Longwu Army, the Left and Right Yulin Army, the Left and Right Shenwu Army, the Left and Right Qianniu Guards, the Left and Right Prison Guards, and the other guards I don't know, but the forbidden army of the Left Prison Guards was already rotten before Wei Chen was promoted to general!" Asking for entry taxes from people entering and entering the city, and asking for money from people who have no access to the city, military discipline is lax, and the city defense posts and patrols have been abandoned for a long time, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is simply vulnerable, not to mention anything else. As long as ten ordinary soldiers are transferred from the Anxi border army, one hundred sergeants under the left prison guard can be defeated, and if the military discipline is not rectified and the unhealthy tendencies in the army are corrected with heavy punches, once there is a major change. The consequences are unimaginable! Since the minister started the purge, he naturally has the confidence to control the situation, and today's incident has long been expected by Weichen, and such small-scale conflicts are inevitable to occur in the purge process. Since the tumor is to be removed, it is inevitable that there will be temporary pain and bleeding!

What is the purpose of rectifying military discipline and supervising the implementation of the registration system by the generals, captains, and soldiers under the guards of the left prison, as well as the conduct of the army? It is to restore the combat effectiveness of the subordinate army of the left prison guards and have the ability to protect the safety of His Majesty the Emperor and the imperial court. It is to ensure that His Majesty the Emperor has absolute command over the army, if the military discipline of the army to which the guards belong to the left guard is allowed to continue to be scattered, and the guards of the outer gates of the capital, the Imperial City Gate and the Palace Gate are useless, as long as someone pays a lot of money to buy the generals, the captains of the prison gates, and the soldiers, can His Majesty the Emperor still command the army? The army is the army of the Tang Dynasty, it is the army of His Majesty, if the army takes the military salary of the imperial court, but it can be bribed by others, and it can be turned against by people who are promised heavy profits, then is this still the army of the Tang Dynasty, or the army of His Majesty? ”

Zuo Shizong couldn't help but say, "General Zhao is a little alarmist, right?" ”

"Alarmist?" Zhao Ziliang turned around, "Hmph, Lord Zuo dare not make a bet with Zhao, now please ask Your Majesty to order to inspect all the armies of the Beijing Division, as long as there are sixty percent of the people with strict military discipline, Zhao is willing to fall to the ground, otherwise, Lord Zuo, you will fall to the ground!" ”

Zuo Shizong's face turned red, "You ・・・・・・ you husband, who plays such a boring bet with you, Your Majesty ・・・・・・・."

"Enough!" Li Longji immediately interrupted Zuo Shizong's words, when it comes to the army, even if he is the emperor, he doesn't dare to deal with it casually, he is worried that Zuo Shizong promised to gamble with Zhao Ziliang, if he really investigates all the troops in Beijing, it is likely that there will be a big mess, as the emperor, he has more or less heard of it, and he has also thought about rectifying it, but this involves all aspects, and a little carelessness will cause chaos, which is why he only asked Zhao Ziliang to set up a prison Cao in the left prison guard, and did not make the same disposal in other guards at the same time.

Zuo Shizong was startled by the look in the emperor's eyes and hurriedly stepped aside.

Li Longji said to Zhao Ziliang again: "Zhao Qingjia, you just continue to talk about things, don't talk too far!" ”

As soon as the emperor said this, Zhao Ziliang understood, don't expand the scope to other armies in Beijing, so he continued: "Now the second problem that Wei Chen said about Lord Zuo, because the implementation of the door registration system has slowed down the speed of entry and exit of pedestrians, people and officials, which will definitely have an impact at the beginning, but with the extension of time, the experience of the captains and soldiers of the prison gate will become more and more abundant, and the recognition of the true and false road guides and door registrations will also be improved, and the speed of inspection will soon increase. As for the scorching sun, torrential rain, cold wind and heavy snow for the people and officials to endure because of the slowdown of traffic, in response to this situation, our Left Prison Guards decided to build some pergolas and canopies at the gates of each city for the people and officials to take shelter from the rain, wind and snow, this money does not need to be borne by the imperial court, and our Left Prison Guards will deal with those who violate the rules of the gate, criminals who are caught, and merchants who carry prohibited goods. Criminals who want to break through the city gates will be fined. Part of it is used to build the above facilities, and the other part is to reward meritorious soldiers, soldiers who abide by military discipline and are diligent in drilling, so as to increase their enthusiasm!

The third problem mentioned by Lord Zuo is that our guards are too rigid, inflexible, and inflexible in the process of implementing the door registration system, which has caused the officials to delay a lot of official duties. I want to ask Lord Zuo, why did you forget to bring your family registration when you went out? Since you don't have a good memory, why don't you ask someone to remind you specifically? Since you're going out on business, why don't you think about it and keep everything else in mind. Even remember to bring the fish talisman that represents your official rank, why can't you remember to bring your family name? Do you think this is optional? If you bring your family name and nothing happens, as long as you show your door card and there is no problem with your family name, no one will dare to deliberately embarrass you, and if someone dares to deliberately embarrass you, you tell me, I will make this person pay for his stupidity! Your Majesty. The minister is done! ”

At this time, Li Longji was still very diligent in political affairs, and he had not neglected his administration as he did later, and he was very appreciative of what Zhao Ziliang said, and he looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs. asked: "Does anyone else want to impeach Zhao Ziliang?" ”

The civil and military ministers looked at Li Longji's face, where did they still not understand the emperor's intentions, wouldn't it be uncomfortable for themselves to stand up and find trouble with Zhao Ziliang at this time? Therefore, no one came forward.

Li Longji glanced at Zuo Shizong and snorted coldly: "I don't know what to say!" "Say it. He got up, flicked his sleeves, and strode away.

Gao Lishi immediately shouted: "Retreat to the court-"

The courtiers bowed down one after another: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

After walking out of the Xuanzheng Palace, Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli were preparing to return to the Left Prison Guard's Mansion together. was stopped by a eunuch who ran from behind: "General Zhao stays!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned around when he heard this, and saw that it was a eunuch, so he arched his hand and said, "I don't know what happened to this father-in-law calling so-and-so?" ”

"Your Majesty's dictation, let General Zhao go to the Zichen Hall to see the driver!"

Yes, I have to go to see the emperor once, Zhao Ziliang had to say to Chen Xuanli: "General Chen, go to see Your Majesty first, you ・・・・・・."

Chen Xuanli immediately said: "Then Chen will go back first, thank you General Zhao today, at noon, a banquet will be held in the Drunken Immortal Building, please General Zhao must appreciate the light!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "That's okay, I always want to drink with General Chen alone!" ”

Following the eunuch to the Zichen Palace, Zhao Ziliang bowed down again: "Your Majesty!" ”

"Don't be polite, let's be even!" Li Longji put down the fold in his hand, raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhao Ziliang still did enough etiquette, he didn't dare to be really informal.

In fact, Xuanzong attaches great importance to the border generals, and even pampers and connives, from his treatment of Gai Jiayun, Wang Zhonghei, Huangfu Weiming and An Lushan in the future, it can be seen that An Lushan relies on Xuanzong's favor, and even does not salute when he sees the driver, and Xuanzong does not blame, which shows how much he loves the border generals.

Li Longji got up and waved his hand to let all the others retreat, he walked down the Dan Majesty, walked back and forth in the hall a few times, stopped and turned around and asked: "Zhao Aiqing, you just said in the Xuanzheng Hall that more than half of the troops in the Jingshi army have been loose and rotten, can I believe you?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, if Your Majesty really wants to know the truth, it shouldn't be difficult, as long as you send someone to secretly investigate, you can get the details soon!" The premise is that the person assigned to the investigation must be absolutely reliable. In fact, the minister said that these are nothing, and there are many problems that are really worrying! ”

Li Longji asked, "For example?" ”

"The world has been peaceful for a long time, both officials and the common people have lost their vigilance against the crisis, and a large number of people's fields across the country have been annexed by bureaucratic and wealthy landlords to become Yongye Tian, and the imperial court can receive less and less taxes, one of them; Second, a large number of soldiers from various places fled, and many of them had almost no soldiers to send, and the officials deceived and deceived them for the sake of political achievements. The minister said this to His Majesty today, it is to risk killing his head, and please let His Majesty know in his heart, the Tang Dynasty has reached the peak of the Tang Dynasty under His Majesty's governance, if it goes on like this, it will inevitably flourish and decline, and if you want to continue the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the most important thing at this time is to reform some systems when Your Majesty's prestige is the most prosperous and the authority is the heaviest, so as to meet the needs of historical development, even if some people oppose it, they will not dare to act rashly because of Your Majesty's prestige. Ten years later, it will be too late to think about reform! ”

Li Longji listened to Zhao Ziliang's words and did not speak for a long time. Zhao Ziliang didn't know why he was dizzy and said this, this is simply the rhythm of looking for death!

There was only the sound of Zhao Ziliang and Li Longji breathing in the main hall, and Zhao Ziliang even felt that his back was wet with sweat.

I don't know how long it took, Li Longji finally spoke: "I know, you step down!" ”

"Retire!" Zhao Ziliang secretly finally breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew from the main hall after saluting, and walked out of the palace quickly. (To be continued.) )