Chapter 312: The River Flows Like This (3)

The failure of the two great court meetings shook the world.

Li Zhi was so angry that he wanted to jump over the wall, and then sent someone to chase Li Fu and lash him with a hundred canes. It's this guy who tore this fugitive alive, otherwise there would be this dispute?

This is a joke, if it is locked up in Dali Temple, maybe these flogging battles can still be truthfully beaten on Li Ming, but out of the imperial court, how can it still be Li Shimin's son, who dares to carry it out, even if it is a beating, it is estimated that he will be dusted a few times with a chicken feather broom.

But to the surprise, Li Ming's two sons, Li Jie and Li Jun, wrote a letter thanking Li Wei for his help. secretly called lucky, if it wasn't for the prince begging Li Jingxuan, Li Jingxuan would have come forward, and his father would still be locked up in the Eastern Capital Prison, this time there would be more luck and less luck. He also brought a heavy gift to thank Li Jingxuan. When Li Zhi heard this, not only did he not get angry, but immediately gave Li Jie the title of King of Lingling and Li Jun as the Duke of Li Guo. This edict is a commendation, as Li Zhi himself, he doesn't want the children of the clan to do evil, but another meaning is that Li Jie is the king, and Li Ming doesn't want to make a comeback.

But the problem has to be solved, how to solve it? All the ministers still prefer to recall the fugitives in their hearts. There are also some strategies, all of which are not very good, and when you say it, not only the prince, but also many big families will hate it, which is the reason for the silence.

At this time, Wei Yuanzhong couldn't stand it, and played a book, which wrote: "The plan to build a country lies in the long-term. The children of the clan enjoy the blessings of the royal family, and the people of Li enjoy the joy of peace. In the past, he said to the prince that the people were bitter and the people were bitter. The territory of Sui is not as wide as that of our dynasty, with the number of households reaching 9 million, and the country of our dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, with only 4 million households. Woohoo, the pain of replacement...... The Qin Emperor was tyrannical and wanted the first emperor II and III to live forever, not the sole hegemon, but also for the sake of his descendants. Don't worry about the descendants for eternity, what is Qingping? …… The disaster of fleeing households and hidden households is the foundation of the society, and the officials are roaring in the countryside, accumulating more and more. However, considering the compulsion of the strong, the emperor and the queen of heaven were silent in a dark voice, and the ministers were wise and silent to protect themselves. After 200 years, the number of people increased, the officials followed, the state expenditure doubled, the powerful and monks were exempted from classes, and the fewer and fewer civilians who paid taxes, the ministers did not dare to think about it. The ruler turns a blind eye and is insensitive. Haoqiang is short-sighted and greedy. If the ovaries of the country are falling, how can the eggs be completed? …… The minister was sick and lost his head, woo hoo and mourn! Or two hundred years later, the wild fox of Taiji Daming Palace sings at night, and the crows dance wildly, which is the wish of today's monarchs and ministers! ……”

In the book, Li Zhi was furious and immediately issued an edict to send Wei Yuanzhong to Dali Temple.

But as soon as Qin Cha left in the front, Li Zhi issued another edict in the back, and Wei Yuanzhong immediately rushed to Luoyang to discuss the matter.

This is where Li Wei can't cry or laugh, let's say that he is mediocre, he is still very sober in some major matters. Say that he is not mediocre, for the sake of power, he has made a good situation into a miasma.

Wei Yuanzhong was taken to the capital, and Li Zhi took out the memo he had written, and said, "Do you know what you wrote? ”

"Wrote a lot."

"You are presumptuous!" It's okay to write about the seriousness of running away, but I actually wrote that the Tang Dynasty was going to end in less than two hundred years, and scolded myself and the queen for being dim and insensitive, even Qin Shi Huang is not as good, an emperor is afraid of being strong and weak. Really? A strong man is not afraid, and the emperor of the world is not afraid?

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are presumptuous, it's Your Majesty who is presumptuous to the ancestors and ancestors."

"You, you!"

"Your Majesty, why be angry. If Your Majesty doesn't want the minister to speak out, in order to charm the king, the minister can't do it, then the minister will not speak. But the minister only wanted to say one last word, that is, an ordinary peasant, a most humble merchant and craftsman, and he also knew how to leave a little property to his children and grandchildren. What did Emperor Taizongwen leave for His Majesty? But what kind of inheritance does Your Majesty plan to leave for future generations? A ninety-five supreme emperor can't even see through this, isn't he presumptuous to his ancestors and ancestors? ”

not only criticized Li Zhi for deliberately avoiding the issue of fleeing households, but also implicitly accused him of making constraints for the sake of power, causing the court to be divided.

"Come, and drag him down to the staff."

The eunuch was just about to make a move, but Wu Zetian said behind the curtain: "Wait." ”

Then he turned out from behind the curtain and said, "Your Majesty, this man is loyal and martyrdom, and he must not be insulted." ”

Li Zhi finally came to his senses, couldn't wipe his face, coughed dryly, and said, "I said something wrong." ”

"If you are not afraid of mistakes, you are afraid that you will not change your mistakes, Your Majesty may still have medicine to save you."

"Ahem, ahem!" Li Zhi was so angry that he coughed dryly again.

Wu Zetian was wonderful, but he was thinking in his heart, a good Wei Zhenzai, and that Di Renjie, these two ministers are all outstanding people who are difficult to choose for a while, and they don't know how their sons are selected from tens of millions of people. I appreciate it very much, and I have the idea of grabbing these two talents with my son.

In fact, the eunuch who served also turned his face, as if he hadn't heard it, this Wei Yuanzhong was three points bolder than Zhu Jingze. The historian asked in a low voice: "Do you want to write down this paragraph?" ”

Wu Zetian turned around and said, "Remember! ”

Li Zhi endured it, but there was no way, the threats of these ministers did not work, just like this book, not only scolded him, but also scolded the ministers and big families together. The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, which one has the guts? Thinking about it like this, the anger went down, and the tone softened, and Wen Yan said: "I also know, but it is not easy to govern. If the measures are not right, the state will even *** immediately, instead of waiting until two hundred years later. ”

"Maybe there's a way."

"Tell me about it." It's better than nothing, Li Zhi hasn't had the heart to deal with other government affairs for this in the past few days.

"Your Majesty, the minister has heard that the virtuous do not avoid relatives and enemies."

"Yes, this is the style of a gentleman."

"The minister is helpless, but there is a person who may have a way, but Your Majesty can't hold the idea of kissing or hating him."

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are at a loss, who is this, so that Li Zhi is close and hateful?

"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Cough, cough," Li Zhi choked again.

The crown prince is the son of the emperor, he can only say kiss, how to say hatred, the historian's hand holding the pen is trembling, and he asked carefully: "Do you remember this sentence?" ”

Wu Zetian didn't dare to call the shots this time, but Li Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "Remember." ”

Then he said: "Since he has a way and is the crown prince, why hasn't he said anything so far?" ”

"Your Majesty, in the past, the minister accompanied His Royal Highness the Prince to the Shaolin Temple to pray for His Majesty, and the Prince once talked to the minister about this. At that time, the crown prince had not yet reached the crown, and he had some ideas. The prince is extremely wise and has grown up for several years, which is one of the biggest drawbacks of the country, and the prince should have some more mature ideas. "Wei Yuanzhong thinks too highly of Li Wei, in terms of the art of power and conspiracy, Li Wei may not be very good, after all, there is some knowledge of the previous life, it is impossible to completely solve it, and there are still ways to alleviate it. During the conversation last year, Li Wei also vaguely said that he did not say anything specific, and Wei Yuanzhong did not ask, and it is better to have more than one thing. But he couldn't delay any longer, so he had to pull the prince into the water. So he paused, and then said, "The prince can't speak." ”

"Why can't you speak?"

"It was His Majesty who made him unable to speak."

"......" Li Zhi immediately came to his senses and was speechless.

This made it difficult for the historian to know whether to remember it or not. After thinking about it for a while, since the capital of hatred has written it down, it is about this sentence that can also be remembered, wiped his sweat, and wrote it on the paper again.

Wu Zetian said on the side: "You go and tell him, state affairs are important." ”

"Whoa!"

Wei Yuanzhong retreated, looking at his departing figure, Wu Zetian praised: "Your Majesty, this person can be reused." It was clear for a while, and no one in the DPRK could match it. ”

"Yes," Li Zhi replied softly. is a rare courtier, but once reused, his ears will be scratched by this person all day long. Thinking about it again, I was very depressed in my heart, why didn't such a person use it for himself, but became his son's cronies?

All the way out of the palace, all the ministers looked sideways at Wei Yuanzhong. This piece of music is even more fierce than the time when Zhu Jingze bombarded Li Zhi, and even Hao Chujun and Li Yiyan are ashamed of themselves. When he arrived at the East Palace, Li Wei immediately let him in.

Wei Yuanzhong immediately said what he meant.

"Wei Qing, you hurt Lonely."

Wei Yuanzhong suddenly fell to the ground and said, "Your Highness, the minister knows that once His Highness makes a plan, no matter what the plan is, it will hurt many people, which is not good for His Highness." However, all the states and counties began to write books, and if the court did not come up with a strategy, there might be an endless commotion. Besides, they will use troops against Tibet. At this time, the country must not be in turmoil. ”

"You are a loyal minister, and Lone admires you very much...... But I can't say it. ”

"Your Highness, the minister understands His Highness's difficulties, but he can't hide it at this time."

"I can't really say."

"Then the minister asked His Highness, is there a strategy?"

"Yes, there's a lot of controversy."

"Will it shake the country's foundations?"

"Not really."

"Then please speak to Your Highness!" Wei Yuanzhong knelt down suddenly.

Li Wei immediately helped him up, and then smiled bitterly: "Wei Qing, you don't know, Gu has heard about it these days, and I am also thinking that in fact, the root cause is the reform of taxation, and it is unlikely that taxes can be levied." Either taxes are freed from the farmland. So Lone has been doing it silently, and you have seen how many things Lone has done silently have brought in more than a year for the country. But if you want to moisturize things silently, there must be a slow process. There is a solution to the root cause of this matter, but there is a way to alleviate it. ”

"Please."

But when I said it, it was not only controversial, but also offended many people, and I got a false name that made my father jealous. This doesn't matter, I'm afraid that I will let Gu go to Qinghai to fight against the Qin Ling, which is what Gu is most worried about. Don't say that it may not happen, but say that Lone Zhun will get Qinghai. "But I am also ashamed that I have Li Tang's blood in my body, but my loyalty is far inferior to Wei Yuanzhong.

"To Qinghai?"

"Yes, sometimes it is reckless to do things alone, but in my heart I am clear about my own ability. When they arrived at Qinghai and the battle of Nonqinling, Pei Shilang and Liu Xianggong were very difficult, what would happen if they went alone? ”

"Where does this start?" Wei Yuanzhong was at a loss, how could he not hear such a big thing at all?

Li Wei said it back and forth, and said: "It's just a guess, but Liu and Li are extremely discordant, which makes this speculation seem to be about to become a fact." Others say that no one may listen, Lone himself said, so a slight push, Lone will go to Qinghai undoubtedly. Wei Qing, do you want Gu to say it or not? ”