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Emperor Dexing was seriously criticizing the folds, occasionally accompanied by a few coughs, Ma Kunyu Ma Gonggong came in, frowned, and asked the little eunuch to remove the incense burner, and then said to Emperor Dexing: "Your Majesty, the prince asks to see." ”

Emperor Dexing rubbed his temples: "Come in." Tiredly resting on the back of the chair, Ma Gonggong served tea and stood aside to serve.

The prince entered the hall and knelt down first, and Emperor Dexing smiled and said: "Chao'er is here, get up, why are you free to come over today?" Did you fill in that poem? ”

The prince said: "The child heard that his father had worked day and night for the flood in the four eastern counties, so he specially came to ask his father for peace. Although state affairs are important, please also take care of your health. ”

Emperor Dexing said: "You are still filial." However, the grain production in the four eastern counties is extremely abundant, and half of the grain in my Daliang is produced in the four eastern counties. In fact, there are quite a lot of officials in the DPRK and China, but there is a lack of silver, last year to resist the Turks, and now there is a long peace, although we are victorious, but the silver is too much. Saying this, he suddenly smiled, "Chao'er guessed, how did I get the money for disaster relief?" ”

The prince said curiously: "The money for disaster relief has been gathered, and the sons and daughters congratulate their father first." Didn't you say before that there was still a big gap? Could it be...... The child couldn't think of it. ”

"It's your brother Qi'er, didn't expect it? Hahaha, before the western expedition in the spring of this year, Qi'er came to find me, saying that he planned to do some small business with Yang Yu during the western expedition, and I scolded him for messing around, and he went with a hippie smile. As a result, the day before yesterday Apocalypse came, not to say that I agreed to do business, and wanted to give me dividends, I just played around, I didn't expect such a large sum of silver, and the two troublemakers really made a move, and I directly allocated the disaster relief funds. ”

The prince was secretly frightened, but just when he talked about Yang Yu, he took advantage of the words and said: "This Yang Yu really doesn't stop, every time he makes something, and recently there has been a storm in the city, and the people of Zhongdu have been discussing his case." ”

"Oh, really?" Emperor Dexing said: "What does Qi'er think of this case? ”

The crown prince thought to himself, when his father mentioned him just now, he said that he was a troublemaker, and he didn't seem to blame him for being angry, so he pondered and said: "Father, Yang Yu's indiscriminate killing of innocents is really a loss of benevolence to my Daliang, but the situation at that time was special, and it was understandable." The child felt that he could reduce the taxes of the eight western counties for three years to show his father's grace. As for the sin of deceit...... The fact that Yang Yu's fiancée is a Turkic princess seems to be true. However, the child thought that Yang Yu Bacheng was not estimated to deceive his father, but his identity was special, so he kept it secret. "It has the intention of defending Yang Yu.

Emperor Dexing groaned, did not speak, his eyes swept away, the Ma Gong Guild understood, and led all the eunuchs and palace maids to go down, and only the father and son were left in the palace.

Emperor Dexing coughed a few more times, the prince hurriedly served tea, Emperor Dexing waved his hand, but still smiled encouragingly, he was still very satisfied with this eldest son, Liang Chao has read poetry and books since he was a child, filial piety, benevolence, if you want to say that it is insufficient, it may be less heroic, such as today's Jingjing, force is indispensable, it was because of this that Yang Yu was moved to be the prince's attendant.

Emperor Dexing said: "Chao'er, how do you say the emperor should treat his ministers?" ”

The prince said in his heart, this is his father thinking about himself, and hurriedly replied with a spirit: "Merit must be rewarded, and punishment must be punished, pro-virtuous ministers, far villains, open up the way of speech, and accept advice!" ”

Emperor Dexing nodded again and again with satisfaction: "Chao'er keep these in mind, and he will not lose a generation of virtuous kings in the future." But what my father told you today is completely different from what is in the book. ”

"Don't look at me on the ground, the courtiers all shouted long live when they saw it, in fact, a few of them are really for you. The emperor, the heart is the world, the minister, what he has in his heart is just desire! It's a high-ranking official, it's a generous person! So if you don't have a minister, you can't manage the affairs of the country, you can't do it alone, but if you can't manage the minister, then you can only be a puppet emperor. ”

Only then did the prince understand that Emperor Dexing was going to teach him the emperor's mind today, so he listened attentively.

"So since ancient times, the emperors have been all golden mouths, and they have made every word. In fact, it is not that the emperor is not wrong, but even if he is wrong, he can only be wrong, because the emperor must maintain his high dignity. If the emperor is wrong, then the majesty will be lost, and how can the ministers live with peace of mind in the future? How is imperial power exercised? ”

"But what about the minister? If it is wrong, it must be wrong, otherwise, forgive if you are wrong this time, and forgive if you are wrong next time, it will give them the illusion that I am a meritorious person, it doesn't matter if I make mistakes, I am a person trusted by the emperor, and it doesn't matter if I make mistakes. Mistakes will be made more and more, and the more they will be made, the bigger they will be. ”

"Chao'er, now, how do you think Yang Yu's case should be handled?"

The prince immediately said: "It should be punished!" Although Yang Yu has made great contributions to the neutrality of the Western Expedition, he knows that his fiancée is a Turkic princess, but he conceals it and does not report it, committing the crime of bullying the king. ”

Emperor Dexing laughed: "Chao'er learns quickly, but it's still not right!" ”

The prince was stunned and speechless in the local area, he was stunned by Emperor Dexing, he defended Yang Yu at the beginning, no, now he says that Yang Yu is severely punished, why is it not right?

Fortunately, Emperor Dexing didn't ask any more questions, and then said: "Punishment is necessary, but how to punish and to what extent must be grasped clearly." ”

The prince was clever and hurriedly said: "Please teach me from my father!" ”

"This involves the way of governing the ministers again. In fact, in the final analysis, the emperor and the minister complement each other and restrain each other. Although the emperor is respected, it is not uncommon for the ministers to be strong and the kings to be weak, and the ministers to be bright and the kings to be dark. If the emperor wants to sit firmly, then ...... The minister must not be too united! ”

The prince said in his heart, no wonder his father wanted to clear the scene, this kind of words can only be known by the emperor himself, which is completely different from the way of being a king in the book.

"If the ministers are monolithic, then they will unite and they will overthrow the king. So you see in history, although party strife is very harmful and is expressly forbidden, the king absolutely does not mind that there are contradictions between ministers, and even deliberately uses ministers with contradictions! There are contradictions between ministers, can they form a whole, and besides, since there is a dispute, who is the referee? It can only be a king! Then they must be more dependent on the emperor. ”

The prince's heart was shocked, and his heart suddenly brightened, and Emperor Dexing's words seemed to open up a new world for him, and his excited body trembled slightly.

Emperor Dexing continued: "In the matter of Yang Yu, it is actually obvious that between me and him, he is wrong and must be punished. But between the ministers, it is actually a dispute between Yu and Cao. Between the family and the commoners, it is actually a dispute between many family officials and officials from civilian backgrounds! ”

The crown prince quickly recalled that most of the officials who opposed Yang Yu were from families, and most of the officials who supported Yang Yu were from civilian backgrounds. I didn't realize it at all, so I admired Emperor Dexing even more.

"Yu Qing is very loyal to me, but this time, the burial of 200,000 government soldiers must make him understand that he has done something wrong, I am very angry, if I think about it this way, the punishment for Yang Yu cannot be severe. Moreover, Yang Yu is from a civilian background, and the punishment is heavy, which will chill the hearts of many civilian-born officials. Hehe, I heard that even the scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam waved their flags and shouted for him, it seems that this Yang Yu is still popular with people, hehe. ”

The prince now understood: "What the father means is that the punishment is to be punished, but it is raised high and gently fallen, which plays a punitive role, maintains the balance of the two generals Yu and Cao, and makes the officials unable to say anything." ”

Emperor Dexing nodded: "Exactly. Besides, I see Qi'er and your sister, who have been jumping up and down in a hurry for the past two days, although I haven't pretended, but I'm going to be punished, and your sister has to find me to cry again! As he spoke, he laughed out loud, the black-hearted emperor was gone, and he was completely in the form of a loving father again.

When the prince heard this, he made up his mind, Yang Yu is so close to his second brother, his father does not intend to punish him severely, I must not let him be satisfied!

Thinking of this, the crown prince arched his hand and said, "Father, the son has a suggestion!" ”