In the Zichen Palace, Yang Guifei gently persuaded Li Longji and said: "San Lang, you also know that going to illness is such a temperament, thinking straight and acting recklessly...... When the time comes, San Lang's anger will disappear a little, and the concubine will call him in front of you, and let him confess to you, San Lang, you can't be angry. ”

Li Longji gritted his teeth and said: "What else do I have to talk about with that rebellious minister and thief, I hate that I can't kill this rebellious rebellious minister and thief with my own hands!"

Yuhuan, haven't you seen his true face? He wants to be Wang Mang, he wants to be Cao Cao, he wants to usurp my Tang Dynasty! If you really want him to succeed, I still have Yuhuan, the prince, plus the good grandson Li Qi who was coaxed by him, all of them will not end well!

It can't be said that it is just a glass of wine, a white silk ended up with us, he said it well, he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and he also brought out Emperor Taizong...... The prince is weak, how can a person like him be willing to be subservient...... Didn't he think I could see his sinister thoughts! ”

In fact, when Li Longji thought about it, he didn't have a trace of reason to tell him, maybe it wasn't necessarily that Xiao Qu's illness really thought like this. He is an idealist, stunned, and a disciple of the Immortal Family who looks down on everything from above, maybe he really can't look down on this throne.

But I have been the Son of Heaven for more than 40 years, even if I don't think about the government in the later period, the whole world is still controlled by me, controlling everyone in my hands, and the power is monstrous; Do whatever you want, let whoever you want die, everyone is afraid of me, no one dares to disobey me, everyone wants to curry favor with me......

Now he is suddenly about to be ousted from the throne, even if he still has 10 million yuan to spend every year, even if he can still gather the best enjoyment in the world, even if he can still get drunk and dream every day, eat, drink and have fun, and enjoy luxury. But how can I bear the emptiness and loneliness of this loss of authority!

Not to mention, this is too emperor, but it has never been so easy to do, the contrast of power is still secondary, I have been confining the prince for so many years. connived at Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others to attack the crown prince, and when the prince became the emperor, he didn't know how he would treat me?

Not to mention, I am still in such good health now, I still have sixty years to live, I still have to reinvigorate, refresh the government, and be a saint of the ages, how can I be willing to let go of my authority at this time. Then in the history of Banbanqing, he left a faint king's infamy!

Therefore, no matter what, I can't let go of this throne, even if Xiao Quai's mind is really like this, he must die; Besides, who can guarantee that he really didn't have a reckless heart. The emperor's throne is so tempting, he really doesn't have half the heart? Hum. Is it possible?!

Li Longji stood up hatefully, and asked anxiously towards Sun Liu and the others who were standing at the gate of the hall, "How long has it been since the military order was passed out, and Guo Ziyi, An Sishun, and Ge Shuhan haven't arrived yet?" What is the movement of the Tiance Army outside the Chunming Gate? ”

Sun Liu hurriedly ran in and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the envoys who went to Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou to deliver the decree will go at noon." Two hours ago, the tenth batch of envoys had just left.

Under the Chunming Gate, the Tiance army camped and there was no movement. ”

Li Longji was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and more than 6,700 Tiance troops blocked outside the Chunming Gate. There were 100,000 troops in Chang'an City, but none of them dared to go out of the city to fight.

Chen Xuanli and Li Yide, the two old guys, still have one Lanling King Yongguan three armies, 10,000 enemies, the Longwu Forbidden Army has not been trained for a long time, it is not an opponent, it is simply a waste, and the Yulin Army is the same, all of them are waste; The combat power of the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army can be compared to it, but it is not so assured......

Who would have thought that the armed forces of Gyeonggi Province and Chang'an City would be so empty, and the army of more than 100,000 troops, in front of the more than 6,000 troops of Tiance Mansion, would be as fragile as paper paste, and it would shatter at the slightest touch.

When the matter comes, I have to count on the border troops of the envoys of each section, but why haven't the Qinwang troops of the Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou armies arrived?

Li Longji was so anxious that there was a bubble on his mouth, and he said anxiously: "Why haven't you yet, God, there won't be any problems, right?" ”

Sun Liu and several little eunuchs all smiled bitterly, a few days ago, if they wanted to say that more than 100,000 troops would be blocked at the door by 6,700 people, and there was no way, who would believe it, but now it has really happened, it is really an indescribable irony.

At this moment, I heard the neighing of a war horse like a dragon's roar and a tiger's roar, faintly coming from a distance. The expressions of several people in the hall moved, Li Longji looked puzzled, and hurriedly rushed to the front of the hall, and heard the faint sound of a call sign coming from the north direction of Zichen Palace, and the sound of the call sign was faintly mixed with the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground quickly.

Li Longji's heart suddenly sank, and Yang Guifei on the side couldn't help but shiver, but Gao Lishi sighed imperceptibly.

King Lanling is really still a chess player, and now he is going to lead troops to force the palace.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sound of the horse's hooves to get louder and louder, and all the warriors of the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army and the eunuch Xiao Huangmen on duty outside the hall were all shocked at this time, Li Longji's legs were weak, and he almost couldn't stand, Gao Lishi and Yang Guifei hurriedly supported him left and right.

In the screams, some palace maids and eunuchs couldn't help but cry loudly, and they saw dozens of Longwu Forbidden Army armor soldiers flying as if they were flying, and they ran to the Zichen Palace in a hurry, and while running, they just shouted: "Your Majesty, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army rebelled, and Xiao Quai's thief came in!" ”

Before this, Li Longji's mind was also blank, the sound of shouting in the direction of the north of Daming Palace, and the sound of hurried horses' hooves came, and it was unknown that there must be an army coming in.

Xiao Quai, a traitor, a thief, really came in, Chang'an City, Daming Palace is majestic and tall, and the strong and abnormal city walls can't stop him, outside Daming Palace, and more than 40,000 Beiya forbidden troops in Daming Palace, they can't stop him, and they let him come in directly.

Xiao Quai, this traitor, really won't be so simple, Yuhuan thought that he was just going straight to avenge his grievances, and he just made a direct admonition, it seems that Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyoujun, if they can't wait for the left and can't wait for the right, they have already been cleared by this Xiao Quai, a group of chaotic ministers and thieves!

At this time, Li Longji calmed down, in fact, in his heart, although he hated Xiao Qubing at the moment, he also had a trace of reason to tell him that maybe Xiao Qubing really wanted to be good for this Datang. Whether what he said was true or not, at least for now, he didn't dare to do anything to himself! At worst, I'm still an emperor!

Soon, the horse's hooves thundered, and when he rode first, it was a tall and divine horse that had reached the extreme, and the appearance was extremely strange. Immediately, the knight's eyebrows were like swords, and his eyes were sharp and scary, it was Xiao Quai.

The inner eunuch Gong'e, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army, and the Three Guards who were on duty in the outer hall all looked at Xiao Quai's illness in a daze at this time, and the two or three hundred Tiance cavalry behind him rushed in like this, and the Longwu Forbidden Army on the road either hid to the side early. Or he was frightened and ran slowly, so he was picked up by Xiao Quzhi with the tail end of the gun.

Then these three hundred knights rushed all the way to the front of Zichen Palace, Xiao Qu was sick and dressed in armor, dismounted according to his sword, and climbed the steps.

At the entrance of Zichen Palace, Li Longji had already stood up straight at this time, his right hand and Yang Guifei's ten fingers were clasped together. just looked at Xiao Qu's illness coldly.

Gao Lishi and Sun Liu stepped forward and blocked in front of the two. Sun Liu's eyes were complicated, while Gao Lishi's eyes were like electricity, his face was angry, he looked at Xiao Quai's illness fixedly, and shouted: "King Lanling, what are you going to do." If you want to hurt Your Majesty, you have to pass me first! ”

Xiao Quzhi looked at this tall eunuch who knew his mind better than anyone else, and was extremely worried in his heart, but he could only watch the Tang Dynasty deteriorate day by day. smiled freely: "This king is a Tang minister, how dare he hurt His Majesty!" This king came with his troops tonight, just to admonish His Majesty again! ”

Li Longji said coldly: "Lux, you get out of the way, if you have anything to say, let him say it in front of me." ”

The two of them moved out of the way, Xiao Qubing came to Li Longji, saluted respectfully, and then knelt down on one knee: "The king of Lanling has something to do, the rebels in Youzhou rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, ruined our society, and killed my people, please ask Your Majesty to entrust King Jianning to recruit the marshal, and the minister will be the deputy marshal, and completely quell this rebellion!" ”

Li Longji didn't think about it, and said in a deep voice: "I'm right!" ”

Xiao Quzhi said again: "Yang Guozhong controls the government, excludes loyalty, brings disaster to the country and the people, appoints treacherous evil, corrupts the dynasty, and asks Your Majesty to issue an edict to remove Yang Guozhong from the post of right minister, arrest his henchmen, Yang Xuan, Yang Yan, Yang Xiao, Yang Xi, Pei Yu, Li Fude, and hand them over to the guilty party." ”

"I'm ready!"

Xiao Quzhi looked up at Gao Lishi and said, "Please also ask Gao Weng to immediately take the three hundred Tiance cavalry to the imperial city to arrest Yang Guozhong and his henchmen." ”

After Gao Lishi and Sun Liu, together with Li Sheng, led the three hundred Tiance cavalry away, Xiao Qu was sick and said: "For more than ten years, since Your Majesty is tired of court politics, I implore Your Majesty to pass on the crown prince, and Your Majesty is the emperor!" ”

Although Xiao Quai's troops entered the Daming Palace, Li Longji knew that the general trend had gone, and it was already his best result to retreat to the emperor, and Li Longji was also ready in this regard - in general, Li Longji is still a qualified or even excellent politician, when the situation has not reached the last step, he naturally has to do his best to fight for it, and when the situation really reaches that point, he can also quickly see the situation clearly, let go immediately, and will not stand up.

In another time and space, in the Ma Wei Change, he was persecuted by the soldiers of the forbidden army, and in desperation, he could only hang Yang Guifei; After arriving in Chengdu, he was still busy remotely dispatching troops to quell the rebellion, but he heard that Li Heng was the emperor in Lingwu, and he could compete with Li Heng at this time, but for the sake of the overall situation, less internal friction can quickly quell the rebellion, he really abdicated, and asked the prime ministers to go to Li Heng with jade seals and other things.

Therefore, in this regard, Li Longji is quite remarkable, he belongs to the kind of person who is willing to gamble and admit defeat, and if he loses, he will admit that he is not bad. But now although he is ready, the time is coming, which makes him the son of the Tang Dynasty for more than 40 years, how can he easily let go.

At least you have to understand if you lose, and you can be convinced, at least at this moment, you are still the son of the Tang Dynasty, and this Xiao Quai, who defeated herself, is kneeling on one knee in front of you at the moment.

So Li Longji just looked at Xiao Quai's illness with blazing eyes, and said a little angrily: "I have some things that are not clear, and I ask King Lanling to solve my doubts." ”

Xiao Quzhi said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please speak, the minister knows everything, and the words are endless." ”

"Shuofang Army, Hexi Army, Longyou Army, but they have been bought?"

"No, it was the minister who rode alone, leaked into the barracks of Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou Army, and told the truth to the three old generals, and knew the benefits.

His Majesty's secret edict asked Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou armies to take advantage of the bloody battle between the Tiance army and the Youzhou rebels to carry out a sneak attack in the back.

And the Tiance army has 300,000 people, and they have the advantage of weapons, Guo Ziyi, An Sishun, and Ge Shuhan know that if they want to go to war, they will definitely be defeated. It will make the world erosive.

The three old generals understood the righteousness, so they promised Chen Bing'an to wait and see, as long as the ministers continued to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, the three armies of Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou would never fight with the Tiance army; If the Tiance army rebels, it will fight to the death. ”

Li Longji nodded, feeling better. He also asked: "Since Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou have received secret orders, how can the king of Lanling know, but someone has reported the news?" ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, in addition to the Tiance internal guard, there are also Tiance secret guards, specializing in lurking and spying on intelligence, as early as two years ago, there were more than 100 secret guards secretly lurking in Chang'an City in various capacities, and there were also members of the Tiance secret guards in the Longwu Forbidden Army. The minister thus learned. ”

Li Longji felt a little chill in his heart, and said forcefully: "The Flying Dragon Forbidden Army has already been infiltrated and bought by the Tiance Secret Guard? ”

"No, it's actually Your Majesty's use of Yang Xuan and Pei Yu's two wastes, and there are more than enough things to do. These two people have no virtue and no prestige, Bai Xin and Yang Nan were innocently imprisoned, and the Feilong Forbidden Army was already wronged, and Yang Xuan and Pei Yu were both for Liwei. Feel free to hit someone.

In addition, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army has a loyal heart, so it naturally sympathizes with the plight of Tiance Mansion in his heart. Tonight, Yang Xuan and Pei Yu went too far, they must be in the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army to find out the secret spy of Tiance, and after beating more than forty people for no reason, they still want to kill people, so just now, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army was completely enraged. The two had to be killed......

So it's not that the ministers are too scheming, it's really that Yang Guozhong and these two henchmen have ruined His Majesty. ”

Li Longji was depressed in his heart, and finally regretted it at this time, and only put Yang Guozhong and his sons, brother-in-law, in his heart. I don't know how many times my henchmen have been scolded one by one, these wastes are wonderful, they are really wrong, and Li Longji has now killed Yang Guozhong's heart alive.

Li Long basically wanted to ask the Yulin Army and the Longwu Forbidden Army, but he didn't bother to ask at this time, so he changed his words and asked: "After this incident, how is King Lanling going to clean up the mess and stabilize the situation?"

The ministers of the DPRK and the central government, the powerful people of the family, and the people of the world, how to clean up the hearts of this people? ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled deeply: "Your Majesty, it is natural to quickly set things right, stabilize the world, Hebei Hedongdao, the ministers will personally lead the army to pacify, chase the dead and chase the north, and completely solve the problem that for more than a hundred years, the Tang Dynasty has been too generous to the Hu people of different races, and the Hu rebellion has been a problem."

Whoever participates in the rebellion and refuses to surrender will be killed. Those who surrendered before the battle were all slaves, and worked as a coolie for life under the name of the Four Seas Trading Company, building roads and mining until death; The rest of the Hu people, such as Youzhou and Dangxiang Qiqiang stories, have those who dare to resist, or killed, or coolies.

In the imperial court, only Yang Guozhong was extremely confidant more than a dozen people, and the rest of those who were able to become officials even if they were dependent on Yang Guozhong were not asked; Those who were previously expelled from the imperial court by Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu were reappointed on a small scale and little by little according to their talents and virtues and in accordance with the official selection procedures of the Tang Dynasty;

In this way, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, the powerful and powerful natural people of the family are submissive; As for settling people's hearts, it is necessary for His Majesty to come forward to cooperate, meet with ministers, and meet the people in Xingqing Palace, so that naturally people's hearts will be stable. ”

Xiao Quzhi still didn't say a subtext, Your Majesty, don't you know, whether it is a powerful family or an ordinary person, the hearts of the people at this time are no longer on you.

Li Longji sneered: "What kind of status will I have in the history books?" ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "Naturally, there are meritorious deeds, and the merits are not concealed, Your Majesty created a prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and the cultural and martial arts are not inferior to the previous emperors of the past dynasties, and they will surely shine in the annals of history and be fairly evaluated in the history books, how dare the minister discredit Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji nodded, Yang Guifei on the side pulled him, signaled Xiao Quzhi to kneel, Li Longji didn't take Qiao, and casually asked Xiao Quzhi to get up and speak first, and then asked, "How are you going to settle me?" ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty is the Emperor, naturally Your Majesty can do whatever he wants, if Your Majesty wants to be in Chang'an, then live in Xingqing Palace, except that he no longer participates in political affairs, the rest of the treatment is the same, and the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army is still led by Gao Weng to protect His Majesty;

If His Majesty wants to live in Luoyang, the minister will order someone to repair the Luoyang Palace; Your Majesty can go anywhere else if you want, in short, Your Majesty can just enjoy yourself with peace of mind! ”

Li Longji and Yang Guifei glanced at each other, Yang Guifei's eyes were already a mist, Li Longji nodded, and asked the last question: "You really don't have the intention of usurping?" Will not usurp the Tang? ”

At this time, Li Qi had already cleaned up the chaos at the north gate of Daming Palace, and came to His Royal Highness Zichen Hall with two hundred cavalry, and listened to Xiao Qu's illness: "The minister is not a mortal person, and the ancestor is the minister who takes the word for the minister, but the minister who is the minister." The minister was also not interested in being the emperor.

Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the minister has an ideal, that is, to let the Tang Dynasty be passed on for thousands of generations, and it will always be the surname Li, that is, His Majesty's children and grandchildren will be the emperor of the Son of Heaven, and they will never change the dynasty. Datang will always be strong and prosperous! ”

Li Longji was a sudden in his heart, this Xiao Qu was so ambitious, this was too idealistic, he couldn't help but sneer: "Since ancient times, how can there be an immortal dynasty in the world?" It was the longest Zhou Dynasty, which lasted 800 years and finally collapsed, and the two Han Dynasty together were only 400 years. Passed down from generation to generation? ”

Xiao Qubing and Li Qi looked at each other and smiled, turned to Li Longji, and Chen Xuanli, Li Yide, Han Xiumin, and others who arrived later bowed and said: "Your Majesty, in the eyes of the ministers, the reason why a dynasty will perish is nothing more than the following circumstances, such as the violent Qin. Swept through the six countries and expelled the Xiongnu. In the development of South Vietnam, how prosperous the soldiers were, of course, there were reasons for traitors like Zhao Gao to disrupt the country, but the most fundamental reason was that the burden on the people was too heavy, there were too many labors, and the world suffered for a long time.

Although the Han Dynasty died in the feudal towns. But if it weren't for the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army, how would there be a chance for the princes to rise up? The same is true of the Sui Dynasty, if it weren't for the fact that the people couldn't live, how could there be eighteen princes and seventy-two roads? So the biggest reason for the demise of the dynasty. It's just that the people can't live, they can only rebel! ”

Li Longji frowned, although he is not stable in the government, he also knows a little about the affairs of Dugi Province, and has also read some newspapers, and roughly knows that it seems that there are more than 7 million people in the entire Dugi Province, and there is not a single family that cannot eat.

Seems too simple, right? The night wind blew, a full moon sprinkled a place of brilliance, a scene of leading troops to force the palace, the atmosphere completely changed, and all the people were quiet at this time, listening to Xiao Qu's illness.

"Therefore, if you want the immortal dynasty of the Tang Dynasty to be passed down from generation to generation, the first thing to do is to let the people have enough to eat, be able to live, and it is best to live a very happy life, so that there will probably be no more people rebelling.

To achieve this, there are two ways for ministers: first, to develop and promote science and technology and improve productivity. Your Majesty should know that since the minister's reign in Torido, because of the improvement of technology, the efficiency of papermaking has increased by twenty times compared with before, and the cost has been reduced by more than twenty times; The efficiency of weaving cloth has increased nearly thirty times, as well as the efficiency of raising pigs, sheep and chickens many times.

As a result, we can spend less time and produce more wealth, and work will become easier than before, and the rest of the time we can go to rest and play, go to the teahouse to listen to books, play billiards, go to the park to play, you see, life is so comfortable, naturally there will be no rebellion, and the society will be very stable.

Therefore, the minister is going to set up many schools in Datang to promote and develop science and technology, which is the first way.

But this is only an ideal situation, and the reality is that the second problem is bound to arise. Because of the unfair distribution of resources, there are virtuous and foolish people, some people are honest and content with the status quo, and some are aggressive, that is, they like to possess more things, so in the end, although the wealth increases, most of the wealth is divided by a very small number of people, and more ordinary people can only get a small part. The so-called inequality suffers from inequality, and there will still be many people who can't live, and there will still be many people who are unhappy.

Therefore, the second method of the minister is to find a way, whether it is guidance, policies and laws, or various methods, so that these few people who have a large amount of wealth can share some more wealth to the broad masses of the people.

In the opinion of the minister, this second method is actually much more difficult than the first, and the minister is not sure that it will be done, but the minister is working in this direction. For example, the reform of the tax system in Toki Province means that the more money you make, the more taxes you receive. Another example is to encourage rich people to do good deeds and give them high honors. ”

Regarding the latter example, Li Longji also knows that this has been vigorously promoted in the Tang Yi Daily, saying that the person who pays the most taxes can name a street after himself; If a wealthy person pays for the construction of a primary school with sole proprietorship, the name of the school can also be named after that person; Then there is to build roads and bridges, if someone donates money, a monument will also be erected to record the name of the donor, so that it will be famous for generations. At that time, he praised him, saying that this assistant minister had a lot of ideas, and it turned out that this was also part of his ideals.

Li Longji said: "Then what else? ”

Xiao Qu said: "The second reason for the demise of the dynasty. He is perished by a foreign enemy, who divides the enemy nation into the foreign nation, and the foreign people. For the enemy country, the minister's ancestor Taiji Zi knew astronomy and geography, and knew 5,000 years in advance. Five hundred years later. The minister can tell His Majesty that in this whole world, there is no country that is more powerful and advanced than the Tang Dynasty.

As long as Datang maintains its advanced scientific and technological superiority, economic superiority, and military superiority, the minister can guarantee that in a few years, there will be no country in the whole world that is my Datang's opponent. Even if they all join forces, it will be effortless for Datang to defeat them.

The minister dared to assure His Majesty that if the minister was given ten years, all other countries in the whole world would not only not be the opponents of the Tang Dynasty, but would also be vassal states of the Tang Dynasty for generations, and would always submit to the Tang Dynasty and be servants and slaves. It will never pose the slightest threat to Datang, which way. Rong Chen will explain it to His Majesty in detail later. ”

Li Longji nodded: "I believe you can do it!" ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "Speaking of the foreign clans in the Tang Dynasty, the minister's idea is to treat them equally, treat them like the people of the Han family, organize the people, and educate them, so that they can identify with the culture of the Tang Dynasty." Just like Youzhou, Dangxiang Qiqiang, and Dali Prefecture, the minister has already done experiments with Youzhou and Dangxiang Qiqiang, and the effect is very good.

But to do it. At the beginning, for example, there will be a lot of resistance, so the key is to first convince them, and then they can organize the people and educate them. And a few unruly, plundering, and rebellious ones are either killed directly and used as coolies. The twelve characters of winning over a group, dividing a group, and cracking down on a group, coupled with the promotion of cultural identity, are enough to sweep away all foreign races.

So the question comes back to the question of how to ensure that Datang has a strong force in the long run. In addition to the leadership of weapons, there is also a way for ministers to train and strengthen their troops, that is, to establish the Tang Dynasty Martial Arts School, which I have told His Majesty before, and I will not repeat it. ”

Li Longji nodded, it seems that this Xiao Qubing had just arrived in Chang'an, and he was doing it with the goal of "making the Tang Dynasty an immortal dynasty".

Xiao Quzhi continued: "Then the dynasty will fall, and there are only two problems left, one is that the monarch is mediocre, and the government is chaotic and turbulent; The second is the rebellion of ministers or generals, and the two, in most cases, are linked.

For example, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty, and the Chen Dynasty, all of them were mediocre monarchs, chaotic and turbulent government affairs, and then ministers and generals rebelled against the chaos, which finally led to the demise of the dynasty. ”

Li Longji's face changed slightly, and he was slightly displeased, and said in his heart, aren't you talking about me?

Xiao Quzhi also noticed that his face changed, and said secretly What is wrong with you, but his face was still very respectful, and he continued quietly: "The previous question, I think that the best way is to govern the monarch and the ministers, if the emperor is a talent for governing the country, then the emperor is the helmsman of the country, and the minister assists." If the emperor is not a talent for governing the country, he can also rule the arch and hand over the affairs of the state to the elite ministers of the Tang Dynasty to govern, and the emperor only controls the army immediately!

Therefore, one of the keys to the co-governance of monarchs and ministers lies in how to select virtuous ministers and let a small number of capable and virtuous elites govern the country. The minister's idea is that first of all, we must give capable people, whether scholars or military generals, a smooth channel for advancement, and we must not be like Li Linfu, who is jealous of the virtuous and can block the upward channel of almost all elites.

So how to ensure that this channel for progress is unimpeded, it is natural to formulate a set of more reasonable systems, and constantly improve it, and strictly abide by it. For example, to improve the imperial examination, such as the systematic teaching and assessment of Tiance Academy.

This requires the wisdom of many people, and the efforts of many generations, which cannot be explained in detail by ministers, but there will be no mistakes in the direction, because this is the governing method taught by the ancestor Taiji Zi to the ministers. ”

Xiao Quzhi shouted in his heart, oops, there is no way, at the critical moment, I can only sacrifice this cheap master, in fact, what the so-called ancestor said is nothing more than the crystallization of some wisdom summarized by later generations, consensus axioms.

Sure enough, including Li Longji, everyone couldn't help but nodded, feeling that although they didn't understand very well, they felt very reasonable, very high.

At this time, Wei Jiansu, the deputy prime minister on duty in the imperial city, as well as Wei Fangjin, Cui Guangyuan, Pei Mian, Da Xixun and others were also brought here by Gao Lishi, and after being slightly stunned, they also stood aside, listening to Xiao Quai's words, and couldn't help but agree at this time.

However, the next words made many people incomprehensible, and even felt that it was too deviant, if it weren't for the force of the Tiance Army and the majesty of Xiao Quai, many people really wanted to go up and argue with him.

"Secondly, the second key to the co-governance of the monarch and the minister is that the power of the emperor must be limited, which is also what the ancestor said, power must be restricted, and a monopoly power is extremely unstable and prone to problems."

Xiao Quzhi glanced at Li Longji meaningfully and said: "If the imperial power is too strong, the emperor is sluggish, and he can't listen to other people's opinions, there will be problems in the government, and if the problems are not corrected, the government will become more and more chaotic and turbulent!"

Then some people say that the minister should die at this time, but if the emperor doesn't listen, what can he do? Or is it true that the emperor is right, and this minister who died is wrong, is it because he has to do it because he is dead?

Therefore, it is completely unfeasible to rely on people to restrain the power of the emperor, and the way to teach the ministers is to rely on the law to restrict and limit the emperor's power. The law is about the imperial power, and the emperor must also obey the law!

And to do this, the most important thing is to change the concept that the world is not the emperor alone, and the social state does not belong to the emperor alone; The emperor is not the owner of the world, but only the leader, the leader! ”

"...... you" including Li Longji, the crown prince Li Heng who was invited by Sun Liu, and more than a dozen ministers of civil and military affairs of the Tang Dynasty all widened their eyes at this time, and after a while, Li Longji said loudly: "You are rebellious!" (To be continued.) )