Chapter 201: A self-proclaimed loyal minister
"You...... You ......" Seeing this scene, Li Xian trembled and pointed at Zong Chuke and the others, so angry that he couldn't speak.
Li Xian was in a stalemate with the ministers kneeling on the ground, and no one was willing to retreat half a step.
"Ah Weng, I want to say a few words, I hope Ah Weng is enunciated!" At this moment, Li Tao's voice suddenly sounded.
The eyes of Li Xian and the civil and military officials shot at Li Tao together.
"Tao'er, if you have anything to say, it's lonely!" Li Xian said to Li Tao and Yan Yue.
Li Tao sighed: "Ah Weng, to tell you the truth, I really don't want to be the emperor's grandson, let alone the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" ”
"Tao'er, why is that?" Li Xian had a puzzled look on his face.
"Perhaps many people think that the emperor eats delicacies from the mountains and seas, wears beautiful dragon robes, lives in exquisite palaces, goes out to take a dragon sedan chair, and there are a lot of honor guards next to him. Actually, I know that the emperor is not easy to be! It is difficult to be an emperor, and it is even more difficult to be a good emperor, you must have the ability to govern the country, have the courage to rule the world, and have a broader mind than anyone else. In order to centralize the imperial power, it is necessary to become vicious, exclude dissidents, and eventually become a loner, enjoying glory and wealth alone. The emperor was more tired than ordinary people, dealing with the government all day long, fearing that some ministers would criticize him, afraid that there would be soldiers to invade, and the major affairs of the state must be asked one by one. If the emperor wants to do a good job, he should do it, and if he doesn't do it well, he will be a faint king. Ordinary family members only have to manage one family, but the emperor has to manage the whole world, how can he not be tired? ”
When Li Xian heard this, his eyes became moist: "Tao'er." You're not bad at all, it's just to my heart! ”
"It seems that the emperor is in charge of the life and death of the people of the world. All the people listened to the emperor. Speaking of this, Li Tao pointed to Zong Chuke and the others: "Ah Weng." If you look at the current scene, is that really the case? ”
"Alas!" Li Xian sighed with a decadent face and stopped talking.
"Ah Weng, Tao Er decided to fight for this imperial grandson, not for anything else, just to fight for Ah Weng, so that everyone in the world understands that this world is the world of my Li family, so that everyone in the world can know. Our Li family is not something that anyone can handle casually! ”
"Tao'er, what you said is good, Ah Weng supports you!" Li Xian listened to Li Tao's words, and his heart suddenly became excited.
Li Tao walked up to Zong Chuke and stared at him with blazing eyes: "I wonder if the Prime Minister didn't let me be the emperor's grandson out of public intentions or out of selfishness?" ”
Zong Chuke made Li Tao stare a little weak, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "Naturally, it is out of public interest!" ”
"So you're a loyal servant?"
"Naturally, he is a loyal minister!"
Li Tao nodded and said: "Since ancient times, loyal ministers have not been afraid of death, since the prime minister is a loyal minister, he must not be afraid of death for the sake of the society?" ”
"Naturally not afraid!"
"That's good. If you dare to die in this hall today, I will give up this imperial grandson, how about it? ”
Hearing Li Tao's words, Zong Chuke was stupid. Li Xian was stupid, and the Manchu Dynasty was stupid.
"What's wrong? Can't? In vain do you claim to be a loyal servant? Li Tao said disdainfully.
"Before you were made the emperor's grandson, you brutalized the minister like this. If you really become an emperor in the future, you still don't know how to be brutal? Zong Chuke's eyes rolled. Changed the subject.
Li Tao nodded after hearing this, and said to himself: "It's not right to kill the minister!" ”
After saying that, he smiled and said, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister." If you die in this hall, I will not only give up this imperial grandson, but also accompany you to die, how about it? ”
Zong Chuke is stupid again, Li Xian is also stupid, and the Manchu Dynasty is stupid for both civil and military.
"What? The bloodline of my imperial grandson is not as noble as that of your sect and Chuke? Besides, you have lived to be sixty or seventy years old, and even if you die now, it will not be a loss. And I'm only a teenager, and I still have a good youth, I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of? For the sake of the community, you Zong Chuke died a well-deserved death, please! ”
Zong Chuke is a person who is afraid of death, and he can't care about face when he comes to this job, so he just kneels in place and doesn't make a sound.
Li Tao's gaze looked at the black-pressed minister kneeling behind Zong Chuke: "What I said to Zong Chuke just now is also valid for you. If you ask yourself out of public intentions and claim to be loyal ministers, please stand up, and I, Li Tao, will accompany you! ”
Not a single one spoke, and no one stood up.
Li Tao shook his head and smiled slightly: "Maybe you think I'm a scoundrel, then it's okay, now I'll theorize with you civil and military officials." If you think what I said is wrong, then I have no shame to fight for the emperor's grandson! If you think what I am saying is justified, then keep your mouths shut. In the future, whatever I say Ah Weng will be, don't play their own little abacus, chirp crookedly to block Ah Weng! ”
Li Xian has been the emperor for so long, and he has never raised his eyebrows so much as he did today, and he didn't speak, but just looked at Li Tao with bright eyes.
"The Prime Minister said that I have lived in the countryside for a long time and do not know the etiquette of the court, which is true, and it is not wrong at all. It's a pity that you don't understand that being a good emperor has nothing to do with knowing court etiquette. If this is the case, the emperor only needs to know the etiquette of the court, so why do he have to work so hard? Since ancient times, there have been so many faint monarchs and tyrants, which one of them has not been educated by the court since he was a child, how can he not know the etiquette of the court, but the result? Which of these people kneeling on the ground doesn't know the etiquette of the court, but they haven't done this kind of thing to persecute Your Majesty? Speaking of this, Li Tao pointed to his left chest: "In the final analysis, the ceremony is here, not on the surface!" I have courtesy here, I don't know if you ask yourself, are you polite here? ”
The court fell silent again, and the ministers kneeling on the ground were speechless.
"Let's talk about this way of being a king, I have never been an emperor, and I don't know what the way of a king is. But I have a brain, and I'll think about it. I think to be a good emperor at least the following. The first is to be good at employing people and meritocracy. The second is to distinguish the loyal and traitorous, close to the virtuous and far from the villain. Third, there are grand goals and plans, when it is time to recuperate and recuperate when it is time to govern the country with benevolence, never open up the territory and expand the territory, build the country with frugality, make the country rich and the people strong, and when it is time to govern the country with violence, vigorously and resolutely eliminate accumulated malpractices, strictly enforce the rule of law with strict punishment, and fight corruption with an iron fist. Fourth, in the face of aggression, we should be fearless, calm and calm. Kill traitors, get rid of spies, use good generals to believe in loyal ministers, resolutely resist the enemy, never surrender, and lead the whole country to win the victory of the Great Patriotic War. Fifth, when the country is weak, it can make principled concessions and make peace with Israel to secure the borders. When the country is strong, it can be both graceful and powerful, grace in all directions, and the four seas will be weighed, and the four Yi guests will be subdued, and all countries will come to the court. Speaking of this, Li Tao smiled: "The most important thing in this is to employ people, the emperor only needs to formulate major policies and let the appropriate courtiers implement them, and he can rule by doing nothing." Prime Minister, I wonder if what I said makes sense? (To be continued......)