After commenting on the previous generations of emperors, Li Guanqi continued: "The second reason why everyone is called to discuss matters is that the officials of our dynasty are not well governed. The emperor had a simple personality and entrusted state affairs to his subordinates. There are many loyal people among the courtiers, and it is inevitable that the good and the bad are uneven, and some of them go their own way behind the back of the emperor, the most prominent is Zu Donglai and his henchmen. ”

Speaking of this, Li Guanqi glanced at everyone present, and some of them couldn't help but lower their heads when they saw Li Guanqi's sharp gaze. They couldn't help but start muttering in their hearts, in fact, it was no wonder that they were afraid. Li Guanqi got rid of Zu Donglai in one fell swoop, but he didn't pursue all the others, and it is easy to think that because his foundation was not stable at that time, so he did not expand the situation, but now Li Guanqi has put down the rebellion internally and defeated strong enemies externally, and his prestige is already in full swing, and maybe he will start settling accounts after the autumn.

Li Guanqi's voice became high-pitched: "Zu Dong came to be appreciated by the emperor and assisted the government and government, but he did not use his mind on the right path, resulting in the political punishment being unscrupulous and the official relaxation. Alas, why can't this way of governance be clear and simple? ”

After a pause, Li Guanqi continued: "Just now I said that the number of households today is less than half of that of Emperor Xiaozong, but now the number of officials at all levels is nearly twice as many as when Emperor Xiaozong was. Gong Encouragement, your cabinet will take a good look at this matter, not to mention that raising so many officials has increased the burden on the people, and I don't know how many things will happen, and those who should be abolished must be resolutely abolished! ”

Li Guanqi's pitch was so high that the ministers didn't dare to make another sound, and as soon as his voice stopped, the hall was silent.

This situation has never been done before, because Li Guanqi has never had a fight, so there are not many ministers who are afraid of him, whether it is a big court meeting or a small meeting held in front of the emperor, it is often very noisy, and it has never been so quiet as today.

Of course. This is closely related to the improvement of Li Guanqi's prestige, if everyone only respected Li Guanqi as the emperor on the surface before, now everyone already recognizes him as the boss from the bottom of their hearts, and naturally has a sense of awe.

But this situation was not what Li Guanqi wanted, and he didn't want the ministers to be afraid of him, so he sensed his harshness. Then he smiled and said, "Hehe, as soon as I was excited, I digressed and continued to talk about the previous topic." The two reasons I just mentioned, one external and the other internal, are the two reasons that have led to today's chaotic situation. That's the topic of today's discussion: how to govern the world today. Well, Gong Mian, you are the head of the hundred officials, you talk about it first. ”

Qin Minzhong said slowly: "Your Majesty is anxious to rejuvenate my great heart. The minister can understand. However, the matter of governing the country should not be rushed, but must be done slowly. For example, the new policies such as 'rent reduction' and 'public land release' that were promulgated in the past have achieved good results in Gyeonggi, but have had little effect outside of Gyeonggi, mainly because the time is too short. The acre system is still like this, and it will take a lot of time to completely change the appearance of the world. ”

Li Guanqi frowned and said, "You said it would take time." How long will it take? Also, if the world is governed. What should be done? ”

Xu Quan continued: "As Your Majesty just said, there have been frequent wars in the past two years, and people have been calm. His Majesty implements the national policy of calming the people and calming the people, and the ministers can achieve the great rule of the world in less than three years. As for how to govern, His Majesty is now a martial artist. In order to educate the people, you can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

After listening to Dongfang Rui's words, Li Guanqi didn't have time to express his opinion, Dongfang Rui said coldly: "Three years? What about Lord Xu's joke? Do you think this is military training? It is important to know that governing the country and fighting are two different things. You've been working in the military department before, and you've never been in charge. You can't be blamed for that. However, now that he is a bachelor, he must not speak in vain, because if he misleads the country because of his words, it is a great sin. ”

Dongfang Rui's words made Xu Quan's face red. The feudal dynasty has always been like this, and it is a common problem for civil officials to look down on military attachés, in fact, not only Dongfang Rui, but also Qin Minzhong, Lin Bai, and Yang Bozheng before him all have this problem to a greater or lesser extent. Since Xu Quan served as a bachelor, he could participate in the central government, but when he was deliberating, he was often refuted by civil officials in court.

Li Guanqili didn't care about it before, because Xu Quan and the others really needed to go through it. But Dongfang Rui's words just now made him feel a little uncomfortable for the first time, originally he came to discuss the matter freely today, and he could say it regardless of right or wrong. However, Dongfang Rui often deducted Xu Quan's hat with a reprimanding tone, and his words were also mean, which was not in line with the original intention of equal deliberation.

Li Guanqi was thinking about whether to correct Dongfang Rui's attitude, and Zhao Pu also said: "What Dongfang Lord said is reasonable. If it is said that three years to achieve great governance, the time is indeed too short, and the minister will see that it will take at least ten years. It is easy to break a thing, but it is difficult to build a thing. ”

The ministers exchanged their heads one after another, and the audience looked at each other, and there were more than half of them who agreed with Dongfang Rui and Zhao Pu's views.

Xu Quan may have suffered too much from the previous situation, so today he simply let it go and continued to say according to his own ideas: "Just now, Lord Qin said that the two methods of rent reduction and public land release are only effective in Gyeonggi, and other places have little effect. But he ignored one thing, that is, soon after the promulgation of the two laws, the rebellion of Li Chen and the two thieves broke out, and there has been a war for the past year, and many things have no time to take care of, and His Majesty and the central government have not devoted all their strength to pacifying the people. This is the reason why the New Deal is not working well. In fact, the results of Gyeonggi were very fast, and by this time His Majesty had already cultivated the new policy, and the new policy would naturally be implemented smoothly. ”

Originally, Li Guanqi also felt that three years might be a little too impatient, but after listening to Xu Quan's words, he couldn't help but bow slightly.

Yang Changqing, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and a bachelor of political affairs, also got up and said, "Yes, Lord Xu is reasonable. Now His Majesty is dedicated to calming the people, but he can't do anything to educate the people as Lord Xu thinks. Your Majesty, the ministers thought that after the great turmoil, if we wanted to achieve great governance, we must use severe and resolute means to discipline the people, and not to adopt gradual means of indoctrination. In this way, the minister thought that the great rule could be achieved within three years. ”

Yang Changqing's words aroused the dissatisfaction of Dongfang Rui and Zhao Pu, thinking that this was his usual method of combining left and right, and both of them snorted heavily.

The ministers bowed their heads again and discussed, only to hear the hall full of humming voices. At this time, a loud voice came out from the rear: "If you govern the world according to Lord Yang's words, how is Your Majesty different from tyrants such as Qin Shi Huang?" Do you want to trap Your Majesty in an unrighteous situation? (To be continued......)