She was not summoned by the empress, so Wu Chu did not dare to go rashly, after all, if she went to visit like this, it would obviously reveal that she had cronies by her side. Such a blatant practice of inserting cronies is tantamount to looking for death, and if the purpose is exposed again, it is ignorance.

In this way, Wu Chu continued: "Ministers, this king wants to ask you a question, who is the greatest, who is the second, and who is the last? ”

Suddenly, the ministers, you look at me, I look at you, but no one answered, Wu Chu was about to call someone to answer, Lou Shide stood up, arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, the old minister has been an official for more than 30 years, and he is often in the border Guanzhou County, and he deeply understands how important the power of the people is, so the old minister believes that the people are the greatest, the king is second, and the minister is the last." ”

Wu Chu nodded and said, "Prime Minister Lou's basis is quite reasonable. Who disagrees? ”

Ji Ji suddenly bowed down and said: "Your Highness, although the minister's time as an official is short, it is only a few years, but the minister has been in Beijing, and knows that if there is an enlightened and hard-working king in the court, it should be the blessing of the subjects of the world, so the minister thinks that it should be the king's greatest, the people second, and the minister last." ”

Wu Zheng still nodded and said, "Ji Zhongcheng's words are also very reasonable. Who disagrees? ”

Doulu Qinwang is the right minister, if he doesn't speak again, it seems that he has become an ornament, so he bowed down and said: "Your Highness, a generation of wise kings is certainly the blessing of the subjects of the world, but the king is a person after all, and he still needs capable ministers to make the court run smoothly, so that the king's will can be accurately conveyed to all states and counties, so the ministers think that the king is the first." The ministers are second, and the people are the last. ”

Wu Chu still nodded and said, "Dou Lu Xiang's words are very reasonable. Who disagrees? ”

The ministers saw the prime ministers speak one by one. So the sound of discussion sounded again, but it was more rational than the noise of the right people.

After a short time, as soon as you said a word, and I said a word, we discussed "Jun, minister." The people "are more important and which is more important, Wu Chu is also greatly impressed, the wisdom of the ancients. It is impossible to draw conclusions lightly, and it is usually silent, but it is just a lack of an opportunity, a lack of a guide. Then he. Wu Zheng. Will it be the guide?

The ministers have different paths to becoming officials, different living environments, and different knowledge, so the way they think about problems is different, and if they go further, they will draw different conclusions. In addition to the conclusions of Lou Shide and the others, there is also the theory that the monarch and the minister are one; There is also the saying that the king is the greatest, and the subjects are one, and so on.

But anyway. No one puts Jun at the end, Wu Chuan understands. Even in an era of openness, the status of the king is the most exalted.

So, Wu Zheng said: "All the ministers have made sense, and they all have good reasons to expound their views. From this point of view, this king is very pleased, and let me see that you are thinking about this court and working hard for my Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

The ministers bowed down almost in unison and said, "It's His Highness's teaching, and the ministers don't dare to take credit!" ”

Wu Chu slandered for a while, these courtiers are still deeply influenced by Confucianism, and always want to be a humble gentleman, and it is said that modesty is a virtue!

He said slowly: "You don't have to be modest, so this king will talk about his views on "kings, subjects, and people" according to so many of your views. ”

So, in the following time, Wu Zheng talked about his views on the king, his subjects, and the people. As far as Wu Chu is concerned, Jun is the supreme leader of an empire, so his duty should be to oversee the overall situation and outline a blueprint for the future development of the empire for sustainable development, which is not necessarily grand enough, but it must be a blueprint for the people to be happy and prosperous.

The minister is the participant in the formulation of this blueprint, including all the details of this blueprint, involving political strategy, military, people's livelihood, taxation, treasury, and so on. Then a high-quality talent will make this blueprint more fleshful, and every goal that is about to be achieved in the blueprint will be easier to achieve. And the role of the minister is very large, he is not only the executor of the will of the county king, but also the right-hand man of a wise king.

The people are the sentient beings of every dynasty, the ultimate goal of this blueprint, and the realizer of the blueprint. Emperor Taizong once taught Gaozong Li Zhi that the people can carry the boat and also capsize the boat. It can be seen from this that the people are the main body of every empire, whether it is a king or a minister, they are inseparable from the people.

So who is the king, the subjects, and the people, who is the most, who is second, and who is the last? Wu Chuan believes that different understandings have different orders, but as far as he is concerned, the three are contradictory and indispensable.

Wu Zheng's speech was slow and powerful, and even if some of the courtiers could not understand it, they were still attracted by the content contained in it, while the science officials listened to Wu Zheng's speech with fascination.

All science officials know that it is very useful to be able to listen to His Highness's speech once, and after listening to it every time, there is really a feeling that "listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years". But His Highness's speeches are as rare as his calligraphy and paintings.

After the next dynasty, Wu Chu finally decided that it was better not to enter the palace for the time being, the empress was becoming more and more suspicious, and she could not be sloppy at this critical moment.

Sitting in the carriage, he was thinking about the candidate for the head of the city, and he decided to let the deputy prime minister concurrently serve as the deputy prime minister, so Song Jing? Is it Yan Yuansun, or is it Zhang Shuo?

Zhang said that he was a local official and was not suitable to be the head of the city, so he gave up. Yan Yuansun is more than loyal, and he has some talents, but he is not bold enough, the city is a new thing, and he needs a very bold person to build the framework first, so there is only Song Jing.

Of course, Wu Chu can also choose Yao Yuanchong, but Yao Yuanchong's position in the court is too important, and he trusts Yao Yuanchong very much, from this point of view, he can't let Yao Yuanchong go. And Song Jing is the Fengge waiter, the inspection of the school, the duty of the waiter conflicts with his own official position, it is not appropriate to be the Fengge waiter, so let him go to Guangzhou, and get the city first. Seriously, the city can't afford to delay any longer.

The recruitment of soldiers has also been worked out, that is, to send the instructors of the Great Zhou Wuyuan to recruit soldiers in various states and counties, and unify in Luoyang for training, the initial plan is to recruit 150,000 new soldiers, and build two barracks in Yanshi and Longmen, as for the belonging, because there is no agreement with the ministers, it is temporarily subordinate to the emperor.

As for the training of new recruits, as well as the defense line from Zhuozhou to Weizhou, and even Hedong, it is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Judging from the intelligence of Hebei, the Khitan did not expand the results of the battle after the big move, and Wu Chu deduced from this that this is likely to be the reason for the lack of Khitan troops, but after a long time, after the Khitan rests, it will inevitably rush to Hedong or Weizhou.

Now stationed in Zhuozhou is Li Duozuo, with less than 10,000 troops, but if he defends, he will not have a problem holding out for several days. Weizhou is a gathering place for refugees, and the assassin history is Di Renjie, some time ago, he finally let Di Renjie go, when the two of them were forgetful friends, Di Renjie had a lot of support, he Wu Jie is not an ungrateful person, not to mention that Di Renjie is indeed a capable minister, but he is loyal to Li Tang in his heart, which makes Wu Jie very helpless. Perhaps this should be called a kind of temperament. So for such a person, he can only use his talents, not as a confidant, let alone let him enter the court as an official.

But no matter what, the government soldiers in Weizhou are full, and they are only eight hundred, and if you add two or three hundred state soldiers, there are only one thousand, as for whether there are people willing to defend the city, it depends on Di Renjie's talent. Of course, Wu Zheng also believes in Di Renjie's talent, and the people of the states and counties he has governed are all praised by the people, and some people have set up an ancestral hall for Di Renjie. It can be seen that Di Renjie's talent is beyond doubt.

Who should be sent to Weizhou? Wu Shui thought of Xue Ne.

Weizhou.

Because the refugees from all over Hebei poured into Weizhou, the city of Weizhou seemed a little crowded, full of refugees lying horizontally, their faces were bloodless, some closed their eyes, some looked east and west, this time, it was time to open the porridge, but the porridge truck arrived.

Inside the Assassin's House.

An old man in a sheepskin jacket was silent, he was Wei Zhou Thorn Shi Di Renjie. In the territory of Weizhou, when it comes to Di Renjie, whether it is the people of Weizhou or the refugees who have fled, they all give a thumbs up, and some even shout, "Di Renjie, good official!" ”

At this moment, the good official Di Renjie has a slightly vicissitudes on his face, but there is a little sadness. The urgent dispatch sent to the imperial court has already been gone for half a month, and if it can be resolved, then there should be news at this time. He believed that since the King of Wei did not clean him up, then it meant that his position as a assassin was preserved. Although he was very angry at Wu Zheng's approach, he also had to admire Wu Zheng's thunderous methods, as soon as King Luling entered Luoyang, he first made a series of major cases, completely making King Luling lose popularity, and then cleaned up the old ministers of Li Tang in the court in one fell swoop. With such a skill, maybe only today's crown prince Wu Chu can show it, which is much stronger than the empress back then.

"Thorn History, what about the food over there of King Jian'an? He sent someone to urge him again. ”

Suddenly, someone interrupted Di Renjie's thoughts.

Di Renjie raised his head and saw that the person who came was Cangcao Luofu, so he said, "Who is the person sent by King Jian'an?" ”

"It's Bing Cao Chen Ziang." Lofu Road.

Di Renjie couldn't help but be stunned, and then said to himself: "Chen Boyu's poetry is now famous in Hebei, but it's a pity that a literary scholar is mixed in the military." Well, give him half of the grain that's left this year. ”

Luo Fufu's face was stunned, and he asked, "Assassin Shi, if this is the case, then the refugees in the city may not be able to hold out for three days." ”

Di Renjie sighed and said, "The court is difficult, so let's do it, let the fleeing people go south, and disperse some of them first." ”

Luo Fu had no choice but to bow and retreat, while Di Renjie took a letter with strong handwriting from the bookcase, Di Renjie opened the letter again, and there was only one line on it, "Gong is the talent of Zaifu, Wu Zheng." (To be continued......)