Chapter Fifty-Nine: Ten Things About Yao Chong
Li Longji had just ascended the throne and had a lot of things to do, so how could he come here? This matter, Wu Zetian is really strange.
Not only Wu Zetian was strange, but even Li Dan and Li Xian were also surprised.
Just when they were surprised, Li Longji led his ministers in and saluted Wu Zetian.
"I've seen my grandmother." Li Longji had a smile on his face, and he saluted Wu Zetian.
"I've seen the Holy Queen. I've seen the Emperor. I have seen the King of Luling. The ministers saluted Wu Zetian, Li Dan, and Li Xian.
"Excuse me." Wu Zetian waved his hand lightly and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty is newly enthroned and does not deal with state affairs, what is the matter with coming to me?" ”
Every newly enthroned emperor has a lot of things to deal with, Li Longji does not deal with state affairs, but rushes to Wu Zetian, she has to be surprised and has to ask for an understanding.
"Grandmother doesn't know anything, and my grandson came to see you just to deal with state affairs." Li Longji explained, "My grandmother has been in charge for decades, and she is very familiar with every grass and tree in the Tang Dynasty, and my grandmother knows the disadvantages of the Tang Dynasty well. Sun Er's new accession to the throne, if he wants to open a new era, if he wants to reform the old and make the new, he naturally asks his grandmother to dissect the hidden dangers of the Tang Dynasty. ”
"Oh." Li Xian and Li Dan were stunned.
Immediately, the two brothers nodded heavily, Li Longji did this, and he really did the right thing.
If you want to ask who knows the Tang Dynasty best, who is Shewu Zetian? After all, Wu Zetian has been in charge of the government for decades, and her understanding and familiarity with the Tang Dynasty are incomparable.
"Do you really think so?" Wu Zetian was a little surprised.
Although Wu Zetian abdicated, she was once the emperor after all, just for this reason. She has a lot of influence. It was a thorn in the emperor's heart. To be avoided. And Li Longji is good, he actually took the initiative to invite her to participate in the discussion of politics, which is a very unfavorable thing for Li Longji, even if Wu Zetian is open-minded, he is a little unconvinced.
"Holy Queen, this matter is true." Di Renjie affirmed.
For Di Renjie, Wu Zetian trusted him and listened to this. I had to believe it.
Wu Zetian's eyes widened, looked at Li Longji for a while, looked at him with a look of relief, and then looked at Li Dan, nodded heavily, and praised: "It seems that I am underestimating your father and son." The eighth child has great wisdom, can afford to put it down, and has a mind wider than the sky and wider than the sea. Unexpectedly. San Lang's mind is also so broad, and the country is in your hands. Grandmother was also relieved. ”
Li Dan was able to retreat bravely at the peak of his reign as an emperor and pass the throne to Li Longji, which is a real great wisdom, and no matter how much praise is given.
When Li Longji had just ascended the throne, he proceeded from the overall situation and let Wu Zetian participate in the discussion of politics, which was very broad-minded, even compared to Tang Taizong, Wu Zetian was truly convinced.
"Think twice and inherit the heirs without the mind of your father and son, it's ridiculous that I still value them and want to pass on their country, I'm really ashamed!" Immediately afterwards, Wu Zetian sighed again.
For Wu Sansi and Wu Chenghei, Wu Zetian actually knows them very well, they don't have extraordinary talent, let alone a broad mind, the reason why they can be reused by Wu Zetian is that Wu Zetian wants them to sacrifice themselves.
At this time, seeing the broad-mindedness of Li Dan's father and son, Wu Zetian had to admit that Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi were really too far behind Li Dan's father and son.
"Sit down." Wu Zetian beckoned everyone to sit down.
"Your Majesty, I retire." Li Xian, the prince, is just a false name, and has no real power, so it is not appropriate to participate in such things.
"Uncle Qi, you don't have to avoid suspicion, you can also listen to it, if you have good ideas, you can also talk about it." Li Longji stopped him.
Even Wu Zetian, a potentially threatening person, can participate in the discussion of politics, let alone a Li Xian?
Li Xian thought about it and stayed.
Wu Zetian saw it in his eyes, and appreciated Li Longji even more, took Li Longji's hand, and said with a smile: "San Lang, although you have just ascended the throne, but your grandmother believes in you, you, the emperor, will definitely carry on the past and forge ahead into the future and become a promising monarch in the history of the Tang Dynasty." Well, it shouldn't be under Emperor Taizong! ”
Tang Taizong is the emperor of the cow, in addition to his extraordinary talent, he also has a broad mind, which is the most heartbreaking place. More than a thousand years have passed, and when later generations mention Tang Taizong, they often think of his broad mind.
Li Longji has such a broad mind, and it is not difficult to achieve a great cause.
Because, with a broad mind, in order to gather talents, in order to admonish, in order to learn from others' strengths, it is difficult not to succeed.
The ministers bowed slightly, and greatly agreed with Wu Zetian's statement.
"I'm old and don't have enough energy to talk for a long time. "I will listen," you say, and if there is anything that is not in place, I will make it up. "Wu Zetian said.
This is true, and there is no objection from the crowd.
"Well, then Yao Chong, you say it first." Wu Zetian's gaze swept over the ministers, and finally fell on Yao Chong.
"Me?" Yao Chong was a little surprised.
Although Yao Chong is talented, he is a rookie after all, and his prestige in the court is not as good as Di Renjie. It stands to reason that such a major event should be said by Di Renjie first, but Wu Zetian actually named him, he had to be surprised.
"That's right, it's you." Li Longji nodded and said in affirmative.
What kind of person is Wu Zetian, how could she ask Yao Chongxian to say it for no reason? She did this with deep meaning.
"In that case, then I will say it." Yao Chong was not pretentious, he groaned slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has ten things to say." ”
"Ten things?"
"That's a lot."
The ministers were surprised for a while.
The national policy is not to eat and drink, it is good for a person to notice three or two aspects, Yao Chong actually has ten things to say, which is really amazing.
A look of surprise flashed in Wu Zetian's eyes.
Di Renjie, Li Xian, Li Dan and Zhang said they were all surprised.
Only Li Longji had a look of appreciation, and secretly said in his heart: "In history, Yao Chong's ten things are famous, laying the foundation for the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, it must be these ten things, right?" ”
"The first thing is that since the arch has been hanging, the court has been severely punished and punished, and there are many ministers who have died unjustly. Yao Chong said slowly.
The ministers nodded heavily in agreement.
Wu Zetian has been preparing for the enthronement as empress since he overthrew Tang Gaozong. At that time, most of the ministers in the court were people who supported the Li family, and Wu Zetian wanted to become emperor, so he had to get rid of these ministers. How can this be done? Wu Zetian has her own way, that is, to reuse cool officials, such as Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, let them act as minions, help her eradicate dissidents, and successively get rid of a large number of ministers, such as the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang.
When Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and others made people angry, Wu Zetian killed them again and won the hearts of the people.
Among them, there is a very famous allusion "please enter the urn", which is how it came about.
Wu Zetian certainly achieved her goal, and finally became the empress as she wished. However, the aftermath of the harsh punishment is still there.
If Li Longji wants to correct this mistake, the only way to correct it is to "correct the fierce with leniency," that is, to correct it with a policy of leniency and benevolence.
"The second thing is that although His Majesty wants to fight against the big food soldiers, and wants to break the big food, however, the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty is not strong enough, the grain and grass are not abundant enough, and there are not enough soldiers, and it is necessary to urgently repair the internal affairs and postpone the large-scale campaign." Yao Chong continued.
"Good!" The ministers agreed in unison.
Since three years ago, Li Longji led his troops to attack Tibet, expanding the land for thousands of miles. It seems that although it is a good thing, it is actually a hidden danger.
These hidden dangers lie in the fact that the Tang Dynasty expanded the land too quickly and did not have time to completely stabilize it. If nothing else, when it was to occupy these places, the Tang Dynasty would have to send a large number of troops, not to mention more, to say less, it would take 200,000 troops to garrison.
In the battle against the Turks, Wu Zetian couldn't even take out 400,000 troops, and he had to use 200,000 troops to garrison them at once, so how many mobile troops did the Tang Dynasty have? If we use troops on a large scale at this time, there will be big problems.
Therefore, the first priority is to postpone the campaign and deal with internal problems.
"Not bad! Not bad! Li Longji greatly appreciated these words.
It was precisely because of this that Li Longji ordered to stop his advance and return to Chang'an to deal with domestic problems under the condition that the situation was very good.
"Since the Wu clan came to power, most of them have been close to the officials, and they have not been prosecuted for breaking the law, so that the law does not exist, if His Majesty wants to rule the world, he will have to re-establish the authority of the law, regardless of relatives and relatives, one and the same law, this is the third thing." Yao Chong glanced at Wu Zetiandao.
The ministers looked at Wu Zetian, and then at Yao Chong, thinking that this person was really straight enough, and he actually said this in front of Wu Zetian, and he was not afraid that Wu Zetian's old face would have nowhere to go.
"Yao Chong is right, this is indeed a big problem, and it is reasonable to re-establish the authority of the law, regardless of relatives and relatives, the same law." Wu Zetian nodded and agreed with this.
She had planted the problem single-handedly, and she certainly knew what to do.
Wu Zetian knew very well to his nephews that they had no outstanding talents, let alone made great contributions, and if they really wanted to talk about it, they would not be qualified to take high positions. However, Wu Zetian's foundation is not stable, and she needs these nephews to wave the flag for him, so she has to give a high position.
And these nephews of hers, relying on her power, acted recklessly, and did a lot of bad things. She actually understands this very well in her heart, but from her interests, she still has to cover up, and sometimes she has to connive.
Now that the Wu clan has been executed, it is time to solve this legacy problem.
"The Holy Queen is wise." Wu Zetian's bearing made people's hearts break, and the ministers praised it.
"When the holy queen came to the court, he used the eunuch as a mouthpiece, and the eunuch was able to interfere in politics, and asked His Majesty to restrain the eunuch and prevent them from interfering in politics, which is the fourth thing." Yao Chong said again.
Women are in charge, and eunuchs are born, which is a historical law in China.
For example, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty died early in their prime, and their heirs were young, and the power fell into the hands of the queen and the queen mother. After all, it is not convenient for them to govern, because they live in the deep palace, so they need eunuchs as mouthpieces to convey their will.
Over time, the eunuchs gained power, formed a party for personal gain, and finally caused chaos in the world, and the name of "Ten Standing Servants" was passed down in this way.
Even with the wisdom of Wu Zetian, it is to escape this law.
"Very good!" Li Longji strongly agreed with this statement. (To be continued......)