Li Longji is not a particularly grudgeful person, and now is the time to love and cherish talents, but he is not like a bodhisattva, who is extremely tolerant of everyone. Li Qiao almost caused Li Longji's family to be wiped out, which made him have no good feelings at all, but he has a good name, and he took the initiative to resign, with a sincere attitude, but he is sixty-eight years old, and it is reasonable to say that Zhishi is also reasonable, all of which makes Li Longji very passive, as if he can't do it if he doesn't agree, which makes him especially uncomfortable.

Li Longji definitely didn't want to see Li Qiao anymore, but he was quite unhappy to agree so smoothly. He was a young emperor with very little experience, so he could humbly obey all good advice, but he did not allow himself to be despised or even forced by his old ministers.

During this period of time, Li Longji had already let the courtiers see the image of a diligent and very talented emperor, and such a not complicated personnel appointment was actually shelved in his hands for more than a day, and the courtiers were very surprised and uneasy. It has been so long since Wei Shuren's incident, and now when dealing with the matter of Princess Taiping, he has been drawn out again, and it is a matter of his life, and the courtiers have to worry about the movement of the court.

Xiao Jiangyuan took in those uneasiness, and when Li Longji was having lunch, he said casually: "Everyone must not lose the overall situation because of one person, whether it is or not, it is better to decide sooner rather than later, you must first let the courtiers feel at ease, so that you can continue to do things for everyone." ”

Li Longji naturally knew what Xiao Jiangyuan was referring to, rolled his eyes, raised his lips and said, "Then you say, should Li Qiao be killed or released?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was very keenly aware that Li Longji was digging a pit for himself, and said busily: "This is everyone's political affairs, and the ministers are eunuchs, so they don't dare to put their beaks." ”

Li Longji chuckled lightly and said, "It's okay, forgive you for your innocence, say." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was unmoved: "It also depends on what everyone thinks." Every time you make a decision now, you have to follow up with a lot of things. If you want to kill, then you must be prepared to appease the ministers after killing, and if you want to let go, you must explain the reason for the grace clearly, and it is good to give grace and power. ”

Hearing Xiao Jiangyuan accentuate the word "grace", Li Longji raised his eyebrows, and nodded with satisfaction: "Then if you were me, how would you choose?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan arched his hand and said, "The minister is afraid. ”

"I'll just say it casually, and you can just say it casually."

Seeing that Li Longji seemed to be joking, and like a guide, Xiao Jiangyuan suddenly remembered that someone had said a lot of things, although the Son of Heaven thought so, but he couldn't say it himself, and at this time, he needed an empathetic minister to say it for him, such as Xu Jingzong when the emperor wanted to abolish Wang Liwu.

Li Longji's promise of "never counting" is still in his ears.

Xiao Jiangyuan suddenly became a little stubborn, and in a moment of impulse, she not only did not follow Li Longji to explain the answer, but said: "Do you need someone to tell you the decision to kill him?" ”

Li Longji's face changed slightly: "What did you say?" Without waiting for Xiao Jiangyuan to repeat, Li Longji suddenly realized, "Where do you want to go?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan's eyes rippled slightly: "Could it be that everyone...... Don't you think so? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan has rarely had a temper over the years, Li Longji looked fresh, but he couldn't bear to make her angry for too long, and hurriedly said: "I just want to know, what do you think, what do you think, the kind that you have no reservations, who knows why you refuse to say it - are you scared by me?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan refused to answer this question, and this time the rejection was not as strong as Fang Cai, and he only expressed his position silently.

Li Longji was very simple at this time, his lunch was just a bowl of hot soup cakes, and while chatting with Xiao Jiangyuan, he ate the soup cakes cleanly. He took a sip of warm water and rinsed his mouth, then leaned back on the circle chair and hugged his arms a little leisurely: "It must be." ”

Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan still didn't speak, Li Longji sighed and said, "Where did you get all these experiences from me?" Some courtiers say that I have talent, so what kind of talent is it, but it is just the result of listening and watching more since I was a child. I didn't get a chance to make a mistake because no one gave me a chance to try, and because once upon a time, a mistake was death. There's nothing wrong with you wanting to talk less, listen more, watch more, and learn more, but the difference is that I didn't have anything at the time, and you have me now. I also need you to speak up to me – I don't want to be alone. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan's heart was shocked.

She hadn't felt her heart beat so fast in a long time, and her cheeks were a little hot. As if knowing that her face would change a little like this, she bowed her head and said reverently and firmly: "With the presence of ministers, everyone will never be lonely." ”

Li Longji did not continue to ask about the matter of Li Qiao, and did not bring it up again until the prime ministers came to discuss it on the second day. In fact, Li Qiao's choice is very wise, whether it is the prime ministers or Li Longji, they are very clear in their hearts. If Li Qiao really deserved to be killed, he would not let him go as early as when he killed Huiwen Zhaorong. Now that the dust has settled, the tolerant Son of Heaven will reassure the courtiers, so the prime ministers are very unified.

Zhang Shuo also said: "Although Li Qiao couldn't distinguish between loyalty and traitor at that time, after all, each was his master, and his dedication to advice and advice could be called a loyal minister. ”

Even though Li Longji decided to agree with Li Qiaozhishi, in September, he appointed Li Qiao's son Li Chang as the assassin of Qianzhou, and let Li Qiao go to retirement with his son.

This decision is not among the ones that Xiao Jiangyuan mentioned before. She originally thought that when someone suggested killing Li Qiao, Li Longji hesitated for a moment and then agreed to Zhishi, which was a combination of grace and power, but it turned out that her family Ah Lang agreed to Li Qiao's request while demoting his son Li Chang to serve in other places, this is it.

Xiao Jiangyuan had not yet tasted the difference and mystery, and on this day, the officials of the court had already left, so he heard Li Longji say in a low voice: "It seems that it really can't be done......

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "Why can't everyone? ”

Li Longji stared in the direction where the courtiers left, and shook his head thoughtfully: "Nothing can be done for the time being...... his voice fell, and he reacted, "Who do you say can't do it?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan looked dazed: "Who are you talking about?" ”

The two of them looked at each other, and in the silence blinked, Xiao Jiangyuan took the lead in lowering his eyes politely, and explained: "The minister didn't hear everyone's words clearly, what are you talking about?" ”

Li Longji covered his lips and coughed lightly, "You come with me." ”

Seeing Li Longji get up and walk outside the hall, Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly followed. As soon as he walked to the bottom of the porch, Li Longji stopped: "Look." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan raised his head, and saw that the courtiers were walking together, or chatting happily and couldn't help but stop, or hurriedly went to work after a little greeting, which was commonplace and the most common scene.

Li Longji said again: "Look carefully. ”

When Xiao Jiangyuan heard this, he paid attention to everyone. Although there were many courtiers, Xiao Jiangyuan had already remembered their appearance and identity in her mind, and after corresponding them one by one, she saw some doorways.

There are capable ministers, some can't, some are square, some are sleek, and their personalities are not the same, and the complexity of human nature makes the phrase "things gather by like, and people are divided by groups" has a variety of combinations and embodiments. There are many marriages between their various families, and their in-laws are intertwined, and they get closer to each other on weekdays, which is normal, but they are afraid of being suspicious of friends, and they never dare to be too obvious in the palace.

But since Li Longji took power, this phenomenon has changed slightly. At present, the court can be divided into two factions, one is the meritorious faction that followed Li Longji to launch a coup/d'état, there are only a few people, either the position of prime minister or the responsibility of the prime minister, and the other is the capable faction that failed to follow Li Longji to start an incident, accounting for the majority of the court, and there are also many people in high positions.

When the dynasty was in court, there was a degree of dignity and humility, but it was still not visible, but once the dynasty was dispersed, it could be seen. The Nengchen faction is not as obvious as gathering crowds, and they also go in pairs, but they all keep a distance from the meritorious faction. The meritorious faction seems to know, except for Zhang Shuo, but they don't care.

Other heroes are just that, most of them are because of their merits and suddenly rise to a high position, and they haven't had time to marry with the Nengchen faction, so they can't say too much, and it is normal for the Nengchen faction to be born in many generations, and it is normal to look down on it. But Zhang said that since the death of Shangguan Wan'er, there has been a hidden image of a leader in the literary world, and he used to worship the prime minister, but when he contacted the Nengchen faction, he also touched a soft nail.

Her family Ah Lang is very diligent now, and he has seen a lot of this scene.

The courtiers deliberately avoided or even isolated the heroes in their daily lives, so when they were in office, would the implementation of the decree be delayed? Most of the heroes are prime ministers, and the prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, and it is the biggest dereliction of responsibility to fail to unite hundreds of officials and run government affairs.

And since June of this year, there has been a great drought in Guanzhong, and the statements and performances of these individual governors on the handling of this matter have always made Li Longji irritable and have a headache. She is not familiar with these practices, and she can't hear which is better or worse, but judging by her family's reactions, most of them are unprofessional - she suddenly saw her own shadow in those heroes.

She remembered again that when she went to the right prison guard to work, many people seemed to avoid her, but not because they looked down on her, but because they ...... Fear. Now that I think about it, I understand that she is also one of the heroes.

Heroes were born because of a coup/d'état, a fame comes from blood, which is frightening and unapproachable, and they are all good and resourceful, partners who live and die together, and they will inevitably be together in the future, and this is one of the taboos of the friends and her family.

"See?" Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan had already come to a daze, Li Longji said.

"Everybody was talking...... Prime Minister no. Seeing that Li Longji did not deny, Xiao Jiangyuan said, "But the minister has something unclear." ”