Hearing Li Longji directly call people by name and surname, Xiao Jiangyuan knew that he was already very angry, but he was a little puzzled. After Li Longji calmed down for a long time, as if she had finally figured out something, she opened her mouth to ask, and then heard Li Longji sigh heavily: "How did I forget, Song Gong is a Confucian minister from Jinshi?" In addition to strictly enforcing the law, they also have another characteristic, that is, they are jealous and hateful, how can they tolerate people who openly violate the law for the sake of profit? Those who make copper coins privately must be severely punished, but those who hold evil money are mostly ordinary people, and they not only punish them, but also take away all the evil money in their hands......"

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't think there was anything wrong with Song Jing and them: "If it weren't for that, it wouldn't be able to effectively eradicate it." ”

Li Longji smiled helplessly: "This method is not only effective, but also simple and fast. But now that the market has a fixed amount of money, trade transactions are becoming more and more prosperous, and there will only be more and more places to use money, and the imperial court has confiscated all the bad money, can it be time to mint new official money and integrate into it? What's more, for the people, bad money is also money, and the court took away all the bad money without giving any subsidies, isn't this equivalent to robbing money from the people? The matter has been effectively resolved, but you tell me, how can we make the people not complain? ”

Only then did Xiao Jiangyuan understand the seriousness of it: "Then how do you plan to remedy it, do you want Song Xianggong and them to stop?" ”

Li Longji sighed and shook his head: "I have to continue to support them." ”

"Why is that?" In Xiao Jiangyuan's view, since he found that there was a mistake, he could make amends.

Li Longji smiled bitterly: "No matter how to remedy it, the people's grievances have become complete, and it will take time to change this, and it will not be possible in the short term." In this case, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to solve this matter once and for all. ”

A few days later, Li Longji officially issued an edict in the name of the emperor: prohibiting the circulation of all evil money.

A few days later, under Xiao Jiangyuan's vague reminder, Song Jing finally discovered the shortcomings through the public opinion of Chang'an, and immediately made a proposal to Li Longji with Su Yan: First, ask Taifu to spend 20,000 yuan to set up two cities in the north and south, and buy those unsalable things in the hands of the people that can be used by the government at a parity price; Second, the civil and military officials of the eastern and western capitals were allowed to advance their salaries so that the official money could circulate to the people as soon as possible.

Li Longji readily agreed, immediately executed, and ordered Jingzhao Mansion and all counties under the jurisdiction of Jingfu to sell a total of 100,000 stone millet so that the evil money left by the people could be recovered and then handed over to the Shaofu Supervisor for destruction. At this point, the bad money matter is over.

In November of June of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Longji led the crowd back to Chang'an. After the renovation of the Taimiao was completed, Li Longji invited the spiritual seat of his father, Emperor Ruizong, into the Taimiao as an additional sacrifice.

As soon as Li Longji was relaxed, he personally visited the death of Empress Wang's father, that is, his father-in-law, Kaifu Yi and the third secretary Wang Renjiao.

Li Long basically respected his father-in-law very much, so he wanted to do his best to mourn his death, and it happened that Queen Wang and her brother Wang Shouyi also had corresponding requests, so he agreed, but several out-of-character places were vetoed by Song Jing. This was actually expected by Li Longji, but thinking that there was a precedent for his pro-grandfather, and Song Jing happened to reflect on the matter of bad money, so this matter would not be impossible, but as a result, Song Jing returned to one yard and still fought on the basis of reason.

Li Longji knew that he was at a loss, so he had no choice but to obey Song Jing's wishes, and praised and rewarded Song Jing and Su Yi with 400 silk horses as a reward.

When the queen learned of this, she also gave up those requests. There are losses and gains, and her relationship with Li Longji has eased a lot, although she can't go back to the time when she was a young couple, Queen Wang is also very happy and cherished. However, after only a few months, she learned the news that Concubine Wu Xian was pregnant again.

——This is the first child in the harem after Emperor Ruizong's filial piety.

The concubines couldn't help but talk sideways, they San Lang really loved Concubine Wu Xian, just after the filial piety period, they had a child with her, and she Concubine Wu Xian was really powerful, and she was able to get pregnant one after another within a few years. They couldn't help but think of Empress Zetian, and sighed: Probably the daughters of the Wu clan are all of this kind of physique.

At the same time, they gradually discovered that the relationship between Queen Wang and Concubine Wuxian was becoming more and more delicate, and it was already evident that the court was fighting against each other.

The affairs of the inner court are always less important than the affairs of the outer courts, so Li Longji did not take those discussions to heart. He gets up every day, except for occasionally doing something he likes to relax, most of the time, he is in the middle of political affairs. Now that the annual election has begun again, although Song Jing and Su Kun are effective, he also needs to pay more attention - he has to start selecting the next prime minister.

The prime minister can be full-time but not for a long time, for fear that his power will be stable to attract friends, Yao Chong has only been the prime minister for more than three years, and now Song Jing has been in the phase for almost three years. Although Song Jing has also done very well, he is too upright and cannot adapt to the overwhelming changes in the past few years.

Li Long basically thought that Xiao Jiangyuan would ask, but he didn't expect that she just looked at the list he listed, and her eyes lingered on the words "the seventh year of Kaiyuan", and she understood his thoughts:

"Why did you choose it, and crossed it out again?"

Li Longji also crossed out the last name he listed, and said: "I have to say that it is quite difficult to find someone who can beat the Duke of Yao and the Duke of Song. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan nodded: "There is an interesting incident about the election of officials recently, everyone must not have heard of it, it is about Song Xianggong. ”

"Oh?"

"On the eastern side, because there are many people and few official positions, many officials recommended themselves and tried every means to show their powers, among which there was an official named 'Song Yuanchao', who simply claimed to be Song Gong's distant uncle, and he went all the way to the final election."

"Does Gong Song know about this?"

"Song Xianggong didn't know. The person in charge of the election of officials in the eastern capital may not know the truth of Uncle Song, or maybe he wants to sell a good job to Song Xianggong, so he personally wrote a letter to Song Xianggong and asked about it. ”

"What did Song Gong say?"

"Song Xianggong personally wrote an official letter, saying that the person was indeed his uncle."

Li Longji's face was slightly gloomy, remembering the time when Yao Chong was suspected of forming a party in the past - could it be that no matter how righteous and awe-inspiring the courtiers were, once they were in a high position, they would embark on this road of no return? One is also, two are also, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military theory can talk about morality is too late, and it may be difficult to avoid this in the future.

But he heard Xiao Jiangyuan continue: "But that uncle is often in the Eastern Capital, and Song Xianggong is always in Chang'an, so he has no relatives. If the uncle doesn't mention his background, he can choose the official as he wants, and everything will be handled fairly, but since his uncle has mentioned it, he must be defeated. ”

Li Longji was stunned by this turn of events, and reacted for a while before his eyes brightened again. He was speechless for a long time, and finally sighed leisurely: "Song Gong is strict with himself, he is a hundred officials with his own body, and he holds the righteousness of the world, and this kind of noble character is admirable-but I can't let him continue to do it because of this." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan finally asked, "Why?" ”

"Because the prosperity I want is not something that can be achieved by abundance and happiness - do you know what era the greatest prosperity has been in the past hundred years?"

“…… During the Zhenguan period? ”

Li Longji shook his head: "It's the forerunner, and the great cause is five years." ”

Daye is the era name used by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Although Xiao Jiangyuan has also read a lot of history books, she has no concept of the prosperity and decline of national strength, so Li Longji suddenly asked her this, and she could only answer intuitively. Emperor Taizong is a well-known Ming monarch, and Emperor Yang of Sui is a tyrant and a faint monarch, in her eyes, it is natural that Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan years are more likely to be prosperous, but she doesn't want the truth to be the opposite?

Li Longji explained: "When Emperor Taizong was in power, the country had just ended many years of war, and the national strength was far less than that of its predecessors, which was normal. And Emperor Yang ...... is indeed a very talented emperor, and the strength of the country in the fifth year of the Great Cause has not been reached by the founding of the Tang Dynasty until now. The things he did, such as the North-South Grand Canal, if they could be shared with Emperor Taizong, my grandfather, and even me, and several generations of emperors would do it slowly, it would be a great good deed for the ages. It's a pity that although he knows that the country is strong, he thinks very highly of himself, and he is in a hurry, and several public grievances are smashed down, and the foundation is not stable, how can he not die? ”

"Once upon a time, my goal was the same as that of previous generations of emperors, which was to reproduce the grandeur of the great cause for five years, but then I thought that Datang would one day surpass Dasui, after that, what should Datang be like? She's got to have to be herself. Li Longji stood up as he spoke, and turned to face the Datang territory hanging behind him.

Behind his hands, he raised his head slightly, his eyes were firm and far-reaching, and his tone was calm and magnificent: "Now that I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, her appearance will be determined by me!" Just repeating the glory of the previous dynasty, then what is it? I want to let this Tang Dynasty embark on an unprecedented prosperous era, I want to make her rich and open, noble and prosperous, and more importantly, to govern and martial arts, and prosper in every way! When future generations mention it, she will not be strong enough to describe it, nor will she be second to none in the civil, military, agricultural and commercial sectors, which can include all of it! ”

Xiao Jiangyuan quietly stared at Li Longji's back, and the spirit in his chest was surging, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time: "What Ah Lang wants...... Is it a heyday of the Tang Dynasty? ”

Li Longji looked back, met Xiao Jiangyuan's gaze, and the corners of his lips raised, confident and wanton: "Yes." ”

“…… Song Gong is not enough to help Ah Lang complete the great cause? ”

Li Longji lowered his eyes and smiled, and walked in front of Xiao Jiangyuan: "It's not that it's not enough, but it's not suitable." You must be thinking, talents like Yao Gong and Song Gong can only let Datang come to this point steadily, and it is difficult to find people who are more capable than them in the court, how can Datang get better and better in the future, right? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan nodded.

Li Longji stretched out his hand and tapped Xiao Jiangyuan's forehead with his index finger: "Have you forgotten that everything is difficult at the beginning?" If it weren't for the foundation laid by Yao Gong and Song Gong, how dare I have such extraordinary thoughts? For example, next, I plan to develop Wenzhi, and the country still has many new problems, waiting for the prime minister to help me solve them, Song Gongyi is not as smooth as Yao Gong, and the second term has been a long time, although Su Xianggong is one of the literati leaders, there are also similar problems to Song Gong, how can I do it if I don't change? ”