Under the verandah of the hall was not a good place to talk, Li Longji took Xiao Jiangyuan back to the Wude Palace. Li Longji, with the assistance of the palace people, first took off this somewhat complicated dress and put on a azure round-necked regular dress, and then Xiao Jiangyuan helped him take off the crown and put on a black hat. When it was all over, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he was still alive.

"The crown clothes to be worn on the throne and the first day are complicated and cumbersome, and the same is true for the ceremonial clothes worn by the sacrifices and the last dynasty, the total of the large and small sacrifices in a year is already a lot, and I have three days a day, and these clothes alone can toss me around." Li Longji couldn't help but complain every time he changed his clothes, "No wonder Emperor Taizong only wears regular clothes on weekdays and wears a winged crown, which really saves a lot of trouble." ”

Emperor Taizong wore regular clothes and boots was quite casual, and if he still wore a hat, it would be too undignified, so he designed the Yishan crown. Xiao Jiangyuan saw this in the book. Seeing that Li Longji was very troubled, she said, "Then why don't you follow Emperor Taizong?" With Emperor Taizong in front, the courtiers would not say anything. ”

"I'm going to do that, but not now." Li Longji said and sat on the mat and leaned on the circle chair tiredly, "The reason why Emperor Taizong was so willful at that time was because when the Tang Dynasty was founded, he made great contributions, and he ascended to the throne after a struggle, and his strength was dominant in the court, and few people could manage him, and second, because Emperor Taizong was indeed a good emperor. He doesn't need to use such a small section as clothes to remind his courtiers of his identity and authority, but I can't do it for the time being. ”

In fact, to put it bluntly, as long as the emperor does a good job, the courtiers will not have so many things, and they even have to care about what the emperor wears. Li Longji can't prove that he is a good emperor yet, and his strength is weak, so he can only suffer a little first, and he relies on clothes.

"It's just a matter of time for everybody." Xiao Jiangyuan smiled, staring at Li Longji's regular clothes, his eyes firm with confidence.

Xiao Jiangyuan's trust was like a hand skimming the surface of the lake, which aroused ripples in Li Longji's heart, he hurriedly covered his lips with the back of his hand, turned his head to look away, and said, "Didn't you just say that something is unknown?" Sit and say. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan walked to Li Longji's side and knelt down and sat down: "The minister is thinking, since everyone thinks that the prime minister is not good, then the fastest and best way is to replace them, but at the moment, everyone only has the descendants of the heroes, if they are replaced, who else can you use?" ”

Li Longji's face changed, his eyebrows frowned, and he looked at Xiao Jiangyuan with a smile: "Who said that I can only use meritorious heroes - my descendants?" ”

Li Longji's attitude changed so quickly that Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't figure it out. She carefully recalled what she had just said, and connected with her family's Ah Lang's reaction and words - could it be that her family Ah Lang misunderstood what she meant, thinking that what she said was that the Son of Heaven could only rely on meritorious heroes, otherwise no one would be available, or even, if not?

Li Longji's next words gave Xiao Jiangyuan an answer:

"Now is no longer the time for the first emperor to restore the Tang Dynasty and ascend to the throne for the first time. At that time, the first emperor had the powerful constraints of his father, aunt, and meritorious heroes, and needed to reactivate the martial arts family to balance and compete for a place in the almost pitiful imperial power, but now, times have changed, and I am not the seventh uncle. ”

Li Longji slowly straightened up: "I only allow one kind of power to exist in the court, that is, the imperial power, everything inside and outside the court belongs to the imperial power, the so-called power and even the power of other courtiers are just the executors of the imperial power, and they can only survive by relying on the imperial power." Whether it is a meritorious hero or a capable minister, no one can override me or the imperial power! ”

"So, this prime minister, I can use whoever I want."

The words of the Son of Heaven are loud and clear.

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Xiao Jiangyuan finally understood the meaning of this sentence. Facing such Li Longji, her eyes sparkled. Her Ah Lang has gradually shed all pretenses, and he is more and more attractive to her.

In fact, she just wanted to ask if Li Longji could have a candidate for the new prime minister, if he did, see who that person was, and then start to do it, what she needed to do, and the order was that if not, she would persuade him not to show such thoughts for the time being, and let the heroes chill.

Not noticing the way she spoke, causing Ah Lang to misunderstand, which was her fault. If she was no longer accessible in the past, she would never let people get wrong in the world. She has been patronizing and accepting new talents these days, but ignoring the advantages she already has, which is not good. Although a momentary misunderstanding gave her a surprise, she couldn't allow herself to make the same mistake in the future.

- She couldn't bear to sting her family's sensitive self-esteem. So, instead of explaining her true intentions, she asked, like a well-behaved apprentice, as she had done recently, "Do you have a goal in mind?" ”

Li Longji thought about it and sighed: "Let's wait until Liu Youqiu arrives, and then take a look." ”

Li Longji knew that he was a young novice emperor who didn't have much experience, so he was particularly sensitive to the contempt of his courtiers, and he wanted to consolidate the imperial power, and he didn't want to be restrained or even overridden by meritorious heroes like the previous emperors. At first glance, it seemed that because of the prime minister's affairs, he lost his temper with Xiao Jiangyuan, but in fact, he had endured it for a long time.

The pride and pride of the heroes, and the things that the ministers are open and secret, do you think he can't see them?

Li Longji's ambition and patience can be seen by Xiao Jiangyuan.

Hearing Li Longji say this, Xiao Jiangyuan both understood and didn't understand so much. It seems that the best candidate for prime minister in her family's Ah Lang is not Liu Youqiu, so why do you have to wait for him to come back?

Even if it is an emperor, there are many things that he wants to do but can't do, can't do, or are very troublesome to do, maybe right now, her family Ah Lang is like this. He didn't want to wait for Liu Youqiu, but at this moment, although he wanted to, he couldn't do it yet.

After all, a hero is a hero, he can forgive many sins, and he can only treat the hero better, otherwise he will get a name of widowhood, which is inconsistent with the image of the benevolent monarch he has always created, and those heroes are more or less brothers with different surnames who he has sincerely intersected with, and they still have feelings.

Although, in the face of power, feelings must give way, as long as the heroes keep to themselves and don't touch his scales, he is not unable to tolerate them. Therefore, in this matter, he has to wait for the opportunity, not only to find a prime minister who can convince the ministers without distance, and let him successfully worship the prime minister, but also to let the heroes converge and learn to enjoy wealth and prosperity, everything must be leaky.

Xiao Jiangyuan gradually began to find the way to find out her family's Ah Lang's thoughts. Now he wants to save face, and he is very greedy, and he is not the one who had to choose between fish and bear's paw before.

"You can guess first, who is the prime minister in my heart." Li Longji said suddenly.

At this time, Li Longji's lips had regained his usual sly smile.

It seems that he has a goal now, Xiao Jiangyuan said in his heart. Then she will try to see if she will be wrong this time.

This day is the second day of the ninth month, and when Liu Youqiu returned to Chang'an, it was already the tenth day of the ninth month, and it was the day of the morning and the sun. After going down to the court, Xiao Jiangyuan took the initiative to walk under the corridor, and when he saw the figures of the ministers leaving, he understood the meaning of Liu Youqiu's return.

Liu Youqiu is not the hottest hero at present, after all, the killing of Princess Taiping has nothing to do with him. He is different from other heroes, he has to be more dependent on Li Longji, and this point is the most reassuring to Li Longji. This shows that he will care more about what Li Longji thinks and think, and stand more on Li Longji's side.

The change of prime minister is an important matter of the country, directly related to the direction and implementation of the decree, the prosperity of a country does not only depend on whether there is a Ming monarch, but also depends on whether there are several capable prime ministers to assist, the creation of the prosperous era must be effective and concerted. This is not like Li Qiao can just say it, Li Longji also has such a determination after careful consideration.

At present, the timing is sensitive, and the change of prime minister means that Li Longji will be opposed to the meritorious minister, and the candidate for the new prime minister will determine whether he will oppose the capable minister. This is a reform that needs to be achieved urgently, and he can't wait to do it.

"It's almost October, get ready, let's go to Lishan." Li Longji didn't know when, he had already walked to Xiao Jiangyuan's side.

He smiled slightly, and his tone was very light.