Chapter 741: Straight Talk

The monarch and the wind and drizzle quarreled on the Golden Palace, and you invited your grandfather out to support him, this is simply a hooligan.

Li Zhi was bitter in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face.

Everyone in the hall knew that the smile on the face of the Son of Heaven at this moment was not for Li Qinzai to see.

Li Zhi still knelt on the futon and closed his eyes silently, as if he was really asleep, and Li Zhi kept glancing at him as he spoke, as if to determine whether the old fox would really not intervene.

Li Qinzai stood in the hall, feeling the strange gazes cast by the courtiers around him, and he also felt a little aggrieved.

This big Buddha was not invited by me, but he himself wanted to come, can I give him an Asian-style tie-up and not allow him to go out?

In the last court today, Li Qinzai didn't expect anyone to help him, the escort of Li Sujie and other disciples, and the sudden arrival of Li Tao was not Li Qinzai's original intention.

Manly husband, it's just a quarrel with the emperor, can I ask for help?

However, I have to admit that it is really comfortable to have a respected grandfather as a backer.

For example, at this moment, Li Qinzai didn't feel any pressure at all, and the smile on Li Zhi's face, which was more ugly than crying, said a lot.

After tidying up his clothes, Li Qinzai first bowed to Li Zhichang, and then straightened up and said, "Minister Li Qinzai has something to do."

"Jing Chu Aiqing is coming." Li Zhi smiled.

"Today, during the period of the Shuowang Dynasty, the ministers of the palace, the military generals, why no one mentioned the matter of His Majesty enshrined Mount Tai in the coming year?" Li Qinzai looked around.

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall again, and Xu Jingzong, the right minister who presided over the court meeting, had a slightly ugly face, but after he quickly glanced at Li Tao, he still chose to remain silent.

Li Zhi's smile became more and more reluctant: "Jing Chu Aiqing might as well speak bluntly."

Li Qinzai lowered his head and said: "If the minister speaks bluntly, there is only one sentence, please Your Majesty suspend the proposal to seal Mount Tai, and this proposal shall not be mentioned for at least five years."

Li Zhi's expression was ugly, but he was not angry.

I have to say that the existence of Li Tao is really a nuclear bomb-like deterrent.

Even if it was the Son of Heaven, he didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Li Tao.

This is a heartfelt respect for the meritorious veterans of the Three Dynasties, and at the same time, Li Zhi is actually faintly weak-hearted.

Is Feng Chan Taishan good or bad for the people, does Li Zhi really not count it in his heart?

It's just vanity that has made him lose his mind.

With the advice of Liu Renliang and Li Qinzai, Li Zhi can be angry and can be dismissed from his official position by the court staff, but in front of Li Tao, a meritorious service of the Three Dynasties, how dare Li Zhi, who is at a loss, be angry?

"Jing Chu can be outspoken, whether it is right or wrong, I am not guilty." Li Zhi smiled.

Of course, Li Qinzai would not be polite to him, so he took out a few pages from his arms, which were densely filled with words, and held them high above the top with both hands.

"Recently, the minister has seconded some data in Guanzhong Prefectures and Counties, please ask Your Majesty to take a look."

The palace man walked quickly, took a few pages from Li Qinzai's hand, and hurriedly delivered them to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi didn't want to see it, he knew that there must be no good news inside.

But Li Zhi was dozing off not far away, and Li Zhi couldn't help but look at it.

Sighing in his heart, Li Zhi still smiled and unfolded the paper, and looked at it at a glance.

Li Qinzai stood in the hall, as if to make the ministers in the palace widely known, so he raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty sealed Mount Tai, this move was originally a good thing to respect the way of heaven and comfort the gods, but it is not appropriate."

"In the past month, more than 300,000 young and strong people have been recruited and transferred in Guanzhong Prefectures and counties, and many local officials, in order not to affect their careers, have begun to recruit young and strong people from various villages and villages as early as the issuance of the official document of the imperial court, so that many places have even delayed spring sowing."

"Last year, there was a great drought in the north, the treasury was exhausted, hundreds of people were given relief by the government, and farmers all over the world were counting on more harvests in this good year this year, so that their wives and children could make ends meet, and they could turn over, but the imperial court ordered that many young people had to leave home alone to build roads and palaces for the Son of Heaven."

"According to investigation, in Guanzhong alone, there are no less than hundreds of thousands of acres of land delayed by spring sowing in various states and counties this year

The situation is good, but the harvest of the land in Guanzhong is still not optimistic."

"As far as the minister knows, last year, the state treasury owed a lot of grain to the rich landlords in the grain-producing areas south of the Yangtze River because of the relief of the great drought in the north and the harvest of Tutuhun grains.

"However, Your Majesty, because of the closure of Zen, farmers in various prefectures and counties not only delayed spring sowing, but made matters worse, and transferred all the young and strong people in Guanzhong, resulting in ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Guanzhong, and only the old and weak women and children were left in the village of Murata."

"Your Majesty's enshrinement of Mount Tai is to worship the gods of heaven and earth and pray for the blessings of the people, why do you suffer the people because of the enshrinement of Zen?"

"Your Majesty, the treasury was overdrawn last year, and the arrears were owed to the people, and it will take a few years to replenish it, in addition, Your Majesty has built roads and built palaces for the sake of sealing Zen, and in addition to the normal expenses of the treasury, there are still additional expenditures.

The more Li Qinzai spoke, the more excited he became, he turned around and said angrily: "The minister also heard that some courtiers played the Son of Heaven and discussed the matter of adding gifts to the people......

"The extravagance of the powerful ministers was consumed, and it was inflicted on the innocent toiling people, the first emperor once said, "The water also carries the boat, and the water also overturns the boat", the rule of the Tang Dynasty Zhenguan is what a Qingming and virtuous world, after more than ten years, have you all forgotten the warning words of the first emperor?"

The ministers in the hall hung their heads and were silent, and those who could stand in this hall were all shrewd and capable people, who could not see the disadvantages of sealing Zen?

It's just that after Zhenguan, the heroes withered, the virtuous ministers gradually disappeared, and the remaining people had some fame and some profit, and they could clearly see the drawbacks, but they still chose to ignore them, and they only knew that they were blindly sycophants.

After Li Qinzai finished speaking, he let out a long breath, as if to vent the depression that had accumulated in his chest recently.

Then Li Qinzai stood up straight, looked directly at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, the minister's words are all here, whether the Fengzen Taishan is a move or a waste, the minister will not say more. I just want to ask Your Majesty to think more about the suffering and sadness of the common people when he is wasting the people's fat in vain."

"Those people who face the loess with their backs to the sky are the cornerstone of the community, the blessing of the people, from the benevolence of the Son of Heaven, from the good governance of the imperial court, and from the compassion of the Manchu ministers."

After finishing speaking, Li Qinzai took two steps back and stood back in the middle of the court with an expressionless face.

Li Zhi sat for a long time, his face was blue and red, but it didn't look like he was angry, but he was a little more complicated.

There was a deathly silence in the hall, and the ministers didn't know if they had a loss in their hearts, or if they were intimidated by Li Qinzai's fierce momentum, and no one dared to speak out for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, Li Zhi seemed to come back to his senses, lowered his head and glanced at the few pages sent by Li Qinzai.

The paper is full of data on the number of young and strong people requisitioned and transferred by various prefectures and counties in Guanzhong, the grain consumed by official warehouses, and the money, grain, and materials spent on building roads and palaces in various places.

The lines are shocking, and the data will make the pros and cons of one thing more concrete.

Li Zhi only realized at this moment that this ceremony of sealing Zen actually cost so much.

After a while, Li Zhi put away the paper, looked around at the ministers and said slowly: "Today's court meeting is just a matter of sealing Zen,...... We'll talk about it later."

After speaking, Li Zhi took a deep look at Li Qinzai in the crowd.

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the hall, and the ministers whispered to each other. They are beginning to interpret Li Zhi's sentence of "let's discuss it later", whether to continue to discuss it after today, or to go down to the next level, which means that it is actually abolished.

At this time, Li Tao seemed to be awakened from a dream by the movement in the hall, and his whole body was excited, and then he looked around blankly, looking like he had just woken up from a dream.

"The court is gone? Is this the end of the day...... Alas, Your Majesty forgives the sins, the old minister is really old, and he accidentally slept deeply, and he lost his honor in front of the emperor, and the old minister's sin is also."