It's not that Li Shimin looks down on Li Zhi, he already thinks that Li Zhi is very strong, and at a young age, he has shown enough political fighting methods, his mind is also hard, and he knows how to tolerate.

If he didn't face Li Kuan, Li Shimin would definitely pass it on, and pave the way for Li Zhi now.

can face Li Kuan, who has become a general trend, Li Zhi ascended the throne, and he couldn't even find the strength to borrow his strength.

The eunuchs in the palace were Li Kuan's men.

The Dou family among the relatives is a family, and now they are close to Li Kuan's thieves, and the eldest grandson Wuji also stands with Li Kuan.

Not to mention the military generals, they stood up early.

It can be said that there is not a single force that can be leveraged.

Li Shimin felt that if he died violently today, the people in the three provinces would be able to enter the palace tonight to control the situation, and Li Jing, who was guarding Chang'an, would enter the barracks to stabilize the three armies, and Jin Yan would immediately take out an edict to pass on the throne of the king of Chu, and the harem Wei would reasonably stabilize the harem, so that everyone should not move and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and the Xia people in that part of the grassland would receive a message from Xinying and go to the Western Regions to welcome Li Kuan into Chang'an and ascend the throne.

At the same time, Zhang Jian, who was in the Western Regions, would lead the soldiers to kneel in front of Li Kuan and let him enter and leave the Western Regions and enter the grassland.

At this time, Ma Zhou, a loyal minister sitting in front of him, will tell everyone after careful consideration that yesterday His Majesty was still discussing with me the situation in the Tang Dynasty after King Chu ascended the throne.

The whole Datang will be handed over smoothly.

There will be no turmoil at all.

Because the most important point is that people who are loyal to him Li Shimin are not necessarily loyal to his son Li Shimin.

In the face of Li Kuan's monstrous momentum, all actions are blind.

From the sixteen guards to the palace guards in Chang'an City, as well as the small number of guards in the hands of the imperial family, Li Kuan's forces are basically in it.

It's just not going to work.

In Li Shimin's view, no matter how good Li Zhi's scheming is, it is useless in the face of absolute strength.

You used power to scheming and colluding with each other, you drew a big pie for everyone, but this is not, Li Kuan only needs to lead the army to slaughter you.

Li Shimin, who wants to understand, sees the inheritance of the throne after his death more lightly.

Anyway, Li Kuan also has his own blood in his body, anyway, with Li Zhi's cunning mentality, he will definitely choose to be soft in the face of Li Kuan, and his own vein will definitely not be broken, and there will be incense.

In this case, he still cares more about how to govern the world.

"I think you should take care of your body a little better."

Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou, who was not very good in front of him, and said with a smile.

Ma Zhou looked at Li Shimin, who suddenly changed the topic, a little confused, but he still nodded and said softly: "Thank you Your Majesty for your concern." ”

Li Shimin laughed and said with a smile: "Do you know that Li Kuan once put forward a point of view called the reason for corruption is just because he is too poor? ”

Ma Zhou shook his head, he really didn't know this.

He felt that there was something wrong with this sentence.

In this way, those corrupt officials still have a reason.

Li Shimin continued to smile and said: "So I guess that if Li Kuan is your emperor, the first thing he will do is to improve the treatment of officials, find ways to increase officials' income, and improve their quality of life, so as to put an end to their original intention of embezzling and making money." ”

"And a poor person like you must be on his list of poverty alleviation, so you must live well."

Li Shimin's words were a little funny, and Ma Zhou smiled helplessly after hearing it, he felt that Li Shimin was also idle.

"Your Majesty laughed, the minister didn't feel how poor he was, and he didn't need to be helped by the poor."

Ma Zhou really doesn't feel poor.

He has a family of three, plus a cook lady, a total of four people, and his annual offering is 2,000 stones, as well as the two grocery stores given by Li Shimin, not to mention the daily income, it is also a lot.

Coupled with some treasures that Li Shimin rewards with a good mood every once in a while, the quality of life of his family can be said to be quite good.

He doesn't feel poor.

The simplest example is that last year, the families of Central Asia pretended to be the country and sent Li Shimin a large number of gold, silver and jewelry in exchange for a share of the materials in Li Shimin's hands.

Li Shimin received those gold, silver and jewelry, and was in a good mood, so he rewarded some of the civil and military ministers under his command.

Ma Zhou was rewarded with about 30 catties of gold and silver jewelry.

Although they are all rough and don't look good, they are indeed real gold and silver.

And in such a year, Ma Zhou has passed four or five.

So Ma Zhou really doesn't feel poor.

He felt that his life was good enough.

Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou, who felt that he was quite rich, and said with a smile: "In Li Kuan's words, can you drink the grapes of the Western Regions if you want?" ”

"Can your daughter-in-law buy two pieces of jewelry if she wants to?"

"Can you prepare a thick dowry for your daughter's marriage, so that she can spend her whole life?"

"Your son wants to buy a house to keep an outer room, can you buy it?"

"Tribute-grade silk, can you buy it as you want to make clothes?"

"If you can't, how can you say you're rich."

Li Shimin is also the master who always pays attention to Li Kuan, and knows that many of Li Kuan's words and deeds are full of arrogance and lasciviousness.

Ma Zhou's face was dark when Li Shimin said it, and he said helplessly:

"If every official's family is the same as what the King of Chu said, then there will indeed be no corruption."

"I don't lack money, and it's really not worth it to risk ruining my reputation to embezzle."

He kind of understands why so many people are willing to follow Li Kuan, this guy is really good to his own people.

However, Ma Zhou still couldn't help but say: "This will give officials the habit of arrogance and lasciviousness." ”

"Moreover, many luxury ornaments are very expensive, and if the official is lavish, it is also one."

Before Ma Zhou's words were finished, he was interrupted by Li Shimin, who took out a recital from the side and said, "Fang Xuanling has already thought of it, and he has made preparations early." ”

"We are prepared to reward officials with reasonable extravagances based on their contributions."

"At the same time, it is also stipulated that if officials do not act, do not do things, and steal state property, it will give them the most severe blow, the kind that destroys their families and clans, and the highest, and even sets off a national war and destroys their family feudal country outside the Tang Dynasty."

Ma Zhou's pupils were frightened by Li Shimin's slump, and a terrifying thought appeared in his heart.

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling are laying the groundwork for the future destruction of foreign families.

And according to this line of thought, Li Shimin must find a strong heir for Datang, a monarch who has the ability to lead Datang to swallow the surrounding families.

"It seems that I'm worried, Your Majesty has made enough preparations for the future monarch of the Tang Dynasty."

Ma Zhou is not a fool, according to this little clue, he guessed more things in a mess.

Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou's unpredictable expression, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.

(End of chapter)