"Minister Li Dan has seen Your Majesty." Since entering the room, Li Dan's eyes have not taken off the person sitting at the table.

He was wearing a cyan robe with dark patterns of cloud brocade, holding a jade pendant fan (folding fan) in his right hand like trying to get started, and wearing a scarf on his head. The light beard on his lips showed that he was not very old, and that his eyes were bright, but his face was slightly pale.

"Qing Ping." Zhao Tuo supported himself with his left hand, and looked at the tall young man in front of him with interest.

"Qing is taller and sturdier than I imagined, although it is not as exaggerated as the storyteller in the teahouse, but it is also rare to be a child of Jiangnan." He nodded and pointed to the embroidery pier under the table, "Qing sit down and speak."

If you put it on other ministers, you will definitely say: "The ministers don't dare, it's not reasonable" and so on, and only after twisting enough did they sit down tremblingly.

Li Dan saluted and thanked him, moved the embroidery pier himself, and sat down on the side of the emperor, with his hands on his knees without squinting.

Zhao Tuo smiled dumbly: "Relax, let's not be in the palace, let's just talk casually if we meet by chance."

Hearing this, Li Dan laughed out loud: "Your Majesty, you are really joking, on this street, you still ...... by chance?"

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "It is worthy of Xie Yuan, his thinking is really quick." He finished his sip of tea and nodded at Eunuch Liu, "Let them serve some wine and food, I'm also a little hungry." Eunuch Liu understood, turned around and took Liu Funian out.

When there were only two of them left in the room, Zhao Tuo stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Dan's hand: "It can be regarded as looking forward to Qing, but I ask Liu Daban every day in the palace where you are, and I don't dare to show it on my face, I am anxious!"

"Your Majesty!" Li Dan was indeed a little moved, the villain is the emperor, why does this scene seem to be the underground party lurking in the palace has just connected with the organization? Could it be that the emperor also joined the tea mountain meeting? "How can the minister, how can His Majesty Lao be so concerned?"

"Alas, Qing doesn't have to be polite, I and Qing have been exchanging letters from the Chongbi generation to several letters a month, which can be described as a long-term friendship!

I always feel that there are endless things to say and endless questions to ask. Every time I read Qingzhi's letters, I can always have the effect of initiation, and what others say around and around, Qing often breaks it with a word.

I'm really curious about what kind of person you are, and I'm always anxious to talk and discuss with Qing face-to-face. Now, Qing has finally come to Shangjing, and it will be much more convenient for me to consult you!"

He seemed excited, as if he was about to pour out all the words at once. Li Dan didn't interrupt or interject, just listened to him with a smile while observing the emperor's temperament and demeanor.

He felt that Emperor Jingwu was an assertive and courageous monarch, but a little impatient and lacking self-confidence, and this character formation was probably related to the care and protection he received from his grandmother and mother since he was a child.

Li Dan wanted to discover his strengths and weaknesses and give him the necessary encouragement and guidance.

"Actually, the minister didn't come up with any good ideas," Li Dan said, "The minister just said that from the perspective of historical experience, how a good monarch should think, judge, how to restrain himself, and control the balance inside and outside the court.

The really big ideas, such as the restraint on the mine owners, and the protection of the rights and interests of the miners, and so on, are the wisdom of His Majesty and all the ministers involved."

"I'm going to consult with you about this." Zhao Tuo said: "The recent edicts have not met with resistance from the imperial court, but the progress has been very slow.

I wonder if this is due to the law's inadequacy or inadequacy, or the inaction of the courtiers, or the deliberate delay due to their inner objections?"

"Your Majesty thinks they're procrastinating?" Li Dan asked.

"Asking about progress today, asking about progress tomorrow, and asking again the day after tomorrow is the same answer: the ministers are working hard. And then what? Not anymore! When will I see the result, I am at a loss!" Zhao Tuo spread his hands in annoyance.

Li Dan smiled: "Forgive the ministers for being presumptuous, I'm afraid this can't be judged because the courtiers are ineffective, but because of Your Majesty's improper methods." After he said this, he saw Zhao Tuo stunned, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The minister is abrupt, Your Majesty forgives you!"

"It's okay!" Zhao Tuo waved his hand: "I have been on the throne since I ascended the throne

Come, all you listen to and see is flattery, and it's good that someone can stab the disease of the widow! What I want is you, Wei Zheng! Go on."

It's really funny, it turns out that the emperor is a person who likes to find scolding by himself, who scolds ruthlessly and accurately, it seems that he likes this person the most. Li Dan smiled secretly in his heart, he couldn't say that.

"Your Majesty, whenever you want your courtiers to do something, you must always give an explanation. For example, if a farmer takes a piece of iron and gives it to a blacksmith to make a sickle, he will ask: Can it be done? How long will it take?

The blacksmith promised him a few days, and the farmer would be able to get the farm tools he was satisfied with, and he would not have to pay him more than one or two pennies for his hard work, but if the blacksmith was overdue, the farmer would be unhappy, and he would come once today, twice tomorrow, and three times the day after tomorrow.

If he could not do it on the fourth day, the farmer would not let him do it, but took the piece of iron and went back to find another master.

You see, the farmer still knows that he can't delay, and that if he delays, he will delay the farm work, and the whole family may go hungry because of it, so he will first ask and then agree, and there will be urging, and then there will be dismissal and even accountability.

If His Majesty can also ask his courtiers to do this, he will do things with his heart, report to you on time, and communicate.

If there is no such request, the courtier thinks that since you are not in a hurry, he can give priority to the side business, then this matter will be left behind.

Therefore, the minister thinks that first of all, His Majesty must come up with methods and requirements to restrain the other party, and that the completion on time is the ability of his ability to be tested and meet the requirements of his position;

If it cannot be completed, it should be deducted by the official examination, and it may affect his future promotion, transfer, and so on.

If the other party does not touch anything after such a method, the phenomenon of deliberate delay and prevarication has become obvious, and those who should be removed or demoted can act in accordance with the law."

"I see, this is the so-called can't be punished without teaching, right?"

"Your Majesty is right!"

At this time, the conversation was temporarily interrupted, because Eunuch Liu knocked on the door and came in, watching the shopkeeper bring a large plate, and placed six exquisite dishes, a pot of wine, and two cups on the table.

Li Dan glanced at it and asked Xiao Er with a smile: "Ask the cook, will he make this dish after reading more than 10,000 volumes?"

"Back to Gongzi, he just learned this dish." Xiao Er glanced at the emperor and replied with a smile, "Recently, there have been more and more lifters, so I have done it a few times, and it has been well received. Childe asks this, but he wants to try his knife skills?"...

"Tell him to do it with his heart, there are distinguished guests here, and he can't be sloppy at all! If you do a good job, you will increase his salary by 20% this month, and if you don't do well, then go back to Jiangxi!"

"Understood, Childe, please wait!" After speaking, the shopkeeper retreated.

Zhao Tuo looked at Li Dan in surprise: "What, Qing and this cook are fellow villagers?"

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, this restaurant is the property of the minister. There are four Sihaiju in Beijing, all of which have the same shareholders, cook the same dishes, provide the same standard services, and even the staff's dress and etiquette are uniform.

The dishes are also cut and counted in strict accordance with the requirements. It's called a chain store, it's like the lock ring on a chain mail, and each one is the same.

If Your Majesty is in a hurry and cannot find a minister, send someone to any of the four seas to deliver a letter." He said casually, as if he didn't see Eunuch Liu poking a silver needle in the meal.

When he was done, Li Dan poured himself a glass of wine first: "The minister is finally able to see His Majesty, and he is very happy in his heart. Please allow your ministers to drink this wine first, and wish your majesty long live, long live!" After saying that, I drank it all.

Zhao Tuo was very happy and took a drink, but his eyes suddenly widened. Li Dan hurriedly told him to swallow slowly and gradually reminisce. "W-What kind of wine is this?" Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up, which startled Eunuch Liu.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this wine is the Yuliuchun brewed by the ministers, it is cooler, sweeter, and has a longer aftertaste than the wine you usually drink in the palace, and it is made from rice grown by Poyang Lake as raw materials and brought from the cave spring water of Anren."

Li Dan said, "If the folk wine is six or eight, and the steamed wine or soju is twenty or twenty-two, then the wine is about fifteen. It can be described as clear but not light, pure but not chaotic. Your Majesty is about the first time you have drunk it, and anyone will be surprised."

"This thing was also made by Qing?"

"Not only this wine, but also through mixed grain fermentation, multiple distillation, etc., to make 30 degrees of Fengquan and 45 degrees of Fengyu wine.

The reason why the wine is made is because the minister ordered people to steam the wine repeatedly when he led the troops, and finally obtained 70 degrees of alcohol to scrub the wounds of the wounded soldiers and prevent them from festering.

In this stage he was given different spirits, so he drunk Lou Zishi's youngest son and seized his camp.

Later, when they returned to Yugan, some of them quit the regimental training and had no other livelihood, so the minister simply gave them a sum of money to build a winery, and more than 200 veterans and hundreds of homeless people have been resettled."

After speaking, he pointed to his feet: "The reason why Sihaiju can open so many stores is that the dishes and wine are very famous!"

"Hey!" Zhao Tuo sighed: "Aiqing, when can I make the emperor as smooth as Qing does business, it will be good!"

"Your Majesty doesn't know anything, and there are all kinds of troubles in doing business, such as the taste of the guests, pickiness, and the diligence of the guys, is the cook good-tempered? Will there be a small amount of money hidden in the purchase? There's a lot of all that to worry about."

"Oh?" Zhao Tuo thought about it: "The Four Seas Residence is yours, the Yuliu Spring Wine is yours, and the carriage is also yours. I'm afraid there are other industries, right? But I see you're sitting here calm and relaxed, and you're not in a hurry, huh?"

Li Dan laughed, then restrained his smile and said, "Family affairs, business affairs, state affairs, people in different positions care about different things.

Ruchen's third uncle was thinking about how to make his small family better.

The minister thinks about how to make the business bigger and earn more money to support the whole family and support the aunt who raised the minister, and His Majesty, as the son of heaven, naturally wants to make the world safe and the foundation of the Zhao family stable."

After he finished speaking, he took out the booklet from his bosom where he had taken notes, took out a pencil from the incident, and drew a large triangle on the paper (the emperor's eyes widened instantly when he saw the black line):

"There is a theory called social triangulation. You see, at the bottom of this are the people at the bottom, such as the men, the farmers, the silk mill workers, and so on;

The above part is the third uncle of the minister, who has to manage the farmer, the servant, and the female worker, such as the shopkeeper of the four seas;

Further up are the ministers who are managing them, and above the ministers there are also the government and the court, and your majesty is the apex of this mountaintop.

You assign duties to each of your ministers, let them shepherd, and they take charge of the officials below you.

In the same way, there are different people in charge of vehicles, porcelain, wine, grain, restaurants, etc., and these people are in charge of the treasurers and shops in each region.

So, in fact, the minister doesn't have to see too many people and ask too many things every day, as long as they do their work responsibly and don't steal women and play tricks."

"Well, you mean, I just need to rule by bowing down, and I don't have to bow down to everything?"

"If Your Majesty has to bow down to everything, Shousuke doesn't know what he should do." Li Dan smiled and said:

"But the vertical arch and rule also depends on whether the conditions are met, for example, there are silverfish below, your pursuit of vertical arch and governance will inevitably lead to the collapse of the building, and there are many lessons in the history of the embankment collapse in the hole, such as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Huizong of the former Song Dynasty are all famous examples."

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise: "The latter two can be recognized, why did Qing merge Emperor Yang into this list?"

"Emperor Yang is not a deaf and tyrannical person.

Your Majesty thinks about it, Emperor Yang destroyed Nanchen, created the imperial examination, built the Daxing Palace, built the Eastern Capital, opened the ditch and other canals, drove the Turks and Khitan in the north, attacked Goguryeo and Ryukyu in the east, broke Tuguhun in the west, and occupied the city in the south.

Although he accepted the harem, there were no cases in the history books that the Sui Dynasty had a harem and his relatives were in power, which shows his methods. Even before he died, he was sober and knew that he could no longer control the country.

Will such a monarch be mediocre and unreasonable? He is not many times stronger than Liu Chan and Sun Hao, who are confused, didn't he lay the foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, didn't he lay the groundwork for the surrender of the Turks and the destruction of the Goguryeo Kingdom?"

"According to what Zhaoqing said, Emperor Yang is a saint?"

"Definitely!" Li Dan shook his head: "Emperor Yang made two major mistakes: he was too hasty and overconfident, the project was huge, the attacks were frequent, and he spared no people's strength, one of them;

is eager to promote the imperial examination jinshi, suppress the gate lord and wealthy families to take back power, and even do not hesitate to expel or slaughter them by the hands of female cadres, resulting in no distinction between right and wrong, and the road is not good, and the other is also!"

Zhao Tuo looked at Li Dan, picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Qing, this is ...... Irony of the past and the present?"

"Speaking of which, the minister didn't prepare a script." Li Dan smiled: "The personalities of the emperors in ancient times are different, in fact, for example, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, is also resolute, but why is Taizong a holy monarch, but Emperor Yang has died in the country? In fact, the reason lies in the word 'prudence'.

Tang Taizong took history as a mirror, governed cautiously, and did not waste people's power because of the pursuit of personal merits. And Emperor Yang was too confident and arrogant and did not listen to advice, so he died in the country.

Danchen didn't think that Emperor Yang was a mediocre monarch, because he was not only very smart in nature, but also quite accomplished in poetry and literature, and it was really embarrassing that he finally lost a unified and powerful empire.

Your Majesty, please see, at that time, Daxing City was located in the western corner, and the concentration of population brought great pressure to the land in Guanzhong, and the transportation cost of opening a canal was huge, which was the real reason why Emperor Yang went to Luoyang to build the eastern capital;

The Turkic, Tuyuhun, Khitan, and Goguryeo live in the highland steppe, and they pose a great threat to the Central Plains and cannot sit idly by.

Since Wei and Zhou, the gate valve lineage has become more and more powerful, and there are successive generations of officials who can threaten the imperial power, such as the Li clan in Longxi, the Dou clan in Hebei, etc., all of which he has taken into account, and it can be said that he has no last resort.

Only he forgot that the children of the family would also rebel, and when the people were about to explode in the face of exhaustion and dissatisfaction, those children of the family were happy to guide them to severely weaken the imperial power.

When he realized, it was too late! He still wants to flee south to seize Jinling, but he doesn't know where the Jiangnan clan will allow him to cross the river?

He thought that he could use the Yuwen family to deal with the world's wealthy families, but unexpectedly, his repeated connivance led to the overthrow of the Yuwen family, who was in military power.

Emperor Yang was not able to firmly control the Yuwen clan, but instead set up a ladder for them to usurp the world, how sad? This is the reason why Emperor Yang lost the country!

Therefore, when a silverfish like Yuwen's appears, the emperor will only cause fire if he does not extinguish the fire source in time, and he wants to hang the arch and cure, isn't that too ideal?

The minister thought that the premise of vertical arch rule was a strong imperial power, coupled with a wise and decisive monarch, as well as a relatively clear ruler and the support of courtiers, all of which were indispensable!

Emperor Yang thought of this, but he was in too much of a hurry, and as a result, he turned this pot of fresh fish into pieces."

Zhao Tuo had already gotten up at this time, paced to the window, looked at the sea of traffic lights below, and sighed softly: "Qing's words are very good, I should think about it and stop it!"

Li Dan walked over and arched his hand: "Your Majesty is a wise and decisive monarch, I hope that you can be like Tang Taizong, be a confident, not arrogant and impatient, and never forget the original intention of the lord of Zhongxing, and finally leave a name in history, so that future generations can be regarded as a holy monarch!"

"Good!" Zhao Tuo turned around: "I have this ambition, can Qing help me?"

"I am willing to contribute to Your Majesty at any time, and I will never give up!" Li Dan replied generously.

"Dan Ge'er has finally seen the living emperor."