Chapter 78: Chen Ziang

The next morning, Li Jing was woken up from his sleep before dawn, after washing, under the service of the maid, put on the court clothes, the attendant held the lamp in front, and the guards protected Li Jing and rode towards the Daming Palace.

Arrived at the Daming Palace, the sky has been brightened, every time the civil and military officials of the last dynasty enter a palace gate, they must carefully check the identity of each official, and all the officials in the Daming Palace must be registered.

The contents of the registration are divided into names, official positions and ages, and even height and physical characteristics, and after a series of strict confirmations, the hundred officials can finally arrive at the Xuanzheng Palace.

When they arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, they still had to wait for Emperor Li Xian and the regent Li Jing to come, so that today's court meeting could be officially held.

"The Lord Regent has arrived!"

"The Holy One has arrived!"

The civil and military officials immediately saluted and paid homage.

Li Jing and Li Xian entered the Xuanzheng Hall one after another, and the two sat down.

"See the Regent! Participate in the Holy Being"

The ministers paid homage in unison, and they first visited Li Jing, and then Li Xian.

Anyway, on the surface, Li Xian is still the emperor, although he has no real power, he is also an emperor.

Li Xian must be given face, but not much, only a little!

Li Xian was very dissatisfied, but his face barely squeezed out a smile, and said, "Everyone, Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!" ”

The ministers were indifferent!

The regent hasn't said anything yet, how can they get up, as for the emperor Li Xian, in front of the regent, where can he, the emperor, speak.

Li Xian saw that the Manchu Dynasty was indifferent, and suddenly his face showed embarrassment, and the anger in his heart rose up.

Li Jing smiled with satisfaction, and then said to the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu: "Zhong Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Regent! Thank you!"

Only then did the civil and military officials get up and sit on their knees.

Li Jing turned back and motioned to Li Xian, and the meeting officially began, and the emperor began to speak.

Li Xian didn't speak, and the eunuch beside him stepped forward and shouted at the throat of the male duck: "There is a book to play, but there is no book to retreat!"

"Chen Ziang has a book to play!"

Chen Ziang came out of class and saluted, holding the wat board in both hands.

"What is Chen Aiqing?"

Under Li Jing's eyes, Li Xian was very reluctant to speak.

"Your Majesty, it is now appropriate to suspend the sentence and revere virtue, stop the wars everywhere, reduce taxes and forced labor, comfort the clan, make peace for themselves, and rest for the people."

Chen Ziang said.

Over the years, the Tang Dynasty has fought everywhere, resulting in the separation of many wives, the destruction of families, and the abandonment of a lot of land.

Under the internal and external troubles, Datang's national strength has declined somewhat, and if it continues, it will only make Datang fragmented, and in the end it will only arouse public anger, and it is not impossible for the situation at the end of Sui to be staged again.

Therefore, Chen Ziang took this opportunity to ask the imperial court to stop the war, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty could have a chance to breathe and have time to recover their national strength.

"Chen Aiqing is reasonable, everything is for the country and the people, what do you think of the saint?"

Li Jing nodded, he also agreed with Datang to adopt a policy of recuperation and recuperation, so that Datang's national strength can recover and reach a higher level!

Li Xian glanced at Li Jing, what else could he think? Sit and watch, of course.

"The regent can decide on this matter, and the regent's opinion is what I mean."

Li Xian said.

"Chen Aiqing's words, the sage and I have agreed, from now on, Hexi, Heyuan and other places will reduce the soldiers and horses, leaving only the elite in the army to stay, and the soldiers who have been dismissed will be allowed to return to their hometowns, or stay to help Tuntian!"

Li Jing immediately issued a decree to dismantle the army of Tubo, and now as long as Tuyuhun can be held, the Heyuan army and other armies will have little effect.

As long as Tubo can't conquer Tuyuhun, it can't threaten the borders of the Tang Dynasty, Hexi and Longyou will be very safe, leaving so many soldiers and horses is a waste of population, and the imperial court has to allocate a large amount of money and grain every year to support them, which is really not cost-effective.

It's better to disarm, let these laid off soldiers go back to farming, or reclaim wasteland, etc., and make a modest contribution to the construction of Datang!

"Regent Shengming!"

Liu Bowen took the lead in cheering!

"Regent Shengming!"

The ministers also applauded, Chen Ziang was very excited, since he embarked on his official career, there has not been a ruler who will accept his direct advice!

Although he Chen Ziang has the heart to become a minister who worries about the country and the people, it is a pity that no ruler can be like Emperor Taizong, and he is like a stream, today Li Jing gave him a glimmer of hope, will Li Jing be the Ming Jun in his heart?

In order to test Li Jing, Chen Ziang decided to strike while the iron was hot and play another one.

"The minister still has this Qilu!"

"Chen Aiqing, what's the matter?"

Li Jing asked.

"Recently, the number of prisons has increased, and the rebels have spread widely, and the ministers have asked the Holy God to personally ask the prisoners, and the guilty will be punished clearly, and the wronged ones will be severely punished by the prison officials, so that the world can be convinced, and people will know the political punishment, isn't it the best to be clear!"

Chen Ziang played again.

"Chen Aiqing is reasonable, and he also asks the saint to follow the advice and personally interrogate the prisoners, and the guilty will be punished clearly, and the unjust ones will be severely punished!"

Li Jing turned around and said to Li Xian.

Shouldn't this kind of big event be the emperor's job?

Justice for those who have been wronged, and bring to justice those who deserve it!

Isn't that what a good emperor should have?

This is a very appropriate thing, which can show the emperor's imperial grace!

Li Xian's face was pale, so he didn't want to do these thankless things.

Spicy next door!

Why don't you regent do this kind of heavy fire?

Isn't this a clear pit for him, the emperor?

But the ministers looked at it, and he was embarrassed to object, the key is that it is useful for him to object?

Li Xian sighed and nodded: "I will personally intervene in the edict!"

"Sage Shengming!"

Li Jing immediately laughed.

"Holy Heaven!"

The ministers agreed, and Chen Ziang was even more excited.

"The saint has a will, and the right to pick up the relics of Chen Ziang is meritorious! Promoted to the right filler!"

Li Jing turned around and promoted Chen Ziang, from the right pick-up of the eighth rank to the right of the seventh grade, which was regarded as a reward for his outspoken advice.

Li Jing even called on everyone to learn from Chen Ziang, anyway, it's not good, there is Li Xian in front of the thunder who offends people, what is he afraid of, there are really people looking for trouble, and they are also looking for trouble with Li Xian, and it has nothing to do with him Li Jing.

Li Jing looked at the others, if there is anything else to play, hurry up and play, don't be embarrassed.

Immediately, a minister jumped out and asked for the encouragement of private business, the vigorous development of the commercial economy, and the reformulation of taxes on the purchase and sale of merchants.

Instead of simply collecting market tax, we should change the original collection model and reform the tax collection mode for merchants, so as to make Datang richer.