Chapter 181 It’s a pity that the king succeeds and the enemy defeats

Mulan City, the headquarters of the Western Regions Protector. Chen Ying looked at the imperial edict of King Qin who was rejected by Li Jiancheng, and his originally idle expression gradually became serious.

Li Xiuning stared at Chen Ying in a row, frowning deeper and deeper.

Chen Ying asked: "Can these people bring back their resumes?"

Li Xiuning gave He Yue'er a wink at him. He Yue'er hurriedly took out a large stack of documents from her bag and handed them to Chen Ying.

After Chen Ying took it, he focused on looking through it one by one.

He Yue'er smiled and said, "In order to get these things, I ran more than 10,000 miles in two and a half months!"

Chen Ying said without comment: "Thank you for your hard work, how about giving me a portion of crystal elbow tonight?"

He Yue'er had a crystal elbow in her head. She couldn't enjoy the fatty food. She shook her head and said, "Forget it!"

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying's brows getting deeper and deeper, and asked in confusion: "Is there any problem?"

Chen Yingyang yong pronounced himself the imperial edict in his hand and said angrily: "Is this the local official candidate selected by the Qin Prince's Mansion for His Highness the Qin Prince?

Li Xiuning said: "What's wrong?"

Chen Yingyang Yangyang threw the document in his hand on the desk: "The bullshit 18 scholars of the Qin Prince's Mansion, do they think the Qin King and the Crown Prince are not fighting fiercely?"

Li Xiuning was stunned and said, "Chen Lang, is this an alarmist statement?"

Chen Ying asked back: "Strange words?"

Chen Ying's beautiful eyebrows were twisted, staring at Li Xiuning and said, "Let's see, what are the candidates offered by the Qin Prince's Mansion!"

Li Xiuning looked embarrassed and ugly. She said disapprovingly: "The army of the Qin Prince's Mansion, the military officer of the Tiance Mansion, is a bachelor of the Literature Museum, and Du Yan, the Jingzhao Du family, I know this person. Although this person is from a wealthy family, although his character is flawed, he has quite good abilities. Isn't it possible to be the Left Chief of the Shangshu of Hebei Daotai?"

Chen Ying said with regret: "Not to mention their wise and foolishness, look at the origin of this person - the Du family of Jingzhao. Then look at Zhang Liang, who was born in Xingyang, and served as the chief of the General Administration of Xiangzhou.

Li Xiuning said in confusion: "Can there be something wrong?"

Chen Ying took a deep breath and said earnestly: "Now that rebellions in Hebei are everywhere, the King of Qin sent these people to be officials of the Hebei Xingtai or the local general administration. The country of the Tang Dynasty is destined to be in a doomed place!

Li Xiuning said: "Why did it come to this?"

"Why did it come to this?" Chen Ying said with a wry smile: "As the saying goes, no one will hurt if the needle is not pierced. In order to reward the Nanxing Army of Jiannan Road, the court seized the land of Hebei and Hebei without owners, and distributed the soldiers under Li Xiaogong and Li Jing. This has invaded the interests of the powerful Hebei. Now, the local government power will be taken away. Is this going to force the powerful Hebei to rebel and become independent? As you said, although Liu Shishan was shocking for a moment, most of his generals were born in a rampant country.

Without the experience and ability to lead a large-scale army, they can command thousands of 800 troops, and they can do it as if they are instructed by their arm. Once the army under Liu Shishan's command expands too fast and these generals are not capable of controlling the soldiers under their command, they will fail. But now, due to personnel appointments, the King of Qin and the Crown Prince, the King of Qin stuffed his generals or staff into Hebei in a row. This is to regain the local authority of the Hebei powerful people, which forces them to turn towards Liu Shishan."

Li Xiuning took a breath when she heard this.

What Chen Ying said was not sensational. Hebei's powerful men bordered the Turks. Yan and Zhao men liked military affairs since childhood. Most of the powerful men practiced martial arts and literature. It can be said that they are both civil and military. With these powerful men joining the Hebei rebel army, Liu Shishan will make up for his shortcomings of insufficient officers and low command capabilities in a short period of time.

After making up for this shortcoming, the people of Hebei were xenophobic and occupied the advantage of familiar terrain. Even if the Tang Dynasty transferred troops from Guanzhong, they could give Liu Shishan a chance to breathe. In a very short time, Liu Shishan's breasted tiger would become a colorful tiger.

Chen Ying said with a heartache: "What's more, considering the position of the prince, temporarily compromise with the Hebei tyrants, destroy Liu Shishan first, pacify Hebei, and then take back the authority of personnel appointments from the Hebei tyrants, and re-appoint officials from Hebei. This is not wrong, but it will create the illusion that the prince suppresses the Qin King. The Qin King will definitely fight back. Not only will the King of Qin not surrender, but there may be a more extreme reaction. By that time, there will be room for ease between brothers!"

Li Xiuning suddenly looked at Chen Ying and said, "Since that's the case, how should the King of Qin correct it?"

Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Xiuning with a deep meaning: "Govern Henan with Henan, Hebei with Hebei, and Shandong with Shandong."

Li Xiuning said: "But the foundation of the imperial court is in Guanzhong, and you also know that there are very few Guandong people available to the imperial court."

Chen Ying said: "It's a big mistake to gather the iron of Jiuzhou..."

Li Xiuning said: "Then..."

Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "Then it depends on whether Your Majesty dares to launch the Kanto scholars?"

Li Xiuning said: "Can you recommend a group of Kanto scholars?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "I don't need to recommend it at all. Donggong Xima Weizheng is an extremely smart person. He will definitely advise His Royal Highness to use Kanto scholars to govern Kanto with Kanto, and maybe even have a next dose of a strong medicine?"

Li Xiuning said curiously: "What kind of powerful medicine?"

Chen Ying snorted softly, and said with a smile on his lips: "The old subordinate of King Xia Dou Jiande in the past. However, Hebei is peaceful and chaotic. If the prince can start from here and govern Hebei with Hebei people, it will not only block the King of Qin's mouth and stabilize the Hebei area, but also turn the old subordinates of the State of Xia and the Hebei clan into the prince's useful people!"

...

In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng were looking at each other.

Wei Zheng said loudly: "Your Highness, you can't give in at this time. If you compromise with Your Highness the King of Qin and execute the Qin appointment of the people of Hebei today, then the country will not be a country. Please ask Your Highness to put the country and the country first! Liu Shishan occupied Mingzhou and raised troops to rebel. The Hebei clans are now watching. If you are arbitrarily moving people at this time and replace the Guandong scholars with Guanzhong or Henan scholars, the Hebei clans will inevitably be in panic. Your Highness rejects this proposal, which is for the country, not for the self-interest."

Wei Ting also said: "Please ask Your Highness to put the country and the country first! Although Your Highness's brotherhood is heavy, it is insignificant compared to the country and the country!"

All the staff said in unison: Please ask Your Highness to put the country first!

Li Jiancheng sat down dejectedly: "Go and tell Fang Xuanling that I am busy with official duties today, so I would like to ask him to go back and rest earlier."

...

The Qin Palace and the East Palace broke out in fierce conflict due to the issue of joint appointments by Hebei people. Li Jiancheng mercilessly rejected Li Shimin's appointment of local officials in Hebei, and the news soon reached Li Yuan's ears.

Li Yuan yelled angrily: "The Secretariat of the Central Secretariat has drawn an edict... King Li Shimin of Qin will dismiss the Secretariat Order!"

Pei Ji was silent.

Chen Shuda was worried.

Xiao Yu looked dissatisfied and was about to speak out when Feng Deyi spoke first.

Feng Deyi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, no."

Li Yuan pointed at Feng Deyi with anger and said, "What? Just let him regard the country as his son? Where is the law of the court?"

The Li Tang court was a confrontation between the aristocratic clans and imperial power for the whole dynasty. As early as the second year of Wude, Li Yuanji accepted Li Yuan's secret order and secretly dealt with the Hedong clans. However, the Hedong clans also openly opposed Li Yuan and did not hesitate to deceive Liu Wuzhou into rebelling. With the secret support of the Hedong clans, Liu Wuzhou conquered Hedong in just three months, except for the Qingzhou, and occupied almost all Hedong lands.

At that time, the Li Tang court was attacked from both sides and was worried about overthrow. This time, Li Yuan only used the land in Hebei and rewarded the soldiers who had made great contributions, which actually angered the Hebei clan. Li Yuan was furious.

He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is Hebei or Guanzhong, all the land in the world belongs to him.

Feng Deyi said: "Your Majesty calms down and listen to me for explanation."

Li Yuan snorted, "You said...!"

Feng Deyi bowed to Li Yuan and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is the king, and the King of Qin is the minister. It is normal for the king to reject the minister's request. Even if the Secretary of the Court is inappropriate and he is dismissed, how do the scholars in the world think of Your Majesty? I am afraid that there will be a ridiculous ridicule of birds and a rabbit and a dog to cook... Even if Your Majesty really wants to dismiss the King of Qin, he will be left to the future!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan's expression calmed down a little.

The three provinces and six ministries gradually matured and established in the Sui Dynasty. The Shangshu Ling controlled the daily operations, while the Zhongshu Ling was in charge of the secrets and issued government orders. The Menxia Provincial Department had the power to refute the Zhongshu Ling. Simply put, the establishment of the three provinces system was to restrict each other and avoid forming the autocratic power of the Prime Minister. Later, Tongshu Lingshi was to exercise the power of the real prime minister.

It is very normal for the three provinces to argue and shirke the blame. If the appointment of the Shangshu Ling is rejected by the crown prince and the Shangshu Ling is abolished, it will inevitably convey a signal to the outside world.

Pei Ji nodded silently.

Feng Deyi continued: "Secondly, it is not completely unreasonable for the prince to reject the appointment of these local officials. Moreover, the refutation of the appointment is the duty of the ruler. If the repeal of the Shangshu Order is used for this reason, the King of Qin will definitely not accept it!"

Li Yuan's anger was not gone, but he calmed down.

The reason he supported the King of Qin was to check and balance Li Jiancheng. Now, because Li Jiancheng rejected Li Shimin's personnel appointment, although this personnel appointment is a bit of a joke, once Li Shimin is punished, it will definitely cause a major blow to Li Shimin.

If you don’t do it well, the entire Qin Prince’s Mansion will fall and scatter.

This is not the result that Li Yuan wanted.

...

In the Eastern Palace, Wei Zheng was silent for a moment and said slowly: The current national policy of the Tang Dynasty is not as good as that of Yang Sui.

Li Jiancheng sneered: "I heard it right? Xuancheng, did you say that the Tang Dynasty is not as good as Yang Sui?"

Wei Zheng glanced at Li Jiancheng with a squinted eyes and said, "Don't your highness like to listen?"

Li Jiancheng nodded honestly, then waved his hand impatiently, "It doesn't matter, you always have a bad mouth, let's talk!"

Wei Zheng let out a sigh of relief. Wei Zheng thought for a moment and talked to Li Jiancheng: "If the Sui Dynasty had not been, a lazy emperor like Yang Guang would have been possible. But if the Tang Dynasty adhered to the current national policy, it would be good that it could be passed on for two lifetimes.

Li Jiancheng laughed furiously and said, "Xuancheng, did you take the wrong medicine today?"

Wei Zheng nodded calmly and said, "I hope I took the wrong medicine."

Li Jiancheng lost his face and stared at Wei Zheng with a bad look.

Wei Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, don't be angry. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the scholars and officials have shared the world with the emperor. The officials among the scholars are talking about noble families, but this scholar is all the people in the world who read and read. Think about it, when it comes to scholars... should they include people from poor backgrounds?"

Li Jiancheng was stunned.

Wei Zhengdao: "In the current Tang Dynasty, in addition to the beginning of its business and following the Li family, how many scholars from poor families are working as officials? No, they are all children of aristocratic families. Now the Tang Dynasty is about to unify the nine states, and officials from all over the world can still come from aristocratic families, but what twenty years later? What fifty years later? What hundred years later? Are people from poor families never going to make a name for themselves?

Li Jiancheng held his breath and his eyes became deep.

"What did Chen Sheng and Wu Guang say, "Would you rather have a king, prince, general, and minister? How many desperate people have rebelled under these eight words in the past dynasties? I am bluntly speaking, Yang Guang is thousands of times stronger than Ling Zun in this matter!"

Li Jiancheng said with disdainful expression: "That foolish lord? What did he do?"

Wei Zhengdao: "Open the imperial examination and win the scholars!"

Li Jiancheng said: "Take a scholar to win a scholar?"

"The imperial examination, no matter whether it is high or low, rich or poor, as long as you pass the imperial examination, you can serve in the court. Those with low abilities will be Mu Shuan a county, and those with outstanding abilities will be Xuan Ma to be the prime minister." Wei Zheng said: "This was founded by Emperor Wen of Sui and inherited by Yang Guang. Even if he was opposed by the aristocratic families in the world, he has never changed... Unfortunately, the success and the king will be defeated!"

In fact, Li Jiancheng also understood that land and local authority were the lifeblood of the aristocratic families. Li Tang moved the interests of the aristocratic families in Hedong, and was Liu Wuzhou, the unknown little grass-headed king, who rose up instantly and subverted Hedong. Li Yuan moved the land of Hebei, and Li Shimin moved the authority of Hebei, so Liu Shishan also stirred up the storm in an instant.

Historically, because Yang Guang moved the cheese of the aristocratic families, the whole world was reversed.

Thirty-six ways of the world rebel against the king, seventy-two ways of dust and smoke.

As Wei Zheng said, it’s a pity that the success of the king and the defeat of the enemy.

Yang Guang failed when the entire aristocratic race in the world rebelled. He was nailed to the pillar of shame in history and would never turn over.

If Yang Guang was not so impatient, he was waiting for the poor scholars who were enrolling in the imperial examination to gain a foothold in the local or court, history might be a different look.

Li Jiancheng didn't know that the aristocratic family that gave him and Li Yuan a headache eventually fell into the hands of the woman Wu Zetian.

The method Wu Zetian used at that time was actually very simple, just to fight one faction, just like boiling a frog in warm water. When the North Gate Bachelor grew up and the aristocratic families wanted to resist, they had already lost the ability to resist.
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