.Chapter 14: Ask where uā is (2)

The morning court begins.

There is no day, and there is no two masters in the earth. In this era, it would be a disaster for the Tang Dynasty. It is not democracy, but the division of major policies is already a disaster. The three people have the right to preside over major policies, and the court was seriously divided. Except for ministers who were loyal to Wu Zetian and Li Wei, the other ministers adopted the approach of protecting themselves.

As for Li Zhi, except for a few ministers who secretly shed tears, they basically ignored it. It’s not that he was disrespectful, his eyes couldn’t see it, and his health had not improved. How many people could truly respect it?

But there is one advantage that few ministers make progress in the court.

What is the use of the preaching? When it comes to the emperor, there is a set of policies. When it comes to the empress dowager, there is another set of policies. If it does not preach, Liu Rengui and Li Yiyan are loyal to the emperor's school. Pei Yan and Xue Yuanchao are loyal to the empress dowager's school on the surface. What the centrists said is not counted as preaching, and it has no effect.

Just as the eunuch was about to announce the dispersion of the dynasty, Li Wei suddenly announced that he would lead Liu Rengui and Li Yiyan to inspect the prefectures of Henan Road.

Many ministers did not know the inside story, and they were shocked. Guo Zheng raised his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, no, the country is in a difficult situation. Your Majesty's patrol costs a lot. Some time ago, it was the edict issued by the Supreme Emperor. At that time, Your Majesty was the crown prince, and the times and momentum were different. Today Your Majesty no longer has to patrol."

This is a good advice.

Li Zhi left a good foundation. There were many ministers in the court who could not do the same as Zhu Jingze's death advice, but there were many ministers and a conscience, so they all agreed.

"Guo Qing, this is wrong. If I don't talk about me, it's my descendants in the future. I will continue to let them go on tour from time to time. If they don't go out of the palace, how can they know the sufferings of the people? But when going on tour, it is to observe the sufferings of the people, not Emperor Yang went to the south of the Yangtze River, nor Fengshan, so there must be a great show. Doctor Wei (Wei Siqian), you are the censor, please remember what I said today. Traveling is to look at the difficulties of the people and the people, not to show off, so as to avoid the tragedy of Emperor Hui of Jin saying that there is no food to eat. Wherever you do, you must not spend extra money, and there is no possibility of yellow sand paving the way, and dust sprinkling in clear water, and you must not deliberately build an palace."

"Your Majesty, I don't agree." Pei Yan said immediately.

This old guy must be uneasy, but he is the prime minister. Emperor Li Wei is not the real emperor yet, so he has to suffer.

Pei Yan also said: "The country is in order and orderly, which is the basis of Confucian governance. Either you don't travel. Although you can travel, you can be frugal and not learn from Emperor Yang of Sui, you can't be too lazy to avoid the people from growing arrogantly."

It seems to be very reasonable that the dignity of the emperor is maintained by Confucianism in an orderly manner. There are emperors in foreign countries, but they will not be as noble as the emperors of the Central Plains dynasty and will be full of power. To put it bluntly, it is just the instinct of animals evolving into humans, just like a monkey must have a monkey king.

Will Li Wei believe it?

First of all, you Pei Yan may not take me as the emperor in your heart.

Li Wei slapped the table and said, "Pei Qing, do you want to be a Qin Ershi in Guanzhong Palace?"

"I dare not, it is not against Your Majesty's patrol. The country is not in good health. At least don't patrol easily to avoid moving the place." Pei Yan said it again with a righteous and powerful voice.

But some people still know that Cen Changqian, Guo Zhengyi, and Wei Xuantong all had worries in their eyes.

Li Wei sneered a few times.

Pei Yan often has moral integrity, but I am not the same as before.

He said, "Pei Qing, I ask you, how many years have Qin established Zhengshuo since Qin swept across the country and unified the eight deserts? After Emperor Gaozu of Han established Han, the Western Han Dynasty had the rule of Wen and Jing, and the Han Xuanzhong revived, with a population of more than 100 million, three or four times that of our dynasty. How many years have Zhengshuo been established? The Eastern Han Dynasty had Guangwu revived and abolished slaves. It was not a benevolent monarch. How many years have there been a benevolent monarch? By the Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui Dynasty, how many years have there been a revival?"

"Your Majesty, there are many reasons for this. Some are the masters, the servants are strong, and some are the emperors are stupid. Therefore, it is best not to make the young emperor the emperor, and the emperor should be kind to the people." Pei Yan replied calmly. But it is still interesting. This young emperor, including Li Wei, is less than thirty years old, and his physical strength is the highest peak in life, but his wisdom is still awkward. He justified the name of Li Zhi and his wife.

Pei Yan bit Li Wei's grammatical disease, and Li Wei also bit his grammatical disease and said, "The emperor is benevolent to the people. Then I ask you, what is benevolence? Can you stay in the deep palace without traveling, or traveling, and patrolling the people before and after, you can understand what the people want and what they lack? The order of the people is the foundation of Confucianism. But even the people cannot guarantee their food and clothing, so how can they let the people talk about love and serve the country loyally?"

Suddenly he shouted loudly: "What is the supreme? When I was in Qinghai, I shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and the joys of the soldiers were for my own use. During the battle of Fuling, more than 10,000 soldiers answered in unison, willing to commit suicide by carrying fire for me to break a bloody road. If I had shown that I was the prince's body, would the soldiers be willing to do that? This supreme is a kind of power of benevolence, not the power of ceremonial war. When Yang Guang went on a tour, the ceremonial war must be thick and heavy, but what about? Sorry, Pei Qing, I think you are deliberately misleading me and embarking on Yang Guang's retreat."

In fact, the problem is very simple. Li Wei used the misname system to make things difficult for Pei Yan. However, letting Wu Zetian kick it in turn made things difficult for Liu Rengui. Wu Zetian saved Pei Yan from the siege, and Li Wei would definitely resolve it for Liu Rengui. But he could not say it directly, so he had this verbal discrimination.

He also said: "Not only me, when my princes grow up slightly, I will also prepare them to live in the homes of poor people for a year or two, secretly sending people to protect them so that they can understand the sufferings of the people since childhood. In this way, the chances of becoming a fool are reduced. But there are many affairs, and I have never proposed it. Pei Qing, you are well-read about poetry, books, scriptures, and you should know that Mencius said, "The people are the most important, the country is the next, and the king is the least. The people are the most noble of the country."

This sentence is almost deafening.

It has been put in "Mencius" for thousands of years, but several emperors dared to publicly say it. Li Shimin did a good job, but he only said one thing, taking it from the people and using it for the people, and said another thing, "The king is like a boat, the people are like water, water can carry a boat, and can also overturn the boat. But he did not have the courage to say it publicly, and the people are more noble than the emperor.

After saying that, the court was almost silent.

Li Wei said again: "When Qinling and I talk about wine twice, they are the heroes in the world, and only me and him. I am not talented, and I don't know a lot of heroes in the world, so I dare not accept this praise. But at least I am not stupid now, and I still want to do something. But you can't mislead me to become stupid."

It has a very meaningful statement. It is a very modest statement on the surface, but it is actually very proud. On Qinling's great talent and strategy, the monarch and minister of the Tang Dynasty have already agreed to this fact. Such a person said that only Li Wei and Lun Qinling, the heroes in the world, were willing to move nearly 300,000 soldiers to encircle and kill Li Wei. How much do they value Li Wei?

But have you mentioned Pei Yan?

"As the prince, I have traveled to many places and seen many people. I have been in the founding of the country for decades, but there are still many people who have lived a very hard life. Some of them cannot even eat enough. In the cold winter, they only wore a thin piece of clothing, and sometimes they could freeze to death. I can't bear it. Look at what I wear, the food I have entered, the palace I live in, and the palace maids I use. The soldiers of the border have been stationed in the border for several years, often fighting bloody battles and having to endure the suffering of separation of their wives and children. But they don't even have a salary, and some families are still living a miserable life in the rear. I can't bear it. If it weren't for the order of this magnanimity, I would have wished that I could have cut half of the expenses of the Eastern Palace, and released all the maids in the palace and the inner palace home, and reunite with the family."

The three unbearable hearts finally moved many ministers.

Li Yiyan took the lead and cried, "Your Majesty, don't blame yourself. You have done a good job. The emperor of the ages, and only about benevolence and loving the people, few people can match."

While crying, he said, "For several years, I have been listening to the public's discussions, saying that Your Majesty is a good prince and a prince Ren. Finally, I saw Your Majesty grow up, both civil and military, and still has a pure heart to the people. This is God's pampering of my Tang Dynasty and will make the Tang Dynasty prosperous for thousands of years."

Not only Li Yiyan, Di Renjie, Zhu Jingze and others also raised their sleeves and shed tears.

Pei Yan was speechless. As Li Wei said, benevolence reached the extreme, but instead was a kind of sternness.

Li Wei brushed his sleeve and said, "Sanchao."

The ministers withdrew one after another with their own thoughts.

Some were worried, while others were smiling. Especially Liu Rengui, looking at Pei Yan, his face full of joy, didn’t he want to make things difficult for the emperor, but instead made the emperor say a word, which won the hearts of many ministers.

Pei Yan groaned, turned his head and left, ignoring him.

...

With a simple convenience, the travel speed is very fast, and you will leave Luoyang on the third day.

Wu Chengsi came to Wu Sansi's mansion, and Wu Sansi came out in a big way: "Brother, why did you come here in person?

"Third brother, the emperor is going to patrol Henan Road."

"I heard about it."

"Do you want it..."

"I wonder how many days the emperor inspected?"

"I don't know, he didn't say it."

"Let me think about it again," Wu Sansi welcomed Wu Chengsi to the mansion, sat down, and asked the servant to pour tea, and said, "A lot of things happened in the court, and I have heard of it. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have a different relationship. In this case, it is not easy to do it first."

"Third brother, you're right, no wonder the emperor is going on a tour at this time."

"There are probably other reasons for going on a patrol, but whether the emperor will go on a patrol at this time will not have a great impact on the emperor."

"Then the third brother, the queen mother and the emperor last..."

"Brother, don't think optimistic or pessimistic. They are fighting now, but they are competing with each other. This means that the emperor is still thinking about filial piety, and the empress dowager still has a loving mother's heart. The dispute between Liu Rengui and Pei Yan and others will not have a big impact. These two are both wise people, not King Yong, and others will not easily affect their minds."

"Third brother, I'm enlightened when you say this. Thank you."

"We are cousins ​​of the direct line. We prosper and all the same. Why do we say thank you for your dislike? Drink tea and let me think about it again."

Wu Chengsi took a sip of tea, and Wu Sansi said again: "The situation is not very clear, so we cannot express our opinions. But the emperor is very fond of his wives and concubines."

"That's the case."

"Then they will definitely take them out."

"About."

"Then let's give advice."

"I think so too. After having a status to go on tour, the concubines in the East Palace also have the face."

Wu Sansi smiled and pulled Wu Youji and other cousins, and more than a dozen Wushus rushed to Tianjin Bridge. Just after crossing Tianjin Bridge, a young man walked out of Sifang Pavilion. He was wearing a Tang Dynasty uniform and had a blond hair scattered on his shoulders like a pair of blonde hair. With the wind, his hair and skirt fluttered. He took small steps, and each step was even and orderly. Even when those families of the Tang Dynasty were traveling, their posture was graceful and even inferior.
Chapter completed!