Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 379 Shi Potian is shocked, the emperor wants to abdicate

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Ganer, what's going on? Shouldn't you explain it?"

Li Chengqian hurriedly came out, cupped his hands and said, "Father, during the time you have been away, the boy has conquered the Western Turks, Tubo and Tuyuhun. Now these places are all the territory of our Tang Dynasty."

"what?"

Li Shimin was taken aback.

Taking down Tuyuhun is nothing to brag about.After all, this is just a palm-sized country.

But take down Western Turks and Tubo.That would be so shocking.

The most important thing is, you have done all these things, so what are you still doing?
Li Shimin had already thought about it, and when he came back this time, he would hand over the throne to Li Chengqian.

Then, he took Cheng Chuli to fight everywhere.Hammer all these countries around.

Li Shimin figured it out, ruling the country is really not his strong point, his strong point is going to the battlefield.

But now that you have defeated all these countries, I am still playing a fart, I don’t even have to play if I want to!
I just went to the island country for a tour.You took all these countries, what are you doing?
But no matter how depressed, Li Shimin can't scold others for such a great contribution, right?
If this is the case, it will be difficult for Li Shimin to leave Chang'an in the future.No one supervised the country for him!
He said very happily: "Okay, well done."

At this moment, even Cheng Chuli had to give Li Chengqian a high look.Give him a thumbs up.

Wei Zheng and the other ministers were anxious, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am digressing. I admit that the prince's foreign policy is indeed very good. But internally, he has done a mess! The current court People are still panicking and complaining!"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian again and asked, "Ganer, what did you do to be jealous? Get to the point."

Li Chengqian said: "Father, internally, the child has captured Yin Hongzhi who colluded with Western Turks and Tubo, as well as Yuwen Shi and Hehou Junji. They colluded with Western Turks and Tubo, and they tried to do something against me. Except Except for Hou Junji, the other two were pushed to Caishikou by me and beheaded."

"Also, after the father left, the boy vigorously investigated corruption. A total of 120 corrupt officials were found. The evidence is convincing. Now they are locked in prison, waiting for the father to find out."

"In addition, I held the imperial examination and selected more than 600 Jinshi. All of them are from poor families. Now more than 100 have been arranged to take office, basically replacing those corrupt officials. They have done a good job. There are currently no Corruption has occurred. The remaining more than 400 people, please arrange for the emperor himself."

There are more than 400 Jinshi who have not been arranged?Li Shimin's eyes lit up immediately.

The officials of the island country are all over the place!
Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Master Wei, is this the smog and complaints you mentioned?"

Wei Zheng's face turned dark immediately.

This Li Shimin, he doesn't follow the rules!

Follow the normal routine.The better the crown prince does and the greater his achievements, shouldn't the emperor be more afraid?

Li Chengqian said: "Father, the officials of Yushitai, except for Mr. Wei Zheng, who are not corrupt and disciplined, have all been assigned to other posts by me. The rest of Mr. Wei Zheng is a close minister of the father. The child did not touch him." , please arrange it personally."

"what?"

Li Shimin opened his mouth wide in shock, and couldn't help asking: "You revoked Yushitai."

Li Chengqian cupped his hands, and said confidently: "Yes, there is absolutely no need for this department to exist. All the officials in the court are doing what they call rumors.

Other departments are doing other things, so this department must be withdrawn.From now on, our Tang Dynasty will not support idlers. "

Wei Zheng was so angry that his nose turned crooked.

"Prince, you mean that the old minister is an idler."

Li Chengqian looked at Wei Zheng and said: "Master Wei, please pay attention to your words. I am the eldest prince, not the crown prince. As for the question you raised, I can tell you clearly right now. There is nothing wrong, not only you are an idler, but the entire Yushi People in Taiwan are idlers. I am not targeting you, but this department."

Forehead?
Wei Zheng was dumbfounded.Why is this eldest prince more straightforward than me?
Wei Zheng was about to speak.

Li Shimin, who was sitting in the upper seat, yelled directly: "Okay. Master Wei, we are all old, and now it is the world of young people. I have to admit that the crown prince has done much better than me, so I decided to choose an auspicious day. Hand over the throne to the crown prince and officially announce your abdication."

gah...

The little ones were stunned.

Your Majesty, what did he say?
Is there something wrong with my ears?
This His Majesty is really amazing!

In the entire court, everyone was trembling with shock, is there any reason?

Li Tai was the first to react, looking at Li Chengqian playfully.

Li Chengqian also reacted, turned his head to look at Li Tai beside him, and asked in a low voice: "Senior brother, who is the crown prince that the emperor is talking about?"

Li Tai suppressed a smile and said, "Apart from you, brother, who else is there?"

Well, it's interesting for these two to talk now, they are all from the older generation.Subconsciously, I can't wait to praise the other party high.

When Li Chengqian heard it, he couldn't bear it anymore, and knelt down with a plop.

"Father, you absolutely must not! You are just young, how can you talk about abdicating the throne? You are young, and you can't afford a big job!"

How could Li Shimin give him a chance to refute, the reason why he raised it at this time.Just to make this matter real.

Before he came back, he was worried all the time, fearing that Li Chengqian would not do a good job. Now that he came back and asked about it, he felt relieved.

So he made a decisive decision.Get things down first.

There is no way, he gave up this opportunity, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait until he wanted to abdicate.

When Li Zhi grows up?Li Shimin's beard has turned white.

Li Shimin said: "I keep my word, how can I go back on my word? Chengqian, don't say it. Are you going to disobey your father's order?"

"This?"

Li Chengqian was about to cry.

Feel yourself, the future is bleak!

Will I be locked up in this palace from now on, reading memorials all day long, and fighting wits and courage with these ministers?Will your sister let people live?
Yes, I still have a teacher.

Li Chengqian quickly looked at Cheng Chuli.

"Teacher, say something!"

Cheng Chuli also has a big head!What can he say?He could have guessed this scene a long time ago.

But he thought that Li Shimin must have discussed it with Li Chengqian, and then found an opportunity to announce it.

Unexpectedly, he announced it in front of him, aren't you embarrassing me?
How dare Cheng Chuli look at Li Chengqian!Look up at the ceiling.

Well, the decoration of this Tai Chi Hall is really gorgeous.Cheng Chuli only discovered it today, and he really didn't have the chance to look at it seriously before.

Baiguan also reacted, knelt down quickly, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

Li Shimin said: "You don't need to talk too much, I will make a decision. The crown prince is very talented and intelligent. In the past three months of supervising the country, the territory of my Tang Dynasty has more than doubled. I am not as good as .For my Tang Dynasty to develop better, I must abdicate to make way for the virtuous."

What Li Shimin said was from his heart. In the past three months, what Li Chengqian did was beyond what Li Shimin could do.

He is really convinced.

Li Chengqian was really in a hurry, so he ran up to Cheng Chuli on his knees, and pulled his thigh: "Teacher, please say something!"

"this."

Cheng Chuli was speechless.

If Li Chengqian does this, he can't do without talking.

No matter how you say it, you are still an imposing prince, even kneeling in front of you like this.What else can you do?
Seeing that Cheng Chuli had no choice but to speak.Li Shimin quickly gave him wild winks.

It means you brat, don't worry about things you shouldn't care about, okay?
Cheng Chuli has a big head!
what can I do?I am also very disappointed!

"Cough cough cough..."

Cheng Chuli stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion that I want to talk about. Everyone come and listen to it. If you think it is feasible, then accept it. If you think it is not feasible, then treat it as if I didn't say it."

Li Shimin also knew that it was very difficult for Cheng Chuli to do it. If Li Chengqian begged him like this, it would be impossible for him not to speak.

So he nodded and said, "Okay! We are all ears."

Cheng Chuli said: "Since you all don't want to be emperor, then let's implement a rotation system! For example, every three to five years, the emperor takes turns sitting. But it must be the Li family."

"what?"

The little ones were stunned.

Many officials don't know what to say.

Your sister, if you said this kind of thing before, it would be a complete treason and beheaded!

This little guy actually speaks so confidently here.It's just scary!

If it was before, they would definitely stand up and spray Cheng Chuli into a dog's head, but now, none of them dare.

When Li Chengqian heard it, he was saved!Immediately, his eyes brightened, and he quickly asked, "How to make it in turns?"

Cheng Chuli said: "For example, Your Majesty and your brothers are candidates. Who will be the emperor in the end will be chosen by the officials and the common people.

We think that whoever is the emperor is better, and whoever has the ability to make us live a better life, we will vote for him.The person with the most votes in the end will be elected as the current emperor. "

I leaned heavily.How can you still do this?

This time, those officials were not calm at all. Haven't you heard of an emperor and a courtier?
If you do this, those of us who are courtiers, don't we have to take turns to change?

Didn't Li Chengqian replace half of the officials in the court after only three months in charge of the country?

Cheng Chuli continued: "That is to say, from now on, the emperor is just a job. Those who are capable will live there. This is the foundation of Datang's sustainable development.

Otherwise, no matter how capable you are as an emperor and how great a country you have conquered, as long as a foolish emperor comes up, you will be able to wipe out the country.This is the bloody lesson that history has taught us.Therefore, if Datang wants to last forever, it must implement this policy. "

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the words, there was absolutely nothing wrong with Cheng Chuli's words.What history has shown us is a bloody lesson.

Is our Qin Shihuang strong enough?The second generation died.

Are our big men strong enough?In the end, the country was completely defeated by those stupid kings.

If changes are not made, Datang will never be able to get out of this fate.

But those officials didn't think so. What those officials thought was that if they changed the emperor, they might die!

Let you change it every three to five years, how can we bear it?

Especially Wei Zheng, if he really did this, he would undoubtedly be the most dangerous.

Just because he can spray Li Shimin doesn't mean that any emperor will let him spray.

If Li Chengqian is in power, why don't you try spraying it?
Wei Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible! Doing this is against ethics, against the rules and regulations of the ancestors, and against the precepts of the ancestors. There will be no king or minister!"

Cheng Chuli said: "It's nonsense. Doing so would violate the ancestor's precepts. The old man is still alive now! Go ask the old man, which ancestor's precept said that you can't do this?

Another advantage of doing this is that it prevents the royal children from fighting each other in order to fight for the throne.Your Majesty, just because you don't want to be emperor now doesn't mean that your descendants don't want to be emperor.

If you don't do this, one day, your children and grandchildren will fight brothers and sisters for the sake of the throne and be beaten into dogs.This is also a bloody lesson that history has taught us. Shouldn't we be vigilant?Ladies and gentlemen, is this what you want to see? "

My goodness, this kid is getting more and more reasonable.The ministers couldn't bear it any longer, they all knelt down and shouted.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not! As the saying goes, one emperor has one courtier. In this case, who should we courtiers serve?"

They really want to say that we are afraid of death, but they really dare not say such words.

Cheng Chuli said: "What are these words? Let me tell you, as ministers, we are not serving a certain Majesty. We are serving our Great Tang and the people of our Great Tang.

Moreover, I also tell you that this system is not only applicable to the emperor.The same applies to civil and military officials.As long as this system is implemented, future officials will still be elected every three to five years.

Especially the top leaders of those departments must also be elected.Those who are not capable must abdicate and make way for the virtuous.Only in this way can we ensure better development of our Datang. "

Li Chengqian couldn't help it anymore, if he didn't support his teacher at this time, he would be in trouble.

He stood up and said: "That's right, I still say the same thing, in the future Tang Dynasty, the country will be ruled by law. Every position in the Tang Dynasty in the future, including the emperor, is just a job.

Everyone performs their duties and will have their own work.If you overstep, it is a crime.Don't worry, in the future Tang Dynasty, no one, including the emperor, will have the privilege to kill people at will.Yes, it's just a status superiority.

All of these will be recorded in the laws of our Tang Dynasty, and there are laws to follow.In the future Tang Dynasty, if anyone kills someone in a fit of anger, it will be considered that the other party is just a maidservant.Those will be punished by Datang law.This is the rule of law that I have been talking about. "

Those officials are very worried!That's what I said, but can it really be done?
If it can be done, they have no objection.

After all, according to the way it used to be, every day when I come to court, I feel like walking around the gate of hell every time.Be careful, there is a danger of being dragged out and hacked if you are not careful!
(End of this chapter)