Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 251 Chapter 259: Battle of the officials (the author recommends chapters, take a look)

Li Hao came out slowly, saluted with a feather fan in his hand, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty, I think that there shouldn't be any suzerain country in this world."

The audience was silent for a moment, and one could almost hear the sound of disordered breathing. Li Hao was so speechless that he couldn't stop talking. All the ministers looked at Li Hao in shock, and wanted to know what was going on in Li Hao's mind.

Li Shimin frowned slowly, and his expression was not very good. Although Fang Xuanling had told Li Shimin about Li Hao's point of view, Li Shimin didn't care much about it at the beginning. He didn't expect Li Hao to say this sentence here today, that is to say Khan has been doing wrong all this day, how can he be happy?

Just as Li Shimin wanted to question Li Hao, Zhongshu ordered Cen Wenwen to come forward and said: "Your Majesty, Li Hao, Minister of the Scientific Research Temple, is young and ignorant, and it may be difficult for him to participate in government affairs. I request Your Majesty to deprive him of the right to participate in government affairs."

"Senior!" Kong Yingda hurriedly seconded.

"The minister also seconded the proposal!" Chu Suiliang came out.

"The minister also seconded the proposal!" Xiao Yu came out.

"The minister also seconded the proposal!" Yu Zhining came out.

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Nine out of ten civil servants present all supported the proposal, requesting that Li Hao be deprived of the right to participate in political affairs, but Li Hao did not change his face, and lightly shook his feather fan, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Li Shimin also almost doubted Li Hao's ability, but he still said: "Since the poet made such a statement, there must be a reason, and the poet, please tell me your reason."

"Observe the order." Li Hao saluted respectfully, turned to face the ministers who opposed him, held a feather fan and bowed to them, and said slowly: "Seniors, do you dare to debate this matter with the boy?"

"Why don't you dare!" Kong Yingda was the most excited, staring proudly and said, "Arguing with you, why do you need so many people, this old man is enough!"

"Don't talk too much first." Li Hao said with a smile on his face, like a spring breeze, "My boy, first of all, I have to ask all the seniors, what are the benefits of being the suzerain of Fanbang?"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard the words. Li Hao asked a very good question. It's very real. The so-called no profit is too early. As the king of a country, when dealing with state affairs, he should put the country's interests first. Only in this way can a country become stronger. .

"Naturally, there are benefits!" Kong Yingda said loudly, "Fan Bang becomes a vassal, and our Tang Dynasty will become famous all over the world, and Fan Bang will pay tribute, and our Datang treasury will reap a lot of money every year."

"Hehe." Li Hao shook his head and sneered, "Old Master, I'm afraid you're still living in a dream."

"What did you say!" Kong Yingda was furious when he heard the words.

Li Hao dared to ridicule him so much in the hall, how could he not be angry, just wanted to let the abbot Li Shimin be fair, but he heard Li Hao say: "It is true that Fanbang pays tribute every year, but my Tang Dynasty also pays tribute every time, old master, you every time I am obsessed with the way of saints every day and stay away from the things of Adu. I probably don’t know it. Every time my Datang returns gifts, it is more than twice that of Fanbang. That is to say, our Datang actually distributes money to these people every year. It belongs to the country of Fanbang, and our Tang Dynasty only got the false name of Fanbang's tribute."

Kong Yingda was taken aback when he heard the words. He knew that Li Hao was telling the truth. He also knew a thing or two about this matter. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it. In his opinion, the Tang Dynasty is strong, so it's just a little more courtesy. There is nothing wrong with gaining a good reputation. This is a typical example of wanting face and suffering.

Li Hao paced back and forth slowly, shaking his feather fan lightly, and said leisurely: "The money in return comes from the treasury, where the money from the treasury comes from, it all comes from the common people, and where does the common people's money come from? They are all dug out bit by bit from the ground, old master, have you ever planted the ground?"

Kong Yingda's face was a bit ugly. He has been living comfortably since he was a child, farming?Do not make jokes.

Li Hao shook his head and sighed softly: "The ordinary people have to suffer so much every year for one bite of food, but the fruits of their labor are generously donated to Fanbang to feed those barbarians in Fanbang. If you are lucky, Fanbang is obedient, so it is okay , I’m not lucky, when I meet people like Gaochang, like Tuyuhun under Fu Yun’s rule, they still want to use swords to kill the people of my Tang Dynasty, old master, teach me, what’s the reason for this?”

Li Hao's words are very straightforward, similar to those of ordinary people who are illiterate, but the truth in them is so deafening that even Li Shimin can't help being shocked. All of them were moved, the truth Li Hao said was so simple, but they never thought about it.

Kong Yingda was speechless and dumbstruck by Li Hao's words. He only knew what is the way of a gentleman and what is the style of a great country, but he didn't know how hard it is for ordinary people to farm and what kind of life the people in the frontier are living. day.

Chu Suiliang pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "Maybe Li County Hou Fangcai's words may have some truth, but after all, there are not many Tuyuhuns under the rule of Gaochang and Fu Yun. Thousands of miles of territory, dominating the universe, and some small countries invade, it is nothing to do, my name of Tang's benevolence and righteousness has spread to all countries outside the region, and my reputation is all over the world, so all nations will respect me and dare not invade."

"Oh? Is that so?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Then why do you need tens of thousands of border guards? Just withdraw all the border guards. The matter of defending the country is up to you, you go to persuade Those barbarians, use the sage's principles to influence them, see if they listen, if any country invades next time, we don't need to send troops, let Master Chu persuade the enemy to retreat, how about it?"

"You..." Chu Suiliang was speechless at Li Hao's words.

All the ministers were stunned when they heard the words. Li Hao's words seemed to be nonsense, but there was hidden truth everywhere, and the logic was clear, without flaws, and it was seamless.

Li Shimin on the high seat has been listening attentively to Li Hao's remarks. Hearing this, he suddenly felt that Li Hao's words were very practical and helpful for governing the country.

Chu Suiliang lost his temper, and Cen Wenwen suddenly said: "Mr. Li County, our Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette, so don't mess around."

Li Haoping spread out his feather fan and asked with a smile on his face: "Dare to ask Prime Minister Cen, when did I become so nonsense? Are there any deficiencies in my remarks? If so, please point them out."

Cen Wenwen didn't speak. Obviously, he couldn't find any loopholes in Li Hao's remarks, and Li Hao's remarks did not have any loopholes. In this era of the jungle, talking about etiquette and benevolence with those barbarians is a foolish thing to do. On the contrary, the minister was so proud that he couldn't bear to look directly at him.

Seeing that Cen Wenwen didn't speak, Li Hao suddenly looked down, and said loudly: "Let me tell you, what is the state of etiquette? The state of etiquette is a shackle. It is a shackle that we Han people put on for ourselves. After crowning the title of the state of etiquette, in order to keep this title, we must follow the etiquette everywhere, follow the way of a gentleman and the way of a sage, but those foreign barbarians don’t abide by it, they like to use swords to solve problems, so they You can unscrupulously harass the people of our Tang Dynasty, but our Tang Dynasty must take into account the reputation of the state of etiquette, and the state of etiquette that you have always been proud of is a big joke in the eyes of the barbarians!"

As soon as Li Hao's words came out, the three views of Li Shimin and the court officials were completely overturned. Everyone was dumbfounded and shocked by Li Hao's shocking words.

(End of this chapter)