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Chapter 647 Chapter 665: Diversion of courtiers
Changsun Wuji turned his head to look at Li Hao when he heard the words, his face was not very good-looking, Li Hao ran out to say this at this time, obviously to embarrass himself, he frowned slightly, spread his hands and asked: "King Qiongnan seems to have high theory?"

"It's not high-level theory." Li Hao took a step forward, stood side by side with Changsun Wuji, and said loudly, "Although Sheng Guolan is young, she doesn't understand the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, but what she said just now is extremely powerful. It is reasonable, "Shangshu·Xian Yide" has a saying that officials are only virtuous, and left and right are judged by their own people. The eldest grandson and everyone present are all scholars who are full of knowledge, so why should a little girl teach this truth?"

Li Hao's words made Changsun Wuji blush, but Changsun Wuji was speechless. There was no way, the reason was not on his side. After all, it was a customary rule among officials to judge age and seniority. The rules themselves have no reason at all, but their selfishness is at work. Li Hao was suppressed by them when he was young, and no one supported Li Hao. Li Hao insisted on climbing up step by step with his monstrous credit. Now it is different. , Li Hao has already climbed to the top of the peak, looking down at the officials, he supports Di Renjie, who can use this completely unreasonable excuse to suppress Di Renjie, even the eldest grandson Wuji, it is useless, in a word, they don't take reason .

Li Hao stunned the eldest grandson Wuji with his words, and also reminded Li Shimin, Li Shimin suddenly stroked his beard, secretly blaming himself, just now he almost agreed with the elder grandson Wuji, those of the older generation are used to talking about age and seniority When talking about things, he always thinks that "you have no hair on your mouth, and you can't do things firmly." Although Li Shimin kept telling himself to appoint people on their merits, sometimes he was encouraged by a trustworthy person like Changsun Wuji, and temporarily forgot his principles , By the time I remembered it, it was already too late.

Li Shimin woke up now, and felt that what Li Hao said made sense, but he saw Changsun Wuji looking at him. After all, these two have been monarchs and ministers for many years, and they have a good relationship. Changsun Wuji was once his most trusted minister. If he supports Li Hao's statement now, it will inevitably chill Changsun Wuji's heart. Even if he is not chilled, Changsun Wuji may feel unhappy, so he had an idea and turned to look at the other branch of civil servants In the front row of the team, he said quietly: "Wei Zheng, you have always been the most fair. Now the poet and the auxiliary machine are holding their own opinions. Tell me, which of them is more reasonable?"

Li Shimin is so bad that he even kicked the ball to Wei Zheng. You can't cheat others just because Wei Zheng likes to offend them.

Wei Zheng was also very helpless, the ball was kicked, he had to catch it, so he took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that what Zhao Guogong and Qiongnan King said are all reasonable, it's just whose reason...more Just a few."

Li Shimin was slightly surprised when he heard the words, as expected, the older he got, the better Wei Zheng said, and he didn't offend people so much, so he asked: "Then, which of the two of them do you think is more reasonable? "

Wei Zhengdao: "Return to Your Majesty, King Qiongnan quoted scriptures to reason. If Zhao Guogong failed to quote the classics of sages to prove that the appointment of courtiers should be based on age and seniority, then King Qiongnan has more reason."

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng in surprise, he suddenly felt that he didn't know this old guy a little bit, why, because now Wei Zheng's words have become so smooth, he doesn't say who he supports, he only says whose words are closer to the principles of the sages, the implication, I didn't choose it, it was chosen by the sages. Is this still the upright Wei Zheng from before.

In fact, Wei Zheng has always been very smart, otherwise he would not have survived to this day. He just has a tough personality, and he is upright and likes to be positive. But since a few days ago, Wei Zheng has been invited by Qin Qiong and Li Ji Li Hao's Taibailou drank a bowl of black chicken soup with ginseng and wolfberry. After returning home, he found that he had changed. Irritated, he thought about his life experience at home, and then looked at Li Hao's deeds, and suddenly he was overwhelmed with embarrassment. He had worked hard all his life, offended countless ministers in the court, and repeatedly denounced Shengyan, so that now a friend of his No, and compared with Li Hao's own actions, it seems to be nothing worth mentioning. The most important thing is that Li Hao is only in his early thirties now.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. These words are really reasonable. Wei Zheng thought about it for three days at home, and finally realized: he is an admonisher, and he does not necessarily have to offend others when he makes admonitions. A sinner, why, because he is tactful, I don’t have to be as tactful as him, but there is no need to offend so many people, as long as I maintain an impartial and fair heart, the number one scale in the Tang Dynasty is still him.

Li Shimin was astonished for a moment, then regained his senses, nodded with his beard and said: "Well, what you said makes sense, then I will follow the sages' sayings, appoint people on their merits, and make Di Renjie the Minister of Dali Temple, and also make him the sixth-rank Shangzhaowu Xiaowei , do you have any objections?"

The ministers look at me and I look at you. They obviously have opinions, and their opinions have grown, but no one dares to say anything.

At this time, Ma Zhou, who had been silent all this time, suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, Di Renjie solved the major case of the Nanzhao envoy being poisoned and killed this time, resolved the misunderstanding between the two countries, and cleared up the grievances of the pillars of the country. To expand the territory and expand the territory, I just named him the Minister of Dali Temple, which I think is not enough."

All the ministers were furious when they heard the words, wishing to go up and strangle Ma Zhou to death, but Li Shimin stroked his beard seriously when he heard the words, and muttered, Dali Temple Minister is a third rank, although such a reward is not small, but Di Renjie's contribution this time is indeed too great Da, if this case cannot be found out, Li Hao is likely to be wronged and imprisoned. Datang will lose an amazingly talented humerus pillar, and Nanzhao may launch a war against Datang because of this. To fall into the flames of war again, the consequences are really unimaginable.

At this point, Li Shimin nodded and said: "Well, what Ma Qinghe said is right. If Di Renjie hadn't cracked the case and Li Hao was wronged, it is very likely that southern Xinjiang will fall into war, and the people will be tortured. Di Renjie can be said to have stopped fighting invisible , the credit is indispensable, the credit is indispensable!"

Li Hao did not avoid suspicion when he heard the words, and directly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, I think Di Huaiying's title should be mentioned, otherwise it will be difficult for him to be worthy of his position as Minister of Dali Temple."

Li Shimin thought for a while, and said: "Okay, then Jin Di Renjie will be the county uncle of Xianyang, add food to three hundred households, reward three hundred acres of fertile land, a thousand taels of gold, and a thousand horses of silk..."

Di Renjie did not expect that his title would be promoted from the lowest male in Xianyang County to uncle in Xianyang County all at once, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to thank him: "Thank you, Lord Long En!"

"Don't be so busy thanking you!" Li Shimin was in a good mood when he saw Di Renjie, as if he saw Li Hao back then, and he said with a smile, "Since Sheng Guolan asked you to send her back to Nanzhao by name, then you and Li Hao will have a hard time. , let’s go to Nanzhao.”

"Ah!" Li Hao exclaimed when he heard the words. He never expected that he would still go to Nanzhao, and his wishful thinking was completely in vain.

Li Shimin looked at Li Hao with a frown, and shouted: "Above the main hall, what's the name of the ghost!"

Li Hao smacked his lips helplessly, bowed his head and cupped his hands dejectedly: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I have lost my composure."

Li Shimin glared at Li Hao, then turned his head to look at Di Renjie, and asked, "Huaiying, you go to Nanzhao first, and then come back to take over as Minister of Dali Temple, do you have any objections?"

Di Renjie glanced at Sheng Guolan, Sheng Guolan smiled sweetly at him, Di Renjie also smiled indifferently, cupped his hands and said: "I have no objection."

"Okay." Li Shimin slapped his thigh happily when he heard the words, and said, "Then we will designate Li Hao as the envoy of Nanzhao, lead five thousand elite soldiers, go to Nanzhao with the letter of credence, and explain in detail to the king of Nanzhao that the envoy of Nanzhao was poisoned. To resolve the misunderstanding between the two countries, Di Renjie is the deputy envoy."

Di Renjie and Li Hao saluted at the same time: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin said again: "Sun Fujia, you can sit in the Dali Temple position for a few more months, and when Di Renjie comes back from Nanzhao, you can resign, how about it?"

"The minister obeys the order."

The court meeting has come to an end here. Looking at the sky, it is almost noon. Due to the arrival of Li Hao, the grain output of the Tang Dynasty and the living habits of the people have been affected. Now Chang'an and even the entire Guanzhong have changed their eating habits. There are three meals a day, and the meal time is about the same as in the future world. Anyway, there is nothing important to discuss. Li Shimin didn't want to delay everyone's meal, so he announced the dispersal of the court.

All the ministers left Liangyi Hall one after another and walked outside the Taiji Palace. When they left the palace, the ministers consciously lined up in two long lines.

There used to be two teams, but it used to be a team of civil servants and a team of military officials, but now it is different, but Li Hao leads a team, and Changsun Wuji leads a team. There is a clear distinction, and these two teams also represent There are almost no neutral figures in the two torrents of the Great Tang Dynasty Hall. Even Wei Zheng, who has always been impartial, chose to stand in Li Hao's team. Maybe he just walked casually, maybe he really supported Li Hao, no one knows What is he thinking.

Although Li Hao's team is not as big as Changsun Wuji's, almost everyone is an important figure in the court. Qing Di Renjie, Li Daozong, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang and a series of veteran military generals, as well as some civil servants from Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, these civil servants are followers of Wei Zheng and Ma Zhou. Wherever Ma Zhou and Wei Zheng stand, they will naturally stand Well, besides, there are some upright civil servants in the court. They still highly respect Li Hao. After all, Li Hao has made countless contributions to the country and the people over the years. Hao is a rare virtuous minister.

(End of this chapter)