Man Tanghong

Chapter 834 Take one step, see three steps

Li Yuanji picked up a pen and wrote a big word "OK" on Li Xiaogong's secret letter.

Li Xiaogong felt that the Boling Cui family could be the next target to be eradicated, and Li Yuanji also thought so.

Compared with the explanation given by Li Xiaogong in the letter, he thought of more.

Thanks to Zheng's rich family wealth, Li Yuanji also cared about Boling Cui's family wealth.

The Boling Cui family is more than twice as big as the Zheng family, so their family wealth is probably more than double that of the Zheng family.

As long as the Cui family of Boling is copied, there is a high probability that Luoyang's granary will be filled, and the national treasury will also be filled.

With so much money and food available, Datang could launch an attack on the Turks early without worrying about the issue of Dingkou. Linyi and other countries are not a problem either.

After all, when Datang had hundreds of thousands of money and food, he could brazenly march hundreds of thousands of troops to confront the Turks. After having millions of money and food, the scale of war that Datang could wage would be larger and sustainable. The time will also be longer.

With the current trend of Turkic splitting, it is impossible to stop Datang's attack.

The strength of Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Linyi, etc. is far inferior to that of the Turks, and they cannot withstand the devastation of the Tang Dynasty.

The only thing that is more troublesome is the Western Turks.

"Is Tang Jian back yet?"

Li Yuanji repacked Li Xiaogong's secret letter and put it in the mailbox, handed it to Liu Jun, and asked casually.

Liu Jun bowed and took the letter box over, nodded and said, "Shangshu Tang has returned, and he has been staying at the residence for the past few days."

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Call Tang Jian to the Tai Chi Hall to meet him."

The Jian Jia mentioned here refers to Wang Jia, not Sheng Jia.

Li Yuanji hadn't thought about usurping the throne and becoming self-reliant.

However, Li Yuan seemed a little restless recently, planning something with Fu Yi, Pei Ji, and his two Yuanmou heroes who were no longer valued.

This was the news that Liu Jun heard, but Li Yuanji didn't care.

It is impossible for Li Yuan to rebel against himself, or release his two sons again, and watch the three sons kill each other, right?
Li Yuanji guessed that Li Yuan was probably planning to pass on the position of patriarch to him in a legitimate way.

When the heavens sent some strange words that day, it was probably the time when Li Yuan planned to launch.

It's too late to stop it when the time comes.

Anyway, if the cow doesn't drink water, can you press the cow's head by force?

The reason why Liu Jun called Tang Jian the Tang Shangshu here is because Tang Jian has been promoted after several missions and lobbying meritorious service, and now he is the official worship minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Although inferior to Chen Shuda, his status is almost equal to that of Wang Gui, and he has become a bigwig in the court.

An eunuch like Liu Jun naturally has to be respectful to others, otherwise he loses his etiquette, and Li Yuanji can't explain it to him when he cares about it.

In Datang, the relationship between those in power and important ministers is actually more like a cooperative relationship.

Although those in power have the absolute power of life and death, they still have to give the important ministers some face when they are not reduced to subordinates.

The matter of being insulted in court, being held accountable in court, and even shouting and beating and killing at every turn, did not fall on the heads of important ministers at all.

On the contrary, the important minister has a headache, and the person in power has to send someone to express condolences immediately, and send an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him.

During the holidays, a batch of rich rewards have to be given.

If the important minister loses his temper and plays his temper, if it is not a matter of life and death that affects the court situation, he has to give three points and give way.

Therefore, in Datang, important ministers were more like partners and shareholders of those in power, rather than subordinates or servants.

Of course, this is limited to the Wude Dynasty.

Historically, in the Zhenguan Dynasty and the Yonghui Dynasty, the Li family had completely stabilized the country, and after the Li family's emperor had completely grasped the power of the world, the relationship between the Li family's rulers and important ministers immediately changed.

The important ministers have changed from partners and shareholders to subordinates, and what's more, they have been directly reduced to slaves.

Therefore, the relationship between the person in power and the important ministers depends entirely on whether the country controlled by the person in power is stable and whether the power in his hands is concentrated.

When the country is not stable enough and the authority is not concentrated enough, those in power have to lower their stance to get along with the important officials. When the country becomes stable and the power becomes centralized, the person in power can override the important officials.

This has been the same in all dynasties.

Except for Yingzheng, who relied on the blessings of his ancestors to conquer the country, the remaining founding emperors, in the early days of the founding of the country, were like brothers to the important officials. Even if they had a relationship between superiors and subordinates, they would be called brothers. Or get along as brothers.

To do things on weekdays is to discuss with the important ministers.

Until the country under the buttocks is stable and the power in the hands is concentrated, it will gradually be distinguished from the important ministers and surpass the important ministers.

For example, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang came here like this.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Bang had no airs to get along with a group of important officials, drinking together, sleeping with beauties, bragging together, and fighting together.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang was also polite to Xu Da and other important officials.

It's just that Liu Bang and his wife were not stable in the country, and when the power was not concentrated, they began to turn against the important ministers. The final result was a crazy infighting, which weakened the national strength, and was finally ridden on the head by the Huns .

Lu Zhi, who is as noble as the mother of a country, can only pretend to be a snake when faced with Mao Dun Shanyu's molestation.

It wasn't until Liu Che ascended the throne and the Empire Shuangbi was born that he turned around.

In comparison, Zhu Yuanzhang is much more powerful. When Zhu Yuanzhang was not stable in the country and the power was not concentrated, he only attacked those whose status was not high enough, cut off the party members of all important officials, and faced the offense of important officials. .

It was not until the country was stabilized and the power was concentrated that the butcher's knife was raised against the important ministers.

However, in terms of cleverness, Li Tang's solution is the most brilliant. During Li Yuan's reign, he frantically wooed important ministers, while Li Shimin kept nurturing newcomers.

When the power was changing, Li Shimin easily used the newcomers trained by himself to sweep the old people into the garbage dump.

This neither caused too much fluctuation, nor did it wantonly massacre heroes.

Not only did he leave a good reputation, but he also solved the matter perfectly. More importantly, at the time of the alternation of power, there has not been a fault that no one can use.

Like Liu Bang and his wife, and Zhu Yuanzhang, it was because they were too ruthless, which caused their successors to fall into a dilemma where no one was available.

The Tang Dynasty is different. From Taizu to Gaozong, there have always been a lot of people available.

Therefore, facing important ministers, Datang's strategy is the best.

Closer to home.

Under the summons of the visitor sent by Liu Jun, Tang Jian soon arrived at the Taiji Hall.

Although Tang Jian has the title of Minister of Rites, he is a hard worker.

From the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, he spent most of his time away from home, and almost never spent much time in Chang'an City.

Now that he had just finished dealing with the rebellion against Liang Shidu's subordinates, he had just returned, and he had not rested for a few days before being summoned to the palace again.

Looking at Tang Jian's gray temples, Li Yuanji was filled with emotion, but even so, he needed to use it.

Who is called Datang? Tang Jian is such a super capable diplomat.

The other diplomats were either not as capable as Tang Jian, or hadn't matured yet, so Tang Jian could only suffer first.

"Minister Tang Jian, see Your Highness."

Tang Jian entered the Tai Chi Hall and saluted respectfully.

Li Yuanji nodded and signaled Tang Jian to find a place to sit. After Tang Jian sat down, he said with emotion: "I just found out today that Tang Qing's temples are completely white..."

Tang Jian was stunned for a moment, but couldn't find a mirror to prove what Li Yuanji said, so he couldn't help pulling a strand of hair from his sideburns, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Yes, I just found out..."

Li Yuanji sighed: "Tang Qing and I, Datang, have made great achievements through hard work."

As soon as these words came out, Tang Jian had an unnatural expression on his face.

Generally, the high-ranking person keeps consoling the low-ranking person, saying how hard the low-ranking person is, how hard he has worked so hard, and there is a [-]% chance that he will hand over some important task to the low-ranking person.

Li Yuanji was obviously not a person suitable for small talk, so he suddenly started small talk with Tang Jian, Tang Jian was not used to it.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji also realized that he was not suitable for small talk, and immediately said straight to the point: "I called you here today because I want you to work with Honglu Siqing to open up the road to Western Turks."

Tang Jian's expression softened when he heard this, and then he asked: "Your Highness means to send envoys to the Western Turks?"

The official nature of Datang to open up the road to a certain place is to go to a certain place and communicate with the other party.

As for the rest, that is unofficial.

Li Yuanji nodded.

Tang Jian questioned: "Why does Your Highness think of sending someone to the Western Turks? Tong Yehu Khan of the Western Turks seems unwilling to associate with my Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuanji pursed his lips and said with emotion: "If the mountain doesn't come, it's me, and I'll go to the mountain."

Tang Jian nodded thoughtfully, and continued to ask: "So why did Your Highness send an envoy to Western Turks?"

Li Yuanji didn't hide it either, and said frankly: "I am destined to fight in all directions after the Tang Dynasty, and the most threatening to my Tang Dynasty in the four directions are the East and West Turks.

Now the Eastern Turks are in civil strife, and the end of the civil strife is still controlled by my Tang Dynasty.

So after the failure of Jieli and Suni in East Turkic, both of them will suffer, our Tang Dynasty can easily pacify East Turkic.

So East Turkistan is not a threat to my Tang Dynasty.

But the West Turks are different. We know very little about the West Turks and have no contact with them.

Once we conquer the Eastern Turks, we will inevitably clash with the Western Turks.

At that time, if we don't understand the Western Turks, it will be difficult to defeat the Western Turks.

That's why I want to communicate with Western Turks, and I want to use this to understand Western Turks clearly. "

Know yourself and know your enemy, you will be victorious in all battles.

Li Yuanji believed that Tang Jian also understood this truth without him having to say it out loud.

(End of this chapter)