Man Tanghong

Chapter 840 Prime Ministers Who Can’t Count With One Hand

Li Gang began to delegate power to Chen Shuda in the middle of the year. Li Yuanji guessed that one day he would beg for bones, and then retire after being successful and achieve Wencheng's highest achievement.

Just didn't expect it so fast.

Even a little anxious.

Logically speaking, if Li Gang wants to retire after success, he must at least do two things, that is, put his successor on the horse, and then help him out.

But now Li Gang has not helped Chen Shuda to the horse, let alone help.

Is Li Gang in a hurry to leave now?

If it is said that Li Gang is greedy for power and loves power, he wants to leave a way for himself to recover, and he also wants to have a deeper influence in Datang, and he does not want Chen Shuda to get in touch with the core power too early.

Then it doesn't make sense at all.

First of all, Li Gang is not a person who is greedy for power and power. Secondly, even without Li Gang's help, Chen Shuda still stands at the center of power and controls the most core power.

Therefore, whether Li Gang helped Chen Shuda get on the horse or not, whether he helped Chen Shuda or not, did not affect Chen Shuda's power.

So Li Gang begged in such a hurry, it was really puzzling.

"Did Mr. Li encounter anything unusual these days?"

Li Yuanji stared at Chen Shuda full of doubts and asked questions.

Chen Shuda thought about it seriously for a while, then shook his head blankly.

Li Yuanji was even more puzzled and said, "Then why is Mr. Li so anxious to go?"

With Li Gang's influence in Datang, as well as the official reputation and reputation he has accumulated over the years, if he didn't take the initiative to ask for it, no one would make irresponsible remarks even if he depended on the position of prime minister to death.

So if there is no scruples and no threats, Li Gang doesn't have to beg in such a hurry.

And in the entire Tang Dynasty, the two fingers that can threaten Li Gang can be counted.

One of them is him, and the other is Li Yuan.

He never had the intention of harming Li Gang, and Li Yuan would not attack Li Gang, an important minister who was about to retire, so where did Li Gang's scruples and threats come from?

When Chen Shuda heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Return to Your Highness, Li Gong's request this time is not as complicated as you think. Li Gong is purely to make room for Ren Gui."

Ren Gui's age is only a little older than Chen Shuda's, and his official rank is not as high as Chen Shuda's.

Chen Shuda called him by his first name, there was no such thing as disrespect, and calling him Ren Gong was considered a three-point respect for him.

However, Li Yuanji knew very well that Chen Shuda's respect for Ren Gui came more from him.

If Ren Gui wasn't from his hidden residence and didn't have much to do with him, then Chen Shuda couldn't respect Ren Gui.

Not to mention that Ren Gui's current rank is not as good as Chen Shuda's, even if he catches up with Chen Shuda, he will be half a head shorter in front of Chen Shuda.

After all, Chen Shuda was already the prime minister when Ren Gui was the appeasement ambassador of Henan Province. When Ren Gui was promoted to the prime minister, Chen Shuda would have to add the titles of Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao.

Although there will not be much improvement in official rank, it is clear at a glance which is cheap and which is expensive.

In addition, even if they are both prime ministers, there is a distinction between high and low.

For example, the current prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is headed by Li Gang, and Chen Shuda is at the bottom.

Therefore, when discussing matters in the court, Chen Shuda always took Li Gang as the leader and followed Li Gang as the leader.

Unless his ideas are different from Li Gang's, or there is some conflict with Li Gang, he will never sing against Li Gang in public.

After Li Gang begs for the bones and resigns from the position of prime minister, Xiao Yu will inevitably go one step further to take over Li Gang's position, and Chen Shuda will go one step further and take over Xiao Yu's position.

When Ren Gui entered the three provinces, he would only take over Chen Shuda's position and become the last among the prime ministers, instead of standing on the heads of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda and directly taking over Li Gang's position.

Therefore, even if Ren Gui entered the three provinces and became prime minister, he would still be inferior to Chen Shuda.

Chen Shuda called him a public servant, which really gave him face.

If he called him by his first name, he couldn't do anything to him, he had to respond politely on the surface.

"You mean, Li Gong asked to go to make room for Ren Gui?"

Li Yuanji looked surprised.

What Chen Shuda said was beyond his expectation.

After others become the prime minister, they wish to stay in the position of prime minister for the rest of their lives, and they will sit there until they die.

Fortunately, Li Gang not only delegated power to Chen Shuda in advance, but also tactfully made room for Ren Gui in advance.

This kind of integrity of not being greedy for power and power is not comparable to ordinary people.

More importantly, he originally meant to let Ren Gui, Ma Zhou and others get ahead as soon as possible and enter the three provinces as soon as possible. Li Gang can see this meaning and give up decisively, which is very good for him and very interesting.

This made him a little embarrassed.

After all, he was ready to fight openly and secretly with the existing San Zai and important ministers like Pei Ju in order to help Ren Gui, Ma Zhou and others to the top.

Unexpectedly, they didn't make any stumbling blocks, and just handed over the power so happily.

On the contrary, it seems that he judges the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"That's right, Mr. Li is making way for Mr. Ren Gui, and Mr. Pei also intends to support Ma Zhou, but Ma Zhou's qualifications are too low. Even if Mr. Pei makes way for Mr. Pei, he may not be able to secure Mr. Pei's position." s position.

Therefore, what Pei Gong meant was to let someone else from His Royal Highness take over his position first, sit in his position for a few years, wait until Ma Zhou has enough qualifications, and then let Ma Zhou take over. "

Chen Shuda said it openly.

It can be seen that neither Li Gang nor Pei Ju, in terms of cultivating and selecting heirs, neither kept secrets nor engaged in any conspiracy. Instead, they all spoke out their thoughts openly.

For everyone to refer to, for everyone to discuss.

Such a selfless approach is really touching.

If all the prime ministers after the Tang Dynasty were like this, then the Tang Dynasty would have nothing to worry about since then.

However, Li Yuanji also knew that this was impossible.

There are not many people like Li Gang who are still upright and selfless after sitting in a high position.

There are even fewer people who can get into the center and get into the position of Zaifu.

Looking at the history books, such Zaifu can be counted on one hand.

And such Zaifu almost all came out of troubled times.

Now that the troubled times are over, even if someone is upright and selfless, it will be difficult for him to take the position of Zaifu again.

After all, without the blessing of troubled times, it would be extremely difficult for an upright, impartial and selfless person to go from being a small official to a great official in the border, let alone being a prime minister.

After the end of the troubled times, there is no blessing of eclectic downgrading of talents, nor of exceptional recruitment and promotion.

It is difficult for an upright, impartial and selfless person to get along smoothly in an officialdom where more than half of it is gray.

There are superiors to support, or big bosses to appreciate, and it is impossible to appreciate you.

After all, whether it's a Shangguan or a boss, they support you only to let you help him.

You are upright, impartial and selfless, if you don’t know how to help others, why should they support you?

If there are promotions, or quotas for meritorious service, they will definitely be used first by those officials who are willing to help them.

In addition, there are a lot of second-generation and third-generation people with backgrounds who are gilded around you, and good things will never happen to you.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for an upright, impartial and selfless person to get into the position of the prime minister after the troubled times are over.

Therefore, Li Gang is the only prime minister in the Tang Dynasty who is upright and selfless.

Now if you want to beg for bones, you have to make arrangements for three requests and three speeches.

After the work is over, you have to add a Sangong, so that all officials in the government and the opposition, and all the people in the world respect them.

Whatever request he has, as long as it is not too much, he can agree.

As for Pei Ju.

He wanted to make way for his successors, but Li Gang had a different idea.

He is not a man of integrity, nor does he have a belief in impartiality.

It is very likely that he wants to take advantage of Li Gang's shareholder style to seek greater benefits for himself.

He knew very well that at his age, he could no longer stay in the three provinces. If he wanted to obtain the greatest honor after leaving the three provinces and seek greater blessings for his descendants, he had to rely on Li Gang as a shareholder. , come and retire.

If Li Gang was added as a third prince, and his descendants were shaded, then he, who retired with Li Gang, would inevitably be added as a third prince and be shaded to his descendants.

Although the idea is more utilitarian, it is harmless to Datang.

And from the obvious point of view, what he did was the same as Li Gang, so there is no reason for you to only reward Li Gang and not others.

You can't think that people are not as pure as Li Gang, so you don't give them anything.

In that case, the ruling and opposition parties, and even the common people will complain for others.

This is an upright conspiracy.

All you can do is talk about your deeds regardless of your heart.

In fact, in many cases, a conspiracy is better than a conspiracy. Compared with a conspiracy that hides its head and reveals its tail, once it is discovered, it may fall apart. Yangmou does not need to hide, and it is more difficult to solve, and sometimes it is even unsolvable.

Although Pei Ju's conspiracy cannot be said to be unsolvable, there is no need to solve it.

Giving Pei Ju and Li Gang the same treatment is not harmful to Datang, but has certain benefits.

Things like settling accounts after autumn, bleak old age, and people leaving tea to cool off are the most worrying things for the important ministers, and they are also the reason why the important ministers are unwilling to let go of their power.

If the Tang Dynasty can treat the important officials who have resigned generously, the important officials will no longer have to worry about people leaving the tea, settling accounts after autumn, and being miserable in their old age.

At that time, the greed for authority will not be so strong.

Of course, compared to the greed of the human heart, this approach seems a bit insignificant.

But it's better to have a mitigation than to have no mitigation.

"Li Gong and Pei Gong are really... Datang's humerus."

Li Yuanji smiled wryly, feeling sincerely.

Chen Shuda said with a cheerful smile: "It seems that His Highness is ready to agree to Li Gong and Pei Gong's invitation?"

Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation.

People begging for bones are dignified.

He promised and could promise in a dignified manner, there is no need to hide it.

Hiding and hiding instead falls into the following term.

　Thanks to 'Xuanyuan Huowu' for rewarding two thousand book coins!
　　
　
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