Man Tanghong

Chapter 841 Yangmou is better than conspiracy

"However, the promise is the promise, and the honor of a promise is indispensable."

Li Yuanji looked at Chen Shuda and warned him seriously.

Chen Shuda nodded with a smile: "I understand, I will ask the Ministry of Rites to help manage it."

This incident is also a good thing for Chen Shuda.

Li Gang and Pei Ju didn't give way, how could he take the position?
Li Gang and Pei Ju were treated kindly after they retired, and he will also be treated kindly after his retirement.

It's as if Li Gang and Pei Ju have helped him find out the way, he doesn't need to go through ups and downs, and he doesn't need to worry about any obstacles ahead, he just needs to walk on with peace of mind.

Therefore, he will not feel sad for Li Gang and Pei Ju's retirement, and feel sad when the rabbit dies and the fox, but will feel happy, happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Since Li Gong has given up his seat, let Ren Gui pass the decree and ask him to hand over the matter at hand to Pei Gong."

Li Yuanji ordered with a smile.

Pei Ju ran to Yuezhou in just a few years, which means that Pei Ju had already discussed with Li Gang.

Li Gang retired, Ren Gui settled in the three provinces, and he, Pei Ju, succeeded Ren Gui in charge of rice promotion.

Although the promotion of rice has achieved initial results, and there is already the possibility of large-scale promotion, but whether it can be promoted smoothly and whether officials in various places can be obedient, we still have to send people to watch.

When Ren Gui left, someone had to replace him, and this person's status not only couldn't be lower than Ren Gui's, but had to be higher than Ren Gui's.

If it is low, it is easy for people to gossip, saying that they are here to grab credit.

Ren Gui probably also had this idea in her heart.

If he is taller, there will be no such argument, and Ren Gui will not have the idea that others are here to take credit for him.

After all, an old man who is already a very respectable minister has nowhere to go, so what's the use of taking credit from you?
Moreover, there is an old man in his 70s who came to help you watch the scene and finish it when you were promoted. Can you say that he is here to take credit for you?

you can not.

You have to thank others for their support, thank them for valuing the fruits of your labor, and come down to help you see the scene and finish it for you.

If this kind of thing is spread, it will only be said that the important ministers in the court care about the people's livelihood, care about the subordinates, and when the subordinates are promoted, they will personally help the subordinates to manage major matters related to the people's livelihood.

Therefore, if Pei Ju accepts Ren Gui's job, it will only be spread as a good story, not something that is just a joke.

As for letting Pei Ju accept Ren Gui's job, but not in a hurry to call Ren Gui back, there is another consideration.

Li Gang plans to retire after success, and his attitude is also very firm.

But they haven't withdrawn yet, and haven't gone through the process of three requests and three resignations.

Calling Ren Gui back rashly is not forcing him to step down.

It's one thing for people to step down by themselves, but it's another thing to be forced to step down by you.

People's status and prestige are on the table. If you step down and you are forced to step down, then a good thing will become a bad thing.

He will be criticized by civil and military people and cast aside by scholars.

So definitely can't do it.

Even if a new prime minister is not promoted for a long time after Li Gang steps down, he cannot embarrass Li Gang by getting new candidates back before he steps down.

Chen Shuda is very clear about the doorway here, so after hearing Li Yuanji's order, his smile became brighter, "I obey..."

Li Yuanji smiled again and said, "If I'm not wrong, Mr. Pei didn't go to Yuezhou alone, did he bring Ma Zhou?"

Since Pei Ju has decided to help Ma Zhou get on the horse, he won't just talk about it.

Even if he couldn't help Ma Zhou to come to power when he was in power, he would try his best to help Ma Zhou strengthen his background during his reign and lay a solid foundation for him to come to power in the future.

The promotion of rice can be said to be a major event related to the people's livelihood, and it is also a great contribution.

Although Ren Gui won the first prize, there are still a lot of credits to be reaped.

For example, expanding the existing paddy fields, systematically promoting rice, finding ways to increase rice production, and finding ways to double the grain production in Yuezhou, and even the entire south of the river, are all great contributions.

If you complete any one, you can take it to the court to show off.

So after Ma Zhou went to Yuezhou, as long as he completed any of these, it would no longer be a problem for him to be a general or a prime minister.

As for whether Ma Zhou would make mistakes halfway through and fail to enter the three provinces, that's not something Pei Ju should consider.

What should be considered for you, what should be given to you, I have considered it for you and given it to you. If you don’t live up to yourself, then you can’t blame anyone.

Anyway, what Pei Ju wants to get from it is the reputation of supporting the younger generation, cultivating talents for the Great Tang, and devoting himself to the Great Tang.

Accumulate reputation for him and the Pei family, and accumulate rich political resources for his descendants.

As long as Ma Zhou doesn't make mistakes in Yuezhou, it doesn't matter to him whether he can become a general or not.

When Chen Shuda heard this, he laughed and said, "Your Highness is indeed wise..."

Li Yuanji smiled unceremoniously: "It's not that I'm wise, it's that our Duke Pei wants too much."

Chen Shuda smiled and asked, "Will His Highness stop it?"

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "Why should I stop it?"

This is not bad for Datang or him.

On the contrary, there are certain benefits.

If the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were so agile when handing over power in the future, they would hand it over to those who are optimistic about the power holders and those who want to support them.

Then after the Tang Dynasty, there will be no such thing as the emperor and the courtiers.

The important ministers no longer have to frantically fight for power and position.

Datang used enough strength to show his muscles to all places in the world.

This is exactly what he wants.

However, he is not so naive.

Knowing that this kind of thing cannot become a routine, it can only be regarded as a special case.

Han people are smart and like to use their brains.

The difficulties encountered will not be solved step by step, but will try their best to solve them.

Conspiracies, conspiracy, all kinds of tricks emerge in endlessly.

This has caused various challenges to the rules established by the Han people.

Many good rules will become a bad rule after accepting various challenges.

Therefore, in the ethnic group of the Han people, there are no rules that can be set in stone, and no rules can continue forever.

"Hahaha……"

Chen Shuda laughed out loud when he heard Li Yuanji's words.

Li Yuanji also laughed.

After sending someone to send Chen Shuda away, Li Yuanji continued to write an edict to call the prince, grandson, and relatives of the emperor to the New Year's Eve banquet, but his mind fell on Li Gang's begging for bones.

When Li Gang begged for the bones, it was not just that Li Gang handed over a memorial. He refused, and Li Gang handed over again. After three requests and three speeches, it was over.

Li Gang largely represents Li Yuan's faction.

Although Li Yuan handed over power early, Li Gang and other veterans who loyally followed Li Yuan were still active in the court.

Now that Li Gangyao has retired, the others have to show something more or less.

Either retreat with Li Gang, or make a show of retreating, or don't want to retreat and find a way to stay.

So in the days that followed, a group of Li Yuan's old ministers would cross the sea with the Eight Immortals, each showing their magical powers.

Among these people, who can stay, who can't stay, who can stay and be entrusted with important tasks, and who has to be sent back to his hometown for the elderly, all have to be carefully considered.

You can't beat everyone to death with one stick, and you can't leave them alone.

As for how to operate, neither Li Gang, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, nor Chen Shuda will help him.

Because they are all important ministers promoted by Li Yuan, they have close relationship with Li Yuan's former ministers, so they need to avoid suspicion.

They must ensure that he, the person in power, has absolute autonomy when cultivating his own team.

In this way, he, the ruler, will feel at ease with them, and they can continue to work for him with peace of mind.

It took Li Yuanji more than half a month, until the New Year's Eve was approaching, to select those who could stay and those who could not. During this period, he did not break contact with Xie Shufang, and kept persuading Xie Shufang.

However, the effect is minimal.

So after Xie Shufang returned to Beijing, Li Yuanji immediately summoned Xie Shufang to Zhaode Hall.

Zhaode Hall is actually not a place suitable for chatting with confidants. Li Yuanji originally planned to meet Xie Shufang in the plum garden in the imperial garden.

Everything had been arranged, but Meiyuan was dismissed by the hateful Li Yuan.

Said that he would take his two pregnant concubines to enjoy the plum together.

He is a son, and it is not easy to compete with Lao Tzu for the place, so he can only change the place to Zhaode Hall.

Inside Zhaode Hall.

The ground fire dragon is very hot.

People in it can clearly feel a stream of heat emerging from the ground.

Sitting in the hall, Li Yuanji was sweating after a while, so he had to take off his coat and put on a summer gown to meet the guests.

Xie Shufang was different, he was wearing a loose gown, after saluting, he was sweating profusely after sitting there for a while, but he didn't dare to be rude and didn't dare to take off the gown.

"Liu Jun, send someone to undress him, and bring him the cicada clothes I wear in summer."

Li Yuanji saw that Xie Shufang was dying of heat, so he gave Liu Jun instructions.

Liu Jun agreed and went to do it immediately.

Xie Shufang hurriedly straightened up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, it's very kind of me..."

Li Yuanji waved his hands, and said angrily, "Okay, how are you, can't I see it?"

Xie Shufang still wants to talk.

Li Yuanji said decisively again: "You and I are not strangers, there is no need to be formal."

When Xie Shufang heard this, he hesitated for a moment before sitting down again.

After Liu Jun took Gong'e to undress him and put on the cicada clothes, Li Yuanji said with emotion: "Uncle Fang, I remember that after I was struck by the sky thunder, you were the one who kept guarding the outside of the palace and guarding me." .

A few years have passed in a flash, and I am no longer His Highness Qi Wang who always wants to cause trouble.

You are not the one who can only stand in front of my palace.

You said, if I hadn’t been struck by the thunder at that time, hadn’t come to my senses, and still kept thinking about causing trouble, what would we be like today? "

(End of this chapter)