Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 687 My Grandpa Benevolent (plus more)
Li Tan was walking on the streets of Fengxiang Mansion, and Li Bi beside him looked at the familiar streets, and casually told a few stories about planning to suppress the rebellion with the emperor in Fengxiang Mansion.

Li Tan listened with gusto. After arriving in Lingwu, he was sent to Longyou, and he had never been to Fengxiang Mansion.

On the other hand, Li Mi stayed in Fengxiang Mansion with Li Heng for a long time, planning many major events to counter the rebellion together.

After entering the palace of Fengxiang Mansion, Li Tan did not go to sit in the dragon chair in the main hall, but came to the side hall.

Li Mi was very surprised by this move.

During the time in Longyou, Li Mi's "growth" was also rapid.

He not only reads various newspapers every day, but also draws a lot of nutrients from various "evil books" written by players.

Li Tan was also amazed at Li Mi, an ancient man with a strong learning ability.

When he first arrived in Longyou, Li Mi was still full of Confucian classics.

Now he can talk about various regimes, dabble in various political trends, and his suggestions are no longer limited to Confucianism. Sometimes Li Tan even suspects that this guy is a time traveler.

And Li Mi's views on the King of Yue are also very complicated.

When I was in Longyou during this period, I had more contact with players, which further confirmed the view that King Yue is the number one "rebel".

In Longyou, those who entered Chang'an's "King Qin" were all the most moderate factions.

There are old-fashioned sects who are clamoring for the restoration of Zhou rituals.

There are cabinet factions who are clamoring to abolish the prime minister.

Some want to restore the enfeoffment faction.

These are still within the range that Li Mi can accept. These political views are also found in history books. Even if it is a cabinet, this thing is actually similar to the inner court established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is to weaken the power of the prime minister and the outer court, and use a secretarial team to help The emperor governs the empire.

This method was useless. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor's secretarial team became the prime minister, and Shang Shuling became the real prime minister.

What followed was beyond Li Mi's comprehension.

There are constitutionalists who advocate the republic of the vain monarch, and advocate the formulation of a constitution, turning the emperor into a mascot, and the cabinet ministers will manage the country.

Of course, these constitutional monarchists also said that it is difficult to achieve it in one step, and they can wait until the son of King Yue to start.

Even the constitutional monarchy faction felt that it was too backward. Some people suggested that the King of Yue abolished the royal family and proclaimed himself the President of the Tang Dynasty. What kind of presidential system should be established.

They think that the king of Yue has made great contributions to the country, and the king of Yue can be the president for life, but the next president will be elected.

These thoughts are simply unbelievable. Among so many rebels in Longyou, King Yue is already the most loyal one.

After all, the emperor was his father.

Li Mi was very surprised that King Yue didn't directly sit on the dragon chair in Fengxiang Mansion's palace.

After sitting down, Li Tan asked:
"Bi Gong, you said that my father has been in Fengxiang mansion for a long time and sleeps all night. He plans to counter the rebellion with you important ministers day and night. He also loves his ministers, why is he not as good as my grandfather?"

Li Mi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Tan.

Li Tan recalled:

"You said that my grandfather was greedy for drinking and lust, lazy in political affairs, and he was mean and ungrateful. He would kill the ministers who followed him at will, and he had no flesh and blood for my father, the emperor's son. How could he create a prosperous world? ?”

Li Tan's question immediately made Li Mi silent.

He has experienced two dynasties, and he was a court official when he was emperor.

To be honest, Li Heng is considered a reliable emperor in Lao Li's family.

He seldom executed ministers, even Fang Guan who was defeated in a battle, he just let him leave the court and go to Hexi as Jiedushi.

Before this expedition, Li Mi also visited Fang Guan, and now the old man grows flowers in Longyou every day, and lives a very comfortable life.

He is also considered to know people and make good use of them, and there are no treacherous officials in the imperial court who are cast aside by the world, and he can be regarded as an employing person without doubt when he appoints Guo Ziyi.

Guo Ziyi also lost several battles, and the emperor never severely punished him, and still handed over the soldiers and horses to counter the rebellion.

He is not even a lover of luxury. When he was in Fengxiang Mansion, the queen was still weaving. Li Heng only enjoyed it a little when he returned to Chang'an. He did not overhaul the palace like his father. There are still many palaces in Taiji Palace Daming Palace collapsed Did it fix it?

But even so, Li Heng was not a good emperor.

Li Mi is also well-read now, and he also has a deep understanding of the theories of the "virtuous ministers" around the King of Yue.

If you ask him to talk about the law of historical cycles, land issues, military system issues, population issues, and annexation issues, he can also talk about them with eloquence.

But these things can only explain why Li Hengping is rebellious and incompetent, but they cannot explain why there will be a prosperous age under Li Longji's rule.

Li Bi thought for a while, finally took a deep breath and said:

"Probably because of the emperor's 'benevolence'."

仁？
I'm afraid Li Mi is old and confused, but his grandfather's virtue is also worthy of being called "benevolence"?
If he had given his grandfather a posthumous title, he would never have given him the word "benevolence".

Li Mi said:
"I said that the emperor's benevolence is his benevolence to the people."

This is a saying that Li Tan has never heard before, he turned sideways and asked:
"What's the explanation?"

Li Mi said:

"The emperor employs people without sticking to one pattern, as long as they are talents, they can be reused by him."

Li Tan said a little bit, his grandpa is indeed remarkable in employing people.

Among the early prime ministers of the emperor, there was a minister with perfect moral character and ability like Yao Chong Songjing, and then there was a prime minister with outstanding moral ability like Zhang Shuo Zhang Jiuling.

Li Linfu was appointed in the mid-term, but Li Linfu has a lack of personal morality, but his ability is indeed outstanding.

Li Linfu can do the work of a prime minister's team by himself. Even Li Mi hated Li Linfu deeply, but he also admitted that An Lushan would not dare to rebel when Li Linfu was alive.

Li Linfu was able to remember the names and backgrounds of ministers of seventh rank and above in the court, and could appoint hundreds of officials in one day.

Don't think that appointing officials is easy. Although Datang did not have the saying that recommenders and officials were guilty of the same crime as in the Han Dynasty, if the recommended person is not good, he will be punished.

What's more, Li Linfu was still a treacherous minister. He was able to make the appointed officials maintain Datang well, and there was no major famine or large-scale turmoil when Li Linfu was in power, which is enough to show Li Linfu's ability.

The only failure of the emperor was to use the idiot Yang Guozhong.

According to the opinions of many key political scientists, if Li Longji had died earlier, or if he didn't need a wise prime minister like Yang Guozhong, he would not have gained his current reputation.

Li Mi asked again:
"How does the emperor compare to Han Wu?"

this?

Li Tan was stunned for a moment, his grandpa really resembled Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

During his tenure, he achieved great cultural prosperity just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was very happy, and he liked to launch foreign wars, so much so that it wasted people's power.

Also like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was mean and ungrateful to ministers, no matter if he was close to the ministers, he would kill them.

Like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was full of distrust of his heirs. If it weren't for the Anshi Rebellion, Li Heng's prince would probably have been abolished.

Li Mi compared the emperor to Han Wu, which seems to be somewhat similar.

Li Mi said:

"Then may I ask Your Highness, is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty benevolent?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty benevolent?

Even the craziest player wouldn't say Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty benevolent, would he?
Li Bi is old and confused?

Li Mi said:

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was benevolent. His benevolence was not towards officials, but towards the common people."

"what?"

Li Mi said:
"In other words, the indifference to officials is the benevolence to the common people."

Now Li Tan heard some tricks, and he asked seriously:
"Please enlighten me, Mr. Bi."

Li Mi also sat upright and said:
"When the emperor is in power, except for Yang Guozhong, those who are capable will go up, and those who are not capable will go down."

"Even a sage like Yao Chong and Song Jing will be replaced if he doesn't meet the emperor's wishes."

"After the prime minister is dismissed, the new prime minister will bloodbath the power of the previous prime minister and completely replace the court."

"Even Li Linfu, the emperor's favorite, was confiscated after he was dismissed, and his descendants were exiled."

Li Tan nodded, his grandfather was really ruthless, even for a relative like Yang Guozhong, when Ma Weipo said he would kill him, there was no kindness to speak of.

During the reign of the emperor, the prime minister's team changed blood several times, and even the current prime minister's bloodbath of the former prime minister's disciples was staged many times.

Not to mention that the emperor also abolished his three sons and bloodbathed the East Palace several times.

Li Mi said:

"No matter how wise a person is in the position for a long time, he will become dull. In the words of His Highness's subordinates, this is 'power distorts desire'."

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also cleaned up the court regularly, and killed a group of dignitaries every now and then, which can always deter the local area and make the government clearer."

"The emperor is very extravagant, likes to slander, and uses treachery, but killing the dignitaries once can shock the officials and let the people behind them take the lead. It is much better than a monarch like your father who never kills ministers. "

Li Tan looked at this white-haired old official of the father and emperor, in fact, Li Mi was not considered old, he was only in his 40s now.

It's just that the average life expectancy of the ancients was not long, and long-term hard work made Li Mi look old.

Such a person actually said that the reason why his father failed to govern was because he didn't kill the ministers?

Li Mi said:

"There are only so many products in this world. If someone occupies too much, the world will be in chaos."

"Kill those who occupy more and divide their property, and the world will be stable for a period of time."

Li Tan asked: "What if we can't tell?"

"Then wait until the world is in chaos and someone will kill them, then there will be peace again."

Li Tan looked at Li Mi in surprise, it turns out that you learned the knowledge of the Legalists!
　And at night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)