I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 496 Please Your Majesty Go to Mount Tai to Enshrine Zen!

The two old smoking guns were chatting without saying a word, as if they were doing homework, but it was easy, but it was a bit exhausting.

"His Majesty."

Xu Fenglei took out a booklet from his pocket, handed it up,

"Look, this is a question I got from private research."

"There are quite a few demands from the common people."

Li Shimin shook the cigarette ash, took the booklet, and looked at Xu Fenglei in surprise.

"Listen... have you gone for a walk among the people?"

he asked.

Opening the booklet, the small characters on it caught Li Er's eyes instantly.

"Yes."

Xu Fenglei grinned and said,

"You don't really think that I, the supervisor of the country, is just lazy and cunning all day long, not doing business?"

"Then you really underestimated me, Mr. Xu! Seeking political success in his position! It's just that I'm taking an unusual path."

He is not familiar with government affairs, so it is better to hand them over to capable ministers such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji who are skilled in business.

What he is good at is going to the grassroots level, going to the countryside for research, and listening to the voices of the people.

Swish.

"Food seeds, water sources, taxes, fighting with weapons, public security..."

Li Shimin kept flipping through the pages, the more surprised he looked, he patted the booklet and praised,
"Okay, okay!"

"Listen, I blamed you by mistake, I was wrong! You boy, you are really doing practical things!"

"It is impossible for the people's livelihood problems you recorded to appear in the court, but they are indeed common, and I know some of them..."

"For example, the fighting over water sources has existed since ancient times; and the tricks of paying taxes, I know more or less, but I don't remember as much as you here."

"Looking at the records above, it seems that the resentment of the common people is not small..."

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"indeed."

He said seriously,

"These are related to the survival of the people at the bottom, and they are not good for them. Naturally, they have complaints."

"What I recorded was all dictated by farmers in the countryside, adhering to the word 'truth', without deleting a single word, and without embellishing it."

"The tone of the peasants is like this. It may be a bit vulgar, but every sentence points to the core issue."

"The voice at the bottom is weak, but it is also the strongest."

Li Shimin kept flipping through the booklet and nodded repeatedly.

"You did the right thing."

he replied,
"In the history of the change of dynasties, the grievances of the common people were too heavy. In the end, you also spoke out, and I also spoke out. Together, they formed the strongest voice and swept the world."

"Chen Sheng's words that princes and generals are kind to each other are still in my ears, so I have to be cautious!"

"I can be regarded as half of the founder of the country. I have to let the common people break free from the quagmire of war and hardship, and live a good life in order to make people feel like Tang."

"Your Majesty is wise." Xu Fenglei complimented.

I have to say that it is very comfortable to have a monarch like Li Er, who has a great talent and great strategy, and also values ​​the livelihood of the common people. No wonder he has only been in power for more than [-] years, but he can be praised as a model emperor by future generations.

The two were chatting, but saw a eunuch coming to the courtyard, saluted and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, Li Xiaogong, Prince of Hejian County, has an excerpt, please read it."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The King of Hejian? Is he all right?"

He said in surprise,

"Hand it up."

"Yes."

The eunuch presented the memorial respectfully,
Li Shimin opened it casually, looked at it twice, and couldn't help laughing.

"This Li Xiaogong really loves to flatter me, he flatters me when he has nothing to do, and he compliments me so much, it's disgusting to death."

Li Er joked,
"I don't know, I thought he was my loyal little brother."

In fact, Li Xiaogong is much older than Li Shimin, and is his cousin.

"what did he say?"

Xu Fenglei became interested, and leaned over and said,

"let me see?"

Li Shimin handed it over after changing hands.

"A few years ago, there were always droughts and locust plagues, but this year, the weather is good. Obviously, my virtue has moved the gods. God rewards the virtuous king, so this year there will be a bumper harvest."

Li Er laughed,

"In addition, I have also destroyed the Turks, and I have all the martial arts and martial arts, which is enough to perform the task of enshrining Zen. I ask you to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen!"

"Tell me, isn't this troublesome? Running to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen with great fanfare? How can I have so much free time, and I just came back from the palace!"

Xu Fenglei looked at the memorial and saw Li Xiaogong's series of rainbow farts, and also smiled.

"The King of Hejian is a simple and straightforward person, and his compliments to His Majesty are not all flattery."

he said,

"After all, there is indeed no disaster this year, and the people have a good harvest and live in peace."

"Destroying the Turks is also a miracle in the world."

"Compared with the emperors who enshrined Zen and passed Mount Tai in the past, His Majesty seems to be indeed qualified to confer Zen on Mount Tai, and his name will last forever."

"Huh?" Li Shimin asked in surprise, "Do you think I can go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen? I thought you would directly reprimand Li Xiaogong."

After all, in his mind, Xu Fenglei has always been pragmatic rather than unrealistic.

"No."

Xu Fenglei smiled lightly,

"I'm just stating the facts."

"Besides, the fact that Li Xiaogong was able to submit this report means that many people in the court must have supported this matter. Look, there is a row of joint names behind it. I see that there are many ministers from the three provinces and six ministries. Oh, The great name of Changsun Wuji is on it."

"Feng Chan, that will be written down in the history books, whether it is the emperor or the ministers, it will be recorded."

"Your Majesty is really not moved?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly and pondered.

He looked at the rainbow fart memorial jointly signed by Li Xiaogong and his ministers for a while, and then looked at Xu Fenglei's livelihood brochure, and finally he gave a wry smile.

"If you didn't have this little booklet in front of you, I would be a little bit moved."

Li Er said with emotion,
"After all, it is what every emperor wants to do to show his merits to the heavens and show his prestige to the world."

"According to what Li Xiaogong said, I seem to be qualified enough, but your livelihood booklet tells me that I am far from enough."

"If you don't have enough confidence, it's meaningless to go."

"If there is a day when I can make the people of the world live a life of adequate food and clothing, it will not be too late to go to Fengchan!"

With a clatter, Li Shimin stood up, and handed the memorial back to the eunuch who sent the message. At the same time, he also handed over Xu Fenglei's booklet.

"Send this memorial back to the Ministry of Education!"

Li Shimin ordered,

"Help me ask Li Xiaogong and those ministers who asked me to confer Zen Taishan—are they too full? Or do they have nothing to do in the court?"

"If you have nothing to do, give them this booklet and let them solve the problems of people's livelihood!"

"After solving all these problems, I will go to Taishan to enshrine Zen!"

"Go down!"

Xu Fenglei snickered when he heard this.

The people's livelihood issues in his booklet are very complicated and sharp!Even the future generations of industrialization have never completely solved it.

Some of these ministers have a headache!

"Just messing around..."

Li Shimin threw away the cigarette butt, stepped on the ground twice, and then took out two more from his arms.

"Pick another one."

He flicked a finger to Xu Fenglei, got up and stretched, sighed,

"After smoking, go to bed for a while. From tomorrow onwards, I will be that good emperor who works hard and loves the people again!"

"One with you." Xu Fenglei took it with a smile.

wow.

The two cigarettes are lit simultaneously.

The smoke in the house is like a fairyland.

……

Autumn goes and winter comes, snow disappears and spring comes again.

Rumble!
An arc of electricity flashed across the air, but the dense raindrops were scattered on the ground, and green shoots in the lawn began to emerge.

This year is the fifth year of Zhenguan.

In front of the Tai Chi Palace and the Liangyi Hall, there were crowds of people.

"Spring rain is as expensive as oil."

Following the pattering rain, Xiao Yu said with a smile,
"There was auspicious snow at the beginning of the new year, and now looking at the rain, it seems that this year is another bumper harvest year!"

"It all depends on His Majesty's sage and virtue!"

When all the ministers heard the words, they all agreed.

"All ministers have an audience!"

The eunuch yelled, and the ministers stopped talking, lined up, and entered the Liangyi Hall one after another.

On the jade steps, Li Shimin is sitting.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

The officials stood still and shouted long live.

"Everyone loves to be flat."

Li Shimin smiled and seemed to be in a good mood.

I saw him holding a book in his hand, and said with a smile:

"Last year, the grain production and tax revenue of the whole Tang Dynasty came out, which is gratifying."

"The output in one year is more than the combined three years from the first year of Zhenguan to the third year of Zhenguan!"

"When there is more food, the tax revenue will naturally be richer. If we can do this every year, why worry about the people not living in peace and the country not being rich?"

All the ministers were happy when they heard the words.

"This is all due to His Majesty's ruling."

Changsun Wuji came out and said,
"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, disasters have dropped sharply, and man-made disasters have also decreased."

"In today's Tang Dynasty, the price of grain and rice is cheap, and a bucket of rice only costs two yuan. This is an unprecedented bottom price!"

"People in the Tang Dynasty, everyone can afford food, even poor peasants can feed their stomachs! Such a rule of the world, even in the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, never existed!"

Changsun Wuji gave a rainbow fart when he came up, which made Li Er's eyes narrow.

"Okay, very good, hahaha..."

Li Shimin laughed loudly,

"This is not only due to me alone, but also thanks to the assistance of all my dear ministers to achieve such a proud achievement!"

"Increase salary, I want to increase salary for you!"

Now, he is so happy!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the ministers bowed their heads and saluted with joy.

Who is not happy about the salary increase?
"Last autumn, I asked Your Majesty to confer Zen on Mount Tai, but His Majesty dismissed it because the people's livelihood is still pending."

Changsun Wuji cupped his hands and said loudly,
"But now, such a low food price is really an excellent answer! Now that the governance of the country has achieved such great results, with your majesty's literary and martial arts, you should go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, and report to the emperor, and enlighten the earth mother, so as to show me Great Tang Emperor's achievements in governing the world!"

"Your Majesty, please allow me."

When he said this, many ministers from the left and right rows stood up and said in a respectful voice:

"Your Majesty surpassed the Three Emperors and Dechao the Five Emperors. You should do the enshrining of Zen and tell the Emperor of Heaven and Earth!"

"Your Majesty, please allow!"

All the ministers, ask Feng Chan!
Li Shimin's body stretched slightly.

Last year, he felt that he had no confidence, so he didn't dare to go.

but now.

Just relying on the low food price of Datang, no matter how poor the common people can eat a hot meal...

He felt that he had confidence!

perhaps……

Should I go to Mount Tai to show off my achievements?

He doesn't know if there is a heaven and earth emperor in this world.

But he knew that as long as he goes to enshrine Zen, he will definitely leave an extremely brilliant mark in the history books, and his reputation will be spread all over the world!
It has to be said that Li Er was a little moved.

Immediately, he lowered his gaze, and first glanced at Xu Fenglei.

Well, Xu Fenglei looked as usual, and he didn't look like he wanted to object.

Take another look at Wei Zheng...

not good!

This Wei Zheng is going to do something bad again!
The moment Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng's eyes were also suddenly high-spirited, fixed on Li Shimin.

Eye to eye!

"His Majesty!"

Wei Zheng came out and said loudly,

"I think that the low price of food is not something to be praised, and it must not be regarded as a merit."

"On the contrary, there is a great hidden danger in it!"

As soon as these words came out, countless eyes fell on Wei Zheng.

"Wei Zheng, aren't you talking nonsense? How can this not be considered an achievement? This is an unprecedented great achievement!"

"Exactly! The low price of food can make the common people have enough to eat, isn't that good? Don't you want food to be expensive?"

"Really, nonsense, you can't belittle for the sake of belittling!"

"..."

With simple thoughts, the ministers began to criticize Wei Zheng.

Has such a beautiful political achievement become a hidden danger for you?

Hu Li Li Li!
However, at the moment when Wei Zheng was almost drowned by this pile of spittle, Xu Fenglei, who was the head of civil servants, suddenly said:

"My lord, I also agree with Duke Wei's opinion."

"The low price of food is not a good thing. The imperial court should come forward to control and raise the price of food."

The ministers: "?!"

Li Shimin: "?!"

As Xu Fenglei is the grand master of the court, his words carry a lot of weight!

Therefore, he generally does not speak, and usually goes to court to fish for fish.

But if he makes a comment, even if it is a 'violent comment' in everyone's eyes, it will be taken seriously immediately, and some people will even reflect on it——

Is there such a thing?
Li Shimin frowned.

"Teacher, what's your opinion?"

he whispered,

"tell me the story."

Xu Fenglei smiled and pointed to Wei Zheng.

"Let's ask Wei Gong to tell."

he said,

"Wei Gong proposed it first, and the minister just echoed it. It's not easy to steal Wei Gong's limelight."

Li Shimin pouted.

This guy Wei Zheng speaks harshly and straightforwardly, so he doesn't like to listen to Wei Zheng, especially in court.

But since Xu Fenglei said so, he could only nod towards Wei Zheng.

"Wei Aiqing, tell me about your amazing theory!"

Wei Zheng looked serious, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard of a word called "Grains hurt farmers?"

"Food prices are low, which sounds like a good thing, but has your Majesty ever thought about how the common people who worked so hard to cultivate the land have a bumper harvest and only get such a small amount of money in the end, what would they think?"

"Fields can be used not only to grow food, but also to grow many crops. If the price of food drops to an unacceptable level, farmers will definitely give up growing food and instead grow vegetables, fruits, melons, etc. Waiting for more profitable crops."

"In this way, the next year's harvest will inevitably be greatly reduced! In this way, if there is another unpredictable natural disaster, then..."

Li Shimin felt a chill down his spine.

(End of this chapter)