People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1355: Prince Wu, Empress Wu, in the position of the scale of power

"It is too difficult for a poor family to rise." Li Xuan looked at the surprised Li Xian, shook his head, and said: "Aristocratic families, clans, and relatives are all above poor families, so poor families are the best to take advantage of. Once a certain poor family is discovered, The talents are enough for His Highness to use for decades.”

"For example, Zuo Xiang, and Ouyang Shangshu?" Li Xian looked at Li Xuan funny.

Li Xuan sighed and nodded slowly.

Although Liu Rengui was born in the Liu family of the Wei family, and was the successor of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty Liu Jin, he seemed to come from a famous family, but in fact he grew up in a poor family, and even worked and studied for many years before he became successful.

Although Ouyang Tong is the son of Ouyang Xun, Ouyang Xun passed away early, and Ouyang Tong was raised by his mother.

Although his family was not poor, many of Ouyang Xun's manuscripts and handwriting were almost all scattered among the people, and there were not many in his family collection. Later, after he bought them back with a lot of money, his calligraphy made great progress.

"If we talk about it in detail, it was not like this when I was young." Li Xuan smiled softly, with a calm expression.

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"Don't talk about these old things." Li Xuan raised his head, looked straight at Li Xian, and said: "There are too many poor families in the world, and there are too many talented people studying. Whether you can reach the end in the end, character is very important. Many people have different reasons for various reasons. , it is inevitable that he will be attracted by the aristocratic family, so His Highness must take action early..."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan smiled, and then said: "This is the imperial examination system. Although the imperial examination is held every year, the number of people admitted to the imperial examination is too small."

Li Xuan stopped talking about the topic here. There is no need to mention the details and the game behind it now.

"So if you can use the Han family, don't use the clan and relatives. But the clan and the relatives must also exist, so that you can check and balance the Han family." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "The Han family is a knife, a knife that kills the family. This Naturally, the sharper the knife, the better, but if there is a risk of backlash, it must be cut off in time. The clan and relatives are the ones who break the knife. "

Li Xuan explained everything clearly in one sentence.

Li Xian nodded seriously. This sentence was too easy to listen to.

"But the hands of the clan members and relatives cannot be too long, otherwise there is a risk of grabbing the sword." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "So the clan members and relatives can use it, but they cannot use it for too long, just like Chen, Fanzhou Yiren After that, he can be transferred back to the court and hold a casual position, and I can teach my children well. "

"Isn't that too humiliating?" Li Xian quickly shook his head, he would never do that.

"Your Highness actually still knows too little about power." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and said seriously: "As long as Your Highness doesn't forget me, and occasionally meet for a few words and ask about some things that I don't understand, I will be able to provide you with some useful information." In my opinion, I am not idle, I am just not paying attention to the actual situation."

It is enough to have a certain influence on the emperor without having to bear responsibility, be hated by others, or be plotted by others.

Li Xuan is very calm. If there are no accidents, this is the future he has designed for himself.

"I understand." Li Xian nodded solemnly and said, "Uncle Wang's talent, I will definitely borrow it for the rest of my life."

Li Xuan smiled, and then continued: "A poor family is a long-term solution, but clan and relatives are temporary choices, but how to choose and how to use them are also key. I have eight words, I hope your highness can remember them."

"Uncle Wang, please speak."

"You can be far away or not close, you can be alienated or not close." Li Xuan sighed and said: "If two people have the same ability, then they can use the one who is a little farther away, not the one who is closer, and the one who can be more distant by blood, don't We are close by blood, Your Highness should know who I am talking about.”

Li Xian nodded without any hesitation.

This time it was King Cao and King Yue who were taken advantage of by the aristocratic family, and they were the emperor's brothers.

And King Qi and King Xu are both Li Xian's brothers, not to mention, there is also a Li Dan.

These people are the greatest threat to Li Xian. Even if such people have great abilities, they cannot be used.

"The clan is like this, and so are the relatives. There is at least a gap between the clan and the aristocratic family, but the relatives can make peace with the aristocratic family in an instant. The entire "Book of the Later Han" is written about these things, so I don't mind that Your Highness uses the name of the Wei family , but for those who are too close to the Crown Princess, it is best to just hang them up with a false position. "

After Li Xuan said the last sentence, she stared at Li Xian.

Li Xian originally wanted to use Empress Wei's father, Wei Xuanzhen, as prime minister. This was extremely taboo.

Especially in the previous dynasty, there was Yang Jian who took away the throne from his son-in-law, so in this dynasty, there is no emperor's father-in-law as prime minister.

"Uncle Wang's words have been remembered." Li Xian nodded, his eyes solemn, and it was obvious that he really remembered it.

"That's good." Li Xuan smiled and sighed in his heart, as long as he doesn't regret it in the future.

……

"Your Majesty's way of governing the country is nothing more than balance." Li Xuan raised his left and right hands and said at the same time: "The key is to check and balance each other, but the core lies in itself. It must be strong enough to support and control Only when the two sides are strong enough can they use their own strength to make amends when the situation becomes unbalanced."

"The key to balance is to strengthen oneself, and to act within a certain standard, not exceeding the rules, but not contracting them." Li Xian looked at Li Xuan, nodded and said: "Father said so."

"So, at this time, you have to retract your gaze." Li Xuan retracted his hands, and then said: "From the perspective of the emperor, everything in the world is usable. For example, if the children of the aristocratic family are between the aristocratic family and His Highness, If the person chooses His Highness, then His Highness can use him as his own, regardless of his family background. "

"Then the clan, the relatives and the poor family, if you choose the orphan between the background and the orphan, then you can all be used by the orphan, and then ignore their origins." Li Xian nodded. Li Xuan's words were very clear and it was not difficult to understand.

"Yes, as long as these people are controlled, then when the time comes, if the aristocratic family is weak, they will be sent back to the aristocratic family, and if the clan is weak, they will be sent back to the clan. The same goes for other relatives and poor families. Just maintain the balance." Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said with a smile: "That's generally the case."

"So in everything we do, we need to have a standard, not exceeding the rules, but not breaking the rules?" Li Xian continued to ask. "Rules." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "The rules are the scale itself and cannot be broken easily. His Majesty's words actually mean two things: First, His Majesty must be prepared to accept his own failure. , when faced with failure, don’t get angry, accept it calmly, and then get back on your feet, and don’t break the rules because of failure.”

"Yang Guang?" Li Xian couldn't help but think of Yang Guang.

Li Xuan nodded. Yang Guang did have some reasons for losing control in this regard later on.

"Secondly, if someone of your own side goes beyond the rules, His Highness can reduce the crime by one level, but cannot exempt him from the crime. Even if he is exiled for three thousand miles and transferred back in the future, he cannot be directly exempted from the crime now. This is how human beings The sage in the world whom everyone respects.”

Li Xuan stood up, bowed deeply to Li Xian, and said, "This is everything I know and guess."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Li Xian took a deep breath, raised his eyes, nodded and smiled: "Uncle Wang said, in fact, for Gu, the most important thing at the moment is to use the bastards of the aristocratic family and peripheral clans who believe in Gu. Marginal relatives, this seems to be the continuation of what Uncle Wang said earlier, five steps away. "

When an ordinary man is angry, blood will be splashed five steps; when the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be laid down.

There is not much difference,
Li Xuan cupped his hands and said: "What His Highness said is absolutely correct. What I said may be right or wrong. In the end, we have to see how the situation develops and whether the theory of using the situation to refute the theory is correct."

Li Xian nodded lightly and said: "Now the case of King Yue may not take too long to handle."

"Yeah!" A satisfied smile suddenly appeared on Li Xuan's face, and Li Xian finally saw through it.

balance.

The emperor wants to restore balance to this matter as quickly as possible, so naturally he will not give others too many opportunities to start.

Therefore, it is inevitable to deal with it quickly and seriously, because there is still a prime minister to deal with later.

"Then what the East Palace will do next year will be clear, and then I can ask Uncle Wang to take care of it." After Li Xian finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"In this case, I will take my leave first. For other matters, His Highness can call upon you at any time." Li Xuan bowed solemnly.

"That's good, Gu Ye should think carefully about what Uncle Wang said." Li Xian stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Wang, walk slowly."

"I excuse myself." Li Xuan took a few steps back, then turned and walked out of Mingde Hall.

……

Looking at Li Xuan's leaving figure, Li Xianqing looked solemn.

After Li Xuan's guidance, Li Xian now has a clear understanding of many things that he didn't understand earlier.

Not to mention other things, just Wei Shi, why Wu Chengsi repeatedly targeted the Wei family, and the emperor ignored it. It turned out that it was all a battle between relatives and did not involve outsiders at all.

Turning around, Li Xian walked towards the back hall.

While walking, Li Xian's expression gradually became serious.

Although the theory of balance that Li Xuan explained to the emperor was very clear, Li Xuan still left out the two most important figures, intentionally or unintentionally.

The queen mother and this prince.

After the emperor's scale, the queen mother's true position is actually to stand with her father and balance the world.

No wonder the emperor's brother compiled the "Book of the Later Han", but the final result was so miserable.

Because once the queen mother fell, the father would also fall, so at the last moment, the father did not stand on the side of the emperor brother.

Li Xian thought of Li Xuan. At that time, Li Xuan told Li Xian again and again that the reason why he could edit the "Book of Han" but not the "Book of the Later Han" was because the foundation of the "Book of Han" lay in the vassal kings and aristocratic families. The poor family, the foreign race, is more grand, and it is more like the book of the emperor.

In the future, if Li Xian himself replaces his father and becomes the one who supports the world, then the queen mother will move to the right side of the scale, weakening her power, but at critical moments, she can come out to provide full support.

As for the Wei family, Li Xian did think about reusing the Wei family, but now it seems that this idea is indeed biased.

According to Li Xuan, the best way for Li Xian now is to win over the marginalized members of the clan from now on.

For example, Li Yiyan, the minister of Zhongshu, who was in the third rank of Zhongshu's sect, and Li Zhaode, the chief minister of Prince Peng's palace.

People like this are the ones Li Xian can truly trust in a short period of time.

……

Take a deep breath, enter the backyard, raise your eyes, and before you know it, the sky is full of snowflakes.

Li Xian whispered to himself: "Father, where does your son stand on your scale?"

(End of this chapter)