This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 839 Volume Pulling
For Li Er, now is the perfect time.

With the momentum of the great victory in the Southern Expedition, he might really be able to do something.

Moreover, he really wanted the Tang Dynasty to be in chaos.

As the saying goes, only when the tide recedes can you discover who has been swimming naked.

There was no way, Li Chengqian put too much pressure on him.

Although he had not been a crown prince, he was also a prince, and he knew very well what the civil officials, military generals and princes would do at that time.

It is no exaggeration to say that although he was somewhat pretentious back then, if it were not for people like Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, he would not have launched the so-called Xuanwu Gate Incident so quickly!
It is not an exaggeration to say that it was Changsun Wuji and his people who pushed him into this position.

Under this premise, how could Li Er not be on guard against Li Chengqian?
Son, haha, in the royal family, the people the most untrustworthy are sons and fathers.

He and Li Yuan are examples of previous experience...

"Let it be chaos, let it be chaos." Li Er muttered to himself, "I want to see who can destroy the foundation of my Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty belongs to me, it was always so, and it will be so in the future!"

Fang Xuanling was no longer calm after leaving the palace.

He suddenly felt a little guilty. Could it be that it was because of his actions that His Majesty had some thoughts in his mind?
When he returned to the government office, Wen Yanbo had not left yet. He had been ready to leave a long time ago, but when he saw Fang Xuanling was summoned by the emperor in the middle of the night, he was worried that the emperor did not like Fang Xuanling because of what he had done in Siam, so he stayed here waiting for news.

Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. This saying has never been wrong.

"What's the matter? His Majesty summoned you. Is it really because of that incident?" Wen Yanbo asked anxiously when he saw Fang Xuanling coming back. The incident he was talking about was naturally the referendum that Fang Xuanling had organized in Siam.

Fang Xuanling waved his hands, shook his head, and said feebly: "Your Majesty knows much more than you and I do. I always feel that I may have done something wrong this time..."

As he spoke, Fang Xuanling briefly introduced what happened today. After listening to him, Wen Yanbo also frowned.

After a while, Wen Yanbo said, "Your Majesty, are you planning to implement the Ming Dynasty's system in the Tang Dynasty?"

Having said that, Wen Yanbo stood up and paced back and forth in the room. He clenched his right fist and made a palm with his left hand, and punched his own palm one by one. Suddenly, the only sounds left in the room were the sound of him pacing back and forth and the sound of his fists hitting his palms.

It was unknown how long it had been before Wen Yanbo finally stood up and said, "I admit that the Ming Dynasty does have merits in many aspects.

But that's just a saving grace.

Our Han Dynasty has dominated the Central Plains for countless years. Is it possible that we have no merits at all?

We can draw lessons from them and even learn from their good points, but is it possible for us to follow the same path as them?
If this is really the case, is it still our Tang Dynasty?
Otherwise, we can just integrate into the Ming Dynasty!"

After listening to Fang Xuanling, what Wen Yanbo could not accept the most was that His Majesty was imitating the Ming Dynasty to set up a Ministry of Commerce.

How many years did the Han Dynasty suppress the Shang Dynasty?
At this time, why not imitate the Tang Dynasty and set up a Ministry of Commerce to serve the merchants?
Isn't this a joke?
Let these people who have read the books of sages serve those businessmen who are obsessed with money?
They deserve it too!

"Don't be so excited..." Seeing his reaction, Fang Xuanling said quickly, "This is just a test from your Majesty. Your Majesty knows the path of the Tang Dynasty better than you and me.

This time, His Majesty wants to see our attitude after all.

But no matter what, it can be seen from this point that His Majesty is not satisfied with the current Tang Dynasty and is not satisfied with the scholars.

This is an undoubted fact.

In fact, it's not just Your Majesty. Even I, the old man, am fed up with those people now.

student?
For scholars like them, it is really a waste of their time to read the books of sages!

Whoever taught them that scholars should be superior!
Who taught them..."

Fang Xuanling became angrier the more he spoke.

He was also a scholar, but now, he suddenly felt that the word "scholar" was no longer an honor...

"Well, it's not that scholars are really superior." After hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Wen Yanbo also sighed and said after a while, "This is a habit left over from many years, and we can't blame them.

Besides, how much they have paid in studying for more than ten years, how can others understand it? "

"Yes, they are the ones who make the effort." Fang Xuanling snorted coldly when he heard this, "When they are writing furiously, when they are writing without stopping, are the others wasting their time?
You don't need to plant crops, they will grow in the fields.

There is no need to build carriages and horses, they will be on the road.

There is no need to weave brocade clothes, they will fall from the sky.

There are also external enemies. We don’t need to fight them, will they go away on their own?
They are all making contributions, but others cannot see their contributions?

What about the contributions of others?
The reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to develop into this state in a short period of time was not because the Ming Dynasty was better or stronger than our Tang Dynasty.

After all, Ming Dynasty is a barren place and many people would not want to go there even if they were paid.

But they developed under such circumstances. What did they rely on?
Isn’t it that they treat every Ming citizen as a human being?

They respect everyone’s contribution, even if it’s just a waiter in a restaurant…”

"Stop, stop, stop..." Hearing Fang Xuanling getting more and more excited, Wen Yanbo hurriedly said, "If you keep talking, I feel like you've been persuaded by His Majesty, right?"

He admitted that what Fang Xuanling said made sense, and he did not refute it, but that was the Ming Dynasty, not their Tang Dynasty.

Fang Xuanling was also shocked when he heard this.

Yes, he became more and more excited as he spoke just now, and he seemed to have really wavered for a moment.

He immediately drank a sip of tea and calmed himself down quickly.

This is not okay.

It’s not that he is satisfied with the status quo, but the current Tang Dynasty cannot do so.

"Where were we just talking about?" Fang Xuanling asked with some confusion.

Wen Yanbo waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Don't worry about what we are talking about. You have been very busy recently. Take a rest. I will leave first."

He found that Fang Xuanling had been like a madman since he came back, but he didn't dare to continue talking to him.

At this moment, the best thing to do is to let him have a good rest.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling said no more.

He also realized the seriousness of the problem.

I always feel like I've been brainwashed.

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling decided to put these messy thoughts aside for the time being.

……

On the other hand, Changsun Wuji was wondering what Li Er's purpose was in doing this today.

He believed that Li Er would not do this for no reason. But Li Er did not tell him much, and he had limited clues. At this moment, he really did not know what Li Er was planning.

"Could it be that Your Majesty wants me to help Fang Xuanling share some of the pressure?"

When he mentioned Fang Xuanling, his head hurt.

He also didn't expect that Fang Xuanling's governance of the place would cause such a big commotion.

Referendum?

Is this something a human being can do?

He didn't even dare to think about what kind of uproar would be caused when this news reached the Tang Dynasty.

He didn't dare to disobey Li Er.

"Come here, quickly go and invite the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Works, the Minister of Personnel... and tell them that I have something important to discuss with you!"

Since he couldn't disobey His Majesty, all he could do was drag everyone down with him.

He can't be the only one to suffer the consequences, right?
If some people were not here, he would have wanted to call everyone from the three provinces and six departments.

Soon, people who received the news came one after another.

Some even crawled out of bed.

However, when no one heard Changsun Wuji say that there was something important to discuss, they hesitated.

Regardless of what kind of person Changsun Wuji is, he would definitely not joke about such things.

"Puye, what happened?" The first one to come was Ma Zhou.

Although he is now in a high position with great power, he still has little experience and is much more proactive than others in doing things.

"You sit down first. I will explain to you in detail when everyone arrives." Changsun Wuji waved his hand to signal Ma Zhou to sit down first.

At times like this, Ma Zhou's inexperience was revealed. Look at Gao Shilian who was sitting next to him. He had been there for quite some time, but apart from saying hello, he just sat there without saying a word.

It was not until everyone was present that Changsun Wuji spoke up, "I'm sorry to invite you all here so late, but His Majesty summoned us just now, so we had no choice but to do so."

At this moment, no one asked what was going on.

Everyone just waited quietly for Changsun Wuji to continue speaking.

"This is what happened..." Changsun Wuji said slowly, looking at everyone's reactions as he spoke.

He also wanted to see everyone's attitude from their reactions.

"That's the matter. Since Your Majesty wants to promote it, then let's promote it!" After he finished speaking, Hou Junji was the first to stand up.

Changsun Wuji had already anticipated his reaction.

The movable type printing technology was invented by his son-in-law, so he would definitely support it.

Besides, even though he is always reading books and looks like a scholar, he is actually a rough guy at heart!

"If it were that simple, I wouldn't have to invite you all here." Changsun Wuji said, and looked at the others.

What surprised him was that while everyone was thinking about it, Fang Xuanling and Wen Yanbo looked calm. Why was that?
Could it be that His Majesty summoned these two people later?
Changsun Wuji guessed this way.

At this moment, Fang Xuanling was actually watching everyone's reactions. He also wanted to see everyone's attitude from their reactions.

"Hey, it's just a small matter, why do you have to think about it for so long?" Seeing that no one said anything, Hou Junji immediately said, "Besides, this is His Majesty's wish, why don't we just do it.

It’s just movable type printing. So what if it’s promoted?
Could it be that the interests of those people are more important than the interests of our Tang Dynasty?

Besides, everyone has seen what a newspaper is. It is the commanding heights of public opinion. If the Tang Dynasty does not keep up, won’t the public opinion in the future be determined by whatever the Ming Dynasty says?

For this reason alone, there is no reason to hesitate."

"There is actually nothing wrong with what Duke Chen said." Seeing that no one was talking, Changsun Wuji said, "The influence of public opinion brought by newspapers cannot be ignored. If we only consider this point, we should support it."

"That's what you say, but once you do this, those people will never give up. You can say that they are corrupt now and can't keep up with the world, but it is precisely because of their stubbornness that they will cause a lot of trouble." After a long silence, Gao Shilian finally stood up.

He was the most senior person present, and when he opened his mouth, everyone's eyes turned to him.

"But even if we don't promote it, isn't the Ming Dynasty also promoting it?" Ma Zhou said, "Why don't they go looking for trouble with the Ming Dynasty? Or do those people really think that the Tang Dynasty is easy to bully?"

He was a typical person from a poor family, and he couldn't stand the behavior of the gentry.

Hearing this, he did not hide his position at all.

"That's right." Seeing that he had an ally, Hou Junji quickly said, "Even if we don't promote it, won't the Ming Dynasty promote it?

What's the reason for this?
Are we going to do nothing just for their selfish desires?"

"I think we should do it." At this time, Fang Xuanling also stood up and said, "This matter has been discussed by a few of us before. In the final analysis, our Tang Dynasty is too conservative now.

Of course, I don’t mean to say that being conservative is wrong, but there are more advanced and better methods, so why can’t we follow suit?
Could it be that our goal is really to watch others surpass us step by step?

As for who is causing trouble in this matter, even if I don't say it, everyone knows it.

But we are officials of the imperial court and the Tang Dynasty. Sometimes, do we take their importance too seriously? "

Since someone has spoken, how could Fang Xuanling let go of such an opportunity? No matter what, His Majesty has given this task to Changsun Wuji, so he has to let Changsun Wuji take on the task.

Otherwise, if it falls on him in the end, wouldn’t that be trouble for him?

"Actually, no matter what, this is the order from His Majesty, so we have to do it." Wen Yanbo saw this and immediately followed suit.

With just one sentence, he got to the heart of the matter.

Actually, Changsun Wuji didn't mean to shirk his responsibility. He just wanted to give everyone a heads-up in advance.

Seeing that everyone had the same attitude, he immediately said, "Since everyone feels this way, I will make the arrangements right away."

He was very clear about it and started making arrangements in front of everyone.

Everyone only then realized that this guy was looking for everyone to take the blame.

When the court is determined to do something, the effect is absolutely amazing.

Within a few days, the so-called movable type printing technology had begun to be promoted.

And with the promotion of movable type printing, people like Cui Lu, Zheng Wang were instantly shocked!
If the Ming Dynasty promoted movable type printing in the past, it was because they had no other choice. They were truly helpless!
But now, the promotion of their own Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly a fatal blow to them!
For a time, countless memorials were sent from all over the Tang Dynasty straight to Siam!
The chaos of the Tang Dynasty has begun...

(End of this chapter)