Wentang

Chapter 239 Wei Zheng of Strength

Everyone fell silent. In fact, after seeing the contents of the memorial, their thoughts were similar to those of Wei Zheng. This is a group of frightened birds keeping warm.

The emperor himself had a greater responsibility. After the Xuanwumen Incident, he was only concerned with consolidating the capital and wooing important ministers, ignoring these local bureaucrats.

But no one dared to say this speculation directly.

Is the emperor wrong?not at all.The land of Gyeonggi is the center of power, and it is not wrong for the emperor who has just ascended the throne to spend most of his thoughts here.The lessons learned by Li Yuan are in front of him, and Li Shimin will not make the same mistake.

Speak for those people?I dare not.What if they turned against me just after I finished speaking for those people?Or what if the emperor really wanted to get rid of these people?

Kill them all?They're not that brainless yet.

Wei Zheng looked expectantly at these important ministers, but everyone avoided his gaze unnaturally.His heart sank more and more, and when it sank to the bottom of the abyss, a cluster of flames burst out and burned blazingly.

No one in civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty dared to speak up for justice. It is really sad that I, Wei Zheng, should be in the company of such people.

Xiao Yu, who was hesitating, noticed the undisguised desolation and contempt in Wei Zheng's eyes, and immediately, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, he put all his concerns aside and came out and said:
"Mencius said: 'When the king regards his ministers like brothers and feet, the ministers regard the emperor as his heart; when the emperor regards his ministers like dogs and horses, the ministers regard the emperor as the people of the country;

"You have been indifferent to the officials in Hebei since you took the throne, which made them panic all day long, and ended up in today's crisis. This is the fault of a saint."

Seeing that finally someone was willing to stand up and speak up for the Hebei officials, Wei Zheng's anger was contained, and he looked gratefully at Xiao Yu.

"Zi said, punishing without teaching is called abuse. Xunzi said: punishing without teaching, the punishment will be complicated and the evil will prevail. The officials in Hebei have only had close contacts in private, but they have not hoarded food and grass to assemble soldiers and horses. The court cannot use this as an excuse Convict them of treason."

"At this time, important officials should be sent to declare the benevolence of the saints to them, and warn them that this is not the way of human officials. If they don't know how to repent, it is not too late to send troops to attack."

"If they really have the intention of treason, wouldn't this move be a shock to the snake." Li Shimin said with a look of hesitation.

As the emperor, he absolutely does not allow anyone to covet this throne.Even if there is only a one in ten thousand possibility, it must be killed in the bud.

Especially since he had just ascended the throne in a mutiny, and not long ago he had experienced the rebellion of Lujiang King Li Yuan, it was a sensitive time, and he would inevitably be more suspicious.

Wei Zheng was about to speak, but Fang Xuanling preempted him: "I also thought that the officials in Hebei had no intention of rebelling. Our Tang Dynasty has wiped out all kinds of anti-kings and established the world. The country is stable, and there have been many years of war. Follow them to seek rebellion."

"We all know this, and so do all the officials in Hebei, but if there is a glimmer of hope, they will not go back to the road of no return. I secretly think that Wei Zuocheng's words are a good strategy."

Seeing that Fang Xuanling had spoken out, Li Shimin finally looked a little better.This is the person he really relies on as his confidant, and the gold content of what he says is different.

Changsun Wuji also took a step forward and said, "The Turkic Tigers have the heart of destroying the Tang Dynasty. If there is a rebellion, I'm afraid it will be taken advantage of by them."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face immediately changed, yes, why did he forget Turkic.

"Sage, please think twice." At this time, Chen Shuda, Cheng Yaojin and others also came forward to persuade.

Li Shimin finally made a decision, and only heard him say: "Okay, according to what the ministers said, send envoys to Hebei to appease the ministers and workers. But, who do you think is suitable?"

The ministers put forward several candidates, and they all gave suitable reasons.Only no one suggested that Wei Zheng go...to appease Li Jiancheng's confidants to appease his old department...the risk is too great.

What if Wei Zheng also turns his back on him?
The main reason is that the central officials are either Li Shimin's confidantes, who are not familiar with Wei Zheng and have no personal relationship, so naturally they will not vouch for him.

Either they belonged to the former prince's department like Wei Zheng, and it was too late to avoid suspicion at this time, so how dare they stand up and vouch for him.

Even Wei Zheng didn't recommend him to go, the suspicion was too great and he didn't think Li Shimin would let him go.

However, Li Shimin then made a decision that everyone couldn't believe. Instead of choosing the person recommended by Changsun Wuji and others, he said to Wei Zheng:
"Let's go to Wei Qing's house for this matter."

What happened in the court hall quickly spread throughout the capital, and everyone with a little bit of status knew about it, and Yue Shan was no exception.

It is said that when Yue Shan returned to Sixingping, he went to the academy first, introduced Gan Yuanfeng to everyone, and fixed his job as a member of the mathematics group.

As for which classes to teach, it was assigned by the Academic Affairs Office, and Yue Shan rarely asked about such trivial matters in person.

Although everyone was very surprised by Gan Yuanfeng's appearance, it was not unacceptable.It is very normal for scholars to say that they are enemies and friends.

As for Gan Yuanfeng... he can let go of his identity and pick up rotten vegetable leaves to eat. This embarrassment is nothing.

After making arrangements for him, Yue Shan hurried to the military academy to find Jing Junhong and told him that the emperor was coming.Jing Junhong was so excited, he bowed in the direction of the imperial city to thank him.

Afterwards, the two discussed and re-established the school start plan, not only to ensure Li Shimin's safety, but also to shine.

While Yue Shan was busy arranging the campus, Jing Junhong appeared again, congratulating him non-stop.After asking, I found out that Li Shimin had officially given the marriage.

Hearing this news, to be honest, Yue Shan was secretly happy.After living two lifetimes, labor and capital finally have a wife.

As for the fact that this daughter-in-law is only five years old...he is only 12 years old anyway, so it's okay to wait.

After that, the two discussed the major events that happened in the court.After learning that Li Shimin had resisted all opinions by announcing several major projects one after another and spent all the money in the treasury at once, Yue Shan shook his head secretly.

He doesn't know how much money Neku has, but it definitely doesn't have 50 guan.Those few businesses are indeed very profitable, plus there are many royal properties, and the income is considerable.

But a big family has a big business and big expenses, so you can't save a lot of money.So he was sure that Li Shimin had lied.

And he knew why Li Shimin suddenly became so radical... Li Shimin himself was a radical, and the production of Liuli played a catalytic role.

However, Yue Shan has no doubts about Liuli's ability to solve the problem of the national treasury deficit.History has proven its ability to make money.

When it comes to the instability of Hebei and the reaction of the princes in the court, Yue Shan also gave his own judgment.

What Wei Zheng said is correct, as long as those people in Hebei are not stupid, they will never rebel.As long as the imperial court issued a pacification edict, these people would immediately become Zhongliang of the Tang Dynasty.

What he focused on was the reaction of the central officials.

Sure enough, Wei Zheng was not afraid of death, and he dared to stand up and speak for the officials in Hebei with such a sensitive identity.No wonder so many novelists in later generations wrote him as a royal doctor, but in fact he never held this position at all.

Doctor Yushi is only the chief officer of Yushitai. In the Tang Dynasty, Yushitai only had the power to supervise officials and was not qualified to participate in government affairs.

To put it bluntly, this is a high-ranking and light-weight position, and the court uses it to place Qingliu.Really talented people don't go here.

With Wei Zheng's ability, how could he become a royal doctor.In fact, he was soon promoted to secretary supervisor because of his meritorious service... Secretary supervisor is the head of the secretary province, and from the third rank, he exercises the power of prime minister.

In other words, Wei Zheng became prime minister directly from Shangshu Zuocheng.

The topic is far away, let's talk about Xiao Yu.He is also a straightforward person, and this prince from the previous dynasty really saw through life and death.Now there is only one person in the whole world that he can worry about, his own sister, Empress Xiao.

The most important thing to talk about is Changsun Wuji.

I have to say that this person is really treacherous and cunning, and he also persuaded Li Shimin, but he chose a different angle.

The meaning of his words can only be understood by some people at the core: We have been calculating the Turks recently, and if there is turmoil, this matter may be postponed.

The matter in Hebei is indeed very sensitive, but it is nothing compared to the Turkic threat.It can be said that this sentence completely hit Li Shimin's seven inches.

The most important thing is that even if the people in Hebei really rebelled, it has nothing to do with him to hold them accountable.He just reminded the emperor to be careful of the Turks, but he didn't say that the officials in Hebei would not rebel.

With Li Shimin's reliance and trust in him, coupled with the presence of his eldest grandson Wugou, this matter can never be held to him.

As expected, he is indeed the most cunning fox in the Zhenguan Dynasty, Yue Shan said with emotion.

　I'm busy today, so I only have two guarantees.And the manuscript is also used, and the time for the first update tomorrow is not fixed.Feel sorry.

　　
　
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