Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Wei Zheng murmured, "I have been thinking about a question?"

Li Jiancheng said: "And then?"

Wei Zheng said indifferently: "It's better to fight against the outside world or to secure the inside!"

Li Jiancheng also began to think that the revenue and expenditure of the Tang court was limited, but nearly doubling the number of officials was also a huge burden for the court. The key is to lower the rank and reduce the number of officials, which is imperative.If Li Jiancheng didn't have the courage to touch this matter, then, in the future, Li Chengdao would have even less courage to do it.

Li Jiancheng said noncommittally: "Chen Ying, what do you think?"

"Selfishness is the instinct of human beings!" Chen Ying shrugged, and Gu Zuo said with a relaxed smile, "Your Majesty, I am thinking about an ancient matter. Why did Di Xin die?"

When it comes to Di Xin, few people may know it, but when it comes to Daji, people are not familiar with it.All kinds of legends, novels, and TV have told her story incisively and vividly, which is extremely legendary.Because Shang Zhou disrespected Nuwa Empress, the vixen, one of the "Three Monsters of Xuanyuan Tomb", was ordered by Nuwa to destroy Shang, so he attached himself to Daji, the daughter of Hou Suhu in Jizhou, and entered the palace. Loyal and loyal, he also instigated King Zhou to be tyrannical and immoral, to lose the hearts of the people, and lead to the subjugation of the country.

"Zhou, cruel righteousness harms goodness." The derogatory title given by this Zhou people is well-known and notorious.However, his other title "Di Xin" is little known.Just like "Chengtang" and "Wuding", "Emperor Xin" is his real title as the king of the great merchant country.According to the people of Zhou, he was the king of Zhou who was extravagant and full of evil.

History at any time is contemporary history.At this time, Li Jiancheng was preparing to carry out internal reforms, reduce the government with elite soldiers, and defend against foreign aggression. Yi, defended the Central Plains, and developed the power of the Shang Dynasty to the present Jianghuai area, and the territory has been expanded to Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and even the coastal areas of Fujian.

However, in the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou army led by King Wen of Zhou attacked. In the Battle of Muye, they defected, and the Shang Dynasty perished.

Regarding Di Xin's crimes, what is said in "Shangshu? Mushi". "Oath of Mu" is the general mobilization of the whole army by Zhou Wu Wang Jifa before the decisive battle in Muye.In such a pre-war proclamation, it should naturally be a big book about the evil of Emperor Xin, and create a righteous image of himself acting on behalf of the heavens, so as to arouse the soldiers and civilians to feel the same hatred and hatred.There are four points of Emperor Xin's crimes in the article: one is that women's words are useful.Second, fainting, abandoning and worshiping, Vedda.The third is the fainting and abandonment of the king's parents and brothers.The fourth is that there are many crimes in the four directions, and they fled. They respected the elders, believed in the envoys, and thought that they were officials and scholars, so as to tyrannize the people and rape the merchants.

However, successive dynasties have slandered it, adding 27 things to the Warring States, 22 things to the Western Han Dynasty, and [-] things to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Of course, wise men such as Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng do not believe these things at all, because the example of Yang Guang is right in front of them.

In fact, Li Jiancheng also knew that the reason why Di Xin failed was because Di Xin's internal reforms at that time touched the interests of some people, that is, the Unitarianism. (That is, the prototype of Tongtianjiao in Fengshenyanyi).

Looking at the history of the world, we can easily find that in all countries in the world, there is a dispute between theocracy and kingship, and some theocracy overrides the kingship. Before Emperor Xin, Wu Ding began to fight fiercely with Unitarianism. In the Emperor Xin period, After serving as four kings, he finally suppressed the Unitarianism.

The stubborn forces were not reconciled to failure. Taking advantage of the period when Emperor Xin’s elite troops were conquering Dongyi and the Shang capital was empty, he used Bigan, Huiziqi and other stubborn forces to collude with the Zhou Dynasty, lead the Zhou army into the pass, and then instigate rebellion against the Shang Dynasty. The last slave army, so the Shang Dynasty perished.

Chen Ying's words were actually a veiled warning to Li Jiancheng to be careful of those stubborn forces in the court to prevent their counterattack.Because once Li Jiancheng followed Fang Xuanling's reform opinions, streamlined officials, and then demoted the clan, he must have committed the three major crimes of Emperor Xin's four crimes.

Li Jiancheng murmured: "According to Turkic customs, after autumn is the time for them to use their troops. There are still two months left, so let's reduce the number of mediocre officials first. I would rather give the saved money and food to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. I don’t want to throw it to these white-eyed wolves either!”

……

His Royal Highness Liangyi of the Taiji Palace, Li Jiancheng sat on the imperial couch, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were arranged in the hatchback.

A waiter held the imperial decree and read it in cadence on the main hall: "Order Chen Yingzheng to transfer [-] young and strong people from Guanzhong, and use work as relief to build the Chang'an-Yuanzhou Chi Road...

The officials exchanged glances with each other.Those present are all human beings. What is the function of Chidao? If it is said that the officials did not know five years ago, but they all know it now. It is more than five hundred miles from Taolin to Chang'an City.

The 200 million shi grains stored in Taolin by Chen Ying consumed less than tens of thousands of shi during the five hundred li journey, and most of them were successfully transported into the Changping warehouse.

Right now, the purpose of recruiting people to build a road to Wonju is to save too much food and time for transporting troops and food.If it is an ordinary official road, it will take ten days at the fastest for a five-hundred-mile grain truck, but starting from Taolin, it can take five days to make a round trip, which is more than twice as fast.

Xiao Yu frowned.

Feng Deyi closed his eyes and remained silent.

The envoy read out the imperial edict.

Li Jiancheng slowly glanced at the expressions of all the officials.

Wei Zheng stood in the queue expressionlessly.

Li Jiancheng said: "My dear family, do you have any objections?"

Xiao Yu suppressed his anger and came out and said: "I object! The severe drought in Guanzhong is a natural disaster. It is very inappropriate to recruit the people to build roads. If 10 people gather together, it will easily lead to civil uprisings. Once it happens Civil upheavals are man-made disasters. Natural disasters cannot be cured by manpower, but man-made disasters can be avoided. If His Majesty insists on doing so, the world will surely make people laugh at His immorality and the incompetence of the court. Without virtue and incompetence, His Majesty and the court will , what are you using to order the world?"

Chen Shuda was in a hurry, and hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Xiang Xiang's remarks are extremely absurd. A few days ago, the soaring food price has exhausted the remaining wealth of the people's families. If we don't build roads, don't we let the victims starve to death?" Can His Majesty and the imperial court be virtuous and capable? The people in Guanzhong, right under His Majesty’s eyes, starve for thousands of miles, and change their children to eat, so that Your Majesty and the imperial court will be virtuous and capable?”

Xiao Yu turned around and pointed at Chen Shuda and roared: "You rebellious man, you are so instigating His Majesty to build a large-scale construction project? You clearly have ulterior motives!"

Chen Shuda also pointed out his finger to Xiao Yu with a red face and retorted: "The people in Guanzhong are in dire straits now, but you, the prime minister, turn a blind eye to it and watch from the sidelines. In my opinion, you are clearly a vegetarian with no virtue and incompetence!"

Xiao Yu was furious, rushed to Chen Shuda and shouted: "Flaty... villain!"

Chen Shuda retorted, "Pedantry!"

Xiao Yu was so angry that he reached out and pulled at Chen Shuda's clothes.

Not to be outdone, Chen Shuda stroked Xiao Yu's beard with his backhand.

The two big guys are fighting together like street hooligans.

Baiguan was dumbfounded.

Chen Ying couldn't bear to watch.

At this moment, Wei Zheng came out, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached, the left servant of the Shangshu shot Xiao Yu, and the servant Chen Shuda. They lost their manners in front of the palace. They have no demeanor of assistant ministers, which is an insult to the court's dignity."

Li Jiancheng said in a cold tone: "Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, as the three provinces, they can't help me solve my problems, but they can only roar and criticize each other in front of the palace. It's really hard to take the position of province. Fang Xuanling!"

Fang Xuanling came out and said: "The minister is here!"

Li Jiancheng: "Go down and draw up the imperial edict, and leave Xiao Yu Shangshu Zuo Pushe and Chen Shuda as servants."

There was a dead silence in the hall.

Among the hundreds of officials, several people were so frightened that they dropped the wat board in their hands to the ground.

Li Jiancheng looked indifferently, looked around the crowd and said slowly: "Retire!"

……

In front of Fengjiamen, there is a tall mansion gate and a wide courtyard wall.On the lintel of the gate of the mansion, there is a plaque hanging high, with three big characters "Shang Shu Di" written on it.

There are door halberds and horse-mounting stones on both sides of the gate.

Four-wheeled carriages were parked in the open space in front of the gate.

The Feng family was beaming with joy.

Feng Daoyan hurriedly greeted the visitors who came one after another.

A family member stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Feng, when will you be free? Recently, some beautiful orchids have come to Yanfeng Tower, and my younger brother will be the host!"

Another child of the aristocratic family said: "Hey... Let's forget about Hu Ji, I accidentally gave birth to a child with gray eyes and green hair, messing up my blood, and shameless to my ancestors. Brother Feng, this is my father. Invitation card, when will your father be free, take the time and come to my house?"

A few members of the Feng family were in the side room, looking at the bustle of the living room triumphantly.

"Xiao Yu is dismissed. According to the usual practice, the master will be promoted to the right servant, and he will be promoted to the left servant. It is a matter of course."

"Yes, Master H has been cautious since the first year of Wude. After eight years, he is finally going to be the prime minister."

In stark contrast to Feng's mansion, Pei Sikong's mansion was empty. Lawyer Pei looked in the direction of Feng Deyi's mansion in dismay.