Li Shimin

Li Xuan continued: "As for the fact that there has been no precedent for craftsmen to be knighted since ancient times, it is those craftsmen who did not make such great contributions!"

"The king of Jin may not know that during the Han Dynasty, there was Marquis Cai who made paper..."

In a fit of anger, Xiao Yu said directly angrily.

However, after speaking halfway, he reacted and stopped talking.

As for Li Xuan, he seemed to think of something and was overjoyed.

"You old man is not too dark-hearted, but you can still think of Marquis Cai. Cai Lun was born as a blacksmith, but because he was appreciated by nobles, he entered the court and made paper, and was named a Marquis! Isn't this a precedent for a craftsman to be named a Marquis?"

As he said that, Li Xuan raised his head again, and looked at the civil servants of the aristocratic family in the hall, his face full of sarcasm.

"Do you still have the nerve to call yourself a Confucian literati? Can you forget someone like Cai Hou who has made great contributions to Confucian literati? Or, your heart is so dark that you look down on Cai Hou's blacksmith background, so you deliberately Don't want to remember?"

Hearing this, the ministers of the aristocratic family couldn't help but feel anxious.

Indeed, as Li Xuan said, they also thought of Marquis Cai, but they deliberately and selectively forgot it. What they didn't expect was that the old man Xiao Yu said it himself.

An aristocratic minister hastily said: "As His Royal Highness Jin Wang said, the reason why Caihou was named Marquis was not because of his paper-making skills, but because Caihou was a Shang Fangling before, and the Empress Dowager Deng thought about Caihou for many years. The meritorious service of the guards made Marquis Cai the Marquis of Longting!"

"Then Marquis Cai also became a Marquis because he was a blacksmith!"

Li Xuan sneered, "Don't open your eyes and talk nonsense to me!"

"Now, the low status of the craftsman has been resolved! Let me talk about the craftsman's contribution, what's wrong with it?"

All the ministers of the family: "..."

After a long silence, a minister from an aristocratic family stood up.

"His Royal Highness, if you want to be conferred a title, you need to have made great contributions to our Great Tang, or to expand the territory, or to be respected, and those craftsmen..."

Li Xuan sneered again, and asked directly: "What title are you?"

Hearing this, Lu Zongyun was stunned, and when he realized it, he clapped his hands proudly and replied, "His Royal Highness King Jin, I am the son of Changping County!"

"County?"

Li Xuan sized this person up and down, and asked: "I didn't expect you to be a county magistrate, tell me what contribution you have made to the Tang Dynasty, so that you can be granted the county magistrate title?"

"This?"

Hearing this, Lu Zongyun was startled, but facing Li Xuan's stare, he could only slowly reply: "His Royal Highness Jin Wang, the servant is a civil servant, born in Lu's family, and was granted a noble title by His Majesty's grace... "

"Tsk!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but sneered, "So, you don't have any credit for Datang?"

Lu Zongyun hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness King Jin, the next official is a civil servant, he should govern the world and educate the people..."

"Okay, shut up!"

Li Xuan's face turned cold, "Let you govern the world and educate the people? Then the people would have starved to death long ago, and the world would have been in chaos long ago!"

"Tell me, how many people have you taught to read? If you haven't, why do you have the face to say that you educate the people?"

"Also, do you know how to farm? Do you know how to build roads, how to feed the common people, and how to make them rich?"

"You rotten scholar will only stand in the court all day long, fighting for power and profit, opposing this and that? Or, spend more money every day, waste some food, and be a court scum!"

"You were born in the Lu family, and you can be knighted after you have read some books? You can be knighted if you don't have any credit for my Tang Dynasty? Then what face do you have to ask for credit from those craftsmen?"

"As for status respect? What respect does your Lu family have?"

"Isn't it because your ancestors were more powerful and saved you some family property, so that you can spend as much money as you want?"

"However, can you not eat or wear clothes? Or are the members of your Lu family different from other people? Other people are born from the womb of their mothers, made up of flesh and blood, but your Lu family is born from the sky. It fell out of thin air, and its body is made of mud?"

"You tell this king that you have no achievements, but you can still be ennobled by the Tang Dynasty and supported by thousands of people, but you are still contemptuous of those people who support you. ?”

"Where's your face?"

"Prince Jin, you..."

Being scolded by Li Xuan so severely, Lu Zongyun was stunned.

Similarly, the officials in the entire Tai Chi Hall were also dumbfounded.

They are all respected people, even if they are extremely angry in their hearts, when they scold others, they always quote scriptures, and then scold others in a polite manner.

Who would want King Jin to be like this, like a street ruffian, extremely vulgar!

However, Li Xuan didn't want to let off the officials of these aristocratic families.

Chapter 637 The Minister of the Aristocratic Family Submits!

After slowly taking a few breaths, Li Xuan raised his head again, scanned the circle of ministers in the hall, pointed to Cheng Zhijie and other generals beside him, and said.

"Grandize those craftsmen, and their martial arts object, this king can understand. Because they took steel knives, went to fight those barbarians with white knives and red knives, and fought desperately to protect my Great Tang.

In this way, there are still many soldiers among them, and those who lack arms and legs have not yet been knighted.

And those craftsmen just stood in front of the forging furnace all day long. It was a bit bitter, but they didn't pay as much as these generals! "

"As for you, you live in the houses built by those craftsmen one by one, sheltering you from the wind and rain; eating the grain grown by the common people, your face is shiny and your ears are fat;

Also, the clothes you wear, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones you use, the carriages you ride in... What do these have to do with you?Do you still feel so at ease? "

"This king really can't think of it. How can you have the face to oppose the craftsman's title? How can you say that the status of the craftsman's household is low?"

"You sour Confucians who only make stinky dung all day long, why do you dislike those craftsmen and farmers? At least, they are contributing to the Tang Dynasty all day long, and what about you?

Only relying on the manure you make to fertilize the crops in the field can you reflect your value? "

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde and other generals were all excited.

"Insulting Sven!"

"Prince Jin bullies people too much!"

"Your Majesty, the King of Jin insulted the officials so much..."

All the ministers' eyes were red. If they were not concerned about Li Xuan's status as a prince, and because they still couldn't beat Li Xuan, they would all want to go up and fight Li Xuan.

They have never suffered this kind of insult.

Above, Li Shimin was still in a daze.

He thought about many situations, after Xuanba came to court, he would argue with these family ministers; or, Xuan Ba ​​would fight with these family ministers! ...

Li Shimin was prepared for all kinds of situations.

But he never expected that from the very beginning, Xuan Ba ​​would insult these family ministers like this?

And the ministers of these aristocratic families have become so weak!

"Shut up all of you, I'm so annoying!"

Li Xuan yelled directly, and the imperial guards outside the hall were shocked.

And all the ministers of the aristocratic family quickly looked at Li Xuan.

"The court meeting is such an important time, it's not for you to come and play tricks like those market women! Now, let's talk about it, what is wrong with what the king said?

You and other people who are so unbearable can be knighted. Are those craftsmen qualified to be knighted? "

"His Royal Highness, no matter what you say, the status of craftsmen is low, and we will never agree to those craftsmen being knighted!"

A minister of an aristocratic family stood up and said resolutely.

In this matter, they will never budge.

"is it?"

Li Xuan's expression froze, "I have said so many good things to you, but you are still so disrespectful to me and shame on me!"

"So, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Hearing this, all the ministers of the aristocratic family couldn't help being angry again.

Are you talking nicely?

After insulting me for waiting so long, you still say good things?

and many more……

Immediately, after these aristocratic families came back to their senses, they couldn't help being surprised again.

"May I ask His Royal Highness King Jin, what does this mean?"

"Humph!"

Li Xuan snorted coldly, "You are so shameless, if you don't reason with this king, naturally this king will not reason with you either!"

"You look down on those craftsmen, then, the glass glasses, glass windows, pens, clean paper, white wine, cement houses, refined salt, carriages, sofas, tea leaves made by those craftsmen... all of these objects, you are worthless. Don't even think about using it!"

Hearing this, the ministers of these aristocratic families were all shocked.

"In addition, the weapons forged by the craftsmen, you have borrowed as many as you have from your respective families, and returned them quickly. Those cement roads, you are not allowed to walk on them."

"Also, this king can suggest to His Majesty to allow your family to go outside the Great Tang Dynasty to fight against feudal kingdoms, give your family the title of king, and allow your family to establish a kingdom!

Then the king can also ask His Majesty to prohibit your family from leaving the Tang Dynasty. If you dare to leave the Tang Dynasty without any reason, it will be treason.

No matter where you flee to, this king will definitely take the master of the Tang Dynasty and wipe out you all..."

"what?"

The words Li Xuan said earlier, the ministers of these aristocratic families, have not touched anything yet.

However, when he heard that Li Xuan would not lend arms to their family, and even asked His Majesty to issue an edict to stop allowing these families to go out to the Tang Dynasty, conquer the vassal state, and establish the kingdom.

They were all in a hurry, and even their hearts were full of panic!

The Cui family in Qinghe, the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the Li family in Longxi, these aristocratic families attacked the vassal states around the Tang Dynasty and established their own kingdoms, although some of the children of those aristocratic families were unwilling to go.

However, these families made a lot of money in the kingdom.

Even, there is an army for him, and his own city has already made the eyes of those aristocratic families in Datang red.

Now, if their respective families suffered such a big loss because of a mere craftsman, they could imagine the miserable ending they would face just by thinking about it.

"King Jin, Your Majesty's golden words, the imperial edict has been issued, how can it be withdrawn?"

All the ministers of the aristocratic family hurriedly asked.

"Why do you want to withdraw?"

Li Xuan snorted coldly, "The ministers of your family are shameless, in order to prevent your family from using the power of the vassal state to invade our Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty issued a new edict to take back the right of your family to attack the vassal state and establish a kingdom. Can't?"

"How can King Jin do this?"

The ministers of the aristocratic family said quickly.

"Why not?"

Li Xuan sneered, "This king has given your family such a big benefit, and your family is not only ungrateful, but you even want to object to this king's small request?

Even, a group of ministers forced the palace collectively, relying on the large number of people, are they going to force His Majesty? "

"Why does Prince Jin slander us so much?"

An aristocratic minister hurriedly said.

At the same time, he turned his head to Li Shimin and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, forgive me, I have absolutely no such thoughts!"

Li Shimin nodded, but did not speak.

However, I was secretly happy in my heart.

Sure enough, one thing falls one thing.

It was the first time for him to see that the ministers of the aristocratic family were so aggrieved.

"okay!"

Li Xuan waved his hand again, "Remember, this king can take back all the benefits that this king has brought to your family one by one. Now, this king will ask you once again, whether the Mohist Letai is qualified Knighthood?"

"This……"

Now, all the ministers of the aristocratic family couldn't help but look at each other.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, since ancient times..."

An aristocratic minister said cautiously.