Tang's dining table

Since Ruichun became the Grand Governor of Baiqisi, Li Zhi's ears and eyes have obviously become much clearer.

Zuo Chun, who was beheaded, was not disloyal, but after staying in the position of Governor of Baiqisi for a long time, it was inevitable that he would develop a lot of worldly connections. Sometimes, these worldly connections were made through making friends at work. Some of them, It was some seemingly insignificant small transactions. After a long time, there were more and more such things. In the end, Baiqisi, as the emperor's eyes and ears, was no longer so sensitive.

To a unit like Baiqisi, human relations are like dirt like ear wax and eye wax. Although it won't make people deaf or blind, it will still have some hindrances.

Li Zhi's rectification of Baiqisi had actually started a long time ago. In the end, Zuo Chun and other senior officials of Baiqisi became an obstacle. Therefore, Li Zhi asked Ruichun to kill Zuo Chun and replace him.

The purpose was obvious. He just wanted to make Ruichun, Zuo Chun's disciple, understand one thing. Baiqisi could only take orders from the emperor, and he could only have the emperor as his master.

Killing Zuo Chun was only the beginning of Ruichun's killings. After Zuo Chun's death, Baiqisi killed six more powerful governors one after another, including the governor of Chang'an, Ren Xiang.

No one in Chang'an now knows who the governor of Baiqisi is. Just like the people who really manage Chang'an in Chang'an at this time are the two chief regents of Chang'an County and Wannian County.

After Yun Chu and Wen Wen left Chang'an, Chang'an became an undefended area for the emperor. If the emperor felt that there was something wrong with Yun Chu and Wen Wen at this time, he could take this opportunity to do something to the officials of the two counties. Some adjustments.

As a result, the emperor did nothing, which meant that the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian were still counties under the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the officials here were only loyal to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

If there is any difference between these two counties and other places, the most obvious one is their honesty and integrity.

However, the emperor expected Chang'an and Wannian counties to be honest and upright, so he focused his attention on the governance methods and efficiency of the two counties.

As a result, he got a satisfactory answer. Chang'an and Wannian counties can be regarded as the examples of Datang counties in these two aspects.

The emperor naturally wanted to learn more about it, and then he got a complete set of policy policies, methods, and lessons learned from the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian from Baiqisi.

Among them, the detailed records, the serious review, and the exquisite response are almost Tao in Li Zhi's eyes.

Under normal circumstances, scholars only make such complicated records and introspections when they are scholars. Unexpectedly, when Yun Chu and Wen Wen were governing the place, they faced the entire governance of Chang'an with a scholarly attitude.

It was because his administration was too careful and too complicated that Li Zhi decisively removed Yunchu from the list of careerists he had constructed, because someone who did this would be impossible to rebel, let alone a hidden careerist.

Governing the city of Chang'an is enough to consume all of Yun Chu's time and energy. How can he have any extra mood to conspire and cause rebellion?

Naturally, the Queen cannot see this. When she evaluates a person, she first presumes that the person is guilty, and then considers whether the person has been wronged. This can be seen from her behavior after taking power. , even guys like Di Renjie were put into prison, and faced with cruel officials, they directly admitted the crimes they had planned, and then asked for a way out.

It can be seen from this that Wu Mei has no good people in her eyes.

However, it can be seen from the environment in which she grew up that it makes sense for her to do this, because from the moment she was born, she basically never met any good people.

Growing up in an environment full of evil people and malicious intentions naturally gave rise to conclusions similar to Xunzi's conclusion about human nature - nature is inherently evil!

The people of the Tang Dynasty were almost harsh in their pursuit of Tao. No matter what kind of Tao you pursued, you were willing to die for your Tao.

In Li Zhi's eyes, Yun Chu pursued a strategy similar to that of Shang Yang to enrich the country and strengthen the army. However, Yun Chu fully absorbed Shang Yang's lessons and not only established a good relationship with him, the current emperor, but also took the initiative to train people for the dynasty. The next generation of monarchs.

Only in this way can the Tao he practiced in Chang'an be continued, and he will not be like Shang Yang who was framed by King Hui of Qin for treason immediately after the death of Qin Xiaogong. After his death, he was cut into pieces by five cattle, and his body and Tao disappeared.

For a while, Li Zhi even felt that he was Yun Chu's confidant. Perhaps he was the only one in the world who understood why Yun Chu disdained high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

The more he thought about it, the more brilliant Yunchu's image became in his eyes.

Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty has reached unprecedented heights both at home and abroad. Even he, the emperor, felt that when there was no reference for him to refer to, the sudden appearance of Yun Chu was, for Li Zhi, somewhat of a surprise. Meaning of fate.

"Just keep an eye on him, but don't try to influence him to do things. As long as he is doing something, no matter whether it is good or bad, don't interfere with him. There is no one more brilliant than him in the Tang Dynasty when it comes to governance, including, You and I.

Even if he is wrong, he must be tolerant. He is now at the forefront of everyone exploring the road. It is natural for him to accidentally fall into a trap. This is also the price that Datang must pay for the future. "

After Li Zhi thought for a long time, he gave Wu Mei some instructions.

Wu Mei said with some embarrassment: "What if he plots rebellion?"

Li Zhi curled his lips and said: "There are half of the Sixteenth Guards in Chang'an City. Even the walls of Chang'an City have been demolished. There are thousands of Baiqisi spies in Chang'an City. Sixty percent of the Tang Dynasty still live in Chang'an City." The above-mentioned famous ministers and generals, not to mention the officials in Chang'an City, were all dispatched by me personally... So, before Yunchu points his horse at you and me, don't believe in any nonsense like rebellion.

If he, Yunchu, could raise an army and rebel under such circumstances, I can only say that the Tang Dynasty would have lost all its people. "

Wu Mei sighed and said: "The "Emperor's Model" written by Emperor Taizong to His Majesty made it very clear, and I cannot trust you enough."

Li Zhi waved his hand irritably and said: "That's because during Emperor Taizong's time, there were strong enemies all around. Now, if you find me an enemy worthy of his name, I will send an army to destroy him.

Of course, the more I trust Yunchu, the more strictly I will monitor him. Doing good to me is also doing good to him. In ten years, I will look back at him again. "

Wu Mei said: "Yu Xiurong's chariots and horses have been trained into the Chinese army. Let's go with your majesty's chariot."

Li Zhi looked at Wu Mei in shock and said, "Your son is still in Yunchu's army, and your daughter is still in Yunchu's army. Do you want to use the Yu family as a hostage?"

Wu Mei gritted her teeth and said, "You have to hold on to something."

Li Zhi walked away after hearing this... He really couldn't understand why Wu Mei had such a strong sense of crisis, or did he not make it clear?

The giant bear said nothing, looking cute and cute, following Li Zhi step by step, twisting its fat butt. Wherever Li Zhi went, it followed him.

The Yellow River no longer freezes after reaching Puyang. Although the water volume is not as good as in summer and autumn, it is still three miles wide. The river flows gently and is as clear as a flowing blue jade liquid.

The weather in Puyang is warm and rarely freezes during the coldest period. Since the emperor wanted to enter Caozhou from Puyang, local officials and people were working day and night to build a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River to allow the emperor's carriage to pass.

The weather is warm, so the bamboo here grows greener. However, the giant bear doesn't seem to like the bamboo very much. Li Zhi took a bite of the bamboo shoots presented by the Puyang government and felt a little bitter, so he spit it out.

After examining the giant bear's belly, he found that it was somewhat deflated, so Li Zhi ordered the eunuch to transport more green bamboos and bamboo shoots from Luoyang.

Although the giant bear is greedy, it still cannot live without bamboo.

When Xu Jingzong heard that the emperor used fast horses to transport bamboo from Luoyang to Puyang, he immediately ordered the eunuchs in the East Palace who were specially used to inquire about palace news to find out whether there was a conflict between the emperor and the queen.

Not long after, Xu Jingzong learned from the eunuch that the emperor and the queen talked a lot together today, and the reason was the head of Changsun Yan sent back by the prince, and the news that the Bingling case was closed.

As for the emperor, it is unknown what the queen talked about, but after the conversation, the emperor left with a gloomy face. After the emperor left, the queen also returned to the palace with a gloomy face.

Then, the emperor took the giant bear to eat bamboo. It turned out that the giant bear didn't seem to like eating the bamboo presented by the Puyang government. Then, he decided to send a fast horse to deliver bamboo to Puyang.

After Xu Jingzong heard this, his long eyebrows knitted together.

A giant bear needs sixty kilograms of bamboo shoots as its daily food. The emperor would rather provoke the impeachment of the imperial censor, but also spend huge sums of money and manpower to transport bamboo all the way, just to satisfy the giant bear. The appetite?

Only when the emperor and the queen had a dispute and angered the emperor, would the emperor be kind to the giant bear at all costs.

Although this sentence sounds outrageous, Xu Jingzong firmly believes that it is so! The emperor and the empress had a dispute. At this time, the prince Li Hong had to come back. After careful consideration, he decided whether to obey the emperor or comfort the empress. In short, he had to proceed from the perspective of the best interests.

He said to the eunuch: "Sending a message to the prince, asking him to leave Yunchu's army and ride back to Puyang."

After Yunchu's army arrived in Bianzhou, the city actually seemed weak. Not only was the city lifeless, but even the people in the city seemed sick and weak.

There were basically not many goods for sale on the market, and the shop workers were not very energetic either. They sat in the shop and yawned feebly.

The emperor stayed in Bianzhou for a full twenty-three days. During these twenty-three days, the accompanying civil and military officials and their families bought almost everything that could be bought in the city.

Especially after I heard that there were thieves planning to flood Bianzhou City with heavy floods, the dignitaries were like locusts and almost evacuated Bianzhou City.

Nowadays, things are very expensive in Bianzhou city, especially rice and grain.

Li Si laughed while eating, and occasionally made a scary giggle.

Yun Chu drank the soup and rinsed his mouth. After swallowing the soup, he said to Li Si: "A bushel of wheat costs twelve coins!"

Li Si, who was drinking soup, choked violently and vomited all the soup in his mouth onto Di Guangsi without wasting any.

After finally stopping to choke, Li Si wanted to tell his master that he couldn't make much money by selling grain like this, but he found that his master had a serious face, so he could only lament and said: "Okay."