The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"The Tang Dynasty is what it is today, not just because of the Emperor, but also because of you, my dear ministers. In the days ahead, I still hope that you, my dear ministers, will work with me, the monarch and the ministers, to handle all kinds of government affairs in the court and maintain our hard-won stability."

"Your subjects obey your orders." All the civil and military officials bowed in response.

"Send it to the Shangshi Bureau, and give it a banquet."

Li Shimin waved his hand, and the grand court meeting of praising his merits and virtues came to an end.

The banquet was held in Chengtian Hall, and the eunuchs around Li Shimin sent other eunuchs to the Shangshi Bureau to pass on the message.

Preparations were also made in advance in Chengtian Hall.

A group of civil and military officials, along with Li Shimin's imperial carriage, went to Chengtian Hall.

Outside Chengtian Hall, there were thousands of guards in the palace lined up. They also prepared a program for His Majesty and the court officials to watch for the New Year's Day banquet. The song they used was "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Formation".

The artistic cells of the old Li family are really beyond words.

"It's beautiful, really beautiful."

The ministers praised this scene.

After sitting down, everyone sat together and drank.

In Chengtian Hall, there is no need to be as restrained as in the grand court meeting just now.

Li Shimin sat at the top and was very happy after drinking a glass.

"This world was conquered. When I fought Liu Wuzhou, I composed this song and circulated it among the people. This song now sounds less graceful than Qingyue, but my achievements were made by martial arts. Playing it is to remember my roots."

It can be seen that after singing praises, Li Shimin was in a good mood.

"Your Majesty is wise and brave, how can this literary virtue match it? In the future, just play the Qin Wang Pozhen Music." Feng Deyi hurriedly sent the horse.

There were people who agreed and those who despised.

"That's wrong. To conquer the world, you need to use force. To govern the world, you need to use culture. Do you mean that culture is not as good as force?" Li Shimin looked at Feng Deyi, his face was gloomy.

Then, he retracted his gaze, still smiling.

"Today is the celebration of the first year of Zhenguan. Zhenguan, we need to use culture. As the right servant, you said this, it's a bit too much."

"Your Majesty is right, Your Majesty is right." Feng Deyi hurriedly said, "I will punish myself with a cup."

This flattery is flattering.

In one sentence, Li Shimin interpreted it this way, and he became a sinner who offended all the civil officials in the court.

Li Fu glanced at Feng Deyi. The old guy wanted to follow the emperor's words. He was just thinking that in the future, all the big scenes would use Qin Wang Pozhen Music. This music is the national anthem of the Tang Dynasty.

But Li Shimin had been unhappy with these old ministers for a long time, so he naturally would not take up this topic.

Feng Deyi is the right servant, but Li Shimin wants to give this position to the former confidant of the Xian Ce Mansion, and wants to give this position to Zhangsun Wuji.

But Feng Deyi is already in the position.

There are too many old officials of the old school in the court, which is not a good thing, especially since the emperor is still alive and they still have the emperor in their hearts.

"When I ascended the throne, I asked you to recommend talents for me, but to this day, you haven't recommended any. Why is that?" Li Shimin said slowly.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't do my best, but to this day, I haven't found any talents."

"Really? Using talents means using their strengths. I haven't heard that only the previous generation has talents, but this generation has none. Isn't this an insult to a generation? In this way, can you still manage the government?"

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Feng Deyi was shocked.

Pei Ji also lowered his head and looked secretly at Li Shimin.

"The fault lies with me, the fault lies with me." Feng Deyi bowed his head and confessed.

"Don't frame everyone just because you can't find talent." Li Shimin spoke again.

"This... the fault lies with me."

Pei Ji saw Feng Deyi like this, and quickly picked up the wine jar and looked at everyone present.

"Today is a celebration, the king and his subjects drink together, the king and his subjects drink together, come on, your majesty." Pei Ji toasted Li Shimin.

Li Shimin smiled, gave him a step, and picked up the wine jar.

"Come."

The tense atmosphere was slightly eased.

Li Fu looked at Pei Ji.

This old guy dared to jump out now.

The words that your majesty said to Feng Deyi just now must have made you, an old man, sweat profusely.

It's not just Feng Deyi who is targeted, but the conservatives in the entire court.

Today, during the New Year's Day grand court meeting, Feng Deyi was attacked in words during the celebration. This was a signal that Li Shimin was going to take action against this group of people.

After the New Year's Day celebration, Li Fu hurried back to the Jingyang Prince's residence, but Li Shimin did not go back to rest. He held another small meeting with Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji in the side hall."Your Majesty, although the officials of the Qin Palace and Tiance Palace have been in charge of the government after Your Majesty ascended the throne, the level of Shangshu Ling, that is, the left and right Pushe, is still controlled by the old ministers of the retired emperor. It should be said that we cannot completely control the government." Fang Xuanling said.

Changsun Wuji also echoed Fang Xuanling's words.

According to seniority, merit, and understanding of the new policy.

The position of the right Pushe should be his.

"We should also take action. We have dealt with the former crown prince and the King of Qi, and they are now our people. Now, we have to deal with the group of old ministers of the retired emperor." Changsun Wuji said.

"You are the Minister of Personnel. You are in charge of all the officials in the court. You can think of ways and do something, then turn things around, completely control the government, and revise the laws.

Although the Wude Law is more lenient and simpler than the imperial law of the Sui Dynasty, it is still too complicated. Let's simplify it and make it the Zhenguan Law."

"You lead the Zhongshu Ling and the Dali Temple Shaoqing to revise the law." Li Shimin said to Changsun Wuji.

"Your Majesty, the Zhongshu Ling is the one who makes the law, and the Dali Temple Shaoqing is the one who tries the case. How can I lead them to revise the law?" Changsun Wuji said.

But there was a smile on his face.

"Remember, what I want you to do is a big thing, and you can only succeed, not fail." Li Shimin looked serious.

"Wu De Law can still be used, right? We still have a lot of things to do, so can we talk about revising the law later?"

"Wu De Law must be revised. First, it must be simplified and easy to implement. Second..."

"Zhenguan should have its own set of things." Changsun Wuji responded.

"You can't be too smart." Li Shimin said.

Changsun Wuji smiled.

"But you're still a little short." Li Shimin stared at Changsun Wuji: "If you can revise the law, you will be more than just the Minister of Personnel."

Changsun Wuji realized.

The position of Right Prime Minister was beckoning to him.