Li Ye recognized the eldest one as Prime Minister Liu Chongwang, and behind him were Du Renneng, Cui Yin, Cui Zhaowei and others.

However, Li Ye had no impression of these people, as they were not particularly famous in history.

I didn't pay much attention to it.

"As the emperor, I have been humiliated so much. How can I see my ancestors?" Li Ye continued to pretend.

"I have something to say. Since your Majesty is unwilling to be humiliated, you can ask Bianliang for help. The King of Liang is loyal and will live up to your Majesty." The speaker was Cui Yin.

Li Ye stared at him blankly. This person is currently just a minister. Unlike Liu Chongwang and Du Rangneng, one is Zuopushe of Shangshu Province and the right minister of Shangshu Province. They both have Tongping Zhangshi, which means

Prime Minister, since the Sui Dynasty established three

There are six provinces, and the three provinces are divided into Menxia Province, Zhongshu Province, and Shangshu Province. The Shangshu Province has the greatest authority. Because the Shangshu Ling during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty was Li Shimin, so in the Tang Dynasty, the Shangshu Ling was vacant. In fact, the highest officials were the left and right servants of the Shangshu Province.

shoot.

Cui Yin has always coveted the position of prime minister. This is not a secret in the court. Civil servants who do not want to be prime minister are not good undercover agents.

Any ambitious civil servant would collude with the feudal lord to strengthen his voice in the court.

So whenever there is an opportunity, he will rush to speak.

But at this moment, Li Ye's idea was to strangle him directly. He was tired of living, so he recruited Zhu Wen to come to Qinwang.

What Cui Yin did, isn't it a replica of He Jin's invitation to Dong Zhuo to come to Beijing in the late Han Dynasty?

Compared with Zhu Wen, Dong Zhuo is really a kind person.

Of course, Zhu Wen was not called Zhu Wen at this time, but Zhu Quanzhong. This name was given to him by his confused brother Tang Xizong.

Emperor Li Tang's biggest hobby was to give names and force others to recognize their ancestors. Before the mid-Tang Dynasty, there was no big problem in doing so. However, in the late Tang Dynasty, for the sake of power, official ancestors were not used, let alone recognition.

of.

Seeing Li Ye looking at him blankly, Cui Yin had no consciousness that his undercover identity had been discovered, "The only one who can save your majesty right now is King Liang! The others are all ambitious people. I hope your majesty will accept your loyal advice."

Li Ye resisted the urge to strangle him and looked around at the loyal ministers, "What do you think?"

Those in power should not reveal their feelings easily. This is something he learned from being the boss of an insurance company. Let the people below him make trouble, and he will finally come out to clean up the mess. Firstly, he can see everyone's position clearly, and secondly, he will not offend others.

"I don't think it's possible!" someone said in a high-pitched voice.

According to the reputation, it is Han Quanhui, the lieutenant of the right Shence Army guard. It is also a characteristic of the late Tang Dynasty that eunuchs control the Shence Army.

Han Quanhui is currently the most powerful figure in the Tang court. When he speaks, everyone can only look at him like an ostrich.

"Oh? General Han, what's the good plan?" Although Han Quanjie was a eunuch, eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty were also a group of forces that could not be offended. Li Ye vaguely remembered that there were at least three emperors of the Tang Dynasty who were killed by eunuchs.

Han Quanjie is Li Ye's retainer and is in charge of the Shence Army, so he has a closer relationship with the emperor. "Cui Yin, do you want to harm your majesty and the Tang Dynasty?"

Cui Yin was at least 20 years older than Han Quanhui. When he was pointed at his nose and called "boy", he did not dare to refute. His face turned red, his neck shrank, and he repeatedly cupped his hands.

Han Quanhui scanned everyone present with his small eyes, his hands on his hips, like a rooster in heat.

Of course, the eunuch is not in heat, but his spirit is even more exciting than in heat: "You are misleading Your Majesty by talking about the king of Longxi County like this? The country of Tang Dynasty is ruined in the hands of you guys of literati."

Several ministers hummed and hahaed, but no one dared to speak.

Han Quanjie enjoyed the embarrassment that the ministers dared to be angry but dared not speak out, but no one spoke back, and he could not make a quarrel alone. He turned to Li Yeyi and said in an old way: "Your Majesty, don't worry. From my perspective, the king of Longxi County

I have no other purpose here than to clean up the emperor's side and clean up these sycophants who only know how to engage in slander."

"Oh, it turns out that the king of Longxi County is also a loyal minister. It seems that I misunderstood him." There was a hint of sarcasm in Li Ye's words.

Han Quanhui also heard a bit of sarcasm in Li Ye's words, and stared at Li Ye with his little eyes.

When no one spoke, Li Ye said: "Since the King of Longxi County has no other intentions, then General Lao Han will go to comfort the Western Army."

A strange color flashed in the eyes of the minister, Du Rangneng, and he quickly retreated.

Han Quanhui's little eyes turned faster, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this is not quite... appropriate..."

Li Ye did not give him a chance to shirk: "The prince of Longxi County came to Laoton from afar, and the court had to express his opinion. General Laohan is responsible for this matter."

This Han Quanjie was Li Maozhen's spokesperson in the imperial court. He was sent to Fengxiang Army to find out the details of Li Maozhen.

The emperor had spoken, and Han Quanjie had to listen. Now that the matter had come to this, he had no choice but to agree to it.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard. That's it for today. You guys go back first."

After talking for so long, there were basically no useful suggestions, but there was one fatal suggestion. Even if Li Ye was in trouble, he would not dare to ask Zhu Wen to come to King Qin.

The ministers resigned one after another.

He was the only one left in Zichen Palace.

In fact, Li Maozhen's purpose here is very clear, to hijack Zhaozong and imitate Cao Cao in commanding the emperor to command the world. But Cao Cao can do this, but you, Li Maozhen, don't have the strength or ability to do it.

Fengxiang can only be regarded as a second-rate force among the vassal towns in the world, not even comparable to Yang Xingmi of Jianghuai. In front of him are Liang Wang Zhu Wen and Jin Wang Li Keyong. Can they watch you, Li Maozhen, become Cao Cao?

Besides, Tang Ting at this time had little appeal to the world.

Li Maozhen's move completely shot herself in the foot.

As soon as he kidnapped Zhaozong, the evil god Zhu Wen came and beat him violently. Li Maozhen could only give in and sacrifice Zhaozong to Zhu Wen.

Fortunately, Li Ye still has 30,000 remnants of Shence's army. Going out to play field battles with Li Maozhen would be humiliating himself.

It shouldn't be difficult to defend Chang'an City, right?

Besides, Li Maozhen's biggest inner supporter, Han Quanjie, was also kicked out by him, so at least he didn't have to worry about being controlled by both internal support and external support.

He also thought about killing Han Quanjie and taking over the military power of the Shence Army.

The problem is that the power of the eunuchs is not trivial. They have long been integrated with the Tang Dynasty. It would be foolish to cut oneself.

When playing politics, the first thing is to understand who is the enemy and who is one of our own.

Han Quanjie is not one of our own, but he is not his enemy yet.

He had read an article in his previous life. In the late Tang Dynasty, it was actually a stable power triangle formed by vassal towns, eunuchs, and emperors. No matter how powerful the eunuchs were, and they were so arrogant and domineering that they killed the emperor, the new emperor would still be the Li Tang clan.

But when the feudal town got too big, it wanted to revolutionize Li Tang's life.

This is the essential difference.

The emperors of the late Tang Dynasty just didn't understand this, and they had constant conflicts with the eunuch group, weakening each other, which eventually led to the complete loss of control of the vassal towns and the ruin of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, there were many reasons for the fall of the Tang Dynasty. The eunuch group was not a thing, the last few emperors of the Tang Dynasty were not a good thing, and the feudal towns were not a good thing.

The political landscape of the late Tang Dynasty was all about showing off the lower limit, competing to see who was more rotten, and everyone would rot together.

The result is that the anger from below destroys everything.

Huang Chao's uprising brought an end to the emperor, eunuchs, and feudal vassals.

On the surface, it was the vassal towns that benefited, but in reality it was Huangchao rebel generals like Zhu Wen, inward-migrating tribes like Li Keyong, and foreign tribes such as the Khitan, Dangxiang, Nanzhao, and Uighurs.

The most seriously injured are the ancient peoples who inhabit this land.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Du wants to see you." Liu Quanli's report outside the palace interrupted Li Ye's thoughts.

Du Rangneng? What is he here to do?

"Old minister, I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Unlike the three kneels and nine bows in the braided drama of later generations, Du Rangneng just bowed his head and made a cross-hand salute.

"Your Majesty, without any courtesy, come and serve tea." Although his soul traveled through Zhaozong's body, Zhaozong still has some memories.

"Yesterday I heard that His Majesty was feeling ill. I wonder how he is doing today?" Du Rang was as gentle and courteous as the others, but without any pretentiousness.

Of course, Li Ye knew that Du Rang could go all the way back to see him, and he was definitely not talking nonsense. He couldn't help but say: "The minor illness has been cured, but the serious illness is difficult to get rid of."

Du Rang, who is the prime minister, is naturally not an ordinary person. He knows the elegant meaning of the song when he hears it: "I heard that the illness came like a mountain falling, and the illness went away like a thread, but I don't know whether your majesty used strong medicine or warm care?"

The direction of these words is very clear, and Li Ye understands it in his heart, but Datang is currently terminally ill and is on his deathbed. A strong dose of medicine may most likely kill Datang directly, but warmth and nourishment are not waiting for me.

, let alone solve the dilemma of the Tang Dynasty. When Zhaozong was in power, all efforts could be regarded as nourishment, but all attempts failed.

Only find another way.

But how to find another way, Li Ye didn't have the slightest idea.

"Strong medicine and warm nourishment both treat the symptoms but not the root cause." Li Ye told the truth.

Du Rangneng suddenly looked straight at Li Ye, "Why don't Your Majesty remove the firepower?"

Drawing firepower from the bottom of the cauldron? Li Ye was shocked, yes, taking firepower from the bottom of the cauldron!

The Tang Dynasty has come to an end, and all traditional methods since the Suzong and Xianzong era have failed.

If you want Datang to be revitalized, you can only fundamentally change everything! Reshape the bones of Datang!

Only a soul like myself who came from the 21st century could have the courage, determination and insight to accomplish this. It would be impossible for any ancient person to have such a pattern.

This is also the only place where he is ahead of the ancients.

But when I changed my mind, I couldn't help but think about it and became very scared.

Li Ye has never underestimated the thoughts of the ancients, but as a native of the Tang Dynasty, how could Du Rangneng have such thoughts that transcend the limitations of the times?

Is he also a time traveler?

Or maybe he just hit it by mistake and didn't mean it that way? Is he overthinking it?

Seeing the vague glint in Du Rangneng's cloudy eyes, Li Ye suddenly understood that he was not a random person, nor was he a modern person.

It's very simple. The temperament of modern people is completely different from that of the ancients. Even if Du Rang could be an Oscar winner, he would not be able to portray the innate temperament of the Tang Dynasty people.
Chapter completed!