Chapter 37 Criticism and Weapons
"This is the true person Huang Guanzi, and your Majesty relies on high paths. Go and report it quickly."
It is not impossible to go to Jiucheng Palace casually. After Li Chunfeng resigned, he would have to rely on his own face and relationships to see the emperor. But it is not impossible to use up his favors. He will always have a strong wise ruler, and he needs face.
The emperor really likes to be a minister who is low and small.
So, Lao Zhang came up with a bad idea, to save his favors, and to use other people's favors, especially those who are mature and mature.
Shi Dazhong, who had been retired for many years, started a business as a political broker again. Lao Zhang asked Li Chunfeng to bring a box of small yellow croakers, all of which were one or two gold bars, a total of twenty.
Shi Dazhong was also in a miserable life. He was still running errands at the age of others. He ran to the Li Tang ancestral court. Rumors were the dragon veins in the world.
When he met the emperor, Li Shimin talked: "Why, now I'm at home and have started such a business?"
"I am afraid." When Shi Dazhong heard the emperor's tone, he knew that his master had no intention of blaming him, so he bowed slightly and opened a brocade box. "I have collected ten gold bars, and the quality is excellent. I will come to offer to His Majesty."
"What do I want your gold bars to be?"
Li Shimin touched his index finger and touched his beard on his lips, then smiled and said, "Put it away. Where is Huang Guanzi? Let him come in."
Li Chunfeng, who inherited his father's name, met Li Shimin and bowed to him, then said, "Greetings to Your Majesty."
"When you were seventeen years old, Zhaoren introduced you to me. He was young and became a record room in the Qin Palace to join the army. I also know that you are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and you are good at studying. I originally planned to leave it to you to do it. Unfortunately, you disappointed me so much."
With Li Chunfeng, the emperor did not call himself "I", let alone be alone. He was like chatting, and he pointed to a stool casually and said, "Everyone sat."
Li Chunfeng sat down a little depressedly, while Shi Dazhong thanked him first, then sat half of his butt, feeling in fear and trepidation.
"The two daughters of Warriors are now famous. They are all talented in Luoyang, Chang'an and Luoyang, and the two princesses in Dongdu have been compared. This is all because of you, Li Chunfeng."
"Shame."
When Li Chunfeng mentioned this matter again, his face turned red.
"With your spirit, I won't come to ask for help from me. You, Li Chunfeng, are not that kind of person. Let's talk about it, what are you doing this time? You also took ten gold bars for favors."
There was also a porcelain fish tank in the house, blue and white, with nine goldfish inside, which looked very beautiful. Li Shimin picked up a pot of fish food, teased it, and then waited for Li Chunfeng to reply.
"I have a memorial."
Li Chunfeng didn't say much, took out a memorial, thought about it, but handed it out with both hands. Shi Dazhong saw it and hurriedly took it, then stepped forward and stood beside Li Shimin, holding it in both hands.
At this time, Li Chunfeng had to admire Zhang De's arrangement. In this situation, it was better to use Shi Dazhong than to use anyone. Other small yellow sects dared not pick up the memorial and hold it on without the emperor's words.
However, Shi Dazhong dared, and not only would he not be blamed by Li Shimin, but he would feel that this slave was very friendly to do things.
However, no matter how much he admires it, it is related to the future. Li Chunfeng pretended to be calm at this moment.
As Zhang De said, when he came here this time, he did not receive the imperial edict, but the "will of heaven".
Originally, "destroying mountains and destroying temples" was a very impressive weapon for Li Chunfeng. But Zhang De looked down on him and told him that as long as he did this, other Taoist priests could do this, and everyone was backing the court and crushing dozens of small tribes and hills without any effort.
The status in the Shangqing sect is enough, and there are connections among the senior officials of the empire. It is just a matter of raising hands to imitate Zhang Ling to get rid of evil.
The Tang Dynasty is even better than the Han Dynasty at that time. If you have to say the gap, it means that the Western Regions are not fully controlled.
Li Shimin took the memorial with one hand and put the fish food casually in Shi Dazhong's hands with the other. Old man Shi was obedient from beginning to end, claiming to be a slave.
After turning on the memorial made by the cut rice paper, Li Dong glanced at him and glanced at Li Chunfeng who was still sitting on the stool in surprise. Seeing Li Chunfeng's calm appearance, he secretly praised him in his heart.
As he continued to watch, Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, his fingers kept whispering, he thought for a while in confusion, and nodded with satisfaction.
"However, do I need to transfer some people from the Taishi Bureau to you?"
"I am here just to ask for an imperial edict. With His Majesty's imperial edict, all demons will retreat and all evil will not invade."
Emperor Li, who was in the fifth year of Zhenguan, was still thinking about compiling the "Clan Chronicle". In the ninth year of Zhenguan, he thought it was ridiculous when he thought of the "Clan Chronicle".
That was a compromise in helplessness. Talents were held in the hands of aristocratic families. Not to mention the countryside, even the poor family, how many talents are available?
The only poor family who can be successful in recent years is Ma Zhou. And Ma Zhou is from the East Palace!
Li Shimin is still very clear about how many families he has. In terms of deterrence to the surrounding areas, he may not be as good as the Han Dynasty. After all, the Western Turks had not been destroyed, and the prisons of the states rebelled again, not to mention that because Li Jing advanced to the West Sea, he accidentally discovered that Tubo and others were also powerful soldiers.
The old enemy was not completely eliminated, and the potential enemy began to develop again, which was a bit unhappy for Emperor Li.
But overall, under 200,000 warriors, no matter how strong you are, it is not worth laughing at. Besides, you can choose 200,000 warriors to suddenly die from the plague. With his own family, with the guards in the capital, you can raise another 200,000.
However, two sentences in Li Chunfeng's memorial attracted his attention and gave him new ideas on how to control the Western Regions.
The first sentence: Since ancient times, swords and weapons kill the body, and brush and ink kill the heart, it is the reason for the world.
The second sentence: If you want to break the country's fortune, you must first break the country's history.
Li Chunfeng's memorial is very simple. Swords and weapons are weapons for criticism, and brushes are criticism of weapons. This is a truth that cannot be changed in the world. If you want to destroy a country that has been passed down through a long history, you must first destroy its history.
This is not a new view, because many years ago, the ancestors of the Huaxia clan said: The major affairs of the country are sacrifices and military affairs.
The Han Dynasty was material and pure, so it relied on the criticism of weapons throughout the process. But at that time, the plateau was an unmanned land, the Queen of Evil Horse and Taiwan was not yet born, and there were even tigers in Wu and Yue.
The enemy is very simple, so by criticizing weapons, the Huns can be criticized on the ground.
Until your family has four generations and three generations, and my family has four generations and three generations. Until Chen Qun officially proposed the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system and threw the "only talent" into the cesspool; until the Sima family had one nest after another, the weapons of criticism were no longer effective.
Because other people's weapons are even better than you.
Now, the Tang Dynasty has half its foot on the threshold of prosperity, and the weapons in its hands have reached the point where they can criticize whoever they want.
However, as the emperor, Li Shimin realized that this was not enough.
Material things can only be fought against by matter. But once they deteriorate, how can they be saved and how can they prosper?
For fifty or one hundred years, the empire will not continue like this. There will always be a problem with the nobles and civil servants, the old and new battles within the nobles, and the poor families in the civil servants. There will always be a problem with these for hundreds of years. The demise of the Donghu was the Huns, and the demise of the Huns was the Xianbei... The mixed races on the grassland didn't mind that their fathers were not their own fathers. They framed their own people, and the pursuit of animal survival was far greater than the development and progress of society.
But whoever has not decided that the backward will definitely not be able to defeat the advanced ones.
After reading Li Chunfeng's memorial, Li Shimin was a little silent for a moment. He stared at Li Chunfeng, and always felt that there was a strange and vulgar shadow behind this Taoist priest.
"Li Chunfeng."
The emperor thought about it and made a decision.
"I'm here."
"I will grant you an ambassador to transform into Hu, and I will give you a few more notes. The inner government, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Grand Historian Bureau will allocate some wealth to you. I will give you five more awards and decrees. If you have blanks, who will fill in their name, and you can decide on it in one sentence."
After thinking about it, the emperor suddenly asked casually, "After resigning from the Taishi Bureau, are you thinking about this?"
"It is my duty to share your worries."
"It was Juyue, didn't you go to climb a high place to play? I heard that the autumn scenery in Jingxiang is pleasant and the most pleasant..."
Li Chunfeng twitched his lips and calmly said, "I will definitely go and see it."
A few days later, the emperor convened an enlarged meeting of important officials. At the meeting, the emperor said that one victory after another on the front line, I am very happy. I decided to let someone follow my ancestors and prepare to create a "Hu Culture Year". What do you think?
Three of the four kings took the lead in applauding and shouting: Roar!
Chapter completed!