It has been a month since Li Song left after listening to the opera.

Wei Renshi was paying attention to the movements in the court, but after all, he did not hear the rumor of Han Yu being demoted, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It seems that Li Song came forward in time to save Han Yu.

Originally, in history, after an investigation, Han Yu found that the victims were displaced and begging everywhere. After starving in Guanzhong, Han Yu was heartbroken when he looked at the severe disaster. However, Li Shi, the Jingzhao Yin, who was responsible for the administration of the capital at that time, blocked the news and lied that Guanzhong had a bumper harvest of food and the people lived and worked in peace. Han Yu was angry and wrote a memorial on the "On the Situation of People with Hunger in Drought" and was slandered by Li Shi and others and demoted to the magistrate of Yangshan County, Lianzhou.

A year later, Shunzong ascended the throne and was pardoned by the whole world. Han Yu was pardoned, left Yangshan County, and went to Jiangling. It was not until three years later that he was able to return to Chang'an.

Although based on the current time, if you are demoted, there will be a correct notice until the end of the year. But the news will definitely be available in advance.

And I have never heard of Han Yu at the moment, so I guess there will be nothing left.

Wei Renshi also negotiated cooperation with the Jiao family. Jiao Haiqing's father was immediately excited when he heard that Wei Renshi intended to let Jiao Haiqing take charge of the establishment of a merchant fleet for the Royal Family, and immediately expressed his full help to Jiao Haiqing.

The people of the Jiao family became busy, and the shopkeepers under Wei Renshi were also busy.

However, Wei Renshi was much more idle. The fire in July was not as hot as before. The weather was good and people were leisurely. This was a wonderful time.

But Li Shi sent the imperial guards and summoned Wei Renshi, who was enjoying his leisure time, to the palace.

This time, Li Shi did not meet Wei Renshi in a pavilion in the garden.

The water was cleverly guided to the pavilion and gently flowed down the top of the pavilion, like a curtain, surrounding the entire pavilion.

Wei Renshi walked to the pavilion, and immediately the yellow door quickly opened a paper umbrella, and the water curtain was blocked by a door, and Wei Renshi went in.

After he walked in, the yellow gate took back the paper umbrella, and the pavilion was surrounded by water curtains.

Ordinary pavilions do not draped water curtains on all sides, which is more interesting than other pavilions Wei Renshi has seen.

"I pay homage to your Majesty." Wei Renshi bowed and said after entering the pavilion.

"Sit." Li Shi asked Wei Renshi to sit down, but Wei Renshi noticed that he did not see the eunuch Liu Guangqi who was often following him next to Li Shi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Renshi sat down and asked, "I wonder what instructions did Your Majesty give to summon me?"

Li Shi said: "I heard the prince say that Guanzhong has a severe drought a few days ago. I was deceived and deceived in the palace. I didn't know that the people in Guanzhong were already hungry and displaced. They even wanted to sell land, houses, children and daughters to raise taxes. Some hungry people even robbed dead bodies for food. I didn't believe it, but because when I was asking Jingzhao Yin, Jingzhao Yin said that although the weather was drought, the people still had a good harvest."

Wei Renshi knew that he had not finished speaking, so he didn't speak.

Li Shi said again: "I feel uneasy when I hear the prince say that. The prince has always been very sensible. This time I have seen it so angry in front of me. Therefore, I sent my confidant to him, and it is indeed as the prince said!"

"I heard from the Crown Prince, and Wei Qing talked to him. He once said that all officials would not necessarily tell the king the true situation of the people for their own benefit. However, the king has lived in the deep palace for a long time, but only by these court officials can he understand the affairs of the people. As a result, the king becomes more and more obscured and less knowledgeable about the affairs of the people and the affairs of the people." Li Shi said again: "I thought about it and think this is not bad. I am in the palace and I am now inconvenient and don't go out much. It seems like this time, I have been deceived."

Wei Ren said sincerely, is he really deceived, or is he unwilling to accept the truth?

I couldn't help but think of another sentence-You can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.

There is a story here.

It was said that Li Shi had come to the home of farmer Zhao Guangqi while hunting in a place called Xindian. Li Shi asked: "Are the people happy?"

Zhao Guangqi replied: "I'm not happy."

Li Shi said: "The crops have achieved a bumper harvest this year, why are you unhappy?"

Zhao Guangqi replied: "The country's edicts are not trustworthy. What we said before was that there is no other corvee service besides the two taxes. Now there are many forced charges in addition to the two taxes. Later, it was said that this was a mercy, which was actually a trick to seize the people, and did not give money to the people. At the beginning, it was said that the people's food was collected by the government from the people's homes, but now it was forced to send the food to the camp in the west of Beijing hundreds of miles away. Due to the long journey, many people's livestock were exhausted and their cars were broken, resulting in the bankruptcy of the family. It was difficult to maintain. People's lives are so sad, what's there to be happy about! The country's policy of giving preferential treatment to the people is just a piece of paper! The emperor lives deeply in the palace with strict defense, so how could he know these!"

After hearing this, Li Shi ordered the exemption of taxes and corvee from Zhao Guangqi's family.

Sima Guang commented on this history and believed that Li Shi did not understand the way of governing the country. He should have thoroughly investigated the obsoleteness of corrupt officials and villains in relevant departments, and then carefully examined the people's conditions, reformed the shortcomings, implemented new policies, and abandoned glitz.

But he only exempted Zhao Guangqi's family from corvee service.

"With the vastness of the world and the masses of the people, how can everyone say to the emperor and every household regain the labor and taxes!" Sima Guang's evaluation just shows that Li Shi was not unaware of the sufferings of the people, but pretended not to know the sufferings of the people.

But Wei Renshi naturally couldn't express his thoughts in his heart in the face of Li Shi.

But he just nodded and said, "What did the ministers say. The people are just the reasons the ministers find for their own actions. The court has become an occasion for these people to seek benefits for themselves. The king is above and the people are below, and they are separated from each other. The king does not know the people, and the people do not know the king."

"What can Wei Qing do?" Li Shi asked.

Wei Renshi looked at Li Shi and said in his heart, even if there is any way, will you do it?

"Although I know that all officials are like this, if these officials are apart, who can govern the world for me?" Li Shi said indifferently: "This is not my fault. The world is so big and the people are so many, I cannot personally verify which officials are true and which one is false."

One year later, Li Shi died of illness and Shunzong ascended the throne. Shunzong was reigning for eight months, and Li Chun ascended the throne.

Wei Renshi looked at Li Shi in front of him, but what he thought was that after Li Chun ascended the throne, these methods might be able to be used.

Now, since Li Shi has asked this, let him know.
Chapter completed!