Chapter 8 The monument of merit, this trick is really good
"Everyone, I have prepared something very interesting for you.
Now that we have arranged manpower to be placed in the center of our Chang'an City, I will personally take you to take a look, what do you think?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After hearing what His Majesty said, the ministers whispered in their hearts again.
What on earth is Your Majesty going to do?
Some ministers also stood up directly, hoping that His Majesty would directly explain what he was going to do.
Only this time, Li Er did not answer what the minister said. Instead, he led the ministers straight to the place where the marbles were placed.
Now in the center of Chang'an City, people have been coming and going as usual.
But today, they were surrounded by Chang'an City guards, who dispersed the people and waited for the arrival of the Holy One.
I saw Li Er arriving here with hundreds of civil and military officials. When everyone saw His Majesty coming in person, they all knelt on the ground and shouted long live!
Watching the excitement is a common tendency of all people, although it has been dispersed to the periphery.
But a large number of people also gathered here, wanting to see what was going on.
He raised his head and looked at the marble in front of him, which was about two meters high. There were several craftsmen standing aside and waiting quietly!
Seeing everything in front of them, the officials started talking again, what on earth is this for?
Why is there a piece of marble erected in the middle? Does it look like something needs to be carved?
"Everyone, this is not an ordinary marble, but a monument of merit that I want to carve.
The so-called merit monument is to record the contributions made by the officials of the Tang Dynasty.
The reason why I want to place him in the center of Chang'an City is because I want all the people of the Tang Dynasty to have a look.
I, the minister of the court, have done good things for the people of the Tang Dynasty."
The more everyone heard what His Majesty said, the more uneasy they felt.
"Now that it's snowing heavily today, the people of the Tang Dynasty are in dire straits.
I couldn't bear to see my people behave like this, so I decided to personally donate 1,000 dan of grain and 5,000 taels of silver.
Have you remembered it? Just go and get it and use it to help the victims of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Er spoke loudly. When the people around him heard what His Majesty said, they all knelt on the ground again and shouted long live, long live, long live.
"By the way, everyone, the names of this merit monument are arranged from top to bottom according to the amount of donated food and money.
Let’s see how much you want to donate?”
This move is called beheading first and showing off later, moral kidnapping, which makes the ministers below feel like they are being roasted on a fire rack!
Sun Wuji, the prime minister of the day, was the first to stand up.
As His Majesty's confidant, in this situation, we must take the lead no matter what!
Besides, I still know the strategy inside.
"Your Majesty, I have decided to donate 500 dan of grain and 1,000 taels of silver!"
"Okay, I, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, will donate 500 dan of grain and 1,000 taels of silver. Write it down. Write it down.
Sirs, how much do you want to donate?
No matter how much or how little you donate, it is all your lords’ sincere thoughts, and the people of the Tang Dynasty will remember it!”
Damn it!
Another wave of helplessness passed through everyone's hearts.
Especially when he saw the fiery eyes of the people below, plus the looks on his face when other civil servants and generals looked over.
It seems that if you donate less at this time, you will definitely be spitted to death!
"Your Majesty, if we donate more than Your Majesty, what is your name?"
"I have said that donations should be sorted according to the amount of donations. Even I am no exception."
"Thank you, Your Majesty.
The old minister decided to donate 1,100 dan twice and 6,000 taels of silver."
"Come on, write it down!"
When the minister finished speaking, he looked at everyone with disdain.
As if to show off to everyone, which one of you has donated more than me?
Everyone is a big shot, and everyone loves to save face.
It's just that for one person to show off like this is to slap others in the face, and the officials started fighting over this donation.
You said something, I said something, you said something, I said something, until in the end, we donated 5,000 dan of grain and 50,000 taels of silver.
"Your Majesty, my previous donation was a bit small. Can you please modify it?
I would like to donate more to make more contributions to the people of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Hahahaha, okay, okay, if any of you want to change it, you can just say so.
It’s just that I only have this chance today. Once the name is engraved, I won’t be able to change it if I want to, haha!”
At this time, they were bidding like crazy.
It seems like not taking first place would be a slap in the face.
Until all competitions are completed and all ministers have donated.
The minister who was writing on the side read it from beginning to end.
Upon hearing the donations of food and money, some ministers suddenly became excited.
How could I be so stupid as to donate so much?
When I saw His Majesty again, my whole body's anger burst out in my heart. I had been tricked and completely tricked.
After reading them all, Li Er picked up the list with a smile and glanced at everyone.
"Someone once reported that some officials in my court were corrupt, violated the law, and had no regard for the people.
Now it seems that someone wants to slander my court minister.
If someone does this again, I will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly and restore the innocence of my important ministers. What do you think?"
"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise!"
"Okay everyone, this ends today.
After going back, prepare all the food and money.
Tomorrow the imperial court will go door-to-door to collect grain, please don't blame each other, otherwise, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Until the Holy One left this place, the ministers looked at me and I looked at you, and helplessly spread their hands.
This so-called big shot gets angry easily when it comes to issues of face.
As luck would have it, I played into the enemy's hands. Thinking about producing so much food at home would mean cutting off one's own flesh.
The awesomeness has been blown out, even if the meat is cut, it will still be painful and happy.
Some people have already greeted the eighteenth generation of the dog emperor's ancestors in their hearts.
It's just a greeting in the heart. If you greet me in person, 10 heads will be chopped off.
Returning to the palace, Li Er recalled what happened today in his mind.
Only half of the civil servants and generals in the court were selected by himself and were loyal to him.
The remaining half, except for the neutral faction, all have more or less relationships with those clans.
Recalling the disputes in the world, the Tang Dynasty competed with it for supremacy, and in the end he won the throne and became the emperor.
These things appear in my mind like a movie.
In fact, during the chaotic times in the late Sui Dynasty, everyone said that the Sui Dynasty was the successor of the Sui Dynasty. The constant wars caused the people to live in dire straits.
For Li Er, the disintegration of the late Sui Dynasty was particularly closely related to this group of clans.
It's just that there are many clans and clans, and the people are miserable.
Even now that the Tang Dynasty was established, it was accompanied by clan clans.
There is a saying that there is no thousand-year dynasty, but there is a thousand-year gentry.
What I mean is that these clans are powerful and deeply rooted in all aspects.
He couldn't take strong measures to affect the whole body. He could only proceed step by step. Thinking of this, he began to fall into deep thought again.