"I wonder if four gentlemen suddenly paid a visit to my place today. What's the important matter?"
Li Xuan said with some doubts.
You know, in the past few months since he came back, these four old men have been staying in their small courtyards. They are either teaching or reading. They never go out and spend more time than Li Xuan every day.
busy.
Apart from major events such as the autumn harvest and the planting of glass greenhouses, Li Xuan had never seen these four old men.
Wang Ji slightly arched his hands to Li Xuan and said: "I and others heard that His Majesty the King of Jin pitied those craftsmen who worked hard but had a low status. He wanted to ask for a few titles from His Majesty. In the end, His Majesty not only did not give them, but instead
The whole city is now in turmoil!"
“It turns out I’m here for the craftsmen!”
Li Xuan understood immediately and retorted directly: "What Mr. Dong Gaozi said is wrong. I do not pity those craftsmen, but respect them and ask your Majesty to give them the titles they deserve."
"But Your Majesty, since ancient times, there has been no precedent for craftsmen to be ennobled, and there is not even a single case for farmers to be ennobled!" Zuo Gong said.
"The four common people, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the stone people of the country!"
Li Xuan sneered helplessly, looked at the four great scholars Wang Ji and Zuo Gong and asked: "May I ask you four gentlemen, what do you mean by this?"
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong didn't expect Li Xuan to say these words, so they couldn't help but look startled, and then smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, I and the other four are not from aristocratic families, nor are they corrupt Confucianists. However, Confucianism has been the dominant force for thousands of years. You cannot shake it with your own strength!"
"But I don't believe in this evil!"
Li Xuan said firmly.
Hearing this, Wang Ji and Zuo Gong sighed helplessly.
"I and the four of you know that your Majesty has a stubborn temper, and very few people can persuade him!"
"It's just that it's rare for the four of us to find a quiet place to work on books, and we really don't want things to happen in the village. Although the four of us are old, we still know some people in the world, and even in the court.
We can write a letter to those old friends. Although we can’t help the king much, we can still ask those old friends to be silent or say a few words to help the king!”
"Thank you gentlemen for your kindness!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel grateful.
"However, as for those slanderous scholars and ministers from aristocratic families, there is no need to trouble you gentlemen. I can make them obey just by myself!"
"oh?"
Seeing this, Wang Ji and Zuo Gong couldn't help but be startled, and then their faces became full of curiosity.
"I dare to ask, Your Majesty, but have you already thought of a countermeasure?"
"What countermeasures are needed for those ministers of aristocratic families and some sour scholars?"
Li Xuan smiled disdainfully, "I have never been to a court meeting. The day after tomorrow, while all these officials are in place, I will go and see the shameless faces of those sour scholars and ministers from aristocratic families. How can they dare to object to those craftsmen?"
Let’s be knighted!”
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong were startled again.
"The king wants to go to court to argue with those courtiers?"
"The four gentlemen overestimated those ministers!"
Li Xuan sneered and said, "Those ministers of the aristocratic families are now wearing cotton-padded clothes, riding in four-wheeled carriages, and sitting on sofas;
Used pens, clean paper, glass glasses, glass windows;
Even the liquor and tea we drink;
The fresh vegetables and Tubo yak meat they eat all come from my village, so what confidence do they have to fight against me?"
In an instant, the four old men Wang Ji and Zuo Gong understood.
Suddenly, Leng took a deep breath and looked at Li Xuan with shock on his face.
After what Li Xuan said, they discovered that all the luxurious ornaments used by many aristocratic families were released from this Jin Wang Zhuangzi.
Moreover, even those aristocratic families could go out to the Tang Dynasty, privately lead troops to conquer vassal states, and establish principalities in those small states. This was also said by the King of Jin.
I can't imagine how miserable those ministers from the aristocratic families would be if they offended this King of Jin.
Without Your Majesty taking action, some of the people in charge of those noble families can make life worse than death for the ministers of those noble families.
"Gentlemen, please don't look at me like this. What I'm good at is fighting. However, they are all ministers of the court. I'm not good at fighting, so I can only convince others with reason!"
Li Xuan said with some embarrassment.
Not a son of man!
Hearing this, Wang Ji and Zuo Gong couldn't help but twitch their mouths, and then they stood up and said goodbye to Li Xuan.
"Now that the king has a perfect plan, I and others will go back to teaching and writing books!"
"Four gentlemen, walk slowly..."
Li Xuan stood up and saw him off.
After returning, he went directly to the second floor to bully his little kid.
Then, tease and tease your own little cotton-padded jacket.
Then he told Cui Mi and Zi Yun that he was going to court.
Cui Mi and Zi Yun naturally had no objection.
However, both of them wanted to make a noise and follow Li Xuan back to the palace in Chang'an City.
Li Xuan couldn't refuse this either.
The next day, when he got up in the morning, Li Xuan told Li Chang about the matter.
Li Chang's old face immediately became anxious, and he ran out.
Inside the courtyard, there was chaos.
In the afternoon, while the common people and dignitaries filling the streets of Chang'an City were still discussing the matter of craftsman ennoblement, King Jin's motorcade, escorted by his personal guards in shining armor, drove into Chang'an in a mighty manner.
Wherever he passed, everyone subconsciously muted their voices.
Some dignitaries were full of fear.
The whole convoy passed by, and there was silence before and after.
After the motorcade left, the entire streets of Chang'an City suddenly became noisy again.
At the same time, a small number of people quickly ran towards the mansions, and Prince Jin actually entered the city!
Well, it took less than an hour.
All the dignitaries in Chang'an City knew that King Jin had entered the city.
And those officials who were sitting in the study room, talking about how to write a letter tomorrow to impeach the King of Jin, impeach Cheng Zhijie and others, when they heard the report from the servants, they couldn't help but tremble, and a look of panic flashed in their eyes.
Immediately, they all said goodbye to each other and ran to their respective mansions.
Afraid of being implicated in an unreasonable disaster.
The atmosphere in the entire Chang'an City immediately became heavy as Li Xuan entered the city.
Li Xuan didn't know about this.
After entering the palace, Li Xuan began to take his little boy with him to get familiar with his palace.
Nothing happened all night.
Early the next morning.
Li Xuan was still having a sweet dream when he was shaken awake by Cui Mi beside him.
"Mi'er, what happened?"
Li Xuan asked with half-open eyes and a confused look on his face.
"Isn't Sanlang going to court today? It's time to get up now!"
Cui Mi quickly urged.
"Go to court?"
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and then came back to his senses.
It seems that there is such a thing!
Mimi Huhu sat up, and there were already four maids waiting beside the bed, dressing Li Xuan in the royal purple royal robe and jade belt with hooks.
Then, when he went out, the housekeeper Li Chang followed closely behind him, holding a steaming food box in his hand.
Outside the palace, a large four-wheeled carriage was already waiting. Zheng Fu led a team of personal guards to guard the left and right sides.
Behind and behind, there was a group of soldiers, holding glass oil lamps, illuminating the dark streets.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the imperial court will last for several hours. Here are some delicacies prepared by the kitchen. You can eat some while they are hot in the carriage later!"
Li Chang put the food box into the car and said hurriedly.
Inside the car, there were also two small glass oil lamps at the front and back, which were very bright, so I wasn't worried that Li Xuan couldn't see it.
Then, after Li Xuan was seated, the motorcade set off.
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