Li Ye looked at the excited group of elders of the three dynasties under the Dragon Platform with tangled eyes, wondering whether he should stop them or not.
It is you old people who have been talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality all day long, asking me to work diligently, love the people, and implement benevolent policies. Now it is you old people who are standing under the dragon platform, shouting and shouting, and announcing that you will use knives and guns.
Well what does that mean?
I use etiquette to restrict my actions all day long, but you go against me and wield swords and guns.
what.
Li Ye didn't pay much attention to An Gouer's massacre in the West.
After all, the internal troubles at home were not yet resolved, so how could he have the intention to look forward to the Western countries like his grandfather Li Zheng and his father, Emperor Li Baiyu.
It's just that I can't stand a bunch of ministers buzzing in my ears like a swarm of wasps all day long, and let me decide this matter myself.
However, Li Zheng’s specific decision-making on his overseas voyages did not matter, let alone his hastily succeeded the throne.
Even Li Baiyu, his father who has been the prince for decades, doesn’t know much about it.
Having figured this out, Li Ye had no choice but to take advantage of his uncle's return to Beijing and leave this problem to Liu Mingzhi to solve.
Young Master Liu has made it very clear just now. If a small barbarian country is not educated and does not obey the king, it will be punished by heaven if it is slaughtered.
Who made them arrogant and dared to rival the treasure fleet of the Great Dragon Celestial Empire patrolling the Western Ocean?
It is simply an unforgivable crime to have more than 300 sons buried in the ocean as an official.
Li Ye glanced at the elders of the three dynasties who had returned to their original positions with feverish eyes, and gently glanced at the position of Song Yu, the Minister of War.
He thought that his uncle's attitude just now should make Song Aiqing understand how to respond to Haining Hou An Jianghe's next move in the West.
“My dear friends, do you have anything else to report?”
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"allow!"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, a new batch of grain and grass has gone north yesterday. Just in case, your Majesty, please immediately order the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect another batch of grain and grass to prepare, in case something goes wrong and the Northern Expedition is aborted again."
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Jiang Aiqing, this matter is left to your Ministry of Household Affairs to handle with full authority."
“The old minister accepts the decree.”
“If there is nothing else, the court meeting will be over today. After the court is dismissed, we must not slack off and go all out to prepare for the great cause of the Northern Expedition.
I don’t want to see any mistakes and the Northern Expedition fail again.
If someone neglects his or her duties and misses the opportunity to fight, he will be dealt with according to the law and severely punished."
“I, my ministers, obey the order, and long live it.”
Xiao Dezi cleared his throat and flicked the whisk in his hand.
“Withdraw from the court.”
“Best regards, Your Majesty, long live long live.”
Li Ye glanced at the officials who were bowing in the palace, nodded with satisfaction, and put the four seals on the table into the cuffs of the dragon robe without any trace, and walked towards the back of the palace with a happy smile on his face.
go.
The trouble that had been bothering me for several months was finally solved.
After Liu Mingzhi sensed Li Ye's footsteps disappearing, he straightened up, gently shook his folding fan, and hurried out of the hall without saying hello to anyone.
Taking off the Heavenly Sword from the disarming rack and putting it back on, Liu Mingzhi intentionally or unintentionally slowed down his pace.
He knew that someone would call him to stop him later.
After all, his act of voluntarily handing over the seal of the Assistant Minister touched the interests of too many people, and also made the officials who had previously relied on him feel panicked.
It was exactly as Liu Mingzhi expected.
I walked down the stairs outside the temple for about forty or fifty steps.
Song Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Wang Hezheng, the Minister of Honglu Temple, all gathered around Young Master Liu.
“Your Majesty, please take a step to speak.”
Liu Mingzhi chuckled and nodded, slightly changing his direction, away from his officials who were secretly staring at him as soon as they left the Qinzheng Palace.
“My lord, I am so confused, how can you hand over the seal of the auxiliary minister?
We can understand your loyalty, but your direct handing over of the auxiliary minister's seal means that you will have fewer and fewer connections with the court in the future.
One day, some colleagues in the court will gradually alienate you, and you will really become a fiefdom king without any allies!
To put it bluntly, after the world is unified, if His Majesty intends to reduce the vassal state, you will be isolated and helpless, how can you maintain the great cause you have worked hard for?
It’s not that I’m disloyal to the imperial court, it’s actually our relationship that has lasted for many years. I can’t bear to see you ruin the family fortune that you have gained through your battles in the east and west.”
Before Liu Mingzhi’s uncle Song Yu could say anything, Lao Jiang grabbed Mr. Liu’s sleeve and babbled a lot of ‘admonitions’.
Obviously Lao Jiang does not agree that Liu Mingzhi handed over the power of the auxiliary minister so easily.
If he reported his duties in the capital, relying on his prestige as a veteran of the three dynasties, he would be handed over the power of auxiliary government, whether it was important or not.
But he had been away from the court for many years and had been guarding the border for a long time. As one after another, the less advanced people gradually entered the court.
Many years later, when a new generation replaces the old one, who will still remember the glory of his side-by-side king?
Maybe you will respect his title, but you will definitely not respect his identity.
Young Master Liu chuckled and patted Lao Jiang on the shoulder: "Old Jiang, I'm not worried about you, so why are you worried? A typical emperor is not in a hurry and eunuchs are.
Having paid everything, it’s too late to regret it now.
Can I still run to His Majesty and ask for his return?
The rights of a mere assistant minister of the district are gone.”
“Oh, my good prince, what is important is this dispensable right, what is important is the identity of the auxiliary minister, which is an important link between your northern Xinjiang palace and the imperial court.
As the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and the most ruthless emperor is huh."
Lao Jiang coughed, stopped hastily, and swallowed the treasonous words that followed.
Sneaking a glance at the imperial guards on both sides, Lao Jiang lowered his voice.
“I am an old official but I have a clear mind. Your Majesty has great talents and great plans, and his plans are not small. After the world is unified, there is a high probability that he will cut down the feudal vassals.
If that day does come, you can at least have a guarantee.
With you being reduced to an idle prince with no real power at all, you have no power to protect yourself. A little gossip may kill you and the entire Wang family.
That’s it for what I’ve said, you can weigh it yourself carefully as to what kind of escape route you have left for yourself.”
Wang Hezheng nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty, what Jiang Shangshu said makes sense. Sometimes people have to leave a way out for themselves. Let alone the distance, after the unification of the world, within ten years, all the officials above the court will
To become a new, backward person.
With your relationship with Her Majesty the Queen of the Kingdom of Jin, if you don’t have any real power in your hands, these backward people may have some evil intentions to attack you.
His Majesty also saw the tactics he used today.
I'm afraid that in three to five years, we old guys will slowly withdraw from the stage where we have been performing for half a lifetime.
We have known each other for many years, and I and the others really cannot bear to see you, Your Majesty, in such a desolate situation.
Dalong is so prosperous that half of it is inseparable from your mastery.
You didn’t deserve to end up miserable.”
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly and looked at Jiang Yuanming and Wang Hezheng who looked downcast.
“Lao Jiang, Lao Wang, you two old guys, can you say something nice? You must curse me to have a bad ending.
Don’t worry, there is no such easy game in the world.
It is easy to make a move, but difficult to finish.
Your Majesty is not Ruizhong, and he does not yet have the means to take charge of the overall situation.
With only empty courage, great achievements will not be achieved for a long time!"
“Well, since the prince has left a way out, we don’t have to worry about it.”
“I hope we can unify the world as soon as possible this time, otherwise we old guys will really have no chance to look to the West.”