When Lin Xuan saw Fang Xuanling calling him, he turned around and cupped his hands and said, "I've seen the prime minister, but I wonder what the prime minister called me?"
Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "How about we talk while walking?"
"That's what you wish for." Lin Xuan was half a body behind Fang Xuanling, thinking about what Fang Xuanling wanted to say to him.
He had met Fang Xuanling many times, but they had only spoken to each other a handful of times. He really couldn't figure out why Fang Xuanling suddenly came to him.
Fang Xuanling said: "Are you wondering, the policy of transferring officials is very good, why doesn't Your Majesty use it?"
"Your Majesty did this because he must have considered it." Lin Xuan was indeed confused, but he didn't know what Fang Xuanling meant, so he didn't say much.
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Your Majesty does not need it because of his noble family."
"Aristocratic family?" Lin Xuan was a little confused.
The aristocratic family manages the city where it is located like an independent kingdom.
Although they nominally obey the orders of the imperial court, in fact, if the noble family disagrees, the decree will not be implemented in those cities at all.
Wouldn't it be more convenient for the court to control those cities by not allowing officials to serve as officials in their place of origin?
Fang Xuanling seemed to know what Lin Xuan was thinking, and said: "The aristocratic family's management of those cities cannot be broken by sending some officials."
"The family has been inherited for hundreds of thousands of years and has become deeply rooted in the local area. If other officials are sent there, they will either be won over by them or become their puppets. It is of no use at all."
"Allowing the aristocratic family to serve as officials in other places will not only fail to weaken the power and influence of the aristocratic family, but will instead extend the influence of the aristocratic family to more places."
Only then did Lin Xuan understand the reason. Anyway, the family's control over the local area could not be changed, so naturally it was necessary to restrict the family from extending its hands to other places.
The aristocratic families mentioned here refer to big aristocratic families such as Wu Xing Qi Wang.
With their power and official status, officials from other small aristocratic families would not dare to confront them. As time goes by, the imperial court will have fewer places to really control.
Lin Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart. After he traveled through time, because he had more knowledge than the ancients and understood the direction of history, he always had the mentality of playing in the world.
It felt like everything was within his control, but now I realize that the ancients were not that simple.
After Lin Xuan traveled through time, he also thought about overthrowing the Tang Dynasty and becoming emperor himself.
But because of his personality, Lin Xuan quickly gave up this idea.
Is rebellion really that simple?
The advantage of a time traveler is the understanding of history and the knowledge that is ahead of the times.
If you travel back in time to troubled times, you can rely on your understanding of history to conquer famous ministers and generals in advance, and it is possible to conquer the world.
To create a rebellion against Li Shimin? Haha, don’t be kidding, let alone doing that will change the direction of history and change the history you are familiar with.
As for those famous ministers and generals, who can he win over?
Historically, when Li Chengqian rebelled, not many people supported him, let alone Lin Xuan.
Is it possible to form a grass-roots team to fight against these famous ministers and generals who have left their names in history during the Zhenguan period?
Don't be ridiculous. No novels dare to write like this. (Many people commented that if you have a system and you are a time traveler, you should rebel when you travel. This is an explanation to those readers. Rebellion is really not that simple.)
"Fang Xiang, why are you telling me these things?" Lin Xuan asked the doubts in his heart.
Fang Xuanling said: "I am somewhat impressed by your abilities, but you are like an outsider. As long as you don't care about people or things that have nothing to do with you, you don't care at all."
Lin Xuan panicked and pretended to be calm and said: "The Prime Minister is joking, but my personality is a bit lazy. I like leisurely clouds and wild cranes and don't like to worry about things."
Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "I don't attach much importance to fame and fortune. When I took refuge with Your Majesty, I just wanted to end the troubled times as soon as possible. Now that I enjoy high official status and generous salary, I just want to do something for the people. This is my pursuit. People
, As long as you live, you cannot have no desires and desires, even the monks in Taoist temples want to have more pilgrims."
Lin Xuan was silent. He had indeed never truly integrated into this era.
The things he did before were just because the family provoked him and wanted revenge.
I also want to do something for the people.
But what are his real pursuits and ideals?
At this moment, Lin Xuan realized that he had always seemed to be living a fulfilling life, but in fact he was living a muddled life.
He has been worrying about it, thinking about it, is it possible for him to travel through time once and live like this for the rest of his life?
"I'm telling you this just because I don't want you to go astray," Fang Xuanling said.
In a sense, Lin Xuan and Li Shimin are very similar.
Li Shimin was very talented, but before Li Yuan started his army, Li Shimin was just a dandy.
But after Li Yuan raised his army, Li Shimin had a place to display his talents.
Lin Xuan is the same, he is talented, but he doesn't seem to care about anything.
It's just because he hasn't found his target yet. Once such a person finds his target, he will explode with infinite power.
And if used by others, it can also cause great harm.
When Lin Xuan left the palace, snowflakes were falling in the sky. The first snow of the year was here.
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Li Zhengdian
Several imperial doctors took turns taking the pulse of Empress Changsun, their expressions a little solemn.
"Imperial doctor, are you okay, the Queen?" Ruxue asked quickly when she saw that the imperial doctor had checked her pulse.
"This..." The imperial doctor didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "We still need to diagnose again."
Winter is a season when asthma is most common. The climate in Chang'an is already dry in winter, and a large number of fire pits were installed for heating. The air became drier, which led to Empress Changsun's asthma attack.
Although Empress Changsun's health has improved a lot due to Lin Xuan's methods and Sun Simiao's care, Empress Changsun has suffered from asthma for many years, which has consumed a lot of her functions. In addition, she gave birth to a daughter this year, which is not a short time at all.
You can rest and recover.
This time the condition is even more serious than before. These imperial doctors couldn't cure it before, and there is certainly nothing they can do now.
Naturally, they can't say that there is no way, they can only delay time while thinking of countermeasures.
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
"How is it? Is the Queen okay?" Li Shimin asked hurriedly as soon as he entered the room.
When he got up in the morning, he found that Queen Changsun looked a little wrong, but because she had to go to court, and Queen Changsun said that she was fine but had not had a good rest, he let her have a good rest and went to court.
Halfway through the morning court, Li Shimin learned that Queen Changsun was suffering from a mental illness, so Li Shimin quickly ended the morning court and dared to come over.
"Your Majesty, the Queen's old illness has relapsed, and I am really discussing a treatment method." The imperial doctor said quickly.
Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun lying on the bed, her face was pale and without a trace of blood, and felt heartbroken. Hearing what the imperial doctor said, he said with an ugly face: "Don't tell me this, just tell me whether you can cure her?"
"Your Majesty, the Queen's condition is a bit serious this time, and I need to consider it carefully." The imperial doctor said bravely.
"Consider? The queen is like this, how long do you have to think about it? Trash, they are all trash. Come, pull them all out and chop them up." Li Shimin said angrily.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life."
Several imperial doctors plopped down and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.
Li Shimin didn't even look at them, and ordered: "Whoever comes, inform Li Junxian and ask him to quickly invite Sun Simiao."
"yes."
Several forbidden soldiers walked in and were about to drag the imperial doctor out.