Chapter 2569 Fetching Water from Bamboo Basket
His Majesty Li Er looked at Song Guogong Xiao Yu and asked: "Do you think the British Duke's proposal is feasible?"
Xiao Yu pondered slightly, nodded and said: "Yes!"
His Majesty Li Er looked at Liu Jie again: "What do you think?"
Although I don't really like this guy who "takes the wrong approach", after all, his qualifications and abilities are the best choice. Now that he is a servant and a powerful figure in the court, his opinions should be adopted fairly.
Liu Ji said simply: "Yes!"
Although he is sometimes stubborn, he is extremely smart most of the time. Naturally, he understands that His Majesty Li Er's question is more of a polite nature. Whether he agrees or not, it cannot actually affect His Majesty Li Er's decision. , in this case, why bother to jump out and offend Li Ji?
His Majesty Li Er finally looked at Changsun Wuji and asked calmly: "What does Duke Zhao think of Cui Dunli?"
Changsun Wuji closed his mouth and spoke after a long while: "Both candidates have their merits, just choose one. Your Majesty will make your own decision."
Even though I feel a lot of dissatisfaction, there is nothing I can do about the current situation.
I just regret that Xiao Yu, a guy who is inconsistent, turned to Fang Jun without any warning. Not only that, he was also obviously in cahoots with the Shandong family headed by Li Ji. How could he succeed in such a situation?
He had been planning for a long time and took advantage of the opportunity of his son's suicide to get involved in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. However, he did not want to end up not only failing in his success, but also letting Li Ji, an old fox, take advantage of him.
Even if Cui Dunli fails to be promoted to Minister of War in the future, as long as his performance is acceptable within a period of time in the future, he will be in the eyes of His Majesty Li Er, and he will be promoted and transferred easily in the future. After all, the government needs balance. While suppressing the Guanlong nobles, His Majesty Li Er cannot launch indiscriminate attacks on the Jiangnan nobles and Shandong aristocratic families.
Nowadays, the biggest obstacle restricting the imperial power is the Guanlong nobles. Winning over Jiangnan gentry and Shandong aristocratic families is the proper meaning of the title.
Moreover, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Shandong aristocratic families have been miserably suppressed by the Guanlong nobles. The major families have deep and luxuriant heritage, but they have only a handful of powers in the court. Now that they are simply removed from the Shandong aristocratic families, they can make Shandong While the family is grateful, they can also go all out to cooperate with His Majesty Li Er to suppress Guan Long and stabilize the court.
Like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, I am the most arrogant in the world, and being arbitrary is the way to death. Pulling one faction and fighting another is the only way...
In fact, it is difficult to say that the art of an emperor is difficult. In this huge world, there are hundreds of millions of people who are crying for food. If we can't clean up the officials and govern the world, the people will be unable to make a living if there is a slight natural disaster or man-made disaster. There will be complaints and complaints. If the people cannot survive, they will take desperate measures.
To put it simply, it is just a matter of "balancing" his son.
If Guan Long is strong, he will win over Jiangnan and Shandong to suppress it. When Guan Long is in decline, he will support Guan Long to fight back and weaken Jiangnan and Shandong. As long as the relationship between them is smoothed out and correctly grasped, the emperor will always be on the strong side. On the other side, no matter how tyrannical the forces in the court are, they must be controlled by them. The result of mutual restraint will naturally be peace in the world.
Now His Majesty Li Er is obviously proficient in the method of "checks and balances", and he is launching an attack on Guanlong with Jiangnan and Shandong, two forces that have been marginalized for a long time. Even if Changsun Wuji is a civilized and military strategist, he will not be able to do anything in the face of absolute power. All we can do is quit and accept defeat.
But what is gratifying is that just because His Majesty Li Er has mastered the art of "checks and balances" and knows that "one family dominates" is the foundation of hot pot, even if he has the upper hand, he will never kill the Guanlong nobles. Kill them all.
The hound was put into a cage when it was hungry and given a bone when it was needed. It naturally pointed out where to hit and obeyed...
However, the crux of the problem is, how long can Changsun Wuji wait?
If Guanlong declines, and his eldest son Wuji loses his position as the leader of Guanlong, it is no longer about whether the eldest son's family can maintain its current status, but whether it can support it and not be broken up and swallowed up by the other Guanlong nobles...
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When His Majesty Li Er saw that the overall situation had been decided and that this matter could no longer cause any trouble, he was slightly relieved. He looked at Fang Jun, who had been silent all this time, and said warmly: "Fang Jun, are you convinced of this?"
Fang Jun suffered the whole thing on behalf of the royal family, and risked his life to cut off his arm for the sake of the stability of the court. Therefore, even in front of the palace full of civil and military officials, His Majesty Li Er looked kind and cheerful, and did not have any harsh words when facing the criminal ministers. .
In fact, who doesn’t know that Fang Jun was the most aggrieved in the whole thing?
Fang Jun then stood up and went out to report back: "The country has its own laws. Your Majesty is wise and powerful. I am willing to accept it and accept it wholeheartedly."
This was already the lowest cost result, far beyond his expectations. The most important reason why the result was so easy was that Xiao Yu, who had been wavering and unable to make up his mind, decisively stood on his side. In addition, Xiao Yu recommended Cui Dunli and tied the Shandong family to the chariot. The eldest grandson Wuji had to cease all activities.
Otherwise, if Changsun Wuji refuses to give up, he will use the power of Guanlong to fight against the royal family, Jiangnan gentry, Shandong aristocratic family... It can be said that the entire dynasty is the enemy.
Even if the Guanlong nobles dare to challenge the royal family, it is only when the Jiangnan nobles and the Shandong aristocratic families sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. As long as there is still a trace of reason, how dare they kill themselves and become enemies of the world?
His Majesty Li Er nodded slightly and said relaxedly: "Then the matter is decided as follows. The case of the Guanlong disciples and Dashan Guanwai who were beaten and maimed will be jointly tried by Dali Temple and Zongzheng Temple. No matter who is involved, they will be investigated to the end. We will never tolerate it. Fang Jun suspended his post as Minister of War, and Cui Dunli took over temporarily until the case was found out."
The ministers accepted the decree, and the matter was temporarily over.
Then there were numerous matters proposed for the ministers, and the monarchs and ministers in the court discussed and decided together. Changsun Wuji said nothing, and knelt down in the hall with a gloomy face, with a gloomy expression, and had an aura of "Keep strangers away". ……
After everything was agreed upon, His Majesty Li Er looked at Prince Li Chengqian who was sitting under him and said warmly: "With the continuous rainfall, it is still unknown how the flood conditions of various rivers in Guanzhong will be. The Crown Prince should inspect the Guanzhong river embankments together with Jing Zhaoyin. Once a danger is discovered, it should be eliminated in time. If the situation is urgent, you can contact the "Emergency Yamen" for assistance. The autumn harvest is coming, and you must not let the flood situation affect the autumn harvest, otherwise I will only ask you. "
Li Chengqian quickly left the table and stood up, and took the order together with Ma Zhou.
In recent years, the weather in Guanzhong has been good and the grain harvests have been bumper. However, the Eastern Expedition is about to begin in the spring of the new year. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat horse chews and consume military rations every day. The various places in Guanzhong are now full of rice. I am afraid that they can eat up to 7,788 in a year. , such critical moments must not affect the harvest in Guanzhong, otherwise it will easily lead to instability in the capital and endless consequences.
When it comes to the stability of the empire, who dares to be careless?
However, there is another trick in this. Although the "emergency yamen" is nominally affiliated with the Ministry of War, it is an yamen jointly established by many yamen such as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Jingzhao Mansion. The Ministry of War has no power to control it. The chief of the "Emergency Yamen" has been Fang Jun since the day it was established.
In other words, the "suspension" of all Fang Jun's positions proposed by Changsun Wuji was actually only the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. All duties are as usual.
Even though he was "suspended" from the position of Secretary of the Ministry of War, Cui Dunli was always respectful and obedient to Fang Jun due to his high prestige in the Ministry of War. In addition, Fang Jun was closely related to the Shandong aristocratic family. In fact, he was also subject to Fang Jun's influence. Jun's temperance.
The so-called "suspension" is actually a false description...
But what can Changsun Wuji do? He didn't dare to fall out with the royal family at this moment. Since Fang Jun had found a step for everyone, he had to get off the mountain. This would not force His Majesty Li Er to go on a killing spree and would not cause the Guanlong nobles to lose face. This was already Best situation.
In addition, all the Jiangnan nobles and Shandong noble families stood behind Fang Jun, and the Guanlong nobles were alone. What could they do except knock out their teeth and swallow blood?
The only gain is that he gritted his teeth and gave up a son to eliminate the crisis caused by the inadvertent "betrayal", so that the Guanlong nobles must unite to defend against foreign enemies under their own determination and the heavy pressure of His Majesty Li Er. In a short time It won't fall apart.
But if things go on like this, the Changsun family will inevitably fall from its peak, and its power will no longer exist.
Although His Majesty Li Er will not be cruel to the Changsun family because of Queen Wende, his allies from the Guanlong lineage will not be kind-hearted. Once the decline of the Changsun family takes shape, these same forces in the past will be linked to each other. Without any hesitation, the family members opened their mouths and pounced forward, biting the eldest grandson's family to pieces, swallowing even the skin and flesh without spitting out a single bone.
Changsun Wuji was in a serious mood, faced with many crises and was on the verge of despair...(End of Chapter)