Chapter 245 You’re obsessed!
It is impossible to reason with a veteran minister as successful as Li Shanchang.
Only when they are made aware of the crisis, will they think and weigh it. Xia Zhibai actually doesn’t have to come, but if he doesn’t come, he will probably face many obstacles when he goes to the south in the future. The world’s population is currently in decline. , causing more killings is not what Xia Zhibai wants.
Xia Zhibai’s voice echoed in the room for a long time.
The lingering sound lingers.
Li Shan's face turned red.
Looking at Xia Zhibai's eyes, I no longer have any good impression.
My eyes were filled with resentment and anger.
He is a dignified grand master and holds a high position of authority. How has he ever been pointed at and scolded?
Even Liu Ji is three points lower in front of him.
Li Shanchang sarcastically said: "Since you know that I am the head of the hundred officials, you should know that I, Li Shanchang, make suggestions from the perspective of the world. The salt policy reform you proposed is indeed inappropriate. The salt policy reform involves all aspects of the world. How can it be? You, a low-level official who has been in the court for less than two years, can tell you what to do?”
“Don’t say that you have no experience in formally handling political affairs. Even if you are a third-grade salt transport envoy, you are not qualified to be in front of me. Pointing."
"My Majesty knows best whether I, Li Shanchang, am Sima Yi."
"You don't need to remind me."
"Don't forget it either. Who is responsible for this mess in the South? If you hadn't invented that steam engine, would these things have happened in the South? It's obviously your own improper care that caused such a big problem in the South. Now you're here to act like a good guy. Accused me.”
"Where did you get your face?"
"I'm wiping your butt this time."
"They say young people are ambitious and high-spirited, but that doesn't allow you to be presumptuous."
“I don’t allow you to speak arrogantly!”
“I, Li Shanchang, am worthy of your majesty and my humble concubine Li. I have a clear conscience. It is not easy for the south to be easily moved. Since you know, How can we continue to make these stupid moves? Once there is an economic problem in the south, do you know how big the impact will be on the world? ”
"Can you afford it?"
"You can't!"
Li Shanchang refuted Xia Zhibai with a stern face.
As the Grand Master of the current dynasty, he would not be frightened by Xia Zhibai's few words. And if he was frightened by Xia Zhibai's few words, wouldn't Li Shanchang's reputation be ruined for the rest of his life? Will anyone in the DPRK listen to him?
He cannot retreat.
Not even allowed to retreat.
When you are in this position, you can’t help yourself.
Now that he has stood up, he can only fight to the end firmly.
No room for maneuver.
If he really backed down, he would be doomed to be "betrayed by all the relatives". Then Li Shanchang would be completely alone and alone. Moreover, he still did not believe that His Majesty could be ruthless enough to rectify Jiangnan. Jiangnan Unlike other places in the world, it has a large population, a prosperous economy, and a large number of scholars.
The salt policy alone aroused opposition from the gentry in the south.
If we really take up the idea of the southern economy, I'm afraid it will cause even greater trouble.
As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, how could he allow this to happen?
Xia Zhibai started from the interests of the court, which was indeed reasonable, but he started from the stability of the world, so how could he be wrong?
Maybe both of them are right.
It’s just that each of them chooses differently.
To a certain extent, he admired Xia Zhibai.
Really, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. They dare to think about anything and do anything. However, the court is not a place. Many things involve a wide range of things and cannot be decided so easily. Even His Majesty makes decisions today. At the same time, we will also weigh the pros and cons of all parties and dare not really have our own way.
"So in the heart of the Grand Master, the south is the most important in the world?" Xia Zhibai said.
"Isn't it?" Li Shanchang asked.
Li Shanchang stood with his hands behind his hands and said coldly: "I know some of your ideas, but sometimes you are too independent and unconventional, without considering the actual situation of the world. That is essentially grandstanding."
Xia Zhibai He said numbly: "What the Grand Master said may be right."
"But it is not right for the world."
Li Shanchang sneered and said disdainfully: "I know that your Majesty aims to bridge the north and the south. Life's work, but His Majesty's intention is actually just to prevent the North from rebellion. The Ming Dynasty is guarded by the Great Wall, and the North is the border of the Ming Dynasty. If the Northerners have the intention to rebel, it will be too harmful to the Ming Dynasty. This is what Your Majesty is committed to. The reason for bridging the north and the south."
"Does your Majesty really not know the importance of the south?"
"Your Majesty is from the south, and he knows much more about the situation in the south than you, a northerner."
"If you are really serious."
"I would suggest you go south. . ”
“Go and see with your own eyes how big the gap is between the north and the south. ”
“Only when you really see it, you will understand why some things are different. Not feasible.”
Li Shanchang looked at Xia Zhibai with a cold eyebrow, and his words were not polite at all.
Full of loneliness and coldness.
Xia Zhibai said: "Grand Master, it is your paranoid ideas that will eventually harm you."
"The Ming Dynasty has never only had half of the country."
" As the Grand Master of the dynasty, you have a bias in your heart. How can you be fair again?"
"The world is a chess game, and the north and the south are integrated."
"This is the way of governance in the Ming Dynasty. If the world is like a grand master, adhering to the belief that the south is noble and the north is light, then the north and south of the Ming Dynasty will be bridged. I'm afraid It won’t be completed no matter how long it takes, because it has already left a deep imprint on the world’s minds.” The true arrogance of the South. "
"As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, knowing the differences in the South, he should take it as his own duty to weaken the differences in the South. However, in the eyes of the imperial minister and other important officials, he did not take it seriously at all and just regarded it as a matter of fact. The north was used as a buffer between the imperial court and the northern barbarians, without any concern for the millions of people in the north. ”
"You even spoke openly about the south."
"This is simply a huge irony."
"What's even more shameful is that, Grand Master, you have repeatedly You have advocated for the South, made suggestions for the South, and used your own methods to keep the South aloof and always much higher than the North. However, many of the differences between the North and the South were actually deliberately fabricated by you."
"How did you ever do it? Not the driving force behind the division between the North and the South? "
"Just because the South is economically developed, and just because you are from the South, can you ignore the situation in the world? "
"Selfishness overwhelms the public spirit."
"These are the ministers headed by the Grand Master!"
Li Shanchang flicked his sleeves and sneered: "No matter how you smear and fabricate, the south is better than the north, that's it. It is an indisputable fact that even the nomadic tribes know that if you go to a place with abundant water and grass, the economic development in the south will naturally attract more people. This is the natural law of the world."
"How can man-made things stop it? ?”
“You have a lot of blood, but you haven’t used it in the right way.”
"These crooked ways can indeed make you stand out, but they can also make you fall into them, to use a Buddhist saying."
"You're obsessed!"
Xia Zhibai nodded. , sighing softly: "Now that the world is so divided, how can I keep you from being confused?"
"Now that the Grand Master has made up his mind."
"I will not persuade you any more. , I won’t change anything.”
"I came here today just to persuade the Grand Master. If His Majesty really decides to change the salt policy, and if the Grand Master comes forward, perhaps the matter in the south can be resolved quickly, at least it will not cause local public opinion to boil. However, the Grand Master seems to have I don’t care.”
“Then let the people judge”
“Let future generations judge the merits and demerits, and it should come from the mouths of the people.”
< br>"I always believe that if I put the people first and the world first, the people will give me the firmest answer."
"I will resign."
Xia Zhibai bowed respectfully to Li Shanchang.
He left without any words and simply left.
Don’t stop at all.
Li Shanchang stood in the house, watching Xia Zhibai leave, but his face was dark and unclear. After waiting for a long time, Xia Zhibai's figure had disappeared outside the house, and Li Shanchang came back to his senses. He looked away, but his expression was not clear. What was relaxing just now has become very heavy.
He did reject Xia Zhibai's suggestion.
But he also had to admit that Xia Zhibai's words had a great impact on him.
It made him feel more crisis and uneasy.
Especially when Xia Zhibai said 'Sima Yi', he was even more frightened. In fact, he had already had a premonition and had even been deliberately avoiding it, but there were some things that he couldn't retreat from. , there is no way to retreat, he knows how he got to sit in the high position now.
But he had no choice.
As Xia Zhibai said, sometimes, even if he doesn't want to, the people behind him will push him forward. He has long been tied to the hero group in Huaixi , with so many people involved this time, can he really stand by and watch? Can you really ignore it?
Impossible.
A long time.
Li Shan let out a long sigh.
At this time, Li Qi walked over softly and whispered: "Father, what did Xia Zhibai say?"
Li Shanchang's face recovered and he said solemnly : "Nothing. He wants me to step back and even ask me to help him and persuade others to end the matter in the south as soon as possible to avoid involving too many people."
"Who are you, father?" Li Qi asked tentatively.
Li Shanchang frowned, glanced at Li Qi coldly, and said: "I will not be moved by Xia Zhibai, but Xia Zhibai's words are not unreasonable. The world today is in a complicated situation. Who can I can’t predict what will happen next.”
“The emperor’s heart is unpredictable.”
“Will I go back?” Li Qi said.
Li Shanchang said coldly: "You must go back, and the sooner the better."
"Changes will happen later."
"Now that Xia Zhibai is so blatant and has said so many confidential things, I am afraid that he has already received your majesty's tacit approval. I will report to the imperial court the matters in the south." Fighting, but that’s all, I can’t get myself into it.”
“The sky is going to change tomorrow!”
“Father, is it so serious?” Some doubts.
Li Shanchang snorted coldly: "It's more serious than you think. What happened in the south this time was a stupid move, forcing His Majesty to take action. Now His Majesty has stopped the Northern Expedition. The meaning is self-evident. Yu means to concentrate on thoroughly solving the problem in the south. ”
"The good days in the south are coming to an end."
"No."
"You set out tonight."
"In addition, remember to ask Princess Lin'an to give more to His Majesty Write a letter."
Finished.
Li Shanchang looked up at the sky and whispered: "As for the others, it depends on how cruel your Majesty is."
(End of this chapter)