Du Ruhui's illness is really serious.

It wasn't until he coughed up blood that he finally got better.

It's just that at this time, his face was pale and bloodless, and he looked distressed.

Li Shimin grabbed Du Ruhui's hand tightly, this person who had been with him for many years to fight the world, actually fell like this.

That heartache and uneasiness swept over again.

"The saint doesn't have to be sad, life and death are fateful, everything is just as fate."

In comparison, Du Ruhui looked more open.

His life can be said to be magnificent, and his life is impossible for many other people to experience in a lifetime, he feels that his life is very exciting, as long as it is wonderful, it is enough.

And why should he care about his strengths and weaknesses?

The two of them said this, and just after saying this, Du Ruhui suddenly said: "Shengshang, the minister knows that time is running out, there is one thing, the minister has been thinking about it for a long time, and I want to talk to the saint today, I hope the saint can consider it." ”

"If Du Aiqing has anything to say, just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will help you do it."

Li Shimin thinks that Du Ruhui may want to help his descendants ask for some benefits, after all, people are about to die, if they don't want benefits for their descendants, what if their descendants don't achieve anything?

Everyone has this idea, and they all want to arrange everything for their son before they die.

This is normal.

However, Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Holy Lord, what the minister wants to say is the matter of my Tang officials. ”

"Datang officials?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, a little unexpected, he didn't expect Du Ruhui to be like this, but what he was thinking about was still the government affairs of the court.

"Shengshang, it is indeed my Datang official, in the past few years, I have a bit of an official in Datang."

Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, and he naturally understood what Du Ruhui meant by saying a little too much.

Since the reform of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, the number of talents selected for the imperial court through the imperial examination every year is not a small number, although there are only a few dozen people every year, but how many officials does the Tang Dynasty need?

It is naturally not easy for these extra people to arrange positions for them, and it also seems that they are a bit redundant.

Of course, there are not many people who are selected through the imperial examination, but the real number of them are those officials who are selected through recommendation or blindness, and there are at least hundreds of these people every year.

In a few years, there are hundreds of people, and Datang has been founded for more than ten years, so there are thousands of such people, right?

In many places, there are already officials, and the change of these officials is relatively fast.

Officials are evaluated once every three years, but the number of people who can be elected to the court is increasing every year, and over time, there will definitely be many people who are standing in positions, but there is nothing to do.

However, for their existence, the imperial court still needs to issue them a fortune every year, and these salaries are not low.

Datang has just opened the country, although this kind of problem has appeared, it is relatively not particularly serious, but as time goes by, the number of officials who are increasing every year will make Datang's officials more entertained.

In the end, it will cause problems in the entire official system of Datang and become very bloated.

With so many people, they must all be arranged, so many official positions will have to be added, and over time, it will definitely become a big problem.

Du Ruhui had already noticed this problem, originally he wanted to wait for time in the future, and then slowly raise it, and then slowly solve it, after all, there are too many officials involved in this problem, and you can't be careless.

But he felt that his time was running out, so at this time, he mentioned this matter to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin knew very well the meaning of Du Ruhui's words, but after Du Ruhui finished speaking, he was silent.

He has been the emperor for five years, and in these five years, a lot of things have happened, he once became a brilliant Khan of Tian, and he was also defeated in front of the little Goguryeo, he doesn't know how great his prestige in the Tang Dynasty is now, whether he can withstand a huge change.

In fact, Du Ruhui's meaning is very clear, that is, to streamline officials.

This kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, and once a dynasty has developed to a certain stage, it is inevitable, but throughout the ages, there are very few things that can be successful.

If it is done well, this dynasty will naturally be able to flourish for a while, but if it is not done well, no matter how glorious the dynasty is, it may take a sharp turn.

He Li Shimin is a very courageous person, but now in Datang, he doesn't have the idea to do this, or rather, it's not that he doesn't have that thought, but some uneasiness in his heart, so he doesn't have that determination.

After Du Ruhui saw Li Shimin's appearance, his expression moved slightly, and then he sighed, and he didn't say anything more.

Suddenly, the two of them had nothing to say.

Snowflakes fell outside again.

The snowflakes were blowing, it was cold, and the wind was starting to howl.

The room was very quiet, and after a long time, Li Shimin finally got up and said, "I remember what Du Aiqing said, you can rest assured, as long as the time is ripe, I will do this." ”

Du Ruhui nodded, he believed that Li Shimin would do it, he also knew that this matter was not easy, and he never thought that Li Shimin would do it immediately.

The two of them said yes, and then Li Shimin braved the snow and returned to the palace.

In the next few days, the entire Chang'an City spread all about Li Shimin's love for Du Ruhui, and he was willing to brave the snow to see Du Ruhui and so on.

The Du family was in the market for a while, but these people who wanted to come to visit Du Ruhui failed to get Du Ruhui's approval, or rather, when they came, they didn't see Du Ruhui, and they were all received by Du Ruhui's son Du He.

He sat down for a while, and then sent the guests away.

There is no way, Du Ruhui's condition is too serious, and it is impossible for him to see every guest who comes.

And just when these guests came and left without seeing Du Ruhui, Qin Tian also came with some gifts.

Speaking of which, Qin Tian and Du Ruhui, a civil official, do not have a lot of intersections, and the relationship is not very close, and the two sides can only be regarded as acquaintances and have only shared some things.

However, Qin Tian still appreciates and respects Du Ruhui very much, and as a junior, Du Ruhui is sick, so it's a bit bad for him not to come and take a look.

That's why he came with some gifts after a lot of people came.

I don't want to see Du Ruhui, but at least this etiquette can't be missing.

Isn't this what Chinese people pay attention to?

Qin Tian came, and Du He led him to the living room as usual.

(End of chapter)