Chapter Fifty-Eight: Cooking Oil with Fire

"The Western Army is not an unrighteous army, but a civilized army and a righteous army. Rescue the Hu from the Turkic minions and reorganize the territory of our Han family. The Western Army guards the Western Regions, which is actually guarding Longyou; Guarding Longyou is actually guarding Guanzhong; Guarding Guanzhong is really guarding China! The home of the Chinese people, knowing the kindness of the people, should feel the righteousness of the Western Army......"

"The mighty army defends the country outside and protects the family inside, and the children of the Western Army can also be called the children of the Chinese people......"

"This Western Regions, and this doorway? I didn't think about it. ”

"What did you learn in the state school? Ban and Zhang sent envoys, including the Western Regions, to be able to deter Mobei, and suppress Hulu from the east and west, and there are four hundred years of Yan Han in the world! ”

Zhang De's provocative discussion just opened up a new perspective. At a time when the literate population in large and medium-sized cities is increasing and the non-agricultural population is concentrated, this kind of discussion is unique but extremely attractive.

It's not just the people who are drunk like the people and scholars in Pingkangfang, the peddlers and pawns just listen to a little bit, and they will ponder and think: The Tang Army in the sea of sand turns out to have something to do with me? Is there really such a connection?

There are men in the family who are paid in the Western Army, and they suddenly find that their own confidence is more sufficient.

Neighbors in the city and neighbors in the countryside always have to envy the "home of heroes". Although this is only in simple envy and jealousy, it is just a small flame, flickering in the pupils of both eyes, and it cannot be hidden.

"Ridiculous! Absurd! This, this...... What is this? Could it be that the great government of the imperial court also has to be shared with the peddlers' pawns? ”

"Well, it's on top...... In the long run, how can the people have reverence? What about reverence? The officials are the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, and the people can make them do it, but they can't know it! ”

"The miasma of black smoke and the demons are dancing! The incident that came out of the demon capital on the earth, I think in the end, it can't end, he Zhang Jianghan is a Tang sinner! Sinners—"

"Jiang Nanzi is cunning, but now he is silent. The southerners are treacherous, don't deceive me! ”

"Now there is a lot of discussion in Xinnan City, she is a prostitute, and she can support me to 'protect my family and defend the country'! A prostitute, what kind of defense is there to talk about, relying on her two legs?! Absurd! It's ridiculous—"

The officials of the foreign dynasties all thought that this was simply crazy, and they were talking about the Western Army and the Western Regions everywhere, and they didn't know where the "war games" that were deduced and popularized in the market came from.

Whether it is a traditional bureaucrat or not, when it comes to management and rule, it will only choose the most convenient way. However, Lao Zhang didn't care whether they were convenient to manage at all, in fact, he retreated from the practical foundation, cleaned up a set of theoretical foundations for Cheng Chubi, and then integrated the originally scattered forces in the Western Regions.

The way of integration is called "one nation", and it is fraught with risks, and no one knows what it will turn out to be.

Even if Zhang De himself, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would get rid of it, in case one day in the roaring machine, a young officer came and roared "Heaven punishes the national thief", and rushed to his Zhang's mansion to kill, this is not an impossible thing.

Of course, it is acceptable for "heavenly punishment of national thieves", and it is absolutely impossible to "respect the emperor and beg for adultery".

"King Bin, what do you think?"

In Luoyang Palace, Li Shimin smiled indifferently and asked Ma Zhou.

"Minister...... I don't know where to start. ”

Ma Zhou replied truthfully.

"Then talk about Zhang De, does King Bin think Zhang De is loyal or traitor?"

"This ......"

As the important minister of the Son of Heaven, the relationship between Ma Zhou and Zhang De is delicate, even now, Ma Zhou's regular physical examination must be entrusted to Zhang De's blessing. What's more, the relationship between King Ma Bing and Zhang Caozhi is definitely not an ordinary relationship.

Judging from the values of the Zhenguan period, Zhang De was much more helpful to Ma Zhou than Chang He.

Is the seat in the waiter so easy to mix? Without the background of the East Palace Adjutant, how could King Mabin be promoted like a rocket. What's more, although Li Chengqian stayed in Chang'an, it was not so easy for him to abolish the crown prince. After all, Li Chengqian, who is rotten, is really full of flaws, so there are no flaws, and the warm male prince has the posture of a dead dog, which is the best for Li Shimin's profession.

Although emotionally speaking, Li Shimin is annoyed.

"King Bin, but it doesn't hurt to say."

Li Dong is a problem for Ma Zhou, there is no way, the chief engineer of the Confucius Temple tofu slag project was Zhang De, and the deputy general manager was Ma Zhou. Although the dilapidated building fell, the influence and shock at that time continued the aura of Li Dong's "Mandate of Heaven".

Back then, Ma Zhou was able to gain a firm foothold, and without this tofu scum project, it would be impossible to be so rock-solid.

Zhang De is his benefactor, if he bites, even if he is a three-level official, he doesn't have to mix.

Besides, Zhang De is only twenty-seven years old, and he seems to be a bad person, and it should be no problem to live to be seventy or eighty. With fifty years left, Ma Zhou dares to offend Zhang De? After all, there is no guarantee that Li Dong will be able to live for another fifty years.

"Not being loyal and treacherous, it is also Your Majesty's dictatorship."

"Heh......"

Li Dong smiled and said with a brush, "I really don't care if he is loyal or traitorous, I use his ability." Now the crowd is surging, there are many opinions, and there are many officials and nobles, and their words are shaking the society. This society is mine, whether it is shaken or not, I know best. Even though the people are disturbed and a thousand words are spoken, ...... to me"

With a sneer, Li Dong's eyes were indifferent, "What's the damage?" It is nothing more than sticking to Chang'an back then. ”

Hearing the boss's words, although Ma Zhou was a little frightened, he also admitted that the people began to think about the major policies of the imperial court, and even discussed them, and there must be variables in the future. But whether this variable has a really big impact on the Central Emperor is foreseeable.

Because, the people at the bottom, whether in the past, present, or future, are not sitting face-to-face with the emperor and discussing, let alone taking out taxes and coming directly to the palace to pay.

The people are disturbed, and the only people who cause fear are the officials who face the people......

What Li Dong has to do is that if there is a lot of turmoil, then learn from Cao Cao and cut a grain official to deal with it, so that the public opinion can be calmed.

During the period of the old chairman, Li Yuan needed to stir up the separation camp of foreign dynasties, including Pei Lian, Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, Shandong Shi, and Tang Dahao...... The emperor worked hard, and the benefits of the bag were not only less but also not necessarily better.

But at this time, as long as the emperor's intelligence is online, under the banner of "loyal monarch", it is easy to provoke the people to fight to death those unobedient political giants.

Of course, this is playing with fire, Zhang De knows, how can Li Shimin not know? But unlike Zhang De, who was cautious and didn't even dare to add fuel to the fire, Li Shimin, as the "Emperor of the Ages", was simply fearless.

He has this self-confidence, and he also has this strength and means, making it all as simple as straightening hair.