Chapter 1061: Contradictions Erupt
On the fifth day of the new emperor's reign, at the court meeting, a group of ministers quarreled again about the reform of the governor.
Why do you say "again"? Because Li Zhi has been in the early court for a total of five days, counting this time, it is already the fourth day that he is fighting over reform. There was another day for Chen Fei's knighthood......
It can be said that Li Zhi is also very sad, as soon as the emperor ascends to the throne, the monarchs and ministers are happy, you pat your ass, I brag about my, and there is harmony. But when it came to Li Zhi, it didn't seem to be the case, the contradictions between the monarchs and ministers suddenly intensified, and the atmosphere between the two sides was quite tense.
In the final analysis, Li Zhi is a teenager in the end, and he has just ascended the throne, and it is the time when he has nowhere to vent his enthusiasm and wants to make a difference. As a result, as soon as he put forward two proposals, the ministers rejected the bloody dog, this kind of depression, not respected mood can be imagined. Rao is Li Zhi has a good temper, and he is really angry at this moment, arguing with the ministers with a red neck.
Chen Fei couldn't figure out what these ministers were trying to do, brushing up their sense of existence? Before Li Zhi could finish a few sentences, he was rudely interrupted by the ministers, and words such as the first emperor, the ancestral system, and the consequences were serious. Isn't this provoking Li Zhi's mentality to explode?
Sure enough, in the face of the tough posture of the ministers, Li Zhi finally couldn't help but break out!
"Enough!" Li Zhiqi slapped the dragon chair violently, and the huge sound of slapping the dragon chair suddenly overshadowed the voices of the ministers, and everyone was shocked by him!
Li Zhi had red eyes, and slowly glanced at the ministers below, all he saw was a group of mercenary, selfish, and disrespectful ministers of imperial power, just thinking of a group of devils! Bloodthirsty minions at him! He took a deep breath and felt a hint of sadness.
Father, is this the minister you left for me? You've been expecting this for a long time, have you? Respectful on the surface, but in fact rebellious on the inside, is this a self-proclaimed loyal minister? Is this who you really are?
The more Li Zhi thought about it, the more sad he became, and the more angry he became! "Let's not talk about the reform, I just want to ask you, above this court, I have the final say? Or do you Aiqing have the final say? ”
This was a bit serious, and the ministers understood that Li Zhi was really angry, and hurriedly said respectfully: "The ministers don't dare." ”
Li Zhi looked at the respectful ministers below, and couldn't help but sneer: "Don't dare? Why do I see that all I see is that you are against me? Don't you really dare? ”
The ministers were silent. At this time, Zhang Xuansu stood up for the court.
Li Zhi spoke before Zhang Xuansu spoke: "Oh? Do you have something to say? ”
Zhang Xuansu responded: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not disrespectful, but Your Majesty is still young and does not understand the risks brought about by the reform. Soldiers, danger also. Your Majesty, if the matter is not handled well and the governors who have military power in their hands are angered, it may cause a mutiny, and then the matter will not be easy to handle, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”
"Master Zhang!" Li Zhi's tone was no longer respectful, but a little colder. Their mouthful of "Your Majesty is still young" has already made Li Zhi extremely disgusted.
"Lord Zhang, although the reform has caused chaos in a short period of time, for the sake of the stability of the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years, the reform must be implemented. What I want to hear is how to solve the problem, not just push it away, as you just said! Could it be that you Aiqing will only shirk when you encounter things, but you don't know how to solve them? ”
"This ......" Zhang Xuansu was speechless for a moment, standing in place and not knowing what to say.
At this time, Chen Fei stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal!" ”
Li Zhi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly rejoiced. said that the matter of reform was proposed by Chen Fei, but as a result, he was dumb in the court for a few days, and it was too uninteresting to let himself face the ministers' words and swords alone! Now that Chen Fei has stood up, he naturally reassures Li Zhi in his heart - this guy is so bad, there must be some good idea to keep the ministers shut up.
"Aiqing, please speak!" Li Zhi's attitude was obviously much better, which made the originally angry minister's heart suddenly unbalanced.
Chen Fei ignored the malicious gaze and calmed down: "Your Majesty, in fact, the solution is very simple, if there is a trouble in the governor, then suppress it by force!" Since it is a reform, it is natural that there will be some price to pay! If someone makes trouble, then they have to kill the chickens and make an example! Otherwise, things will get bigger and bigger, and they will get out of control. If Your Majesty makes up his mind, he must not be soft-hearted, and he will deal with it as he pleases, and he must not give any governor a chance to do so. ”
Chen Fei's violent remarks made the civil officials collectively frown, and some people couldn't help it, so they wanted to stand up and reprimand Chen Fei.
But before those people could speak, Chen Fei's tone suddenly changed, and he said, "But...... What the minister just said was a more extreme situation, and if it hadn't been for that point, I'm afraid no one would be willing to take military action. The minister also has a plan to make the local ministers who hold the local military and political affairs obediently hand over the power in their hands. ”
Chen Fei paused, and said with a smile: "It's very simple, invite them into Chang'an, and then force them to hand over their military power and send them to other Daozhou." The corresponding governor's offices in each place are all cut. Reappoint officials, separate military power, political power, and supervision power, and do not allow generals to transfer troops privately, in case of emergency, when there is no troop transfer, the number of troops is more than 5,000, and the three commanders need a common token to call the military power. ”
Li Zhi suddenly became enlightened when he heard this: That's right! Since you are worried that those governors have too much power in the local area, wouldn't it be better to summon them to Chang'an? When I arrived in Chang'an, you had to coil me if it was a dragon, and you had to lie on my stomach if it was a tiger, rebelling? Lend you ten guts to try!
Li Zhi was suddenly in a good mood, and was about to agree, but another minister stood up to make trouble.
"Nonsense! Chen Fei! Old man, let me ask you, what if those governors with heavy troops are unwilling to enter Chang'an? What should you do? Yu Zhining stood up and pointed at Chen Fei and scolded.
Chen Fei glanced at Yu Zhining coldly, he didn't have much affection for this person who desperately opposed his knighthood at the beginning, and his tone was naturally not very good.
"If you refuse to come, you will be dealt with for disrespecting the crime of resisting the decree, and you should be beheaded according to the law!"
"You ......"
Chen Fei said again: "Your Majesty, in addition to monitoring the governors of various places, the ministers think that it is also necessary to check the correspondence between the ministers of the court and local officials, so as to prevent people from colluding with each other and reporting information and causing unnecessary trouble." ”
As soon as Chen Fei's words came out, many ministers in the court really changed color, and even the calm eldest grandson Wuji and others had ugly faces.
Local officials have inextricable interests with them, and these things cannot be cleaned, if they are really investigated...... I'm afraid that most of the court will suffer! This bastard can't kill us!
Everyone was cursing in their hearts, but because of their weak hearts, no one dared to stand up and refute them.
Li Zhigang planned to follow Chen Fei's suggestion, but saw Chen Fei desperately glancing at him, and at the same time quietly waved his finger at him, signaling him not to make a decision.
Li Zhi quickly understood, pretended to cough a few times, and said, "In this case, let's do what Chen Fei said, as for the ministers and local officials of the DPRK and China...... I don't want to know yet, everyone, do it yourself! ”
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and at the same time, they all cast murderous glances at Chen Fei.
Chen Fei was speechless, Lao Tzu obviously saved you, what do you look like you want to kill one by one? The dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people?
(End of chapter)