Xu Jingzong is a person, Xia Hongsheng himself hates him very much. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Back then, in Luanzhou City, when Xia Hongsheng didn't know who he was, he felt that this person was not sincere in what he said and did, and he was hiding his own careful thoughts. Later, I learned that he was Xu Jingzong, so I didn't want to see him.

But don't offend him, but don't associate with him too much, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

Xu Jingzong is actually very controversial. In terms of ability alone, he is very capable and talented. He once supervised the history of the country, and the two were emperors, and he was very talented, which is one of the reasons why Taizong, Gaozong and Empress Wu have always admired him.

But in terms of character, there are many personality defects.

Qu Cong panders, opportunistic, crooked, greedy for money...... These are his shortcomings.

Therefore, he was able to supervise the history of the country, but he wantonly tampered with historical facts because of his own likes and dislikes. The status is noble, but he has no way to govern the family, he is lascivious, and he builds seventy flying buildings, and lets prostitutes ride away on them, thinking that they are playing, etc......

However, at the moment, Xia Hongsheng has no other candidates available.

The first premise of the candidates who stayed to keep an eye on the implementation of Jingyang's new law was to be able to cooperate with the scholars. In this way, people from poor backgrounds are naturally more suitable. Moreover, the power of the scholar clan is huge, and this person must be clever enough to be flexible and have all kinds of exquisite thoughts to deal with the various means of the scholar clan. In addition, he must be absolutely loyal to Li Shimin, see the situation clearly, and will not stand on the wrong team. To sum up, Ma Zhou is the most suitable candidate. is not only from a poor family, but also extremely capable, upright and alert, and very loyal to Li Shimin and attaches importance to the people.

It's a pity that Li Shimin asked Ma Zhou to assist the prince in supervising the country. And other people in the court who have this ability, such as Yu Shinan, Gao Shilian, Tang Jian and others, although they also have nothing to say about Li Shimin's loyalty, they themselves are inextricably linked with the Shi clan, and they are also big families. Besides, the emperor personally conquered the country, and the prince supervised the country, these old ministers who were deeply trusted by Li Shimin must have either been left to assist the prince in supervising the country, or they were taken by Li Shimin to go on the expedition together, so they were not the best candidates. And their official positions are too heavy, and their every move involves the sight and mind of many people, and it is not conducive to going to Jingyang in person.

After thinking about it, the only person who can come to Jingyang in a less conspicuous way, and who has the scheming to deal with the various actions of the Shi clan, is Xu Jingzong. As for being loyal to Li Shimin, although Xu Jingzong later stood in the same boat with Wu Zetian, now he resolutely does not dare to disobey Li Shimin. Moreover, with Xu Jingzong's thoughts, he can also see the general trend, and his nature of opportunism for his own merits and profits will firmly stand on the emperor's side.

In addition, although Xu Jingzong's family is also a big family, it is much smaller than those scholar clans. And his father was killed, the family declined, because Yu Shiji and Xu Jingzong's father Xu Shanxin were killed by Yu Wenhua and together, Feng Deyi was a member of the Inner Shishe at the time, and completely saw the situation at that time, so he said to people: "Yu Shiji was killed, Shinan fell to the ground and asked for his brother's death, kindness was executed, and Jingzong danced to survive." ”

People used this as a talking point and did not wait to see Xu Jingzong. Those scholars who attached great importance to filial piety looked down on him and disdained him because of this. Xu Jingzong was also very resentful of those scholars because of this.

With such a total, Xia Hongsheng felt that letting Xu Jingzong support the new commercial law and the new tax law could also be used.

It's just that it is inevitable that Xu Jingzong will definitely bend the law in the process of implementing the commercial law and tax system to benefit himself.

If it's just a small fight, Xia Hongsheng wouldn't be worried. As long as the implementation is smooth and the results are remarkable. But the key is that I am afraid that Xu Jingzong is too greedy for ink, "shaves his hair slightly", and abuses his authority, so that the new law is not good but evil, and the people are evil.

Throughout the ages, many changes to the law have been due to the abuse of authority and overcorrection by the officials below, and the good law has become an evil law, and finally failed!

So Xia Hongsheng pulled Li Ke out again and asked Li Ke to watch Xu Jingzong.

And the reason why Li Ke was chosen was also due to Xia Hongsheng's considerations.

First, Li Ke is a prince, and his status makes Xu Jingzong dare not deceive him. Second, Li Ke's resourcefulness and intelligence are on a par with Li Chengqian among Li Shimin's sons. is even closer to Li Shimin than Li Chengqian. Therefore, there is Li Shimin's evaluation of "Yingguo is like himself" in history. If the Tang Dynasty becomes a constitutional monarchy one day, this is Xia Hongsheng's first choice for prime minister.

At the moment, although his ability has not yet been revealed, it is also related to his deliberate restraint. With his scheming, not to mention that Xu Jingzong will be seen to death, at least he will not be deceived and will not let Xu Jingzong come nonsense.

Doing this, there is also some meaning that Xia Hongsheng deliberately let him also get exercise.

The latter did not dare to talk to Li Shimin, Xia Hongsheng only said the reason why Xu Jingzong was chosen before, and Li Ke's identity and astuteness were enough to supervise Xu Jingzong.

However, Li Shimin still did not make a decision immediately.

But Xia Hongsheng knew that before the army was dispatched, Li Shimin would definitely make arrangements before he drove the expedition.

"Alright, that's it for now." Li Shimin pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "I'll think about it later." Let me come over today, in addition to asking about the implementation of the new law rectification in Jingyang, there is another thing, I want to listen to the views of the virtuous son-in-law. ”

"But it has something to do with Goguryeo?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

Li Shimin nodded: "At most, in a month, my army will be opened." Nowadays, all the cotton is made into clothing, but it is not enough. I can only order the army to set off first, and then the things I make to protect against the cold will be transported later. Before the extreme cold of winter, these things must be delivered to Liaodong. Otherwise, my plan will be in vain. ”

"Originally, I wanted to wait for the cotton to arrive in Chang'an, and then report it to my father-in-law. Since the father-in-law has spoken up, the son-in-law will report it first. Xia Hongsheng said: "The son-in-law ordered the caravan to collect cotton in the Western Regions, and collected a lot, calculating the time, and it was about to be shipped back." Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about cotton. As long as there are enough people to prepare the cold things, the army should be able to spend the winter in Liaodong. ”

"Oh?!" Li Shimin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "How much cotton did you collect?!" ”

"Four hundred and seventy thousand catties!" Xia Hongsheng replied.

"How much?!" Li Shimin's eyes widened, exactly the same as Xia Hongsheng's reaction when he heard this number before.

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "Back to my father-in-law, you heard it right, four hundred and seventy thousand catties." However, the son-in-law only knows the total number, and if the father-in-law wants to know the specific situation, the son-in-law can ask Qi Yong to call the leader of the caravan who is responsible for collecting cotton for the imperial court in the Western Regions tomorrow, and let him explain it to His Majesty. ”

"Good!" Li Shimin slapped his hand on his leg, very excited. Then he said worriedly: "Virtuous son-in-law, how did he collect so much cotton?" Isn't it a virtuous son-in-law who has been deceived?! ”