Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2900
In the yamen of the Ministry of War, they work overtime while holding candles. The officials are rigorous and solemn. Everyone performs their duties and strives to do their best without any slack.In the flickering shadows of the candles, the officials were either writing books at their desks, hurriedly walking, discussing in twos and threes in low voices, or went to Fang Jun's office to ask for instructions.

In short, His Royal Highness King Jin, who was sitting in the duty room and contemplating life, seemed to be forgotten by everyone, deserted and quiet...

At the end of the You period, Li Zhi was sitting in the room on duty and thinking more and more, the more he felt uncomfortable, he was the king of Jin, a nobleman, and he was ordered by the emperor to be named "Shangshu of the Ministry of Military Affairs". You can't ignore me like this, can you?

Then he pushed the door and went out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a clerk with a smile on his face, and rushed over from the side with a "whoosh": "Did Your Highness drink? The next official will prepare tea for you."

Li Zhi waved his hand, and before he could speak, the clerk said again: "Then are you hungry? Don't worry, Your Highness, just now when Fang Shangshu was preparing dinner, he prepared an extra portion of the sauced beef from Songhe Tower, and I will bring it to you Come, I'll serve you a jug of rice wine as a midnight snack."

Li Zhi said in a bad mood: "Take those thoughts away, I just want to walk around and have a look, and stay on the sidelines!"

Do you treat this king as a wine bag and rice bag, and leave it aside to eat and drink?

It makes sense!
The clerk didn't dare to disobey, just laughed along, and followed behind Li Zhi: "Your Highness, you can walk and read as you like, Fang Shangshu has orders, and the task of the next official today is to take care of His Highness. Your Highness If there is a need, I will work hard to get it done."

Li Zhi ignored him, just wandered around the office of the Ministry of War with his hands behind his back, checking each room on duty, and then came to the main hall again.

Officials who did not deliver the documents but asked the Shangguan to sign came in and out of the main hall. When they saw Li Zhi, they all bowed respectfully and saluted, saying "I have seen Your Highness", with a respectful and humble tone, and then what to do, It's as if Li Zhi came to the Yamen of the Ministry of War for an outing...

This is completely emptied by people.

Li Zhi sighed, after the previous conversation with Fang Jun, now he was not very angry, but sighed endlessly.

It is a huge yamen, located in one of the six departments of the Central Committee, where various forces are mixed, with interests that diverge from each other and even conflict with each other, but it can still be firmly controlled by Fang Jun. No one dares to play tricks under his nose, and everyone is obedient. Follow Fang Jun's direction and don't dare to go against it.

Even officials in the family like Liu Xun, who obviously had the same interests as the Guanlong nobles and who advanced and retreated together, all followed Fang Jun's lead. Put yourself together, and express your loyalty to Fang Jun.

This level of means and courage to control subordinates, looking at the court, how many people can achieve it?
The elder brother of the prince received Fang Junzhi's full help and support, which was really better than thousands of troops. He immediately stabilized the skeleton of the entire East Palace, and this was the upper hand in the competition with himself.

……

When he walked outside Fang Jun's duty room, he pushed the door open and went in without knocking.

Fang Jun was at his desk reviewing the documents, when he heard the footsteps, he looked up, nodded slightly, and said: "Your Highness, I will wait for this minister to finish disposing of this document."

After saying that, he picked up the tea cup that was placed aside, took a sip of strong tea, rubbed his eyes, and continued to work at his desk.

Li Zhi sat down in the reception area by himself.

This is the most valuable thing about Fang Jun. He knows that after the Eastern Expedition, almost all the meritorious service will be seized by the Guanlong nobles, and the prince's party will lose in the battle for the reserve, but he is still outspoken. He fulfilled the duties that a Minister of the Ministry of War should fulfill as much as possible, without the slightest selfishness, let alone suppressing the nobles of Guanlong with excuses.

As Fang Jun himself said, a real man "does something and doesn't".

Be worthy of the words "public loyalty to the country".

Li Zhi felt touched, suddenly smiled, and said: "If he can achieve his great career as a king of Japan, no matter how the Duke of Yue opposes me today, he will definitely use the Duke of Yue again. If he violates this oath, both men and gods will abandon him! "

Fang Jun, who was sitting at his desk, was stunned for a moment, raised his head in surprise, looked at Li Zhi's serious face, laughed too, shook his head and said, "Why, Your Highness also wants to learn from that Su Qin and Zhang Yi, with a three-inch tongue , then encouraged the Weichen to turn towards Qin Muchu and have two minds? Then His Highness really underestimated the Weichen. The reason why Weichen firmly supports His Royal Highness is because of the rules and principles and the principles of human relations, and it is definitely not because of personal power and future. , Your Highness is thinking too much."

Li Zhi frowned, most likely in disbelief in his heart, and asked: "Isn't it the purpose of Duke Yue to hold great power and fulfill his ambitions?"

Fang Jun shook his head and said with a smile, "A man can do something and not do something."

After finishing speaking, he put the writing brush in his hand on the pen stand, put together the documents in front of him, and placed them on top of the mountains of documents piled aside, cleaned up the case, clean and tidy, then stood up and stretched Lazy, said: "It's getting late, so I won't leave His Highness to enjoy supper."

He called the clerk outside the door and said: "It's almost Xu time, everyone has been busy for a day, go and inform everyone to be on duty, it won't be too late to get up early tomorrow and come to the yamen this morning to continue the official business.",

"Here."

When the scribe got the order, he hurried out and notified one by one on duty.

Immediately, footsteps and voices came from outside. The officials put down their official duties, walked out of the Yamen in twos and threes, and went home on duty.

Fang Jun and Li Zhi waited for a while, and they came out of the duty room when all the officials were almost gone.

Before leaving, Fang Jun told the night guard officials in the yamen: "The sky is dry and things are dry, so we must strictly prevent fire candles. There are documents and files everywhere in the yamen. Once there is a fire, the consequences will be disastrous. If there is any accident, you must wait and ask, never Forgive me!"

Because the Eastern Expedition is imminent, the national army has been mobilized almost in turn. Some went to Liaodong to prepare for the war, and some left the station to start changing defenses. How many documents and files are involved in the Sixteenth Guards Army?
Many files piled up in the warehouse have been dug out. If this is burned out, more than half of the soldiers and generals in the country will become "black households" without files. What kind of serious consequences will that be?
If you want to establish the archives again, I'm afraid it will take three to five years.

Not to mention the various consequences caused by it, who can bear that responsibility?
The night watchman naturally knew the seriousness, nodded his head and said: "Fang Shangshu, don't worry, we will keep our eyes open all night, and we will never doze off. Make sure there is nothing wrong inside or outside the yamen, otherwise, I will apologize with myself!"

Fang Jun felt relieved, nodded his head and said: "At this critical moment, we, as the center of the army, should overcome difficulties and bear heavy responsibilities. When the Eastern Expedition is victorious, I will personally ask for credit for you!"

After exhorting them tirelessly, Fang Jun and Li Zhi walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Military Affairs side by side.

Two lanterns were hung in front of the door, and the faint light only illuminated the stone steps in front of the door. The street a little further away was dark and confused.

The two stood in front of the door, and their respective imperial guards and personal soldiers in the distance had already driven the carriage over. Li Zhi turned his head to look at Fang Jun, thought for a while, and asked, "The reason why my brother-in-law supports the prince's elder brother is because of the principles of ordinary human relations. , Zong Youcheng, or do you think that the elder brother of the crown prince must be able to be a good emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but I am far inferior?"

He called "brother-in-law", and the nature was different.

In the past, it was King Jin and Duke Yue who fought each other, but now it is a family who open their hearts...

Fang Jun sensed Li Zhi's meaning, thought carefully, and organized his words, but for a while he didn't know how to answer.

How about Li Zhi as emperor?
History has already given the answer. Although it can't be called stunning talent, it is definitely qualified.

It's just that he gained power with the help of the Guanlong nobles, and when he turned around and wanted to suppress the aristocratic families headed by the Guanlong nobles, he inevitably lacked confidence, so he made a roundabout attack and pushed Wu Meiniang out to have a bloody battle with the Guanlong nobles.Although the final outcome suppressed the Guanlong nobles, it did not eradicate them, and made the Shandong family take advantage of the situation to rise.

In essence, no matter whether the Guanlong nobles or the Shandong aristocratic families, there is no difference in their desire for power...

Wu Meiniang's seizure of the highest power in the Tang Dynasty did not cause the entire empire to fall into chaos, but it still developed in a healthy and orderly manner.

However, at the root of all problems, the cancer of aristocratic families still exists. Even if the imperial examinations were vigorously advocated, in the end of the Tang Dynasty, the children of poor families could not be promoted to overwhelm the aristocratic families.

(End of this chapter)