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Chapter 1111: Meeting before the Emperor (Part )

After the civil and military officials finished visiting the silver vault, everyone was dizzy and shocked, and at the same time felt that the silver was very cheap and did not count as money. Then, an invisible sense of steadiness filled everyone's heart.

The public opinion in the entire court, which had been somewhat shaken before, stabilized in an instant.

Although no one can use such a large amount of money without the approval of the emperor and several ministers at the central government level, being unable to use it and having the money or not are two different things.

When it really comes to a life-threatening situation, can a living person be suffocated to death by urine?

It can be said that even if the Turkic army of one million invades the south now, what everyone is thinking about before is moving the capital, escaping and surrendering.

Now even if we use money to attack them, we can kill those northern barbarians.

More than 200 million taels?
No one has calculated how many soldiers this can support. All we know is that the Tang Dynasty is now as stable as a rock and indestructible.

With a huge reserve fund of 100 million yuan to support them, everyone felt particularly at ease. As a result, more and more ministers came to Chengqing Hall to pay homage recently, and Li Yan's schedule was fully scheduled.

From morning to night, he met with ministers to report on their work, and everyone offered their loyalty and expressed their admiration for the emperor.

Something called prestige also slowly began to gather around Li Yan.

Li Yan didn't care, his space was filled with gold and silver like trash. Money was just a number to him, he had reached the point where he didn't care about money when making friends, because no one had as much money as he did.

"Cough cough."

Li Yan came out from the back and coughed twice. Several important officials who were chatting casually suddenly stopped talking and stood up to salute, saying, "Your Majesty, may your Majesty be blessed with good health."

"All the ministers are here, no need to be polite, please take a seat!"

Li Yan waved his hand, walked quickly to the imperial desk and sat down, saying with a serious face: "I just received military intelligence from Mobei. The situation in the north has changed dramatically. Let's discuss how we should respond."

"Xuan Ce, tell everyone the military situation in detail. Don't miss any part."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Xuance, who came out with Li Yan, had the same solemn expression. He recounted the war that took place in the Hengling area deep in the Mobei region between the Right Wise King and Shi Luodie for the supremacy over the grassland. The situation was similar to what Shi Guirong and the King of Qi had said.

After he finished speaking, the entire study fell silent. Everyone lowered their heads, thinking quickly about the pros and cons of this situation for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yan didn't say anything either, but waved to Wang Xuance. Wang Xuance bowed, saluted silently, and quietly retreated.

After a long silence, Xiao Yu finally said, "Your Majesty, I think this is a good thing. It will be of great benefit to our Tang Dynasty."

"During the reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the strategy of division and disintegration was always adopted to deal with the Turks, keeping them divided. We in the Central Plains supported the weak and weakened the strong, so as to contain the Turks and keep them from wasting their time."

"Only then can the Central Plains be stable and peaceful. Previously, the Right Wise King was the only powerful one, which was not in the interests of the Tang Dynasty. Now that the kings and khans are fighting, it will inevitably lead to internal unrest. The Hengling War was a dog-eat-dog war with no clear winner, and the grassland has been divided into the East and the West since then."

"As long as we, the Tang Dynasty, stay out of this matter, use both kindness and force, and restrain both sides, we will naturally be able to reap the greatest benefits."

Theoretically, there was nothing wrong with what Xiao Yu said. Although Li Yan did not completely agree, he showed a clear look of relief and praised: "As the saying goes, an old man in the family is like a treasure. Old Master Xiao is knowledgeable and experienced, and an old horse knows the way."

"This insightful opinion has made me feel more at ease. So, this is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Yu, who had received the compliment, felt as if he had eaten a ginseng fruit. All the pores on his body were relaxed, and the wrinkles on his old face were all smiling. He gently stroked the white beard under his chin, looking like a teachable child and a wise emperor.

When Li Yan saw this scene, his expression remained unchanged, but he felt extremely disgusted in his heart.

He complained in his heart, no wonder it has been said since ancient times that a new emperor appoints new ministers. These old men who have lived through the times of Li Shimin, and even Li Yuan and Yang Guang, all have rich qualifications and take advantage of their seniority. They don't consider themselves emperors at all.

Almost all the old ministers, including Changsun Wuji, regarded themselves as younger generations.

Of course, this is not malicious, but when everyone treats the emperor with the attitude of a junior, it will invisibly weaken the emperor's supreme authority. They will stop you from doing anything in the name of doing things for your own good.

Over the past two months, Li Yan has felt this invisible restraint, which makes him feel like he is walking in mud and water, with every step being difficult.

The smooth sailing in the financial temple was exchanged for all kinds of concessions in other aspects. When such a good policy that benefits the country and the country reached a critical moment, the heads of the three provinces and six ministries all proposed the appointment of some local officials and the promotion of generals in the army. Li Yan sat back and watched the many factions fighting for it.

In the end, you can only be a puppet who announces the results.

Li Yan did not care. He knew that his foundation was shallow and if he wanted to secure the throne, he would have to give up most of his interests. As an emperor, he could certainly get the biggest piece of the cake, but he could not distribute the cake arbitrarily.

Li Yan would not be as pretentious as Fulin, complaining every day without any reason, asking why he was allowed to become the emperor but not given the power of an emperor?

He knew that even if he put aside the constraints of his ministers, his own abilities were not enough to control such a huge empire.

In the final analysis, he was just an ordinary person in later generations. Knowing the plot well, he played the pig and ate the tiger in the Qing Dynasty. He pretended to be kind by chance and won the throne. In fact, he had no ability to govern the world at all.

Not to mention the Infernal Affairs, the police chief of a small corner, or the head of a branch of a functional department, mainly hangs around in the office. He has no experience in grasping the overall situation.

When he arrived in the Tang Dynasty, he could receive systematic education as the crown prince again.

In order to keep his position as crown prince, Li Yan temporarily avoided the storm and left Chang'an to fight on the grassland. Although he became the actual ruler of the Turkic Khanate, he still had to obey the emperor and command the princes.

What's more, the Turks and the Tang Dynasty are completely different.

The grasslands were almost a gathering place for primitive tribes. Rather than being a country, it was more like countless forces, large and small, that had temporarily united to deal with the Tang Dynasty. The Khanate had no strong authority over these tribes.

Everyone usually does their own thing and does not need to pay taxes to the Khan's court. The tribal leaders have absolute control over the tribe, and even the Khan and the wise kings have no right to interfere in their internal affairs.

In the eyes of the public, whether it was the Khan or the King, he was just a more powerful tribal force. On the grassland, large tribes annexed small tribes, and the old tribal leader died, and several descendants split the tribe into several small tribes. This happened every day.

The Khan can’t do anything about it. As long as these people don’t attack him or offend him, you can do whatever you want.

If it was winter or a disaster and survival on the grassland was difficult, everyone would gather together, obey the unified command of the Khan or the king, and go south to plunder together. The Khan did not have the power of life and death over the tribes.

The influence that he had over the various tribes was simply due to the greater strength in his own hands. Rather than being the authority of the Khan, it was more likely to be the power of a strong man.

Li Yan had been in the grassland for many years and felt that the Khan was just like a county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the number of people in charge was not as many as that of a county in the Central Plains. Later, through foreign conquests and trade, the royal court gained control of a lot of financial resources.

This is the best that a county magistrate could achieve by being promoted to the position of governor.

The Tang Dynasty was different. It had a territory of more than 13 million square kilometers, including 15 provinces, 580 states, and more than 2,000 counties, not counting the vassal states. From the center to the local areas, a pyramid-shaped tight structure condensed the Tang Dynasty into a whole.

Li Yan was only a "Governor" of a barbarian land. It would take at least ten years for him to control this huge empire.

In addition to the obvious management order, there are also implicit rules between various levels, such as how so many government offices in the court operate and connect, the positions and factions of each minister, and how the emperor, civil officials, military generals, relatives, nobles, aristocrats, harems, clans, princes, eunuchs and other forces get along with each other.

In Wei Xiaobao's words, even if it was just the catalog, it would take one or two years to finish reading it. In later generations, Zhu Biao of the Ming Dynasty and Yinzhen of the Qing Dynasty were both exhausted to death.

Li Yan felt that being an emperor was not easy, so he did not show much desire for power. His idea was simple: instead of fighting with his ministers for various positions, it would be better to give up this position.

Go and take the military power. Once you have the military power in your hands, the overall situation will be settled, and the ministers can manipulate it however they want without having to worry about anything.

On the contrary, without military power, even if he replaced all the important departments in the court with his own people, he would still not be able to sit firmly on the throne.

With this in mind, Emperor Li Yan appeared to be particularly kind and tolerant, and he was no longer so concerned about the sensitive personnel rights in the court. He just paid a little attention to not letting one party dominate, so the ministers were quite satisfied.

Such an emperor is the wise and benevolent ruler in the hearts of his subjects.

After more than two months, the nobles also put down their guard and gave limited support; the meritorious veterans and relatives of the clan saw that the general situation was set and recognized this emperor. With good and tacit cooperation, the Financial Temple was born and the princes were enfeoffed.

Li Yan is only twenty-eight or twenty-nine this year, not yet thirty.

Almost all the people who could get in touch with him in the court were old ministers who had worked for a lifetime. He was the emperor, but as a young man, he still had to show at least some respect to the old ministers.

Just because Li Shimin could order them around didn't mean Li Yan had the right to do so. Young people in high positions who were too arrogant would always end up in a bad way, even if they were emperors.

(End of this chapter)