Datang broom star

Li Zhi glanced at him with a sneer in his eyes, then turned and left.

On the second day, when the court was discussing matters, Lu Chengqing raised this matter.

"This year, the minister heard that there was some movement in Liaodong. The household department should raise money and food. If the army moves in advance, there will be money and food. If there is more, the army will be more confident. Besides, last year's taxes were collected. I think there is no problem."

He glanced at Xu Jingzong with a calm look in his eyes.

Old man, do you think it's that simple?

The DPRK and China have been planning to attack the three kingdoms of Liaodong, and money and food are the first priority in such a war.The old man has done nothing wrong with his actions, but you, Xu Jingzong, are just too impulsive and not successful enough!

Xu Jingzong got up, "Your Majesty, I don't know how to attack Liaodong, but the people in Jinzhou are waiting to be fed. This is the real thing. Every time I think that the people of Jinzhou have to pay taxes due to natural disasters last year, I feel like a knife."

He raised his head, and everyone couldn't help but be amazed that this traitor Xu unexpectedly burst into tears.

"Natural disasters lead to a decrease in harvest, but Jinzhou governor Wang Quanzhong actually forced the local government to collect taxes for his own political achievements, what a shame! Your Majesty! Those people are hungry, and those children are screaming from hunger."

He wiped away his tears and said: "What I said in the court is simple, but in the days of the common people, when I went to Huazhou, I went to Wuyang Gong's house. The house was completely empty, and there was almost no overnight food in the house. Huazhou is still like this, How about Jinzhou, which suffered a natural disaster?"

He looked at Lu Chengqing, and his anger erupted like a volcano, "Those people just want to survive the natural disaster, but Jinzhou imposes taxes by force. I can think of the ruthlessness of those officials, and the despair of the people crying for mercy.

What can they expect?In the court, there are cruel officials like you in charge of the household department, who treat the people as nothing. When their despair and wailing are heard in the court, it has long been unheard. So you thought about delaying for another year with peace of mind, but can the people slow down?Can? "

Xu Jingzong cupped his hands, "I implore Your Majesty to exempt Jinzhou from [-]% and [-]% of taxes this year."

Lu Chengqing smiled slightly.

He is a descendant of the Lu family of Fan Yang, whose father was an official in the former Sui Dynasty.After Li Yuan raised his army, his father surrendered without hesitation as soon as the army arrived.The descendants of the Lu family in Fanyang were demoted. Although they were only minor officials, they became Li Yuan's campaigning tools. Lu Chengqing's father was named Duke of Fanyang.

When Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, he also cared a lot for Lu Chengqing. The life of this gentry son can be said to be smooth.

But after Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, the Guanlong faction was in charge of the government.The Guanlong faction and the Shandong gentry such as Fan Yang's Lu family were incompatible, and Lu Chengqing was immediately driven out of Chang'an City.

After Li Zhi was determined to attack the Guanlong coterie, the first thing he thought of was to find helpers.The opponents of the Shandong gentry, the Guanlong coterie, came into his sight.Immediately afterwards, Lu Chengqing was promoted step by step, and finally he also participated in the interrogation of the Guanlong coterie, and became a tool for Li Zhi to wipe out his political opponents.

Lu Chengqing is naturally not a tool person, so he just smiled slightly.

The old man is dedicated to the country, so what's the use of talking about it?

As for the common people, from the end of the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, countless careerists appeared on the stage, and fighting and plundering were the main themes.The bones of the dead were exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the people turned into piles of bones.Those ambitious people stepped on these bones and stepped onto the throne, who cares about those bones?

If you can't see through this, what kind of prime minister are you, Xu Jingzong?

After years of inheritance, Fan Yang and Lu family are well aware of these changes, and the same is true of the gentry. In their eyes, the common people are tool people: tool people who provide money and food, become tool people of sergeants, and become tool people of craftsmen and merchants.

A tool is a tool!

When the prime ministers dispute, only the emperor can make a move.The two looked at the emperor, Lu Chengqing was quite confident in his heart, even Wang Zhongliang could feel Xu Jingzong's tragic aura.

A subtle blow from the Shandong gentry in the court!

Lu Chengqing glanced at Li Ji.

Li Ji looked calm and did not respond.

This old man is an old man, don't let your calculations fall on this old man.

Li Zhi moved slightly and sat up straighter, all the officials were respectful.

"The king is the boat, the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat. When I was young, the first emperor taught me this way. At that time, I was thinking that the king is high and holds supreme authority. Why would I be afraid of those weak people?" People like sheep, the late emperor told me many examples."

There was some memory in Li Zhi's eyes, "The former Qin Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, the First Emperor was a great man, and he thought he would last forever, but the Qin law was violent and harsh. Someone climbed up and shouted, and the people gathered in the scene, and then the former Qin collapsed. In the former Han Dynasty, The officials are corrupt, the powerful and powerful are greedy, the people are in dire straits, and in the end the Yellow Turban raises the flag, and the former Han Dynasty is destroyed, what do I see?"

The teachings of the late emperor came to mind one by one, Li Zhi thought to himself: Aye, you have far-sighted eyes after all.

"Whether it is the former Qin Dynasty or the former Han Dynasty, people are regarded as nothing. It seems that there is no serious problem for a while, but people's grievances will silt up and grow more and more."

Li Zhi said solemnly: "I seem to have seen the scene of chaos in the world. If there is such a scene, the disregard for the people at this moment is the beginning! I will not be a king of subjugation, and I also hope that my descendants will not be kings of subjugation."

Lu Chengqing's heart trembled.

"Xu Qing has been with me for many years. At first, some people called him the treacherous minister Xu, and I made a joke of it." Li Zhi smiled, obviously thinking about what happened back then.

Xu Jingzong burst into tears, "Your Majesty!"

Li Zhi smiled and said: "But you don't think it's disobedient, you work seriously and put the overall situation first. I remember when you were in Huazhou, the officials and people in Huazhou said that you love the people like your own son. I asked you, but you said that the people are your parents. Waiting for the heart, if all the officials of the Great Tang are like this, who else can shake this Great Tang?"

Xu Jingzong said with tears: "I regard the common people as my parents. Whenever the common people have something wrong, I will be very anxious and wish I could replace it with my own body."

"It's a good one who is burning with anxiety, and a good one to replace it with his body!"

Li Zhi nodded frequently, his appreciation was beyond words.

Everyone's hearts moved slightly, knowing that Xu Jingzong had scored.

This treacherous minister allows you to say that his attitude is impossible.Xu Jingzong acted straight and said what he had to say, otherwise he would not have been demoted at the funeral of Empress De.

It is ridiculous for this person to regard the common people as his own parents!

"There is a vacancy in Zhongshu Ling, I have been thinking about who can take up this position"

Lu Chengqing raised his head, and there was something else in his eyes.

Xu Jingzong is the prime minister as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the minister of the Ministry of Households. But in the final analysis, there are only three high-ranking officials who are serious prime ministers.

Zhongshuling is the real prime minister!

Li Yifu's eyes became hotter. Zhongshuling was originally his position, but after he was demoted to Puzhou last time, he never took over this position.Is the emperor going to make a decision today?

The other prime ministers were also quite moved.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the hall changed suddenly.

Li Zhi knows all about these things.

Who?

His eyes turned slowly, and finally settled on Xu Jingzong.

"Xu Qing can be the order of Zhongshu."

Lu Chengqing's body shook, and the rest of the family's children calmed him down immediately, but he felt extremely tormented in his heart.

Xu Jingzong actually went up!

Li Yifu opened his mouth and stared blankly at Xu Jingzong, a treacherous minister, Xu, this idiot, he actually made a Zhongshu Ling!

Li Ji also took a look at Xu Jingzong quite unexpectedly. In his opinion, the emperor would use his dog Li Yifu as the Zhongshuling to control a part of the center.