My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

"Be gentle to the sinners, but the sinners will not be gentle to you."

Li Linfu seized on Chang An's words and said, "But if that's the case, why not punish those corrupt officials right from the start?"

"The wealth of corrupt officials can help solve national crises." Chang An said, "Why kill a person when he is valuable? If corrupt officials collect more money, we can seize their property during national crises and get more money."

"If we investigate corrupt officials now, wouldn't that be like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?"

"Not only that, we must also let them know that it is not their own ability that allows them to be so greedy, but rather that Your Majesty has shown mercy and allowed them to do more for the Tang Dynasty."

"What if no one is greedy?" Li Linfu pursued the matter relentlessly and aggressively.

"If there is no corruption, the court will have more tax grain, and the people will have more surplus grain, so why should we fear famine?" Chang An said with a smile, "Besides, the world is so big, there are all kinds of people. Does Li Zhongcheng know that there are no corrupt officials in the world?"

Chang An understood in his heart the principle that "Heshen's fall means the emperor is well fed", and the reason why he did not intervene in investigating and punishing corrupt officials was, firstly, to avoid arousing resentment, and secondly, to treat them as the "reserve food" of the court.

Li Linfu was speechless. Finally, he could only look at Li Longji and bow to him, saying, "Your Majesty, I still think that this move is unethical."

"Confucianism is for Confucian scholars, not for enemies." Chang An said seriously, "You should show different attitudes to different people."

"I dare to recommend Li Zhongcheng as a general and have him go to the Turkic barbarians on the border to spread Confucianism. In this way, our Tang Dynasty can unify the Turkic people without spending a single soldier."

In the end, Chang An simply told Li Linfu about this approach, and Li Linfu immediately felt ashamed - conquering the Turks without a single soldier, to put it bluntly, was to let himself face thousands of troops alone.

Li Longji smiled after hearing what Chang An said. He waved his hand and said, "Li Zhongcheng, you can go down."

The main thing is to not let a newly appointed Chief Censor lose face in front of everyone. How eloquent is Chang An? At least for now, Li Longji feels that Li Linfu cannot win the argument with Chang An.

Moreover, Chang An not only dared to say so, he really dared to do so. As long as the emperor allowed it, he really dared to draw his sword and chop off the heads of those corrupt officials in public.

"Okay, Duke Kangguo, as you said, how should we deal with the people and county officials who hoarded grain?" Li Longji asked at this time. After all, it was a loophole in Chang'an's own policy, and he had to fill it himself.

Chang An then said, "Your Majesty, whether the people live in peace or not does not depend on how strong the country is, but on how much food the people have and how fast the soldiers' guns are. The more food the people have, the safer the country will be."

"As for those ministers who are greedy for grain, we can turn a blind eye to their greed in years of plenty, after all, they represent the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty and the well-being of the people. But if they are still so greedy in years of famine and do not open the granaries to provide relief, they must be punished, and their crimes will be even more serious."

"We need to tell these officials that they are not just officials above the people. Before this, they were subjects under His Majesty, the people among the people. Working for His Majesty does not mean they are superior to others."

After listening to it, Li Longji felt very good, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Well said."

"But can Duke Kangguo put his words into practice?"

"I wonder what your majesty is talking about?"

"all."

This time, Chang An raised his hand, bowed slightly to Li Longji, and said, "A real man should do what he says, and I will practice it myself."

Li Longji was very pleased, and nodded with a smile, then said: "In this case, is there anyone who wants to say something about the mistakes of Duke Kangguo's policies?"

There was silence in the hall, and Li Longji said, "Then, Duke Kangguo, you have nothing to do. Can you stay and listen to the court proceedings?"

"Your Majesty, yes."

Having said that, he and Li Ying stood at the front of the team.

......

After the court session, Li Ying and Chang An left together. Li Ying said, "That Li Linfu was promoted by the Wu family. He is usually known for his eloquence, but I didn't expect that he would be speechless when he met you today."

Chang An nodded slightly, and at this time Yuwen Rong passed by him. The two looked at each other, and then there was no more talk, and they went their separate ways. Li Ying turned a blind eye to all these actions.

As for Li Linfu, he had been staring at Chang An since leaving the court, with some anger in his eyes. However, Yuan Qianyao simply passed him by and came directly to Chang An, chatting and laughing with him.

"Humph!"

"I just don't believe you can really do what you say."

As he was talking to himself, Li Linfu came to his carriage and got in. At this time, there was already a person sitting in the carriage - Wu Zhong.

"How is it? Is it going well?" Wu Zhong asked at this time.

Li Linfu shook his head and said, "No, he almost accused me of this."

There was some dissatisfaction in his words. Wu Zhong sighed and said, "It's okay."

"By the way, Master Jijiu, I have something that I need your help with." Li Linfu seemed to have thought of some shady trick at this time and spoke.

Wu Zhong smiled and said, "Just say it."

"I wonder if there are any secret guards around Master Jijiu?" Li Linfu asked.

"Of course there is."

“Is there an old woman in that house?”

"Yes, but they are servants in the family."

"What about the beautiful young woman?"

"Yes, there are quite a few maids at home who are capable."

Li Linfu laughed now, his teeth gnashing, and said, "If that's the case, then it's easy..."

Wu Zhong looked at Li Linfu's gloomy expression and asked, "I wonder what strategy Li Zhongcheng has come up with?"

"Of course there is," Li Linfu nodded, then whispered his plan.

Wu Zhong was stunned after hearing this, then laughed and said, "This is a good plan!"

"This method may not work for others, but it is the best for Chang An, who just said 'practice what you preach'. Regardless of whether he can do it or not, he will suffer."

"This method of yours is really vicious. How did you come up with it?"

"Doesn't Chang An claim that he only favors the Lady of the County? Even His Majesty values ​​his wife very much. I just want to see if anyone will still hold the same opinion of him if this kind of thing gets out."

"Hahahahaha! That makes sense!"

Chang An returned home early again today. Gu Li must have woken up by now, but he was not waiting at the door.

He went straight back to the room. Gu Li was sitting at the low table doing embroidery, and the two children were playing with toys on the couch. After hearing the sound of Chang An opening the door, the three of them looked over -

"Chang Lang!"

"Aye! Aye!"

Now when Xiaoguai and Erguai see Chang'an coming home, they will follow Gu Li and call out to themselves. I don't know if they learned it from Gu Li or if it was inherited.

The two little ones climbed down from the couch and ran to Chang'an's feet. Chang'an picked them up before they hugged his thighs.

He sat back next to Gu Li and said, "Mother Gu, I'm back."

Then he kissed Gu Li on the face, and the two little ones also said, "I want a kiss from you, too!"

"I want a kiss too!"

Chang An and Gu Li looked at each other and smiled, and then the former kissed each of them. Then the two little ones lay in Chang An's arms contentedly, and Gu Li also asked:

"Why did Chang Lang come back so early today? Has His Highness finished his lesson?"

Chang An shook his head and said, "No, I went to court."

"Going to court?" Gu Li frowned slightly, then said, "Chang Lang was impeached?"

"Ah."

Gu Li looked worried at this time and asked, "Is everything alright? Are you in trouble?"

"It's okay. Who can say that to your Chang Lang?" Chang An said with a smile, "Don't worry. He has been impeached several times, and I have solved them all safely. Madam Gu doesn't need to worry."

"That's good."

At this time, Chang An put the two little ones on the ground and said, "Little Guai and Er Guai, go play first, and let Grandpa and Grandma chat for a while, okay?"

The two kids nodded, and ran back to the couch together, and started playing with toys again. At this time, Gu Li consciously snuggled into Chang An's arms and asked softly:

"Has Chang Lang made enemies with anyone recently? Has he led to impeachment?"

"No, the impeachment is understandable. It's not to make enemies with others." Chang An said softly.

"That's good..." Gu Li nodded, and then said: "I got pricked in the hand again this morning, and I'm a little worried."

Chang An then gently lifted up Gu Li's hand, blew gently on the pierced hand, and then asked: "What's wrong? Is there anything on your mind? Tell Chang Lang about it, okay?"

"I just feel a little uneasy in my heart. I don't know what's going on. I just feel very uneasy. I always feel like something is going to happen." Gu Li rubbed Chang An gently and said.

"What's going on? Did you hear something?" Chang An frowned slightly.

"Not really, I just felt a little uneasy after getting up this morning." Gu Li said, and took Chang An's hand. "Maybe I'm just imagining things, but Chang Lang should be more careful recently, okay?"

"I am afraid......"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll pay attention."

Gu Li was still thinking at this time, and then he thought for a while and said: "How about this, tomorrow when Changlang goes on duty, I will let Sister Qi or Sister Qi follow Changlang, so that if something happens on the way, they can also help Changlang."

"Okay, I'll follow Madam Gu's arrangements."