In Tai Chi Palace.
Xiao Lizi was giving instructions on the memorial, and his scarlet pen hung above a document, and it had not fallen down for a long time.
On the side, Eunuch Hong, who had not heard any sound for a long time, was a little surprised. He quietly raised his head and glanced at the emperor, only to find that the emperor's eyes had wandered away from the object at some point.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
Seeing that the cinnabar on the ink pen was teetering on the tip of the pen and about to drip onto the document below, Eunuch Hong couldn't help but called the emperor softly.
"Um?" ??
Xiao Lizi was startled when he heard the sound, and the hand holding the pen trembled, and the drop of blood-red cinnabar finally dripped down, leaving a scarlet mark on the neat document.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my servant who was reckless!"
Seeing Xiao Lizi staring blankly at the contaminated documents, Eunuch Hong, who knew that he had done something bad with good intentions, quickly knelt down to apologize.
"Get up, I was in a trance just now, I don't blame you!"
However, Xiao Lizi did not mean to blame Eunuch Hong. He only saw him sighing at the document, then put down the brush dejectedly, leaned on the soft couch, and sighed: "I am in a bad mood.
I will read these memorials again, now come and talk to me!"
"Here!" After hearing what the emperor said, Eunuch Hong wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully got up from the ground.
Being able to stay by Xiao Lizi's side for so many years, he also sat in the position of eunuch Bingbi, the highest position among all the eunuchs!
What Eunuch Hong relies on, in addition to loyalty, is more cautiousness and a clear understanding of his position!
He knew very well: A slave is a slave! You cannot forget your identity just because you have the favor of the emperor!
The tragic end of the last arrogant chamberlain commander is still vivid in my mind! Eunuch Hong does not want to follow the path of his predecessors.
"Your Majesty, has he not been in a good mood lately?"
Standing up carefully, Eunuch Hong saw that the emperor had his eyes slightly closed and had no intention of speaking first, so he had to bravely ask.
"Hey..." Li Shimin sighed softly, in agreement with Eunuch Hong's words.
"Is it because of the ministers in the imperial court?" Seeing this, Eunuch Hong took courage and asked again.
Li Shimin opened his eyes now, glanced at the old slave and said, "Did you see it too?"
"Although this slave is stupid, his eyes are not blind yet." Eunuch Hong smiled humbly, cupped his hands and continued: "I have been by your Majesty's side these days, and I have long found that the recent court hall is much duller.
I feel a lot unfamiliar.”
Li Shimin nodded noncommittally: "Then do you know why it became like this?"
Eunuch Hong twitched his lips, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This... I don't know!"
"I don't know?"
Li Shimin glanced at Eunuch Hong again. He knew that this old servant knew something, but in order to appear stupid and highlight the emperor's wisdom, he pretended not to know anything.
However, he was too lazy to point out this guy's cleverness. He just turned around and continued to murmur: "All this is not caused by the land! Since the land reform in Shandong, the officials in the court have gradually changed their temper.
, even Changsun Wuji, my veterans, are also interested in
I started to feel distant!
Hong Cheng, you said there are so many treasures in the world! I have never been stingy about rewarding high-ranking officials with generous salaries, but why do those people have to keep their eyes on the land? Don’t they know that if this land belongs to one family,
Is this the source of trouble that will overthrow the dynasty?"
"Well, this slave thinks..." Seeing the emperor's resentment, Eunuch Hong twitched the corner of his mouth twice, and bravely said: "This slave thinks that the reason why the ministers in the court focus on the land is not the same.
It’s not that I want to shake up the country, but that I simply want to leave a family legacy for future generations!
Because even if a fortune is huge, it will be ruined one day! But if you have a thousand acres of fertile land, no matter what happens, you can still ensure that your children and grandchildren will have food to eat and will not starve to death."
"Hmph, a thousand acres of fertile land?"
After hearing Eunuch Hong's explanation, the anger in Li Shimin's tone did not diminish much. He still said with a dark face: "If they just want a thousand acres of fertile land, I won't say anything! But now you go out and take a look! This land in Guanzhong
, Whose do they belong to now! Is it mine? Is it the common people’s? No! None of them!
These lands belong to the seven sects and five surnames, and they all belong to the Gonggun princes in the court! Ma Zhou once said: A family with only one surname in Shandong can own the land of several counties! The people of these counties,
What do they rely on for food? They can only rely on this family! Listen to this family's orders and look at this family's face!
If things go on like this, the local people only know about this family, but they don’t know about the Tang Dynasty or me! Why did the rebellion in Shandong come so suddenly? So completely? Its roots come from this!
They are no longer just landlords and tenants, but a country within a country! And for their own selfish desires, they even dare to hide from the court and me, secretly flirt with other countries, and sell materials that I have banned to the country.
Other countries!”
"Ah! Your Majesty, what do you mean, are they going to split the land and divide the territory into vassal states?" When Eunuch Hong heard this, he looked up in shock!
He only knew that all those lands would belong to the powerful, and ordinary people would suffer. But he never thought that after the annexation of this land, there would be such negative consequences!
"These people deserve to be killed!"
Thinking of the examples in the history books where princes rebelled and turned against the emperor, Eunuch Hong couldn't help but feel frightened. He looked at Li Shimin and said sternly: "Your Majesty made a decisive decision to eliminate the rebellion and take back the land. He is truly a sage king!"
"Sage?" When Li Shimin heard this word, he smiled helplessly and said: "But those ministers probably don't think so. They are all afraid of me now! They are afraid that I will also take away their land, so they look at me with all their eyes.
With vigilance, caution, and even hatred! I have clearly given them a lot, but these people have forgotten that everything they have is given by me!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be so disappointed!" At this time, Eunuch Hong seemed to have remembered something, and solemnly said: "The slaves in the court hall, such as General Cheng who just came back, and General Qin Shu Bao Qin, still treat Your Majesty the same way.
Before."
"Cheng Yaojin? Qin Shubao?" Li Shimin, who was depressed, finally cheered up after hearing Eunuch Hong's reminder.
Yes, there are still a few people in the civil and military circles who still support him!
In addition to Lao Cheng and Lao Qin, there are also Niu Jinda, Liu Hongji, and Xiao Han!"
Speaking of Xiao Han, Li Shimin couldn't help but look to the east. It seemed that he hadn't heard from Xiao Han for a long time, and he didn't know how this guy was doing in Shandong. In the Tai Chi Palace.
Xiao Lizi was giving instructions on the memorial, and his scarlet pen hung above a document, and it had not fallen down for a long time.
On the side, Eunuch Hong, who had not heard any sound for a long time, was a little surprised. He quietly raised his head and glanced at the emperor, only to find that the emperor's eyes had wandered away from the object at some point.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
Seeing that the cinnabar on the ink pen was teetering on the tip of the pen and about to drip onto the document below, Eunuch Hong couldn't help but called the emperor softly.
"Um?"
Xiao Lizi was startled when he heard the sound, and the hand holding the pen trembled, and the drop of blood-red cinnabar finally dripped down, leaving a scarlet mark on the neat document.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my servant who was reckless!"
Seeing Xiao Lizi staring blankly at the contaminated documents, Eunuch Hong, who knew that he had done something bad with good intentions, quickly knelt down to apologize.
"Get up, I was in a trance just now, I don't blame you!" .??.
However, Xiao Lizi did not mean to blame Eunuch Hong. He only saw him sighing at the document, then put down the brush dejectedly, leaned on the soft couch, and sighed: "I am in a bad mood.
I will read these memorials again, now come and talk to me!"
"Here!" After hearing what the emperor said, Eunuch Hong wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully got up from the ground.
Being able to stay by Xiao Lizi's side for so many years, he also sat in the position of eunuch Bingbi, the highest position among all the eunuchs!
What Eunuch Hong relies on, in addition to loyalty, is more cautiousness and a clear understanding of his position!
He knew very well: A slave is a slave! You cannot forget your identity just because you have the favor of the emperor!
The tragic end of the last arrogant chamberlain commander is still vivid in my mind! Eunuch Hong does not want to follow the path of his predecessors.
"Your Majesty, has he not been in a good mood lately?"
Standing up carefully, Eunuch Hong saw that the emperor had his eyes slightly closed and had no intention of speaking first, so he had to bravely ask.
"Hey..." Li Shimin sighed softly, in agreement with Eunuch Hong's words.
"Is it because of the ministers in the imperial court?" Seeing this, Eunuch Hong took courage and asked again.
Li Shimin opened his eyes now, glanced at the old slave and said, "Did you see it too?"
"Although this slave is stupid, his eyes are not blind yet." Eunuch Hong smiled humbly, cupped his hands and continued: "I have been by your Majesty's side these days, and I have long found that the recent court hall is much duller.
I feel a lot unfamiliar.”
Li Shimin nodded noncommittally: "Then do you know why it became like this?"
Eunuch Hong twitched his lips, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This... I don't know!"
"I don't know?"
Li Shimin glanced at Eunuch Hong again. He knew that this old servant knew something, but in order to appear stupid and highlight the emperor's wisdom, he pretended not to know anything.
However, he was too lazy to point out this guy's cleverness. He just turned around and continued to murmur: "All this is not caused by the land! Since the land reform in Shandong, the officials in the court have gradually changed their temper.
, even Changsun Wuji, my veterans, are also interested in
I started to feel distant!
Hong Cheng, you said there are so many treasures in the world! I have never been stingy about rewarding high-ranking officials with generous salaries, but why do those people have to keep their eyes on the land? Don’t they know that if this land belongs to one family,
Is this the source of trouble that will overthrow the dynasty?"
"Well, this slave thinks..." Seeing the emperor's resentment, Eunuch Hong twitched the corner of his mouth twice, and bravely said: "This slave thinks that the reason why the ministers in the court focus on the land is not the same.
It’s not that I want to shake up the country, but that I simply want to leave a family legacy for future generations!
Because even if a fortune is huge, it will be ruined one day! But if you have a thousand acres of fertile land, no matter what happens, you can still ensure that your children and grandchildren will have food to eat and will not starve to death."
"Hmph, a thousand acres of fertile land?"
After hearing Eunuch Hong's explanation, the anger in Li Shimin's tone did not diminish much. He still said with a dark face: "If they just want a thousand acres of fertile land, I won't say anything! But now you go out and take a look! This land in Guanzhong
, Whose do they belong to now! Is it mine? Is it the common people’s? No! None of them!
These lands belong to the seven sects and five surnames, and they all belong to the Gonggun princes in the court! Ma Zhou once said: A family with only one surname in Shandong can own the land of several counties! The people of these counties,
What do they rely on for food? They can only rely on this family! Listen to this family's orders and look at this family's face!
If things go on like this, the local people only know about this family, but they don’t know about the Tang Dynasty or me! Why did the rebellion in Shandong come so suddenly? So completely? Its roots come from this!
They are no longer just landlords and tenants, but a country within a country! And for their own selfish desires, they even dare to hide from the court and me, secretly flirt with other countries, and sell materials that I have banned to the country.
Other countries!”
"Ah! Your Majesty, what do you mean, are they going to split the land and divide the territory into vassal states?" When Eunuch Hong heard this, he looked up in shock!
He only knew that all those lands would belong to the powerful, and ordinary people would suffer. But he never thought that after the annexation of this land, there would be such negative consequences!
"These people deserve to be killed!"
Thinking of the examples in the history books where princes rebelled and turned against the emperor, Eunuch Hong couldn't help but feel frightened. He looked at Li Shimin and said sternly: "Your Majesty made a decisive decision to eliminate the rebellion and take back the land. He is truly a sage king!"
"Sage?" When Li Shimin heard this word, he smiled helplessly and said: "But those ministers probably don't think so. They are all afraid of me now! They are afraid that I will also take away their land, so they look at me with all their eyes.
With vigilance, caution, and even hatred! I have clearly given them a lot, but these people have forgotten that everything they have is given by me!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be so disappointed!" At this time, Eunuch Hong seemed to have remembered something, and solemnly said: "The slaves in the court hall, such as General Cheng who just came back, and General Qin Shu Bao Qin, still treat Your Majesty the same way.
Before."
"Cheng Yaojin? Qin Shubao?" Li Shimin, who was depressed, finally cheered up after hearing Eunuch Hong's reminder.
Yes, there are still a few people in the civil and military circles who still support him!
In addition to Lao Cheng and Lao Qin, there are also Niu Jinda, Liu Hongji, and Xiao Han!"
Speaking of Xiao Han, Li Shimin couldn't help but look to the east. It seemed that he hadn't heard from Xiao Han for a long time, and he didn't know how this guy was doing in Shandong.
This chapter has been completed!