Chapter 0840: Conspiracy is better than conspiracy
"But if you agree, you must be honored."
Li Yuanji looked at Chen Shuda and warned him seriously.
Chen Shuda smiled and nodded: "I understand, I will ask the Ministry of Rites to help with it."
This incident is also a good thing for Chen Shuda.
If Li Gang and Pei Ju don't give up their positions, how can he ascend to the throne?
Li Gang and Pei Ju were treated kindly after they retired after their achievements, and he will also be treated kindly after he retires after his achievements.
It's like Li Gang and Pei Ju helped him find the way. He doesn't need to go through the ups and downs anymore, and he doesn't need to worry about any stumbling blocks ahead. He just needs to go on with peace of mind.
Therefore, he would not feel sad because of the success of Li Gang and Pei Ju, and would feel sad about the death of a rabbit. Instead, he would feel happy, happy from the bottom of his heart.
"Since Li Gong has abdicated, let's send an order to Ren Gui and ask him to leave the matters at hand to Pei Gong."
Li Yuanji ordered with a smile.
Pei Ju went to Yuezhou in less than a year, which means that Pei Ju had already discussed it with Li Gang.
After Li Gang retired, Ren Gui settled in the three provinces, and he, Pei Ju, succeeded Ren Gui and took charge of promoting rice.
Although the promotion of rice has achieved initial results, and it is possible to promote it on a large scale, people still have to keep an eye on whether it can be promoted smoothly and whether officials in various places can be obedient.
When Ren Gui leaves, someone must replace him, and this person's status cannot be lower than Ren Gui's, but must be higher than Ren Gui's.
If it's too low, it's easy for people to gossip and say they're here to take credit.
Ren Gui probably had this thought in his own mind.
If he is high, there will be no such thing, and Ren Gui will not have the idea that others are here to take away his credit.
After all, an old man who is already a highly respected minister has no chance of promotion, so what's the use of taking your credit?
Moreover, when an old man in his seventies came over to help you watch the show and finish things off when you were promoted, how could you say that he was here to take your credit?
you can not.
You have to thank others for their support, thank them for valuing the fruits of your labor, and personally coming to help you watch the scene and help you finish.
If this kind of thing spreads, it will only be said that an important minister in the court cares about the people's livelihood, is considerate of his subordinates, and when his subordinates are promoted, he personally helps them handle major matters related to the people's livelihood.
Therefore, if Pei Ju accepts Ren Gui's job, it will only be spread as a good story, rather than something trivial.
As for letting Pei Ju accept Ren Gui's job but not be in a hurry to call Ren Gui back, there are also other considerations.
Li Gang planned to retire after having succeeded, and his attitude was very firm.
But they haven’t quit yet, and they haven’t gone through the process of applying three times and resigning three times.
If you rashly call Ren Gei back, wouldn't you force him to step down?
It's one thing for someone to step down on their own, but it's another thing to be forced to step down by you.
People's status and reputation are there. If you step down and are forced to step down, then a good thing will turn into a bad thing.
He will be criticized by civil and military officials and cast aside by scholars.
So I definitely can’t do it.
Even if a new prime minister is not promoted for a long time after Li Gang steps down, he cannot embarrass Li Gang by bringing back new candidates before Li Gang steps down.
Chen Shuda knew the secrets here very well, so after hearing Li Yuanji's instructions, his smile became even brighter, "I obey..."
Li Yuanji smiled again and said: "If I guess correctly, Mr. Pei didn't go to Yuezhou alone. He also took Ma Zhou with him, right?"
Since Pei Ju decided to help Ma Zhou mount his horse, he would not just talk about it.
Even though he was unable to help Ma Zhou come to power when he was in office, he would still find ways to help Ma Zhou strengthen his foundation during his reign and lay a solid foundation for his future rise to power.
The promotion of rice can be said to be a major event related to people's livelihood and a great achievement.
Although Ren Gui won the first prize, there is still a lot of credit to be gained.
For example, expanding existing paddy fields, systematically promoting rice, finding ways to increase rice production, and finding ways to double the grain production in Yuezhou, and even the entire south of the river, are all great achievements.
Once you complete any piece, you can show it off to the court.
Therefore, after Ma Zhou went to Yuezhou, as long as he completed any of the above, it would no longer be a problem to become a general or a prime minister in the future.
As for whether Ma Zhou might have made a mistake on his business trip and failed to enter the three provinces, that was not a question that Pei Ju should consider.
I have considered everything for you and given it to you. If you don’t live up to your expectations, you can’t blame anyone else.
Anyway, what Pei Ju wants to gain from this is the reputation of supporting the younger generations, cultivating talented people for the Tang Dynasty, and dedicating himself to the Tang Dynasty.
Accumulate reputation for him and the Pei family, and accumulate abundant political resources for his descendants.
As long as Ma Zhou makes no mistakes in Yuezhou, it doesn't matter to him whether he can be a general or a prime minister.
When Chen Shuda heard this, he laughed and said: "Your Highness is indeed wise..."
Li Yuanji smiled unceremoniously: "It's not that I'm wise, it's that our Mr. Pei wants too much."
Chen Shuda smiled and asked, "Will His Highness stop it?"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said, "Why should I stop it?"
This is not harmful to Datang or him.
On the contrary, there are certain benefits.
If in the future the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were so efficient when handing over power, they would happily hand it over to those who are favored by those in power and those who want to support them.
After the Tang Dynasty, there would be no such thing as one emperor and one courtier.
Important ministers no longer have to frantically fight for power and position.
Datang used enough strength to show its muscles to all parts of the world.
This is exactly what he wants.
However, he is not that naive.
I know that this kind of thing cannot become the norm and can only be regarded as a special case.
Han people are smart and like to use their brains.
The difficulties encountered will not be solved step by step, but will be solved by every possible means.
Conspiracies, intrigues, and all kinds of tricks emerge in endlessly.
This resulted in various challenges to the rules established by the Han people.
Many good rules will turn into bad rules after accepting various challenges.
Therefore, among the Han ethnic group, no rules can be set in stone, and no rules can last forever.
"Hahaha……"
Chen Shuda laughed loudly when he heard Li Yuanji's words.
Li Yuanji also laughed.
After sending someone to send Chen Shuda away, Li Yuanji continued to write an edict to summon the emperor's son Long and Sun, as well as the emperor's relatives and relatives to attend the New Year's Eve banquet, but his mind fell on Li Gang's begging for his bones.
Li Gang's begging for the body was not just about Li Gang handing over a memorial, but if he refused, Li Gang would hand it over again, and after three requests and three resignations, it was over.
Li Gang represents Li Yuan's faction to a large extent.
Although Li Yuan handed over power early, Li Gang and other veterans who loyally followed Li Yuan were still active in the court.
Now that Li Gang is retiring, others have to show some expression.
Either retreat with Li Gang, or make a show of retreating in order to advance, or don't want to retreat and find a way to stay.
So in the days that followed, a group of Li Yuan's old ministers met the Eight Immortals to cross the sea and show off their magical powers.
Among these people, who can be retained and who cannot be retained, who can be retained and entrusted with important responsibilities, and who should be sent back to his hometown for retirement, all must be carefully considered.
You can't beat everyone to death with one stick, and you can't just ignore them.
Regarding how to operate it specifically, neither Li Gang, nor Pei Ju, nor Xiao Yu, nor Chen Shuda would help him.
Because they are all important ministers promoted by Li Yuan and have close relations with Li Yuan's old ministers, they need to avoid suspicion.
They must ensure that he, the person in power, has absolute autonomy when cultivating his own team.
In this way, he, the person in power, will feel at ease with them, and they can continue to work for him with peace of mind.
Li Yuanji spent more than half a month, until it was approaching New Year's Eve, to choose the people who could stay and the people who could not. During this period, he did not break off contact with Xie Shufang, and kept persuading Xie Shufang.
However, the effect was minimal.
So after Xie Shufang returned to Beijing, Li Yuanji immediately summoned Xie Shufang to Zhaode Hall.
In fact, Zhaode Hall is not a place suitable for chatting with friends. Li Yuanji originally planned to meet Xie Shufang in the Plum Garden in the Imperial Garden.
Everything had been arranged, but Meiyuan was stopped by the hateful Li Yuan.
He said he wanted to take his two pregnant concubines to enjoy the plum blossoms.
As a son, he couldn't compete with me for a place, so he had no choice but to change the place to Zhaode Hall.
Inside Zhaode Hall.
The earth fire dragon burned very vigorously.
When people are in it, they can clearly feel the heat coming out of the ground.
Li Yuanji sat in the palace, and soon he was sweating. He had to take off his coat and wore a summer cicada dress to meet the guests.
Xie Shufang was different. He was wearing a large robe. After the salute, he was sweating profusely after sitting there for a while, but he did not dare to be rude or take off his robe.
"Liu Jun, send someone to undress him and give him a cicada coat that I wear in the summer."
Li Yuanji saw that Xie Shufang was almost dying of heat, so he gave Liu Jun orders.
Liu Jun agreed and went to do it immediately.
Xie Shufang hurriedly straightened up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. This is very good..."
Li Yuanji waved his hand and said angrily: "Okay, can't I tell if you are okay or not?"
Xie Shufang still wants to talk.
Li Yuanji said decisively: "You and I are not strangers, so we don't need to be polite."
When Xie Shufang heard this, he hesitated for a moment before sitting down again.
After Liu Jun took Gong'e to undress him and put on the cicada clothes, Li Yuanji sighed: "Uncle Fang, I remember that after I was struck by thunder, it was you who kept guarding me outside the palace.
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Now several years have passed in a flash, and I am no longer the Prince Qi who always wants to cause trouble.
You are no longer the guardian who can only stand in front of my palace.
You said, if I hadn't been struck by the thunder at that time, if I hadn't woken up and still thought about causing trouble, what would we be like today?"
