Li Yuanji wanted to know where Yang Gongren's confidence came from, and why he chose this time to attack Ren Gui.
You must know that the Tang Dynasty's intention to go to war with the Turks has basically been decided. Although Ren Gui objected and became the only stumbling block in this matter, in the torrent caused by the Wuxun's eagerness to fight,
, his stumbling block cannot last long.
Therefore, it is a foregone conclusion that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will go to war.
The more times this happens, the more those in power like to seek stability, and they will basically be cautious in the promotion and scheduling of internal officials.
Regarding the appointment of prime ministers, the status quo will remain unchanged.
Therefore, the possibility of Yang Gongren moving to Rengui is almost zero.
Why does Yang Gongren think he can move to Rengui?
"Why should he?"
Li Yuanji stared at Xiao Yu and asked with a pun.
Xiao Yu heard the profound meaning in this sentence and sat there on pins and needles not knowing what to say.
How do I know this?!
My friendship with Yang Gongren is not very deep. If we have to talk about it, it can be said that we have animosity.
Why should people tell me their support?
Seeing that Xiao Yu was silent, Li Yuanji asked again: "Don't you know where his confidence lies?"
Xiao Yu shook his head without hesitation.
Don't say he doesn't know, even if he knows, he won't tell.
Because it will offend people, and it will offend people to death.
This is not his style.
His days in court were numbered, and there was no need for him to find an enemy with a strong background before retiring.
This is not good for him, and it is also very bad for his descendants.
"If that's the case, then go back."
Since Xiao Yu doesn't know where Yang Gongren's confidence lies, there's no need to ask anymore.
Feeling anxious, Xiao Yu started blowing his beard and staring, which made him feel embarrassed as His Highness.
Li Yuanji immediately waved his hand, indicating that Xiao Yu could leave.
There is no need to be so anxious to figure this out. Anyway, if Yang Gongren wants to overthrow Ren Gui, he will reveal his trump card sooner or later.
It will be clear then.
…
Li Yuanji originally thought that Yang Gongren would hide his trump card for a while and wait until the decisive moment to show it. Unexpectedly, within a few days, he showed his trump card.
His trump card turned out to be Yushitai, as well as the ministers of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Industry.
Not long after he wrote a letter to impeach Ren Gui, the imperial censor Wang Gui who was far away in Jingzhou also wrote a letter to impeach Ren Gui, and then the two ministers of punishment and work successively wrote to impeach Ren Gui.
Then memorials from officials from the Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Works floated into the Tai Chi Hall like snowflakes.
Without Wei Zheng, the Yushitai became the sole voice of Wang Gui.
The two ministers of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry have worked hard in the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry for many years, and they have accumulated great prestige, and they have turned the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry into their one-stop shop.
For a time, Ren Gui was actually impeached by civil and military officials, and turned into a street rat that everyone shouted to beat.
This situation lasted until New Year's Eve before it eased.
It’s not that officials from the Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, and a group of martial arts officials could not impeach Ren Gei and died down, but the New Year is here, and the palace will hold a Nuo opera festival as usual, and the government and the public will also have a holiday as usual
, so I put the matter aside for the time being.
After all, the most important thing in the country is to worship the Rong. If anyone rushes to impeach Ren Gui, disrupts the Nuo Opera Festival, and causes the Nuo Opera Festival to go wrong, they will step down before Ren Gui falls.
So no one wants to block their future and make themselves uncomfortable at this time.
Besides, everyone is about to have a holiday and are eager to go home and reunite with their families. Whoever wants to cause trouble at this time and cause everyone to work overtime collectively will cause public outrage.
Therefore, no one dares to make the officials uncomfortable at this time.
Ren Gui also spent a relatively stable New Year.
However, after the Chinese New Year, the wave of impeachment against him once again swept through Chang'an.
After a new year, the momentum to impeach Ren Gui not only did not weaken, but intensified.
Some students of Imperial College, who were instigated by unknown sources, actually wrote many articles and spread them throughout Chang'an City, criticizing Ren Gui's reputation.
In just half a month, Ren Gui went from a meritorious official who had made great contributions to the country and the people to a traitorous official who was too numerous to mention.
After Li Yuanji read the article written by the Taixue student, he rubbed his eyebrows and asked Chen Shuda, who was sitting next to him, "Is this too much?"
Chen Shuda nodded with a deep look: "That's true..."
In this matter, he did not side with Yang Gongren, nor did he side with Ren Gui. He just looked at this matter from the perspective of a bystander, objectively and impartially.
"It's enough to bring down Mr. Ren, but to destroy Mr. Ren's reputation and deny Mr. Ren's contribution to the Tang Dynasty is a bit much."
Li Yuanji said displeased.
It is a bit too much to deceive others by making a fuss about the reputation of a capable minister and official by killing people without giving them a nod.
Chen Shuda cupped his hands and said, "Do you want me to take action to punish one or two?"
Recently, Xiao Yu didn't know whether he was taking advantage of others or had a desire to retire. He started to act like a quail. He didn't care about anything, said nothing, and looked like a carved wooden sculpture in the court.
Therefore, Chen Shuda is now the Minister of the three provinces, and the two provinces under his sect are in charge of affairs.
Although the officials and the imperial students were making trouble, it would still be somewhat effective if he stepped in to punish them.
After all, a prime minister who comes from a wealthy family has a greater say in the government and the public than an ordinary prime minister.
When anger arises, everyone in the government and the public must show courtesy.
This is the weight an imperial prime minister should have.
If words don't work and anyone can be bullied, then why should he be called a prime minister? He should be called a public servant of the Tang Dynasty.
The reason why Ren Gui is in the state where everyone is calling for beatings is not because he is a prime minister without weight, but because he has never spoken up for himself, nor has he targeted anyone with this matter.
In other words, he is lying flat now, letting the wind and rain blow.
"Has Mr. Ren still not relented yet?"
Li Yuanji did not rush to respond to Chen Shuda's words, but asked a question.
Speaking of which, it was he who initiated the impeachment of Ren Gui and the "charge" against Ren Gui. The reason why it happened like this was because people with ulterior motives were taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
The reason why he didn't stand up to quell the matter was because he was waiting for Ren Guisong to speak out.
But Ren Gui has not relented to this day.
It's completely like you can kill or scrape as you please, but it's impossible to touch the money in the treasury or the grain in the granary.
Call him stubborn and pedantic, he is indeed a bit stubborn and pedantic.
But to say that what he did was wrong would be too biased.
It is because of the existence of this kind of people that ordinary people can seek a chance of survival and some rights as human beings in the hierarchical feudal society.
If there were no such people, the powerful could join forces and bully the common people to death.
If it were not for the sake of the people, he would not care about the money in the treasury, where the grain in the granary is used, and how much is used.
After all, these things are not his and cannot be given to him. It will not be good for him no matter how much he cares about them.
The court will not give him an extra salary just because he has more control.
On the contrary, if he doesn't care about anything, the court will not give him less salary.
So he did this all for the sake of the people.
And the common people have no channel to express their opinions, and it is difficult to understand that this person who is far away from them in terms of class is doing this for them, so it is difficult to support him.
This created a situation where he was clearly doing good things, but was criticized by thousands of people.
From a dictator's perspective, this kind of person must be killed quickly, because no dictator likes this kind of person who likes to go against him.
But from the perspective of common people, or even an ordinary person, this kind of person deserves to be respected and treated favorably.
Li Yuanji was not a pure dictator, but he was not a common man either.
So I have both respect for Ren Gui and a headache at the same time.
"That's all, Liu Jun, go and summon Mr. Ren to see you."
Li Yuanji sighed and gave instructions to Liu Jun.
Ren Gui was not afraid of hard work, and even looked like she would defend the treasury and granary even to death.
Then we can only call him to the Taiji Palace, and let Xiaozhi use his emotions to move him to reason, and do something soft.
Liu Jun agreed and left the Tai Chi Hall.
More than an hour later, Ren Gui appeared in Tai Chi Hall with him.
After Ren Gui saluted, Li Yuanji sighed: "Mr. Ren, you are also a person who knows military affairs. You should be able to see that the conquest of the Turks has become a general trend, so why do you go against the general trend?"
Ren Gui seemed very calm and did not seem to be affected by any external influences. It seemed that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were impeaching him and not criticizing him.
He said with a serious face: "Of course I know that the conquest of the Turks has become a general trend, and I don't want to go against the general trend. But today's Turks are just clowns to me, the Tang Dynasty. I, the Tang Dynasty, only want to go against the general trend."
If you free your hands, you can wipe them out, so we, the Tang Dynasty, can send troops to the Turks at any time.
On the other hand, in the Tang Dynasty, people's livelihood was difficult. Although the people lived through precarious days and unpredictable life and death, they still had no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat.
If our country, the Tang Dynasty, can spend a few years promoting rice and carrying rice all over the south of the Yangtze River, then our country, the Tang Dynasty, will no longer have to worry about food, and the people will no longer have to worry about being insecure.
By then, our people in the Tang Dynasty will be prosperous, our troops and horses will be strong, and we will march northward. Who can stop us?
Not to mention the Turks, even all the nations in the world must submit to me, the Tang Dynasty!"
Ren Gui spoke loudly and resoundingly until the end.
It was as if the Tang Dynasty had achieved this level of achievement and had all nations surrendering.
His idea is not wrong and is very sound.
After all, everyone knows that once the Tang Dynasty became stronger and its food output and population increased, it would surely be able to recruit more soldiers and horses, launch more ambitious wars, and achieve greater achievements.
But looking at the changes of dynasties in history, you will find that this is just a dream for everyone.
As the country becomes stronger and food production and population increase, people become less interested in fighting and prefer to live a stable and comfortable life.
Because no one is hungry, no one is willing to work hard.
The saying that it is better to die than live will become mainstream.
Therefore, if the country is strong, the population is prosperous, and the food is abundant, then it is very difficult to expand the territory and conquer the world.
This sounds funny, but it's true.
Without the crisis of life and death, who would fight for life and death?
If no one fights for life and death, how can we win the war and expand the territory?